E.O.13544
Establishing the National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council
·Barack Obama·75 FR 33983
E.O.13543
National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling
·Barack Obama·75 FR 29397
Establishes the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, made up of up to seven presidentially appointed members, including two designated as Co-Chairs. The commission is directed to examine the root causes of the Deepwater Horizon disaster and develop options for preventing and mitigating oil spills from offshore drilling, including possible improvements to federal laws, regulations, and industry practices, and reforms to federal agencies. It must hold public hearings, gather information from government, industry, and affected communities, avoid duplicating other investigations, and coordinate with the Department of Justice to avoid interfering with law enforcement or damage-recovery efforts. It must submit a final public report to the President within six months of its first meeting and will terminate 60 days after submitting that report. The Secretary of Energy is directed to provide administrative support, and commission members serve without pay but may receive travel expenses.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13542
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Agriculture
·Barack Obama·75 FR 27921
Establishes an order of succession within the Department of Agriculture, listing officials—including the Assistant Secretary for Administration, various Under Secretaries, the General Counsel, the Chief of Staff, and other named positions—who would act as Secretary of Agriculture if both the Secretary and Deputy Secretary are unable to serve, until either can resume duties. It sets tie-breaking rules based on seniority or state alphabetical order for certain regional and state officials. It specifies that officials serving in an acting capacity cannot claim succession rights under this order, and that eligibility must also meet requirements of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998. The President retains discretion to depart from this order when naming an acting Secretary. It revokes the prior succession order, Executive Order 13241, and states that it creates no enforceable legal rights for any party.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13541
Temporary Organization To Facilitate a Strategic Partnership With the Republic of Iraq
·Barack Obama·75 FR 26879
Establishes a temporary Iraq Strategic Partnership Office within the Department of State to support U.S. agencies in building a strategic partnership with the Republic of Iraq under the Strategic Framework Agreement. The office is tasked with coordinating the drawdown of Provincial Reconstruction Teams, developing a sustainable rule-of-law mission including a Police Development Program, completing oversight and reporting on Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund monies, taking over remaining functions of the former Iraq Transition Assistance Office, and performing other duties the Secretary of State assigns. The Secretary of State selects the office's Director and transfers the prior office's personnel, assets, liabilities, and records to it. The order operates within existing law and available funding, does not alter existing agency authorities or the Office of Management and Budget's budgetary role, and creates no enforceable legal rights. The office will terminate after the maximum period allowed under federal personnel law unless the Secretary ends it sooner.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13540
Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development
·Barack Obama·75 FR 22497
Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish an Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development, which the Administrator will chair. The task force includes senior representatives from the Departments of the Treasury, Defense, Labor, and Veterans Affairs, the Office of Management and Budget, the General Services Administration, the Small Business Administration, and four appointed representatives from veterans' service or military organizations. It is directed to consult regularly with veterans' organizations and coordinate proposals on improving capital access, meeting federal contracting goals for veteran-owned small businesses, verifying business ownership certifications, reducing paperwork burdens, and improving training and counseling. The task force must report to the President within one year of its first meeting and annually afterward. The Small Business Administration will fund and support the task force within existing budgets, and the order does not alter existing legal authorities or create enforceable rights for outside parties.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13539
President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
·Barack Obama·75 FR 21973
Establishes the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), made up of up to 21 members including the President's Science Advisor and up to 20 outside experts in science, technology, and innovation. The council advises the President and the National Science and Technology Council on policy matters involving science, technology, and innovation, and also serves as an advisory committee under the High Performance Computing Act of 1991 and the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act. Directs federal agencies to share relevant information with the council when requested, allows it to form subcommittees, and permits security clearances for members handling classified matters. The Office of Science and Technology Policy must provide funding and support. Members serve unpaid but may receive travel expenses. The council terminates after two years unless extended by the President. The order also revokes Executive Order 13226 of September 30, 2001, as amended.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13538
Establishing the President's Management Advisory Board
·Barack Obama·75 FR 20895
Establishes the President's Management Advisory Board within the General Services Administration to give the President and the President's Management Council advice on federal management, focusing on productivity, technology use, and customer service. The board may have up to 18 members, including the Deputy Director for Management of the Office of Management and Budget, who chairs it, plus up to 17 outside members appointed by the President for two-year terms based on senior private-sector experience. The General Services Administration funds and supports the board, and federal agencies must provide requested information and assistance. The board has a staff led by an Executive Director serving as Designated Federal Officer under the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Members serve without pay but may receive travel expenses. The board's role is strictly advisory, and it terminates two years after the order unless the President extends it.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13537
Interagency Group on Insular Areas
·Barack Obama·75 FR 20237
