E.O.13454
Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay
·George W. Bush·73 FR 1481
E.O.13453
Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on Monday, December 24, 2007
·George W. Bush·72 FR 70477
Directs that all executive branch departments and agencies be closed and their employees excused from duty on Monday, December 24, 2007, the day before Christmas. Allows heads of departments and agencies to decide that certain offices, installations, or employees must remain open or report for duty if needed for national security, defense, or other public need. Specifies that this day is to be treated under Executive Order 11582 and relevant federal pay and leave statutes, meaning employees' pay and leave will be handled as if it were a holiday closure under existing law.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13452
Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate Disputes Between the National Railroad Passenger Corporation and Certain of Its Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations
·George W. Bush·72 FR 67827
Establishes a five-member Emergency Board, effective December 1, 2007, to investigate unresolved labor disputes between Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) and certain employees represented by specified labor organizations, invoking the Railway Labor Act after the National Mediation Board found the disputes threatened to disrupt interstate commerce. Board members may not have financial or other interests in railroad carriers or employee organizations. The Board must report to the President within 30 days of its creation, and during that period plus 30 days after the report is submitted, neither Amtrak nor the unions may change the conditions underlying the disputes except by mutual agreement. The Board's records are treated as records of the Office of the President and will be kept by the National Mediation Board after the Board terminates, which occurs once its report is submitted.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13451
Designating the ITER International Fusion Energy Organization as a Public International Organization Entitled To Enjoy Certain Privileges, Exemptions, and Immunities
·George W. Bush·72 FR 65653
Designates the ITER International Fusion Energy Organization as a public international organization under the International Organizations Immunities Act, making it eligible for certain privileges, exemptions, and immunities granted to such organizations under that law. The designation is based on U.S. participation in ITER authorized by acts of Congress, including provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and Department of Energy appropriations laws. The order clarifies that this designation does not limit or reduce any other privileges, exemptions, or immunities the organization may have already acquired or may acquire under other laws.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13450
Improving Government Program Performance
·George W. Bush·72 FR 64519
Directs the heads of executive agencies, including the U.S. Postal Service and Postal Regulatory Commission, to set clear annual and long-term performance goals for their programs, assign staff responsibility and resources to achieve them, measure progress and efficiency, and hold personnel accountable. Requires agencies to publish updated, searchable performance information on their websites, including successes and shortfalls. Directs the Office of Management and Budget's Director to issue instructions on goal content, schedules, and public disclosure. Requires each agency to designate a Performance Improvement Officer to oversee these efforts and advise agency leadership on whether goals are realistic and rigorous. Establishes a Performance Improvement Council, chaired by the Deputy Director for Management of the Office of Management and Budget, made up of agency Performance Improvement Officers and other designated staff, to recommend performance policies, share best practices among agencies, monitor implementation, and build a public website tracking agency performance. States the order does not create enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13449
Protection of Striped Bass and Red Drum Fish Populations
·George W. Bush·72 FR 60531
Establishes a policy of conserving striped bass and red drum fish for recreational, economic, and environmental benefit, based on scientific evidence and cooperation with state, territorial, local, and tribal governments and the private sector. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to encourage management laws supporting this conservation policy, including state gamefish designations where appropriate, to revise regulations to prohibit selling striped bass and red drum caught within the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, and to periodically review the fish populations' status, taking action within his authority and recommending further actions to the President where needed. For Atlantic striped bass, these duties are to be carried out jointly with the Secretary of the Interior. The order does not restrict aquaculture-produced striped bass or red drum, must be implemented consistent with existing laws and treaties, and does not create any enforceable legal rights against the United States.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13448
Blocking Property and Prohibiting Certain Transactions Related to Burma
·George W. Bush·72 FR 60223
Expands the national emergency concerning Burma first declared in Executive Order 13047 and previously acted on in Executive Order 13310, citing the government's violent repression of pro-democracy demonstrators, human rights abuses, and public corruption. 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 annex, and authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, after consulting the Secretary of State, to designate additional persons for blocking, including senior officials of the Burmese government or affiliated organizations, those responsible for human rights abuses or corruption, those materially supporting such persons, and their spouses or dependent children. Prohibits transactions or conspiracies that evade these sanctions, bars related charitable donations, and waives advance notice to affected persons. Directs the Treasury Secretary to issue implementing regulations and permits removal of persons from the annex if circumstances change. Takes effect October 19, 2007.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13447
Further 2007 Amendments to the Manual for Courts- Martial, United States
·George W. Bush·72 FR 56179
Amends the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, which was originally prescribed by Executive Order 12473. It strikes a sentence from Part I as previously amended by Executive Order 13262, and revises Parts II, III, and IV as detailed in an attached annex. The changes take effect October 1, 2007, and apply to military justice proceedings under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The order specifies that no act or omission occurring before that date can be punished if it was not already punishable, and that ongoing nonjudicial punishment proceedings, investigations, restraints, referrals of charges, trials, or other actions begun before October 1, 2007, remain valid and may continue as if the amendments had not been made.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13446
Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees and Amendments to and Revocation of Other Executive Orders
·George W. Bush·72 FR 56175
