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Article: Executive Order 13152--Further Amendment to Executive Order 11478, Equal Employment Opportunity in Federal Government.(Brief Article)(Transcript)
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- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
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- May 8, 2000
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May 2, 2000
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 an individual's status as a parent, it is hereby ordered that Executive Order 11478, as amended, is further amended as follows:
Section 1. Amend the first sentence of section 1 by substituting "sexual orientation, or status as a parent." for "or sexual orientation."
Sec. 2. Insert the following new sections 6 and 7 after section 5:
"Sec. 6. 'Status as a parent' refers to the status of an individual who, with respect to an ...