E.O.13294
Regulations Relating to Hazardous Duty Incentive Pay, Aviation Career Incentive Pay, and Submarine Duty Incentive Pay
·George W. Bush·68 FR 15917
E.O.13293
Amendment to Executive Order 10448, Establishing the National Defense Service Medal
·George W. Bush·68 FR 15917
Amends Executive Order 10448, which established the National Defense Service Medal, to extend eligibility for the medal to members in good standing in the Selected Reserve of the Armed Forces of the United States. It does this by inserting language covering Selected Reserve service alongside references to active military service throughout the earlier order, and by revising wording about additional periods of duty so it no longer refers specifically to active duty. The order states that it does not affect authority granted under Executive Order 12776 of October 8, 1991. It applies to the armed forces and to reservists whose service status determines their eligibility for the medal.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13292
Further Amendment to Executive Order 12958, as Amended, Classified National Security Information
·George W. Bush·68 FR 15315
Amends and restates Executive Order 12958 to establish the government-wide system for classifying, safeguarding, and declassifying national security information, including material related to defense against transnational terrorism. It sets three classification levels (Top Secret, Secret, Confidential), limits who may originally classify information, restricts classification of information to specific categories such as military plans, intelligence sources, and weapons of mass destruction, and bars classification to conceal wrongdoing or avoid embarrassment. It sets default declassification periods of 10 to 25 years, establishes automatic declassification of most records after 25 years starting December 31, 2006, subject to agency exemptions, and creates procedures for classification challenges and mandatory declassification review. It maintains the Information Security Oversight Office within the National Archives and the Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel, assigns agency heads and senior agency officials responsibility for implementation, sets rules for special access programs, safeguarding, and sanctions for violations, and defines key terms used throughout. It also notes the prior revocation of Executive Order 12356 and sets an effective date, with a delayed effective date for marking requirements under section 1.6.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13291
Further Adjustment of Certain Rates of Pay
·George W. Bush·68 FR 14525
Amends Executive Order 13282 to revise federal pay provisions. Updates the section covering pay for justices and judges, citing relevant statutes, to place them under Schedule 7. Revises the section on locality-based comparability payments to reference a specific federal appropriations provision and apply Schedule 9. Replaces the previous Schedules 7 and 9 attached to Executive Order 13282 with new versions attached to this order. The changes apply to executive branch pay schedules and take effect on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2003.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13290
Confiscating and Vesting Certain Iraqi Property
·George W. Bush·68 FR 14307
Invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the National Emergencies Act, in connection with the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12722, this order confiscates and vests in the Department of the Treasury all blocked U.S. accounts held in the name of the Government of Iraq, the Central Bank of Iraq, Rafidain Bank, Rasheed Bank, and the State Organization for Marketing Oil. It exempts funds protected under the Vienna Conventions used for diplomatic or consular purposes, and funds subject to certain post-judgment writs under the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, though any remainder after judgments are satisfied is likewise confiscated. It states the vested property is intended to assist the Iraqi people and Iraq's reconstruction. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to carry out related functions under the statute, issue necessary rules, redelegate authority, and consult the Attorney General as needed. The order is to be transmitted to Congress and published in the Federal Register.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13289
Establishing the Global War on Terrorism Medals
·George W. Bush·68 FR 12567
Establishes two new military decorations: the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal and the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, for members of the Armed Forces who serve or have served in expeditions or operations combating terrorism on or after September 11, 2001, until an end date set by the Secretary of Defense. Directs the Secretaries of the military departments, with approval of the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of Homeland Security for the Coast Guard when not operating under the Navy, to issue rules governing eligibility. Allows service members who already qualified for the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal or Armed Forces Service Medal for such service to instead apply for one of the new medals, but bars anyone from receiving more than one medal for the same service and limits recipients to a single award of each new medal. Permits posthumous awards. States that the order does not set official start or end dates for hostilities against global terrorism.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13288
Blocking Property of Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in Zimbabwe
·George W. Bush·68 FR 11457
Declares a national emergency under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act over actions by certain members of Zimbabwe's government and other persons that undermine Zimbabwe's democratic processes and institutions, contribute to breakdown of the rule of law, political violence, and regional instability. Blocks all property and property interests within the United States, or under the control of U.S. persons, belonging to individuals listed in an annex to the order. Prohibits any transactions, contributions, or dealings involving that blocked property, as well as any attempts or conspiracies to evade these restrictions. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to issue regulations and take other actions needed to enforce the order, and directs other federal agencies to assist as appropriate. States that it creates no enforceable legal rights against the government. Took effect March 7, 2003, and was to be transmitted to Congress and published in the Federal Register.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13287
Preserve America
·George W. Bush·68 FR 10635
