EP 1165-2-1
30 Jul 99
Stipulates the process for nominating an American Heritage River. The
President is to designate ten rivers as American Heritage in the first
phase of the initiative.
Established the American Heritage Rivers Interagency Committee, which
is to be permanently co-chaired by the Chair of the CEQ and is to be
composed of the following members or their designees at the Assistant
Secretary level or equivalent: (1) the Attorney General; (2) the
Secretaries of Defense the Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Housing
and Urban Development, Transportation, Energy; (3) the Administrator
of the Environmental Protection Agency; (4) the Chair of the Advisory
Council on Historic Preservation; (5) the Chairperson of the National
Endowment for the Arts; and (6) the Chairperson of the National
Endowment for the
Humanities. (Amended by E.O. 13093, 27 July 1998.)
C-57. Executive Order 13073, 4 February 1998, Year 2000 Conversion.
Establishes policy that agencies shall, among other things: (1) assure
that no critical Federal program experiences disruption because of the
Y2K problem; (2) assist and cooperate with State, local, and tribal
governments to address the Y2K problem where those governments depend
on Federal information or information technology or the Federal
Government is dependent on those governments to perform critical
missions; and (3) cooperate with the private sector operators of
critical national and local systems, including the banking and
financial system, the telecommunications system, the public health
system, the transportation system, and the electric power generation
system, in addressing the Y2K problem. Establishes the President's
Council on Year 2000 Conversion. Directs Agency Heads to assure that
efforts to address the Y2K problem receive the highest priority
attention in the agency, to assure that the policies established in
this order are carried out, and to identify a responsible official to
represent the head of the executive department or agency on the
Council with sufficient authority and experience to commit agency
resources to address the Y2K problem.
C-58. Executive Order 13080, 8 April 1998, American Heritage Rivers
Initiative Advisory Committee. Establishes an Advisory Committee
consisting of up to 20 members appointed by the President from the
public and private sectors. The Committee is directed to review
nominations from communities and recommend to the President up to 20
rivers for consideration for designation as American Heritage Rivers.
From the rivers recommended for consideration, the President shall
designate ten as American Heritage Rivers. The Committee is to
consider whether the natural, economic (including agricultural),
scenic, historic, cultural, and/or recreational resources featured in
the application are distinctive or unique, and whether the community's
plan of action addresses all three American Heritage Rivers objectives
-- natural resource and environmental protection, economic
revitalization, and historic and cultural preservation. The Committee
is to be supported both administratively and financially by the
Secretary of Defense, acting through the Assistant Secretary of the
Army for Civil Works and shall terminate no later than 2 years from
the date of this order. (Amended by E.O. 13093, 27 July 1998.)
C-59. Executive Order 13084, 14 May 1998, Consultation and
Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments. Orders that, in
formulating policies
significantly or uniquely affecting Indian tribal governments,
agencies
shall be guided, to the extent permitted by law, by principles of
respect for Indian tribal self-government and sovereignty, for tribal
treaty and other rights, and for responsibilities that arise from the
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