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EO 135042009-02-20Obama

Amending Executive Order 13390

This executive order extends the deadline for the Coordinator of Federal Support for the Recovery and Rebuilding of the Gulf Coast Region from February 28, 2009 to September 30, 2009. It makes no other changes to the underlying authorities or structure established by Executive Order 13390.

EO 135032009-02-19Obama

Establishment of the White House Office of Urban Affairs

This executive order creates the White House Office of Urban Affairs within the Executive Office of the President to coordinate federal urban policy across departments and agencies. The Office is tasked with developing a comprehensive urban policy agenda, ensuring federal spending in urban areas is effective, and engaging with state/local officials and private stakeholders.

EO 135012009-02-06Obama

Establishment of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board

This executive order creates the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board (PERAB), a 17-member advisory body within the Department of the Treasury to provide independent, nonpartisan economic advice to the President during the 2008-2009 financial crisis. The board has purely advisory functions with no operational authority and is automatically set to terminate after two years unless extended.

EO 135022009-02-06Obama

Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects

This executive order encourages federal agencies to consider requiring Project Labor Agreements (PLAs)—pre-hire collective bargaining agreements with labor unions—for large-scale federal construction projects costing $25 million or more. It revokes two Bush-era executive orders that had restricted PLA requirements, and mandates regulatory implementation within 120 days and a broader policy review within 180 days.

Memo2009-02-05Obama

Appliance Efficiency Standards

President Obama directed the Secretary of Energy to expedite finalization of legally required appliance efficiency standards under existing statutory deadlines, prioritizing rules with imminent deadlines (by August 8, 2009) and those promising greatest energy savings for later deadlines. The memorandum reinforces compliance with a 2006 consent decree and multiple energy laws but does not create new enforceable rights.

EO 134982009-02-05Obama

Amendments to Executive Order 13199 and Establishment of the President's Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships

This executive order renames and restructures the White House faith-based initiative, establishing the President's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. It adds constitutional safeguards regarding religion clauses, emphasizes accountability and measurable results for federally funded services, and creates a 25-member advisory council with a 2-year sunset provision.

EO 134992009-02-05Obama

Further Amendments to Executive Order 12835, Establishment of the National Economic Council

This executive order expands membership of the National Economic Council by adding the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Education, the Senior Advisor for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Liaison, the Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, the Chief Technology Officer, and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration. It is a minor administrative restructuring with no policy directives or operational changes beyond council composition.

EO 135002009-02-05Obama

Further Amendments to Executive Order 12859, Establishment of the Domestic Policy Council

This executive order restructures membership of the Domestic Policy Council by replacing several Clinton-era advisory positions with Obama-era roles, including adding a Chief Technology Officer and an Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change. It is a procedural reorganization of White House internal advisory structures with no public-facing policy mandates.

Memo2009-02-04Obama

State Children's Health Insurance Program

This memorandum directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to immediately withdraw two 2007-2008 CMS letters that restricted state flexibility in setting income eligibility for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), which had caused tens of thousands of children to lose coverage.

Notice 133962009-02-04Obama

Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect To the Situation In or In Relation To C[ocirc]te d'Ivoire

President Obama continued for one year the national emergency declared by Executive Order 13396 in 2006 regarding the conflict in Côte d'Ivoire, maintaining sanctions that block property of certain persons contributing to the conflict. The continuation is based on the ongoing threat to U.S. national security and foreign policy from continued violence, human rights abuses, and political instability in the region.

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