Further Amendment to Executive Order 11478, Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, and in order to provide for a uniform policy for the Federal Government to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, it is hereby ordered that Executive Order 11478, as amended, is further amended as follows:
Section 1. The first sentence of section 1 is amended by substituting ``age, or sexual orientation'' for ``or age''.
Sec. 2. The second sentence of section 1 is amended by striking the period and adding at the end of the sentence ``, to the extent permitted by law.''.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 28, 1998.
Notes
Amends: EO 11478, August 8, 1969 See: Proc. 7316, June 2, 2000 (65 FR 36051) Note: This Executive order expands equal employment policy in the Federal Government by prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Amends: EO 11478, August 8, 1969 See: Proc. 7316, June 2, 2000 (65 FR 36051) Note: This Executive order expands equal employment policy in the Federal Government by prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation.