E.O.13214

President's Task Force To Improve Health Care Delivery for Our Nation's Veterans

May 28, 2001·George W. Bush·66 FR 29447

Establishes the President's Task Force to Improve Health Care Delivery for Our Nation's Veterans, made up of 15 presidentially appointed members, including two co-chairs, drawn from health care experts, officials familiar with Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense health systems, and veteran and military service organization representatives. The Task Force is charged with identifying ways to improve coordination and benefits between the two departments, reviewing barriers to cooperation such as budgeting, billing, and information technology, and finding opportunities to share resources and infrastructure. The Department of Veterans Affairs must provide administrative support and funding, and other agencies must supply information and staff support as needed. The Task Force must report findings to the President through the Secretaries of Veterans Affairs and Defense, issuing an interim report nine months after its first meeting and a final report within two years, after which it terminates within 30 days of the final report or no later than two years from the order's date.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13213

Additional Measures With Respect To Prohibiting the Importation of Rough Diamonds From Sierra Leone

May 22, 2001·George W. Bush·66 FR 28829

Invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the National Emergencies Act, and the United Nations Participation Act, and building on the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13194 regarding Sierra Leone's civil war, the order prohibits the direct or indirect importation into the United States of all rough diamonds from Liberia, regardless of where the diamonds actually originated, effective 12:01 a.m. on May 23, 2001. It cites United Nations Security Council Resolution 1343, which found the Government of Liberia complicit in facilitating the Revolutionary United Front's illicit diamond trade. The order bans transactions by U.S. persons that evade or attempt to evade these restrictions, and applies definitions from Executive Order 13194. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, is authorized to issue regulations and take other actions needed to enforce the order, and may delegate these functions to other federal officers or agencies. All federal agencies must take appropriate measures to carry out its provisions.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13212

Actions To Expedite Energy-Related Projects

May 18, 2001·George W. Bush·66 FR 28357

Directs federal agencies to expedite their review of permits and take other appropriate actions, consistent with applicable law, to accelerate energy-related projects that increase the production, transmission, or conservation of energy, while maintaining safety, public health, and environmental protections. Establishes an interagency task force to monitor and assist agencies in speeding up such permit reviews and to help coordinate federal, state, tribal, and local permitting in areas expecting increased permitting activity. The task force includes representatives from numerous federal departments and agencies, including State, Defense, Interior, Energy, and the Environmental Protection Agency, plus other bodies as designated by its chair. It is chaired by the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality and administratively housed at the Department of Energy. The order states it does not affect existing avenues for judicial review of agency action, and creates no enforceable legal rights against the federal government.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13211

Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use

May 18, 2001·George W. Bush·66 FR 28355

Directs federal agencies to prepare a Statement of Energy Effects when taking a "significant energy action"—generally a proposed or final rule likely to significantly and adversely affect energy supply, distribution, or use, as defined under Executive Order 12866. The statement must describe any adverse effects on energy supply, distribution, or use, and identify reasonable alternatives along with their expected energy effects. Agencies must submit these statements to the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the Office of Management and Budget whenever submitting related rulemaking materials under Executive Order 12866, and must publish the statements, or summaries of them, in Notices of Proposed Rulemaking and Final Rules. The order applies to executive agencies but excludes independent regulatory agencies. It states that it is meant only to improve internal government management and does not create any legally enforceable rights against the United States or its officials.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13210

President's Commission To Strengthen Social Security

May 2, 2001·George W. Bush·66 FR 22895

Creates the President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security, a 16-member bipartisan panel with two co-chairs from different political parties, appointed by the President. The commission is directed to recommend ways to modernize Social Security's finances while following set principles: no benefit changes for retirees or near-retirees, dedicating the full Social Security surplus to the program, no payroll tax increases, no investment of funds in the stock market, preservation of disability and survivor benefits, and inclusion of voluntary personal retirement accounts. The Social Security Administration must provide administrative support and funding, and members serve without pay, though private citizens may receive travel expenses. The commission is to submit an interim report on challenges facing Social Security and evaluation criteria, followed by a final report with recommendations in fall 2001, timed by the co-chairs in consultation with the President. The commission terminates 30 days after submitting its final report.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13209

Amendment to Executive Order 13183, Establishment of the President's Task Force on Puerto Rico's Statis

April 30, 2001·George W. Bush·66 FR 22105

Amends Executive Order 13183, which established the President's Task Force on Puerto Rico's Status, by extending the deadline for the task force to report to the President. The reporting deadline in section 4 of that order is changed from May 1, 2001 to August 1, 2001, giving the task force three additional months to complete its work.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13208

Amendment to Executive Order 13202, Preservation of Open Competition and Government Neutrality Towards Government Contractors' Labor Relations on Federal and Federally Funded Construction Projects

