E.O.13288
Blocking Property of Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in Zimbabwe
·George W. Bush·68 FR 11457
E.O.13287
Preserve America
·George W. Bush·68 FR 10635
Directs federal agencies to actively preserve, use, and promote historic properties they own, and to pursue partnerships with state and local governments, tribes, and the private sector to support local economic development, including heritage tourism. Requires agencies with real property responsibilities to assess their historic property inventories and conditions and report to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and the Secretary of the Interior by September 30, 2004, review their regulations for compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act by the same date, and file progress reports every three years starting September 30, 2005. Requires each agency to designate a senior official as Federal Preservation Officer by June 30, 2003. Directs the Council to issue advisory guidelines, recognize agency achievements, and recommend improvements to the President by March 31, 2004. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to help states, tribes, and communities promote heritage tourism tied to federal historic properties. Exempts actions that would conflict with national or homeland security goals, and states it creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13286
Amendment of Executive Orders, and Other Actions, in Connection With the Transfer of Certain Functions to the Secretary of Homeland Security
·George W. Bush·68 FR 10619
Amends dozens of prior executive orders to reflect the creation of the Department of Homeland Security under the Homeland Security Act of 2002, replacing references to agencies like the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Department of Transportation, and officials such as the Attorney General or Secretary of the Treasury with the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Department, where relevant functions were transferred. It rewrites Executive Order 13231 on critical infrastructure protection and revokes Executive Order 13260 effective March 31, 2003. It designates the Department of Homeland Security as a defense agency for patent law purposes, exempts certain intelligence-related personnel from parts of the Government Employees Training Act, designates Coast Guard officials as senior intelligence officials, and sets an order of succession for the Secretary of Homeland Security. It includes a general savings clause treating references to transferred agencies or functions in older orders as referring to the Department, preserves Defense Department and CIA authorities, and takes effect March 1, 2003. The order contains further provisions amending numerous individual orders not fully described here.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13285
President's Council on Service and Civic Participation
·George W. Bush·68 FR 5203
Establishes the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation within the Corporation for National and Community Service to encourage recognition of volunteer service and civic participation, especially among youth. The Council may have up to 25 presidentially appointed members serving two-year terms, with a Chair and Vice Chair also designated by the President. Its mission includes designing recognition programs for individuals, schools, and organizations that excel in volunteer service, sharing information on expanding such programs, advising the CNCS Chief Executive Officer on disseminating related materials, and making recommendations to the President through the Director of the USA Freedom Corps. Federal agencies must provide information and assistance as requested, subject to available funds. Members serve without pay but may receive travel expenses. CNCS will provide staff and administrative support and appoint an Executive Director. The order applies Federal Advisory Committee Act procedures through CNCS's Chief Executive Officer and expires two years from its signing unless extended by the President.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13284
Amendment of Executive Orders, and Other Actions, in Connection With the Establishment of the Department of Homeland Security
·George W. Bush·68 FR 4075
Amends numerous prior executive orders to add the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Department of Homeland Security to lists of officials, councils, task forces, and interagency bodies, including those dealing with counter-narcotics policy, critical infrastructure protection, disaster information sharing, science and technology policy, domestic policy, drug policy, arms export controls, procurement, classified information safeguards, and federal information technology. Designates certain intelligence-related elements within the Department's Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection division as part of the Intelligence Community and amends Executive Order 12333 accordingly. Directs named Homeland Security officials to be treated as Senior Officials of the Intelligence Community, recognize existing security clearances for transferred employees and private-sector partners, and make clearance determinations under existing executive orders for new employees. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to classify information as Top Secret. Also gives the Secretary temporary responsibility, until March 1, 2003, for coordinating domestic response efforts otherwise assigned to the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security. Takes effect January 24, 2003, and creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13283
Establishing the Office of Global Communications
