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Implementing the United States-Canada Free-Trade Implementation Act
This executive order implements procedural requirements for the U.S.-Canada Free-Trade Agreement, mandating 75-day advance notice for proposed federal standards-related rules, establishing a U.S. Secretariat within Commerce to support binational dispute panels, and accepting binding decisions from those panels. The order takes effect only when the trade agreement itself enters into force.
Productivity improvement program for the Federal Government
This executive order establishes a government-wide program requiring all executive departments and agencies to improve productivity by 3 percent annually in functions that provide services to the public, with full coverage required by 1991. Agencies must submit annual productivity plans to OMB, include quality and timeliness goals in manager performance appraisals, and report progress through a structured review process.
Governmental actions and interference with constitutionally protected property rights
This executive order requires federal agencies to evaluate whether their regulatory and administrative actions could constitute a "taking" of private property under the Fifth Amendment's Just Compensation Clause. It mandates new review procedures, establishes guidelines for assessing takings risks, and requires reporting of past and pending compensation claims to improve fiscal accountability.
Integrity and Efficiency in Federal Programs
This executive order establishes the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency as an interagency committee to coordinate government-wide efforts against fraud, waste, and abuse in federal programs. It also creates a Coordinating Conference to extend these efforts to additional agencies with audit and investigative resources, while revoking the previous EO 12301 from 1981.
Prohibiting Imports From Iran
This executive order imposes a complete ban on imports of Iranian-origin goods and services into the United States, effective immediately upon signing, citing Iran's state-sponsored terrorism and attacks on shipping in the Persian Gulf. The Treasury Secretary is authorized to issue implementing regulations, with limited exceptions for news materials, third-country-refined petroleum, and goods already exported from Iran before the effective date.
Federalism
This executive order establishes internal executive branch guidance to limit federal overreach and protect state authority under federalism principles. It requires agencies to assess policies for federalism implications, restricts preemption of state law, and mandates consultation with states before imposing national standards.
The Family
This executive order requires federal agencies to assess policies and regulations for their impact on family stability, parental authority, and family finances using seven specified criteria. It establishes a reporting and coordination structure through OMB and the Office of Policy Development, with mandatory written certifications for proposals affecting families.
Predisclosure notification procedures for confidential commercial information
This executive order establishes uniform procedures requiring federal agencies to notify businesses and other submitters before releasing their confidential commercial information under FOIA requests. It creates a system for submitters to designate information as competitively sensitive and to object to disclosure, with agencies required to consider objections and explain denials.
Facilitating access to science and technology
This executive order directs federal agencies to accelerate technology transfer from government laboratories to universities and private industry, particularly small businesses. It establishes cooperative research agreements, royalty-sharing for inventors, a Technology Share Program for consortia, scientist exchange programs, and international technology cooperation guidelines, while requiring reports on progress within one year.
Superfund Implementation
This executive order delegates presidential authorities under the Superfund law (CERCLA and SARA) to specific federal agencies, establishing the National Response Team structure with EPA and Coast Guard leadership, and assigning responsibilities for hazardous waste cleanup, enforcement, liability, litigation, and Superfund budget management across the executive branch.
Safety belt use requirements for Federal employees
This executive order mandates that all Federal employees in front seats of government vehicles on official business must wear safety belts when the vehicle is in motion. It requires Executive branch agencies to adopt rules, conduct education programs, and report annually on compliance, while encouraging Legislative and Judicial branches to adopt similar programs.
Drug-Free Federal Workplace
This executive order mandates a drug-free workplace across the Executive Branch by prohibiting illegal drug use by federal employees on or off duty, requiring agencies to develop testing programs for sensitive positions, establishing voluntary testing, and creating Employee Assistance Programs for rehabilitation. It sets procedures for testing, confidentiality protections, and personnel actions ranging from mandatory counseling to removal for employees who use illegal drugs.
Debarment and Suspension
This executive order establishes a government-wide system to debar and suspend participants from federal assistance programs due to fraud, waste, or abuse. It requires agencies to share exclusion information, follow uniform criteria and due process procedures, and creates an Interagency Committee and lead agency to maintain a centralized list of excluded parties.
