Executive orders, proclamations, memoranda, determinations, and other instruments — filter by administration, type, and theme.
3 shown · Apr '09
President Obama delegates to the Secretary of State the presidential functions under sections 603-604 and 699 of the 2003 Foreign Relations Authorization Act, which concern reporting and certification requirements related to international organizations and peacekeeping. The Secretary is directed to transmit the determination to Congress and publish it in the Federal Register.
President Obama waived for six months a provision of the 1987 Anti-Terrorism Act that would otherwise prohibit the Palestine Liberation Organization from maintaining an office in the United States, certifying the waiver as important to U.S. national security interests. The Secretary of State was directed to transmit the determination to Congress and publish it in the Federal Register.
This executive order establishes a White House Office of Health Reform within the Executive Office of the President to lead and coordinate the Administration's comprehensive health care reform agenda, and directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to create a corresponding office within HHS. The offices are tasked with policy coordination across agencies, public outreach, state and local collaboration, and monitoring implementation of the President's health reform goals.