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6 shown · Feb '96
This executive order adjusts pay and allowance rates for members of the uniformed services, including basic pay, subsistence and quarters allowances, and cadet/midshipman pay, effective retroactively to January 1, 1996. It supersedes portions of the prior executive order (EO 12984) that had established earlier rates.
President Clinton approved a proposed nuclear cooperation agreement with Argentina under Section 123 b. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, determining it promotes common defense and security without unreasonable risk. The determination directs the Secretaries of State and Energy to arrange for execution and requires Federal Register publication.
President Clinton determined that providing defense articles and services to Bosnia and Herzegovina would strengthen U.S. security and promote world peace, making the country eligible under the Foreign Assistance Act and Arms Export Control Act. The Secretary of State was directed to report this finding to Congress and publish it in the Federal Register.
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.
This memorandum delegates presidential authority under section 586 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1996 (P.L. 104-99) to the Secretary of State. The provision concerns Haiti-related foreign assistance restrictions or conditions, allowing the Secretary of State to exercise functions previously reserved to the President.
This executive order establishes internal guidelines for federal civil litigation to promote settlement, alternative dispute resolution, and efficient case management. It also requires agencies to draft clearer legislation and regulations to minimize litigation, and directs improvements in administrative adjudication processes. The order explicitly creates no private enforceable rights and applies only to civil matters commenced after its effective date.