2 July 1998: This EO was published as EO 13091 in the Federal Register, July 2, 1998

30 June 1998


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                            THE WHITE HOUSE

                     Office of the Press Secretary
                 (Shanghai, People's Republic of China)
________________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release                                      June 30, 1998



                             EXECUTIVE ORDER

                              - - - - - - -

                  ADMINISTRATION OF ARMS EXPORT CONTROLS
                          AND FOREIGN ASSISTANCE



    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 and the Secretary of Defense, it is hereby 
ordered as follows:

    Section 1.  Section 1 of Executive Order 11958, as amended, is 
further amended as follows:

    (a)  in subsection (k), by inserting after "State."  "Those under
Section 36(e) of the Act, as added by Public Law 104-164 with respect 
to transmittals pursuant to Section 36(b) to the Secretary of Defense, 
and with respect to transmittals pursuant to Section 36(c), to the 
Secretary of State.", and

    (b)  by redesignating subsections (n) through (s) as subsections (o)
through (t), respectively, and inserting the following after subsection
(m):

    "(n) Those under Section 40A of the Act, as added by Public Law
104-164, to the Secretary of State insofar as they relate to commercial
exports licensed under the Act, and to the Secretary of Defense insofar 
as they relate to defense articles and defense services sold, leased, 
or transferred under the Foreign Military Sales Program."

    Sec. 2.  Section 1-201 of Executive Order 12163, as amended, is
further amended as follows:

    (a)  in subsection (a)(13),

            (1)  by inserting the following before "and sections":
                 ", section 620G as added by Public Law 104-164"; and

            (2)  by inserting the following after "law":
                 ", except that the functions under section 620G as 
                 added by Public Law 104-164 shall be exercised in 
                 consultation with the Secretary of Defense";

    (b)  in subsection (a)(23), by deleting ", except" and all that
follows through "thereof";

    (c)  by redesignating subsections (a)(18) through (36) as (a)(19)
through (37), respectively; and

    (d)  by inserting the following new subsection after subsection
(a)(17):

    "(18) section 655 of the Act, insofar as they relate to defense
articles and defense services licensed for export under section 38 of 
the Arms Export Control Act:".

    Sec. 3.  Section 1-301 of Executive Order 12163, as amended, is
further amended by:

    (a)  redesignating subsections (e) through (g) as subsections
(f) through (h), respectively; and

    (b)  inserting the following new subsection (e):

          "(e) the functions under section 655 of the Act insofar as 
they relate to defense articles, defense services, and international 
military education and training furnished by grant or sale by the 
Secretary of Defense, except to the extent otherwise delegated."


    Sec. 4.  Section 1-501 of Executive Order 12163, as amended, is
further amended:

    (a)  in subsection (a)(2) by striking "and"; and

    (b)  in subsection (a)(3) after "1754)" by inserting the following:

          "; and (4) section 655(c) of the Act".


                                   WILLIAM J. CLINTON



                                   THE WHITE HOUSE,
                                   June 29, 1998.


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http://www.nara.gov/fedreg/eo1977f.html EO 11958 Administration of arms export controls Signed: January 18, 1977 Federal Register page and date: 42 FR 4311; January 24, 1977 Revokes: EO 11501, December 22, 1969 [except that, to the extent consistent with EO 11958, all rules, regulations, etc., made under provisions of EO 11501, as amended, shall remain in full force and effect until amended, modified, or terminated by appropriate authority] Revokes in part by: EO 11685, September 25, 1972 Amended by: EO 12118, February 6, 1979; EO 12163, September 29, 1979; EO 12210, April 16, 1980; EO 12321, September 14, 1981; EO 12365, May 24, 1982; EO 12423, May 26, 1983; EO 12560, May 24, 1986; EO 12680, July 5, 1989; EO 12738, December 14, 1990; EO 13030, December 12, 1996 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.nara.gov/fedreg/eo1979.html EO 12163 Administration of foreign assistance and related functions Signed: September 29, 1979 Federal Register page and date: 44 FR 56673; October 2, 1979 Amends: EO 10900, January 5, 1961; Memorandum of October 18, 1961; EO 11223, May 12, 1965; EO 11846, March 27, 1975; EO 11958, January 18, 1977; EO 12065, June 28, 1978; EO 11685, September 25, 1972; EO 12107, December 28, 1978; EO 12118, February 6, 1979 Revokes: EO 10893, November 8, 1960; EO 10973, November 3, 1961; 11261, December 11, 1965; EO 11417, July 24, 1968; EO 11432, October 22, 1968; EO 11816, October 23, 1974; EO 11841, February 28, 1975; EO 11959, January 18, 1977 Revokes in part: EO 11579, January 19, 1971 ; EO 11685, September 25, 1972 Amended by: EO 12226, July 22, 1980; EO 12292, February 23, 1981; EO 12321, September 14, 1981; EO 12365, May 24, 1982; EO 12423, May 26, 1983; EO 12458, January 14, 1984; EO 12500, January 24, 1985; EO 12560, May 24, 1986; EO 12608, September 9, 1987; EO 12620, December 24, 1987; EO 12639, May 6, 1988; EO 12680, July 5, 1989; EO 12738, December 14, 1990, EO 13030, December 12, 1996 See: Presidential Determination No. 91-20, January 25, 1991; EO 12884, December 1, 1993 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------