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Notice 130672000-10-31Clinton

Continuation of Sudan Emergency

President Clinton continued for one year the national emergency declared in 1997 regarding Sudan, maintaining trade sanctions and asset blocking measures originally imposed by Executive Order 13067 due to Sudan's continued activities hostile to U.S. interests.

Memo2000-10-31Clinton

Report to the Congress Regarding Conditions in Burma and U.S. Policy Toward Burma

This memorandum directs the Secretary of State to transmit to Congress a statutorily required six-month report on conditions in Burma, covering progress toward democratization, quality of life improvements, and multilateral democracy strategy development for the period March 27-September 28, 2000.

Det2000-10-28Clinton

Determination to Waive Attachment Provisions Relating to Blocked Property of Terrorist-List States

President Clinton waived a provision of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 that would have allowed plaintiffs to seize blocked property of terrorist-list states to satisfy court judgments. The determination finds that allowing such attachments would impede the President's ability to conduct foreign policy and national security by undermining financial sanctions. The Secretary of State is directed to publish this waiver in the Federal Register.

EO 131742000-10-27Clinton

Commission on Workers, Communities, and Economic Change in the New Economy

This executive order establishes a 14-member advisory commission to study how workers and communities are affected by economic dislocation from trade, technology, and globalization, and to recommend improvements to federal adjustment programs. The commission must report to the President and Congress within 12 months of its first meeting, after which it terminates 30 days later.

EO 131722000-10-25Clinton

Amendment to Executive Order 13078, To Expand the Role of the National Task Force on Employment of Adults With Disabilities To Include a Focus on Youth

This executive order expands the National Task Force on Employment of Adults With Disabilities to also address youth with disabilities. It directs federal agencies to coordinate on six specific activities including research, public awareness, collaboration with Youth Councils, health care access, postsecondary education, and creation of a Youth Advisory Council chaired by the Department of Labor.

EO 131732000-10-25Clinton

Interagency Task Force on the Economic Development of the Central San Joaquin Valley

This executive order establishes an interagency task force to coordinate federal economic development efforts for California's Central San Joaquin Valley, requiring annual reports for five years and focusing on sustainable growth in seven designated counties. The task force includes 16 agency heads or their designees with a rotating chair among Agriculture, HUD, and Commerce.

Notice 129782000-10-19Clinton

Continuation of Emergency With Respect to Significant Narcotics Traffickers Centered in Colombia

This notice continues for one year the national emergency declared in 1995 regarding significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia, maintaining sanctions that block property and prohibit transactions with designated persons. The continuation is authorized under section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act.

EO 131712000-10-12Clinton

Hispanic Employment in the Federal Government

This executive order directs federal agencies to establish programs recruiting and developing Hispanic employees to address their underrepresentation in the federal workforce (6.4% vs. roughly 13% of the civilian labor force). It mandates specific agency actions including eliminating systemic barriers, improving outreach, and tying executive performance to diversity goals, while requiring OPM to issue regulations, create an interagency task force, and report annually on progress.

Proc 73592000-10-10Clinton

Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Persons Impeding the Peace Process in Sierra Leone

This proclamation suspends entry into the United States for immigrants and nonimmigrants who support the Revolutionary United Front or impede the peace process in Sierra Leone, along with their family members. The Secretary of State is authorized to implement the suspension through established procedures and to determine when it should be terminated.

EO 131692000-10-06Clinton

Assistance to Small Business Exporters and Dislocated

This executive order creates an interagency task force to help small businesses, particularly those owned by women, minorities, and rural operators, export to China, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Caribbean Basin. It also directs the Department of Labor to expedite and expand outreach for dislocated worker assistance programs, including trade adjustment aid.

EO 131702000-10-06Clinton

Increasing Opportunities and Access for Disadvantaged Businesses

This executive order directs federal agencies to increase contracting opportunities for Small Disadvantaged Businesses (SDBs), 8(a) program firms, and Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) through aggressive outreach, goal-setting, enforcement of subcontracting requirements, and limits on contract bundling. It mandates specific participation rates, reporting mechanisms, and coordination with the Small Business Administration to overcome historic underutilization in federal procurement.

Proc 73502000-10-02Clinton

To Implement the African Growth and Opportunity Act and To Designate Eritrea as a Beneficiary Developing Country for Purposes of the Generalized System of Preferences

This proclamation implements the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) by designating 34 sub-Saharan African countries as beneficiary countries eligible for preferential trade treatment, including duty-free entry of textile and apparel articles. It also authorizes the U.S. Trade Representative to make determinations about countries' compliance with anti-transshipment requirements and to eliminate quotas for Kenya and Mauritius, and designates Eritrea as a beneficiary developing country under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP).

Proc 73512000-10-02Clinton

To Implement the United States-Caribbean Basin Trade

This proclamation implements the United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act by designating 24 Caribbean and Central American countries as CBTPA beneficiary countries, modifying the Harmonized Tariff Schedule to provide preferential tariff treatment, and delegating authority to the U.S. Trade Representative to determine whether countries meet NAFTA-equivalent customs procedures requirements.

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