Department of Housing and Urban Development
Orders where directed actors are tied to Department of Housing and Urban Development · 19 in G.W. Bush · 117 all terms.
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19 shown · G.W. Bush
Improving the Coordination and Effectiveness of Youth Programs
This executive order creates an Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs within HHS to coordinate federal youth programs, mandates development of a new federal youth website within 10 months, and requires annual reporting to the President. It continues the "Helping America's Youth" initiative through structured interagency collaboration without creating new legal rights or spending authority.
Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees and Amendments to and Revocation of Other Executive Orders
This executive order continues 16 federal advisory committees until September 30, 2009, revokes the tax reform advisory panel (EO 13369), supersedes parts of EO 13385, and substantially amends EO 12994 to expand and rename the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities with new membership requirements and advisory functions.
Strengthening Adult Education
This executive order creates an Interagency Adult Education Working Group led by the Secretary of Education to coordinate federal adult education programs, identify gaps and duplications, and recommend improvements to help adults transition to postsecondary education and employment. The Working Group includes multiple cabinet secretaries and must submit its first report within 9 months.
National Security Professional Development
This executive order establishes a framework to improve national security workforce capabilities by requiring a National Strategy for professional development, creating an interagency Steering Committee chaired by OPM, and directing agency heads to enhance education, training, and cross-government assignment opportunities for security professionals. It specifically assigns implementation roles to Defense, State, Intelligence, and Homeland Security for their respective personnel systems.
Establishing a Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors and a Task Force on Returning Global War on Terror Heroes
This executive order establishes a presidential commission and an interagency task force to review and improve care for wounded service members returning from the Global War on Terror. The Commission has a mandate to examine transitions, health care, benefits, and services, with a final report due by June 30, 2007. The Task Force, led by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, must submit a government-wide action plan within 45 days.
Improving Assistance for Disaster Victims
This executive order establishes an interagency Task Force on Disaster Assistance Coordination to develop a plan streamlining federal disaster assistance delivery. The plan must include a centralized application process, a clearinghouse for assistance information, reduced duplication, and fraud controls, with phased implementation by December 31, 2008. The Secretary of Homeland Security must submit the plan to the President by March 1, 2007, with quarterly progress reports thereafter until implementation is complete.
Task Force on New Americans
This executive order establishes a Task Force on New Americans within the Department of Homeland Security to coordinate federal efforts helping legal immigrants learn English, civics, and history to integrate into American society. The Task Force includes cabinet-level officials from multiple departments and is directed to promote public-private partnerships, expand instruction through community groups, and make recommendations on policy and legislative changes.
Creation of the Gulf Coast Recovery and Rebuilding Council
This executive order establishes the Gulf Coast Recovery and Rebuilding Council within the Executive Office of the President to coordinate federal support for recovery and rebuilding after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The Council, chaired by the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and comprising 23 cabinet-level officials and senior advisors, is tasked with reviewing issues, providing guidance, and making recommendations to the President on Gulf Coast recovery efforts. The Council automatically terminates three years after signing unless extended.
Amendment to Executive Order 13173, Interagency Task Force on the Economic Development of the Central San Joaquin Valley
This executive order makes minor amendments to Executive Order 13173, updating the membership of the Interagency Task Force on the Economic Development of the Central San Joaquin Valley by adding the Secretary of Defense and Director of National Drug Control Policy, making the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development the chair, requiring designated staff for 2004-2006, and adding 'regulations' to the Task Force's analytical duties. It also adds standard language disclaiming judicial enforceability.
Establishment of Great Lakes Interagency Task Force and Promotion of a Regional Collaboration of National Significance for the Great Lakes
This executive order creates the Great Lakes Interagency Task Force, chaired by the EPA Administrator, to coordinate federal restoration and protection efforts across 10 cabinet-level agencies. It establishes a regional working group of Great Lakes program offices and requires a report to the President by May 31, 2005, while promoting collaboration with states, tribes, local governments, and Canada.
Human Service Transportation Coordination
This executive order establishes an Interagency Transportation Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility to improve coordination of federal transportation services for people with disabilities, low-income individuals, and older adults. The Council, chaired by the Secretary of Transportation and comprising nine cabinet-level officials, is tasked with reducing duplication, improving access, and reporting on progress within one year.
Amending Executive Order 13212, Actions to Expedite Energy-Related Projects
This executive order amends EO 13212 to expand its scope beyond energy production to include pipeline safety projects. It establishes an interagency task force within the Department of Energy to monitor and expedite permitting for energy-related and pipeline safety projects, coordinate federal-state-tribal-local permitting, and perform functions under section 60133 of title 49 regarding pipeline repair.
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.
Activities To Promote Personal Fitness
This executive order directs eight federal departments and the Office of National Drug Policy to review their policies and programs related to public personal fitness, and to propose modifications or new initiatives within 90 days. It establishes an interagency working group chaired by HHS to coordinate federal fitness promotion activities and eliminate overlap, while explicitly limiting the order to internal executive branch management without creating enforceable rights.
Presidential Task Force on Citizen Preparedness in the War on Terrorism
This executive order establishes a temporary Presidential Task Force on Citizen Preparedness in the War on Terrorism, composed of senior officials from 15 executive branch entities. The Task Force is charged with identifying ways Americans can prepare for terrorist attacks and volunteer to support officials, and must report its recommendations to the President within 40 days before automatically terminating 30 days after submission.
President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans
This executive order establishes a 25-member presidential advisory commission and a White House Initiative within the Department of Education to improve educational outcomes for Hispanic Americans. It mandates reports on closing the achievement gap under the No Child Left Behind framework and revokes the previous Clinton-era executive order on the same topic.
Community-Based Alternatives for Individuals With Disabilities
This executive order directs federal agencies to assist states in implementing the Supreme Court's Olmstead decision, which requires community-based placement for individuals with disabilities when appropriate. It mandates interagency cooperation, policy reviews, and ADA enforcement to reduce unjustified institutionalization.
Actions To Expedite Energy-Related Projects
This executive order directs federal agencies to expedite permit reviews and other actions for energy-related projects while maintaining safety and environmental protections. It establishes a broad interagency task force, chaired by the Council on Environmental Quality chairman and housed at the Department of Energy, to monitor and coordinate these efforts across federal, state, tribal, and local levels.
Agency Responsibilities With Respect to Faith- Based and Community Initiatives
This executive order establishes Centers for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives within five cabinet departments (Justice, Education, Labor, HHS, HUD) to identify and remove barriers preventing faith-based and community organizations from participating in federal social service programs. It mandates audits of discriminatory regulations, requires annual reporting, and creates liaison roles across all executive agencies to coordinate with the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.