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E.O.13234

Presidential Task Force on Citizen Preparedness in the War on Terrorism

·George W. Bush·66 FR 57355

Establishes the Presidential Task Force on Citizen Preparedness in the War on Terrorism, made up of the heads of numerous executive branch offices, departments, and agencies including the Office of the Vice President, Office of Homeland Security, Domestic Policy Council, and departments such as Treasury, Justice, Labor, Health and Human Services, and others, with other agency heads able to join by invitation. The Office of Homeland Security and the Domestic Policy Council co-chair the group. The task force is directed to identify and recommend ways the American public can prepare for potential terrorist attacks in homes, schools, workplaces, and public places, and how citizens can volunteer to support state and local public health and safety officials in preventing, preparing for, and responding to such attacks. It must submit recommendations to the President within 40 days of the order, and the task force terminates 30 days after submitting that report.Read the full summary
E.O.13233

Further Implementation of the Presidential Records Act

·George W. Bush·66 FR 56025

Sets out procedures for handling requests to access presidential records under the Presidential Records Act, focusing on how constitutionally based privileges—covering national security, presidential communications, legal advice, and deliberative processes—are asserted and reviewed. Directs the Archivist of the United States to notify both a former President and the incumbent President when records are requested, and to withhold records from requesters unless both agree to release them or a court orders otherwise. Gives the former President up to 90 days to review requested records and decide whether to seek withholding or allow access, with the incumbent President then deciding whether to concur; absent compelling circumstances, the incumbent President is expected to concur. Sets 21-day review periods for requests from Congress or courts. Allows a former President to designate a representative to act on his behalf, including after death or incapacity, and extends similar procedures to records of a Vice President. States the order does not expand or limit existing statutory access rights, and revokes Executive Order 12667.Read the full summary
E.O.13232

Further Amendment to Executive Order 10789, as Amended, To Authorize the Department of Health and Human Services To Exercise Certain Contracting Authority in Connection With National Defense Functions

·George W. Bush·66 FR 53941

Amends Executive Order 10789, which authorizes certain federal departments and agencies to use special contracting procedures for national defense purposes, by adding the Department of Health and Human Services to the list of agencies covered. This gives the department authority to exercise the same contracting powers as the other listed departments and agencies in connection with national defense functions, under the authority granted by title 50 of the U.S. Code, sections 1431 through 1435.Read the full summary
E.O.13231

Critical Infrastructure Protection in the Information Age

·George W. Bush·66 FR 53063

Establishes the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board to coordinate federal efforts to protect information systems supporting critical infrastructure, including emergency preparedness communications, across sectors such as telecommunications, energy, finance, water, transportation, health care, and emergency services. The Board, chaired by a Special Advisor to the President for Cyberspace Security and made up of cabinet secretaries and senior officials, is tasked with outreach to private industry and state and local governments, information sharing on threats, incident response coordination, security training, research and development, law enforcement cooperation, international coordination, and legislative advice. It directs creation of standing committees covering areas like national security systems, physical security, and infrastructure interdependencies. The order also establishes the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, made up of private-sector and academic experts, to advise the President on infrastructure security for two years unless extended, and revokes Executive Order 13130. It delegates Top Secret classification authority to the Board's Chair and preserves existing agency authorities and Executive Order 12472's provisions on national communications.Read the full summary
E.O.13230

President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans

·George W. Bush·66 FR 52841

Establishes, within the Department of Education, the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans, made up of up to 25 members, mostly presidential appointees plus ex officio officials from Education, Housing and Urban Development, Treasury, and the Small Business Administration. The Commission advises the Secretary of Education and the President on closing the academic achievement gap for Hispanic Americans and improving federal education programs. It also creates a White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans, housed at the Department of Education, to staff and support the Commission and gather relevant data. Federal agencies are directed to share information and report to the President through the Initiative by September 30, 2002, on program participation and outcomes for Hispanic Americans. The Commission must submit an interim report by September 30, 2002, and a final report by March 31, 2003, then terminate 30 days later unless extended. The order revokes Executive Order 12900.Read the full summary
E.O.13228

Establishing the Office of Homeland Security and the Homeland Security Council

·George W. Bush·66 FR 51812

Establishes within the Executive Office of the President an Office of Homeland Security, led by an Assistant to the President for Homeland Security, tasked with developing and coordinating a national strategy to detect, prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from terrorist threats or attacks in the United States. Details the Office's functions, including intelligence coordination, emergency preparedness, border and infrastructure protection, public communication, legal review, and budget input, and directs federal agencies to share relevant information and assist the Office. Creates a Homeland Security Council, chaired by the President and including the Vice President and specified cabinet officials, to advise on homeland security policy and coordinate related activities across agencies. Delegates Top Secret classification authority to the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security, states the order does not alter existing agency authorities or create enforceable legal rights, and amends Executive Order 12656 to give the Homeland Security Council a role alongside the National Security Council in emergency preparedness policy.Read the full summary
E.O.13227

