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Executive Order 13309

Amendments to Executive Order 12994, and Renaming the President's Committee on Mental Retardation as the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities

This executive order renames the President's Committee on Mental Retardation to the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities, updates language throughout the founding EO 12994, expands committee membership by adding four Cabinet secretaries (Commerce, Transportation, Interior, Homeland Security), and extends the committee's existence until September 30, 2005.

Federal Register Open PDF 68 FR 44851

Impact dates

  1. Committee authorization expires

Key directives

  • Rename President's Committee on Mental Retardation to President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities
  • Replace 'mental retardation' with 'intellectual disabilities' throughout EO 12994 except in title, first preamble line, and section 1
  • Add Secretary of Commerce, Transportation, Interior, and Homeland Security to committee membership
  • Renumber existing subsections (6)-(9) as (10)-(13)
  • Continue Committee until September 30, 2005

Timeline

Immediate

  • name change takes effect
  • terminology updated in EO 12994
  • new Cabinet members added to Committee

Near term (90d)

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Long term

  • Committee authorization expires September 30, 2005 unless further extended

Risks & tensions

  • Sunset date creates uncertainty about long-term institutional continuity
  • Partial terminology replacement (exempting title, preamble, section 1) may create internal inconsistency in EO 12994
  • Expansion from 9 to 13 Cabinet members could complicate committee operations or dilute focus
Executive Order 13309: Amendments to Executive Order 12994, and Renaming the President's Committee on Mental Retardation as the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities · Executive Orders