E.O.13440
Interpretation of the Geneva Conventions Common Article 3 as Applied to a Program of Detention and Interrogation Operated by the Central Intelligence Agency
·George W. Bush·72 FR 40707
E.O.13439
Establishing an Interagency Working Group on Import Safety
·George W. Bush·72 FR 40053
Establishes an Interagency Working Group on Import Safety within the Department of Health and Human Services, chaired by the Secretary of Health and Human Services and including the heads of numerous other agencies such as State, Treasury, Justice, Agriculture, Commerce, Transportation, Homeland Security, the Office of Management and Budget, the Trade Representative, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The group's mission is to identify steps, within existing resources, to promote the safety of imported products, including reviewing foreign inspection and certification practices, identifying best practices for U.S. importers, and surveying federal, state, and local authorities for coordination opportunities. It must report recommendations to the President through the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy within 60 days, unless the Chair extends that deadline, and is to be terminated once its duties are complete.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13438
Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq
·George W. Bush·72 FR 39719
Invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the National Emergencies Act, this order builds on the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 and expanded in Executive Orders 13315, 13350, and 13364 concerning Iraq. It blocks all U.S.-based property and interests of any person the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretaries of State and Defense, determines has committed or risks committing acts of violence threatening Iraq's peace, stability, reconstruction, political reform, or humanitarian assistance efforts, or who supports or is affiliated with such persons. It prohibits transactions, donations, or conspiracies that evade these restrictions, and states that affected persons need not receive prior notice before being listed, since advance warning could allow assets to be moved instantly. The Treasury Secretary is authorized to issue regulations and delegate authority to enforce the order, and all federal agencies are directed to assist as appropriate.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13437
Waiver Under the Trade Act of 1974 With Respect to Turkmenistan
·George W. Bush·72 FR 36339
Waives the application of subsections (a) and (b) of section 402 of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to Turkmenistan. Those subsections normally restrict trade benefits, such as most-favored-nation treatment, for countries that limit citizens' rights to emigrate. Acting under authority in the Trade Act allowing such waivers after reporting to Congress, the order states that this report was made and applies the waiver specifically to Turkmenistan, allowing continued trade relations with that country despite the usual restriction.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13436
Further Amending Executive Order 13381, as Amended, To Extend Its Duration by One Year
·George W. Bush·72 FR 36337
Amends Executive Order 13381, which addressed strengthening processes for determining eligibility for access to classified national security information, by extending its expiration dates by one year. Changes the deadline in section 6(a) from April 1, 2007 to April 1, 2008, and the deadline in section 6(b) from July 1, 2007 to July 1, 2008. The order makes no other changes to the underlying executive order.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13435
Expanding Approved Stem Cell Lines in Ethically Responsible Ways
·George W. Bush·72 FR 34591
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct and support research on pluripotent stem cells obtained without creating, destroying, discarding, or harming a human embryo or fetus. Requires the Secretary, within 90 days and after consulting the Director of the National Institutes of Health, to issue an implementation plan that prioritizes techniques with clinical potential, considers methods identified by the President's Council on Bioethics, renames the "Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry" the "Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Registry," and adds qualifying new stem cell lines to it. Requires an annual report to the President on research activities and scientific developments in this area. Sets out policy principles emphasizing ethical boundaries, respect for human life and dignity, and stewardship of federal research funds. Defines terms such as "human embryo" and "subjecting to harm," and states the order does not affect existing embryonic stem cell research policy or eligibility of existing stem cell lines under the 2001 presidential policy.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13434
National Security Professional Development
·George W. Bush·72 FR 28583
Directs the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, working with the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, to submit within 60 days a National Strategy for developing security professionals across federal agencies. Establishes a Security Professional Development Executive Steering Committee, chaired by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management and including numerous cabinet secretaries and other officials, to draft an implementation plan within 120 days of the strategy's approval and report annually thereafter. Requires agency heads with national security functions to build or enhance training programs consistent with the strategy and cooperate with the committee. Assigns specific responsibilities to the Office of Personnel Management, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, the Director of National Intelligence, and the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue rules or guidance on professional development for their respective personnel, including interagency assignments and fellowships. Also directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to create education and training programs for federal, state, local, and tribal officials on disaster preparedness and crisis decision-making. States the order does not create enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13433
Protecting American Taxpayers From Payment of Contingency Fees
·George W. Bush·72 FR 28441
