E.O.13764

Amending the Civil Service Rules, Executive Order 13488, and Executive Order 13467 To Modernize the Executive Branch-Wide Governance Structure and Processes for Security Clearances, Suitability and Fitness for Employment, and Credentialing, and Related Matters

January 17, 2017·Barack Obama·82 FR 8115

Amends the Civil Service Rules and Executive Orders 13488 and 13467 to overhaul how the federal government determines suitability, fitness, security clearance eligibility, and credentialing for employees, contractors, and nonappropriated fund workers. Revises definitions and procedures so that agencies use consistent, reciprocal standards across the government, and establishes a Security, Suitability, and Credentialing Performance Accountability Council, chaired by the Deputy Director for Management at the Office of Management and Budget, to oversee alignment of these processes. Designates the Office of Personnel Management's Director as the Suitability and Credentialing Executive Agent and the Director of National Intelligence as the Security Executive Agent, each with specific oversight duties. Assigns the National Background Investigations Bureau as the primary government-wide provider of background investigations, with the Department of Defense responsible for supporting information technology systems. Revokes Executive Orders 13381 and 10450, while preserving certain existing standards, and amends Executive Order 12968 to add continuous evaluation requirements and update terminology. Directs agency heads to designate sensitive positions, maintain vetting programs, and share required information, and contains further technical and administrative provisions.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13763

Providing an Order of Succession Within the Environmental Protection Agency

January 13, 2017·Barack Obama·82 FR 7621

Establishes an order of succession within the Environmental Protection Agency, listing sixteen officials—including the General Counsel and various assistant administrators and regional administrators—who would act as Administrator, in the listed order, if both the Administrator and Deputy Administrator die, resign, or become unable to serve. It specifies that officials serving in a listed position only in an acting capacity cannot become acting Administrator under this order, and that anyone in the list must otherwise be eligible under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998. The President retains discretion to depart from this order when designating an acting Administrator. It revokes the prior succession order, Executive Order 13737 of August 12, 2016, and states that it creates no enforceable legal rights for outside parties.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13762

Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Justice

January 13, 2017·Barack Obama·82 FR 7619

Sets an order of succession for the office of Attorney General under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, to apply if the Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, Associate Attorney General, and any officers the Attorney General has designated under 28 U.S.C. 508 are unable to serve. The acting Attorney General would be, in order, the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, then for the Northern District of Illinois, then for the Central District of California. It specifies that anyone already serving in one of these roles in an acting capacity cannot become acting Attorney General under this order, that successors must otherwise be eligible under the Vacancies Reform Act, and that the President retains discretion to depart from this order. It revokes Executive Order 13557 of November 4, 2010, and states it creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13761

Recognizing Positive Actions by the Government of Sudan and Providing for the Revocation of Certain Sudan-Related Sanctions

January 13, 2017·Barack Obama·82 FR 5331

Finds that Sudan has taken positive steps, including reducing military activity and improving humanitarian access, and provides that, effective July 12, 2017 and if certain conditions are met, parts of Executive Order 13067 and all of Executive Order 13412 will be revoked, easing certain Sudan-related sanctions. Waives specific provisions of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act and the Comprehensive Peace in Sudan Act as they apply to Sudan, and assigns related presidential functions under those laws to the Secretaries of the Treasury, State, and Homeland Security. Authorizes the Treasury and Commerce Departments to issue implementing regulations and licenses. Directs the Secretary of State, working with the Treasury Secretary, the Director of National Intelligence, and the U.S. Agency for International Development, to report by July 12, 2017 and annually thereafter on whether Sudan has sustained its positive actions, and to publish related notices in the Federal Register. States that the underlying national emergency declared in Executive Order 13067 remains in effect.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13760

Exclusions From the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program

January 12, 2017·Barack Obama·82 FR 5325

Amends Executive Order 12171 to update the list of Department of Defense agencies and subdivisions excluded from the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program because their primary function involves intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative, or national security work, and because applying federal labor-management rules to them is found incompatible with national security needs. It revises and replaces the lists of exempted units within the Army, Navy, Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Combatant Commands, and adds several Defense agencies and offices, including the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office, and specific units within the Defense Information Systems Agency, Defense Logistics Agency, and other Defense components. The order states it does not alter existing legal authority of departments or agencies, does not affect the Office of Management and Budget's budgetary functions, must be implemented consistent with applicable law and available appropriations, and does not create any enforceable rights against the United States.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13759

