[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 33, Number 28 (Monday, July 14, 1997)]
[Pages 1034-1035]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13054--Eligibility of Certain Overseas Employees for 
Noncompetitive Appointments

July 7, 1997

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, including sections 3301 and 
3302 of title 5 and section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, 
and in order to permit certain overseas employees to acquire competitive 
status upon returning to the United States, it is hereby ordered as 
follows:
    Section 1. A United States citizen who is a family member of a 
Federal civilian employee and who has separated from Federal service to 
accept employment with the American Institute in Taiwan pursuant to 
section 11 of Public Law 96-8 (93 Stat. 18, 22 U.S.C. 3310(a)) may be 
appointed noncompetitively, in accordance with Executive Order 12721 and 
implementing regulations of the Office of Personnel Management, to a 
competitive service position in the executive branch, provided such 
family member meets the qualifications and other requirements 
established by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, 
including an appropriate period of satisfactory overseas

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employment with the American Institute in Taiwan.
    Sec. 2. The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall 
prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to implement this order.
    Sec. 3. This order shall be effective upon publication in the 
Federal Register.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
July 7, 1997.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., July 9, 1997]

Note: This Executive order was released by the Office of the Press 
Secretary on July 8, and it was published in the Federal Register on 
July 10.