[Title 3 CFR ]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - January 1, 2021 Edition]
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Title 3
The President
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Revised as of January 1, 2021
2020 Compilation and Parts 100-102
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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List of Title 3 Compilations..........................................iv
Explanation of the Code of Federal Regulations........................vi
Explanation of This Title.............................................ix
How To Cite This Title................................................xi
Title 3.............................................................xiii
2020 Compilation--Presidential Documents..........................1
Chapter I--Executive Office of the President....................693
Title 3 Finding Aids.................................................703
Tables..........................................................705
List of CFR Sections Affected...................................733
Index...........................................................735
CFR Finding Aids.....................................................745
Table of CFR Titles and Chapters................................747
Alphabetical List of Agencies Appearing in the CFR..............767
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TITLE 3 COMPILATIONS
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Title 3 Compilations Proclamations Executive Orders
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1936-1938...................... 2161-2286......... 7316-7905
1938-1943...................... 2287-2587......... 7906-9347
1943-1948...................... 2588-2823......... 9348-10025
1949-1953...................... 2824-3041......... 10026-10510
1954-1958...................... 3042-3265......... 10511-10797
1959-1963...................... 3266-3565......... 10798-11134
1964-1965...................... 3566-3694......... 11135-11263
1966-1970...................... 3695-4025......... 11264-11574
1971-1975...................... 4026-4411......... 11575-11893
1976........................... 4412-4480......... 11894-11949
1977........................... 4481-4543......... 11950-12032
1978........................... 4544-4631......... 12033-12110
1979........................... 4632-4709......... 12111-12187
1980........................... 4710-4812......... 12188-12260
1981........................... 4813-4889......... 12261-12336
1982........................... 4890-5008......... 12337-12399
1983........................... 5009-5142......... 12400-12456
1984........................... 5143-5291......... 12457-12497
1985........................... 5292-5424......... 12498-12542
1986........................... 5425-5595......... 12543-12579
1987........................... 5596-5759......... 12580-12622
1988........................... 5760-5928......... 12623-12662
1989........................... 5929-6084......... 12663-12698
1990........................... 6085-6240......... 12699-12741
1991........................... 6241-6398......... 12742-12787
1992........................... 6399-6520......... 12788-12827
1993........................... 6521-6643......... 12828-12890
1994........................... 6644-6763......... 12891-12944
1995........................... 6764-6859......... 12945-12987
1996........................... 6860-6965......... 12988-13033
1997........................... 6966-7061......... 13034-13071
1998........................... 7062-7161......... 13072-13109
1999........................... 7162-7262......... 13110-13144
2000........................... 7263-7389......... 13145-13185
2001........................... 7263-7516......... 13145-13251
2002........................... 7517-7635......... 13252-13282
2003........................... 7636-7748......... 13283-13323
2004........................... 7749-7858......... 13324-13368
2005........................... 7859-7972......... 13369-13394
2006........................... 7873-8098......... 13395-13421
2007........................... 8099-8214......... 13422-13453
2008........................... 8215-8334......... 13454-13483
2009........................... 8335-8469......... 13484-13527
2010........................... 8470-8621......... 13528-13562
2011........................... 8622-8772......... 13563-13596
2012........................... 8773-8925......... 13597-13635
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2013........................... 8926-9075......... 13636-13655
2014........................... 9076-9226......... 13656-13686
2015........................... 9227-9387......... 13687-13715
2016........................... 9388-9562......... 13716-13757
2017........................... 9563-9688......... 13758-13819
2018........................... 9689-9835......... 13820-13856
2019........................... 9836-9975......... 13857-13901
2020........................... 9976-10131........ 13902-13970
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Beginning with 1976, Title 3 compilations also include regulations
contained in Chapter I, Executive Office of the President.
Supplementary publications include: Presidential documents of the Hoover
Administration (two volumes), Proclamations 1870-2037 and Executive
Orders 5076-6070; Consolidated Indexes for 1936-1965; and Consolidated
Tables for 1936-1965.
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EXPLANATION
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parts covering specific regulatory areas.
Each volume of the Code is revised at least once each calendar year
and issued on a quarterly basis approximately as follows:
Title 1 through Title 16.................................as of January 1
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EXPLANATION OF THIS TITLE
This volume of ``Title 3--The President'' contains a compilation of
Presidential documents and a codification of regulations issued by the
Executive Office of the President.
The 2020 Compilation contains the full text of those documents
signed by the President that were required to be published in the
Federal Register. Signature date rather than publication date is the
criterion for inclusion. With each annual volume, the Presidential
documents signed in the previous year become the new compilation.
Chapter I contains regulations issued by the Executive Office of the
President. This section is a true codification like other CFR volumes,
in that its contents are organized by subject or regulatory area and are
updated by individual issues of the Federal Register.
Presidential documents in this volume may be cited ``3 CFR, 2020
Comp.'' Thus, the preferred abbreviated citation for Proclamation 9976
appearing on page 1 of this book, is ``3 CFR, 2020 Comp., p. 1.''
Chapter I entries may be cited ``3 CFR.'' Thus, the preferred
abbreviated citation for section 100.1, appearing in chapter I of this
book, is ``3 CFR 100.1.''
This book is one of the volumes in a series that began with
Proclamation 2161 of March 19, 1936, and Executive Order 7316 of March
13, 1936, and that has been continued by means of annual compilations
and periodic cumulations. The entire Title 3 series, as of January 1,
2021, is encompassed in the volumes listed on page iv.
For readers interested in proclamations and Executive orders prior
to 1936, there is a two-volume set entitled Proclamations and Executive
Orders, Herbert Hoover (March 4, 1929, to March 4, 1933). Codified
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Proclamations and Executive Orders (April 13, 1945--January 20, 1989).
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This book was prepared under the direction of John Hyrum Martinez,
Director of the Publications and Services Division; Kimberly R.
Tilliman, Supervisor of the Presidential and Legislative Publications
Unit; and Lois M. Davis, Editor.
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Cite Presidential documents in this volume
3 CFR, 2020 Comp.
thus: 3 CFR, 2020 Comp., p. 1
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Cite chapter I entries in this volume
3 CFR
thus: 3 CFR 100.1
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TITLE 3--THE PRESIDENT
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2020 Compilation--Presidential Documents:
Proclamations.....................................................1
Executive Orders................................................299
Other Presidential Documents....................................521
Chapter I--Executive Office of the President:
Part 100.........................................................694
Part 101.........................................................694
Part 102.........................................................694
Finding Aids:
Table 1--Proclamations...........................................705
Table 2--Executive Orders........................................711
Table 3--Other Presidential Documents............................715
Table 4--Presidential Documents Affected During 2020.............721
Table 5--Statutes Cited as Authority for Presidential Documents..727
List of CFR Sections Affected....................................733
Index............................................................735
CFR Finding Aids:
Table of CFR Titles and Chapters.................................747
Alphabetical List of Agencies Appearing in the CFR...............767
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2020 Compilation--Presidential Documents
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Proclamations
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Proclamation 9976 of January 15, 2020
Religious Freedom Day, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
From its opening pages, the story of America has been rooted in the
truth that all men and women are endowed with the right to follow their
conscience, worship freely, and live in accordance with their
convictions. On Religious Freedom Day, we honor the foundational link
between freedom and faith in our country and reaffirm our commitment to
safeguarding the religious liberty of all Americans.
Religious freedom in America, often referred to as our ``first
freedom,'' was a driving force behind some of the earliest defining
moments of our American identity. The desire for religious freedom
impelled the Pilgrims to leave their homes in Europe and journey to a
distant land, and it is the reason so many others seeking to live out
their faith or change their faith have made America their home.
More than 230 years ago, the Virginia General Assembly passed the
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, which was authored and
championed by Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson famously expounded that ``all
men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their
opinions in matters of Religion, and that the same shall in no wise
diminish, enlarge or affect their civil capacities.'' This statute
served as the catalyst for the First Amendment, which enshrined in law
our conviction to prevent government interference in religion. More than
200 years later, thanks to the power of that Amendment, America is one
of the most religiously diverse nations in the world.
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Since I took office, my Administration has been committed to protecting
religious liberty. In May 2017, I signed an Executive Order to advance
religious freedom for individuals and institutions, and I stopped the
Johnson Amendment from interfering with pastors' right to speak their
minds. Over the last 3 years, the Department of Justice has obtained 14
convictions in cases involving attacks or threats against places of
worship. To fight the rise of anti-Semitism in our country, I signed an
Executive Order last month to ensure that Federal agencies are using
nondiscrimination authorities to combat this venomous bigotry. I have
also made clear that my Administration will not tolerate the violation
of any American's ability to worship freely and openly and to live as
his or her faith commands.
My Administration also remains cognizant of the stark realities for
people seeking religious liberty abroad and has made protecting
religious minorities a core pillar of my Administration's foreign
policy. Repressive governments persecute religious worshipers using
high-tech surveillance, mass detention, and torture, while terrorist
organizations carry out barbaric violence against innocent victims on
account of their religion. To cast a light on these abuses, in July
2019, I welcomed survivors of religious persecution from 16 countries
into the Oval Office. These survivors included Christians, Jews, and
Muslims, who all shared similar stories of persecution. At the United
Nations in September, I called on global leaders to take concrete steps
to prevent state and non-state actors from attacking citizens for their
beliefs and to help ensure the sanctity and safety of places of worship.
And, last summer, the State Department convened its second Ministerial
to Advance Religious Freedom, where our diplomats engaged a broad range
of stakeholders in government and civil society, both religious and
secular, to identify concrete ways to combat religious persecution and
discrimination around the world and ensure greater respect for freedom
of religion and belief.
On this Religious Freedom Day, we reaffirm our commitment to protecting
the precious and fundamental right of religious freedom, both at home
and abroad. Our Founders entrusted the American people with a
responsibility to protect religious liberty so that our Nation may stand
as a bright beacon for the rest of the world. Today, we remain committed
to that sacred endeavor and strive to support those around the world who
still struggle under oppressive regimes that impose restrictions on
freedom of religion.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim January 16, 2020, as
Religious Freedom Day. I call on all Americans to commemorate this day
with events and activities that remind us of our shared heritage of
religious liberty and that teach us how to secure this blessing both at
home and around the world.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifteenth day of
January, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
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Proclamation 9977 of January 17, 2020
Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
On August 28, 1963, nearly a quarter of a million people gathered in the
August heat on the National Mall in Washington, DC, to hear the Reverend
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., speak. People traveled to our Nation's
Capital from places as far away as Atlanta and Los Angeles to witness
one of the defining moments in American history. On the steps of the
Lincoln Memorial, Dr. King articulated the founding dream of America,
the vision of our Founders for all Americans to live as ``an heir of the
legacy of dignity and worth.'' Today, we pause to honor the incredible
life and accomplishments of Dr. King, who helped shape the Civil Rights
Movement, gave hope to millions experiencing discrimination, and whose
enduring memory inspires us to pursue a more just and equal society.
Dr. King dedicated his life's work to fighting for the right of every
American to achieve the American Dream. Born the son of a Baptist
minister on Auburn Street in Atlanta, Dr. King became an American icon
and hero to millions of freedom-loving peoples everywhere, propelled by
his powerful and inspiring message of peaceful protest and nonviolent
resistance. From the steps of the Lincoln Memorial before thousands to
the quiet solitude of a jail cell in Birmingham, Dr. King evinced an
unshakable commitment to create a better future, never relenting in his
quest for justice.
Since its inception, our Nation has served as a beacon of hope and
opportunity around the world. America's promise of freedom and justice
has guided our people through adversity to prosperity. Dr. King's life
and legacy stands as a testament to that promise, one rooted in the
inalienable rights of mankind and a commitment to freedom from
persecution. Throughout his battle against segregation and
discrimination, Dr. King praised his fellow demonstrators for returning
``back to the deep wells of democracy'' that trace their roots to our
founding. We honor Dr. King's legacy and our Nation's heritage when we
act to protect and expand freedom and opportunity.
As President, I remain committed to safeguarding the promise of our
Nation and the values we share, the values that Dr. King so ardently
worked to achieve. My Administration works each day to ensure that all
Americans have every opportunity to realize a better life for themselves
and their families regardless of race, class, gender, or any other
barriers that have arbitrarily stood in their way. We have seen historic
economic growth, with more than 7 million new jobs since my election and
record highs in African-American, Hispanic-American, and Asian-American
employment. Through a focused effort of deregulation and growth-oriented
policies, we have unleashed the potential of the American economy and
bolstered the strength of the greatest workforce in the world, the
American workforce. We recognize that economic opportunity is the
greatest engine for empowering individuals and families to overcome
adversity, and we will continue to fight for opportunity for all
Americans.
On this day, we are reminded of what Dr. King described as ``our noble
capacity for justice and love and brotherhood.'' As we pay tribute to
Dr.
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King, I urge all Americans to heed his call to action so that we may
build the ``Beloved Community'' that he envisioned, living up to the
sacred promise for a better future woven into the fabric of our American
identity.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim January 20, 2020, as
the Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday. On this day, I encourage
all Americans to recommit themselves to Dr. King's dream by engaging in
acts of service to others, to their community, and to our Nation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this seventeenth day of
January, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 9978 of January 21, 2020
National Sanctity of Human Life Day, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Every person--the born and unborn, the poor, the downcast, the disabled,
the infirm, and the elderly--has inherent value. Although each journey
is different, no life is without worth or is inconsequential; the rights
of all people must be defended. On National Sanctity of Human Life Day,
our Nation proudly and strongly reaffirms our commitment to protect the
precious gift of life at every stage, from conception to natural death.
Recently, we have seen decreases in the total number and rate of
abortions in our country. From 2007-2016, the most recent period of
analysis, the number and rate of abortions decreased by 24 percent and
26 percent, respectively. The rate of teen pregnancies--the vast
majority of which are unplanned--has almost continuously decreased over
the last quarter century, contributing to the lowest rate of abortions
among adolescents since the legalization of abortion in 1973. All
Americans should celebrate this decline in the number and rate of
abortions, which represents lives saved. Still, there is more to be
done, and, as President, I will continue to fight to protect the lives
of the unborn. I signed into law legislation under the Congressional
Review Act that allows States and other grantees to exclude
organizations that perform abortions from their Title X projects. My
Administration has also issued regulations to ensure Title X family
planning projects are clearly separated from those that perform,
promote, or refer for abortion as a method of family planning; to
protect the conscience rights of healthcare workers and organizations,
including with respect to abortion; and to ensure the Federal Government
does not force employers that object, based on religious belief or moral
conviction, to provide insurance for contraceptives, including those
they believe cause early abortions. Additionally, I have called on the
Congress to act to prohibit abortions of later-term babies who can feel
pain.
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My Administration is also building an international coalition to dispel
the concept of abortion as a fundamental human right. So far, 24 nations
representing more than a billion people have joined this important
cause. We oppose any projects that attempt to assert a global right to
taxpayer-funded abortion on demand, up to the moment of delivery. And we
will never tire of defending innocent life--at home or abroad.
As a Nation, we must remain steadfastly dedicated to the profound truth
that all life is a gift from God, who endows every person with
immeasurable worth and potential. Countless Americans are tireless
defenders of life and champions for the vulnerable among us. We are
grateful for those who support women experiencing unexpected
pregnancies, those who provide healing to women who have had abortions,
and those who welcome children into their homes through foster care and
adoption. On National Sanctity of Human Life Day, we celebrate the
wonderful gift of life and renew our resolve to build a culture where
life is always revered.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim January 22, 2020, as
National Sanctity of Human Life Day. Today, I call on the Congress to
join me in protecting and defending the dignity of every human life,
including those not yet born. I call on the American people to continue
to care for women in unexpected pregnancies and to support adoption and
foster care in a more meaningful way, so every child can have a loving
home. And finally, I ask every citizen of this great Nation to listen to
the sound of silence caused by a generation lost to us, and then to
raise their voices for all affected by abortion, both seen and unseen.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-first day of
January, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 9979 of January 23, 2020
To Further Facilitate Positive Adjustment to Competition From Imports of
Large Residential Washers
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
1. On January 23, 2018, pursuant to section 203 of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended (the ``Trade Act'') (19 U.S.C. 2253), I issued
Proclamation 9694, which imposed a safeguard measure for a period of 3
years plus 1 day comprising both a tariff-rate quota (TRQ) on imports of
large residential washers (washers) provided for in subheadings
8450.11.00 and 8450.20.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTS) and a TRQ on covered washer parts provided for in
subheadings 8450.90.20 and 8450.90.60 of the HTS. I exempted covered
imports from Canada and certain designated beneficiary countries under
the Generalized System of Preferences from the application of the
measure.
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2. On August 7, 2019, the United States International Trade Commission
(USITC) issued its report pursuant to section 204(a)(2) of the Trade Act
(19 U.S.C. 2254(a)(2)), on the results of its monitoring of developments
with respect to the domestic washers industry (USITC, Large Residential
Washers: Monitoring Developments in the Domestic Industry, No. TA-204-
013). In its report, the USITC found that imports peaked in November and
December of 2017, just before the safeguard measure was imposed, and
again in February and March of 2019, at the opening of the second TRQ
period. More recent data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection
indicate that the number of imported units exceeded the 1.2-million-unit
annual limit qualifying for the in-quota rate well before the end of the
year in the first year of the measure and in less than 3 months in the
second year of the measure.
3. Section 204(b)(1)(B) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2254(b)(1)(B))
authorizes the President, upon petition of the majority of the
representatives of the domestic industry, to reduce, modify, or
terminate an action taken under section 203 of the Trade Act when the
President determines that the domestic industry has made a positive
adjustment to import competition.
4. After taking into account the information provided in the USITC's
report, and after receiving a petition from the representative of the
majority of the domestic industry, I have determined that the domestic
industry has begun to make positive adjustment to import competition but
that, despite that adjustment, increased imports of washers at peak
times of the year have impaired the effectiveness of the action I
proclaimed in 2018 under section 203 of the Trade Act, and modification
of the action is warranted.
5. Section 204(b)(2) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2254(b)(2)) also
authorizes the President to take such additional action under section
203 of the Trade Act as may be necessary to eliminate any circumvention
of any action previously taken under such section. Pursuant to section
203(a)(3)(B) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2253(a)(3)(B)), the President
may proclaim a TRQ on the imported article.
6. I have further determined that additional action is necessary to
eliminate circumvention of the TRQ by ensuring that within-quota
quantities of imports of washers are spread throughout the year, thus
eliminating the possibility that importers' concentration of imports of
washers in a limited period would distort the quantity of washers in the
U.S. market and undermine the positive effect of the TRQ on the domestic
industry's adjustment to import competition. Accordingly, I have decided
to allocate, on a quarterly basis, within-quota quantities of 1.2
million washers during the third year of the action, beginning February
7, 2020.
7. Section 604 of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2483) authorizes the
President to embody in the HTS the substance of the relevant provisions
of that Act, and of other acts affecting import treatment, and actions
thereunder, including the removal, modification, continuance, or
imposition of any rate of duty or other import restriction.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, including but not limited to sections
203, 204, and 604 of the Trade Act, do proclaim that:
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(1) In order to modify the quantitative limitations applicable to
imports of washers under HTS subheadings 8450.11.00 and 8450.20.00, by
allocating the within-quota quantities for the third quota year on a
quarterly basis, subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTS is modified as
set forth in the Annex to this proclamation.
(2) Any provision of previous proclamations and Executive Orders
that is inconsistent with the actions taken in this proclamation is
superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.
(3) The modifications to the HTS made by this proclamation,
including the Annex hereto, shall be effective with respect to goods
entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on
or after 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on February 7, 2020, and shall
continue in effect as provided in the Annex to this proclamation, unless
such actions are earlier expressly reduced, modified, or terminated. One
year from the termination of the safeguard measure established in this
proclamation, the U.S. note and tariff provisions established in the
Annex to this proclamation shall be deleted from the HTS.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-third day of
January, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
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Proclamation 9980 of January 24, 2020
Adjusting Imports of Derivative Aluminum Articles and Derivative Steel
Articles Into the United States
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
1. On January 11, 2018, the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary)
transmitted to me a report on his investigation into the effect of
imports of steel articles on the national security of the United States,
and on January 19, 2018, the Secretary transmitted to me a report on his
investigation into the effect of imports of aluminum articles on the
national security of the United States. Both reports were issued
pursuant to section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended
(19 U.S.C. 1862).
2. In Proclamation 9704 of March 8, 2018 (Adjusting Imports of Aluminum
Into the United States), and Proclamation 9705 of March 8, 2018
(Adjusting Imports of Steel Into the United States), I concurred in the
Secretary's findings that aluminum articles and steel articles were
being imported into the United States in such quantities and under such
circumstances as to threaten to impair the national security of the
United States. I therefore decided to adjust the imports of aluminum
articles, as defined in clause 1 of Proclamation 9704, as amended, by
imposing a 10 percent ad valorem tariff on such articles imported from
most countries, beginning March 23, 2018. I also decided to adjust the
imports of steel articles, as defined in clause 1 of Proclamation 9705,
as amended, by imposing a 25 percent ad valorem tariff on such articles
imported from most countries, beginning March 23, 2018.
3. In Proclamation 9758 of May 31, 2018 (Adjusting Imports of Aluminum
Into the United States), I decided to further adjust imports of aluminum
articles by imposing quotas on such articles from the Argentine Republic
(Argentina). In Proclamation 9740 of April 30, 2018 (Adjusting Imports
of Steel Into the United States), I decided to adjust imports of steel
articles by imposing quotas on such articles from the Republic of Korea
(South Korea), and in Proclamation 9759 of May 31, 2018 (Adjusting
Imports of Steel Into the United States), I decided to adjust imports of
steel articles by imposing quotas on such articles from Argentina and
the Republic of Brazil (Brazil).
4. In Proclamation 9704 and Proclamation 9705, I directed the Secretary
to monitor imports of aluminum articles and steel articles,
respectively, and inform me of any circumstances that in the Secretary's
opinion might indicate the need for further action under section 232 of
the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended.
5. The Secretary has informed me that domestic steel producers' capacity
utilization has not stabilized for an extended period of time at or
above the 80 percent capacity utilization level identified in his report
as necessary to remove the threatened impairment of the national
security. Stabilizing at that level is important to provide the industry
with a reasonable expectation that market conditions will prevail long
enough to justify the investment necessary to ramp up production to a
sustainable and profitable level. Capacity utilization in the aluminum
industry has improved, but it is still
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below the target capacity utilization that the Secretary recommended in
his report. Although imports of aluminum articles and steel articles
have declined since the imposition of the tariffs and quotas, the
Secretary has informed me that imports of certain derivatives of
aluminum articles and imports of certain derivatives of steel articles
have significantly increased since the imposition of the tariffs and
quotas. The net effect of the increase of imports of these derivatives
has been to erode the customer base for U.S. producers of aluminum and
steel and undermine the purpose of the proclamations adjusting imports
of aluminum and steel articles to remove the threatened impairment of
the national security.
6. The derivative articles the Secretary identified are described in
Annex I (aluminum) and Annex II (steel) to this proclamation. For
purposes of this proclamation, the Secretary determined that an article
is ``derivative'' of an aluminum article or steel article if all of the
following conditions are present: (a) the aluminum article or steel
article represents, on average, two-thirds or more of the total cost of
materials of the derivative article; (b) import volumes of such
derivative article increased year-to-year since June 1, 2018, following
the imposition of the tariffs in Proclamation 9704 and Proclamation
9705, as amended by Proclamation 9739 and Proclamation 9740,
respectively, in comparison to import volumes of such derivative article
during the 2 preceding years; and (c) import volumes of such derivative
article following the imposition of the tariffs exceeded the 4 percent
average increase in the total volume of goods imported into the United
States during the same period since June 1, 2018. The modifications to
subchapter III of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States described in Annex I (aluminum) and Annex II (steel) to
this proclamation implement the Secretary's determinations in this
regard.
7. From June 2018 to May 2019, import volumes of steel nails, tacks,
drawing pins, corrugated nails, staples, and similar derivative articles
increased by 33 percent, compared to June 2017 to May 2018, and
increased by 29 percent, compared to June 2016 to May 2017. From January
2019 to November 2019, import volumes of such articles increased by 23
percent, compared to the same period in 2017. Similarly, from June 2018
to May 2019, import volumes of aluminum stranded wire, cables, plaited
bands, and the like (including slings and similar derivative articles)
increased by 152 percent, compared to June 2017 to May 2018, and
increased by 52 percent, compared to June 2016 to May 2017. From January
2019 to November 2019, import volumes of such articles increased by 127
percent, compared to the same period in 2017. Finally, from June 2018 to
May 2019, import volumes of bumper and body stampings of aluminum and
steel for motor vehicles and tractors increased by 38 percent, compared
to June 2017 to May 2018, and increased by 56 percent, compared to June
2016 to May 2017. From January 2019 to November 2019, import volumes of
such articles increased by 37 percent, compared to the same period in
2017.
8. It is the Secretary's assessment that foreign producers of these
derivative articles have increased shipments of such articles to the
United States to circumvent the duties on aluminum articles and steel
articles imposed in Proclamation 9704 and Proclamation 9705, and that
imports of these derivative articles threaten to undermine the actions
taken to address the risk to the national security of the United States
found in Proclamation 9704 and Proclamation 9705. As detailed in the
Secretary's reports, domestic
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production capacity to produce aluminum articles and steel articles for
national defense and critical infrastructure is essential to United
States national security. This domestic production capacity is used to
provide the essential inputs of aluminum and steel used in derivative
aluminum articles and derivative steel articles. The Secretary has
assessed that reducing imports of the derivative articles described in
Annex I and Annex II to this proclamation would reduce circumvention and
facilitate the adjustment of imports that Proclamation 9704 and
Proclamation 9705, as amended, made to increase domestic capacity
utilization to address the threatened impairment of the national
security of the United States.
9. Based on the Secretary's assessments, I have concluded that it is
necessary and appropriate in light of our national security interests to
adjust the tariffs imposed by previous proclamations to apply to the
derivatives of aluminum articles and steel articles described in Annex I
and Annex II to this proclamation. This action is necessary and
appropriate to address circumvention that is undermining the
effectiveness of the adjustment of imports made in Proclamation 9704 and
Proclamation 9705, as amended, and to remove the threatened impairment
of the national security of the United States found in those
proclamations.
10. Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended,
authorizes the President to adjust the imports of an article and its
derivatives that are being imported into the United States in such
quantities or under such circumstances as to threaten to impair the
national security of the United States.
11. Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2483),
authorizes the President to embody in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States (HTSUS) the substance of statutes affecting import
treatment, and actions thereunder, including the removal, modification,
continuance, or imposition of any rate of duty or other import
restriction.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States of America, including section 232 of the Trade
Expansion Act of 1962, as amended, section 301 of title 3, United States
Code, and section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, do hereby
proclaim as follows:
(1) In order to establish increases in the duty rate on imports of
certain derivative articles, subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS
is modified as provided in Annex I and Annex II to this proclamation.
Except as otherwise provided in this proclamation, all imports of
derivative aluminum articles specified in Annex I to this proclamation
shall be subject to an additional 10 percent ad valorem rate of duty,
and all imports of derivative steel articles specified in Annex II to
this proclamation shall be subject to an additional 25 percent ad
valorem rate of duty, with respect to goods entered for consumption, or
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern
standard time on February 8, 2020. These rates of duty, which are in
addition to any other duties, fees, exactions, and charges applicable to
such imported derivative aluminum articles or steel articles, shall
apply to imports of derivative aluminum articles described in Annex I to
this proclamation from all countries except Argentina, the Commonwealth
of Australia (Australia), Canada, and the United Mexican States (Mexico)
and to imports of derivative steel articles described in
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Annex II to this proclamation from all countries except Argentina,
Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and South Korea. The Secretary shall
continue to monitor imports of the derivative articles described in
Annex I and Annex II to this proclamation, and shall, from time to time,
in consultation with the United States Trade Representative (USTR),
review the status of such imports with respect to the national security
of the United States. In the event of a surge of imports of any
derivative article described in Annex I or Annex II to this proclamation
from any excepted country, the Secretary, with the concurrence of the
USTR, is authorized to extend application of the tariff imposed by this
proclamation on imports of any derivative article experiencing such
surge from such country, or to adopt appropriate quotas for imports of
such derivative article from such country, or to negotiate a voluntary
agreement with such country to ensure that imports of such derivative
article from such country do not undermine the effectiveness of the
adjustment of imports made in Proclamation 9704 and Proclamation 9705,
as amended. The Secretary shall publish such action in the Federal
Register and notification shall be provided to U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security.
(2) The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the
Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, the USTR, the
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, the Assistant
to the President for Economic Policy, and such other senior executive
branch officials as the Secretary deems appropriate, is hereby
authorized to provide relief from the additional duties set forth in
clause 1 of this proclamation for any derivative article determined not
to be produced in the United States in a sufficient and reasonably
available amount or of a satisfactory quality and is also authorized to
provide such relief based upon specific national security
considerations. Such relief shall be provided for a derivative article
only after a request for exclusion is made by a directly affected party
located in the United States. If the Secretary determines that a
particular derivative article should be excluded, the Secretary shall
publicly post such determination and notify CBP concerning such article
so that it will be excluded from the duties described in clause 1 of
this proclamation. For merchandise entered for consumption, or withdrawn
from warehouse for consumption, on or after the date the duty
established under this proclamation is effective and with respect to
which liquidation is not final, such relief shall be retroactive to the
date the request for relief was accepted by the Department of Commerce.
(3) Any derivative article described in Annex I or Annex II to this
proclamation, except those eligible for admission under ``domestic
status'' as defined in 19 CFR 146.43, that is subject to the duty
imposed by clause 1 of this proclamation and that is admitted into a
U.S. foreign trade zone on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on
February 8, 2020, may only be admitted as ``privileged foreign status''
as defined in 19 CFR 146.41, and will be subject upon entry for
consumption to any ad valorem rates of duty related to the
classification under the applicable HTSUS subheading. Any derivative
article that is described in Annex I or Annex II to this proclamation,
except those eligible for admission under ``domestic status'' as defined
in 19 CFR 146.43, that is subject to the duty imposed by clause 1 of
this proclamation, and that was admitted into a U.S. foreign trade zone
under ``privileged foreign status'' as defined in 19 CFR 146.41, prior
to 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on February 8, 2020, will likewise
be subject upon
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entry for consumption to any ad valorem rates of duty related to the
classification under the applicable HTSUS subheading added by this
proclamation.
(4) Derivative articles shall not be subject upon entry for
consumption to the duty established in clause 1 of this proclamation
merely by reason of manufacture in a U.S. foreign trade zone. However,
derivative articles admitted into a U.S. foreign trade zone in
``privileged foreign status'' pursuant to clause 3 of this proclamation
shall retain that status consistent with 19 CFR 146.41(e).
(5) No drawback shall be available with respect to the duties
imposed on any derivative article imposed by clause 1 of this
proclamation.
(6) The Secretary, in consultation with CBP and other relevant
executive departments and agencies, shall revise the HTSUS so that it
conforms to the amendments and effective dates directed in this
proclamation. The Secretary shall publish any such modification to the
HTSUS in the Federal Register.
(7) Any provision of previous proclamations and Executive Orders
that is inconsistent with the actions taken in this proclamation is
superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fourth day
of January, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
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Proclamation 9981 of January 24, 2020
National Day of Remembrance of the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of
Auschwitz, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
On the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, we remember the
6 million Jews who perished in the Holocaust and pay tribute to the
American soldiers and other Allied Forces who fought tirelessly to
defeat the Nazi regime. We also recommit ourselves to the fight against
anti-Semitism and to the two words that cannot be repeated often enough:
Never Again.
Driven by virulent hatred and unspeakable cruelty, the Nazis implemented
a systematic and methodical plan to exterminate the Jewish people and
others they deemed undesirable. Two out of three Jews in Europe and
millions of other people were murdered. They were sent to ghettos,
concentration camps, and death camps where they were persecuted,
imprisoned, starved, tortured, and executed. It is simply unthinkable
that such barbarity occurred just 75 years ago.
The courageous survivors of the Holocaust continuously relive the
nightmares of their experience. But they have persevered to bear witness
so that all of us today and in the future never forget the Nazis'
unconscionable attempt to destroy the Jewish people. Their undaunted
spirit compels us to ensure that their stories live on. Those who are
filled with hate must never succeed in their efforts to minimize, deny,
or erase the Holocaust from our memories or our history books. We have a
fundamental and collective duty to ensure that each new generation knows
the truth. The lessons of the Holocaust must forever be engrained in the
consciousness of humanity so that we can fulfill our solemn and sacred
promise that such evil and hatred will never again come to power.
In the ultimate act of defiance, the Jewish people rose up from the
ashes of the Holocaust to found and build the modern State of Israel. As
I have said in the past, the State of Israel is an eternal monument to
the undying strength of the Jewish people. To those who will seek the
destruction of Israel and the Jewish people, we say: Never Again.
Today, we honor the memory of those who were killed in the Holocaust. We
cherish the survivors who ensured the perpetuation of the Jewish people.
And we offer a debt of gratitude that can never be repaid to our brave
soldiers who sacrificed everything for freedom.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim January 27, 2020, as a
National Day of Remembrance of the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of
Auschwitz. On this day, I call upon all Americans to observe this day
with programs, ceremonies, prayers, and commemorations to honor the
memory of the victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution and also
acknowledge the sacrifices of those men and women who helped liberate
the victims of this atrocity.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fourth day
of January, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 9982 of January 24, 2020
National School Choice Week, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Each child is a gift from God who has boundless potential and deserves a
fair shot at the American Dream. To have that fair shot, children and
their families must be free to pursue an educational environment that
matches their individual learning style, develops their unique talents,
and prepares them with the knowledge and character needed for fulfilling
and productive lives. During National School Choice Week, we ensure
America's brightest days are ahead by again committing to fighting for
every student's freedom to pursue the best possible education.
Sadly, for decades, we have tolerated an education system that continues
to fail too many children. At a time when our students need the skills
to succeed in an ever-changing world, the ``Nation's Report Card'' shows
that about two-thirds of our children are not Proficient readers. That
means nearly two out of three students are not where they need to be.
Our great Nation can no longer accept a two-tiered education system in
which opportunity is decided by a child's neighborhood.
The success of future generations determines the success of our Nation.
With school choice, we can ensure the underserved children of our Nation
are forgotten no more.
Education freedom helps inspire and educate students by providing a
learning environment that best fits their unique needs, and it allows
families to make choices based on their individual situations. A growing
number of States and their communities are taking bold action to ensure
all students, regardless of background or socioeconomic status, can
receive a great education. I applaud State, local, and tribal leaders
who are actively working to empower more families with educational
choice. The expansion of school choice, including out-of-district
public, charter, magnet, private, religious, home, and online education
programs, has provided life-changing opportunities to millions of
students.
My Administration is protecting and building upon efforts to expand
access to a wide range of high-quality education options. Today, I renew
my call on the Congress to focus on what is best for children and pass a
Federal tax credit to support State-based educational choice programs.
Through this historic investment, more than one million more students
will receive an education that meets their needs, all without taking a
single dollar from
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America's great public schools. I also renew the call for the Congress
to expand and make permanent the highly successful DC Opportunity
Scholarship Program, which has achieved historic success under my
Administration.
Education can open any door. During this National School Choice Week, we
are heartened by the many students whose lives have been changed by the
freedom to make their own educational choices. And we are motivated to
continue to advance educational choice by the millions who are still
denied the opportunity to choose the educational path that best meets
their needs. We challenge all lawmakers to work to ensure that every
child has the opportunity to fulfill their potential and achieve the
American Dream.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim January 26 to February
1, 2020, as National School Choice Week.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fourth day
of January, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 9983 of January 31, 2020
Improving Enhanced Vetting Capabilities and Processes for Detecting
Attempted Entry Into the United States by Terrorists or Other Public-
Safety Threats
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
In Executive Order 13780 of March 6, 2017 (Protecting the Nation from
Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States), I temporarily suspended
entry of nationals of certain specified countries and ordered a
worldwide review of whether the United States would need additional
information from each foreign country to assess adequately whether
nationals of that foreign country seeking to enter the United States
pose a security or public-safety threat to the United States, and if so,
what additional information was needed. The Secretary of Homeland
Security, pursuant to Executive Order 13780 and in consultation with the
Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence, developed
an assessment model using three categories of criteria to assess
national security and public-safety threats: whether a foreign
government engages in reliable identity-management practices and shares
relevant information; whether a foreign government shares national
security and public-safety information; and whether a country otherwise
poses a national security or public-safety risk.
Following a comprehensive worldwide review of the performance of
approximately 200 countries using these criteria, the Secretary of
Homeland Security presented the results of this review, focusing in
particular on those countries that were deficient or at risk of becoming
deficient in their
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performance under the assessment criteria. After a subsequent period of
diplomatic engagement on these issues by the Department of State, the
Acting Secretary of Homeland Security submitted a report in September
2017, which found that eight countries were hindering the ability of the
United States Government to identify threats posed by foreign nationals
attempting to enter the United States. The Secretary of Homeland
Security then recommended that I impose travel restrictions on certain
nationals of those countries. After consultation with relevant Cabinet
officials and appropriate Assistants to the President, I issued
Proclamation 9645 of September 24, 2017 (Enhancing Vetting Capabilities
and Processes for Detecting Attempted Entry Into the United States by
Terrorists or Other Public-Safety Threats).
In Proclamation 9645, I suspended and limited the entry into the United
States of certain nationals of eight countries that failed to satisfy
the criteria and were unable or unwilling to improve their information
sharing, or that otherwise presented serious terrorism-related risks.
Those travel restrictions remain in effect today, with one exception. On
April 10, 2018, I issued Proclamation 9723 (Maintaining Enhanced Vetting
Capabilities and Processes for Detecting Attempted Entry Into the United
States by Terrorists or Other Public-Safety Threats), removing travel
restrictions on nationals of the Republic of Chad. Chad had improved its
identity-management and information-sharing practices by taking steps to
issue more secure passports and by increasing the integrity of how its
government handles lost and stolen passports. Chad also began to share
information about known or suspected terrorists in a manner that makes
that information available to the United States screening and vetting
programs, and it created a new, standardized process for the United
States to request relevant criminal information.
Pursuant to my directives in section 4 of Proclamation 9645, the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has continued to assess every 180
days and report to me on whether the interests of the United States
require the suspension of or limitation on entry of certain classes of
foreign nationals. DHS has also continued to assess ways to further
improve its processes for measuring how countries perform under the
assessment criteria. From July 2018 through August 2019, DHS updated its
methodology to assess compliance with the assessment criteria, which has
allowed for more in-depth analysis and yields even more granularity and
increased accuracy regarding each country's performance under the
criteria.
In this updated methodology, the general overall criteria for review
have not changed. The United States Government still expects all foreign
governments to share needed identity-management information, to share
national security and public-safety information, and to pass a security
and public-safety risk assessment. Building on experience and insight
gained over the last 2 years, DHS has, however, refined and modified the
specific performance metrics by which it assesses compliance with the
above criteria. For example, while the prior model determined whether a
country shares certain needed information, the revised model accounts
for how frequently the country shares that information and the extent to
which that data contributes to border and immigration screening and
vetting. As another example, the prior system asked whether a country
issued electronic passports at all, whereas the refined metrics assess
whether a country issues electronic passports for all major classes of
travel documents. Similarly, the lost and
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stolen passports criterion previously assessed whether a country had
prior instances of reporting loss or theft to the International Criminal
Police Organization (INTERPOL), whereas the revised model now assesses
whether the country has reported lost or stolen passports to INTERPOL
within 30 days of a report of a loss or theft.
The DHS improvements to the assessment criteria also involve additional,
and more customized, data from the United States Intelligence Community.
DHS's original evaluation under Executive Order 13780 relied on existing
intelligence products to assess the threat from each country. With the
benefit of 2 years of experience, DHS has worked closely with the
Intelligence Community to define intelligence requirements and customize
intelligence reporting that offers a detailed characterization of the
relative risk of terrorist travel to the United States from each country
in the world. This additional detail improves DHS's assessment of
national security and public-safety risk.
In addition, DHS greatly increased the amount of information obtained
from United States Embassies abroad, which work closely with foreign
governments. United States Embassies are best positioned to understand
their host countries' ability and willingness to provide information to
the United States, and United States Embassies' assessments contribute
to a clearer understanding of how well a foreign government satisfies
the assessment criteria. DHS also consolidated statistical information
on operational encounters with foreign nationals. This information
speaks to the frequency with which a country's nationals commit offenses
while in the United States or otherwise develop grounds for
inadmissibility under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
Finally, as more precise, granular data became available, it became
clear that many countries were only partially implementing each
criterion. The 2017 process had three basic potential compliance ratings
for each criterion: in compliance, out of compliance, or unknown. The
updated methodology allows the United States to account for ways in
which countries partially comply with the metrics associated with each
criterion. As a result, for example, countries that DHS assessed in the
2017 review have now received more nuanced, partial compliance ratings.
In addition, the process now weighs each criterion and risk factor based
on its degree of importance to the United States Government for
conducting screening and vetting of visa applicants and other travelers
to the United States.
Using this enhanced review process, DHS conducted its most recent,
worldwide review pursuant to Proclamation 9645 between March 2019 and
September 2019. The process began on March 11, 2019, when the United
States Government formally notified all foreign governments (except for
Iran, Syria, and North Korea) about the refined performance metrics for
the identity-management and information-sharing criteria. After
collecting information from foreign governments, multilateral
organizations, United States Embassies, Federal law enforcement
agencies, and the Intelligence Community, multiple subject matter
experts reviewed each country's data and measured its identity-
management and information-sharing practices against the criteria. DHS
then applied the data to an algorithm it developed to consistently
assess each country's compliance with the criteria.
DHS identified the worst-performing countries for further interagency
review and for an assessment of the potential impact of visa
restrictions. As
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in the worldwide review culminating in Proclamation 9645, the Acting
Secretary of Homeland Security assessed that Iraq did not meet the
baseline for compliance. As part of the interagency review process, the
Acting Secretary of Homeland Security determined, however, not to
recommend entry restrictions and limitations for nationals of Iraq. In
his report, the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security recognized a close
cooperative relationship between the United States and the
democratically elected government of Iraq, the strong United States
diplomatic presence in Iraq, the significant presence of United States
forces in Iraq, and Iraq's commitment to combating the Islamic State of
Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The Acting Secretary of Homeland Security
considered another similarly situated country and determined that, for
reasons similar to those present in Iraq, entry restrictions and
limitations would not be appropriate.
In addition, the United States Government, led by the Department of
State, continued or increased engagements with many countries about
those countries' deficiencies. A number of foreign governments sent
senior officials to Washington, D.C., to discuss those issues, explore
potential solutions, and convey views about obstacles to improving
performance. As a result of this engagement, one country made sufficient
improvements in its information-sharing and identity-management
practices and was removed from consideration for travel restrictions.
On September 13, 2019, the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, after
consulting with the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the
Director of National Intelligence, and the heads of other appropriate
agencies, submitted a fourth report to me recommending the suspension
of, or limitation on, the entry of certain classes of nationals from
certain countries in order to protect United States national security,
including by incentivizing those foreign governments to improve their
practices. The Acting Secretary of Homeland Security recommended
maintaining the current restrictions on the seven countries announced in
Proclamation 9645 (apart from Chad), as well as implementing suspensions
and limitations on entry for certain nationals of twelve additional
countries.
Since the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security issued his report on
September 13, 2019, the Secretary of State, consistent with section 4(b)
of Proclamation 9645, has continued to engage many foreign governments
regarding the deficiencies identified in DHS's report and has continued
to consult with the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary
of Defense, and other Cabinet-level officials about how best to protect
the national interest. Based on these engagements, in January 2020,
those senior officials recommended that I maintain the entry
restrictions adopted in Proclamation 9645 (as modified by Proclamation
9723), and that I exercise my authority under section 212(f) of the INA
to suspend entry into the United States for nationals of six new
countries--Burma (Myanmar), Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Sudan, and
Tanzania--until those countries address their identified deficiencies.
The January 2020 proposal recommended visa restrictions on fewer
countries than identified by the September 2019 DHS report. For example,
the January 2020 proposal recommended no entry restrictions on nationals
of one country that had been recommended for restrictions in the
September 2019 report. This country made exceptional progress in
correcting deficiencies since the September 2019 report, such that it
could no longer be
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characterized as a country that is among those posing the highest degree
of risk. In addition, the January 2020 proposal recommended that, for
five poorly performing countries, foreign policy interests warranted a
different approach than recommended in the September 2019 report.
Specifically, the January 2020 proposal suggested that diplomatic
engagement and requests for specific improvements during a defined 180-
day period would be more appropriate and more likely to result in
immediate improvements in these five countries. Each of these five
countries provides critical counterterrorism cooperation with the United
States and therefore holds strategic importance in countering malign
external actors. In several of the five countries, the United States has
experienced a recent deepening of diplomatic ties that generally mark
increased cooperation toward achieving key regional and global United
States foreign policy goals. Importantly, all five countries have
credibly communicated willingness to work directly with the United
States Government to correct their outstanding deficiencies, and the
United States believes progress is imminent for several countries and
underway for others. For these reasons, these countries will be given an
opportunity to show specific improvements in their deficiencies within
the next 180 days.
Consistent with recommendations contained in the January 2020 proposal,
I have decided to leave unaltered the existing entry restrictions
imposed by Proclamation 9645, as amended by Proclamation 9723, and to
impose tailored entry restrictions and limitations on nationals from six
additional countries. I have decided not to impose any nonimmigrant visa
restrictions for the newly identified countries, which substantially
reduces the number of people affected by the proposed restrictions. Like
the seven countries that continue to face travel restrictions pursuant
to Proclamation 9645, the six additional countries recommended for
restrictions in the January 2020 proposal are among the worst performing
in the world. However, there are prospects for near-term improvement for
these six countries. Each has a functioning government and each
maintains productive relations with the United States. Most of the newly
identified countries have expressed a willingness to work with the
United States to address their deficiencies, although it may take some
time to identify and implement specific solutions to resolve the
deficiencies.
Consistent with the January 2020 proposal, I have prioritized
restricting immigrant visa travel over nonimmigrant visa travel because
of the challenges of removing an individual in the United States who was
admitted with an immigrant visa if, after admission to the United
States, the individual is discovered to have terrorist connections,
criminal ties, or misrepresented information. Because each of the six
additional countries identified in the January 2020 proposal has
deficiencies in sharing terrorist, criminal, or identity information,
there is an unacceptable likelihood that information reflecting the fact
that a visa applicant is a threat to national security or public safety
may not be available at the time the visa or entry is approved.
For two newly identified countries that were among the highest risk
countries, but performed somewhat better than others, I have decided,
consistent with the January 2020 proposal, to suspend entry only of
Diversity Immigrants, as described in section 203(c) of the INA, 8
U.S.C. 1153(c). Such a suspension represents a less severe limit
compared to a general restriction on immigrant visas, given the
significantly fewer number of aliens
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affected. The Acting Secretary of Homeland Security considers foreign-
government-supplied information especially important for screening and
vetting the Diversity Visa population in comparison to other immigrant
visa applicants, and I agree with that assessment. In many cases, the
United States Government may not have the same amount of information
about Diversity Visa applicants compared with other categories of
immigrant visa applicants because Diversity Visa applicants, with
limited exceptions, do not have the burden to show certain family ties
to or employment in the United States, or particular service to the
United States Government, as required for other immigrant visa
categories.
Consistent with the January 2020 proposal, I have decided not to impose
any restrictions on certain Special Immigrant Visas for nationals of the
six newly identified countries. Applicants under Special Immigrant
programs generally do not need to demonstrate the same work or familial
ties as other immigrant visas, but do need to show other unique
qualifications. This exception is intended to cover those Special
Immigrants who have advanced United States interests (and their eligible
family members), such as foreign nationals who have worked for a United
States Embassy for 15 years or more and are especially deserving of a
visa.
As President, I must continue to act to protect the security and
interests of the United States and its people. I remain committed to our
ongoing efforts to engage those countries willing to cooperate, to
improve information-sharing and identity-management protocols and
procedures, and to address both terrorism-related and public-safety
risks. And I believe that the assessment process, including enhancements
made to that process, leads to new partnerships that strengthen our
immigration screening and vetting capabilities. Until the countries
identified in this proclamation satisfactorily address the identified
deficiencies, I have determined, on the basis of a recommendation from
the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security and other members of my
Cabinet, to impose certain conditional restrictions and limitations on
entry into the United States of nationals of the countries identified in
section 1 of this proclamation, as set forth more fully below.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States of America, including sections 212(f) and 215(a) of
the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1182(f) and 1185(a), and section 301 of title 3,
United States Code, hereby find that, absent the measures set forth in
this proclamation, the immigrant entry into the United States of persons
described in section 1 of this proclamation would be detrimental to the
interests of the United States, and that their entry should be subject
to certain restrictions, limitations, and exceptions. I therefore hereby
proclaim the following:
Section 1. Suspension of Entry for Nationals of Countries of Identified
Concern. The entry into the United States of nationals of the following
countries is hereby suspended and limited, as follows, subject to
section 2 of this proclamation.
(a) The entry suspensions and limitations enacted by section 2 of
Proclamation 9645 are not altered by this proclamation, and they remain
in force by their terms, except as modified by Proclamation 9723.
(b) Burma (Myanmar)
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(i) Although Burma has begun to engage with the United States on a variety
of identity-management and information-sharing issues, it does not comply
with the established identity-management and information-sharing criteria
assessed by the performance metrics. Burma does not issue electronic
passports nor does it adequately share several types of information,
including public-safety and terrorism-related information, that are
necessary for the protection of the national security and public safety of
the United States. Burma is in the process of modernizing its domestic
identity-management and criminal-records systems and has worked with the
United States to develop some of those systems. It has also recognized the
need to make improvements. As its capabilities improve, the prospect for
further bilateral cooperation will likely also increase. Despite these
encouraging prospects, Burma's identified deficiencies create
vulnerabilities that terrorists, criminals, and fraudulent entrants could
exploit to harm United States national security and public safety.
(ii) The entry into the United States of nationals of Burma as immigrants,
except as Special Immigrants whose eligibility is based on having provided
assistance to the United States Government, is hereby suspended.
(c) Eritrea
(i) Eritrea does not comply with the established identity-management and
information-sharing criteria assessed by the performance metrics. Eritrea
does not issue electronic passports or adequately share several types of
information, including public-safety and terrorism-related information,
that are necessary for the protection of the national security and public
safety of the United States. Further, Eritrea is currently subject to
several nonimmigrant visa restrictions. Eritrea does not accept return of
its nationals subject to final orders of removal from the United States,
which further magnifies the challenges of removing its nationals who have
entered with immigrant visas. Eritrea has engaged with the United States
about its deficiencies, but it also requires significant reforms to its
border security, travel-document security, and information-sharing
infrastructure. Improvements in these areas will increase its opportunities
to come into compliance with the United States Government's identity-
management and information-sharing criteria.
(ii) The entry into the United States of nationals of Eritrea as
immigrants, except as Special Immigrants whose eligibility is based on
having provided assistance to the United States Government, is hereby
suspended.
(d) Kyrgyzstan
(i) Kyrgyzstan does not comply with the established identity-management and
information-sharing criteria assessed by the performance metrics.
Kyrgyzstan does not issue electronic passports or adequately share several
types of information, including public-safety and terrorism-related
information, that are necessary for the protection of the national security
and public safety of the United States. Kyrgyzstan also presents an
elevated risk, relative to other countries in the world, of terrorist
travel to the United States, though it has been responsive to United States
diplomatic engagement on the need to make improvements.
(ii) The entry into the United States of nationals of Kyrgyzstan as
immigrants, except as Special Immigrants whose eligibility is based on
having provided assistance to the United States Government, is hereby
suspended.
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(e) Nigeria
(i) Nigeria does not comply with the established identity-management and
information-sharing criteria assessed by the performance metrics. Nigeria
does not adequately share public-safety and terrorism-related information,
which is necessary for the protection of the national security and public
safety of the United States. Nigeria also presents a high risk, relative to
other countries in the world, of terrorist travel to the United States.
Nigeria is an important strategic partner in the global fight against
terrorism, and the United States continues to engage with Nigeria on these
and other issues. The Department of State has provided significant
assistance to Nigeria as it modernizes its border management capabilities,
and the Government of Nigeria recognizes the importance of improving its
information sharing with the United States. Nevertheless, these investments
have not yet resulted in sufficient improvements in Nigeria's information
sharing with the United States for border and immigration screening and
vetting.
(ii) The entry into the United States of nationals of Nigeria as
immigrants, except as Special Immigrants whose eligibility is based on
having provided assistance to the United States Government, is hereby
suspended.
(f) Sudan
(i) Sudan generally does not comply with our identity-management
performance metrics and presents a high risk, relative to other countries
in the world, of terrorist travel to the United States. Sudan is, however,
transitioning to civilian rule, a process which should improve
opportunities for cooperation in the future, and it has already made
progress in addressing its deficiencies in several areas. For example,
Sudan now issues electronic passports and has improved its coordination
with INTERPOL in several respects. Sudan has also shared exemplars of its
passports with the United States and now permanently invalidates lost and
stolen passports and fraudulently obtained travel documents. Because Sudan
performed somewhat better than the countries listed earlier in this
proclamation and is making important reforms to its system of government,
different travel restrictions are warranted.
(ii) The entry into the United States of nationals of Sudan as Diversity
Immigrants, as described in section 203(c) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1153(c), is
hereby suspended.
(g) Tanzania
(i) Tanzania does not comply with the established identity-management and
information-sharing criteria assessed by the performance metrics. Tanzania
does not adequately share several types of information, including public-
safety and terrorism-related information, that is necessary for the
protection of the national security and public safety of the United States.
The Government of Tanzania's significant failures to adequately share
information with the United States and other countries about possible Ebola
cases in its territory detract from my confidence in its ability to resolve
these deficiencies. Tanzania also presents an elevated risk, relative to
other countries in the world, of terrorist travel to the United States.
Tanzania does, however, issue electronic passports for all major passport
classes, reports lost and stolen travel documents to INTERPOL
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at least once a month, and has provided exemplars of its current passports
to the United States. Further, Tanzania does share some information with
the United States, although its processes can be slow, overly bureaucratic,
and complicated by limited technical capability. In light of these
considerations, different travel restrictions are warranted.
(ii) The entry into the United States of nationals of Tanzania as Diversity
Immigrants, as described in section 203(c) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1153(c), is
hereby suspended.
Sec. 2. Scope and Implementation of Suspensions and Limitations. (a)
Subject to the exceptions set forth in section 3(b) of Proclamation
9645, any waiver under section 3(c) of Proclamation 9645, and any
enforcement provision of section 6(b) through (e) of Proclamation 9645,
the suspensions of and limitations on entry pursuant to section 1(b) of
this proclamation shall apply to foreign nationals of the designated
countries who:
(i) are outside the United States on the applicable effective date of this
proclamation;
(ii) do not have a valid visa on the applicable effective date of this
proclamation; and
(iii) do not qualify for a visa or other valid travel document under
section 6(d) of Proclamation 9645.
(b) The Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security
shall coordinate to update guidance, if necessary, to implement this
proclamation as to nationals of the six countries identified in section
1(b) of this proclamation, consistent with the provisions of this
section.
(c) For purposes of this proclamation, the phrase ``Special
Immigrants whose eligibility is based on having provided assistance to
the United States Government'' means those aliens described in section
101(a)(27)(D) through (G) and (K) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(D)
through (G) and (K), any alien seeking to enter the United States
pursuant to a Special Immigrant Visa in the SI or SQ classification, and
any spouse and children of any such individual.
Sec. 3. Reporting Requirements. (a) Section 4 of Proclamation 9645 is
amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 4. Adjustments to Removal of Suspensions and Limitations.
``(a) The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, shall on October 1, 2020, and annually thereafter,
submit to the President the results of an evaluation as to whether to
continue, terminate, modify, or supplement any suspensions of, or
limitations on, the entry on certain classes of nationals of countries
identified in section 2 of this proclamation and section 1(b) of the
Proclamation ``Improving Enhanced Vetting Capabilities and Processes for
Detecting Attempted Entry into the United States by Terrorists or Other
Public-Safety Threats,'' signed on January 31, 2020.
``(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the
Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence, shall not
less than every 2 years evaluate whether each country in the world
sufficiently shares relevant information and maintains adequate identity-
management and information-sharing practices to mitigate the risk that its
citizens or residents may travel to the United States in furtherance of
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criminal or terrorist objectives, or otherwise seek to violate any law of
the United States through travel or immigration. In doing so, the Secretary
of Homeland Security shall:
``(i) in consultation with the Secretary of State, Attorney General,
and the Director of National Intelligence, report to the President,
through the appropriate Assistants to the President, any instance in
which, based on a review conducted under subsection (b) of this section,
the Secretary of Homeland Security believes it is in the interests of
the United States to suspend or limit the entry of certain classes of
nationals of a country; and
``(ii) in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Director
of National Intelligence, regularly review and update as necessary the
criteria and methodology by which such evaluations are implemented to
ensure they continue to protect the national interests of the United
States.
``(c) Notwithstanding the requirements set forth in subsections (a) and (b)
of this section, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with
the Secretary of State, Attorney General, and the Director of National
Intelligence, may, at any time, recommend that the President impose,
modify, or terminate a suspension or limitation on entry on certain classes
of foreign nationals to protect the national interests of the United
States.''
(b) Section 5 of Proclamation 9645 is revoked.
Sec. 4. Effective Date. This proclamation is effective at 12:01 a.m.
eastern standard time on February 21, 2020. With respect to the
application of those provisions of Proclamation 9645 that are
incorporated here through section 2 for countries designated in section
1(b), and that contained their own effective dates, those dates are
correspondingly updated to be January 31, 2020, or February 21, 2020, as
appropriate.
Sec. 5. Severability. It is the policy of the United States to enforce
this proclamation to the maximum extent possible to advance the national
security, foreign policy, and counterterrorism interests of the United
States. Accordingly:
(a) if any provision of this proclamation, or the application of any
provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the
remainder of this proclamation and the application of its other
provisions to any other persons or circumstances shall not be affected
thereby; and
(b) if any provision of this proclamation, or the application of any
provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid because
of the lack of certain procedural requirements, the relevant executive
branch officials shall implement those procedural requirements to
conform with existing law and with any applicable court orders.
Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this proclamation shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) United States Government obligations under applicable international
agreements;
(ii) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(iii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This proclamation shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
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(c) This proclamation is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of
January, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 9984 of January 31, 2020
Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Persons Who Pose
a Risk of Transmitting 2019 Novel Coronavirus and Other Appropriate
Measures To Address This Risk
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
The United States has confirmed cases of individuals who have a severe
acute respiratory illness caused by a novel (new) coronavirus (``2019-
nCoV'') (``the virus'') first detected in Wuhan, Hubei Province,
People's Republic of China (``China''). The virus was discovered in
China in December 2019. As of January 31, 2020, Chinese health officials
have reported approximately 10,000 confirmed cases of 2019-nCoV in
China, more than the number of confirmed cases of Severe Acute
Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) during its 2003 outbreak. An additional 114
cases have been confirmed across 22 other countries; in several of these
cases, the infected individuals had not visited China. More than 200
people have died from the virus, all in China.
Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses. Some cause illness in
people and others circulate among animals, including camels, cats, and
bats. Animal coronaviruses are capable of evolving to infect people and
subsequently spreading through human-to-human transmission. This
occurred with both Middle East Respiratory Syndrome and SARS. Many of
the individuals with the earliest confirmed cases of 2019-nCoV in Wuhan,
China had some link to a large seafood and live animal market,
suggesting animal-to-human transmission. Later, a growing number of
infected individuals reportedly did not have exposure to animal markets,
indicating human-to-human transmission. Chinese officials now report
that sustained human-to-human transmission of the virus is occurring in
China. Manifestations of severe disease have included severe pneumonia,
acute respiratory distress syndrome, septic shock, and multi-organ
failure.
Neighboring jurisdictions have taken swift action to protect their
citizens by closing off travel between their territories and China. On
January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the 2019-nCoV
outbreak a public health emergency of international concern.
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Outbreaks of novel viral infections among people are always of public
health concern, and older adults and people with underlying health
conditions may be at increased risk. Public health experts are still
learning about the severity of 2019-nCoV. An understanding of the key
attributes of this novel virus, including its transmission dynamics,
incubation period, and severity, is critical to assessing the risk it
poses to the American public. Nonetheless, the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) has determined that the virus presents a
serious public health threat.
The CDC is closely monitoring the situation in the United States, is
conducting enhanced entry screening at 5 United States airports where
the majority of travelers from Wuhan arrive, and is enhancing illness
response capacity at the 20 ports of entry where CDC medical screening
stations are located. The CDC is also supporting States in conducting
contact investigations of confirmed 2019-nCoV cases identified within
the United States. The CDC has confirmed that the virus has spread
between two people in the United States, representing the first instance
of person-to-person transmission of the virus within the United States.
The CDC, along with state and local health departments, has limited
resources and the public health system could be overwhelmed if sustained
human-to-human transmission of the virus occurred in the United States.
Sustained human-to-human transmission has the potential to have
cascading public health, economic, national security, and societal
consequences.
During Fiscal Year 2019, an average of more than 14,000 people traveled
to the United States from China each day, via both direct and indirect
flights. The United States Government is unable to effectively evaluate
and monitor all of the travelers continuing to arrive from China. The
potential for widespread transmission of the virus by infected
individuals seeking to enter the United States threatens the security of
our transportation system and infrastructure and the national security.
Given the importance of protecting persons within the United States from
the threat of this harmful communicable disease, I have determined that
it is in the interests of the United States to take action to restrict
and suspend the entry into the United States, as immigrants or
nonimmigrants, of all aliens who were physically present within the
People's Republic of China, excluding the Special Administrative Regions
of Hong Kong and Macau, during the 14-day period preceding their entry
or attempted entry into the United States. I have also determined that
the United States should take all necessary and appropriate measures to
facilitate orderly medical screening and, where appropriate, quarantine
of persons allowed to enter the United States who may have been exposed
to this virus.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States, by
the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the
United States of America, including sections 212(f) and 215(a) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1182(f) and 1185(a), and
section 301 of title 3, United States Code, hereby find that the
unrestricted entry into the United States of persons described in
section 1 of this proclamation would, except as provided for in section
2 of this proclamation, be detrimental to the interests of the United
States, and that their entry should be subject to certain restrictions,
limitations, and exceptions. I therefore hereby proclaim the following:
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Section 1. Suspension and Limitation on Entry. The entry into the United
States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, of all aliens who were
physically present within the People's Republic of China, excluding the
Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau, during the 14-day
period preceding their entry or attempted entry into the United States
is hereby suspended and limited subject to section 2 of this
proclamation.
Sec. 2. Scope of Suspension and Limitation on Entry.
(a) Section 1 of this proclamation shall not apply to:
(i) any lawful permanent resident of the United States;
(ii) any alien who is the spouse of a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent
resident;
(iii) any alien who is the parent or legal guardian of a U.S. citizen or
lawful permanent resident, provided that the U.S. citizen or lawful
permanent resident is unmarried and under the age of 21;
(iv) any alien who is the sibling of a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent
resident, provided that both are unmarried and under the age of 21;
(v) any alien who is the child, foster child, or ward of a U.S. citizen or
lawful permanent resident, or who is a prospective adoptee seeking to enter
the United States pursuant to the IR-4 or IH-4 visa classifications;
(vi) any alien traveling at the invitation of the United States Government
for a purpose related to containment or mitigation of the virus;
(vii) any alien traveling as a nonimmigrant under section 101(a)(15)(C) or
(D) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(C) or (D), as a crewmember or any
alien otherwise traveling to the United States as air or sea crew;
(viii) any alien seeking entry into or transiting the United States
pursuant to an A-1, A-2, C-2, C-3 (as a foreign government official or
immediate family member of an official), G-1, G-2, G-3, G-4, NATO-1 through
NATO-4, or NATO-6 visa;
(ix) any alien whose entry would not pose a significant risk of
introducing, transmitting, or spreading the virus, as determined by the CDC
Director, or his designee;
(x) any alien whose entry would further important United States law
enforcement objectives, as determined by the Secretary of State, the
Secretary of Homeland Security, or their respective designees based on a
recommendation of the Attorney General or his designee; or
(xi) any alien whose entry would be in the national interest, as determined
by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or their
designees.
(b) Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed to affect any
individual's eligibility for asylum, withholding of removal, or
protection under the regulations issued pursuant to the legislation
implementing the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment, consistent with the laws and
regulations of the United States.
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Sec. 3. Implementation and Enforcement. (a) The Secretary of State shall
implement this proclamation as it applies to visas pursuant to such
procedures as the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary
of Homeland Security, may establish. The Secretary of Homeland Security
shall implement this proclamation as it applies to the entry of aliens
pursuant to such procedures as the Secretary of Homeland Security, in
consultation with the Secretary of State, may establish.
(b) Consistent with applicable law, the Secretary of State, the
Secretary of Transportation, and the Secretary of Homeland Security
shall ensure that any alien subject to this proclamation does not board
an aircraft traveling to the United States.
(c) The Secretary of Homeland Security may establish standards and
procedures to ensure the application and implementation of this
proclamation at United States seaports and in between all ports of
entry.
(d) An alien who circumvents the application of this proclamation
through fraud, willful misrepresentation of a material fact, or illegal
entry shall be a priority for removal by the Department of Homeland
Security.
Sec. 4. Orderly Medical Screening and Quarantine. The Secretary of
Homeland Security shall take all necessary and appropriate steps to
regulate the travel of persons and aircraft to the United States to
facilitate the orderly medical screening and, where appropriate,
quarantine of persons who enter the United States and who may have been
exposed to the virus. Such steps may include directing air carriers to
restrict and regulate the boarding of such passengers on flights to the
United States.
Sec. 5. Termination. This proclamation shall remain in effect until
terminated by the President. The Secretary of Health and Human Services
shall, as circumstances warrant and no more than 15 days after the date
of this order and every 15 days thereafter, recommend that the President
continue, modify, or terminate this proclamation.
Sec. 6. Effective Date. This proclamation is effective at 5:00 p.m.
eastern standard time on February 2, 2020.
Sec. 7. Severability. It is the policy of the United States to enforce
this proclamation to the maximum extent possible to advance the national
security, public safety, and foreign policy interests of the United
States. Accordingly:
(a) if any provision of this proclamation, or the application of any
provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the
remainder of this proclamation and the application of its provisions to
any other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby; and
(b) if any provision of this proclamation, or the application of any
provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid because
of the lack of certain procedural requirements, the relevant executive
branch officials shall implement those procedural requirements to
conform with existing law and with any applicable court orders.
Sec. 8. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this proclamation shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
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(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This proclamation shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This proclamation is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of
January, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 9985 of January 31, 2020
American Heart Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
As the leading cause of death for both men and women nationwide, heart
disease devastates hundreds of thousands of families every year. During
American Heart Month, we pause to remember the lives lost to heart
disease and the families who mourn, and we reaffirm our commitment to
preventing and treating this terrible disease that inflicts immeasurable
pain and suffering.
Evidence-based research has identified several critical risk factors
that contribute to heart disease, including elevated blood pressure and
cholesterol, physical inactivity, excess body weight, high salt intake,
smoking, age, and family history. According to the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, about half of all Americans have at least one of
three key risk factors: high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, or
a history of smoking. While some risk factors are unchangeable, most are
avoidable with behavior modification and lifestyle changes like eating a
healthy diet, moderating alcohol consumption, exercising regularly, and
avoiding smoking. Making small, incremental changes and creating
healthier habits can lead to life-saving benefits. We must all take
decisive action to control our cardiovascular health and support and
motivate friends and family members in their efforts to curb unhealthy
behaviors. Community groups, educators, and fitness and healthcare
professionals can also provide guidance, support, accountability, and
encouragement on the journey to better health.
American innovation and medical advancements continue to improve
treatment options for those who have experienced heart disease. Medical
procedures to treat heart conditions are more precise, using less
invasive techniques with fewer complications and faster recovery times.
Additionally, we have developed medications to more effectively treat
high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, and type 2 diabetes, all
conditions that contribute to an increased risk of heart disease. We
also commend the dedicated healthcare professionals, physical
therapists, counselors, volunteers,
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and educators who make a positive impact in the lives of those battling
heart disease and undergoing cardiac rehabilitation.
Every year, millions of Americans suffer from the healthcare costs,
physical disabilities, and premature death caused by cardiovascular
diseases and conditions. We can--and must--work to save lives and
reverse the somber statistics and cruel grip that heart disease has on
our Nation's families. Thanks to scientific research, medical advances,
and healthy lifestyle choices, much of the power to combat this disease
is within our grasp. During American Heart Month, I urge all men and
women to prioritize their health and to take the necessary measures to
lead a heart-healthy lifestyle.
In acknowledgement of the importance of the ongoing fight against
cardiovascular disease, the Congress, by Joint Resolution approved on
December 30, 1963, as amended (36 U.S.C. 101), has requested that the
President issue an annual proclamation designating February as American
Heart Month.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim February 2020 as American Heart Month, and I
invite all Americans to participate in National Wear Red Day on February
7, 2020. I also invite the Governors of the States, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, officials of other areas subject to the jurisdiction of the
United States, and the American people to join me in recognizing and
reaffirming our commitment to fighting cardiovascular disease.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of
January, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 9986 of January 31, 2020
Career and Technical Education Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Our Nation's economy is booming, and Americans are thriving. To ensure
that our country's workforce remains the best in the world, it is
imperative that we equip students and workers with the skills necessary
to fill the jobs our economy is creating at an incredible pace and to
enable them to reap the benefits of successful careers. During Career
and Technical Education Month, we reaffirm our commitment to expanding
access to high-quality career and technical education for all Americans.
Career and technical education helps develop a 21st century workforce,
providing students with the knowledge and technical skills needed to
fill the jobs of the future. My Administration appreciates the value of
career and technical education, which is why we continue to prioritize
access to the best training and retraining opportunities for American
students and workers. We are preparing our workforce to flourish amidst
advances in
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technology and automation, and we are confident that with the right
training, hardworking Americans can harness technology to do their jobs
even better and faster than they do them today. In July 2018, I signed
an Executive Order establishing the President's National Council for the
American Worker to facilitate a much-needed partnership between
education and business, which will help resolve pressing issues related
to workforce development. As a part of the Council's work, my
Administration is asking companies and trade groups throughout the
country to sign our Pledge to America's Workers, committing themselves
to refocusing resources to retrain our workforce and equip students and
workers with the skills they need to be successful right here in the
United States. Already, more than 400 businesses have signed the pledge
and committed to creating 14.5 million enhanced employment, training,
and education opportunities for American students and workers over the
next 5 years.
We are living in an age of incredible progress, with an abundance of new
career fields offering high-wage jobs, especially in science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics. Career and technical education
provides students with the in-demand skills required by these coveted
positions, developing their talents and providing them with the tools to
be successful in the modern economy. In July 2018, I was proud to sign
the bipartisan reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and
Technical Education Act, which is benefiting more than 11 million
students. This critical legislation is modernizing and increasing access
to career and technical education programs, providing students and
workers with the necessary training that will strengthen our Nation's
economic competitiveness. Given the importance of career and technical
education, my fiscal year 2021 budget proposal to the Congress will
include significant increases in funding for these programs.
This month, we draw attention to the importance of career and technical
education in building a stronger American workforce. Our Nation's
students and workers are helping to write the next chapter in our proud
American legacy of ingenuity and innovation. We will continue to pursue
approaches that best fit the needs of individual students and workers
and prepare them to unlock their full potential.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim February 2020 as
Career and Technical Education Month.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of
January, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
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Proclamation 9987 of January 31, 2020
National African American History Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Through bravery, perseverance, faith, and resolve--often in the face of
incredible prejudice and hardship--African Americans have enhanced and
advanced every aspect of American life. Their fight for equality,
representation, and respect motivates us to continue working for a more
promising, peaceful, and hopeful future for every American. During
National African American History Month, we honor the extraordinary
contributions made by African Americans throughout the history of our
Republic, and we renew our commitment to liberty and justice for all.
The theme of this year's observance, ``African Americans and the Vote,''
coincides with the 150th anniversary of the 15th Amendment, which gave
African American men the right to vote. This Amendment to the
Constitution, ratified in 1870, prohibits the government from denying or
abridging a citizen's right to vote based on ``race, color, or previous
condition of servitude.'' Today, this guarantee is enforced primarily
throughout the Voting Rights Act of 1965, an enduring legacy of Reverend
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Civil Rights movement.
This year also marks the 150th anniversary of the first African American
to serve in the Congress. In 1870, Hiram Revels, a Mississippi
Republican, served a 1-year term in the Senate, where he fought for
justice and racial equality. During his lifetime, Senator Revels served
as a military chaplain, a minister with the African Methodist Episcopal
Church, and a college administrator. But it was Revels' tenure in the
Congress that truly distinguished him as a trailblazer. He made history
serving our Nation in a building that had been constructed by slave
laborers just a decade earlier.
My Administration has made great strides in expanding opportunity for
people of all backgrounds. Over the past 2 years, the poverty and
unemployment rates for African Americans have reached historic lows.
Through the transformative Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, more than 8,700
distressed communities battling economic hardship have been designated
Opportunity Zones, creating a path for struggling communities to unlock
investment resources and create much needed jobs and community
amenities. I also signed into law the historic First Step Act, which
rolled back unjust provisions of the Violent Crime Control and Law
Enforcement Act of 1994, which disproportionately harmed African
American communities. The First Step Act provides inmates with
opportunities for job training, education, and mentorship. We want every
person leaving prison to have the tools they need to take advantage of a
second chance to transform their lives and pursue the American dream
after incarceration. Additionally, last December, I was proud to sign
into law the groundbreaking FUTURE Act, which ensures full support for
historically black colleges and universities over the next 10 years.
Our great Nation is strengthened and enriched by citizens of every race,
religion, color, and creed. This month, we celebrate the cultural
heritage, diverse contributions, and unbreakable spirit of African
Americans. We commend the heroes, pioneers, and common Americans who
tirelessly fought
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for--and firmly believed in--the promise of racial equality granted by
our Creator, enshrined in our Constitution, and enacted into our laws.
