[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 9, 1996)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Page 15873]
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[FR Doc No: 96-9033]
                        Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 69 / Tuesday, April 9, 1996 /
Presidential Documents
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                Executive Order 12998 of April 5, 1996
Amendment to Executive Order No. 11880
                 By virtue of the authority vested in me as President
                by the Constitution and laws of the United States of
                America, including section 3347 of title 5, United
                States Code, it is hereby ordered that Executive Order
                No. 11880 of October 2, 1975, as amended, is further
                amended as follows:
                 A new section 2 of Executive Order No. 11880 shall be
                added to read: ``The President may at any time,
                pursuant to law but without regard to the foregoing
                provisions of this order, direct that an officer, as
                defined in 5 U.S.C. 3347, and specified by the
                President shall act as Secretary of Commerce.''
                 The present section 2 of Executive Order No. 11880, as
                amended, shall be redesignated as section 3.
                    (Presidential Sig.)
                THE WHITE HOUSE,
                    April 5, 1996.
[FR Doc. 96-9033
Filed 4-8-96; 12:27 pm]
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