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EO 135842011-09-09Obama

Developing an Integrated Strategic Counterterrorism Communications Initiative and Establishing a Temporary Organization to Support Certain Government-wide Communications Activities Directed Abroad

This executive order establishes a Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications within the State Department to coordinate U.S. government-wide counterterrorism messaging abroad, and creates a temporary Counterterrorism Communications Support Office to provide research and campaign support. Both entities focus on countering al-Qa'ida and violent extremist ideologies through strategic communications to foreign audiences.

EO 132792002-12-12Bush

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.

EO 132802002-12-12Bush

Responsibilities of the Department of Agriculture and the Agency for International Development With Respect to Faith-Based and Community Initiatives

This executive order creates Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Centers within the Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Agency for International Development to identify and remove barriers preventing religious and community organizations from participating in federal social service programs. The Centers must begin operations within 45 days and submit their first reports with performance indicators within 180 days.

EO 130891998-06-11Clinton

Coral Reef Protection

This executive order establishes a federal policy to protect U.S. coral reef ecosystems by requiring agencies to identify actions affecting reefs and avoid degrading them. It creates the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force co-chaired by Interior and Commerce to coordinate mapping, monitoring, research, conservation, and international cooperation efforts.

Memo1997-08-20Clinton

Determination Under Section 610(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as Amended, To Transfer $17.5 Million to the Operating Expenses Appropriation

President Clinton authorized the immediate transfer of $17.5 million in fiscal year 1997 foreign assistance funds from development aid accounts to USAID's operating expenses appropriation under Section 667(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act. The determination was directed to the USAID Administrator and published in the Federal Register.

Memo1997-03-27Clinton

Strengthened Protections for Human Subjects of Classified Research

This 1997 presidential memorandum strengthens ethical protections for human subjects in classified government research by implementing recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments. It prohibits waiver of informed consent for classified research, requires disclosure of sponsoring agencies and classification status to subjects, mandates special institutional review board procedures including nongovernmental members and appeals processes, requires annual public disclosure of secret research projects, and bars agencies from conducting such research without first adopting modified Common Rule regulations.

EO 129661995-07-14Clinton

Foreign Disaster Assistance

This executive order delegates presidential authority under a new statute (10 U.S.C. § 404) to the Secretary of Defense for providing foreign disaster assistance, establishing procedural controls requiring presidential direction or State Department concurrence, with limited emergency exceptions. It specifies coordination requirements with USAID and took effect immediately after midnight on July 15, 1995.

Memo1995-06-06Clinton

Delegation of Certain Presidential Authorities Under the African Conflict Resolution Act of 1994

This memorandum delegates presidential authorities under sections 8 and 9 of the African Conflict Resolution Act of 1994 to the Administrator of the Agency for International Development (USAID). The delegated functions may be further redelegated within USAID, and the Administrator is directed to publish the memorandum in the Federal Register.

Memo1995-02-16Clinton

Delegation of Certain Presidential Authorities Under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and Related Appropriations Legislation

This memorandum delegates presidential authorities under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and related 1995 appropriations legislation. It assigns functions to the Secretary of State and USAID Administrator, specifically shifting certain population and development assistance authorities from USAID to the Secretary of State.

Det1994-08-31Clinton

Waiver of Fiscal Year 1994 Ceiling on Housing Guaranty Loans for South Africa Private Sector Housing Guaranty Program

President Clinton waived the fiscal year 1994 statutory ceiling on Housing Guaranty loans to authorize up to $75 million in housing guaranty assistance for South Africa's private sector housing program, bypassing normal appropriations limitations under the Foreign Assistance Act.

EO 126611988-12-27Reagan

Implementing the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 and Related International Trade Matters

This executive order delegates presidential authorities under the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 to various cabinet officials and agencies, establishes sanctions against Toshiba and Kongsberg for illegal technology transfers, creates an Interagency Group on Countertrade and a National Commission on Superconductivity, and mandates a report on semiconductors, fiber optics, and superconducting materials for the FY1990 budget.

EO 126541988-10-07Reagan

Delegating authority to provide assistance for the Nicaraguan Resistance

This executive order delegates presidential authorities to executive branch officials regarding the transfer of unobligated defense funds to support the Nicaraguan Resistance (Contras). It authorizes the Secretary of Defense to designate and transfer funds, in consultation with USAID's Administrator, and gives OMB's Director authority to approve personnel details to USAID.

EO 125991987-06-23Reagan

Coordination of economic policies for Sub-Saharan Africa

This 1987 executive order creates an interagency Coordinating Committee for Sub-Saharan Africa, chaired by USAID and co-chaired by Treasury, to align U.S. economic programs and policies toward ending hunger in the region through economic growth, policy reform, and private sector development. The Committee coordinates aid, food assistance, business outreach, and a unified congressional budget justification, while State and Treasury jointly submit an annual report to the President on regional progress.

EO 125711986-10-27Reagan

Implementation of the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act

This executive order delegates implementation of the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 across multiple federal agencies, assigning specific sections of the law to the Departments of State, Treasury, Commerce, Defense, Transportation, the U.S. Trade Representative, and USAID. It also establishes an Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee on South Africa chaired by the Secretary of State to ensure coordinated policy implementation.

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