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Proc 9659ProclamationTrump 45 · RCeremonial

Proclamation 9659

National Energy Awareness Month, 2017

This proclamation designates October 2017 as National Energy Awareness Month, using the occasion to promote the administration's 'America First' energy policy goals including achieving net energy exporter status by 2026, expanding fossil fuel and renewable energy development, and reducing dependence on OPEC. The document contains no binding directives or mandates to agencies.

Federal Register Open PDF 82 FR 48383

Key directives

No discrete directives extracted.

Timeline

Immediate

  • Proclamation takes effect upon signing; October 2017 designated as National Energy Awareness Month

Near term (90d)

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Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • Text frames energy policy in partisan 'America First' terms without concrete mechanisms
  • Claims about coal export increases and LNG expansion are presented as achievements but lack enforcement weight in this document
  • Environmental protection claims may conflict with deregulatory agenda implied in 'streamline our Nation's complex regulations'
Proclamation 9659: National Energy Awareness Month, 2017 · Executive Orders