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EO 13266Executive OrderG.W. Bush · R

Executive Order 13266

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.

Federal Register Open PDF 67 FR 42467

Impact dates

  1. Working Group meetings (minimum frequency)

  2. Agency reports on proposed fitness policy actions due to President through HHS Secretary

Key directives

  • Eight Secretaries and ONDCP Director to review and evaluate fitness-related policies, programs, and regulations
  • Agencies to determine whether existing policies should be modified or new programs implemented
  • New policies and programs must be consistent with existing authority and appropriated funds
  • Agencies to report proposed actions to President through HHS Secretary within 90 days
  • Establish Personal Fitness Interagency Working Group chaired by HHS Secretary
  • Working Group to meet at least twice yearly
  • HHS to provide administrative support to Working Group

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • Agency heads instructed to begin review of fitness-related policies and programs

Near term (90d)

  • Agency reports due to President through HHS Secretary proposing policy modifications or new programs

Long term

  • Working Group to meet at least twice yearly to coordinate federal fitness activities and reduce duplication

Risks & tensions

  • Order explicitly constrained to 'otherwise available authority and appropriated funds' — no new funding or legal authority created
  • Non-binding language ('may' in policy section) limits enforceability of agency action
  • Section 3 disclaimer removes any judicial enforceability, making compliance purely discretionary
  • Vague standard for 'improve' leaves success metrics undefined
  • Coordination mandate conflicts with existing agency autonomy; overlap reduction may be difficult without statutory changes
Executive Order 13266: Activities To Promote Personal Fitness · Executive Orders