Implementation of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 Documents
Implementation of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998



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Part VIII
The President
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Executive Order 13118--Implementation of the Foreign Affairs Reform and
Restructuring Act of 1998
                        Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 64, No. 64 / Monday, April 5, 1999 /
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Title 3--
The President
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                Executive Order 13118 of March 31, 1999
Implementation of the Foreign Affairs Reform and
                Restructuring Act of 1998
                By the authority vested in me as President by the
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of
                America, including section 621 of the Foreign
                Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2381),
                and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, it is
                hereby ordered as follows:
                Section 1. Part 1-1 of Executive Order 12163, as
                amended, is amended to read as follows:
                    ``1-1. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
                    ``1-100. Delegation of Functions. (a) Exclusive of
                the functions otherwise delegated, or reserved to the
                President, by this order, Executive Order 12884,
                Executive Order 11579, and Executive Order 12757, and
                subject to the provisions of such orders, there are
                hereby delegated to the Secretary of State (referred to
                in this Part as the ``Secretary'') all functions
                conferred upon the President by:
                    L  ``(1) the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
                U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) (``Act'');
   (i)  except that with respect to section 505(a) of the Act, such functions only insofar as those functions
         relate to other provisions which may be required by the President or only insofar as they relate to
         consent;
   (ii  except that with respect to section 505(b) of the Act, such functions only insofar as those functions
     )   pertain to countries that agree to the conditions set forth therein;
                    L  ``(2) section 1205(b) of the International
                Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985
                (``ISDCA of 1985'');
                    L  ``(3) section 8(d) of the Act of January 12,
                1971 (22 U.S.C. 2321b(d));
                    L  ``(4) section 607 of the International Security
                Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 1976 (22
                U.S.C. 2394a);
                    L  ``(5) section 402(b)(2) of title 10, United
                States Code, which shall be exercised in consultation
                with the Secretary of Defense;
                    L  ``(6) the third proviso under the heading
                ``Development Assistance'' contained in title II of the
                Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related
                Programs Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in
                Public Law 105-277);
                    L  ``(7) section 572 of the Foreign Operations,
                Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations
                Act, 1989 (Public Law 100-461);
                    L  ``(8) sections 508, 517, 518, 528(a), 535, 539,
                544, 561, 563, 572, 574, 575, 585, 594 of the Foreign
                Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
                Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in Public Law
                105-277);
                    L  ``(9) section 523 of the Foreign Operations,
                Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations
                Act, 1999 (as contained in Public Law 105-277), which
                shall be exercised in consultation with the Secretary
                of the Treasury;
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                    L  ``(10) section 551 of the Foreign Operations,
                Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations
                Act, 1999 (as contained in Public Law 105-277);
                    L  ``(11) section 591 of the Foreign Operations,
                Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations
                Act, 1998 (Public Law 105-118), and the provisions of
                law referenced therein;
                    L  ``(12) section 821(b) of the Western Hemisphere
                Drug Elimination Act (as contained in Public Law 105-
                277).
                  ``(b) The functions under section 653 of the Act
                delegated to the Secretary shall be exercised in
                consultation with the Secretary of Defense, insofar as
                they relate to functions under the Act administered by
                the Department of Defense, and the Director of the
                Office of Management and Budget.
                  ``(c) The functions under sections 239(f), 620(e),
                620(g), 620(j), 620(q), and 620(s) of the Act delegated
                to the Secretary shall be exercised in consultation
                with the Administrator of the United States Agency for
                International Development.
                  ``(d) The Secretary shall perform all public
                information functions abroad with respect to the
                foreign assistance, aid, and development programs of
                the United States Government, to the extent such
                functions are not specifically assigned by statute to
                be performed by a different officer.
                  ``(e) The Secretary may redelegate to any other
                officer or agency of the Executive branch functions
                delegated to the Secretary by this order to the extent
                such delegation is not otherwise prohibited by law.''.
                Sec. 2. Part 1-2 of Executive Order 12163, as amended,
                is amended to read as follows:
                    ``1-2. UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL
                DEVELOPMENT
                    ``1-200. United States Agency for International
                Development.
                  ``(a) The United States Agency for International
                Development is an independent establishment within the
                Executive branch. Any reference in the Act to the
                agency primarily responsible for administering part I
                of the Act, or to the Administrator of such agency,
                shall be deemed to be a reference to the United States
                Agency for International Development or to the
                Administrator of that agency, as appropriate.
                  ``(b) The United States Agency for International
                Development shall be headed by an Administrator
                appointed pursuant to section 624(a) of the Act.
