E.O.13468
2008 Amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States
·George W. Bush·73 FR 43827
E.O.13467
Reforming Processes Related to Suitability for Government Employment, Fitness for Contractor Employees, and Eligibility for Access to Classified National Security Information
·George W. Bush·73 FR 38103
Establishes a governmentwide framework to align and streamline processes for determining suitability for federal employment, fitness of contractor employees, eligibility for access to federally controlled facilities and information systems, and eligibility for access to classified information. Creates a Suitability and Security Clearance Performance Accountability Council, chaired by the Deputy Director for Management at the Office of Management and Budget, to oversee reform and set goals. Designates the Director of the Office of Personnel Management as Suitability Executive Agent and the Director of National Intelligence as Security Executive Agent, each responsible for developing uniform policies, ensuring reciprocity across agencies, and resolving disputes. Requires agency heads to implement resulting policies, share information, and support the Council's work. Revokes Executive Order 13381 and amends Executive Order 12968 to add continuous evaluation requirements and replace the Security Policy Board with the Security Executive Agent, among other technical amendments to related orders.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13466
Continuing Certain Restrictions With Respect to North Korea and North Korean Nationals
·George W. Bush·73 FR 36787
Declares a national emergency over the risk of proliferation of weapons-usable fissile material on the Korean Peninsula, invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. It continues restrictions on North Korea that would otherwise have ended once a planned proclamation terminated Trading With the Enemy Act authorities toward the country. It keeps blocked the property and interests of North Korea and North Korean nationals that were frozen as of June 16, 2000, and bars United States persons from registering vessels in North Korea, flying the North Korean flag, or owning, leasing, operating, or insuring North Korean-flagged vessels. It prohibits transactions or conspiracies aimed at evading these restrictions. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, is authorized to issue regulations and take actions needed to enforce the order and to report to Congress on the emergency, and all federal agencies are directed to help carry out its provisions.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13465
Amending Executive Order 12989, as Amended
·George W. Bush·73 FR 33285
Amends Executive Order 12989 to require federal contractors to use an electronic employment eligibility verification system designated by the Secretary of Homeland Security to confirm that workers hired during a contract term, and those assigned to perform work on a federal contract, are authorized to work in the United States. It bars contracting agencies from entering contracts with employers that do not use the best available means to confirm work authorization, while stating that nothing relieves employers of antidiscrimination obligations under the Immigration and Nationality Act. It directs the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of General Services, and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation as needed to implement these requirements, and assigns the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney General responsibility for administering and enforcing the order, including issuing implementing rules after consulting relevant agency heads. It also updates minor wording throughout Executive Order 12989 and restates that it creates no enforceable legal rights against the government.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13464
Blocking Property and Prohibiting Certain Transactions Related to Burma
·George W. Bush·73 FR 24491
Blocks all property and financial interests in the United States, or under the control of U.S. persons, belonging to individuals named in an attached list connected to the Government of Burma, as well as anyone the Secretary of the Treasury later determines, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to be owned or controlled by that government, its ruling bodies, or those materially supporting them. Prohibits transactions or donations involving these blocked persons, and bars any attempt to evade or conspire to violate the order. Applies to U.S. citizens, residents, and entities, including foreign branches. Finds that advance notice of such blocking actions would undermine their effectiveness, so none is required. Authorizes the Treasury Secretary to issue regulations, delegate authority, and later remove individuals from the blocked list if circumstances change. Builds on the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13047 and actions taken in Executive Orders 13310 and 13448. Effective May 1, 2008.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13463
Amending Executive Orders 13389 and 13390
·George W. Bush·73 FR 22047
Amends Executive Order 13389 by replacing a reference to "Economic Policy" with "Homeland Security and Counterterrorism" and by extending that order's expiration date from three years after its signing to February 28, 2009. Also amends Executive Order 13390 by making a minor punctuation correction and similarly extending its expiration date to February 28, 2009. Both original orders relate to authorities established under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. The changes apply to the federal officials and structures governed by those two 2005 orders.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13462
President's Intelligence Advisory Board and Intelligence Oversight Board
·George W. Bush·73 FR 11805
Establishes the President's Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB), housed in the Executive Office of the President, made up of up to 16 non-government members appointed by the President, to assess the quality and adequacy of intelligence collection, analysis, and management across the intelligence community and report findings and recommendations to the President and the Director of National Intelligence. Creates within the PIAB an Intelligence Oversight Board (IOB) of up to five members to monitor potentially unlawful intelligence activities, review agency responses, and report to the President at least twice yearly. Sets reporting and information-sharing duties for the Director of National Intelligence and heads of departments containing intelligence agencies, including forwarding possible criminal violations to the Attorney General and tracking corrective actions. Renames references to the former President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board as the PIAB, continues current board members and the executive director in office for 15 months, and revokes Executive Order 12863. Includes provisions on staffing, expenses, classified information safeguards, and clarifies the order creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13461
