E.O.13268
Termination of Emergency With Respect to the Taliban and Amendment of Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001
·George W. Bush·67 FR 44751
E.O.13267
Establishing a Transition Planning Office for the Department of Homeland Security Within the Office of Management and Budget
·George W. Bush·67 FR 42469
Establishes a Transition Planning Office within the Office of Management and Budget to coordinate executive branch planning for the proposed Department of Homeland Security and to work with Congress as it considers legislation creating that department. The office is led by a Director for Transition Planning, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget must provide it with personnel, funding, and administrative support. If someone serving as an Assistant to the President also heads this office, that person's two roles and their staff, funds, records, and property must be kept administratively separate. The order does not change existing authorities of other federal departments and agencies, but directs them to assist the Transition Planning Office where legally permitted. The office and all authorities under the order terminate within 90 days after legislation creating the Department of Homeland Security is enacted, or within one year of the order's signing, whichever comes first.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13266
Activities To Promote Personal Fitness
·George W. Bush·67 FR 42467
Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture, Education, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Labor, Transportation, and Veterans Affairs, along with the Director of the Office of National Drug Policy, to review their departments' policies, programs, and regulations related to personal fitness and consider modifications or new initiatives to increase physical activity, promote healthy diets, expand use of preventive health screenings, and encourage healthy choices around alcohol, tobacco, drugs, and safety. Each agency must report proposed actions to the President through the Secretary of Health and Human Services within 90 days. It also establishes a Personal Fitness Interagency Working Group, chaired by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, made up of the named officials or their designees, to coordinate federal personal fitness activities and meet at least twice a year. The order states it creates no enforceable legal rights and is meant only to improve internal executive branch management.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13265
President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
·George W. Bush·67 FR 39841
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a national program to increase physical activity and sports participation, with particular focus on children, adolescents, and underserved populations. Establishes the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, made up of up to 20 presidentially appointed members serving two-year terms, to advise the President and the Secretary on progress and recommend actions to expand access to physical activity and sports. The Council will also liaise with state, local, and private organizations, monitor educational materials, and may form subcommittees. Federal agencies must provide requested information and assistance. The Secretary will appoint an Executive Director and provide staff and funding for the Council, whose members serve without pay but may receive travel expenses. The Council is set to terminate two years after the order unless extended by the President. The order also revokes Executive Order 12345 of February 2, 1982, as amended.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13264
Amendment to Executive Order 13180, Air Traffic Performance-Based Organization
·George W. Bush·67 FR 39243
Amends Executive Order 13180, which addressed the performance-based organization for air traffic control services. Removes language in the order's opening sentence describing the function as "inherently governmental." Also rewrites Section 6 to clarify that the order is meant only to improve internal executive branch management and does not create any right, substantive or procedural, that could be enforced by any party against the United States, its agencies, officers, employees, or any other person.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13263
President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
·George W. Bush·67 FR 22337
Establishes the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, made up of up to fifteen presidential appointees and up to seven ex officio members designated by the Secretaries of Health and Human Services, Labor, Education, and Veterans Affairs. The Commission is tasked with studying the United States mental health service delivery system for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances, identifying unmet needs and effective treatments, and recommending policy improvements while following principles such as focusing on community-level care and respecting states' and tribes' roles. The Department of Health and Human Services must provide funding and administrative support, and the President selects an Executive Director for its staff. The Commission must submit an interim report within six months describing unmet needs and successful care models, and a final report with recommendations at a date set by its Chair in consultation with the President. The Commission terminates one year after the order unless extended by the President.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13262
2002 Amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States
·George W. Bush·67 FR 18773
Amends the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, which implements the Uniform Code of Military Justice for the armed forces. Removes Federal Rule of Evidence 415 from the Military Rules of Evidence thirty days after signing, and revises numerous Rules for Courts-Martial covering special court-martial sentencing limits, disclosure of examination and test reports, protective orders against extrajudicial statements, use of prior convictions, fines, confinement conditions, review and appeal procedures, and record forwarding. It also updates several Punitive Articles, including penalties for larceny, dealing in captured property, unpremeditated murder, carnal knowledge, rape, larceny by electronic transaction, adultery, and other offenses, and raises certain dollar thresholds from $100 to $500. The amendments take effect May 15, 2002, with specified rules applying only to arraignments or offenses on or after that date, and none may retroactively criminalize past conduct or invalidate proceedings already underway. The order contains further technical and procedural provisions.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13261
