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Mary L. Smith 11/20/2000 11:52:16 AM Record Type: Record To: See the distribution list at the bottom of this message CC: Subject: Meeting on Tribal Consultation Executive Order We will have a meeting on Tuesday, November 28 at 2p.m. in Room 324 to discuss what steps each agency needs to take pursuant to the new tribal consultation executive order which was signed by the President on November 6, 2000. Please email any clearance information (social security number and date of birth) to me by COB on Monday, November 27. Pursuant to the new consultation order, by January 6, 2001, each agency must submit to OMB a description of the agency's consultation policy. Below is the text of the new tribal consultation executive order. Thanks, Mary THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release November 6, 2000 EXECUTIVE ORDER CONSULTATION AND COORDINATION WITH INDIAN TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to establish regular and meaningful consultation and collaboration with tribal officials in the development of Federal policies that have tribal implications, to strengthen the United States government-to-government relationships with Indian tribes, and to reduce the imposition of unfunded mandates upon Indian tribes; it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Definitions. For purposes of this order: (a) "Policies that have tribal implications" refers to regulations, legislative comments or proposed legislation, and other policy statements or actions that have substantial direct effects on one or more Indian tribes, on the relationship between the Federal Government and Indian tribes, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities between the Federal Government and Indian tribes.