Extends the operation of sixteen federal advisory committees, including the President's Council on Bioethics, the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, the President's Export Council, and the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities, until September 30, 2009. Assigns the President's functions under the Federal Advisory Committee Act for these committees to the head of the department or agency named for each, following guidelines set by the Administrator of General Services. Revokes Executive Order 13369, which had established the President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform, since that panel's work was finished. Supersedes sections 1 and 2 of Executive Order 13385 with corresponding sections of this order. Amends Executive Order 12994 to expand and rename the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities, revising its membership, adding cabinet-level and agency officials plus up to 21 presidentially appointed citizen members, and outlining its advisory functions, reporting duties, and administrative support arrangements through the Department of Health and Human Services. Takes effect September 30, 2007.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13445
Strengthening Adult Education
·George W. Bush·72 FR 56165
Directs the Secretary of Education to establish an Interagency Adult Education Working Group, chaired by the Secretary, with members including the Secretaries of the Treasury, Labor, the Interior, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, and Veterans Affairs, and the Attorney General, plus other officials as needed. The group is tasked with identifying federal programs that improve adult basic education skills or help adults move into postsecondary education, training, or employment; recommending ways to improve those programs' effectiveness, reduce duplication, and measure performance; identifying research gaps and promising practices; gathering input from state, local, tribal, and outside representatives; advising agencies on request about proposed adult-education actions; and reporting to the President through the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, with an initial report due within nine months. The Department of Education is to fund and support the group's work, and other agencies must provide requested assistance, subject to existing law and available appropriations.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13444
Extending Privileges and Immunities to the African Union Mission to the United States
·George W. Bush·72 FR 52747
Extends to the African Union Mission to the United States, and to its members, the same privileges and immunities generally granted to diplomatic missions accredited to the United States and their staff, subject to the same corresponding conditions and obligations. The order acts under authority of the Department of State Authorities Act of 2006. It clarifies that this extension does not limit or replace any other privileges and immunities the African Union Mission or its members may already have or may later acquire under law.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13443
Facilitation of Hunting Heritage and Wildlife Conservation
·George W. Bush·72 FR 46537
Directs federal agencies with programs affecting public land, outdoor recreation, and wildlife management, including the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, to take steps facilitating hunting opportunities and game species conservation. Agencies must evaluate effects on hunting participation, weigh the economic and recreational value of hunting in their decisions, manage wildlife habitats to support hunting, work with state governments while respecting private property rights and state authority over wildlife, set goals with state and tribal governments for healthy game populations, align actions with existing wildlife management plans, and consult state and tribal fish and wildlife agencies and the Sporting Conservation Council. It directs the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality to convene a White House Conference on North American Wildlife Policy within one year, and to prepare a ten-year Recreational Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Plan within a year after that conference concludes. It states the order creates no enforceable legal rights against the government.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13442
Amending the Order of Succession in the Department of Homeland Security
·George W. Bush·72 FR 45877
Amends Executive Order 13286 to reset the order of succession within the Department of Homeland Security, listing seventeen officials who would act as Secretary of Homeland Security, in order, if the Secretary dies, resigns, or is otherwise unable to serve. The list runs from the Deputy Secretary through various under secretaries, the General Counsel, agency heads including the Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director, down to several regional Federal Emergency Management Agency administrators. It specifies that officials already serving in an acting capacity in a listed office cannot become acting Secretary through this order, and preserves the President's authority under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 to designate a different acting Secretary. It also revokes Executive Order 13362, which had previously designated additional officers for this succession order.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13441
Blocking Property of Persons Undermining the Sovereignty of Lebanon or Its Democratic Processes and Institutions
·George W. Bush·72 FR 43499
Declares a national emergency with respect to actions that undermine Lebanon's sovereignty, democratic institutions, or rule of law, including efforts to reassert Syrian control or interference in Lebanon. Blocks all property and interests in property within the United States, or in the control of U.S. persons, belonging to individuals or entities that the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, determines have engaged in or supported such actions, including violence, or are family members of or acting on behalf of such persons. Prohibits donations, transactions, and contributions to or from blocked persons, as well as any transaction that evades or attempts to violate these prohibitions. Authorizes the Treasury Secretary to issue regulations and delegate authority to enforce the order, and directs all federal agencies to assist. States that affected persons will not receive prior notice before being blocked, and that the order creates no enforceable legal rights for private parties.Read the full summaryShow less
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
Reaffirms that members of al Qaeda, the Taliban, and associated forces are unlawful enemy combatants, and interprets how Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions applies to a detention and interrogation program operated by the Central Intelligence Agency. Determines that a program approved by the CIA Director complies with Common Article 3 if it avoids torture, cruel or inhuman treatment, and other listed abuses, is used only on alien detainees believed to belong to or support al Qaeda, the Taliban, or associated groups and to hold valuable intelligence, uses interrogation methods judged safe for each detainee, and provides basic necessities such as food, water, shelter, clothing, and medical care. Directs the CIA Director to issue written policies covering training, monitoring, interrogation planning, and compliance. Assigns to the Director of National Intelligence a function under the Military Commissions Act of 2006 previously held by the President. States the order creates no enforceable legal rights but may be relied upon by the CIA in legal proceedings.Read the full summaryShow less
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