·George W. Bush·68 FR 3371
Establishes an Office of Global Communications within the White House Office, led by a Deputy Assistant to the President for Global Communications, to advise the President, Executive Office units, and federal agencies on ensuring consistent messaging that promotes U.S. interests abroad, prevents misunderstanding, builds coalition support, and informs international audiences. The Office is directed to assess federal strategies for delivering information abroad, coordinate development of communications messages and strategy among agencies, work with the State Department and National Security Council staff, and coordinate temporary teams of communicators deployed to areas of high global media interest, with prior consultation required with the Departments of State and Defense before any overseas deployment. The Office is also to promote use of modern media and technology tools. The Office of Administration will provide administrative support. The order does not alter existing agency authorities, does not let the Office direct agencies, and creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13282
Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay
·George W. Bush·68 FR 1133
Sets adjusted rates of basic pay for federal employees under various statutory pay systems, including the General Schedule, the Foreign Service Schedule, and schedules for the Veterans Health Administration, the Senior Executive Service, the Executive Schedule, the Vice President and Congress, federal justices and judges, uniformed services members and cadets or midshipmen, and administrative law judges. Also directs locality-based pay adjustments under sections 5304 and 5304a of Title 5, and instructs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to implement these payments and publish notice in the Federal Register. Specifies effective dates: the uniformed services pay schedule takes effect January 1, 2003, and all other schedules take effect at the start of the first pay period on or after that date. Supersedes Executive Order 13249 of December 28, 2001. The specific pay rates are set out in schedules attached to the order.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13281
Half-Day Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on Tuesday, December 24, 2002
·George W. Bush·67 FR 78319
Directs executive branch departments and agencies to close for the second half of the scheduled workday on Tuesday, December 24, 2002, excusing employees from duty for that period. Allows heads of departments and agencies to keep certain offices, installations, or employees on full-day duty if needed for national security, defense, or other public reasons. Specifies that this half-day falls under the pay and leave provisions of Executive Order 11582 and related statutes, meaning employees will be treated as if they worked a full day for pay and leave purposes.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13280
Responsibilities of the Department of Agriculture and the Agency for International Development With Respect to Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
·George W. Bush·67 FR 77145
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture and the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to each establish a Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives within 45 days, supervised by a director chosen in consultation with the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. These centers must audit their agencies for regulatory, contracting, and outreach barriers that discourage participation by faith-based and community organizations in social service programs, propose fixes and pilot programs, and improve outreach and information-sharing with such groups. Each agency must file a report to the White House office within 180 days and annually afterward, detailing identified barriers, strategies to remove them, technical assistance available, and performance measures against earlier goals. Both agency heads must also designate a liaison to the White House office and cooperate with its requests. Actions are subject to available funding and existing law, and the order creates no legally enforceable rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13279
Equal Protection of the Laws for Faith-Based and Community Organizations
·George W. Bush·67 FR 77141
Directs federal agencies to ensure equal treatment of faith-based organizations in social service programs funded by federal financial assistance. Establishes principles requiring that funding be distributed efficiently, that eligible organizations compete on equal footing regardless of religious affiliation, and that beneficiaries not be discriminated against based on religion. Requires that organizations separate inherently religious activities like worship or proselytization, in time or location, from federally funded services, and that participation in religious activities remain voluntary. Allows faith-based groups receiving federal funds to keep religious names, symbols, board selection practices, and mission statements. Instructs the Attorney General and the Secretaries of Agriculture, Education, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, and Labor, along with the Administrator of the Agency for International Development, to review and amend existing policies accordingly and report proposed actions to the President within 90 days. Amends Executive Order 11246 regarding religious hiring exemptions for federal contractors. Requires all agencies to designate a liaison to the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives and cooperate with it.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13278
