E.O.13700

Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate Disputes Between New Jersey Transit Rail and Certain of Its Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations

July 15, 2015·Barack Obama·80 FR 43003

Establishes a three-member emergency board under the Railway Labor Act to investigate unresolved labor disputes between New Jersey Transit Rail and certain of its employees represented by specified labor organizations, effective July 16, 2015. Board members must have no financial or other interest in any carrier or employee organization. The board must report to the President on the disputes within 30 days of its creation, after which it terminates. For 120 days from the board's creation, neither the railway nor the unions may change the conditions that gave rise to the disputes except by mutual agreement. The board's records are treated as records of the Office of the President and, once the board dissolves, are to be kept in the physical custody of the National Mediation Board.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13699

Establishing the Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health

June 26, 2015·Barack Obama·80 FR 37529

Establishes the Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health within the Department of Labor, as required by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015. The Board will have up to 15 members, appointed by the Secretary of Labor in consultation with worker-health organizations, drawn from scientific, medical, and claimant communities, serving unpaid as Special Government Employees with travel expenses covered. The Secretary will designate a Chair and a Director of staff. The Board advises the Secretary on the Department's site exposure matrices, medical guidance for claims examiners under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, evidentiary standards for lung disease claims, and quality control for the Department's physicians and industrial hygienists. It will coordinate with the existing Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health. The Department of Labor will fund and staff the Board, and it terminates five years after the authorizing law's enactment.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13698

Hostage Recovery Activities

June 24, 2015·Barack Obama·80 FR 37131

Directs the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the FBI, to establish a Hostage Recovery Fusion Cell within the FBI to coordinate government efforts to recover U.S. nationals held hostage abroad, drawing staff from the State Department, Treasury, Defense Department, Justice Department, the Director of National Intelligence, the CIA, and other designated agencies. Creates a Hostage Response Group, chaired by the Special Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism, to provide policy guidance and recommend recovery strategies to the President through the National Security Council. Establishes a Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs, reporting to the Secretary of State, to lead diplomatic engagement on hostage cases. Requires the Hostage Response Group to report on implementation within 180 days, and requires the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center to submit a public-facing status report within one year, informed by consultation with former hostages and their families. Defines 'U.S. national' for purposes of the order and states it creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13697

Amendment to Executive Order 11155, Awards for Special Capability in Career and Technical Education

June 22, 2015·Barack Obama·80 FR 36691

Amends Executive Order 11155, which established the Presidential Scholars program, by adding a provision allowing the Commission on Presidential Scholars to select up to twenty additional scholars each year beyond those already provided for. These additional scholars would be chosen from the same jurisdictions as other Presidential Scholars, based on outstanding scholarship and demonstrated ability and achievement specifically in career and technical education fields.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13696

2015 Amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States

June 17, 2015·Barack Obama·80 FR 35783

Amends Parts II, III, and IV of the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, which was originally prescribed by Executive Order 12473, incorporating changes detailed in an attached annex. The amendments apply to the military justice system governed by the Uniform Code of Military Justice and take effect as of the order's signing date. The order specifies that the changes cannot be used to punish acts or omissions that occurred before the effective date if those acts were not previously punishable. It also states that the amendments do not invalidate any nonjudicial punishment proceedings, restraints, investigations, charge referrals, trials already arraigned, or other actions that began before the effective date, allowing such proceedings to continue as if the amendments had not been issued.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13695

Termination of Emergency With Respect to the Risk of Nuclear Proliferation Created by the Accumulation of a Large Volume of Weapons-Usable Fissile Material in the Territory of the Russian Federation

May 26, 2015·Barack Obama·80 FR 30331

Terminates the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13617 of June 25, 2012, which concerned risks of nuclear proliferation from a large volume of weapons-usable fissile material in the territory of the Russian Federation. Finds that the situation has been significantly altered by successful implementation of the 1993 U.S.-Russia agreement on disposition of highly enriched uranium extracted from nuclear weapons, along with related contracts and agreements. Revokes Executive Order 13617 entirely. Specifies that ending the emergency does not affect any legal actions, proceedings, rights, duties, or penalties that arose or were pending before this order's date. States that the order creates no enforceable legal rights or benefits for any party against the United States or its officers and agents.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13694

