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
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
Directs the Secretary of State to establish the Global Engagement Center to coordinate, integrate, and synchronize government-wide communications aimed at foreign audiences abroad in order to counter messaging from international terrorist organizations, including the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, al Qa'ida, and other violent extremists. Revokes Executive Order 13584, which had created a prior counterterrorism communications initiative. The Center, led by a Special Envoy and Coordinator reporting through the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, is tasked with developing strategic narratives, engaging partners, identifying capability gaps, and building networks to disseminate content abroad. Establishes a Steering Committee of senior representatives from agencies including Defense, Justice, Homeland Security, Treasury, and others to advise on the Center's operations. Directs agencies to provide personnel, resources, and information to the Center as requested. Creates a temporary Global Engagement Center Coordination Office within the State Department to provide technical and operational support, set to terminate under standard time limits for such temporary organizations.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13720
Delegation of Certain Authorities and Assignment of Certain Functions Under the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015
·Barack Obama·81 FR 11089
Delegates and assigns most presidential authorities and functions under Title I of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 to the United States Trade Representative, with certain exceptions. Excludes from delegation the authorities under section 104(c), sections 105(a) and (b) of the Act, and sections 506A(d)(3)(B) and (d)(4)(C) of the Trade Act of 1974 as amended. Assigns functions under section 13(c) of the AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004 to the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, working with the Secretary of Agriculture, and assigns functions under section 110(a) of the Act to the Trade Representative in consultation with the Secretary of State. Directs the Trade Representative, with assistance from other agencies working on international poverty and hunger programs, to carry out a reporting function under section 701 of the Act. Allows officials to further redelegate these authorities within the executive branch, with such redelegations published in the Federal Register, and states the order creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13719
Establishment of the Federal Privacy Council
·Barack Obama·81 FR 7687
Establishes the Federal Privacy Council as the main interagency forum for improving government privacy practices. Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue, within 120 days, revised policy on the role of Senior Agency Officials for Privacy, covering their responsibilities, required expertise, and resources, which agencies must then implement. Requires the head of each agency to designate or re-designate a Senior Agency Official for Privacy and to work with the new Council. The Council will be chaired by the Deputy Director for Management of the Office of Management and Budget and include privacy officials from listed departments and agencies, including State, Defense, Justice, Homeland Security, and others, with the Chair able to add members or invite independent agencies. Its functions include recommending privacy policies, sharing best practices, and addressing hiring and training needs, coordinating with the Federal Chief Information Officers Council and other executive bodies. The order does not alter existing legal authorities and creates no enforceable rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13718
Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity
·Barack Obama·81 FR 7441
Establishes the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity within the Department of Commerce, made up of up to 12 presidentially appointed members with expertise in cybersecurity, technology, privacy, national security, or related fields, with congressional leaders each invited to recommend one member. The commission is tasked with developing recommendations for strengthening cybersecurity across government and the private sector over the next decade, covering areas such as identity management, Internet of Things security, research investment, workforce development, public education, federal IT procurement and governance, critical infrastructure protection, and state and local government support. It may conduct research, commission studies, and hold public hearings, and must submit a final report to the President by December 1, 2016, to be published online with any presidential response within 45 days. The Secretary of Commerce appoints an Executive Director and staff, and the commission terminates within 15 days of submitting its report unless extended. Members serve without pay but may receive travel expenses.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13717
Establishing a Federal Earthquake Risk Management Standard
·Barack Obama·81 FR 6407
Directs federal agencies to design, construct, alter, lease, finance, or regulate buildings in accordance with earthquake-resistant codes and standards. New federal buildings and alterations must comply with 2015 International Building Code or International Residential Code provisions within 90 days, while existing federally owned or leased buildings must meet Standards of Seismic Safety maintained by the Interagency Committee on Seismic Safety in Construction, also within 90 days. Agencies must name Seismic Safety Coordinators within 30 days, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology must issue implementing guidelines within 8 months and periodically update the Standards. Agencies must submit biennial progress reports to the Office of Management and Budget and NIST. Agency heads may exempt buildings for law enforcement or national security reasons, with notice to OMB. The order revokes Executive Orders 12699 and 12941, defines key terms, exempts certain emergency and disaster-relief actions, and applies only within the United States and its territories.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13716
Revocation of Executive Orders 13574, 13590, 13622, and 13645 With Respect to Iran, Amendment of Executive Order 13628 With Respect to Iran, and Provision of Implementation Authorities for Aspects of Certain Statutory Sanctions Outside the Scope of U.S. Commitments Under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action of July 14, 2015
·Barack Obama·81 FR 3693
Revokes Executive Orders 13574, 13590, 13622, and 13645, which had authorized various Iran sanctions, and amends Executive Order 13628 by removing several of its sections, in order to implement U.S. commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) reached with Iran on July 14, 2015. It keeps in place the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12957 and preserves other sanctions authorities not covered by the nuclear deal. It authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of State to impose blocking sanctions, financial restrictions, and entry bans on persons who support activities outside the scope of the JCPOA, including those tied to Iran's energy, financial, or proliferation-related sectors, or who engage in corruption involving diversion of goods intended for the Iranian people. It sets definitions of key terms, directs agencies to enforce the order, and states that the sanctions respond to Iranian actions occurring after the 1981 Algiers Accords. The order also addresses evasion, conspiracy, and notice procedures for blocked persons.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13715
Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay
·Barack Obama·80 FR 80195