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EO 141272024-09-26Biden

Combating Emerging Firearms Threats and Improving School-Based Active-Shooter Drills

This executive order establishes an interagency task force to develop strategies against emerging firearms threats, specifically machinegun conversion devices and 3D printed ghost guns, requiring reports within 90 days. It also directs the Departments of Education and Homeland Security to publish guidance on improving school-based active-shooter drills within 110 days, with attention to trauma reduction and civil rights compliance.

EO 140922023-03-14Biden

Reducing Gun Violence and Making Our Communities Safer

This executive order directs federal agencies to implement the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act and take additional steps to reduce gun violence, including clarifying firearms dealer licensing requirements, promoting safe storage and red flag laws, improving ballistics data reporting, and developing support programs for gun violence survivors.

EO 140472021-09-17Biden

Adding Measles to the List of Quarantinable Communicable Diseases

This executive order adds measles to the federal list of quarantinable communicable diseases, granting CDC authority to detain and examine individuals suspected of carrying measles to prevent interstate spread. It amends a 2003 Bush-era executive order that originally established quarantine powers for diseases like SARS, Ebola, and pandemic flu.

EO 136742014-07-31Obama

Revised List of Quarantinable Communicable Diseases

This executive order amends the list of quarantinable communicable diseases to include severe acute respiratory syndromes (SARS-like diseases) that pose pandemic potential or high mortality/morbidity risk, explicitly excluding influenza. The update expands federal quarantine authority under Section 264(b) of Title 42 to cover emerging respiratory threats beyond the original 2003 list.

EO 135442010-06-10Obama

Establishing the National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council

This executive order establishes the National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council within HHS, chaired by the Surgeon General, to coordinate federal prevention and wellness efforts. It mandates development of a national health strategy and requires annual reports to Congress through 2015 on progress toward disease prevention goals.

EO 133752005-04-01Bush

Amendment to Executive Order 13295 Relating to Certain Influenza Viruses and Quarantinable Communicable Diseases

This executive order amends a 2003 quarantine order to add novel or reemergent influenza viruses with pandemic potential to the list of quarantinable communicable diseases, expanding federal authority to detain and examine individuals to prevent disease spread during a potential influenza pandemic.

EO 132952003-04-04Bush

Revised List of Quarantinable Communicable Diseases

This executive order updates the list of diseases for which federal quarantine authority can be exercised, adding SARS to existing diseases like cholera, tuberculosis, and Ebola. It delegates presidential public health functions to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and revokes the 1983 predecessor order.

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