E.O.13308
Further Amendment to Executive Order 12580, as Amended, Superfund Implementation
·George W. Bush·68 FR 37691
E.O.13307
European Central Bank
·George W. Bush·68 FR 33338
Extends to the European Central Bank the privileges, exemptions, and immunities given to public international organizations under the International Organizations Immunities Act, using presidential authority granted by that law. The order states that this does not limit any other privileges, exemptions, or immunities the European Central Bank already has or may later obtain through international agreements or other law.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13306
Establishing the Bob Hope American Patriot Award
·George W. Bush·68 FR 33337
Establishes the Bob Hope American Patriot Award to recognize civilian individuals or organizations who demonstrate extraordinary love of country and devotion to members of the United States Armed Forces, honoring Bob Hope's decades of service entertaining troops. Grants the President sole discretion to bestow the award, generally limiting it to one recipient per year except in exceptional circumstances, and allows presentation at any time during the year. Permits the award to be given posthumously.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13305
Extension of the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee and the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
·George W. Bush·68 FR 32323
Amends Executive Order 13035 to extend the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee's termination date from June 1, 2003, to June 1, 2005. Also amends Executive Order 13226 to change the expiration of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology from two years after that order's date to a fixed date of September 30, 2005. The changes apply only to the specified sunset provisions in those two prior orders, keeping both advisory bodies operating for the extended periods so they can continue their existing duties.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13304
Termination of Emergencies With Respect to Yugoslavia and Modification of Executive Order 13219 of June 26, 2001
·George W. Bush·68 FR 32315
Terminates the national emergencies declared in Executive Orders 12808 and 13088 concerning the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, citing the transition to democracy in Serbia and Montenegro, and revokes those and several related orders, though pending legal actions and existing property blocks tied to unresolved claims remain in effect. At the same time, it modifies Executive Order 13219, replacing its Annex of sanctioned persons and revising its terms to block property of individuals tied to obstruction of the Ohrid Framework Agreement, UN Security Council Resolution 1244 on Kosovo, or the Dayton Accords on Bosnia and Herzegovina, including those indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. It adds provisions allowing sanctions to be imposed without prior notice and letting the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, remove individuals from the sanctions list. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to issue regulations to implement these measures, and the order takes effect May 29, 2003.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13303
Protecting the Development Fund for Iraq and Certain Other Property in Which Iraq Has an Interest
·George W. Bush·68 FR 31931
Declares a national emergency to address threats posed by potential legal claims against the Development Fund for Iraq and against Iraqi petroleum, petroleum products, and related proceeds or financial instruments. Prohibits any attachment, judgment, lien, garnishment, or other judicial process against these assets when they are in the United States or under the control of U.S. persons, voiding any such actions. Exempts this property from the reach of Executive Orders 12722, 12724, and 13290, while leaving other rules and actions taken under those orders or under related sanctions laws in effect. Defines key terms including the Development Fund for Iraq, Iraqi petroleum and petroleum products, and United States person. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretaries of State and Defense, to issue regulations and take actions needed to implement the order, with authority to delegate these functions, and directs all federal agencies to assist in carrying it out.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13302
Amending Executive Order 13212, Actions to Expedite Energy-Related Projects
·George W. Bush·68 FR 27429
Amends Executive Order 13212 to expand its coverage of energy-related projects to include pipeline safety projects. Revises the section establishing an interagency task force, housed within the Department of Energy, that helps agencies speed up permit reviews for energy and pipeline safety projects and coordinates federal, state, tribal, and local permitting. Specifies the task force's membership, which includes numerous cabinet secretaries, the Attorney General, the Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, the Director of Central Intelligence, and other officials, with membership varying depending on which function is being performed. Names the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality as the task force's chair, gives that official authority to designate additional agency representatives, and allows members to delegate their role to an agency employee. States that consultations with outside officials should capture individual views rather than seek consensus, and clarifies that the order does not create any legally enforceable rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13301
Increasing the Number of Members on the Intelligence Oversight Board
·George W. Bush·68 FR 26981
