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Executive Order 13632

Establishing the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force

This executive order establishes a cabinet-level task force chaired by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to coordinate long-term rebuilding efforts after Hurricane Sandy. The task force is required to produce a comprehensive rebuilding strategy within 180 days of its first meeting, after which it will terminate 60 days later.

Federal Register Open PDF 77 FR 74341

Impact dates

  1. Task Force termination (60 days after Strategy completion)

  2. Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Strategy due

Key directives

  • Establish Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force chaired by HUD Secretary
  • Task Force to prepare Rebuilding Strategy within 180 days of first convening
  • Strategy must include long-term rebuilding plan with vulnerability assessments
  • Strategy must specify outcomes, goals, actions by all government levels and private sector
  • Task Force terminates 60 days after Strategy completion
  • HUD to provide administrative support using Disaster Relief Fund and other available funds
  • Federal agencies to align programs with Strategy as appropriate

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • Task Force establishment
  • HUD Secretary designated as Chair
  • 24 federal agencies designated as members

Near term (90d)

  • First convening of Task Force members
  • Advisory Group establishment at Chair's discretion
  • Stakeholder engagement begins
  • Coordination with FEMA and NDRF structures

Long term

  • Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Strategy due within 180 days of first meeting
  • Task Force terminates 60 days after Strategy completion
  • FEMA and NDRF lead agencies assume ongoing coordinating roles

Risks & tensions

  • First convening date not specified, making actual calendar dates for 180-day and termination deadlines uncertain
  • Task Force effectiveness depends on voluntary interagency coordination without binding authority over member agencies
  • Funding contingent on Disaster Relief Fund availability and appropriations
  • Potential tension between 'local primacy' principle and federal coordination role
  • Scope ambiguity: 'resilient rebuilding' vs. speed of recovery for displaced residents
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