President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education

·George W. Bush·66 FR 51287

Establishes a President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education, made up of up to 19 members appointed by the President plus up to five ex officio members from the Departments of Education and Health and Human Services. The Secretary of Education selects an Executive Director, and the President names a Chairperson. The Commission is directed to study federal, state, and local special education programs, gathering input from experts and the public, and to submit a report to the President by April 30, 2002, covering topics such as program costs and effectiveness, federal funding formulas, research priorities, early reading intervention, personnel recruitment, regulatory impacts, and state financing practices. The Department of Education provides administrative support and funding, and Federal Advisory Committee Act functions (except reporting to Congress) are handled by that department. Members serve without pay but may receive travel expenses. The Commission terminates 30 days after submitting its final report unless the President extends it.Read the full summary
E.O.13226

President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

·George W. Bush·66 FR 50523

Establishes the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), made up of up to 25 members: one federal official designated by the President, who co-chairs the council, and 24 nonfederal experts with diverse backgrounds in science and technology. PCAST advises the President on science and technology policy and helps the National Science and Technology Council secure private-sector involvement in its work. Federal agency heads must provide requested scientific and technological information to PCAST, and the council may form working groups for preliminary advice. Members serve without pay but may receive travel expenses, funded through the Office of Science and Technology Policy, which also provides administrative support. PCAST is set to terminate two years after the order unless extended by the President. The order also revokes Executive Order 12882, Executive Order 12907, and part of Executive Order 13138.Read the full summary
E.O.13225

Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees

·George W. Bush·66 FR 50291

Extends, until September 30, 2003, a list of federal advisory committees established under earlier executive orders, including bodies covering White House preservation, occupational safety, Hispanic educational excellence, historically Black colleges and universities, tribal colleges, White House Fellowships, the arts and humanities, the International Labor Organization, the National Medal of Science, mental retardation, physical fitness and sports, export policy, national security telecommunications, and trade and environment policy. Assigns the President's functions under the Federal Advisory Committee Act for these committees to the head of the relevant department or agency, following procedures set by the Administrator of General Services. Revokes several earlier executive orders that created committees whose work is complete, including those on biobased products and bioenergy, the American Heritage Rivers Initiative, celebrating women in American history, tobacco-dependent communities, and Gulf War chemical and biological incident oversight. Also supersedes sections of Executive Order 13138. Takes effect September 30, 2001.Read the full summary
E.O.13224

Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism

·George W. Bush·66 FR 49079

Declares a national emergency in response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and blocks all U.S.-based property and interests of foreign persons listed in an attached annex, as well as others later designated by the Secretary of State or Secretary of the Treasury as having committed, threatened, or supported acts of terrorism, or as acting for, being controlled by, or otherwise associated with such persons. Prohibits U.S. persons from engaging in transactions with these designated individuals or entities, including donations, and bars any effort to evade or conspire to violate these restrictions. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State and Attorney General, to issue implementing regulations, and directs federal agencies to cooperate with foreign governments on counterterrorism financing efforts. States that designated persons need not receive prior notice before being listed. Takes effect September 24, 2001.Read the full summary
E.O.13223

Ordering the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces To Active Duty and Delegating Certain Authorities to the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation

·George W. Bush·66 FR 48201

Invoking the National Emergencies Act following the September 14, 2001 declaration of a national emergency over the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the order authorizes the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Transportation (for the Coast Guard) to order units and members of the Ready Reserve to active duty for up to 24 consecutive months. It suspends certain statutory limits on officer strength, promotion, retirement, and separation to allow orderly personnel management, and invokes similar Coast Guard recall and enlistment-detention authorities under title 14. It designates the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of Transportation to exercise these powers directly, allows further delegation to Senate-confirmed civilian subordinates, and permits the Secretary of Defense to fund additional active-duty personnel beyond normal appropriations. The order states it creates no enforceable legal rights and is effective immediately, to be transmitted to Congress and published in the Federal Register.Read the full summary
E.O.13222

Continuation of Export Control Regulations

·George W. Bush·66 FR 44025

Declares a national emergency under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act after finding that unrestricted foreign access to U.S. goods and technology, and certain foreign boycott practices, threaten national security, foreign policy, and the economy, particularly following the expiration of the Export Administration Act of 1979. It directs that the export control system previously maintained under that expired act continue in effect under this order, and that existing regulations, licenses, and administrative actions issued by the Secretary of Commerce under the prior act remain in force until amended or revoked. It also continues in effect prior delegations of authority from several earlier executive orders, and preserves provisions for administering a related section of the Arms Export Control Act. The order applies to exporters, foreign parties, and U.S. persons subject to export control and boycott-related regulations, and took effect at midnight between August 20 and 21, 2001.Read the full summary
E.O.13221

