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EO 13472Bush

Executive Branch Responsibilities With Respect To Orders of Succession

This executive order requires all executive branch agencies to establish, maintain, and update formal orders of succession for their leadership positions. Agencies needing presidential action must submit draft succession plans within 30 days, while agencies with independent authority must maintain their plans and submit copies to White House and homeland security officials within 30 days and within 7 days of any subsequent revisions.

Federal WorkforceDefense & SecurityDemocracy & Governance
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EO 13434Bush

National Security Professional Development

This executive order establishes a framework to improve national security workforce capabilities by requiring a National Strategy for professional development, creating an interagency Steering Committee chaired by OPM, and directing agency heads to enhance education, training, and cross-government assignment opportunities for security professionals. It specifically assigns implementation roles to Defense, State, Intelligence, and Homeland Security for their respective personnel systems.

Defense & SecurityFederal Workforce
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EO 13366Bush

Committee on Ocean Policy

This executive order establishes the Committee on Ocean Policy within the Council on Environmental Quality to coordinate federal agency activities on ocean-related matters, advance environmental/economic/security interests, and facilitate consultation with state, tribal, local, and international stakeholders. The Committee comprises cabinet secretaries, agency heads, and presidential assistants but functions solely in an advisory capacity without regulatory authority.

Energy & EnvironmentDefense & SecurityFederal Workforce
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MemoBush

National Guard Support for 2004 Democratic and Republican National Conventions and Other Appropriate Events

President George W. Bush delegated his authority under 32 U.S.C. § 325 to the Secretary of Defense to provide National Guard support for the 2004 Democratic and Republican National Conventions and other appropriate events, with funding to come from existing appropriations.

Defense & SecurityDemocracy & Governance
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EO 13347Bush

Individuals With Disabilities in Emergency Preparedness

This executive order establishes a federal policy requiring agencies to consider the unique needs of individuals with disabilities in emergency preparedness planning for disasters and terrorism. It creates an Interagency Coordinating Council within the Department of Homeland Security to coordinate implementation, review agency actions, and submit annual reports to the President on progress and best practices.

Democracy & GovernanceFederal WorkforceHealthcare
5
EO 13319Bush

Amendment to Executive Order 13183, Establishment of the President's Task Force on Puerto Rico's Status

This executive order amends the structure of the President's Task Force on Puerto Rico's Status, replacing the previous membership model with designees from each Cabinet member plus the Deputy Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs, and requiring biennial reports to the President on Puerto Rico's status determination progress.

Democracy & GovernanceFederal Workforce
3
EO 13302Bush

Amending Executive Order 13212, Actions to Expedite Energy-Related Projects

This executive order amends EO 13212 to expand its scope beyond energy production to include pipeline safety projects. It establishes an interagency task force within the Department of Energy to monitor and expedite permitting for energy-related and pipeline safety projects, coordinate federal-state-tribal-local permitting, and perform functions under section 60133 of title 49 regarding pipeline repair.

Energy & EnvironmentFederal Workforce
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EO 13286Bush

Amendment of Executive Orders, and Other Actions, in Connection With the Transfer of Certain Functions to the Secretary of Homeland Security

This executive order makes extensive technical amendments to 80 prior executive orders to reflect the creation of the Department of Homeland Security and transfer functions from agencies like the Attorney General's office, Department of Transportation, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and others to the new Secretary of Homeland Security. It also fully rewrites Executive Order 13231 on critical infrastructure protection, establishing the National Infrastructure Advisory Council under DHS and clarifying cybersecurity responsibilities across government.

Defense & SecurityImmigrationFederal WorkforceEnergy & Environment
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EO 13279Bush

Equal Protection of the Laws for Faith-Based and Community Organizations

This executive order establishes principles for federal agencies to ensure faith-based and community organizations can compete equally for federal social service funding without religious discrimination, while protecting beneficiaries from religious coercion. It requires specified agencies to review and amend policies within 90 days, and amends Executive Order 11246 to exempt religious contractors from certain employment nondiscrimination requirements when hiring co-religionists.

Democracy & GovernanceCivil RightsFederal WorkforceEconomy & Labor
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EO 13258Bush

Amending Executive Order 12866 on Regulatory Planning and Review

This executive order amends the 1993 regulatory review framework (EO 12866) by removing the Vice President's formal role in the regulatory process and transferring those functions to the OMB Director and the White House Chief of Staff. It also updates several White House position titles to reflect organizational changes, including adding the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security to the regulatory review group.

Democracy & GovernanceFederal Workforce
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MemoBush

Implementing Government Reform

This memorandum establishes Chief Operating Officers in federal agencies, creates the President's Management Council to coordinate government reform, and revokes a 1993 Clinton administration management reform memorandum. It directs agencies to implement citizen-centered, results-oriented, market-based management reforms.

Federal WorkforceDemocracy & Governance
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