E.O.13740
2016 Amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States
·Barack Obama·81 FR 65175
E.O.13739
Termination of Emergency With Respect to the Situation in or in Relation to Côte d'Ivoire
·Barack Obama·81 FR 63673
Terminates the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13396 of February 7, 2006, regarding the situation in Côte d'Ivoire, and revokes that order. The order states that the emergency, originally declared due to civilian massacres, human rights abuses, political violence, and attacks on international peacekeeping forces, has been significantly altered by progress including the October 2015 presidential election, improved management of arms and related materiel, and efforts against illicit trafficking of natural resources, as well as the United Nations Security Council's removal of multilateral sanctions in Resolution 2283. It specifies that ending the emergency does not affect pending legal actions, proceedings, or matured rights and duties arising before the termination date, and does not create new enforceable rights against the United States. The order took effect at 8:00 a.m. eastern daylight time on September 14, 2016.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13738
Amendment to Executive Order 13673
·Barack Obama·81 FR 58807
Amends Executive Order 13673 (Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces), which concerns federal contracting and compliance with labor laws. The changes redirect certain disclosures of labor law violations so that subcontractors report to an entity designated under a forthcoming Federal Acquisition Regulation rule, rather than directly to contractors, and adjust related provisions so contracting officers rely on that entity's advice or the information it receives. It also removes a cross-reference in a separate subsection. The order states it does not affect existing legal authority of agencies or the Office of Management and Budget's budgetary functions, does not create enforceable rights for any party, and is to be applied consistent with existing law and available funding. It takes effect immediately and applies to contract solicitations covered by a final rule to be issued by the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council under this order and the original 2014 order.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13737
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Environmental Protection Agency
·Barack Obama·81 FR 54713
Establishes an order of succession within the Environmental Protection Agency, listing sixteen officials, from the General Counsel through various Assistant Administrators, the Chief Financial Officer, and several regional and deputy positions, who would act as Administrator if both the Administrator and Deputy Administrator die, resign, or otherwise become unable to serve. It specifies that officials serving in an acting capacity in a listed office cannot become Administrator under this order, and that anyone in the list must still meet eligibility requirements under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998. The President retains authority to depart from this order in naming an acting Administrator. The order revokes the prior succession order, Executive Order 13614 of May 21, 2012, and states that it creates no enforceable legal rights for outside parties.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13736
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Veterans Affairs
·Barack Obama·81 FR 54711
Establishes an order of succession within the Department of Veterans Affairs, listing officials who would act as Secretary of Veterans Affairs if both the Secretary and Deputy Secretary die, resign, or become unable to serve. The order lists ten positions in sequence, starting with the Under Secretary for Health and including the Under Secretary for Benefits, Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs, Chief of Staff, General Counsel and Assistant Secretaries, the Chairman of the Board of Veterans' Appeals, and several regional network directors. It bars anyone serving in one of these roles only in an acting capacity from becoming acting Secretary under this order, and requires that anyone stepping in be otherwise eligible under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act. The President retains authority to depart from this list when naming an acting Secretary. The order revokes a prior 2001 executive order and parts of a 2002 order, along with two earlier presidential memoranda on the same subject, and states that it creates no enforceable legal rights for outside parties.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13735
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of the Treasury
·Barack Obama·81 FR 54709
Establishes an order of succession for the office of Secretary of the Treasury, specifying who acts as Secretary if both the Secretary and Deputy Secretary die, resign, or become unable to serve. The line of succession runs through the Under Secretaries of the Treasury, the General Counsel, Deputy Under Secretaries and Senate-confirmed Assistant Secretaries, and then a listed sequence of officials including the Chief of Staff, the Assistant Secretary for Management, the Fiscal Assistant Secretary, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, the Commissioner of the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, a Deputy Commissioner within that bureau, and the Commissioner of the Wage and Investment Division of the Internal Revenue Service. It bars anyone serving in an acting capacity in these roles from acting as Secretary under this order, preserves the President's discretion to designate a different acting Secretary under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, and requires eligibility under that Act. It revokes Executive Order 13246 and a related 2002 presidential memorandum, and states it creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13734
Amending Executive Order 13675 To Expand Membership on the President's Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa
·Barack Obama·81 FR 52321
Amends Executive Order 13675 to increase the maximum size of the President's Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa, raising the limit on private sector corporate members from 15 to 26. The council, established by the earlier order and run through the Secretary of Commerce, advises on strengthening commercial ties between the United States and Africa. The order states that the change is meant to allow broader representation of private sector viewpoints and experience given the range of U.S. initiatives and issues on which the council may be asked to advise. It does not otherwise change the council's structure or functions, and it specifies that it does not affect existing agency authority or create any enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13733
Delegation of Certain Authorities and Assignment of Certain Functions Under the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015
·Barack Obama·81 FR 49515
