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EO 134012006-04-27Bush

Responsibilities of Federal Departments and Agencies With Respect to Volunteer Community Service

This executive order requires every federal agency to designate a senior-level liaison for volunteer community service within 20 days, charged with promoting employee volunteering, coordinating with the USA Freedom Corps, and submitting annual reports with performance metrics. It revokes a 1992 predecessor order and establishes a reporting structure to measure agency volunteer service activities.

EO 134002006-04-26Bush

Blocking Property of Persons in Connection With the Conflict in Sudan's Darfur Region

This executive order expands a 1997 national emergency regarding Sudan to specifically target individuals and entities fueling the conflict in Darfur. It blocks all property and interests in property of designated persons within U.S. jurisdiction, prohibits transactions with them, and authorizes Treasury to designate additional parties threatening peace, stability, or human rights in the region.

EO 133992006-04-25Bush

Blocking Property of Additional Persons in Connection With the National Emergency With Respect to Syria

This executive order expands sanctions related to the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri by blocking U.S.-based assets of individuals and entities determined to be involved in that attack or related bombings in Lebanon, or who obstructed the UN investigation. It builds upon the existing national emergency declared in Executive Order 13338 concerning Syrian government actions.

EO 133982006-04-18Bush

National Mathematics Advisory Panel

This executive order establishes a National Mathematics Advisory Panel within the Department of Education to advise the President and Secretary of Education on improving mathematics education. The panel of up to 30 members must submit a preliminary report by January 31, 2007 and a final report by February 28, 2008, covering topics from algebra readiness to teacher training, before the panel automatically terminates on April 18, 2008.

Memo2006-04-17Bush

Designation of Officers of the Social Security Administration

This memorandum establishes a formal order of succession for the Social Security Administration, specifying which officials would temporarily assume the Commissioner's duties if both the Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner become unavailable. It supersedes a 2002 memorandum on the same topic.

Det2006-04-13Bush

Waiver and Certification of Statutory Provisions Regarding the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Office

President Bush waived section 1003 of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987 for six months, allowing the Palestine Liberation Organization to maintain its office in Washington, D.C. The determination cites national security interests under a 2006 appropriations act provision and directs the Secretary of State to transmit it to Congress and publish it in the Federal Register.

Memo2006-04-06Bush

Assignment of Reporting Function on Iraq Policy Under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006

President George W. Bush assigned to the Secretary of State the presidential reporting functions under section 1227(c) of the FY2006 National Defense Authorization Act regarding Iraq policy. This is a routine delegation of a statutory reporting requirement to a cabinet secretary.

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