E.O.13328

Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction

February 6, 2004·George W. Bush·69 FR 6901

Establishes a Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction within the Executive Office of the President, tasked with assessing whether the Intelligence Community is adequately organized, equipped, and resourced to detect and respond to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and related threats by foreign powers, including terrorist groups. It requires the commission to specifically examine pre-war intelligence on Iraq compared with findings of the Iraq Survey Group, evaluate challenges of gathering information in closed societies, and compare intelligence on Libya and Afghanistan with current assessments. The commission, made up of up to nine presidentially appointed members with two co-chairs, must submit findings and recommendations to the President by March 31, 2005, after which the President will consult Congress within 90 days on possible legislation. It sets rules for access to classified information, security procedures, staffing, and funding, and specifies that the commission will terminate 60 days after submitting its report.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13327

Federal Real Property Asset Management

February 4, 2004·George W. Bush·69 FR 5897

Directs executive branch agencies to designate a Senior Real Property Officer responsible for developing an asset management plan covering all real property the agency owns, leases, or manages, including identifying properties, prioritizing improvements, estimating life-cycle costs, and setting goals, with agencies required to name this officer within 30 days. Establishes a Federal Real Property Council within the Office of Management and Budget, made up of agency Senior Real Property Officers and other officials and chaired by the Deputy Director for Management, to develop guidance, performance measures, and best practices for property management, holding its first meeting within 60 days. Assigns the General Services Administration a role in providing policy oversight, maintaining a government-wide database of federal real property, and setting information technology standards. Directs the Departments of Agriculture and the Interior to improve management of public lands and propose related legislation. Revokes Executive Order 12512 and states the order creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13326

President's Commission on Implementation of United States Space Exploration Policy

January 27, 2004·George W. Bush·69 FR 5255

Establishes the President's Commission on Implementation of United States Space Exploration Policy, made up of up to nine presidentially appointed members, one of whom serves as chairman. The commission is directed to recommend how to carry out the space exploration policy outlined in the President's statement 'A Renewed Spirit of Discovery' and the Fiscal Year 2005 budget, covering topics such as a science research agenda for the Moon and other destinations, use of lunar resources, criteria for choosing future exploration targets, long-term management structures, roles for private and international partners, ways to encourage youth interest in science and engineering, and managing implementation within available resources. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration will provide administrative support and funding, and the commission's administrator will handle certain advisory-committee functions. Members serve without pay but may receive travel expenses. The commission must submit a final report to the President within 120 days of its first meeting and will terminate 60 days after submitting that report.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13325

Amendment to Executive Order 12293, the Foreign Service of the United States

January 23, 2004·George W. Bush·69 FR 4217

Amends Executive Order 12293 to revise the basic salary rates for the three salary classes of the Senior Foreign Service—Career Minister, Minister-Counselor, and Counselor—setting new pay ranges tied to percentages of Executive Schedule level III and GS-15 rates. The change follows adjustments to how members of the Senior Executive Service are paid under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004. It directs that when Senior Foreign Service members convert to the new pay ranges, they keep the rate of basic pay, including any locality-based comparability payment, they held immediately before conversion. The Secretary of State, or heads of other agencies using the Foreign Service personnel system, may later raise a member's pay if performance or contribution to the agency's mission warrants it and the member is otherwise eligible. The new rates take effect on the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2004.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13324

Termination of Emergency With Respect to Sierra Leone and Liberia

January 15, 2004·George W. Bush·69 FR 2823

Terminates the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13194 regarding Sierra Leone and expanded by Executive Order 13213 to include Liberia, and revokes both orders. The order cites the end of the Sierra Leone conflict, a 2003 peace agreement ending the Liberian civil war, the dissolution of the Revolutionary United Front rebel group, the resignation and exile of former Liberian president Charles Taylor, Sierra Leone's adoption of a diamond certification system meeting Kimberley Process standards, and U.S. implementation of the Clean Diamond Trade Act restricting imports of uncertified rough diamonds. It specifies that ending the emergency does not affect prior legal actions, proceedings, penalties, or rights that arose before the change takes effect, and states it creates no enforceable rights against the United States. The termination takes effect at 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on January 16, 2004, and the order is to be transmitted to Congress and published in the Federal Register.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13323

Assignment of Functions Relating to Arrivals in and Departures From the United States

December 30, 2003·George W. Bush·69 FR 241

Assigns presidential authority under section 215 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, which governs arrivals in and departures from the United States, to two officials. The Secretary of Homeland Security is given this authority over non-citizens, but must obtain the Secretary of State's concurrence before issuing, amending, or revoking related rules or orders. The Secretary of State is given authority over U.S. citizens, including matters involving passports, and may also amend or revoke certain existing regulations concerning non-citizens, but must first consult with the Secretary of Homeland Security before acting. The order states it creates no enforceable legal rights for outside parties against the government.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13322

Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

December 30, 2003·George W. Bush·69 FR 231

Sets adjusted rates of basic pay and salaries for various federal pay systems, effective for pay periods beginning on or after January 1, 2004, with military pay rates effective that date directly. Covers the General Schedule, Foreign Service Schedule, Veterans Health Administration pay schedules, Senior Executive Service pay ranges, the Executive Schedule, pay for the Vice President and Congress, judicial salaries, uniformed services pay including cadet and midshipman pay, locality-based comparability payments, and administrative law judge pay, with specific rates listed in attached schedules. Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to implement locality-based payments and publish notice in the Federal Register. Supersedes Executive Order 13282, as amended by Executive Order 13291.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13321

Appointments During National Emergency

December 17, 2003·George W. Bush·68 FR 74465

Invoking the National Emergencies Act and continuing the national emergency declared in Proclamation 7463 of September 14, 2001, the order activates the emergency appointments authority found in section 603 of title 10 of the United States Code, making it available to the Secretary of Defense under the terms of that statute and of Executive Order 12396 of December 9, 1982. It states that it creates no enforceable legal rights or benefits for any party against the United States or its agencies, officers, or employees. The order directs that it be transmitted to Congress and published in the Federal Register.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13320

Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the

December 9, 2003·George W. Bush·68 FR 69295

Directs that all executive branch departments and agencies be closed and their employees excused from duty on Friday, December 26, 2003, the day after Christmas. Allows heads of departments and agencies to keep certain offices or installations open and require specific employees to report for duty that day if needed for national security, defense, or other public need. Specifies that December 26, 2003 is to be treated as covered by Executive Order 11582 and related federal pay and leave statutes, so that employee pay and leave for that day are handled the same as for other officially designated holidays.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13319

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

December 3, 2003·George W. Bush·68 FR 68233

Amends Executive Order 13183, which established the President's Task Force on Puerto Rico's Status. Changes the Task Force's composition to designees of each member of the President's Cabinet along with the Deputy Assistant to the President and Director for Intergovernmental Affairs, and sets its leadership as a co-chair arrangement between the Attorney General's designee and that Deputy Assistant. Also revises the reporting requirement, directing the Task Force to report to the President on its actions as needed, but at least once every two years, covering progress toward determining Puerto Rico's ultimate political status.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13318

Presidential Management Fellows Program

November 21, 2003·George W. Bush·68 FR 66317

Establishes the Presidential Management Fellows Program to recruit outstanding graduate-level students and experienced professionals into federal public service management roles, designating participants as Presidential Management Fellows or Senior Presidential Management Fellows. Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to set merit-based rules for nominating, selecting, appointing, and developing fellows, including protections for equal employment opportunity and veterans' preference. Provides that fellows are appointed for up to two years, extendable by one additional year, in excepted-service positions, with responsibilities matched to their background and continued service contingent on satisfactory performance; completion can lead to competitive civil service status under conditions set by OPM. Directs OPM to manage a transition from the prior Presidential Management Intern Program created by Executive Order 12364, carrying over current interns as fellows, and supersedes Executive Order 12364 except for that transition provision. States it creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13317

Volunteers for Prosperity

September 25, 2003·George W. Bush·68 FR 56515

Establishes the Volunteers for Prosperity initiative, part of the USA Freedom Corps, to encourage highly skilled Americans to volunteer abroad in support of U.S. prosperity and health initiatives such as the Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, the Digital Freedom Initiative, the Water for the Poor Initiative, and others. Requires the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Department of State, the Department of Commerce, and the Department of Health and Human Services, along with any agencies the President later designates, to each set up an Office for Volunteers for Prosperity within 30 days to support and track volunteer participation in grant-funded overseas projects. Directs these agencies to use best efforts to fund organizations employing skilled volunteers, and designates the U.S. Agency for International Development as inter-agency coordinator, reporting progress to the USA Freedom Corps Office within 180 days and annually thereafter. States actions are subject to available funding and creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13316

Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees

September 17, 2003·George W. Bush·68 FR 55255

Extends fourteen federal advisory committees, including the President's Council on Bioethics, the President's Export Council, the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, and boards on historically Black and tribal colleges and universities, until September 30, 2005, and assigns responsibility for the President's functions under the Federal Advisory Committee Act for these committees to the head of each designated department or agency, following guidelines set by the Administrator of General Services. Revokes several earlier executive orders that established committees whose work has ended, including bodies on Social Security, postal service reform, special education, bioethics, veterans' health care, and complementary medicine. Supersedes Executive Order 13225 and amends Executive Order 12131 to update the list of agency heads serving on the President's Export Council. The order took effect September 30, 2003.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13315

Blocking Property of the Former Iraqi Regime, Its Senior Officials and Their Family Members, and Taking Certain Other Actions

August 28, 2003·George W. Bush·68 FR 52315

Expands the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 regarding Iraq, citing United Nations Security Council Resolution 1483 and ongoing armed hostilities. Blocks all property and interests in property of the former Iraqi regime, senior officials of that regime, their immediate family members, and entities they own or control, if such property is in the United States or comes within the possession of U.S. persons. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to confiscate blocked property belonging to those who planned or engaged in armed hostilities against the United States, and to transfer such property to the Development Fund for Iraq for humanitarian relief, reconstruction, disarmament, and civilian administration costs in Iraq. Prohibits transactions or donations that evade these restrictions and conspiracies to violate the order. Provides that persons may be removed from the order's Annex if circumstances change, and states the order does not apply to property under the control of the Coalition Provisional Authority. Effective August 29, 2003, and to be transmitted to Congress.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13314