Amends Executive Order 12863, previously modified by Executive Order 13070, by increasing the required membership of the Intelligence Oversight Board from four to five members. The change is made by replacing the word "four" with "five" in section 2.1 of the earlier order. No other changes to the board's structure or duties are made.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13299
Interagency Group on Insular Areas
·George W. Bush·68 FR 25477
Establishes the Interagency Group on Insular Areas within the Department of the Interior, made up of the heads of executive departments and any other agency heads the Secretary of the Interior designates. The Secretary of the Interior chairs the group, sets its agenda, and can create subgroups. The group is directed to advise the President, through the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, at least once a year, and to advise the Secretary of the Interior, on policy affecting American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. It must also meet at least yearly with governors of these areas and gather input from other officials, individuals, and entities, and must review agency policy proposals affecting these areas on request. The order states it does not affect the Office of Management and Budget's budget and legislative functions, and creates no enforceable legal rights for outside parties.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13300
Facilitating the Administration of Justice in the Federal Courts
·George W. Bush·68 FR 25807
Establishes a policy for timely filling of judicial vacancies in federal courts of appeals and district courts, referencing a presidential plan announced October 30, 2002 that calls for nominations to be submitted within 180 days after the President receives notice of a vacancy or intended retirement, barring extraordinary circumstances. Directs the Counsel to the President to take appropriate steps to keep the President positioned to make timely nominations consistent with this plan, and instructs federal departments and agencies to assist in implementing the order as requested and as permitted by law. States that it does not affect the President's constitutional authority to fill vacancies and does not create any enforceable legal rights against the federal government or its officials.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13298
Termination of Emergency With Respect to the Actions and Policies of Unita and Revocation of Related Executive Orders
·George W. Bush·68 FR 24857
Terminates the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12865 regarding the actions and policies of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), citing steps toward peace between the Angolan government and UNITA and United Nations Security Council Resolution 1448. Revokes Executive Orders 12865, 13069, and 13098, which had imposed related measures. States that ending the emergency does not affect actions, proceedings, rights, duties, or penalties that arose before the order takes effect, and does not create any enforceable right or benefit against the United States. The order took effect at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on May 7, 2003, and was to be transmitted to Congress and published in the Federal Register.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13297
Applying the Federal Physicians Comparability Allowance Amendments of 2000 to Participants in the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System, the Foreign Service Pension System, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System
·George W. Bush·68 FR 22565
Applies provisions of the Federal Physicians Comparability Allowance Amendments of 2000 to three retirement systems: the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System, the Foreign Service Pension System, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System. It directs that physicians comparability allowance payments be counted as basic pay and included when computing annuities under these systems, aligning them with how the Civil Service Retirement System and Federal Employees Retirement System treat the same allowance. The Secretary of State must issue regulations applying these changes to the two Foreign Service systems, and the Director of Central Intelligence must issue regulations applying them to the CIA system, with all changes made retroactive to December 28, 2000. The order states it does not create any legally enforceable rights or benefits for individuals against the government.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13296
Amendments to Executive Order 13045, Protection of Children From Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks
·George W. Bush·68 FR 19931
Amends Executive Order 13045, which established the Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children, extending its operation from 6 to 8 years. Changes the Task Force's membership language to reference executive departments and the Environmental Protection Agency rather than cabinet agencies, and requires future reports to also describe the Task Force's accomplishments since the previous report. Converts certain reporting requirements from annual to biennial, including a report referenced in sections 6-601 and 6-603, changing it from an annual submission to a report published every two years. Adds a new provision clarifying that nothing in the order affects the budget, administrative, or legislative functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Also removes a reference to the Assistant to the President in one membership provision.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13295
Revised List of Quarantinable Communicable Diseases
·George W. Bush·68 FR 17255
