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3.1 Legislation and programs

3.1.1 Major legislation signed

• September 21, 1993 - creation of the AmeriCorps volunteer program
• November 30, 1993 - Brady Bill
• January 1, 1994 - NAFTA
• September 13, 1994 - Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, part of an omnibus crime bill, the federal death penalty was expanded to some 60 different offenses
• 1995 - Executive Order 12958, created tough new standards for the process of classifying documents.
• February 1, 1996 - Communications Decency Act
• February 8, 1996 - Telecom Reform Act: eliminated major ownership restrictions for radio and television groups.
• February 26, 1996 - Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, a welfare reform bill
• March 14, 1996 - authorized $100 million anti-terrorism agreement with Israel to track down and root out terrorists.
• April 24, 1996 - Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act
• August 20, 1996 - Minimum wage Increase Act
• September 21, 1996 - Defense of Marriage Act, allowed states the power to refuse to recognize gay marriages granted in other states, among other things
• October 28, 1998 - Digital Millennium Copyright Act
• October 31, 1998 - Iraq Liberation Act

3.1.2 Major legislation vetoed

• Republican 1996 national budget
• H.R. 1833, partial birth abortion ban
• Twice vetoed welfare reform before signing

3.1.3 Proposals not passed by Congress

• Healthcare reform - appointed a committee headed by Hillary Rodham Clinton to come up with a universal health insurance plan, called "socialized medicine" by opponents. Complexity, poor design, and resistance from the insurance and the medical communities resulted in lack of support and it failed to get a single vote.

3.1.4 Initiatives

• Appointed a committee on Social Security Reform and then dismissed their recommendations without ever proposing legislation.
• Tried to get Ehud Barak of Israel and Yasser Arafat of the Palestinian National Authority, to agree to a final settlement agreement.
• Initiated the Don't ask, don't tell policy toward gays in the military, 1993.

3.2 Cabinet

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