[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 8 (Monday, February 26, 2001)]
[Page 311]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13203--Revocation of Executive Order and Presidential 
Memorandum Concerning Labor-Management Partnerships

February 17, 2001

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered that:
    Section 1. Executive Order 12871 of October 1, 1993, as amended by 
Executive Orders 12983 and 13156, which established the National 
Partnership Council and requires Federal agencies to form labor-
management partnerships for management purposes, is revoked. Among other 
things, therefore, the National Partnership Council is immediately 
dissolved.
    Sec. 2. The Presidential Memorandum of October 28, 1999, entitled 
``Reaffirmation of Executive Order 12871--Labor-Management 
Partnerships'' (the ``Memorandum''), which reaffirms and expands upon 
the requirements of Executive Order 12871 of October 1, 1993, is also 
revoked.
    Sec. 3. The Director of the Office of Personnel Management and heads 
of executive agencies shall promptly move to rescind any orders, rules, 
regulations, guidelines, or policies implementing or enforcing Executive 
Order 12871 of October 1, 1993, or the Memorandum, to the extent 
consistent with law.
    Sec. 4. Nothing in this order shall abrogate any collective 
bargaining agreements in effect on the date of this order.
                                                George W. Bush
The White House,
February 17, 2001.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:16 a.m., February 21, 
2001]

Note: This Executive order was published in the Federal Register on 
February 22.