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By virtue of the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and laws of the United States of America, including
section 3347 of title 5, United States Code, it is hereby ordered
that Executive Order No. 11880 of October 2, 1975, as amended, is
further amended as follows:

A new section 2 of Executive Order No. 11880 shall be added to
read: "The President may at any time, pursuant to law but without
regard to the foregoing provisions of this order, direct that an
officer, as defined in 5 U.S.C. 3347, and specified by the
President shall act as Secretary of Commerce."

The present section 2 of Executive Order No. 11880, as amended,
shall be redesignated as section 3.

                         /s/William J. Clinton


THE WHITE HOUSE,
April 5, 1996.