                  ``(c) The officers provided for in section 624(a) of
                the Act shall serve in the United States Agency for
                International Development.
                  ``(d) The Office of Small Business provided for in
                section 602(b) of the Act shall be in the United States
                Agency for International Development.
                  ``(e) To the extent practicable, the Administrator of
                the United States Agency for International Development
                will exercise functions relating to Foreign Service
                personnel in a manner that will assure maximum
                compatibility among agencies authorized by law to
                utilize the Foreign Service personnel system. To this
                end, the Administrator shall consult regularly with the
                Secretary of State.''.
                Sec. 3. Part 1-3 of Executive Order 12163, as amended,
                is amended in section 301(c) by striking ``part II of
                the Act (except chapters 4, 6, and 8 thereof)'' and
                inserting in lieu thereof ``chapters 2 and 5 of part II
                of the Act''.
                Sec. 4. Part 1-4 of Executive Order 12163, as amended,
                is revoked.
                Sec. 5. Part 1-5 of Executive Order 12163, as amended,
                is amended as follows:
                    L  (1) in section 1-501(c), by striking ``Director,
                as provided in Executive Order 11269 of February 14,
                1966, as amended'' and inserting in lieu thereof
                ``Secretary of State'';
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                    L  (2) section 1-504 is revoked;
                    L  (3) section 1-505 is amended to read as follows:
                    L``1-505. Trade and Development Agency. There is
                delegated to the Director of the Trade and Development
                Agency the functions conferred upon the President by
                section 661(d) of the Act.'';
                    L  (4) section 1-506 is revoked.
                Sec. 6. Part 1-6 of Executive Order 12163, as amended,
                is amended as follows:
                    L  (1) in section 1-602, by striking ``Director of
                IDCA, the Director'' and inserting in lieu thereof
                ``Secretary of State, the Secretary''; and
                    L  (2) in section 1-604, by striking ``, title IV
                of the IDC Act of 1979 or section 402 of the Mutual
                Security Act of 1954''.
                Sec. 7. Part 1-7 of Executive Order 12163, as amended,
                is amended as follows:
                    L  (1) in section 1-701(a)--
                    L    (A) by striking ``662(a),''; and
                    L    (B) by inserting ``493,'' after ``298(a),'';
                    L  (2) by striking section 1-701(b), and
                redesignating subsections ``(c)'' and ``(d)'' as
                subsections ``(b)'' and ``(c)'', respectively;
                    L  (3) in section 1-701(c) (as redesignated by this
                section)--
                    L    (A) by inserting ``209(d),'' before ``303'';
                    L    (B) by striking ``481'' and inserting in lieu
                thereof ``490''; and
                    L    (C) by striking ``, 669(b)(1), 670(a),
                670(b)(2), and 670(b)(3)'';
                    L  (4) in section 1-701(g), by striking ``131,'';
                    L  (5) in section 1-702--
                    L    (A) by striking ``Director'' and inserting in
                lieu thereof ``Secretary'';
                    L  and
                    L    (B) by striking ``IDCA'' and inserting in lieu
                thereof ``the Department
                    L  of State'';
                    L  (6) by adding a new section 1-703 to read as
                follows:
                  L``1-703. Office of Management and Budget. In this
                    order the Director of the Office of Management and
                    Budget shall retain all authorities related to the
                    implementation of his budgetary and policy
                    coordination functions, including the authority to:
          (a)  request and receive information from any agency that is subject to this delegation;
          (b)  carry out all responsibilities associated with implementing the Government Performance and
                Results Act, the Government Management Reform Act, and other comparable government-wide statutes
                dealing with management; and
          (c)  carry out all statutory budget and policy coordination responsibilities assigned to the Director
                of the Office of Management and Budget by statute or Executive order.
                Sec. 8. Part 1-8 of Executive Order 12163, as amended,
                is amended to read as follows:
                    ``1-8 FUNDS
                  ``1-800. Allocation of Funds. Funds described below
                that are appropriated or otherwise made available to
                the President shall be deemed to be allocated without
                any further action of the President, as follows:
                  ``(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c),
                there are allocated to the Secretary all funds made
                available for carrying out the Act, including any funds
                appropriated under the heading ``Nonproliferation,
                Anti-Terrorism, Demining and Related Programs''.
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                  ``(b) There are allocated to the Secretary of Defense
                all funds made available for carrying out chapters 2
                and 5 of Part II of the Act.