Energy Efficient Standby Power Devices

·George W. Bush·66 FR 40571

Directs federal agencies to purchase, where life-cycle cost-effective and practicable, commercially available products with external standby power devices or internal standby power functions that use no more than one watt in standby mode, or the lowest available standby wattage if a one-watt product is not available. Requires the Department of Energy, consulting with the Department of Defense and the General Services Administration, to compile a preliminary list of products covered by this requirement by December 31, 2001, and update it annually, with the Department of Energy finalizing the list and able to remove products it deems inappropriate. Encourages independent agencies to comply voluntarily. Defines "agency" as an executive agency under federal law, with military departments treated as part of the Department of Defense.Read the full summary
E.O.13220

Waiver Under the Trade Act of 1974 With Respect to the Republic of Belarus

·George W. Bush·66 FR 35527

Invoking subsection 402(c)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974, and after submitting the required report to Congress, the order waives the application of subsections 402(a) and 402(b) of that Act with respect to the Republic of Belarus. Those subsections generally restrict trade benefits for countries that limit emigration rights. The waiver allows Belarus to be treated under the Act's continued exemption despite those restrictions.Read the full summary
E.O.13219

Blocking Property of Persons Who Threaten International Stabilization Efforts in the Western Balkans

·George W. Bush·66 FR 34777

Declares a national emergency over threats to peace and stability in the Western Balkans, including extremist violence in Macedonia, southern Serbia, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and acts obstructing the Dayton Accords in Bosnia or United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 in Kosovo. Blocks all property and interests in property within the United States, or held by U.S. persons, belonging to individuals and entities listed in an annex or later designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, for committing or supporting such violence or obstruction. Prohibits donations, contributions, or transactions benefiting designated persons, as well as any transaction intended to evade these restrictions. Authorizes the Treasury Secretary to issue regulations and delegate authority to enforce the order, and directs all federal agencies to assist as needed. Applies to U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and entities operating under U.S. jurisdiction. Effective June 27, 2001.Read the full summary
E.O.13218

21st Century Workforce Initiative

·George W. Bush·66 FR 33627

Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish an Office of the 21st Century Workforce within the Department of Labor to study workforce issues, gather information through summits and hearings, and identify ways to streamline Labor Department rules and services. Creates the President's Council on the 21st Century Workforce, made up of up to 13 presidentially appointed members representing business, labor, government, and academia, plus the Secretary of Labor and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management as ex officio members, with the Secretary of Labor chairing. The Council will advise the President on technological, demographic, and economic changes affecting workers and employers, and is set to terminate two years after the order unless extended. Amends Executive Order 13111 to require coordination between its Advisory Committee on Expanding Training Opportunities and the new Office and Council. Revokes Executive Order 13174, which had established the Commission on Workers, Communities, and Economic Change in the New Economy.Read the full summary
E.O.13217

Community-Based Alternatives for Individuals With Disabilities

·George W. Bush·66 FR 33155

Directs the Attorney General, the Secretaries of Health and Human Services, Education, Labor, and Housing and Urban Development, and the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration to work together to implement the Supreme Court's Olmstead decision, which requires states to place qualified individuals with disabilities in community settings rather than institutions when appropriate. These agencies are told to help states assess compliance, provide technical guidance, and use federal resources to support community-based services. Each agency head must evaluate its own policies, programs, statutes, and regulations for barriers to community placement, involving consumers and advocacy groups, and report findings to the President through the Secretary of Health and Human Services within 120 days. The Attorney General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services are directed to enforce Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, including investigating discrimination complaints, and to use cooperative or alternative dispute resolution methods with states. Agency actions must remain consistent with the Administration's budget, and the order creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summary
E.O.13216

Amendment to Executive Order 13125, Increasing Participation of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Federal Programs

·George W. Bush·66 FR 31373

Amends Executive Order 13125 by renaming it from its original title to "Increasing Opportunity and Improving Quality of Life of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders." Also extends the life of the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, which was created by Executive Order 13125, by changing its expiration date so that it continues until June 7, 2003, unless the President renews it before that date.Read the full summary
E.O.13215

President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee, Further Amendment to Executive Order 13035, as Amended

·George W. Bush·66 FR 30285

Amends Executive Order 13035, which established the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee, to extend the committee's life and adjust member terms. Provides that members appointed before June 1, 2001 serve until December 1, 2001 unless reappointed, while members appointed or reappointed on or after that date serve up to two years unless the President extends their service. Requires the President to designate two co-chairs from among the committee's members, each serving up to two years or until their committee membership ends, whichever is shorter. Also extends the committee's overall termination date from June 1, 2001 to June 1, 2003.Read the full summary