Establishment of a Coordinator of Federal Support for the Recovery and Rebuilding of the Gulf Coast Region

Executive Order 13390 of November 1, 2005

Establishment of a Coordinator of Federal Support
for the Recovery and Rebuilding of the Gulf Coast
Region

By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6
U.S.C. 101 et seq.) and the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended (42
U.S.C. 5121-5206) (the “Stafford Act”), and to
further strengthen Federal support for the recovery and
rebuilding of the Gulf Coast region affected by
Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita, it is hereby
ordered as follows:

Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of the United
States to provide effective, integrated, and fiscally
responsible support from across the Federal Government
to support State, local, and tribal governments, the
private sector, and faith-based and other community
humanitarian relief organizations in the recovery and
rebuilding of the Gulf Coast region affected by
Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita (the “Federal
Response”).

Sec. 2. Establishment of Coordinator. The Secretary of
Homeland Security (Secretary) shall establish in the
Department of Homeland Security the position of
Coordinator of Federal Support for the Recovery and
Rebuilding of the Gulf Coast Region (Coordinator). The
Coordinator shall be selected by the President and
shall be appointed by and report directly to the
Secretary. The Secretary shall make available to the
Coordinator such personnel, funds, and other resources
as may be appropriate to enable the Coordinator to
carry out the Coordinator's mission.

Sec. 3. Mission and Functions of Coordinator. (a) The
Coordinator's mission shall be to work with executive
departments and agencies to ensure the proper
implementation of the policy set forth in section 1 of
this order by coordinating the Federal Response. The
Coordinator shall be the principal point of contact for
the President and his senior advisors with respect to
the Federal Response.

    (b) Working with the input of all appropriate heads
of executive departments and agencies, the Coordinator
shall lead the process to develop the principles
governing and define the goals of the Federal Response.
The Coordinator shall communicate those principles and
goals to all Federal officials involved in the Federal
Response.
    (c) Working with the input of all appropriate heads
of executive departments and agencies, the Coordinator
shall lead the development and monitor the
implementation of the specific policies and programs
that constitute the Federal Response, and ensure that
those polices and programs are consistent with the
principles and goals of the Federal Response.
    (d) The Coordinator shall serve as the primary
point of contact within the executive branch with the
Congress, State and local governments, the private
sector, and community leaders regarding the Federal
Response. Working with the input of all appropriate
heads of executive departments and agencies, the
Coordinator shall be responsible for managing
information flow, requests for actions, and discussions
regarding the Federal Response with the Congress, State
and local governments, the private sector, and
community leaders.

Sec. 4. Duties of Heads of Departments and Agencies.
Heads of executive departments and agencies shall
respond promptly to any request by the

Coordinator, and shall, consistent with applicable law,
provide such information as the Coordinator deems
necessary to carry out the Coordinator's mission, and
shall otherwise cooperate with the Coordinator to the
greatest extent practicable to facilitate the
performance of the Coordinator's mission.

Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order
shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) authority granted by law to an agency or the head thereof;

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budget, administrative, or legislative proposals; or

(iii) the chain of command over the Armed Forces provided in section
162(b) of title 10, United States Code.

    (b) This order shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law, subject to the availability of
appropriations, and shall terminate 3 years from the
date of this order.
    (c) As used in this order, the term “agency” has
the meaning set forth for the term “executive agency”
in section 105 of title 5, United States Code,
excluding the Government Accountability Office.
    (d) This order is intended only to improve the
internal management of the executive branch and is not
intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit,
substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by a party against the United States, its
departments, agencies, entities, officers, employees or
agents, or any other person.

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THE WHITE HOUSE,

     November 1, 2005.