    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1996, Book II)]
    [October 12, 1996]
    [Pages 1832-1833]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting an Executive Order To
    Revise Procedures for Processing Export License Applications
    October 12, 1996

    Dear Mr. Speaker:  (Dear Mr. President:)
        In order to take additional steps with respect to the national
    emergency described and declared in Executive Order 12924 of August 19,
    1994, and continued on August 15, 1995, and August 14, 1996,
    necessitated by the expiration of the Export Administration Act on
    August 20, 1994, I hereby report to the Congress that pursuant to
    section 204(b) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50
    U.S.C. 1703(b) (``the Act''), I have today exercised the authority
    granted by the Act to issue an Executive order (a copy of which is
    attached) to revise the existing procedures for processing export
    license applications submitted to the Department of Commerce.
        The new Executive order relates to my decision to transfer certain
    commercial communications satellites and jet engine hot-section
    technology from the United States Munitions List

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    administered by the Department of State to the Commerce Control List
    administered by the Department of Commerce. Specifically, when I made
    that decision I also decided to amend Executive Order 12981 of December
    5, 1995, which set forth procedures for the interagency review and
    disposition of dual-use export license applications.
        The new Executive order is designed to provide that the first-level
    license determination for the affected commercial communications
    satellites and jet engine hot-section technology would be made by
    majority vote, instead of by the Chair of the Operating Committee of the
    Advisory Committee on Export Policy. This change assures that national
    security and foreign policy considerations will be fully taken into
    account with respect to license processing in these two sectors.
            Sincerely,

                                                          William J. Clinton

    Note: Identical letters were sent to Newt Gingrich, Speaker of the House
    of Representatives, and Albert Gore, Jr., President of the Senate. This
    letter was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on October 15.
    The Executive order of October 12 is listed in Appendix D at the end of
    this volume.