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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution
and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to add
3 members to the National Bioethics Advisory Commission, it is
hereby ordered that the number "15" in the second sentence of
section 3(a) of Executive Order No. 12975 is deleted and the
number "18" is inserted in lieu thereof.

                    /s/William J. Clinton


THE WHITE HOUSE,
September 16, 1996.