                  ``(c) There are allocated to the Secretary of the
                Treasury all funds made available for carrying out
                section 129 of the Act.
                  ``(d) The Secretary of State, the Secretary of
                Defense, and the Secretary of the Treasury may allocate
                or transfer as appropriate any funds received under
                subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section,
                respectively, to any agency or part thereof for
                obligation or expenditure thereby consistent with
                applicable law.
                Sec. 9. Part 1-9 of Executive Order 12163, as amended,
                is amended as follows: (1) in section 1-902(c), by
                striking ``hereafter-enacted''; and (2) by revoking
                sections 1-903(c) and 1-903(d).
                Sec. 10. The following Executive orders are revoked or
                amended:
                    (1) Executive Order 12884 of December 1, 1993, is
                amended--
                    L  (a) in section 3, by striking the section
                heading and all that follows through ``by:'', and
                inserting in lieu thereof ``Secretary of State-
                Additional Functions. There are delegated to the
                Secretary of State the functions conferred upon the
                President by:''; and
                    L  (b) in section 6(a), by striking ``3, 4, and 5''
                and inserting in lieu thereof ``4 and 5''.
                  (2) Executive Order 12703 of February 20, 1990, is
                amended by amending section 2 to read as follows:
                    L  ``Sec. 2. Department of State. The functions
                conferred upon the President by section 201 of the Act
                relating to Enterprise Funds for Poland and Hungary are
                hereby delegated to the Secretary of State.''.
                  (3) Executive Order 12599 of June 23, 1987, is
                revoked.
                  (4) Executive Order 12293 of February 23, 1981, is
                amended--
                    L  (A) in section 2, by striking ``Director of the
                United States International Development Cooperation
                Agency'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``Administrator
                of the United States Agency for International
                Development''; and
                    L  (B) in section 9, by striking ``United States
                International Development Cooperation Agency'' and
                inserting in lieu thereof ``United States Agency for
                International Development'' in both places this phrase
                appears.
                  (5) Executive Order 12301 of March 26, 1981, is
                amended in subsection (b)(23) by striking ``Director of
                the United States 8International Development
                Cooperation Agency'' and inserting in lieu thereof
                ``Administrator of the United States Agency for
                International Development''.
                  (6) Executive Order 12188 of January 2, 1980, is
                amended by striking ``Director of the United States
                International Development Cooperation Agency'' and
                inserting in lieu thereof ``Administrator of the United
                States Agency for International Development''.
                  (7) Executive Order 12260 of December 31, 1980, is
                amended in the annex thereto, by striking ``United
                States International Development Cooperation Agency''
                and inserting in lieu thereof ``United States Agency
                for International Development''.
                  (8) Executive Order 11958 of January 18, 1977, is
                amended in section 2 by striking ``the Director of the
                United States International Development Cooperation
                Agency, the Director of the Arms Control and
                Disarmament Agency,''.
                  (9) Executive Order 11269 of February 14, 1966, is
                amended--
                    L  (A) in section 1(b), by striking ``Director of
                the International Development Cooperation Agency'' and
                inserting in lieu thereof ``Administrator of the United
                States Agency for International Development'';
                    L  (B) in section 4(a), by striking ``Director of
                the International Development Cooperation Agency'' and
                inserting in lieu thereof ``Secretary of State'', in
                both places that it appears; and
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                    L  (C) in section 7, by striking ``Functions of the
                Director of the International Development Cooperation
                Agency. As the principal international development
                advisor to the President, the Director of the
                International Development Cooperation Agency'' and
                inserting in lieu thereof ``Functions of the Secretary
                of State. The Secretary of State''.
                  (10) Executive Order 11223 of May 12, 1965, is
                amended by striking ``Director of the United States
                International Development Cooperation Agency (with
                respect to functions vested in or delegated to the
                Director)'' and inserting in lieu thereof
                ``Administrator of the United States Agency for
                International Development (with respect to functions
                vested in or delegated to the Administrator)''.
                  (11) The Memorandum for the Secretary of State of
                March 23, 1999, entitled ``Delegation of Authority
                Under Section 577 of the Foreign Operations, Export
                Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act,
                1999 (as contained in Public Law 105-277)'', is amended
                by deleting the second sentence therein.
                Sec. 11. The provisions of this order shall become
                effective as of April 1, 1999, except that the
                authority contained in section 1-100(d), and the
                amendment made by section 5(2) of this order, shall
                become effective as of October 1, 1999.
                    (Presidential Sig.)
                THE WHITE HOUSE,
                    March 31, 1999.
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