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• Executive Order 13487: Establishment of a Temporary Organization to Facilitate United States Government Support for Afghanistan

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  Executive Order 13487 establishes the Afghanistan Support Office (ASO) as a temporary organization within the Department of State. "The purpose of the ASO shall be to perform the specific project of supporting executive departments and agencies in preventing Afghanistan from becoming a safe haven for terrorists, facilitating Afghanistan's progress to self-sufficiency, and maintaining an effective diplomatic presence in Afghanistan."

  United States. Office of the Federal Register

  Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-

  2009-01-16
• Executive Order 13488: Granting Reciprocity on Excepted Service and Federal Contractor Employee Fitness and Reinvestigating Individuals in Positions of Public Trust

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  "When agencies determine the fitness of individuals to perform work as employees in the excepted service or as contractor employees, prior favorable fitness or suitability determinations should be granted reciprocal recognition, to the extent practicable. (b) It is necessary to reinvestigate individuals in positions of public trust in order to ensure that they remain suitable for continued employment. [...] This order is intended only to improve the internal management of the executive branch and 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 agencies, instrumentalities, or entities, its officers, employees or agents, or any other person."

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  Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-

  2009-01-16
• Executive Order 13486: Strengthening Laboratory Biosecurity in the United States

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  This Executive Order does the following: "It is the policy of the United States that facilities that possess biological select agents and toxins have appropriate security and personnel assurance practices to protect against theft, misuse, or diversion to unlawful activity of such agents and toxins. [...] There is hereby established, within the Department of Defense for administrative purposes only, the Working Group on Strengthening the Biosecurity of the United States (Working Group)."

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  Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-

  2009-01-09
• Executive Order 13485: Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Transportation

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  This Executive Order states the following: "Subject to the provisions of section 2 of this order, the following officials of the Department of Transportation, in the order listed, shall act as and perform the functions and duties of the office of the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary), during any period in which the Secretary, the Deputy Secretary of Transportation, the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, and the officials designated by the Secretary pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 102(e) have died, resigned, or otherwise become unable to perform the functions and duties of the office of Secretary, until such time as the Secretary or one of the officials listed above is able to perform the duties of that office."

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  Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-

  2009-01-09
• Executive Order 13484: Amending the Order of Succession Within the Department of Agriculture

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  The President states the following in this Executive Order: "By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq., it is hereby ordered that Executive Order 13241 of December 18, 2001, as amended."

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  Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-

  2009-01-09
• Executive Order 13481: Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Justice

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  "Subject to the provisions of section 2 of this order, the following officers, in the order listed, shall act as and perform the functions and duties of the office of Attorney General, during any period in which the Attorney General, the Deputy Attorney General, the Associate Attorney General, and the officers designated by the Attorney General pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 508 to act as Attorney General have died, resigned, or otherwise become unable to perform the functions and duties of the office of Attorney General, until such time as at least one of the officers mentioned above is able to perform the functions and duties of that office: (a) United States Attorney for the District of Maryland; (b) United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama; and (c) United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia."

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  Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-

  2008-12-09
• Executive Order 13479: Transformation of the National Air Transportation System

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  "It is the policy of the United States to establish and maintain a national air transportation system that meets the present and future civil aviation, homeland security, economic, environmental protection, and national defense needs of the United States, including through effective implementation of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen)."

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  Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-

  2008-11-18
• Executive Order 13476: Facilitation of a Presidential Transition

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  This executive order establishes a council to facilitate the transition of presidential powers to the incoming president elect. This order is deigned to ensure an orderly and efficient transfer. From the order: "The Council shall assist the major party candidates and the President-elect by making every reasonable effort to facilitate the transition between administrations. This assistance may include, among other things, providing information relevant to facilitating the personnel aspects of a presidential transition and such other information that, in the Council's judgment, is useful and appropriate, as long as providing such information is not otherwise prohibited by law."

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  Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-

  2008-10-09
• Executive Order 13475: Further Amendments To Executive Orders 12139 And 12949 In Light of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008

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  This Executive Order makes "amendments to Executive Orders 12139 and 12949 in light of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008."

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  Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-

  2008-10-07
• Executive Order 13472: Executive Branch Responsibilities With Respect To Orders of Succession

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  Executive Order 13472 signed by President George W. Bush on September 11, 2008 states that "it is the policy of the Federal Government to ensure that each executive branch agency can perform its essential functions and remain an effectively functioning part of the Federal Government under all conditions. Accordingly, each agency shall take all appropriate actions to establish, maintain, and, as necessary, revise an order of succession, or to propose presidential action to establish or revise an order of succession."

