EO 12943
Further Amendment to Executive Order No. 11755
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Updated statutory references and exempted micro-purchases from the federal-contract restriction on certain use of nonfederal prison labor.
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EO 12942
Addition to Level V of the Executive Schedule - Commissioner, Administration for Native Americans
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Added the Administration for Native Americans Commissioner to Level V of the Executive Schedule under temporary presidential designation authority.
EO 12941
Seismic Safety of Existing Federally Owned or Leased Buildings
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Adopted minimum seismic assessment and mitigation standards for existing federal buildings and required inventories, cost estimates, technical support and reporting.
EO 12940
Amendment to Civil Service Rule VI
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Placed specified Agriculture state directors in Schedule C after departmental reorganization, excluding those policy roles from the competitive service.
EO 12939
Expedited Naturalization of Aliens and Noncitizen Nationals Who Served in an Active-Duty Status During the Persian Gulf Conflict
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Designated the Persian Gulf conflict period for expedited naturalization under 8 U.S.C. § 1440; qualifying veterans may still use the statutory route.
EO 12938
Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Declared a worldwide WMD-proliferation emergency, imposed export and procurement consequences and authorized sanctions; later orders broadened the framework.
EO 12937
Declassification of Selected Records Within the National Archives of the United States
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Declassified large groups of World War II and later military and civilian records and directed public access within 30 days, subject to non-national-security FOIA exemptions.
EO 12936
1994 Amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, 1984
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Updated evidence production, protective orders, reconsideration, sentencing evidence, forfeitures, capital factors and punitive provisions in the military-justice manual.
EO 12935
Amending Executive Order No. 11157 as it Relates to the Definition of ‘‘Field Duty’’
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Removed enemy-operations language from two field-duty provisions, narrowing when military members are denied travel and transportation allowances.
EO 12934
Blocking Property and Additional Measures With Respect to the Bosnian Serb-Controlled Areas of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Blocked Bosnian Serb-controlled property and prohibited trade and services with controlled areas; the program was later terminated.
EO 12933
Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Certain Contracts
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Required successor building-service contractors to offer qualified predecessor employees a right of first refusal; the policy was revoked in 2001.
EO 12932
Termination of Emergency With Respect to Haiti
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Ended the Haiti emergency after restoration of elected government and revoked the principal sanctions orders while preserving earlier liabilities.
EO 12931
Federal Procurement Reform
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Directed agencies to simplify procurement, emphasize best value and commercial items, professionalize the workforce and measure acquisition performance.
EO 12930
Measures to Restrict the Participation by United States Persons in Weapons Proliferation Activities
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Continued Commerce controls on U.S. participation in weapons proliferation after an earlier order; EO 12938 consolidated its authority weeks later.
EO 12929
Delegation of Authority Regarding the Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Delegated specified presidential naval-reserve approval functions to the Energy Secretary; later legislation sold or transferred major properties.
EO 12928
Promoting Procurement With Small Businesses Owned and Controlled by Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Individuals, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and Minority Institutions
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Directed agencies to pursue lawful contracting participation by disadvantaged small businesses, HBCUs and minority institutions and strengthened senior accountability.
EO 12927
Ordering the Selected Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Authorized reserve call-ups for operations to restore Haiti’s civilian government; the operational purpose and individual call-ups were time-limited.
EO 12926
Implementation of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Directed federal assistance to state voter-registration agencies and procedures at military recruiting offices; later orders changed the federal-agency designation policy.
EO 12925
Establishing an Emergency Board to Investigate a Dispute Between the Soo Line Railroad Company and Certain of its Employees Represented by the United Transportation Union
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Created a three-member emergency board for the Soo Line–United Transportation Union dispute and temporarily barred changes to the parties’ positions.
EO 12924
Continuation of Export Control Regulations
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Continued export and antiboycott controls under emergency authority during a lapse in the Export Administration Act; legislation later made the emergency unnecessary.
EO 12923
Continuation of Export Control Regulations
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Temporarily continued export regulations under emergency authority after the Export Administration Act lapsed; a replacement order superseded it seven weeks later.
EO 12922
Blocking Property of Certain Haitian Nationals
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Blocked property of Haitian nationals resident in Haiti and people covered by earlier orders, with humanitarian exceptions.
EO 12921
Amendment to Executive Order No. 12864
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Raised the National Information Infrastructure advisory council’s membership ceiling from 30 to 37.
EO 12920
Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Haiti
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Cut most payments, transfers and exports to Haiti while preserving humanitarian, family and informational exceptions.
