E.O.13400
Blocking Property of Persons in Connection With the Conflict in Sudan's Darfur Region
·George W. Bush·71 FR 25483
E.O.13399
Blocking Property of Additional Persons in Connection With the National Emergency With Respect to Syria
·George W. Bush·71 FR 25059
Expands the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13338 regarding Syria by blocking the U.S. property and assets of additional persons. It authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, after consulting the Secretary of State, to designate individuals or entities found to have planned, sponsored, or carried out the 2005 Beirut bombing that killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri and 22 others, or related bombings and assassination attempts in Lebanon since October 2004, or to have obstructed the UN investigative commission into those acts, or provided material support to such persons. It bars transactions and donations benefiting designated persons, prohibits evasion or conspiracy to violate the order, and states that no prior notice is required before blocking assets. The Treasury Secretary may issue implementing regulations and delegate authority, and other federal agencies must assist in carrying out the order. It took effect April 26, 2006.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13398
National Mathematics Advisory Panel
·George W. Bush·71 FR 20519
Establishes the National Mathematics Advisory Panel within the Department of Education to advise the President and the Secretary of Education on improving mathematics education for American students. The Panel may have up to 30 members, including up to 20 from outside the federal government appointed by the Secretary and up to 10 federal officials, with the Secretary naming a chair. It must submit a preliminary report by January 31, 2007, and a final report by February 28, 2008, covering topics such as effective teaching methods, teacher training, curriculum standards, assessment design, and research needs in mathematics education, plus any other reports the Secretary requests. The Department will fund and support the Panel, which may consult federal, state, local, and tribal officials, experts, parents, and teachers. Non-federal members serve unpaid but may receive travel expenses. The Panel terminates two years after the order's date unless extended by the President.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13397
Responsibilities of the Department of Homeland Security With Respect to Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
·George W. Bush·71 FR 12275
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives within the Department of Homeland Security, to begin operations within 45 days, supervised by a director appointed in consultation with the Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. The Center is tasked with auditing the department for regulatory, contracting, or outreach barriers that discourage participation by faith-based and other community organizations in Department programs, proposing reforms to remove such barriers, developing pilot programs, and improving outreach and information sharing with these organizations. The Center must report to the White House office's director within 180 days and annually thereafter, detailing identified barriers, strategies to address them, and performance measures. The Secretary must also designate a liaison to coordinate with the White House office. Implementation depends on available funding and existing law, and the order creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13396
Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Conflict in Côte d'Ivoire
·George W. Bush·71 FR 7389
Declares a national emergency over the conflict in Côte d'Ivoire, citing massacres, human rights abuses, political violence, and attacks on international peacekeepers, and invokes United Nations Security Council Resolution 1572. Blocks all property and financial interests in the United States, or under the control of U.S. persons, belonging to individuals listed in an annex to the order. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, after consulting the Secretary of State, to designate additional persons for blocking if they threaten Côte d'Ivoire's peace process, violate international law, supply arms, incite violence, or support such activities. Prohibits donations, transactions, and conspiracies that would evade these restrictions, with some exemptions for humanitarian, peacekeeping, and evacuation-related supplies. Directs federal agencies to help enforce the order, allows the Treasury Secretary to remove individuals from the blocked list, and requires periodic reports to Congress. Takes effect February 8, 2006.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13395
Designating the Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria as a Public International Organization Entitled To Enjoy Certain Privileges, Exemptions, and Immunities
·George W. Bush·71 FR 3203
Designates the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria as a public international organization under the International Organizations Immunities Act, making it eligible for the privileges, exemptions, and immunities that law provides. The order relies on authority granted by sections 1 and 16 of that act. It clarifies that this designation does not limit or replace any other privileges, exemptions, or immunities the Global Fund has already obtained or may obtain separately under other laws.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13394
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Defense
·George W. Bush·70 FR 76665
Establishes the order in which officials within the Department of Defense will act as Secretary of Defense if the Secretary dies, resigns, or is otherwise unable to serve. The line of succession runs from the Deputy Secretary of Defense through a series of under secretaries, service secretaries, deputy under secretaries, the General Counsel, and various assistant secretaries and general counsels of the Army, Navy, and Air Force. Officials serving in an office only in an acting capacity are excluded from acting as Secretary, and precedence among officials at the same level is determined by appointment date or, if tied, by the date they took their oath of office. The President retains discretion to depart from this order when designating an acting Secretary. The order states it creates no enforceable legal rights, and it revokes Executive Order 13000 of April 24, 1996, along with a June 2, 2005 presidential memorandum on the same subject.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13393
Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay
·George W. Bush·70 FR 76655
