[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 31, Number 51 (Monday, December 25, 1995)]
[Page 2215]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 12983--Amendment to Executive Order 12871

December 21, 1995

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, and in order to improve the 
functioning of the National Partnership Council, it is hereby ordered 
that Executive Order No. 12871, entitled ``Labor-Management 
Partnerships,'' (``the order'') is amended as follows:
    Section 1. Section 1(a) of the order is amended to delete ``and'' at 
the end of item (9), delete the period at the end of item (10), add ``; 
and'' at the end of item (10), and add item ``(11) one elected office 
holder each from both the Senior Executives Association and the Federal 
Managers Association.''
    Sec. 2. Section 1(b) of the order is amended to delete ``and'' at 
the end of item (4), delete the period at the end of item (5), add ``; 
and'' at the end of item (5), and add ``(6) reporting to the President 
by October 1996 on the progress of and results achieved through labor-
management partnership throughout the executive branch.''
    Sec. 3. Section 1(c)(2) of the order is revised to read: ``(2) The 
Council shall seek input from nonmember Federal agencies, particularly 
smaller agencies. It also may, from time to time, invite experts from 
the private and public sectors to submit information. The Council shall 
also seek input from Federal manager and professional associations, 
companies, nonprofit organizations, State and local governments, Federal 
employees, and customers of Federal services, as needed.''
    Sec. 4. Section 1(c)(4) of the order is revised to read: ``(4) 
Members of the Council shall serve without compensation for their work 
on the Council, but may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem 
in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law, for persons serving 
intermittently in Government service.''
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
December 21, 1995.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 2:41 p.m., December 22, 
1995]

Note: This Executive order was released by the Office of the Press 
Secretary on December 22, and it will be published in the Federal 
Register on December 27.