Specifies the communicable diseases for which federal regulations may authorize the apprehension, detention, or conditional release of individuals to prevent their spread, under the Public Health Service Act. The list includes cholera, diphtheria, infectious tuberculosis, plague, smallpox, yellow fever, viral hemorrhagic fevers such as Ebola and Marburg, and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Gives the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Surgeon General, discretion to determine whether a given condition qualifies as one of these communicable diseases. Assigns to the Secretary certain presidential functions under sections 362 and 364(a) of the Public Health Service Act, relating to quarantine regulations and inspection of arriving persons. States that the order creates no enforceable legal rights against the United States or its officials. Revokes Executive Order 12452 of December 22, 1983.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13294
Regulations Relating to Hazardous Duty Incentive Pay, Aviation Career Incentive Pay, and Submarine Duty Incentive Pay
·George W. Bush·68 FR 15917
Delegates to the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Secretary of Homeland Security (regarding the Coast Guard when not operating as part of the Navy) the authority under sections 301, 301a, and 301c of title 37, United States Code, to set rules on hazardous duty incentive pay, aviation career incentive pay, and submarine duty incentive pay for members of the uniformed services under their jurisdictions, without needing presidential approval. The Secretaries are directed to consult each other so that similarly situated service members receive similar treatment, unless the needs of their particular service require different treatment. The order revokes Executive Order 11157 and Executive Order 11800, both as previously amended, and states that it creates no enforceable legal rights for any party against the United States or its officials.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13293
Amendment to Executive Order 10448, Establishing the National Defense Service Medal
·George W. Bush·68 FR 15917
Amends Executive Order 10448, which established the National Defense Service Medal, to extend eligibility for the medal to members in good standing in the Selected Reserve of the Armed Forces of the United States. It does this by inserting language covering Selected Reserve service alongside references to active military service throughout the earlier order, and by revising wording about additional periods of duty so it no longer refers specifically to active duty. The order states that it does not affect authority granted under Executive Order 12776 of October 8, 1991. It applies to the armed forces and to reservists whose service status determines their eligibility for the medal.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13292
Further Amendment to Executive Order 12958, as Amended, Classified National Security Information
·George W. Bush·68 FR 15315
Amends and restates Executive Order 12958 to establish the government-wide system for classifying, safeguarding, and declassifying national security information, including material related to defense against transnational terrorism. It sets three classification levels (Top Secret, Secret, Confidential), limits who may originally classify information, restricts classification of information to specific categories such as military plans, intelligence sources, and weapons of mass destruction, and bars classification to conceal wrongdoing or avoid embarrassment. It sets default declassification periods of 10 to 25 years, establishes automatic declassification of most records after 25 years starting December 31, 2006, subject to agency exemptions, and creates procedures for classification challenges and mandatory declassification review. It maintains the Information Security Oversight Office within the National Archives and the Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel, assigns agency heads and senior agency officials responsibility for implementation, sets rules for special access programs, safeguarding, and sanctions for violations, and defines key terms used throughout. It also notes the prior revocation of Executive Order 12356 and sets an effective date, with a delayed effective date for marking requirements under section 1.6.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13291
Further Adjustment of Certain Rates of Pay
·George W. Bush·68 FR 14525
Amends Executive Order 13282 to revise federal pay provisions. Updates the section covering pay for justices and judges, citing relevant statutes, to place them under Schedule 7. Revises the section on locality-based comparability payments to reference a specific federal appropriations provision and apply Schedule 9. Replaces the previous Schedules 7 and 9 attached to Executive Order 13282 with new versions attached to this order. The changes apply to executive branch pay schedules and take effect on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2003.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13290
Confiscating and Vesting Certain Iraqi Property
·George W. Bush·68 FR 14307
Invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the National Emergencies Act, in connection with the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12722, this order confiscates and vests in the Department of the Treasury all blocked U.S. accounts held in the name of the Government of Iraq, the Central Bank of Iraq, Rafidain Bank, Rasheed Bank, and the State Organization for Marketing Oil. It exempts funds protected under the Vienna Conventions used for diplomatic or consular purposes, and funds subject to certain post-judgment writs under the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, though any remainder after judgments are satisfied is likewise confiscated. It states the vested property is intended to assist the Iraqi people and Iraq's reconstruction. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to carry out related functions under the statute, issue necessary rules, redelegate authority, and consult the Attorney General as needed. The order is to be transmitted to Congress and published in the Federal Register.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13289
Establishing the Global War on Terrorism Medals
·George W. Bush·68 FR 12567