Waiver Under the Trade Act of 1974 With Respect to Turkmenistan

August 8, 2003·George W. Bush·68 FR 48249

Invoking the Trade Act of 1974, the order waives the application of subsections (a) and (b) of section 402 of that Act with respect to Turkmenistan, after the President reported to Congress as required under the Act's provisions. Section 402, known as the Jackson-Vanik amendment, restricts trade benefits such as normal trade relations status for countries that limit emigration rights; this waiver removes those restrictions specifically for Turkmenistan. The order cites the President's authority under the Constitution and the Trade Act, including subsections 402(c)(2) and (d), which allow such waivers once the required congressional report has been made.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13313

Delegation of Certain Congressional Reporting Functions

July 31, 2003·George W. Bush·68 FR 46073

Delegates to various cabinet officials and agency heads the President's responsibility for submitting numerous recurring reports to Congress that are otherwise required by law or Senate resolution. The Secretary of State is assigned reports on topics including Kosovo and Bosnia peacekeeping, nuclear nonproliferation, refugee admissions, Burma, Tibet, Afghanistan, and arms control compliance. The Secretary of the Treasury is assigned reports on numerous national emergencies declared under prior executive orders, covering countries and issues such as Libya, Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Cuba, and narcotics trafficking sanctions. The Secretaries of Defense and Commerce, the Director of Central Intelligence, and the Director of National Drug Control Policy are each assigned specific reports within their areas. The order directs that these delegated functions be carried out consistent with the President's constitutional authority over foreign affairs and national security information, states it does not affect the Office of Management and Budget's budget-related functions, and specifies it creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13312

Implementing the Clean Diamond Trade Act

July 29, 2003·George W. Bush·68 FR 45151

Implements the Clean Diamond Trade Act by prohibiting, as of July 30, 2003, the importation into or exportation from the United States of any rough diamond that has not been controlled through the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, along with related evasion attempts and conspiracies. Assigns implementation functions under the Act to the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury, allows them to reassign these duties, and directs the Secretary of State to establish a coordinating committee within the Department of State that the State, Treasury, and Homeland Security Departments must consult as appropriate. Amends Executive Orders 13194 and 13213 to align their diamond-import restrictions on Sierra Leone and Liberia with the new Kimberley Process standard, and removes certain earlier provisions from Executive Order 13194. Defines key terms using the Act's definitions and fixes the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme as it existed on April 25, 2003. States it creates no enforceable legal rights and directs transmittal to Congress and publication in the Federal Register.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13311

Homeland Security Information Sharing

July 29, 2003·George W. Bush·68 FR 45149

Assigns to the Secretary of Homeland Security most of the President's functions under sections 892 and 893 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, covering the sharing of homeland security information with federal, state, and local officials. Delegates one specific function, under section 892(b)(7), jointly to the Attorney General and the Director of Central Intelligence. Requires the Secretary's procedures for sharing classified information to apply government-wide, while allowing the President or an authorized officer to make exceptions. Directs the Secretary to coordinate with the Secretaries of State, Defense, and Energy, the Attorney General, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Director of Central Intelligence, and the Archivist of the United States. States that decisions on whether state and local personnel may access certain classified information are discretionary and not subject to appeal. Clarifies that the order does not affect existing intelligence-protection authority, budget functions, or prior executive orders on classified information, and creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13310

Blocking Property of the Government of Burma and Prohibiting Certain Transactions

July 28, 2003·George W. Bush·68 FR 44853

Invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the National Emergencies Act, and the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003, the order blocks all property and interests in property held in the United States or by U.S. persons belonging to the Government of Burma, listed individuals named in an annex, and senior officials of Burma's ruling bodies or entities acting on their behalf. It bars exporting financial services to Burma, prohibits U.S. persons from facilitating transactions for foreign persons that would otherwise be barred, and, starting 30 days later, bans importing products of Burma, though it waives that ban where it would conflict with diplomatic and consular treaty obligations. It prohibits donations to blocked persons, dispenses with prior notice before blocking assets, and revokes inconsistent parts of Executive Order 13047. The Treasury and State Departments are authorized to issue implementing rules and to remove persons from the blocked list. It took effect July 29, 2003.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13309

Amendments to Executive Order 12994, and Renaming the President's Committee on Mental Retardation as the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities

July 25, 2003·George W. Bush·68 FR 44851

Renames the President's Committee on Mental Retardation as the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities and amends Executive Order 12994 accordingly, replacing references to "mental retardation" with "intellectual disabilities" throughout most of that order's text. Expands the Committee's membership by adding the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Homeland Security, renumbering the previously listed members accordingly. Continues the Committee's existence until September 30, 2005.Read the full summaryShow less