E.O.13260

Establishing the President's Homeland Security Advisory Council and Senior Advisory Committees for Homeland

March 19, 2002·George W. Bush·67 FR 13241

Establishes the President's Homeland Security Advisory Council (PHSAC), made up of up to 21 presidential appointees from the private sector, academia, professional associations, research centers, nongovernmental groups, and state and local governments, plus certain officials serving as ex officio members. Creates four Senior Advisory Committees, covering state and local officials, academia and policy research, the private sector, and emergency services, law enforcement, and public health and hospitals, to advise the PHSAC, with members chosen by the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security. The council is tasked with advising the President on developing and coordinating national strategy against terrorist threats, improving coordination among government levels and other entities, assessing proposed security measures, and evaluating implementation of strategies, reporting periodically through the Assistant. Federal agencies must share relevant information with the council upon request. Members serve without pay but may receive travel expenses. The council, its committees, and subcommittees terminate two years after the order unless the President extends them.</br>Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13259

Designation of Public International Organizations for Purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977

March 19, 2002·George W. Bush·67 FR 13239

Designates the European Union—including its constituent communities, institutions such as the European Commission, Council, Parliament, Court of Justice, Court of Auditors, Economic and Social Committee, Committee of the Regions, European Central Bank, and European Investment Bank, along with their departments and agencies—and the European Police Office (Europol), including its departments and agencies, as "public international organizations" under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977. This designation applies specifically to provisions in those statutes concerning bribery of foreign officials and related exemptions. The order clarifies that this designation is intended only to carry out the purposes of those two statutes and does not determine whether these entities qualify as public international organizations under any other law or regulation.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13258

Amending Executive Order 12866 on Regulatory Planning and Review

February 26, 2002·George W. Bush·67 FR 9385

Amends Executive Order 12866, which governs regulatory planning and review, by removing the Vice President's designated role in the regulatory review process and reassigning those responsibilities to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget or the Chief of Staff to the President, depending on the section. It also updates references to certain advisory positions, replacing outdated titles such as the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and the Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs with their current equivalents, and adds the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security to the list of officials involved in the regulatory planning process. The changes are made through a series of specific word substitutions and structural edits to numbered sections of the original order, covering how conflicts over proposed regulations are resolved and who convenes and advises on regulatory policy meetings.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13257

President's Interagency Task Force To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons

February 13, 2002·George W. Bush·67 FR 7259

Establishes the President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000. Chaired by the Secretary of State, the task force includes the Attorney General, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Director of Central Intelligence, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, and any other officials the President designates. Directs the task force to coordinate implementation of the Act, evaluate anti-trafficking progress domestically and abroad, help prepare required annual reports, expand data collection while protecting victim confidentiality, foster international cooperation on prevention and prosecution, examine international sex tourism's role in trafficking, and consult with government and nongovernmental organizations. The Department of State will fund and administer the task force, which meets as its chair calls and reports periodically to the President through the Secretary of State. States the task force has no independent directive authority and that the order creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13256

President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities

February 12, 2002·George W. Bush·67 FR 6823

Establishes the President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities within the Office of the Secretary of Education, to advise the President and the Secretary on strengthening these institutions' infrastructure, academic programs, and financial stability, and to issue annual reports with recommendations. The President appoints Board members, including college presidents, business and foundation leaders, and educators. The White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities is directed to provide staff and support. Executive departments and agencies identified by the Secretary must develop annual plans with measurable goals to boost participation of these colleges in federal grants and contracts, appoint a senior liaison official, and submit annual performance reports; the Secretary compiles these into an integrated Annual Federal Plan for the President. The Board is also tasked with developing a Private Sector Strategy to encourage private contributions and partnerships. Board members serve without pay but may be reimbursed for travel. The order revokes Executive Order 12876 of November 1, 1993, as amended.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13255

Amendment to Executive Order 13227, President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education

February 6, 2002·George W. Bush·67 FR 6157

Amends Executive Order 13227, which established the President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education, by extending the deadline for the commission's report. The original reporting date of April 30, 2002, set out in section 3(b) of that order, is changed to July 1, 2002. No other provisions of the commission's structure or duties are altered.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13254

Establishing the USA Freedom Corps

January 29, 2002·George W. Bush·67 FR 4869

Establishes the USA Freedom Corps, an interagency initiative intended to coordinate and expand public service opportunities across homeland security, social service, and international service, encouraging Americans to volunteer for the equivalent of at least two years over their lifetimes. Creates a USA Freedom Corps Council, chaired by the President, made up of the Vice President and heads of agencies including the Departments of State, Justice, Health and Human Services, Commerce, Education, and Veterans Affairs, along with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Peace Corps, the Corporation for National and Community Service, and others, to coordinate federal service programs, promote outreach, and track participation. Establishes a USA Freedom Corps Office within the White House Office, led by a presidentially appointed Director, to support the Council and assist the President in recognizing volunteers. States that agencies retain existing authority over their own programs and that the order creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13253