Delegates and assigns various presidential functions under the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 to executive branch officials. Assigns export-promotion coordination functions to the Secretary of Commerce, requiring coordination with local and municipal governments; gives certain functions under sections 909(d), 915(d), and 915(e) of the Act to the Secretary of State, the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the U.S. Trade Representative, respectively, each in consultation with other named officials. On currency exchange rate matters, directs the Secretary of the Treasury to consult the U.S. Trade Representative before enhanced country analysis, consult the Secretary of State on national security determinations, and directs the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, in consultation with Treasury, the Trade Representative, State, and Commerce, to recommend to the President what action or waiver to take when a country is found to have failed to correct currency undervaluation. States that officials must act consistently with the President's constitutional authority over foreign affairs and may redelegate these functions, with redelegations published in the Federal Register. Notes the order creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13732
United States Policy on Pre- and Post-Strike Measures To Address Civilian Casualties in U.S. Operations Involving the Use of Force
·Barack Obama·81 FR 44485
Sets out policy for reducing and addressing civilian casualties in U.S. military and counterterrorism operations involving the use of force. Directs relevant federal agencies to train personnel on protecting civilians, develop and field technology that improves battlefield awareness and precision targeting, take precautions such as warnings before attacks, and assess and investigate incidents involving civilian casualties. Calls on agencies to acknowledge responsibility for civilian deaths or injuries, offer condolences including payments, share best practices with foreign partners, and maintain contact with the International Committee of the Red Cross and other humanitarian organizations. Directs the Director of National Intelligence to publicly release an annual unclassified report, starting May 1, 2017, on the number of strikes against terrorist targets outside areas of active hostilities and resulting combatant and civilian deaths, including methodology and explanations for discrepancies with outside estimates. Directs the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs to periodically convene agencies to review casualty trends. States the order does not alter military chain of command, intelligence priorities, legal processes, or create enforceable rights for any party.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13731
Global Entrepreneurship
·Barack Obama·81 FR 42221
Directs the Secretary of Commerce to administer the Presidential Ambassadors for Global Entrepreneurship Program, selecting up to 25 accomplished entrepreneurs, known as PAGE Members, to serve two-year terms promoting entrepreneurship domestically and abroad. Establishes a PAGE Advisory Board, chaired by the Secretary of Commerce and including the Secretaries of State and officials from the Agency for International Development, the Small Business Administration, and NASA, to guide the program. Encourages the State Department, USAID, and the Small Business Administration to support the program's goals. Directs the Secretary of State to coordinate federal participation in the Global Entrepreneurship Summit and to lead the Global Connect Initiative promoting worldwide Internet access. Establishes a Global Connect International Connectivity Steering Group, chaired by the State Department and composed of representatives from numerous federal agencies, to coordinate implementation; requires the group to report to the Secretary of State within six months describing agency efforts, with possible annual updates through 2020. States the order does not create enforceable legal rights and is subject to existing law and available funding.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13730
2016 Amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States
·Barack Obama·81 FR 33331
Amends Parts II, III, and IV of the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, which was originally prescribed by Executive Order 12473, incorporating changes described in an attached annex. The amendments apply to military justice procedures under the Uniform Code of Military Justice and take effect as of the date of the order. The order specifies that the changes cannot make punishable any act that was not punishable when it occurred, and that they do not invalidate nonjudicial punishment proceedings, restraints, investigations, referrals of charges, trials, or other actions already begun before the effective date; such pending matters may continue as if the amendments had not been made. The order applies to military commanders, judge advocates, and others involved in administering military justice.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13729
A Comprehensive Approach to Atrocity Prevention and Response
·Barack Obama·81 FR 32611
Continues and formalizes the interagency Atrocities Prevention Board originally established under Presidential Study Directive-10, chaired by a National Security Council staff member, with representatives from agencies including the State Department, Treasury, Defense, Justice, Homeland Security, the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, intelligence agencies, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Board is to monitor mass atrocity risks worldwide, identify policy gaps, and recommend tools to prevent and respond to atrocities, meeting monthly with periodic review by the National Security Council's Deputies and Principals Committees. It directs the Board's chair to report annually to the President and publish public updates on the government's atrocity prevention work. Directs agencies to incorporate atrocity prevention into strategic planning and budgets, expand training and civilian response capacity, maintain intelligence monitoring and surge collection where warranted, develop legal tools to deny safe haven to perpetrators, and coordinate with allies and international organizations on prevention and accountability efforts.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13728
Wildland-Urban Interface Federal Risk Mitigation
·Barack Obama·81 FR 32223
Directs federal agencies to reduce wildfire risk to government-owned buildings located in the wildland-urban interface. New federal buildings over 5,000 square feet in moderate-or-greater wildfire risk areas, and alterations to existing ones, must comply with the 2015 International Wildland-Urban Interface Code or an equivalent standard, once implementing guidelines are finished. Agencies are encouraged, though not required, to bring existing buildings up to code and to maintain defensible space around high-risk structures. Agencies assessing wildfire risk should use the U.S. Forest Service's wildland-urban interface mapping or an equivalent tool, with assistance from the Secretary of Agriculture. The Mitigation Framework Leadership Group must issue implementing guidelines within 240 days and help agencies apply them. Agencies must report progress every two years starting two years after the order's signing. The order applies only within the United States and its territories, does not create enforceable legal rights, and is subject to existing law and available funding.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13727
