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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary


For Immediate Release December 12, 1996

EXECUTIVE ORDER


           ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED
                  FUNCTIONS AND ARMS EXPORT CONTROLS

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and in order to delegate certain authority to the Secretary of State, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Section 1-201(a)(13) of Executive Order 12163, as amended, is further amended by

(a) inserting ", and sections 620G(b) and 620H(b) as added by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, (Public Law 104-132)" before "of"; and

(b) inserting ", as well as section 573 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1994 (Public Law 103-87), section 563 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1995 (Public Law 103-306), section 552 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104-107), and similar provisions of law" after "Act".

Sec. 2. Section 1 of Executive Order 11958, as amended, is further amended by

(a) redesignating subsections (n) through (r) as subsections (o) through (s), respectively; and

(b) inserting the following after subsection (m): "(n) Those under Section 40A of the Act, as added by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-132), to the Secretary of State.".

Sec. 3. Section 1(a)(2) of Executive Order 12884 is amended by

(a) deleting "and" before "(3)"; and

(b) inserting ", and (5)" after "(3)".

WILLIAM J. CLINTON

THE WHITE HOUSE,

December 12, 1996.

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