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This executive order, signed by President William J. Clinton on 1995-09-29, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.
Constitutional Assessment: Scrutinized through Article II, Section 2, this action exercises the President's constitutional role as Commander in Chief. Early Framers recognized broad executive discretion in commanding military forces during conflict, provided it remains bounded by congressional declarations and respects civilian domestic courts.
Key Directives & Operative Actions
▪By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C.
▪11145, as amended (Department of the Interior).
▪12196, as amended (Department of Labor).
▪11183, as amended (Office of Personnel Management).
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments
🏛️ Merchants, Importers & Commercial Enterprises
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
Total Words
492
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Estimated Read Time
2 min
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Flesch-Kincaid
12
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
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Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 12974, William J. Clinton (Sep 29, 1995). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12974-continuance-certain-federal-advisory-committees.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Each advisory committee listed below is continued until September 30, 1997. (a) Committee for the Preservation of the White House; Executive Order No. 11145, as amended (Department of the Interior). (b) Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health; Executive Order No. 12196, as amended (Department of Labor). (c) National Partnership Council; Executive Order No. 12871 (Office of Personnel Management). (d) President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans; Executive Order No. 12900 (Department of Education). (e) President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Executive Order No. 12876 (Department of Education). (f) President's Commission on White House Fellowships; Executive Order No. 11183, as amended (Office of Personnel Management). (g) President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology; Executive Order No. 12882, as amended (Office of Science and Technology Policy). (h) President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities; Executive Order No. 12367, as amended (National Endowment for the Arts). (i) President's Committee on the International Labor Organization; Executive Order No. 12216, as amended (Department of Labor). (j) President's Committee on Mental Retardation; Executive Order No. 11776, as amended (Department of Health and Human Services). (k) President's Committee on the National Medal of Science; Executive Order No. 11287, as amended (National Science Foundation). (l) President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports; Executive Order No. 12345, as amended (Department of Health and Human Services). (m) President's Export Council; Executive Order No. 12131, as amended (Department of Commerce). (n) President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee; Executive Order No. 12382, as amended (Department of Defense). (o) Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee; Executive Order No. 12905 (Office of the United States Trade Representative). Sec. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other Executive order, the functions of the President under the Federal Advisory Committee Act that are applicable to the committees listed in section 1 of this order, except that of reporting annually to the Congress, shall be performed by the head of the department or agency designated after each committee, in accordance with the guidelines and procedures established by the Administrator of General Services. Sec. 3. The following Executive orders or sections thereof, which established committees that have terminated or whose work is completed, are revoked: (a) Executive Order No. 12878, as amended by Executive Order Nos. 12887 and 12912, establishing the Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement Reform; and (b) That portion of section 2 of Executive Order No. 12844 that established the Federal Fleet Conversion Task Force. Sec. 4. Executive Order No. 12869 is superseded. Sec. 5. This order shall be effective September 30, 1995. William J. Clinton The White House, September 29, 1995. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:17 a.m., October 2, 1995]