[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 27 (Monday, July 6, 1998)]
[Pages 1266-1267]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13091--Administration of Arms Export Controls and 
Foreign Assistance

June 29, 1998

    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 in order to delegate certain authority to the 
Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense, it is hereby ordered as 
follows:
    Section 1. Section 1 of Executive Order 11958, as amended, is 
further amended as follows:
    (a) in subsection (k), by inserting after ``State.'' ``Those under 
Section 36(e) of the Act, as added by Public Law 104-164 with respect to 
transmittals pursuant to Section 36(b) to the Secretary of Defense, and 
with respect to transmittals pursuant to Section 36(c), to the Secretary 
of State.'', and
    (b) by redesignating subsections (n) through (s) as subsections (o) 
through (t), respectively, and inserting the following after subsection 
(m):
    ``(n) Those under Section 40A of the Act, as added by Public Law 
104-164, to the Secretary of State insofar as they relate to commercial 
exports licensed under the Act, and to the Secretary of Defense insofar 
as they relate to defense articles and defense services sold, leased, or 
transferred under the Foreign Military Sales Program.''
    Sec. 2. Section 1-201 of Executive Order 12163, as amended, is 
further amended as follows:
    (a) in subsection (a)(13),
(1)         by inserting the following before ``and sections'': ``, 
            section 620G as added by Public Law 104-164''; and
(2)         by inserting the following after ``law'': ``, except that 
            the functions under section 620G as added by Public Law 104-
            164 shall be exercised in consultation with the Secretary of 
            Defense'';
    (b) in subsection (a)(23), by deleting ``, except'' and all that 
follows through ``thereof'';
    (c) by redesignating subsections (a)(18) through (36) as (a)(19) 
through (37), respectively; and
    (d) by inserting the following new subsection after subsection 
(a)(17):
    ``(18) section 655 of the Act, insofar as they relate to defense 
articles and defense services licensed for export under section 38 of 
the Arms Export Control Act:''.
    Sec. 3. Section 1-301 of Executive Order 12163, as amended, is 
further amended by:
    (a) redesignating subsections (e) through (g) as subsections (f) 
through (h), respectively; and
    (b) inserting the following new subsection (e):
    ``(e) the functions under section 655 of the Act insofar as they 
relate to defense articles, defense services, and international military

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education and training furnished by grant or sale by the Secretary of 
Defense, except to the extent otherwise delegated.''
    Sec. 4. Section 1-501 of Executive Order 12163, as amended, is 
further amended:
    (a) in subsection (a)(2) by striking ``and''; and
    (b) in subsection (a)(3) after ``1754)'' by inserting the following:
    ``; and (4) section 655(c) of the Act''.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
June 29, 1998.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., July 1, 1998]

Note: This Executive order was released by the Office of the Press 
Secretary on June 30, and it was published in the Federal Register on 
July 2.