April 6, 2001·George W. Bush·66 FR 18717

Amends Executive Order 13202 by adding a new provision allowing the head of a federal executive agency to exempt a particular construction project from that order's requirements barring project labor agreements. An exemption may be granted upon application by an awarding authority, grant or financial assistance recipient, party to a cooperative agreement, or a construction manager acting for them, if the agency head finds that, as of the date of the original order, that party had already issued or was party to bid specifications, project agreements, or other controlling documents containing the requirements or prohibitions in question, and that one or more construction contracts under those terms had already been awarded. It applies to federal and federally funded or assisted construction projects.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13207

Further Amendment to Executive Order 10000, Regulations Governing Additional Compensation and Credit Granted Certain Employees of the Federal Government Serving Outside the United States

April 5, 2001·George W. Bush·66 FR 18399

Amends Executive Order 10000, which sets rules on additional compensation and credit granted to certain federal employees working outside the United States. Makes technical changes to three sections: it removes a subsection label and a cross-reference definition in Section 201, eliminates a subsection in Section 205, and removes language in Section 210 concerning the frequency of reviewing pay differentials and allowance rates and the handling of substantial reductions from program or methodology revisions. The order does not create new policy but restructures and simplifies existing regulatory text governing how these employees' pay differentials and allowances are administered.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13206

Termination of Emergency Authority for Certain Export Controls

April 4, 2001·George W. Bush·66 FR 18397

Revokes Executive Order 12924, which had continued export control regulations in effect under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act following the reauthorization of the Export Administration Act of 1979, and rescinds the related declaration of economic emergency. States that this revocation does not affect any violations that occurred while the earlier order was in effect, and that existing rules, regulations, licenses, and other administrative actions issued under it, including those codified in the Code of Federal Regulations, remain in force until amended or revoked by proper authority. Preserves the continued applicability of administration and delegation provisions in several earlier executive orders, and specifies that rules relating to section 38(e) of the Arms Export Control Act remain in effect until changed by proper authority.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13205

Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between Northwest Airlines, Inc., and Its Employees Represented by the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association

March 9, 2001·George W. Bush·66 FR 15011

Establishes a three-member Emergency Board, effective March 12, 2001, to investigate a labor dispute between Northwest Airlines, Inc. and its employees represented by the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association, under the Railway Labor Act. Board members must have no financial or other interest in any airline or airline employee organization, and 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 led 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 terminates. The board's work ends once it submits its report to the President.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13204

Revocation of Executive Order on Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Certain Contracts

February 17, 2001·George W. Bush·66 FR 11228

Revokes Executive Order 12933, which had required successive contractors on public building contracts to offer a right of first refusal of employment to the employees of the prior contractor. Directs the Secretary of Labor, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council, and heads of executive agencies to promptly move to rescind any orders, rules, regulations, guidelines, or policies implementing or enforcing the revoked order, to the extent consistent with law. Also directs the Secretary of Labor to immediately terminate any ongoing investigations or other compliance actions based on the revoked order.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13203

Revocation of Executive Order and Presidential Memorandum Concerning Labor-Management Partnerships

February 17, 2001·George W. Bush·66 FR 11227

Revokes Executive Order 12871, which had established the National Partnership Council and required federal agencies to form labor-management partnerships for management purposes, along with the amendments made to it by Executive Orders 12983 and 13156. Dissolves the National Partnership Council immediately. Also revokes a 1999 Presidential Memorandum that had reaffirmed and expanded the partnership requirements. Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management and the heads of executive agencies to promptly rescind any orders, rules, regulations, guidelines, or policies implementing or enforcing the revoked order or memorandum, to the extent consistent with law. States that nothing in the order voids collective bargaining agreements already in effect.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13202

Preservation of Open Competition and Government Neutrality Towards Government Contractors'Labor Relations on Federal and Federally Funded Construction Projects

February 17, 2001·George W. Bush·66 FR 11225

Directs federal agencies awarding construction contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements to ensure that bid specifications and project agreements neither require nor prohibit contractors from signing agreements with labor unions on federal or federally funded construction projects, while allowing contractors to enter such agreements voluntarily. The order applies only to contracts awarded after its effective date, not to earlier ones. It lets agency heads exempt specific projects for reasons of public health, safety, or national security, but not because of labor disputes. It directs the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to amend federal acquisition rules within 60 days to implement these requirements. It revokes Executive Order 12836 as it relates to project agreements and revokes a 1997 presidential memorandum on the use of project labor agreements for federal construction, directing agencies to rescind related rules and guidance. It states it creates no enforceable rights against the government.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13201