President's Commission on the United States Postal Service
·George W. Bush·67 FR 76671
Establishes the President's Commission on the United States Postal Service, made up of nine presidentially appointed members with two designated as Co-Chairs. The commission is tasked with studying the state of the Postal Service and recommending legislative and administrative reforms, covering issues such as the Postal Service's future role, pricing and cost flexibility, universal delivery obligations, unfunded liabilities, postal monopoly restrictions, and governance structure. The Department of the Treasury will provide administrative support and funding, and the commission will operate within Treasury for administrative purposes. Members serve without pay, though private citizens may receive travel expenses. The commission may consult Congress, government officials, and postal service users, including through public hearings. It must submit its report to the President through the Secretary of the Treasury by July 31, 2003, and will terminate 30 days after submitting the report, or no later than August 30, 2003.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13277
Delegation of Certain Authorities and Assignment of Certain Functions Under the Trade Act of 2002
·George W. Bush·67 FR 70305
Delegates and assigns various authorities and functions under the Trade Act of 2002 to the United States Trade Representative and other officials. Under Division B (trade promotion), most presidential authorities go to the U.S. Trade Representative, with specific provisions reserved to the President and certain consultative and reporting duties split among the Secretary of State, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of the Treasury, and the Trade Representative. Under Division C (Andean trade), most authorities go to the U.S. Trade Representative in consultation with the Secretaries of State, Commerce, Treasury, and Labor, while authority to proclaim trade preferences and designate or make determinations about beneficiary countries under the Andean Trade Preference Act remains with the President. The Customs Service's parent department must carry out related determinations. Officers exercising these delegated powers must act consistently with the President's constitutional foreign affairs authority and may redelegate functions, publishing such redelegations in the Federal Register. Amends Executive Order 11846 to include these trade divisions. States it creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13276
Delegation of Responsibilities Concerning Undocumented Aliens Interdicted or Intercepted in the Caribbean Region
·George W. Bush·67 FR 69985
Assigns federal agency roles for handling undocumented migrants intercepted or interdicted in the Caribbean region. The Attorney General may detain such migrants at a facility, potentially at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base or elsewhere, and may screen them to decide whether they should be returned to their home country or protected from return. The Secretary of State is directed to care for and arrange resettlement of migrants identified as needing protection, and to pursue diplomatic efforts on illegal migration. The Secretary of Defense must make excess Guantanamo Bay facilities available to support these efforts and, during a declared mass migration posing a national security threat, must take primary responsibility for migrant custody and support the Coast Guard's interdiction duties under Executive Order 12807. The order defines “mass migration” and states it does not affect Executive Order 12807, create enforceable legal rights, or require any formal refugee-status determination procedure.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13275
Creating a Board of Inquiry To Report on Certain Labor Disputes Affecting the Maritime Industry of the United States
·George W. Bush·67 FR 62869
Creates a Board of Inquiry, under the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947, to investigate a labor dispute between employees represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and shipping, stevedore, and terminal companies operating at Pacific Coast ports in California, Oregon, and Washington. It finds that the resulting lock-out affects trade, transportation, and communication among the states and with foreign nations, including military supply transport, and could endanger national health and safety. The board, whose members the president will appoint, is given the powers and duties described in the Act and must report back no later than October 8, 2002. After submitting its report, the board remains in existence to carry out further functions allowed under the Act, including those in section 209(b), until those functions are complete, at which point it terminates.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13274
Environmental Stewardship and Transportation Infrastructure Project Reviews
·George W. Bush·67 FR 59449
Directs federal agencies to promote environmental stewardship in transportation projects and to expedite required environmental reviews for high-priority transportation infrastructure projects, working with the Department of Transportation. The Secretary of Transportation is tasked with designating and periodically updating a list of such priority projects, and with coordinating cooperative efforts to protect the environment during planning and development of transportation facilities. It establishes a Transportation Infrastructure Streamlining Task Force within the Department of Transportation, chaired by the Secretary of Transportation, with members including the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, the Interior, and Defense, the Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, and the Chairs of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and the Council on Environmental Quality. The Task Force must monitor project reviews, meet quarterly, and report annually to the President through the Council on Environmental Quality Chairman, detailing review outcomes, identifying conflicting or duplicative legal requirements, and recommending further streamlining actions. It preserves existing budget authority of the Office of Management and Budget and creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13273
