E.O.13654
Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate Disputes Between the Long Island Rail Road Company and Certain of Its Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations
·Barack Obama·78 FR 70843
E.O.13653
Preparing the United States for the Impacts of Climate Change
·Barack Obama·78 FR 66819
Directs federal agencies to prepare the United States for the impacts of climate change by identifying and reforming policies that discourage climate-resilient investment, and requires agencies like Defense, Interior, and Agriculture to inventory land- and water-related policies affecting climate resilience within 9 months. Orders several agencies to develop shared data and decision-support tools on climate preparedness, including a web-based portal. Requires agencies to update Agency Adaptation Plans assessing climate risks to their operations, with a first update due within 120 days. Establishes an interagency Council on Climate Preparedness and Resilience, co-chaired by the Council on Environmental Quality, the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, with representatives from numerous federal departments and agencies, replacing the existing Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force. Also creates a State, Local, and Tribal Leaders Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience, co-chaired by CEQ and the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, to recommend federal actions within one year before terminating six months later. Defines key terms such as preparedness, adaptation, and resilience.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13652
Continuance Of Certain Federal Advisory Committees
·Barack Obama·78 FR 61817
Extends the operation of numerous federal advisory committees, listed by name and their originating executive orders, until September 30, 2015, and assigns oversight of each to the department or agency named alongside it, following procedures set by the Administrator of General Services. Supersedes provisions of two earlier orders (Executive Orders 13585 and 13591) that previously continued these committees. Also makes specific technical amendments to several other orders: adjusting how the President's Management Advisory Board designates its federal officer, removing a section from an order on lifeguard/pool safety standards, revising the membership and duties of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council under the Department of Homeland Security, adding the U.S. Trade Representative and Overseas Private Investment Corporation as non-voting members of the President's Global Development Council, and adding the General Services Administration and NASA to an initiative on Asian American and Pacific Islander educational excellence while inviting other agencies to participate.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13651
Prohibiting Certain Imports of Burmese Jadeite and Rubies
·Barack Obama·78 FR 48793
Prohibits the importation into the United States of jadeite or rubies mined or extracted from Burma, along with jewelry containing such stones, effective August 7, 2013. Bans transactions that evade or attempt to evade this prohibition, as well as conspiracies to violate it. Amends Executive Order 13310 by revoking two of its sections. Exempts transactions required by U.S. international obligations under diplomatic and consular agreements, and allows reimportation of previously exported items that were not altered while abroad. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to issue rules and regulations and take other actions needed to enforce the order, with authority to delegate these functions. Waives certain sanctions under the Tom Lantos Block Burmese JADE Act of 2008, while noting that transactions with persons on the Treasury's Specially Designated Nationals list remain prohibited under existing law. Defines key terms such as jadeite, rubies, and covered jewelry by reference to specific tariff classifications.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13650
Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security
·Barack Obama·78 FR 48029
Establishes a Chemical Facility Safety and Security Working Group, co-chaired by the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Secretary of Labor, with participation from the Departments of Justice, Agriculture, and Transportation. The Working Group must meet quarterly and report to the President within 270 days. It directs the group to develop plans for coordinating with state, local, and tribal emergency responders and regulators; assess sharing explosive-storage and chemical facility anti-terrorism data with local emergency planning committees; run a pilot program testing interagency inspection methods; create standard operating procedures for inspections and enforcement; improve data collection and sharing across agencies; and review options for modernizing chemical risk-management regulations, including ammonium nitrate storage rules, the Risk Management Program, and the Process Safety Management Standard. It also directs outreach to industry, labor, environmental, and community stakeholders to identify best practices. Various deadlines ranging from 45 to 270 days apply to specific tasks, and the order applies to federal agencies overseeing chemical facility safety and security.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13649
Accelerating Improvements in HIV Prevention and Care in the United States Through the HIV Care Continuum Initiative
·Barack Obama·78 FR 43057
Establishes the HIV Care Continuum Initiative, overseen by the Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy, to coordinate federal efforts to prevent and treat HIV based on recent scientific advances, building on the 2010 National HIV/AIDS Strategy. Creates the HIV Care Continuum Working Group, co-chaired by the Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, with representatives from the Departments of Justice, Labor, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Veterans Affairs, and the Office of Management and Budget, plus other agencies as designated. The Working Group is to consult the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, review federal testing and treatment efforts, gather input from grantees and affected communities, identify barriers to care, and recommend ways to better coordinate federal action. Within 180 days it must give the President recommendations for improving outcomes, and afterward must contribute an annual progress report, including measured progress, as part of existing HIV/AIDS Strategy reporting.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13648
Combating Wildlife Trafficking
·Barack Obama·78 FR 40621
Establishes a Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking, co-chaired by the Secretaries of State and the Interior and the Attorney General, to develop a National Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking. The task force also includes representatives from numerous other departments and offices, including Treasury, Defense, Agriculture, Commerce, Homeland Security, and the Office of Management and Budget, and must meet within 60 days of the order. Within 90 days, it must review the federal government's transnational organized crime strategy and recommend whether to incorporate wildlife trafficking. Within 180 days, it must produce the national strategy, covering anti-poaching support, regional law enforcement coordination, legal enforcement mechanisms, and reducing consumer demand. The order also directs the Secretary of the Interior to create an eight-member Advisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking, made up of non-federal experts, to advise the task force. The Department of the Interior is directed to fund and administratively support both bodies, subject to available appropriations.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13647
