Executive orders, proclamations, memoranda, determinations, and other instruments — filter by administration, type, and theme.
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President Bush continued the national emergency with respect to Iraq that was first declared on August 2, 1990, extending the trade sanctions and asset blocking measures beyond their scheduled expiration on August 2, 2001. The continuation is based on the determination that Iraq's activities hostile to U.S. interests in the Middle East persist.
This executive order requires federal agencies to purchase energy-efficient products that use no more than one watt in standby mode when commercially available and cost-effective. The Department of Energy must compile and annually update a list of covered products, with the first preliminary list due by December 31, 2001.
President George W. Bush authorized up to $27 million from the U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund to address urgent refugee and migration needs in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Eritrea, and Afghanistan, with $5 million reserved for contingency response. The Secretary of State was directed to notify Congress and arrange Federal Register publication.
This memorandum establishes Chief Operating Officers in federal agencies, creates the President's Management Council to coordinate government reform, and revokes a 1993 Clinton administration management reform memorandum. It directs agencies to implement citizen-centered, results-oriented, market-based management reforms.
President George W. Bush authorized a $20 million U.S. contribution to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) using foreign assistance funds, bypassing normal statutory restrictions under a national security waiver. The determination directs the Secretary of State to notify Congress and publish the document in the Federal Register.
President George W. Bush determined that waiving Jackson-Vanik human-rights trade restrictions on Belarus via executive order would substantially promote the objectives of Section 402 of the Trade Act of 1974. The determination directs the Secretary of State to transmit it to congressional leaders and publish it in the Federal Register.
This executive order waives provisions of the Trade Act of 1974 that would otherwise restrict trade benefits for Belarus. Specifically, it waives subsections 402(a) and 402(b), which relate to freedom of emigration requirements (Jackson-Vanik amendment), allowing Belarus to maintain normal trade relations status. The President issued this waiver after making the required report to Congress.