Sets a policy that federal agencies must pay for legal and expert witness services at reasonable rates set in advance, rather than through contingency fees tied to the outcome of litigation or other proceedings, except when required by law. Directs agency heads to implement this policy under instructions from the Attorney General, bars agencies from entering new contingency fee agreements for such services unless the Attorney General determines the agreement is legally required, and requires agency heads to report any existing contingency fee agreements to the Attorney General and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget within 90 days. Defines which federal agencies are covered, excluding the Government Accountability Office and intelligence community elements, and excludes certain tax collection and debt collection contracts from the definition of contingency fee agreements. States it does not create any enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13432
Cooperation Among Agencies in Protecting the Environment With Respect to Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Motor Vehicles, Nonroad Vehicles, and Nonroad Engines
·George W. Bush·72 FR 27717
Directs the Department of Transportation, the Department of Energy, and the Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate when taking regulatory actions that would directly or substantially affect greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles, nonroad vehicles, nonroad engines, or motor vehicle fuels, including alternative fuels. Agencies must, where practicable and lawful, act jointly, consider each other's input, exercise their authority consistently with one another, and obtain concurrence or views from the other agencies at least 30 days before publishing such actions. Each agency head must designate staff to coordinate implementation, share research and information, avoid duplicate public information requests, and consult the Secretary of Agriculture on actions significantly affecting agriculture tied to ethanol, biodiesel, or other renewable fuels. Agency heads may jointly allocate administrative tasks such as Federal Register publication. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget, assisted by the Council on Environmental Quality Chairman, must monitor implementation and report to the President at least semiannually, and may require agency reports. The order does not create enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13431
Establishment of Temporary Organization To Facilitate United States Government Assistance for Transition in Iraq
·George W. Bush·72 FR 26709
Establishes within the Department of State a temporary organization called the Iraq Transition Assistance Office (ITAO), created under a federal law allowing temporary staffing organizations. The office is meant to support federal agencies in finishing large infrastructure projects in Iraq, help Iraq move toward self-sufficiency, and maintain a diplomatic presence there. It is directed to support agencies implementing U.S. assistance in Iraq, continue oversight and reporting on remaining Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund money, take over remaining functions of the former Iraq Reconstruction Management Office, and carry out other related tasks assigned by the Secretary of State. The Secretary selects the office's Director and must transfer the former office's personnel, assets, liabilities, and records to the new one. Implementation depends on available funding and applicable law, and the office will terminate at the end of the maximum period allowed under the relevant statute unless the Secretary ends it sooner.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13430
2007 Amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States
·George W. Bush·72 FR 20213
Amends the Manual for Courts-Martial, which implements the Uniform Code of Military Justice for the armed forces. It allows military judges, under specified conditions, to permit witness testimony and judge or counsel presence at certain proceedings via videoteleconferencing or similar remote technology, with safeguards such as requiring defense counsel to be physically present with the accused. It adds a new offense, Article 119a, punishing conduct that causes death or injury to a child in utero during certain other crimes against a pregnant woman, while excluding lawful abortions, authorized medical treatment, and the pregnant woman herself from prosecution. It also adds a new stalking offense, Article 120a, defining the conduct and setting a maximum punishment of dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of pay, and up to three years' confinement. It updates references from the Department of Transportation to the Department of Homeland Security and revises a drunk-driving alcohol-limit rule. The amendments take effect 30 days after signing and do not apply retroactively to prior conduct or pending proceedings.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13429
Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between Metro-North Railroad and Its Maintenance of Way Employees Represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters
·George W. Bush·72 FR 18101
Establishes a three-member emergency board, effective April 6, 2007, under the Railway Labor Act to investigate a labor dispute between Metro-North Railroad and its maintenance-of-way employees represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, following an earlier board's unaccepted recommendations. Bars board members from having financial or other interests in railroad carriers or labor organizations. Requires the parties to submit final settlement offers within 30 days of the board's creation, and requires the board to report to the President within 30 days after that, selecting the most reasonable offer. Prohibits the parties from changing the conditions underlying the dispute until 60 days after the board's report, except by mutual agreement. Directs that the board's records be treated as records of the Office of the President and, once the board dissolves, be kept in the custody of the National Mediation Board. The board terminates automatically once it submits its report.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13428
Renaming a National Forest in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
·George W. Bush·72 FR 16693
Renames the Caribbean National Forest in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as the "El Yunque National Forest." Directs that all prior references to the Caribbean National Forest in Executive Order 7059-A of 1935 and Executive Order 10992 of 1962 be treated as references to the El Yunque National Forest going forward. States that implementation is subject to applicable law and available funding, and specifies that the order creates no enforceable rights or benefits against the United States or its agencies, officers, or employees.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13427
