Executive orders, proclamations, memoranda, determinations, and other instruments — filter by administration, type, and theme.
10 shown · Jul '00
President Clinton continued the national emergency with respect to Iraq that was originally declared by President Bush on August 2, 1990, extending the trade sanctions and asset blocking measures beyond August 2, 2000. The continuation is based on the determination that Iraq's activities hostile to U.S. interests in the Middle East persist.
This executive order directs federal agencies to increase hiring of individuals with disabilities, setting a goal of 100,000 hires over 5 years through expanded outreach and reasonable accommodations. Agencies must submit implementation plans to the Office of Personnel Management within 60 days.
This executive order requires all federal agencies to establish written procedures for processing reasonable accommodation requests from employees and applicants with disabilities, with specific requirements for timelines, medical information handling, and dispute resolution. The EEOC must issue implementation guidance within 90 days, and agencies must submit their procedures to the EEOC within one year.
This presidential determination authorizes up to $18 million in emergency military assistance—drawn from Defense Department stocks, services, and training—to support UN peacekeeping forces in Sierra Leone and coalition partners. It invokes Section 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act due to an unforeseen emergency that cannot be addressed under other authorities.
This memorandum delegates the President's statutory reporting obligation under section 606 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act to the Secretary of Defense, requiring the Secretary to submit a report to Congress and publish the delegation in the Federal Register.
President Clinton designated approximately 2.3 acres of the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Washington, D.C. as the President Lincoln and Soldiers' Home National Monument under the Antiquities Act. The proclamation withdraws the federal land from commercial disposition and directs the Armed Forces Retirement Home to manage the site in consultation with the National Park Service, including preparing a management plan within 3 years.
President Clinton approved a proposed U.S.-Turkey nuclear cooperation agreement for peaceful uses of nuclear energy, finding it would promote and not unreasonably risk common defense and security. The determination authorizes the Secretaries of State and Energy to arrange for execution of the agreement under Section 123(b) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.
This proclamation suspends Belarus from the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) due to failure to afford internationally recognized worker rights, effective 60 days after Federal Register publication. It also terminates GSP benefits for Malta, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, and Slovenia as "high income" countries, effective January 1, 2002.
This executive order establishes the Federal Career Intern Program to recruit and develop exceptional talent for federal public service careers. Career Interns are appointed to excepted service positions for up to two years (extendable to three) with formal training, and may receive competitive civil service status upon satisfactory completion. The Office of Personnel Management is authorized to develop merit-based procedures and oversee the program.
This memorandum delegates presidential authority under Section 1232 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act to the Secretary of Defense, allowing transfer of War Reserve Allies Stockpile items from Korea and Thailand to those respective countries in exchange for negotiated concessions, with concurrence required from the Secretary of State. The delegation permits redelegation within DOD and requires Federal Register publication.