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  Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-

  2008-09-11
• Executive Order 13471: Further Amendments To Executive Order 13285, President's Council On Service And Civic Participation

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  "By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, and in order to increase the membership and extend the duration of the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation, it is hereby ordered that Executive Order 13285 of January 29, 2003, as amended, is further amended as follows: Section 1. Section 1 is amended by adding at the end of section 1 the following new subsection: '(c) To conduct and vote on official business during meetings, the Council must convene a quorum of at least 10 Council members.' Sec. 2. Section 4(b) is amended to read: '(b) Unless further extended by the President, this order shall expire on June 30, 2009.' Sec. 3. Section 4 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: '(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.'"

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  Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-

  2008-08-28
• Executive Order 13470: Further Amendments to Executive Order 12333, United States Intelligence Activities

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  This document contains the most recent amendment to Executive Order 12333 (1981) which outlines United States Intelligence Activities. This amendment, Executive Order 13470, was created by President Bush in July of 2008. Executive Order 12333 was created in 1981 and was amended in 2003 and 2004 and, most recently, in 2008. These guidelines direct policy and procedures for U.S. Intelligence Activities and the most recent amendments reflect changes as a result of the threat of terrorist attacks on U.S. citizens and property both domestically and abroad since 2001.

  United States. Office of the Federal Register

  Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-

  2008-07-30
• Executive Order 13467: Reforming Processes Related to Suitability for Government Employment, Fitness for Contractor Employees, and Eligibility for Access to Classified National Security Information

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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 ensure an efficient, practical, reciprocal, and aligned system for investigating and determining suitability for Government employment, contractor employee fitness, and eligibility for access to classified information, while taking appropriate account of title III of Public Law 108--458, it is hereby ordered as follows:" Note that Executive Order 13381 of June 27, 2005, as amended, if revoked, Executive Order 12968 of August 2, 1995 is amended, and Executive Order 12171 is further amended.

  United States. Office of the Federal Register

  Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-

  2008-06-30
• Executive Order 13466: Continuing Certain Restrictions With Respect to North Korea and North Korean Nationals

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  "I, George W. Bush, President of the United States of America, find that the current existence and risk of the proliferation of weapons-usable fissile material on the Korean Peninsula constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States, and I hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that threat. I further find that, as we deal with that threat through multilateral diplomacy, it is necessary to continue certain restrictions with respect to North Korea that would otherwise be lifted pursuant to a forthcoming proclamation that will terminate the exercise of authorities under the Trading With the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. 1 et seq.) (TWEA) with respect to North Korea."

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  Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-

  2008-06-26
• Executive Order 13463: Amending Executive Orders 13389 and 13390

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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 the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5121-- 5206), it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Executive Order 13389 of November 1, 2005, as amended, is further amended: (a) in subsection 2(a), by striking 'Economic Policy' and inserting in lieu thereof 'Homeland Security and Counterterrorism'; and (b) in section 5, by striking '3 years from the date of this order' and inserting in lieu thereof 'February 28, 2009'. Sec. 2. Subsection 5(b) of Executive Order 13390 of November 1, 2005, is amended: (a) by striking the comma after 'applicable law' and inserting 'and'; and (b) striking '3 years from the date of this order' and inserting in lieu thereof 'February 28, 2009'."

  United States. Office of the Federal Register

  Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-

  2008-04-18
• Executive Order 13462: President's Intelligence Advisory Board and Intelligence Oversight Board

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  This Executive Order sets forth policy "to ensure that the President and other officers of the United States with responsibility for the security of the Nation and the advancement of its interests have access to accurate, insightful, objective, and timely information concerning the capabilities, intentions, and activities of foreign powers." It establishes the President's Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB) within the Executive Office of the President, the functions of which include "assess the quality, quantity, and adequacy of intelligence collection, of analysis and estimates, and of counterintelligence and other intelligence activities, assess the adequacy of management, personnel and organization in the intelligence community, and review the performance of all agencies of the Federal Government that are engaged in the collection, evaluation, or production of intelligence or the execution of intelligence policy and report the results of such assessments or reviews" and to "consider and make appropriate recommendations to the President, the DNI, or the head of the department concerned with respect to matters identified to the PIAB by the DNI or the head of a department concerned." This executive order also sets forth the establishment of an Intelligence Oversight Board within the PIAB, functions of the Director of National Intelligence and heads of departments.

