Secretary of Labor
Executive orders directing the Secretary of Labor · 36 in Clinton · 255 all terms.
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36 shown · Clinton
Federal Interagency Task Force on the District of Columbia
This executive order formally establishes the Federal Interagency Task Force on the District of Columbia, chaired by the OMB Director and composed of 18 cabinet-level and agency heads, to coordinate federal assistance for D.C.'s financial stability, economic growth, and self-governance. It continues and institutionalizes interagency work begun in 1995 to support the nation's capital through improved federal-local coordination.
The President's Disability Employment Partnership Board
This executive order establishes the President's Disability Employment Partnership Board, a 15-member advisory body to promote employment of people with disabilities through public-private partnerships. It replaces the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities (revoking EO 12640) and tasks the new Board with developing employment strategies, coordinating with federal agencies, and submitting annual reports.
Providing Compensation to America's Nuclear Weapons Workers
This executive order implements the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 by assigning specific responsibilities to the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Energy to administer compensation for nuclear weapons workers who developed illnesses from exposure to beryllium, radiation, and other hazards. It establishes deadlines for regulations, claim forms, facility lists, and creates an Interagency Working Group and Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health to oversee implementation.
Commission on Workers, Communities, and Economic Change in the New Economy
This executive order establishes a 14-member advisory commission to study how workers and communities are affected by economic dislocation from trade, technology, and globalization, and to recommend improvements to federal adjustment programs. The commission must report to the President and Congress within 12 months of its first meeting, after which it terminates 30 days later.
Amendment to Executive Order 13078, To Expand the Role of the National Task Force on Employment of Adults With Disabilities To Include a Focus on Youth
This executive order expands the National Task Force on Employment of Adults With Disabilities to also address youth with disabilities. It directs federal agencies to coordinate on six specific activities including research, public awareness, collaboration with Youth Councils, health care access, postsecondary education, and creation of a Youth Advisory Council chaired by the Department of Labor.
Interagency Task Force on the Economic Development of the Central San Joaquin Valley
This executive order establishes an interagency task force to coordinate federal economic development efforts for California's Central San Joaquin Valley, requiring annual reports for five years and focusing on sustainable growth in seven designated counties. The task force includes 16 agency heads or their designees with a rotating chair among Agriculture, HUD, and Commerce.
Assistance to Small Business Exporters and Dislocated
This executive order creates an interagency task force to help small businesses, particularly those owned by women, minorities, and rural operators, export to China, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Caribbean Basin. It also directs the Department of Labor to expedite and expand outreach for dislocated worker assistance programs, including trade adjustment aid.
To Modify the Quantitative Limitations Applicable to Imports of Wheat Gluten
President Clinton modified a 1998 trade safeguard quota on wheat gluten imports to include Poland, which had previously been exempt. The proclamation also converted the third-year quota to quarterly allocations and suspended GSP duty-free treatment for affected wheat gluten. The modifications took effect June 1, 2000, and run through June 1, 2001.
President's Council on the Future of Princeville, North Carolina
This executive order establishes an interagency council to develop recommendations for federal actions to help Princeville, North Carolina recover from Hurricane Floyd flooding and plan for its future. The council includes 15 agency heads and presidential assistants, chaired by the OMB Director, and is tasked with considering the town's unique status as the first U.S. city founded by ex-slaves.
To Prohibit Discrimination in Federal Employment Based on Genetic Information
This executive order prohibits federal agencies from discriminating against employees, job applicants, or former employees based on genetic information or use of genetic services. It bars agencies from requesting, collecting, or disclosing protected genetic information except in narrow circumstances, and requires such information be kept separate from general personnel files.
Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees
This executive order extends 16 federal advisory committees until September 30, 2001, revokes several executive orders for completed committees, and makes technical amendments to existing orders including adding the Department of Energy to the President's Export Council, expanding an interagency Coast Guard task force, and updating the structure of committees on arts/humanities and physical fitness.
Prohibition of Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor
This executive order prohibits U.S. executive agencies from acquiring products made with forced or indentured child labor. It requires the Department of Labor to publish a list of suspect products by country of origin, mandates procurement regulations with contractor certification requirements, and establishes remedies including contract termination and debarment for violators.
