E.O.13474
Amendments to Executive Order 12962
·George W. Bush·73 FR 57229
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
Establishes an order of succession within the Department of Health and Human Services, listing officials who may act as Secretary if the Secretary dies, resigns, or is otherwise unable to serve. The sequence runs from the Deputy Secretary through the General Counsel, several Assistant Secretaries, the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the Director of the National Institutes of Health, other presidentially appointed Assistant Secretaries in order of seniority, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Director of Region 4. It specifies that an official serving in an acting capacity in one of these positions cannot become acting Secretary under this order, and that the President retains discretion to depart from the listed order under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998. It revokes Executive Order 13250 and a related 2002 presidential memorandum on succession within the department.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13460
Blocking Property of Additional Persons in Connection With the National Emergency With Respect to Syria
·George W. Bush·73 FR 8991
Expands sanctions related to the national emergency with respect to Syria declared in Executive Order 13338. It blocks all property and interests in property within U.S. jurisdiction or control of persons that the Secretary of the Treasury, after consulting the Secretary of State, determines to be responsible for, engaged in, or benefiting from public corruption by senior Syrian officials. It bars contributions of funds, goods, or services to or from such designated persons, prohibits transactions that evade these restrictions, and bars donations that would otherwise be exempt under humanitarian provisions. It amends Executive Order 13338 to broaden the criteria for designation to include actions undermining stabilization efforts in Iraq. It waives advance notice to blocked persons and authorizes the Treasury Secretary to issue regulations and delegate authority to implement the order, directing other federal agencies to assist as needed.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13459
Improving the Coordination and Effectiveness of Youth Programs
·George W. Bush·73 FR 8003
Establishes an Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs within the Department of Health and Human Services to promote coordination among federal, state, and local governments, faith-based and community organizations, and families to improve outcomes for at-risk youth. The Secretary of Health and Human Services chairs the group and the Attorney General serves as vice chair, with membership drawn from several cabinet departments, the Office of National Drug Control Policy, and the Corporation for National and Community Service. The group is directed to identify effective practices, encourage rigorous program evaluation, and build a federal website on youth programs, with an initial version due within 10 months. It must also promote interagency initiatives such as volunteer service and mentoring efforts, and report annually to the President through the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, with a first report due within 6 months. Agencies are directed to provide administrative support and information as needed.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13458
Implementation of the Protocol Additional to the Agreement Between the United States and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in the United States of America
·George W. Bush·73 FR 7181
Directs the Secretaries of State, Defense, Commerce, and Energy, the Attorney General, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and other relevant agency heads to issue, amend, or enforce regulations and procedures needed to implement the United States Additional Protocol Implementation Act and the country's obligations under the Additional Protocol to its nuclear safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, with Justice Department assistance if needed, to obtain and execute warrants for gaining access to locations covered by Commerce Department regulations under the order. Authorizes the named agencies to carry out other functions necessary to implement the Act that are not already assigned, and assigns the Secretary of State responsibility for notifying Congress when the Act requires it. States that implementation depends on available funding and existing law, and specifies that the order creates no enforceable legal rights for any party against the government.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13457
Protecting American Taxpayers From Government Spending on Wasteful Earmarks
·George W. Bush·73 FR 6417
Directs federal agency heads, for appropriations laws and other legislation enacted after the order's date, not to commit, obligate, or spend funds based on earmarks found only in non-statutory sources such as congressional committee reports or communications from members of Congress, unless required by law or justified by an agency's own merit-based determination. Requires agencies to base funding decisions on statutory text and transparent, merit-based criteria rather than informal congressional statements, and to disregard oral or written congressional views unless they are in writing. Requires agencies to publicly post, within 30 days, any written congressional communications recommending earmark funding, unless the agency head, after consulting the Office of Management and Budget, decides confidentiality is needed. Agencies must report earmark information to the Office of Management and Budget upon request. Defines 'agency' and 'earmark' for these purposes and states it creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13456
Further Amendment of Executive Order 11858 Concerning Foreign Investment in the United States
·George W. Bush·73 FR 4677
Rewrites Executive Order 11858 to update the rules governing the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which reviews foreign transactions for national security risks under the Defense Production Act. It adds the United States Trade Representative and the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy as Committee members, and designates several other officials, including the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, to observe and report on Committee activities. It assigns the Secretary of the Treasury to chair the Committee, issue regulations, and transmit reports to Congress, and directs the Secretary of Commerce to collect and analyze data on foreign investment. It sets procedures for reviews, investigations, and risk mitigation agreements with transaction parties, and states that departments must provide information the Committee requests. It revokes Section 801 of Executive Order 12919 and clarifies that it creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13455
Establishing the President's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy
·George W. Bush·73 FR 4445