[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 36, Number 30 (Monday, July 31, 2000)]
[Pages 1686-1687]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13163--Increasing the Opportunity for Individuals With 
Disabilities To Be Employed in the Federal Government

July 26, 2000

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, and in order to promote an 
increase in the opportunities for individuals with disabilities to be 
employed at all levels and occupations of the Federal Government, and to 
support the goals articulated in section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act 
of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 791), it is hereby ordered as follows:
    Section 1. Increasing the Federal Employment Opportunities for 
Individuals with Disabilities. (a) Recent evidence demonstrates that, 
throughout the United States, qualified persons with disabilities have 
been refused employment despite their availability and qualifications, 
and many qualified persons with disabilities are never made aware of 
available employment opportunities. Evidence also suggests that 
increased efforts at outreach, and increased understanding of the 
reasonable accommodations available for persons with disabilities, will 
permit persons with disabilities to compete for employment on a more 
level playing field.
    (b) Based on current hiring patterns and anticipated increases from 
expanded outreach efforts and appropriate accommodations, the Federal 
Government, over the next 5 years, will be able to hire 100,000 
qualified individuals with disabilities. In furtherance of such efforts, 
Federal agencies shall:
    L(1) Use available hiring authorities, consistent with statutes, 
regulations, and prior Executive orders and Presidential Memoranda;
    L(2) Expand their outreach efforts, using both traditional and 
nontraditional methods; and
    L(3) Increase their efforts to accommodate individuals with 
disabilities.
    (c) As a model employer, the Federal Government will take the lead 
in educating the public about employment opportunities available for 
individuals with disabilities.

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    (d) This order does not require agencies to create new positions or 
to change existing qualification standards for any position.
    Sec. 2. Implementation. Each Federal agency shall prepare a plan to 
increase the opportunities for individuals with disabilities to be 
employed in the agency. Each agency shall submit that plan to the Office 
of Personnel Management within 60 days from the date of this order.
    Sec. 3. Authority to Develop Guidance. The Office of Personnel 
Management shall develop guidance on the provisions of this order to 
increase the opportunities for individuals with disabilities employed in 
the Federal Government.
    Sec. 4. Judicial Review. This order is intended only to improve the 
internal management of the executive branch and does not create any 
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or 
equity by a party against the United States, its agencies, its officers, 
its employees, or any person.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
July 26, 2000.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., July 27, 
2000]

Note: This Executive order was published in the Federal Register on July 
28.