Interagency Task Force on the Economic Development of the Southwest Border
This executive order establishes an interagency task force co-chaired by Treasury, Agriculture, and Labor to coordinate federal economic development efforts for the Southwest Border region (within 150 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and California). The task force reports to the Vice President and is charged with analyzing programs, developing recommendations, and focusing on pilot communities, with mandatory reports through 2002.
Using Technology To Improve Training Opportunities for Federal Government Employees
This executive order establishes a presidential task force and advisory committee to promote technology-based training for federal employees. It directs agencies to designate representatives, develop training technology standards, create online training databases, and explore individual training accounts for workers.
Implementation of Human Rights Treaties
This executive order establishes a framework for the U.S. government to implement its obligations under international human rights treaties including the ICCPR, Convention Against Torture, and CERD. It creates an Interagency Working Group chaired by the National Security Council designee to coordinate treaty compliance, report preparation, complaint responses, and annual reviews of reservations and practices across all executive agencies.
To Terminate Temporary Duties on Imports of Broom Corn Brooms
President Clinton terminated temporary safeguard duties on broom corn broom imports that had been imposed in November 1996 under section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974. The termination was based on a USITC report and advice from the Secretaries of Commerce and Labor finding that the domestic industry had not made adequate efforts to adjust to import competition, with HTS modifications effective upon signature.
American Indian and Alaska Native Education
This executive order establishes an Interagency Task Force on American Indian and Alaska Native Education to coordinate federal efforts across 14+ agencies to improve educational outcomes for Native students. It mandates development of a comprehensive federal Indian education policy, regional partnership forums, school pilot sites, and a research agenda, with multiple reporting deadlines over a 5-year task force lifespan.
Increasing Employment of Adults With Disabilities
This executive order establishes a National Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities, chaired by the Secretary of Labor, to develop coordinated federal policy recommendations for increasing employment rates of adults with disabilities. It mandates multiple agency reports and reviews due by November 15, 1998, with subsequent Task Force reports through 2002.
White House Millennium Council
This executive order establishes the White House Millennium Council, a coordinating body of federal agency representatives to lead national and local educational celebrations commemorating the year 2000 millennium. The Council is tasked with planning events, producing educational materials, encouraging community participation, and making recommendations for historic preservation funding through the Save America's Treasures program.
Protection of Children From Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks
This executive order directs federal agencies to prioritize identifying and assessing environmental health and safety risks that disproportionately affect children. It establishes an interagency Task Force co-chaired by HHS and EPA, mandates regulatory impact analyses for children's health in significant rulemakings, and creates an annual reporting mechanism on child well-being indicators.
Strengthened Protections for Human Subjects of Classified Research
This 1997 presidential memorandum strengthens ethical protections for human subjects in classified government research by implementing recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments. It prohibits waiver of informed consent for classified research, requires disclosure of sponsoring agencies and classification status to subjects, mandates special institutional review board procedures including nongovernmental members and appeals processes, requires annual public disclosure of secret research projects, and bars agencies from conducting such research without first adopting modified Common Rule regulations.
Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry
This executive order establishes a 20-member advisory commission co-chaired by the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Labor to study and make recommendations on health care quality, consumer protections, and worker protections in the changing health care system. The commission is required to submit a preliminary report by September 30, 1997, and a final report 18 months after its first meeting, after which it terminates within 30 days or by September 5, 1998 at the latest.
Determinations Under Section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974 and Section 304 of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act Concerning Broom Corn Brooms
President Clinton directed the U.S. Trade Representative to negotiate agreements within 90 days to address serious injury to the domestic broom corn broom industry from Mexican imports, while declining immediate USITC-recommended tariffs. Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, and Labor were directed to develop a domestic industry adjustment program within the same 90-day period. Imports from Canada and Israel were excluded from potential remedies based on USITC findings.
Empowerment Contracting
This executive order establishes an "Empowerment Contracting Program" to expand federal competition by offering price or evaluation credits to businesses operating in economically distressed communities. The Secretary of Commerce must develop policies and procedures to incentivize qualified large and small businesses to locate in or hire from areas with high poverty rates, designated empowerment zones, or other distressed areas, with annual reporting requirements and implementation rules due within 90 days.