Designating the World Organisation for Animal Health as a Public International Organization Entitled To Enjoy Certain Privileges, Exemptions, and Immunities

January 12, 2017·Barack Obama·82 FR 5323

Designates the World Organisation for Animal Health, also known by its historical acronym OIE, as a public international organization under the International Organizations Immunities Act, making it eligible for certain privileges, exemptions, and immunities provided by that law. The designation does not limit any privileges or immunities the organization already has or may later acquire under other laws. The order clarifies that it does not affect the existing legal authority of federal agencies or the budgetary and legislative functions of the Office of Management and Budget, and it does not create any new legally enforceable rights for private parties against the federal government.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13758

Amending Executive Order 11016 To Update Eligibility Criteria for Award of the Purple Heart

January 12, 2017·Barack Obama·82 FR 5321

Amends Executive Order 11016 to update the criteria military department secretaries, or the Secretary of Homeland Security for the Coast Guard, must use in awarding the Purple Heart. It revises the list of circumstances under which service members may receive the medal, including combat wounds, captivity as a prisoner of war, international terrorist attacks after March 28, 1973, attacks motivated by foreign terrorist organizations after September 10, 2001, and wounds from friendly weapon fire during armed conflict after December 6, 1941. It also sets matching rules for posthumous awards, clarifies that a wound must be severe enough to warrant treatment, adds a new provision barring the award for wounds or deaths resulting from a member's willful misconduct, and renumbers subsequent paragraphs accordingly. It states it creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13757

Taking Additional Steps to Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber- Enabled Activities

December 28, 2016·Barack Obama·82 FR 1

Amends Executive Order 13694, which declared a national emergency over malicious cyber-enabled activities, to expand the categories of people whose U.S. property and assets can be blocked. It adds a new basis for sanctions covering anyone who tampers with, alters, or misappropriates information to interfere with or undermine election processes or institutions, and it also covers those who assist, sponsor, or provide support to such actors, or who are owned or controlled by them. It adds a new Annex naming specific individuals subject to these blocking measures and authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Attorney General and Secretary of State, to later determine that circumstances no longer warrant blocking a listed person's property. The order creates no enforceable private rights and took effect at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time on December 29, 2016.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13756

Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

December 27, 2016·Barack Obama·81 FR 97099

Sets updated federal pay rates across a range of government pay systems, based on schedules attached to the order. This includes the General Schedule, the Foreign Service Schedule, pay for the Veterans Health Administration, the Senior Executive Service, the Executive Schedule, the Vice President and Congress, federal justices and judges, uniformed service members and cadets or midshipmen, and administrative law judges. It also sets locality-based comparability payments and directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to implement those payments and publish notice of them in the Federal Register. Most of the new pay schedules take effect at the start of the first pay period on or after January 1, 2017, while the schedule for uniformed services pay takes effect January 1, 2017. The order supersedes the prior pay-rate order, Executive Order 13715, as of these effective dates.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13755

Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Labor

December 23, 2016·Barack Obama·81 FR 96329

Sets an order of succession within the Department of Labor, listing officials such as the Solicitor of Labor, various assistant secretaries, the Chief Financial Officer, and certain regional officials who would act as Secretary of Labor if both the Secretary and Deputy Secretary are unable to serve. It specifies that officials serving in an acting capacity cannot become acting Secretary under this order, and that anyone named must otherwise be eligible under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998. It preserves the President's discretion to depart from this list when naming an acting Secretary. It revokes the prior succession order, Executive Order 13245, and states that it creates no enforceable legal rights for outside parties. It applies specifically to Department of Labor leadership succession in emergencies affecting the top two positions.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13754

Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience

December 9, 2016·Barack Obama·81 FR 90669

Establishes the Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience Area, a designated zone of U.S. waters off Alaska, and directs federal agencies to coordinate activities there with attention to Alaska Native tribes' rights and knowledge, marine ecosystems, and wildlife. Withdraws the Norton Basin Planning Area and nearby Outer Continental Shelf lease blocks from oil and gas leasing indefinitely, without affecting existing leases. Creates a Task Force, co-chaired by the Interior Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Coast Guard, to coordinate agency actions and, within six months, establish a Bering Intergovernmental Tribal Advisory Council of Alaska Native tribal representatives to advise on decisions affecting the area. Directs agencies to incorporate traditional knowledge into decisions, and instructs the Task Force to recommend, within nine months, measures on vessel pollution. Directs the Coast Guard to complete a port access route study, publish preliminary findings by December 30, 2016, and pursue international routing measures by 2018. Also requires updated oil spill response plans and continued protection of the area from commercial non-pelagic trawl fishing.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13753

Amending the Order of Succession in the Department of Homeland Security

December 9, 2016·Barack Obama·81 FR 90667

Amends Executive Order 13286 to set a new order of succession for the Secretary of Homeland Security, listing eighteen officials—starting with the Deputy Secretary, followed by the Under Secretary for Management, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and other department leaders—who would act as Secretary if that office becomes vacant or the Secretary is unable to serve, provided they are eligible under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998. It specifies that an official serving in one of these listed positions only in an acting capacity cannot become acting Secretary under this order, and that the President retains discretion to name a different acting Secretary as allowed by that Act. It also revokes Executive Order 13442, which had previously set the department's succession order.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13752

Relating to the Implementation of the Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance

December 8, 2016·Barack Obama·81 FR 90181

Designates the Department of Health and Human Services as the United States' Central Authority under the Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance, which took effect for the U.S. on January 1, 2017. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue regulations and take actions necessary to carry out the Central Authority's functions under the Convention. Allows the Central Authority to designate state agencies that administer Title IV-D child support programs under the Social Security Act as public bodies able to perform specific functions related to Convention applications. States that the order does not alter existing agency authority or the Office of Management and Budget's budgetary role, must be carried out consistent with existing law and available funding, and does not create any legally enforceable rights against the federal government.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13751

Safeguarding the Nation From the Impacts of Invasive Species

December 5, 2016·Barack Obama·81 FR 88609

Amends Executive Order 13112 to update federal policy on invasive species. It revises key definitions, directs federal agencies to identify actions affecting the spread of invasive species, and requires them to prevent, detect, monitor, research, and control such species while coordinating with state, local, tribal, and foreign partners. It expands the National Invasive Species Council's membership to include additional agencies, keeps the Interior, Agriculture, and Commerce Secretaries as co-chairs, and retains the Invasive Species Advisory Committee. It directs the Department of Health and Human Services to report on public health impacts of invasive species within one year, requires the Council to publish a National Invasive Species Council Management Plan by December 31, 2019 and update it every three years, and calls for a scientific and programmatic challenges assessment by 2020. It also allows the State and Defense Departments to exempt certain actions for foreign policy, readiness, or national security reasons, and clarifies that the order does not affect Health and Human Services' existing statutory obligations.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13750

Providing for the Appointment of Alumni of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program, and the Critical Language Scholarship Program to the Competitive Service

November 29, 2016·Barack Obama·81 FR 87393

Allows the head of any executive branch agency to hire, without going through normal competitive hiring procedures, individuals certified by the Secretary of State as having successfully completed the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program, or the Critical Language Scholarship Program. The Secretary of State must issue certificates verifying program completion upon request. Such appointments must generally occur within one year of finishing the program, extendable up to three years for military service, further study, background checks, or other qualifying activities. Appointees become career conditional employees. Standard disqualifying factors for federal employment, such as citizenship requirements, anti-nepotism rules, and Selective Service registration failures, still apply. The Office of Personnel Management may issue regulations to implement the order, though eligible individuals may be hired noncompetitively even without additional rules. The order states it creates no enforceable legal rights and must be implemented consistent with existing law and available funding.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13749

Providing for the Appointment in the Competitive Service of Certain Employees of the Foreign Service