We pledge to continue to stand against the evils of bigotry,
intolerance, and hatred so that we may continue in our pursuit of a more
perfect Union.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim February 2020 as National African American
History Month. I call upon public officials, educators, and all
Americans to observe this month with appropriate programs, ceremonies,
and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of
January, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 9988 of February 28, 2020
American Red Cross Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
For 139 years, the American Red Cross has provided comfort and support
services to ease suffering before, during, and after emergencies in the
United States and around the world. The American Red Cross provides
shelter, care, and compassion in response to more than 60,000 disasters
a year. It also supplies about 40 percent of our Nation's blood
products; teaches skills that save lives; supports our military,
veterans, and their families; and provides international humanitarian
aid to countries in need. During American Red Cross Month, we thank and
honor the selfless volunteers, dedicated employees, and generous
supporters who invest their time, talent, and resources to provide
compassionate outreach and assistance to so many.
Each year, American Red Cross workers and trained volunteers respond to
a wide range of emergencies, from natural disasters that destroy entire
communities to home fires that displace individual families. In response
to last year's devastating hurricanes, wildfires, storms, floods, and
earthquakes, the American Red Cross and its partners opened and
supported emergency shelters for more than 300 days. During these and
other crises, nearly 9,000 American Red Cross workers--90 percent of
whom are volunteers--left their homes to work in affected areas,
providing refuge, food, relief items, emotional support, recovery
planning, and significant assistance to vulnerable families in their
darkest hours and times of need. In 2019 alone, the American Red Cross
also supported responses to 17 international disasters and humanitarian
crises as a key part of the world's largest humanitarian network.
Clara Barton, a pioneering nurse from Massachusetts, founded the
American Red Cross out of a desire to continue providing help and
supplies to people in need following the Civil War. Her words, ``I may
be compelled
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to face danger, but never fear it, and while our Soldiers can stand and
fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them,'' echo today in the
continued dedication of the American Red Cross to our service members,
veterans, and their families. Today, the American Red Cross Hero Care
Network provides critical and confidential services to our Armed Forces
worldwide through local, State, and national resources. Last year, Hero
Care Network provided more than 355,000 emergency communication services
to nearly 100,000 deployed military members and their families. It is
also the largest provider of free professional volunteer services to
recovering wounded warriors and their families in military treatment
facilities and hospitals. This network is dedicated to supporting
programs and services that aid families as they navigate the demands of
military life.
Across our great country, about 2,500 hospitals and other facilities
depend on volunteer blood donors to meet the critical needs of patients.
Each year, on average, the American Red Cross collects more than 4.6
million blood donations and nearly 1 million platelet donations from
more than 2.6 million volunteers. In 2019, donations of more than 6.4
million blood products helped save and improve the lives of people of
all ages, including accident victims, mothers giving birth, surgery
patients, and those battling cancer and other life-threatening or
altering conditions.
Every day, the American Red Cross serves people throughout the United
States and around the world. Its lifesaving mission and the indelible
mark it leaves around the world are possible only because of the
devotion of volunteers, the generosity of donors, and the partnership of
community organizations. Together, they bring critical hope, help, and
healing in times of crisis, despair, and devastation.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America and Honorary Chairman of the American Red Cross, by virtue of
the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the
United States, do hereby proclaim March 2020 as American Red Cross
Month. I encourage all Americans to observe this month with appropriate
programs, ceremonies, and activities, and to support the work of the
American Red Cross and their local chapters.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-eighth day
of February, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 9989 of February 28, 2020
Irish-American Heritage Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
During Irish-American Heritage Month, we celebrate the countless
achievements of Irish Americans and recognize the remarkable
contributions they have made to our Nation's character, culture, and
prosperity. From America's earliest days, Irish Americans have proven
themselves to be confident,
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fierce, tough, and faithful. They never give up, and they never give in,
embodying the indomitable spirit that drives us as a people. This month,
we recognize their efforts to help build a stronger, prouder America,
and we acknowledge the steadfast relationship we have with the Emerald
Isle.
Irish Americans have played a critical role in our Nation's history and
have made significant contributions to our military, government, and
economy. During the Revolutionary War, General Henry Knox, the son of
Irish immigrants, helped lead General George Washington's famous
crossing of the Delaware River. Years later, more than 150,000 Irishmen
fought to preserve our Union during the Civil War, shedding their blood
so that others would experience the blessings of liberty. And one of our
most famous buildings, the White House, was designed by Irish architect
James Hoban, who came to the United States after the Revolutionary War.
From business and politics to film and music, Irish Americans have risen
to distinction and helped move our Nation forward.
As we honor the many ways in which Irish Americans have enriched our
country, we acknowledge the enduring relationship the United States has
with Ireland. This longstanding relationship is only growing stronger
thanks to our robust economy. Approximately 700 American businesses have
a presence on the Emerald Isle and account for 20 percent of the
country's employment. Through our common bond of culture, language, and
interests, Ireland provides a great opportunity for our businesses
looking to invest in Europe. Likewise, approximately 450 Irish companies
are represented in the United States. These companies employ more than
100,000 workers and have invested nearly $150 billion in our country.
This month, as we celebrate the vibrant heritage and culture of Irish
Americans and partake in St. Patrick's Day festivities on March 17, we
pay tribute to the tenacious Irish spirit. We admire the devotion,
faith, and resilience of the more than 31 million Irish Americans who
help our country flourish, and we look forward to a continued strong and
enduring friendship with Ireland for years to come.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim March 2020 as Irish-
American Heritage Month. I call upon all Americans to celebrate the
achievements of Irish Americans and their contributions to our Nation
with appropriate ceremonies, activities, and programs.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-eighth day
of February, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
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Proclamation 9990 of February 28, 2020
Women's History Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Women have influenced and advanced every facet of American life and
culture. The strength, ingenuity, and spirit of our female leaders,
innovators, and pioneers shape our Nation's character, government,
industry, families, and communities. During Women's History Month, we
honor the women who have changed our Nation and the world, and we
reaffirm our commitment to supporting the next generation of female
trailblazers and dreamers as they carry forward this distinguished
legacy.
This year marks the centennial anniversary of the ratification of the
19th Amendment to the Constitution, securing the right to vote for
women. This milestone in our country was made possible by the devotion,
leadership, and perseverance of pioneers like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and
Susan B. Anthony. The ratification of the 19th Amendment enabled women
to finally have their voices counted in voting booths, paving the way
for greater female participation in all levels of government. Heroes
emerged like Frances Perkins, who, as Secretary of Labor, was the first
woman to hold a cabinet-level position in the Federal Government, and
Clare Boothe Luce, an influential journalist, playwright, Congresswoman,
and the first woman appointed to a major ambassadorial post abroad.
Throughout our history, women have also been pioneers in fields like
science, medicine, and engineering. Bessie Coleman, the world's first
civilian licensed African-American pilot, and Marie Luhring, the first
female truck designer, changed the way we think about aviation and
transportation. Saint Katharine Drexel selflessly served those in need
and left an indelible mark on nursing and education. NASA mathematician
Katherine Johnson, who passed away just a few days ago, was behind some
of the brilliant work that made possible the first manned spaceflights
by United States astronauts. And just last year, two brave American
astronauts, Flight Engineers Christina Koch and Jessica Meir, made
history by conducting the first all-female spacewalk outside of the
International Space Station.
My Administration is committed to empowering all women across the Nation
and around the world to continue pursuing their dreams and lifting
humanity to new heights. As President, I have championed policies that
create economic prosperity and opportunity, enabling women to thrive as
workers, parents, consumers, innovators, entrepreneurs, and investors.
In 2019, women comprised 71 percent of the net increase in employment,
the female unemployment rate reached near historic lows, and women for
the first time made up the majority of the college-educated labor force.
I have also signed into law legislation securing historic levels of
funding for child care so that both women and men can better provide for
their families, secure in the knowledge that their children are being
well-cared for. In addition, we secured the first tax credit for
employers who offer paid family leave for those earning $72,000 or less
and doubled the child tax credit, benefitting nearly 40 million American
families, who received an average of $2,200 in 2019. In December 2019, I
was also pleased to sign legislation providing for 12 weeks of paid
parental leave for all Federal employees. To
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drive this effort further, I have also called on the Congress to pass a
nationwide paid family leave program.
On the international front, last year I signed a National Security
Presidential Memorandum to direct my Administration to prioritize global
women's economic empowerment through the first ever whole-of-government
effort dedicated to this issue: the Women's Global Development and
Prosperity (W-GDP) Initiative. To date, W-GDP has reached 12 million
women through United States Government programs and partnerships, with a
goal of reaching 50 million women by 2025. W-GDP's efforts help secure a
place for women to thrive and to lead their families, communities, and
nations into new arenas of excellence.
This month, we pause as a Nation to pay tribute to the women who
strengthen and enrich our society through civic action, devotion to
family, and tireless dedication to community, innovation, peace, and
prosperity. We pledge also to continue fighting for the further
advancement of women in our society and around the globe, living up to
the promise of our Nation's founding.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim March 2020 as Women's
History Month. I call upon all Americans to observe this month and to
celebrate International Women's Day on March 8, 2020, with appropriate
programs, ceremonies, and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-eighth day
of February, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 9991 of February 28, 2020
National Consumer Protection Week, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Since my election, the United States economy has experienced a historic
revitalization. Americans across our country have been the beneficiaries
of and the driving force behind this extraordinary resurgence. Wages are
growing at their fastest rate in a decade; the unemployment rate has
reached its lowest level in half a century; and for the first time on
record, there are more job openings than unemployed Americans. The
vitality of our economy has led to high levels of consumer confidence.
Even as we grow more prosperous, however, we must remain vigilant for
bad actors seeking to harm and exploit honest and hardworking people
through deception and other nefarious tactics. During National Consumer
Protection Week, we reaffirm our commitment to safeguarding the American
consumer from malicious practices and strengthening our efforts to
prevent and prosecute fraud.
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Scammers erode consumer confidence, impede the success of businesses,
and steal hard-earned money from Americans. A popular tactic deployed by
these corrupt individuals is to exploit Americans' trust in their
government by falsely claiming to be a government employee or to be
affiliated with a government agency. In 2019 alone, my Administration
recorded nearly 400,000 reports of criminals representing themselves as
affiliates of the Social Security Administration, law enforcement
agencies, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Internal
Revenue Service. Some of these con artists tell people that their Social
Security number has been suspended and threaten to freeze their assets
unless they comply with demands for money or personal information.
Frightened consumers are tricked into sending away thousands of dollars,
mistakenly believing their money will be more secure or that they will
avoid fines or penalties. These types of ploys can be especially harmful
to retired Americans who rely on monthly Social Security payments as
their main source of income.
To protect yourself from these vile criminals, do not trust caller ID,
which scammers can easily manipulate to conceal their identity. Never
respond to unsolicited incoming calls or correspondence. Instead,
contact the real agency on your own. Additionally, report the potential
imposter immediately to the Federal Trade Commission.
My Administration is committed to using every available resource to
protect consumers and bring the perpetrators of these crimes to justice.
That is why I signed an Executive Order establishing the Task Force on
Market Integrity and Consumer Fraud to enhance efforts by the Department
of Justice to investigate and prosecute cases of fraud on behalf of
Americans, including the elderly, veterans, and service members. In
order to help Americans better protect themselves against identity
theft, I also signed into law legislation allowing consumers to contact
each of the three major credit reporting agencies and to have their
credit reports frozen for free. Additionally, last year, the Department
of Justice announced the largest ever coordinated elder fraud
enforcement action, which identified more than 260 defendants who had
victimized more than 2 million Americans. The Department of Justice has
also taken strong action to block foreign scammers from making billions
of fraudulent robocalls to American consumers.
During National Consumer Protection Week, government agencies, industry
representatives, community groups, and consumer organizations come
together in support of the same mission--protecting our Nation's
consumers. Consumers are at the heart of our thriving economy, and
protecting them must be a shared goal throughout government and across
the private sector. This month, we remind all Americans to avail
themselves of public and private resources available to them to
safeguard their personal and financial information and to protect
against fraud.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim March 1 through March
7, 2020, as National Consumer Protection Week. I encourage individuals,
businesses, organizations, government agencies, and community groups to
take advantage of the broad array of resources offered by the Federal
Trade Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the
Department of Justice, and to share this information through consumer
education activities in communities across the country.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-eighth day
of February, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 9992 of February 29, 2020
Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Certain
Additional Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting 2019 Novel
Coronavirus
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
On January 31, 2020, I issued Proclamation 9984 (Suspension of Entry as
Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting
2019 Novel Coronavirus and Other Appropriate Measures To Address This
Risk). I found that the potential for widespread transmission of a novel
(new) coronavirus (which has since been renamed ``SARS-CoV-2'' and
causes the disease COVID-19) (``SARS-CoV-2'' or ``the virus'') by
infected individuals seeking to enter the United States threatens the
security of our transportation system and infrastructure and the
national security. Because the outbreak of the virus was (and is)
centered in the People's Republic of China, I suspended and limited the
entry of all aliens who were physically present within the People's
Republic of China, excluding the Special Administrative Regions of Hong
Kong and Macau, during the 14-day period preceding their entry or
attempted entry into the United States, subject to certain exceptions.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a component of the
Department of Health and Human Services, has determined that the virus
presents a serious public health threat and continues to take steps to
prevent its spread. But CDC, along with State and local health
departments, has limited resources, and the public health system could
be overwhelmed if sustained human-to-human transmission of the virus
occurred in the United States. Sustained human-to-human transmission has
the potential to have cascading public health, economic, national
security, and societal consequences.
CDC has determined that the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran) is
experiencing sustained person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2. As
of February 28, 2020, Iran had 388 cases of COVID-19, a significant
increase from prior days. In response to that increase, on February 28,
2020, CDC raised its infectious disease alert to level 3, its highest
level, which recommends that travelers avoid all nonessential travel to
Iran. According to the World Health Organization, as of February 28,
2020, 97 COVID-19 cases have been exported from Iran to 11 other
countries.
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Iran is not a trustworthy state actor, as it has repeatedly demonstrated
through its history of engaging in malign activity, and confirmed most
recently by its repeated denials of responsibility for shooting down an
international airliner. The United States Government is therefore unable
to rely on official information disseminated by Iran, undermining the
effective evaluation and monitoring of travelers continuing to arrive
from that country.
The potential for undetected transmission of the virus by infected
individuals seeking to enter the United States from Iran threatens the
security of our transportation system and infrastructure and the
national security. Given the importance of protecting persons within the
United States from the threat of this harmful communicable disease, I
have determined that it is in the interests of the United States to take
action to restrict and suspend the entry into the United States, as
immigrants or nonimmigrants, of all aliens who were physically present
within Iran during the 14-day period preceding their entry or attempted
entry into the United States.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States, by
the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the
United States of America, including sections 212(f) and 215(a) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1182(f) and 1185(a), and
section 301 of title 3, United States Code, hereby find that the
unrestricted entry into the United States of persons described in
section 1 of this proclamation would, except as provided for in section
2 of this proclamation, be detrimental to the interests of the United
States, and that their entry should be subject to certain restrictions,
limitations, and exceptions. I therefore hereby proclaim the following:
Section 1. Suspension and Limitation on Entry. The entry into the United
States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, of all aliens who were
physically present within the Islamic Republic of Iran during the 14-day
period preceding their entry or attempted entry into the United States
is hereby suspended and limited subject to section 2 of this
proclamation.
Sec. 2. Scope of Suspension and Limitation on Entry. (a) Section 1 of
this proclamation shall not apply to:
(i) any lawful permanent resident of the United States;
(ii) any alien who is the spouse of a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent
resident;
(iii) any alien who is the parent or legal guardian of a U.S. citizen or
lawful permanent resident, provided that the U.S. citizen or lawful
permanent resident is unmarried and under the age of 21;
(iv) any alien who is the sibling of a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent
resident, provided that both are unmarried and under the age of 21;
(v) any alien who is the child, foster child, or ward of a U.S. citizen or
lawful permanent resident, or who is a prospective adoptee seeking to enter
the United States pursuant to the IR-4 or IH-4 visa classifications;
(vi) any alien traveling at the invitation of the United States Government
for a purpose related to containment or mitigation of the virus;
(vii) any alien traveling as a nonimmigrant pursuant to a C-1, D, or C-1/D
nonimmigrant visa as a crewmember or any alien otherwise traveling to the
United States as air or sea crew;
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(viii) any alien
(A) seeking entry into or transiting the United States pursuant to one of
the following visas: A-1, A-2, C-2, C-3 (as a foreign government official
or immediate family member of an official), E-1 (as an employee of TECRO or
TECO or the employee's immediate family members), G-1, G-2, G-3, G-4, NATO-
1 through NATO-4, or NATO-6 (or seeking to enter as a nonimmigrant in one
of those NATO categories); or
(B) whose travel falls within the scope of section 11 of the United
Nations Headquarters Agreement;
(ix) any alien whose entry would not pose a significant risk of
introducing, transmitting, or spreading the virus, as determined by the
Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the CDC Director or his
designee;
(x) any alien whose entry would further important United States law
enforcement objectives, as determined by the Secretary of State, the
Secretary of Homeland Security, or their respective designees, based on a
recommendation of the Attorney General or his designee;
(xi) any alien whose entry would be in the national interest, as determined
by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or their
designees; or
(xii) members of the U.S. Armed Forces and spouses and children of members
of the U.S. Armed Forces.
(b) Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed to affect any
individual's eligibility for asylum, withholding of removal, or
protection under the regulations issued pursuant to the legislation
implementing the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment, consistent with the laws and
regulations of the United States.
Sec. 3. Implementation and Enforcement. (a) The Secretary of State shall
implement this proclamation as it applies to visas pursuant to such
procedures as the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary
of Homeland Security, may establish. The Secretary of Homeland Security
shall implement this proclamation as it applies to the entry of aliens
pursuant to such procedures as the Secretary of Homeland Security, in
consultation with the Secretary of State, may establish.
(b) Consistent with applicable law, the Secretary of State, the
Secretary of Transportation, and the Secretary of Homeland Security
shall ensure that any alien subject to this proclamation does not board
an aircraft traveling to the United States.
(c) The Secretary of Homeland Security may establish standards and
procedures to ensure the application of this proclamation at and between
all United States ports of entry.
(d) An alien who circumvents the application of this proclamation
through fraud, willful misrepresentation of a material fact, or illegal
entry shall be a priority for removal by the Department of Homeland
Security.
Sec. 4. Amendments to Proclamation 9984. Proclamation 9984 is amended as
follows:
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(a) Section 2(a)(viii) of Proclamation 9984 is amended to read as
follows: ``(viii) any alien (A) seeking entry into or transiting the
United States pursuant to one of the following visas: A-1, A-2, C-2, C-3
(as a foreign government official or immediate family member of an
official), E-1 (as an employee of TECRO or TECO or the employee's
immediate family members), G-1, G-2, G-3, G-4, NATO-1 through NATO-4, or
NATO-6 (or seeking to enter as a nonimmigrant in one of those NATO
categories); or (B) whose travel falls within the scope of section 11 of
the United Nations Headquarters Agreement;''
(b) Section 3(c) of Proclamation 9984 is amended to read as follows:
``(c) The Secretary of Homeland Security may establish standards and
procedures to ensure the application of this proclamation at and between
all United States ports of entry.''
(c) Section 5 of Proclamation 9984 is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 5. Termination. This proclamation shall remain in effect
until terminated by the President. The Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall, as circumstances warrant and no more than 15 days after
the date of this proclamation and thereafter on the first and fifteenth
day of each calendar month, recommend that the President continue,
modify, or terminate this proclamation and any other proclamation
suspending or limiting the entry of foreign nationals into the United
States as immigrants or nonimmigrants because of the threat posed by the
virus.''
Sec. 5. Termination. This proclamation shall remain in effect until
terminated by the President.
Sec. 6. Effective Date. This proclamation is effective at 5:00 p.m.
eastern standard time on March 2, 2020. This proclamation does not apply
to persons aboard a flight scheduled to arrive in the United States that
departed prior to 5:00 p.m. eastern standard time on March 2, 2020.
Sec. 7. Severability. It is the policy of the United States to enforce
this proclamation to the maximum extent possible to advance the national
security, public safety, and foreign policy interests of the United
States. Accordingly:
(a) if any provision of this proclamation, or the application of any
provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the
remainder of this proclamation and the application of its provisions to
any other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby; and
(b) if any provision of this proclamation, or the application of any
provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid because
of the lack of certain procedural requirements, the relevant executive
branch officials shall implement those procedural requirements to
conform with existing law and with any applicable court orders.
Sec. 8. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this proclamation shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This proclamation shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
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(c) This proclamation is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth day of
February, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 9993 of March 11, 2020
Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Certain
Additional Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting 2019 Novel
Coronavirus
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
On January 31, 2020, I issued Proclamation 9984 (Suspension of Entry as
Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting
2019 Novel Coronavirus and Other Appropriate Measures To Address This
Risk). I found that the potential for widespread transmission of a novel
(new) coronavirus (which has since been renamed ``SARS-CoV-2'' and
causes the disease COVID-19) (``SARS-CoV-2'' or ``the virus'') by
infected individuals seeking to enter the United States threatens the
security of our transportation system and infrastructure and the
national security. Because the outbreak of the virus was at the time
centered in the People's Republic of China, I suspended and limited the
entry of all aliens who were physically present within the People's
Republic of China, excluding the Special Administrative Regions of Hong
Kong and Macau, during the 14-day period preceding their entry or
attempted entry into the United States, subject to certain exceptions.
On February 29, 2020, in recognition of the sustained person-to-person
transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the Islamic Republic of Iran, I issued
Proclamation 9992 (Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants
of Certain Additional Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting 2019 Novel
Coronavirus), suspending and limiting the entry of all aliens who were
physically present within the Islamic Republic of Iran during the 14-day
period preceding their entry or attempted entry into the United States,
subject to certain exceptions.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a component of the
Department of Health and Human Services, has determined that the virus
presents a serious public health threat, and CDC continues to take steps
to prevent its spread. But CDC, along with State and local health
departments, has limited resources, and the public health system could
be overwhelmed if sustained human-to-human transmission of the virus
occurred in the United States on a large scale. Sustained human-to-human
transmission has the potential to cause cascading public health,
economic, national security, and societal consequences.
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The World Health Organization has determined that multiple countries
within the Schengen Area are experiencing sustained person-to-person
transmission of SARS-CoV-2. For purposes of this proclamation, the
Schengen Area comprises 26 European states: Austria, Belgium, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta,
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden, and Switzerland. The Schengen Area currently has the largest
number of confirmed COVID-19 cases outside of the People's Republic of
China. As of March 11, 2020, the number of cases in the 26 Schengen Area
countries is 17,442, with 711 deaths, and shows high continuous growth
in infection rates. In total, as of March 9, 2020, the Schengen Area has
exported 201 COVID-19 cases to 53 countries. Moreover, the free flow of
people between the Schengen Area countries makes the task of managing
the spread of the virus difficult.
The United States Government is unable to effectively evaluate and
monitor all of the travelers continuing to arrive from the Schengen
Area. The potential for undetected transmission of the virus by infected
individuals seeking to enter the United States from the Schengen Area
threatens the security of our transportation system and infrastructure
and the national security. Given the importance of protecting persons
within the United States from the threat of this harmful communicable
disease, I have determined that it is in the interests of the United
States to take action to restrict and suspend the entry into the United
States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, of all aliens who were
physically present within the Schengen Area during the 14-day period
preceding their entry or attempted entry into the United States. The
free flow of commerce between the United States and the Schengen Area
countries remains an economic priority for the United States, and I
remain committed to facilitating trade between our nations.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States, by
the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the
United States of America, including sections 212(f) and 215(a) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1182(f) and 1185(a), and
section 301 of title 3, United States Code, hereby find that the
unrestricted entry into the United States of persons described in
section 1 of this proclamation would, except as provided for in section
2 of this proclamation, be detrimental to the interests of the United
States, and that their entry should be subject to certain restrictions,
limitations, and exceptions. I therefore hereby proclaim the following:
Section 1. Suspension and Limitation on Entry. The entry into the United
States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, of all aliens who were
physically present within the Schengen Area during the 14-day period
preceding their entry or attempted entry into the United States is
hereby suspended and limited subject to section 2 of this proclamation.
Sec. 2. Scope of Suspension and Limitation on Entry.
(a) Section 1 of this proclamation shall not apply to:
(i) any lawful permanent resident of the United States;
(ii) any alien who is the spouse of a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent
resident;
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(iii) any alien who is the parent or legal guardian of a U.S. citizen or
lawful permanent resident, provided that the U.S. citizen or lawful
permanent resident is unmarried and under the age of 21;
(iv) any alien who is the sibling of a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent
resident, provided that both are unmarried and under the age of 21;
(v) any alien who is the child, foster child, or ward of a U.S. citizen or
lawful permanent resident, or who is a prospective adoptee seeking to enter
the United States pursuant to the IR-4 or IH-4 visa classifications;
(vi) any alien traveling at the invitation of the United States Government
for a purpose related to containment or mitigation of the virus;
(vii) any alien traveling as a nonimmigrant pursuant to a C-1, D, or C-1/D
nonimmigrant visa as a crewmember or any alien otherwise traveling to the
United States as air or sea crew;
(viii) any alien
(A) seeking entry into or transiting the United States pursuant to one of
the following visas: A-1, A-2, C-2, C-3 (as a foreign government official
or immediate family member of an official), E-1 (as an employee of TECRO or
TECO or the employee's immediate family members), G-1, G-2, G-3, G-4, NATO-
1 through NATO-4, or NATO-6 (or seeking to enter as a nonimmigrant in one
of those NATO categories); or
(B) whose travel falls within the scope of section 11 of the United
Nations Headquarters Agreement;
(ix) any alien whose entry would not pose a significant risk of
introducing, transmitting, or spreading the virus, as determined by the
Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the CDC Director or his
designee;
(x) any alien whose entry would further important United States law
enforcement objectives, as determined by the Secretary of State, the
Secretary of Homeland Security, or their respective designees, based on a
recommendation of the Attorney General or his designee;
(xi) any alien whose entry would be in the national interest, as determined
by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or their
designees; or
(xii) members of the U.S. Armed Forces and spouses and children of members
of the U.S. Armed Forces.
(b) Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed to affect any
individual's eligibility for asylum, withholding of removal, or
protection under the regulations issued pursuant to the legislation
implementing the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment, consistent with the laws and
regulations of the United States.
Sec. 3. Implementation and Enforcement. (a) The Secretary of State shall
implement this proclamation as it applies to visas pursuant to such
procedures as the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary
of Homeland Security, may establish. The Secretary of Homeland Security
shall implement this proclamation as it applies to the entry of aliens
pursuant to such procedures as the Secretary of Homeland Security, in
consultation with the Secretary of State, may establish.
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(b) Consistent with applicable law, the Secretary of State, the
Secretary of Transportation, and the Secretary of Homeland Security
shall ensure that any alien subject to this proclamation does not board
an aircraft traveling to the United States.
(c) The Secretary of Homeland Security may establish standards and
procedures to ensure the application of this proclamation at and between
all United States ports of entry.
(d) An alien who circumvents the application of this proclamation
through fraud, willful misrepresentation of a material fact, or illegal
entry shall be a priority for removal by the Department of Homeland
Security.
Sec. 4. Termination. This proclamation shall remain in effect until
terminated by the President. The Secretary of Health and Human Services
shall recommend that the President continue, modify, or terminate this
proclamation as described in section 5 of Proclamation 9984, as amended.
Sec. 5. Effective Date. This proclamation is effective at 11:59 p.m.
eastern daylight time on March 13, 2020. This proclamation does not
apply to persons aboard a flight scheduled to arrive in the United
States that departed prior to 11:59 p.m. eastern daylight time on March
13, 2020.
Sec. 6. Severability. It is the policy of the United States to enforce
this proclamation to the maximum extent possible to advance the national
security, public safety, and foreign policy interests of the United
States. Accordingly:
(a) if any provision of this proclamation, or the application of any
provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the
remainder of this proclamation and the application of its provisions to
any other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby; and
(b) if any provision of this proclamation, or the application of any
provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid because
of the lack of certain procedural requirements, the relevant executive
branch officials shall implement those procedural requirements to
conform with existing law and with any applicable court orders.
Sec. 7. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this proclamation shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This proclamation shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This proclamation is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eleventh day of
March, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
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Proclamation 9994 of March 13, 2020
Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease
(COVID-19) Outbreak
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
In December 2019, a novel (new) coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 (``the
virus'') was first detected in Wuhan, Hubei Province, People's Republic
of China, causing outbreaks of the coronavirus disease COVID-19 that has
now spread globally. The Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS)
declared a public health emergency on January 31, 2020, under section
319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d), in response to
COVID-19. I have taken sweeping action to control the spread of the
virus in the United States, including by suspending entry of foreign
nationals seeking entry who had been physically present within the prior
14 days in certain jurisdictions where COVID-19 outbreaks have occurred,
including the People's Republic of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran,
and the Schengen Area of Europe. The Federal Government, along with
State and local governments, has taken preventive and proactive measures
to slow the spread of the virus and treat those affected, including by
instituting Federal quarantines for individuals evacuated from foreign
nations, issuing a declaration pursuant to section 319F-3 of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-6d), and releasing policies to
accelerate the acquisition of personal protective equipment and
streamline bringing new diagnostic capabilities to laboratories. On
March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization announced that the COVID-
19 outbreak can be characterized as a pandemic, as the rates of
infection continue to rise in many locations around the world and across
the United States.
The spread of COVID-19 within our Nation's communities threatens to
strain our Nation's healthcare systems. As of March 12, 2020, 1,645
people from 47 States have been infected with the virus that causes
COVID-19. It is incumbent on hospitals and medical facilities throughout
the country to assess their preparedness posture and be prepared to
surge capacity and capability. Additional measures, however, are needed
to successfully contain and combat the virus in the United States.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States, by
the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the
United States of America, including sections 201 and 301 of the National
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) and consistent with section
1135 of the Social Security Act (SSA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 1320b-5),
do hereby find and proclaim that the COVID-19 outbreak in the United
States constitutes a national emergency, beginning March 1, 2020.
Pursuant to this declaration, I direct as follows:
Section 1. Emergency Authority. The Secretary of HHS may exercise the
authority under section 1135 of the SSA to temporarily waive or modify
certain requirements of the Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's
Health Insurance programs and of the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act Privacy Rule throughout the duration of the public
health emergency declared in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Sec. 2. Certification and Notice. In exercising this authority, the
Secretary of HHS shall provide certification and advance written notice
to the Congress as required by section 1135(d) of the SSA (42 U.S.C.
1320b-5(d)).
Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this proclamation shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This proclamation shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This proclamation is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirteenth day of
March, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 9995 of March 13, 2020
National Poison Prevention Week, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Far too often, American families bear the burden of preventable
tragedies caused by unintentional poisonings. Each day, more than 300
children are treated for poisonings in emergency rooms across the United
States. These incidents frequently involve ordinary household items like
cleaning products and medicines, including opioids, which are toxic but
may be attractive to children because of their bright colors and sweet
smells. The responsibility for ensuring that these dangerous products
are out of sight and out of reach of our youth falls on all of us.
During National Poison Prevention Week, we reaffirm our commitment to
raising awareness of the realities of unintentional poisonings and
overdoses in our country, and of the ways Americans can educate
themselves to avoid accidental injury, overdose, or death in their homes
and communities.
Every American has a role to play in preventing accidental poisonings
and overdoses. Twice per year, my Administration hosts national drug
``Take Back Day'' events for Americans to help protect against the
accidental ingestion, misuse, or abuse of prescription drugs by turning
in expired or unneeded medications to be disposed of safely. Locking up
medications after use and asking local pharmacies or police departments
for ways to promptly dispose of expired, unwanted, or unused medications
properly can also help prevent tragedies from occurring. In the event of
an accidental poisoning, quick action could save a life, and expert help
is always
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available through poison control centers. These centers are vital
lifelines used by millions of Americans annually, and they serve the
public, healthcare providers, public safety personnel, health
departments, and law enforcement officials around the clock.
Each day, many American families suffer from the pain caused by an
opioid overdose death. My Administration is committed to helping
eradicate drug addiction from our society and to preventing drug
overdoses, which are now the leading cause of accidental death in the
United States. Over the last 3 years, the Department of Health and Human
Services has awarded nearly $9 billion in grants to address the opioid
crisis and improve access to prevention, treatment, and recovery
services. As a part of my Initiative to Stop Opioid Abuse, I announced a
plan to decrease the amount of opioid prescription fills by one-third
within 3 years. And in October 2018, I signed into law the SUPPORT Act,
the largest and most comprehensive piece of legislation to combat the
opioid crisis, which expands access to drug-disposal programs and to
evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorder. Thanks to our efforts,
in 2018, overdose deaths fell nationwide for the first time in decades,
and the amount of opioids prescribed nationally since 2017 decreased by
35 percent. Additionally, an increasing number of Americans are
receiving life-saving medication-assisted treatment for drug addiction.
No American should perish as a result of unintended exposure to poisons
or accidental overdoses. This week, we recommit to taking the critical
precautions necessary to prevent the deadly realities of unintentional
poisonings and drug overdoses, and we ask all Americans to do their part
to raise awareness to help combat these issues.
To encourage Americans to learn more about the dangers of unintentional
poisonings and to take appropriate preventative measures, on September
26, 1961, the Congress, by joint resolution (75 Stat. 681), authorized
and requested the President to issue a proclamation designating the
third week of March each year as ``National Poison Prevention Week.''
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim March 15, 2020, through March 21, 2020, to
be National Poison Prevention Week. I call upon all Americans to observe
this week by taking actions to safeguard their families from poisonous
products, chemicals, medicines, and drugs found in their homes, and to
raise awareness about these dangers in order to prevent accidental
injuries and deaths.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirteenth day of
March, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
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Proclamation 9996 of March 14, 2020
Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Certain
Additional Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting 2019 Novel
Coronavirus
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
On January 31, 2020, I issued Proclamation 9984 (Suspension of Entry as
Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting
2019 Novel Coronavirus and Other Appropriate Measures To Address This
Risk). I found that the potential for widespread transmission of a novel
(new) coronavirus (which has since been renamed ``SARS-CoV-2'' and
causes the disease COVID-19) (``SARS-CoV-2'' or ``the virus'') by
infected individuals seeking to enter the United States threatens the
security of our transportation system and infrastructure and the
national security. Because the outbreak of the virus was at the time
centered in the People's Republic of China, I suspended and limited the
entry of all aliens who were physically present within the People's
Republic of China, excluding the Special Administrative Regions of Hong
Kong and Macau, during the 14-day period preceding their entry or
attempted entry into the United States, subject to certain exceptions.
On February 29, 2020, in recognition of the sustained person-to-person
transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the Islamic Republic of Iran, I issued
Proclamation 9992 (Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants
of Certain Additional Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting 2019 Novel
Coronavirus), suspending and limiting the entry of all aliens who were
physically present within the Islamic Republic of Iran during the 14-day
period preceding their entry or attempted entry into the United States,
subject to certain exceptions. And, most recently, on March 11, 2020, I
issued Proclamation 9993 (Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and
Nonimmigrants of Certain Additional Persons Who Pose a Risk of
Transmitting 2019 Novel Coronavirus), suspending and limiting the entry
of all aliens who were physically present within the Schengen Area
during the 14-day period preceding their entry or attempted entry into
the United States, subject to certain exceptions.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a component of the
Department of Health and Human Services, has determined that the virus
presents a serious public health threat, and CDC continues to take steps
to prevent its spread. But CDC, along with State and local health
departments, has limited resources, and the public health system could
be overwhelmed if sustained human-to-human transmission of the virus
occurred in the United States on a large scale. Sustained human-to-human
transmission has the potential to cause cascading public health,
economic, national security, and societal consequences.
CDC has determined that the United Kingdom is experiencing widespread,
ongoing person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2. As of March 13,
2020, the World Health Organization reported that the United Kingdom had
594 cases of COVID-19, 5 times more cases than there were 7 days prior.
The Republic of Ireland has an open border with the United Kingdom in
that persons can generally move freely between the Republic of Ireland
and
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the United Kingdom--by land to and from Northern Ireland and by ferry or
aircraft to and from Wales, England, and Scotland. This general ability
to travel freely between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland
poses the same challenges that the Schengen Area posed for suspending
and limiting entry to the United States by travelers who had been
physically present within any of the Schengen Area countries. CDC has
also determined that the Republic of Ireland is experiencing ongoing
sustained person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2. As of March 13,
2020, the World Health Organization reported that the Republic of
Ireland had 70 cases of COVID-19, 5 times more cases than there were 7
days prior.
The United States Government is unable to effectively evaluate and
monitor all of the travelers continuing to arrive from the United
Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. The potential for undetected
transmission of the virus by infected individuals seeking to enter the
United States from the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland
threatens the security of our transportation system and infrastructure
and the national security. Given the importance of protecting persons
within the United States from the threat of this harmful communicable
disease, I have determined that it is in the interests of the United
States to take action to restrict and suspend the entry into the United
States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, of all aliens who were
physically present within the United Kingdom, excluding overseas
territories outside of Europe, or the Republic of Ireland during the 14-
day period preceding their entry or attempted entry into the United
States. The free flow of commerce between the United States and the
United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland remains an economic priority
for the United States, and I remain committed to facilitating trade
between our nations.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States, by
the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the
United States of America, including sections 212(f) and 215(a) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1182(f) and 1185(a), and
section 301 of title 3, United States Code, hereby find that the
unrestricted entry into the United States of persons described in
section 1 of this proclamation would, except as provided for in section
2 of this proclamation, be detrimental to the interests of the United
States, and that their entry should be subject to certain restrictions,
limitations, and exceptions. I therefore hereby proclaim the following:
Section 1. Suspension and Limitation on Entry. The entry into the United
States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, of all aliens who were
physically present within the United Kingdom, excluding overseas
territories outside of Europe, or the Republic of Ireland during the 14-
day period preceding their entry or attempted entry into the United
States is hereby suspended and limited subject to section 2 of this
proclamation.
Sec. 2. Scope of Suspension and Limitation on Entry.
(a) Section 1 of this proclamation shall not apply to:
(i) any lawful permanent resident of the United States;
(ii) any alien who is the spouse of a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent
resident;
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(iii) any alien who is the parent or legal guardian of a U.S. citizen or
lawful permanent resident, provided that the U.S. citizen or lawful
permanent resident is unmarried and under the age of 21;
(iv) any alien who is the sibling of a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent
resident, provided that both are unmarried and under the age of 21;
(v) any alien who is the child, foster child, or ward of a U.S. citizen or
lawful permanent resident, or who is a prospective adoptee seeking to enter
the United States pursuant to the IR-4 or IH-4 visa classifications;
(vi) any alien traveling at the invitation of the United States Government
for a purpose related to containment or mitigation of the virus;
(vii) any alien traveling as a nonimmigrant pursuant to a C-1, D, or C-1/D
nonimmigrant visa as a crewmember or any alien otherwise traveling to the
United States as air or sea crew;
(viii) any alien
(A) seeking entry into or transiting the United States pursuant to one of
the following visas: A-1, A-2, C-2, C-3 (as a foreign government official
or immediate family member of an official), E-1 (as an employee of TECRO or
TECO or the employee's immediate family members), G-1, G-2, G-3, G-4, NATO-
1 through NATO-4, or NATO-6 (or seeking to enter as a nonimmigrant in one
of those NATO categories); or
(B) whose travel falls within the scope of section 11 of the United
Nations Headquarters Agreement;
(ix) any alien whose entry would not pose a significant risk of
introducing, transmitting, or spreading the virus, as determined by the
Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the CDC Director or his
designee;
(x) any alien whose entry would further important United States law
enforcement objectives, as determined by the Secretary of State, the
Secretary of Homeland Security, or their respective designees, based on a
recommendation of the Attorney General or his designee;
(xi) any alien whose entry would be in the national interest, as determined
by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or their
designees; or
(xii) members of the U.S. Armed Forces and spouses and children of members
of the U.S. Armed Forces.
(b) Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed to affect any
individual's eligibility for asylum, withholding of removal, or
protection under the regulations issued pursuant to the legislation
implementing the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment, consistent with the laws and
regulations of the United States.
Sec. 3. Implementation and Enforcement. (a) The Secretary of State shall
implement this proclamation as it applies to visas pursuant to such
procedures as the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary
of Homeland Security, may establish. The Secretary of Homeland Security
shall implement this proclamation as it applies to the entry of aliens
pursuant to such procedures as the Secretary of Homeland Security, in
consultation with the Secretary of State, may establish.
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(b) Consistent with applicable law, the Secretary of State, the
Secretary of Transportation, and the Secretary of Homeland Security
shall ensure that any alien subject to this proclamation does not board
an aircraft traveling to the United States.
(c) The Secretary of Homeland Security may establish standards and
procedures to ensure the application of this proclamation at and between
all United States ports of entry.
(d) An alien who circumvents the application of this proclamation
through fraud, willful misrepresentation of a material fact, or illegal
entry shall be a priority for removal by the Department of Homeland
Security.
Sec. 4. Termination. This proclamation shall remain in effect until
terminated by the President. The Secretary of Health and Human Services
shall recommend that the President continue, modify, or terminate this
proclamation as described in section 5 of Proclamation 9984, as amended.
Sec. 5. Effective Date. This proclamation is effective at 11:59 p.m.
eastern daylight time on March 16, 2020. This proclamation does not
apply to persons aboard a flight scheduled to arrive in the United
States that departed prior to 11:59 p.m. eastern daylight time on March
16, 2020.
Sec. 6. Severability. It is the policy of the United States to enforce
this proclamation to the maximum extent possible to advance the national
security, public safety, and foreign policy interests of the United
States. Accordingly:
(a) if any provision of this proclamation, or the application of any
provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the
remainder of this proclamation and the application of its provisions to
any other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby; and
(b) if any provision of this proclamation, or the application of any
provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid because
of the lack of certain procedural requirements, the relevant executive
branch officials shall implement those procedural requirements to
conform with existing law and with any applicable court orders.
Sec. 7. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this proclamation shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This proclamation shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This proclamation is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fourteenth day of
March, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
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Proclamation 9997 of March 14, 2020
National Day of Prayer for All Americans Affected by the Coronavirus
Pandemic and for Our National Response Efforts
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
In our times of greatest need, Americans have always turned to prayer to
help guide us through trials and periods of uncertainty. As we continue
to face the unique challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic,
millions of Americans are unable to gather in their churches, temples,
synagogues, mosques, and other houses of worship. But in this time we
must not cease asking God for added wisdom, comfort, and strength, and
we must especially pray for those who have suffered harm or who have
lost loved ones. I ask you to join me in a day of prayer for all people
who have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic and to pray for God's
healing hand to be placed on the people of our Nation.
As your President, I ask you to pray for the health and well-being of
your fellow Americans and to remember that no problem is too big for God
to handle. We should all take to heart the holy words found in 1 Peter
5:7: ``Casting all your care upon him, for he careth for you.'' Let us
pray that all those affected by the virus will feel the presence of our
Lord's protection and love during this time. With God's help, we will
overcome this threat.
On Friday, I declared a national emergency and took other bold actions
to help deploy the full power of the Federal Government to assist with
efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic. I now encourage all
Americans to pray for those on the front lines of the response,
especially our Nation's outstanding medical professionals and public
health officials who are working tirelessly to protect all of us from
the coronavirus and treat patients who are infected; all of our
courageous first responders, National Guard, and dedicated individuals
who are working to ensure the health and safety of our communities; and
our Federal, State, and local leaders. We are confident that He will
provide them with the wisdom they need to make difficult decisions and
take decisive actions to protect Americans all across the country. As we
come to our Father in prayer, we remember the words found in Psalm 91:
``He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.''
As we unite in prayer, we are reminded that there is no burden too heavy
for God to lift or for this country to bear with His help. Luke 1:37
promises that ``For with God nothing shall be impossible,'' and those
words are just as true today as they have ever been. As one Nation under
God, we are greater than the hardships we face, and through prayer and
acts of compassion and love, we will rise to this challenge and emerge
stronger and more united than ever before. May God bless each of you,
and may God bless the United States of America.
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NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim March 15, 2020, as a National Day of Prayer
for All Americans Affected by the Coronavirus Pandemic and for our
National Response Efforts. I urge Americans of all faiths and religious
traditions and backgrounds to offer prayers for all those affected,
including people who have suffered harm or lost loved ones.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fourteenth day of
March, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 9998 of March 23, 2020
National Agriculture Day, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Since our Nation's earliest days, farming communities have been a
bedrock of our society. In a letter to George Washington, Thomas
Jefferson famously stated that agriculture ``is our wisest pursuit,
because it will in the end contribute most to real wealth, good morals,
and happiness.'' As our Nation continues to face the unique challenges
posed by the coronavirus pandemic, we pay tribute to the unbeatable
strength of America's agricultural producers as they once again answer
the call to feed our country and the world. On this National Agriculture
Day, and now more than ever, we salute and honor the men and women who
contribute daily to our national prosperity.
United States agricultural food and fiber production has increased
significantly over the past century, while the amount of resources used
to produce those goods has largely stayed the same. This incredible
productivity is due to innovations that have propelled the American
model of agriculture to the top of the world stage, allowing Americans
to spend less of their paychecks on food. Americans feed their families
with the safest, healthiest, and most affordable food in the world.
Thanks to the efficiency of our farmers and ranchers, our rural
communities are stronger and more resilient.
Since taking office, I have worked tirelessly to deliver on my promise
to negotiate better trade deals for our country, directly benefitting
agricultural communities. After decades of one-sided trade agreements
that left the great men and women of our country behind, my
Administration has secured fairer and more reciprocal deals that ensure
American workers are put first. Our farmers, whose grit and hard work
help feed, fuel, and clothe millions around the world, are key
beneficiaries of these historic trade agreements. In 2019, I delivered
the United States-Japan Trade Agreement, which is already providing our
farmers, ranchers, and agribusinesses with new market access to 127
million Japanese consumers. In January, I ended the outdated and
unbalanced North American Free Trade Agreement by signing into law the
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA),
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creating incredible opportunities for American farmers and ranchers. The
USMCA empowers American businesses in our vital agricultural sector with
greater freedom to sell their goods throughout North America. Thanks to
this better deal, American agriculture exports are expected to increase
by $2.2 billion. I also signed a new, fully enforceable trade agreement
with China, which will help start to rebalance our vital trade
partnership. As part of this deal, China has pledged to increase imports
of American goods and services over the next 2 years by at least $200
billion, including purchasing more than $80 billion in American
agricultural goods.
Across our country, farming families and communities demonstrate the
timeless American values of hard work, perseverance, and stewardship of
the land. Just as they have for centuries, our farmers provide the
foundation of a national economic supply chain that is critical to our
national security and prosperity. Today and every day, we express our
gratitude to these individuals and remember the central place of
agriculture in our national identity and American way of life.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim March 24, 2020, as
National Agriculture Day. I encourage all Americans to observe this day
by recognizing the preeminent role that agriculture plays in our daily
lives, acknowledging agriculture's continuing importance to rural
America and our country's economy, and expressing our deep appreciation
of farmers, growers, ranchers, producers, national forest system
stewards, private agricultural stewards, and those who work in the
agriculture sector across the Nation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-third day of
March, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 9999 of March 24, 2020
Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and
American Democracy, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Our great American experiment was inspired by the ideas about liberty,
self-government, and the rule of law that traced their roots to ancient
Greece. On Greek Independence Day, we commemorate the rich history
shared between the United States and Greece, which is fortified by our
love of freedom and commitment to democratic institutions. We join the
Greek people in celebrating another year of independence and unity.
The great thinkers of ancient Greece stoked the American quest for
freedom and a republic founded on the fundamental truth that people have
rights that cannot be denied. Decades later, the same values that
catalyzed our
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Revolution inspired the people of Greece to seek their own freedom and
independence. Recognizing the commonality between the Greeks' fight to
establish a representative government and their own, many Americans
supported Greek independence, forging an unbreakable bond between our
two countries.
Today, this same conviction for a freer and more prosperous world
bolsters the alliance between the United States and Greece. In October
2019, my Administration worked with Greek officials to strengthen and
expand our defense and security partnership by updating the United
States-Greece Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement Annex. This agreement
paves the way for closer collaboration on national security matters
between our two countries for decades to come. We are also grateful for
the commitment of Greece, a strong NATO Ally, to our naval presence at
Souda Bay on the island of Crete. Through such endeavors, the
partnership between our countries advances our strategic national
interests in stable and peaceful Eastern Mediterranean, Black Sea, and
Western Balkans regions.
As noted at the Second United States-Greece Strategic Dialogue last
year, an estimated 3 million Americans claim Greek descent. We therefore
reaffirm our commitment to building firm institutional foundations that
foster deep appreciation of our common ties. To that end, we are proud
to have established the Future Leaders Exchange Program, which is
further developing educational, cultural, and scientific cooperation
between our two countries. Throughout our histories, both of our nations
have prioritized interactions between our peoples, which are at the core
of our cherished relationship and alliance.
The United States and Greece continue to share a long-held belief that
political power belongs in the hands of the people. On this 199th
anniversary of Greek independence, we confirm the pillars of governance,
culture, and patriotism that have forged and continue to sustain the
faithful bond our two nations enjoy.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim March 25, 2020, as
Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and
American Democracy. I call upon the people of the United States to
observe this day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fourth day
of March, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
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Proclamation 10000 of March 30, 2020
National Doctors Day, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Our Nation is tremendously grateful for all Americans who have chosen
the noble profession of healing and caring for others. This is
especially true as our extraordinary doctors and other talented medical
professionals have collectively risen to the challenge of combating the
coronavirus pandemic in communities large and small across the United
States. This year in particular, on National Doctors Day, we recognize
the remarkable men and women who treat their fellow Americans, find
cures for the diseases and illnesses we face, and never waver in their
efforts to treat every patient with the dignity, respect, and empathy
they deserve.
As our Nation continues to combat the novel coronavirus, the tireless
work and dedication of our medical and healthcare professionals is
evident in the hospitals and treatment centers where they care for the
sick, inside the labs and research facilities where vaccines and
treatments are being developed, and from the podiums where they have
continuously reassured and informed the American people. These brave
patriots on the frontlines of the war against this invisible enemy are
the most talented, innovative, and hardworking medical professionals in
the world. Thanks to their incredible, life-saving work, no country is
better prepared to fight this pandemic than the United States, and we
remain confident that their steadfast resolve will see our Nation
through to victory over this disease.
This National Doctors Day, we express our immense gratitude to the men
and women who are caring for and treating patients across our country
and whose commitment to serving others has never been clearer. Their
contributions to the health and well-being of every American are
immeasurable. As one Nation, we pray for their continued health and
strength, and we ask God to bless them with the wisdom and resolute
spirit to care for all those who need healing.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim March 30, 2020, as
National Doctors Day. I call upon the people of the United States to
observe this day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of
March, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
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Proclamation 10001 of March 31, 2020
Cancer Control Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
During Cancer Control Month, we commend the unwavering courage of those
across our country who are battling cancer and remember all who have
been taken from us by this horrible disease. We also rejoice with the
nearly 17 million cancer survivors in the United States who show us that
victory over cancer is possible. We extend our sincere appreciation to
the devoted healthcare professionals, scientists, and researchers who
have committed their lives to discovering a cure for cancer.
While tremendous progress has been made in the fight against cancer,
there is still much work to be done. Cancer remains the second-leading
cause of death in the United States. Thanks to early detection,
preventive measures, and medical innovation, survival rates for the most
common cancer types--lung, colorectal, breast, and prostate--have vastly
improved, providing much-needed hope to millions of patients and their
families nationwide. Despite the decreasing death rate from cancer of
nearly 30 percent over the last few decades, the disease claims the
lives of roughly 1,600 Americans daily, resulting in nearly 600,000
deaths annually.
Research shows that a large proportion of cancers can be prevented,
paving the way for millions of Americans to take charge of their lives
by avoiding unhealthy behaviors and habits as well as commonly known
carcinogens that can cause cancer. For example, the majority of melanoma
cancer cases diagnosed annually could have been prevented by protecting
skin from ultraviolet radiation through the use of sunscreen with sun
protection factor 15 or higher and other preventive measures that shield
skin from the sun's harmful rays. Moreover, tobacco products such as
cigarettes and cigars are responsible for almost 9 out of every 10 cases
of lung cancer. Preventive screenings, consulting your physician when
detecting abnormalities, and awareness of family history can be the
difference between life and death. That is why it is critical for
Americans to see their doctors or healthcare providers regularly and
stick to a healthy diet and routine physical activity.
My Administration is also working aggressively to protect our Nation's
youth and ensure their lives are not shattered because of a cancer
diagnosis. We initiated a new effort that invests $500 million over the
next decade to improve pediatric cancer research. This funding will
assist our Nation's most talented health professionals in learning more
about the devastating cancer diagnoses our children face and finding the
best cures. The National Institutes of Health has announced the
Childhood Cancer Data Initiative, which supports childhood cancer
research and aims to make it easier for researchers to learn from each
of the approximately 16,000 children and adolescents diagnosed with
cancer in the United States each year.
As we observe Cancer Control Month, we honor all those we have lost to
cancer by renewing our commitment to raising awareness, emphasizing
prevention and early detection, supporting innovative treatments, and
prioritizing our health. By remaining steadfast in our dedication to
taking preventative measures and finding a cure, we will one day defeat
this disease.
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NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim April 2020 as Cancer
Control Month. I call upon the people of the United States to speak with
their doctors and healthcare providers to learn more about preventative
measures that can save lives. I encourage citizens, government agencies,
private businesses, nonprofit organizations, and other interested groups
to join in appropriate activities that will increase awareness of what
Americans can do to prevent and control cancer. I also invite the
Governors of the States and Territories and officials of other areas
subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to join me in
recognizing Cancer Control Month.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of
March, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10002 of March 31, 2020
National Child Abuse Prevention Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Childhood should be filled with joy, hope, unconditional love, and
acceptance. Tragically, however, far too many of our Nation's young
people spend this foundational time of their lives in fear, pain, and
uncertainty, enduring abuse and neglect that threatens their health and
well-being. During National Child Abuse Prevention Month, we condemn
this horrific depravity and reaffirm our unwavering commitment to
protecting our children and strengthening our families.
Each year, hundreds of thousands of children across our country suffer
from abuse and neglect, a fact that is both sobering and heart-
wrenching. In January, I signed an Executive Order to coordinate the
Federal Government's efforts to prosecute individuals who sexually
exploit children online, protect and support victims of child
exploitation, and provide prevention education to raise awareness and
help lower the incidence of child exploitation. I also signed into law
legislation to enhance our child welfare systems by supporting at-risk
families through mental health and substance abuse treatment and
programs to develop parenting skills.
With our international partners in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and
the United Kingdom, the United States developed the Voluntary Principles
to Counter Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse. The Voluntary
Principles establish a baseline framework for companies that provide
online services to deter use of the internet as a tool for sexually
exploiting and abusing children. Several major technology companies have
publicly adopted the principles and more will follow in the coming
months. These companies have a responsibility to prevent their platforms
from becoming a haven for child predators and to also ensure law
enforcement is able to investigate and prosecute offenders when children
have been victimized.
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Child abuse causes the loss of innocence and hope. Loving, devoted, and
caring families can serve as a bulwark against our children suffering
from neglect and abuse. Child Welfare Information Gateway, the
information service of the Department of Health and Human Services'
Children's Bureau, offers several resources on preventing child abuse
and promoting healthy families through its National Child Abuse
Prevention Month website. Familiarizing yourself with the information
provided by the Department of Health and Human Services can help you
learn more about what you and your community can do to support children
and families during this month and throughout the year.
To eradicate this blight on our society, compassionate and concerned
Americans must work to effect change and impact young lives. Child
welfare agencies, clergy members, educators, medical and law enforcement
professionals, neighbors, friends, and extended family members all
contribute to protecting and nurturing our Nation's youth. Foster,
kinship, and adoptive parents open their hearts and their homes to
children in crisis and empower them to find happiness and achieve their
dreams. Working together, these forces for good can ensure the welfare
of children who have experienced the traumas of abuse or neglect and
give them a promising future.
The success of our Nation is reflected in our economic and cultural
prosperity and military might, but our character is revealed by how we
cherish and protect the weak, innocent, and vulnerable. All children are
uniquely created in the image of God and gifted with both purpose and
unlimited potential. We can and must relentlessly protect our children,
homes, and communities from the scourge of these shameful tragedies and
support families and communities to ensure that all children have the
opportunity to reach their potential.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim April 2020 as National
Child Abuse Prevention Month. I call upon all Americans to invest in the
lives of our Nation's children, to be aware of their safety and well-
being, and to support efforts that promote their psychological,
physical, and emotional development.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of
March, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
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Proclamation 10003 of March 31, 2020
National Donate Life Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
During National Donate Life Month, we honor the selfless individuals
whose remarkable generosity has helped give others the gift of life.
Countless Americans have benefited from people who have registered as
organ, eye, or tissue donors, and we recognize our Nation's unrivaled
medical community for helping make donor transplants possible. Through
the talents of doctors all across our country and the gifts of donors,
the quality of life for thousands of Americans has been improved.
Approximately 60 percent of American adults have registered as organ,
eye, and tissue donors. In 2019, almost 40,000 American patients
received transplants, which resulted in the most lives saved through
organ donations ever during a single year. We all have the power to
help: One donor can save up to 8 lives through organ donation and help
improve more than 75 other lives through eye and tissue donation.
Today, more than 110,000 men, women, and children in the United States
are awaiting lifesaving organ transplants. While tremendous progress has
been made, the need for additional organ donors is vital. Every 9
minutes another name is added to the long list of Americans desperately
waiting for transplants. Additionally, nearly 18,000 people in the
United States have been diagnosed with illnesses for which blood stem
cell transplantation is the best treatment option. Over 65 percent of
these individuals do not have appropriately matched family members and
rely upon blood stem cell donors from outside their family to help save
their lives. We are grateful for the more than 30 million adults who are
currently registered as marrow donors. But more are needed to ensure all
who need a transplant can find a match.
To help increase access to transplants, in July 2019, I signed an
Executive Order on Advancing American Kidney Health. The Executive Order
increases access to kidney transplants by modernizing the organ recovery
and transplantation systems and updating and fixing outdated and
counterproductive regulations. It also provides increased support for
living donors, increasing the supply of transplantable kidneys by
removing financial barriers to living donations.
Every person is a potential organ or tissue donor with the power to give
the gift of life. This month, we are grateful to the generous Americans
who register as donors and to the researchers, scientists, and medical
professionals who ensure transplants are safe and successful. I strongly
encourage all willing and able Americans to sign up as organ or tissue
donors to help instill greater hope in those awaiting a donor match and
improve and save the lives of their fellow citizens.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim April 2020 as National
Donate Life Month. I call upon health professionals, volunteers,
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government agencies, faith-based and community groups, and private
organizations to help raise awareness of the urgent need for organ and
tissue donors throughout our Nation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of
March, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10004 of March 31, 2020
National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
No person should ever have to endure the anguish and indignity of sexual
assault. This horrific crime affects Americans of every age, ethnicity,
and socioeconomic status. During National Sexual Assault Awareness and
Prevention Month, we reaffirm our commitment to supporting survivors of
sexual assault, encouraging strong criminal justice responses to these
crimes, and ending the scourge of sexual violence in our homes and
communities.
Sexual assault is a particularly egregious and dehumanizing form of
violence. Even after physical injuries of a sexual assault have healed,
emotional and mental trauma can persist. Survivors often struggle with
lingering anxiety, fear, anger, shame, and depression. The devastating
aftermath of sexual assault can also harm a survivor's relationships
with their loved ones. My Administration has made combating sexual
assault a top priority.
Last year, I signed an Executive Order establishing the Task Force on
Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives to address
unacceptable acts of violence against Native Americans, particularly
women and girls. Too often, sexual assaults are committed in conjunction
with other forms of violence against women and girls in Indian Country.
This Task Force is enhancing collaboration across the Federal Government
to improve the ability of law enforcement and prosecutors to respond to
new and unsolved cases in these communities and to ensure they receive
vital health and human services. In addition, the Office on Violence
Against Women and the Office for Victims of Crime within the Department
of Justice (DOJ) are spearheading an initiative to ensure that sexual
assault victims in Native and Tribal communities have access to high-
quality medical care from trained Sexual Assault Forensic Examiners and
other services they may need to heal and achieve justice.
DOJ is also providing grant funding to facilitate the analysis of
thousands of sexual assault kits in crime laboratories across our Nation
to identify criminals. The Department is also making sure that law
enforcement officers, prosecutors, and victim advocates have the
resources they need to
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support victims and bring offenders to justice. Further, DOJ and the
Department of Health and Human Services have identified best practices
in the collection and preservation of forensic evidence, as well as in
the care and treatment of survivors of sexual assault.
Human trafficking has become rampant throughout the world, and often
includes sexual assault. In 2019 alone, the National Human Trafficking
Hotline received reports of nearly 12,000 cases of potential human
trafficking in the United States, identifying more than 25,000 victims.
More than 65 percent of these cases referenced women, and more than one
in five referenced children. My Administration will use every tool at
our disposal to dismantle this global problem, deliver justice, and
ensure the safety and well-being of the survivors. That is why I signed
an Executive Order on Combating Human Trafficking and Online Child
Exploitation in the United States, which prioritizes the Federal
Government's resources to prosecute offenders, assist victims, and
provide prevention education to combat human trafficking and online
sexual exploitation of children. I also signed into law legislation
authorizing $430 million to fight sex and labor trafficking, and my
fiscal year 2021 budget request to Congress seeks an increase of $42.5
million to address human trafficking. And importantly, we are holding
these foreign governments that fail to address human trafficking to
account by imposing restrictions on foreign assistance.
This month, we pause to recognize the devastation caused by sexual
assault and to recommit ourselves to eliminating this atrocious crime.
We are grateful to the professionals serving in healthcare, victim and
human services, law enforcement, and criminal justice for their
steadfast resolve against sexual assault while also caring for and
supporting survivors. As a Nation, we stand with the courageous men,
women, and children who have survived sexual assault and pledge to use
every tool at our disposal to help prevent Americans from ever enduring
the trauma of sexual assault.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim April 2020 as National
Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. I urge all Americans,
families, law enforcement personnel, healthcare providers, and community
and faith-based organizations to support survivors of sexual assault and
work together to prevent these crimes in their communities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of
March, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
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Proclamation 10005 of March 31, 2020
Second Chance Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
As Americans, we believe that every person has unbound potential. It is
therefore important that we offer former inmates who have served their
sentences and learned from their earlier mistakes the opportunity for
redemption through a second chance to become productive members of
society. During Second Chance Month, we celebrate those who have set out
to create better lives following incarceration and recommit to helping
former inmates contribute to the strength and prosperity of our Nation.
In 2018, I signed into law the First Step Act, landmark legislation that
brought needed reform to our criminal justice system. The First Step Act
reduced penalties and eliminated the three-strike mandatory life
sentence provision for certain non-violent offenders. This legislation
also expanded judges' discretion to impose sentences that are below the
mandatory minimum for drug offenders with little or no criminal history.
Additionally, it allows certain low-level drug offenders to petition the
courts for a review of their sentence, which a judge can reduce after
reviewing all the circumstances, including public safety, criminal
history, and the nature of the offense. Further, through expanded
rehabilitative programs my Administration has established in accordance
with this legislation, inmates are receiving training and education to
help them develop skills that will help them re-enter society
successfully. Based on an assessment of their risk of recidivism and
needs, inmates that complete some of these programs can secure early
release to home confinement or a halfway house.
While we must be tough on crime, we can also be smart about reducing
recidivism. One of the best ways to break the cycle of crime is to help
former inmates find rewarding work. That is why my Administration is
promoting second chance hiring to build on the reforms of the First Step
Act and help former inmates live crime-free lives. I launched the
Federal Interagency Crime Prevention and Improving Reentry Council to
create more second chances for those returning home from prison. We are
also working to expand Pell Grants to provide education and training to
inmates before release and providing grants to States to expand their
use of fidelity bonds to help persons with criminal records find gainful
employment.
This month, we extend our heartfelt thanks to all who know in their
hearts that redemption is possible. Second chances are possible only
through a network of people who believe in themselves and others, former
inmates determined to improve their lives, judges and public servants
dedicated to reducing recidivism, and families and community members
willing to lend their support to people striving to triumph over their
past mistakes.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim April 2020 as Second
Chance Month. I call on all Americans to commemorate this month with
events and activities that raise public awareness about preventing crime
and providing those who have completed their sentences an opportunity
for an honest second chance.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of
March, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10006 of April 1, 2020
World Autism Awareness Day, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
World Autism Awareness Day is a tribute to the millions of Americans
living with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Their numerous triumphs over
many and varied obstacles are a testament to the strength and resolve of
the American spirit. We also extend our gratitude to all those who,
through their unwavering dedication to supporting Americans with ASD,
help empower them to thrive at home, in the workplace, and in their
communities.
As President, I am committed to ensuring all Americans with ASD can
thrive and prosper. Last year, I was proud to sign into law legislation
reauthorizing the Autism CARES Act, approving more than $1.8 billion in
funding over 5 years to research and develop new treatments and
therapies, and enhancing support services for those with ASD throughout
their entire lives. This legislation also expanded the Interagency
Autism Coordinating Committee to include representatives from 17 Federal
agencies and stakeholders from throughout the autism community. The
enhanced public-private partnerships made possible by these efforts are
providing support to those with ASD.
Early detection and treatment play essential roles in optimizing the
lives of people with ASD. To assist in making every resource available
to these individuals during the most critical developmental stage of
their life, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently awarded
more than $4 million to research, develop, and validate screening tools
that detect signs of ASD during the first year of life. NIH has also
awarded more than $36 million to enhance healthcare providers' expertise
in caring for Americans with ASD. This funding is vital to those living
with ASD, expanding opportunities to live lives full of meaning and joy.
Approximately 1 in every 59 American children lives with ASD. That means
that approximately 500,000 of our Nation's young people who turn 18 over
the next decade enter adulthood with ASD. My Administration, along with
coordinated efforts at the State and local levels, is committed to
providing opportunities to assist in their successful transition into
rewarding careers and fulfilling lives. Through the Department of
Labor's Youth Policy Development Center and the Apprenticeship Inclusion
Model initiative, we are expanding opportunities for Americans with ASD
to develop high-demand skills that pair with good-paying jobs.
Additionally, the Department of Housing and Urban Development has
allocated more than $110 million to increase the availability of
affordable and reliable housing
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models to enable individuals with disabilities, including ASD, to live
independently.
Today, we join with the international ASD community in reaffirming our
resolve to support all those with ASD as they continue to strengthen our
families, our communities, our Nation, and the world. Together, we will
work to promote more meaningful connections of respect and build a
society where everyone has the opportunity to succeed.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim April 2, 2020, as
World Autism Awareness Day. I call upon all Americans to learn more
about the signs of autism to improve early diagnosis, understand the
challenges faced by individuals with autism, and find ways to support
those with autism and their families.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this first day of April,
in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the two hundred and forty-fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10007 of April 3, 2020
Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A., 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Preparing the next generation to lead lives of purpose and significance
is one of our foremost responsibilities. Education is essential to
cultivating a spirit of curiosity and learning, developing character and
conscience, and strengthening the will to work collaboratively. On
Education and Sharing Day, we pay tribute to the family members,
educators, mentors, clergy members, and other community leaders who
invest in the lives of our Nation's youth through education and
fostering kindness and caring for one another.
Today, we celebrate Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher
Rebbe, a compassionate and visionary leader whose influence continues
unabated since his passing more than a quarter century ago. This year
marks 70 years since Rabbi Schneerson assumed leadership of the
international Chabad-Lubavitch movement, building the faith-based
network into a dynamic force for good which affects millions of people
around the world. Although he witnessed the unimaginable tragedies that
beset the world during World War II, the Holocaust, and the oppression
and violence of the Cold War, the Lubavitcher Rebbe retained his
fundamental belief in the potential of all people and the liberating
nature of education. Committed to the idea that education must ``pay
more attention, indeed the main intention, to the building of character,
with emphasis on moral and ethical values,'' he established schools and
centers for education, service, and spiritual growth on college campuses
and in communities across our Nation and around the world. His legacy
and enduring commitment to
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young people continue as examples of selfless service and devotion for
all who know the story of his purposeful life.
Knowledge inspired by unwavering virtue and commitment to faith were
central to the Lubavitcher Rebbe's life and mission. When put into
practice, these values empower people of all ages to fulfill their
unique purpose, and in turn to enhance and enrich our great Nation. On
this day, let us acknowledge that each person has a unique purpose that
can be unleashed through an individual, whole-of-person approach to
education, and let us renew our commitment to supporting education as a
means by which individuals may grow their gifts, develop their talents,
and fulfill their God-given potential. May we work to shape a brighter
future by preserving these foundations of freedom and fellowship for
generations to come.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim April 5, 2020, as
``Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A.'' I call upon all government
officials, educators, volunteers, and all the people of the United
States to observe this day with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and
activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this third day of April,
in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the two hundred and forty-fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10008 of April 8, 2020
National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Since our founding, brave men and women who have selflessly answered the
call of duty to defend our precious liberty have shaped the fabric of
our Nation. In the course of fighting for our freedom and security, many
of these heroes have been captured and often subjected to shocking
conditions and unimaginable torture. On National Former Prisoner of War
Recognition Day, we honor the more than 500,000 American warriors
captured while protecting our way of life. We pay tribute to these
patriots for their unwavering and unrelenting spirit.
In every major conflict in our Nation's history, American prisoners of
war (POWs) have stared down our enemies, knowing at any moment their
captors might torture them yet again or even kill them. These patriots,
however, knew that they were fighting for something much larger than
individual survival. They persevered for the sake of their fellow POWs,
comrades in arms, families, and country.
Later this year, we will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the
conclusion of World War II. Over the course of the war, nearly 94,000
American troops in the European Theater and an additional 27,000 in the
Pacific Theater were captured and held as POWs. Subjected to starvation,
lack of medical care, and unimaginable suffering, these Americans
endured hell on
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Earth. The POWs who returned home were forever changed. Many bore the
seen and unseen scars and wounds of war, having experienced the worst of
humanity.
Though we can never fully understand the depth of their brutal
imprisonment and mistreatment, as Americans, it is our duty to ensure
all former POWs receive the love, care, compassion, appreciation, and
support they deserve. It is our national obligation to remain mindful of
the tremendous sacrifices they, their family members, and their loved
ones endured over months and years of uncertainty, worry, and heartache.
May the stories of these warriors inspire us to live each day with
fierce conviction, indomitable will, and everlasting pride for our
country.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim April 9, 2020, as
National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day. I call upon Americans
to observe this day by honoring the service and sacrifice of all former
prisoners of war and to express our Nation's eternal gratitude for their
sacrifice. I also call upon Federal, State, and local government
officials and organizations to observe this day with appropriate
ceremonies and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eighth day of
April, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10009 of April 13, 2020
Pan American Day and Pan American Week, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
This year marks 130 years since the spirit of cooperation, hope, and
progress brought together the nations of the Americas at the First
International Conference of American States. This historic meeting
chartered the course for the establishment of the Organization of
American States in 1948, an institution that has ever since worked
toward peace and prosperity throughout the Americas, encouraging the
nonviolent resolution of conflict and promoting mutual social and
economic growth. As we celebrate our remarkable progress this Pan
American Day and Pan American Week, let us also reaffirm our resolve to
uphold and bolster liberty, democracy, and freedom in our Hemisphere.
As part of our commitment to advancing dignity and freedom, my
Administration will always work to combat human trafficking. This work
requires enhanced border security and a well-functioning immigration
system. Through our cooperation with the Governments of Mexico and our
Central American partners, we have instituted reforms that help ensure
the security and well-being of our peoples. By signing the United
States-Mexico Joint Declaration last June, the Government of Mexico
affirmed its commitment to reducing the number of illegal immigrants who
arrive at our southern
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border. We have also signed agreements with the Governments of El
Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to enhance our countries' cooperative
efforts. These partnerships have helped expand humanitarian protections
for asylum seekers, combat transnational criminal organizations,
strengthen border security, and reduce human slavery and smuggling.
My Administration also remains committed to implementing trade deals
that will bolster the economies of the United States and our allies in
the Americas. I am proud to have delivered on my promise to end the
outdated and unbalanced North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) by
signing the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) into law,
modernizing and rebalancing trade in a manner that supports robust
economic growth throughout North America. Additionally, through the
Am[eacute]rica Crece initiative, we are deepening private-sector
investment in energy and infrastructure, enhancing economic opportunity
and growth across the Americas, and continuing an historic period of
cooperation.
We also recognize that citizen-responsive democratic governance,
characterized by free and fair elections, is essential to peace and
security, and we therefore remain committed to advocating for freedom
and democracy for those living under authoritarian regimes in Venezuela,
Cuba, and Nicaragua. As part of the growing global consensus of nearly
60 countries that have recognized the legitimacy of interim President of
Venezuela Juan Guaido, we are doing everything we can to support the
Venezuelan people, address the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela and the
region, peacefully restore democracy, and return Venezuela to its status
as a stable and prosperous nation. In February, I was pleased to host
interim President Guaido as an honored guest at my State of the Union
address. During his visit, I reaffirmed the dedication of the United
States to bringing the full range of diplomatic and economic tools to
bear on the Maduro regime until its illegitimate rule comes to an end.
The United States also remains committed to helping the people of Cuba
and Nicaragua create stable and free countries. Together with our
regional partners, we will ensure the realization of the democratic
dreams of those oppressed by tyrannical regimes.
We are grateful for the blessings of freedom enjoyed in the United
States and in so many other parts of the Western Hemisphere. We also
remain steadfast in our determination to secure a freer and more
democratic Western Hemisphere for all. On this day and during this week,
let us celebrate the liberty we have fostered together with our regional
partners and pledge our continuing support for a future where it is
enjoyed even more widely throughout our Hemisphere.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim April 14, 2020, as Pan
American Day and April 12 through April 18, 2020, as Pan American Week.
