[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 9, 1996)]
[Presidential Documents]
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[FR Doc No: 96-9033]



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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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