Blocking the Property of Certain Persons Engaging in Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities

April 1, 2015·Barack Obama·80 FR 18077

Declares a national emergency over malicious cyber-enabled activities originating from outside the United States and blocks all property and interests in property within U.S. jurisdiction belonging to persons the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Attorney General and Secretary of State, determines are responsible for or complicit in such activities. Covered activities include harming critical infrastructure, disrupting computer networks, or misappropriating funds, trade secrets, or financial information for commercial gain. The order also blocks property of those who materially support, act on behalf of, or are owned or controlled by such persons. It bans donations, contributions, and transactions benefiting blocked persons, prohibits evasion or conspiracy to violate its terms, and suspends U.S. entry for aliens meeting these criteria, treating them under a prior 2011 proclamation. It authorizes the Treasury Secretary to issue implementing regulations and directs all federal agencies to help carry out the order, without requiring advance notice to those listed.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13693

Planning for Federal Sustainability in the Next Decade

March 19, 2015·Barack Obama·80 FR 15871

Directs federal agencies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve environmental performance through 2025, setting targets such as cutting agency-wide emissions, reducing building energy intensity by 2.5 percent annually, increasing clean and renewable energy use to 25 and 30 percent respectively by 2025, cutting potable water use by 36 percent, reducing fleet emissions and shifting to zero-emission or plug-in hybrid vehicles, promoting sustainable procurement, and diverting at least half of non-hazardous waste. Requires each agency head to propose emissions targets within 90 days, designate a Chief Sustainability Officer within 45 days, and develop annual Strategic Sustainability Performance Plans starting June 2015. Assigns oversight roles to the Council on Environmental Quality Chair, the Office of Management and Budget Director, and a reestablished Federal Chief Sustainability Officer. Revokes Executive Orders 13423 and 13514 and several prior presidential memoranda, and amends provisions in other executive orders. Includes exemptions for intelligence, law enforcement, and national security activities, and applies mainly to agency operations within the United States. Contains further administrative and definitional provisions.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13692

Blocking Property and Suspending Entry of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Venezuela

March 8, 2015·Barack Obama·80 FR 12747

Declares a national emergency over the situation in Venezuela, citing erosion of human rights, persecution of political opponents, curbs on press freedom, violence against protesters, and public corruption. Blocks all US-based property and interests of persons listed in an annex to the order, and authorizes the Treasury Secretary, in consultation with the State Department, to designate additional individuals or entities responsible for undermining democracy, committing human rights abuses, suppressing free expression or assembly, engaging in corruption, or supporting such actions. Prohibits donations, contributions, or transactions benefiting blocked persons, and bars any transactions designed to evade these restrictions. Suspends US entry for individuals meeting these criteria, unless the Secretary of State finds entry in the national interest. Waives advance notice requirements for asset blocking. Directs the Treasury and State Departments to issue implementing regulations and report periodically to Congress. Creates no enforceable private rights. Effective March 9, 2015.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13691

Promoting Private Sector Cybersecurity Information Sharing

February 13, 2015·Barack Obama·80 FR 9349

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to encourage the voluntary formation of Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations (ISAOs), which private companies, nonprofits, and government entities can join to share information about cybersecurity risks and incidents. Instructs the Secretary to select, through a competitive process, a nongovernmental Standards Organization to develop voluntary standards for how ISAOs operate, covering areas such as privacy protections and technical procedures. Designates the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center as a critical infrastructure protection program authorized to enter voluntary agreements with ISAOs, and lets the Secretary determine security clearance eligibility for ISAO members. Requires agencies to build privacy and civil liberties protections into related activities and report assessments to the Department of Homeland Security. Amends Executive Order 12829 (National Industrial Security Program) in numerous specific provisions to reflect the Secretary of Homeland Security's new role in classified information sharing for critical infrastructure protection programs, including revised procedures involving the Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Energy, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and Director of National Intelligence. Also defines key terms used throughout the order.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13690

Establishing a Federal Flood Risk Management Standard and a Process for Further Soliciting and Considering Stakeholder Input