I urge the Governors of the 50 States, the Governor of the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico, and the officials of the other areas under the flag of
the United States of America to honor these observances with appropriate
ceremonies and activities.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirteenth day of
April, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10010 of April 17, 2020
National Crime Victims' Rights Week, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
In 1981, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed the first National Crime
Victims' Rights Week to acknowledge the abuse and trauma that victims of
crimes often experience, and to recognize the tireless work of dedicated
advocates who have taken up the cause of supporting crime victims across
our country. Thanks to the efforts of these individuals, more victims
are receiving the care they deserve and accessing tools to empower them
as they recover. This week, we express our appreciation for those who
support crime victims, and we reaffirm our strong commitment to reducing
the trauma of crime for victims and their loved ones.
My Administration remains focused on helping victims of crime recover
from and overcome the physical, emotional, and financial suffering they
have endured. As one of my first acts as President, I established the
Victims of Immigrant Crime Engagement (VOICE) Office within the
Department of Homeland Security to serve the needs of Angel Families who
suffered as a result of crimes committed by illegal immigrants.
Additionally, for Fiscal Year 2018 alone, the Department of Justice's
Office for Victims of Crime awarded more than $2.3 billion in grants for
victim assistance and compensation programs. These dollars financed
services for more than 6 million victims, provided millions in
compensation, and did not cost taxpayers a dime. It all came from the
fines and penalties paid by convicted Federal offenders. As part of our
support for crime victims, we are also providing significant funding to
operate local domestic violence shelters, elder abuse programs, child
advocacy centers, rape crisis centers, homicide support groups, and
other victim assistance programs across the United States. Through
programs like these, victims of crimes are better able to begin the
healing process and work to rebuild their lives.
Our Nation's law enforcement officers also provide critical support to
crime victims. These brave men and women serve as the first line of
response for many victims of crime, and my Administration remains
committed to empowering them as they fulfill this and all of their
duties to their communities. To further enhance public safety and the
oversight of justice, my Administration established the Presidential
Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice. This
commission, the first of its kind in more than 50 years, is set up to
study the biggest threats to law and order and help our law enforcement
officers increase the safety of our Nation. By providing more resources
to first responders to carry out their mission, we
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are more effectively assisting crime victims and empowering law
enforcement to prevent crimes before they occur.
This week, we are reminded that in many cases crime victims experience
long-lasting trauma and need assistance. We must continue to champion
efforts to expand their access to quality services and to fight
alongside them to secure the justice they deserve. My Administration
will never stop working to achieve this goal, and we will always strive
toward a better future for all Americans free from crime.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim April 19 through April
25, 2020, as National Crime Victims' Rights Week. I urge all Americans,
families, law enforcement, community and faith-based organizations, and
private organizations to work together to support victims of crime and
protect their rights.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this seventeenth day of
April, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10011 of April 17, 2020
National Park Week, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Our national parks embody the magnificence and grandeur of our great
Nation. Every year, more than 300 million visitors enjoy the
breathtaking landscapes, abundant wildlife, historic landmarks, and
patriotic memorials found at these great American sites. During National
Park Week, we recognize the majesty of our national parks, pay tribute
to the tranquility and solace they provide, and applaud the men and
women who work tirelessly to preserve our heritage for us and for future
generations of Americans.
This year, the recognition of our national parks is particularly
poignant as our country continues to combat the challenges posed by the
coronavirus pandemic. Where our national parks have been able to remain
safely open, they continue to provide a respite for the American people.
Guidance from local health departments and the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention has led the National Park Service to determine
that access to national parks must be temporarily curtailed, and that
entire parks must be closed in some cases, to ensure the safety of
visitors, employees, volunteers, and others. In the interim, we have
found creative ways for Americans to connect with national parks through
virtual opportunities that can be experienced remotely. At the same
time, we look forward to when we can once again fully share with the
public the benefits of our national parks.
Even in challenging times, my Administration remains committed to
maintaining and improving the condition and infrastructure of our
national
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parks. Since 2017, we have invested in the restoration of the USS
Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, the restoration of the Washington
Monument, and the construction of a new boardwalk around Old Faithful in
Yellowstone National Park. My fiscal year 2021 budget proposes the
establishment of a Public Lands Infrastructure Fund, which would ensure
continued long-term investments in the infrastructure of our Nation's
public lands. Additionally, last year, I signed into law the John D.
Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act, the first
comprehensive legislation addressing public lands management in over a
decade. This legislation permanently reauthorized the Land and Water
Conservation Fund, adjusted the boundaries of 15 national parks, and
extended 2 national trails. These improvements will allow increased
visitor access to our iconic national parks and landmarks.
The National Park Service also collaborates with a growing network of
States, local governments, and nonprofit organizations to encourage all
Americans to use parks and other public lands as resources. The programs
offered through these partnerships share the storied history of our
Nation's triumphs and challenges with visitors from around our country
and the world. For example, this year, we commemorate the 100th
anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which secured for
women the right to vote. The voices of women whose vision, tenacity, and
resilience moved them to tear down barriers and lead reform movements
are shared at the Women's Rights National Historical Park in New York,
the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument in Washington, DC,
and other sites across the country.
The splendor of our Nation's landscapes and landmarks is a true
reflection of our rich history and the beauty and greatness of America.
As we observe National Park Week, we reaffirm our commitment to
providing all Americans with greater opportunities to experience the
stunning mountains, plains, deserts, coastlines, forests, and cultural
and historical monuments displayed in our national parks. This week, we
recognize the importance of our national park system and look forward to
reopening all areas of our sites and parks to provide the public with
more opportunities to enjoy all of our tremendous national landmarks.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim April 18 through April
26, 2020, as National Park Week. I encourage all Americans to celebrate
our national parks by learning more about the natural, cultural, and
historical heritage that belongs to each and every citizen of the United
States of America.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this seventeenth day of
April, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
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Proclamation 10012 of April 17, 2020
National Volunteer Week, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Civic engagement and volunteer service strengthens the fabric of our
Nation and reflects the true heart, spirit, and goodness of America.
National Volunteer Week is an opportunity to recognize and honor the
countless individuals who selflessly invest in the lives of others.
These ordinary citizens make extraordinary contributions to individuals,
families, neighborhoods, communities, and our Nation.
Our national character is measured by the unity, compassion, and
initiative shown by Americans who help others. Volunteers serving in
community and charitable organizations, faith-based institutions, and
nonprofits fulfill critical needs and challenges faced by people of all
ages and backgrounds. In soup kitchens, shelters, schools, hospitals,
religious organizations, and countless other venues, volunteers foster a
spirit of kindness and goodwill in communities large and small
throughout the United States. When friends, neighbors, and strangers
unite for a common cause, it demonstrates that we have the power to
change lives and improve our world.
We have never needed the volunteerism of America more than we do today.
The coronavirus poses an unprecedented risk to the health, wellbeing,
and prosperity of our Nation. True to form, in the midst of these
turbulent times, Americans are unifying with unprecedented compassion,
courage, and strength, bringing help and hope to those who need it most.
Countless Americans have found unique and innovative ways to spread joy
and meet the emotional, physical, and spiritual needs of others, despite
the need to adhere to social distancing measures. Some are using
technology to read stories to children and teach virtual classes; others
are delivering necessities, such as groceries and medications, to
seniors and others who are most at-risk from the virus. Non-profit
organizations and companies are also mobilizing to provide equipment,
supplies, resources, and necessities to people in need. Licensed
healthcare professionals have stepped up as volunteers like never before
for their fellow Americans to combat the coronavirus pandemic. If you
have the ability to join their ranks, please visit www.FEMA.gov/
coronavirus/how-to-help.
Volunteering to donate blood is especially important right now.
Currently, our country's blood and platelet supply is dangerously low,
and many blood drives have been cancelled. This extreme shortage poses a
severe threat for our Nation's injured and those battling serious
illnesses. I urge healthy Americans who are able to help fix this by
making an appointment to give blood at a local donation center. Blood
donation centers have safety protocols in place to prevent the spread of
infections, including the coronavirus. The power of this safe and simple
act of service is immeasurable.
This National Volunteer Week, we pay tribute to men and women of all
ages who devote their time, talent, and resources to the greater good.
These unsung heroes expand the capacity of countless organizations
across our Nation and around the world. During this pivotal time of
uncertainty and shared sacrifice, Melania and I are especially grateful
to all Americans who
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demonstrate love, compassion, mercy, and respect for humankind through
volunteer service. Their actions enhance their own lives and the lives
of those they serve, reflecting the best of America and the enduring
principles that bind us together.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim April 19 through April
25, 2020, as National Volunteer Week. I call upon all Americans to
observe this week by volunteering in service projects across our country
and pledging to make service a part of their daily lives.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this seventeenth day of
April, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10013 of April 17, 2020
Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Our Nation's annual observance of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance
Day, calls on all Americans to pause and reflect on the horrific
atrocities committed by the Nazi regime against minority groups and
other ``undesirables'' in the years leading up to and during World War
II. Among those murdered in the Holocaust were 6 million Jewish men,
women, and children who became victims of the Third Reich's unthinkably
evil ``Final Solution.'' As this year's Yom HaShoah commences, let us
remember the millions of lives extinguished in the Holocaust, including
those of Jewish, Polish, and Slavic ancestry, Roma and Sinti,
individuals with mental and physical disabilities, gays, political
dissidents, and dozens of other groups, and let us reaffirm our
commitment to preserving and carrying forward their stories so that such
repugnant acts of evil never occur again.
This year's observance is particularly meaningful as earlier in the year
we observed the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and
other Nazi concentration camps throughout Europe. We must never forget
the abhorrent anti-Semitism, racial hatred, and discrimination stoked by
the Nazi regime and its accomplices and enablers that sent countless
people to ghettos, concentration camps, killing fields, and death
camps--a monstrous system that resulted in the murder of two out of
three Jews in Europe and the imprisonment and torture of millions more.
Tragically, far too many Americans of Jewish faith still face
persecution. That is why I issued an Executive Order in December of 2019
to further expand and strengthen my Administration's ongoing efforts to
combat racist and anti-Semitic discrimination. We must always condemn
and confront all forms of racial, religious, and ethnic prejudice,
discrimination, and hatred and strengthen the mutual bonds of respect
that unite us all as Americans.
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During this time, as we mourn the millions of lives tragically lost
during this dark stain on human history, we vow to ensure that future
generations know the horrors of the Holocaust so that its crimes are
never repeated. We also remember the powerful example that countless
victims set through their remarkable determination, courage, and
devotion. Together, let us resolve to build a society that always values
the sanctity of every human life and the dignity of every faith. In
doing so, we will make certain that freedom and liberty always triumph
over evil and oppression.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, do hereby ask the people of the United States to observe the
Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust, April 19 through April
26, 2020, and the solemn anniversary of the liberation of Nazi death
camps, with appropriate study, prayers and commemoration, and to honor
the memory of the victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution by
remembering the lessons of this atrocity so that it is never repeated.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this seventeenth day of
April, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10014 of April 22, 2020
Suspension of Entry of Immigrants Who Present a Risk to the United
States Labor Market During the Economic Recovery Following the 2019
Novel Coronavirus Outbreak
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
The 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has significantly disrupted the
livelihoods of Americans. In Proclamation 9994 of March 13, 2020
(Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease
(COVID-19) Outbreak), I declared that the COVID-19 outbreak in the
United States constituted a national emergency, beginning March 1, 2020.
Since then, the American people have united behind a policy of
mitigation strategies, including social distancing, to flatten the curve
of infections and reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes
COVID-19. This needed behavioral shift has taken a toll on the United
States economy, with national unemployment claims reaching historic
levels. In the days between the national emergency declaration and April
11, 2020, more than 22 million Americans have filed for unemployment.
In the administration of our Nation's immigration system, we must be
mindful of the impact of foreign workers on the United States labor
market, particularly in an environment of high domestic unemployment and
depressed demand for labor. We must also conserve critical State
Department resources so that consular officers may continue to provide
services to United States citizens abroad. Even with their ranks
diminished by staffing disruptions caused by the pandemic, consular
officers continue to provide
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assistance to United States citizens, including through the ongoing
evacuation of many Americans stranded overseas.
I have determined that, without intervention, the United States faces a
potentially protracted economic recovery with persistently high
unemployment if labor supply outpaces labor demand. Excess labor supply
affects all workers and potential workers, but it is particularly
harmful to workers at the margin between employment and unemployment,
who are typically ``last in'' during an economic expansion and ``first
out'' during an economic contraction. In recent years, these workers
have been disproportionately represented by historically disadvantaged
groups, including African Americans and other minorities, those without
a college degree, and the disabled. These are the workers who, at the
margin between employment and unemployment, are likely to bear the
burden of excess labor supply disproportionately.
Furthermore, lawful permanent residents, once admitted, are granted
``open-market'' employment authorization documents, allowing them
immediate eligibility to compete for almost any job, in any sector of
the economy. There is no way to protect already disadvantaged and
unemployed Americans from the threat of competition for scarce jobs from
new lawful permanent residents by directing those new residents to
particular economic sectors with a demonstrated need not met by the
existing labor supply. Existing immigrant visa processing protections
are inadequate for recovery from the COVID-19 outbreak. The vast
majority of immigrant visa categories do not require employers to
account for displacement of United States workers. While some
employment-based visas contain a labor certification requirement,
because visa issuance happens substantially after the certification is
completed, the labor certification process cannot adequately capture the
status of the labor market today. Moreover, introducing additional
permanent residents when our healthcare resources are limited puts
strain on the finite limits of our healthcare system at a time when we
need to prioritize Americans and the existing immigrant population. In
light of the above, I have determined that the entry, during the next 60
days, of certain aliens as immigrants would be detrimental to the
interests of the United States.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States, by
the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the
United States of America, including sections 212(f) and 215(a) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1182(f) and 1185(a), and
section 301 of title 3, United States Code, hereby find that the entry
into the United States of persons described in section 1 of this
proclamation would, except as provided for in section 2 of this
proclamation, be detrimental to the interests of the United States, and
that their entry should be subject to certain restrictions, limitations,
and exceptions. I therefore hereby proclaim the following:
Section 1. Suspension and Limitation on Entry. The entry into the United
States of aliens as immigrants is hereby suspended and limited subject
to section 2 of this proclamation.
Sec. 2. Scope of Suspension and Limitation on Entry. (a) The suspension
and limitation on entry pursuant to section 1 of this proclamation shall
apply only to aliens who:
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(i) are outside the United States on the effective date of this
proclamation;
(ii) do not have an immigrant visa that is valid on the effective date of
this proclamation; and
(iii) do not have an official travel document other than a visa (such as a
transportation letter, an appropriate boarding foil, or an advance parole
document) that is valid on the effective date of this proclamation or
issued on any date thereafter that permits him or her to travel to the
United States and seek entry or admission.
(b) The suspension and limitation on entry pursuant to section 1 of
this proclamation shall not apply to:
(i) any lawful permanent resident of the United States;
(ii) any alien seeking to enter the United States on an immigrant visa as a
physician, nurse, or other healthcare professional; to perform medical
research or other research intended to combat the spread of COVID-19; or to
perform work essential to combating, recovering from, or otherwise
alleviating the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak, as determined by the
Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or their respective
designees; and any spouse and unmarried children under 21 years old of any
such alien who are accompanying or following to join the alien;
(iii) any alien applying for a visa to enter the United States pursuant to
the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program;
(iv) any alien who is the spouse of a United States citizen;
(v) any alien who is under 21 years old and is the child of a United States
citizen, or who is a prospective adoptee seeking to enter the United States
pursuant to the IR-4 or IH-4 visa classifications;
(vi) any alien whose entry would further important United States law
enforcement objectives, as determined by the Secretary of State, the
Secretary of Homeland Security, or their respective designees, based on a
recommendation of the Attorney General or his designee;
(vii) any member of the United States Armed Forces and any spouse and
children of a member of the United States Armed Forces;
(viii) any alien seeking to enter the United States pursuant to a Special
Immigrant Visa in the SI or SQ classification, subject to such conditions
as the Secretary of State may impose, and any spouse and children of any
such individual; or
(ix) any alien whose entry would be in the national interest, as determined
by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or their
respective designees.
Sec. 3. Implementation and Enforcement. (a) The consular officer shall
determine, in his or her discretion, whether an immigrant has
established his or her eligibility for an exception in section 2(b) of
this proclamation. The Secretary of State shall implement this
proclamation as it applies to visas pursuant to such procedures as the
Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland
Security, may establish in the Secretary of State's discretion. The
Secretary of Homeland Security shall implement
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this proclamation as it applies to the entry of aliens pursuant to such
procedures as the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with
the Secretary of State, may establish in the Secretary of Homeland
Security's discretion.
(b) An alien who circumvents the application of this proclamation
through fraud, willful misrepresentation of a material fact, or illegal
entry shall be a priority for removal by the Department of Homeland
Security.
(c) Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed to limit the
ability of an individual to seek asylum, refugee status, withholding of
removal, or protection under the Convention Against Torture and Other
Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, consistent with the
laws of the United States.
Sec. 4. Termination. This proclamation shall expire 60 days from its
effective date and may be continued as necessary. Whenever appropriate,
but no later than 50 days from the effective date of this proclamation,
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, in consultation with the
Secretary of State and the Secretary of Labor, recommend whether I
should continue or modify this proclamation.
Sec. 5. Effective Date. This proclamation is effective at 11:59 p.m.
eastern daylight time on April 23, 2020.
Sec. 6. Additional Measures. Within 30 days of the effective date of
this proclamation, the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Homeland
Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall review
nonimmigrant programs and shall recommend to me other measures
appropriate to stimulate the United States economy and ensure the
prioritization, hiring, and employment of United States workers.
Sec. 7. Severability. It is the policy of the United States to enforce
this proclamation to the maximum extent possible to advance the
interests of the United States. Accordingly:
(a) if any provision of this proclamation, or the application of any
provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the
remainder of this proclamation and the application of its provisions to
any other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby; and
(b) if any provision of this proclamation, or the application of any
provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid because
of the lack of certain procedural requirements, the relevant executive
branch officials shall implement those procedural requirements to
conform with existing law and with any applicable court orders.
Sec. 8. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this proclamation shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or,
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This proclamation shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This proclamation is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any
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party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities,
its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-second day
of April, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10015 of April 24, 2020
World Intellectual Property Day, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Our Nation's history is defined by discovery, ingenuity, and innovation.
Americans are known for their resourcefulness and ability to find
solutions to a wide range of challenges, including the development of
technologies that advance our security, health, and prosperity. This
resourcefulness has been a driving force of economic growth and human
development since the founding of our Nation, and our future depends on
the continued protection of our intellectual property. On World
Intellectual Property Day, we renew our resolve to protect and secure
the works and innovations of American artists, inventors, and other
creators who continually push the boundaries of human knowledge and
understanding.
Our Founding Fathers recognized the vital role that intellectual
property plays in society and in supporting a robust economy. The
Intellectual Property Clause of the Constitution reflects their
understanding that laws must be in place to ``promote the progress of
science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and
inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and
discoveries.'' More than two centuries later, we remain committed to
this idea, upholding and strengthening an intellectual property system
that encourages greater American innovation and advances our global
competitiveness.
My Administration is building on our Nation's history of securing
intellectual property rights. In the United States, intellectual
property-intensive industries account for nearly one-third of all
employment and approximately 40 percent of our country's gross domestic
product, an estimated $6.6 trillion. To support these industries, in
January of this year I signed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement
(USMCA) into law, replacing the outdated and unbalanced North American
Free Trade Agreement. USMCA furthers my Administration's pro-growth
agenda by establishing ground-breaking protections for trade secrets,
strengthening border security, and enhancing trademark, copyright, and
patent provisions. These are the most comprehensive intellectual
property standards ever included in a free trade agreement.
Additionally, earlier this year I signed an Executive Order on
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Ensuring Safe and Lawful E-Commerce for United States Consumers,
Businesses, Government Supply Chains, and Intellectual Property Rights
Holders, which is aimed at finding improved ways to protect intellectual
property rights holders from an increasing amount of counterfeit and
pirated goods marketed online.
The importance of intellectual property has never been more apparent
than it is now, as we continue the ongoing battle against the
coronavirus. To respond to this national and international emergency,
the Federal, State, and local Governments have partnered with the
private sector to develop new and powerful tools to combat the spread of
the virus and provide care to those in need, focusing every available
resource on the fight against the invisible enemy. Relying on strong
intellectual property protections, these industries are able to act
boldly to invent new tests, begin developing experimental treatments and
vaccines, and rapidly produce and reengineer medical equipment to help
win this war. These efforts are saving tens of thousands of lives and
reflect the unrivaled power of American industry and innovation.
This month, we pay tribute to our Nation's long history of ingenuity and
advancement, and we recommit to protecting, promoting, and prioritizing
a business and economic environment that supports those who carry on
this legacy. The pioneering spirit of these artists, authors, inventors,
and other creators has improved our lives and the lives of millions of
people around the world, and will continue to propel us toward a better
future.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim April 26, 2020, as
World Intellectual Property Day. I encourage Americans to observe this
day to celebrate the benefits of intellectual property to our economy
and our country.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fourth day
of April, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10016 of April 29, 2020
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Throughout our Nation's history, Americans of Asian and Pacific Islander
descent have made significant contributions to every aspect of our
society, from business and politics to literature and the arts. Their
accomplishments have enriched our Nation and stand as a testament to the
power of the American Dream. During Asian American and Pacific Islander
Heritage Month, we celebrate the indelible mark these individuals have
left on our culture and pay tribute to the myriad ways in which they
continue to strengthen our Nation.
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One story among many that exemplifies the values of intelligence, hard
work, and determination that Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have
contributed to our Nation is that of An Wang, a Chinese American and
pioneer in electronics engineering who helped shape the tech revolution
during the latter half of the 20th century as an entrepreneur and
innovator. An exceptionally skilled inventor and forward-thinking
businessman, Wang held 40 patents and founded Wang Laboratories, one of
the most successful American technology companies during the 1980s. Wang
Laboratories' products became essential equipment in offices throughout
the United States, helping bolster a thriving American economy. Wang
also generously gave back to his community, donating his time and
resources to the arts, hospitals, higher education, and cultural
institutions.
The United States also remains committed to strengthening our ongoing
relationships with our Asian and Pacific partners. Last year, I was
proud to stand alongside Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an event
in Houston, Texas, and earlier this year I made my first official visit
to India as a demonstration of our Nation's enduring friendship with one
of the world's largest and most diverse countries. During this historic
visit, I had the honor of speaking about the importance of the
relationship between our two countries before more than 110,000 Indian
citizens. The visit also reaffirmed that India and the United States are
committed to building a comprehensive global strategic partnership
grounded in shared interests and common purpose, benefitting both of our
countries.
This month, we recognize the more than 20 million Americans of Asian and
Pacific Islander descent who make irreplaceable contributions to our
Nation's economy, security, and culture. We are especially grateful for
those who have served and are currently serving in our Armed Forces, and
those serving their communities as first responders. Together, we will
continue to live out the promise of our founding and build a better
future for all Americans.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim May 2020 as Asian
American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. The Congress, by Public
Law 102-450, as amended, has also designated the month of May each year
as ``Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month.'' I encourage all Americans
to learn more about those of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and
Pacific Islander heritage and to observe this month with appropriate
programs and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth day of
April, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
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Proclamation 10017 of April 29, 2020
Jewish American Heritage Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
In 1654, the first Jewish settlers arrived in New Amsterdam, present day
New York City, seeking the freedom to practice their faith. In the
centuries since, Jewish Americans have contributed in countless ways to
our country's culture and character. From the arts and sciences to
business and public service, nearly every facet of our society has
benefitted from the talent, inspiration, vision, expertise, ingenuity,
and sacrifice of Jewish Americans. We honor their spirit and resiliency
during Jewish American Heritage Month and celebrate the myriad of ways
they enrich our country and the world.
Throughout history, the Jewish people have demonstrated an unbreakable
spirit, overcoming suffering, cruel oppression, violence, and bigotry.
Tragically, Jewish men, women, and children continue to face anti-
Semitic discrimination, persecution, and violence today, and Jewish
institutions and places of worship remain targets of vandalism and
destruction. Our country has wept too many times in the aftermaths of
horrific attacks, including last April when a murderer opened fire in a
synagogue in Poway, California, taking innocent life and shattering
families in a cowardly display of evil. Such unconscionable acts are an
abomination to all decent and compassionate people. Hatred is
intolerable and has no place in our hearts or in our society. We must
therefore vigorously confront anti-Semitic discrimination and violence
against members of the Jewish community. That is why I signed an
Executive Order last December, bolstering my Administration's efforts to
combat the rise of anti-Semitism in the United States and build a
culture of respect, humanity, and equality.
This month, we reaffirm our commitment to never compromise our steadfast
support for the Jewish community, our rejection of anti-Semitic bigotry,
and our disdain for malicious attacks of hatred. Jewish Americans
strengthen, sustain, and inspire our country through dedication to
family, respect for cherished traditions, and commitment to the values
of justice and equality that unite Americans of every faith and
background. We give thanks for the profound contributions that Jewish
Americans continue to make to our society, and way of life.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim May 2020 as Jewish
American Heritage Month. I call upon Americans to celebrate the heritage
and contributions of American Jews and to observe this month with
appropriate programs, activities, and ceremonies.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth day of
April, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
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Proclamation 10018 of April 29, 2020
Law Day, U.S.A., 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
More than 230 years ago, the Founding Fathers of our Nation crafted a
revolutionary and unique form of Government rooted in the rule of law.
Today, we continue to enjoy liberty, justice, and equality under the law
as set forth and preserved in our Constitution. On Law Day, we celebrate
the distinctive framework of our system of Government, which secures
individual liberties and protects against arbitrary exercise of
government power so that all citizens have the right and the freedom to
pursue their American Dream.
In arguing for the ratification of our Constitution, James Madison
wisely recognized that in a government ``administered by men over men,
the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government
to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control
itself.'' The Framers understood the inherent dangers of consolidated
government power and that, in order for our Republic to survive, the
power to make, execute, and interpret laws could not be vested in one
individual or one institution. They knew that ``ambition must be made to
counteract ambition,'' and accordingly devised an arrangement whereby
separate and coequal branches share the power of the Federal Government,
each limiting and checking the prerogatives of the others. They also
created a system of enumerated powers for the Federal Government,
reserving all other powers to the States. In doing so, the Framers
limited the powers of the Federal Government and preserved a place of
prominence for State and local lawmaking, which they rightly believed to
be more responsive to the unique needs of each community.
This year also marks both the 150th anniversary of the ratification of
the 15th Amendment, which prohibited denial of the right to vote based
on race, color, or previous condition of servitude, and the 100th
anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which prohibited
denial of the right to vote based on sex. The women and men who fought
to win a voice for people of color and women in the electoral process
strengthened our Union and helped the country better fulfill the
founding promise of our Nation--that the power to enact and enforce laws
be truly derived ``from the consent of the governed.'' As we mark these
milestones, we pay tribute to the courageous spirit of the trailblazers
who made this achievement possible, and take inspiration from their
righteous struggle as we continue working to root out and destroy
injustice.
We know that our Republic can continue to shine as a beacon of liberty
only if Americans diligently defend our Constitution and ensure that its
limits are strongly enforced. My Administration has sought to simplify
and streamline America's statutory and regulatory code, checking
encroachments by government on individual liberty and unleashing the
spirit of genius and innovation that has made America the freest and
most prosperous country in the world. Furthermore, one of my top
priorities as President has been to nominate and appoint judges who are
faithful to the proper role of the judiciary--to interpret the law, not
to make it. In all of these
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efforts, we aim to ensure that the Government can continue to perform
its fundamental responsibility to the American people, articulated in
the Preamble of the Constitution, to ``secure the blessings of liberty
to ourselves and our posterity.''
On this Law Day, I urge all Americans to honor our shared inheritance of
respect for the principles of the rule of law, limited government, and
individual liberty. Let us rededicate ourselves to remaining ever
vigilant in defending our rights secured by the Constitution so that our
experiment in self-government continues in perpetuity.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, in accordance with Public Law 87-20, as amended, do hereby
proclaim May 1, 2020, as Law Day, U.S.A. I urge all Americans, including
government officials, to observe this day by reflecting upon the
importance of the rule of law in our Nation and displaying the flag of
the United States in support of this national observance; and I
especially urge the legal profession, the press, and the radio,
television, and media industries to promote and to participate in the
observance of this day.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth day of
April, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10019 of April 30, 2020
National Foster Care Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Families are the foundation of our communities and our country. All
children deserve a stable, supportive, and loving home in which to grow,
thrive, and realize their full potential. During National Foster Care
Month, we honor the selfless men and women who open their homes to
nurture at-risk children and promote healing, unification, and family-
based empowerment.
Foster care plays a critical role in providing young people who have had
to be removed from their homes a critical place of refuge. It is an
invaluable resource for keeping children safe in temporary circumstances
and providing stability, direction, and comfort to our Nation's most
vulnerable sons and daughters. The dedicated individuals, families,
professionals, and faith-based and community organizations who support
children in foster care help maintain essential parent-child
relationships and support parents working to regain custody of their
children.
A focus of my Administration has been to keep families together by
working to prevent the situations that necessitate children being
removed from their homes. In 2018, I enacted the Family First Prevention
Services Act to enhance the ability of American families to keep their
children safe at
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home whenever possible. It provides funding for community-based
treatment and intervention services that have been proven to curtail
abuse and neglect and to help families address the issues that might
require separation. These services include access to skills-based
parenting classes, family counseling, mental health therapy, and
treatment for substance abuse and addiction. In addition, this
legislation encourages States to place children with families rather
than in group homes, which can minimize the risk of additional trauma.
Last year, I signed into law legislation to encourage States to fully
implement the Family First Prevention Services Act as quickly as
feasible in order to connect families with appropriate resources and
transition to a more proactive and prevention-based system.
In cases where intervention becomes necessary, it is important to place
children in the best position to maintain their family, school, and
other social connections. It is also critical that older youth in foster
care establish permanent bonds with a family member or caring adult
before they exit the system and enter adulthood. For these reasons, my
Administration is funding programs to provide in-family caregivers with
the services and support they need to succeed. In partnership with the
States, we are promoting more family-friendly options that reduce
additional trauma to the children who must enter foster care.
This month, we encourage all Americans to invest in the lives of
children and to provide them with unconditional love, support, guidance,
and every available resource to ensure their health and well-being. We
acknowledge with gratitude the selfless citizens who open their hearts
and homes to children in need and the organizations that tirelessly
support foster and kinship caregivers. Together, they are giving hope
and the promise of a better tomorrow to countless children and families.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim May 2020 as National
Foster Care Month. I call upon all Americans to observe this month by
taking time to help children and youth in foster care, and to recognize
the commitment of those who touch their lives, particularly celebrating
their foster parents and other caregivers.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of
April, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10020 of April 30, 2020
National Mental Health Awareness Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
This year, National Mental Health Awareness Month coincides with one of
the most complex and challenging periods in our Nation's recent
history--combatting the coronavirus pandemic. Not only has the virus
caused immense physical suffering and loss for many people, it has also
resulted in
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mental and emotional hardship. The stress and worry over the health and
safety of family and friends, forced isolation, and financial distress
can all result in anxiety, depression, substance misuse and abuse, and,
tragically, even suicide. There is no question this is a difficult and
unprecedented time for Americans. Yet, we know that there are ways to
help people cope during these uncertain times, and we are committed to
caring for those in need.
Mental illness can affect anyone and can develop at any time. Its
effects spread well beyond the individual to family, friends, and
coworkers. As a Nation, we must fight the stigmas surrounding mental
illness and empower those affected by emotional distress and their loved
ones to seek care. We also recommit to strengthening our efforts to
ensure every individual living with a mental illness, including children
and young adults, our Nation's fastest growing population diagnosed with
behavioral, mental, or emotional issues, receives the care and treatment
they need to enjoy the blessings of a fulfilling and productive life.
One of my first actions in response to the pandemic was to ensure easy
access to vital medical resources. Expanded access to medical care
through telemedicine is essential to fighting the virus. Through the
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, we have
simplified access to health care and treatment without fear of the
transmission of COVID-19 and other illnesses. By expanding Medicare
telehealth coverage for the duration of the public health emergency, we
have enabled our most vulnerable and high-risk populations to access
important medical care from the comfort and safety of their home.
Additionally, we have given $19.6 billion to the Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA) to further support our veterans through this crisis. This
funding covers things like expanded telehealth services, including for
mental health, and additional access to the VA Video Connect app, which
offers a free, secure, virtual platform for patients to receive direct
care from their VA medical providers through video.
Providing an uninterrupted connection to essential mental health
treatment and social support groups through telehealth technology can be
lifesaving, especially for the more than 11 million American adults who
struggle with serious mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder,
schizophrenia, or major depressive disorder. That is one of the reasons
I have overseen a historic expansion of telehealth services to give
people in need easier access to mental health treatments, crisis
interventions, and other vital resources. We must continue to find
innovative ways to link doctors, nurse practitioners, physician
assistants, clinical psychologists, and licensed clinical social workers
to people who need their help.
As President, it is my top priority to ensure the health and wellness of
all Americans, especially during the present crisis. Through the
Community Mental Health Services Block Grant program, the Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) provides
critical funding to every State to support community services for adults
with serious mental illnesses and children with significant emotional
disturbances. Through these grants, States and communities have
increased ability to make substantial improvements in treatment delivery
and to greatly expand access to those in need of behavioral healthcare
services. As the virus began to take hold, I ensured that SAMHSA very
quickly began releasing
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$360 million in emergency grant funding to provide Americans with
substance use treatment and mental health services. Additionally, to
help meet the needs of Americans during this crisis, I authorized the
Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency
to make crisis counseling and training services available to States
hardest hit through the Stafford Act.
Tragically some individuals feel their problems are insurmountable, lose
their will and hope, and succumb to suicide. We must prevent these
tragedies. The Federal Communications Commission has designated a
national three-digit number for suicide prevention to connect directly
to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The proposed abbreviated
number, 988, would make crisis help more widely available to Americans.
Additionally, in March of 2019, I signed an Executive Order to establish
the President's Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End a National Tragedy
of Suicide (PREVENTS), which unites State and local governments, faith
communities, employers, schools, and healthcare organizations through a
whole-of-government and whole-of-Nation approach to provide world-class,
evidence-based tactics for veteran suicide prevention. Rather than
waiting for veterans in need to seek help, this program actively
empowers veteran communities through local and national support
networks. In response to the current crisis, the PREVENTS initiative--
with Second Lady Karen Pence as Lead Ambassador--has launched the
MoreThanEverBefore campaign to encourage all Americans to
compassionately reach out to veterans in need. My fiscal year 2021
budget requests $313 million--a 32-percent increase from the enacted
fiscal year 2020 level--to support and sustain these initiatives. My
Administration will always champion policies and treatments to help all
Americans appreciate the full and abundant potential of life.
No American should ever feel alone. Let us recommit to lifting up our
struggling friends, family members, and neighbors with the touch of
humanity. There is always the promise of recovery, healing, and renewal.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim May 2020 as National
Mental Health Awareness Month. I call upon all Americans to support
citizens suffering from mental illnesses, raise awareness of mental
health conditions through appropriate programs and activities, and
commit our Nation to innovative prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of
April, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
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Proclamation 10021 of April 30, 2020
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
During National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, we encourage all
Americans to maintain more physically active and healthy lifestyles,
which can help improve our overall well-being. We also recognize the
important role that sports play in American society and the ways sports
help unite us. Through friendly competition, the development of lifelong
skills and character traits, and memorable times spent with family and
friends, sports help bring communities together, entertain us, and
improve our health.
As our Nation continues to practice social distancing during the
coronavirus pandemic, regular physical activity at home can be an
effective way to improve and maintain physical fitness. Even during this
difficult time, Americans should strive to engage in the recommended
amounts of physical activity--at least 60 minutes a day of moderate-to-
vigorous physical activity for youth ages 6-17, including aerobic
activities and activities that strengthen muscles and bones, and at
least 150 minutes a week of moderate intensity activity, plus two or
more days a week of muscle-strengthening activities, for adults. In
addition, adults 65 years and older should do multicomponent physical
activities that include balance training, such as standing on one foot.
Even as we social distance, we can do jumping jacks or push-ups,
household chores, tend our lawns and gardens, and engage in numerous
other activities that promote a healthy and active lifestyle. The United
States Department of Health and Human Services' Move Your Way campaign
has tools and resources to help Americans of all ages and abilities live
healthier lives through increased physical activity.
As our country defeats the coronavirus, sports will once again help
unite us as a Nation. Participation in sports instills values such as
teamwork, discipline, and leadership that transcend the field or court
and help everyone, especially our youth, flourish in life. Last
September, we launched the National Youth Sports Strategy, which awarded
$6.7 million in grants to help increase youth sports participation. This
bold initiative is the first Federal roadmap designed to unify the
American youth sports culture around a shared vision that one day all
youth will have the opportunity to play sports--regardless of race,
ethnicity, sex, ability, or zip code. I have also appointed more than 20
youth sports advocates to the President's Council on Sports, Fitness,
and Nutrition. These individuals have been encouraging families to stay
active even while they are staying at home during the coronavirus
pandemic. Once sports programming resumes, this Council will continue to
ensure that children and youth have access to safe places to play
sports, encouraging healthier lifestyles. By providing a solid
foundation for participation in safe, fun, inclusive, and accessible
sporting opportunities, our children and youth will be better suited to
thrive.
This month, I urge all Americans to invest in the health of our great
Nation by incorporating physical activity into their daily lives and by
promoting the positive effects of sports on youth development. Through
regular physical activity, we can achieve our shared goal of living
healthier lives.
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NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim May 2020 as National
Physical Fitness and Sports Month. I call upon the people of the United
States to make physical activity and sports participation a priority in
their lives.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of
April, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10022 of April 30, 2020
Older Americans Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Older Americans are cherished and invaluable members of our society,
deserving our utmost respect, gratitude, and admiration. During Older
Americans Month, we pause to draw upon the wisdom, spirit, and
experience older adults bring to our families, our communities, and our
Nation. We also recognize that during this time of crisis caused by the
coronavirus pandemic, we can persevere and prevail by emulating the
resolve, tenacity, and determination of America's more experienced
individuals who have endured and overcome life's most challenging times.
Older Americans have built our economy, defended our freedom, and shaped
our Nation's character. They have raised families and dedicated
themselves to improving the quality of life for future generations. They
sacrificed in times of hardship and took pride in a job well done. Many
served honorably in our Armed Forces during some of the darkest times in
the history of our Republic. Older Americans have lived lives of service
and sacrifice, bound by devotion to the sacred principles of our
country. Although no one could begrudge them rest and respite during
their retirement years, having worked decades to support and grow their
families and nurture their communities, many older Americans spend their
time volunteering for those in need, mentoring young people, or learning
new skills. They pour love into their extended families, places of
worship, and neighborhood centers, and offer profound perspective and
insight gleaned from years of life lessons.
My Administration remains committed to enacting policies that benefit
our Nation's older adults. In an effort to lower the cost of
prescription drugs, the Food and Drug Administration has approved more
generic drugs each year during my 3 years in office than any other year
in the history of our country. We have also developed a path to allow
less expensive prescription drugs to be imported from Canada.
Additionally, I ended the terrible gag clauses that prevented
pharmacists from telling patients when they could pay less out of pocket
by not using their insurance. I have also taken executive action to
improve seniors' access to medical care and to bolster
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Medicare's fiscal sustainability by reducing regulatory burdens and
eliminating unnecessary barriers. This action puts older Americans first
by strengthening the program and helping to ensure its success for years
to come.
Our Nation's older Americans are among the most susceptible to fraud and
other financial schemes. To help counter these vile crimes, I have
instructed the Department of Justice (DOJ) to prioritize protecting
older Americans from financial exploitation and use every tool they have
to disrupt and prosecute these criminals. Over the last year, DOJ has
taken unprecedented action against transnational fraud schemes that
target seniors, the networks of ``money mules'' that move stolen funds
from Americans' bank accounts to overseas fraudsters, and telephone
companies that knowingly facilitate billions of fraudulent robocalls.
DOJ has also launched an Elder Fraud Hotline (1-833-FRAUD-11) so that
America's seniors can more easily report fraud, find resources, and
better protect themselves from this abhorrent criminal behavior.
Older Americans are among those most vulnerable to the ravages of the
coronavirus. As they continue to adhere to the special guidance put in
place to protect them, we must acknowledge that far too many are facing
hardships of loneliness and social isolation. Many families are unable
to visit elderly parents and grandparents, and many men and women in
retirement and nursing homes have been cut off from personal contact and
meaningful social connections. During this precarious and stressful
time, we must remember our treasured older adults and recommit to doing
what we can to support and care for them. I urge all Americans to reach
out to loved ones, neighbors, and strangers to extend love, compassion,
and encouragement. By delivering food and supplies to the homebound,
mailing greeting cards, or using technology to stay connected, we can
support our seniors as we defeat the virus. Older Americans know how to
overcome. They have done it their whole lives. With the country rallying
behind them we can ensure that they can continue to live lives of
dignity, joy, and purpose long after the threat of the virus has faded.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim May 2020 as Older
Americans Month. I call upon all Americans to honor our elders,
acknowledge their contributions, care for those in need, and reaffirm
our country's commitment to older Americans this month and throughout
the year.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of
April, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
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Proclamation 10023 of April 30, 2020
Loyalty Day, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
The United States has been a strong Nation for more than two centuries
not only because of the ideals that we share as a people, but also
because of the love we have for our home and the loyalty we have for
each other. From the beginning of our history and through trials of war
and peace, Americans have always been filled with a devotion to freedom,
a fierce spirit of independence, a courageous dedication to the cause of
self-government, and a sacred commitment to our shared and glorious
destiny. Together, we honor the wisdom of our Founders. We revere the
words of our Constitution and our Declaration of Independence. We
celebrate the heroes of our history and treasure the majesty of
America's natural beauty. We marvel at the achievements of American
artists, scientists, engineers, inventors, business leaders, and
pioneers. And we cherish the nobility of the American way of life.
For all of these reasons and more, the United States is the most just
and virtuous nation in the history of the world--and the American people
are exceptional citizens of an exceptional republic. Americans rightly
take pride in our country--and we take pride in the unique culture of
freedom that has been forged over nearly 250 years. Our national
character is defined by the values of faith and family, liberty and
fairness, and hard work and personal responsibility. Generations of
Americans have poured out sweat, blood, soul, and tears to defend these
values--and on this day, we rededicate ourselves to protecting them in
our own time, and for unborn generations to come.
Americans have always been loyal to their Nation--and they deserve a
government that is always loyal to them in return.
As we confront the global pandemic that is now afflicting our country,
we draw strength from the bonds of duty, love, and loyalty that have
always sustained our Nation through trying times. An army of doctors,
nurses, truckers, clerks, scientists, service workers, researchers, and
first responders are doing everything in their power to heal the sick,
find a cure, and care for the needs of every American--often at grave
risk to themselves. All across our country, Americans are courageously
fighting a daily battle against an invisible enemy. In light of the
extraordinary heroism and dedication we have witnessed, each of us will
go forward from this challenging time stronger and even more certain
that when duty calls, we will answer it. On this Loyalty Day, we
recognize that as long as we take pride in our country, defend our great
inheritance, and love our Nation, America will rise to every occasion
and achieve a magnificent future.
In order to reaffirm our loyalty to our country, to our freedoms, and to
each other, the Congress, by Public Law 85-529, as amended, has
designated May 1 of each year as ``Loyalty Day,'' and has requested the
President issue a proclamation inviting the people of the United States
to observe that day with appropriate activities. On this day, we honor
the United States of America and its values, as well as those who have
fought and continue to fight for our freedom.
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NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim May 1, 2020, as Loyalty Day. I call on all
Americans to observe this day by learning more about the proud history
of our Nation. I urge all Government officials to display the flag of
the United States on all Government buildings and grounds on that day.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of
April, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10024 of May 1, 2020
National Hurricane Preparedness Week, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
As we observe National Hurricane Preparedness Week, I call on Americans
in hurricane-prone regions to take appropriate measures to help mitigate
the devastation that these storms can produce. Through proper
preparation, we can bolster our resilience against any challenge we face
from these incredibly powerful storms.
Accurate forecasting is crucial for communities across our country,
which need advance notice to protect lives and property from hurricanes.
My Administration remains dedicated to enhancing our hurricane tracking
and prediction capabilities. As we have entered a new era of
supercomputing, we have been able to increase our computing capacity and
ensure the United States has the most accurate weather forecasting
models in the world. Additionally, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration's Earth Prediction Innovation Center continues to improve
our knowledge of severe weather and further increase our forecasting
accuracy. Innovators like these are helping to protect the lives of
Americans living in hurricane-prone areas, giving them access to
critical information before a hurricane arrives and enabling appropriate
preparations.
While these strides in improving our predictive abilities are
significant, the power of preemptive planning for every hazard created
by hurricanes cannot be discounted. In the United States, storm surge
and inland flooding from heavy rains have historically caused more
hurricane-related deaths than the winds generated by the storms. The
National Weather Service's Weather-Ready Nation initiative and the
Federal Emergency Management Agency's Ready Campaign are excellent
resources for preparing your defense against the destructive potential
of hurricanes and other severe storms. Emergency planning--including
putting together an emergency supply kit; ensuring your house and
business are hurricane-ready; considering flood insurance options;
creating communication plans with family members; and, when a storm
approaches, determining if you live in a hurricane evacuation zone--will
help empower you, your community, and our Nation to be more prepared and
responsive.
Hurricane season can also place a heavy burden on our medical
professionals, first responders, and critical infrastructure workers. We
know these
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very same people are already operating under great strain to respond to
the coronavirus pandemic. We extend to them our deepest gratitude and
vow to provide them any support they need during these challenging
times. This week is an opportunity for all Americans living in areas
susceptible to hurricane-related harm to take proactive measures to
protect their families, businesses, communities, and livelihood. Taking
action now to keep our loved ones and property safe from the threats
posed by hurricanes will help us be an even more resilient Nation.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim May 3 through May 9,
2020 as National Hurricane Preparedness Week. I call upon everyone to
take action this week by making use of the online resources provided by
the National Weather Service and the Federal Emergency Management Agency
to safeguard your families, homes, and businesses from the dangers of
hurricanes and severe storms. I also call upon Federal, State, local,
tribal, and territorial emergency management officials to help inform
our communities about hurricane preparedness and response in order to
prevent storm damage and save lives.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this first day of May,
in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the two hundred and forty-fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10025 of May 1, 2020
Public Service Recognition Week, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
During Public Service Recognition Week, we pay tribute to our Federal,
State, and local government employees for their unwavering dedication to
civil service. On the front lines in times of prosperity and adversity
alike, our world-class workforce remains ready and willing to serve
their fellow Americans. At all levels of government, our civilian
personnel have made our Nation stronger and more prosperous.
In recent weeks and months, our Nation's civilian officials have united
with unprecedented urgency and resolve to respond to the coronavirus
pandemic. Their tireless efforts are ensuring Federal, State, local, and
tribal governments continue to provide necessary services to their
constituents, are helping forge productive government-private sector
partnerships, and are bolstering our ongoing recovery efforts. Our
public health experts, who always play an integral role in protecting
the health and wellbeing of our people, have provided critical and
timely guidance to Americans on how to stay healthy and prevent the
spread of the coronavirus. Emergency managers, first responders, and law
enforcement are continuing to provide life-saving care, comfort, and
support to those affected. Postal workers are delivering essential
supplies and communications. Sanitation workers are
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keeping our communities clean. School teachers and educators are
continuing to provide virtual education and support to students. And
countless other public servants are diligently and humbly supporting our
American way of life during this crisis. Through their dedicated
efforts, the American people are protected and supported despite the
unprecedented challenges we face.
As we start to see a promising forecast and eventual recovery--thanks in
large part to the extraordinary sacrifices the American people have made
on behalf of their fellow citizens--we can begin the critical work of
reopening our country. We know that our public service employees will
play a crucial role in restarting our economy and getting our society
fully revitalized, while also protecting American lives. My
Administration remains committed to supporting these men and women at
all levels of government during this process, ensuring they have the
resources and information they need to continue serving the American
people while also safeguarding their own wellbeing. Together, we will
complete the work of rebuilding and restoring our Nation.
This Public Service Recognition Week, we are especially grateful to our
devoted public servants. Their experience, expertise, and commitment to
service will lift our Nation up during these difficult times and help
ensure a swift recovery. We will forever be indebted to them for their
hard work, dedication, and courage, always remembering their
irreplaceable contributions to our people and our country.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim May 3 through May 9,
2020, as Public Service Recognition Week. I call upon Americans and all
Federal, State, tribal, and local government agencies to recognize the
dedication of our Nation's public servants and to observe this week
through appropriate programs and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this first day of May,
in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the two hundred and forty-fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10026 of May 5, 2020
Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives Awareness Day,
2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
The American Indian and Alaska Native people have endured generations of
injustice. They experience domestic violence, homicide, sexual assault,
and abuse far more frequently than other groups. These horrific acts,
committed predominantly against women and girls, are egregious and
unconscionable. During Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska
Natives Awareness Day, we reaffirm our commitment to ending the
disturbing
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violence against these Americans and to honoring those whose lives have
been shattered and lost.
Resiliency, collaboration, and resourcefulness are all necessary to
eradicate the heartbreaking incidents of missing persons and fatal
violence experienced by American Indian and Alaska Native communities
across our country. My Administration stands squarely behind the tribal
governments that are leading the efforts to address this pattern of
violence so that their people can live in peace and thrive. The Yakama
Nation in southern Washington is using the State's major violent crime
database to track the disappearance of tribal members. On the Navajo
Reservation, the Missing and Murdered Din[eacute] Relatives Work Group
is working to end sex trafficking, child abductions, and other
challenges within the largest tribal jurisdiction in the Nation. In
Montana, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes are engaged with
State officials to prioritize cases of missing and murdered tribal
citizens. Beyond these and other efforts, tribal communities are
leveraging rich cultural traditions of healing ceremonies and spiritual
practices to offer refuge, compassion, and comfort to individuals and
families in crisis.
Under my Administration, tribal governments are not alone in fighting
the epidemic of violence against American Indian and Alaska Native
people. In October of 2019, the Department of Justice (DOJ) awarded more
than $270 million in grants to improve public safety, serve victims of
crime, combat violence against women, and support youth programs in
American Indian and Alaska Native communities. The DOJ's Missing and
Murdered Indigenous Persons Initiative is placing coordinators in 11
United States Attorneys' offices to develop comprehensive law
enforcement responses to missing persons cases. These responses also
include the use of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's advanced
capabilities, enhanced data collection, and analysis to support local
efforts when required.
The Department of the Interior (DOI) is also taking action to address
the critical concerns of American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
DOI's Bureau of Indian Affairs has launched a series of ``Reclaiming Our
Native Communities'' roundtables focused on domestic violence prevention
of missing or murdered American Indian and Alaska Native women,
children, and men. The Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of Justice
Services (BIA-OJS) is equipping officers to handle long-standing cold
cases and child abduction investigations, including positioning Special
Agents on cold-case task forces in strategic locations throughout the
country. BIA-OJS has partnered with the National Missing and
Unidentified Persons System to aid in identifying missing persons cases
involving Native Americans.
Additionally, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has made
the health and safety of American Indian and Alaska Native communities a
priority. HHS is developing a comprehensive, whole-person approach for
strengthening these vulnerable populations through prevention, health,
and education activities. The Administration for Children and Families
(ACF) partners with tribes and tribal organizations to strengthen
responses to Native American victims of domestic violence. ACF will soon
disburse $22 million to increase the public health response and expand
shelter and supportive services to victims of family violence, domestic
violence, and dating abuse in tribal communities.
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To help bolster these efforts to address this terrible crisis, last
November, I was proud to sign an Executive Order establishing Operation
Lady Justice. This interagency task force is developing an aggressive
government-wide strategy for ending the cycle of violence and providing
grants to improve public safety in American Indian and Alaska Native
communities. The task force is consulting with tribal leaders to develop
and strengthen investigative protocols to resolve new and unsolved
cases, improve information and data sharing, establish best practices
for communicating with families throughout an investigation, and raise
public awareness through outreach to affected communities.
Tragically, violence is prevalent in tribal communities, but we are
determined to reverse this unacceptable trend. Through partnerships
across Federal, State, and tribal governments, we are aggressively
working to ensure that members of tribal communities can live lives free
from fear of violence. We will not waver in our mission to bring
healing, justice, hope, and restoration to our American Indian and
Alaska Native communities.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim May 5, 2020, as
Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives Awareness Day.
I call upon all Americans and all Federal, State, tribal, and local
governments to increase awareness of the crisis of missing and murdered
American Indians and Alaska Natives through appropriate programs and
activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifth day of May,
in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the two hundred and forty-fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10027 of May 6, 2020
National Day of Prayer, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
On this National Day of Prayer, Americans reaffirm that prayer guides
and strengthens our Nation, and we express, with humility and gratitude,
our ``firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence.'' As one
Nation under God, we share a legacy of faith that sustains and inspires
us and a heritage of religious liberty. Today, we join together and lift
up our hearts, remembering the words of 1 John 5:14 that tell us when
``we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.''
From our earliest days, our dependence upon God has brought us to seek
His divine counsel and unfailing wisdom. Our leaders have often
encouraged their fellow citizens to seek wisdom from God and have
recognized God's power to lead our Nation ahead to brighter days. When
the prospects for our independence seemed bleak, General George
Washington proclaimed a national day of ``fasting, humiliation and
prayer, humbly to supplicate the mercy of Almighty God.'' Following the
devastating destruction
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of the Civil War, President Lincoln delivered his second inaugural
address and invoked the power of prayer to ``bind up the nation's
wounds.'' And more than 100 years later, President Reagan noted our long
reliance on prayer throughout our history, writing that ``through the
storms of revolution, Civil War, and the great world wars as well as
during times of disillusionment and disarray, the Nation has turned to
God in prayer for deliverance.''
Today, as much as ever, our prayerful tradition continues as our Nation
combats the coronavirus. During the past weeks and months, our heads
have bowed at places outside of our typical houses of worship,
whispering in silent solitude for God to renew our spirit and carry us
through unforeseen and seemingly unbearable hardships. Even though we
have been unable to gather together in fellowship with our church
families, we are still connected through prayer and the calming
reassurance that God will lead us through life's many valleys. In the
midst of these trying and unprecedented times, we are reminded that just
as those before us turned to God in their darkest hours, so must we seek
His wisdom, strength, and healing hand. We pray that He comforts those
who have lost loved ones, heals those who are sick, strengthens those on
the front lines, and reassures all Americans that through trust in Him,
we can overcome all obstacles.
May we never forget that prayer guides and empowers our Nation and that
all things are possible with God. In times of prosperity, strife, peace,
and war, Americans lean on His infinite love, grace, and understanding.
Today, on this National Day of Prayer, let us come together and pray to
the Almighty that through overcoming this coronavirus pandemic, we
develop even greater faith in His divine providence.
In 1988, the Congress, by Public Law 100-307, as amended, called on the
President to issue each year a proclamation designating the first
Thursday in May as a National Day of Prayer, ``on which the people of
the United States may turn to God in prayer and meditation at churches,
in groups, and as individuals.''
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim May 7, 2020, as a National Day of Prayer. I
encourage all Americans to observe this day, reflecting on the blessings
our Nation has received and the importance of prayer, with appropriate
programs, ceremonies, and activities in their houses of worship,
communities, and places of work, schools, and homes consistent with the
White House's ``Guidelines for Opening up America Again.''
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this sixth day of May,
in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the two hundred and forty-fourth.
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Proclamation 10028 of May 6, 2020
National Nurses Day, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Every day, nurses provide quality, compassionate, and critical care to
patients during both routine medical visits and in times of great
vulnerability, fear, and uncertainty. Over the past weeks and months, as
our nurses have worked heroically on the frontlines of the coronavirus
response, their contributions to the health and well-being of our
citizenry have been exponentially magnified. On National Nurses Day, we
honor and celebrate the extraordinary men and women who devote
themselves to this vital and noble profession.
Nursing is not merely a vocation; it is a special calling to serve
others selflessly, particularly in times when help is needed most.
Throughout our Nation's history, in times of war, natural disaster,
medical emergencies, and both epidemics and pandemics, nurses have
rushed in--undaunted by danger, personal sacrifice, and discomfort to
provide hope, help, and healing to people in need.
Few times has our reliance on nurses been more profoundly evident than
during the coronavirus outbreak. In the midst of this crisis, nurses
have displayed incredible examples of humanity, selflessness, and
sacrifice as they have fought to care for their fellow citizens and save
lives. Nationwide, in hospitals, clinics, and other treatment centers
where Americans are suffering from the virus, these warriors have
steadfastly provided remarkable care and vital assistance to patients.
In spite of fatigue and the threat to their own health, nurses soldier
on in combat against this invisible enemy. Often the first to treat
patients in our hospitals, they provide critical support to doctors,
alleviating burdens throughout our healthcare system. They are adaptable
and capable of enduring and overcoming unbearable hardship, immeasurable
stress, tremendously long hours, and extreme mental and emotional
exhaustion so that others may live. Nurses are awe-inspiring and truly
worthy of admiration and praise.
Nurses reflect the character of America and epitomize the inexhaustible
capacity of the human spirit. These remarkable caregivers exhibit
professional expertise, selfless dedication, unrelenting advocacy, and
unsurpassed mercy, strength, and compassion. On this National Nurses
Day, Melania and I urge all citizens to join us in offering our
wholehearted gratitude, uncompromising support, and utmost respect to
these invaluable healthcare professionals.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim May 6, 2020, as
National Nurses Day. I call upon the people of the United States to
observe this day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this sixth day of May,
in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the two hundred and forty-fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10029 of May 7, 2020
Military Spouse Day, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Military spouses, who stand alongside our men and women in uniform,
share in our service members' heroic endeavors through selfless service,
immeasurable contributions, and noble sacrifices. Through their
dedication to their loved ones, military spouses support the mission of
our Armed Forces to defend our Nation and preserve our liberty. On
Military Spouse Day, we pay tribute to these extraordinary individuals
who strengthen and enrich our fighting forces, our communities, and our
Republic.
The abiding capacity of our Nation's military spouses to balance the
many demands of military life reflects their unwavering spirit,
fortitude, and grace. They support loved ones who have answered our
country's call to duty, raise children far from extended family, and
invest in their communities through volunteer service. At the same time,
demonstrating their loyal devotion to a cause greater than self, many of
them pursue their own educational and career goals and routinely face
the stress and uncertainty of frequent moves, as well as the heartache
and loneliness of deployment. Their individual stories, interests, and
talents are unique, but military spouses share the common bonds of
selflessness, strength of character, and faithfulness to a Soldier,
Sailor, Airman, Marine, Coast Guardsman, or member of the Space Force.
Our Nation's military spouses bring considerable talent, expertise, and
experience to the workplace, and their employment is critical to
military recruitment, retention, and readiness. My Administration
recognizes that our military spouses face unique obstacles in obtaining
and retaining employment. Occupational licensing requirements
disproportionally affect them; they earn substantially less than other
labor market participants earn; and they currently face an elevated
unemployment rate. To help solve this problem, last December, I signed
into law legislation that changed residency requirements to allow
military spouses to retain their State of residency for business
purposes, eliminating the long and expensive process of having to re-
register their business following a change in duty station. This
legislation also doubled the reimbursement amount for occupational
licensing and recertification costs from $500 to $1,000 for military
spouses who have a permanent change of station, helping to defray costs
for those who work in fields that require documentation.
My Administration is also working with the private, public, and non-
profit sectors to help create meaningful jobs, careers, and economic
empowerment for military spouses. Through the Department of Defense's
Military Spouse Employment Partnership program, we have secured
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from more than 400 American companies and 13 Federal agencies to
recruit, hire, train, retrain, and support military spouses.
Additionally, last year, we held two business summits at the White House
that resulted in participating companies pledging to work to improve
military employment opportunities for military spouses. These patriotic
employers are making efforts to review and reduce requirements for
certain jobs, partner with other companies to assist with job relocation
after a change in duty station, and educate managers on the lifestyle of
military spouses and the challenges they face.
Today, we salute the spirit and patriotism of the exceptional women and
men who serve as military spouses and embody the best of America.
Military spouses are among our country's unsung heroes, serving as the
heart of the home front and providing tremendous strength to our Armed
Forces. On this Military Spouse Day, the First Lady and I urge our
fellow Americans to extend sincere gratitude to our Nation's incredible
military spouses.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim May 8, 2020, as
Military Spouse Day. I call upon the people of the United States to
honor military spouses with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this seventh day of May,
in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the two hundred and forty-fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10030 of May 8, 2020
National Charter Schools Week, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Nearly 30 years ago, in a small town in southeast Minnesota, freedom-
loving Americans on both sides of the political aisle opened the doors
to our Nation's first public charter school, enabling families to more
effectively choose the best learning environment for their child. This
historic action sparked a movement that now spans 44 States, the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Guam. There are currently more
than 7,400 public charter schools providing individualized education and
learning opportunities to more than 3 million students and their
families throughout our Nation. During National Charter School Week, we
recognize the contributions of public charter school leaders, teachers,
students, and parents and reaffirm our commitment to further expand
access to public charter schools and all high-quality education
opportunities throughout our Nation.
Every American family should have the right to choose the learning
environment that works best for their child. Despite this, for decades
the idea that all children can thrive under a one-size-fits-all approach
to learning has defined American education. This antiquated and
monolithic model leaves far too many of our Nation's young people
trapped in a learning environment that does not meet their individual
needs. Public charter schools
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ensure individual choice and empower students to fulfil their potential.
These important educational options also disproportionately serve low-
income students and students of color, and have a proven track record of
serving these children better than neighboring public schools.
Although public charter school enrollment has increased at least
eightfold in the past 18 years, there are currently more than 1 million
students still on waitlists throughout the country. My Administration
remains committed to ensuring these children are able to receive the
best education possible by expanding access to alternative education
options. Since my first day in office, I have championed school choice
and education freedom for every American student, acknowledging that a
family's zip code or socioeconomic status should not determine a child's
future. My Administration has invested nearly $1.5 billion in the
development of public charter schools, while also taking action to
restore local control over education and expand access to high-quality
education opportunities. Together, we are empowering students and
families to be able to access learning environments that meet their
unique needs.
This week, public charter schools, families, and supporters will share
inspirational stories of success, recognize leaders in the charter
sector, and build awareness of the unique public charter school model
that offers flexibility to try different instructional methods while
being accountable for student achievement and outcomes. During National
Charter Schools Week, and every week, let us celebrate the extraordinary
work of public charter schools in advancing education freedom,
excellence, and innovative approaches to learning. By continuing to
support public charter schools and students, we will give power back to
families and build a brighter future for all Americans.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim May 10 through May 16,
2020, as National Charter Schools Week. I commend our Nation's
successful public charter schools, teachers, and administrators, and I
call on States and communities to help students and empower parents and
families by supporting high-quality charter schools as an important
school choice option.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eighth day of May,
in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the two hundred and forty-fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
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Proclamation 10031 of May 8, 2020
National Defense Transportation Day and National Transportation Week,
2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Our Nation's transportation infrastructure system is central to the
ability of our manufacturers and exporters to get their goods to market
and provides vital support for our national defense. On National Defense
Transportation Day and during National Transportation Week, we recognize
the critical contributions of the hardworking and dedicated Americans
who ensure the safety, efficiency, and reliability of our transportation
infrastructure systems.
Our Nation has a proven history of transportation innovation and might.
We built the Transcontinental Railroad that led to today's
interconnected freight rail network, engineered interstate highways and
inland river infrastructure that connect the heartlands to our
coastlines and beyond, and pioneered aviation with the advent of flight
in Kitty Hawk. Our legacy of innovative practices, combined with the
American spirit, has led to a robust, intricately connected country.
After decades of use, however, many of our Nation's roads, rails, ports,
and airports are in disrepair. One of the chief causes of delay in
infrastructure improvements is the broken permitting process. Completing
the average environmental impact statement (EIS) process for highway
projects takes more than 7 years. Some have taken more than a decade. To
improve Federal agency coordination and make environmental reviews and
permitting processes far less time-consuming, I directed Federal
agencies to implement a One Federal Decision policy and complete
environmental reviews for major infrastructure projects within 2 years.
My Administration has also proposed the first comprehensive update to
the regulations that implement the National Environmental Policy Act in
more than 40 years. These new regulations will codify important aspects
of the One Federal Decision policy to reduce the average time to
complete an environmental impact statement through increased interagency
coordination, cooperation, and communication within the Federal
Government without sacrificing environmental protection.
As a Nation, we must revitalize our crumbling infrastructure to promote
commerce, protect public safety, and enhance our national defense. Our
country's security and prosperity are inextricably linked, and the
ability to move and travel freely throughout the country helps to ensure
our Nation's preparedness and military readiness. Americans deserve
nothing less than the most efficient, modern, and safe transportation
infrastructure system that stimulates economic growth, creates jobs,
supports the delivery of necessities during times of crises like these,
and effectively facilitates the flow of supplies and equipment to our
service members. My Administration looks forward to working with the
Congress to invest in the repair and modernization of our transportation
infrastructure.
To recognize the men and women who work in the transportation industry
and who contribute to our Nation's well-being and defense, the Congress,
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by joint resolution approved May 16, 1957, as amended (36 U.S.C. 120),
has designated the third Friday in May of each year as ``National
Defense Transportation Day,'' and, by joint resolution approved May 14,
1962, as amended (36 U.S.C. 133), has declared that the week during
which that Friday falls be designated as ``National Transportation
Week.'' In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the dedication and
patriotism of our Nation's transportation workers have never been more
evident as they risk their own health to ensure that grocery store
shelves stay stocked and healthcare professionals receive essential
products and equipment.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim Friday, May 15, 2020, as National Defense
Transportation Day and May 10 through May 16, 2020, as National
Transportation Week. I encourage all Americans to celebrate these
observances with appropriate ceremonies and activities to learn more
about how our transportation system contributes to the security of our
citizens and the prosperity of our Nation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eighth day of May,
in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the two hundred and forty-fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10032 of May 8, 2020
Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
On Peace Officers Memorial Day and during Police Week, we commend the
brave men and women of our law enforcement community for continually
summoning the courage to fulfill their solemn oath to protect and serve.
We also pause to remember all those who have lost their lives and who
have suffered permanent disabilities defending their communities and the
rule of law, including the heroes we have lost this year to the
coronavirus.
Throughout our Nation's history, law enforcement officials have never
wavered in the face of crisis or tragedy. During uncertain times, law
enforcement officers bravely face challenges and continue to protect the
American people. They steadfastly ensure the safety of our communities,
providing a much needed sense of security for our citizens, and our
country is extremely grateful for their efforts.
My Administration remains committed to ensuring our Nation's Federal,
State, local, and tribal law enforcement officers have the resources and
support they need to perform their duties safely and effectively. Last
October, I was proud to sign an Executive Order to establish the
Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of
Justice--the first commission on law enforcement in half a century. This
Commission identifies ways to reduce crime while simultaneously bringing
law enforcement officers and the communities they serve closer together.
We have also worked to expand lifesaving programs like the National Blue
Alert Network. Thirty-five States have enacted Blue Alert plans, which
provide early
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warnings to law enforcement agencies, the media, and the public by
transmitting Blue Alerts to cell phones, television stations, and other
devices. These alerts disseminate information on suspects who pose an
imminent and credible threat to the safety of our officers, and this
network demonstrates how we can work together to provide proactive
programs, innovative resources, and cutting-edge technology to support
and advance our law enforcement personnel.
We must continue working toward a time when all people respect and
understand the important work that law enforcement officers do.
Unfortunately, our law enforcement officers do not always receive the
respect they deserve. These brave men and women must operate in an
environment where their moral and legal authority is constantly being
scrutinized, and they undertake the critical yet difficult task of
addressing the actions of those affected by addiction, homelessness, and
mental illness. Their ability to work well in the face of these and
other challenges is extraordinary, and we have incredible appreciation
for their public service and selflessness.
On behalf of our grateful Nation, we proudly recognize the more than
900,000 sworn members of law enforcement for their resolve and
dedication in the face of dangerous uncertainty. The thoughts and
prayers of our Nation are with them and their families, and we will
always owe them our appreciation and support.
By a joint resolution approved October 1, 1962, as amended (Public Law
87-726, 76 Stat. 676), and by section 1 of Public Law 105-225 (36 U.S.C.
136-137), the President has been authorized and requested to designate
May 15 of each year as ``Peace Officers Memorial Day'' and the week in
which it falls as ``Police Week.''
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim May 15, 2020, as Peace Officers Memorial Day
and May 10 through May 16, 2020, as Police Week. In honor of our
hardworking law enforcement officers, Melania and I will light the White
House in blue on May 15, 2020. I call upon all Americans to observe
Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week with appropriate ceremonies
and activities. I also call on the Governors of the States and
Territories and officials of other areas subject to the jurisdiction of
the United States, to direct that the flag be flown at half-staff on
Peace Officers Memorial Day. I further encourage all Americans to
display the flag from their homes and businesses on that day.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eighth day of May,
in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the two hundred and forty-fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
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Proclamation 10033 of May 8, 2020
Mother's Day, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
On Mother's Day, we celebrate the exceptional mothers in our lives. It
is through the unwavering love, comfort, and guidance of these
extraordinary women that we first learn to experience joy and the
wonders of life. Whether they became mothers through birth, adoption,
foster care, or other means, these women are deserving of our unending
gratitude and praise this day and every day.
The intuition and wisdom passed from mother to child strengthens the
fabric of our Nation and preserves generations of wisdom and familial
values. In our earliest days, our mothers provide us with love and
nurturing care. They often know our talents before we do, and they
selflessly encourage us to use these God-given gifts to pursue our
biggest dreams and most admirable ambitions. As we grow, our mothers
teach us to be productive, contributing members of society and to care
for one another as they have cared for us. As life-long supporters,
mothers provide reassurance and guidance when needed most. President
Abraham Lincoln described this spirit of compassion: ``I remember my
mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me
all my life.'' Our mothers embrace us for who we are and help guide us
to who we are meant to be. They advocate for us and counsel us, and
above all else provide us with a steadfast and enduring love each day.
Today, on Mother's Day, we celebrate mothers everywhere and thank them
for all that they do to enrich our lives, honoring how they raise us
with a special grace and endurance. Their character, courage, and
compassion are gifts that transcend time and span generations. May today
be filled with the joy of knowing their contributions to our society are
immeasurable, and their love for us does not go unnoticed or
unappreciated.
In recognition of the contributions of mothers to American families and
to our Nation, the Congress, by joint resolution approved May 8, 1914
(38 Stat. 770), has designated the second Sunday in May each year as
Mother's Day, and requested the President to call for its appropriate
observance.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim May 10, 2020, as
Mother's Day. I encourage all Americans to express their love and
respect for their mothers or beloved mother figures, whether with us in
person or in spirit, and to reflect on the importance of motherhood to
the prosperity of our families, communities, and Nation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eighth day of May,
in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the two hundred and forty-fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
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Proclamation 10034 of May 15, 2020
Armed Forces Day, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
In times of war and peace alike, on land, at sea, in the skies, in
cyberspace, and beyond the Earth's atmosphere, the men and women of our
Nation's Armed Forces serve with honor and distinction and stand ready
to selflessly defend our Nation. On Armed Forces Day, we pay tribute to
these patriots, whose work enables our country to shine always as a
beacon of freedom and hope for the world.
Throughout our Nation's history, our Armed Forces have protected our
country, our liberty, and our founding principles. Earlier this month,
we marked the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, when United
States and Allied forces liberated Europe and North Africa from tyranny
and oppression. The courageous actions of these heroes will stand always
as monuments to the very best of our Nation. Today, many of our service
members have been called into action on the home front to aid in our
fight against a new type of enemy--the coronavirus. Our Guardsmen,
engineers, logisticians, and medical service members have provided
critical lifesaving treatment, protective equipment, facilities, and
other vital services and provisions quickly and efficiently to those in
need. In March, I was honored as Commander in Chief to salute those
aboard the USNS Comfort as these heroes set sail from the shores of
Norfolk, Virginia, to bring aid and comfort to people in need of care in
New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. As they have shown throughout
this crisis, working to ease the burdens on healthcare workers and first
responders, our Armed Forces can adapt to any challenge and succeed in
any mission.
My Administration will always remain committed to ensuring our Nation
has the strongest and most advanced military in the world. We owe it to
our warriors to ensure that we provide them with the necessary training
and equipment to meet current and future challenges. Since I took
office, we have invested a historic $2.2 trillion in the United States
military, purchasing the finest American-made planes, missiles, rockets,
ships, and other pieces of military equipment. Additionally, last year,
I was proud to sign into law legislation that provided a 3.1 percent pay
raise for our troops--the largest pay raise for our military men and
women in a decade--in recognition of their unparalleled duty, honor,
courage, and commitment.
This year, we also celebrate the historic creation of the United States
Space Force, the first new military branch since the establishment of
the United States Air Force more than 70 years ago. We recognize that to
combat the evolving threats of a 21st-century world, we must look to the
newest warfighting domain and address malign activities in space.
America's leadership in space is unparalleled, and with the addition of
the United States Space Force, we are now even better positioned to meet
the evolving threats in this emerging frontier of technology,
exploration, and discovery. Approximately 16,000 military and civilian
personnel have already been assigned to the Space Force, embarking on
their mission to organize, train,
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and equip these new fighters responsible for protecting the United
States and allied interests in the vast domain of space.
Today, and every day, we reaffirm our unwavering support for the
millions of American patriots who fill the ranks of our Armed Forces. We
are eternally grateful for every Soldier, Sailor, Airman, Marine, Coast
Guardsman, and member of the Space Force, and we deeply appreciate the
sacrifices their families and loved ones make on our behalf. As one
Nation, we pledge to always honor this service and this devotion given
to our great country.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United
States, continuing the tradition of my predecessors in office, do hereby
proclaim the third Saturday of each May as Armed Forces Day.
I invite the Governors of the States and Territories and other areas
subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, to provide for the
observance of Armed Forces Day within their jurisdiction each year in an
appropriate manner designed to increase public understanding and
appreciation of the Armed Forces of the United States. I also invite
veterans, civic, and other organizations to join in the observance of
Armed Forces Day each year.
Finally, I call upon all Americans to display the flag of the United
States at their homes and businesses on Armed Forces Day, and I urge
citizens to learn more about military service by attending and
participating in the local observances of the day.