  United States. Office of the Federal Register

  Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-

  2008-02-29
• Executive Order 13460: Blocking Property of Additional Persons in Connection With the National Emergency With Respect to Syria

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  According to this executive order the "Government of Syria continues to engage in certain conduct that formed the basis for the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13338 of May 11, 2004, including but not limited to undermining efforts with respect to the stabilization of Iraq. I further find that the conduct of certain members of the Government of Syria and other persons contributing to public corruption related to Syria, including by misusing Syrian public assets or by misusing public authority, entrenches and enriches the Government of Syria and its supporters and thereby enables the Government of Syria to continue to engage in certain conduct that formed the basis for the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13338."

  United States. Office of the Federal Register

  Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-

  2008-02-13
• Executive Order 13458: Implementation of the Protocol Additional to the Agreement Between the United States and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in the United States of America

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  "The Secretaries of State, Defense, Commerce, and Energy, the Attorney General, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and heads of such other agencies as appropriate, each shall issue, amend, or revise, and enforce such regulations, orders, directives, instructions, or procedures as are necessary to implement the Act and United States obligations under the Additional Protocol. The Secretary of Commerce, with the assistance, as necessary, of the Attorney General, is authorized to obtain and to execute warrants pursuant to section 223 of the Act for the purpose of gaining complementary access to locations subject to regulations issued by the Department of Commerce pursuant to section 1 of this order. The Secretaries of State, Defense, Commerce, and Energy, the Attorney General, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and heads of such other departments and agencies as appropriate, are authorized to carry out, consistent with the Act and in accordance with subsequent directives, appropriate functions that are not otherwise assigned in the Act and are necessary to implement the Act and United States obligations under the Additional Protocol. The Secretary of State shall perform the function of providing notifications or information to the Congress when required by the Act."

  United States. Office of the Federal Register

  Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-

  2008-02-04
• Executive Order 13456: Further Amendment of Executive Order 11858 Concerning Foreign Investment in the United States

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  This executive order provides further information regarding executive order 11858 Concerning Foreign Investment in the United States. This executive order makes changes to the Committee on Foreign Investment, defines the duties of the Secretary of the Treasury, and describes the process for reviews and investigations.

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  Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-

  2008-01-23
• Executive Order 13450: Improving Government Program Performance

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  This Executive Order was designed to "improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the Federal Government and promote greater accountability of that Government to the American people." The Order directs the agencies and offices on accountability, provides clarity through definitions of terms, and outlines the new policies in place.

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  Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-

  2007-11-13
• Executive Order 13448: Blocking Property and Prohibiting Certain Transactions Related to Burma

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  President Bush issues this executive order blocking property and prohibiting certain transactions related to Burma on October 19, 2007.

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  Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-

  2007-10-19
• Executive Order 13446: Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committee and Amendments to and Revocation of Other Executive Orders

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  "Each advisory committee listed herein is continued until September 30, 2009. (a) Committee for the Preservation of the White House; Executive Order 11145, as amended (Department of the Interior); (b) National Infrastructure Advisory Council; section 3 of Executive Order 13231, as amended (Department of Homeland Security); (c) Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health; Executive Order 12196, as amended (Department of Labor); (d) President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Executive Order 13256 (Department of Education); (e) President's Board of Advisors on Tribal Colleges and Universities; Executive Order 13270 (Department of Education); (f) President's Commission on White House Fellowships; Executive Order 11183, as amended (Office of Personnel Management); (g) President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities; Executive Order 12994, as amended (Department of Health and Human Services); (h) President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities; Executive Order 12367, as amended (National Endowment for the Arts); (i) President's Committee on the International Labor Organization; Executive Order 12216, as amended (Department of Labor); (j) President's Committee on the National Medal of Science; Executive Order 11287, as amended (National Science Foundation); (k) President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology; Executive Order 13226, as amended (Office of Science and Technology Policy); (l) President's Council on Bioethics; Executive Order 13237 (Department of Health and Human Services); (m) President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports; Executive Order 13265 (Department of Health and Human Services); (n) President's Export Council; Executive Order 12131, as amended (Department of Commerce); (o) President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee; Executive Order 12382, as amended (Department of Homeland Security); and (p) Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee; Executive Order 12905 (Office of the United States Trade Representative)."

