Department of Agriculture
Orders where directed actors are tied to Department of Agriculture · 13 in Reagan · 244 all terms.
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13 shown · Reagan
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.
Assignment of emergency preparedness responsibilities
This executive order assigns comprehensive emergency preparedness responsibilities across all federal departments and agencies for national security emergencies, including nuclear attack, natural disasters, and technological emergencies. It establishes the National Security Council as the principal policy forum, designates FEMA's Director as NSC advisor, and details specific lead and support roles for each Cabinet department in areas such as continuity of government, resource management, agriculture, energy, health services, and defense production.
The President's Committee on Employment of People With Disabilities
This executive order establishes the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities, replacing a 1969 predecessor committee. It creates a three-tier advisory structure (Committee, Executive Committee, and Advisory Council) to advise the President on maximizing employment opportunities for people with physical disabilities, mental retardation, and mental illness.
National Defense Stockpile Manager
This executive order designates the Secretary of Defense as National Defense Stockpile Manager and delegates presidential authority over strategic and critical materials stockpiling to the Secretary of Defense, with limited exceptions delegated to the Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture. It also transfers related functions from the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act and Federal Property and Administrative Services Act to the Secretary of Defense.
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.
Facilitating access to science and technology
This executive order directs federal agencies to accelerate technology transfer from government laboratories to universities and private industry, particularly small businesses. It establishes cooperative research agreements, royalty-sharing for inventors, a Technology Share Program for consortia, scientist exchange programs, and international technology cooperation guidelines, while requiring reports on progress within one year.
National Drug Policy Board
This executive order establishes the National Drug Policy Board, chaired by the Attorney General with the Secretary of Health and Human Services as Vice Chairman, to coordinate all federal drug abuse policy functions across executive departments. It creates two coordinating groups for enforcement and prevention/health, and consolidates duties previously held by the National Drug Enforcement Policy Board.
Food for Progress
This executive order delegates presidential authority under the 1985 Food for Progress Act to agency officials: the Director of the U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency gains power to negotiate agreements with developing countries for food aid, while the Secretary of Agriculture can waive minimum tonnage requirements. All delegated functions must be coordinated through the Food Aid Subcommittee of the Development Coordination Committee to align with broader U.S. foreign assistance policy.
Superfund Implementation
This executive order delegates presidential authorities under the Superfund law (CERCLA and SARA) to specific federal agencies, establishing the National Response Team structure with EPA and Coast Guard leadership, and assigning responsibilities for hazardous waste cleanup, enforcement, liability, litigation, and Superfund budget management across the executive branch.
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.
Grazing Fees
This executive order establishes a permanent mathematical formula for calculating fees that ranchers pay to graze livestock on federal public rangelands, using a base rate adjusted annually by forage values, beef prices, and production costs, with annual changes capped at 25% and a minimum fee of $1.35 per animal unit month.
Federal Real Property Management
This executive order establishes a government-wide framework for federal real property management, designating the Domestic Policy Council as the policy approval forum and assigning oversight roles to OMB and GSA. It requires all executive agencies to develop annual improvement plans for their real property holdings and directs Agriculture and Interior to improve management of public lands and National Forest System lands.
Management Reform in the Federal Government
This executive order creates the President's Council on Management Improvement, an interagency body chaired by OMB's Deputy Director to develop and oversee government-wide management reforms, formulate long-range plans, identify cross-cutting agency improvements, and resolve interagency management problems. The Council includes senior administration officials from 22 agencies and offices but is explicitly prohibited from interfering with existing lines of authority.