November 29, 2016·Barack Obama·81 FR 87391

Allows the head of any federal executive branch agency to noncompetitively appoint, into the competitive civil service, individuals who completed at least 48 months of continuous service in the State Department's Foreign Service under a Limited Non-Career Appointment, provided they pass any examination required by the Office of Personnel Management. Eligible individuals must have received a satisfactory or better performance rating and generally must use this appointment path within one year of completing their Foreign Service term, though that window can be extended up to three years for military service, further education, background investigations, or other qualifying activities. Those appointed become career conditional employees. Standard disqualifying factors for competitive service appointment, such as citizenship requirements, anti-nepotism rules, and Selective Service registration failures, still apply. The Office of Personnel Management may issue implementing regulations, though eligibility applies even without them. The order states it creates no enforceable legal rights and must be implemented consistent with existing law and available funding.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13748

Establishing a Community Solutions Council

November 16, 2016·Barack Obama·81 FR 83619

Establishes a Council for Community Solutions, co-chaired by a senior White House official or the Office of Management and Budget director and a rotating agency head, to coordinate federal efforts supporting communities. The Council includes numerous cabinet secretaries and agency heads, and is tasked with aligning federal investments, promoting evidence-based and locally led policymaking, building local capacity, and conducting outreach to nonprofits, businesses, local governments, and other stakeholders. It directs a designated Co-Chair to appoint an Executive Director to coordinate the Council's work, allows agencies to detail staff to support it, and calls for coordination with existing federal working groups and initiatives addressing community development, environmental justice, and economic revitalization. The order revokes Executive Orders 13560 and 13602, which had established earlier White House councils on community solutions and strong cities. It states that implementation depends on existing law and available funding, and creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13747

Advancing the Global Health Security Agenda To Achieve a World Safe and Secure From Infectious Disease Threats

November 4, 2016·Barack Obama·81 FR 78701

Establishes U.S. policy to advance the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA), a multi-country initiative to help partner nations prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease threats in line with International Health Regulations. Creates a GHSA Interagency Review Council, chaired by National Security Council staff, with members from agencies including the Departments of State, Defense, Justice, Agriculture, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the FBI, USAID, and others. The Council must meet at least four times a year, issue initial policy guidance within 30 days, produce annual progress reports to the President, and deliver a full review of the initiative by September 2019. Assigns specific coordination, technical, diplomatic, and evaluation duties to the Secretaries of State, Defense, Agriculture, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, the Attorney General, the USAID Administrator, and the CDC Director, including engagement with organizations such as the World Health Organization, FAO, OIE, and INTERPOL. States it does not alter existing legal authorities or create enforceable rights.“Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13746

Advancing the Goals of the Power Africa Initiative to Expand Access to Electricity in Sub- Saharan Africa Through the Establishment of the President's Power Africa Working Group

November 3, 2016·Barack Obama·81 FR 78697

Establishes a Coordinator for Power Africa position within the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and creates the President's Power Africa Working Group to coordinate federal efforts supporting the Power Africa initiative, which aims to add 30,000 megawatts of electricity generation capacity and 60 million new household and business connections in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2030. The Working Group, co-chaired by the USAID Coordinator and a National Security Council staff member, includes representatives from agencies such as the State Department, Treasury, Commerce, Energy, the Export-Import Bank, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and others. It is tasked with identifying and prioritizing energy projects, coordinating financial and technical assistance, engaging private-sector and international partners, and monitoring progress. Directs participating agencies to facilitate involvement of local and regional African companies in power and climate-related projects, and directs USAID's Administrator to lead development of a progress report to Congress under the Electrify Africa Act of 2015.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13745

Delegation of Function to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management

October 31, 2016·Barack Obama·81 FR 76493

Delegates to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management the president's authority under federal law to direct the establishment of an emergency leave transfer program, which allows federal employees to donate unused leave to coworkers affected by emergencies. The Director must exercise this authority in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and must notify the President whenever such a program is established. The order states it creates no enforceable legal rights or benefits for any party against the federal government or its officials.Read the full summaryShow less