Establishes the Interagency Group on Insular Areas within the Department of the Interior to address federal policy affecting Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The group is co-chaired by the Secretary of the Interior and the Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, and includes heads of executive departments and other designated agency officials. It is directed to advise the President on policies affecting these territories, gather input from territorial governors and other officials and individuals, review proposed agency policies affecting the territories upon request, and submit annual reports to the President recommending policy actions. Executive departments and agencies must assist the group as needed, at their own expense. The order does not alter existing legal authorities or create enforceable rights, and it supersedes Executive Order 13299 of May 8, 2003.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13536
Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Conflict in Somalia
·Barack Obama·75 FR 19869
Declares a national emergency over violence, piracy, and arms embargo violations connected to Somalia, and blocks all property and interests in property within the United States or held by U.S. persons belonging to individuals listed in an annex or later designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State. Designation criteria include threatening Somalia's peace or political process, undermining the Transitional Federal Institutions or the African Union Mission in Somalia, obstructing humanitarian assistance, supplying arms or military support to Somalia, or supporting any blocked person. Prohibits transactions, donations, and contributions involving blocked persons, as well as any transaction that evades or attempts to violate these prohibitions. Provides that no prior notice is required before blocking property. Authorizes the Treasury Secretary to issue regulations, delegate authority, report to Congress, and remove designations when circumstances change. Applies to U.S. persons, entities, and government agencies, and took effect April 13, 2010.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13535
Ensuring Enforcement and Implementation of Abortion Restrictions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
·Barack Obama·75 FR 15599
Directs federal agencies to establish government-wide policies ensuring that provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act restricting federal funding of abortion services, consistent with the Hyde Amendment, are enforced. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop, within 180 days, model guidelines for state health insurance commissioners to verify that health insurance exchange plans properly segregate federal funds from funds used to cover abortion services, in consultation with agencies including the Treasury Department and the Government Accountability Office. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to initiate rulemaking based on those guidelines and to ensure that Community Health Centers receiving new federal funding under the Act comply with existing restrictions on using federal funds for abortion services, including by updating grant policy statements and issuing interpretive rules. States that it does not alter existing agency legal authority, must be implemented consistent with applicable law and available funding, and creates no enforceable legal rights for any party.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13534
National Export Initiative
·Barack Obama·75 FR 12433
Establishes the National Export Initiative to promote U.S. exports as a way to create jobs, with a stated goal of doubling exports over five years. Creates an Export Promotion Cabinet, made up of the Secretaries of State, Treasury, Agriculture, Commerce, and Labor, the Office of Management and Budget Director, the U.S. Trade Representative, the National Security Advisor, and other officials, to coordinate the effort alongside the existing Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee. Directs cabinet members to develop programs assisting small and medium-sized exporters, promote federal export-assistance resources, improve trade missions and commercial advocacy, expand export credit through the Export-Import Bank, pursue balanced global economic growth through Treasury, reduce foreign trade barriers through the U.S. Trade Representative, and build a framework for promoting services exports. Requires the Export Promotion Cabinet to deliver a comprehensive implementation plan to the President within 180 days and to report progress annually to designated congressional committees. States it does not alter existing agency authority and creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13533
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Defense
·Barack Obama·75 FR 10163
Sets an order of succession within the Department of Defense, listing 19 tiers of officials, beginning with the Deputy Secretary of Defense and continuing through the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, various Under Secretaries, and other officials, who would act as Secretary of Defense if the Secretary dies, resigns, or is otherwise unable to serve. It specifies that when multiple officials share the same tier, precedence goes to whoever was appointed or sworn in earliest. It excludes officials serving only in an acting capacity and requires that anyone acting as Secretary have been appointed by the President with Senate confirmation and be eligible under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998. It preserves the President's discretion to depart from this order when naming an acting Secretary, revokes Executive Order 13394, and states that it creates no legally enforceable rights for outside parties.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13532
Promoting Excellence, Innovation, and Sustainability at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
·Barack Obama·75 FR 9749
Establishes the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), housed in the Department of Education, to help these institutions increase participation in federal programs, build public-private partnerships, share best practices, and improve their relationship with the federal government. Requires the Secretary of Education to designate agencies that must prepare annual plans detailing efforts to boost HBCU participation in federal grants, contracts, and programs, with measurable goals and annual performance reviews, and to appoint senior liaison officials. Creates an Interagency Working Group to coordinate these efforts. Establishes the President's Board of Advisors on HBCUs, up to 25 presidentially appointed members from education, business, philanthropy, and finance sectors, to advise the President and Secretary on strengthening HBCU competitiveness, visibility, and fiscal security, and to report annually. Applies to designated executive departments and agencies, which must provide information and bear their own participation costs. Revokes Executive Order 13256.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13531