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  Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-

  2007-09-28
• Executive Order 13442: Amending the Order of Succession in the Department of Homeland Security

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  "Section 88 of 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 amended by striking the text of such section in its entirety and inserting the following in lieu thereof: Sec. 88. Order of Succession. Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, the officers named in subsection (a) of this section, in the order listed, shall act as, and perform the functions and duties of the office of, the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary), if they are eligible to act as Secretary under the provisions of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq. (Vacancies Act), during any period in which the Secretary has died, resigned, or otherwise become unable to perform the functions and duties of the office of Secretary."

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  Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-

  2007-08-13
• Executive Order 13440: Interpretation of the Geneva Conventions Common Article 3 as Applied to a Program of Detention and Interrogation Operated by the Central Intelligence Agency

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  "The United States is engaged in an armed conflict with al Qaeda, the Taliban, and associated forces. Members of al Qaeda were responsible for the attacks on the United States of September 11, 2001, and for many other terrorist attacks, including against the United States, its personnel, and its allies throughout the world. These forces continue to fight the United States and its allies in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere, and they continue to plan additional acts of terror throughout the world. On February 7, 2002, I determined for the United States that members of al Qaeda, the Taliban, and associated forces are unlawful enemy combatants who are not entitled to the protections that the Third Geneva Convention provides to prisoners of war. I hereby reaffirm that determination."

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  Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-

  2007-07-20
• Executive Order 13439: Establishing an Interagency Working Group on Import Safety

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  This order imposes the "establishment of Interagency Working Group on Import Safety. The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall establish within the Department of Health and Human Services for administrative purposes only an Interagency Working Group on Import Safety (Working Group). […] The Chair shall convene and preside at meetings of the Working Group, determine its agenda, and direct its work. The Chair may establish and direct subgroups of the Working Group, as appropriate to deal with particular subject matters that shall consist exclusively of members of the Working Group. The Chair shall designate an officer or employee of the Department of Health and Human Services to serve as the Executive Secretary of the Working Group. The Executive Secretary shall head any staff assigned to the Working Group and any subgroups thereof, and such staff shall consist exclusively of full-time or permanent part-time Federal employees. The mission of the Working Group shall be to identify actions and appropriate steps that can be pursued, within existing resources, to promote the safety of imported products."

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  Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-

  2007-07-18
• Executive Order 13438: Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq

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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 the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, as amended (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)(IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)(NEA), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, find that, due to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by acts of violence threatening the peace and stability of Iraq and undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq and to provide humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people, it is in the interests of the United States to take additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 of May 22, 2003, and expanded in Executive Order 13315 of August 28, 2003, and relied upon for additional steps taken in Executive Order 13350 of July 29, 2004, and Executive Order 13364 of November 29, 2004."

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  Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-

  2007-07-17
• Executive Order 13436: Further Amending Executive Order 13381, as Amended, to Extend its Duration by One Year

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  Executive Order 13436 was enacted to extend by 1 year the duration of Executive Order 13381 (Strengthening Processes Relating to Determining Eligibility for Access to Classified National Security Information).

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  Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-

  2007-06-28
• Executive Order 13434: National Security Professional Development

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  "In order to enhance the national security of the United States, including preventing, protecting against, responding to, and recovering from natural and manmade disasters, such as acts of terrorism, it is the policy of the United States to promote the education, training, and experience of current and future professionals in national security positions (security professionals) in executive departments and agencies (agencies)."

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  Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-

  2007-05-17
• Executive Order 13432: Cooperation Among Agencies in Protecting the Environment with Respect to Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Motor Vehicles, Nonroad Vehicles, and Nonroad Engines

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  "It is the policy of the United States to ensure the coordinated and effective exercise of the authorities of the President and the heads of the Department of Transportation, the Department of Energy, and the Environmental Protection Agency to protect the environment with respect to greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles, nonroad vehicles, and nonroad engines, in a manner consistent with sound science, analysis of benefits and costs, public safety, and economic growth.[…] The Director of the Office of Management and Budget, with such assistance from the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality as the Director may require, shall monitor the implementation of this order by the heads of the agencies and shall report thereon to the President from time to time, and not less often than semiannually, with any recommendations of the Director for strengthening the implementation of this order."

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  Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-

  2007-05-14
• Executive Order 13431: Establishment of Temporary Organization to Facilitate United States Government Assistance for Transition in Iraq

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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 as follows: 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 Iraq Transition Assistance Office (ITAO). The purpose of the ITAO shall be to perform the specific project of supporting executive departments and agencies in concluding remaining large infrastructure projects expeditiously in Iraq, in facilitating Iraq's transition to self-sufficiency, and in maintaining an effective diplomatic presence in Iraq."

  United States. Office of the Federal Register

  Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-

  2007-05-11