EO 12919
National Defense Industrial Resources Preparedness
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Allocated Defense Production Act powers across agencies and coordinated them through FEMA; a 2012 order replaced the framework.
EO 12918
Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Rwanda and Delegating Authority With Respect to Other United Nations Arms Embargoes
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Implemented the 1994 UN arms embargo on Rwanda and delegated future UN-mandated arms-embargo administration to State and Commerce.
EO 12917
Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Haiti
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Restricted Haitian-origin imports, dealings and promotion of exports, and U.S. supply to Haiti, subject to specified exceptions; the order was revoked in October 1994.
EO 12916
Implementation of the Border Environment Cooperation Commission and the North American Development Bank
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Assigned United States representation and delegated finance functions for BECC and NADB; later charter amendments merged the institutions.
EO 12915
Federal Implementation of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Set United States priorities, representation, transparency, state consultation and funding for NAFTA’s environmental commission.
EO 12914
Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Haiti
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Blocked funds tied to Haiti’s military-backed regime and restricted Haiti-linked air traffic while preserving scheduled passenger service.
EO 12913
Revocation of Executive Order No. 12582
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Revoked the Grenada-campaign naturalization order as void from its 1987 date after a court found its geographic limitation exceeded statutory authority.
EO 12912
Amendment to Executive Order No. 12878 (Establishing the Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement Reform)
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Moved the Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement Reform’s reporting deadline from May 1 to December 15, 1994; the work ended and the amended framework was later revoked.
EO 12911
Seal for the Office of National Drug Control Policy
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Approved the official ONDCP seal and its design, identifying the office’s direct institutional link to the Executive Office of the President.
EO 12910
Providing for the Closing of Government Departments and Agencies on April 27, 1994
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Closed most executive departments and agencies for President Richard Nixon’s funeral, while allowing essential national-security, defense and public services to remain open.
EO 12909
Order of Succession of Officers to Act as Secretary of the Air Force
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Set temporary succession to the Air Force Secretary, beginning with the Under Secretary; later vacancies law and departmental instruments now govern practical use.
EO 12908
Order of Succession of Officers to Act as Secretary of the Army
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Set a temporary succession order for the Army Secretary, beginning with the Under Secretary; later vacancies law and departmental instruments now shape its use.
EO 12907
Amending Executive Order No. 12882, President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Raised the Clinton-era President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology from 16 to 19 members; a successor PCAST order later revoked the framework.
EO 12906
Coordinating Geographic Data Acquisition and Access: The National Spatial Data Infrastructure
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Established coordinated federal leadership, metadata, standards, public access and partnerships for geospatial data; the framework continues under later law and amendments.
EO 12905
Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Created a broadly representative committee to advise USTR on trade and environmental policy and report on negotiated agreements; the committee remains active.
EO 12904
Commission for Environmental Cooperation, Commission for Labor Cooperation, Border Environment Cooperation Commission, and North American Development Bank
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Granted international-organization privileges to four NAFTA-related bodies; later agreements preserved or reorganized some and displaced the old labor framework.
EO 12903
Nuclear Cooperation With EURATOM
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Extended a statutory waiver allowing peaceful nuclear cooperation with Euratom through March 10, 1995 while a modern agreement was negotiated; that temporary period expired.
EO 12902
Energy Efficiency and Water Conservation at Federal Facilities
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Set 2005 energy-reduction goals, facility audits, conservation projects, financing and reporting across federal property; EO 13123 revoked and replaced it.
EO 12901
Identification of Trade Expansion Priorities
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Directed USTR to identify high-value foreign trade barriers and open section 301 investigations for 1994–95, later shifted to 1996–97; those cycles are complete.
EO 12900
Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Created a presidential advisory commission and interagency initiative on Hispanic participation and outcomes in federal education programs; a successor order revoked it.
EO 12899
Establishing an Emergency Board to Investigate a Dispute Between the Long Island Rail Road and Certain of Its Employees Represented by the United Transportation Union
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Created a second three-member emergency board to choose the more reasonable final offer in a Long Island Rail Road labor dispute; the board ended on reporting.
EO 12898
Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations [9]
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Required agencies to identify and address disproportionate health and environmental effects on minority and low-income populations; EO 14173 later revoked it.
EO 12897
Garnishment of Federal Employees' Pay
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Assigned OPM and the Postal Service responsibility for regulations implementing court-ordered commercial garnishment of federal civilian pay; the framework remains in use.
EO 12896
Amending the Civil Service Rules Concerning Political Activity
Bill Clinton · 1993–2001
Revoked an obsolete Civil Service Rule after Congress rewrote federal-employee political-activity law; current Hatch Act statutes and regulations now supply the rules.