Sets updated federal pay rates across multiple compensation systems, attaching detailed schedules for the General Schedule, the Foreign Service Schedule, Veterans Health Administration pay, the Senior Executive Service, the Executive Schedule, the Vice President and Congress, federal judges, uniformed services members and cadets/midshipmen, locality-based comparability payments, and administrative law judges. Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to implement the locality-based comparability payments and publish notice of them in the Federal Register. Most schedules take effect on the first day of the first pay period on or after January 1, 2006, while the uniformed services pay schedule takes effect January 1, 2006. Supersedes the prior pay order, Executive Order 13368 of December 30, 2004. The order applies broadly to federal civilian employees, senior executives, judges, elected officials, and military personnel.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13392
Improving Agency Disclosure of Information
·George W. Bush·70 FR 75373
Directs federal agencies to improve how they handle Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. Requires each agency head to designate, within 30 days, a senior Chief FOIA Officer responsible for overseeing compliance, monitoring performance, and recommending improvements. Agencies must establish FOIA Requester Service Centers and designate FOIA Public Liaisons to help the public track requests and resolve disputes. Each agency's Chief FOIA Officer must review current FOIA operations, identify backlogs, and develop a plan for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to streamline processing and increase public access to records. Agency heads must report review results and plans to the Attorney General and the Office of Management and Budget Director within six months, and include progress updates in annual FOIA reports. The Attorney General must report to the President on agency implementation within ten months and issue further updates by June 2007 and June 2008. The order also directs the Attorney General and OMB Director to issue implementing guidance, and states it creates no enforceable legal rights.”,Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13391
Blocking Property of Additional Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in Zimbabwe
·George W. Bush·70 FR 71201
Amends Executive Order 13288, which declared a national emergency over actions undermining Zimbabwe's democratic processes, by replacing its annex listing sanctioned individuals with a new, expanded list and renumbering and revising its operative sections. It blocks all property and interests in property within the United States, or under the control of U.S. persons, belonging to those listed in the annex, as well as anyone the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, later determines has undermined Zimbabwe's democratic institutions, materially supported such actions, is an immediate family member of a blocked person, or is owned or controlled by one. It prohibits related donations, transactions, and conspiracies to evade these restrictions, dispenses with prior notice to affected persons, and authorizes the Treasury Secretary to issue implementing regulations and later remove individuals from the list. It took effect November 23, 2005.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13390
Establishment of a Coordinator of Federal Support for the Recovery and Rebuilding of the Gulf Coast Region
·George W. Bush·70 FR 67327
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a Coordinator of Federal Support for the Recovery and Rebuilding of the Gulf Coast Region within the Department of Homeland Security, to be selected by the President and appointed by the Secretary. The Coordinator, reporting directly to the Secretary, is tasked with coordinating the federal response to Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita, developing the guiding principles and goals of that response with input from other agencies, overseeing implementation of related policies and programs, and serving as the main point of contact for the President, Congress, state and local governments, the private sector, and community leaders. Heads of executive departments and agencies must respond promptly to the Coordinator's requests and cooperate with the mission. The order does not alter existing legal authorities, budget functions, or military chain of command, applies subject to available funding, and terminates three years after signing.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13389
Creation of the Gulf Coast Recovery and Rebuilding Council
·George W. Bush·70 FR 67325
Establishes the Gulf Coast Recovery and Rebuilding Council within the Executive Office of the President to coordinate federal support for rebuilding areas affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The Assistant to the President for Economic Policy chairs the council, which includes the heads of major federal departments and agencies, the Council of Economic Advisers chairman, the Small Business Administration administrator, the Office of Management and Budget director, several White House policy advisers, and a designated Coordinator of Federal Support for Gulf Coast Recovery. The council reviews issues related to recovery policy at the request of the chairman, the coordinator, or member agency heads, and makes recommendations to the President, but has no independent voting or veto power. Federal agencies must assist the council and share information, and the Office of Administration must provide administrative support. The order does not alter the Office of Management and Budget's budget functions, creates no enforceable legal rights, and the council terminates three years after signing unless the President extends it.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13388
Further Strengthening the Sharing of Terrorism Information To Protect Americans
·George W. Bush·70 FR 62023
Directs federal agencies to prioritize sharing terrorism information with each other and with state, local, tribal, and appropriate private-sector partners, while protecting Americans' privacy and legal rights. Requires agency heads who possess or acquire terrorism information to promptly share it with agencies having counterterrorism functions, subject to existing law and Attorney General guidance, and to cooperate in producing usable reports from that information. Establishes an Information Sharing Council, chaired by the Program Manager designated under the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, made up of representatives from the State, Treasury, Defense, Commerce, Energy, and Homeland Security departments, the Attorney General, the Director of National Intelligence, the CIA Director, the Office of Management and Budget Director, the FBI Director, the National Counterterrorism Center Director, and others as designated, to advise on building an interoperable information-sharing system. Amends Executive Order 13311 to update references to the Director of National Intelligence, and revokes Executive Order 13356. It also defines key terms and clarifies it creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13387