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Health and Human Services
·George W. Bush·73 FR 9437
Establishes an order of succession within the Department of Health and Human Services, listing officials who may act as Secretary if the Secretary dies, resigns, or is otherwise unable to serve. The sequence runs from the Deputy Secretary through the General Counsel, several Assistant Secretaries, the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the Director of the National Institutes of Health, other presidentially appointed Assistant Secretaries in order of seniority, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Director of Region 4. It specifies that an official serving in an acting capacity in one of these positions cannot become acting Secretary under this order, and that the President retains discretion to depart from the listed order under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998. It revokes Executive Order 13250 and a related 2002 presidential memorandum on succession within the department.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13460
Blocking Property of Additional Persons in Connection With the National Emergency With Respect to Syria
·George W. Bush·73 FR 8991
Expands sanctions related to the national emergency with respect to Syria declared in Executive Order 13338. It blocks all property and interests in property within U.S. jurisdiction or control of persons that the Secretary of the Treasury, after consulting the Secretary of State, determines to be responsible for, engaged in, or benefiting from public corruption by senior Syrian officials. It bars contributions of funds, goods, or services to or from such designated persons, prohibits transactions that evade these restrictions, and bars donations that would otherwise be exempt under humanitarian provisions. It amends Executive Order 13338 to broaden the criteria for designation to include actions undermining stabilization efforts in Iraq. It waives advance notice to blocked persons and authorizes the Treasury Secretary to issue regulations and delegate authority to implement the order, directing other federal agencies to assist as needed.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13459
Improving the Coordination and Effectiveness of Youth Programs
·George W. Bush·73 FR 8003
Establishes an Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs within the Department of Health and Human Services to promote coordination among federal, state, and local governments, faith-based and community organizations, and families to improve outcomes for at-risk youth. The Secretary of Health and Human Services chairs the group and the Attorney General serves as vice chair, with membership drawn from several cabinet departments, the Office of National Drug Control Policy, and the Corporation for National and Community Service. The group is directed to identify effective practices, encourage rigorous program evaluation, and build a federal website on youth programs, with an initial version due within 10 months. It must also promote interagency initiatives such as volunteer service and mentoring efforts, and report annually to the President through the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, with a first report due within 6 months. Agencies are directed to provide administrative support and information as needed.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13458
Implementation of the Protocol Additional to the Agreement Between the United States and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in the United States of America
·George W. Bush·73 FR 7181
Directs the Secretaries of State, Defense, Commerce, and Energy, the Attorney General, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and other relevant agency heads to issue, amend, or enforce regulations and procedures needed to implement the United States Additional Protocol Implementation Act and the country's obligations under the Additional Protocol to its nuclear safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, with Justice Department assistance if needed, to obtain and execute warrants for gaining access to locations covered by Commerce Department regulations under the order. Authorizes the named agencies to carry out other functions necessary to implement the Act that are not already assigned, and assigns the Secretary of State responsibility for notifying Congress when the Act requires it. States that implementation depends on available funding and existing law, and specifies that the order creates no enforceable legal rights for any party against the government.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13457
Protecting American Taxpayers From Government Spending on Wasteful Earmarks
·George W. Bush·73 FR 6417
Directs federal agency heads, for appropriations laws and other legislation enacted after the order's date, not to commit, obligate, or spend funds based on earmarks found only in non-statutory sources such as congressional committee reports or communications from members of Congress, unless required by law or justified by an agency's own merit-based determination. Requires agencies to base funding decisions on statutory text and transparent, merit-based criteria rather than informal congressional statements, and to disregard oral or written congressional views unless they are in writing. Requires agencies to publicly post, within 30 days, any written congressional communications recommending earmark funding, unless the agency head, after consulting the Office of Management and Budget, decides confidentiality is needed. Agencies must report earmark information to the Office of Management and Budget upon request. Defines 'agency' and 'earmark' for these purposes and states it creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13456
Further Amendment of Executive Order 11858 Concerning Foreign Investment in the United States
·George W. Bush·73 FR 4677
