Further Amendments To Executive Order 13285, President's Council On Service And Civic Participation
Signed August 28, 2008·George W. Bush·73 FR 51209
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Plain-language summary
Amends Executive Order 13285, which established the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation. Adds a requirement that the Council must have a quorum of at least 10 members present to conduct official business and vote during meetings. Extends the Council's expiration date to June 30, 2009, unless the President further extends it. Also adds a clause stating that the order does not create any enforceable legal right or benefit for any party against the United States, its agencies, officers, employees, or agents.
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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, and in order to increase the membership and extend the duration of the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation, it is hereby ordered
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Disposition
Amends: EO 13285, January 29, 2003
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The order, in full
Executive Order 13471 of August 28, 2008
Further Amendments To Executive Order 13285,
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, and in
order to increase the membership and extend the
duration of the President's Council on Service and
Civic Participation, it is hereby ordered that
Executive Order 13285 of January 29, 2003, as amended,
is further amended as follows:
Section 1. Section 1 is amended by adding at the end of
section 1 the following new subsection: “(c) To
conduct and vote on official business during meetings,
the Council must convene a quorum of at least 10
Council members.”
Sec. 2. Section 4(b) is amended to read: “(b) Unless
further extended by the President, this order shall
expire on June 30, 2009.”
Sec. 3. Section 4 is amended by adding at the end
thereof the following new subsection:
“(c) This order is not intended to, and does not,
create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,
enforceable at law or in equity, by any party against
the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any
other person.”
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
August 28, 2008Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed August 28, 2008. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.