E.O.13480
Exclusions From the Federal Labor-management Relations Program
·George W. Bush·73 FR 73991
E.O.13479
Transformation of the National Air Transportation System
·George W. Bush·73 FR 70241
Directs the Secretary of Transportation, working with the Senior Policy Committee established under the Vision 100-Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act, to implement the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen), a modernized national air traffic system meant to meet civil aviation, security, economic, environmental, and defense needs. Requires the Secretary to convene the Committee quarterly, set up a support staff within the Department of Transportation within 60 days, and establish an advisory committee within 180 days. Assigns supporting roles to the Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Commerce, and Secretary of Homeland Security, and directs the NASA Administrator to carry out related duties consistent with Executive Order 13419. Requires other agency heads to provide information and personnel as needed, and has the Office of Management and Budget issue implementing instructions. Requires the Committee to report progress to the President at least every two years and to review related agency budget proposals.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13478
Amendments To Executive Order 9397 Relating To Federal Agency Use of Social Security Numbers
·George W. Bush·73 FR 70239
Amends Executive Order 9397, a 1943 order concerning federal use of Social Security numbers, to update its language. Changes a requirement that agencies use Social Security numbers from mandatory to permissive, removes a reference to exclusive use, updates outdated legal citations, and replaces references to the former Bureau of the Budget with the Office of Management and Budget and to the former Social Security Board with the Social Security Administration. Adds new provisions stating the order will be implemented subject to available appropriations and applicable law, and clarifies that it creates no enforceable legal rights or benefits for any party against the United States or its officers and employees. States the overall policy that federal agencies handling personal identifiers should protect them against unlawful use. The order applies to federal agencies generally.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13477
Settlement of Claims Against Libya
·George W. Bush·73 FR 65965
Implements the August 2008 claims settlement agreement between the United States and Libya by declaring all claims covered under Article I of that agreement to be settled. Bars United States nationals from pursuing such claims in any domestic or foreign forum except through procedures the Secretary of State establishes, and requires termination of any pending lawsuits by U.S. nationals on these claims. Similarly bars foreign nationals from asserting such claims in U.S. courts and requires termination of their pending U.S. lawsuits, while leaving open other remedies they may pursue in foreign courts or through foreign governments. Directs the Attorney General to enforce these provisions, including by seeking dismissal with prejudice of covered claims. Defines terms such as "United States national," "foreign national," "person," and "entity" for purposes of the order, and states that it creates no enforceable legal rights against the United States or its officials.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13476
Facilitation of a Presidential Transition
·George W. Bush·73 FR 60605
Establishes a Presidential Transition Coordinating Council, chaired by the White House Chief of Staff, made up of senior White House officials and agency heads including the Attorney General, Director of National Intelligence, and Administrator of General Services. The Council is directed to assist the transition teams of major-party presidential candidates and the President-elect on an equal, nonpartisan basis, including gathering information on past transitions from outside experts. It directs the General Services Administration to coordinate orientation for prospective appointees, the White House Office of Presidential Personnel to update appointment records, and executive agencies to prepare briefing materials for incoming political appointees. It also calls for a Transition Directory of federal publications and for transition agreements between agencies and candidate teams as needed. The order supersedes Executive Order 13176, states it creates no enforceable legal rights, and expires February 20, 2009, unless extended by the President.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13475
Further Amendments To Executive Orders 12139 And 12949 In Light of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008
·George W. Bush·73 FR 60095
Amends Executive Orders 12139 and 12949, which govern who may approve applications for electronic surveillance and physical searches under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, to reflect changes made by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008. It adjusts internal cross-references, adds the Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to the list of officials who may make such certifications, and specifies that, unlike other listed officials, the Deputy Director need not be an official appointed by the President with Senate confirmation to qualify. The order states it creates no enforceable legal rights or benefits for any party against the government or its officers and employees.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13474
Amendments to Executive Order 12962
·George W. Bush·73 FR 57229
Amends Executive Order 12962 of 1995, which concerns recreational fisheries, by updating the list of statutes cited in its preamble to include laws such as the National Marine Sanctuaries Act, the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act, the National Park Service Organic Act, the National Historic Preservation Act, the Wilderness Act, the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the Coastal Zone Management Act, and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. It also adds a new policy directive requiring that recreational fishing be managed as a sustainable activity within national wildlife refuges, national parks, national monuments, national marine sanctuaries, marine protected areas, and other federally managed conservation or management areas, consistent with applicable law. The order renumbers existing subsections to accommodate this addition and states that it creates no enforceable legal rights against the federal government.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13473
