The Clinton-Gore Administration supported a strong structure to review the medical, ethical, and other issues presented by the expected new power of genetic medicine. The Administration proposed guidelines to protect intellectual property to promote rapid conversion of basic knowledge into useful applications, while at the same time allowing a maximum free flow of basic scientific information. The President called for legislation insurance themselves will not lose or be denied that health insurance because of their genetic makeup. Through his executive order, the President prohibited every civilian federal department and agency from using genetic information in any hiring or promotion action. President Clinton also endorsed the Genetic Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance and Employment Act of 1999, introduced by Senator Tom Daschle and Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, to extend these employment protections to the private sector.