Establishment of Pakistan and Afghanistan Support Office
Signed August 18, 2010·Barack Obama·75 FR 51615
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Establishes a temporary Pakistan and Afghanistan Support Office (PASO) within the Department of State, created under federal personnel law governing temporary organizations. The office is tasked with supporting federal agencies in strengthening the governments of Afghanistan and Pakistan, helping them resist extremist threats, promoting stable and accountable governance, and encouraging lawful economic opportunity in both countries. It takes over the functions previously handled by the Afghanistan Support Office and may perform additional tasks assigned by the Secretary of State, who appoints its Director. The office will be based in Washington, D.C., Pakistan, and Afghanistan, with the Secretary transferring relevant staff, assets, liabilities, and records from the prior office. The order states it does not create enforceable legal rights and must operate within existing law and available funding. PASO will automatically terminate after the maximum period allowed under the governing statute unless the Secretary ends it sooner.
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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 202 of the Revised Statutes (22 U.S.C. 2656) and section 3161 of title 5, United States Code, it is hereby ordered
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Executive Order 13550 of August 18, 2010
Establishment of Pakistan and Afghanistan Support
Office
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including section 202 of the Revised Statutes
(22 U.S.C. 2656) and section 3161 of title 5, United
States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Establishment. There is established within
the Department of State, in accordance with section
3161 of title 5, United States Code, a temporary
organization to be known as the Pakistan and
Afghanistan Support Office (PASO).
Sec. 2. Purpose of the Temporary Organization. The
purpose of the PASO shall be to perform the specific
project of supporting executive departments and
agencies in strengthening the governments in
Afghanistan and Pakistan, enhancing the capacity of
those governments to resist extremists, and maintaining
an effective U.S. diplomatic presence in both
countries.
Sec. 3. Functions of the Temporary Organization. In
carrying out the purpose set forth in section 2, the
PASO shall:
(a) support executive departments and agencies in
efforts to enhance civilian control and stable
constitutional government in Pakistan, to promote a
more capable, accountable, and effective government in
Afghanistan that serves the Afghan people and
eventually can function, especially regarding internal
security, with limited international support, and to
stimulate an economy that will provide licit
opportunity for the people of Pakistan and Afghanistan;
(b) assume the functions assigned to the
Afghanistan Support Office (ASO) as of the date of this
order; and
(c) perform such other functions related to the
specific project set forth in section 2 as the
Secretary of State (Secretary) may assign.
Sec. 4. Personnel and Administration. The PASO shall be
headed by a Director appointed by the Secretary. The
PASO shall be based in Washington, D.C., Pakistan, and
Afghanistan. The Secretary shall transfer from the ASO
to the PASO the personnel, assets, liabilities, and
records of the ASO.
Sec. 5. General Provisions.
(a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to
impair or otherwise affect:
(i) authority granted by law to a department or agency, or the head
thereof; or
(ii) functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of
appropriations.
(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.
(d) The PASO shall terminate at the end of the
maximum period permitted by section 3161(a)(1) of title
5, United States Code, unless sooner terminated by the
Secretary.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
August 18, 2010.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed August 18, 2010. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.