National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform
·Barack Obama·75 FR 7927
Establishes the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform within the Executive Office of the President, made up of 18 members: six appointed by the President, and twelve current members of Congress selected by the Senate and House majority and minority leaders. Two of the President's appointees, from different political parties, are designated as Co-Chairs. The Commission is tasked with proposing recommendations to balance the federal budget, excluding interest payments, by 2015, and to improve the long-term fiscal outlook, including addressing entitlement spending growth and gaps between projected revenues and expenditures. It must vote on a final report by December 1, 2010, requiring approval from at least 14 of its 18 members. Members serve without additional pay but may receive travel expenses, and the Commission has a staff led by an Executive Director. It terminates 30 days after submitting its final report.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13530
President's Advisory Council on Financial Capability
·Barack Obama·75 FR 5481
Establishes the President's Advisory Council on Financial Capability within the Department of the Treasury to promote financial capability among Americans. The Council consists of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Education, and up to 22 presidentially appointed members from outside the federal government, including academics and researchers in financial education. It is tasked with gathering input from federal, state, local, and tribal officials, financial services providers, consumers, and experts; advising the President and Treasury Secretary on ways to build financial education and access, especially for underserved populations; and reporting periodically on the state of financial capability and progress made. The Treasury Department will fund and administer the Council, and members serve unpaid, though travel expenses may be reimbursed. The Secretary will designate an Executive Director to oversee administrative support. The Council terminates two years after the order's date unless extended by the President.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13529
Ordering the Selected Reserve and Certain Individual Ready Reserve Members of the Armed Forces to Active Duty
·Barack Obama·75 FR 3331
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when not operating as part of the Navy, to order units and individual members of the Selected Reserve, as well as certain members of the Individual Ready Reserve designated as essential, to active duty. The order states this action is needed to increase the active Armed Forces to conduct operational missions, including humanitarian assistance, related to relief efforts in Haiti following the January 12, 2010 earthquake. It also allows those officials to terminate the active-duty service of such units and members. The order specifies that it does not create any legally enforceable right or benefit for any party against the United States or its officers, employees, or agents.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13528
Establishment of the Council of Governors
·Barack Obama·75 FR 2053
Establishes a Council of Governors made up of 10 state governors appointed by the President, with no more than five from the same political party, serving two-year terms that may be renewed. The President designates two Members from different parties as Co-Chairs. The Council meets at the call of the Secretary of Defense or the Co-Chairs to exchange views and advice with defense and homeland security officials, including the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and military commanders, on matters involving the National Guard, homeland defense, civil support, and coordination between state and federal military activities. The Secretary of Defense designates an Executive Director to coordinate the Council's work and provides administrative support upon request of the Co-Chairs. Members serve without pay but may receive travel expenses. The Council may form subcommittees and adopt a charter to refine its operations. The order defines relevant terms and states it does not alter existing legal authorities or create enforceable rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13527
Establishing Federal Capability for the Timely Provision of Medical Countermeasures Following a Biological Attack
·Barack Obama·75 FR 737
Establishes a national policy to prepare for rapid federal distribution of medical countermeasures, such as vaccines or antibiotics, to the public following a biological attack. Directs the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Homeland Security, working with the U.S. Postal Service, to create within 180 days a model using postal workers to deliver medical countermeasures to homes in affected cities, with anthrax as the primary scenario. Also directs those officials, along with the Secretary of Defense and the Attorney General, to develop plans within 180 days for supplementing local law enforcement to escort postal workers during deliveries. Requires the Secretaries of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services, with the Secretary of Defense, to develop within 90 days a concept of operations for a federal rapid response capability to dispense countermeasures after a large-scale attack. Also requires a plan within 180 days to ensure federal employees performing essential functions receive countermeasures so government operations can continue.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13526
Classified National Security Information
·Barack Obama·75 FR 707
Establishes a uniform system for classifying, safeguarding, and declassifying national security information. Sets three classification levels (Top Secret, Secret, Confidential), limits who may originally classify information, requires annual training for classifying officials, and bars classification to conceal wrongdoing or avoid embarrassment. Sets default declassification timelines of 10 to 25 years, with automatic declassification of most records after 25 years unless agencies obtain specific exemptions, and further review points at 50 and 75 years. Creates a National Declassification Center within the National Archives to coordinate declassification of historical records, and continues the Information Security Oversight Office and an Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel to issue guidance, resolve disputes, and hear challenges and appeals from agencies and members of the public. Sets rules for access, special access programs, handling of foreign government information, and sanctions for misclassification or unauthorized disclosure. Revokes Executive Order 12958 and its amendment, Executive Order 13292. Applies to all executive branch agencies handling classified information, with most provisions effective 180 days after signing.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13525
Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay
·Barack Obama·74 FR 69231