Proclamation 9892 of May 17, 2019, is hereby superseded.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifteenth day of
May, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10035 of May 15, 2020
National Safe Boating Week, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
During National Safe Boating Week, I am proud to join with the United
States Coast Guard and its Federal, State, and local partners in
encouraging all Americans to institute the safe boating practices
necessary to enjoy our Nation's waters responsibly. For more than 60
years, raising awareness of safe boating procedures has helped reduce
injuries and fatalities, even as the number of Americans spending time
out on the water has continued to grow.
Boat operators can help reduce the number of water-related accidents
through proper preparation and sensible precautions. A free vessel
safety check conducted by the United States Coast Guard is an essential
first step in ensuring a boat is ready for navigation on the water. New
boaters can take courses to learn how they can ensure that everyone
returns from the
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water unharmed. Life jackets also remain indispensable in preventing
drowning, the most common cause of boating fatalities. For this reason,
every boat needs to be equipped with proper life jackets for everyone
onboard, and they should be worn while on the water. Additionally,
individuals must never pilot a boat while intoxicated, and passengers
should moderate their alcohol consumption as a precaution against
accidents. By taking the necessary steps, we can make our Nation's
waters even safer for all who enjoy them.
This week, I call upon all Americans to ensure that they are prepared to
have safe boating experiences. Through preventative measures and
responsible behavior, we can help keep everyone out of harm's way while
engaging in boating activities on our Nation's beautiful oceans, lakes,
and rivers.
In recognition of the importance of safe boating practices, the
Congress, by joint resolution approved June 4, 1958 (36 U.S.C. 131), as
amended, has authorized and requested the President to proclaim annually
the 7-day period before Memorial Day weekend as ``National Safe Boating
Week.''
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim May 16 through May 22, 2020, as National
Safe Boating Week. I encourage all Americans who participate in boating
activities to observe this occasion by learning more about safe boating
practices and taking advantage of boating safety education
opportunities. I also encourage the Governors of the States and
Territories, and appropriate officials of all units of government, to
join me in encouraging boating safety through events and activities that
align with the White House's ``Guidelines for Opening up America
Again.''
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifteenth day of
May, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10036 of May 15, 2020
Emergency Medical Services Week, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
During Emergency Medical Services Week, we honor all of the Emergency
Medical Services (EMS) providers who play such a critical role in our
Nation's health and safety. These incredible professionals respond to
daily calls for urgent assistance and work tirelessly to serve their
communities. Most recently, they have made significant contributions and
immeasurable sacrifices during our Nation's response to the coronavirus
pandemic, one of the most daunting and demanding challenges the country
has ever faced. This week, we recognize these heroic men and women for
their efforts to deliver life-saving care and compassion to their fellow
Americans, and we acknowledge that our country is a safer and healthier
place because of their work.
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EMS providers--many of whom are volunteers--make up a coordinated and
comprehensive network of highly trained workers. They are prepared to
respond immediately to any crisis with pre-hospital assessment, trauma
care, and medical transport, and they also share valuable data with
their public health partners. They do all of this under incredible
pressure that can take an emotional and physical toll on even the most
seasoned professionals. At a moment's notice, these dedicated men and
women rush to employ their specialized knowledge, experience, and
leadership to reduce the severity of injuries and save lives, often in
very high-risk situations. Every day, EMS personnel stand ready to help
those in peril, responding faithfully to the needs of their fellow
citizens when lives are on the line and every second matters.
The far-reaching and devastating scope of the coronavirus pandemic has
increased the demands on our Nation's EMS professionals, including those
from our military service branches. These heroes have courageously risen
to the challenge. They remain undeterred in their efforts to deliver
critical assistance to their fellow Americans. EMS personnel are often
the first point of contact with patients who are experiencing
coronavirus symptoms. Acting quickly and decisively, they evaluate and
triage patients, transport them to hospitals or treatment facilities,
and clearly and compassionately communicate with family members who are
anxious about their loved ones. During this unprecedented time in our
Nation's history, we are ceaselessly inspired by the sense of duty,
selfless service, and sacrifice that epitomize EMS personnel.
This week, we honor all who provide emergency medical services across
our country for their tenacity and life-saving skills. Thanks to their
incredible efforts, our communities and our Nation are stronger, safer,
and more resilient. Especially in these trying times, we are immensely
proud of these brave Americans.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim May 17 through May 23,
2020, as Emergency Medical Services Week. I encourage all Americans to
observe this occasion by showing their support for local EMS
professionals through appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifteenth day of
May, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10037 of May 15, 2020
World Trade Week, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
As the global leader in innovation and commerce, the United States is
willing to do business with any country strongly committed to open,
fair, and
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competitive markets, benefitting our Nation's farmers, ranchers,
manufacturers, service providers, and entrepreneurs. During World Trade
Week, we reaffirm that free, fair, and reciprocal trade is essential to
driving economic growth and ensuring a secure and prosperous future for
our Nation.
For far too long, other countries have taken advantage of American
workers and producers through unfair and unbalanced trade deals. Since
my first day in office, my Administration has worked tirelessly to
rebalance these harmful agreements in order to protect the talent, hard
work, and ingenuity of the American people. We are negotiating with
unrelenting and uncompromising drive to modernize and improve existing
trade agreements and to secure new deals that are fair and reciprocal.
As a result, our Nation now enters this new decade with deals in place
and a philosophy of trade that will benefit American workers, producers,
and consumers for years to come.
In January, I was proud to deliver on my promise to end the outdated and
unbalanced North American Free Trade Agreement, and I signed into law
the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act. This new
agreement opens up markets throughout North America for American small-
and medium-sized businesses across all sectors of the economy. My
Administration also significantly updated one of our most consequential
trade deals, the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement, to include
key provisions that increase American exports and secure high-paying
manufacturing jobs in our Nation's auto industry. I also signed two
trade agreements with Japan to substantially expand market access for
American farmers and preserve America's role in the growing digital
economy.
My Administration is also delivering on our promise to begin rebalancing
our trade relationship with China. Through tough, honest, and open
negotiations, we reached a new deal with the People's Republic of China
this past January. The agreement preserves tariffs while securing
historic protections for intellectual property, commitments to combat
counterfeit goods, safeguards against forced technology transfer, a
mechanism to address unfair currency practices, promises for the
purchase of $40 to $50 billion in agricultural goods each year for the
next 2 years, and a strong dispute resolution mechanism to ensure timely
and effective implementation. In every negotiation, we are putting
American jobs and American workers first, and we will continue working
to secure a level playing field for all American farmers, ranchers, and
businesses.
This week, we recommit to supporting trade deals that benefit
hardworking Americans, continuing our legacy as producers of world-class
manufacturing, agriculture, services, and technology. Through adhering
to the principles of free, fair, balanced, and reciprocal trade, we will
continue unleashing the limitless potential of American workers and
industry, building a better world for individuals and communities
throughout our Nation and around the world.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim May 17 through May 23,
2020, as World Trade Week. I encourage Americans to observe this week
with events, trade shows, and educational programs that celebrate the
benefits of global trade to our country.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifteenth day of
May, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10038 of May 21, 2020
National Maritime Day, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Since the founding of our great Nation, we have relied on merchant
mariners to deliver goods to market and strengthen our national
security. On National Maritime Day, we recognize the United States
Merchant Marine for all it does to facilitate our commerce and protect
our interests at sea.
Our Nation's merchant mariners enable peaceful trade with countries
around the world and provide vital sealift support to our Armed Forces.
Whether on the ocean or our inland waterways, merchant mariners support
our economy by transporting billions of dollars of imported and exported
goods. These men and women also sail bravely into combat zones to
deliver supplies and weapons to our military men and women, playing a
critical role in the success of their mission.
This year, as we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the end of World War
II, we pay tribute to the United States merchant mariners who served as
the ``Fourth Arm of Defense'' for our Nation during the war. Earlier
this year, I was proud to sign into law long-overdue legislation to
award the Congressional Gold Medal to the valiant civilian merchant
mariners who maintained critical supply lines to our overseas troops and
allies during the Second World War. Many of these mariners endured
brutal attacks from German U-boats, and more than 6,000 of them perished
at sea or were held as prisoners of war. This number includes 142
students of the United States Merchant Marine Academy--distinguishing it
as the only one of the five service academies authorized to carry a
battle standard.
As we remember the tremendous sacrifices of the World War II merchant
mariners, we also continue to honor the present-day citizen mariners who
make up our Nation's world-class Merchant Marine. Today, we pay tribute
to their expertise, patriotism, and dedication to serving our country
and ensuring our national security.
The Congress, by a joint resolution approved May 20, 1933, has
designated May 22 of each year as ``National Maritime Day'' to
commemorate the first transoceanic voyage by a steamship in 1819 by the
S.S. Savannah. By this resolution, the Congress has authorized and
requested the President to issue annually a proclamation calling for its
appropriate observance.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim May 22, 2020, as National Maritime Day. I
call upon the people of the United States to mark this observance and
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to display the flag of the United States at their homes and in their
communities. I also request that all ships sailing under the American
flag dress ship on that day.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-first day of
May, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10039 of May 21, 2020
Honoring the Victims of the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Our Nation mourns for every life lost to the coronavirus pandemic, and
we share in the suffering of all those who endured pain and illness from
the outbreak. Through our grief, America stands steadfast and united
against the invisible enemy. May God be with the victims of this
pandemic and bring aid and comfort to their families and friends. As a
mark of solemn respect for the victims of the coronavirus pandemic, by
the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby
order that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at
the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all
military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the
Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United
States and its Territories and possessions until sunset, May 24, 2020. I
also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same
length of time at all United States embassies, legations, consular
offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities
and naval vessels and stations.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-first day of
May, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10040 of May 21, 2020
Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Since the first shots fired in the Revolutionary War, Americans have
answered the call to duty and given their lives in service to our Nation
and its sacred founding ideals. As we pay tribute to the lives and
legacies of these patriots on Memorial Day, we also remember that they
sacrificed to
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create a better, more peaceful future for our Nation and the world. We
recommit to realizing that vision, honoring the service of so many who
have placed love of country above all else.
As Americans, we will always defend our freedom and our liberty. When
those principles are threatened, we will respond with uncompromising
force and unparalleled vigor. Generation after generation, our country's
finest have defended our Republic with honor and distinction. Memorials,
monuments, and rows of white crosses and stars in places close to home
like Arlington, Virginia and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, as well as far-
flung battlefields in places like Flanders Field in Belgium and Busan in
Korea, will forever memorialize their heroic actions, standing as solemn
testaments to the price of freedom. We will never take for granted the
blood shed by these gallant men and women, as we are forever indebted to
them and their families.
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Allied victories over Nazi
Germany and Imperial Japan in World War II. As we commemorate these
seminal events, we also remember the tremendous cost at which these
victories came. More than 400,000 souls of the Greatest Generation
perished during this titanic struggle to liberate the world from
tyranny. In his address to the Nation on Japan's surrender, President
Truman's words remind us all of our enduring obligation to these
patriots for their sacrifice: ``It is our responsibility--ours the
living--to see to it that this victory shall be a monument worthy of the
dead who died to win it.'' As we pause to recall the lives lost from the
ranks of our Armed Forces, we remain eternally grateful for the path
they paved toward a world made freer from oppression.
Our fallen warriors gave their last breath for our country and our
freedom. Today, let us pause in quiet reverence to reflect on the
incredible dedication of these valiant men and women and their families,
invoking divine Providence as we continue pursuing our noble goal of
lasting peace for the world.
In honor and recognition of all of our fallen heroes, the Congress, by a
joint resolution approved May 11, 1950, as amended (36 U.S.C. 116), has
requested the President issue a proclamation calling on the people of
the United States to observe each Memorial Day as a day of prayer for
permanent peace and designating a period on that day when the people of
the United States might unite in prayer. The Congress, by Public Law
106-579, has also designated 3:00 p.m. local time on that day as a time
for all Americans to observe, in their own way, the National Moment of
Remembrance.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim Memorial Day, May 25, 2020, as a day of
prayer for permanent peace, and I designate the hour beginning in each
locality at 11:00 a.m. of that day as a time when people might unite in
prayer.
I further ask all Americans to observe the National Moment of
Remembrance beginning at 3:00 p.m. local time on Memorial Day.
I also request the Governors of the United States and its Territories,
and the appropriate officials of all units of government, to direct
that, on Memorial Day, the flag be flown at half-staff until noon on all
buildings, grounds, and naval vessels throughout the United States and
in all areas under its jurisdiction and control. I also request the
people of the United
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States to display the flag at half-staff from their homes for the
customary forenoon period.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-first day of
May, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10041 of May 24, 2020
Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Certain
Additional Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting 2019 Novel
Coronavirus
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
In Proclamation 9994 of March 13, 2020 (Declaring a National Emergency
Concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak), I
declared a national emergency recognizing the threat that the novel
(new) coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 poses to our Nation's healthcare
systems. It is the policy of the United States to respond to the
ongoing, unprecedented outbreak of COVID-19 (the disease caused by SARS-
CoV-2) with every tool and resource available to the United States
Government. Consistent with this policy, I have suspended and limited
the entry of aliens recently present in certain foreign jurisdictions
where significant COVID-19 outbreaks have occurred. These jurisdictions
include the People's Republic of China (excluding the Special
Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau), the Islamic Republic of
Iran, the Schengen Area, the United Kingdom (excluding overseas
territories outside of Europe), and the Republic of Ireland.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a component of the
Department of Health and Human Services, working in close coordination
with the Department of Homeland Security, has determined that the
Federative Republic of Brazil is experiencing widespread, ongoing
person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2. As of May 23, 2020, the
World Health Organization reported that the Federative Republic of
Brazil had 310,087 confirmed cases of COVID-19, which is the third
highest number of confirmed cases in the world.
The potential for undetected transmission of the virus by infected
individuals seeking to enter the United States from the Federative
Republic of Brazil threatens the security of our transportation system
and infrastructure and the national security, and I have determined that
it is in the interests of the United States to take action to restrict
and suspend the entry into the United States, as immigrants or
nonimmigrants, of all aliens who were physically present within the
Federative Republic of Brazil during the 14-day period preceding their
entry or attempted entry into the United States. The free flow of
commerce between the United States and the Federative Republic of Brazil
remains an economic priority for the United States, and I remain
committed to facilitating trade between our nations.
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NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States, by
the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the
United States of America, including sections 212(f) and 215(a) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1182(f) and 1185(a), and
section 301 of title 3, United States Code, hereby find that the
unrestricted entry into the United States of persons described in
section 1 of this proclamation would, except as provided for in section
2 of this proclamation, be detrimental to the interests of the United
States, and that their entry should be subject to certain restrictions,
limitations, and exceptions. I therefore hereby proclaim the following:
Section 1. Suspension and Limitation on Entry. The entry into the United
States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, of all aliens who were
physically present within the Federative Republic of Brazil during the
14-day period preceding their entry or attempted entry into the United
States is hereby suspended and limited subject to section 2 of this
proclamation.
Sec. 2. Scope of Suspension and Limitation on Entry.
(a) Section 1 of this proclamation shall not apply to:
(i) any lawful permanent resident of the United States;
(ii) any alien who is the spouse of a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent
resident;
(iii) any alien who is the parent or legal guardian of a U.S. citizen or
lawful permanent resident, provided that the U.S. citizen or lawful
permanent resident is unmarried and under the age of 21;
(iv) any alien who is the sibling of a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent
resident, provided that both are unmarried and under the age of 21;
(v) any alien who is the child, foster child, or ward of a U.S. citizen or
lawful permanent resident, or who is a prospective adoptee seeking to enter
the United States pursuant to the IR-4 or IH-4 visa classifications;
(vi) any alien traveling at the invitation of the United States Government
for a purpose related to containment or mitigation of the virus;
(vii) any alien traveling as a nonimmigrant pursuant to a C-1, D, or C-1/D
nonimmigrant visa as a crewmember or any alien otherwise traveling to the
United States as air or sea crew;
(viii) any alien
(A) seeking entry into or transiting the United States pursuant to one of
the following visas: A-1, A-2, C-2, C-3 (as a foreign government official
or immediate family member of an official), E-1 (as an employee of TECRO or
TECO or the employee's immediate family members), G-1, G-2, G-3, G-4, NATO-
1 through NATO-4, or NATO-6 (or seeking to enter as a nonimmigrant in one
of those NATO categories); or
(B) whose travel falls within the scope of section 11 of the United
Nations Headquarters Agreement;
(ix) any alien who is a member of the U.S. Armed Forces and any alien who
is a spouse or child of a member of the U.S. Armed Forces;
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(x) any alien whose entry would not pose a significant risk of introducing,
transmitting, or spreading the virus, as determined by the Secretary of
Health and Human Services, through the CDC Director or his designee;
(xi) any alien whose entry would further important United States law
enforcement objectives, as determined by the Secretary of State, the
Secretary of Homeland Security, or their respective designees, based on a
recommendation of the Attorney General or his designee; or
(xii) any alien whose entry would be in the national interest, as
determined by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security,
or their designees.
(b) Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed to affect any
individual's eligibility for asylum, withholding of removal, or
protection under the regulations issued pursuant to the legislation
implementing the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment, consistent with the laws and
regulations of the United States.
Sec. 3. Implementation and Enforcement. (a) The Secretary of State shall
implement this proclamation as it applies to visas pursuant to such
procedures as the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary
of Homeland Security, may establish. The Secretary of Homeland Security
shall implement this proclamation as it applies to the entry of aliens
pursuant to such procedures as the Secretary of Homeland Security, in
consultation with the Secretary of State, may establish.
(b) Consistent with applicable law, the Secretary of State, the
Secretary of Transportation, and the Secretary of Homeland Security
shall ensure that any alien subject to this proclamation does not board
an aircraft traveling to the United States.
(c) The Secretary of Homeland Security may establish standards and
procedures to ensure the application of this proclamation at and between
all United States ports of entry.
(d) An alien who circumvents the application of this proclamation
through fraud, willful misrepresentation of a material fact, or illegal
entry shall be a priority for removal by the Department of Homeland
Security.
Sec. 4. Termination. This proclamation shall remain in effect until
terminated by the President. The Secretary of Health and Human Services
shall recommend that the President continue, modify, or terminate this
proclamation as described in section 5 of Proclamation 9984, as amended.
Sec. 5. Effective Date. This proclamation is effective at 11:59 p.m.
eastern daylight time on May 28, 2020. This proclamation does not apply
to persons aboard a flight scheduled to arrive in the United States that
departed prior to 11:59 p.m. eastern daylight time on May 28, 2020.
Sec. 6. Severability. It is the policy of the United States to enforce
this proclamation to the maximum extent possible to advance the national
security, public safety, and foreign policy interests of the United
States. Accordingly:
(a) if any provision of this proclamation, or the application of any
provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the
remainder of this proclamation and the application of its provisions to
any other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby; and
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(b) if any provision of this proclamation, or the application of any
provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid because
of the lack of certain procedural requirements, the relevant executive
branch officials shall implement those procedural requirements to
conform with existing law and with any applicable court orders.
Sec. 7. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this proclamation shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This proclamation shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This proclamation is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fourth day
of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10042 of May 25, 2020
Amendment to Proclamation of May 24, 2020, Suspending Entry as
Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Certain Additional Persons Who Pose a
Risk of Transmitting 2019 Novel Coronavirus
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including sections 212(f) and
215(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1182(f) and
1185(a), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I hereby amend
the Proclamation of May 24, 2020, titled ``Suspension of Entry as
Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Certain Additional Persons Who Pose a
Risk of Transmitting 2019 Novel Coronavirus'' as follows:
Section 1. Amendment. Section 5 is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 5. Effective Date. This proclamation is effective at 11:59
p.m. eastern daylight time on May 26, 2020. This proclamation does not
apply to persons aboard a flight scheduled to arrive in the United
States that departed prior to 11:59 p.m. eastern daylight time on May
26, 2020.''
Sec. 2. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this proclamation shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
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(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This proclamation shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This proclamation is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fifth day of
May, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10043 of May 29, 2020
Suspension of Entry as Nonimmigrants of Certain Students and Researchers
From the People's Republic of China
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
The People's Republic of China (PRC) is engaged in a wide-ranging and
heavily resourced campaign to acquire sensitive United States
technologies and intellectual property, in part to bolster the
modernization and capability of its military, the People's Liberation
Army (PLA). The PRC's acquisition of sensitive United States
technologies and intellectual property to modernize its military is a
threat to our Nation's long-term economic vitality and the safety and
security of the American people.
The PRC authorities use some Chinese students, mostly post-graduate
students and post-doctorate researchers, to operate as non-traditional
collectors of intellectual property. Thus, students or researchers from
the PRC studying or researching beyond the undergraduate level who are
or have been associated with the PLA are at high risk of being exploited
or co-opted by the PRC authorities and provide particular cause for
concern. In light of the above, I have determined that the entry of
certain nationals of the PRC seeking to enter the United States pursuant
to an F or J visa to study or conduct research in the United States
would be detrimental to the interests of the United States.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States, by
the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the
United States of America, including sections 212(f) and 215(a) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1182(f) and 1185(a), and
section 301 of title 3, United States Code, hereby find that the
unrestricted entry into the United States as nonimmigrants of persons
described in section 1 of this proclamation would, except as provided
for in section 2 of this proclamation, be detrimental to the interests
of the United States, and that
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their entry should be subject to certain restrictions, limitations, and
exceptions. I therefore hereby proclaim the following:
Section 1. Suspension and Limitation on Entry. The entry into the United
States as a nonimmigrant of any national of the PRC seeking to enter the
United States pursuant to an F or J visa to study or conduct research in
the United States, except for a student seeking to pursue undergraduate
study, and who either receives funding from or who currently is employed
by, studies at, or conducts research at or on behalf of, or has been
employed by, studied at, or conducted research at or on behalf of, an
entity in the PRC that implements or supports the PRC's ``military-civil
fusion strategy'' is hereby suspended and limited subject to section 2
of this proclamation. For the purposes of this proclamation, the term
``military-civil fusion strategy'' means actions by or at the behest of
the PRC to acquire and divert foreign technologies, specifically
critical and emerging technologies, to incorporate into and advance the
PRC's military capabilities.
Sec. 2. Scope of Suspension and Limitation on Entry.
(a) Section 1 of this proclamation shall not apply to:
(i) any lawful permanent resident of the United States;
(ii) any alien who is the spouse of a United States citizen or lawful
permanent resident;
(iii) any alien who is a member of the United States Armed Forces and any
alien who is a spouse or child of a member of the United States Armed
Forces;
(iv) any alien whose travel falls within the scope of section 11 of the
United Nations Headquarters Agreement or who would otherwise be allowed
entry into the United States pursuant to United States obligations under
applicable international agreements;
(v) any alien who is studying or conducting research in a field involving
information that would not contribute to the PRC's military-civil fusion
strategy, as determined by the Secretary of State and the Secretary of
Homeland Security, in consultation with the appropriate executive
departments and agencies (agencies);
(vi) any alien whose entry would further important United States law
enforcement objectives, as determined by the Secretary of State, the
Secretary of Homeland Security, or their respective designees, based on a
recommendation of the Attorney General or his designee; or
(vii) any alien whose entry would be in the national interest, as
determined by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security,
or their respective designees.
(b) Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed to limit the
ability of an individual to seek asylum, refugee status, withholding of
removal, or protection under the Convention Against Torture and Other
Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, consistent with the
laws of the United States.
Sec. 3. Implementation and Enforcement. (a) Persons covered by sections
1 or 2 of this proclamation shall be identified by the Secretary of
State or the Secretary of State's designee, in his or her sole
discretion, pursuant to such standards and procedures as the Secretary
of State may establish. For
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purposes of subsections 2(a)(v), 2(a)(vi), and 2(a)(vii) of this
proclamation, the Secretary of State shall provide for identifications
of aliens based on the further determinations and recommendations
provided for in those subsections by the Attorney General and the
Secretary of Homeland Security.
(b) The Secretary of State shall implement this proclamation as it
applies to visas pursuant to such procedures as the Secretary of State,
in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, may establish
in the Secretary of State's discretion. The Secretary of Homeland
Security shall implement this proclamation as it applies to the entry of
aliens pursuant to such procedures as the Secretary of Homeland
Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, may establish in
the Secretary of Homeland Security's discretion.
(c) An alien who circumvents the application of this proclamation
through fraud, willful misrepresentation of a material fact, or illegal
entry shall be a priority for removal by the Department of Homeland
Security.
Sec. 4. Termination. This proclamation shall remain in effect until
terminated by the President. The Secretary of State, in consultation
with the Secretary of Homeland Security, may at any time recommend that
the President continue, modify, or terminate this proclamation.
Sec. 5. Effective Date. This proclamation is effective at 12:00 p.m.
eastern daylight time on June 1, 2020.
Sec. 6. Additional Measures. (a) The Secretary of State shall consider,
in the Secretary's discretion, whether nationals of the PRC currently in
the United States pursuant to F or J visas and who otherwise meet the
criteria described in section 1 of this proclamation should have their
visas revoked pursuant to section 221(i) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1201(i).
(b) Within 60 days of the effective date of this proclamation, the
Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security, in
consultation with the heads of appropriate agencies, shall review
nonimmigrant and immigrant programs and shall recommend to the
President, through the Assistant to the President for National Security
Affairs, any other measures requiring Presidential action that would
mitigate the risk posed by the PRC's acquisition of sensitive United
States technologies and intellectual property.
(c) The Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security
shall, within the scope of their respective authorities and in
coordination with the heads of appropriate agencies, take action to
further mitigate the risk posed by the PRC's acquisition of sensitive
United States technologies and intellectual property. The Secretary of
State and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall report to the
President, within 60 days of the effective date of this proclamation,
through the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs,
any such planned and executed actions.
(d) The Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security
shall consider issuing updated regulations and guidance, as appropriate,
implementing the inadmissibility provisions in section 212(a)(3)(D) of
the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(D).
Sec. 7. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this proclamation shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
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(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This proclamation shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This proclamation is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth day of
May, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10044 of May 29, 2020
African-American Music Appreciation Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
The lyrics and melodies of African-American music have played a powerful
role in defining America's unique soundscape. From the soulful streets
of the Big Easy to the recording studios of Los Angeles, African-
American music has shaped our American culture. During African-American
Music Appreciation Month, we pay tribute to the monumental achievements
of African-American artists who pioneered and evolved the blues, jazz,
gospel, rock and roll, rap, hip-hop, and other iconic genres.
Throughout our Nation's history, African-American music has expressed
the pain and suffering brought on by injustice as well as the faith and
joy of the resilient American spirit. Sam Cooke's triumphant ``A Change
Is Gonna Come'' gave wind to the sails of millions of African Americans
in their righteous fight for equality during the Civil Rights Movement.
The divine voice of Mahalia Jackson, the ``Queen of Gospel,'' helped
heal our grieving Nation in the days following the assassination of
Martin Luther King, Jr. At major sporting events, African-American
musical icons, such as Whitney Houston and Ray Charles, have captivated
America with striking renditions of patriotic ballads such as the
National Anthem and ``America the Beautiful.'' This month, we lost the
Architect of Rock and Roll, Richard Wayne Penniman--better known and
beloved as Little Richard--who is responsible for breaking down racial
barriers through the universal love of his music. He was an
unforgettable entertainer, an innovator, and an American icon. Our
Nation mourns his passing.
This month, we express our appreciation for the countless contributions
of African-American singers, songwriters, and musicians, whose
remarkable talents continue to inspire the soul of our Nation. With
classic guitar riffs, memorable hymns, and uplifting beats, the works of
African-American artists undeniably represent true musical excellence.
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NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim June 2020 as African-
American Music Appreciation Month. I call upon public officials,
educators, and all the people of the United States to observe this month
with appropriate activities and programs that raise awareness and
appreciation of African-American music.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth day of
May, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10045 of May 29, 2020
Great Outdoors Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Our Nation is blessed with abundant natural beauty that can be enjoyed
every season from coast to coast. During Great Outdoors Month, we
celebrate the majestic mountains, forests, canyons, beaches, and rivers
that provide recreation and renewal for all Americans, enriching our
lives and strengthening an enduring connection to our national heritage.
Our parks, recreational areas, and public lands are some of our greatest
national treasures. For centuries, Americans have looked to the
sprawling expanse of America's outdoor spaces as a source of adventure,
sustenance, and inspiration. From the lands and waters that constitute
our National Park System, to State, local, and city parks, to our own
backyards, every unique experience of the great outdoors helps improve
our health and offers opportunities for families, friends, and
communities to connect over a shared appreciation for the natural world.
My Administration remains committed to restoring and preserving our
land, air, and waters while also opening up more recreational
opportunities for all Americans. We have provided increased access to
public lands, expanding hunting and fishing opportunities at national
wildlife refuges and national fish hatcheries across 1.7 million acres.
Last year, I was proud to sign the largest public lands legislation in a
decade, designating 1.3 million new acres of wilderness and increasing
recreational access for hunters, fishers, boaters, and campers.
Additionally, I announced that the United States will be joining the One
Trillion Trees Initiative, an ambitious effort to bring together
government and private sector partners and further our commitment to
maintaining our natural world. Through these actions, we are actively
promoting a conservation ethic that drives responsible stewardship of
our environment.
Whether hiking on world-class trails, camping under the stars, or
fishing our Nation's abundant waterways, exploring the great outdoors
provides adventurers of all ages endless opportunities to create
lifelong memories.
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This month, we pause to appreciate the extraordinary natural beauty of
our country, and we recommit to protecting and preserving our natural
wonders for future generations.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim June 2020 as Great
Outdoors Month. I urge all Americans to explore the great outdoors while
acting as stewards of our lands and waters.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth day of
May, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10046 of May 29, 2020
National Caribbean-American Heritage Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
From America's earliest days, Caribbean Americans have contributed to
the success, spirit, and character of our Nation. For generations, their
skills, knowledge, innovation, and initiative have enhanced and advanced
many aspects of our society. During National Caribbean-American Heritage
Month, we celebrate the rich history and vibrant culture of the more
than 4 million Americans with origins in the Caribbean.
Caribbean Americans have helped improve our Nation by leading
communities, advancing science and medicine, and advocating for the
common good. We are especially grateful for the Caribbean-American men
and women who proudly wear our Nation's uniform as members of the Armed
Forces and those serving as first responders, medical professionals, and
other essential personnel on the front lines in the fight against the
coronavirus. Our Nation is safer, stronger, and healthier because of
their service and sacrifices.
Caribbean Americans have also left indelible marks on American culture.
Roberto Clemente, a native of Puerto Rico and legendary baseball player,
is one of many shining examples. He not only had a stunning Hall of Fame
baseball career, but he also dutifully served our Nation as a member of
the United States Marine Corps Reserve for 6 years and served others
throughout his life with profound care and compassion. Like so many
other Caribbean Americans, he continues to inspire us today and remind
us of the strong connection the United States will always have with the
Caribbean region.
The United States is also the primary trading partner for the Caribbean
nations that make up our Nation's ``third border.'' My Administration is
dedicated to maintaining and strengthening our partnerships within the
Caribbean regions, which are forged through bonds of friendship,
diplomacy,
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and a shared commitment to democratic principles. We will continue
strategic engagement in the areas of human rights, maritime security,
crime prevention and interdiction, education, health, energy, economic
growth, and disaster recovery and relief. Stability in the Caribbean--
achieved through increased trade, job creation and investment, and
efforts to counter organized crime and illicit trafficking--ensures a
more secure, prosperous United States.
This month, we pay tribute to Caribbean Americans for all they have done
to drive our country forward.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim June 2020 as National
Caribbean-American Heritage Month. I encourage all Americans to join in
celebrating the history, culture, and achievements of Caribbean
Americans with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth day of
May, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10047 of May 29, 2020
National Homeownership Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
For generations, homeownership has sustained and empowered Americans.
Recently, we have been reminded that our homes are central to our
health, our independence, and the well-being of our families. In
response to the coronavirus outbreak, millions of Americans have
transformed their homes into safe havens, virtual workplaces,
classrooms, and, most importantly, places to nurture hopes and dreams
for the future. During National Homeownership Month, we acknowledge the
many benefits of secure and affordable homeownership.
Thanks to my Administration's swift and decisive action to assist
millions of homeowners affected by the coronavirus, we have protected
the wealth that hardworking Americans have built up through
homeownership. To help ensure that homeowners do not lose their homes
unnecessarily due to this crisis, I signed into law the unprecedented
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. This
legislation provided direct cash payments to Americans and authorized
mortgage-payment relief for eligible homeowners with federally backed
mortgages struggling to make their payments.
As our Nation's economy begins to recover, my Administration remains
focused on getting government out of the way of responsible
homeownership and reforming our housing finance system. We have
supported affordable homeownership by eliminating outdated and
unnecessary regulations, and
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we are strengthening investment in underserved communities through the
designation of Opportunity Zones. Through the work of the White House
Council on Eliminating Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing, we are
continuing to collaborate with States and local jurisdictions to ease
the burden of regulations that needlessly hinder opportunities for
Americans to become homeowners. Additionally, last year, the Department
of the Treasury and the Department of Housing and Urban Development
released plans to define the limited role of the Federal Government in
the housing finance system, enhance taxpayer protections against future
bailouts, and promote competition in the housing finance system.
This month, we renew our commitment to helping pave the way for more
Americans to achieve the financial benefits and stability of
homeownership. Building on the roaring success we were experiencing
prior to the coronavirus pandemic, our economy will rebound and create
the jobs that Americans need to achieve the American dream of owning a
home.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim June 2020 as National
Homeownership Month.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth day of
May, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10048 of May 29, 2020
National Ocean Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Our ocean and coastal waterways are essential to our national security,
international trade, maritime commerce, global competitiveness, and
transportation. The jobs of more than 3 million Americans depend on our
ocean economy, which generates more than $300 billion of economic
activity annually. During National Ocean Month, we reaffirm our
commitment to responsible stewardship of our ocean resources to
strengthen and expand economic opportunities, while also ensuring that
the natural beauty and wonder of the oceans are preserved and maintained
for future generations.
There is much that remains undiscovered in the world's vast oceans, and
my Administration is working to improve our understanding of its
incredible resources. Today, roughly 18.6 percent of our Nation's oil
and gas production is conducted offshore, employing thousands of
Americans and helping keep prices low for American families and
businesses. There is enormous opportunity for our country to bolster
these numbers and expand this critical and profitable industry,
generating even more jobs for hardworking Americans. Only 40 percent of
the United States Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), an oceanic area larger
than the combined land area of
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the 50 States, has been mapped. Even less of the EEZ's natural resources
have been characterized through exploration. For this reason, last year,
I signed a historic Presidential Memorandum that prioritizes mapping,
exploring, and characterizing our ocean waters. Building upon these
efforts, last month I signed an Executive Order Promoting American
Seafood Competitiveness and Economic Growth. This Executive Order will
increase America's competitiveness in the seafood industry and create
new opportunities for American products in the global marketplace,
including through continued support of our commercial fisheries and
promotion of domestic aquaculture. My Administration is committed to
expanding maritime commerce, increasing seafood production, promoting
conservation, enhancing national security, and advancing energy
exploration, development, and production by expanding efforts to study,
understand, and unlock the full potential of our oceans.
As we continue to unlock the economic opportunities in these flourishing
bodies of water, my Administration is also diligently working to put an
end to one of the biggest challenges facing the global environment:
increased pollution in the oceans. Recognizing that 80 percent of marine
litter comes from land-based resources resulting from insufficient solid
waste management, we have been working hard, with our domestic and
international partners, to improve waste management systems around the
world and deploy innovative technologies to put an end to the mass
amounts of litter washing into our shared waters. In addition, I signed
the Save Our Seas Act of 2018 into law, which prioritizes cleanup
activities and addresses international sources of pollution.
The task of balancing the uses of America's oceans cannot be
accomplished by the Federal Government alone. The 2019 White House
Summit on Partnerships in Ocean Science and Technology highlighted that
our continued use, conservation, observation, and exploration of the
ocean requires innovative engagement and collaboration with key
partners, including private industries, States, territories, academia,
philanthropic groups, Native American and Tribal organizations, and
other stakeholders. By working together and harnessing our collective
power, knowledge, and experience, we can better promote resource
stewardship, create and maintain jobs for American workers, and ensure
our Nation's prosperity while conserving the marine environment.
Many of the most pressing challenges facing mankind may have solutions
in the oceans. My Administration is committed to advancing technology
and innovation to better understand how our oceans may help us address
current and future challenges facing our Nation. Establishing energy
infrastructure, discovering and developing novel marine-derived
pharmaceuticals, improving weather predictions, and advancing offshore
aquaculture operations are just some examples of innovative initiatives
supported by my Administration. These bold efforts have the potential to
promote economic prosperity, create jobs, and strengthen our maritime
and homeland security for current and future generations of Americans.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim June 2020 as National
Ocean Month. This month, I call upon Americans to reflect on the value
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and importance of oceans not only to our security, environment, and
economy but also as a source of recreation and enjoyment.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth day of
May, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10049 of June 5, 2020
Modifying the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
In Proclamation 9496 of September 15, 2016, and exercising his authority
under section 320301 of title 54, United States Code (the ``Antiquities
Act''), the President established the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts
Marine National Monument, reserving for the care and management of
objects of historic and scientific interest approximately 4,913 square
miles of water and submerged lands in and around certain deep-sea
canyons and seamounts situated upon lands and interests in lands owned
or controlled by the Federal Government. The President prohibited
commercial fishing, with a phase-out period for American lobster and red
crab fisheries, within the monument's boundaries. This proclamation
lifts the prohibition on commercial fishing, an activity that is subject
to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens), 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., and other applicable laws,
regulations, and requirements. This proclamation does not modify the
monument in any other respect.
Proclamation 9496 identifies a number of canyons and seamounts as
objects of historic and scientific interest. The monument is designated
in two units, which correspond to two distinct geological features. The
Canyons Unit comprises three underwater canyons that start at the edge
of the continental shelf, whereas the Seamounts Unit consists of four
undersea mountains. Both units are located in the United States
Exclusive Economic Zone. In addition to the geological features,
Proclamation 9496 designates the natural resources and ecosystems in and
around the Canyons and Seamounts Units as objects of historic and
scientific interest. Proclamation 9496 describes diverse ecological
communities in the canyon and seamount areas, which include seabirds,
whales, dolphins, turtles, and highly migratory fish species, such as
tunas, billfish, and sharks. Proclamation 9496 observes that some of
these species have appeared in the canyon and seamount areas in large
aggregations and increased numbers. In support of the monument
designation, Proclamation 9496 notes that ``[t]hese canyons and
seamounts, and the ecosystem they compose, have long been of intense
scientific interest,'' with ``[s]cientists from government and academic
oceanographic institutions'' studying ``the canyons and seamounts using
research vessels, submarines, and remotely operated underwater vehicles
for important deep-sea expeditions.''
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As part of the management of the monument, Proclamation 9496 prohibited,
subject to the phase-out period previously noted, all commercial fishing
within the monument's boundaries. As explained herein, following further
consideration of the nature of the objects identified in Proclamation
9496 and the protection of those objects already provided by relevant
law, I find that appropriately managed commercial fishing would not put
the objects of scientific and historic interest that the monument
protects at risk. Indeed, Proclamation 9496 allows for recreational
fishing and further acknowledges that ``[t]hroughout New England, the
maritime trades, and especially fishing, have supported a vibrant way of
life, with deep cultural roots and a strong connection to the health of
the ocean and the bounty it provides.''
With respect to fish in particular, many of the fish species that
Proclamation 9496 identifies are highly migratory and not unique to the
monument. Some of the examples of fish species that Proclamation 9496
identifies are not of such significant scientific interest that they
merit additional protection beyond that already provided by other law.
Moreover, the fish species described in Proclamation 9496 are subject to
Federal protections under existing laws and agency management
designations. For example, Magnuson-Stevens regulates commercial fishing
to ensure long-term biological and economic sustainability for our
Nation's marine fisheries, taking into account the protection of
associated marine ecosystems. Magnuson-Stevens establishes regional
fishery management councils, supervised by the Secretary of Commerce in
coordination with the States and affected stakeholders, that develop
fishery management plans to regulate our Nation's fisheries, using the
best available science and observing strict conservation and management
requirements. Magnuson-Stevens requires a similar process of science-
based fisheries management for highly migratory species, including the
tunas referenced in Proclamation 9496. In addition, Magnuson-Stevens
provides that fishery management plans may include, among other
measures, management measures to conserve target and non-target species
and habitats, including measures to protect deep-sea corals.
A host of other laws enacted after the Antiquities Act provide specific
protection for other plant and animal resources (including coral
species) both within and outside the monument. These laws include the
Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq., the Migratory Bird
Treaty Act, 16 U.S.C. 703-712, the National Wildlife Refuge System
Administration Act, 16 U.S.C. 668dd-668ee, the Refuge Recreation Act, 16
U.S.C. 460k et seq., the Marine Mammal Protection Act, 16 U.S.C. 1361 et
seq., the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., the Oil Pollution
Act, 33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq., the National Marine Sanctuaries Act, 16
U.S.C. 1431 et seq., and Title I of the Marine Protection, Research and
Sanctuaries Act (Ocean Dumping Act), 33 U.S.C. 1401 et seq. For example,
the Endangered Species Act generally prohibits the taking of fish and
wildlife species listed as endangered, and also generally ensures that
Federal actions, including fisheries management, are not likely to
jeopardize the existence of any such species. The Marine Mammal
Protection Act provides protections for marine mammals, and prohibits
their take, subject to some exceptions. Numerous other statutes,
including the Clean Water Act, Oil Pollution Act, and Ocean Dumping Act,
address both land-based and ocean-based sources of pollution and help
ensure that water quality continues to support plankton and other
pelagic organisms.
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After further consideration of the nature of the objects identified in
Proclamation 9496 and the protection of those objects already provided
by Magnuson-Stevens and other relevant law, I find that a prohibition on
commercial fishing is not, at this time, necessary for the proper care
and management of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National
Monument, or the objects of historic or scientific interest therein.
WHEREAS, Proclamation 9496 of September 15, 2016, designated the
Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument in the Atlantic
Ocean and reserved approximately 4,913 square miles in the United States
Exclusive Economic Zone for the care and management of objects of
historic and scientific interest identified therein;
WHEREAS, I find that removing the restrictions on commercial fishing set
forth in Proclamation 9496 to allow for well-regulated commercial
fishing use is in the public interest and that the objects in the
monument can be, and are currently, protected pursuant to carefully
tailored regulation and management under existing Federal law:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States, including section 320301 of title 54, United
States Code, hereby proclaim that Proclamation 9496, which established
the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, is amended
as follows:
(1) in the section entitled ``Prohibited Activities,'' by deleting
paragraph 6; and
(2) in the section entitled ``Regulated Activities,'' by deleting
paragraph 5 and by re-designating paragraphs 6 and 7 as paragraphs 5 and
6, respectively.
Furthermore, nothing in paragraph 4 in the section entitled ``Prohibited
Activities'' in Proclamation 9496 shall be deemed to apply to commercial
fishing that is carried out in accordance with Magnuson-Stevens and
other applicable laws, regulations, and requirements.
Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed to revoke, modify, or
affect any withdrawal, reservation, or appropriation, other than the one
created by Proclamation 9496.
Nothing in this proclamation shall change the management of the areas
designated and reserved by Proclamation 9496, except as explicitly
provided in this proclamation.
If any provision of this proclamation, including its application to a
particular parcel of land, is held to be invalid, the remainder of this
proclamation and its application to other parcels of land shall not be
affected thereby.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifth day of June,
in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the two hundred and forty-fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
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Proclamation 10050 of June 12, 2020
Flag Day and National Flag Week, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
On Flag Day and throughout National Flag Week, we pay tribute to the
American flag, the most recognizable symbol of the principles for which
our Republic stands. For more than 200 years, the Stars and Stripes has
represented liberty, justice, and the rule of law. Recently, as our
Nation has come together to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, our
flag has been a reminder of the courage, tenacity, and loyalty that
define the indomitable American spirit.
Our great flag causes us to reflect humbly on the immeasurable price
that has been paid to keep it ``so gallantly streaming.'' Throughout our
Nation's history, proud patriots have nobly answered the call of duty
when our country needed them most. The Star Spangled Banner serves as an
everlasting remembrance of the sacrifices heroes of every generation
have made in conflicts from the Revolutionary War to the wars in Iraq
and Afghanistan. Our flag ensures that we never forget the incredible
sacrifices our men and women in uniform have made to defend our liberty
and way of life.
This year, Old Glory has waved over millions of brave Americans fighting
the invisible enemy, often at risk to their personal health and
wellbeing. Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, healthcare professionals
have treated and cared for those sickened by the virus, and countless
American patriots have provided critical goods and services to their
fellow citizens in these uncertain times. These dedicated individuals
have risen to the challenge, meeting the virus on the frontlines with
the same conviction and unwavering determination that has empowered our
Nation to overcome previous trials. Just as we prevailed in those
struggles, we will emerge victorious against this new enemy and again
raise our flag in triumph.
The American flag represents the unity of our country and its people. No
matter what may divide us, Old Glory should be revered and cherished, as
a symbol of all that makes America the greatest country in the world. As
we honor our beautiful flag on this day and throughout this week, let us
vow never to forget the tremendous sacrifices made by patriots from
generation to generation to ensure that the red, white, and blue
continues to fly high and free. Today, and every day, I am proud to join
my fellow Americans in standing tall and saluting our great American
flag.
To commemorate the adoption of our flag, the Congress, by joint
resolution approved August 3, 1949, as amended (63 Stat. 492),
designated June 14 of each year as ``Flag Day'' and requested that the
President issue an annual proclamation calling for its observance and
for the display of the flag of the United States on all Federal
Government buildings. The Congress requested, by joint resolution
approved June 9, 1966, as amended (80 Stat. 194), that the President
issue annually a proclamation designating the week in which June 14
occurs as ``National Flag Week'' and calling on all citizens of the
United States to display the flag during that week.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim June 14, 2020, as Flag Day, and the week
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starting June 14, 2020, as National Flag Week. I direct the appropriate
officials to display the flag on all Federal Government buildings during
this week, and I urge all Americans to observe Flag Day and National
Flag Week by displaying the flag. I encourage the people of the United
States to observe with pride and all due ceremony those days from Flag
Day through Independence Day, set aside by the Congress (89 Stat. 211),
as a time to honor America, to celebrate our heritage in public
gatherings and activities, and to publicly recite the Pledge of
Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twelfth day of
June, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10051 of June 19, 2020
Father's Day, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Fathers are instrumental in helping prepare children for life,
instilling in them the values essential to one day becoming responsible,
grounded, and successful adults. As a Nation, we are grateful to the men
dedicated to raising well-rounded children. On Father's Day, we honor
and celebrate our fathers and father figures for their daily
contributions to thriving families and communities.
The presence of fathers in the lives of our Nation's children is
important to their growth, development, and well-being. Fathers serve as
role models to their children, exemplifying hard work, devotion to
family, self-confidence, and faith. Through their character,
determination, strength, and direction, they guide our futures toward
happiness. Thus, it is no surprise that research increasingly shows
involved fathers can help foster self-esteem, success in school,
empathy, and positive behavior in their children.
By raising children to be happy, productive, and responsible adults,
fathers play a critical role in shaping our society. Our fathers set an
example for us of how to be our best in every aspect of our lives. The
lessons they teach us guide us as we strive to care for our families,
succeed at school and at work, serve others, and contribute to our
communities. They are integral to raising future generations of
Americans who will continue to build an ever-stronger Nation. That is
why my Administration continues to provide grant funding to
organizations across our country that work to strengthen relationships
between fathers and their children, foster responsible parenting, and
help fathers find and keep gainful employment.
Our Nation is indebted to the men who have embraced the great blessing
and solemn duty of fatherhood. Every day, they make sacrifices to ensure
their children, whether by birth, adoption, or foster care, receive the
care and affection they deserve. Today, we express our everlasting
gratitude to our fathers and father figures for their love and
commitment, and for all they have done to shape our lives.
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NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, in accordance with a joint resolution of the Congress approved
April 24, 1972, as amended (36 U.S.C. 109), do hereby proclaim June 21,
2020, as Father's Day. I call on United States Government officials to
display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on
Father's Day and invite State and local governments and the people of
the United States to observe Father's Day with appropriate ceremonies.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this nineteenth day of
June, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10052 of June 22, 2020
Suspension of Entry of Immigrants and Nonimmigrants Who Present a Risk
to the United States Labor Market During the Economic Recovery Following
the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
The 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has significantly disrupted
Americans' livelihoods. Since March 2020, United States businesses and
their workers have faced extensive disruptions while undertaking certain
public health measures necessary to flatten the curve of COVID-19 and
reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The
overall unemployment rate in the United States nearly quadrupled between
February and May of 2020--producing some of the most extreme
unemployment ever recorded by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. While the
May rate of 13.3 percent reflects a marked decline from April, millions
of Americans remain out of work.
In Proclamation 10014 of April 22, 2020 (Suspension of Entry of
Immigrants Who Present a Risk to the United States Labor Market During
the Economic Recovery Following the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak), I
determined that, without intervention, the United States faces a
potentially protracted economic recovery with persistently high
unemployment if labor supply outpaces labor demand. Consequently, I
suspended, for a period of 60 days, the entry of aliens as immigrants,
subject to certain exceptions. As I noted, lawful permanent residents,
once admitted pursuant to immigrant visas, are granted ``open-market''
employment authorization documents, allowing them immediate eligibility
to compete for almost any job, in any sector of the economy. Given that
60 days is an insufficient time period for the United States labor
market, still stalled with partial social distancing measures, to
rebalance, and given the lack of sufficient alternative means to protect
unemployed Americans from the threat of competition for scarce jobs from
new lawful permanent residents, the considerations present in
Proclamation 10014 remain.
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In addition, pursuant to Proclamation 10014, the Secretary of Labor and
the Secretary of Homeland Security reviewed nonimmigrant programs and
found that the present admission of workers within several nonimmigrant
visa categories also poses a risk of displacing and disadvantaging
United States workers during the current recovery.
American workers compete against foreign nationals for jobs in every
sector of our economy, including against millions of aliens who enter
the United States to perform temporary work. Temporary workers are often
accompanied by their spouses and children, many of whom also compete
against American workers. Under ordinary circumstances, properly
administered temporary worker programs can provide benefits to the
economy. But under the extraordinary circumstances of the economic
contraction resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak, certain nonimmigrant
visa programs authorizing such employment pose an unusual threat to the
employment of American workers.
For example, between February and April of 2020, more than 17 million
United States jobs were lost in industries in which employers are
seeking to fill worker positions tied to H-2B nonimmigrant visas. During
this same period, more than 20 million United States workers lost their
jobs in key industries where employers are currently requesting H-1B and
L workers to fill positions. Also, the May unemployment rate for young
Americans, who compete with certain J nonimmigrant visa applicants, has
been particularly high--29.9 percent for 16-19 year olds, and 23.2
percent for the 20-24 year old group. The entry of additional workers
through the H-1B, H-2B, J, and L nonimmigrant visa programs, therefore,
presents a significant threat to employment opportunities for Americans
affected by the extraordinary economic disruptions caused by the COVID-
19 outbreak.
As I described in Proclamation 10014, excess labor supply is
particularly harmful to workers at the margin between employment and
unemployment--those who are typically ``last in'' during an economic
expansion and ``first out'' during an economic contraction. In recent
years, these workers have been disproportionately represented by
historically disadvantaged groups, including African Americans and other
minorities, those without a college degree, and Americans with
disabilities.
In the administration of our Nation's immigration system, we must remain
mindful of the impact of foreign workers on the United States labor
market, particularly in the current extraordinary environment of high
domestic unemployment and depressed demand for labor. Historically, when
recovering from economic shocks that cause significant contractions in
productivity, recoveries in employment lag behind improvements in
economic activity. This predictive outcome demonstrates that, assuming
the conclusion of the economic contraction, the United States economy
will likely require several months to return to pre-contraction economic
output, and additional months to restore stable labor demand. In light
of the above, I have determined that the entry, through December 31,
2020, of certain aliens as immigrants and nonimmigrants would be
detrimental to the interests of the United States.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States, by
the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the
United States of America, including sections 212(f) and 215(a) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) (8 U.S.C. 1182(f) and 1185(a)) and
section
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301 of title 3, United States Code, hereby find that the entry into the
United States of persons described in section 1 of Proclamation 10014,
except as provided in section 2 of Proclamation 10014, and persons
described in section 2 of this proclamation, except as provided for in
section 3 of this proclamation, would be detrimental to the interests of
the United States, and that their entry should be subject to certain
restrictions, limitations, and exceptions. I therefore hereby proclaim
the following:
Section 1. Continuation of Proclamation 10014. (a) Section 4 of
Proclamation 10014 is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 4. Termination. This proclamation shall expire on December
31, 2020, and may be continued as necessary. Within 30 days of June 24,
2020, and every 60 days thereafter while this proclamation is in effect,
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, in consultation with the
Secretary of State and the Secretary of Labor, recommend any
modifications as may be necessary.''
(b) This section shall be effective immediately.
Sec. 2. Suspension and Limitation on Entry. The entry into the United
States of any alien seeking entry pursuant to any of the following
nonimmigrant visas is hereby suspended and limited, subject to section 3
of this proclamation:
(a) an H-1B or H-2B visa, and any alien accompanying or following to
join such alien;
(b) a J visa, to the extent the alien is participating in an intern,
trainee, teacher, camp counselor, au pair, or summer work travel
program, and any alien accompanying or following to join such alien; and
(c) an L visa, and any alien accompanying or following to join such
alien.
Sec. 3. Scope of Suspension and Limitation on Entry. (a) The suspension
and limitation on entry pursuant to section 2 of this proclamation shall
apply only to any alien who:
(i) is outside the United States on the effective date of this
proclamation;
(ii) does not have a nonimmigrant visa that is valid on the effective date
of this proclamation; and
(iii) does not have an official travel document other than a visa (such as
a transportation letter, an appropriate boarding foil, or an advance parole
document) that is valid on the effective date of this proclamation or
issued on any date thereafter that permits him or her to travel to the
United States and seek entry or admission.
(b) The suspension and limitation on entry pursuant to section 2 of
this proclamation shall not apply to:
(i) any lawful permanent resident of the United States;
(ii) any alien who is the spouse or child, as defined in section 101(b)(1)
of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(1)), of a United States citizen;
(iii) any alien seeking to enter the United States to provide temporary
labor or services essential to the United States food supply chain; and
(iv) any alien whose entry would be in the national interest as determined
by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or their
respective designees.
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Sec. 4. Implementation and Enforcement. (a) The consular officer shall
determine, in his or her discretion, whether a nonimmigrant has
established his or her eligibility for an exception in section 3(b) of
this proclamation. The Secretary of State shall implement this
proclamation as it applies to visas pursuant to such procedures as the
Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland
Security and the Secretary of Labor, may establish in the Secretary of
State's discretion. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall implement
this proclamation as it applies to the entry of aliens pursuant to such
procedures as the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with
the Secretary of State, may establish in the Secretary of Homeland
Security's discretion.
(i) The Secretary of State, the Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of
Homeland Security shall establish standards to define categories of aliens
covered by section 3(b)(iv) of this proclamation, including those that: are
critical to the defense, law enforcement, diplomacy, or national security
of the United States; are involved with the provision of medical care to
individuals who have contracted COVID-19 and are currently hospitalized;
are involved with the provision of medical research at United States
facilities to help the United States combat COVID-19; or are necessary to
facilitate the immediate and continued economic recovery of the United
States. The Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall
exercise the authority under section 3(b)(iv) of this proclamation and
section 2(b)(iv) of Proclamation 10014 to exempt alien children who would
as a result of the suspension in section 2 of this proclamation or the
suspension in section 1 of Proclamation 10014 age out of eligibility for a
visa.
(ii) Aliens covered by section 3(b)(iv) of this proclamation, under the
standards established in section 4(a)(i) of this proclamation, shall be
identified by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security,
or their respective designees, in his or her sole discretion.
(b) An alien who circumvents the application of this proclamation
through fraud, willful misrepresentation of a material fact, or illegal
entry shall be a priority for removal by the Department of Homeland
Security.
(c) Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed to limit the
ability of an individual to seek asylum, refugee status, withholding of
removal, or protection under the Convention Against Torture and Other
Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, consistent with the
laws of the United States.
Sec. 5. Additional Measures. (a) The Secretary of Health and Human
Services, through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, shall, as necessary, provide guidance to the Secretary of
State and the Secretary of Homeland Security for implementing measures
that could reduce the risk that aliens seeking admission or entry to the
United States may introduce, transmit, or spread SARS-CoV-2 within the
United States.
(b) The Secretary of Labor shall, in consultation with the Secretary
of Homeland Security, as soon as practicable, and consistent with
applicable law, consider promulgating regulations or take other
appropriate action to ensure that the presence in the United States of
aliens who have been admitted or otherwise provided a benefit, or who
are seeking admission or a benefit, pursuant to an EB-2 or EB-3
immigrant visa or an H-1B nonimmigrant visa does not disadvantage United
States workers in violation of
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section 212(a)(5)(A) or (n)(1) of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(5)(A) or
(n)(1)). The Secretary of Labor shall also undertake, as appropriate,
investigations pursuant to section 212(n)(2)(G)(i) of the INA (8 U.S.C.
1182(n)(2)(G)(i)).
(c) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall:
(i) take appropriate action, consistent with applicable law, in
coordination with the Secretary of State, to provide that an alien should
not be eligible to apply for a visa or for admission or entry into the
United States or other benefit until such alien has been registered with
biographical and biometric information, including but not limited to
photographs, signatures, and fingerprints;
(ii) take appropriate and necessary steps, consistent with applicable law,
to prevent certain aliens who have final orders of removal; who are
inadmissible or deportable from the United States; or who have been
arrested for, charged with, or convicted of a criminal offense in the
United States, from obtaining eligibility to work in the United States; and
(iii) as soon as practicable, and consistent with applicable law, consider
promulgating regulations or take other appropriate action regarding the
efficient allocation of visas pursuant to section 214(g)(3) of the INA (8
U.S.C. 1184(g)(3)) and ensuring that the presence in the United States of
H-1B nonimmigrants does not disadvantage United States workers.
Sec. 6. Termination. This proclamation shall expire on December 31,
2020, and may be continued as necessary. Within 30 days of the effective
date of this proclamation and every 60 days thereafter while this
proclamation is in effect, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, in
consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Labor,
recommend any modifications as may be necessary.
Sec. 7. Effective Date. Except as provided in section 1 of this
proclamation, this proclamation is effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern
daylight time on June 24, 2020.
Sec. 8. Severability. It is the policy of the United States to enforce
this proclamation to the maximum extent possible to advance the
interests of the United States. Accordingly:
(a) if any provision of this proclamation, or the application of any
provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the
remainder of this proclamation and the application of its provisions to
any other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby; and
(b) if any provision of this proclamation, or the application of any
provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid because
of the lack of certain procedural requirements, the relevant executive
branch officials shall implement those procedural requirements to
conform with existing law and with any applicable court orders.
Sec. 9. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this proclamation shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This proclamation shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
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(c) This proclamation is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-second day
of June, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10053 of June 29, 2020
To Take Certain Actions Under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement
Implementation Act and for Other Purposes
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
1. On November 30, 2018, the United States, Mexico, and Canada entered
into the Agreement between the United States of America, the United
Mexican States, and Canada (the ``USMCA''), attached as an Annex to the
Protocol Replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement with the
Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican
States, and Canada (the ``Protocol''), and on December 10, 2019, the
United States, Mexico, and Canada amended the USMCA through the Protocol
of Amendment to the Agreement between the United States of America, the
United Mexican States, and Canada. The Congress approved the Protocol
and the USMCA, as amended, in section 101(a) of the United States-
Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act (the ``USMCA Implementation
Act'')(Public Law 116-113, 134 Stat. 11, 14 (19 U.S.C. 4511(a))).
2. On April 24, 2020, pursuant to authority delegated to the United
States Trade Representative (USTR), the USTR submitted to the Congress
the written notice required under section 106(a)(1)(G) of the Bipartisan
Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 (title I
of Public Law 114-26, 129 Stat. 319, 350 (19 U.S.C. 4205(a)(1)(G))) and,
in accordance with section 101(b) of the USMCA Implementation Act,
notified the Congress that the USMCA will enter into force on July 1,
2020.
3. Section 103(c)(1) of the USMCA Implementation Act authorizes the
President to proclaim such modifications or continuation of any duty,
such continuation of duty-free or excise treatment, or such additional
duties, as the President determines to be necessary or appropriate to
carry out or apply articles 2.4, 2.5, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.10, 6.2, and 6.3,
the Schedule of the United States to Annex 2-B, including the appendices
to that Annex, Annex 2-C, and Annex 6-A of the USMCA.
4. Section 103(c)(4) of the USMCA Implementation Act requires the
President to take such actions as may be necessary in implementing the
tariff-rate quotas set forth in the Schedule of the United States to
Annex 2-B of
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the USMCA to ensure that imports of agricultural goods do not disrupt
the orderly marketing of agricultural goods in the United States.
5. Section 103(c)(5)(A) of the USMCA Implementation Act authorizes the
President to proclaim, as part of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTS), the provisions set forth in Annex 4-B; the
provisions set forth in paragraph 2 of article 3.A.6 of Annex 3-A; the
provisions set forth in paragraph 5 of Annex 3-B; and the provisions set
forth in paragraphs 14(b), 14(c), and 15(e) of section B of Appendix 2
to Annex 2-B of the USMCA.
6. Section 103(c)(5)(A) of the USMCA Implementation Act also authorizes
the President to proclaim any additional subordinate category that is
necessary to carry out section 202 and section 202A of the USMCA
Implementation Act consistent with the USMCA.
7. Section 103(c)(5)(B) of the USMCA Implementation Act authorizes the
President to proclaim modifications to the provisions proclaimed under
the authority of section 103(c)(5)(A), subject to the consultation and
layover provisions of section 104, as are necessary to implement an
agreement under article 6.4 of the USMCA.
8. Section 105(a) of the USMCA Implementation Act authorizes the
President to establish or designate within the Department of Commerce an
office to serve as the United States Section of the Secretariat
established under article 30.6 of the USMCA.
9. Section 202 of the USMCA Implementation Act sets forth certain rules
for determining whether a good is an originating good for purposes of
implementing preferential tariff treatment provided for under the USMCA.
Section 202A of the USMCA Implementation Act sets forth certain rules
for determining whether certain automotive goods are originating goods
for purposes of implementing preferential tariff treatment provided for
under the USMCA. I have decided that it is necessary to include the
rules of origin set forth in sections 202 and 202A of the USMCA
Implementation Act in the HTS.
10. Section 207 of the USMCA Implementation Act authorizes the President
to take certain actions relating to trade with Canada and Mexico,
including with respect to textile and apparel goods.
11. Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972 (Textile Trade Agreements),
as amended, established the Committee for Implementation of Textile
Agreements (CITA), consisting of representatives of the Departments of
State, the Treasury, Commerce, and Labor, and the Office of the USTR,
with the representative of the Department of Commerce as Chairman, to
supervise the implementation of textile trade agreements. Consistent
with section 301 of title 3, United States Code, when carrying out
functions vested in the President by statute and assigned by the
President to the CITA, the officials collectively exercising those
functions are all to be officers required to be appointed by the
President with the advice and consent of the Senate.
12. Section 324 of the USMCA Implementation Act authorizes the President
to take certain actions if the United States International Trade
Commission (the ``Commission'') finds that United States long-haul
trucking services are being, or are threatened with being, materially
harmed.
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13. Section 611(a) of the USMCA Implementation Act requires the
President to consult with the appropriate congressional committees and
stakeholders before each joint review under article 34.7 of the USMCA.
14. Section 1206(a) of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988
(the ``1988 Act'') (Public Law 100-418, 102 Stat. 1107, 1151 (19 U.S.C.
3006(a))) authorizes the President to proclaim modifications to the HTS
based on the recommendations of the Commission under section 1205 of the
1988 Act (19 U.S.C. 3005) if the President determines that the
modifications are in conformity with United States obligations under the
International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and
Coding System (the ``Convention'') and do not run counter to the
national economic interest of the United States.
15. In Proclamation 9549 of December 1, 2016, pursuant to section
1206(a) of the 1988 Act, the President proclaimed modifications to the
HTS to conform it to the Convention, to promote the uniform application
of the Convention, to establish additional subordinate tariff
categories, and to make technical and conforming changes to existing
provisions. These modifications to the HTS were set forth in Annex I of
Publication 4653 of the Commission, which was incorporated by reference
into the proclamation.
16. On May 6, 2003, the President entered into the United States-
Singapore Free Trade Agreement (the ``USSFTA''). The USSFTA was approved
by the Congress in section 101(a) of the United States-Singapore Free
Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the ``USSFTA Act'') (Public Law 108-
78, 117 Stat. 948, 949 (19 U.S.C. 3805 note)).
17. Proclamation 7747 of December 30, 2003, implemented the USSFTA with
respect to the United States and, pursuant to the USSFTA Act,
incorporated in the HTS the schedule of duty reductions and rules of
origin necessary or appropriate to carry out the USSFTA.
18. Section 201 of the USSFTA Act authorizes the President to proclaim
such modifications or continuation of any duty, such continuation of
duty-free or excise treatment, or such additional duties, as the
President determines to be necessary or appropriate to carry out or
apply articles 2.2, 2.5, 2.6, and 2.12 and Annex 2B (including the
schedule of United States duty reductions with respect to originating
goods) of the USSFTA. The United States and Singapore are parties to the
Convention.
19. I have determined that, pursuant to section 201 of the USSFTA Act
and section 1206(a) of the 1988 Act, modifications to the HTS are
necessary or appropriate to ensure the continuation of tariff and
certain other treatment accorded to originating goods under tariff
categories modified in Proclamation 9549 and to carry out the duty
reductions proclaimed in Proclamation 7747.
20. On November 22, 2006, the United States entered into the United
States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (the ``USCTPA''), and on June
28, 2007, the United States and Colombia amended the USCTPA. The
Congress approved the USCTPA, as amended, in section 101(a) of the
United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act (the
``USCTPA Act'') (Public Law 112-42, 125 Stat. 462, 463-64 (19 U.S.C.
3805 note)).
21. Proclamation 8818 of May 14, 2012, implemented the USCTPA with
respect to the United States and, pursuant to sections 201(a) and 203(o)
of
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the USCTPA Act, incorporated in the HTS the schedule of duty reductions
and rules of origin necessary or appropriate to carry out the USCTPA.
22. Section 201 of the USCTPA Act authorizes the President to proclaim
such modifications or continuation of any duty, such continuation of
duty-free or excise treatment, or such additional duties, as the
President determines to be necessary or appropriate to carry out or
apply articles 2.3, 2.5, 2.6, and 3.1.13, and Annex 2.3 (including the
schedule of United States duty reductions with respect to originating
goods) of the USCTPA. The United States and Colombia are parties to the
Convention.
23. I have determined that, pursuant to section 201 of the USCTPA Act
and section 1206(a) of the 1988 Act, modifications to the HTS are
necessary or appropriate to ensure the continuation of tariff and
certain other treatment accorded to originating goods under tariff
categories modified in Proclamation 9549 and to carry out the duty
reductions proclaimed in Proclamation 8818.
24. Section 203 of the USCTPA Act provides rules for determining whether
goods imported into the United States originate in the territory of a
party to the USCTPA and thus are eligible for the tariff and other
treatment contemplated under the USCTPA. A rule of origin was
inadvertently omitted from general note 34 to the HTS in Proclamation
8818. I have determined that a technical correction to general note 34
to the HTS is necessary to provide for the intended tariff and certain
other treatment accorded under the USCTPA to originating goods of
Colombia.
25. On June 30, 2007, the United States entered into the United States-
Korea Free Trade Agreement (the ``KORUS''). The Congress approved the
KORUS in section 101(a) of the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement
Implementation Act (the ``KORUS Act'') (Public Law 112-41, 125 Stat.
428, 430 (19 U.S.C. 3805 note)).
26. Proclamation 8783 of March 6, 2012, implemented the KORUS with
respect to the United States and, pursuant to sections 201(a) and 202(o)
of the KORUS Act, incorporated in the HTS the tariff modifications and
rules of origin necessary or appropriate to carry out the KORUS.
27. Section 202 of the KORUS Act provides rules for determining whether
goods imported into the United States originate in the territory of a
party to the KORUS and thus are eligible for the tariff and other
treatment contemplated under the KORUS. Section 202(o)(2)(B)(i) of the
KORUS Act authorizes the President to proclaim, as a part of the HTS,
the rules of origin set forth in the KORUS, and, subject to the
consultation and layover requirements of section 104, to proclaim
modifications to such previously proclaimed rules of origin.
28. The United States and Korea have agreed to modify a certain rule of
origin under the KORUS and to apply the modified rule to their bilateral
trade. On August 14, 2019, in accordance with section 104 of the KORUS
Act, the USTR submitted a report to the Committee on Finance of the
Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of
Representatives that sets forth the proposed modification to the
specific textile rule of origin of the KORUS incorporated in the HTS.
The consultation and layover period specified in section 104 expired on
October 14, 2019.
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29. In order to reflect the agreement between the United States and
Korea related to the KORUS rules of origin, I have determined that it is
necessary to modify the HTS.
30. Proclamation 8783 inadvertently omitted a rule of origin from
general note 33 to the HTS. I have determined that a technical
correction to general note 33 to the HTS is necessary to provide for the
intended tariff and certain other treatment accorded under the KORUS to
originating goods of Korea.
31. On June 28, 2007, the United States entered into the United States-
Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (the ``USPATPA''). The Congress
approved the USPATPA in section 101(a) of the United States-Panama Trade
Promotion Agreement Implementation Act (the ``USPATPA Act'') (Public Law
112-43, 125 Stat. 497, 498-99 (19 U.S.C. 3805 note)).
32. Proclamation 8894 of October 29, 2012, implemented the USPATPA with
respect to the United States, and, pursuant to sections 201(a) and
203(o) of the USPATPA Act, incorporated in the HTS the tariff
modifications and rules of origin necessary or appropriate to carry out
the USPATPA.
33. Section 203 of the USPATPA Act provides rules for determining
whether goods imported into the United States originate in the territory
of a party to the USPATPA and thus are eligible for the tariff and other
treatment contemplated under the USPATPA.
34. A rule of origin was inadvertently omitted from general note 35 to
the HTS in Proclamation 8894. I have determined that a technical
correction to general note 35 to the HTS is necessary to provide for the
intended tariff and certain other treatment accorded under the USPATPA
to originating goods of Panama.
35. In Proclamation 9955 of October 25, 2019, after considering the
factors set forth in sections 501 and 502(c) of the Trade Act of 1974,
as amended, (the ``1974 Act'') (Public Law 93-618, 88 Stat. 1978, 2066-
69 (19 U.S.C. 2461 and 2462(c))), and in particular section 502(c)(7) of
the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2462(c)(7)), I suspended the duty-free treatment
accorded under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) (19 U.S.C.
2461 et seq.) to certain eligible articles that are the product of
Thailand. In order to reflect in the HTS this suspension of certain
benefits under the GSP with respect to Thailand, Annex 2 of Proclamation
9955 modified general note 4(d) and certain subheadings of the HTS.
36. Section 604 of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2483) authorizes the
President to embody in the HTS the substance of the relevant provisions
of that Act, and of other Acts affecting import treatment, and actions
thereunder, including removal, modification, continuance, or imposition
of any rate of duty or other import restriction.
37. Annex 2 of Proclamation 9955 inadvertently omitted changes with
respect to seven subheadings of the HTS. I have determined, pursuant to
section 604 of the 1974 Act, that it is necessary to modify the HTS to
correct those inadvertent omissions so that the intended tariff
treatment is provided.
38. Proclamation 9466 of June 30, 2016, modified the HTS to provide for
the tariff treatment of goods covered by the 2015 World Trade
Organization
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Declaration on the Expansion of Trade in Information Technology
Products, pursuant to section 111(b) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act
(Public Law 103-465, 108 Stat. 4809, 4819-20 (19 U.S.C. 3521(b))).
Proclamation 9466 modified the HTS in part by deleting all rates of duty
in the ``Rates of Duty 1-Special'' subcolumn for certain subheadings.
39. In Proclamation 9687 of December 22, 2017, after considering the
factors set forth in section 502(b) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2462(b)),
and in particular section 502(b)(2)(E) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C.
2462(b)(2)(E)), I terminated the suspension of Argentina's designation
as a GSP beneficiary developing country. In order to reflect in the HTS
the termination of the suspension of Argentina's designation as a GSP
beneficiary developing country, Annex IV of Proclamation 9687 modified
general note 4(d) and certain subheadings of the HTS.
40. In Proclamation 9687, after considering the factors set forth in
sections 501 and 502(c) of the 1974 Act, and in particular section
502(c)(5) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2462(c)(5)), I suspended the duty-
free treatment accorded under the GSP to certain eligible articles that
are the product of Ukraine. In order to reflect in the HTS the
suspension of certain benefits with respect to Ukraine, Annex III of
Proclamation 9687 modified general note 4(d) and certain subheadings of
the HTS.
41. Proclamation 9687 inadvertently modified general note 4(d) to the
HTS to include certain subheadings for which the rates of duty in the
``Rates of Duty 1-Special'' subcolumn were deleted by Proclamation 9466.
I have determined, pursuant to section 604 of the 1974 Act, that it is
necessary to modify the HTS to reflect the deletion of the rates of duty
in the ``Rates of Duty 1-Special'' column for those subheadings.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States of America, including sections 103(c),
105(a), 207, 324, and 611(a) of the USMCA Implementation Act; section
1206(a) of the 1988 Act; section 201 of the USSFTA Act; sections 201 and
203(o) of the USCTPA Act; sections 201 and 202(o) of the KORUS Act;
sections 201 and 203(o) of the USPATPA Act; section 604 of the 1974 Act;
and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, do proclaim that:
(1) In order to provide generally for the preferential tariff
treatment being accorded under the USMCA, to set forth rules for
determining whether goods imported into the customs territory of the
United States are eligible for preferential tariff treatment under the
USMCA, to provide tariff-rate quotas with respect to certain originating
goods of Canada, and to provide certain other treatment to originating
goods for purposes of the USMCA, the HTS is modified as set forth in
Annex I of Publication 5060 of the Commission, entitled ``Modifications
to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to Implement the
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement'' (Publication 5060). Publication
5060 is incorporated by reference into this proclamation.
