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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution
and the laws of the United States of America, including but not
limited to the international Emergency Economic Powers Act (50
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), and in order to take additional steps with
respect to the national emergency described and declared in
Executive Order 12924 of August 19, 1994, and continued on August
15, 1995, and August 14, 1996, in order to amend Executive Order
12981 as that order applies to the processing of applications for
the export of any commercial communications satellites and any
hot-section technologies for the development, production, and
overhaul of commercial aircraft engines that are transferred from
the United States Munitions List to the Commerce Control List
pursuant to regulations issued by the Departments of Commerce and
State after the effective date of this order, it is hereby
ordered as follows:

Section 1. Amendment of Executive Order 12981. (a) Section
5(a)(3)(B) of Executive Order 12981 is amended to read as
follows:
     (B) The OC shall review all license applications on which
the reviewing departments and agencies are not in agreement.  The
Chair of the OC shall consider the recommendations of the
reviewing departments and agencies and inform them of his or her
decision on any such matters within 14 days after the deadline
for receiving department and agency recommendations.  However,
for license applications concerning commercial communication
satellites and hot-section technologies for the development,
production, and overhaul of commercial aircraft engines that are
transferred from the United States Munitions List to the Commerce
Control List pursuant to regulations issued by the Departments of
Commerce and State after the date of this order, the Chair of the
OC shall inform reviewing departments and agencies of the
majority vote decision of the OC.  As described below, any
reviewing department or agency may appeal the decision of the
Chair of the OC, or the majority vote decision of the OC in cases
concerning the commercial communication satellites and hot-
section technologies described above, to the Chair of the ACEP. 
In the absence of a timely appeal, the Chair's decision (or the
majority vote decision in the case of license applications
concerning the commercial communication satellites and hot-
section technologies described above) will be final.
     (b) Section 5(b)(1) of Executive Order 12981 is amended to
read as follows:
     (1) If any department or agency disagrees with a licensing
determination of the Department of Commerce made through the
Chair of the OC (or a majority vote decision of the OC in the
case of license applications concerning the commercial
communication satellites and the hot-section technologies
described in section 5(a)(3)(B), it may appeal the matter to the
ACEP for resolution.  A department or agency must appeal a matter
within 5 days of such a decision.  Appeals must be in writing
from an official appointed by the President, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate, or an officer properly acting
in such capacity, and must cite both the statutory and the
regulatory bases for the appeal.  The ACEP shall review all
departments' and agencies' information and recommendation, and
the Chair of the ACEP shall inform the reviewing departments and
agencies of the majority vote decision of the ACEP within 11 days
from the date of receiving notice of the appeal.  Within 5 days
of the majority vote decision, any dissenting department or
agency may appeal the decision by submitting a letter from the
head of the department or agency to the Secretary in his or her
capacity as the Chair of the Board.  Such letter shall cite both
the statutory and the regulatory bases for the appeal.  Within
the same 5-day period, the Secretary may call a meeting on his or
her own initiative to consider a license application.  In the
absence of a timely appeal, the a majority vote decision of the
ACEP shall be final.

Sec. 2. Judicial Review.  This order is not intended to create,
nor does it create, any rights 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 officer or
employees, or any other person.

Sec. 3. Effective Date.  This order shall be effective
immediately and shall remain in effect until terminated.

                         /s/William J. Clinton


THE WHITE HOUSE,
October 12, 1996.