Directs federal agencies to actively preserve, use, and promote historic properties they own, and to pursue partnerships with state and local governments, tribes, and the private sector to support local economic development, including heritage tourism. Requires agencies with real property responsibilities to assess their historic property inventories and conditions and report to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and the Secretary of the Interior by September 30, 2004, review their regulations for compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act by the same date, and file progress reports every three years starting September 30, 2005. Requires each agency to designate a senior official as Federal Preservation Officer by June 30, 2003. Directs the Council to issue advisory guidelines, recognize agency achievements, and recommend improvements to the President by March 31, 2004. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to help states, tribes, and communities promote heritage tourism tied to federal historic properties. Exempts actions that would conflict with national or homeland security goals, and states it creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13286
Amendment of Executive Orders, and Other Actions, in Connection With the Transfer of Certain Functions to the Secretary of Homeland Security
·George W. Bush·68 FR 10619
Amends dozens of prior executive orders to reflect the creation of the Department of Homeland Security under the Homeland Security Act of 2002, replacing references to agencies like the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Department of Transportation, and officials such as the Attorney General or Secretary of the Treasury with the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Department, where relevant functions were transferred. It rewrites Executive Order 13231 on critical infrastructure protection and revokes Executive Order 13260 effective March 31, 2003. It designates the Department of Homeland Security as a defense agency for patent law purposes, exempts certain intelligence-related personnel from parts of the Government Employees Training Act, designates Coast Guard officials as senior intelligence officials, and sets an order of succession for the Secretary of Homeland Security. It includes a general savings clause treating references to transferred agencies or functions in older orders as referring to the Department, preserves Defense Department and CIA authorities, and takes effect March 1, 2003. The order contains further provisions amending numerous individual orders not fully described here.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13285
President's Council on Service and Civic Participation
·George W. Bush·68 FR 5203
Establishes the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation within the Corporation for National and Community Service to encourage recognition of volunteer service and civic participation, especially among youth. The Council may have up to 25 presidentially appointed members serving two-year terms, with a Chair and Vice Chair also designated by the President. Its mission includes designing recognition programs for individuals, schools, and organizations that excel in volunteer service, sharing information on expanding such programs, advising the CNCS Chief Executive Officer on disseminating related materials, and making recommendations to the President through the Director of the USA Freedom Corps. Federal agencies must provide information and assistance as requested, subject to available funds. Members serve without pay but may receive travel expenses. CNCS will provide staff and administrative support and appoint an Executive Director. The order applies Federal Advisory Committee Act procedures through CNCS's Chief Executive Officer and expires two years from its signing unless extended by the President.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13284
Amendment of Executive Orders, and Other Actions, in Connection With the Establishment of the Department of Homeland Security
·George W. Bush·68 FR 4075
Amends numerous prior executive orders to add the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Department of Homeland Security to lists of officials, councils, task forces, and interagency bodies, including those dealing with counter-narcotics policy, critical infrastructure protection, disaster information sharing, science and technology policy, domestic policy, drug policy, arms export controls, procurement, classified information safeguards, and federal information technology. Designates certain intelligence-related elements within the Department's Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection division as part of the Intelligence Community and amends Executive Order 12333 accordingly. Directs named Homeland Security officials to be treated as Senior Officials of the Intelligence Community, recognize existing security clearances for transferred employees and private-sector partners, and make clearance determinations under existing executive orders for new employees. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to classify information as Top Secret. Also gives the Secretary temporary responsibility, until March 1, 2003, for coordinating domestic response efforts otherwise assigned to the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security. Takes effect January 24, 2003, and creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13283
Establishing the Office of Global Communications
·George W. Bush·68 FR 3371
Establishes an Office of Global Communications within the White House Office, led by a Deputy Assistant to the President for Global Communications, to advise the President, Executive Office units, and federal agencies on ensuring consistent messaging that promotes U.S. interests abroad, prevents misunderstanding, builds coalition support, and informs international audiences. The Office is directed to assess federal strategies for delivering information abroad, coordinate development of communications messages and strategy among agencies, work with the State Department and National Security Council staff, and coordinate temporary teams of communicators deployed to areas of high global media interest, with prior consultation required with the Departments of State and Defense before any overseas deployment. The Office is also to promote use of modern media and technology tools. The Office of Administration will provide administrative support. The order does not alter existing agency authorities, does not let the Office direct agencies, and creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13282
Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay
·George W. Bush·68 FR 1133
Sets adjusted rates of basic pay for federal employees under various statutory pay systems, including the General Schedule, the Foreign Service Schedule, and schedules for the Veterans Health Administration, the Senior Executive Service, the Executive Schedule, the Vice President and Congress, federal justices and judges, uniformed services members and cadets or midshipmen, and administrative law judges. Also directs locality-based pay adjustments under sections 5304 and 5304a of Title 5, and instructs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to implement these payments and publish notice in the Federal Register. Specifies effective dates: the uniformed services pay schedule takes effect January 1, 2003, and all other schedules take effect at the start of the first pay period on or after that date. Supersedes Executive Order 13249 of December 28, 2001. The specific pay rates are set out in schedules attached to the order.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13281
Half-Day Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on Tuesday, December 24, 2002
