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22 shownFederal Leadership on Global Tobacco Control and Prevention
This executive order establishes U.S. policy to combat global tobacco use through coordinated domestic and international efforts. It restricts federal agencies from promoting tobacco exports, requires HHS participation in tobacco trade policy deliberations, mandates a pilot country needs assessment by year-end 2001, and creates a research and training program focused on women and children.
Prohibiting the Importation of Rough Diamonds From Sierra Leone
This executive order bans the importation of rough diamonds from Sierra Leone into the United States, effective January 19, 2001, to prevent the Revolutionary United Front from using illicit diamond trade to fund its civil war activities. The prohibition includes an exception for diamonds certified through Sierra Leone's official Certificate of Origin regime, and authorizes the Treasury Secretary to issue implementing regulations.
Trails for America in the 21st Century
This executive order directs federal agencies to protect, connect, promote, and assist trails throughout the United States in cooperation with tribes, states, local governments, and citizen groups. It formally recognizes the Federal Interagency Council on Trails and mandates coordination on mapping, volunteer programs, National Trails Day participation, and development of an operating handbook for trail administrators.
Final Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve
This executive order finalizes the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve by making permanent the Reserve Preservation Areas established in EO 13178, with modifications to fishing caps, discharge rules, and protected area boundaries. It caps commercial fishing at historical levels, allows limited continued fishing around two banks for 5 years, and directs the Secretary of Commerce to initiate National Marine Sanctuary designation.
Governmentwide Accountability for Merit System Principles; Workforce Information
This executive order amends Civil Service Rules to strengthen federal workforce accountability by adding new rules requiring executive agencies to report workforce information to OPM and establishing agency accountability systems for merit system principles. It also removes a provision on preference eligibles from Rule V and streamlines Rule VII on hiring discretion.
Implementation of the African Growth and Opportunity Act and the United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act
This executive order delegates presidential authority to implement trade preference programs for sub-Saharan Africa (AGOA) and Caribbean Basin countries (CBTPA) to specific agencies. It authorizes the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements, USTR, and Customs to make determinations on fabric availability, handloomed goods, interlinings, transshipment penalties, visa systems, and emergency tariff actions.
Lifting and Modifying Measures With Respect to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)
This executive order lifts broad economic sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) while maintaining targeted asset freezes and transaction prohibitions against Slobodan Milosevic, his associates, and persons indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. It amends Executive Order 13088 to narrow sanctions from country-wide to individually designated persons, effective January 19, 2001.
Federal Interagency Task Force on the District of Columbia
This executive order formally establishes the Federal Interagency Task Force on the District of Columbia, chaired by the OMB Director and composed of 18 cabinet-level and agency heads, to coordinate federal assistance for D.C.'s financial stability, economic growth, and self-governance. It continues and institutionalizes interagency work begun in 1995 to support the nation's capital through improved federal-local coordination.
ProcProclamation
14 shownEstablishment of the Governors Island National Monument
President Clinton used the Antiquities Act to designate approximately 20 acres on Governors Island as a national monument, protecting historic forts Castle William and Fort Jay. The proclamation withdraws the federal lands from disposition and directs the National Park Service to prepare a management plan within 3 years.
Boundary Enlargement and Modifications of the Buck Island Reef National Monument
President Clinton expanded the Buck Island Reef National Monument in the U.S. Virgin Islands by approximately 18,135 marine acres to protect additional coral reefs, marine ecosystems, and historic slave shipwrecks. The proclamation prohibits boat anchoring and all extractive uses within the expanded monument, superseding the limited extractive use authorization from the original 1961 proclamation, and requires the Secretary of the Interior to prepare a management plan within 2 years.
Establishment of the Carrizo Plain National Monument
President Clinton established the Carrizo Plain National Monument in California, withdrawing approximately 204,107 acres of federal land from development, mining, and mineral leasing to protect rare ecosystems, endangered species, geological features along the San Andreas Fault, and significant archaeological and paleontological resources. The proclamation directs the Secretary of the Interior to manage the monument through the Bureau of Land Management and to prepare a management plan with travel restrictions.
Establishment of the Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument
President Clinton designated approximately 4,148 acres in north central New Mexico as the Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument under the Antiquities Act of 1906, withdrawing federal lands from development, restricting off-road vehicle use, and directing the Secretary of the Interior to prepare a management plan within 3 years in cooperation with the Pueblo de Cochiti.
Establishment of the Minidoka Internment National Monument
President Clinton established the Minidoka Internment National Monument on 72.75 acres of federal land in Idaho to preserve structures and interpret the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. The proclamation withdraws the lands from public entry or disposition and directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer management to the National Park Service, with a management plan due within 3 years.
Establishment of the Pompeys Pillar National Monument
President Clinton used the Antiquities Act to designate approximately 51 acres at Pompeys Pillar, Montana as a national monument, withdrawing federal lands from development and placing them under Bureau of Land Management management. The proclamation protects Native American petroglyphs, Lewis and Clark historical evidence, and pioneer-era inscriptions while preserving existing Crow Tribe mineral rights and Montana fish and wildlife jurisdiction.