To Authorize Certain Noncompetitive Appointments in the Civil Service for Spouses of Certain Members of the Armed Forces
·George W. Bush·73 FR 56703
Authorizes federal agencies to make noncompetitive appointments to competitive-service civil service positions for certain military spouses, as part of an effort to recruit and retain skilled service members and recognize those injured, disabled, or killed in service. Agency heads may use this authority to hire, without the usual competitive process, the spouse of a service member on active duty who is relocating due to a permanent change of station, the spouse of a totally disabled retired or separated member, or the unremarried widow or widower of a member killed while on active duty. The Office of Personnel Management may issue implementing regulations, and agencies are directed to use this and other available appointment authorities to carry out this policy. The order does not alter existing legal authorities of agencies or the Office of Management and Budget, and it creates no enforceable legal rights for any individual or party.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13472
Executive Branch Responsibilities With Respect To Orders of Succession
·George W. Bush·73 FR 53353
Directs executive branch agencies to establish, maintain, and update orders of succession listing officials who would act as agency head if the head dies, resigns, or otherwise cannot serve. Agencies whose succession orders require presidential action must draft or revise them within 30 days and send them to the Counsel to the President for review before submission to the Office of Management and Budget. Agencies that can set succession orders under their own existing legal authority must follow applicable law and any guidance from the President or the Secretary of Homeland Security, send proposed revisions to the Counsel to the President before implementing them, and provide copies of their succession orders to the Counsel to the President, the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget within 30 days, or within 7 days of any later revision. The order does not alter existing legal authorities, does not delegate the President's powers under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, and creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13471
Further Amendments To Executive Order 13285, President's Council On Service And Civic Participation
·George W. Bush·73 FR 51209
Amends Executive Order 13285, which established the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation. Adds a requirement that the Council must have a quorum of at least 10 members present to conduct official business and vote during meetings. Extends the Council's expiration date to June 30, 2009, unless the President further extends it. Also adds a clause stating that the order does not create any enforceable legal right or benefit for any party against the United States, its agencies, officers, employees, or agents.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13470
Further Amendments to Executive Order 12333, United States Intelligence Activities
·George W. Bush·73 FR 45325
Amends Executive Order 12333, the foundational order on United States intelligence activities, updating and replacing its provisions on goals, structure, and responsibilities. Rewrites Part 1 to redefine the roles of the National Security Council, the Director of National Intelligence, the Intelligence Community as a whole, and individual agencies such as the CIA, NSA, Defense Intelligence Agency, FBI, and Department of Homeland Security, including rules on appointments, removals, information sharing, and coordination of intelligence and counterintelligence activities. Amends Part 2 with numerous wording changes clarifying agency roles, oversight, and dissemination of intelligence, and adds a new provision barring covert action intended to influence United States political processes, public opinion, policies, or media. Revises Part 3's definitions of terms like counterintelligence, covert action, and electronic surveillance, updates references to earlier orders, and adds general provisions stating the order does not create enforceable legal rights and must be implemented consistent with existing law and available funding.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13469
Blocking Property of Additional Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in Zimbabwe
·George W. Bush·73 FR 43841
Expands the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13288 and relied upon in Executive Order 13391 regarding Zimbabwe, citing the government's undermining of democratic processes, the June 27, 2008 election, violence against political opponents, and public corruption. Blocks all property and interests in property within the United States or held by U.S. persons belonging to anyone the Secretary of the Treasury, after consulting the Secretary of State, determines to be a senior Zimbabwean government official, controlled by that government, involved in undermining democracy, responsible for related human rights abuses, engaged in facilitating corruption, a spouse or dependent child of a blocked person, or providing material support to blocked persons or the government. Prohibits donations, contributions, and transactions that evade these restrictions, and bars advance notice to affected persons. Directs the Treasury Secretary, in consultation with the State Department, to issue implementing regulations and report to Congress, and directs all federal agencies to take appropriate action to carry out the order.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13468
2008 Amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States
·George W. Bush·73 FR 43827
Amends Parts II and IV of the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, which was originally prescribed by Executive Order 12473, with the specific changes detailed in an attached annex. The amendments take effect 30 days after the order's signing. They cannot be used to punish any act or omission that occurred before the effective date if it was not already punishable at that time. The amendments also do not invalidate any nonjudicial punishment proceedings, restraints, investigations, referrals of charges, trials that had already reached arraignment, or other actions begun before the effective date; such proceedings may continue 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.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