Further Amendment to Executive Order 12981, as Amended

Executive Order 13117 of March 31, 1999

Further Amendment to Executive Order 12981, as
Amended

By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America and in order to further the implementation of
the reorganization of the Arms Control and Disarmament
Agency (ACDA) into the Department of State, in this
instance by eliminating ACDA's vote on dual-use export
license decisions in the administration of export
controls, it is hereby ordered that Executive Order
12981, as amended (``Executive Order 12981''), is
further amended as follows:

Section 1. The second sentence of section 1 of
Executive Order 12981 is amended by deleting ``, and
the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency''.

Sec. 2. The second sentence of section 5(a)(1)(A) of
Executive Order 12981 is amended by adding ``and''
after ``the Secretary of Defense'' and before ``the
Secretary of Energy,'' and deleting ``, and the
Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.''

Sec. 3. The first sentence of section 5(a)(2) of
Executive Order 12981 is amended by deleting ``, and
the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.''

Sec. 4. The second sentence of section 5(a)(3)(A) of
Executive Order 12981 is amended by deleting ``, and
the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.''

Sec. 5. The first sentence of section 6 of Executive
Order 12981 is amended by deleting ``and the Arms
Control and Disarmament Agency''.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

March 31, 1999.