(2) In order to implement the initial stage of duty reduction
provided for in the USMCA, to provide for future staged reductions in
duties for originating goods provided for in the USMCA, and to provide
tariff-rate quotas with respect to certain goods provided for in the
USMCA, the HTS is modified as set forth in Annex II of Publication 5060.
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(3) The modifications to the HTS made by paragraphs (1) and (2) of
this proclamation shall enter into effect on the dates indicated in
Annexes I and II of Publication 5060.
(4) In order to reflect in the HTS the termination of tariff
treatment under the North American Free Trade Agreement, the HTS is
modified as set forth in Annex III of Publication 5060.
(5) The USTR is authorized to exercise my authority under section
103(c)(4) of the USMCA Implementation Act to take such action as may be
necessary in implementing the tariff-rate quotas set forth in the
Schedule of the United States to Annex 2-B of the USMCA to ensure that
imports of agricultural goods do not disrupt the orderly marketing of
agricultural goods in the United States. This action is set forth in
Annex II of Publication 5060.
(6) The CITA, after consultation with the Commissioner of U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (the ``Commissioner''), is authorized to
consult with representatives of Canada and Mexico for the purpose of
identifying particular textile or apparel goods that are mutually agreed
to be hand-loomed fabrics of a cottage industry, hand-made cottage
industry goods made of those hand-loomed fabrics, traditional folklore
handicraft goods, or indigenous handicraft goods, as provided in article
6.2 of the USMCA. The CITA is authorized to exercise my authority under
section 103(c)(1) of the USMCA Implementation Act to provide duty-free
treatment with respect to a good provided for under article 6.2 of the
USMCA. The Commissioner shall take action as directed by the CITA to
carry out any such determination by the CITA.
(7) The USTR is authorized to fulfill the obligations of the
President under section 104 of the USMCA Implementation Act to obtain
advice from the appropriate advisory committees and the Commission on
the proposed implementation of an action by Presidential proclamation;
to submit a report on such proposed action to the appropriate
congressional committees; and to consult with those congressional
committees regarding the proposed action.
(8) The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to exercise the
authority of the President under section 105(a) of the USMCA
Implementation Act to establish or designate an office within the
Department of Commerce to carry out the functions set forth in that
section.
(9) The CITA is authorized to review requests for modifications to a
rule of origin for textile and apparel goods based on a change in the
availability in the territories of the United States, Canada, and Mexico
of a particular fiber, yarn, or fabric; to establish procedures
governing such a request, providing that the person making the request
bears the burden of demonstrating that a change is warranted, and
ensuring appropriate public participation in review of a request; and to
make a recommendation as to whether a requested modification to a rule
of origin for a textile good based on a change in the availability of a
particular fiber, yarn, or fabric is warranted.
(10) The CITA is authorized to exercise my authority under section
207(a)(2)(B) of the USMCA Implementation Act to direct appropriate
action under section 207(a)(2)(D) with respect to textile and apparel
goods.
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(11) The CITA is authorized to exercise my authority under section
207(a)(1)(B) of the UMSCA Implementation Act to direct action under
section 207(c) with respect to textile and apparel goods.
(12) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to exercise my
authority under section 207(a)(1)(B) of the USMCA Implementation Act to
direct action under section 207(a)(1)(B)(i) or section 207(c) with
respect to goods other than textile or apparel goods.
(13) The USTR is authorized, after consultation with the Secretary
of Transportation, to exercise my authority under section 324 of the
USMCA Implementation Act.
(14) The USTR is authorized to exercise the function assigned to the
President under section 611(a) of the USMCA Implementation Act to
consult with the appropriate congressional committees and stakeholders
regarding joint reviews under article 34.7 of the USMCA.
(15) In order to reflect in the HTS the modifications to the rules
of origin under the USSFTA, general note 25 to the HTS is modified as
set forth in Annex IV of Publication 5060.
(16) The modifications to the HTS made by paragraph (15) of this
proclamation shall enter into effect on the date indicated in Annex IV
of Publication 5060.
(17) In order to reflect in the HTS the modifications to the rules
of origin under the USCTPA, general note 34 to the HTS is modified as
set forth in Annex V of Publication 5060.
(18) The modifications to the HTS made by paragraph (17) of this
proclamation shall enter into effect on the date indicated in Annex V of
Publication 5060.
(19) In order to implement agreed amendments to a textile rule of
origin under the KORUS, general note 33 to the HTS is modified as set
forth in Annex VI of Publication 5060.
(20) The modifications to the HTS made by paragraph (19) of this
proclamation shall enter into effect on the date indicated in Annex VI
of Publication 5060.
(21) In order to make technical corrections necessary to provide the
intended rules of origin under the USCTPA, the KORUS, and the USPATPA,
the HTS is modified as set forth in Annex VII of Publication 5060.
(22) The modifications to the HTS made by paragraph (21) of this
proclamation shall enter into effect on the dates indicated in Annex VII
of Publication 5060.
(23) In order to provide the intended tariff treatment with respect
to certain articles that are the product of Thailand, general note 4(d)
and pertinent subheadings of the HTS are modified as set forth in Annex
VIII of Publication 5060.
(24) The modifications to the HTS made by paragraph (23) of this
proclamation shall enter into effect on the date indicated in Annex VIII
of Publication 5060.
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(25) In order to make technical corrections to reflect the rates of
duty in the ``Rates of Duty 1-Special'' subcolumn for certain
subheadings with respect to certain articles of Argentina and Ukraine,
general note 4(d) and pertinent subheadings of the HTS are modified as
set forth in Annex IX of Publication 5060.
(26) The modifications to the HTS made by paragraph (25) of this
proclamation shall enter into effect on the date indicated in Annex IX
of Publication 5060.
(27) Any provisions of previous proclamations and Executive Orders
that are inconsistent with the actions taken in this proclamation are
superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth day of
June, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10054 of June 29, 2020
Amendment to Proclamation 10052
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including sections 212(f) and
215(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(f) and
1185(a)) and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I hereby amend
Proclamation 10052 of June 22, 2020 (Suspension of Entry of Immigrants
and Nonimmigrants Who Present a Risk to the United States Labor Market
During the Economic Recovery Following the 2019 Novel Coronavirus
Outbreak), as follows:
Section 1. Amendment. Section 3(a)(ii) is amended to read as follows:
``(ii) does not have a nonimmigrant visa, of any of the
classifications specified in section 2 of this proclamation and pursuant
to which the alien is seeking entry, that is valid on the effective date
of this proclamation; and''
Sec. 2. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this proclamation shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This proclamation shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This proclamation is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth day of
June, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10055 of June 30, 2020
Pledge to America's Workers Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
The ongoing effects of the coronavirus pandemic on our Nation's economy
and workforce have been unprecedented. Businesses of all sizes have been
forced to close, downsize, or restructure; countless employees have
transitioned to working remotely; and tens of millions of Americans have
found themselves newly unemployed. Despite the hardship caused by the
pandemic, it has not encumbered the American spirit or the unyielding
resolve of our Nation's workers. The United States economy added 2.5
million jobs in May, rebounding with historic strength and beginning the
transition back to strong economic growth. During Pledge to America's
Workers Month, we celebrate the resilience and unlimited potential of
America's workers and industries; honor the State and private-sector
organizations that have pledged to train, educate, and reskill American
workers; and reaffirm our unparalleled support for our workforce as we
emerge from the grip of this crisis.
In July 2018, I established the President's National Council for the
American Worker in order to develop and implement a national strategy to
reshape the education and job training landscape to better meet the
needs of American students, workers, and businesses. In coordination
with the Council, my Administration has called on States, businesses,
and trade groups to sign the Pledge to America's Workers, by which they
commit to expanding programs that educate, train, and reskill workers of
all ages. A strong, bipartisan majority of our Nation's Governors and
over 430 companies, trade associations, and unions have signed the
Pledge, promising to provide education and training opportunities for 16
million American students and workers over the next 5 years.
I also established the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board to glean
expertise and input from a broad spectrum of leaders in the public,
private, education, and not-for-profit sectors. At the time of its
creation, our country was experiencing a historic economic boom, record-
low unemployment rates, and soaring consumer confidence. The rapid
changes brought on by the coronavirus pandemic have further revealed the
critical need to invest in our workers to get our Nation back to work.
The Board is focused on numerous challenges, and recently issued a
National Workforce Recovery Call-to-Action to spur economic recovery by
expediting American workers' return to employment and upward mobility
through investment in career pathways and implementation of skill-based
hiring practices. The Call-to-
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Action also emphasizes removing obstacles to modernizing workforce
education and building the technology infrastructure needed for the
future of work.
My Administration is committed to helping every citizen find the path to
economic success and professional fulfillment that works for them. It is
critical that we explore and promote non-traditional pathways to family-
sustaining careers, including through enhancing data transparency that
can help match workers with available jobs; modernizing candidate
recruitment, hiring, and training practices; and advancing lifelong
learning opportunities. By broadening our vision for America's workforce
and igniting ingenuity and innovation, we can bring opportunity and
prosperity to all Americans.
Although the coronavirus pandemic has tested the mettle of our Nation's
workers, our country has steeled its resolve to overcome and persevere.
The same resourcefulness and determination with which we have confronted
this crisis will be the catalyst for our economic resurgence. American
workers are the engine of our country's future prosperity.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim July 2020 as Pledge to
America's Workers Month.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of
June, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10056 of July 17, 2020
Captive Nations Week, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Tragically, hundreds of millions of people around the world continue to
suffer under repressive regimes. During Captive Nations Week, we condemn
the cold grip of tyranny that holds nations under unjust rule, and we
reaffirm our commitment to all who are fighting to overcome oppression.
We renew our deep devotion to the principles of liberty, justice, and
the rule of law, and we know the United States will continue to shine as
an unparalleled example for all nations.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower first proclaimed Captive Nations Week in
1959 to declare our Nation's steadfast support for people throughout the
world who are denied fundamental rights by their governments. The belief
that a just government's powers are derived from the consent of the
governed is sacrosanct in our country, but it is not shared universally.
In many countries, citizens who peacefully speak their views, practice
their religion, or strive to hold their governments accountable for
abuses experience reckless disregard for their rights. Recently,
authoritarian regimes have used the coronavirus pandemic to justify
increased restrictions on individual human
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rights. These regimes have suppressed the free flow of timely and
accurate information about the pandemic by censoring or imprisoning
people who dare to share unapproved information or opinions. The most
notable example today is China, where the virus originated and
government suppression led directly to this global pandemic. In
addition, the Chinese government has seized upon this opportunity to
snuff out freedom in Hong Kong, which had been the only bastion of
liberty in that captive nation.
The United States encourages all nations to respect individual liberty,
uphold the rule of law, and be accountable to their people through
consent-based governments. Authoritarian regimes that do not respect the
inherent dignity of every individual hold the dreams and potential of
their people captive, enabling poverty, repression, and anguish to
flourish as they deny their people their God-given rights. We will never
waver in our firm belief that liberty, justice, and the rule of law
unleash the fullness of life that God intended for everyone. This week
and always, we stand with all people who yearn to live freely, securely,
and prosperously under rights-respecting, transparent, and accountable
governments rooted in the consent of the governed.
The Congress, by Joint Resolution approved July 17, 1959 (73 Stat. 212),
has authorized and requested the President to issue a proclamation
designating the third week of July of each year as ``Captive Nations
Week.''
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim July 19 through July
25, 2020, as Captive Nations Week. I call upon all Americans to reaffirm
our commitment to supporting those around the world striving for
liberty, justice, and the rule of law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this seventeenth day of
July, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10057 of July 18, 2020
Death of John Lewis
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
As a mark of respect for the memory and longstanding public service of
Representative John Lewis, of Georgia, I hereby order, by the authority
vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff
at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all
military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the
Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United
States and its Territories and possessions through July 18, 2020. I also
direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same period at
all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other
facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels
and stations.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eighteenth day of
July, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10058 of July 24, 2020
Anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
On the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), we
celebrate the landmark legislation that helped opened the door for every
person with a disability to participate fully and independently in our
society. Today, we reflect on the progress we have made as a Nation in
securing equal rights and defending the inherent dignity of all
Americans, and we reaffirm our commitment to further advancing
accessibility for those with disabilities.
Since the ADA became law three decades ago, it has facilitated greater
opportunities for Americans with disabilities to engage in their
communities, improving access to employment, government services, public
accommodations, commercial facilities, and public transportation.
Building on this foundation, my Administration is supporting the full
participation and inclusion of the more than 61 million Americans
currently living with disabilities by continuing to work to expand their
access to everyday life. We have established an unprecedented level of
coordination across the Federal Government in addressing the significant
gaps in employment between Americans with and without disabilities
through our Multi-Agency Task Force on Improving Employment for People
with Disabilities. We also continue to encourage research that will
advance technology and medicine to allow Americans with disabilities to
live more independent lives. Additionally, in order to help ease the
financial burdens that Americans with disabilities often face, we are
raising awareness of Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) accounts,
which allow money to be saved for qualified disability-related expenses
without having to pay taxes on earnings.
As our Nation continues to battle the coronavirus, my Administration has
remained committed to the principles of the ADA, working to ensure that
no American is denied the care they need because of a disability. We
have removed barriers and invested in communities and States to help
those with disabilities safely stay home if they become ill. In April,
the Department of Health and Human Services announced nearly $1 billion
in grants to help meet the needs of older Americans and persons with
disabilities during the crisis. This funding is providing in-home care
to those who need it and direct support and services to those who are
experiencing disruptions to their independent, community-based living
due to the pandemic. It is also helping to connect people at greatest
risk of serious illness from the coronavirus, as well as to services
needed to practice social distancing and to mitigate issues such as
social isolation.
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Through their tenacity and grit, Americans with disabilities have made
contributions that have strengthened our country. As we reopen
workplaces, we will once again implement an economic agenda that
delivers unprecedented opportunities to people with disabilities.
Already, Federal agencies are working together to help people who
acquire disabilities due to illness, including the coronavirus, or
injury return to their jobs and support their families. My
Administration's Retaining Employment and Talent after Injury/Illness
Network (RETAIN) demonstration project, managed by the Department of
Labor and the Social Security Administration, is testing new ways to
help ill or injured workers stay on the job or resume employment as soon
as medically possible so they can keep supporting their families and
contributing to the economy.
At the same time, my Administration's historic investment in
apprenticeship is paving new career pathways, and we are committed to
ensuring that they are accessible to all, including youth and adults
with disabilities. The Apprenticeship Inclusion Models (AIM)
demonstration project at the Department of Labor is piloting approaches
to open up new pathways to high-demand careers in industries such as
technology and healthcare.
On this milestone anniversary of the ADA, we recommit to the full
inclusion of all persons with disabilities in America. Together, we will
continue to remove the barriers that prevent Americans with disabilities
from harnessing their full potential.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim July 26, 2020, as a
day in celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the Americans with
Disabilities Act. I call upon all Americans to observe this day with
appropriate ceremonies and activities that celebrate the contributions
of Americans with disabilities and to renew our commitment to achieving
the promise of our freedom for all Americans.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fourth day
of July, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10059 of July 24, 2020
National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Sixty-seven years ago today, guns fell silent along the Korean
Demilitarized Zone after more than 3 years of brutal fighting to defeat
the expansion of communism on the Korean Peninsula. On National Korean
War Veterans Armistice Day, we pause to remember the uncommon courage
and sacrifice of ordinary Americans who fought to defend freedom and
protect the values we hold dear.
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This year marks the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean War.
When the conflict began, Americans were still rebuilding their lives in
the aftermath of World War II, enjoying the blessings of peace and
looking toward a future filled with hope and prosperity. When freedom
and democracy were under threat on the Korean Peninsula, however, 2
million Americans left their homes, put on our Nation's uniform, and
answered their country's call to duty. Their resolve was tried and
tested in once obscure and unfamiliar places, such as Pork Chop Hill,
Heartbreak Ridge, Chipyong-ni, Pusan, and the Chosin Reservoir, and in
unnamed locations known only by grid coordinates or hilltop elevations.
Alongside tens of thousands of coalition troops from our allies around
the world, these individuals fought, bled, died, went missing, and
suffered brutal captivity to defeat a determined foe amid the harshest
of conditions, including sweltering heat, bone-numbing cold, and deep
snow that buried valleys and rugged ridgelines. Their unquestioned
valor, determination, and patriotism halted communist aggression and
restored liberty and dignity for the South Korean people. In our
Nation's Capital, the black granite wall of the Korean War Veterans
Memorial stands as a testament to their sacrifice, etched with the words
``Freedom is Not Free.'' In total, more than 36,000 Americans gave their
lives in the Korean War, more than 103,000 were wounded, and nearly
8,000 went missing in action.
Today, the Republic of Korea, once decimated in the aftermath of the
war, is one of the world's most vibrant, dynamic, and economically
prosperous democracies--and one of our strongest allies. Our Armed
Forces continue to proudly serve side-by-side with our Korean military
counterparts. This ironclad alliance, forged in war and reinforced by a
shared love of liberty and deep ties of friendship, is vital to peace
and stability in both Asia and the world.
As we commemorate the 67th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice, we
renew our commitment to the principles of liberty for which our Korean
War veterans so valiantly fought. We are eternally grateful for the
families that endured the unimaginable sacrifices and heartache of war,
and we are thankful for all the men and women who helped change the fate
of a nation. The 38 months of bloody warfare represent the honorable
legacy of a selfless and courageous generation of American patriots.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim July 27, 2020, as
National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day. I call upon all Americans to
observe this day with appropriate ceremonies and activities that honor
and give thanks to our distinguished Korean War Veterans.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fourth day
of July, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
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Proclamation 10060 of August 6, 2020
Adjusting Imports of Aluminum Into the United States
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
1. On January 19, 2018, the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary)
transmitted to me a report on his investigation into the effect of
imports of aluminum articles on the national security of the United
States under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended
(19 U.S.C. 1862). The Secretary found and advised me of his opinion that
aluminum articles were being imported into the United States in such
quantities and under such circumstances as to threaten to impair the
national security of the United States.
2. In Proclamation 9704 of March 8, 2018 (Adjusting Imports of Aluminum
Into the United States), I concurred in the Secretary's finding that
aluminum articles were being imported into the United States in such
quantities and under such circumstances as to threaten to impair the
national security of the United States, and decided to adjust the
imports of aluminum articles, as defined in clause 1 of Proclamation
9704, by imposing a 10 percent ad valorem tariff on such articles
imported from most countries. I further stated that any country with
which we have a security relationship is welcome to discuss with the
United States alternative ways to address the threatened impairment of
the national security caused by imports from that country, and noted
that, should the United States and any such country arrive at a
satisfactory alternative means to address the threat to the national
security such that I determine that imports from that country no longer
threaten to impair the national security, I may remove or modify the
restriction on aluminum articles imports from that country and, if
necessary, adjust the tariff as it applies to other countries as the
national security interests of the United States require.
3. In Proclamation 9893 of May 19, 2019 (Adjusting Imports of Aluminum
Into the United States), I noted that the United States had successfully
concluded discussions with Canada on satisfactory alternative means to
address the threatened impairment of the national security posed by
aluminum imports from Canada. In particular, the United States agreed on
a range of measures with Canada that were expected to allow imports of
aluminum from Canada to remain stable at historical levels without
meaningful increases, thus permitting the domestic capacity utilization
to remain reasonably commensurate with the target level recommended in
the Secretary's report. These included measures to monitor for and avoid
import surges.
4. In light of this agreement, I determined that, under the framework in
the agreement, imports of aluminum from Canada would no longer threaten
to impair the national security, and thus I decided to exclude Canada
from the tariff proclaimed in Proclamation 9704, as amended. I noted
that the United States would monitor the implementation and
effectiveness of the measures agreed upon with Canada in addressing our
national security needs, and that I may revisit this determination as
appropriate.
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5. In Proclamation 9704, I also directed the Secretary to monitor
imports of aluminum articles and inform me of any circumstances that in
the Secretary's opinion might indicate the need for further action under
section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended, with respect
to such imports.
6. The Secretary has now advised me that imports of non-alloyed
unwrought aluminum from Canada, which accounted for 59 percent of total
aluminum imports from Canada during June 2019 through May 2020,
increased substantially in the twelve months following my decision to
exclude, on a long-term basis, Canada from the tariff proclaimed in
Proclamation 9704. Imports of non-alloyed unwrought aluminum from Canada
during June 2019 through May 2020 increased 87 percent compared to the
prior twelve-month period and exceeded the volume of any full calendar
year in the previous decade. Moreover, imports of these articles from
Canada continue to increase, reaching in June of this year the highest
level of any month since I decided to adjust imports of aluminum
articles in Proclamation 9704. The increase in imports of these articles
from Canada is principally responsible for the 27 percent increase in
total aluminum imports from Canada during June 2019 through May 2020.
7. Canada is the largest source of United States imports of non-alloyed
unwrought aluminum, accounting for nearly two-thirds of total imports of
these articles from all countries in 2019 and approximately 75 percent
of total imports in the first five months of 2020. The surge in imports
of these articles from Canada coincides with a decrease in imports of
these articles from other countries and threatens to harm domestic
aluminum production and capacity utilization.
8. In light of the Secretary's information, I have determined that the
measures agreed upon with Canada are not providing an effective
alternative means to address the threatened impairment to our national
security from imports of aluminum from Canada. Thus, I have determined
that it is necessary and appropriate to re-impose the 10 percent ad
valorem tariff proclaimed in Proclamation 9704, as amended, on imports
of non-alloyed unwrought aluminum articles from Canada, commensurate
with the tariff imposed on such articles imported from most countries.
9. The United States will continue to monitor the implementation and
effectiveness of the measures agreed upon with Canada in addressing our
national security needs, including with respect to imports of other
aluminum articles. In particular, the United States will monitor for
import surges of articles that continue to be exempt from the tariff
proclaimed in Proclamation 9704, to ensure that exports of non-alloyed
unwrought aluminum to the United States are not simply reoriented into
increased exports of alloyed, further processed, or wrought aluminum
articles.
10. Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended,
authorizes the President to adjust the imports of an article and its
derivatives that are being imported into the United States in such
quantities or under such circumstances as to threaten to impair the
national security.
11. Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2483),
authorizes the President to embody in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States (HTSUS) the substance of statutes affecting import
treatment, and actions thereunder, including the removal, modification,
continuance, or imposition of any rate of duty or other import
restriction.
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NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States of America, including section 232 of the Trade
Expansion Act of 1962, as amended, section 301 of title 3, United States
Code, and section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, do hereby
proclaim as follows:
(1) Clause 2 of Proclamation 9704, as amended, is further amended in
the second sentence by deleting ``and'' before ``(d)'' and inserting
before the period at the end: ``, (e) on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern
daylight time on August 16, 2020, from all countries except Argentina,
Australia, and Mexico; and (f) on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight
time on August 16, 2020, from Canada, except with respect to imports of
non-alloyed unwrought aluminum provided for in subheading 7601.10, which
shall be subject to the additional 10 percent ad valorem rate of duty''.
(2) The Secretary, in consultation with U.S. Customs and Border
Protection and other relevant executive departments and agencies, shall
revise the HTSUS so that it conforms to the amendments and effective
dates directed in this proclamation. The Secretary shall publish any
such modification to the HTSUS in the Federal Register.
(3) The modifications made by clause 1 of this proclamation shall be
effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn
from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight
time on August 16, 2020, and shall continue in effect, unless such
actions are expressly reduced, modified, or terminated.
(4) Any exclusion of aluminum articles from Canada granted by the
Secretary of Commerce pursuant to clause 3 of Proclamation 9704, as
amended, that has not expired shall be valid under the modifications to
the HTSUS made by this proclamation. Previously granted exclusions that
have expired may be renewed.
(5) Any imports of non-alloyed unwrought aluminum articles from
Canada provided for in subheading 7601.10 that were admitted into a
United States foreign trade zone under ``privileged foreign status'' as
defined in 19 CFR 146.41 prior to 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on
August 16, 2020, shall be subject upon entry for consumption on or after
such time and date to the 10 percent ad valorem rate of duty imposed by
Proclamation 9704, as amended. Any imports of non-alloyed unwrought
aluminum articles from Canada provided for in subheading 7601.10, except
any articles that are eligible for admission under ``domestic status''
as defined in 19 CFR 146.43, that are admitted into a United States
foreign trade zone on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on
August 16, 2020, shall be admitted only as ``privileged foreign status''
as defined in 19 CFR 146.41, and shall be subject upon entry for
consumption on or after such time and date to the 10 percent ad valorem
rate of duty imposed by Proclamation 9704, as amended.
(6) Non-alloyed unwrought aluminum articles provided for in
subheading 7601.10 shall not be subject upon entry for consumption to
the duty established in clause 2 of Proclamation 9704, as amended,
merely by reason of manufacture in a U.S. foreign trade zone. However,
non-alloyed unwrought aluminum articles provided for in subheading
7601.10 admitted to a U.S. foreign trade zone in ``privileged foreign
status'' pursuant to
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clause 5 of this proclamation, shall retain that status consistent with
19 CFR 146.41(e).
(7) No drawback shall be available with respect to the duties
imposed pursuant to this proclamation.
(8) Any provision of previous proclamations and Executive Orders
that is inconsistent with the actions taken in this proclamation is
superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this sixth day of
August, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
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Proclamation 10061 of August 14, 2020
National Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Week, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
In the early days of our Nation's quest for independence, volunteer
forces and militias formed the backbone of our armed resistance. These
first patriots fought valiantly when called upon to defend liberty, and
then returned to their everyday jobs as farmers, blacksmiths, cobblers,
merchants, and a host of other occupations when the fighting was over.
Today, the citizen warriors of the National Guard and Reserve carry
forward this proud legacy and are essential to our prosperity,
resilience, and national defense. During National Employer Support of
the Guard and Reserve Week, we honor the employers who hire and support
these brave men and women and who stand beside them in their mission to
ensure the security of our Nation.
Our National Guard and Reserve service members are critical to
businesses and organizations in every sector of our economy, from
education and healthcare to construction and agriculture. Just as they
deliver meaningful contributions in civilian life, these men and women
also provide strategic depth and operational capability to the Joint
Force in uniform, deploying in support of critical missions throughout
the world and responding to natural disasters and numerous other
challenges on the home front. This year in particular, we have clearly
seen their courage and unwavering resolve as they have selflessly served
on the front lines of our Nation's response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Despite the risk to their own health, they have supported medical staff
at hospitals and nursing homes, distributed food to hard-hit
communities, built, staffed, and equipped alternate care facilities, and
delivered life-saving medical equipment and supplies.
Because of the vital importance of our National Guard and Reserve forces
to our national security, those who employ them are key partners in the
defense of our Nation. Their support in providing stability and
flexibility to these men and women is critical to the country's ability
to mobilize quickly in times of crisis. These employers often make great
financial sacrifices themselves to ensure that their National Guard and
Reserve employees are able to carry out their missions and
responsibilities quickly and effectively. As one Nation, we extend our
gratitude and respect to the men and women who employ our National Guard
and Reserve forces for their role in ensuring the readiness and
retention of our fighting force.
Our military is the finest in the world thanks in no small part to our
brave service members and their patriotic employers. During this week of
recognition, I salute and honor all employers who cooperate and partner
with our National Guard and Reserve service members for their unwavering
support and selfless commitment to protecting our Nation and preserving
our American way of life.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim August 16 through
August 22, 2020, as National Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve
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Week. I call upon all Americans to join me in expressing our heartfelt
thanks to the civilian employers who provide critical support to the men
and women of the National Guard and Reserve. I also call on State and
local officials, private organizations, and all military commanders to
observe this week with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fourteenth day of
August, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10062 of August 18, 2020
100th Anniversary of the Ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
On this day in 1920, the 19th Amendment to our Constitution was
ratified, securing the right to vote for women and marking a monumental
step toward the ``more perfect Union'' envisioned by our Founders. This
milestone in American history was the product of the tireless efforts of
suffragists and other advocates for women's rights, who steadfastly
pursued their vision of a more just and equal society.
In the early days of our Nation's fight for independence, future First
Lady Abigail Adams penned a letter to her husband, John Adams, urging
him to ``remember the ladies'' as he fought to preserve the fledgling
United States. She advised him that ``if particular care and attention
is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and
will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or
representation.'' In the decades that followed, bold trailblazers like
Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Harriet Forten Purvis, and
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper carried forward and fought for the
fundamental right of women to vote. The road to suffrage was long and
challenging, but the faith, fortitude, and resolute determination of
those committed to this noble cause brought about a victory that
continues to inspire today.
As we commemorate this historic event, we also celebrate the incredible
economic, political, and social contributions women have made to our
Nation. As President, I am committed to building on these
accomplishments and empowering all women and girls to achieve their
fullest potential. As part of this effort, in February of last year, my
Administration launched the Women's Global Development and Prosperity
Initiative, the first whole-of-government effort to advance women's
economic empowerment around the globe. My Administration also released
our Strategy on Women, Peace, and Security in June of last year to
increase the political participation of women at home and abroad,
recognizing that women's participation in conflict resolution and ending
violent extremism can set the course toward a more peaceful world. We
are also prioritizing the safety and well-being of women and girls
through our commitment to combatting sex trafficking and empowering
survivors, who are disproportionately women, and through
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Operation Lady Justice, the Presidential Task Force on Missing and
Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives.
My Administration also understands that empowering women means
implementing an economic agenda that enhances freedom and creates
opportunities for women and working families. As part of this effort,
the historic 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act doubled the Child Tax Credit,
and I signed legislation that provided for the largest ever increase in
funding for the Child Care and Development Block Grant, which will help
ease the burden of child care borne disproportionately by mothers.
Additionally, in December of last year, I signed legislation providing
for 12 weeks of paid parental leave for Federal employees. As I have
since my first day in office, I continue to call on the Congress to pass
a nationwide paid family leave program.
My Administration's unprecedented investment in working families is
already paying dividends. Women's unemployment in the United States
reached the lowest level in 65 years. And in 2019, women filled 71
percent of all new jobs in the United States.
Today, as we celebrate a major step forward for our Nation, we pay
tribute to the countless women, known and unknown, throughout our
history who struggled for equality. In doing so, we recommit to ensuring
our Constitution is faithfully upheld so that all Americans can pursue
their dreams and fulfill their God-given potential.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim August 18, 2020, as a
day in celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Ratification of the
19th Amendment.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eighteenth day of
August, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10063 of August 25, 2020
Women's Equality Day, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Recently, our Nation celebrated the 100th anniversary of the
ratification of the 19th Amendment to our Constitution. On the
commemoration of this historic day, I was proud to issue a Proclamation
honoring the women's suffrage movement and sign a full pardon for one of
its greatest leaders, Susan B. Anthony, who was unjustly convicted for
voting on account of her sex. On Women's Equality Day, we remember the
trailblazers like Anthony who worked tirelessly to achieve a more just
and equal United States, and we recognize the myriad ways in which women
contribute to our society and strengthen our country.
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Women are an essential part of the political, economic, and social
fabric of our Nation. All American women--regardless of the role they
play in the workplace or at home--contribute every day to the success of
our great country. In addition to being homemakers, caregivers, mothers,
and counselors, along with a host of other important roles, women also
fill critical jobs in every sector of our economy, contributing to the
financial security of their families and our Nation. Currently, more
than 200,000 women serve in our Armed Forces, and tens of thousands more
courageously protect our communities as first responders. The women who
call our Nation home epitomize the grit, determination, and work ethic
that is indicative of the American Spirit, and their wisdom and
compassion are among the greatest virtues of our society.
Recognizing that women contribute to the strength and security of our
Nation, my Administration will always make supporting women and working
families a top priority. In December of last year, we secured 12 weeks
of paid family leave for Federal workers, and we continue to call on the
Congress to pass a similar paid family leave program nationwide.
Additionally, we doubled the child tax credit through the historic 2017
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and signed legislation providing for record
funding for the Child Care and Development Block Grant, supporting
working mothers and families throughout the United States. We have also
worked to expand opportunities for women globally through policies like
the Women's Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) Initiative, the
first ever whole-of-government approach to increase economic
opportunities for women worldwide. W-GDP helped enhance economic
opportunities for 12 million women in its first year and has a goal of
reaching 50 million women by 2025. My Administration recognizes that by
empowering women at home and abroad, we are safeguarding the cultural
foundation of our Nation and creating a more prosperous future for all
global citizens.
On Women's Equality Day, we honor all of the women who inspire and
improve our Nation. Their talent and hard work strengthen our economy,
our families, and our communities, and sustain our unique American way
of life.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim August 26, 2020, as
Women's Equality Day. I call upon the people of the United States to
celebrate the achievements of women and observe this day with
appropriate programs and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fifth day of
August, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
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Proclamation 10064 of August 28, 2020
Adjusting Imports of Steel Into the United States
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
1. On January 11, 2018, the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary)
transmitted to me a report on his investigation into the effect of
imports of steel mill articles (steel articles) on the national security
of the United States under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of
1962, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1862). The Secretary found and advised me of
his opinion that steel articles were being imported into the United
States in such quantities and under such circumstances as to threaten to
impair the national security of the United States.
2. In Proclamation 9705 of March 8, 2018 (Adjusting Imports of Steel
Into the United States), I concurred in the Secretary's finding that
steel articles, as defined in clause 1 of Proclamation 9705, as amended
by clause 8 of Proclamation 9711 of March 22, 2018 (Adjusting Imports of
Steel Into the United States), were being imported into the United
States in such quantities and under such circumstances as to threaten to
impair the national security of the United States, and decided to adjust
the imports of these steel articles by imposing a 25 percent ad valorem
tariff on such articles imported from most countries.
3. In Proclamation 9705, I further stated that any country with which we
have a security relationship is welcome to discuss with the United
States alternative ways to address the threatened impairment of the
national security caused by imports from that country, and noted that,
should the United States and any such country arrive at a satisfactory
alternative means to address the threat to the national security such
that I determine that imports from that country no longer threaten to
impair the national security, I may remove or modify the restriction on
steel article imports from that country and, if necessary, adjust the
tariff as it applies to other countries, as the national security
interests of the United States require.
4. In Proclamation 9740 of April 30, 2018 (Adjusting Imports of Steel
Into the United States), I noted that the United States had agreed in
principle with the Federative Republic of Brazil (Brazil) on
satisfactory alternative means to address the threatened impairment to
our national security posed by steel articles imported from Brazil. In
Proclamation 9759 of May 31, 2018 (Adjusting Imports of Steel Into the
United States), I noted that the United States had agreed on measures
with Brazil that would provide effective, long-term alternative means to
address Brazil's contribution to the threatened impairment to our
national security. These included quantitative limitations that restrict
the volume of steel articles imported into the United States from
Brazil. In light of these agreed-upon measures, I determined that steel
article imports from Brazil would no longer threaten to impair the
national security and decided to exclude Brazil from the tariff
proclaimed in Proclamation 9705, as amended. I further noted that the
United States would monitor the implementation and effectiveness of
those measures to address our national security needs.
5. In Proclamation 9759, I also directed the Secretary to monitor
implementation of quantitative limitations applicable to steel article
imports from
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Brazil and inform me of any circumstance that in the Secretary's opinion
might indicate that an adjustment of the quantitative limitations is
necessary.
6. The Secretary has advised me that there have been significant changes
in the United States steel market since the time I decided to exclude,
on a long-term basis, Brazil from the tariff proclaimed in Proclamation
9705, as amended. The United States steel market has contracted in 2020.
After increasing in 2018 and 2019, steel shipments by domestic producers
through June of this year are approximately 15 percent lower than
shipments for the same time period in 2019, with shipments in April and
May of this year more than 30 percent lower than the shipments in the
same months in 2019. The Secretary has further advised me that domestic
producers' adjusted year-to-date capacity utilization rate through
August 15, 2020, is below 70 percent and that the current rate has been
near or below 60 percent since the second week of April. Brazil is also
the second largest source of steel imports to the United States and the
largest source of imports of semi-finished steel products. Moreover,
imports from most countries have declined this year in a manner
commensurate with this contraction, whereas imports from Brazil have
decreased only slightly.
7. In light of these significantly changed market conditions, I have
determined that the alternative measures regarding Brazilian steel
imports, without any modifications, will be ineffective in eliminating
the threat to the national security posed by imports of such articles,
in the current environment. The United States and Brazil have held
consultations regarding Brazil's steel exports to the United States. As
a result of these discussions, the United States will lower, for the
remainder of 2020, one of the quantitative limitations set forth in
Proclamation 9759 applicable to certain steel articles imported from
Brazil. In my judgment, this modification will preserve the
effectiveness of the alternative means to address the threatened
impairment to our national security by further restraining steel article
exports to the United States from Brazil during this period of market
contraction. In light of this modification, I have determined that steel
article imports from Brazil will not threaten to impair the national
security and thus have decided to continue to exclude Brazil from the
tariff proclaimed in Proclamation 9705, as amended. The United States
and Brazil will hold further consultations in December 2020 to discuss
the state of the steel trade between the two countries in light of then-
prevailing market conditions.
8. I have been informed that a reduction in this quantitative limitation
set forth in Proclamation 9759 applicable to certain steel article
imports from Brazil may delay or disrupt specific production activities
in the United States for which imports of the steel articles covered by
the quantitative limitation have already been contracted for delivery in
the fourth quarter of this year. In light of these circumstances, and
after considering the impact on the economy and the national security
objectives of section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as
amended, I have determined to direct the Secretary to provide relief
from the quantitative limitation set forth in this proclamation in
certain limited circumstances specified in more detail below, in
addition to the relief from the quantitative limitations that the
Secretary is already authorized to provide pursuant to clause 1 of
Proclamation 9777 of August 29, 2018 (Adjusting Imports of Steel Into
the United States).
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9. Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended,
authorizes the President to adjust the imports of an article and its
derivatives that are being imported into the United States in such
quantities or under such circumstances as to threaten to impair the
national security of the United States.
10. Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2483),
authorizes the President to embody in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States (HTSUS) the substance of statutes affecting import
treatment, and actions thereunder, including the removal, modification,
continuance, or imposition of any rate of duty or other import
restriction.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States of America, including section 232 of the Trade
Expansion Act of 1962, as amended, section 301 of title 3, United States
Code, and section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, do hereby
proclaim as follows:
(1) For purposes of administering the quantitative limitation
applicable to subheading 9903.80.57 of subchapter III of chapter 99 of
the HTSUS for Brazil, the annual aggregate limit for Brazil set out in
the Annex to this proclamation shall apply for calendar year 2020. This
aggregate limit, which shall take into account all steel article imports
from Brazil covered by this subheading since January 1, 2020, shall be
effective for steel articles entered for consumption, or withdrawn from
warehouse for consumption, under this subheading, between August 28,
2020 and December 31, 2020. For calendar year 2021 and for subsequent
years, the annual aggregate limit for Brazil shall revert to the
aggregate limit for Brazil set forth in the Annex to Proclamation 9759,
unless that limit is further modified or terminated.
(2) The Secretary shall, on an expedited basis, grant relief from
the quantitative limitation applicable to subheading 9903.80.57 of
subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS for Brazil, as set out in the
Annex to this proclamation, for any steel article where (i) the party
requesting relief entered into a contract or other written agreement for
the production and shipment of such steel article before August 28,
2020; (ii) such agreement specifies the quantity of such steel article
that is to be produced and shipped to the United States prior to
December 31, 2020; (iii) such steel article is to be used in production
activities in the United States and such steel article cannot be
procured from another supplier to meet the delivery schedule and
specifications contained in such agreement; and (iv) lack of relief from
the quantitative limitation on such steel article would significantly
disrupt the production activity in the United States for which the steel
article specified in such agreement is intended. The volume of imports
for which the Secretary grants relief under this clause shall not exceed
60,000,000 kilograms in the aggregate.
(3) The Secretary shall grant relief under clause 2 of this
proclamation only upon receipt of a sworn statement signed by the chief
executive officer and the chief legal officer of the party requesting
relief, attesting that (i) the steel article for which relief is sought
and the associated contract or other written agreement meet the criteria
for relief set forth in clause 2(i) through (iv) of this proclamation;
(ii) the party requesting relief will accurately report to U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP), in the manner that CBP prescribes, the
quantity of steel articles entered for consumption,
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or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, pursuant to any grant of
relief; and (iii) the quantity of steel articles entered pursuant to a
grant of relief will not exceed the quantity for which the Secretary has
granted relief. The Secretary shall notify CBP of any grant of relief
made pursuant to this proclamation. The Secretary shall revoke any grant
of relief under clause 2 of this proclamation if the Secretary
determines at any time after such grant that the criteria for relief
have not been met and may, if the Secretary deems it appropriate, notify
the Attorney General of the facts that led to such revocation.
(4) As soon as practicable, the Secretary shall issue procedures for
the requests for relief described in clauses 2 and 3 of this
proclamation. The issuance of such procedures is exempt from Executive
Order 13771 of January 30, 2017 (Reducing Regulation and Controlling
Regulatory Costs). CBP shall implement relief provided under clause 2 of
this proclamation as soon as practicable.
(5) Until such time as the applicable quantitative limitation
provided in subheading 9903.80.57 of subchapter III of chapter 99 of the
HTSUS for Brazil has been reached, CBP shall count any steel article for
which relief is granted under clause 2 of this proclamation toward such
quantitative limitation at the time when such steel article is entered
for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption. Any steel
article for which relief is granted under clause 2 of this proclamation
must be entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for
consumption, on or before December 31, 2020, and, before January 1,
2021, further relief may not be granted for such article by the
Secretary under clause 1 of Proclamation 9777. Steel articles for which
relief is granted under clause 2 of this proclamation shall be subject
to the duty treatment provided in subheading 9903.80.62 of subchapter
III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS for Brazil, as established by the Annex
to this proclamation.
(6) Subdivision (a)(iii) of U.S. note 16 to subchapter III of
chapter 99 of the HTSUS is amended by striking ``9903.80.61'' and
inserting in its place ``9903.80.62''.
(7) Subdivision (c) of U.S. note 16 to subchapter III of chapter 99
of the HTSUS is amended by striking, in the last sentence, ``and
9903.80.61'' and inserting in its place: ``, 9903.80.61, and
9903.80.62''.
(8) Subdivision (d) of U.S. note 16 to subchapter III of chapter 99
of the HTSUS is amended by striking, in the first sentence, ``and
9903.80.61'' and inserting in its place: ``through 9903.80.62''.
(9) The superior text to subheadings 9903.80.05 through 9903.80.58
of subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS is amended by striking
``and 9903.80.61'' and inserting in its place: ``through 9903.80.62''.
(10) To implement clause 2 of this proclamation, subchapter III of
chapter 99 of the HTSUS is modified as provided in the Annex to this
proclamation.
(11) The modifications to the HTSUS made by clauses 6 through 10 of
this proclamation and the Annex to this proclamation shall be effective
with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from
warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time
on August 28, 2020, and shall continue in effect, unless such actions
are expressly reduced, modified, or terminated.
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(12) Any provision of previous proclamations and Executive Orders
that is inconsistent with the actions taken in this proclamation is
superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-eighth day
of August, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
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Proclamation 10065 of August 31, 2020
National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month is a time to honor
and celebrate the millions of Americans who have found a pathway from
addiction to a life of renewed purpose.
The theme of this year's Recovery Month is ``Join the Voices for
Recovery: Celebrating Connections.'' For those in or seeking recovery,
developing and nurturing connections and relationships is essential.
Despite challenges to developing and fostering meaningful connections
caused by the coronavirus, Americans in recovery have demonstrated
resilience and resolve by creating new and innovative means of
connecting to fill the void of in person interactions. From establishing
virtual peer support groups that embrace technology like
videoconferencing to holding health and wellness classes remotely or in
person following social distancing guidelines, Americans in recovery are
finding strength in their communities.
Throughout these unprecedented and challenging times, my Administration
has taken historic action to ensure the road to recovery remains open.
Among other measures, we have expanded access to telehealth services and
ensured addiction treatment medications have remained available,
including in rural and other underserved areas. In March, I signed the
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act to provide millions
of dollars in emergency funding for a wide range of prevention,
treatment, and recovery services during the pandemic. My Administration
is also working tirelessly to increase access to effective treatments
and to build up the Nation's peer recovery support services
infrastructure.
To help end the scourge of addiction, my Administration released our
National Treatment Plan for Substance Use Disorder, which outlines steps
for improving the quality of treatment across a full continuum of care.
This includes early identification and intervention services, and
increased access to addiction treatment and recovery support services.
Additionally, in June, I signed an Executive Order that requires the
Secretary of Health and Human Services to survey community support
models addressing addiction and to make recommendations to ensure
successful models are widely adopted and implemented.
It is within a communal framework of love, compassion, and
understanding, nurtured by the shared experiences of strength, hope, and
healing, that we can find understanding and inspiration in one another.
As our Nation continues to recognize those who are successfully breaking
the chains of addiction and drug and alcohol misuse, we applaud the
healthcare and treatment professionals, counselors, peer recovery
coaches, faith leaders, first responders, family members, friends, and
advocates who are vital in helping them achieve and sustain recovery,
whether in person, over the phone, or virtually. Together, we can help
more Americans live healthy and meaningful lives while building a
stronger Nation.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
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the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 2020 as
National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month. I call upon the
people of the United States to observe this month with appropriate
programs, ceremonies, and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of
August, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10066 of August 31, 2020
National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Childhood should be a time of joy, laughter, innocence, and wonder.
Sadly, more than 15,000 American children and adolescents endure the
pain, heartache, and uncertainty of a cancer diagnosis each year. Today,
cancer is the leading cause of death from disease beyond infancy for our
Nation's youth, and in 2020 alone, it is expected to take the lives of
approximately 1,200 children under 15 years of age. During National
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, we recognize the courage and strength
of the brave children battling a cancer diagnosis, and we reaffirm our
commitment to combating pediatric cancers and supporting these children
and their families and friends in their fight.
Over the last half century, substantial progress has been made in the
diagnosis and treatment of several types of childhood cancer. Yet our
resolve to ensure that every child can grow up cancer-free has never
been stronger. We remain dedicated to the goal of ending childhood
cancer and continuing to improve the care that all of these children
receive.
To achieve these goals, my Administration is working with the Congress
to invest $500 million over the next decade to provide our Nation's best
researchers and clinicians with unparalleled opportunities to better
understand, treat, and ultimately cure childhood cancer. The National
Cancer Institute is implementing the Childhood Cancer Data Initiative,
which will collect, analyze, and share data to advance pediatric cancer
breakthroughs. Additionally, the Food and Drug Administration's
Pediatric Oncology program is working to accelerate the development of
safe and effective new drugs to treat childhood cancers. These efforts
will spur critical innovation in diagnoses, treatment, and prevention
that will save lives.
During National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, we honor the memory of
the precious children and adolescents lost to cancer, and we pray for
their families and friends as they remember their loved ones. We
recommit to providing help, compassion, and encouragement to those
children who are in the midst of a difficult battle. And we reaffirm our
admiration and respect for the healthcare professionals who have
continued to work tirelessly for these children during the coronavirus
pandemic so that every child can enjoy a future filled with promise,
good health, and hope.
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NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 2020 as
National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. I ask every American to reach
out and help a family battling childhood cancer. I encourage citizens,
government agencies, private businesses, nonprofit organizations, the
media, and other interested groups to increase awareness of what
Americans can do to support the fight against childhood cancer. I also
invite the Governors of the States and Territories and officials of
other areas subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to join me
in recognizing National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of
August, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10067 of August 31, 2020
National Preparedness Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
During National Preparedness Month, we pause to reflect on the
importance of mitigating the effects of disasters and tragedies on our
lives by devoting time and resources to being prepared. As we observe
National Preparedness Month this September, I encourage all Americans to
take intentional, precautionary measures to ensure the resilience of
their families, homes, communities, and businesses.
Over the last year, our Nation has endured and persevered through many
threats. Last week, hurricane Laura struck the Gulf Coast and affected
the lives of millions in Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi. My
Administration is monitoring Federal response efforts and coordinating
with State and local authorities to provide aid to the affected areas.
In recent months, we have also responded to the coronavirus pandemic
with unparalleled vigor and resolve, leveraging historic partnerships
between the public and private sectors to produce and provide needed
medical equipment and to develop therapeutics and a vaccine. We remain
committed to safely reopening our country while protecting the most
vulnerable among us. We have also faced wildfires, earthquakes, and
storms, including a devastating weather system on Easter Sunday of this
year that spawned more than 120 tornadoes in the southeastern United
States. Despite the unprecedented nature and scope of the challenges we
have faced, the American people have remained resolute in their
determination to overcome any adversity. My Administration will continue
to work with State, local, tribal, and territorial partners to ensure
the country is prepared to meet any challenges that may arise.
National Preparedness Month is also an opportunity to reiterate our
gratitude for the selfless service of the brave men and women who help
prepare
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our Nation for disasters and take action when they strike. Our first
responders, critical infrastructure and other frontline workers, and
disaster response volunteers often take great personal risks to perform
their duties. These patriots are essential to the security of our
Nation, and we remain committed to supporting them in their mission.
Promoting a culture of resilience through preparedness helps enable
communities and individuals to take the preparatory actions necessary to
overcome the threats and hazards that present themselves. The Federal
Emergency Management Agency's Ready Campaign, which can be found by
accessing Ready.gov, can help all Americans prepare for crisis
situations. This easy-to-use response can help individuals and families
create an emergency fund for unexpected expenses, set up a designated
shelter area within a home, subscribe to local emergency alerts on
mobile devices, and determine a reliable out-of-town contact during
times of crisis. By taking these steps, people can mitigate damage and
speed up recovery efforts across the country when disaster strikes.
During National Preparedness Month, I encourage all Americans to adopt a
proactive mindset and take the necessary steps to prepare their families
and communities to withstand and recover from unexpected events. We
cannot always know when the next crisis will occur, but we can know that
we will be prepared by committing ourselves to a culture of resilience.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 2020 as
National Preparedness Month. I encourage all Americans, including
Federal, State, tribal, and local officials, to take action to be
prepared for a disaster or an emergency by making and practicing their
emergency response plans. Each step we take to become better prepared
makes a real difference in how our families and communities will respond
and persevere when faced with the unexpected.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of
August, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10068 of August 31, 2020
National Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
As our Nation recognizes National Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month,
we do so with an unwavering commitment to a future in which people with
the condition live fully, without pain and impediments, and ultimately
experience a cure. My Administration, through the Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS), is leading unprecedented activity in research,
medical education, and models of care in support of people with
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Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). A cure is within reach, the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) has approved new treatments and more are on the
horizon, and several initiatives are underway to make better use of all
available tools in the battle against this disease.
SCD is a chronic, debilitating, inherited condition that afflicts
100,000 Americans--primarily African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans.
One in 13 African-Americans and approximately one in 100 Hispanic-
Americans carry the gene for this disease. Those individuals with two
copies of the gene have blood cells that are sickle-shaped, instead of
cylindrical, which causes a disruption in blood flow that can damage
many organs, including the brain and kidneys. A person with SCD can
begin experiencing the negative effects in early childhood, including
pain, organ damage, and risk of stroke. Unfortunately, it is estimated
that only one in four patients with SCD in America receive the care that
they need.
My Administration puts action behind our words, which is why I signed
into law the ``Sickle Cell Disease and Other Heritable Blood Disorders
Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2018'' (Public
Law 115-327). The bill reauthorizes an SCD prevention and treatment
program and authorizes initiatives for research, surveillance,
prevention, and treatment of heritable blood disorders. HHS is leading
the way to identify and address barriers to care for patients, and
several organizations have joined in developing education and training
programs to better equip healthcare providers to identify and treat this
disease. HHS has also begun collaborating with States on new payment
models that will enable children living with SCD to receive the care
they need.
We have made exciting progress towards our goal of extending the lives
of Americans with SCD by 10 years and finding a cure by 2029. In January
2020, HHS launched a new, one-of-a-kind Sickle Cell Disease Training and
Mentoring Program (STAMP), to train primary care providers on the basics
of SCD evaluation and management. This innovative program is the result
of critical collaboration between the Office of Minority Health and the
Health Resources and Services Administration. The FDA has approved two
new drugs to help prevent the complications of SCD, is providing
leadership to reduce barriers and hasten the development of new
treatments, and has developed multi-media educational resources for
patients and their families. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has
initiated an aggressive portfolio of research, education, and capacity
building, including the ``Cure Sickle Cell Initiative'' to accelerate
gene therapies to cure the disease. NIH reports that the most promising
genetic-based curative therapies for SCD could be available in clinical
trials in the very near future.
My Administration is leading on SCD advancements both in the United
States and throughout the world. In May 2019, HHS leaders convened a
roundtable with African health ministers, international health leaders,
and SCD experts to chart a course to save hundreds of thousands of
children around the world. Through NIH, we will continue to support the
Sickle Pan African Research Consortium, and other Public Private
Partnerships to develop gene-based cures.
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The United States is helping raise the profile of SCD as a public health
priority, by drawing attention to the work underway to create meaningful
programs that immediately improve patients' lives. My Administration is
committed to advancing treatment, research, and quality-of-care to
improve the lives of people with SCD--and ultimately to deliver a cure
to the world.
This month, we take a moment to recognize all Americans with SCD and
celebrate our progress toward future treatments. Together, we will
secure a healthier future for all Americans.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States do hereby proclaim September 2020 as
National Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month. I call upon all Americans
to observe this month with appropriate programs and activities to
eliminate a disease we have known about for more than a century and to
work to improve the quality of life of those living with SCD.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of
August, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10069 of September 4, 2020
Labor Day, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
On Labor Day, we recognize and celebrate the workers of our great
Nation. The American workforce is the best in the world and, since day
one of my Administration, I have been standing up for the American
worker. As recent global challenges have tested our mettle, the
dedication of our workforce has once again proven that Americans'
resolve will never be overcome. Today, we celebrate all workers, across
every sector of our economy, whose efforts have never been more
appreciated than in recent months.
Since the founding of our Nation, American workers have deployed their
talents to build beautiful cities, develop new technologies, and shape
the global economy. Now, our country depends on these hardworking
patriots as we continue to aggressively fight the coronavirus pandemic.
In particular, we celebrate every American who has worked tirelessly to
ensure we maintain our way of life in this unprecedented time. These
vital workers include medical professionals, grocery store and pharmacy
clerks, farmers, meatpackers, truckers, factory workers, and the many
employees who are important to the supply chain that makes essential
goods and medications accessible to all Americans. Essential workers and
volunteers like these and others have enabled my Administration to
respond swiftly to the coronavirus pandemic and have safeguarded the
prospects of countless American businesses and the lives and personal
health of millions of people.
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From my first day in office, my Administration has acted to foster an
environment for growth, jobs, and prosperity. Having built the greatest
economy the world has ever seen, my Administration will do it again. We
will not rest until American workers are safely back at work. In March,
I signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, which
established the Paycheck Protection Program that gave small businesses
the resources to keep their employees on payroll during the pandemic. I
also issued an Executive Order continuing the work of the National
Council for the American Worker, which coordinates resources across our
Federal Government to ensure our Nation's workers have the skills
necessary for the jobs of the future. In addition, my Administration's
Fiscal Year 2021 Budget includes $200 million for apprenticeship
programs--up $25 million from current funding levels and more than
double from when I first took office--to further support and expand a
highly skilled workforce that is essential for global competitiveness.
Even in the face of tremendous adversity, we have set record numbers in
job growth along with record low unemployment--a trend that will
continue with the help of millions of hardworking Americans across our
country.
On this Labor Day, we express our deep gratitude to workers of every
generation who helped create the greatest economy in the world and the
workers whose tireless efforts will ensure our country and workforce
bounce back with full force as we defeat the virus. Together, we will
continue the great American comeback.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 7, 2020, as
Labor Day. I call upon all public officials and people of the United
States to observe this day with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and
activities that honor the contributions and resilience of working
Americans.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fourth day of
September, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10070 of September 3, 2020
National Days of Prayer and Remembrance, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
During these National Days of Prayer and Remembrance, we pay tribute to
the nearly 3,000 precious lives lost on September 11, 2001. We solemnly
honor them and pray that those who bear the burdens of unimaginable loss
find comfort in knowing that God is close to the brokenhearted and that
He provides abiding peace.
The memories of that fateful morning still touch American hearts and
remind us of our Nation's reliance on Almighty God. When cowardly
terrorists attacked our homeland, we witnessed the unthinkable as each
successive plane struck the very heart of our Nation. As the Twin Towers
fell and
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the Pentagon was hit, the peace and calm in the lives of innocent
families were shattered. Our Nation watched in shock as courageous first
responders faced great peril to save the lives of their fellow
Americans. Onboard United Flight 93, a group of heroic individuals
braced themselves to stop hijackers from hitting our Nation's Capital.
Passenger Todd Beamer told Lisa Jefferson, a call center supervisor in
Chicago who stayed on the phone with him until the end, that he would
``go out on faith'' and asked her to recite the Lord's Prayer with him
over the phone, beginning: ``Our Father, who art in heaven.''
Despite immeasurable loss, we were not defeated. Our Nation's darkest
hour was pierced by candlelight, our anguish was met with prayer, and
our grief was met with unity. Like so many times before in our country's
history, we sought peace and strength through faith.
Today, at Ground Zero in New York City, the ``Survivor Tree'' stands as
an enduring symbol of our faith and national restoration. As it blooms
with the seasons and reminds us of its triumph over destruction, we
remember the words of John 1:5: ``The light shines in the darkness, and
the darkness has not overcome it.'' In the nearly two decades that have
passed since this tragedy, our Nation has grown stronger and more
resilient. As one country, we honor all of the mothers, fathers, sons,
and daughters who perished on that day. They are forever remembered.
On these National Days of Prayer and Remembrance, we pray for the
families of all those who were lost and honor the courageous heroes who
came through for our Nation when we needed them most. Together, as one
Nation under God, we renew our vow to never forget. We cherish each
other as fellow Americans and look proudly to our flag--an unwavering
reminder of freedom's triumph over fear. And, above all, we thank God
for the strength and courage He has provided us, and take heart that our
beloved departed now rest in His loving embrace.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim Friday, September 4,
through Sunday, September 6, 2020, as National Days of Prayer and
Remembrance. I call upon the people of the United States to observe
these National Days of Prayer and Remembrance with appropriate programs,
ceremonies, and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this third day of
September, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
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Proclamation 10071 of September 9, 2020
Revision to United States Marine Scientific Research Policy
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982
(Convention) generally reflects customary international law. Section 3
of Part XIII of the Convention provides that coastal states, in the
exercise of their jurisdiction, have the right to regulate, authorize,
and conduct marine scientific research in their Exclusive Economic Zone
(EEZ) and on their continental shelf. Marine scientific research in the
EEZ or on the continental shelf shall be conducted with the consent of
the coastal state.
In Proclamation 5030 of March 10, 1983 (Exclusive Economic Zone of the
United States of America), the President announced the establishment of
the EEZ of the United States. The Proclamation asserts the sovereign
rights and jurisdiction of the United States in its EEZ and confirms the
rights and freedoms of all states, as provided under international law.
In an accompanying Presidential Statement of March 10, 1983 (United
States Oceans Policy), the President acknowledged that international law
allows coastal states to exercise jurisdiction over marine scientific
research in their respective EEZs, but stated that the United States had
elected not to do so to the fullest extent permitted under international
law, in an effort to encourage such research. Presidential Decision
Directive-36 of April 5, 1995 (United States Policy on Protecting the
Ocean Environment), emphasizes that the policy of the United States is
to protect and monitor the ocean and coastal environment and conserve
living marine resources, recognizing that doing so, in an open and
collaborative manner, supports our economic and national security
interests.
In Executive Order 13840 of June 19, 2018 (Ocean Policy to Advance the
Economic, Security, and Environmental Interests of the United States), I
reaffirmed that the United States will continue to promote lawful use of
the ocean by agencies, including the Armed Forces, and that the United
States will continue to exercise its rights and jurisdiction and perform
duties in accordance with applicable international law, including
customary international law. Further, the United States will use the
best available ocean-related science and knowledge, in partnership with
the science and technology communities, to inform decisions and enhance
entrepreneurial opportunities. In the Presidential Memorandum of
November 19, 2019 (Ocean Mapping of the United States Exclusive Economic
Zone and the Shoreline and Nearshore of Alaska), I affirmed the
importance of understanding our ocean systems and natural resources to
our security, economic, and environmental interests.
Likewise, the exercise of jurisdiction by the United States over marine
scientific research in its EEZ and on its continental shelf will result
in greater access to data collected during such research and will
increase maritime domain awareness, thereby reducing potential exposure
to security, economic, and environmental risks.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim the following:
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Section 1. Policy. The United States will exercise its right to
regulate, authorize, and conduct marine scientific research, with a
specific requirement to authorize, in advance, all instances of foreign
marine scientific research, in the United States EEZ and on its
continental shelf to the extent permitted under international law.
Sec. 2. Implementation. The Secretary of State (Secretary) shall have
lead responsibility for implementing this proclamation, in consultation
with relevant executive departments and agencies (agencies) and with the
Ocean Policy Committee established in Executive Order 13840 (Ocean
Policy Committee).
Sec. 3. Intelligence. The Intelligence Community of the Federal
Government shall support the implementation of this proclamation, as
appropriate.
Sec. 4. Information Sharing. To facilitate the process for reviewing
applications for marine scientific research, agencies not part of the
Intelligence Community shall share information related to marine
scientific research with the Department of State, to the maximum extent
authorized by law.
Sec. 5. Termination. This proclamation shall remain in effect until
terminated by the President. At any time, but not less frequently than
every 2 years from the date of this proclamation, the Secretary may
recommend that the President modify or terminate this proclamation. Any
such recommendation by the Secretary shall be coordinated with the
National Security Council staff and the Ocean Policy Committee.
Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this proclamation shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This proclamation shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This proclamation is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this ninth day of
September, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
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Proclamation 10072 of September 10, 2020
Patriot Day, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
In 2001, our Nation, united under God, made an unbreakable promise never
to forget the nearly 3,000 innocent Americans who were senselessly
killed on September 11. On this sacred day--Patriot Day--we solemnly
honor that commitment. As the bells toll, we call by name those who
perished in the terrorist attacks in New York, New York; Arlington,
Virginia; and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. In cities and towns across our
great country, we stand in solidarity to remember the victims and mourn
their stolen hopes and dreams.
On a day that began as ordinary as any other, terrorists carrying out a
sadistic plan murdered thousands of our fellow compatriots. With shock
and disbelief, we watched our first responders, encumbered by heavy
equipment and hindered by debris and smoke, rush with conviction and
courage into the void to rescue those in despair. With pride and sorrow,
we felt the tremendous bravery of those aboard Flight 93, who summoned
the courage to charge the terrorists in a counterattack that saved
countless American lives. As the day closed, America steadied its
resolve to hold accountable those who had attacked us and to ensure it
would never happen again.
The courage, heroism, and resilience Americans displayed on 9/11, and in
its aftermath, are perpetual testaments to the spirit of our country.
While our Nation was anguished by this attack, the grit displayed that
day--the very essence of America--was a reminder that our citizens have
never failed to rise to the occasion. Heroes sprang into action in the
face of great peril to help save their fellow Americans. Many laid down
their lives. As we reflect on the events of that September morning, let
us recommit to embrace the stalwart bravery displayed and reaffirm our
dedication to defending liberty from all who wish to deny it.
To fulfill our collective promise never to forget, we impart the memory
of that fateful day to our children and grandchildren. The smoke that
rose from the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and the Pennsylvania field
carried away the souls of innocent Americans. As we recall the images of
our American Flag raised from the ashes of Ground Zero and the Pentagon,
we are reminded that good triumphs over evil. We recommit ourselves to
fortifying our cherished American values so that future generations will
know in their souls that the United States is the land of the free and
the home of the brave.
This Patriot Day, we commemorate the lives of those who perished on
September 11, 2001, we pray for the families who carry on their
legacies, and we honor the unmatched bravery of our Nation's first
responders. We also commend those who, in the days and years following
the attack, answered the call to serve our country and continue to risk
their lives in defense of the matchless blessings of freedom.
By a joint resolution approved December 18, 2001 (Public Law 107-89),
the Congress designated September 11 of each year as ``Patriot Day.''
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NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim September 11, 2020, as Patriot Day. I call
upon all departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the United
States to display the flag of the United States at half-staff on Patriot
Day in honor of the innocent people who lost their lives on September
11, 2001. I invite the Governors of the United States and its
Territories and interested organizations and individuals to join in this
observance. I call upon the people of the United States to participate
in community service in honor of the innocent people we lost that day
and to observe a moment of silence beginning at 8:46 a.m. Eastern
Daylight Time to honor those victims who perished as a result of the
terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this tenth day of
September, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10073 of September 11, 2020
Minority Enterprise Development Week, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Each day, more than one million minority-owned employers in the United
States contribute to the economic vitality of our Nation. These
incredible enterprises uplift their surrounding communities and help
fuel the futures, livelihoods, and dreams of Americans throughout the
country. During Minority Enterprise Development Week, we celebrate the
contributions of our great minority-owned businesses and reaffirm our
commitment to supporting their continued growth, development, and
success.
Since my first day in office, I have been committed to fostering an
environment where all businesses, including minority-owned businesses,
can thrive. The historic 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provided for the
biggest tax cuts and reforms in American history, benefitting all
Americans. This legislation also created Opportunity Zones, a landmark
program that encourages investment in distressed communities and creates
jobs for those who are most in need of opportunities for economic
empowerment. My Administration has also cut burdensome regulations at an
unprecedented rate, loosening Government restraints on growth and
allowing minority-owned businesses to thrive. To reinforce our
commitment to these critical enterprises, in April of this year, the
Department of Commerce, through the Minority Business Development Agency
(MBDA), announced the creation of the Minority Business Enterprise Inner
City Innovation HUBs, which will award $2.8 million over 2 years to
support minority-owned businesses. Through this initiative, we are
helping to fund and sustain minority-owned startups, including those
that support digital innovation, machine learning and artificial
intelligence, and technology transfer.
My Administration has also been relentlessly committed to helping
minority-owned businesses recover from the economic hardships brought on
by the coronavirus pandemic. As part of the historic Coronavirus Aid,
Relief,
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and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which I signed into law in March of
this year, the Federal Government has allocated $10 million in
supplemental funding to MBDA Business Centers and minority chambers of
commerce to provide training and advising services for minority business
enterprises, empowering them to be leaders in our economic recovery. In
addition, the nearly 9,000 Opportunity Zones created by the Tax Cuts and
Jobs Act have produced $75 billion in investment for countless minority
neighborhoods throughout the United States. My Administration
understands that supporting minority businesses promotes a strong
national economy, and we will do everything in our power to assist
minority-owned businesses as our Nation continues our economic
resurgence.
This week and every week, we celebrate the vast contributions minority-
owned businesses make to our great country. As President, I will always
proudly stand by minority entrepreneurs and their businesses. My
Administration will continue to promote their interests and decrease
regulatory burdens to help them unleash their full potential.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 13 through
September 19, 2020, as Minority Enterprise Development Week. I call upon
the people of the United States to observe this week with programs,
ceremonies, and activities to recognize the many contributions of
American minority business enterprises.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eleventh day of
September, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10074 of September 11, 2020
Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
During Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week, we
reaffirm our unwavering commitment to ending the opioid crisis in our
country, and we pledge to help our friends, family, and colleagues with
addiction as they work toward a drug-free life. Addiction undercuts
human personal potential, damages families, and disrupts relationships.
This month, and every month, we must continue to raise awareness about
the dangers of opioid misuse and resolve to build a healthier and
happier Nation.
Since my first day in office, my Administration has taken aggressive
action to confront and dismantle the driving forces behind the opioid
crisis. In October 2017, we declared the opioid crisis a public health
emergency, and in 2018, we secured $6 billion in new funding to fight
the opioid crisis. Most recently, I signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief,
and Economic Security
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(CARES) Act, which strengthened these efforts by providing millions of
dollars in emergency grant funding to healthcare providers treating
those with substance use disorders. Additionally, to ensure that access
to addiction support services remains uninterrupted, I eased the
regulatory burdens on the Drug Enforcement Administration and the
Department of Health and Human Services, which are now ensuring greater
access to treatment by expanding telehealth options.
To fight over prescribing, a significant contributor to the widespread
opioid addiction, my Administration launched the Safer Prescribing Plan
in 2018, which built on our early progress and set an ambitious goal of
cutting opioid prescription fills by one-third within 3 years. This
initiative is a major reason why the total amount of opioid
prescriptions filled in America has dropped by 31 percent since I took
office. We have also developed partnerships between the Office of
National Drug Control Policy, the Truth Initiative, and the Ad Council
to educate young adults about the dangers of misusing opioids. These
efforts are preventing Americans from falling victim to the potent and
dangerous grip of opioid addiction.
My Administration is also taking decisive action to keep dangerous drugs
out of our country. Synthetic opioids are extremely deadly and generally
originate outside of the United States. Our Nation's law enforcement
officers are working night and day to keep this poison from crossing our
borders. In 2018 alone, they seized almost 5,000 pounds of fentanyl at
our border--enough to kill 1.2 billion individuals, the equivalent of
every American four times over. Although we have made great progress
through these actions, my Administration remains as committed as ever to
using the power of Federal law and the expertise of our Nation's
dedicated law enforcement officials to prevent the illegal importation
and distribution of opioids, which could otherwise devastate countless
American families.
To help those already struggling with addiction, my Administration is
working to champion evidence-based treatments and provide recovery
support resources. In 2018, I signed the Substance Use-Disorder
Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for
Patients and Communities Act, which uses a whole-of-government approach
to better monitor prescribing, improve treatment, prevent addiction, and
curb the use of illegal drugs. We have also awarded nearly $50 million
in planning grants to 15 States to increase the capacity of Medicaid
providers to deliver substance use disorder treatment and recovery
services. And beginning in January of this year, Medicare began covering
services for its beneficiaries at opioid treatment programs. Together,
these efforts will help expand treatment access and provide crucial
support to those who need it.
This Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week, we redouble
our efforts to defeat our Nation's opioid crisis. We can never forget
the hundreds of thousands of lives lost, nor the families forever
altered due to this scourge. We will always support those around us who
are suffering from addiction, encourage those struggling in private to
reach out for help, and celebrate those who have found a pathway from
addiction to recovery. Together, we will continue to build awareness and
work toward a healthier, safer society where every community, family,
and individual can flourish.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
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the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 13 through
September 19, 2020, as Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness
Week. I call upon my fellow Americans to observe this week with
activities of awareness and remembrance of the lives lost and
commitments to continue the fight.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eleventh day of
September, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10075 of September 11, 2020
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
For more than 180 years, our Nation's Historically Black Colleges and
Universities (HBCUs) have exhibited remarkable excellence in higher
education and served as engines of opportunity and advancement for
thousands of Black Americans. During National Historically Black
Colleges and Universities Week, we celebrate the achievements of HBCUs
and their students and pledge our continuing support to the nearly
300,000 individuals currently pursuing their dreams at HBCUs throughout
the United States.
For nearly two centuries, HBCU graduates have profoundly shaped American
life and culture. In science and technology, HBCU graduates have led the
way in innovation, like engineer and inventor Otis Boykin, who held more
than 20 patents during his lifetime, including for a wire precision
resistor used in radios and televisions, and for a control unit used in
pacemakers that helped save countless lives. From thought leaders like
Booker T. Washington and civil rights heroes like Martin Luther King,
Jr., to great legal minds like Thurgood Marshall and renowned authors
like James Weldon Johnson, our Republic is more vibrant because of HBCUs
and their students.
My Administration will always stand beside these wonderful colleges and
universities as they pursue their mission to provide their students with
a high-quality education. In order to further promote the success of
HBCUs in the years to come, I signed an Executive Order in February of
2017 on the White House Initiative to Promote Excellence and Innovation
at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. This action established
the President's Board of Advisors on HBCUs, and as a result, 32 Federal
departments and agencies now have plans in place to help HBCUs secure
available Federal resources and opportunities. Additionally, my
Administration recently released a Framework for the Development of a
Federal HBCU Competitiveness Strategy, further facilitating productive
partnerships between HBCU students and faculty members and public and
private-sector entities.
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This year, National HBCU Week also coincides with the 150th anniversary
of two of South Carolina's great historically black institutions: Allen
University and Benedict College. Our Nation joins these schools in
celebrating this significant milestone and their incredible legacies.
Last year, at Benedict College, I was proud to highlight an increase of
more than 13 percent in Federal funding for HBCUs under my
Administration. In addition, I signed into law the FUTURE Act, which
reauthorized more than $85 million in funding for HBCUs, securing
permanent funding for our Nation's historically black institutions and
helping ensure their financial security for future generations.
My Administration has also continued to prioritize HBCUs during the
coronavirus pandemic, and we remain committed to helping them safely
reopen for in-person classes. As part of this effort, the Coronavirus
Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which I signed into law
in March of this year, provided $930 million in higher education
emergency relief funds for HBCUs. During these challenging times, my
Administration is working to meet the needs of these great institutions
and their students as they seek to safely reopen their doors. We know
full well the important role they will play in our ongoing national
recovery.
HBCUs help empower young Americans from all backgrounds to achieve their
American Dream. This week, we proudly reaffirm our support for HBCUs and
pledge to continue to promote their success and provide support to their
vital educational mission.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 20 through
September 26, 2020, as National Historically Black Colleges and
Universities Week, and further proclaim September 21, 2020, as National
HBCU Colors Day. I call upon educators, public officials, professional
organizations, corporations, and all Americans to proudly don
institutional colors and observe this week and day with appropriate
programs, ceremonies, and activities that acknowledge the countless
contributions these institutions and their alumni have made to our
country. I call upon all Americans to observe this week with appropriate
programs, ceremonies, and activities and to boldly, joyfully, and
proudly don institutional colors.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eleventh day of
September, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10076 of September 14, 2020
National Hispanic Heritage Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
During National Hispanic Heritage Month, we celebrate the countless
contributions of more than 60 million Hispanic Americans to our culture
and
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society. Hispanic Americans are the largest minority group in the United
States today, and generations of Hispanic Americans have consistently
helped make our country strong and prosperous. They contribute to our
Nation beyond description. Hispanic Americans embody the best of our
American values, including commitment to faith, family, and country.
They serve in our military and protect us as members of law enforcement.