2005 Amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States
·George W. Bush·70 FR 60697
Amends the Manual for Courts-Martial, which implements the Uniform Code of Military Justice, by revising numerous Rules for Courts-Martial and related provisions. Changes include new requirements for capital court-martial panels of at least 12 members unless not reasonably available, procedures for referring and noticing capital cases, rules on detailing military judges and counsel across armed forces and joint commands, and a new rule governing sealed exhibits and their examination by reviewing and appellate authorities. It also updates the punitive articles, adding a new offense of patronizing a prostitute, revising the offense covering threats or hoaxes involving explosives or weapons of mass destruction, updating drunk operation of vehicles, aircraft, or vessels with a specified blood alcohol standard, and replacing references to the Department of Transportation with the Department of Homeland Security in certain evidence and punishment provisions. The amendments take effect 30 days after signing, do not criminalize prior conduct that was not previously punishable, and do not invalidate proceedings already begun before that date.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13386
Further Amendment to Executive Order 13369, Relating to the President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform
·George W. Bush·70 FR 58289
Amends Executive Order 13369, which established the President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform, by extending its reporting deadline from September 30, 2005 to November 1, 2005. It also changes the deadline for the panel's related follow-up requirement, previously set at 30 days after submitting its report, to a fixed date of November 15, 2005. The order states it creates no enforceable rights or benefits against the United States or its officials.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13385
Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees and Amendments to and Revocation of Other Executive Orders
·George W. Bush·70 FR 57989
Extends, until September 30, 2007, sixteen federal advisory committees, including the Committee for the Preservation of the White House, the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, the President's Council on Bioethics, and others, and assigns the President's functions under the Federal Advisory Committee Act for these bodies to the head of the relevant department or agency. It revokes Executive Orders 13328, 13326, and 13283, which established committees whose work had ended, and supersedes parts of Executive Order 13316. It also amends several prior orders: revising the National Infrastructure Advisory Council's membership and functions under Executive Order 13231, updating language in Executive Order 12367 on arts and humanities support, changing membership of the President's Committee on the International Labor Organization under Executive Order 12216, and expanding the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology from 25 to 45 members under Executive Order 13226, giving it added duties as an information technology advisory committee. The order took effect September 30, 2005.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13384
Assignment of Functions Relating to Original Appointments as Commissioned Officers and Chief Warrant Officer Appointments in the Armed Forces
·George W. Bush·70 FR 43739
Assigns to the Secretary of Defense the President's authority under two specific provisions of Title 10 of the United States Code: subsection 531(a)(1), covering original appointments of commissioned officers, and the second sentence of subsection 571(b), covering chief warrant officer appointments. States that the Secretary of Defense may not delegate or reassign these functions to anyone else. Clarifies that the order does not limit the President's constitutional authority as Commander in Chief or the President's power to nominate or make or terminate appointments, and does not create any legally enforceable right or benefit for any party against the United States or its officials.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13383
Amending Executive Orders 12139 and 12949 in Light of Establishment of the Office of Director of National Intelligence
·George W. Bush·70 FR 41933
Amends Executive Orders 12139 and 12949, which authorize certain electronic surveillance and physical searches for foreign intelligence purposes, to reflect the creation of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. It replaces references to the Director of Central Intelligence with the Director of National Intelligence, replaces references to the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence with the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and adds the Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence to the list of officials covered by both orders. The order also states that it does not create any new right or benefit enforceable against the United States or its officials.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13382
Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and Their Supporters
·George W. Bush·70 FR 38567
Invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the National Emergencies Act, this order blocks all property and interests in property within the United States, or controlled by U.S. persons, belonging to persons listed in an attached annex and to any foreign person the Secretary of State determines has contributed to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or their delivery systems. It also blocks property of those who provide financial, material, or technological support to such proliferators, or who are owned or controlled by them, as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury in consultation with the Secretary of State and other agencies. It prohibits transactions, donations, or conspiracies that evade these restrictions, amends Executive Order 12938 regarding measures against foreign persons, dispenses with prior notice to blocked persons, and directs the Treasury Secretary, in consultation with the State Department, to issue regulations and determine when listed persons should be removed from the blocked list.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13381
Strengthening Processes Relating to Determining Eligibility for Access to Classified National Security Information
·George W. Bush·70 FR 37953