Executive Order 12943

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in accordance with sections 3621 and 3622 of title 18, United States Code, and section 4301 of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994, Public Law 103-355, and in order to improve the acquisition of small cost items by the Federal Government, it is hereby ordered that Executive Order No. 11755, as amended, is further amended as follows:


 * (a) by deleting the phrase "section 4082 of title 18 of the United States Code, the Attorney General" in the second paragraph of the preamble and inserting in lieu thereof the following phrase: "sections 3621 and 3622 of title 18, United States Code, the Bureau of Prisons" and


 * (b) by adding a new subsection (c) to section 1 of the order. The new subsection (c) is to read as follows: "(c) The provisions of this order do not apply to purchases made under the micropurchase authority contained in section 32 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, as amended."

William J. Clinton The White House, December 13, 1994.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 2:50 p.m., December 13, 1994]