Establishment of the Sonoran Desert National Monument
President Clinton established the 486,149-acre Sonoran Desert National Monument in Arizona under the Antiquities Act to protect biological, scientific, and historic resources. The proclamation imposes off-road vehicle restrictions, phases out grazing south of Interstate 8, withdraws lands from mining and mineral leasing, and assigns management to the Bureau of Land Management with a required management plan.
Establishment of the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument
President Clinton established the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, withdrawing approximately 377,346 acres of federal land in Montana from development, mining, and mineral leasing. The proclamation directs the Secretary of the Interior to manage the monument through the Bureau of Land Management, prepare a transportation plan, and prohibit off-road motorized vehicle use.
DetDetermination
8 shownWaiver of Sanctions for the Transfer of Select U.S. Munitions List U.S.-Origin Helicopter Spare Parts From the United Kingdom to India
President Clinton waived Arms Export Control Act sanctions to allow the transfer of specific U.S.-origin helicopter spare parts from the UK to India, certifying the restriction would harm U.S. national security interests. The Secretary of State was directed to report this to Congress and publish it in the Federal Register.
Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 2 (c) (1) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as Amended
President Clinton authorized up to $22 million from the U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund for urgent refugee and migration needs in the Balkans and Nepal. The determination directs the Secretary of State to notify Congress and publish the memorandum in the Federal Register.
U.S. Contribution to the Korea Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO): Certification and Waiver Under the Heading "Nonproliferation, Anti- Terrorism, Demining and Related Programs" in Title II of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2001, as Enacted in Public Law 106-429
President Clinton certified North Korean compliance with the Agreed Framework on five of eight statutory conditions, then waived the remaining three certification requirements to release up to $55 million in U.S. funds for the Korea Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO), the international consortium building light-water reactors in North Korea under the 1994 nuclear deal.
Determination Pursuant to Section 523 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106-429)
President Clinton certified that withholding U.S. funds from international financial institutions and other international organizations under the 2001 Foreign Operations Appropriations Act would be contrary to the national interest, thereby allowing those funds to flow. This routine determination waived a statutory restriction on contributions to multilateral institutions.
Presidential Certification To Waive Application of Restrictions on Assistance to the Government of Serbia and the Government of Montenegro
President Clinton certified to Congress that waiving restrictions on U.S. and international financial assistance to Serbia and Montenegro was necessary to achieve a negotiated settlement in Bosnia-Herzegovina. This waiver, issued December 19, 2000, followed the democratic election of Vojislav Kostunica in Serbia and aimed to support the new government and prevent a return of Milosevic-era forces.
Suspension of Limitations Under the Jerusalem Embassy Act
President Clinton issued a determination suspending for six months the limitations in the Jerusalem Embassy Act that would have required moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem and restricted State Department spending. The suspension was justified on national security grounds and required transmission to Congress with a report and Federal Register publication.
Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 2(c)(1) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as Amended
President Clinton authorized the release of up to $33 million from the U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund to address urgent refugee and migration crises in Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Afghanistan, North Caucasus, Serbia, and the Middle East. The funds may support international, governmental, and nongovernmental organizations responding to these emergencies.
Determination to Authorize the Furnishing of Emergency Military Assistance to the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL), Countries Participating in UNAMSIL, and Other Countries Involved in Peacekeeping Efforts or Affiliated Coalition Operations With Respect to Sierra Leone
President Clinton authorized an emergency drawdown of up to $36 million in defense articles, services, and military training from Department of Defense stocks to support UN peacekeeping forces in Sierra Leone and affiliated coalition operations, citing an unforeseen emergency that could not be addressed under other legal authorities.
NoticeNotice
4 shownContinuation of Emergency Regarding Terrorists Who Threaten To Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process
President Clinton continued the national emergency first declared in 1995 regarding foreign terrorists threatening the Middle East peace process, extending sanctions that block assets of designated terrorists and prohibit U.S. persons from transactions with them. The continuation, issued under the National Emergencies Act, extends the emergency and its measures beyond their January 23, 2001 expiration date.
Continuation of Libya Emergency
President Clinton continued the national emergency with respect to Libya for another year, maintaining sanctions and asset blocking measures first imposed by President Reagan in 1986. The continuation cites ongoing concerns about Libyan support for terrorism and noncompliance with UN Security Council resolutions despite the suspension of UN sanctions.
Continuation of Iran Emergency
President Clinton continued the national emergency with respect to Iran for another year, extending sanctions and emergency authorities first declared in 1979. The continuation is justified by ongoing abnormal U.S.-Iran relations and incomplete implementation of the 1981 Algiers Accords.
Continuation of Emergency Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction
President Clinton continued for another year the national emergency first declared in 1994 regarding the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their delivery systems. The notice extends Executive Order 12938 under the National Emergencies Act, maintaining existing sanctions and authorities without adding new measures.