Prohibiting trade and certain other transactions involving South Africa
This executive order imposes economic sanctions against South Africa's apartheid regime, prohibiting new U.S. government-backed loans, computer exports to security agencies, nuclear technology transfers, and arms imports effective October-November 1985. It also mandates that U.S. companies with 25+ employees in South Africa follow fair labor principles by year-end 1985 or lose U.S. government trade advocacy support.
Presidential Board of Advisors on Private Sector Initiatives
This executive order establishes a 35-member Presidential Board of Advisors on Private Sector Initiatives to advise the President and Commerce Secretary on promoting public-private partnerships for social services. The Board is tasked with increasing awareness of such partnerships, removing barriers to private social service programs, and strengthening the private social service sector. It is housed administratively within the Department of Commerce and has a fixed termination date.
Regulatory planning process
This executive order establishes an annual regulatory planning process requiring executive agencies to submit draft regulatory programs to OMB, which then reviews, compiles, and publishes a unified Administration Regulatory Program. It centralizes presidential oversight of rulemaking, mandates consistency with administration priorities, and creates mechanisms to block or return regulatory actions that deviate from the published plan.
President's Advisory Committee on Mediation and Conciliation
This executive order establishes a 13-member presidential advisory committee on labor mediation and conciliation, chaired by the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, with equal labor and management representation. The committee is tasked with advising on improving arbitration efficiency under collective bargaining agreements and reviewing FMCS regulations, with a mandatory report due within nine months of establishment. The committee automatically terminates 60 days after submitting its report or by September 30, 1988, whichever comes first.
Exercise of Authority Under Section 218 of Title 18, United States Code
This executive order delegates presidential authority under 18 U.S.C. § 218 to agency heads, allowing them to void contracts and benefits obtained through bribery, graft, or conflicts of interest after a final criminal conviction. It requires Defense, GSA, and NASA to jointly issue government-wide regulations, while mandating procedural protections including notice, opportunity to respond, hearings, and written decisions with restitution calculations.
Government work space management reforms
This executive order directs all federal executive agencies to reduce and optimize their use of workspace and furnishings, minimize administrative costs, and report excess space to the General Services Administration. It delegates authority to the GSA Administrator to set government-wide standards, conduct surveys, and establish reporting systems for workspace utilization.
Multinational Force and Observers reports
This executive order delegates to the Secretary of State the President's reporting function under the Multinational Force and Observers Participation Resolution, and requires interagency consultation with OMB, Defense, Arms Control, National Security Advisor, and other agencies as appropriate.
Federal procurement reforms
This 1982 executive order directs federal agencies to reform procurement practices by reducing administrative burdens, strengthening competition, simplifying small purchases, ensuring timely contractor payments, and creating professional procurement workforces. It mandates completion of a unified Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) by year-end 1982 and assigns coordination roles to OMB, OPM, and the Defense/GSA/NASA triumvirate.
President's Intelligence Oversight Board
This executive order establishes the President's Intelligence Oversight Board (PIOB), a three-member body within the White House Office tasked with monitoring the legality of U.S. intelligence activities. The Board reports directly to the President on potential violations of law, forwards concerns to the Attorney General, reviews agency guidelines and inspector general procedures, and investigates matters as needed. Members are unpaid outside citizens appointed by the President, with full-time staff and security clearance requirements.
Water resources projects
This executive order requires all federal agencies to submit water resources project reports, proposals, and plans to the OMB Director before sending them to Congress. The OMB Director must review them for consistency with presidential policy, planning guidelines, and applicable laws, and agencies must include OMB's advice when submitting materials to Congress. It also revokes the previous executive order on this topic (EO 12113).
Federal Regulation
This executive order establishes a centralized regulatory review process requiring federal agencies to conduct cost-benefit analyses for major regulations and submit them to the Office of Management and Budget for review before publication. It creates the framework for presidential oversight of rulemaking that would influence regulatory policy for decades.