Secretary of the Interior
Executive orders directing the Secretary of the Interior · 11 in Reagan · 317 all terms.
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11 shown · Reagan
Assignment of emergency preparedness responsibilities
This executive order assigns comprehensive emergency preparedness responsibilities across all federal departments and agencies for national security emergencies, including nuclear attack, natural disasters, and technological emergencies. It establishes the National Security Council as the principal policy forum, designates FEMA's Director as NSC advisor, and details specific lead and support roles for each Cabinet department in areas such as continuity of government, resource management, agriculture, energy, health services, and defense production.
The President's Committee on Employment of People With Disabilities
This executive order establishes the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities, replacing a 1969 predecessor committee. It creates a three-tier advisory structure (Committee, Executive Committee, and Advisory Council) to advise the President on maximizing employment opportunities for people with physical disabilities, mental retardation, and mental illness.
National Defense Stockpile Manager
This executive order designates the Secretary of Defense as National Defense Stockpile Manager and delegates presidential authority over strategic and critical materials stockpiling to the Secretary of Defense, with limited exceptions delegated to the Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture. It also transfers related functions from the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act and Federal Property and Administrative Services Act to the Secretary of Defense.
National Drug Policy Board
This executive order establishes the National Drug Policy Board, chaired by the Attorney General with the Secretary of Health and Human Services as Vice Chairman, to coordinate all federal drug abuse policy functions across executive departments. It creates two coordinating groups for enforcement and prevention/health, and consolidates duties previously held by the National Drug Enforcement Policy Board.
Superfund Implementation
This executive order delegates presidential authorities under the Superfund law (CERCLA and SARA) to specific federal agencies, establishing the National Response Team structure with EPA and Coast Guard leadership, and assigning responsibilities for hazardous waste cleanup, enforcement, liability, litigation, and Superfund budget management across the executive branch.
Management of the Compact of Free Association With the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau
This executive order establishes the U.S. government structure for managing relations with the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau under the Compact of Free Association. It assigns primary diplomatic responsibility to the Secretary of State, economic and financial assistance coordination to the Secretary of the Interior, creates an Interagency Group and Office of Freely Associated State Affairs, and delegates specific congressional reporting and oversight authorities.
Protection of Cultural Property
This executive order delegates presidential authority under the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act to three agencies: the U.S. Information Agency, the Department of State, and the Department of the Treasury. It assigns specific functions regarding bilateral agreements, emergency import restrictions, and reporting to Congress for protecting cultural property from illicit trade, and designates the Secretary of the Interior to enforce these provisions in U.S. territories.
Grazing Fees
This executive order establishes a permanent mathematical formula for calculating fees that ranchers pay to graze livestock on federal public rangelands, using a base rate adjusted annually by forage values, beef prices, and production costs, with annual changes capped at 25% and a minimum fee of $1.35 per animal unit month.
Federal Real Property Management
This executive order establishes a government-wide framework for federal real property management, designating the Domestic Policy Council as the policy approval forum and assigning oversight roles to OMB and GSA. It requires all executive agencies to develop annual improvement plans for their real property holdings and directs Agriculture and Interior to improve management of public lands and National Forest System lands.
President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
Executive Order 12367 establishes the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities as a federal advisory committee to promote private sector support for arts and humanities, coordinate participation in national cultural events, and recognize excellence in these fields. The Committee includes federal officials, presidential appointees from the private sector, and invited congressional and cultural institution leaders, with administrative support provided by the National Endowment for the Arts. The Committee was set to terminate on September 30, 1989 unless extended.
Federal employees contracting or trading with Indians
This executive order delegates presidential authority to regulate federal employees' commercial transactions with Indians from the President to the Secretary of the Interior (for Bureau of Indian Affairs employees) and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (for Indian Health Service employees). It also preserves existing regulations as interim rules until new ones are issued.