[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 36, Number 18 (Monday, May 8, 2000)]
[Pages 977-978]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13152--Further Amendment to Executive Order 11478, Equal 
Employment Opportunity in Federal Government

May 2, 2000

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States, and in order to provide for a uniform 
policy for the Federal Government to prohibit discrimination based on an 
individual's status as a parent, it is hereby ordered that Executive 
Order 11478, as amended, is further amended as follows:
    Section 1.  Amend the first sentence of section 1 by substituting 
``sexual orientation, or status as a parent.'' for ``or sexual 
orientation.''
    Sec. 2.  Insert the following new sections 6 and 7 after section 5:
    ``Sec. 6. `Status as a parent' refers to the status of an individual 
who, with respect to an individual who is under the age of 18 or who is 
18 or older but is incapable of self-care because of a physical or 
mental disability, is:
 (a)         a biological parent;
 (b)         an adoptive parent;
 (c)         a foster parent;
 (d)         a stepparent;
 (e)         a custodian of a legal ward;
 (f)         in loco parentis over such an individual; or
 (g)         actively seeking legal custody or adoption of such an 
            individual.
    ``Sec. 7. The Office of Personnel Management shall be authorized to 
develop guidance on the provisions of this order prohibiting 
discrimination on the basis of an individual's sexual orientation or 
status as a parent.''
    Sec. 3.  Amend section 4 by substituting ``and appropriate to carry 
out its responsibilities under this Order.'' for ``appropriate to carry 
out this Order.''
    Sec. 4.  Renumber current sections 6, 7, and 8 as sections 8, 9, and 
10, respectively.
    Sec. 5.  Add a section 11 to read as follows:
    ``Sec. 11. This Executive Order does not confer any right or benefit 
enforceable in law or equity against the United States or its 
representatives.''
                                            William J. Clinton
 The White House,
 May 2, 2000.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., May 3, 2000]

 Note:  This Executive order was published in the  Federal Register  on 
May 4.

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