Executive Order 12972

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Executive Order 12972 by President of the United States Amendment to Executive Order No. 12958: Classified National Security Information

Executive Order 12973→

Signed by President  William J. Clinton  September 18, 1995

Federal Register  page & date: 60 FR 48863, September 21, 1995

See the Notes section for a listing of Executive Orders affected by or related to the issuance of this Executive Order.

Executive Order 12972 of September 18, 1995

Amendment to Executive Order No. 12958: Classified National Security Information

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to amend Executive Order No. 12958, it is hereby ordered that the definition of “agency” in section 1.1(i) of such order is hereby amended to read as follows:

"(i)

“Agency” means any “Executive agency” as defined in 5 U.S.C. 105; any “Military department” as defined in 5 U.S.C. 102; and any other entity within the executive branch that comes into the possession of classified information."

William J. Clinton 

The White House,

September 18, 1995.

[FR Doc. 95–23581 Filed 9–19–95; 2:33 pm]
Billing Code 3195–01–P

Notes

Amends:

• Executive Order 12958, April 17, 1995

See Related:

• Executive Order 13142, November 19, 1999;
• Executive Order 13292, March 25, 2003

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