Deputy Secretary of State
Executive orders directing the Deputy Secretary of State · 5 in Search.
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Enhancing Coordination of National Efforts in the Arctic
This executive order establishes an Arctic Executive Steering Committee to coordinate federal Arctic policy across agencies during the U.S. chairmanship of the Arctic Council. It mandates improved interagency coordination, tribal consultation with Alaska Native governments, and a report identifying overlaps and gaps in Arctic policy implementation.
Establishment of the SelectUSA Initiative
This executive order establishes SelectUSA, a Department of Commerce-based initiative to coordinate federal efforts to attract and retain domestic and foreign business investment in the United States. It creates a Federal Interagency Investment Working Group spanning nearly every cabinet department and major economic agency to promote the U.S. as a business location, serve as an investment ombudsman, and provide information to investors.
Presidential Determination with Respect to Foreign
This presidential determination applies sanctions under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, withholding certain U.S. government funding for FY2005 to Equatorial Guinea and Venezuela (Tier 3 countries) and to Burma, Cuba, Sudan, and North Korea (special cases). It also approves waivers allowing specific assistance to Equatorial Guinea (police professionalization, rule of law), Sudan (North/South peace accord and Darfur crisis), and Venezuela (democratic process strengthening) as being in the national interest.
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.
Foreign Intelligence Physical Searches
This executive order delegates authority to the Attorney General to approve warrantless physical searches for foreign intelligence purposes up to one year, and to apply for court orders for such searches under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. It also designates specific senior national security officials to certify applications for physical search orders.