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The registerExecutive Order 13657
E.O.13657

Changing the Name of the National Security Staff to the National Security Council Staff

Signed February 10, 2014·Barack Obama·79 FR 8823

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Directs that all references in existing executive orders or presidential directives to the National Security Staff or the Homeland Security Council Staff be understood to mean the staff of the National Security Council, effectively renaming the National Security Staff as the National Security Council staff. The order states it does not affect the legal authority of any executive department or agency, nor the budgetary, administrative, or legislative functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and it does not create any new legal rights or benefits enforceable against the United States or its officials.

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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 reflect my decision to change the name of the National Security Staff to the National Security Council staff, it is hereby ordered

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Executive Order 13657 of February 10, 2014

Changing the Name of the National Security Staff
to the National Security Council Staff

By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, and in order to reflect my decision to change
the name of the National Security Staff to the National
Security Council staff, it is hereby ordered as
follows:

Section 1. Name Change. All references to the National
Security Staff or Homeland Security Council Staff in
any Executive Order or Presidential directive shall be
understood to refer to the staff of the National
Security Council.

Sec. 2. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order
shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

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

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

    (b) 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,

    February 10, 2014.

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