[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 33, Number 8 (Monday, February 24, 1997)]
[Page 198]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13036--Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate a 
Dispute Between American Airlines and Its Employees Represented by the 
Allied Pilots Association

February 15, 1997

    Whereas, a dispute exists between American Airlines and its 
employees represented by the Allied Pilots Association; and
    Whereas, the dispute has not heretofore been adjusted under the 
provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 151-188) (the 
``Act''); and
    Whereas, in the judgment of the National Mediation Board, this 
dispute threatens substantially to interrupt interstate commerce to a 
degree that would deprive sections of the country of essential 
transportation service,
    Now, Therefore, by the authority vested in me as President by the 
Constitution and the laws of the United States, including sections 10 
and 201 of the Act, 45 U.S.C. 160 and 181, it is hereby ordered as 
follows:
    Section 1. Establishment of Emergency Board (``Board''). There is 
established, effective February 15, 1997, a Board of three members to be 
appointed by the President to investigate this dispute. No member shall 
be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of airline 
employees or any air carrier. The Board shall perform its functions 
subject to the availability of funds.
    Sec. 2. Report. The Board shall report to the President with respect 
to the dispute within 30 days of its creation.
    Sec. 3. Maintaining Conditions. As provided by section 10 of the 
Act, from the date of the creation of the Board and for 30 days after 
the Board has submitted its report to the President, no change in the 
conditions out of which the dispute arose shall be made by the parties 
to the controversy, except by agreement of the parties.
    Sec. 4. Records Maintenance. The records and files of the Board are 
records of the Office of the President and upon the Board's termination 
shall be maintained in the physical custody of the National Mediation 
Board.
    Sec. 5. Expiration. The Board shall terminate upon the submission of 
the report provided for in sections 2 and 3 of this order.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
February 15, 1997.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 10:52 a.m., February 18, 
1997]

Note: This Executive order was published in the Federal Register on 
February 19.