January 3, 2001
                                   DO-01-001


MEMORANDUM

TO:       Designated Agency Ethics Officials

FROM:     Amy L. Comstock
          Director

SUBJECT:  Revocation of Executive Order 12834


     On December 28, 2000, President Clinton revoked Executive
Order 12834, "Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Employees,"
effective at noon on January 20, 2001.  Executive Order 12834 has
imposed special post-employment restrictions on senior appointees
of the Clinton Administration by requiring senior officials and
trade negotiators to sign a pledge as a condition of holding a
covered position.  The pledge has imposed a five-year bar on
certain lobbying activities as well as a lifetime bar on activities
that require registration under the Foreign Agents Registration
Act.

     The restrictions imposed under Executive Order 12834 will
continue to apply to covered officials of the Clinton
Administration until noon on January 20, 2001.  After that time no
aspect of Executive Order 12834 will apply to any former or current
employees.  However, the existing statutory restrictions imposed by
18 U.S.C.  207, including the one-year no contact bar under
18 U.S.C.  207(c) and (d), will continue to apply.

     Executive Order 13184 of December 28, 2000, "Revocation of
Executive Order 12834," was published today at 66 Fed. Reg. 697. 
A copy is attached.

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