·George W. Bush·67 FR 78319
Directs executive branch departments and agencies to close for the second half of the scheduled workday on Tuesday, December 24, 2002, excusing employees from duty for that period. Allows heads of departments and agencies to keep certain offices, installations, or employees on full-day duty if needed for national security, defense, or other public reasons. Specifies that this half-day falls under the pay and leave provisions of Executive Order 11582 and related statutes, meaning employees will be treated as if they worked a full day for pay and leave purposes.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13280
Responsibilities of the Department of Agriculture and the Agency for International Development With Respect to Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
·George W. Bush·67 FR 77145
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture and the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to each establish a Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives within 45 days, supervised by a director chosen in consultation with the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. These centers must audit their agencies for regulatory, contracting, and outreach barriers that discourage participation by faith-based and community organizations in social service programs, propose fixes and pilot programs, and improve outreach and information-sharing with such groups. Each agency must file a report to the White House office within 180 days and annually afterward, detailing identified barriers, strategies to remove them, technical assistance available, and performance measures against earlier goals. Both agency heads must also designate a liaison to the White House office and cooperate with its requests. Actions are subject to available funding and existing law, and the order creates no legally enforceable rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13279
Equal Protection of the Laws for Faith-Based and Community Organizations
·George W. Bush·67 FR 77141
Directs federal agencies to ensure equal treatment of faith-based organizations in social service programs funded by federal financial assistance. Establishes principles requiring that funding be distributed efficiently, that eligible organizations compete on equal footing regardless of religious affiliation, and that beneficiaries not be discriminated against based on religion. Requires that organizations separate inherently religious activities like worship or proselytization, in time or location, from federally funded services, and that participation in religious activities remain voluntary. Allows faith-based groups receiving federal funds to keep religious names, symbols, board selection practices, and mission statements. Instructs the Attorney General and the Secretaries of Agriculture, Education, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, and Labor, along with the Administrator of the Agency for International Development, to review and amend existing policies accordingly and report proposed actions to the President within 90 days. Amends Executive Order 11246 regarding religious hiring exemptions for federal contractors. Requires all agencies to designate a liaison to the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives and cooperate with it.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13278
President's Commission on the United States Postal Service
·George W. Bush·67 FR 76671
Establishes the President's Commission on the United States Postal Service, made up of nine presidentially appointed members with two designated as Co-Chairs. The commission is tasked with studying the state of the Postal Service and recommending legislative and administrative reforms, covering issues such as the Postal Service's future role, pricing and cost flexibility, universal delivery obligations, unfunded liabilities, postal monopoly restrictions, and governance structure. The Department of the Treasury will provide administrative support and funding, and the commission will operate within Treasury for administrative purposes. Members serve without pay, though private citizens may receive travel expenses. The commission may consult Congress, government officials, and postal service users, including through public hearings. It must submit its report to the President through the Secretary of the Treasury by July 31, 2003, and will terminate 30 days after submitting the report, or no later than August 30, 2003.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13277
Delegation of Certain Authorities and Assignment of Certain Functions Under the Trade Act of 2002
·George W. Bush·67 FR 70305
Delegates and assigns various authorities and functions under the Trade Act of 2002 to the United States Trade Representative and other officials. Under Division B (trade promotion), most presidential authorities go to the U.S. Trade Representative, with specific provisions reserved to the President and certain consultative and reporting duties split among the Secretary of State, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of the Treasury, and the Trade Representative. Under Division C (Andean trade), most authorities go to the U.S. Trade Representative in consultation with the Secretaries of State, Commerce, Treasury, and Labor, while authority to proclaim trade preferences and designate or make determinations about beneficiary countries under the Andean Trade Preference Act remains with the President. The Customs Service's parent department must carry out related determinations. Officers exercising these delegated powers must act consistently with the President's constitutional foreign affairs authority and may redelegate functions, publishing such redelegations in the Federal Register. Amends Executive Order 11846 to include these trade divisions. States it creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13276
Delegation of Responsibilities Concerning Undocumented Aliens Interdicted or Intercepted in the Caribbean Region
·George W. Bush·67 FR 69985
Assigns federal agency roles for handling undocumented migrants intercepted or interdicted in the Caribbean region. The Attorney General may detain such migrants at a facility, potentially at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base or elsewhere, and may screen them to decide whether they should be returned to their home country or protected from return. The Secretary of State is directed to care for and arrange resettlement of migrants identified as needing protection, and to pursue diplomatic efforts on illegal migration. The Secretary of Defense must make excess Guantanamo Bay facilities available to support these efforts and, during a declared mass migration posing a national security threat, must take primary responsibility for migrant custody and support the Coast Guard's interdiction duties under Executive Order 12807. The order defines “mass migration” and states it does not affect Executive Order 12807, create enforceable legal rights, or require any formal refugee-status determination procedure.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13275
Creating a Board of Inquiry To Report on Certain Labor Disputes Affecting the Maritime Industry of the United States
·George W. Bush·67 FR 62869