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8 shown · Mar '95
This proclamation implements technical corrections to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule to properly reflect Uruguay Round trade agreements, delays U.S. TRIPs Agreement obligations until January 1, 1996, extends semiconductor mask work protection to specified countries, designates USDA for sanitary/phytosanitary standards public information, and delegates USTR authority to implement a peanut trade agreement with Argentina.
President Clinton designated the West Bank and Gaza Strip as beneficiaries under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), granting preferential tariff treatment to goods produced in areas covered by the Oslo Accords' Palestinian Interim Self-Government arrangements. The proclamation modified the Harmonized Tariff Schedule effective 15 days after Federal Register publication.
This executive order declares a national emergency and prohibits U.S. persons from entering into or performing contracts involving overall supervision and management of Iranian petroleum resource development, financing such development, or guaranteeing another person's performance under such contracts. It also prohibits evasion of these restrictions and delegates implementation authority to the Treasury Secretary in consultation with the Secretary of State.
President Clinton authorized up to $11 million from the U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund for humanitarian aid to victims of the conflict in Chechnya, directing contributions to international and intergovernmental organizations responding to urgent refugee and migration needs.
This executive order designates the Israel-United States Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation (BIRD Foundation) as a public international organization under the International Organizations Immunities Act, granting it privileges, exemptions, and immunities under U.S. law while preserving any existing or future protections from treaties or congressional action.
This executive order extends the statutory waiver allowing peaceful nuclear cooperation with the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM) through December 31, 1995. It continues a series of annual extensions dating back to 1980, finding that halting cooperation would harm U.S. nonproliferation goals and national security.
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.
President Clinton extended for two years a moratorium on issuing operating certificates or permits to motor carriers from contiguous foreign countries (Canada and Mexico), maintaining a ban originally imposed under the 1982 Bus Regulatory Reform Act through September 19, 1996.