Executive orders, proclamations, memoranda, determinations, and other instruments — filter by administration, type, and theme.
7 shown · Apr '07
President Bush determined that transferring U.S. defense articles and services to support Southern Sudan's security sector reform program is essential to U.S. national security interests, waiving Arms Export Control Act prohibitions on such transfers to the Government of Southern Sudan. The Secretary of State is assigned presidential functions to consult with Congress and submit reports 15 days before permitting specific transfers to proceed.
This executive order amends the Manual for Courts-Martial to permit remote testimony and videoteleconferencing in military court proceedings, creates a new separate military offense for causing death or injury to an unborn child during certain violent crimes against pregnant women, establishes stalking as a standalone military offense, updates blood alcohol content limits for military DUI cases, and replaces references to the Department of Transportation with Department of Homeland Security.
President George W. Bush waived section 1003 of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987 for six months, allowing the Palestine Liberation Organization to maintain its office in Washington, D.C. The determination cites national security interests and requires transmission to Congress and publication in the Federal Register.
This memorandum delegates the President's functions under section 1016(b) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to the Director of National Intelligence, specifically assigning responsibility for the Information Sharing Environment. The Director must carry out these functions consistent with two prior presidential memoranda from 2005 and must designate the existing program manager for information sharing as their assistant in this role.
President Bush establishes a second Presidential Emergency Board under the Railway Labor Act to investigate an unresolved labor dispute between Metro-North Railroad and its maintenance-of-way employees represented by the Teamsters union. The three-member board must receive final settlement offers from both parties within 30 days of its April 6, 2007 creation, then select the most reasonable offer and report to the President within 30 days thereafter, while maintaining status quo conditions throughout the process.
This executive order renames the Caribbean National Forest in Puerto Rico to "El Yunque National Forest" and updates references in two prior executive orders accordingly. The order takes effect immediately upon signing but is subject to available appropriations.
President George W. Bush formally notified Congress of his intention to enter into a free trade agreement with South Korea, as required by section 2105(a)(1)(A) of the Trade Act of 2002. The notice was published in the Federal Register to satisfy statutory procedural requirements.