In fact, Hispanic Americans make up half of our Border Patrol agents.
The Hispanic-American community has left an indelible mark on our
government, culture, and economy.
As part of our commitment to promoting the success of Hispanic
Americans, my Administration will always promote educational opportunity
for our Nation's Hispanic-American communities. Hispanic Americans
benefit greatly from school choice programs, including the Nation's
largest school choice program in Florida, where more than one-third of
the recipients are Hispanic-American students. No American student
should ever be trapped in a failing public school or a school that does
not meet his individual needs. Additionally, we have spurred the
creation of more than 16 million education and training opportunities
through our Pledge to the American Worker.
My Administration is also working to increase economic opportunities for
Hispanic Americans by providing pathways to in-demand jobs and investing
in Hispanic-American communities. On July 9, 2020, I signed an Executive
Order to establish the White House Hispanic Prosperity Initiative to
promote educational and workforce development, encourage private-sector
action and public-private partnerships, and to monitor how Federal
programs best provide opportunities for Hispanic Americans.
Additionally, this Executive Order established the President's Advisory
Commission on Hispanic Prosperity, which is dedicated to advising my
Administration on ways to improve access to educational and economic
opportunities for the Hispanic-American community. This year, my
Administration also delivered $1 billion in funding to Minority-Serving
Institutions, including Hispanic-Serving Institutions. And since I
signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 into law, nearly 9,000
Opportunity Zones have attracted an estimated $75 billion in new capital
investment in economically distressed areas, helping to bring wealth and
jobs to the neighborhoods where many Hispanic Americans live.
We are already seeing the positive results of these policies in
communities throughout the United States. In the 2017-2018 academic
year, the graduation rate for Hispanic students at public high schools
rose to 81%, the highest level ever recorded. Before the coronavirus
pandemic, the median income for Hispanic Americans had reached its
highest level in history. Unemployment reached the lowest rate ever
recorded. The poverty rate for Hispanic Americans also hit a record low.
And from 2017 to 2018, 362,000 Hispanic Americans became new homeowners,
the largest net gain for Hispanics since 2005. In the past 4 months as
we have recovered from the coronavirus, we added 3.3 million jobs for
Hispanic Americans. It is my promise to the Hispanic-American community
and to all Americans that my Administration will continue to do
everything in its power to rebuild the economy, ensure opportunity, grow
wages, and cut regulations so every family can achieve their own
American Dream.
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Hispanic Americans will play an incredible role in our country's great
years to come, and my Administration proudly stands with them. Their
steadfast commitment to America's core values, their steadfast
opposition to socialism, and their innumerable contributions to our
prosperity enrich our Nation and add to our unmatched culture and way of
life.
To honor the achievements of Hispanic Americans, the Congress, by Public
Law 100-402, as amended, has authorized and requested the President to
issue annually a proclamation designating September 15 through October
15 as ``National Hispanic Heritage Month.''
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 15 through
October 15, 2020, as National Hispanic Heritage Month. I call on public
officials, educators, librarians, and all Americans to observe this
month with appropriate ceremonies, activities, and programs.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fourteenth day of
September, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10077 of September 17, 2020
Constitution Day, Citizenship Day, and Constitution Week, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
In the summer of 1787, fifty-five delegates from throughout the
fledgling United States gathered at the Pennsylvania State House in
Philadelphia, intent on erecting a government that would stand the test
of time and protect hard-won freedoms secured during the Revolutionary
War. Two hundred and thirty-three years later, the document they
produced--our Constitution--remains the bedrock of our system of
government, one rooted in equality under the law and an unyielding
commitment to individual liberty. On this day and during this week, we
celebrate our great founding charter as an enduring beacon of freedom
and strive toward active citizenship in service of its ideals.
With profound wisdom, the Framers of our Constitution divided political
power among three separate and coequal branches, and further between the
Federal and State governments, ensuring that a government of the people,
by the people, and for the people would remain accountable to its
citizens, from whom all legitimate political power is derived. Our
Constitution outlines a government that encourages individuals to
flourish while still empowering the state to perform necessary functions
like protecting law and order and providing essential public goods. This
revolutionary concept has made and continues to make our Nation the most
free and just society in
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the world. Because its principles are timeless and rooted in truth, our
Constitution has fostered freedom at home, as well as the liberation of
countless oppressed peoples around the world. In the more than 2
centuries since its ratification, it has served as an unparalleled
engine for human progress.
A key feature of our Constitution is an independent Federal judiciary,
which helps safeguard its structure and ensure individual rights. In
Federalist 78, Alexander Hamilton describes the proper role of the
courts as keeping the legislature ``within the limits assigned to their
authority,'' handing down decisions in accordance with the principle
that ``a constitution is, in fact, and must be regarded by the judges,
as a fundamental law.'' In reverence of the wisdom of the Founders, I
have made it a top priority to nominate to the Federal bench only those
judges who have demonstrated a commitment to enforcing the Constitution
as written. To date, I have nominated and the Senate has confirmed more
than 240 judges who will faithfully adhere to this foundational judicial
principle, including two incredible Supreme Court Justices.
While freedom-loving Americans rightfully venerate and defend our
Constitution, we must also remain cognizant that there are those in our
society who wish to tear down our institutions and threaten our sacred
constitutional freedoms. In recent months, statues of great American
heroes like Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and Theodore Roosevelt
have been threatened, torn down, defaced, and destroyed. In cities
throughout our country, radical groups have attacked monuments honoring
the unrivaled contributions our Founding Fathers made to human freedom.
These groups and individuals are attempting to topple constitutional law
and order--the very foundation of self-government--by attacking the
Constitution and the integrity of our national heroes, falsely decrying
our country and its institutions as evil and unjust.
As President, I will never allow such heinous attacks to go unpunished.
I will continue to honor the legacy of our history by protecting our
freedoms and safeguarding our Constitution and the boundless opportunity
it affords to the people of our great Nation. We should always celebrate
the brave Americans who fought tyranny to secure the very liberty that
these extremists take for granted. To this end, in June of this year, I
signed an Executive Order on Protecting American Monuments, Memorials,
and Statues, and Combating Recent Criminal Violence, ensuring that
anarchy and base criminal acts will no longer tarnish memorials built to
honor the heroes who have served our country and defended our
Constitution. On this Constitution and Citizenship Day, and during this
Constitution Week, we recommit to upholding our constitutional system,
to honoring its Framers and those who have sacrificed to defend it--who
knew the true price of liberty--and to embracing the duty we as citizens
have to preserve the society it has built.
The Congress, by joint resolution of February 29, 1952 (36 U.S.C. 106),
designated September 17 as ``Constitution Day and Citizenship Day,'' and
by joint resolution of August 2, 1956 (36 U.S.C. 108), requested that
the President proclaim the week beginning September 17 and ending
September 23 of each year as ``Constitution Week.''
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
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the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 17, 2020, as
Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, and September 17, 2020, through
September 23, 2020, as Constitution Week. On this day and during this
week, we celebrate the citizens and the Constitution that have made
America the greatest Nation this world has ever known. In doing so, we
recommit ourselves to the enduring principles of the Constitution and
thereby ``secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our
posterity.''
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this seventeenth day of
September, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10078 of September 17, 2020
National POW/MIA Recognition Day, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Throughout our Nation's history, America's sons and daughters have
heroically safeguarded our precious freedoms and defended the cause of
liberty both at home and abroad. On National POW/MIA Recognition Day, we
remember the more than 500,000 prisoners of war who have endured
incredible suffering and brutality under conditions of extraordinary
privation, and the tens of thousands of our patriots who are still
missing in action. Although our Nation will never be able to fully repay
our debt to those who have given so much on our behalf, we commemorate
their bravery and recommit to working for their long-suffering families
who deserve answers and solace for their missing loved ones.
Today, I join a grateful Nation in honoring those POWs who faithfully
served through extreme hardship and unimaginable physical and emotional
trauma. Their lives and resilience reflect the best of the American
Spirit, and their immeasurable sacrifices have ensured the blessings of
freedom for future generations. On this day, we also reaffirm our
unceasing global efforts to obtain the fullest possible accounting of
our MIA personnel. The search, recovery, and repatriation of MIA remains
help bring closure to families bearing the burden of the unresolved fate
of their loved ones. That is why in 2018, I worked to secure the
historic repatriation of remains from North Korea, and why we are
continually working to bring more home from around the world. My
Administration will never waver in fulfilling our country's obligation
to leave no service member behind.
This year, as we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of World
War II and reflect upon both the 70th anniversary of the start of the
Korean War and the 45th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, we
pause to recognize the men and women who were held as POWs or deemed MIA
in these conflicts against repressive ideologies. These service members
and civilians, many from the Greatest Generation, deserve a special
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honor in the hearts of all Americans because of their selfless devotion,
unflinching courage, and unsurpassed dedication to our cherished
American values.
On September 18, 2020, our Nation's citizens will look to the iconic
black and white flag as a powerful reminder of the service of America's
POWs and service members who have gone MIA. This flag, especially when
flying high above our military installations abroad, conveys the
powerful message of American devotion to the cause of human liberty and
our commitment to never forget the brave Americans lost defending that
liberty. On this National POW/MIA Recognition Day, our Nation takes a
special moment to pay tribute to those who endured the horrors of enemy
captivity and those lost in service to our country. Our Nation will
continue to be resolute in our relentless pursuit of those remains of
service members who have yet to return home from war and our steadfast
promise to their families that their loved ones will never be forgotten.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 18, 2020, as
National POW/MIA Recognition Day. Together with the people of the United
States, I salute all American POWs who, in the presence of great dangers
and uncertainties, valiantly honored their duty to this great country.
Let this day also serve as a reminder for our Nation to strengthen our
resolve to account for those who are still missing and provide their
families long-sought answers. I call upon Federal, State, and local
government officials and private organizations to observe this day with
appropriate ceremonies and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this seventeenth day of
September, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10079 of September 18, 2020
National Farm Safety and Health Week, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Since our Nation's founding, agriculture has played an integral role in
the American way of life. America's farmers and agricultural workers are
critical to our economy, and concern for their physical and mental
safety must remain a top national priority. Together, we must continue
to ensure our farmers, ranchers, and foresters have the ability to work
safely and effectively as they provide food, fiber, and fuel for our
country. During National Farm Safety and Health Week, we raise awareness
of safety and health issues on farms, ranches, and in rural communities,
and we commit to improving the well-being of those who live and work in
rural settings for generations to come.
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The theme of National Farm Safety and Health Week this year, ``Every
Farmer Counts,'' reminds us that every American must prioritize the
safety and health of those who provide us with essential goods. The fall
harvest is one of the busiest and most dangerous seasons of the year for
agricultural workers. In preparation, and to propel continued innovation
in farm productivity and safety, my Administration is supporting 21st-
century artificial intelligence and greater precision in agricultural
applications. Additionally, we have made significant investments in
rural hospitals, rural broadband, and access to telemedicine. My
Administration has also prioritized the expansion of prevention,
treatment, and recovery programs for the misuse of opioids in rural
America. This week, we rededicate ourselves to these efforts to maximize
the safety and health of agricultural producers through best practices,
innovative technologies, and production methods that reduce risk and
create safer, more productive work environments.
Addressing farm safety and health concerns requires more than just
protecting agricultural workers from routine farm injuries. Our efforts
also include addressing disease outbreaks and health crises, such as the
coronavirus pandemic. This past spring, I instructed our Federal
agencies to publish coronavirus safety guidelines addressing the
specific needs of agricultural workers and food processing workers, all
of which work hard to ensure America's critical food supply remains
strong. To aid producers affected by the pandemic, my Administration is
providing $34 billion to America's farmers through a variety of
programs, including $30 billion in direct payments through the
Coronavirus Food Assistance Program and the innovative $4 billion
Farmers to Families Food Box Program, which supports American food
producers and communities in need.
This National Farm Safety and Health Week, we also commend our first-
class medical professionals and brave first responders serving in rural
communities throughout the country. When our agricultural workers
experience illness, injury, or health crises, our rural emergency
medical responders are their heroes. With the support of these committed
Americans, and our continued support for programs enhancing farm safety,
we will ensure every farmer--and every American life in rural and remote
communities--counts.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 20 through
September 26, 2020, as National Farm Safety and Health Week. Please join
me in promoting safe and healthy practices on our farms and ranches as
producers enter the harvest season across the United States. I also urge
all Americans to express their appreciation and gratitude to our
farmers, ranchers, and foresters for their important contributions and
tireless service to our Nation. The United States was built on the
foundation of agriculture, and agriculture was built on the foundation
of family farmers and their enduring values.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eighteenth day of
September, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
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Proclamation 10080 of September 18, 2020
National Gang Violence Prevention Week, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
During National Gang Violence Prevention Week, we reaffirm our
unwavering commitment to ensuring gang members are removed from our
streets and prosecuted for their crimes, so all Americans can live and
thrive in a safe and peaceful environment. Our Nation's law enforcement
officials are our first line of defense against gang violence, and we
continue to express our eternal gratitude for their selfless devotion to
upholding the rule of law and keeping us safe.
Street gangs pose grave threats to the safety of communities and the
well-being of children, teenagers, and families. Gangs aim to perpetuate
the trafficking and smuggling of humans, weapons, and drugs. They
destroy public and private property, corrupt America's youth, and ruin
businesses. To break the pernicious cycle of gang violence and crime, my
Administration has enacted comprehensive solutions focused on
prevention, intervention, and suppression. In July, we launched
Operation LeGend--a sustained and coordinated law enforcement surge in
communities across the Nation. Operation LeGend is named in honor of 4-
year-old LeGend Taliferro, who was shot and killed while he peacefully
slept early in the morning of June 29 in Kansas City, Missouri. This
unfathomable tragedy is one of many examples of the scourge gangs pose
to our youth and to our communities. The eponymous operation spans every
Federal law enforcement agency and is being executed in conjunction with
State and local officials. Our national effort to fight violent crime
will protect our Nation's children and bring violent criminals to
justice.
Every child in America should enjoy a youth without any risk of falling
victim to violence, drugs, or other harmful criminal acts that can
destroy their future. And every parent should see their children grow
into the people that God intended for them to become. It is the
responsibility of all public leaders to do everything in our power to
make this possible. As President, my highest obligation is to protect
our Nation's citizens, which is why we are relentlessly working to
restore law and order throughout our country.
In the past year, the Department of Justice has prosecuted thousands of
violent gang members, including hundreds of leaders, members, and
associates of transnational criminal organizations such as MS-13 and the
18th Street Gang. The spread of these vicious groups, and the human
suffering they bring, is accomplished through a sophisticated and well-
organized campaign of violence meant to intimidate neighborhoods and
boost illegal money-making activities. In response, my Administration
has taken strong actions to secure our borders, shut down smuggling
networks, and expedite the removal of illegal immigrants associated with
these transnational criminal networks. Additionally, the Attorney
General's Joint Task Force Vulcan has taken steps to disrupt, dismantle,
and ultimately destroy MS-13, including strategically targeting the
highest ranking leaders and bringing terrorism charges against the
organization. Through these initiatives, and working with our foreign
law enforcement partners in Operation Regional
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Shield, we have reduced the ability of transnational criminal
organizations to commit murders and other violent crimes, as well as
hindered their funding by stopping crimes such as robbery, extortion,
drug and gun smuggling, and despicable acts of human trafficking.
Under my Administration, the Department of Justice has revitalized the
Project Safe Neighborhoods program, which provides crucial support to
local law enforcement agencies across the country to combat gang
violence and prevent violent crime. This community-based initiative
targets the most violent criminals in the most dangerous areas of our
country and has successfully delivered justice by getting them off the
streets and behind bars.
None of these significant strides would be possible without the
dedicated law enforcement officials of our great Nation. In light of the
growing, radical movement attacking the police, I take this opportunity
to once again reemphasize my unending support for our Nation's heroes in
blue. We are forever grateful for the incredible men and women of law
enforcement who risk their lives every single day to combat crime and
mayhem.
As a Nation, we must band together in the fight against criminal gangs
that threaten our democracy and terrorize our children, families, and
communities. National Gang Violence Prevention Week is a time to reflect
on the honorable service of our heroes in law enforcement and dedicate
ourselves to doing all that we can to prevent criminal gangs from
infiltrating our communities with violence and crime. We will not rest
until we have removed the scourge of gangs and transnational criminal
organizations from our country.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim the week of September
20 through September 26, 2020, as ``National Gang Violence Prevention
Week.'' I call upon the people of the United States to observe this week
with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eighteenth day of
September, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10081 of September 18, 2020
Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Today, our Nation mourns the loss of a trailblazer, not only in the
field of law, but in the history of our country. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
served more than 27 years as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
of the United States. She was a loving wife to her late husband Martin,
and a caring mother to her two children Jane and James.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg was an inspiration to all Americans. Having lost her
older sister and mother before graduating high school, she entered law
school as both a wife and a mother, and one of the few women in her
class. After graduating from law school in 1959, she worked tirelessly
for more than 34 years as a litigator and jurist and, in 1993, she
became just the second woman to sit on the Supreme Court of the United
States. Renowned for her powerful dissents at the Supreme Court, Justice
Ginsburg epitomized powerful yet respectful argument; that you can
disagree with someone without being disagreeable to them. Justice
Ginsburg's work helped bring about greater equality for women, secure
rights for the disabled, and will continue to influence our Nation for
generations to come. In addition to her quick mind, she brought flair to
the bench with her stylish jabots and her warm friendships among
colleagues, even those with whom she often disagreed, most notably with
the late Justice Antonin Scalia.
A fighter to the end, Justice Ginsburg defeated cancer and the odds
numerous times--all while continuing to serve on the Court. Her
commitment to the law and her fearlessness in the face of death inspired
countless ``RBG'' fans, and she continues to serve as a role model to
countless women lawyers. Her legacy and contribution to American history
will never be forgotten.
As a mark of respect for Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the
United States, I hereby order, by the authority vested in me by the
Constitution and laws of the United States of America, including section
7 of title 4, United States Code, that the flag of the United States
shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and on all public
buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on
all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia
and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions
until sunset, on the day of interment. I also direct that the flag shall
be flown at half-staff for the same period at all United States
embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad,
including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eighteenth day of
September, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10082 of September 19, 2020
National Small Business Week, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
During National Small Business Week, we celebrate the resolve and
ingenuity of American businesses, entrepreneurs, and workers. America's
small businesses are at the very core of our Nation's identity and
prosperity, and this week we pay tribute to these patriots for their
contributions to our Nation's economy and culture.
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This year, as we collectively recover from an unprecedented pandemic, my
Administration remains intensely focused on helping every American
enterprise remain viable, recover, and once again, thrive at historic
levels. Our Nation's more than 30 million small businesses, which employ
nearly half the private-sector workforce and create two-thirds of all
net new jobs, are the key to propelling our economy to the prosperity
levels America has enjoyed over the past 3 years. That is why, as part
of our extraordinary, whole-of-government economic response to the
coronavirus, we have placed the small business sector front and center.
We have delivered nearly three quarters of a trillion dollars in timely,
economic relief to distressed small business entrepreneurs and their
employees throughout the country, including $525 billion in Paycheck
Protection Program (PPP) loans, $190 billion in COVID-19 Economic Injury
Disaster Loans (EIDL), $20 billion in EIDL Advance grants, and
additional healthcare funding.
Additionally, American small businesses have been critical in
revitalizing economically distressed areas. That is why my
Administration worked with Congress to designate thousands of
Opportunity Zones in underserved communities, and as a result, we are
creating unprecedented new economic opportunities. We have also made
extraordinary strides in the cultivation of entrepreneurship among
underrepresented groups, including women, minorities, and veterans. In
fact, under my Administration, Latinos are the fastest-growing group of
entrepreneurs. These numbers are an important reminder that in the
United States anyone who is dedicated and hard-working is capable of
achieving their own American Dream.
Across our country, small businesses are essential to their communities,
creating jobs and giving back during times of prosperity and challenge.
My Administration is committed to investing in small business owners,
and therefore advancing solutions that make it easier for them to exceed
their goals. During this National Small Business Week, we celebrate the
success of our American entrepreneurs who have chartered their own
courses to provide jobs and a bright future for millions of American
workers.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 20 through
September 26, 2020, as National Small Business Week. I call upon all
Americans to recognize the critical contributions of America's
entrepreneurs and small business owners as they grow our Nation's
economy.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this nineteenth day of
September, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
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Proclamation 10083 of September 25, 2020
Gold Star Mother's and Family's Day, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
The brave men and women of our Armed Forces represent the very best of
our great Nation, matched only by the families who walk beside them in
their service. It is our sacred duty to recognize the unending and
immeasurable sacrifices our military families make in support of their
loved ones and for our country, and we are cognizant of the fortitude
they show enduring the anguish of knowing that their hero may never
return home. On this Gold Star Mother's and Family's Day, we solemnly
honor the memory of every lost Soldier, Sailor, Airman, Marine, and
Coast Guardsman, and we humbly grieve with their families who persevere
with remarkable courage, strength, and grace.
Today, and every day, we hold in our hearts those who have answered the
knock on the door, accepted the flag folded with precision, said their
final farewell, and borne the absence of their fallen hero. Gold Star
Families deserve our utmost respect, admiration, and support for their
tenacity and resilience, and for the work they do to preserve the memory
of those who gave their lives to our Nation.
The true strength and success of our Armed Forces is found in the love,
support, and unity of our Nation's military families, and this is
reflected best in our country's inspirational Gold Star Mothers and
Families. Shouldering their profound grief, they find the courage and
conviction to move forward, transforming their heartache into hope,
meaningful service, and outreach to veterans, support organizations, and
other military families coping with the death of a loved one. Their
ability to overcome, persist, prevail, and in turn, enrich the lives of
others, exemplifies the true American Spirit. On behalf of our grateful
Nation, I commend and honor them for their continued commitment to our
military heroes.
Americans of every generation owe a debt of gratitude to the men and
women who gave their lives in service to this Nation and to their
families who remain forever changed. On this solemn day of remembrance,
we hold these families in our hearts, remember them in our prayers,
support them in our words and deeds, and join them in honoring their
hero's ultimate sacrifice. May God provide them continued strength,
comfort, and care, and may God bless the United States of America.
The Congress, by Senate Joint Resolution 115 of June 23, 1936 (49 Stat.
1895 as amended), has designated the last Sunday in September as ``Gold
Star Mother's Day.''
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim Sunday, September 27,
2020, as Gold Star Mother's and Family's Day. I call upon all Government
officials to display the flag of the United States over Government
buildings on this special day. I also encourage the American people to
display the flag and hold appropriate ceremonies as a public expression
of our Nation's gratitude and respect for our Gold Star Mothers and
Families.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fifth day of
September, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10084 of September 25, 2020
National Hunting and Fishing Day, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
On National Hunting and Fishing Day, we pause to reflect on the
breathtaking natural wonders and resources that abound throughout our
great Nation. American hunters, anglers, and outdoorsmen are entrusted
with stewardship of these treasured blessings, sustaining our lands and
waters through recreation and conservation efforts. These men and women
also make substantial contributions to local economies, supporting
individuals and communities and preserving longstanding American
sporting traditions.
As they have been since the founding of our country, hunting and fishing
remain an integral part of the American identity. In addition to being
great stewards of the land, hunters and anglers are also keepers of our
rich ecological and conservation traditions, which have been passed down
through generations. Hunting and fishing have long functioned as an
effective means to manage certain wildlife populations, and time spent
in nature promotes awareness of best practices for effectively managing
ecosystems throughout the United States. In addition, sales of licenses,
tags, and other permits support conservation efforts and contribute to
research that furthers our understanding of how to best care for our
natural environment. The men and women who hunt and fish our lands and
waters cultivate a deep respect for our natural resources and foster
greater understanding of mankind's relation to nature, sustaining a
uniquely American ethos rooted in the values of individualism and self-
sufficiency.
In addition to the importance of hunting and fishing to our cultural
heritage, hunters and anglers also help fuel our economy. In 2017,
outdoor recreation in the United States supported 5.2 million jobs.
These jobs and the activities they support contribute more than $70
billion to our economy and account for more than 2 percent of the United
States' gross domestic product. Many hunting and fishing jobs are
located in rural communities, focusing economic activity in areas that
are often in need of investment and support.
Because of the vital importance of hunting and fishing to the health of
our lands and waters and the strength of our national economy, I have
championed conservation efforts and supported American outdoorsmen since
my first day in office. In March of 2019, I signed into law the John D.
Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act, marking the
most important public lands designation in a decade. This legislation,
combined with other actions taken at my direction by the Department of
the Interior,
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has expanded or proposed to expand nearly 4 million acres across the
country to hunting and fishing. To further preserve our Nation's natural
resources for the American people, this past August I signed the Great
American Outdoors Act--the largest single investment ever in America's
public lands. This historic legislation provides $900 million a year in
permanent funding to the Land and Water Conservation Fund, allocates
$9.5 billion over 5 years to restore our public lands, and won the
endorsement of more than 850 conservation groups and 43 sportsmen and
sportswomen groups.
On National Hunting and Fishing Day, we emphasize our appreciation for
the majestic natural beauty of our Nation, and we celebrate the stewards
of the great American traditions that are tied to our lands and waters.
Together, we commit to supporting hunting and fishing throughout the
United States and passing on these cherished traditions to future
generations, securing a future for sportsmanship and conservation in our
country.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 26, 2020, as
National Hunting and Fishing Day. I call upon the people of the United
States to observe this day by sharing the great outdoors with your
family and friends, and practice conservation and preservation with
appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fifth day of
September, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10085 of September 30, 2020
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
During National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we honor the incredible
fortitude of breast cancer survivors and offer our heartfelt support and
prayers to those currently battling this disease. As one Nation, we
remember the precious lives lost to breast cancer and the families
forever changed as a result. This month, we devote ourselves to fighting
to eradicate breast cancer, working with conviction and compassion to
develop treatments and find a cure.
This year, an estimated 276,000 Americans will be diagnosed with breast
cancer, and more than 42,000 will likely die from this terrible disease.
Thankfully, through early detection and improved treatments, today there
is a 90 percent five-year survival rate for women diagnosed with breast
cancer. The First Lady and I strongly encourage all Americans to meet
with their physicians and discuss their individual risks for breast
cancer. Increased awareness, especially of family history and other
common risk factors, preventive care, and regular screenings, including
mammograms, can help save lives through early diagnosis and prompt
treatment.
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As President, I am deeply committed to ensuring that Americans have
access to cutting-edge treatments and life-saving medications for
conditions like breast cancer. In 2018, I signed into law historic
``Right to Try'' legislation, which ensures those diagnosed with a
terminal illness greater autonomy in choosing their treatment path and
increases their access to potentially lifesaving drugs. My
Administration also has taken decisive action to lower prescription drug
prices and eliminate burdensome regulations that, for too long, undercut
the potential of our researchers to develop innovative treatments and
medications. We are also relentlessly committed to protecting Americans
with pre-existing conditions, including conditions that may put someone
at a greater risk of developing breast cancer. In the fight against this
disease, we will continue to use every tool at our disposal to provide
Americans with the best possible treatments and medications to save
lives.
This month, as we celebrate the incredible resilience of breast cancer
survivors and remember those lost to this disease, we also pray for
comfort and strength for those currently battling breast cancer.
Together, united by compassion and resolve, we will continue in our
effort to find new treatments, medications, and a cure to eradicate this
disease from our Nation.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 2020 as
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Citizens, government agencies,
private businesses, nonprofit organizations, the media, and other
interested groups must increase awareness of what we can do to fight
breast cancer. I also invite the Governors of the States and Territories
and officials of other areas subject to the jurisdiction of the United
States to join me in recognizing National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of
September, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10086 of September 30, 2020
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
As technology continues to progress and new kinds of threats arise
around the world, cybersecurity is playing an increasingly central role
in our national security and daily lives. During National Cybersecurity
Awareness Month, we recommit to ensuring our Nation's cybersecurity, and
we raise awareness of the responsibility all Americans have to protect
their Internet-connected devices, technology, and networks from cyber
threats at work, home, and school.
My Administration is proud of the steps we have taken to promote
technological innovation and bolster cybersecurity measures. We continue
to
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prioritize Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
education and employment opportunities, and my Pledge to America's
Workers has encouraged companies to provide educational opportunities
for nearly 15 million American workers, especially in areas such as
artificial intelligence, quantum computing, cybersecurity, and secure
5G. I also signed the Supporting Veterans in STEM Careers Act, which
encourages veterans to study and pursue careers in STEM and computer
science when they leave military service. These measures are vital to
advancing our defenses and ensuring that the American people have the
cyber skills necessary to defend our country.
As our Nation continues to innovate, 5G technology will have a major
effect on how we live our daily lives in the future. New opportunities,
however, also bring new risks, which is why my Administration is leading
5G risk mitigation efforts to ensure that Americans can fully benefit
from this new connectivity while keeping their devices safe and secure.
In addition, in March, I signed the Secure and Trusted Communications
Networks Act, which is strengthening our network defenses against
threats from hostile actors. The American people and our allies deserve
to know that our 5G networks will be reliable, private, and secure.
We must all work together to create a safer, more secure, and more
resilient cyber world. As my Administration collaborates with private
industry partners to strengthen and enhance the security of our Nation's
technological infrastructure, I encourage all Americans to embrace their
responsibility to protect their sensitive data and to familiarize
themselves with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's
STOP. THINK. CONNECT. campaign. All devices are potentially vulnerable.
But you can greatly enhance the safety of your personal information and
that of your family, friends, and employers by adhering to the advice
offered by the campaign and improving your cyber hygiene.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 2020 as
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. I call upon the people,
companies, and institutions of the United States to recognize the
importance of cybersecurity and to observe this month through events,
training, and education to further our country's national security and
resilience.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of
September, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10087 of September 30, 2020
National Disability Employment Awareness Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
During National Disability Employment Awareness Month, we recognize the
immeasurable contributions that Americans with disabilities make to
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our workforce. Their achievements not only strengthen our economy and
communities but also exemplify the power of every American to help shape
the future of our country. This month, we recommit to advancing an
American workforce where everyone can fully pursue their God-given
potential.
Three decades ago, our Nation took a substantial step toward enabling
Americans with disabilities to realize their full economic potential.
With passage of the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act, these
citizens obtained expanded access to employment opportunities, including
government and community services. Since then, our Nation has made great
strides to create a more inclusive workforce and secure a future of
purpose for every American. My Administration has built on these
successes by delivering unprecedented opportunities for more than 61
million Americans who have a disability. Due to these efforts, Americans
with disabilities had the lowest annual unemployment rate on record last
year. As we continue to restore our economy following the coronavirus
pandemic, we will once again ensure historic employment opportunities
for this incredible group of people.
Now, more than ever, technology is at the forefront of our evolving
national workforce. Accordingly, my Administration is harnessing
emerging technologies that enable Americans with disabilities to work in
new ways and in new environments. The Department of Labor's Partnership
on Employment and Accessible Technology developed the Emerging
Technology Playbook, which provides step-by-step guidance to ensure
accessibility is being built into new technology from the start.
Additionally, the Department of Health and Human Services has convened
the Interagency Accessibility Forum to foster best practices in
accessibility across the Federal Government. My Administration is also
working with State and local policymakers through the State Exchange on
Employment and Disability initiative to build a more disability-
inclusive employment landscape. While there is still progress to be
made, I am committed to expanding rewarding, family-sustaining careers
to Americans with disabilities in each and every State.
This month, we recognize the talent and skill of Americans with
disabilities. Their resolve and determination strengthen our country and
inspire us all. Together, we will continue to advance and promote an
inclusive workforce in which everyone can provide for themselves and
their families, achieve the American Dream, and enjoy the prosperity of
our great Nation.
The Congress, by Joint Resolution approved August 11, 1945, as amended
(36 U.S.C. 121), has designated October of each year as ``National
Disability Employment Awareness Month.'' Most appropriately, this year's
theme is ``Increasing Access and Opportunity.''
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim October 2020 as National Disability
Employment Awareness Month. I call upon government, employers, labor
organizations, and the great people of the United States to recognize
the month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities across
our land.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of
September, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10088 of September 30, 2020
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
All Americans deserve a life free from the threat of physical and
psychological harm. Tragically, far too many Americans are deprived of
this right by perpetrators of domestic violence. During National
Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we offer our support to the victims
and survivors of this unacceptable atrocity and reaffirm our commitment
to bringing justice to their abusers and offering hope to those who
currently reside in volatile and unsafe living conditions.
Domestic violence is an evil that threatens the social fabric of our
Nation. It is a widespread attack on the most sacred and intimate of
institutions--the American family. Domestic violence tears families
apart, with devastating consequences that can last for generations.
Tragically, more than 10 million Americans suffer at the hands of loved
ones each year, and women are twice as likely to be targets of this
heinous crime as men.
My Administration will always stand with and protect victims of domestic
violence. My Fiscal Year 2020 budget allocated nearly $500 million for
the Department of Justice (DOJ) to support respectful, nonviolent
relationships and reduce domestic violence. In fiscal years 2018, 2019,
and 2020, we also provided the DOJ Office for Victims of Crime with $10
billion in funding so it can provide comprehensive and effective
services, including to victims of domestic violence. Thousands of
domestic violence survivors have received critical assistance because of
this funding. My Administration has also provided funding for domestic
violence shelters throughout the country so that people affected by this
crime have a safe place to go to escape from their abuser. While our
work will not be done until we end domestic violence, these initiatives
are helping victims hold their abusers accountable and recover from the
trauma inflicted upon them.
As our Nation continues to combat the coronavirus pandemic, we are
forced to face the consequences of increased domestic abuse. We must
protect and support those who have found themselves locked down with an
abuser. Now more than ever, we must do our part to provide domestic
violence survivors with the tools and resources they need to escape
their abuse and secure justice for the harm inflicted upon them. The
pandemic has also underscored the need for well-trained law enforcement
professionals, who often respond to domestic violence calls and provide
assistance in situations that very often involve physical injury,
psychological trauma, or even death. As we recommit to ending this
unconscionable cycle of abuse, we also commend the heroes who
courageously answer the call for help time and time again.
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There is no room for violence of any kind in our country. This month, we
recognize that the victims and survivors of the unspeakable ordeal of
domestic violence deserve our compassion, respect, and support. Let us
marshal every tool at our disposal to continue the national, sustained,
and coordinated campaign to end domestic violence forever.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 2020 as
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. I call upon the people of
the United States to observe this month with appropriate programs,
ceremonies, and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of
September, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10089 of September 30, 2020
National Energy Awareness Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
From coast to coast, our country is blessed with an abundance of natural
resources that help power our homes, light our cities, and provide us
transport to school and work. However, for too long, we failed to reap
their full benefits, nor did we properly steward these God-given gifts.
My Administration reversed that trend, and today, I am proud to proclaim
that the United States is finally energy independent. During National
Energy Awareness Month, we recognize the newly restored, preeminent
importance of our Nation's energy industry to the comfort of our daily
lives and to our national security.
Since the beginning of my Administration, I have taken action to reduce
the regulatory burden on the American energy sector. The last
administration had stifled this industry with one costly job-killing
regulation after another. For decades, special interest groups,
bureaucrats, and radical environmental activists stymied the
maintenance, repair, growth, and expansion of our Nation's energy
infrastructure, preventing us from achieving energy independence. My
Administration has ended all that and is promoting stronger production
of crude oil and other liquids and empowering the private sector to
explore and drill for oil and gas. We are also eliminating regulatory
obstacles to building the major energy infrastructure needed to
transport our Nation's energy from the source of production to end users
and exporters. We have issued timely approvals for the Keystone XL,
Dakota Access and Mountain Valley Pipelines, and addressed the obstacles
to exporting coal through West Coast ports. As a result of these
policies, our country is a net energy exporter for the first time since
1952 and is now the number one producer of oil and natural gas in the
world.
Under my Administration, we are no longer beholden to foreign powers or
domestic radicals. We are powering our Nation on our own terms.
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My Administration's commitment to promoting robust energy development
has proven that energy production can go hand in hand with responsible
stewardship of our natural environment. America's energy independence is
critical to environmental stewardship. While boosting energy production,
the United States still continues to be a world leader in clean air,
including in the reduction of energy-related CO2 emissions.
Emissions of common air pollutants have dropped by 77 percent over the
last 50 years, including a 7 percent reduction under my Administration.
By empowering our domestic energy industry and its workers, my
Administration has made American innovation--rather than foreign
influence--the cornerstone of our clean energy policy. Due to these
efforts, we remain the world's top producer of nuclear power and
recently became the second largest generator of solar power. Allowing
American companies to chart their own paths to dependable renewable
energy sources, rather than forcing them to adhere to top-down
government programs, has enabled us to lead the world in emissions
reductions.
To continue our progress, I proudly signed the Great American Outdoors
Act, which will direct royalties from energy production on Federal lands
and waters toward conserving and repairing our national parks, forests,
refuges, public lands, and tribal schools. As a result, the energy
industry will play a crucial role in our sustainability and conservation
efforts going forward.
This month, we recommit to supporting our Nation's workers who produce,
transport, and refine our energy. We recognize the vital role they play
in creating opportunities, developing technologies, and advancing our
country toward an even more prosperous future. My Administration will
always support these hardworking men and women, and together, we will
sustain our energy dominance and independence for years to come.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 2020 as
National Energy Awareness Month.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of
September, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10090 of September 30, 2020
National Substance Abuse Prevention Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Addiction to alcohol, illicit drugs, and prescription medications fuels
havoc, heartache, and hopelessness in the lives of far too many
Americans, as well as their friends and family members. During National
Substance Abuse Prevention Month, we renew our unyielding commitment to
breaking the grip of alcohol and drug addiction. Through our continued
national
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effort, we will save lives and work to ensure a stronger and healthier
country.
It has been my priority and promise to win the critical battle against
opioid misuse, which has ravaged our Nation for too long. In total,
close to 400,000 Americans have lost their lives to opioid overdoses
since the turn of the century. While one life lost to drug addiction is
too many, nearly half a million is unconscionable. In response, I
declared a Public Health Emergency and initiated a whole-of-government
approach dedicated to ending this tragedy. To bolster this effort, I
signed the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid
Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act, a law
that reduces access to opioids while expanding access to prevention,
treatment, and recovery services. The SUPPORT Act is the single largest
commitment to combatting the drug crisis in our Nation's history, and it
is making a difference.
In addition to the opioids public health emergency, my Administration is
also advancing several initiatives to address substance abuse more
broadly. We have strengthened the Drug-Free Communities program, which
provides grants that mobilize communities to prevent youth substance use
at the local level. We created the Rural Community Toolbox, which is an
online resource that connects small town leaders with funding, data, and
information to combat drug addiction in rural America. And the High
Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Program is collaborating with
community-based organizations and coalitions to fund evidence-based and
evidence-informed prevention activities within the HIDTA communities.
These initiatives, along with actions taken by State, local, tribal, and
territorial stakeholders, including faith-based organizations, are
helping families and communities save lives by engaging young people
most at risk of developing a substance use disorder.
As our Nation continues its unprecedented fight against the coronavirus
pandemic, we are acutely aware of how isolation affects mental health
and can encourage the misuse of legal and illegal substances. Through
collaborative, community-based efforts, we are strengthening the support
systems that deter our Nation's young people from drug use and improve
overall mental health and wellness.
This month, we pause to remember the lives lost to addiction, and
recommit to protecting all Americans--particularly our Nation's young
people--from the devastating effects drugs can have on them and their
loved ones. We also commend the healthcare professionals, law
enforcement officials, educators, family members, and community
volunteers who raise awareness about the risks and dangers of alcohol
and drug use, treat the afflicted, and support prevention. Together, we
will build healthy families, safe neighborhoods, and thriving
communities by preventing substance misuse.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 2020 as
National Substance Abuse Prevention Month. I call upon the people of the
United States to observe this month with appropriate programs,
ceremonies, and activities.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of
September, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10091 of October 1, 2020
National Manufacturing Day, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Since the founding of our Nation, Americans have been renowned for their
craftsmanship and productivity. On National Manufacturing Day, we
celebrate our dedicated American workers who carry on this legacy,
recognizing that manufacturing is a cornerstone of our economic
prosperity and national security. The workmanship and ingenuity of
American manufacturers make ``Made in the U.S.A.'' an enduring stamp of
patriotism and excellence, and we will always support the men and women
whose work ensures that American manufacturing is second to none.
Since my first day in office, I have put America first, ushering in an
unprecedented manufacturing revival. In 2017, I signed into law the Tax
Cuts and Jobs Act, supercharging our economic resurgence after more than
a decade of stagnation. My Administration also embarked on a long-
overdue effort to eliminate unnecessary and burdensome regulations,
unleashing the full potential of our manufacturers. Under my leadership,
we also renegotiated one-sided and unfair trade deals, finally putting
American workers and their interests first to ensure they can compete on
a level playing field with their foreign counterparts.
These policies and achievements have delivered historic results for the
American worker and American families. Prior to the coronavirus
pandemic, our Nation had added more than 483,000 manufacturing jobs
since my inauguration. In addition, more than 430 organizations have
signed my Administration's Pledge to America's workers, committing to
providing education and training opportunities for 16 million American
students and workers over the next 5 years, with manufacturing workers
as a primary beneficiary. Thanks to the renegotiated United States-Korea
Free Trade Agreement, which I signed in September of 2018, American
manufacturers are being treated more fairly on the global stage, and we
ended a bilateral trade deficit of more than 170 percent caused by
previous administrations' disastrous policies. In January of this year,
I also delivered on my promise to replace the outdated North American
Free Trade Agreement by signing into law the United States-Mexico-Canada
Agreement, which will create nearly 600,000 new jobs--including 76,000
in the auto industry alone--and spur up to $235 billion in new economic
activity for our country.
In recent months, the vital importance of our Nation's manufacturing
sector to the strength, security, and resilience of our country has
become abundantly clear. Since the arrival of the coronavirus from
China, the health
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and safety of the American people has depended more than ever on
American manufacturing for essential goods and medical supplies. To help
facilitate the delivery of essential supplies and goods, I invoked the
Defense Production Act and related authorities more than 100 times since
March to launch the greatest manufacturing mobilization since the Second
World War, quickly focusing the might of American industry toward
defeating the virus. Our manufacturers have delivered when they were
needed most, working with Federal, State, and local government partners
to produce more than 240 million N95 respirators, one billion surgical
masks, 45 million face shields, 430 million gowns, and 28 billion
gloves--in addition to continuing to keep grocery store shelves stocked
and deliver other essential goods to the American people. The men and
women who occupy manufacturing sector jobs have been and continue to be
heroes in this effort, ensuring the strength of our supply chain and
fueling our nationwide response to the virus.
As our Nation continues to reopen, we know that our manufacturing sector
is vital to our economic recovery. Already, we are seeing signs that a
historic resurgence is well underway; we added 29,000 manufacturing jobs
in August alone, the same month in which manufacturing activity reached
a 19-month high. American workers have pioneered the greatest
advancements in history, and they will overcome this latest challenge as
well and continue to transform lives around the world. Today, as we
celebrate National Manufacturing Day and our Nation's exceptional
manufacturing heritage, let us resolve to expand American excellence in
manufacturing into the future, securing our national prosperity for
generations to come.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Donald J. Trump, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 2, 2020, as
National Manufacturing Day. I call upon all Americans to observe this
day to celebrate today's manufacturing and the U.S. manufacturers that
make our communities strong.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this first day of
October, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10092 of October 3, 2020
Fire Prevention Week, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
During Fire Prevention Week, we are reminded to keep doing our part to
prevent fires before they tragically claim lives and destroy homes,
businesses, and natural resources. Every American can play a role in
raising awareness about preventing fires and taking simple precautions
to help prevent fire-related deaths and injuries. We also commend our
Nation's brave firefighters and emergency workers who risk their health
and safety each day, and we solemnly remember those who gave their lives
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protect Americans and our communities. This week, I encourage all
Americans to take steps to prepare their family, property, and community
on what to do before, during, and after a fire.
This year, courageous firefighters and other brave Americans have
confronted one of the worst fire seasons in our history. We have seen
more than 43,500 wildfires, lost more than 10,000 buildings, and 35
people have tragically died. In the Western States, more than 30,000
firefighters--the largest deployment in history--have battled these
fires, risking their lives for their fellow Americans' safety. My
Administration is thankful for the assistance from our National Guard,
Navy, Marine Corps, and international partners from Canada and Mexico to
help end this devastation.
This tragic fire season is another reminder of the importance of
effective forest management, which can play a big role in helping
prevent forest fires. Proactive steps such as cleaning forest floors to
remove flammable limbs and leaves can help reduce the risk of large
fires and improve the health of our Nation's forests. In 2020, I have
approved more than 30 Stafford Act Declarations, including Fire
Management Assistance Grants, to help multiple States stop fires, and we
continue to encourage active forest management efforts throughout the
country.
This year, we also give special recognition to the many American
firefighters who joined the valiant efforts of our Australian allies in
fighting bushfires that killed hundreds of people and countless animals
and destroyed thousands of homes. Tragically, three Americans perished
in this courageous effort. These heroes, all veterans of the United
States Armed Forces, embodied the very best of the American spirit in
their desire to help others, and we will always honor their memory.
Home fires are also a cause for significant concern. Cooking fires are
one of the most common types of residential fires, and fires in the home
can start easily if the right precautions are not taken. I recommend
that Americans take active steps to protect themselves and their
families at home, including by testing smoke alarms once a month and
replacing them after 10 years, as recommended by the United States Fire
Administration. Additionally, it is important to have a fire escape
route in place so all are prepared for how to leave the home if a fire
does occur. We can all do our part to prevent fires in and around our
homes to protect the lives of our families and neighbors.
Throughout this Fire Prevention Week, we come together to recognize the
threat posed by fire, honor the lives it claims each year, and recommit
to preventing fires in our homes, businesses, and across this great
Nation's wildlands. I encourage all Americans to reduce fire deaths,
injuries, and property loss through prudent preparation.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 4 through
October 10, 2020, as Fire Prevention Week. On Sunday, October 4, 2020,
in accordance with Public Law 107-51, the flag of the United States will
be flown at half-staff at all Federal office buildings in honor of the
National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service. I call on all Americans
to participate in this observance with appropriate programs and
activities and by renewing their efforts to prevent fires and their
tragic consequences.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this third day of
October, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10093 of October 3, 2020
Made in America Day and Made in America Week, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
The ``Made in America'' stamp stands for excellence in craftsmanship. It
is a testament to the expertise of our millions of inventors, craftsmen,
tradesmen, and laborers who make up the most skilled, innovative, and
dedicated workforce in the world. On Made in America Day, and throughout
Made in America Week, we commend these hardworking men and women and
recommit ourselves to strengthening American manufacturing as we rebuild
the greatest economy in our Nation's history for a second time.
For too long, politicians failed to recognize the critical importance of
using American labor to make American goods, so that the profits and
jobs stay here at home. They enabled American companies to ship their
jobs overseas and sat by while foreign companies ripped off our
products. They fostered in our country a dangerous reliance on foreign
countries while neglecting American workers and American families. These
days are over. Under my Administration, these forgotten men and women
are forgotten no longer. I pledged to always put American workers first,
and as President, I have delivered on that promise, vigorously
implementing trade and manufacturing policies that encourage the
building, creating, and growing of more products right here at home. As
a result, we are creating jobs, improving lives, and strengthening our
families, our neighbors, and our Nation.
This year, the coronavirus pandemic has exposed the profound failures of
past trade and manufacturing policies. It has never been clearer that
foreign dependence is not only the antithesis of the American spirit,
but it also endangers our national security in times of crisis. To
ensure domestic resilience moving forward, my Administration has
renegotiated international trade agreements and enacted manufacturing
policies that encourage buying American and hiring American like never
before. Earlier this year, the landmark United States-Mexico-Canada
Agreement took effect--reopening factories, bringing home hundreds of
thousands of jobs, and reasserting America's manufacturing might. I have
also signed Executive Orders that strengthen production standards under
the Buy American Act and ensure the Federal Government maximizes its use
of American-made products.
As our Nation continues to reopen our economy, I call on businesses to
sign our Pledge to America's Workers. The programs involved will be
essential to getting Americans back to work by educating, training, and
reskilling workers of all ages. More businesses taking the Pledge will
further our economic comeback and ensure we regain the strides we had
made under my Administration.
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``Made in America'' is not a slogan. It is a solemn pledge. It is the
foundation of our renewed success. On every front, my Administration
will continue to fight for American workers, American jobs, and American
businesses to ensure prosperity today and for America's future
generations.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 5, 2020, as
Made in America Day and this week, October 4 through October 10, 2020,
as Made in America Week. I call upon all Americans to pay special
tribute to builders, ranchers, crafters, entrepreneurs, and all those
who work with their hands every day to make America great.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this third day of
October, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10094 of October 3, 2020
Child Health Day, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Children are one of life's greatest blessings. They bring boundless joy
to families and enrich our communities. On Child Health Day, we are
reminded of our solemn obligation to love and protect these precious
lives, and we recommit to helping America's youth reach their full
potential.
Our Nation is home to the greatest doctors and medical professionals in
the world, and yet, the health of too many American children is
compromised at the earliest stages of life. To end this tragedy, my
Administration is taking action to empower doctors and families so that
children thrive at every stage of development. To reduce the rate of
infant death, we have invested more than $100 million in the Healthy
Start initiative, which particularly targets minority communities. We
have also updated and improved clinical guidelines that healthcare
professionals use for prenatal checkups, leading to safer births and
healthier babies. As President, and as a father and grandfather, I will
continue to work to ensure that every American family has the ability to
raise healthy children, regardless of their income, education, or racial
or ethnic background.
It is also vitally important to safeguard the mental, spiritual, and
physical health of our children as they grow up. To this end, the First
Lady launched her BE BEST initiative in 2018, an effort that has
promoted whole-of-person wellness for children since its inception. BE
BEST encourages character development and respect for others and
provides education, awareness, and coping skills to help youth navigate
issues they may face, including online safety and opioid and drug
misuse. The positive habits encouraged by the BE BEST program have and
will continue to develop future leaders, strengthening our Nation and
affecting positive change in communities throughout the United States.
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This year, we also celebrate 10 years of success in the Maternal,
Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program, which helps
prevent child neglect and provides families with the tools they need to
raise children who are physically, socially, and emotionally healthy.
The First Lady and I recognize the importance of creating a healthy
environment in which to raise a child, and my Administration will always
support children in need.
In recent months, we have also seen the effects of the coronavirus on
the health of our Nation's children. While children are at a very low
risk from the coronavirus itself, lockdowns and school closures pose
significant risks to the health and wellbeing of our young people. My
Administration recognizes that extended school closures cause students
to fall behind academically and can have devastating effects on the
long-term prospects for school-aged children. Many children, especially
those from low-income and minority communities, rely on schools for
resources that they do not have access to when schools are closed.
Schools provide meals, counseling, physical activity, social
interaction, and other experiences that play a crucial role in the
development of our young people. For these reasons, lockdowns and school
closures can often pose a greater risk to children than the coronavirus,
and we must take action to both empower parents and students to take
control of their education and equip teachers to best ensure the
wellbeing of their students.
In recognition of the vital role schools play in the health of our
Nation's children, my Administration has taken aggressive action to help
our schools open safely. The bipartisan Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and
Economic Security Act, which I signed into law in March, designates $750
million--in addition to the $10.6 billion already appropriated--in
funding to the Head Start and Early Head Start programs, which help
prepare low-income children for kindergarten. Furthermore, we have
provided school districts with $25 billion for personal protective
equipment and other resources to lower the risk of the spread of
coronavirus, and I have called on the Congress to provide an additional
$105 billion toward this effort. We have also provided every State with
revolutionary point-of-care tests that deliver results in under 15
minutes. In preparation for the imminent delivery of a safe, effective
coronavirus vaccine, last month I also directed the Department of Health
and Human Services to issue guidance under the Public Readiness and
Emergency Preparedness Act which allows State-licensed pharmacy
professionals to administer vaccines to individuals ages three and
older. This action will greatly expand vaccine access, especially among
children, and will expedite our ongoing recovery effort. As one Nation,
we will continue our push to safely reopen while also protecting the
most vulnerable among us.
Our Nation's children are the hope and promise of our future. Parents,
educators, clergy members, mentors, and community volunteers all
influence and shape the lives of young people. On this Child Health Day,
let us renew our commitment to the vital role we all share in raising,
nurturing, protecting, empowering, and encouraging America's youth so
that they may enjoy healthy, happy, and fulfilled lives.
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The Congress, by a joint resolution approved May 18, 1928, as amended
(36 U.S.C. 105), has called for the designation of the first Monday in
October as Child Health Day and has requested that the President issue a
proclamation in observance of this day.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim Monday, October 5,
2020, as Child Health Day. I call upon families, child health
professionals, faith-based and community organizations, and governments
to help ensure that America's children stay safe and healthy.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this third day of
October, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10095 of October 5, 2020
German-American Day, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Since our founding, German-Americans have been central to our progress
as a Nation. Industrious and faithful early German immigrants came to
our shores to fulfill dreams of economic opportunity and to live out
their faith free from government interference. These men and women
established families and built livelihoods, exhibiting virtues that
helped form our unique American ethos and passing down traditions that
continue to shape our cultural identity. Today, on German-American Day,
we commemorate the extraordinary contributions of German-Americans to
our country, and we pay tribute to the more than 43 million Americans
who, like myself, claim German heritage.
The story of German-Americans is embedded in the most sacred chapters of
American lore. When members of the first Continental Congress met in
Philadelphia to forge a future of freedom on this continent, they walked
down streets brimming with German businesses. Their deliberations were
diligently reported in German-language broadsides and rigorously debated
in German-owned coffeehouses. On July 4, 1776, when the Founding Fathers
declared our independence, a German-language newspaper was the first to
break the news to the new Nation. The next day, the streets were flooded
with German translations of Thomas Jefferson's revolutionary words
proclaiming that ``all men are created equal.''
Ever since, Americans of German descent have left their mark on our
history. German influence played a large role in establishing our
unyielding commitment to universal public education. It was a German-
American, Margarethe Meyer Schurz, who opened the first kindergarten in
America. German-Americans helped champion physical education and built
the first gymnasiums for school buildings, positively affecting the
physical health of our schoolchildren. German-Americans also introduced
vocational training
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in public schools, providing new avenues for economic empowerment for
young people and fueling American prosperity.
Over the years, German customs have also become infused into American
culture. Our cherished Christmas and Easter traditions are influenced by
practices of early German arrivals. At Christmastime, we draw on German
culture when we decorate Christmas trees and exchange gifts. During
Easter, we have German immigrants to thank for our Easter egg hunts.
These traditionally German customs have become staples of American
culture and continue to unite Americans of all backgrounds.
This month also marks the 30th anniversary of German reunification
following the fall of the Berlin Wall in November of 1989. This historic
moment marked a triumph for democracy and paved the way for a more free
and open Europe. As we celebrate the many contributions of German-
Americans to our country, we also celebrate our strong transatlantic
ties with Germany and recommit to working together to forge a brighter
future for both our nations and the world.
Today, we celebrate the societal achievements and cultural contributions
of all German-Americans and reflect on the hardworking and efficient
spirit that they have imbued in our national character. From engineers
and doctors to bakers and inventors, they have strengthened our economy
and enriched our communities. Thanks in part to their dedication and
hard work, our country remains a shining beacon of freedom and
prosperity.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 6, 2020, as
German-American Day. I call upon all Americans to celebrate the
achievements and contributions of German Americans to our Nation with
appropriate ceremonies, activities, and programs.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifth day of
October, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10096 of October 6, 2020
Birthday of Founding Father Caesar Rodney
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Today is the 292nd birthday of Founding Father Caesar Rodney. Rodney was
a soldier, a sheriff, a justice on the Delaware Supreme Court, a
delegate from Delaware to the Continental Congress, a Brigadier General
in the Continental Army, and a signer of the Declaration of
Independence. He is an American legend.
Rodney rode into American history when, despite suffering from cancer
and asthma, he traveled 80 miles overnight from Dover to Philadelphia
through a raging thunderstorm in time to cast Delaware's deciding vote
for
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independence on July 2, 1776. His heroic act helped ensure that the
Declaration of Independence would be passed unanimously. Upon entering
Independence Hall, Rodney is said to have uttered these words: ``As I
believe the voice of my constituents and all sensible and honest men is
in favor of independence, and as my own judgment concurs with them, I
give my vote for independence.''
Rodney was not just a Founding Father, he was a fighter for American
freedom, serving under the command of General George Washington at
Trenton during the Revolution. Washington bestowed his ``sincerest
thanks'' for Rodney's service, commending his character as deserving of
the ``highest honor'' and describing his devotion to the American cause
as ``the most distinguished.''
After the Revolution, Rodney continued to fight through cancer and serve
the State of Delaware as Speaker of the Upper House of its General
Assembly. As the years went by, Rodney's cancer grew worse. Finally, he
became so weak that he could not travel to participate in the
legislative session. But Rodney's presence was so significant and his
statesmanship was so revered by his fellow colleagues that they would
not proceed without him and voted to meet at Rodney's own home so that
he could still lead them from his bed.
For more than two centuries, Delaware honored the patriotism and
sacrifice of Caesar Rodney. In 1934, Delaware donated a statue of Caesar
Rodney holding the Declaration of Independence to the United States
Capitol. In 1976, the State issued a postage stamp commemorating Caesar
Rodney to celebrate the bicentennial, and the Delaware Bicentennial
Commission published an entire history of Rodney's life, proclaiming him
``Delaware's hero for all times and all seasons,'' ``the patron saint of
his native state,'' and ``Delaware's principal hero of the American
Revolutionary War.'' The 1999 State Quarter of Delaware bears Caesar
Rodney's image. At the University of Delaware, students live in Caesar
Rodney Residence Hall. Boy Scouts in Delaware travel the historic Caesar
Rodney Trail. Each year, Delaware residents participate in the Caesar
Rodney Half Marathon and 5K. In Camden, both the High School and School
District are named after Caesar Rodney, and one can drive down Caesar
Rodney Avenue.
Even the Federal Government has taken action to preserve the memory of
Caesar Rodney and honor the history of Rodney's ride for independence.
In 2013, President Obama designated the First State National Monument in
Delaware, which protected as an object of ``historic interest'' the very
assembly room where Caesar Rodney introduced a bill to prohibit the
importation of slaves into Delaware and where Rodney presided as Speaker
when the Delaware Assembly declared independence from the British Crown
in 1776. At the First State National Monument, park officials tell the
story of Caesar Rodney's 18-hour ride through severe storms to vote for
the Declaration of Independence.
But today, the memory and remarkable history of Caesar Rodney's midnight
ride is at risk of being erased forever. In the center of downtown
Wilmington, Delaware is Rodney Square, named after Caesar Rodney. Until
recently, a majestic equestrian statue of Caesar Rodney riding to
Philadelphia had stood there for nearly a century. In 2011, Rodney
Square and the Caesar Rodney Equestrian Statue were placed on the
National Register of Historic Places after the State of Delaware
nominated them for the honor. The
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nomination notes that, at the time of its design, the Caesar Rodney
Equestrian Statue was ``considered by many sculptors to be one of the
most beautiful equestrian statues in the world.'' But, on June 12, 2020,
the Caesar Rodney Equestrian Statue was removed as part of an ongoing,
radical purge of America's founding generation.
The empty pedestal in Rodney Square in Wilmington is the end result of
an extreme anti-American historical revisionism propagated by
organizations like the New York Times and its 1619 Project, critical
race theorists on college campuses, cancel culture adherents in
corporate boardrooms, and flag-burning mobs on city streets who seek to
reframe our Nation's history around the idea that the United States is
not an exceptional country but an evil one. Caesar Rodney is an early
casualty of these reckless ``re-education'' attempts that, if allowed to
progress, will erase the names of every one of the heroes of 1776 from
American memory and blot out their noble legacy from the history books.
The students of Howard Zinn and the 1619 Project have already pledged to
remove the Jefferson Memorial and the Washington Monument next. If
Caesar Rodney cannot be defended, then there is no principle by which
the other signers of the Declaration can be shielded from similar
eradication.
Radicals will continue their efforts to tear down our Founding Fathers
until Americans demand that it stop and demand that the truth of
American history be once again taught in our schools. That is why, on
Constitution Day, I announced the creation of a new national commission
to promote patriotic education. The ``1776 Commission'' will champion
efforts to teach the truth about America's heroic founding and make
plans to honor the 250th anniversary of the American founding.
At the White House Conference on American History, I also announced that
a statue of Caesar Rodney would be added to the National Garden of
American Heroes, a vast outdoor park that will feature the statues of
the greatest Americans who have ever lived. As I said this past
Constitution Day, ``America will give this Founding Father, this very
brave man, who was so horribly treated, the place of honor he
deserves.''
Today, we celebrate the life and legacy of a patriot who rode as hard
and as fast as he could to pledge his life, his fortune, and his sacred
honor to the cause of American Independence and American Freedom. On
Caesar Rodney's 292nd birthday, I proclaim that his name will never be
forgotten or removed from the record of history and his heroic ride for
independence will be honored, preserved, and remembered for centuries to
come.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 7, 2020, as
the 292nd Anniversary of the birth of Caesar Rodney. I invite the people
of the United States to observe the day in schools and churches and
customary places of meeting with appropriate ceremonies in commemoration
of the birth of Caesar Rodney.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this sixth day of
October, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
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Proclamation 10097 of October 8, 2020
Leif Erikson Day, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
More than 1,000 years ago, the Norse explorer and Viking Leif Erikson
made landfall in modern-day Newfoundland, likely becoming the first
European to discover the New World. Today, Leif Erikson represents over
a millennium of shared history between the Nordic countries and the
Americas and symbolizes the many contributions of Nordic Americans to
our great Nation.
Accomplished in the face of daunting danger and carried out in service
of Judeo-Christian values, Leif Erikson's story reflects the fundamental
truths about the American character. On a mission to evangelize
Greenland, Leif Erikson and his crew were blown off course. They had to
brave the cold waters of the northern Atlantic to find safe harbor on
the North American coastline. In surviving this ordeal, these hardened
Vikings tested the limits of human exploration in a way that continues
to inspire us today.
In 1825, six Norwegian families repeated this voyage, landing their
sloop in New York Harbor in the first organized migration to the United
States from Scandinavia. Like the Puritans and pilgrims before them,
these people came to our Nation seeking religious freedom and safety
from persecution. Now, more than 11 million Americans can trace their
roots to Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, and among them
stand Nobel Laureates, Academy Award winners, and Legion of Merit
recipients. Across our Nation, from the Danish villages of western Iowa
to the Norwegian Ridge in Minnesota and the Finns of Michigan's Upper
Peninsula, Nordic Americans have left their mark on our culture,
economy, and society.
Nordic countries remain strong economic partners and military allies of
our Nation. They each hold important roles in the Arctic Council,
facilitating cooperation on economic development, environmental
conservation, and indigenous rights. As North Atlantic Treaty
Organization Allies and partners, all five Nordic countries greatly
contribute to the peace and stability of the transatlantic community and
the entire world. The United States greatly values their continued
friendship.
On Leif Erikson Day, we celebrate Nordic Americans whose firm faith and
resolve are woven into the fabric of our Nation, and we commit to
continuing our strong diplomatic relationship with Scandinavian nations
for years to come.
To honor Leif Erikson, son of Iceland and grandson of Norway, and to
celebrate our Nordic-American heritage, the Congress, by joint
resolution (Public Law 88-566) approved on September 2, 1964, has
authorized the President of the United States to proclaim October 9 of
each year as ``Leif Erikson Day.''
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 9, 2020, as
Leif Erikson Day. I call upon all Americans to celebrate the
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Nordic Americans to our Nation with appropriate ceremonies, activities,
and programs.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eighth day of
October, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10098 of October 9, 2020
National School Lunch Week, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
During National School Lunch Week, we celebrate our Nation's commitment
to providing nutritious food to millions of students, and we recognize
the many dedicated food service professionals and administrators who
help carry out this mission. In a typical year, the National School
Lunch Program provides meals to nearly 30 million schoolchildren every
day across the country. These meals enable students in need to eat
nutritious meals, which helps them achieve academic success and reach
their full potential.
The National School Lunch Program succeeds because of the strong
partnerships between the Federal Government and State governments, food
service professionals, and local school leaders. Our Nation's farmers,
ranchers, and producers are also essential to providing the food our
children eat. Since this program was established in 1946, the
collaboration between these key players has been vital to its success,
and their cooperation has never been more crucial than during this
pivotal time in our Nation's history.
In recent months, it has become increasingly evident just how many
families depend on the meals provided at school. As thousands of schools
transitioned to remote learning in response to the coronavirus pandemic,
I signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act to ensure schools
could continue serving children the meals they need. My Administration
also launched the innovative public-private partnership ``Meals to You''
which delivered more than 40 million nutritious meals to children in
rural areas while schools were closed. In the battle with this invisible
enemy, resilience and flexibility have been critical to keeping our
children safe and fed, and we are thankful for the extra efforts that
have been made to achieve this goal.
Throughout the last few months, my Administration has recognized that
our children's well-being depends so much on their access to schools. I
have encouraged all schools to safely reopen, and we want to ensure that
they are as prepared as ever to provide healthy meals to all students.
In June, my Administration invested in the health of students by
awarding more than $12.1 million--a record amount--in Farm to School
Grants. These funds will help bring clean, fresh, and locally-grown
foods into schools and communities as they reopen, and will help foster
economic opportunity for America's farmers as we continue our economic
comeback.
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Additionally, on October 9, my Administration extended flexibilities and
waived requirements to continue operating the summer meals program and
the seamless summer option at no cost until the end of the school year.
This program allows any child under 18 to get a free meal at a meal
distribution site, and allows parents and guardians to pick up meals for
their children. We are proud of these measures and others that we have
taken to help ensure that all students have access to nutritious food.
To emphasize the importance of the National School Lunch Program, the
Congress, by joint resolution of October 9, 1962 (Public Law 87-780),
has designated the week beginning on the second Sunday in October each
year as ``National School Lunch Week'' and has requested the President
to issue a proclamation in observance of this week.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 11 through
October 17, 2020, as National School Lunch Week. I call upon all
Americans to join the countless individuals who administer the National
School Lunch Program in activities that support and promote awareness of
the health and well-being of our Nation's children.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this ninth day of
October, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10099 of October 9, 2020
General Pulaski Memorial Day, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
The life of the Polish-American hero General Casimir Pulaski is a
testament to our Nation's ideals and a paragon of the cause of human
freedom. General Pulaski's devotion to country--and the shared values
upon which our Nation and Poland were both founded--accentuates our
common commitment to liberty. On General Pulaski Memorial Day, we honor
and celebrate his courage and expertise in the Revolutionary War, which
helped found a Nation conceived in the ideals he held most dearly.
General Pulaski was a military leader renowned for his bravery and
tactical acumen. In Poland, he fought valiantly in defense of his
country's sovereignty and against the scourge of foreign tyranny. In
1777, recognizing our burgeoning Nation's cause, Pulaski eagerly joined
General George Washington's Continental Army upon the recommendation of
Benjamin Franklin. Pulaski spent the next 2 years in service to America
and its battle for self-determination and liberty.
Throughout his time in the Continental Army, General Pulaski
distinguished himself as a military leader of tactical brilliance and
tremendous
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valor. At the Battle of Brandywine, he famously saved General
Washington's life, who later promoted him to Brigadier General and gave
him command of a cavalry division. Dubbed the ``Pulaski Legion'' his
division played a key role in the fight for American Independence.
Tragically, though, the ``Father of the American Cavalry'' was mortally
wounded while leading his men during the Battle of Savannah in October
of 1779.
General Pulaski once wrote to General Washington: ``I came here, where
freedom is being defended, to serve it, and to live or die for it''
General Pulaski's ultimate sacrifice for a young Nation that was not his
own illustrates what is still true today--America is the shining city on
a hill and a symbol of freedom and opportunity for the entire world. The
United States of America is more than a name to rally around; it is the
land of a people committed to universal values that inspired a young
Polish soldier to fight over 200 years ago, thousands of miles from his
place of birth, and it continues to inspire freedom-loving people near
and far.
As I told the Polish people during a trip to Warsaw in my first year in
office, the United States and Poland share a special bond forged by
unique histories and national characters, and a fellowship that exists
only among people who have fought and bled and died for freedom.
As we join together in celebration of General Pulaski's commitment to
the cause of liberty, we reaffirm the enduring bond between our Nation
and his native Poland. His legacy, carried in the hearts of nearly 10
million Polish Americans, will forever be etched into the great American
story.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 11, 2020, as
General Pulaski Memorial Day. I encourage all Americans to commemorate
on this occasion those who have contributed to the furthering of our
Nation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this ninth day of
October, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10100 of October 9, 2020
Columbus Day, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
More than 500 years ago, Christopher Columbus's intrepid voyage to the
New World ushered in a new era of exploration and discovery. His travels
led to European contact with the Americas and, a century later, the
first settlements on the shores of the modern day United States. Today,
we celebrate Columbus Day to commemorate the great Italian who opened a
new chapter in world history and to appreciate his enduring significance
to the Western Hemisphere.
When Christopher Columbus and his crew sailed across the Atlantic Ocean
on the Ni[ntilde]a, Pinta, and Santa Mar[iacute]a it marked the
beginning of a new era
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in human history. For Italian Americans, Christopher Columbus represents
one of the first of many immeasurable contributions of Italy to American
history. As a native of Genoa, Columbus inspired early immigrants to
carry forth their rich Italian heritage to the New World. Today, the
United States benefits from the warmth and generosity of nearly 17
million Italian Americans, whose love of family and country strengthen
the fabric of our Nation. For our beautiful Italian American
communities--and Americans of every background--Columbus remains a
legendary figure.
Sadly, in recent years, radical activists have sought to undermine
Christopher Columbus's legacy. These extremists seek to replace
discussion of his vast contributions with talk of failings, his
discoveries with atrocities, and his achievements with transgressions.
Rather than learn from our history, this radical ideology and its
adherents seek to revise it, deprive it of any splendor, and mark it as
inherently sinister. They seek to squash any dissent from their
orthodoxy. We must not give in to these tactics or consent to such a
bleak view of our history. We must teach future generations about our
storied heritage, starting with the protection of monuments to our
intrepid heroes like Columbus. This June, I signed an Executive Order to
ensure that any person or group destroying or vandalizing a Federal
monument, memorial, or statue is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the
law.
I have also taken steps to ensure that we preserve our Nation's history
and promote patriotic education. In July, I signed another Executive
Order to build and rebuild monuments to iconic American figures in a
National Garden of American Heroes. In September, I announced the
creation of the 1776 Commission, which will encourage our educators to
teach our children about the miracle of American history and honor our
founding. In addition, last month I signed an Executive Order to root
out the teaching of racially divisive concepts from the Federal
workplace, many of which are grounded in the same type of revisionist
history that is trying to erase Christopher Columbus from our national
heritage. Together, we must safeguard our history and stop this new wave
of iconoclasm by standing against those who spread hate and division.
On this Columbus Day, we embrace the same optimism that led Christopher
Columbus to discover the New World. We inherit that optimism, along with
the legacy of American heroes who blazed the trails, settled a
continent, tamed the wilderness, and built the single-greatest nation
the world has ever seen.
In commemoration of Christopher Columbus's historic voyage, the
Congress, by joint resolution of April 30, 1934, modified in 1968 (36
U.S.C. 107), has requested the President proclaim the second Monday of
October of each year as ``Columbus Day''
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 12, 2020, as
Columbus Day. I call upon the people of the United States to observe
this day with appropriate ceremonies and activities. I also direct that
the flag of the United States be displayed on all public buildings on
the appointed day in honor of our diverse history and all who have
contributed to shaping this Nation.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this ninth day of
October, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10101 of October 10, 2020
To Further Facilitate Positive Adjustment to Competition From Imports of
Certain Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells (Whether or Not Partially
or Fully Assembled Into Other Products)
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
1. On January 23, 2018, pursuant to section 203 of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended (the ``Trade Act'') (19 U.S.C. 2253), I issued
Proclamation 9693, which imposed a safeguard measure for a period of 4
years that included both a tariff-rate quota (TRQ) on imports of certain
crystalline silicon photovoltaic (CSPV) cells, not partially or fully
assembled into other products, provided for in subheading 8541.40.6025
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) and an
increase in duties (safeguard tariff) on imports of CSPV cells exceeding
the TRQ and imports of other CSPV products, including modules provided
for in subheading 8541.40.6015 of the HTS. I exempted imports from
certain designated beneficiary countries under the Generalized System of
Preferences from the application of the safeguard measure.
2. On February 7, 2020, the United States International Trade Commission
(ITC) issued its report pursuant to section 204(a)(2) of the Trade Act
(19 U.S.C. 2254(a)(2)), on the results of its monitoring of developments
with respect to the domestic solar industry (ITC, Crystalline Silicon
Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Partially or Fully Assembled Into
Other Products: Monitoring Developments in the Domestic Industry, No.
TA-201-075 (Monitoring)). In its report, the ITC found that, following
imposition of the safeguard measure, prices for CSPV cells and modules
declined in a manner consistent with historical trends but were higher
than they would have been without the safeguard measure.
3. With respect to CSPV cells, the ITC found that imports increased
following imposition of the safeguard measure and that major domestic
CSPV cell producers ceased production, leading to declines in domestic
CSPV cell production capacity and production.
4. With respect to CSPV modules, imports initially declined but rose in
the first half of 2019 compared with the first half of 2018.
Additionally, the ITC found that multiple CSPV module producers opened
production facilities in the United States, particularly in the first
half of 2019, leading to increases in domestic CSPV module production
capacity, production, and market share.
5. On March 6, 2020, the ITC issued an additional report pursuant to a
request from the United States Trade Representative under section
204(a)(4)
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of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2254(a)(4)), regarding the probable economic
effect on the domestic CSPV cell and module manufacturing industry of
modifying the safeguard measure to increase the level of the TRQ on CSPV
cells from the current 2.5 gigawatts (GW) to 4.0, 5.0, or 6.0 GW (ITC,
Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Partially or
Fully Assembled Into Other Products: Advice on the Probable Economic
Effect of Certain Modifications to the Safeguard Measure, No. TA-201-075
(Modification)). In its report, the ITC advised that increasing the TRQ
would help to continue growth in solar module production but that
expanded access to imported cells not subject to safeguard duties would
put downward pressure on prices for United States cells.
