Executive order · Signed February 5, 1996
Civil Justice Reform
President William J. Clinton signed it on February 5, 1996. Published in the Federal Register on February 7, 1996, 61 FR 4729.
Executive Order 12988
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- Revokes Executive Order 12778
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- Revokes: EO 12778, October 23, 1991;;
- ; Supplemented by: EO 13083, May 14, 1998 (which was suspended by EO 13095, August 5, 1998); EO 13084, May 14, 1998; EO 13132, August 4, 1999;;
- ; See: EO 12866, September 30, 1993; EO 13175, November 6, 2000