Establishing the White House Council on Native American Affairs
·Barack Obama·78 FR 39539
Establishes the White House Council on Native American Affairs to coordinate federal programs and resources affecting federally recognized tribes. The Secretary of the Interior chairs the Council, which includes heads of numerous federal departments, agencies, and offices, such as State, Defense, Justice, Health and Human Services, Education, and the Environmental Protection Agency, among others. The Council is to meet three times a year, coordinate policy development through the Domestic Policy Council, and coordinate tribal outreach through the White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs. Its functions include recommending policy priorities to the President to improve federal investment effectiveness in Native American communities, coordinating federal engagement with tribal governments and stakeholders, improving processes for tribal consultation consistent with Executive Order 13175, and assisting in organizing the annual White House Tribal Nations Conference. Federal agencies must provide information and assistance to support the Council's work, subject to existing law and appropriations.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13646
Establishing the President's Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans
·Barack Obama·78 FR 39159
Establishes the President's Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans within the Department of the Treasury to promote financial literacy and money-management skills among young people. The Council includes the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Education, and up to 22 members appointed by the President from outside the federal government, with the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection invited to participate. It is tasked with gathering information from federal agencies, state and local officials, educators, and financial services providers; advising the President and Treasury Secretary on strategies such as public-private partnerships, research and evaluation, financial capability assessments, pilot programs, and technology-driven approaches; and periodically reporting on progress and recommendations. The Council must consider the needs of underserved populations, including women and minorities. Members serve without pay but may receive travel expenses. Treasury provides funding and administrative support, and an Executive Director is designated to oversee it. Unless extended by the President, the Council terminates two years after the order's date.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13645
Authorizing the Implementation of Certain Sanctions Set Forth in the Iran Freedom and Counter- Proliferation Act of 2012 and Additional Sanctions With Respect To Iran
·Barack Obama·78 FR 33945
Invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012, and related laws, this order expands sanctions tied to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12957. It authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of State to sanction foreign financial institutions and other persons for transactions involving the Iranian rial, dealings with Iran's automotive sector, support for designated Iranian persons, or corruption diverting goods like food and medicine intended for Iranians. Sanctions can include blocking property in the United States, restricting correspondent bank accounts, denying Export-Import Bank support, barring government contracts and visas, and limiting financial transactions. It bars donations and transactions that evade these measures, suspends entry into the United States for people meeting certain criteria, waives prior notice for asset blocking, and amends Executive Order 13622 to broaden covered petroleum and petrochemical transactions. It directs federal agencies to implement these provisions and sets an effective date of July 1, 2013.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13644
Amendment to Executive Order 13639
·Barack Obama·78 FR 31813
Amends Executive Order 13639, which established the Presidential Commission on Election Administration, by replacing the provision governing the Commission's composition. Under the change, the Commission shall have no more than ten members appointed by the President, drawn from individuals with knowledge of or experience in state or local election administration, representatives of customer service-oriented businesses, and other individuals the President determines would add value. The order also states it does not alter the legal authority of any department or agency, does not affect the Office of Management and Budget's budgetary, administrative, or legislative functions, and does not create any enforceable legal right or benefit for any party against the United States or its officials.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13643
2013 Amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States
·Barack Obama·78 FR 29559
Amends Parts III and IV of the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, which was originally prescribed by Executive Order 12473, adopting changes described in an attached annex. The amendments take effect on the date of the order, but they cannot be used to punish any act that was not already punishable when it occurred, and they do not affect or invalidate nonjudicial punishment proceedings, restraints, investigations, referrals of charges, trials already arraigned, or other actions started before the order's effective date. Such pending matters continue to be handled under the rules that applied before this order, as if the amendments had not been made. The order applies to military justice proceedings under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13642
Making Open and Machine Readable the New Default for Government Information
·Barack Obama·78 FR 28111
Declares that new and modernized federal government information should, by default, be open and machine-readable, while safeguarding privacy, confidentiality, and national security. Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Chief Information Officer, Chief Technology Officer, and Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, to issue an Open Data Policy that agencies must implement, including privacy and security reviews overseen by senior privacy officials. Sets implementation deadlines: within 30 days of the policy's issuance, the CIO and CTO must publish an online repository of tools and best practices; within 90 days, several officials must work with interagency councils to integrate open data requirements into acquisition and grant processes; within 90 days of the order, the Chief Performance Officer must establish a Cross-Agency Priority Goal with performance metrics; and within 180 days, agencies must report progress, then quarterly thereafter. Applies to executive departments and agencies, and requests independent agencies to comply. States it does not create enforceable rights or authorize disclosure of protected information.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13641
Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay
·Barack Obama·78 FR 21503
Sets pay rates for various federal employee categories under attached schedules, pursuant to statutes including the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013. Establishes rates for the General Schedule, Foreign Service Schedule, Veterans Health Administration schedules, Senior Executive Service, Executive Schedule, the Vice President and Congress, federal justices and judges, uniformed services members and cadets or midshipmen, administrative law judges, and locality-based comparability payments. Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to implement locality-based comparability payments and publish notice of them in the Federal Register. Specifies that the uniformed services pay schedule takes effect January 1, 2013, while the other schedules take effect at the start of the first applicable pay period on or after that date. Supersedes Executive Order 13635 of December 27, 2012, as of these effective dates. Applies to civilian federal employees, senior executives, certain elected and appointed officials, judges, and members of the uniformed services.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13640
Continuance of Advisory Council
·Barack Obama·78 FR 21211
Extends the President's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, originally created under Executive Order 13498 and reestablished under Executive Order 13569, for two more years from the date of this order unless the President further extends it. States that the order does not alter the legal authority of any federal agency or affect the budgetary or legislative functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and that it does not create any enforceable legal rights against the federal government.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13639
Establishment of the Presidential Commission on Election Administration
·Barack Obama·78 FR 19979
Creates the Presidential Commission on Election Administration, made up of up to nine presidential appointees with experience in state or local election administration or customer-service-oriented business, with two members designated as Co-Chairs. The commission is tasked with identifying best practices and making recommendations to improve election administration and voter experience, considering issues such as polling place management, poll worker training, voting technology, ballot design, accessibility for people with disabilities or limited English proficiency, provisional and absentee ballot handling, and disaster contingency planning. It must hold public meetings, coordinate with federal, state, and local officials, and submit a final report to the President within six months of its first public meeting, after which it terminates 30 days later. The General Services Administration will provide administrative support, and members serve without pay but may receive travel expenses.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13638
Amendments to Executive Order 12777
·Barack Obama·78 FR 17589
Amends Executive Order 12777 by rewriting its Section 4 to redistribute authority for adjusting liability limits under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. It delegates power to raise liability limits for oil spills, to reflect increases in the Consumer Price Index, among several federal officials: the Secretary of the department housing the Coast Guard handles vessels, deepwater ports, and marine transportation-related onshore facilities; the Environmental Protection Agency Administrator handles non-transportation-related onshore facilities; the Secretary of Transportation handles non-marine transportation-related onshore facilities; and the Secretary of the Interior handles offshore facilities and pipelines other than deepwater ports. Each official must consult with the others, plus the Attorney General, when setting or adjusting these limits, and each is also responsible for reporting to Congress on whether further adjustments are needed. The order states it does not alter existing statutory authority of agencies or create any enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13637
Administration of Reformed Export Controls
·Barack Obama·78 FR 16129
Delegates numerous presidential functions under the Arms Export Control Act to the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense, covering areas such as approval of defense article and service transfers, foreign military sales, credit and guaranty transactions, licensing, brokering registration, and related notifications to Congress. Specific provisions assign certain determinations to the Attorney General and require consultation among the Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Commerce, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget on particular matters. Directs that funds appropriated to the President for the Act be allocated to the Secretary of Defense automatically. Revokes Executive Order 11958 while keeping prior actions taken under it in effect until changed. Amends Executive Order 13222 to add new sections requiring the Secretary of Commerce to establish procedures for notifying Congress about firearm and Major Defense Equipment exports, and authorizing the Secretary of State to license certain Commerce-jurisdiction exports in agreement with the Secretary of Commerce, while keeping such items under Commerce's jurisdiction. States it does not alter existing agency authority or create enforceable rights, and applies subject to available appropriations.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13636
Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity
·Barack Obama·78 FR 11739
Directs federal agencies to strengthen protection of the nation's critical infrastructure against cyber threats. Requires the Attorney General, Secretary of Homeland Security, and Director of National Intelligence to establish, within 120 days, processes for sharing unclassified and classified cyber threat reports with targeted private entities, and to expand programs providing classified threat information and security clearances to critical infrastructure owners and operators. Directs the Department of Homeland Security to assess privacy and civil liberties risks in an annual public report. Directs the Secretary of Commerce, through the National Institute of Standards and Technology, to lead development of a voluntary "Cybersecurity Framework" of standards and practices, with a preliminary version due within 240 days and a final version within one year. Establishes a voluntary program for critical infrastructure owners to adopt the framework, with agencies recommending incentives and reviewing whether existing regulations are sufficient. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to identify, within 150 days, critical infrastructure where a cyber incident could cause catastrophic harm, excluding commercial IT products. Defines key terms and clarifies that the order does not expand agencies' existing legal authority or create enforceable rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13635
Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay
·Barack Obama·78 FR 649