Facilitation of a Presidential Transition
·Barack Obama·81 FR 29465
Establishes two bodies to coordinate presidential transitions. The White House Transition Coordinating Council, chaired by the Chief of Staff and including senior White House officials, the Director of National Intelligence, the Office of Management and Budget director, the Administrator of General Services, the Federal Transition Coordinator, and representatives of eligible candidates, is to guide agencies on transition preparations, share information with candidates' teams, and run emergency preparedness exercises. The Agency Transition Directors Council, co-chaired by the Federal Transition Coordinator and OMB's Deputy Director for Management, with career representatives from major agencies, is to implement that guidance, coordinate transition activities, help prepare career employees for non-career roles, and ensure briefing materials are ready by November 1 of a presidential election year. The council must meet at least yearly, and more often in the six months before an election through inauguration. The order states it creates no enforceable legal rights and does not affect existing agency authority or OMB budget functions.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13726
Blocking Property and Suspending Entry Into the United States of Persons Contributing to the Situation in Libya
·Barack Obama·81 FR 23559
Expands the national emergency first declared in Executive Order 13566 regarding Libya, citing ongoing violence, human rights abuses, arms embargo violations, and misappropriation of Libya's resources. Blocks all US property and interests of persons the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, determines threaten Libya's peace or political transition, attack Libyan facilities or foreign missions, target civilians, illicitly exploit Libyan oil or resources, lead groups engaged in such conduct, materially support such persons, or are owned or controlled by them. Suspends US entry for individuals meeting these criteria, treating them as covered under a 2011 proclamation on UN travel-ban sanctions. Prohibits donations, contributions, or transactions benefiting blocked persons, as well as efforts to evade these restrictions. States that no prior notice is required before blocking assets. Authorizes the Treasury Secretary to issue implementing regulations and directs all federal agencies to support enforcement. Clarifies that it creates no enforceable legal rights for private parties.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13725
Steps to Increase Competition and Better Inform Consumers and Workers to Support Continued Growth of the American Economy
·Barack Obama·81 FR 23417
Directs federal executive agencies to use their existing legal authorities to promote competitive markets, give consumers and workers better information for decision-making, and eliminate regulations that limit competition without offsetting public benefits. Agencies must refer suspected antitrust violations, such as price fixing or anticompetitive conduct, to the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission. Within 30 days, agencies must send the Director of the National Economic Council an initial list of potential pro-competition actions, practices that restrict consumer or worker choice, and relevant available tools. Within 60 days, agencies must report specific recommended actions and timelines to the President through that Director. After that, agencies must report semi-annually on further planned competition-promoting actions, though reporting requirements do not cover law enforcement policy or activities. Independent agencies are encouraged, but not required, to comply. The order does not create enforceable legal rights for outside parties.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13724
Amending Executive Order 12137
·Barack Obama·81 FR 22021
Amends Executive Order 12137 to delegate to the Director of the Peace Corps the authority to adopt, alter, and use an official seal or emblem of the Peace Corps, a power granted under section 19 of the Peace Corps Act. It adds this delegation as a new section within the earlier order and also deletes an existing provision, section 1-301(e), from that order. The order states it does not affect existing legal authority of federal agencies or the budgetary and legislative functions of the Office of Management and Budget, and that it creates no enforceable rights against the United States or its officials.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13723
Establishing the Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal
·Barack Obama·81 FR 19017
Establishes the Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal for members of the Armed Forces who serve or have served in Iraq, Syria, or contiguous waters or airspace on or after June 15, 2014, and before an end date to be set by the Secretary of Defense. The Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of Homeland Security for the Coast Guard when not operating under the Navy, will issue regulations governing the award. Members who qualified for the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal for the same service remain eligible for it, and may apply to receive the new medal instead, but no one may receive both medals for the same period of service. The medal may also be awarded posthumously. The order states it does not alter existing agency authority or budget functions, and creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13722
Blocking Property of the Government of North Korea and the Workers' Party of Korea, and Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to North Korea
·Barack Obama·81 FR 14943
Invoking IEEPA and other authorities, and citing North Korea's nuclear and missile tests along with a UN Security Council resolution, the order blocks all property and interests in property in the United States belonging to the Government of North Korea and the Workers' Party of Korea. It also authorizes the Treasury Secretary, in consultation with the State Department, to block the property of persons found to operate in key North Korean industries, trade in certain goods benefiting the regime, commit human rights abuses, exploit North Korean labor, conduct cyberattacks, engage in censorship, or support other blocked persons. It bans exports, new investment, and related transactions involving North Korea by U.S. persons, prohibits donations and transaction evasion, and suspends U.S. entry for individuals meeting the blocking criteria. It directs Treasury to issue implementing regulations and states no prior notice is required before blocking assets. The order took effect March 16, 2016.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13721
Developing an Integrated Global Engagement Center To Support Government-wide Counterterrorism Communications Activities Directed Abroad and Revoking Executive Order 13584
·Barack Obama·81 FR 14685