January 30, 2015·Barack Obama·80 FR 6425

Establishes a Federal Flood Risk Management Standard requiring federal agencies to account for higher flood elevations and expanded floodplains when funding or approving projects, rather than relying only on current base flood levels. Amends Executive Order 11988 (Floodplain Management) to require agencies to determine flood risk using one of several approaches, including climate-informed science, added freeboard elevations, or the 0.2-percent annual chance flood area, with exceptions for national security, emergency, or mission-critical actions. Directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency, on behalf of the Mitigation Framework Leadership Group, to publish draft revised floodplain management guidelines for public comment and hold stakeholder meetings, after which the Water Resources Council will issue amended guidelines. Requires agencies, within 30 days of the close of that comment period, to submit implementation plans with milestones and timelines to the National Security Council staff, and bars agencies from issuing new regulations until the Council's amended guidelines are issued. Requires the Mitigation Framework Leadership Group to reassess the Standard annually and the Water Resources Council to update it at least every five years.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13689

Enhancing Coordination of National Efforts in the Arctic

January 21, 2015·Barack Obama·80 FR 4191

Establishes an Arctic Executive Steering Committee to coordinate federal Arctic policy across agencies, chaired by the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy with the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs as Vice Chair. The Committee includes senior officials from numerous departments and agencies, including State, Defense, the Interior, Commerce, Homeland Security, and others, and is to meet quarterly to set priorities and oversee implementation of Arctic policy, including efforts tied to the U.S. chairmanship of the Arctic Council. It directs the Committee to create a working group to report by May 1, 2015, on overlapping agency efforts and gaps in implementation. It also calls for a process to improve coordination and information-sharing with the State of Alaska, Alaska Native tribal governments and organizations, and other stakeholders, including tribal consultation consistent with a 2009 presidential memorandum, and for identifying a federal point of contact for Arctic matters with Alaska governments and organizations.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13688

Federal Support for Local Law Enforcement Equipment Acquisition

January 16, 2015·Barack Obama·80 FR 3451

Establishes an interagency Law Enforcement Equipment Working Group, co-chaired by the Secretaries of Defense, Justice (Attorney General), and Homeland Security, to improve federal support for state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies acquiring military and military-style equipment, firearms, and tactical vehicles obtained through federal transfer, forfeiture, or grant programs. The group, which also includes several other cabinet officials and White House advisers, is tasked with recommending measures such as a standardized equipment list, training requirements including civil rights training, oversight and reporting rules, civilian review of equipment requests, and procedures for tracking, returning, or suspending access to such equipment. It must engage outside stakeholders including civil rights groups and law enforcement organizations. Within 60 days it must report recommendations on standardizing the equipment list and approval process, and within 120 days provide additional recommendations and implementation plans covering the order's other objectives, each with specific timetables.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13687

Imposing Additional Sanctions With Respect To North Korea

January 2, 2015·Barack Obama·80 FR 819

Expands the national emergency related to North Korea, first declared in Executive Order 13466 and previously expanded in Executive Orders 13551 and 13570, citing North Korea's cyber-related actions in late 2014, violations of UN Security Council resolutions, and human rights abuses. Blocks all US-based property and interests of anyone the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, determines to be a North Korean government or Workers' Party of Korea entity or official, or to have provided material support to them. Prohibits donations, contributions, or transactions benefiting such blocked persons, and bars attempts or conspiracies to evade these restrictions. Suspends entry into the United States of individuals meeting these criteria, treating them as covered by a 2011 proclamation on UN travel bans. States that blocked persons need not receive prior notice before being listed. Directs the Treasury Secretary to issue implementing regulations and directs all federal agencies to carry out the order's provisions. Does not create enforceable rights against the government.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13686

Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

December 19, 2014·Barack Obama·79 FR 77361

Sets updated federal pay rates through attached schedules, covering the General Schedule, the Foreign Service Schedule, Veterans Health Administration pay scales, Senior Executive Service pay ranges, the Executive Schedule, salaries for the Vice President and Congress, judicial salaries, uniformed services pay, locality-based comparability payments, and administrative law judge 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. Uniformed services pay rates take effect January 1, 2015, while the other schedules take effect on the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after that date. Supersedes Executive Order 13655 of December 23, 2013, as of these effective dates. Applies to federal civilian employees under statutory pay systems, senior executives, certain executive, legislative, and judicial officials, members of the uniformed services, and administrative law judges.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13685

Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to the Crimea Region of Ukraine

December 19, 2014·Barack Obama·79 FR 77357

Prohibits new investment by U.S. persons in the Crimea region of Ukraine, along with importing goods, services, or technology from Crimea into the United States and exporting or supplying them from the United States to Crimea, including through foreign persons acting on behalf of U.S. persons. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to identify and block the property of persons operating in Crimea, leading such entities, or supporting blocked persons; such property in U.S. possession or control cannot be transferred or used. Suspends U.S. entry, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, of individuals meeting these blocking criteria, treating them under a prior proclamation on sanctions-related travel bans. Bars charitable donations to or from blocked persons and prohibits transactions that evade or attempt to violate these rules. Exempts official U.S. government business. Determines that blocked persons need not receive advance notice before action is taken. Builds on the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13660 and expanded by Executive Orders 13661 and 13662, and authorizes Treasury to issue implementing regulations.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13684

Establishment of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing

December 18, 2014·Barack Obama·79 FR 76865

Establishes a President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing, made up of up to eleven presidentially appointed members with expertise in law enforcement, civil rights, and civil liberties, including two Co-Chairs. The Task Force is directed to identify best practices and recommend ways policing can reduce crime while building public trust, holding public meetings and engaging federal, state, tribal, and local officials, technical advisors, and nongovernmental organizations. It is purely advisory and must submit a report to the President by March 2, 2015. The Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services serves as Executive Director, and the Department of Justice provides administrative and logistical support, subject to available funding. Members serve without pay but may receive travel expenses. The Task Force terminates 30 days after the President requests a final report, and the Attorney General performs certain functions under the Federal Advisory Committee Act on the President's behalf.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13683

Amendments to Executive Orders 11030, 13653, and 13673

December 11, 2014·Barack Obama·79 FR 75041

Amends three prior executive orders. It revises Executive Order 11030 on preparing and publishing executive orders and proclamations, correcting a wording error, reassigning responsibility for preparing commemorative proclamations to agencies designated by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and adding a new section requiring trade proclamations to be prepared by the United States Trade Representative and reviewed by the Attorney General for form and legality. It amends Executive Order 13653 on preparing for climate change impacts by adding the OMB Director to the President's Climate Change Adaptation Task Force membership list and revising how the task force's Co-Chairs may structure a Steering Committee and working groups. It also amends Executive Order 13673, Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces, to correct a reference to the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Acts of 1972 and 1974. The order states it does not alter agencies' existing legal authority or OMB's budgetary functions, and creates no enforceable rights against the government.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13682

Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on Friday, December 26, 2014

December 5, 2014·Barack Obama·79 FR 73459

Closes all executive branch departments and agencies on Friday, December 26, 2014, the day after Christmas, and excuses federal employees from duty that day. Allows agency heads to keep certain offices open and require specific employees to report for work if needed for national security, defense, or other public needs. States that the closure counts as falling under Executive Order 11582 and relevant federal pay and leave statutes. Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to take actions necessary to carry out the order. Clarifies that it does not affect existing agency authority or the budgetary functions of the Office of Management and Budget, must be implemented consistent with law and available funding, and does not create any enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13681

Improving the Security of Consumer Financial Transactions

October 17, 2014·Barack Obama·79 FR 63491

Directs federal agencies to improve security for consumer financial transactions. It requires the Department of the Treasury and General Services Administration to transition government payment terminals and credit, debit, and prepaid Direct Express cards to enhanced security features, such as chip-and-PIN technology, with hardware upgrades required by January 1, 2015; other agencies must submit similar security plans to the Office of Management and Budget by that date. It directs the Attorney General and Department of Homeland Security to issue guidance by February 15, 2015 on reporting compromised credentials, and has the Department of Justice, Department of Commerce, Social Security Administration, and Federal Trade Commission consolidate identity theft resources on IdentityTheft.gov, with an enhanced version available by May 15, 2015. It also requires the National Security Council staff, Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Office of Management and Budget to present, within 90 days, a plan requiring multi-factor authentication for agencies sharing personal data online, with implementation completed within 18 months.Read the full summaryShow less