Amendments to Executive Orders Relating to Certain Certificates and Badges

Executive Order 14131 of December 20, 2024

Amendments to Executive Orders Relating to
                Certain Certificates and Badges

                By the authority vested in me as President by the
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of
                America, and as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces
                of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:

                Section 1. Amendments to Executive Order 12793, as
                Amended. Executive Order 12793 of March 20, 1992
                (Continuing the Presidential Service Certificate and
                the Presidential Service Badge), as amended by
                Executive Order 13286 of February 28, 2003 (Amendment
                of Executive Orders, and Other Actions, in Connection
                With the Transfer of Certain Functions to the Secretary
                of Homeland Security), is further amended by:

                    (a) Amending section 1 to read as follows:

“Section 1. Presidential Service Certificate. The Presidential Service
Certificate (Certificate) is hereby continued, the design of which
accompanies and is hereby made a part of this order. The Certificate shall
be awarded in the name of the President of the United States to members of
the United States Uniformed Services who have been assigned to the White
House Office; to military units and support facilities under the
administration of the White House Military Office; or to other direct
support positions within the Executive Office of the President (EOP). The
Certificate shall be awarded by the Secretary of the military department
concerned, or, when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the
Navy, by the Secretary of Homeland Security, and, in the case of members of
the Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration or the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service, by
the Secretary of Commerce or the Secretary of Health and Human Services,
respectively. The Certificate shall not be issued to any member who is
issued a Vice Presidential Certificate, or similar EOP Certificate, for the
same period of service. Such assignment must be for a period of at least 1
year, subsequent to January 21, 1989.”; and

                    (b) Amending section 2 to read as follows:

“Sec. 2. Presidential Service Badge. The Presidential Service Badge
(Badge) is hereby continued, the design of which accompanies and is hereby
made a part of this order. The Badge shall be awarded to those members of
the United States Uniformed Services who have been granted the Certificate
and shall be awarded in the same manner in which the Certificate has been
given. The Badge shall be worn as a part of the uniform of those
individuals under such regulations as their respective Secretaries may
severally prescribe.”.

                Sec. 2. Amendments to Executive Order 11926, as
                Amended. Executive Order 11926 of July 19, 1976 (The
                Vice Presidential Service Badge), as amended by
                Executive Order 13286 and by Executive Order 13373 of
                March 10, 2005 (Amendments to Executive Order 11926
                Relating to the Vice Presidential Service Badge), is
                further amended by:

                    (a) Amending section 1 to read as follows:

“Section 1. There is established a Vice Presidential Service Badge to be
awarded in the name of the Vice President of the United States of America
to members of the United States Uniformed Services who have been assigned
to duty in the Office of the Vice President for a period of at least 1 year
subsequent to December 19, 1974, or who have been

assigned to perform duties predominantly for the Vice President for a
period of at least 1 year subsequent to January 20, 2001, in the
implementation of Public Law 93-346, as amended, or in military units and
support facilities to which section 1 of Executive Order 12793 of March 20,
1992, as amended, refers.”;

                    (b) Amending section 2 to read as follows:

“Sec. 2. The Vice Presidential Service Badge may be awarded, upon
recommendation of the Vice President's designee (with the concurrence of
the Director of the White House Military Office in the case of personnel in
military units or support facilities to which section 1 of Executive Order
12793, as amended, refers), by the Secretary of the military department
concerned, or, when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the
Navy, by the Secretary of Homeland Security, to military personnel of their
respective services who have been assigned to duty in the Office of the
Vice President and, in the case of members of the Commissioned Corps of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or the Commissioned Corps
of the Public Health Service so assigned, by the Secretary of Commerce or
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, respectively.”;

                    (c) Amending section 4 to read as follows:

“Sec. 4. Upon award, the Vice Presidential Service Badge may be worn as a
part of the uniform of an individual both during and after their assignment
to duty in the Office of the Vice President.”; and

                    (d) Amending section 6 to read as follows:

“Sec. 6. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 1 and 2 of this order,
any member of the United States Uniformed Services, who has been assigned
to duty in the Office of the Vice President, or who has been assigned to
perform duties predominantly for the Vice President, in the implementation
of Public Law 93-346, as amended, or in military units and support
facilities to which section 1 of Executive Order 12793, as amended, refers,
is authorized, unless otherwise directed by the Director of the White House
Military Office in the case of personnel in military units and support
facilities to which section 1 of Executive Order 12793, as amended, refers,
to wear the Vice Presidential Service Badge on their uniform commencing on
the first day of such duty and thereafter while assigned to such duty.”.

                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,

                    December 20, 2024.