Amendments to Executive Order 13285, Relating to the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation
Signed January 27, 2005·George W. Bush·70 FR 5041
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Amends Executive Order 13285 to revise the mission and functions of the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation. The Council is directed to promote volunteer service and civic participation, recognize outstanding volunteers through the President's Volunteer Service Award, support local nonprofits and volunteer centers, expand public access to volunteer opportunity information, promote federally run volunteer programs, and encourage private-sector sponsorship of volunteer service. It is also tasked with encouraging participation in the award program among students, exchanging ideas on improving civic engagement, advising the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service on disseminating relevant materials, and making recommendations to the President through the Director of the USA Freedom Corps. The order also extends the Council's expiration date, stating it will end on January 29, 2007, unless further extended by the President.
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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to modify the mission and functions of the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation (Council) and to extend the Council, it is hereby ordered
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Amends: EO 13285, January 29, 2003
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The order, in full
Executive Order 13371 of January 27, 2005
Amendments to Executive Order 13285, Relating to
the President's Council on Service and Civic
Participation
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, and in order to modify the mission and
functions of the President's Council on Service and
Civic Participation (Council) and to extend the
Council, it is hereby ordered that Executive Order
13285 of January 29, 2003, is amended as follows:
Section 1. (a) Sections 2(a) and 2(b) of Executive
Order 13285 are revised to read as follows: “(a) The
mission and functions of the Council shall be to:
(i) promote volunteer service and civic
participation in American society;
(ii) encourage the recognition of outstanding
volunteer service through the presentation of the
President's Volunteer Service Award by Council members
and Certifying Organizations, thereby encouraging more
such activity;
(iii) promote the efforts and needs of local non-
profits and volunteer organizations, including
volunteer centers;
(iv) promote greater public access to information
about existing volunteer opportunities, including via
the Internet;
(v) assist with the promotion of Federally
administered volunteer programs and the link that they
have to increasing and strengthening community
volunteer service; and
(vi) promote increased and sustained private sector
sponsorship of and engagement in volunteer service.
(b) In carrying out its mission, the Council shall:
(i) encourage broad participation in the
President's Volunteer Service Award program by
qualified individuals and groups, especially students
in primary schools, secondary schools, and institutions
of higher learning;
(ii) exchange information and ideas with interested
individuals and organizations on ways to expand and
improve volunteer service and civic participation;
(iii) advise the Chief Executive Officer of the
CNCS on broad dissemination, especially among schools
and youth organizations, of information regarding
recommended practices for the promotion of volunteer
service and civic participation, and other relevant
educational and promotional materials;
(iv) monitor and advise the Chief Executive Officer
of the CNCS on the need for the enhancement of
materials disseminated pursuant to subsection 2(b)(iii)
of this order; and
(v) make recommendations from time to time to the
President, through the Director of the USA Freedom
Corps, on ways to encourage greater levels of volunteer
service and civic participation by individuals,
schools, and organizations.”
Sec. 2. Section 4(b) of Executive Order 13285 is
revised to read as follows: “(b) Unless further
extended by the President, this order shall expire on
January 29, 2007.”
(Presidential Sig.)B
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, January 27, 2005.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed January 27, 2005. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.