Notification of Employee Rights Concerning Payment of Union Dues or Fees

February 17, 2001·George W. Bush·66 FR 11221

Directs federal contracting agencies to include a clause in most government contracts requiring contractors to post notices informing employees of their rights under federal labor law, including the right not to join a union and to seek a reduction or refund of dues used for purposes unrelated to collective bargaining. The Secretary of Labor is made responsible for administering and enforcing the order, can grant exemptions for certain contracts or workplaces, investigate complaints, hold hearings, and impose sanctions such as contract cancellation, debarment, or public listing of noncomplying contractors. The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council must amend federal acquisition rules to implement the notice requirement. It revokes Executive Order 12836 of 1993 as it relates to this subject, and requires agencies to rescind related implementing policies. It applies to contracts from solicitations issued after the order's effective date, which is 60 days after signing, and does not create enforceable legal rights against the government.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13200

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

February 11, 2001·George W. Bush·66 FR 10183

Amends Executive Order 13035, as previously amended by Executive Orders 13092 and 13113, which established the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee. Changes the committee's expiration date specified in Section 4(b) from February 11, 2001 to June 1, 2001, extending its existence so it can continue its work under the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 and the Next Generation Internet Research Act of 1998.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13199

Establishment of White House Office of Faith- Based and Community Initiatives

January 29, 2001·George W. Bush·66 FR 8499

Creates the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives within the Executive Office of the President to lead federal efforts to support faith-based and other community organizations providing social services. The office, headed by an Assistant to the President, is directed to coordinate policy across agencies, identify and remove legal or regulatory barriers to these groups' participation in government-supported programs, promote public education and private charitable giving, provide guidance to state and local officials, and monitor implementation of related policy goals. All executive departments and agencies must cooperate with the office and provide requested information and support, subject to available funding and existing law. The office was required to begin operations within 30 days of the order. The order states it creates no legally enforceable rights against the government.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13198

Agency Responsibilities With Respect to Faith- Based and Community Initiatives

January 29, 2001·George W. Bush·66 FR 8497

Directs the Attorney General and the Secretaries of Education, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Housing and Urban Development to each establish, within 45 days, a Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives in their department. These centers, working with the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, must audit their department's rules, contracting, and outreach practices for barriers to participation by faith-based and community organizations, propose reforms and pilot programs, and improve outreach and information-sharing with such groups. The Health and Human Services and Labor centers must additionally review compliance with existing Charitable Choice legislation. Each center must report to the White House office within 180 days and annually thereafter on its progress and performance measures. All other executive agencies must designate a liaison to the White House office and cooperate with its requests. The order states it creates no legally enforceable rights and applies only as permitted by law and available funding.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13197

Governmentwide Accountability for Merit System Principles; Workforce Information

January 18, 2001·William J. Clinton·66 FR 7853

Amends the Civil Service Rules governing federal personnel management. It removes a subsection from Civil Service Rule V, restructures Civil Service Rule VII by eliminating one section and renumbering the others, and adds two new rules. The first new rule authorizes the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to require executive agencies, with some exceptions for intelligence agencies, to report workforce information about civilian employees according to standards the Director sets, consistent with the Privacy Act. The second new rule allows the Director to require agencies to maintain accountability systems for merit system principles, covering standards, measurement of effectiveness, and correction of deficiencies, and gives the Office of Personnel Management authority to review any agency's personnel management programs and report findings to the agency head and the President.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13196

Final Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve

January 18, 2001·William J. Clinton·66 FR 7395

Amends Executive Order 13178, which had established the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve, to make its Reserve Preservation Areas permanent following a public comment period overseen by the Secretary of Commerce. It revises rules on commercial fishing caps, including bottomfishing and trolling for pelagic species, based on historical catch levels and permits, and adds new limits on discharging materials into the Reserve, with exceptions for bait, treated wastewater, and engine cooling water. It also changes depth boundaries defining certain protected zones to a uniform 25 fathoms in several locations, renames one designated area as Kure Atoll, and replaces earlier protected-zone provisions with a new twelve-nautical-mile zone around two banks, where bottomfishing and trolling may continue for five years pending a review of environmental impact. The Secretary of Commerce is directed to manage the Reserve under these terms and to begin the process of designating it as a National Marine Sanctuary. The order states it creates no enforceable legal rights against the government.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13195

Trails for America in the 21st Century

January 18, 2001·William J. Clinton·66 FR 7391

Directs federal agencies to protect, connect, and promote trails nationwide in cooperation with tribes, states, local governments, and citizen groups, including safeguarding national scenic and historic trail corridors, coordinating trail mapping and data, registering National Recreation Trails, participating in an annual National Trails Day, involving volunteers and youth conservation corps in trail work, and providing public education and training on trails. Formally recognizes the Federal Interagency Council on Trails, made up of the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, Forest Service, and Federal Highway Administration among others, and tasks it with coordinating trail policy, mapping, and interagency agreements. Requires agencies to jointly develop a process for resolving interagency trail disputes and to prepare a shared operating handbook for federal trail administrators. States that it does not override existing environmental or cultural protection laws and creates no enforceable legal rights for any party.Read the full summaryShow less