[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 29, Number 37 (Monday, September 20, 1993)]
[Page 1737]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 12861--Elimination of One-Half of Executive Branch 
Internal Regulations

 September 11, 1993

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 
3, United States Code, and section 1111 of title 31, United States Code, 
and to cut 50 percent of the executive branch's internal regulations in 
order to streamline and improve customer service to the American people, 
it is hereby ordered as follows:
    Section 1. Regulatory Reductions. Each executive department and 
agency shall undertake to eliminate not less than 50 percent of its 
civilian internal management regulations that are not required by law 
within 3 years of the effective date of this order. An agency internal 
management regulation, for the purposes of this order, means an agency 
directive or regulation that pertains to its organization, management, 
or personnel matters. Reductions in agency internal management 
regulations shall be concentrated in areas that will result in the 
greatest improvement in productivity, streamlining of operations, and 
improvement in customer service.
    Sec. 2. Coverage. This order applies to all executive branch 
departments and agencies.
    Sec. 3. Implementation. The Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall issue instructions regarding the implementation of this 
order, including exemptions necessary for the delivery of essential 
services and compliance with applicable law.
    Sec. 4. Independent Agencies. All independent regulatory commissions 
and agencies are requested to comply with the provisions of this order.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
September 11, 1993.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:35 a.m., September 
13, 1993]

Note: This Executive order was published in the Federal Register on 
September 14.