Providing An Order of Succession in the Environmental Protection Agency and Amending Certain Orders on Succession
·George W. Bush·67 FR 13243
Establishes an order of succession for the Environmental Protection Agency, listing eleven Assistant Administrator positions and the Chief Financial Officer who would act as Administrator if both the Administrator and Deputy Administrator die, resign, or are otherwise unable to serve. It specifies that anyone holding one of these positions only in an acting capacity cannot become acting Administrator under this order, and confirms the President retains discretion under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 to depart from this list. The order also amends similar succession orders for the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Housing and Urban Development, the Interior, Labor, the Treasury, Veterans Affairs, Health and Human Services, and State, replacing language in each so that officials serving only in an acting capacity within the listed offices cannot become acting Secretary of that department under those earlier orders.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13260
Establishing the President's Homeland Security Advisory Council and Senior Advisory Committees for Homeland
·George W. Bush·67 FR 13241
Establishes the President's Homeland Security Advisory Council (PHSAC), made up of up to 21 presidential appointees from the private sector, academia, professional associations, research centers, nongovernmental groups, and state and local governments, plus certain officials serving as ex officio members. Creates four Senior Advisory Committees, covering state and local officials, academia and policy research, the private sector, and emergency services, law enforcement, and public health and hospitals, to advise the PHSAC, with members chosen by the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security. The council is tasked with advising the President on developing and coordinating national strategy against terrorist threats, improving coordination among government levels and other entities, assessing proposed security measures, and evaluating implementation of strategies, reporting periodically through the Assistant. Federal agencies must share relevant information with the council upon request. Members serve without pay but may receive travel expenses. The council, its committees, and subcommittees terminate two years after the order unless the President extends them.</br>Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13259
Designation of Public International Organizations for Purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977
·George W. Bush·67 FR 13239
Designates the European Union—including its constituent communities, institutions such as the European Commission, Council, Parliament, Court of Justice, Court of Auditors, Economic and Social Committee, Committee of the Regions, European Central Bank, and European Investment Bank, along with their departments and agencies—and the European Police Office (Europol), including its departments and agencies, as "public international organizations" under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977. This designation applies specifically to provisions in those statutes concerning bribery of foreign officials and related exemptions. The order clarifies that this designation is intended only to carry out the purposes of those two statutes and does not determine whether these entities qualify as public international organizations under any other law or regulation.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13258
Amending Executive Order 12866 on Regulatory Planning and Review
·George W. Bush·67 FR 9385
Amends Executive Order 12866, which governs regulatory planning and review, by removing the Vice President's designated role in the regulatory review process and reassigning those responsibilities to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget or the Chief of Staff to the President, depending on the section. It also updates references to certain advisory positions, replacing outdated titles such as the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and the Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs with their current equivalents, and adds the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security to the list of officials involved in the regulatory planning process. The changes are made through a series of specific word substitutions and structural edits to numbered sections of the original order, covering how conflicts over proposed regulations are resolved and who convenes and advises on regulatory policy meetings.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13257
President's Interagency Task Force To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
·George W. Bush·67 FR 7259
Establishes the President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000. Chaired by the Secretary of State, the task force includes the Attorney General, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Director of Central Intelligence, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, and any other officials the President designates. Directs the task force to coordinate implementation of the Act, evaluate anti-trafficking progress domestically and abroad, help prepare required annual reports, expand data collection while protecting victim confidentiality, foster international cooperation on prevention and prosecution, examine international sex tourism's role in trafficking, and consult with government and nongovernmental organizations. The Department of State will fund and administer the task force, which meets as its chair calls and reports periodically to the President through the Secretary of State. States the task force has no independent directive authority and that the order creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13256
President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities
·George W. Bush·67 FR 6823
Establishes the President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities within the Office of the Secretary of Education, to advise the President and the Secretary on strengthening these institutions' infrastructure, academic programs, and financial stability, and to issue annual reports with recommendations. The President appoints Board members, including college presidents, business and foundation leaders, and educators. The White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities is directed to provide staff and support. Executive departments and agencies identified by the Secretary must develop annual plans with measurable goals to boost participation of these colleges in federal grants and contracts, appoint a senior liaison official, and submit annual performance reports; the Secretary compiles these into an integrated Annual Federal Plan for the President. The Board is also tasked with developing a Private Sector Strategy to encourage private contributions and partnerships. Board members serve without pay but may be reimbursed for travel. The order revokes Executive Order 12876 of November 1, 1993, as amended.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13255
