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Executive Order 13826

Federal Interagency Council on Crime Prevention and Improving Reentry

This executive order establishes a Federal Interagency Council on Crime Prevention and Improving Reentry, co-chaired by the Attorney General, the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, and a White House innovation advisor. The Council is tasked with developing evidence-based recommendations to reduce crime, lower recidivism, and improve reentry outcomes through coordination across 11 federal agencies, with initial and full reports due within 90 days and one year respectively. The order revokes a 2016 Obama memorandum on reintegration of formerly incarcerated individuals and automatically terminates after three years.

Federal Register Open PDF 83 FR 10771

Impact dates

  1. Automatic termination of order and Council

  2. Full report with recommendations due

  3. Initial report outlining timeline and steps due

Key directives

  • Establish Federal Interagency Council on Crime Prevention and Improving Reentry with specified co-chairs and 11 member agencies
  • Co-chairs shall convene Council meetings once per quarter
  • Council shall engage with federal, state, local, tribal officials and stakeholders
  • Council shall develop recommendations for evidence-based programmatic reforms addressing mental/behavioral health, education, vocational training, mentoring, substance abuse treatment, family support, and private-sector job incentives
  • Council shall analyze barriers to reintegration in education, housing, job placement/licensing
  • Council shall enhance coordination and reduce duplication of crime-prevention efforts across federal government
  • Council shall facilitate research and improve data access for evaluation
  • Submit initial report within 90 days of March 7, 2018
  • Submit full report within 1 year of March 7, 2018, with annual status updates thereafter
  • Revoke April 29, 2016 Presidential Memorandum
  • Order and Council terminate 3 years after March 7, 2021

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • Council establishment with designated co-chairs and member agencies
  • Revocation of April 29, 2016 Presidential Memorandum on reintegration

Near term (90d)

  • Initial report due outlining timeline and steps to fulfill order requirements
  • First quarterly Council meeting to occur
  • Executive Director designation by Attorney General

Long term

  • Full report with recommendations due within 1 year
  • Annual status updates on implementation for each year order is in effect
  • Periodic review and update of recommendations
  • Automatic termination of order and Council after 3 years (March 7, 2021)

Risks & tensions

  • Order explicitly 'subject to availability of appropriations' and uses existing funding, creating resource uncertainty
  • Revocation of 2016 Obama memorandum may create policy discontinuity tensions
  • 3-year sunset clause limits institutional durability; Council expired March 2021 unless extended
  • Quarterly meeting requirement is procedural; actual output depends on agency prioritization
  • 'As appropriate' and 'to the extent permitted by law' language creates implementation flexibility but also ambiguity in obligations
  • Potential tension between 'incarceration is necessary' framing and rehabilitative goals
  • Private-sector job incentives rely on 'existing tax credit programs' rather than new authorities
Executive Order 13826: Federal Interagency Council on Crime Prevention and Improving Reentry · Executive Orders