Executive orders, proclamations, memoranda, determinations, and other instruments — filter by administration, type, and theme.
11 shown · Nov '94
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.
President Clinton certified to Congress that Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States were making substantial progress withdrawing armed forces from Latvia and Estonia, satisfying a statutory condition for continuing U.S. assistance to the former Soviet states under the 1994 foreign operations appropriations act.
This executive order amends Civil Service Rule VI to place two categories of Department of Agriculture positions—State Executive Directors of the Consolidated Farm Service Agency and State Directors or State Directors-at-Large for Rural Economic and Community Development—into Schedule C excepted service. These positions are excluded from competitive civil service requirements and certain whistleblower protections due to their confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character.
This executive order designates August 2, 1990 to April 11, 1991 as the qualifying period of Persian Gulf Conflict military operations, making aliens and noncitizen nationals who served honorably in active-duty status during this time eligible for expedited naturalization under the statutory exception in 8 U.S.C. § 1440(b). The EO does not create new substantive benefits but establishes the precise operational dates to trigger existing statutory authority.
This executive order declares a national emergency to counter the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their delivery systems. It establishes a comprehensive framework of export controls, sanctions against foreign persons and countries involved in chemical and biological weapons proliferation, and mandates multilateral diplomatic efforts led by the Secretary of State.
President Clinton authorized an emergency drawdown of up to $3 million in commodities and services from the Department of Treasury's inventory to support international sanctions enforcement against Serbia and Montenegro under the Foreign Assistance Act. The determination cites an unforeseen emergency requiring immediate assistance beyond normally available funds.
President Clinton waived a funding limitation in the FY1995 National Defense Authorization Act that would have prohibited U.S. funding for American military personnel serving in NATO headquarters positions. The waiver covers personnel at NATO Headquarters Brussels, Supreme Allied Commander Europe/Atlantic, Allied Forces Southern Europe, and related subordinate commands.
This executive order amends the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, 1984, updating military justice procedures and rules. The order makes technical and procedural changes to the code governing courts-martial in the U.S. armed forces.
This executive order declassifies approximately 43.9 million pages of historical records in the National Archives, spanning World War II-era military and intelligence documents through post-1945 collections including Vietnam War records. The Archivist must make these records available for public research within 30 days, except for specific information that agency heads and the Archivist determine must be protected under non-national-security FOIA exemptions.
President Clinton certified that withholding U.S. funds from international financial institutions and other international organizations—due to statutory restrictions on indirect assistance or reparations to certain specified countries—would be contrary to the national interest. This determination allows continued U.S. financial contributions to these multilateral bodies despite the Section 523 prohibition. The Secretary of State was directed to publish the determination in the Federal Register.
President Clinton authorized an additional $75 million drawdown of U.S. Department of Defense stocks and defense services for Israel under Section 599B of the Foreign Operations Appropriations Act. The determination delegates notification and reporting functions to the Secretary of Defense and directs publication in the Federal Register.