[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1996, Book I)]
[January 19, 1996]
[Pages 71-72]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Memorandum on Missing Persons and Missing Children
January 19, 1996

Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies

Subject: Missing Persons or Children Notices in Federal Facilities

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, and in order to provide for 
the posting of missing persons or children notices in buildings owned or 
controlled by the Federal Government, I hereby direct as follows:
    Section 1. Posting of Missing Persons or Children Notices in Federal 
Facilities. Executive departments and agencies possessing custody or 
control over buildings or facilities occupied by Federal employees shall 
take such actions as are reasonable, necessary, and appropriate to 
provide for the posting of missing persons or children notices in public 
and other appropriate areas of such domestic buildings or facilities, as 
determined by the Federal official having pri-


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mary responsibility for management and operation of the building or 
facility involved.
    Sec. 2. Duties of Federal Official. Such official shall maintain, or 
shall designate a representative to maintain, the physical area upon 
which missing persons or children notices may be placed. The official or 
the designated representative shall give priority and special prominence 
to notices involving missing children who are believed to have been 
abducted by non-family members or otherwise are in imminent physical 
danger.
    Sec. 3. Exceptions. Nothing in this memorandum shall require an 
executive department or agency to provide public access to its buildings 
or facilities if such access could impede or disrupt the performance of 
official duties by government employees or potentially be harmful to the 
national security.
    Sec. 4. Consultation. Executive departments and agencies shall 
consult with the Department of Justice and the General Services 
Administration in carrying out the purposes of this memorandum.
    Sec. 5. Judicial Review. This memorandum is intended only to improve 
the internal management of the Federal Government, and is not intended, 
and should not be construed, to create any right or benefit, substantive 
or procedural, enforceable at law by a party against the United States, 
its agencies, its officers, or its employees.

                                                      William J. Clinton