Extending Privileges and Immunities to the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations
·George W. Bush·72 FR 10879
Extends to the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations in New York, and to its members, the same privileges and immunities enjoyed by diplomatic missions of United Nations member states and their members, along with corresponding conditions and obligations. The order acts under authority granted by section 7(b) of the Department of State Authorities Act of 2006. It clarifies that this extension does not limit any other privileges or immunities the mission or its members have already obtained or may obtain under law.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13426
Establishing a Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors and a Task Force on Returning Global War on Terror Heroes
·George W. Bush·72 FR 10589
Establishes the President's Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors, a nine-member body with two co-chairs, to review how wounded service members transition from the Global War on Terror battlefield to civilian life or continued military service, evaluate delivery of health care, disability, education and employment benefits, assess outreach and access barriers, and consult outside organizations. The Department of Defense provides administrative support, and the Commission must report recommendations to the President through the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs by June 30, 2007, or July 31, 2007 if extended, then dissolve 30 days after reporting. It also directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to create an Interagency Task Force on Returning Global War on Terror Heroes, made up of officials from Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Education, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Small Business Administration, to identify gaps in federal services for returning service members and submit a government-wide action plan to the President within 45 days, with the Task Force ending once its duties are complete.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13425
Trial of Alien Unlawful Enemy Combatants by Military Commission
·George W. Bush·72 FR 7737
Establishes military commissions to try alien unlawful enemy combatants, defined as non-U.S. citizens meeting the definition of unlawful enemy combatant under section 948a(1) of title 10, for offenses triable under chapter 47A of title 10, as authorized by the Military Commissions Act of 2006 and other cited authorities. Supersedes portions of the President's Military Order of November 13, 2001 that relate to trial by military commission, including its section 4 and certain determination requirements in section 2. Directs heads of executive departments and agencies to provide the Secretary of Defense with information and assistance needed to carry out the order and chapter 47A. States that implementation depends on available appropriations and existing law, and specifies that the order creates no enforceable rights or benefits for any party against the United States or its officials.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13424
Further Amendment to Executive Order 13285, Relating to the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation
·George W. Bush·72 FR 4409
Amends Executive Order 13285 to extend the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation, revising the order's expiration date so that it will now expire on November 30, 2008, unless the President extends it further.
E.O.13423
Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management
·George W. Bush·72 FR 3919
Directs federal agencies to reduce energy intensity, expand use of renewable energy, cut water consumption, and adopt sustainable practices in purchasing, construction, waste management, vehicle fleets, and electronic equipment, with specific numeric targets to be met through fiscal year 2015. Requires each agency head to designate a senior official within 30 days to oversee compliance, implement environmental management systems, provide training and compliance reviews, and report progress to the Council on Environmental Quality. Establishes a Steering Committee, chaired by a Federal Environmental Executive housed at the Environmental Protection Agency, to advise on implementation, and assigns the Office of Management and Budget's Director duties including budget oversight and Federal Acquisition Regulation amendments. Allows exemptions for intelligence activities, law enforcement operations, and certain vehicle fleets. Applies mainly to agency activities within the United States, with discretion to extend coverage abroad. Revokes five prior executive orders on federal environmental and energy management and amends Executive Order 13327 accordingly, while requiring the Secretary of Defense to submit annual energy efficiency progress reports through 2010.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13422
Further Amendment to Executive Order 12866 on Regulatory Planning and Review
·George W. Bush·72 FR 2763
Amends Executive Order 12866 to expand its regulatory review requirements to cover agency guidance documents, not just formal regulations. Adds a definition of "guidance document" and "significant guidance document," and requires agencies to give the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) advance notice of significant guidance documents, along with draft content and justification upon request. Requires each agency head, within 60 days, to designate a Presidential Appointee as the agency's Regulatory Policy Officer and to bar new rulemakings from proceeding without that office's approval unless the agency head specifically authorizes otherwise. Adjusts requirements for agencies' annual regulatory plans, including reporting combined cost-benefit estimates and citing specific legal authority for planned rules. Allows agencies, in consultation with OIRA, to consider formal rulemaking procedures for complex determinations. Renumbers later sections of the original order and restates a clause preserving existing agency legal authority, including the Attorney General's litigation authority.</br>Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13421
Providing for the Closing of Government Departments and Agencies on January 2, 2007
·George W. Bush·72 FR 425