Rewrites Executive Order 11858 to update the rules governing the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which reviews foreign transactions for national security risks under the Defense Production Act. It adds the United States Trade Representative and the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy as Committee members, and designates several other officials, including the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, to observe and report on Committee activities. It assigns the Secretary of the Treasury to chair the Committee, issue regulations, and transmit reports to Congress, and directs the Secretary of Commerce to collect and analyze data on foreign investment. It sets procedures for reviews, investigations, and risk mitigation agreements with transaction parties, and states that departments must provide information the Committee requests. It revokes Section 801 of Executive Order 12919 and clarifies that it creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13455
Establishing the President's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy
·George W. Bush·73 FR 4445
Establishes the President's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy within the Department of the Treasury to promote financial literacy among Americans. The council will have 19 members appointed by the President from outside the federal government, drawn from providers, consumers, promoters, and educators in financial services, with a Chair and Vice Chair designated by the President. It is directed to gather input from federal, state, local, and tribal officials and outside experts, advise the President and the Treasury Secretary on improving financial education, access to financial services, measurement of financial literacy, and related research, and periodically report on the state of financial literacy and progress made. The Treasury Department will fund and administer the council, whose members serve without pay but may receive travel expenses. The council terminates two years from the order's date unless extended by the President.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13454
Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay
·George W. Bush·73 FR 1481
Sets adjusted rates of basic pay and salaries across various federal pay systems, based on schedules attached to the order. These cover the General Schedule, the Foreign Service Schedule, Veterans Health Administration pay schedules, the Senior Executive Service, the Executive Schedule, pay for the Vice President and Congress, judicial salaries, uniformed services pay, locality-based comparability payments, and administrative law judges' pay. Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to implement the locality-based comparability payments and publish notice of them in the Federal Register. Specifies that the uniformed services pay schedule takes effect January 1, 2008, while the other schedules take effect at the start of the first applicable pay period on or after that date. Supersedes Executive Order 13420 of December 21, 2006.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13453
Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on Monday, December 24, 2007
·George W. Bush·72 FR 70477
Directs that all executive branch departments and agencies be closed and their employees excused from duty on Monday, December 24, 2007, the day before Christmas. Allows heads of departments and agencies to decide that certain offices, installations, or employees must remain open or report for duty if needed for national security, defense, or other public need. Specifies that this day is to be treated under Executive Order 11582 and relevant federal pay and leave statutes, meaning employees' pay and leave will be handled as if it were a holiday closure under existing law.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13452
Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate Disputes Between the National Railroad Passenger Corporation and Certain of Its Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations
·George W. Bush·72 FR 67827
Establishes a five-member Emergency Board, effective December 1, 2007, to investigate unresolved labor disputes between Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) and certain employees represented by specified labor organizations, invoking the Railway Labor Act after the National Mediation Board found the disputes threatened to disrupt interstate commerce. Board members may not have financial or other interests in railroad carriers or employee organizations. The Board must report to the President within 30 days of its creation, and during that period plus 30 days after the report is submitted, neither Amtrak nor the unions may change the conditions underlying the disputes except by mutual agreement. The Board's records are treated as records of the Office of the President and will be kept by the National Mediation Board after the Board terminates, which occurs once its report is submitted.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13451
Designating the ITER International Fusion Energy Organization as a Public International Organization Entitled To Enjoy Certain Privileges, Exemptions, and Immunities
·George W. Bush·72 FR 65653
Designates the ITER International Fusion Energy Organization as a public international organization under the International Organizations Immunities Act, making it eligible for certain privileges, exemptions, and immunities granted to such organizations under that law. The designation is based on U.S. participation in ITER authorized by acts of Congress, including provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and Department of Energy appropriations laws. The order clarifies that this designation does not limit or reduce any other privileges, exemptions, or immunities the organization may have already acquired or may acquire under other laws.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13450
Improving Government Program Performance
·George W. Bush·72 FR 64519
Directs the heads of executive agencies, including the U.S. Postal Service and Postal Regulatory Commission, to set clear annual and long-term performance goals for their programs, assign staff responsibility and resources to achieve them, measure progress and efficiency, and hold personnel accountable. Requires agencies to publish updated, searchable performance information on their websites, including successes and shortfalls. Directs the Office of Management and Budget's Director to issue instructions on goal content, schedules, and public disclosure. Requires each agency to designate a Performance Improvement Officer to oversee these efforts and advise agency leadership on whether goals are realistic and rigorous. Establishes a Performance Improvement Council, chaired by the Deputy Director for Management of the Office of Management and Budget, made up of agency Performance Improvement Officers and other designated staff, to recommend performance policies, share best practices among agencies, monitor implementation, and build a public website tracking agency performance. States the order does not create enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13449
Protection of Striped Bass and Red Drum Fish Populations
·George W. Bush·72 FR 60531