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Executive Order 12994

Continuing the President's Committee on Mental Retardation and Broadening Its Membership and Responsibilities

Signed by William Jefferson Clinton on Mar 21, 1996.

Later amended
Signed recordMar 21, 1996

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Publication record61 FR 13047

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Later dispositionLater amended

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eo-12994
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Vote Files, "Executive Order 12994: Continuing the President's Committee on Mental Retardation and Broadening Its Membership and Responsibilities," last checked Sept. 26, 2026, citing Federal Register, https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-12994

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Vote Files. (2026, September 26). Executive Order 12994: Continuing the President's Committee on Mental Retardation and Broadening Its Membership and Responsibilities [Executive order record]. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-12994

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Vote Files. "Executive Order 12994: Continuing the President's Committee on Mental Retardation and Broadening Its Membership and Responsibilities." Last modified September 26, 2026. Accessed September 26, 2026. https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-12994.

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  author       = {{Vote Files}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 12994: Continuing the President's Committee on Mental Retardation and Broadening Its Membership and Responsibilities}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-12994}},
  note         = {Citation ID eo-12994; official source: Federal Register, https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/03/26/96-7461/continuing-the-presidents-committee-on-mental-retardation-and-broadening-its-membership-and; last checked 2026-09-26; accessed 2026-09-26}
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Supersedes EO 11776, March 28, 1974
Amended by EO 13062, September 29, 1997; EO 13138, September 30, 1999; EO 13225, September 28, 2001; EO 13309, July 25, 2003; EO 13385, September 29, 2005; EO 13446, September 28, 2007
Continued by EO 13446, September 28, 2007; EO 13511, September 29, 2009; EO 13652, September 30, 2013; EO 13708, September 30, 2015
See EO 13585, September 30, 2011

National Archives disposition tables cover January 8, 1937 to January 19, 2017.

Federal Register disposition tableAmended by: EO 13062, September 29, 1997; EO 13138, September 30, 1999; EO 13225, September 28, 2001; EO 13309, July 25, 2003; EO 13385, September 29, 2005; EO 13446, September 28, 2007 Continued by: EO 13811, September 29, 2017 Continued by: EO 13446, September 28, 2007; EO 13511, September 29, 2009; EO 13652, September 30, 2013; EO 13708, September 30, 2015; EO 14354, September 29, 2025 See: EO 13585, September 30, 2011

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