6. The ITC also found that the exclusion of bifacial modules from the
safeguard measure will likely result in substantial increases in imports
of bifacial modules if such exclusion remains in effect, and that such
modules will likely compete with domestically produced CSPV products in
the United States market. Furthermore, the ITC found that the benefits
to domestic CSPV module producers from an increase in the TRQ would
likely be limited if the bifacial module exclusion remained in place.
According to the ITC, bifacial modules are likely to account for a
greater share of the market in the future and can substitute for
monofacial products in the various market segments, such that exempting
imports of bifacial modules from the safeguard tariff would apply
significant downward pressure on prices of domestically produced CSPV
modules.
7. Section 204(b)(1)(B) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2254(b)(1)(B))
authorizes the President, upon petition from a majority of the
representatives of the domestic industry, to reduce, modify, or
terminate an action taken under section 203 of the Trade Act when the
President determines that the domestic industry has made a positive
adjustment to import competition.
8. Section 204(c)(1) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2254(c)(1)) authorizes
the President to request that the ITC investigate whether action under
section 203 of the Trade Act continues to be necessary to prevent or
remedy serious injury and whether there is evidence that the domestic
industry is making a positive adjustment to import competition. Section
204(c)(3) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2254(c)(3)) establishes the date
by which the ITC will transmit the report on its investigation, unless
the President specifies a different date.
9. After taking into account the information provided in the ITC's
reports, and after receiving a petition from a majority of the
representatives of the domestic industry with respect to each of the
following modifications, I have determined that the domestic industry
has begun to make positive adjustment to import competition, shown by
the increases in domestic module production capacity, production, and
market share. In addition, I have made the following further
determinations:
(a) that the exclusion of bifacial panels from application of the
safeguard tariff has impaired and is likely to continue to impair the
effectiveness of the action I proclaimed in Proclamation 9693 in light
of the increased imports of competing products such exclusion entails,
and that it is necessary to revoke that exclusion and to apply the
safeguard tariff to bifacial panels;
(b) that the exclusion of bifacial panels from application of the
safeguard tariffs has impaired the effectiveness of the 4-year action I
proclaimed in Proclamation 9693, and that to achieve the full remedial
effect envisaged
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for that action, it is necessary to adjust the duty rate of the
safeguard tariff for the fourth year of the safeguard measure to 18
percent.
10. Section 604 of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2483) authorizes the
President to embody in the HTS the substance of the relevant provisions
of that Act, and of other acts affecting import treatment, and actions
thereunder, including the removal, modification, continuance, or
imposition of any rate of duty or other import restriction.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, including but not limited to sections
203, 204, and 604 of the Trade Act, do proclaim that:
(1) In order to modify the action applicable to imports of CSPV cells under
HTS subheading 8541.40.6025 and other CSPV products such as modules under
HTS subheading 8541.40.6015, subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTS is
modified as set forth in the Annex to this proclamation.
(2) The United States Trade Representative is authorized to exercise my
authority under section 204(c)(1) and (3) of the Trade Act to request that
the ITC investigate whether action under section 203 of the Trade Act
continues to be necessary to prevent or remedy serious injury and whether
there is evidence that the domestic industry is making a positive
adjustment to import competition, and to specify a different date for the
ITC to transmit its report.
(3) Any provision of previous proclamations and Executive Orders that is
inconsistent with the actions taken in this proclamation is superseded to
the extent of such inconsistency.
(4) The modifications to the HTS made by this proclamation, including the
Annex hereto, shall be effective with respect to goods entered for
consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01
a.m. eastern daylight time 15 days after the date of this proclamation, and
shall continue in effect as provided in the Annex to this proclamation,
unless such actions are earlier expressly reduced, modified, or terminated.
One year from the termination of the safeguard measure established in this
proclamation, the U.S. note and tariff provisions established in the Annex
to this proclamation shall be deleted from the HTS.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this tenth day of
October, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
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Proclamation 10102 of October 14, 2020
Blind Americans Equality Day, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
On Blind Americans Equality Day, we recognize the valuable contributions
of our fellow Americans who are blind or visually impaired. These
individuals enrich our national economy and culture through their
determination, courage, and strength. Today, we reflect on the progress
our Nation has made in removing barriers that have prevented the full
participation of blind and visually impaired persons in our society, and
we reaffirm our unwavering commitment to defending the inherent dignity
of all Americans.
This Blind Americans Equality Day is particularly notable as we mark the
100th anniversary of the Federal Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) program,
which empowers individuals with disabilities to pursue competitive
employment opportunities consistent with their abilities, interests, and
strengths. Through the training and skills gained in the VR program,
individuals who are blind or visually impaired can more readily enter
the American workforce. We are also proud to celebrate this year the
45th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and
the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. These
landmark pieces of legislation forever changed our society by protecting
in law persons with disabilities against discrimination and further
promoting their full inclusion in American life.
Persons with visual impairments strengthen our communities with their
skill and talent across a wide range of professions and industries. My
Administration will continue to support programs that combat the stigmas
that make it difficult for persons who are blind or visually impaired to
find employment. I recently signed an Executive Order on Continuing the
National Council for the American Worker and the American Workforce
Policy Advisory Board, which is strengthening powerful programs I
established in 2018 and provides even more workers of all abilities with
tools to secure sustained employment and economic self-sufficiency. By
promoting the recruitment of underutilized populations, blind and
visually impaired persons are among the direct beneficiaries from these
initiatives. As we continue to reopen our economy, we also celebrate the
success of the more than 1,800 small businesses operating under the
Randolph-Sheppard Act of 1936, which facilitates the entrepreneurial
aspirations of the blind and visually impaired. These efforts have
helped individuals with disabilities to reach their full potential and
achieve their dreams.
By joint resolution approved on October 6, 1964 (Public Law 88-628), the
Congress authorized the President to designate October 15 of each year
as ``White Cane Safety Day,'' now known as ``Blind Americans Equality
Day,'' to recognize the contributions of Americans who are blind or have
impaired vision. Today, and every day, we will continue our efforts to
ensure and champion the full and active participation of all Americans,
including blind or visually impaired Americans, in every facet of our
society.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 15, 2020, as
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Blind Americans Equality Day, to celebrate and recognize the
accomplishments and contributions of Americans who are blind or visually
impaired. I call upon all Americans to observe this day with appropriate
ceremonies and activities to reaffirm our commitment to achieving
equality for all Americans.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fourteenth day of
October, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10103 of October 16, 2020
National Character Counts Week, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
The foundation of any free and virtuous society is the moral character
of its people. Personal responsibility, integrity, and the other values
which define our unique American spirit underpin our system of self-
government and inspire us to continue working toward a more perfect
Union. As we observe National Character Counts Week, we think of the
special individuals in our lives who exemplify the character qualities
to which we all aspire. In looking to these examples of honor and
virtue, we recognize that character is a learned attribute acquired
through consistent, purposeful action, not an inherent trait. We must
resolve to build lives and communities grounded in moral clarity in
order to strengthen ourselves, our families, our communities, and our
Nation.
From small acts of kindness to supreme selfless sacrifice, everyday
heroes and larger-than-life American historical figures have deepened
the roots of freedom of our Nation. Individuals of integrity and
principle lift us all to greater heights, evincing the same core virtues
in both the depths of adversity and the heights of success. We see this
exemplified every day by the brave men and women of our Armed Forces who
risk their lives to defend the cherished blessings of liberty we hold
dear. We also see it every day in our communities from law enforcement
professionals and first responders who devote their lives to the safety
and well-being of others and face down danger. Community volunteers and
faith organizations reveal the character of our Nation through their
selfless giving of time and assistance to people in need. In places of
learning, teachers and mentors build up our character by cultivating
social and cultural awareness, intellectual curiosity, and a sense of
responsibility in our future leaders. And in our homes, family members
and loved ones offer compassion and guidance that also play a vital role
in shaping our values.
The inherent righteousness of America's moral character has perhaps
never been needed more than in recent months as we have battled the
coronavirus pandemic. In communities large and small throughout our
country, acts of kindness have touched millions of individuals and
families, uniting us under one common purpose to defeat the virus.
Americans
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have selflessly supported their neighbors in need, delivering food and
essential supplies to the most vulnerable and evincing a deep capacity
for generosity and caring. Medical professionals have worked long hours
at great personal risk to provide care to the sick and injured, and
military personnel have mobilized to provide critical medical assistance
and help keep us safe. Faith and community leaders have provided vital
emotional support for those experiencing social isolation, and countless
others have sacrificed to ease the burden on their family, friends,
neighbors, and even complete strangers. This week, as we continue to
unite as one Nation to both defeat the virus and safely reopen our
country, we are reminded of how far decency and compassion can go in
helping others during times of great challenge and uncertainty.
Every opportunity to show consideration for another person is also an
opportunity to build habits of kindness and strengthen our character.
Our words and deeds leave imprints in our homes, schools, communities,
and places of worship. Throughout this week, we recommit to being more
kind, loving, understanding, and virtuous. Together, as one national
family, we must serve others with giving and grateful hearts to ensure
our Republic remains strong, vibrant, and a beacon of hope for future
generations.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 18 through
October 24, 2020, as National Character Counts Week. I call upon public
officials, educators, parents, students, and all Americans to observe
this week with appropriate ceremonies, activities, and programs.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this sixteenth day of
October, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10104 of October 16, 2020
National Forest Products Week, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Our Nation's magnificent forests are a source of commerce, recreation,
and pride for all Americans. America's woodlands are capable of
producing a myriad of products and materials that bolster our economy,
improve our daily lives, supply our environment with clean air, and
provide countless Americans an escape to hike and relax in a tranquil
and picturesque setting. During National Forest Products Week, we
appreciate the essential role forests and forest products play in our
livelihood and prosperity, and we renew our commitment to maintaining
these treasured woodlands for future generations.
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The forest industry adds nearly $300 billion annually to our Gross
Domestic Product and employs almost one million Americans. To ensure
this sector of our economy continues to flourish, my Administration is
strengthening markets for wood products and incentivizing innovative
manufacturing techniques. As a result of these efforts, the Department
of Agriculture's Forest Service sold 3.3 billion board feet of timber
from National Forests in fiscal year 2019--the highest output since
1997.
In addition to bolstering rural economies, our foresters use science-
based forest management practices in order to promote forest health and
reduce wildfire risk. Over the past several months, our country has been
particularly reminded of how devastating wildfires and natural disasters
can be to our way of life and our economy. Throughout the western United
States, wildfires have scorched and destroyed millions of acres of
forest, and as a result of Hurricane Laura, the timber industry suffered
an estimated $1.1 billion economic loss. This devastation has placed
additional burdens on an essential industry that has been instrumental
to our efforts to overcome the coronavirus pandemic, including by
working to produce safer product packaging, like the wooden pallets used
to deliver critical household items such as paper products, diapers,
disinfecting wipes, medications, and mask filters. It is imperative that
we safeguard our domestic supply of timber, provide economic security
for our forest landowners, and maintain the viability of this critical
aspect of our economy for the benefit of all Americans.
A sound forest products industry produces positive environmental
benefits as well. In order to further promote forest health and protect
the environment, on January 21, 2020, I announced that the United States
would be joining the World Economic Forum's One Trillion Trees
initiative, an ambitious global effort to grow and conserve one trillion
trees worldwide by 2030. Following through on my commitment, and given
the expansive footprint of our Federal forests and woodlands, I signed
an Executive Order to establish the United States One Trillion Trees
Interagency Council to further the Federal Government's participation in
this effort. To complement these efforts, I have called for the passage
of the bi-partisan REPLANT Act (S. 4357), which would help address the
Forest Service's reforestation backlog and continued annual
reforestation needs by removing the current $30 million annual funding
cap for the Reforestation Trust Fund.
This week, we recommit to bolstering the forest products industry and to
continuing to appreciate the natural resources God has bestowed upon our
country. Together with our Nation's foresters, we can preserve our
beautiful forests for every American in order to secure a future of
environmental and economic success now and for posterity.
Recognizing the economic importance of the many products generated from
our Nation's forests, the Congress, through enactment of Public Law 86-
753 (36 U.S.C. 123), as amended, has designated the week beginning on
the third Sunday in October of each year as ``National Forest Products
Week'' and has authorized and requested the President to issue a
proclamation in observance of this week.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 18 through
October 24, 2020, as National Forest Products Week. I call upon all
Americans
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to observe this week with appropriate observances and activities and to
reaffirm our commitment to our Nation's forests and the products that
they provide.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this sixteenth day of
October, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10105 of October 23, 2020
United Nations Day, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Today, on the 75th anniversary of the United Nations (UN), we celebrate
its commitment to peace and security, prosperity, human rights, rule of
law, and development. The victorious Allies conceived the UN in the
ashes of two devastating world wars, welcoming all nations to join
together to ensure peace and promote economic prosperity. As a founding
member of the UN, which was chartered in San Francisco and is
headquartered in New York, the United States remains dedicated to those
noble UN purposes and principles. We also recognize that the successes
of the UN and its specialized agencies were built on precepts that
ensure its good functioning: independence, impartiality, good
governance, accountability, and transparency.
Because of our continuing belief in the UN's promise and our desire to
see it be effective over the next 75 years, we are determined to make
the UN more agile, effective, efficient, transparent, and accountable.
These efforts will help the UN improve, adapt to crises, and reach its
full potential. If the UN is to be an effective organization, it must
focus on the real problems of the world, including terrorism, the
oppression of women, forced labor, drug cartels, human and sex
trafficking, religious persecution, and the ethnic cleansing of
religious minorities.
The United States is forging a new path of unprecedented domestic and
global prosperity, cooperation, and peace. Last month, I brokered
historic peace deals between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and
Israel and Bahrain, paving the way for broader peace in the Middle East.
Known as the Abraham Accords, these diplomatic breakthroughs reflect the
shared commitment of every well-intentioned member state to achieve
tranquility in the region once and for all. Just today, the leaders of
Sudan and Israel also agreed to the normalization of relations between
their two countries. In response to Iran's nefarious actions, the United
States withdrew from the disastrous Iran Nuclear Deal, and re-imposed
sanctions on the Iranian regime. In Europe, my Administration brokered a
historic deal on Serbia-Kosovo economic normalization, accelerating
economic growth and job creation opportunities. After more than 20 years
of limited progress on political negotiations in the Balkans, the
commitments made by President Vu[ccaron]i[cacute] and Prime Minister
Hoti are the first steps in achieving long-term peace and stability in
the region. The United States invites all fellow UN Security
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Council members to join in our country's efforts to promote liberty and
freedom across the globe.
The United States also encourages the international community to provide
complete accountability, responsiveness, and transparency in sharing
public health data as we fight the coronavirus pandemic. My
Administration maintains that effective relief depends on global public
health coordination and widespread access to medical information coupled
with personal privacy and security protections. Our recent decision to
withdraw from the World Health Organization underscores our firm
commitment to hold governmental organizations accountable when they
succumb to political influence and fail to uphold their core values. The
Chinese Government has misled the international community since the
outbreak in Wuhan, and the UN must join with the United States in
holding China accountable for its actions.
The United States recognizes the integral role the UN has played in the
international system for 75 years and honors those who have nobly
dedicated their lives to global humanitarian and peacekeeping missions
and to setting the conditions for development and prosperity. We also
note with great satisfaction the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to
the Whole Food Program, which the United States has supported more
generously than any other member state since 1961.
The United States proudly remains the largest and most reliable
supporter of the UN and its founding principles. It is in that spirit
that we call on all nations to join the United States in working to
ensure the UN continues to live up to its noble ideals of liberty,
prosperity, and the pursuit of world peace.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 24, 2020, as
United Nations Day. I urge the Governors of the 50 States, the Governor
of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the officials of all other areas
under the flag of the United States, to observe United Nations Day with
appropriate ceremonies and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-third day of
October, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10106 of October 27, 2020
Adjusting Imports of Aluminum Into the United States
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
1. On January 19, 2018, the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary)
transmitted to me a report on his investigation into the effect of
imports of aluminum articles on the national security of the United
States under section 232 of
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the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1862). The
Secretary found and advised me of his opinion that aluminum articles
were being imported into the United States in such quantities and under
such circumstances as to threaten to impair the national security of the
United States.
2. In Proclamation 9704 of March 8, 2018 (Adjusting Imports of Aluminum
Into the United States), I concurred in the Secretary's finding that
aluminum articles were being imported into the United States in such
quantities and under such circumstances as to threaten to impair the
national security of the United States, and decided to adjust the
imports of aluminum articles, as defined in clause 1 of Proclamation
9704, by imposing a 10 percent ad valorem tariff on such articles
imported from most countries. I further stated that any country with
which we have a security relationship is welcome to discuss with the
United States alternative ways to address the threatened impairment of
the national security caused by imports from that country, and noted
that, should the United States and any such country arrive at a
satisfactory alternative means to address the threat to the national
security such that I determine that imports from that country no longer
threaten to impair the national security, I may remove or modify the
restriction on aluminum articles imports from that country and, if
necessary, adjust the tariff as it applies to other countries as the
national security interests of the United States require.
3. In Proclamation 9893 of May 19, 2019 (Adjusting Imports of Aluminum
Into the United States), I noted that the United States had successfully
concluded discussions with Canada on satisfactory alternative means to
address the threatened impairment of the national security posed by
aluminum imports from Canada. In particular, the United States agreed on
a range of measures with Canada that were expected to allow imports of
aluminum from Canada to remain stable at historical levels without
meaningful increases, thus permitting the domestic capacity utilization
to remain reasonably commensurate with the target level recommended in
the Secretary's report. These included measures to monitor for and avoid
import surges.
4. In light of this agreement, I determined that, under the framework in
the agreement established with Canada, imports of aluminum from Canada
would no longer threaten to impair the national security, and thus I
decided to exclude Canada from the tariff proclaimed in Proclamation
9704, as amended. I noted that the United States would monitor the
implementation and effectiveness of the measures agreed upon with Canada
in addressing our national security needs, and that I may revisit this
determination as appropriate.
5. In Proclamation 10060 of August 6, 2020 (Adjusting Imports of
Aluminum Into the United States), I noted that imports of non-alloyed
unwrought aluminum from Canada had increased substantially following my
decision to exclude, on a long-term basis, Canada from the tariff
proclaimed in Proclamation 9704. I further noted that this surge in
imports coincided with a decrease in imports of these articles from
other countries and threatened to harm domestic aluminum production and
capacity utilization. In light of these circumstances, I determined that
it was necessary and appropriate to re-impose the 10 percent ad valorem
tariff proclaimed
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in Proclamation 9704, as amended, on imports of non-alloyed unwrought
aluminum articles from Canada.
6. The United States has held consultations with Canada regarding
exports of non-alloyed unwrought aluminum from Canada to the United
States. On the basis of these consultations, the United States expects
that exports of these articles from Canada to the United States will
decrease significantly in the remaining months of 2020, from a monthly
average of approximately 154,000 metric tons in the first 7 months of
this year to a monthly average of approximately 77,000 tons in September
through December. This 50 percent decrease in the volume would reduce
United States imports of non-alloyed unwrought aluminum from Canada to a
level below the average of monthly imports of these articles from Canada
in any calendar year in the past decade, thus alleviating the threatened
harm to domestic aluminum production and capacity utilization posed by
the previous surge in imports of these articles.
7. In light of these changed circumstances, and in view of the measures
previously agreed upon with Canada to address the threatened impairment
of the national security posed by aluminum imports from Canada, as
described in Proclamation 9893, I have determined that imports of
aluminum from Canada will no longer threaten to impair the national
security, and thus I have decided to reinstate Canada's exclusion from
the tariff on these articles proclaimed in Proclamation 9704, as
amended. As specified in this proclamation, I may re-impose the tariff
proclaimed in Proclamation 9704 on imports of non-alloyed unwrought
aluminum from Canada in the event that the volume of imports of these
articles from Canada in the remaining months of 2020 exceeds the
quantities that the United States expects will be exported from Canada
to the United States during this period. The United States and Canada
expect to hold further consultations in December 2020 to discuss the
state of aluminum trade between the two countries in light of trade
patterns in the last 4 months of 2020 and expected market conditions in
2021.
8. The United States will continue to monitor the implementation and
effectiveness of the measures agreed upon with Canada in addressing our
national security needs, as described in Proclamation 9893, both with
respect to imports of non-alloyed unwrought aluminum and imports of
other aluminum articles.
9. Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended,
authorizes the President to adjust the imports of an article and its
derivatives that are being imported into the United States in such
quantities or under such circumstances as to threaten to impair the
national security.
10. Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2483),
authorizes the President to embody in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States (HTSUS) the substance of statutes affecting import
treatment, and actions thereunder, including the removal, modification,
continuance, or imposition of any rate of duty or other import
restriction.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States of America, including section 232 of the Trade
Expansion Act of 1962, as amended, section 301 of title 3, United States
Code, and section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, do hereby
proclaim as follows:
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(1) Clause 2 of Proclamation 9704, as amended, is further amended in
the second sentence by deleting ``and'' before ``(f)'' and inserting
before the period at the end: ``, and (g) on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern
daylight time on September 1, 2020, from all countries except Argentina,
Australia, Canada, and Mexico.''.
(2) In order to establish the removal of the additional duty rate on
imports of non-alloyed unwrought aluminum from Canada, subchapter III of
chapter 99 of the HTSUS is modified as provided in the Annex to this
proclamation.
(3) The Secretary, in consultation with the United States Trade
Representative, shall continue to monitor imports of aluminum articles,
in particular imports of non-alloyed unwrought aluminum from Canada. In
the event that imports of non-alloyed unwrought aluminum from Canada
exceed 105 percent of the volumes set forth below for any month, I will
consider re-imposing the tariff proclaimed in Proclamation 9704 to
imports of these articles from Canada, which may include retroactive
application to articles entered for consumption, or withdrawn from
warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time
on September 1, 2020. The volumes are: 83,000,000 kilograms for
September 2020; 70,000,000 kilograms for October 2020; 83,000,000
kilograms for November 2020; and 70,000,000 kilograms for December 2020.
In the event that imports of non-alloyed unwrought aluminum from Canada
exceed 105 percent of the volumes above for any month, I may consider
whether the volume stipulated for the following month is reduced by the
amount of the excess in making my determination whether to re-impose the
tariff. I may also consider re-imposing the tariff proclaimed in
Proclamation 9704 to imports of these articles from Canada based on the
outcome of consultations between the United States and Canada in
December 2020 and expected market conditions in 2021.
(4) The modifications made by clause 1 of this proclamation and the
Annex to this proclamation shall be effective with respect to goods
entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on
or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on September 1, 2020, and
shall continue in effect, unless such actions are expressly reduced,
modified, or terminated.
(5) Imports of non-alloyed unwrought aluminum articles from Canada
provided for in subheading 7601.10, except any articles that are
eligible for admission under ``domestic status'' as defined in 19 CFR
146.43, that are admitted into a United States foreign trade zone on or
after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on September 1, 2020, shall
continue to be admitted only as ``privileged foreign status'' as defined
in 19 CFR 146.41, and shall not be subject upon entry for consumption on
or after such time and date to the duty treatment provided for in
heading 9903.85.21, unless and until heading 9903.85.21 becomes
applicable to these articles. Imports of non-alloyed unwrought aluminum
articles from Canada provided for in subheading 7601.10, admitted into a
United States foreign trade zone before 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time
on September 1, 2020, under ``privileged foreign status'' as defined in
19 CFR 146.41, shall remain subject upon entry for consumption on or
after such time and date to the additional 10 percent ad valorem rate of
duty imposed by Proclamation 9704, as amended.
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(6) In the event that I decide, as described in clause 3 of this
proclamation, to re-impose the tariff proclaimed in Proclamation 9704 to
imports of non-alloyed unwrought aluminum from Canada, including
possible retroactive application of the tariff, no drawback shall be
available with respect to such duties imposed.
(7) Any provision of previous proclamations and Executive Orders
that is inconsistent with the actions taken in this proclamation is
superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-seventh day
of October, in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
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Proclamation 10107 of October 30, 2020
To Modify Duty-Free Treatment Under the Generalized System of
Preferences and for Other Purposes
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
1. In Executive Order 11844 of March 24, 1975, the President designated
Thailand as a beneficiary developing country for purposes of the
Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) (19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.).
2. Sections 502(d)(1) and 503(c)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended, (the ``1974 Act'') (19 U.S.C. 2462(d)(1) and 2463(c)(1))
provide that the President may withdraw, suspend, or limit the
application of the duty-free treatment accorded under the GSP with
respect to any beneficiary developing country and any article upon
consideration of the factors set forth in sections 501 and 502(c) of the
1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2461 and 2462(c)).
3. Section 502(c)(4) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2462(c)(4)) provides
that, in determining whether to designate any country as a beneficiary
developing country under the GSP, the President shall take into account
the extent to which such country has assured the United States that it
will provide equitable and reasonable access to the markets and basic
commodity resources of such country and the extent to which such country
has assured the United States that it will refrain from engaging in
unreasonable export practices.
4. Pursuant to sections 502(d)(1) and 503(c)(1) of the 1974 Act, and
having considered the factors set forth in sections 501 and 502(c),
including in particular section 502(c)(4), I have determined that
Thailand has not assured the United States that Thailand will provide
equitable and reasonable access to its markets. Accordingly, it is
appropriate to suspend the duty-free treatment accorded under the GSP to
certain eligible articles that are the product of Thailand, effective on
December 30, 2020.
5. Pursuant to section 503(c)(1) of the 1974 Act, the President may
withdraw, suspend, or limit the application of the duty-free treatment
accorded to specified articles under the GSP when imported from
designated beneficiary developing countries.
6. Section 503(c)(2)(A) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2463(c)(2)(A))
subjects beneficiary developing countries, except those designated as
least-developed beneficiary developing countries or beneficiary sub-
Saharan African countries as provided in section 503(c)(2)(D) of the
1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2463(c)(2)(D)), to competitive need limitations on
the duty-free treatment afforded to eligible articles under the GSP.
7. Pursuant to section 503(c)(2)(A) of the 1974 Act, I have determined
that in 2019 certain beneficiary developing countries exported eligible
articles in quantities exceeding the applicable competitive need
limitations. I hereby terminate the duty-free treatment for such
articles from such beneficiary developing countries.
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8. Pursuant to section 503(c)(1) of the 1974 Act, and having considered
the factors set forth in sections 501 and 502(c) of the 1974 Act, I have
determined to withdraw the application of the duty-free treatment
accorded to a certain article.
9. Pursuant to sections 501 and 503(a)(1)(A) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C.
2461 and 2463(a)(1)(A)), the President may, after receiving the advice
of the United States International Trade Commission (the
``Commission''), designate certain articles as eligible for preferential
tariff treatment under the GSP when they are imported from designated
beneficiary developing countries.
10. Pursuant to sections 501 and 503(a)(1)(A) of the 1974 Act, and
having received advice from the Commission in accordance with section
503(e) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2463(e)), I have determined to
designate a certain article as an eligible article when it is imported
from beneficiary developing countries.
11. Section 503(c)(2)(F)(i) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2463(c)(2)(F)(i))
provides that the President may disregard the competitive need
limitation provided in section 503(c)(2)(A)(i)(II) of the 1974 Act (19
U.S.C. 2463(c)(2)(A)(i)(II)) with respect to any eligible article from
any beneficiary developing country if the aggregate appraised value of
the imports of any such article into the United States during the
preceding calendar year does not exceed the amount set forth in section
503(c)(2)(F)(ii) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2463(c)(2)(F)(ii)).
12. Pursuant to section 503(c)(2)(F)(i) of the 1974 Act, I have
determined that the competitive need limitation provided in section
503(c)(2)(A)(i)(II) of the 1974 Act should be disregarded with respect
to certain eligible articles from certain beneficiary developing
countries.
13. The short-form name of ``Macedonia'' has changed to ``North
Macedonia,'' and I have determined that additional U.S. note 6 to
Chapter 20 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS)
should be modified to reflect this change.
14. Section 604 of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2483) authorizes the
President to embody in the HTS the substance of the relevant provisions
of the 1974 Act, and of other Acts affecting import treatment, and
actions thereunder, including removal, modification, continuance, or
imposition of any rate of duty or other import restriction.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States of America, including title V and section
604 of the 1974 Act, do hereby proclaim that:
(1) The duty-free treatment accorded under the GSP to certain
eligible articles that are the product of Thailand is suspended,
effective on December 30, 2020.
(2) In order to reflect in the HTS this suspension of certain
benefits under the GSP with respect to Thailand, general note 4(d) and
pertinent subheadings of the HTS are modified as set forth in Annex I to
this proclamation.
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(3) In order to provide that one or more countries should no longer
be treated as beneficiary developing countries with respect to one or
more eligible articles for purposes of the GSP, the Rates of Duty 1-
Special subcolumn for the corresponding HTS subheadings and general note
4(d) to the HTS are modified as set forth in sections A, B, and C of
Annex II to this proclamation.
(4) In order to withdraw the application of duty-free treatment
accorded to one eligible article for purposes of the GSP, the Rates of
Duty 1-Special subcolumn for the corresponding HTS subheading is
modified as set forth in section D of Annex II to this proclamation.
(5) In order to designate a certain article as an eligible article
when imported from a beneficiary developing country for purposes of the
GSP, the Rates of Duty 1-Special column for the corresponding HTS
subheading is modified as set forth in section E of Annex II to this
proclamation.
(6) The competitive need limitation provided in section
503(c)(2)(A)(i)(II) of the 1974 Act is disregarded with respect to the
eligible articles in the HTS subheadings and to the beneficiary
developing countries set forth in Annex III to this proclamation.
(7) In order to reflect the change in the name of Macedonia, U.S.
note 6 to chapter 20 of the HTS is modified by deleting ``Macedonia''
and inserting ``North Macedonia'' in alphabetical order.
(8) The modifications to the HTS set forth in Annex II and Annex III
of this proclamation shall be effective with respect to articles entered
for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or
after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on November 1, 2020.
(9) Any provisions of previous proclamations and Executive Orders
that are inconsistent with the actions taken in this proclamation are
superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of
October, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
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Proclamation 10108 of October 30, 2020
Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Critical infrastructure provides the foundation for our national
security and prosperity. During Critical Infrastructure Security and
Resilience Month, we renew our commitment to protecting and securing our
Nation's essential systems for food and water, healthcare and public
health, electric power supplies, emergency services, telecommunications,
transportation, government and banking services, the administration of
elections, and beyond. These vital functions and services are powered by
a broad ecosystem of critical infrastructure assets, systems, networks,
and workers, and underpin our American way of life.
While advances in technology have enhanced the safety, security, and
comprehensive integration of our Nation's critical infrastructure,
vulnerabilities still exist, particularly those that can be exploited by
cyber adversaries. Manipulation of our data networks can interfere with
healthcare, financial, and government services. Interruption of the
electric power grid can disrupt water and food supplies,
telecommunications, manufacturing, and transportation. Our Nation relies
on these complex and interdependent networks to sustain our economic
growth and ensure public health and security.
To coordinate our security and resilience efforts and protect our
critical infrastructure now and in the future, I signed into law the
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Act of 2018.
CISA works with businesses, communities, and government to help make the
Nation's critical infrastructure more resilient to cyber and physical
threats. From the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, CISA has released
guidance to promote the health and safety of our Nation's essential
workforce and provided critical information to assist owners and
operators in categorizing risk, identifying opportunities for remote
work, determining the criticality of specific roles, and deciding the
allocation of resources, such as personal protective equipment and
medical testing.
Additionally, my Administration has further advanced and strengthened
the security and resilience of our critical infrastructure throughout
the pandemic. In February, I signed an Executive Order on Strengthening
National Resilience through Responsible Use of Positioning, Navigation,
and Timing (PNT) Services to prevent any efforts to disrupt or
manipulate PNT services, such as the Global Positioning System, from
being undermined. In March, I signed the Secure and Trusted
Communications Networks Act of 2019 and issued the National Strategy to
Secure 5G to ensure the security, reliability, and trustworthiness of
America's communications networks. In May, I signed an Executive Order
on Securing the United States Bulk-Power System to prevent foreign
actors from creating and exploiting vulnerabilities in bulk-power system
electric equipment. In August, I signed an Executive Order on Ensuring
Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs Are
Made in the United States to reduce our dependence on foreign chemical
and medical supply chains and promote American-made production of
essential medicines. And in September
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and October, my Administration completed implementation of a
Presidential Memorandum on Promoting the Reliable Supply and Delivery of
Water in the West, and I signed an Executive Order on Modernizing
America's Water Resource Management and Water Infrastructure. Both of
these actions ensure that Americans have abundant, safe, and reliable
supplies of water and world-class water infrastructure to support our
economy. These actions and many more, like restocking personal
protective equipment in the Strategic National Stockpile, will ensure
our national self-sufficiency and security for our children,
grandchildren, and generations to come.
During Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month, we
recommit to staying alert and continuously adapting to evolving threats
and hazards, promoting the security of all critical infrastructure
systems, and boosting resilience to potential disruptions, in
partnership with State, local, Tribal, and private organizations. We
thank the incredible workers who are on the frontlines night and day to
sustain our vital systems, functions, and services, and we recognize
that each and every American can help protect and strengthen our
country's critical infrastructure.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim November 2020 as
Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month. I call on the
people of the United States to recognize the importance of protecting
our Nation's infrastructure and to observe this month with appropriate
measures to enhance our national security and resilience.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of
October, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10109 of October 30, 2020
National Adoption Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
For children, parents, and families, adoption paves the way for new
beginnings and provides children with a forever family who can help them
reach their full potential. During National Adoption Month, we recognize
birth families who make the difficult decision to place their children
up for adoption, commend foster parents who care for children from
different backgrounds, and celebrate adoptive parents who open their
families to those children in need.
All children deserve a stable home with parents and families who can
ensure their well-being. Sadly, last year, 153,258 children were placed
in the foster care system due to neglect, and 86,694 children were
removed from their homes due to drug abuse. My Administration is
committed to addressing the causes of child abuse and neglect, bringing
healing to families
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who are struggling with addiction, and expanding the avenues for
adoption. Additionally, we are continuing our efforts to strengthen
families and prevent abuse and neglect to help ensure that children are
able to remain with birth parents whenever possible. These efforts
include unprecedented action to end the opioid crisis in our country,
increased funding and oversight of the foster care system, and opening
more adoption channels to faith-based adoption and foster care
providers. Additionally, the Department of Health and Human Services is
now providing States with guidance regarding the use of Federal funds to
support the legal representation of parents and children in family legal
proceedings. The good news is that the number of children entering
foster care is declining and the number of adoptions last year was the
highest on record.
Nevertheless, those still in the foster care system often have to wait
too long for adoption--sometimes 2 years or more. Even worse, thousands
of children age out of foster care without finding a forever family,
with profound and unacceptable consequences. Of those young Americans
who age out of foster care, 40 percent experience homelessness, 50
percent are unemployed at age 24, and 25 percent experience post-
traumatic stress. To help solve this problem, in June, I signed an
Executive Order on Strengthening the Child Welfare System for America's
Children. This order prioritizes the partnerships between private,
public, and faith-based organizations to keep American families together
and, when that is not possible, to find children forever families. It
also provides resources for trauma training, support for guardianship,
and kinship care for those who age out of foster care. Additionally,
through her ``Be Best'' initiative, the First Lady continues to advocate
for a safe, forever family for every child.
Adoption also offers a loving option for women who experience unexpected
pregnancies or are unable to provide for their children. Every year,
countless families--including many who cannot have children of their
own--cherish the priceless gift of an adopted child. My Administration
believes that every human life has inherent value, and encourages
adoption as an alternative to abortion. All children, born and unborn,
deserve a chance to have a better, more prosperous future. I commend the
selfless men and women who preserve the majesty of God's creation by
providing children with a chance at a better life.
This month, we celebrate the blessings of adoption and renew our resolve
to promote a culture of respect for every human life. Countless
Americans dedicate their time, energy, and resources to the adoption
process, and we honor their selfless contributions as community members,
faith leaders, caregivers, role models, and families. Our Nation is
strengthened by the sacred institution of the family, and devoted
parents who love and protect their adopted children. As a Nation, let us
commit to ensuring a brighter future for all of our Nation's children.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim November 2020 as
National Adoption Month. I encourage all Americans to observe this month
by helping children and youth in need of a permanent home secure a more
promising future with a forever family and enter adulthood with the love
and connections we all need.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of
October, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10110 of October 30, 2020
National American History and Founders Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
In the Black Hills of South Dakota stands an enduring tribute to four of
our greatest Presidents--George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham
Lincoln, and Teddy Roosevelt. Mount Rushmore symbolizes the proud
history of our Nation, a history that began on July 4, 1776, with the
revolutionary words written in the Declaration of Independence. This
summer, I spoke before this beautiful monument in celebration of
Independence Day to call attention to the brilliant vision of our
Founding Fathers and their profound, momentous statement that ``all men
are created equal.'' And, earlier this year at the National Archives,
the sacred home of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution,
and the Bill of Rights--our Nation's Charters of Freedom--I pledged that
our great American heroes will never be forgotten, our schools will
teach the story of our Nation as it happened, and the truth of our
history will never be erased or rewritten. Throughout this month, we
celebrate the incredible history of the United States and commit to
continually work toward the promise of a more perfect Union.
The story of our Nation is one of tireless progress toward realizing and
defending our founding principles--individual liberty, representative
self-government, and equality of opportunity. In the 18th century, the
founding generation sacrificed blood and treasure to defend the spark of
liberty on this continent, constructing the framework of our new
American society. In the 19th century, the mettle of that foundation was
tested as Americans took up arms against one another in a struggle that
ultimately eradicated the great injustice of slavery from our country, a
conflict that, though it left a dark stain on the fabric of our Nation,
ultimately strengthened our commitment to freedom and helped us further
realize the true promise of the founding. The American 20th century saw
great strides in progress for civil rights, as women won the right to
vote and timeless voices like Martin Luther King, Jr., illuminated the
path toward true equality for Black Americans. Abroad, American service
members carried the torch of liberty to those in need, liberating Europe
and Asia from fascist oppression and freeing billions of people around
the world from the suffocating yoke of communism.
This is the inheritance of today's generation of Americans. A history
defined by righteous struggle in service to our founding ideals of
liberty and justice for all. A history populated by heroes and warriors
for freedom. And a history marked by an unyielding commitment to virtue
and principle. This history is what distinguishes our Nation as the most
free and just society in the world.
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Today, however, a fringe element of radical politicians, media voices,
corporate executives, and other activists seek to use their immense
power to obscure the ideals of our country, rewrite our Nation's proud
history, and desecrate the memory of our Founders. Statues have been
torn down and destroyed, violent mobs have masqueraded under the false
banner of peaceful protests, and free speech has come under siege in the
public square and on online platforms. As one example among many,
theoretical frameworks like ``Critical Race Theory'' have corrupted our
United States history and civic education courses in public schools,
board rooms, the military, and government agencies, promoting racial
division and discrimination. Adherents to Critical Race Theory and other
associated ideologies believe that America is an inherently racist and
sexist country, defined by oppression and hierarchies of victimhood,
rather than freedom and equality. Critical Race Theory and those who
promote it seek to strip individual agency from all Americans and
instead relegate them into pre-determined categories of belief based on
their racial or sexual identity. If Americans are distracted by such
theories from studying the true history of our great Nation--its
mistakes and its triumphs--we risk the dissolution of our common bonds
and we will be weakened as a country. That is why I recently signed an
Executive Order that bans executive departments and agencies and Federal
contractors from teaching Critical Race Theory, in an effort to prevent
the indoctrination of the American people by these dangerous ideologies.
Now, more than ever, we must continue to forge an even brighter future
for our Nation by preserving its past. As President, I will always honor
the great legacy of America's history and its Founders.
Throughout this month, we recommit to protecting the great American
story, one of a Nation that has promoted liberty and ensured freedom for
millions. We know that when we collectively recognize and cherish our
history, we are made stronger as one people. The divine truth our
Founders enshrined in the fabric of our Nation--that all people are
created equal--will, if we cherish and protect it, ensure the blessings
of unparalleled freedom and prosperity for all posterity.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim November
2020 as National American History and Founders Month. I call upon the
people of the United States to observe this month with appropriate
ceremonies and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of
October, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
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Proclamation 10111 of October 30, 2020
National Entrepreneurship Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
The United States is home to the most creative, passionate, and talented
minds anywhere in the world. Throughout our history, we have pioneered
revolutionary innovations, and we continue to reach new heights in
business, science, and technology. During National Entrepreneurship
Month, we celebrate the determination of those who strike out on their
own to fuel our robust economy.
American entrepreneurs employ more than 60 million people nationwide and
strengthen our communities with their hard work and ingenuity. Since
taking office, I have cut onerous regulations at a historic rate, saving
these businesses nearly $50 billion in compliance costs, unleashing the
might of the American economy, and empowering proud American business
owners. When the Government removes barriers to success, all Americans
benefit. For the first time in decades, deregulation is saving small
businesses from wasting precious hours on regulatory compliance and
creating a dynamic economic landscape. Our policies have empowered
entrepreneurs to do what they do best: innovate, create, and succeed.
We must continue supporting our Nation's economic success by preparing
the next generation of American workers for the jobs of today and
tomorrow. That is why I established the President's National Council for
the American Worker, which is engaging with companies to invest in and
develop programs for workplace education and skills training and
retraining. I encourage more entrepreneurs to take the Pledge to
America's Workers and join the 450 companies and trade associations that
have already committed to providing more than 16 million education and
training opportunities for American students and workers. Additionally,
the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which replaced the outdated
and unfair North American Free Trade Agreement, is now in full effect,
fulfilling my promise to level the playing field for American businesses
and workers. This landmark agreement will help bring our manufacturing
jobs back home while ensuring that more American innovators can run
their businesses without shipping jobs overseas.
Our Nation's entrepreneurs have also been at the heart of our ongoing
efforts to defeat the coronavirus. Working with private-sector
companies, my Administration launched the largest industrial
mobilization since World War II. In addition to helping to rapidly
expand our Nation's testing capabilities and to produce unparalleled
levels of personal protective equipment, many American innovators have
been at the forefront of developing safe vaccines and effective
therapeutics as quickly as possible. Entrepreneurs, especially small
business owners, are key to our surging economy. That is why I pushed
for and signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security
(CARES) Act into law. This landmark legislation provided $2.2 trillion
to our great American workers, businesses, and entrepreneurs. Under the
CARES Act, the Small Business Administration and the Department of the
Treasury approved 5.2 million Paycheck Protection
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Program loans to help our entrepreneurs across the country navigate the
economic difficulties of this pandemic.
This month, we recognize the bold spirit of America's entrepreneurs who
continue to prove that the American dream is alive and more obtainable
than ever before. As we continue our great American comeback, we know
that these innovative men and women will remain at the forefront of our
efforts to create a brighter future for our country.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim November 2020 as
National Entrepreneurship Month. I call upon all Americans to
commemorate this month with appropriate programs and activities and to
celebrate November 17, 2020, as National Entrepreneurs' Day.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of
October, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10112 of October 30, 2020
National Family Caregivers Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Each day in homes throughout our Nation, Americans with chronic or
terminal illnesses, functional impairment, or disabilities receive
compassionate care and support from family members and loved ones.
During National Family Caregivers Month, we salute the more than 40
million people in the United States who serve as unpaid caregivers. With
generous hearts and faithful devotion, they honor the sanctity of life
and affirm the inherent value of all human beings.
Caregivers work long days and spend countless hours to meet and
anticipate the needs of their loved ones, often facing challenges that
can seem impossible to navigate. Errands, medical appointments,
transportation, meal preparation, grooming, and companionship can
consume significant time and effort, especially when caregivers must
balance these duties with the pressures and responsibilities of their
own lives, including employment and raising children. In spite of all of
this, these extraordinary moms and dads, sons and daughters, siblings,
and friends showcase compassion and selflessness for the ones they love.
Their faithfulness and dedication is indicative of the generosity of the
American Spirit and reflects the very best of our Nation.
Because of the essential role they play in ensuring the health and
wellbeing of those most in need, family caregivers deserve our unending
support. In 2018, I signed into law two pieces of legislation, the RAISE
Family Caregivers Act and the Supporting Grandparents Raising
Grandchildren Act, which provide for the development of strategies and
support networks for family caregivers. Over the last year, the Advisory
Councils created by
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these acts have made significant progress toward raising awareness and
giving a voice to family caregivers. The work of these Councils, led by
the Administration for Community Living at the Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS), will yield a National Caregiving Strategy in 2021
that will include recommended actions that States, communities, health
systems, and other private-sector entities and stakeholders can take to
improve the lives and conditions of family caregivers. Working alongside
existing initiatives like HHS' National Family Caregiver Support
Program, we are ensuring that family caregivers have the resources they
need to provide essential care and support for their loved ones.
Our great veterans living with illness or injury are one of the largest
groups who receive care from family members and friends. These
caregivers, more than 5 million strong, play a vital role in the lives
of these extraordinary men and women who have sacrificed so much for our
country. In order to improve services and outcomes for patients and
families who are dealing with the stress and uncertainty of caregiving,
the Department of Veterans Affairs established the first National Center
of Excellence for veteran and caregiver research. The advances made
through this initiative, coupled with the resources and capabilities
made available through the VA MISSION Act, which I signed into law in
2018, are helping to educate and equip families with the tools they need
to provide even better care for our Nation's veterans. America's heroes
have earned and deserve our respect and gratitude, and their caregivers
deserve the same.
Family caregivers provide a vital lifeline of connection and hope to
loved ones during challenging and uncertain days. These caregivers, who
devote immeasurable time, energy, resources, and heart, need our
understanding, support, gratitude, and encouragement. Throughout this
month, let us remember these men and women who spend their days caring
for others, and let us pray that they are sustained by grace and
strength as they carry on this important work.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim November 2020 as
National Family Caregivers Month. I encourage all Americans to reach out
to those who provide care for their family members, friends, and
neighbors in need, to honor and thank them.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of
October, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
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Proclamation 10113 of October 30, 2020
National Native American Heritage Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
During National Native American Heritage Month, we honor the storied
legacy of American Indians and Alaska Natives in our Nation. Their
cherished legacy, rich cultures, and heroic history of military service
inspire us all. This month, as we recommit to supporting Native American
Tribes and people, we resolve to work side-by-side with their leaders to
secure stronger, safer communities and preserve their sacred heritage
for future generations.
In recognition of the importance of Indian Country to the cultural
identity of our Nation and the strength of our economy, my
Administration has taken unprecedented action to promote the health and
wellbeing of Native American communities. In response to the coronavirus
pandemic, we secured the largest investment in Indian Country in our
Nation's history, providing $8 billion in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and
Economic Security (CARES) Act funding to ensure Native American
communities have the resources they need to combat the virus. In August,
I signed into law the Great American Outdoors Act, the largest
conservation effort in a generation, which includes up to $475 million
in guaranteed funding over the next 5 years to improve American Indian
school infrastructure. I recently secured the return from Finland of a
number of cultural artifacts and human remains originating from Native
American Tribes in the Mesa Verde region, and I will continue to work to
identify Native American artifacts wrongfully taken abroad and will work
with Tribal partners to bring them home. And we are continuing to work
alongside Native American leaders to combat crime and violence through
important initiatives like Operation Lady Justice, addressing the long-
ignored tragedy of missing and murdered American Indians and Alaska
Natives.
To further our commitment to Native American communities, my
Administration recently released our policy vision for Indian Country
entitled ``Putting America's First Peoples First--Forgotten No More!''
This comprehensive plan protects Tribal sovereignty and economic self-
determination while also promoting public safety, providing for high-
quality education, and delivering lasting solutions to long-unresolved
healthcare challenges in Indian Country. Through concrete actions like
my Administration's reform of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
regulations, we are helping increase access to water, broadband,
electric, and other utility infrastructure in Indian Country. Working
with Tribal leaders, we are creating investment opportunities in Native
American communities, building on their storied traditions while looking
toward a shared future of prosperity and cooperation.
Native Americans play a critical role in the health and vitality of our
great Nation. During National Native American Heritage Month, we honor
their vibrant cultures. As business owners, artists, teachers, writers,
courageous members of our Armed Forces, and so much more, their
contributions to our society are cause for celebration and appreciation
by all Americans.
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This month, as we honor the heritage of Native American Tribes and
people, we resolve to support their legacy and communities for
generations to come.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim November 2020 as
National Native American Heritage Month. I call upon all Americans to
commemorate this month with appropriate programs and activities and to
celebrate November 27, 2020, as Native American Heritage Day.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of
October, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10114 of October 30, 2020
National Veterans and Military Families Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Our Nation's service members--past and present--and their families
represent the very best of America. Motivated by patriotism and love of
country, our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, Coast Guardsmen, and
Space Warfighters serve at home and abroad with professionalism,
ingenuity, integrity, and devotion. Their families always stand beside
them in their missions and as they transition to civilian life. During
National Veterans and Military Families Month, we celebrate the loved
ones of our country's men and women in uniform and recognize the
sacrifices they have made in support of our Nation's heroes.
When I first took office, I pledged to our Armed Forces that I would
always have their backs; and that means providing for military families
as well. The demands and challenges of military life are shared by the
loved ones of our heroes. Spouses, parents, siblings, and children often
shoulder increased burdens and responsibilities when their servicemen
and women are called to duty. Military families, and especially spouses
have to endure the stress of frequent relocations and deal with job
searches under state licensing regulations that can prevent them from
working in their chosen occupations. To address this issue, my
Administration eliminated unnecessary and cumbersome red tape that
stifled career opportunities for military spouses, and the Department of
Defense has implemented programs to enhance childcare opportunities for
military families.
Too many veterans carry painful memories and bear physical and emotional
scars from their service. We will never forget our veterans who are
suffering from mental health issues or the military families that are
left behind by veteran suicide. As President, I have prioritized
changing the culture surrounding mental health and promoting a society
that recognizes the infinite value and purpose of every life. Last year,
I mobilized every available Federal resource to develop and implement
the President's Roadmap
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to Empower Veterans and End a National Tragedy of Suicide. I also fought
for and secured a record $8.6 billion in funding for mental health
services in the most recent Department of Veterans Affairs
appropriations bill. In October, I signed the Commander John Scott
Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act, which will bolster
these efforts even further. Like never before, we are using a whole-of-
government approach to better understand and prevent suicide. No
American warrior should ever be forgotten, and no military family should
ever be left behind.
Since the beginning of my Administration, it has been a top priority and
my solemn pledge to honor, equip, and protect our service members,
veterans, and their families. My commitment has not wavered. America's
military might is essential to our safety, prosperity, and national
security. Caring for the brave Americans in our Armed Forces, and their
families, and upholding our sacred obligation to those who have served
with honor is the least we can do for those who have given so much for
so many. This month, we pledge our gratitude to every man and woman
currently serving this Nation in uniform, to all our veterans who helped
preserve and defend our precious freedom, and to every family member who
shares in the service and sacrifice of military life. My Administration
will never stop fighting to enhance and improve the quality of life for
these exceptional Americans.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim November 2020 as
National Veterans and Military Families Month. I encourage all
communities, all sectors of society, and all Americans to acknowledge
and honor the service, sacrifices, and contributions of veterans and
military families for what they have done and for what they do every day
to support our great Nation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of
October, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10115 of October 30, 2020
National Day of Remembrance for Americans Killed by Illegal Aliens, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
On this National Day of Remembrance, we pause to honor the memory of
every American life so egregiously taken from us by criminal illegal
aliens. As sons and daughters, mothers and fathers, brothers and
sisters, and as American citizens, these precious lives are an
irreplaceable piece of our national community. We solemnly stand with
their families--our Angel Families--who have endured what no American
family should ever have to suffer. Today, we recommit to ensuring that
those responsible for these tragedies face justice, while taking every
action to prevent these horrific acts from occurring in our Nation.
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As President, I have no higher duty than to ensure the safety and
security of all Americans. Accordingly, I will never rest until our
border is fully secure and our communities safe. The laws of our
country, including immigration laws, must be respected and followed so
that every American citizen may have a bright and prosperous future. I
proudly support our dedicated Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Officers, Customs and Border Protection Officers (CBPOs), Border Patrol
Agents, and other law enforcement officials who work every day to
protect Americans from the senseless crimes that our Angel Families have
had to endure.
For years, our politicians and leaders met the pain and plight of Angel
Families with silence and indifference. Under my watch, the voices of
our Angel Families no longer fall on deaf ears. Americans who are killed
by illegal aliens are no longer forgotten, and we are ensuring that they
will not have died in vain. Our Nation solemnly stands alongside the
mothers and fathers who are no longer able to see their children grow up
and have families of their own and for the sons and daughters who have
lost a parent or loved one at the hands of someone who never should have
been inside our country in the first place. It is because of these brave
families who have suffered unimaginable loss that my Administration
created a new office in the Department of Homeland Security called
Victims Of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE). This program has
already assisted hundreds of families and will continue providing
critical services until no American suffers the harm or loss of a loved
one due to the violent actions of a criminal alien.
My Administration recognizes that a secure border is essential to a safe
and prosperous Nation. Accordingly, we have devoted time and resources
to constructing a strong border wall and ending the disastrous
immigration policies of previous administrations. Four hundred miles of
wall have already been built, and we are on pace to complete more than
500 miles by early next year. We have ended the terrible practice of
catch-and-release, deployed approximately 4,000 National Guard personnel
to the Southern Border in the last 2 years to support Federal border
security and wall construction efforts, restored integrity and safety to
the asylum process through the Migrant Protection Protocols, and
deported more than 20,000 gang members and over 500,000 criminal illegal
aliens. During my Administration, our courageous ICE Officers, CBPOs,
Border Patrol Agents, and law enforcement personnel have seized
thousands of pounds of lethal narcotics at our border--enough to kill
every American four times over. Through these efforts, we are saving
American lives, curbing crime, and honoring the precious lives
tragically taken from us.
On this National Day of Remembrance, we pay tribute to the enduring
memory of every American killed by an illegal alien. They will never be
forgotten, and we will stand by their families and fight for a future
where every American is safe. Together, we will pursue the promise of a
proud, noble, and secure future while protecting our families and
communities from those who seek to do us harm.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim November 1, 2020, as a
National Day of Remembrance for Americans Killed by Illegal Aliens. I
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call upon the people of the United States to observe this day with
appropriate ceremonies and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of
October, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10116 of November 6, 2020
National Apprenticeship Week, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Apprenticeships provide American workers tangible skills and an
industry-recognized credential. They strengthen our Nation's economy and
help millions of men and women provide for their families without taking
on the financial burden of student loans and other related debt. During
National Apprenticeship Week, we celebrate the American workers who
create a brighter future for themselves and their families through
apprenticeships, and we further our commitment to bolstering opportunity
as we continue our economic comeback.
For decades, politicians and bureaucrats in Washington neglected
workers, shipped jobs overseas, and abandoned essential manufacturing
industries. When I took office, I reversed these policies and pledged to
always put the American economy, labor force, and worker first. Under my
leadership, we have cut taxes, removed burdensome regulations on
businesses, and renegotiated our trade deals, all of which led to
historic job creation and economic growth. Apprenticeships are a pillar
of our effort to continue this trend, and my Administration remains
committed to supporting initiatives that empower Americans and prepare
our workers to compete and thrive in a 21st-century economy.
Since taking office, my Administration has worked tirelessly to empower
more Americans with the benefits of apprenticeships and the skills they
provide. In June of 2017, I signed an Executive Order on Expanding
Apprenticeships in America. Under my leadership, the Department of Labor
has awarded $80 million across 42 States and territories for
occupational skills education for American students and workers, 800,000
Americans have joined apprenticeship programs, and we are well on the
way to meeting my goal of 1 million new apprentices by September of next
year. In Fiscal Year 2019 alone, we registered more than 250,000 new
apprentices in vital industries, including advanced manufacturing,
financial services, educational services, transportation, healthcare,
and informational technology. My Administration also recently launched
the Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Program model, which provides
opportunities for industry-led, market-driven training that expands
workforce development and opens windows to well-paying jobs in high-
demand industries. In recognition of our Nation's obligation to our
military men and women, my Administration has also expanded the United
Services Military Apprenticeship Program across all branches, providing
apprenticeship opportunities to our service
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members while they are still on active duty to help them prepare for
prosperous and fulfilling lives after their time in uniform.
My Administration will also continue to work with industry partners to
provide workers with the skills they need to succeed in today's economy
through the Pledge to America's Workers. This initiative recently proved
essential as our Nation confronted the unprecedented challenges of the
coronavirus pandemic. As part of our ongoing response, we launched the
largest industrial mobilization since World War II, and thousands of new
apprentices answered the call for skilled labor in key sectors like
manufacturing, healthcare, cybersecurity, and information technology.
These efforts demonstrate that, when government allows the free market
to respond, the spirit of the American worker and the strength and
resolve of America's economy will overcome any challenge.
This week, we recommit to bolstering economic opportunity through
apprenticeships. I encourage individuals, business leaders, and
government officials to support hardworking Americans and their families
through expanding apprenticeship education and training, recognizing the
essential role apprenticeships play in sustaining our national economy.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim November 8 through
November 14, 2020, as National Apprenticeship Week.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this sixth day of
November, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10117 of November 6, 2020
World Freedom Day, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
On World Freedom Day, we commemorate the historic fall of the Berlin
Wall in 1989, which liberated the people of East Germany from the grip
of tyranny. This watershed event marked the triumph of freedom and
liberty for hundreds of millions of people who rejected the oppression
of Soviet communism and its Marxist-Leninist ideology. Today, we
celebrate the blessings of freedom in Germany and across the world, and
reaffirm our Nation's support for all who wish to be free.
Following World War II, the Soviet Union built an Iron Curtain between
the East and West, isolating the city of West Berlin and shutting off
the free flow of goods and people. Determined to prevent the light of
liberty from being extinguished, our Nation stood with the United
Kingdom and France against the Soviet demand that the West withdraw from
Berlin. To defeat
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this demand for surrender, the United States Air Force and our allies
fearlessly airlifted food, fuel, and supplies to the starving people of
West Berlin, and together, we were resolved to restore freedom to the
German people.
For almost 30 years, the Berlin Wall symbolized the divide between the
free world and communism. On its eastern side, the rights that
democratic societies hold dear--the fundamental freedoms of religion,
speech, the press, association, and petition--were replaced by forced
secularism, oppressive censorship, monolithic propaganda, and inhumane
division. Hundreds of brave Germans died attempting to escape this
brutal fate, as the Stasi used landmines, armed watchtowers, and barbed
wire to intimidate those who dreamed of freedom and to kill and harm
those who braved any attempt to escape. Those whose escapes failed,
those who facilitated successful or attempted crossings, and those who
crossed the Stasi in some other way were tortured, imprisoned, and
executed in horrifying violations of human dignity and rights.
The United States always stood resolutely with the victims and survivors
of the evil ideology that controlled East Germany and East Berlin. Our
valiant response to Soviet oppression in Germany defined the Cold War,
from President John F. Kennedy's declaration, ``Ich bin ein Berliner,''
in 1963 to President Ronald Reagan's momentous call, ``Mr. Gorbachev,
tear down this wall!'' in 1987. Our founding principles of individual,
God-given unalienable rights, human dignity, and equality of opportunity
were embraced by the millions held in Soviet bondage, and ultimately won
the ideological battle of the Cold War. As a result, we are able to
celebrate Germany's reunification today, reaffirm our alliance, and
recognize German contributions to modern day peace and prosperity.
This World Freedom Day, we honor all those who fought for freedom,
endured injustice, and bravely resisted totalitarianism before the fall
of the Berlin Wall. We also reassert our longstanding commitment to
combat tyranny, uplift the voices of those held captive by communist
regimes, and halt the spread of this brutal ideology at home and around
the world.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim November 9, 2020, as
World Freedom Day. I call upon the people of the United States to
observe this day with appropriate ceremonies and activities, reaffirming
our dedication to freedom and democracy.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this sixth day of
November, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
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Proclamation 10118 of November 10, 2020
Veterans Day, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
America's veterans have fought to defend our country, its values, and
its interests since the first days of our founding. They have defeated
tyrants, eliminated terrorists, and secured freedom at home and abroad.
Their courage and fortitude in the face of adversity serve as an example
for all Americans. On Veterans Day, we pause to pay tribute to all who
have proudly worn our Nation's uniform. These Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen,
Marines, and Coast Guardsmen selflessly placed lives, well-being, and
security of others before their own. We enjoy the privileges of peace,
prosperity, and freedom because of our veterans, and we are forever
indebted to them beyond measure.
For their love of country and dedication to duty, America's veterans
have endured adversity, loneliness, fatigue, loss, and made other
incredible sacrifices. Many sustained life-altering physical injuries
and disabilities; others bear the burden of emotional scars for the
remainder of their lives. Our Nation's veterans fully understand
liberty's high and precious cost, for they have paid it every day since
the formation of our Republic.
As Commander in Chief, I have relentlessly fought to support America's
veterans. For far too long, our Government had not fully met its
obligation to provide for ``him who shall have borne the battle, and for
his widow and his orphan.'' I recognize that this country and its people
are duty-bound to care for our exceptional veterans, their families, and
their survivors. That is why, throughout my time in office, I have
worked tirelessly to improve the health, welfare, and economic
prosperity of these treasured people. In just a few short years, my
Administration completely overhauled the Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA), removing employees who were not giving our veterans the care and
attention they deserve and making the agency more accountable to the
heroes it serves. I also signed into law the VA MISSION Act, which gives
eligible veterans the choice to receive timely care from providers in
their own communities. In 2018, I also signed the largest funding bill
in the history of the VA, and the VA has since benefited from record
budgets every year. In addition, I signed a Presidential Memorandum to
ensure that veterans who are totally and permanently disabled receive
the Federal student loan forgiveness to which they are so justly
entitled. We will continue to build on these efforts and work to create
an economic environment that fosters growth and prosperity for veterans,
ensuring all of our veterans have the opportunity to live productive
civilian lives.
The mental health and welfare of our veterans is of critical importance,
and addressing this issue has been a top priority. Tragically, an
average of 20 veterans and service members die by suicide each day. We
are striving with all our effort to end this alarming and unacceptable
reality. Last year, I launched the largest whole-of-government program
in history to end veteran suicide, the President's Roadmap to Empower
Veterans and End a National Tragedy of Suicide (PREVENTS). I also
recently signed the Commander John Scott Hannon Veteran Mental Health
Care Improvement Act
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which is strengthening VA mental health, supporting suicide prevention
efforts, and developing pilot programs dedicated to ending veteran
suicide. I have also bolstered the Veterans Crisis Line, so that its
around-the-clock operators can deliver the best possible intervention
services to vulnerable veterans.
Our veterans represent the best of America, and they deserve the best
America can provide them. To recognize and respect the contributions our
service men and women have made in defense of America, and to advance
the cause of peace, the Congress has provided, as outlined in 5 U.S.C.
6103(a), that November 11th of each year shall be set aside as a legal
public holiday to recognize America's veterans. These heroes served
faithfully, humbly, and valiantly in times of war and peace, and they
carried these admirable traits into the civilian workforce when their
military service was fulfilled. Our precious liberty has survived and
thrived because of generations of brave Americans--from every background
and walk of life--who have answered the call to support and defend the
United States. The gravity of their contribution is immeasurable and so
is our debt to every single one of our Nation's veterans.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim November 11, 2020, as Veterans Day. I
encourage all Americans to recognize the fortitude and sacrifice of our
veterans through public ceremonies and private thoughts and prayers. I
call upon Federal, State, and local officials to display the flag of the
United States and to participate in patriotic activities in their
communities. I call on all Americans, including civic and fraternal
organizations, places of worship, schools, and communities to support
this day with commemorative expressions and programs.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this tenth day of
November, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10119 of November 13, 2020
American Education Week, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Education empowers students of all ages to reach their full potential
and plays a fundamental role in developing a strong workforce and
informed citizenry. Our Nation is currently enduring an unprecedented
academic year, but our commitment to the safe reopening of schools and
the expansion of school choice programs nationwide remains steadfast. As
we celebrate the 99th anniversary of American Education Week, I
encourage States, districts, and school boards across the country to
embrace creative, personalized approaches to learning, and to ensure
that students are at the center of all of their educational endeavors.
This year, students, teachers, and administrators have faced
extraordinary challenges. Nevertheless, we must recognize that our
children's physical,
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mental, and emotional well-being depend so much on their access to
schools. Studies show that children are at very low risk of serious
illness from the coronavirus, while the harms of delaying their return
to in-person instruction are grave. As President, I have taken
unprecedented action to ensure that classrooms are safe so that students
can return to school and resume learning amongst their peers. My
Administration fought for billions of dollars in funding for local
school districts for personal protective equipment, increased cleaning
services, and other critical resources and is providing States with
millions of revolutionary point-of-care tests that deliver highly
accurate results in minutes. Whether in the classroom or at home, I am
committed to fighting for whatever is needed to ensure quality education
for every American student.
As a result of thousands of schools transitioning to some form of remote
learning, parents are gaining expanded insight into our Nation's
inadequate education system. For too many families, the pandemic has
served as a stark reminder that an antiquated, agenda-driven, one-size-
fits-all approach to education simply does not work. Instead, parents
desire greater control over how their tax dollars are spent, and
American families demand more options and more autonomy over their
children's education. Whether they choose public, private, magnet,
charter, parochial, or home schools, I am fighting to expand every
family's choices in our Nation's education system. Last year, I signed
the Secure Act to broaden how families could spend the funds in tax-free
college savings accounts. And just this July, my Administration awarded
new funding to the successful DC Opportunity Scholarship Program, so
disadvantaged students in our Nation's capital can attend the school of
their choice. These actions are part of our continued efforts to empower
parents and encourage educational innovation at the State and local
levels, because in the land of the free, a child's zip code should never
play any role in determining their educational potential.
During this American Education week, we especially celebrate the
teachers, community leaders, parents, and advocates that shape the
futures of our country's children. They play an essential and powerful
role in developing Americans of character who are capable of enhancing
our country's culture, society, and economy. As our Nation's teachers
and students navigate an unprecedented school year, we must all recommit
to providing students with lifelong learning opportunities and supplying
them with the tools they need to achieve success.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim November 15 through
November 21, 2020, as American Education Week. I commend our Nation's
schools, their teachers and leaders, and the parents of students across
this land. And I call on States and communities to support high-quality
education to meet the needs of all students.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirteenth day of
November, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
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Proclamation 10120 of November 20, 2020
National Family Week, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Families strengthen our communities, shape our values, and provide a
foundation for future success. Families are--and will always be--the
basic building block of our society. During National Family Week, we
take time to honor and appreciate the many blessings of strong and
healthy families, and we recognize that our policies must empower and
enable them to flourish so they can contribute to an even brighter
future for our great Nation.
Every family is unique and remarkable, and my Administration is
committed to providing meaningful solutions to address the issues that
matter most to them, especially when facing extraordinary challenges. As
our Nation confronted the coronavirus pandemic, I signed the Coronavirus
Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to provide over $2
trillion in economic relief to quickly help families, small businesses,
and communities, and the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which
provided timely and critical support for families by expanding paid
family, medical, and sick leave. We also increased unemployment
benefits, enhanced flexibility within unemployment insurance programs,
suspended student loan payments, and removed the threat of foreclosures
and evictions for families with Government guaranteed mortgages. My
Administration continues to call on the Congress for additional support
to sustain families through this pandemic, particularly those most
harmed by State and local shutdown orders and other restrictions on
economic activity.
The pandemic has placed great strain on American families, from those
who have mourned the loss of a loved one to those who have struggled to
adjust to new and burdensome daily routines. In times like this, mental
health becomes even more important. That is why I signed an Executive
Order to provide grant funding for easier access to mental health
services, including telehealth, peer-to-peer, and safe in-person
therapeutic treatments.
Despite impediments and adversity, we have made great progress to help
bring an end to this terrible pandemic and rebuild our previously
booming economy. In addition to identifying many successful therapeutics
through Operation Warp Speed, I recently announced tremendous progress
in developing and distributing safe and effective vaccines. Moreover,
with unprecedented rapid reductions in unemployment and historic third-
quarter growth, the United States, in just a few months, has recovered
two-thirds of the economic output lost to the pandemic. America will
fully recover not only emotionally and physically, but also fiscally,
from the devastation of the pandemic--and our families will be the
bedrock of our Nation's renewed success.
Families are our most cherished and sacred institution. They play a
vital role in providing emotional, physical, and communal support and
help us endure the inevitable difficulties of life. My Administration
stands firm in supporting the success of our families by ensuring that
every child--born and unborn--can thrive in a loving home with
caregivers who are bolstered
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by access to childcare, paid family leave, school choice, and job
training. By enacting tax cuts, lowering prescription drug prices, and
working to increase wages and benefits, we have enabled families to keep
more of their hard-earned money so they can realize their own American
dream.
In this season of Thanksgiving, we thank God for the wonderful families
across our great Nation who are working to build brighter, better, and
more prosperous futures. This week, we acknowledge that we are only as
strong as our families and vow to prioritize their well-being and to
uphold their fundamental role in our society.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim November 22 through
November 28, 2020, as National Family Week. I invite communities,
churches, and individuals to observe this week with appropriate
ceremonies and activities to honor our Nation's families.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twentieth day of
November, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10121 of November 25, 2020
Thanksgiving Day, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
On Thanksgiving Day, we thank God for the abundant blessings in our
lives. As we gather with family and friends to celebrate this season of
generosity, hope, and gratitude, we commemorate America's founding
traditions of faith, family, and friendship, and give thanks for the
principles of freedom, liberty, and democracy that make our country
exceptional in the history of the world.
This November marks 400 years since the Mayflower and its passengers
faced the unknown and set sail across the Atlantic Ocean. Propelled by
hope for a brighter future, these intrepid men and women endured two
long months at sea, tired and hungry, to arrive in a new world full of
potential. In the winter weather that greeted their arrival, they lost
nearly half of their fellow travelers to exposure, disease, and
starvation. Despite unimaginable hardships, these first Americans
nevertheless remained firm in their faith and unwavering in their
commitment to their dreams. They forged friendships with the Wampanoag
Tribe, fostered a spirit of common purpose among themselves, and trusted
in God to provide for them. The following year, they celebrated a
successful harvest alongside their Native American neighbors--the first
Thanksgiving. This seminal event in the history of our Nation is a
continual reminder of the power of faith, love, perseverance, prayer,
and fellowship.
The Mayflower's arrival to the New World in 1620 also marks the arrival
of the first seeds of democracy to our land. Absent the rule of a
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in an uncharted wilderness, these early settlers resolved to create
their own government through what is known as the Mayflower Compact.
Defined by majority rule through elected leaders responsible for
creating ``just and equal laws,'' the Mayflower Compact represents the
first chapter in the long tradition of self-determination and rule of
law in America. One hundred and fifty-six years later, our Nation's
Founding Fathers resolved to break free from England, building upon the
Mayflower Compact to establish an enduring government whose authority
came solely ``from the consent of the governed.''
This year, as our Nation continues to combat the coronavirus pandemic,
we have once again joined together to overcome the challenges facing us.
In the midst of suffering and loss, we are witnessing the remarkable
courage and boundless generosity of the American people as they come to
the aid of those in need, reflecting the spirit of those first settlers
who worked together to meet the needs of their community. First
responders, medical professionals, essential workers, neighbors, and
countless other patriots have served and sacrificed for their fellow
Americans, and the prayers of our people have once again lifted up our
Nation, providing comfort, healing, and strength during times of
uncertainty. Despite unprecedented challenges, we have not faltered in
the face of adversity. To the contrary, we have leveraged our strengths
to make significant breakthroughs that will end this crisis, rebuilding
our stockpiles, revamping our manufacturing capabilities, and developing
groundbreaking therapeutics and life-saving vaccines on record-
shattering timeframes.
During this season of gratitude, we also acknowledge those who cannot be
with their families. This includes the brave American patriots of our
Armed Forces who selflessly defend our sacred liberty at home and
abroad. And we pause to remember the sacrifices of our law enforcement
personnel and first responders. We are deeply grateful for all those who
remain on watch over the holidays and keep us safe as we celebrate and
give thanks for the blessings in our lives.
This Thanksgiving, we reaffirm our everlasting gratitude for all that we
enjoy, and we commemorate the legacy of generosity bestowed upon us by
our forbearers. Although challenges remain, we will never yield in our
quest to live up to the promise of our heritage. As we gather with our
loved ones, we resolve with abiding faith and patriotism to celebrate
the joys of freedom and cherish the hope and peace of a brighter future
ahead.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim Thursday, November 26,
2020, as a National Day of Thanksgiving. I encourage all Americans to
gather, in homes and places of worship, to offer a prayer of thanks to
God for our many blessings.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fifth day of
November, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
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Proclamation 10122 of November 30, 2020
National Impaired Driving Prevention Month, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
In the United States, one person tragically dies every 50 minutes in a
drunk driving incident. Far too many families experience the pain of
losing a loved one to impaired driving, and even more must cope with
health and financial consequences that result from this illegal and
avoidable conduct. During National Impaired Driving Prevention Month, we
remember the lives lost as a result of those driving under the influence
of drugs or alcohol, we acknowledge the pain and suffering caused by
impaired driving, we honor the brave law enforcement officers who risk
their lives to protect our communities from this irresponsible behavior,
and we resolve to never get behind the wheel unless we are sober.
Alcohol, drugs, and certain medications can impair judgement, decrease
motor coordination, and slow reaction time to the point where operating
a motor vehicle is no longer safe. While deaths caused by impaired
driving have thankfully fallen by more than 30 percent in the last three
decades, too many Americans still make the thoughtless decision to drive
impaired, threatening other motorists, cyclists, and pedestrians,
killing nearly 30 people every day.
Since my first day in office, my Administration has fought to address
this tragedy head on and reduce impaired-driving deaths. We are
constantly working with law enforcement officers and public safety
professionals to provide them with the resources and support they need
to keep our roads safe. To address the root causes of impaired driving,
my Administration is also assisting those with substance use disorder
through initiatives like www.FindTreatment.gov, a website dedicated to
connecting people with the treatment they need, and the Rural Community
Toolbox, which provides funding and resources to help build strong,
healthy, and drug-free rural communities. Additionally, our Nation's
business owners, skilled workers, and innovative entrepreneurs have
joined in this fight. The rapid expansion and improvement of existing
technologies like ride-sharing and Advanced Vehicle Technologies
continue to provide additional safe alternatives to impaired driving.
