Delegation of Function to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management
Signed October 31, 2016·Barack Obama·81 FR 76493
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Delegates to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management the president's authority under federal law to direct the establishment of an emergency leave transfer program, which allows federal employees to donate unused leave to coworkers affected by emergencies. The Director must exercise this authority in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and must notify the President whenever such a program is established. The order states it creates no enforceable legal rights or benefits for any party against the federal government or its officials.
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By virtue of the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, it is hereby ordered
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Executive Order 13745 of October 31, 2016
Delegation of Function to the Director of the
Office of Personnel Management
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President by
the Constitution and the laws of the United States,
including section 301 of title 3, United States Code,
it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. (a) The Director of the Office of Personnel
Management (OPM) is hereby authorized to exercise the
function vested in the President by section 6391 of
title 5, United States Code, of directing OPM to
establish an emergency leave transfer program. The
Director of OPM shall exercise this authority in
consultation with the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget.
(b) The Director of OPM shall notify the President
of the establishment of any emergency leave transfer
program pursuant to the authority in subsection (a).
Sec. 2. 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,
October 31, 2016.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed October 31, 2016. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.