Continuing the President's Committee on Mental Retardation and Broadening Its Membership and Responsibilities
This executive order continues the President's Committee on Mental Retardation with expanded membership and responsibilities. It adds federal agency heads to the committee, sets national goals for reducing mental retardation and promoting community participation, and requires annual reports to the President through the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Economy and Efficiency in Government Procurement Through Compliance With Certain Immigration and Naturalization Act Provisions
This executive order directs federal contracting agencies to avoid doing business with contractors that knowingly employ unauthorized workers, and establishes a debarment process where the Attorney General can investigate and recommend exclusion of non-compliant contractors from federal procurement for one-year periods. It mandates amendments to the Federal Acquisition Regulation to implement these procedures while explicitly prohibiting additional contract certification requirements.
Regulatory ReformWaiver of Penalties and Reduction of Reports
This April 21, 1995 presidential memorandum directs federal agencies to implement two regulatory reform policies: (1) exercising enforcement discretion to waive penalties for small businesses that correct violations in good faith, and (2) reducing by half the frequency of public reporting requirements, with both policies requiring implementation plans to OMB by June 15, 1995 and policy implementation by July 14, 1995. The memorandum excludes law enforcement, national security, foreign affairs, trade restrictions, tax/revenue matters, and statistical agencies from its scope.
Ensuring the Economical and Efficient Administration and Completion of Federal Government Contracts
This executive order prohibits federal agencies from contracting with employers that permanently replace lawfully striking employees. It authorizes the Secretary of Labor to investigate complaints, terminate existing contracts for convenience, and debar contractors from future federal work, with the goal of reducing prolonged labor disputes that could disrupt government operations.
Deterring Illegal Immigration
This 1995 presidential memorandum directs a comprehensive strategy to deter illegal immigration through border control expansion, worksite enforcement, visa overstay tracking, expedited deportation procedures, and international cooperation. It sets specific deadlines for interagency reports and plans while requesting congressional action on wiretap authority, asset seizure, and expedited exclusion procedures.
Locality-Based Comparability Payments
President Clinton approved locality-based pay adjustments for General Schedule federal employees, authorizing percentage increases ranging from 3.74% to 8.53% depending on geographic area, effective the first pay period on or after January 1, 1995. The memorandum directs OPM to implement the payments and publish the rates in the Federal Register.
Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Certain Contracts
This executive order requires successor contractors on federal building service contracts to offer predecessor employees a right of first refusal for qualified positions, aiming to reduce worker displacement and maintain service continuity. The Secretary of Labor is tasked with enforcement and must issue implementing regulations within 180 days, while the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council must update procurement rules within the same timeframe.
National Defense Industrial Resources Preparedness
This executive order delegates presidential authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to cabinet secretaries and agency heads for national defense industrial resource preparedness. It establishes frameworks for priorities and allocations of materials and services, expansion of productive capacity through loans and guarantees, labor supply management, and defense industrial base information systems, while revoking and consolidating eleven prior executive orders.
Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans
This executive order establishes the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans and a White House Initiative within the Department of Education to improve Hispanic American participation in and outcomes from federal education programs. It requires annual federal plans with measurable objectives, agency-specific plans to reduce barriers and improve outreach, and creates an interagency working group to coordinate efforts across executive departments.
Federal Actions To Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations
This executive order requires federal agencies to make environmental justice part of their mission by identifying and addressing disproportionately high adverse health and environmental effects on minority and low-income populations. It creates an interagency working group, mandates agency-specific strategies with specific deadlines, and requires improved data collection, research inclusion, and public participation.
Federal Leadership of Fair Housing
This memorandum directs federal agencies to affirmatively further fair housing, establishes a Cabinet-level President's Fair Housing Council, and revokes Executive Order 12259. It expands protections to disabled persons and families with children, mandates HUD program reviews, and directs action against mortgage lending discrimination.
Leadership and Coordination of Fair Housing in Federal Programs: Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing
This executive order directs all federal agencies to administer housing and urban development programs in ways that affirmatively further fair housing under the Fair Housing Act. It establishes the President's Fair Housing Council, assigns HUD the lead coordinating role, mandates interagency regulations, and creates enforcement mechanisms including sanctions for noncompliance.