Amendment to Executive Order 13223, Ordering the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty and Delegating Certain Authorities to the Secretary of Defense and the

January 16, 2002·George W. Bush·67 FR 2791

Amends Executive Order 13223, which had ordered the Ready Reserve of the armed forces to active duty following the September 2001 terrorist attacks. Adds authority for the Secretary of Transportation, regarding the Coast Guard, to exercise powers previously granted only to the Secretary of Defense, including authority under sections of Title 10 and Title 14 of the United States Code covering matters such as detailing members to assist foreign governments, suspending rules on officer selection, promotion, or involuntary separation, and administering reserve forces. Also revises the section addressing funding, allowing the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation to treat the cost of additional active-duty members under their jurisdictions as an excepted expense under federal law, based on a presidential determination that increasing active-duty numbers beyond appropriated levels is necessary.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13252

Exclusions From the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program

January 7, 2002·George W. Bush·67 FR 1601

Determines that several subdivisions of the Department of Justice have intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative, or national security functions that cannot be reconciled with coverage under the federal labor-management relations program established under chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code. Amends Executive Order 12171 to add these units to the list of excluded agencies, specifically the United States Attorneys' Offices, the Criminal Division, the INTERPOL-U.S. National Central Bureau, the National Drug Intelligence Center, and the Office of Intelligence Policy and Review. The effect is that employees in these offices are removed from coverage under federal labor-management relations law.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13251

Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of State

December 28, 2001·George W. Bush·67 FR 1599

Establishes an order of succession for officials who would act as Secretary of State if the Secretary dies, resigns, or otherwise cannot perform the job's duties. Under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, it lists a sequence beginning with the Deputy Secretary of State, followed by the Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources, designated Under Secretaries, other Under Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries, the Counterterrorism Coordinator, the Director General of the Foreign Service, the Legal Adviser, United Nations representatives, specified ambassadors including those to the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Mexico, Japan, and India, ambassadors at large, the Counselor, Special Representatives of the President, and remaining Chiefs of Mission. It bars anyone not confirmed by the Senate, or already serving in an acting capacity, from acting as Secretary under this order, preserves the President's discretion to depart from the list within legal limits, and treats successor offices as equivalent to those named. It revokes Executive Order 12343 of January 27, 1982.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13250

Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Health and Human Services

December 28, 2001·George W. Bush·67 FR 1597

Establishes an order of succession for the office of Secretary of Health and Human Services, to take effect if both the Secretary and Deputy Secretary die, resign, or become unable to serve. Under the order, the role would pass first to the Senate-confirmed Assistant Secretaries of Health and Human Services, in the sequence they took office, then to the Department's General Counsel, and then to other Senate-confirmed officers within the department, again in order of when they took office. It specifies that anyone serving in one of these listed positions only in an acting capacity cannot become acting Secretary under this order. It also notes that the President retains discretion, under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, to name a different acting Secretary than this order of succession would otherwise indicate.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13249

Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

December 28, 2001·George W. Bush·67 FR 639

Sets updated federal pay rates across multiple government pay systems, effective either January 1, 2002, or the first pay period beginning on or after that date. It establishes new schedules for the General Schedule, the Foreign Service, the Veterans Health Administration, the Senior Executive Service, the Executive Schedule, the Vice President and Congress, federal justices and judges, uniformed service members, locality-based pay adjustments, and administrative law judges. The Director of the Office of Personnel Management is directed to implement the locality-based comparability payments and publish notice of them in the Federal Register. The order applies to federal civilian employees, military personnel, and certain elected and judicial officials, and it supersedes the prior pay-rate order, Executive Order 13182 of December 23, 2000.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13248

Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between United Airlines, Inc., and its Mechanics and Related Employees Represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers

December 20, 2001·George W. Bush·66 FR 66705

Establishes a three-member Emergency Board, effective December 21, 2001, to investigate a labor dispute between United Airlines and its mechanics and related employees represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, invoking the Railway Labor Act. Board members may not have financial or other interests in any airline or airline employee organization. The Board must report to the President within 30 days of its creation. From the Board's creation until 30 days after it submits its report, neither party may change the conditions that gave rise to the dispute except by mutual agreement. The Board's records are considered records of the Office of the President and will be kept by the National Mediation Board after the Board dissolves. The Board terminates once it submits its report.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13247

Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Veterans Affairs

December 18, 2001·George W. Bush·66 FR 66271

Sets the order in which officials at the Department of Veterans Affairs act as Secretary if both the Secretary and Deputy Secretary have died, resigned, or become unable to serve. The succession order runs through the Under Secretaries for Health, Benefits, and Memorial Affairs, the General Counsel, Assistant Secretaries (ranked by when they took office, excluding the Chief Financial Officer and, if applicable, the Chief Information Officer), the Chief Information Officer if Senate-confirmed, the Chief Financial Officer, and finally the Chairman of the Board of Veterans' Appeals. Officials serving in any of these positions only in an acting capacity are excluded from acting as Secretary under this order. The President retains authority, within legal limits, to depart from this order when designating an acting Secretary.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13246

Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of the Treasury

December 18, 2001·George W. Bush·66 FR 66270

Sets an order of succession for the office of Secretary of the Treasury, to apply if both the Secretary and Deputy Secretary die, resign, or become unable to serve. Officers act in this sequence: Under Secretaries of the Treasury, including the Under Secretary for Enforcement, in order of when they took office; then the General Counsel of the Department of the Treasury; then Deputy Under Secretaries and Senate-confirmed Assistant Secretaries, in order of when they took office. Officials serving in an acting capacity in these positions are excluded from acting as Secretary under this order, and the President retains discretion, within the limits of federal law, to name a different acting Secretary. Revokes Executive Order 11822 of December 10, 1974.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13245

Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Labor

December 18, 2001·George W. Bush·66 FR 66268

Establishes the order in which officials within the Department of Labor act as Secretary of Labor if both the Secretary and Deputy Secretary die, resign, or are otherwise unable to serve. The line of succession runs through the Solicitor of Labor followed by various Assistant Secretaries, covering areas such as administration, policy, congressional affairs, employment and training, employment standards, pension and welfare benefits, occupational safety, mine safety, public affairs, veterans' employment, and disability employment policy. Officials serving in a listed position only in an acting capacity are excluded from succession, and the President retains authority to name a different acting Secretary as permitted by law. The order also revokes a prior order, Executive Order 10513 of January 19, 1954, which had previously governed succession at the department.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13244

Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of the Interior

December 18, 2001·George W. Bush·66 FR 66267

Establishes an order of succession for the Department of the Interior, listing officials who would act as Secretary if both the Secretary and Deputy Secretary die, resign, or become unable to serve. The order lists, in sequence, the Solicitor of the Department of the Interior, followed by the Assistant Secretaries in charge of Policy, Management and Budget; Land and Minerals Management; Water and Science; Fish and Wildlife and Parks; and Indian Affairs. It specifies that anyone already serving in one of these listed positions only in an acting capacity cannot become acting Secretary under this order, and it preserves the President's discretion to depart from this succession list when designating an acting Secretary, as allowed by federal law. The order also revokes the prior succession order, Executive Order 11487 of October 6, 1969.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13243

Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Housing and Urban Development

December 18, 2001·George W. Bush·66 FR 66262

Sets the order in which officials at the Department of Housing and Urban Development act as Secretary if both the Secretary and Deputy Secretary die, resign, or otherwise cannot perform the duties of the office. Lists the General Counsel followed by the Assistant Secretaries for Housing-Federal Housing Commission, Community Planning and Development, Public and Indian Housing, Policy Development and Research, Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations, Administration, and Public Affairs, in that order. Specifies that anyone already serving in one of these listed positions only in an acting capacity cannot become acting Secretary under this order, and confirms the President retains discretion to depart from this succession order when permitted by law. Revokes an earlier order, Executive Order 11274 of March 30, 1996, which had previously addressed the same subject.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13242

Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Commerce

December 18, 2001·George W. Bush·66 FR 66260

Sets the order of succession within the Department of Commerce, specifying which officials act as Secretary of Commerce if both the Secretary and Deputy Secretary die, resign, or become unable to serve. The order lists officials in sequence: the General Counsel, followed by the Under Secretaries for International Trade, Economic Affairs, Oceans and Atmosphere (who also heads the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), Technology, and Export Administration, then the Chief Financial Officer/Assistant Secretary for Administration, and finally the Assistant Secretary for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs. It excludes anyone serving in one of these listed positions only in an acting capacity from stepping up as Secretary, and preserves the President's discretion to name a different acting Secretary as allowed by law. It also revokes three earlier executive orders that previously addressed succession or related matters within the Department of Commerce: Executive Order 11880, Executive Order 12998, and section 26 of Executive Order 12608.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13241

Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Agriculture

December 18, 2001·George W. Bush·66 FR 66258

Sets the order in which designated officials within the Department of Agriculture will act as Secretary if both the Secretary and Deputy Secretary die, resign, or otherwise cannot perform the duties of the office. The order of succession runs through several Under Secretaries (for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, Marketing and Regulatory Programs, Rural Development, Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, Natural Resources and Environment, Research, Education, and Economics, and Food Safety), followed by the Department's General Counsel and the Assistant Secretaries for Administration and for Congressional Relations. It specifies that anyone already serving in one of these listed positions in an acting capacity cannot become acting Secretary under this order, and it preserves the President's authority to name a different acting Secretary as permitted by law. It also revokes a prior order, Executive Order 11957, which had previously addressed succession within the department.Read the full summaryShow less