Task Force on Crime Reduction and Public Safety
Signed February 9, 2017·Donald Trump·82 FR 10699
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Directs the Attorney General to establish a Task Force on Crime Reduction and Public Safety, appointing or designating its chair and members and providing administrative support and funding. The task force is charged with exchanging information among members, developing strategies to reduce crime including illegal immigration, drug trafficking, and violent crime, identifying weaknesses in existing laws and proposing new legislation, evaluating crime-related data collection, and conducting other studies as the Attorney General directs. It meets as the Attorney General requires and dissolves once its objectives are met. It must submit at least one report to the President within a year of the order, with further annual reports if it continues to exist, summarizing its findings and recommendations. The order states it does not alter existing agency authority or Office of Management and Budget budgetary functions, and creates no enforceable legal rights.
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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 reduce crime and restore public safety to communities across the Nation, it is hereby ordered
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Executive Order 13776 of February 9, 2017
Task Force on Crime Reduction and Public Safety
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, and in order to reduce crime and restore
public safety to communities across the Nation, it is
hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. It shall be the policy of the
executive branch to reduce crime in America. Many
communities across the Nation are suffering from high
rates of violent crime. A focus on law and order and
the safety and security of the American people requires
a commitment to enforcing the law and developing
policies that comprehensively address illegal
immigration, drug trafficking, and violent crime. The
Department of Justice shall take the lead on Federal
actions to support law enforcement efforts nationwide
and to collaborate with State, tribal, and local
jurisdictions to restore public safety to all of our
communities.
Sec. 2. Task Force. (a) In furtherance of the policy
described in section 1 of this order, I hereby direct
the Attorney General to establish, and to appoint or
designate an individual or individuals to chair, a Task
Force on Crime Reduction and Public Safety (Task
Force). The Attorney General shall, to the extent
permitted by law, provide administrative support and
funding for the Task Force.
(b) The Attorney General shall determine the
characteristics of the Task Force, which shall be
composed of individuals appointed or designated by him.
(c) The Task Force shall:
(i) exchange information and ideas among its members that will be useful in
developing strategies to reduce crime, including, in particular, illegal
immigration, drug trafficking, and violent crime;
(ii) based on that exchange of information and ideas, develop strategies to
reduce crime;
(iii) identify deficiencies in existing laws that have made them less
effective in reducing crime and propose new legislation that could be
enacted to improve public safety and reduce crime;
(iv) evaluate the availability and adequacy of crime-related data and
identify measures that could improve data collection in a manner that will
aid in the understanding of crime trends and in the reduction of crime; and
(v) conduct any other studies and develop any other recommendations as
directed by the Attorney General.
(d) The Task Force shall meet as required by the
Attorney General and shall be dissolved once it has
accomplished the objectives set forth in subsection (c)
of this section, as determined by the Attorney General.
(e) The Task Force shall submit at least one report
to the President within 1 year from the date of this
order, and a subsequent report at least once per year
thereafter while the Task Force remains in existence.
The structure of the report is left to the discretion
of the Attorney General. In its first report to the
President and in any subsequent reports, the Task Force
shall summarize its findings and recommendations under
subsections (c)(ii) through (c)(v) of this section.
Sec. 3. 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 or 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 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.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
February 9, 2017.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed February 9, 2017. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.