EXECUTIVE
ORDER
EO 12916
Effective Date: May 13, 1994

Responsible Office: Office of Management Systems
Subject: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BORDER ENVIRONMENT COOPERATION COMMISSION AND THE NORTH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

				TEXT

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution
and the laws of the United States of America, including the North
American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, Public Law 103-
182; 107 Stat. 2057 ("NAFTA Implementation Act"), and section 301
of title 3, United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1.  The Agreement Between the Government of the United
States of America and the Government of the United Mexican States
Concerning the Establishment of a Border Environment Cooperation
Commission and a North American Development Bank ("Agreement")
shall be implemented consistent with United States policy for the
protection of human, animal or plant life or health, and the
environment.  The Agreement shall also be implemented to advance
sustainable development, pollution prevention, environmental
justice, ecosystem protection, and biodiversity preservation and
in a manner that promotes transparency and public participation
in accordance with the North American Free Trade Agreement and
the Agreement.

Sec. 2. (a) The Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency and the United States Commissioner, International Boundary
and Water Commission, United States and Mexico ("Commissioner"),
shall represent the United States as Members of the Board of
Directors of the Border Environment Cooperation Commission in
accordance with the Agreement.
     (b) The policies and positions of the United States in the
Border Environment Cooperation Commission shall be coordinated
through applicable interagency procedures, which shall include
participation by the Department of State, the Department of the
Treasury, the Department Housing and Urban Development, the
Department of the Interior, the Agency for International
Development, the Environmental Protection Agency, and, as
appropriate, other Federal agencies.
     (c) The Commissioner shall promote cooperation, as
appropriate, between the international Boundary and Water
Commission and the Border Environment Cooperation Commission in
planning, developing, carrying out border sanitation, and other
environmental activities.

Sec. 3. (a) The United States Government representatives to the
Board of the North American Development Bank shall be the
Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of State, and the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
     (b) For purposes of loans or guarantees for projects
certified by the Border Environment Cooperation Commission, the 
representatives shall be instructed in accordance with the
procedures of the National Advisory Council on Intenational
Monetary and Financial Policies ("Council") as established by
Executive Order No. 11269.  For purposes of this section only,
the membership of the Council shall be expanded to include the
Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the
Secretary of the Interior, and the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency.
     (c) For purposes of loans or guarantee for projects
certified by the Border Environment Cooperation Commission, the
representatives shall consult with the Community Adjustment and
Investment Program Advisory Committee ("Advisory Committee"),
established pursuant to section 543(b) of the NAFTA
Implementation Act concerning community adjustment and investment
aspects of such loans or guarantees.
     (d) For purposes of loans, guarantees, or grants endorsed by
the United States for community adjustment and investment, the
representatives shall be instructed by the Secretary of the
Treasury in accordance with procedures established by the
Community Adjustment and Investment Program Finance Committee
established pursuant to section 7 of this order.

Sec. 4. The functions vested in the President by section
543(a)(1) of the NAFTA Implementation Act are delegated to the
Secretary of the Treasury.

Sec. 5. The functions vested in the President by section
543(a)(2) and (3) of the NAFTA Implementation Act are delegated
to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall exercise such
functions in accordance with the recommendations of the Community
Adjustment and Investment Program Finance Committee established
pursuant to section 7 of this order.

Sec. 6. The functions vested in the President by section
543(a)(5) and section 543(d) of the NAFTA Implementation Act are
delegated to the Community Adjustment and Investment Program
Finance Committee established pursuant to section 7 of this
order, which shall exercise such functions in consultation with
the Advisory Committee.

Sec. 7. (a) There is hereby established a Community Adjustment
and Investment Program Finance Committee ("Finance Committee").
     (b) The Finance Committee shall be composed of
representatives from the Department of the Treasury, the
Department of Agriculture, the Department of Housing and Urban
Development, the Small Business Administration, and any other
Federal agencies selected by the Chair of the Finance Committee
to assist in carrying out the community adjustment and investment
program pursuant to section 543(a)(3) of the NAFTA Implementation
Act.
     (c) The Department of the Treasury representative shall
serve as Chair of the Finance Committee.  The Chair shall be
responsible for presiding over the meetings of the Finance
Committee, ensuring that the views of all other Members are taken
into account, coordinating with other appropriate United States
Government agencies in carrying out the community adjustment and
investment program, and requesting meetings of the Advisory
Committee pursuant to section 543(b)(4)(C) of the NAFTA
Implementation Act.

Sec. 8. Any advice or conclusions of reviews provided to the
President by the Advisory Committee pursuant to section 543(b)(3)
of the NAFTA Implementation Act shall be provided through the
Finance Committee.

Sec. 9. Any summaries of public comments or conclusions of
investigations and audits provided to the President by the
ombudsman pursuant to section 543(c)(1) of the NAFTA
Implementation Act shall be provided through the Finance
Committee.

Sec. 10. The authority of the President under section 6 of Public
Law 102-532; 7 U.S.C. 5404, to establish an advisory board to be
known as the Good Neighbor Environmental Board is delegated to
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Sec. 11. This order is intended only to improve the internal
management of the executive branch and is not intended to, and
does not, create any right to administrative or judicial review,
or any other right or benefit or trust responsibility,
substantive or procedural, enforceable by a party against the
United States, its agencies or instrumentalities, its officers or
employees, or any other person.

                         /s/William J. Clinton


THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 13, 1994.

			

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