Federal Register’s pre-1994 dataset includes executive orders only for this administration. Proclamations, memoranda, and other instruments aren’t available via the FR API (they start with the digital corpus from Clinton / 1994+). EO counts match the FR index.
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This executive order establishes procedures for how incumbent and former Presidents can assert executive privilege to block the National Archives from releasing presidential records under the Presidential Records Act of 1978. It creates a 30-day review period, specifies consultation requirements between the Archivist, Attorney General, and White House Counsel, and sets up a process where both sitting and former presidents can make privilege claims.
Amending Executive Order No. 12658, the President's Commission on Catastrophic Nuclear Accidents
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Exclusions From the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program
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Establishing an emergency board to investigate a dispute between the Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation and certain of its employees represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
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Adjustments of certain rates of pay and allowances
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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.
Implementing the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 and Related International Trade Matters
This executive order delegates presidential authorities under the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 to various cabinet officials and agencies, establishes sanctions against Toshiba and Kongsberg for illegal technology transfers, creates an Interagency Group on Countertrade and a National Commission on Superconductivity, and mandates a report on semiconductors, fiber optics, and superconducting materials for the FY1990 budget.
National Microgravity Research Board
This executive order establishes the National Microgravity Research Board, chaired by the NASA Administrator with members from multiple cabinet departments and agencies, to coordinate and stimulate microgravity research across government, academia, and industry. The Board is tasked with developing policy recommendations, advising on research priorities, and promoting commercial applications of microgravity science, with automatic termination after 5 years unless extended.