Thread: Executive Order From The White House (What does this mean?)

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases ... 617-1.html

Executive Order From the White House
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
June 17, 2005

jp, you seem very knowledgable about the Trade Agreements. What does all this mean in simple terms?

Executive Order Implementing Amendments to Agreement on Border Environment Cooperation Commission and North American Development Bank.

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 533 of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3473), it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Executive Order 12916 of May 13, 1994, is amended as follows:

(a) in section 1, by inserting ", as amended by the Protocol of Amendment done at Washington and Mexico City, November 25 and 26, 2002" after "North American Development Bank";

(b) by striking section 2 and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

"Sec. 2. (a) The Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall be members of the Board of Directors of the Border Environment Cooperation Commission and the North American Development Bank ("Board") as provided in clauses (1), (3), and (5) of article II in chapter III of the Agreement.

(b) Appointments to the Board under clauses (7) and (9) of article II in chapter III of the Agreement shall be made by the President. Individuals so appointed shall serve at the pleasure of the President.

(c) The Secretary of the Treasury is selected to be the Chairperson of the Board during any period in which the United States is to select the Chairperson under article III in chapter III of the Agreement.

(d) Except with respect to functions assigned by section 4, 5, 6, or 7 of this order, the Secretary of the Treasury shall coordinate with the Secretary of State, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, such other agencies and officers as may be appropriate, and the individuals appointed under subsection 2(b) as may be appropriate, the development of the policies and positions of the United States with respect to matters coming before the Board.";

(c) in section 3, by striking subsections (a), (b), and (c), striking "(d)", and striking "representatives" and inserting in lieu thereof "members of the Board listed in subsections 2(a) and (b)";

(d) in section 6, by striking "Advisory Committee" and inserting in lieu thereof "Community Adjustment and Investment Program Advisory Committee ("Advisory Committee") established pursuant to section 543(b) of the NAFTA Implementation Act"; and

(e) in section 7(c), by striking "Members" and inserting in lieu thereof "members".

Sec. 2. 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 or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, entities, officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

GEORGE W. BUSH

THE WHITE HOUSE,

June 17, 2005.

I'll tell you quick and dirty, lay-persons analysis:

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Section 1. Executive Order 12916 of May 13, 1994, is amended as follows:

(a) in section 1, by inserting ", as amended by the Protocol of Amendment done at Washington and Mexico City, November 25 and 26, 2002" after "North American Development Bank";

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1. President Bush is amending an Executive Order from a previous president(Clinton)

2. You would think that would be big news.

3. He is amending it after a meeting with Mexico, in Mexico, so you know WE are going to be screwed by it.

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"Sec. 2. (a) The Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall be members of the Board of Directors of the Border Environment Cooperation Commission and the North American Development Bank ("Board") as provided in clauses (1), (3), and (5) of article II in chapter III of the Agreement.
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1. This entangles those officials in another free-trade-new-world-order bureaucracy.


2. This puts them in a position to be swayed and influenced, and you know C. Powell can be.



p.s.

This E.O. probably mandates that the Minuteman Project does ienvironmental harm to the border eco-system, so they must be jailed for life, thanks to new "eco-hate-crimes" legislation.

-n

The origional Executive Order 12916 is an Environmental and Development agreement between U.S. and Mexico. It is a part of NAFTA.

That is correct Magoo. It is a change to the NAFTA agreement.

The North American Development Bank was the original part of NAFTA that was supposed to help US manufactures recoup losses from the influx of imports but it was never done correctly. It was one of the main reasons why many members of Congress signed onto NAFTA.

I say repeal NAFTA altogether and get us out of the WTO.

Originally Posted by jp_48504

That is correct Magoo. It is a change to the NAFTA agreement.

The North American Development Bank was the original part of NAFTA that was supposed to help US manufactures recoup losses from the influx of imports but it was never done correctly. It was one of the main reasons why many members of Congress signed onto NAFTA.

I say repeal NAFTA altogether and get us out of the WTO.

But what I want to know is, why did Bush sign something 6-17-05? And why was it signed on that date? Or am I confusing the fact that someone posted the article on 6-17-05. Or was it signed into law by Bush earlier?
Which is which? Did Bush sign something 6-17-05, or not?

That is a White House press release, so it is something that he signed on the 17th. He probably did it because he did some negotians in Mexico and it si something that will help CAFTA pass. That is my guess.

It would be great if we knew specific information about this.