Amendment to Executive Order 13227, President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education
·George W. Bush·67 FR 6157
Amends Executive Order 13227, which established the President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education, by extending the deadline for the commission's report. The original reporting date of April 30, 2002, set out in section 3(b) of that order, is changed to July 1, 2002. No other provisions of the commission's structure or duties are altered.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13254
Establishing the USA Freedom Corps
·George W. Bush·67 FR 4869
Establishes the USA Freedom Corps, an interagency initiative intended to coordinate and expand public service opportunities across homeland security, social service, and international service, encouraging Americans to volunteer for the equivalent of at least two years over their lifetimes. Creates a USA Freedom Corps Council, chaired by the President, made up of the Vice President and heads of agencies including the Departments of State, Justice, Health and Human Services, Commerce, Education, and Veterans Affairs, along with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Peace Corps, the Corporation for National and Community Service, and others, to coordinate federal service programs, promote outreach, and track participation. Establishes a USA Freedom Corps Office within the White House Office, led by a presidentially appointed Director, to support the Council and assist the President in recognizing volunteers. States that agencies retain existing authority over their own programs and that the order creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13253
Amendment to Executive Order 13223, Ordering the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty and Delegating Certain Authorities to the Secretary of Defense and the
·George W. Bush·67 FR 2791
Amends Executive Order 13223, which had ordered the Ready Reserve of the armed forces to active duty following the September 2001 terrorist attacks. Adds authority for the Secretary of Transportation, regarding the Coast Guard, to exercise powers previously granted only to the Secretary of Defense, including authority under sections of Title 10 and Title 14 of the United States Code covering matters such as detailing members to assist foreign governments, suspending rules on officer selection, promotion, or involuntary separation, and administering reserve forces. Also revises the section addressing funding, allowing the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation to treat the cost of additional active-duty members under their jurisdictions as an excepted expense under federal law, based on a presidential determination that increasing active-duty numbers beyond appropriated levels is necessary.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13252
Exclusions From the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program
·George W. Bush·67 FR 1601
Determines that several subdivisions of the Department of Justice have intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative, or national security functions that cannot be reconciled with coverage under the federal labor-management relations program established under chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code. Amends Executive Order 12171 to add these units to the list of excluded agencies, specifically the United States Attorneys' Offices, the Criminal Division, the INTERPOL-U.S. National Central Bureau, the National Drug Intelligence Center, and the Office of Intelligence Policy and Review. The effect is that employees in these offices are removed from coverage under federal labor-management relations law.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13251
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of State
·George W. Bush·67 FR 1599
Establishes an order of succession for officials who would act as Secretary of State if the Secretary dies, resigns, or otherwise cannot perform the job's duties. Under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, it lists a sequence beginning with the Deputy Secretary of State, followed by the Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources, designated Under Secretaries, other Under Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries, the Counterterrorism Coordinator, the Director General of the Foreign Service, the Legal Adviser, United Nations representatives, specified ambassadors including those to the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Mexico, Japan, and India, ambassadors at large, the Counselor, Special Representatives of the President, and remaining Chiefs of Mission. It bars anyone not confirmed by the Senate, or already serving in an acting capacity, from acting as Secretary under this order, preserves the President's discretion to depart from the list within legal limits, and treats successor offices as equivalent to those named. It revokes Executive Order 12343 of January 27, 1982.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13250
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Health and Human Services
·George W. Bush·67 FR 1597
Establishes an order of succession for the office of Secretary of Health and Human Services, to take effect if both the Secretary and Deputy Secretary die, resign, or become unable to serve. Under the order, the role would pass first to the Senate-confirmed Assistant Secretaries of Health and Human Services, in the sequence they took office, then to the Department's General Counsel, and then to other Senate-confirmed officers within the department, again in order of when they took office. It specifies that anyone serving in one of these listed positions only in an acting capacity cannot become acting Secretary under this order. It also notes that the President retains discretion, under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, to name a different acting Secretary than this order of succession would otherwise indicate.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13249
Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay
·George W. Bush·67 FR 639