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Title: Executive Order 12861: Elimination of Exec. Branch Regs.
Author: The White House
Date: 11 Sept 1993
Content-Type: text
Content-Length: 2018
Subject: Executive Order to Streamline Federal Internal Regulations
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
September 11, 1993
EXECUTIVE ORDER
ELIMINATION OF ONE-HALF OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH
INTERNAL REGULATIONS
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 section 1111 of title 31, United
States Code, and to cut 50 percent of the executive
branch's internal regulations in order to streamline
and improve customer service to the American
people, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Regulatory Reductions.
Each
executive department and agency shall undertake to
eliminate not less than 50 percent of its civilian
internal management regulations that are not
required by law within 3 years of the effective date
of this order. An agency internal management
regulation, for the purposes of this order, means an
agency directive or regulation that pertains to its
organization, management, or personnel matters.
Reductions in agency internal management
regulations shall be concentrated in areas that will
result in the greatest improvement in productivity,
streamlining of operations, and improvement in
customer service.
Sec. 2. Coverage.
This order applies to all
executive branch departments and agencies.
Sec. 3. Implementation.
The Director of the
Office of Management and Budget shall issue
instructions regarding the implementation of this
order, including exemptions necessary for the
delivery of essential services and compliance with
applicable law.
Sec. 4. Independent Agencies.
All independent
regulatory commissions and agencies are requested
to comply with the provisions of this order.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
THE WHITE HOUSE,
September 11, 1993.