Further Amending Executive Order 10173, as Amended, Prescribing Regulations Relating to the Safeguarding of Vessels, Harbors, Ports, and Waterfront Facilities of the United States
·George W. Bush·67 FR 56215
Amends Part 6 of Title 33 of the Code of Federal Regulations, which implements Executive Order 10173 on safeguarding vessels, harbors, ports, and waterfront facilities. Adds a new definition of "Area Commander" as the Coast Guard officer designated by the Commandant to command a Coast Guard Area. Revises the enforcement section to specify that regulations under this part are enforced by the Captain of the Port under the supervision of the District Commander, Area Commander, and Commandant, with the same authority vested in and exercisable by those officers, and extends enforcement authority to other Coast Guard officers or petty officers designated by them. States that any such authority remains subject to the direction of the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard operates. The order cites continuing security concerns arising from disturbances in international relations since the September 11, 2001 attacks as justification.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13272
Proper Consideration of Small Entities in Agency Rulemaking
·George W. Bush·67 FR 53461
Directs federal agencies to strengthen compliance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act, which requires assessing how draft rules affect small businesses, small governmental jurisdictions, and small organizations. Within 90 days, agencies must submit written procedures for such review to the Small Business Administration's Chief Counsel for Advocacy, which will comment on them; agencies must issue final procedures within 180 days and make them public. Agencies must notify Advocacy of draft rules likely to significantly affect many small entities, consider Advocacy's comments, and generally publish their responses to Advocacy's written comments alongside final rules. Advocacy is tasked with notifying agencies of the Act's requirements, training agencies, and reporting annually to the Office of Management and Budget on compliance. The order preserves the Small Business Administration Administrator's existing supervisory authority, limits public disclosure of information Advocacy receives, and states it creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13271
Establishment of the Corporate Fraud Task Force
·George W. Bush·67 FR 46091
Directs the Attorney General to establish a Corporate Fraud Task Force within the Department of Justice to strengthen investigation and prosecution of significant financial crimes such as securities fraud, accounting fraud, mail and wire fraud, money laundering, and related tax fraud. The task force is chaired by the Deputy Attorney General and includes senior Justice Department officials, the FBI Director, and U.S. Attorneys from several districts; the Deputy Attorney General must convene its first meeting within 10 days. The task force is to guide investigations and prosecutions, recommend resource allocation, and propose actions to improve cooperation among federal, state, and local authorities, along with regulatory or legislative changes. For certain recommendation functions, the Secretary of the Treasury and the chairs of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and Federal Communications Commission also join as members. The task force ends when the President, or the Attorney General with presidential approval, decides to terminate it.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13270
Tribal Colleges and Universities
·George W. Bush·67 FR 45288
Establishes a Presidential Board of Advisors on Tribal Colleges and Universities and a White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges and Universities (WHITCU), both housed in the Department of Education, to support postsecondary institutions serving Indian tribes and Alaska Native entities. The Board, up to 15 presidentially appointed members, advises on strengthening tribal colleges' finances, infrastructure, technology, and educational outcomes, including implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. WHITCU provides staff support and liaison functions between agencies and tribal colleges. The Secretary of Education designates participating agencies, each of which must appoint a senior liaison official and develop a Three-Year Plan with performance indicators for assisting tribal colleges, submit annual performance reports, and provide technical assistance. WHITCU and the Board are also directed to encourage private-sector support through matching funds, financial and facility expertise, and faculty training. The Board is funded by the Department of Education and terminates after two years unless renewed by the President. The order revokes Executive Order 13021 of October 19, 1996, as amended.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13269
Expedited Naturalization of Aliens and Noncitizen Nationals Serving in an Active-Duty Status During the War on Terrorism
·George W. Bush·67 FR 45287