We must all do our part to stop the tragedies caused by impaired
driving. This month, I encourage individuals across America to recommit
to working together to reduce the number of crashes, injuries, and
fatalities on our Nation's roads. Let us vow to act responsibly, always
drive sober, and keep our communities safe.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim December 2020 as
National Impaired Driving Prevention Month. I urge all Americans to make
responsible decisions and take appropriate measures to prevent impaired
driving.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of
November, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10123 of November 30, 2020
World AIDS Day, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Today, our Nation joins millions across the globe in remembrance of the
precious lives lost to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related illnesses, and we reaffirm our
support for those living with these diseases. Thankfully, decades of
remarkable advancements and improved understanding have put us within
reach of ending its devastating impact. Through increased awareness,
revolutionary prevention strategies, and safe and effective treatment
regimens, we will soon end the AIDS epidemic once and for all.
Over the past 40 years, HIV and AIDS have infected more than 77 million
people worldwide and claimed no less than 35 million lives, including
those of 700,000 Americans. Currently, there are approximately 1.2
million people living in the United States with HIV, including roughly
170,000 people who have not been diagnosed. Additionally, it is all too
clear that this deadly disease disproportionately affects racial and
ethnic minorities.
As President, I promised to end the AIDS crisis in America within a
decade, and I am proud to report that we are on track to meet that goal.
In 2019, I announced Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America, a bold
whole-of-society approach to eradicating this disease. Already, we have
sent $227 million to cities, counties, States, local health departments,
and community health centers to support and bolster their efforts. Under
this plan, our Nation's scientists, researchers, and medical
professionals have been able to identify where HIV is spreading most
rapidly, which informs decisions about where to focus funding and
provide support to public health officials who are addressing needs at a
local level to eradicate AIDs. This July, as part of these efforts, the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded $109 million to 32
State and local health departments to support core HIV diagnosis and
prevention activities. Additionally, the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program of
the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is continuing to
provide those diagnosed with access to high quality, comprehensive
primary care. Under HRSA's Bureau of Primary Health Care health centers
have implemented critical early detection initiatives that have produced
life-saving diagnoses of Americans living with HIV, saving countless
American lives.
Across many fronts, our response has been comprehensive--and it is
working. Preventative measures such as Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
and syringe service programs are reducing the number of new HIV
transmissions and, if one has already been exposed, Post-Exposure
Prophylaxis (PEP) is helping prevent further spread of infection. In
2019 alone, federally funded
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health centers provided more than 2.7 million HIV tests to over 2.2
million patients. The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program has proven remarkably
successful at viral suppression, reducing viral loads in 87.1 percent of
its clients' cases in 2018. And the National Institutes of Health
continues its work to develop a vaccine.
Outside of the United States, my Administration's global response is
being led by the world's most advanced health experts and diplomats
through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the
most successful health initiative in American history. When first
launched in 2003, there were 26.6 million Africans infected with AIDS
and only 50,000 receiving lifesaving antiretroviral treatment. Today,
more than 15.7 million men, women, and children in Africa are receiving
these vital treatments. PEPFAR has saved over 18 million lives,
prevented millions of HIV infections, and accelerated progress toward
controlling the HIV/AIDS epidemic in more than 50 countries.
Through these and other initiatives we are bringing to a close a painful
chapter in human history. For the past many decades, HIV and AIDS have
inflicted untold suffering on millions of people both here at home and
abroad. But by the end of this decade, we will have eliminated this
scourge from our country and released much of the rest of the world from
its deadly grip.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim December 1, 2020, as
World AIDS Day. I urge the Governors of the States and the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico, officials of the other Territories subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States, and all Americans to join me in
appropriate activities to remember those who have lost their lives to
AIDS and to provide support and compassion to those living with HIV/
AIDS.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of
November, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10124 of December 4, 2020
Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human Rights Week, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Nearly 250 years ago, heroes of our Revolution signed the Declaration of
Independence, offering a bold enumeration of inalienable rights endowed
to us by our Creator. In time, with independence secured from a
tyrannical monarchy, our Nation etched these principles of liberty and
equality into the law of our fledgling Nation when we ratified our
Constitution. The revolutionary idea they embodied--that certain
individual rights are beyond the reach of government--has resonated
around the world. Today, and this
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week, we celebrate our sacred rights and the example they have set for
the rest of history.
James Madison, who drafted the Bill of Rights text, was initially
skeptical of the need to secure specific rights explicitly in the
Constitution, believing the checks and balances inherent in our system
of government would operate to achieve that objective. But he came to
recognize the value that the Bill of Rights could provide and worked to
ensure that the individual rights and freedoms of Americans were
precisely enumerated in the highest law of the land. Madison was acutely
aware that, while a government formed to serve its people is just and
legitimate, ``power, lodged as it must in human hands, will ever be
liable to abuse.'' Accordingly, he worked to imprint essential human
rights, including the rights to peaceful assembly, freedom of speech,
and free exercise of religion in our foundational legal text, empowering
generations of Americans by protecting them from government abuses.
The revolutionary understanding of human rights reflected in the
Declaration of Independence and encoded in our Constitution has provided
a blueprint for the world in advancing individual human rights. In 1948,
looking to our Bill of Rights as a model, the United Nations General
Assembly established the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which
recognizes the ``inherent dignity'' and ``equal and inalienable rights''
of mankind. Earlier this year, we also celebrated the 45th anniversary
of the signing of the Helsinki Accords, in which the Western World
acknowledged similar fundamental human freedoms in defiance of the
Soviet Union.
Despite these milestones, the world is still plagued by tragic human
rights abuses, including the oppression of women, forced labor, racism,
and ethnic and religious persecution. My Administration continues to
fight these injustices on all fronts while calling on other sovereign
nations to respect the unalienable rights of their people. Earlier this
year, I signed an Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship, which
protects and fosters freedom of expression for Americans on social media
and other platforms and also seeks to combat human rights abuses abroad
like the mass imprisonment of religious minorities in China, which are
often obscured by a cloud of false information online. Additionally, I
recently signed an Executive Order on Advancing International Religious
Freedom, which prioritizes this fundamental freedom in American
diplomacy and recognizes that advancing religious freedom abroad is
vital to combating rising levels of violence and crimes against humanity
around the globe. There is no greater defender of liberty than the
United States, and we will remain steadfast in our efforts.
During Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human Rights Week, we
cherish the unique story of our Nation and celebrate the patriots who
helped our country secure our fundamental rights, freedoms, and values
for ourselves and our posterity. We also take pride in the role that
this heritage has played in advancing and protecting human rights around
the world. America's commitment to individual liberty and human dignity
is at our very core. We acknowledge that the principles set forth in the
Bill of Rights are foundational, and we recommit to ensuring their
legacy in our country as we continue to lead the way toward stronger
human rights protections around the world.
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NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim December 10, 2020, as
Human Rights Day; December 15, 2020, as Bill of Rights Day, and the week
beginning on December 6, 2020, as Human Rights Week. I call upon the
people of the United States to mark these observances with appropriate
ceremonies and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fourth day of
December, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10125 of December 4, 2020
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
On the morning of December 7, 1941, Imperial Japanese forces ambushed
the Naval Station Pearl Harbor on the Hawaiian island of Oahu.
Tragically, 2,403 Americans perished during the attack, including 68
civilians. On this National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, we solemnly
honor and uphold the memory of the patriots who lost their lives that
day--``a date which will live in infamy''--and we reflect on the courage
of all those who served our Nation with honor in the Second World War.
Seventy nine years ago, Imperial Japan launched an unprovoked and
devastating attack on our Nation. As torpedo bombers unleashed their
deadly cargo on our ships and attack aircraft rained bombs from above,
brave members of the United States Navy, Marines, Army, and Army Air
Forces mounted a heroic defense, manning their battle stations and
returning fire through the smoke and chaos. The profound bravery in the
American resistance surprised Japanese aircrews and inspired selfless
sacrifice among our service members. In one instance, Machinist's Mate
First Class Robert R. Scott, among 15 Sailors awarded the Medal of Honor
for acts of valor on that day, refused to leave his flooding battle
station within the depths of the USS CALIFORNIA, declaring to the world:
``This is my station and I will stay and give them air as long as the
guns are going.''
Forever enshrined in our history, the attack on Pearl Harbor shocked all
Americans and galvanized our Nation to fight and defeat the Axis powers
of Japan, Germany, and Italy. As Americans, we promise never to forget
our fallen compatriots who fought so valiantly during World War II. As a
testament to their memory, more than a million people visit the site of
the USS ARIZONA Memorial each year to pay their respects to the Sailors
entombed within its wreckage and to all who perished that day. Despite
facing tremendous adversity, the Pacific Fleet, whose homeport remains
at Pearl Harbor to this day, is stronger than ever before, upholding the
legacy of all those who gave their lives nearly 80 years ago.
On this National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, we recall the phrase
``Remember Pearl Harbor,'' which stirred the fighting spirit within the
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hearts of the more than 16 million Americans who courageously served in
World War II. Over 400,000 gave their lives in the global conflict that
began, for our Nation, on that fateful Sunday morning. Today, we
memorialize all those lost on December 7, 1941, declare once again that
our Nation will never forget these valiant heroes, and resolve as firmly
as ever that their memory and spirit will survive for as long as our
Nation endures.
The Congress, by Public Law 103-308, as amended, has designated December
7 of each year as ``National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.''
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim December 7, 2020, as National Pearl Harbor
Remembrance Day. I encourage all Americans to observe this solemn day of
remembrance and to honor our military, past and present, with
appropriate ceremonies and activities. I urge all Federal agencies and
interested organizations, groups, and individuals to fly the flag of the
United States at half-staff in honor of those American patriots who died
as a result of their service at Pearl Harbor.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fourth day of
December, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10126 of December 4, 2020
Recognizing the Sovereignty of the Kingdom of Morocco Over the Western
Sahara
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
The United States affirms, as stated by previous Administrations, its
support for Morocco's autonomy proposal as the only basis for a just and
lasting solution to the dispute over the Western Sahara territory.
Therefore, as of today, the United States recognizes Moroccan
sovereignty over the entire Western Sahara territory and reaffirms its
support for Morocco's serious, credible, and realistic autonomy proposal
as the only basis for a just and lasting solution to the dispute over
the Western Sahara territory. The United States believes that an
independent Sahrawi State is not a realistic option for resolving the
conflict and that genuine autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty is the
only feasible solution. We urge the parties to engage in discussions
without delay, using Morocco's autonomy plan as the only framework to
negotiate a mutually acceptable solution. To facilitate progress toward
this aim, the United States will encourage economic and social
development with Morocco, including in the Western Sahara territory, and
to that end will open a consulate in the Western Sahara territory, in
Dakhla, to promote economic and business opportunities for the region.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim that, the United
States
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recognizes that the entire Western Sahara territory is part of the
Kingdom of Morocco.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fourth day of
December, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10127 of December 16, 2020
Wright Brothers Day, 2020
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
On this day 117 years ago, for a few short seconds over 120 feet of
wind-swept beach in North Carolina, Orville Wright became the first
person to achieve sustained, controlled, powered, and manned flight,
forever altering the course of human history. The flying machine Orville
piloted, which he and his brother Wilbur designed and constructed
following years of research and testing, propelled mankind off the
ground and into the skies. Today, we honor these tenacious and intrepid
pioneers who paved the way for American leadership in aviation.
The story of the Wright Brothers reflects the quintessential American
values of perseverance, courage, and sheer grit. Neither Wilbur nor
Orville graduated high school. Both brothers, however, possessed a
fascination with new technology and mechanics. They taught themselves
engineering through their work in their bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio.
Using a homemade wind tunnel, they collected data and developed new
designs for propellers and wings, oversaw the creation of a new,
specially made engine, and invented an innovative system for steering
manned aircraft, solving problems that had plagued previous attempts at
powered flight. Through trial and error and hundreds of test flights in
gliders and prototypes, the Wright Brothers, in true American fashion,
pushed beyond the boundaries of human discovery and exploration. Their
tireless dedication and unyielding determination testify to the power of
human ingenuity and produced a revolution in transportation, national
defense, and global economic development.
The Wright Brothers' pursuits also established America's role as the
world's foremost aviation leader and set the stage for future
generations of American flight heroes. Just 24 years after the Wright
Brothers' first flight, Charles Lindbergh became the first person to fly
solo nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean, and 5 years later Amelia Earhart
became the first woman to accomplish that same feat. Just a few weeks
ago, our Nation mourned the loss of another aviation legend, Brigadier
General Chuck Yeager. In a rocket plane named ``Glamorous Glennis''
after his beloved wife, Yeager flew at speeds in excess of 700 miles per
hour, breaking the sound barrier for the first time in human history.
This incredible feat occurred a mere 44 years after the Wright Brothers'
first flight achieved a top airspeed of just 34 miles per hour. In 1969,
22 years after Yeager's flight, Neil Armstrong, an Ohioan like the
Wright Brothers, became the first person to ever
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set foot on the lunar surface, thrusting American leadership in flight
beyond the Earth's atmosphere. And, earlier this year, the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched a commercially
built and operated spacecraft to the International Space Station from
American soil for the first time. With the same spirit that took the
Wright Brothers into the sky, our brave astronauts are once again
redefining the limits of human knowledge and discovery.
December 17th is forever enshrined as the day the Wright Brothers
launched a new era of American greatness. Today, as we reflect on the
immeasurable influence the Wright Brothers had upon our society and the
world, we resolve to continue breaking barriers, setting new horizons,
and building a better and brighter future for all. In the years to come,
Americans must continue to press further on the boundaries of sky and
space and forge new frontiers for American success, just as Orville and
Wilbur Wright courageously did more than a century ago.
The Congress, by a joint resolution approved December 17, 1963, as
amended (77 Stat. 402; 36 U.S.C. 143), has designated December 17 of
each year as ``Wright Brothers Day'' and has authorized and requested
the President to issue annually a proclamation inviting the people of
the United States to observe that day with appropriate ceremonies and
activities.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim December 17, 2020, as Wright Brothers Day.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this sixteenth day of
December, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10128 of December 22, 2020
To Take Certain Actions Under the African Growth and Opportunity Act and
for Other Purposes
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
1. In Proclamation 8618 of December 21, 2010, the President determined
that the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was not making continual
progress in meeting the requirements described in section 506A(a)(1) of
the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the ``Trade Act''), as added by
section 111(a) of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (the ``AGOA'')
(title I of Public Law 106-200, 114 Stat. 251, 257-58 (19 U.S.C.
2466a(a)(1))). Thus, pursuant to section 506A(a)(3) of the Trade Act (19
U.S.C. 2466a(a)(3)), the President terminated the designation of the DRC
as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country for purposes of section
506A(a)(1) of the Trade Act.
2. Section 506A(a)(1) of the Trade Act authorizes the President to
designate a country listed in section 107 of the AGOA (19 U.S.C. 3706)
as a ``beneficiary sub-Saharan African country'' if the President
determines that the country meets the eligibility requirements set forth
in section 104 of the
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AGOA (19 U.S.C. 3703), as well as the eligibility criteria set forth in
section 502 of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2462).
3. Pursuant to section 506A(a)(1) of the Trade Act, based on actions
that the Government of the DRC has taken, I have determined that the DRC
meets the eligibility requirements set forth in section 104 of the AGOA
and the eligibility criteria set forth in section 502 of the Trade Act,
and I have determined to designate the DRC as a beneficiary sub-Saharan
African country.
4. Section 112(c) of the AGOA, as amended in section 6002 of the Africa
Investment Incentive Act of 2006 (division D of title VI of Public Law
109-432, 120 Stat. 2922, 3190-93 (19 U.S.C. 3721(c))), provides special
rules for certain apparel articles imported from ``lesser developed
beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries.''
5. I have also determined that the DRC satisfies the criterion for
treatment as a ``lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African
country'' under section 112(c) of the AGOA.
6. On April 22, 1985, the United States and Israel entered into the
Agreement on the Establishment of a Free Trade Area between the
Government of the United States of America and the Government of Israel
(the ``USIFTA''), which the Congress approved in section 3 of the United
States-Israel Free Trade Area Implementation Act of 1985 (the ``USIFTA
Act'') (Public Law 99-47, 99 Stat. 82 (19 U.S.C. 2112 note)).
7. Section 4(b) of the USIFTA Act provides that, whenever the President
determines that it is necessary to maintain the general level of
reciprocal and mutually advantageous concessions with respect to Israel
provided for by the USIFTA, the President may proclaim such withdrawal,
suspension, modification, or continuance of any duty, or such
continuance of existing duty-free or excise treatment, or such
additional duties, as the President determines to be required or
appropriate to carry out the USIFTA.
8. In order to maintain the general level of reciprocal and mutually
advantageous concessions with respect to agricultural trade with Israel,
on July 27, 2004, the United States entered into an agreement with
Israel concerning certain aspects of trade in agricultural products
during the period January 1, 2004, through December 31, 2008 (the ``2004
Agreement'').
9. In Proclamation 7826 of October 4, 2004, consistent with the 2004
Agreement, the President determined, pursuant to section 4(b) of the
USIFTA Act, that, in order to maintain the general level of reciprocal
and mutually advantageous concessions with respect to Israel provided
for by the USIFTA, it was necessary to provide duty-free access into the
United States through December 31, 2008, for specified quantities of
certain agricultural products of Israel.
10. Each year from 2008 through 2019, the United States and Israel
entered into agreements to extend the period that the 2004 Agreement was
in force for 1-year periods to allow additional time for the two
governments to conclude an agreement to replace the 2004 Agreement.
11. To carry out the extension agreements, the President in Proclamation
8334 of December 31, 2008; Proclamation 8467 of December 23, 2009;
Proclamation 8618 of December 21, 2010; Proclamation 8770 of December
29,
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2011; Proclamation 8921 of December 20, 2012; Proclamation 9072 of
December 23, 2013; Proclamation 9223 of December 23, 2014; Proclamation
9383 of December 21, 2015; Proclamation 9555 of December 15, 2016;
Proclamation 9687 of December 22, 2017; Proclamation 9834 of December
21, 2018; and Proclamation 9974 of December 26, 2019, modified the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTS'') to provide
duty-free access into the United States for specified quantities of
certain agricultural products of Israel, each time for an additional 1-
year period.
12. On December 3, 2020, the United States entered into an agreement
with Israel to extend the period that the 2004 Agreement is in force
through December 31, 2021, and to allow for further negotiations on an
agreement to replace the 2004 Agreement.
13. Pursuant to section 4(b) of the USIFTA Act, I have determined that
it is necessary, in order to maintain the general level of reciprocal
and mutually advantageous concessions with respect to Israel provided
for by the USIFTA, to provide duty-free access into the United States
through the close of December 31, 2021, for specified quantities of
certain agricultural products of Israel, as provided in Annex I of this
proclamation.
14. Section 604 of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2483) authorizes the
President to embody in the HTS the substance of the relevant provisions
of that Act, and of other Acts affecting import treatment, and actions
thereunder, including removal, modification, continuance, or imposition
of any rate of duty or other import restriction.
15. The Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, as amended (the
``CBERA''), (title II of Public Law 98-67, 97 Stat. 384 (19 U.S.C. 2701
et seq.)), instituted a duty preference program that applies to a
product of a Caribbean Basin country that has been designated by the
President as a beneficiary country. On October 10, 2020, the President
signed into law the Extension of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery
Act (Public Law 116-164, 134 Stat. 758), which extends certain
preferential tariff treatment accorded under the CBERA to September 30,
2030. I have determined, pursuant to section 604 of the Trade Act, that
it is necessary to modify the HTS to reflect the extension of the CBERA.
16. On August 21, 2020, in accordance with section 103(a)(2) of the
Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015
(the ``Trade Priorities Act'') (title I of Public Law 114-26, 129 Stat.
319, 333 (19 U.S.C. 4202(a)(2))), I notified the Congress that I
intended to enter into an agreement regarding tariff barriers with the
European Union under section 103(a) of the Trade Priorities Act. On
November 20, 2020, the United States entered into such an agreement with
the European Union.
17. Section 103(a)(1) of the Trade Priorities Act authorizes the
President to proclaim such modification of any existing duty as the
President determines to be required or appropriate to carry out a trade
agreement entered into under section 103(a). The President generally may
proclaim such modification provided that the modification does not
reduce the rate of duty to a rate that is less than 50 percent of the
rate of such duty that applied on June 29, 2015; does not reduce the
rate of duty below that applicable under the Uruguay Round Agreements or
a successor agreement on any import-sensitive agricultural product; and
does not increase the rate of duty above the rate of such duty that
applied on June 29, 2015.
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18. Pursuant to section 103(a) of the Trade Priorities Act, I have
determined that it is required and appropriate to modify existing duties
with respect to certain goods to carry out the agreement regarding
tariff barriers with the European Union for such time as the European
Union carries out the agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States of America, including section 506A(a)(1)
and section 604 of the Trade Act; sections 111(a) and 112(c) of the
AGOA; section 6002 of the Africa Investment Incentive Act of 2006;
section 4(b) of the USIFTA Act; and section 103(a) of the Trade
Priorities Act, do proclaim that:
(1) The DRC is designated as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African
country for purposes of section 506A of the Trade Act.
(2) In order to reflect this designation in the HTS, general note
16(a) to the HTS is modified by inserting in alphabetical sequence in
the list of beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries ``Democratic
Republic of the Congo''.
(3) For purposes of section 112(c) of the AGOA, the DRC is a lesser
developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African country.
(4) In order to provide the tariff treatment intended under section
112(c) of the AGOA, note 2(d) to subchapter XIX of chapter 98 of the HTS
is modified by inserting in alphabetical sequence in the list of lesser
developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries ``Democratic
Republic of the Congo''.
(5) The modifications to the HTS set forth in paragraphs (1) through
(4) of this proclamation shall be effective with respect to articles
that are entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for
consumption, on or after January 1, 2021.
(6) In order to implement United States tariff commitments under the
2004 Agreement through December 31, 2021, the HTS is modified as
provided in Annex I of this proclamation.
(7) The modifications to the HTS set forth in Annex I of this
proclamation shall be effective with respect to eligible agricultural
products of Israel that are entered for consumption, or withdrawn from
warehouse for consumption, on or after January 1, 2021.
(8) The provisions of subchapter VIII of chapter 99 of the HTS, as
modified by Annex I of this proclamation, shall continue in effect
through December 31, 2021.
(9) In order to reflect in the HTS the provisions of the extension
of the CBERA, general note 17(f)(i) is modified by deleting ``September
30, 2020'' and inserting, in lieu thereof, ``September 30, 2030''.
(10) In order to modify duties on certain goods to carry out the
agreement regarding tariff barriers with the European Union, the HTS is
modified as set forth in Annex II to this proclamation.
(11) The modifications to the HTS set forth in Annex II to this
proclamation shall enter into effect on the dates indicated in Annex II
and remain in effect until the date on which the European Union ceases
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the agreement, as determined by the United States Trade Representative
(USTR) in a notice published in the Federal Register. The HTS shall be
modified to revert to the duty rate in effect on July 31, 2020, for each
subheading identified in Annex II, effective on that date as determined
by the USTR. The USTR shall publish notice of such a determination in
the Federal Register.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-second day
of December, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
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Proclamation 10129 of December 28, 2020
850th Anniversary of the Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Today is the 850th anniversary of the martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket
on December 29, 1170. Thomas Becket was a statesman, a scholar, a
chancellor, a priest, an archbishop, and a lion of religious liberty.
Before the Magna Carta was drafted, before the right to free exercise of
religion was enshrined as America's first freedom in our glorious
Constitution, Thomas gave his life so that, as he said, ``the Church
will attain liberty and peace.''
The son of a London sheriff and once described as ``a low-born clerk''
by the King who had him killed, Thomas Becket rose to become the leader
of the church in England. When the crown attempted to encroach upon the
affairs of the house of God through the Constitutions of Clarendon,
Thomas refused to sign the offending document. When the furious King
Henry II threatened to hold him in contempt of royal authority and
questioned why this ``poor and humble'' priest would dare defy him,
Archbishop Becket responded ``God is the supreme ruler, above Kings''
and ``we ought to obey God rather than men.''
Because Thomas would not assent to rendering the church subservient to
the state, he was forced to forfeit all his property and flee his own
country. Years later, after the intervention of the Pope, Becket was
allowed to return--and continued to resist the King's oppressive
interferences into the life of the church. Finally, the King had enough
of Thomas Becket's stalwart defense of religious faith and reportedly
exclaimed in consternation: ``Will no one rid me of this meddlesome
priest?''
The King's knights responded and rode to Canterbury Cathedral to deliver
Thomas Becket an ultimatum: give in to the King's demands or die.
Thomas's reply echoes around the world and across the ages. His last
words on this earth were these: ``For the name of Jesus and the
protection of the Church, I am ready to embrace death.'' Dressed in holy
robes, Thomas was cut down where he stood inside the walls of his own
church.
Thomas Becket's martyrdom changed the course of history. It eventually
brought about numerous constitutional limitations on the power of the
state over the Church across the West. In England, Becket's murder led
to the Magna Carta's declaration 45 years later that: ``[T]he English
church shall be free, and shall have its rights undiminished and its
liberties unimpaired.''
When the Archbishop refused to allow the King to interfere in the
affairs of the Church, Thomas Becket stood at the intersection of church
and state. That stand, after centuries of state-sponsored religious
oppression and religious wars throughout Europe, eventually led to the
establishment of religious liberty in the New World. It is because of
great men like Thomas Becket that the first American President George
Washington could proclaim more than 600 years later that, in the United
States, ``All possess alike liberty of conscience and immunities of
citizenship'' and that ``it is now no more that toleration is spoken of,
as if it was by the indulgence of one class
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of people, that another enjoyed the exercise of their inherent natural
rights.''
Thomas Becket's death serves as a powerful and timeless reminder to
every American that our freedom from religious persecution is not a mere
luxury or accident of history, but rather an essential element of our
liberty. It is our priceless treasure and inheritance. And it was bought
with the blood of martyrs.
As Americans, we were first united by our belief that ``rebellion to
tyrants is obedience to God'' and that defending liberty is more
important than life itself. If we are to continue to be the land of the
free, no government official, no governor, no bureaucrat, no judge, and
no legislator must be allowed to decree what is orthodox in matters of
religion or to require religious believers to violate their consciences.
No right is more fundamental to a peaceful, prosperous, and virtuous
society than the right to follow one's religious convictions. As I
declared in Krasi[nacute]ski Square in Warsaw, Poland on July 6, 2017,
the people of America and the people of the world still cry out: ``We
want God.''
On this day, we celebrate and revere Thomas Becket's courageous stand
for religious liberty and we reaffirm our call to end religious
persecution worldwide. In my historic address to the United Nations last
year, I made clear that America stands with believers in every country
who ask only for the freedom to live according to the faith that is
within their own hearts. I also stated that global bureaucrats have
absolutely no business attacking the sovereignty of nations that wish to
protect innocent life, reflecting the belief held by the United States
and many other countries that every child--born and unborn--is a sacred
gift from God. Earlier this year, I signed an Executive Order to
prioritize religious freedom as a core dimension of United States
foreign policy. We have directed every Ambassador--and the over 13,000
United States Foreign Service officers and specialists--in more than 195
countries to promote, defend, and support religious freedom as a central
pillar of American diplomacy.
We pray for religious believers everywhere who suffer persecution for
their faith. We especially pray for their brave and inspiring
shepherds--like Cardinal Joseph Zen of Hong Kong and Pastor Wang Yi of
Chengdu--who are tireless witnesses to hope.
To honor Thomas Becket's memory, the crimes against people of faith must
stop, prisoners of conscience must be released, laws restricting freedom
of religion and belief must be repealed, and the vulnerable, the
defenseless, and the oppressed must be protected. The tyranny and murder
that shocked the conscience of the Middle Ages must never be allowed to
happen again. As long as America stands, we will always defend religious
liberty.
A society without religion cannot prosper. A nation without faith cannot
endure--because justice, goodness, and peace cannot prevail without the
grace of God.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim December 29, 2020, as
the 850th anniversary of the martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket. I invite
the people of the United States to observe the day in schools and
churches
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and customary places of meeting with appropriate ceremonies in
commemoration of the life and legacy of Thomas Becket.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-eighth day
of December, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10130 of December 31, 2020
National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, 2021
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Human trafficking is a horrific assault on human dignity that affects
people in the United States and around the world. It tears apart
communities, fuels criminal activity, and threatens the national
security of the United States. During National Slavery and Human
Trafficking Prevention Month, we reaffirm our commitment to eradicate
this abhorrent evil, to support victims and survivors, and to hold
traffickers accountable for their heinous crimes.
Tragically, through force, fraud, and coercion, human traffickers
deprive millions of victims of their unalienable rights to life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Often referred to as ``modern
slavery,'' this intolerable blight on society involves exploitation for
labor or sex and affects people of all ages, genders, races, religions,
and nationalities. As the United States continues to lead the global
fight against human trafficking, we must remain relentless in our
resolve to dismantle this illicit and immoral enterprise in our cities,
suburbs, rural communities, Tribal lands, and transportation networks.
My Administration has prioritized ending human trafficking since its
earliest days. As one of my first acts as President, I instructed
Federal agencies to do what was necessary to bring human traffickers to
justice and assist survivors on their road to recovery. Since then,
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, along with other
Federal agencies, has aggressively pursued these criminals, dismantling
the financial infrastructure of their networks and arresting over 5,000
human traffickers. In 2019 alone, Federal law enforcement agencies
initiated more than 1,600 new investigations into human traffickers and
the Department of Justice's (DOJ) human trafficking task forces opened
more than 2,500 new cases on the frontlines. At my direction, the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) launched its new Center for
Countering Human Trafficking, which utilizes personnel from 16 DHS
components, including special agents, victim support specialists, and
intelligence research specialists, to focus on disrupting and
dismantling trafficking organizations and providing support and
protection to victims.
A year ago, I was proud to host the White House Summit on Human
Trafficking, honoring the 20th anniversary of the Trafficking Victims
Protection
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Act of 2000 (TVPA). During this historic event, I signed an Executive
Order on Combating Human Trafficking and Online Child Exploitation in
the United States. Through this order, my Administration established the
first-ever White House position focused solely on combating human
trafficking. Last year, I also released a comprehensive National Action
Plan to Combat Human Trafficking (NAP), built around the ``three
pillars'' of the TVPA: prevention, protection, and prosecution. The NAP
also includes a fourth pillar which recognizes the invaluable benefit of
implementing collaborative and cooperative efforts that crosscut all
three pillars and involve a multitude of stakeholders and professionals
from various disciplines and sectors. Using this strategy, the United
States Government will employ a whole-of-government approach to improve
our capabilities and build on existing momentum in our fight against
human trafficking.
We remain focused on ensuring that survivors of these horrific crimes
receive the care and support they need and deserve. My Administration is
empowering and funding faith-based and community organizations to
provide survivors with vital services, including medical and counseling
services, safety planning, educational opportunities, and vocational
training. Further, my Administration has doubled the amount of DOJ
funding to combat human trafficking compared to the previous
administration and funded the largest package of DOJ grants to fight
these crimes in American history. I am proud that these grants included
the first-ever funding for safe housing opportunities for survivors
nationwide.
Despite the challenges posed by the pandemic this year, my
Administration has been unwavering in its efforts to stop this scourge
domestically and around the world. The DOJ and the Department of Health
and Human Services engaged with State, local, Tribal, and territorial
governments and nongovernmental organizations to understand the impact
of coronavirus on human trafficking and published resource guides for
those in the fight on how to operate and provide services during the
pandemic. The Department of State also launched a year-long competition
for proposed projects to address the pandemic's impact on efforts to
combat modern slavery. Additionally, the United States Agency for
International Development adapted their approach to overseas
programmatic work to ensure that survivors are able to access the
critical support services they need without delay. No matter the
circumstances, we will remain relentless in this work and will spare no
resource in offering hope to the victims and survivors of this global
atrocity.
While we have reached new milestones in this fight for freedom, we must
remain steadfast in our pursuit to end the evil practice of human
trafficking and slavery. This month, we restore our commitment to
bringing human traffickers to justice and to preserving the dignity and
worth of every person.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do proclaim January 2021 as National
Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, culminating in the
annual observation of National Freedom Day on February 1, 2021. I call
upon industry associations, law enforcement, private businesses, faith-
based and other organizations of civil society, survivors and advocates,
schools, families, and all Americans to recognize our vital roles in
ending all forms of modern
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slavery and to observe this month with appropriate programs and
activities aimed at ending and preventing all forms of human
trafficking.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of
December, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Proclamation 10131 of December 31, 2020
Suspension of Entry of Immigrants and Nonimmigrants Who Continue To
Present a Risk to the United States Labor Market During the Economic
Recovery Following the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
In Proclamation 10014 of April 22, 2020 (Suspension of Entry of
Immigrants Who Present a Risk to the United States Labor Market During
the Economic Recovery Following the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak), I
suspended, for a period of 60 days, the entry of aliens as immigrants,
subject to certain exceptions. In Proclamation 10052 of June 22, 2020
(Suspension of Entry of Immigrants and Nonimmigrants Who Present a Risk
to the United States Labor Market During the Economic Recovery Following
the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak), I determined that the
considerations present in Proclamation 10014 remained, and I extended
the suspension of entry imposed in Proclamation 10014 through December
31, 2020. I further noted that the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary
of Homeland Security had reviewed nonimmigrant programs and found that
the admission of workers within several nonimmigrant visa categories
also posed a risk of displacing and disadvantaging United States workers
during the economic recovery following the COVID-19 outbreak.
Consequently, I suspended, through December 31, 2020, the entry of any
alien seeking entry pursuant to certain nonimmigrants visas, subject to
certain exceptions.
The 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to significantly disrupt
Americans' livelihoods. While the November overall unemployment rate in
the United States of 6.7 percent reflects a marked decline from its
April high, there were still 9,834,000 fewer seasonally adjusted nonfarm
jobs in November than in February of 2020.
The effects of COVID-19 on the United States labor market and on the
health of American communities is a matter of ongoing national concern,
and the considerations present in Proclamations 10014 and 10052 have not
been eliminated. The current number of new daily cases worldwide
reported by the World Health Organization, for example, is higher than
the comparable number present during June, and while therapeutics and
vaccines are recently available for an increasing number of Americans,
their
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effect on the labor market and community health has not yet been fully
realized. Moreover, actions such as States' continued imposition of
restrictions on businesses still affect the number of workers that can
be hired as compared with February of 2020.
Given these factors, an extension of Proclamations 10014 and 10052 is
appropriate as the President continues to monitor the effects of the
COVID-19 pandemic and assess whether a further continuation,
modification, or termination of Proclamations 10014 and 10052 is
warranted.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States, by
the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the
United States of America, including sections 212(f) and 215(a) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) (8 U.S.C. 1182(f) and 1185(a)) and
section 301 of title 3, United States Code, hereby find that the entry
into the United States of persons described in section 1 of Proclamation
10014, except as provided in section 2 of Proclamation 10014, and
persons described in section 2 of Proclamation 10052, except as provided
for in section 3 of Proclamation 10052 (as amended by Proclamation 10054
of June 29, 2020 (Amendment to Proclamation 10052)), would be
detrimental to the interests of the United States, and that their entry
should be subject to certain restrictions, limitations, and exceptions.
I therefore hereby proclaim the following:
Section 1. Continuation of Proclamation 10014. Section 4 of Proclamation
10014 is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 4. Termination. This proclamation shall expire on March 31,
2021, and may be continued as necessary. Within 15 days of December 31,
2020, and every 30 days thereafter while this proclamation is in effect,
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, in consultation with the
Secretary of State and the Secretary of Labor, recommend any
modifications as may be necessary.''
Sec. 2. Continuation of Proclamation 10052. Section 6 of Proclamation
10052 is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 6. Termination. This proclamation shall expire on March 31,
2021, and may be continued as necessary. Within 15 days of December 31,
2020, and every 30 days thereafter while this proclamation is in effect,
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, in consultation with the
Secretary of State and the Secretary of Labor, recommend any
modifications as may be necessary.''
Sec. 3. Severability. It is the policy of the United States to enforce
this proclamation to the maximum extent possible to advance the
interests of the United States. Accordingly:
(a) if any provision of this proclamation, or the application of any
provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the
remainder of this proclamation and the application of its provisions to
any other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby; and
(b) if any provision of this proclamation, or the application of any
provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid because
of the lack of certain procedural requirements, the relevant executive
branch officials shall implement those procedural requirements to
conform with existing law and with any applicable court orders.
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Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this proclamation shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This proclamation shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This proclamation is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of
December, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
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EXECUTIVE ORDERS
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Executive Order 13902 of January 10, 2020
Imposing Sanctions With Respect to Additional Sectors of Iran
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the
National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), section 212(f)
of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and
section 301 of title 3, United States Code,
I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, find that
Iran continues to be the world's leading sponsor of terrorism and that
Iran has threatened United States military assets and civilians through
the use of military force and support to Iranian-backed militia groups.
It remains the policy of the United States to deny Iran all paths to a
nuclear weapon and intercontinental ballistic missiles, and to counter
the totality of Iran's malign influence in the region. In furtherance of
these objectives, it is the policy of the United States to deny the
Iranian government revenues, including revenues derived from the export
of products from key sectors of Iran's economy, that may be used to fund
and support its nuclear program, missile development, terrorism and
terrorist proxy networks, and malign regional influence.
In light of these findings and in order to take further steps with
respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12957 of
March 15, 1995, I hereby order:
Section 1. (a) All property and interests in property that are in the
United States, that hereafter come within the United States, or that are
or hereafter come within the possession or control of any United States
person of the following persons are blocked and may not be transferred,
paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: any person determined
by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of
State:
(i) to operate in the construction, mining, manufacturing, or textiles
sectors of the Iranian economy, or any other sector of the Iranian economy
as may be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with
the Secretary of State;
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(ii) to have knowingly engaged, on or after the date of this order, in a
significant transaction for the sale, supply, or transfer to or from Iran
of significant goods or services used in connection with a sector of the
Iranian economy specified in, or determined by the Secretary of the
Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, pursuant to,
subsection (a)(i) of this section;
(iii) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial,
material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in
support of, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked
pursuant to this order; or
(iv) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act for
or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property and
interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order.
(b) The prohibitions in this section apply except to the extent
provided by statutes, or in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses
that may be issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any
contract entered into or any license or permit granted before the date
of this order.
Sec. 2. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to impose on a foreign
financial institution the sanctions described in subsection (b) of this
section upon determining that the foreign financial institution has, on
or after the date of this order, knowingly conducted or facilitated any
significant financial transaction:
(i) for the sale, supply, or transfer to or from Iran of significant goods
or services used in connection with a sector of the Iranian economy
specified in, or determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in
consultation with the Secretary of State, pursuant to, section 1(a)(i) of
this order; or
(ii) for or on behalf of any person whose property and interests in
property are blocked pursuant to section 1 of this order.
(b) With respect to any foreign financial institution determined by
the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of
State, in accordance with this section to meet the criteria set forth in
subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary of the Treasury may
prohibit the opening, and prohibit or impose strict conditions on the
maintaining, in the United States of a correspondent account or a
payable-through account by such foreign financial institution.
(c) The prohibitions in subsection (b) of this section apply except
to the extent provided by statutes, or in regulations, orders,
directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, and
notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit
granted before the date of this order.
Sec. 3. The unrestricted immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the
United States of aliens determined to meet one or more of the criteria
in section 1(a) of this order would be detrimental to the interests of
the United States, and the entry of such persons into the United States,
as immigrants or nonimmigrants, is hereby suspended, except where the
Secretary of State determines that the person's entry would not be
contrary to the interests of the United States, including when the
Secretary so determines, based on a recommendation of the Attorney
General, that the person's entry would further important United States
law enforcement objectives. In exercising this
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responsibility, the Secretary of State shall consult the Secretary of
Homeland Security on matters related to admissibility or inadmissibility
within the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security. Such persons
shall be treated in the same manner as persons covered by section 1 of
Proclamation 8693 of July 24, 2011 (Suspension of Entry of Aliens
Subject to United Nations Security Council Travel Bans and International
Emergency Economic Powers Act Sanctions). The Secretary of State shall
have the responsibility for implementing this section pursuant to such
conditions and procedures as the Secretary has established or may
establish pursuant to Proclamation 8693.
Sec. 4. I hereby determine that the making of donations of the types of
articles specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2))
by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in
property are blocked pursuant to section 1 of this order would seriously
impair the President's ability to deal with the national emergency
declared in Executive Order 12957, and I hereby prohibit such donations
as provided by section 1 of this order.
Sec. 5. The prohibitions in section 1 of this order include:
(a) the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or
services by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and
interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; and
(b) the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or
services from any such person.
Sec. 6. (a) Any transaction that evades or avoids, has the purpose of
evading or avoiding, causes a violation of, or attempts to violate any
of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.
(b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set
forth in this order is prohibited.
Sec. 7. For the purposes of this order:
(a) The term ``entity'' means a partnership, association, trust,
joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization;
(b) the term ``foreign financial institution'' means any foreign
entity that is engaged in the business of accepting deposits, making,
granting, transferring, holding, or brokering loans or credits, or
purchasing or selling foreign exchange, securities, commodity futures or
options, or procuring purchasers and sellers thereof, as principal or
agent. The term includes, but is not limited to, depository
institutions, banks, savings banks, money service businesses, trust
companies, securities brokers and dealers, commodity futures and options
brokers and dealers, forward contract and foreign exchange merchants,
securities and commodities exchanges, clearing corporations, investment
companies, employee benefit plans, dealers in precious metals, stones,
or jewels, and holding companies, affiliates, or subsidiaries of any of
the foregoing. The term does not include the international financial
institutions identified in 22 U.S.C. 262r(c)(2), the International Fund
for Agricultural Development, the North American Development Bank, or
any other international financial institution so notified by the
Secretary of the Treasury;
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(c) the term ``Government of Iran'' includes the Government of Iran,
any political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof, including
the Central Bank of Iran, and any person owned or controlled by, or
acting for or on behalf of, the Government of Iran;
(d) the term ``Iran'' means the Government of Iran and the territory
of Iran and any other territory or marine area, including the exclusive
economic zone and continental shelf, over which the Government of Iran
claims sovereignty, sovereign rights, or jurisdiction, provided that the
Government of Iran exercises partial or total de facto control over the
area or derives a benefit from economic activity in the area pursuant to
international arrangements;
(e) the term ``knowingly,'' with respect to conduct, a circumstance,
or a result, means that a person has actual knowledge, or should have
known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the result;
(f) the term ``person'' means an individual or entity; and
(g) the term ``United States person'' means any United States
citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of
the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States
(including foreign branches), or any person in the United States.
Sec. 8. For those persons whose property and interests in property are
blocked pursuant to this order who might have a constitutional presence
in the United States, I find that because of the ability to transfer
funds or other assets instantaneously, prior notice to such persons of
measures to be taken pursuant to this order would render those measures
ineffectual. I therefore determine that for these measures to be
effective in addressing the national emergency declared in Executive
Order 12957, there need be no prior notice of a listing or determination
made pursuant to this order.
Sec. 9. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to take such actions, including
the promulgation of rules and regulations, and to employ all powers
granted to the President by IEEPA as may be necessary to carry out the
purposes of this order. The Secretary of the Treasury may, consistent
with applicable law, redelegate any of these functions within the
Department of the Treasury. All departments and agencies of the United
States shall take all appropriate measures within their authority to
implement this order.
Sec. 10. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or
otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
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Sec. 11. This order shall not apply with respect to any person for
conducting or facilitating a transaction for the provision (including
any sale) of agricultural commodities, food, medicine, or medical
devices to Iran.
Sec. 12. Nothing in this order shall prohibit transactions for the
conduct of the official business of the United Nations (including its
specialized agencies, programmes, funds, and related organizations) by
employees, grantees, or contractors thereof.
Sec. 13. The measures taken pursuant to this order are in response to
actions of the Government of Iran occurring after the conclusion of the
1981 Algiers Accords, and are intended solely as a response to those
later actions.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
January 10, 2020.
Executive Order 13903 of January 31, 2020
Combating Human Trafficking and Online Child Exploitation in the United
States
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the Trafficking Victims
Protection Act, 22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq., it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. Human trafficking is a form of modern slavery.
Throughout the United States and around the world, human trafficking
tears apart communities, fuels criminal activity, and threatens the
national security of the United States. It is estimated that millions of
individuals are trafficked around the world each year--including into
and within the United States. As the United States continues to lead the
global fight against human trafficking, we must remain relentless in
resolving to eradicate it in our cities, suburbs, rural communities,
tribal lands, and on our transportation networks. Human trafficking in
the United States takes many forms and can involve exploitation of both
adults and children for labor and sex.
Twenty-first century technology and the proliferation of the internet
and mobile devices have helped facilitate the crime of child sex
trafficking and other forms of child exploitation. Consequently, the
number of reports to the National Center for Missing and Exploited
Children of online photos and videos of children being sexually abused
is at record levels.
The Federal Government is committed to preventing human trafficking and
the online sexual exploitation of children. Effectively combating these
crimes requires a comprehensive and coordinated response to prosecute
human traffickers and individuals who sexually exploit children online,
to protect and support victims of human trafficking and child
exploitation, and to provide prevention education to raise awareness and
help lower the incidence of human trafficking and child exploitation
into, from, and within the United States.
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To this end, it shall be the policy of the executive branch to
prioritize its resources to vigorously prosecute offenders, to assist
victims, and to provide prevention education to combat human trafficking
and online sexual exploitation of children.
Sec. 2. Strengthening Federal Responsiveness to Human Trafficking. (a)
The Domestic Policy Council shall commit one employee position to work
on issues related to combating human trafficking occurring into, from,
and within the United States and to coordinate with personnel in other
components of the Executive Office of the President, including the
Office of Economic Initiatives and the National Security Council, on
such efforts. This position shall be filled by an employee of the
executive branch detailed from the Department of Justice, the Department
of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of
Transportation, or the Department of Homeland Security.
(b) The Secretary of State, on behalf of the President's Interagency
Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, shall make
available, online, a list of the Federal Government's resources to
combat human trafficking, including resources to identify and report
instances of human trafficking, to protect and support the victims of
trafficking, and to provide public outreach and training.
(c) The Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Secretary of
Labor, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Secretary of
Homeland Security shall, in coordination and consistent with applicable
law:
(i) improve methodologies of estimating the prevalence of human
trafficking, including in specific sectors or regions, and monitoring the
impact of anti-trafficking efforts and publish such methodologies as
appropriate; and
(ii) establish estimates of the prevalence of human trafficking in the
United States.
Sec. 3. Prosecuting Human Traffickers and Individuals Who Exploit
Children Online. (a) The Attorney General, through the Federal
Enforcement Working Group, in collaboration with the Secretary of Labor
and the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall:
(i) improve interagency coordination with respect to targeting traffickers,
determining threat assessments, and sharing law enforcement intelligence to
build on the Administration's commitment to the continued success of
ongoing anti-trafficking enforcement initiatives, such as the Anti-
Trafficking Coordination Team and the U.S.-Mexico Bilateral Human
Trafficking Enforcement Initiatives; and
(ii) coordinate activities, as appropriate, with the Task Force on Missing
and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives as established by
Executive Order 13898 of November 26, 2019 (Establishing the Task Force on
Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives).
(b) The Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security, and
other heads of executive departments and agencies as appropriate, shall,
within 180 days of the date of this order, propose to the President,
through the Director of the Domestic Policy Council, legislative and
executive actions that would overcome information-sharing challenges and
improve law enforcement's capabilities to detect in real-time the
sharing of child sexual abuse material on the internet, including
material referred to in Federal law
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as ``child pornography.'' Overcoming these challenges would allow law
enforcement officials to more efficiently identify, protect, and rescue
victims of online child sexual exploitation; investigate and prosecute
alleged offenders; and eliminate the child sexual abuse material online.
Sec. 4. Protecting Victims of Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation.
(a) The Attorney General, the Secretary of Health and Human Services,
and the Secretary of Homeland Security, and other heads of executive
departments and agencies as appropriate, shall work together to enhance
capabilities to locate children who are missing, including those who
have run away from foster care and those previously in Federal custody,
and are vulnerable to human trafficking and child exploitation. In doing
so, such heads of executive departments and agencies, shall, as
appropriate, engage social media companies; the technology industry;
State, local, tribal and territorial child welfare agencies; the
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; and law enforcement
at all levels.
(b) The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, shall establish an
internal working group to develop and incorporate practical strategies
for State, local, and tribal governments, child welfare agencies, and
faith-based and other community organizations to expand housing options
for victims of human trafficking.
Sec. 5. Preventing Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Through
Education Partnerships. The Attorney General and the Secretary of
Homeland Security, in coordination with the Secretary of Education,
shall partner with State, local, and tribal law enforcement entities to
fund human trafficking and child exploitation prevention programs for
our Nation's youth in schools, consistent with applicable law and
available appropriations.
Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
January 31, 2020.
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Executive Order 13904 of January 31, 2020
Ensuring Safe and Lawful E-Commerce for United States Consumers,
Businesses, Government Supply Chains, and Intellectual Property Rights
Holders
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. E-commerce, including transactions involving smaller
express-carrier or international mail packages, is being exploited by
traffickers to introduce contraband into the United States, and by
foreign exporters and United States importers to avoid applicable
customs duties, taxes, and fees.
It is the policy of the United States Government to protect consumers,
intellectual property rights holders, businesses, and workers from
counterfeit goods, narcotics (including synthetic opioids such as
fentanyl), and other contraband now being introduced into the United
States as a result of the recent growth in e-commerce. The United States
Government must also protect the revenue of the United States from
individuals and entities who evade customs duties, taxes, and fees.
It is the policy of the United States Government that any person who
knowingly, or with gross negligence, imports, or facilitates the
importation of, merchandise into the United States in material violation
of Federal law evidences conduct of so serious and compelling a nature
that it should be referred to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
of the Department of Homeland Security for a determination whether such
conduct affects that person's present responsibility to participate in
transactions with the Federal Government.
It is the policy of the United States Government, as reflected in
Executive Order 12549 of February 18, 1986 (Debarment and Suspension),
and elsewhere, to protect the public interest and ensure the integrity
of Federal programs by transacting only with presently responsible
persons. In furtherance of this policy, the nonprocurement debarment and
suspension system enables executive departments and agencies to exclude
from Federal programs persons who are not presently responsible. CBP
implements this system by suspending and debarring persons who flout the
customs laws, among other persons who lack present responsibility. To
achieve the policy goals stated herein, the United States Government
shall consider all appropriate actions that it can take to ensure that
persons that CBP suspends or debars are excluded from participating in
the importation of merchandise into the United States.
It is the policy of the United States Government that express
consignment operators, carriers, hub facilities, international posts,
customs brokers, and other entities, including e-commerce platform
operators, should not facilitate importation involving persons who are
suspended or debarred by CBP.
It is the policy of the United States Government to ensure that parcels
containing contraband be kept outside of the United States to the
greatest extent possible and that all parties who participate in the
introduction or attempted introduction of such parcels into the United
States be held accountable under the laws of the United States.
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Sec. 2. Criteria for the Importer of Record Program, Including Exclusion
of Trade Violators. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall issue a
notice of proposed rulemaking to establish criteria importers must meet
in order to obtain an importer of record number.
(b) Such criteria shall include a criterion providing that any
person debarred or suspended by CBP for lack of present responsibility
for reasons related to importation or trade shall be ineligible to
obtain an importer of record number for the duration of such person's
suspension or debarment by CBP.
Sec. 3. Responsibilities of Express Consignment Operators, Carriers, Hub
Facilities, and Licensed Customs Brokers. (a) Consistent with applicable
law, the Secretary of Homeland Security, through the Commissioner of
CBP, shall take steps to ensure that, within 60 days of the publication
in the System for Award Management by CBP of the name of any debarred or
suspended person, express consignment operators, carriers, hub
facilities, and licensed customs brokers notify CBP of any attempt, of
which they know or have reason to believe, by any persons who may not
obtain an importer of record number based on any criteria established by
the Secretary under section 2 of this order, to re-establish business
activity requiring an importer of record number through a different name
or address associated with the debarred or suspended person.
(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security, through the Commissioner of
CBP, shall consider appropriate measures, consistent with applicable
law, to ensure that express consignment operators, carriers, hub
facilities, and licensed customs brokers cease to facilitate business
activity that requires an importer of record number by any person who
may not obtain an importer of record number, as provided by any criteria
established by the Secretary under section 2 of this order. Depending on
the criteria established, such consideration shall include whether CBP
may take any of the following measures: limiting an express consignment
operator's, carrier's, or hub facility's participation in any CBP
trusted trader programs; taking appropriate action with regard to an
express consignment operator's, carrier's, or hub facility's operating
privileges; or suspending or revoking a customs broker's license.
Sec. 4. Items Sent to the United States through the International Postal
Network. (a) The United States Postal Service (USPS) should collaborate
with the Secretary of State to notify the international postal network,
via circular or the functional equivalent, of the policy of the United
States Government set forth in section 1 of this order and the key
provisions of this order. USPS should make all reasonable efforts to
include provisions regarding any criteria for participating in the
importer of record program established under section 2 of this order in
any new contractual instruments it executes with international posts.
(b) Within 90 days from the date of this order, the Secretary of
Homeland Security, through the Commissioner of CBP, and in consultation
with USPS, shall submit to the President a report on any appropriate
measures the Federal Government could take, including negotiating with
international posts, to prevent the importation or attempted importation
into the United States through the international postal network of
shipments containing goods, when such importation or attempted
importation is known to have been facilitated by any person who may not
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record number under any criteria established by the Secretary under
section 2 of this order.
Sec. 5. Non-Compliant International Posts. (a) The Secretary of Homeland
Security, through the Commissioner of CBP, and in consultation with the
United States Trade Representative, shall develop an International Mail
Non-Compliance metric, based on relevant factors, to formulate an
overall compliance score for each international post. This score shall
take into account rates of trafficking of counterfeit goods, narcotics
(including synthetic opioids such as fentanyl), and other contraband
through a particular international post, effectiveness of the
international post in reducing such trafficking, including cooperation
with CBP, as well as such other factors the Secretary, through the
Commissioner, determines advisable. The Secretary shall update overall
compliance scores on a quarterly basis. The Secretary shall determine a
minimum threshold compliance score for each quarter and shall deem non-
compliant any international post that scores below such threshold in
that quarter.
(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall prioritize targeted
inspection of imports into the United States from any international post
that for two or more consecutive quarters is deemed a non-compliant
international post.
(c) Consistent with applicable law, the Secretary of Homeland
Security, through the Commissioner of CBP, in consultation with USPS,
may require additional information for any shipment from any
international post that for six or more consecutive quarters is deemed a
non-compliant international post. The Secretary of Homeland Security,
through the Commissioner of CBP, shall, to the extent consistent with
applicable law and international agreements, implement all appropriate
measures to prevent importation into the United States of any shipments
dispatched from any international post that is deemed a non-compliant
international post for six or more consecutive quarters and for which
the additional information required consistent with this subsection is
not promptly provided. USPS should collaborate with CBP in implementing
these measures.
(d) The Secretary of Homeland Security, through the Commissioner of
CBP, and in consultation with USPS, shall, to the maximum extent
permitted by applicable law, take measures to protect the United States
from shipments from any international post that for eight or more
consecutive quarters is deemed a non-compliant international post. To
the extent consistent with applicable law and as appropriate, such
measures might include preventing the importation into the United States
of shipments dispatched from such posts, regardless of whether
additional information required by CBP is provided. Within 90 days of
the date of this order, the Secretary of Homeland Security, through the
Commissioner of CBP, and in consultation with USPS, shall submit a
report to the President analyzing what measures CBP may take consistent
with its existing authorities.
(e) Within 90 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of
Homeland Security, through the Commissioner of CBP, shall publish and
regularly update appropriate guidance related to CBP's implementation of
this section, including the process by which an international post is
deemed a non-compliant international post and the process by which an
international post is removed from the list of non-compliant
international posts.
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Sec. 6. Publication of Violation Information; Enhanced Enforcement
Efforts. (a) On a periodic basis, and consistent with Federal law and
executive branch policy reflecting non-disclosure of sensitive
information, the Secretary of Homeland Security, through the
Commissioner of CBP and the Director of United States Immigration and
Customs Enforcement, shall publish information about seizures arising in
the international mail and express consignment environments that involve
intellectual property rights violations, illegal drugs and other
contraband, incorrect country of origin, under-valuation, or other
violations of law of particular concern. In determining which
information to publish, the Secretary shall give greatest consideration
to repeat offenses affecting priority trade issues as defined in 19
U.S.C. 4322.
(b) Within 60 days of the date of this order, the Attorney General
shall assign appropriate resources to ensure that Federal prosecutors
accord a high priority to prosecuting offenses related to import
violations as described in this order, including, as appropriate and
within existing appropriations, increasing the number of Department of
Justice officials who will enforce criminal or civil laws, as
appropriate, related to the importation of merchandise.
Sec. 7. Report on Sufficiency of Fees. Within 210 days of the date of
this order, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the
heads of other executive departments and agencies, as appropriate, shall
submit a report to the President, through the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget:
(a) analyzing whether the fees collected by CBP are currently set at
a sufficient level to reimburse the Federal Government's costs
associated with processing, inspecting, and collecting duties, taxes,
and fees for parcels; and
(b) providing recommendations, consistent with applicable law,
regarding any fee adjustments that are necessary to reimburse the
Federal Government's costs associated with processing, inspecting, and
collecting duties, taxes, and fees for parcels.
Sec. 8. Definitions. For the purposes of this order:
(a) ``Customs broker'' has the meaning given to that term in 19
U.S.C. 1641(a)(1).
(b) ``Express consignment operator, carrier, or hub facility'' has
the meaning given to those terms in 19 CFR 128.1.
(c) ``International post'' means any foreign public or private
entity providing various types of postal services, including mailing and
delivery services.
(d) ``Contraband'' has the meaning given to that term in 49 U.S.C.
80302(a), and also means any goods or merchandise otherwise prohibited
from importation or entry under the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.
(e) ``E-commerce platform'' means any web-based platform that
includes features primarily designed for arranging the sale, purchase,
payment, or shipping of goods, or that enables sellers not directly
affiliated with an operator of a web-based platform to sell physical
goods through the web to consumers located in the United States.
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(f) ``Person'' means any individual, corporation, partnership,
association, or legal entity, however organized.
Sec. 9. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
January 31, 2020.
Executive Order 13905 of February 12, 2020
Strengthening National Resilience Through Responsible Use of
Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Services
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. The national and economic security of the United
States depends on the reliable and efficient functioning of critical
infrastructure. Since the United States made the Global Positioning
System available worldwide, positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT)
services provided by space-based systems have become a largely invisible
utility for technology and infrastructure, including the electrical
power grid, communications infrastructure and mobile devices, all modes
of transportation, precision agriculture, weather forecasting, and
emergency response. Because of the widespread adoption of PNT services,
the disruption or manipulation of these services has the potential to
adversely affect the national and economic security of the United
States. To strengthen national resilience, the Federal Government must
foster the responsible use of PNT services by critical infrastructure
owners and operators.
Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this order:
(a) ``PNT services'' means any system, network, or capability that
provides a reference to calculate or augment the calculation of
longitude, latitude, altitude, or transmission of time or frequency
data, or any combination thereof.
(b) ``Responsible use of PNT services'' means the deliberate, risk-
informed use of PNT services, including their acquisition, integration,
and
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deployment, such that disruption or manipulation of PNT services
minimally affects national security, the economy, public health, and the
critical functions of the Federal Government.
(c) ``Critical infrastructure'' means systems and assets, whether
physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the incapacity
or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating
impact on national security, national economic security, national public
health or safety, or on any combination of those matters.
(d) ``PNT profile'' means a description of the responsible use of
PNT services--aligned to standards, guidelines, and sector-specific
requirements--selected for a particular system to address the potential
disruption or manipulation of PNT services.
(e) ``Sector-Specific Agency'' (SSA) is the executive department or
agency that is responsible for providing institutional knowledge and
specialized expertise as well as leading, facilitating, or supporting
the security and resilience programs and associated activities of its
designated critical infrastructure sector in the all-hazards
environment. The SSAs are those identified in Presidential Policy
Directive 21 of February 12, 2013 (Critical Infrastructure Security and
Resilience).
Sec. 3. Policy. It is the policy of the United States to ensure that
disruption or manipulation of PNT services does not undermine the
reliable and efficient functioning of its critical infrastructure. The
Federal Government must increase the Nation's awareness of the extent to
which critical infrastructure depends on, or is enhanced by, PNT
services, and it must ensure critical infrastructure can withstand
disruption or manipulation of PNT services. To this end, the Federal
Government shall engage the public and private sectors to identify and
promote the responsible use of PNT services.
Sec. 4. Implementation. (a) Within 1 year of the date of this order, the
Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the heads of SSAs and in
consultation, as appropriate, with the private sector, shall develop and
make available, to at least the appropriate agencies and private sector
users, PNT profiles. The PNT profiles will enable the public and private
sectors to identify systems, networks, and assets dependent on PNT
services; identify appropriate PNT services; detect the disruption and
manipulation of PNT services; and manage the associated risks to the
systems, networks, and assets dependent on PNT services. Once made
available, the PNT profiles shall be reviewed every 2 years and, as
necessary, updated.
(b) The Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Transportation, and
Secretary of Homeland Security shall refer to the PNT profiles created
pursuant to subsection (a) of this section in updates to the Federal
Radionavigation Plan.
(c) Within 1 year of the date of this order, the Secretary of
Homeland Security, in coordination with the heads of SSAs, shall develop
a plan to test the vulnerabilities of critical infrastructure systems,
networks, and assets in the event of disruption and manipulation of PNT
services. The results of the tests carried out under that plan shall be
used to inform updates to the PNT profiles identified in subsection (a)
of this section.
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(d) Within 90 days of the PNT profiles being made available, the
heads of SSAs and the heads of other executive departments and agencies
(agencies), as appropriate, through the Secretary of Homeland Security,
shall develop contractual language for inclusion of the relevant
information from the PNT profiles in the requirements for Federal
contracts for products, systems, and services that integrate or utilize
PNT services, with the goal of encouraging the private sector to use
additional PNT services and develop new robust and secure PNT services.
The heads of SSAs and the heads of other agencies, as appropriate, shall
update the requirements as necessary.
(e) Within 180 days of the completion of any of the duties described
in subsection (d) of this section, and consistent with applicable law
and to the maximum extent practicable, the Federal Acquisition
Regulatory Council, in consultation with the heads of SSAs and the heads
of other agencies, as appropriate, shall incorporate the requirements
developed under subsection (d) of this section into Federal contracts
for products, systems, and services that integrate or use PNT services.
(f) Within 1 year of the PNT profiles being made available, and
biennially thereafter, the heads of SSAs and the heads of other
agencies, as appropriate, through the Secretary of Homeland Security,
shall submit a report to the Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs and the Director of the Office of Science and
Technology Policy (OSTP) on the extent to which the PNT profiles have
been adopted in their respective agencies' acquisitions and, to the
extent possible, the extent to which PNT profiles have been adopted by
owners and operators of critical infrastructure.
(g) Within 180 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of
Transportation, Secretary of Energy, and Secretary of Homeland Security
shall each develop plans to engage with critical infrastructure owners
or operators to evaluate the responsible use of PNT services. Each pilot
program shall be completed within 1 year of developing the plan, and the
results shall be used to inform the development of the relevant PNT
profile and research and development (R&D) opportunities.
(h) Within 1 year of the date of this order, the Director of OSTP
shall coordinate the development of a national plan, which shall be
informed by existing initiatives, for the R&D and pilot testing of
additional, robust, and secure PNT services that are not dependent on
global navigation satellite systems (GNSS). The plan shall also include
approaches to integrate and use multiple PNT services to enhance the
resilience of critical infrastructure. Once the plan is published, the
Director of OSTP shall coordinate updates to the plan every 4 years, or
as appropriate.
(i) Within 180 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of
Commerce shall make available a GNSS-independent source of Coordinated
Universal Time, to support the needs of critical infrastructure owners
and operators, for the public and private sectors to access.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
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(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
February 12, 2020.
Executive Order 13906 of February 13, 2020
Amending Executive Order 13803--Reviving the National Space Council
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Membership of the Council. Section 2(b) of Executive Order
13803 of June 30, 2017 (Reviving the National Space Council) is hereby
amended to read as follows:
``(b) The Council shall be composed of the following members:
(i) The Vice President, who shall be Chair of the Council;
(ii) The Secretary of State;
(iii) The Secretary of Defense;
(iv) The Secretary of Commerce;
(v) The Secretary of Transportation;
(vi) The Secretary of Energy;
(vii) The Secretary of Homeland Security;
(viii) The Director of National Intelligence;
(ix) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget;
(x) The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs;
(xi) The Assistant to the President for Economic Policy;
(xii) The Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy;
(xiii) The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration;
(xiv) The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy;
(xv) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and
(xvi) The heads of other executive departments and agencies (agencies) and
other senior officials within the Executive Office of the President, as
determined by the Chair.''
Sec. 2. Revocation of Quarterly Reporting Requirement. The first
sentence of section 4(c) of Executive Order 13803 is hereby revoked.
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Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
February 13, 2020.
Executive Order 13907 of February 28, 2020
Establishment of the Interagency Environment Committee for Monitoring
and Enforcement Under Section 811 of the United States-Mexico-Canada
Agreement Implementation Act
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3,
United States Code, and section 811 of the United States-Mexico-Canada
Agreement Implementation Act (Act) (Public Law 116-113), it is hereby
ordered as follows:
Section 1. Establishment of Interagency Environment Committee. The
Interagency Environment Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement
(Committee) is hereby established to coordinate United States efforts to
monitor and enforce environmental obligations consistent with title VIII
of the Act and, with respect to Mexico and Canada, to carry out
assessments of their environmental laws and policies, to carry out
monitoring actions with respect to the implementation and maintenance of
their environmental obligations, and to request enforcement actions as
provided for in section 814 of the Act.
Sec. 2. Membership. The Committee shall be composed of the United States
Trade Representative (USTR) and representatives of the Department of
State, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Justice, the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the Department of the Interior, the
U.S. Forest Service and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
in the Department of Agriculture, the National Oceanic Atmospheric
Administration in the Department of Commerce, U.S. Customs and Border
Protection in the Department of Homeland Security, the Environmental
Protection Agency, and the United States Agency for International
Development, and representatives from other Federal agencies, as the
President determines to be
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appropriate. The USTR shall serve as Chair. The Chair may invite
representatives from other executive departments or agencies, as
appropriate, to participate as members or observers. Each executive
department, agency, and component represented on the Committee shall
ensure that the necessary staff are available to assist their respective
representatives in performing the responsibilities of the Committee.
Sec. 3. Committee Decision-making. The Committee shall endeavor to make
any decision on an action or determination under sections 812, 813, and
814 of the Act by consensus, which shall be deemed to exist where no
Committee member objects to the proposed action or determination. If the
Committee is unable to reach a consensus on a proposed action or
determination and the Chair determines that allotting further time will
cause a decision to be unduly delayed, the Committee shall decide the
matter by majority vote of its members.
Sec. 4. Implementing Measures. The heads of the executive departments
and agencies set forth in section 2 of this order, in consultation with
the Committee, may prescribe such regulations as are necessary to carry
out the authorities of the respective department or agency as provided
for under subtitle A of title VIII of the Act.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Each executive department and agency
shall bear its own expenses incurred in connection with the Committee's
functions described in sections 811, 812, 813, 814, and 816 of the Act.
(b) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise
affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(c) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(d) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
February 28, 2020.
Executive Order 13908 of February 28, 2020
Establishment of the Interagency Committee on Trade in Automotive Goods
Under Section 202A of the United States Mexico Canada Agreement
Implementation Act
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3,
United
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States Code, and section 202A of the United States-Mexico-Canada
Agreement Implementation Act (Act) (Public Law 116-113), it is hereby
ordered as follows:
Section 1. Establishment of Interagency Committee. The Interagency
Committee on Trade in Automotive Goods (Committee) is hereby established
to provide advice, as appropriate, on the implementation, enforcement,
and modification of provisions of the United States-Mexico-Canada
Agreement (Agreement) that relate to automotive goods, including the
automotive rules of origin and the alternative staging regime that are
part of such rules. The Committee shall also review the operation of the
Agreement with respect to trade in automotive goods, including the
economic effects of the automotive rules of origin on the United States
economy, workers, and consumers, and the impact of new technology on
such rules.
Sec. 2. Membership. The Committee shall be composed of the Secretary of
Commerce, the Secretary of Labor, the United States Trade Representative
(USTR), the Chairman of the United States International Trade
Commission, and the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection
in the Department of Homeland Security. Members of the Committee may
designate an officer of the United States within their respective
executive department, agency, or component to serve as their
representative on the Committee. The USTR shall serve as Chair of the
Committee. The USTR may invite representatives from other executive
departments or agencies, as the USTR determines are necessary, to
participate as members or observers, and shall include the Secretary of
the Treasury as a member of the Committee. Each executive department,
agency, and component represented on the Committee shall ensure that the
necessary staff are available to assist in performing the
responsibilities of the Committee.
Sec. 3. Committee Decision-making. The Committee shall endeavor to make
any recommendation on an action or determination under section 202A of
the Act by consensus, which shall be deemed to exist where no Committee
member objects to the proposed action or determination. If the Committee
is unable to reach a consensus on a proposed action or determination,
the Committee may decide the matter by majority vote of its members if
the Chair determines that allotting further time will unduly delay
implementation of provisions of the Agreement that relate to automotive
goods. The Chair, in addition to voting, may also break any tie vote.
Sec. 4. Implementing Measures. The Secretary of the Treasury, the
Secretary of Labor, and the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, are directed to issue, in consultation with the USTR (and
with each other, as directed in the Act), such regulations and other
measures as are necessary or appropriate to implement section 202A of
the Act.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Each executive department and agency
shall bear its own expenses incurred in connection with the Committee's
functions described in section 202A of the Act.
(b) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise
affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
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(c) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(d) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
February 28, 2020.
Executive Order 13909 of March 18, 2020
Prioritizing and Allocating Health and Medical Resources to Respond to
the Spread of COVID-19
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the Defense Production
Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.) (the ``Act''), and
section 301 of title 3, United States Code, it is hereby ordered as
follows:
Section 1. Policy and Findings. On March 13, 2020, I declared a national
emergency recognizing the threat that the novel (new) coronavirus known
as SARS-CoV-2 poses to our national security. In recognizing the public
health risk, I noted that on March 11, 2020, the World Health
Organization announced that the outbreak of COVID-19 (the disease caused
by SARS-CoV-2) can be characterized as a pandemic. I also noted that
while the Federal Government, along with State and local governments,
have taken preventive and proactive measures to slow the spread of the
virus and to treat those affected, the spread of COVID-19 within our
Nation's communities threatens to strain our Nation's healthcare system.
To ensure that our healthcare system is able to surge capacity and
capability to respond to the spread of COVID-19, it is critical that all
health and medical resources needed to respond to the spread of COVID-19
are properly distributed to the Nation's healthcare system and others
that need them most at this time.
Accordingly, I find that health and medical resources needed to respond
to the spread of COVID-19, including personal protective equipment and
ventilators, meet the criteria specified in section 101(b) of the Act
(50 U.S.C. 4511(b)). Under the delegation of authority provided in this
order, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may identify
additional specific health and medical resources that meet the criteria
of section 101(b).
Sec. 2. Priorities and Allocation of Medical Resources.
(a) Notwithstanding Executive Order 13603 of March 16, 2012
(National Defense Resource Preparedness), the authority of the President
conferred by section 101 of the Act to require performance of contracts
or orders (other than contracts of employment) to promote the national
defense over performance of any other contracts or orders, to allocate
materials, services, and facilities as deemed necessary or appropriate
to promote the national defense, and to implement the Act in subchapter
III of chapter 55 of title 50, United States Code, is delegated to the
Secretary of Health and Human
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Services with respect to all health and medical resources needed to
respond to the spread of COVID-19 within the United States.
(b) The Secretary of Health and Human Services may use the authority
under section 101 of the Act to determine, in consultation with the
Secretary of Commerce and the heads of other executive departments and
agencies as appropriate, the proper nationwide priorities and allocation
of all health and medical resources, including controlling the
distribution of such materials (including applicable services) in the
civilian market, for responding to the spread of COVID-19 within the
United States.
(c) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall issue such
orders and adopt and revise appropriate rules and regulations as may be
necessary to implement this order.
Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
March 18, 2020.
Executive Order 13910 of March 23, 2020
Preventing Hoarding of Health and Medical Resources To Respond to the
Spread of COVID-19
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the Defense Production
Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.) (the ``Act''), and
section 301 of title 3, United States Code, it is hereby ordered as
follows:
Section 1. Policy. In Proclamation 9994 of March 13, 2020 (Declaring a
National Emergency Concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
Outbreak), I declared a national emergency recognizing the threat that
the novel (new) coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 poses to our Nation's
healthcare systems. In recognizing the public health risk, I noted that
on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization announced that the
outbreak of COVID-19 (the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2) can be
characterized as a pandemic. I also noted that while the Federal
Government, along with State and local governments, have taken
preventive and proactive measures to slow the spread of the virus and to
treat those affected, the
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spread of COVID-19 within our Nation's communities threatens to strain
our Nation's healthcare systems. To further deal with this threat, on
March 18, 2020, I issued Executive Order 13909 (Prioritizing and
Allocating Health and Medical Resources to Respond to the Spread of
COVID-19), in which I delegated to the Secretary of Health and Human
Services (Secretary) the prioritization and allocation authority under
section 101 of the Act with respect to health and medical resources
needed to respond to the spread of COVID-19.
To ensure that our Nation's healthcare systems are able to surge
capacity and capability to respond to the spread of COVID-19, it is the
policy of the United States that health and medical resources needed to
respond to the spread of COVID-19, such as personal protective equipment
and sanitizing and disinfecting products, are not hoarded. Accordingly,
I am delegating to the Secretary my authority under section 102 of the
Act (50 U.S.C. 4512) to prevent hoarding of health and medical resources
necessary to respond to the spread of COVID-19 within the United States.
I am also delegating to the Secretary my authority under the Act to
implement any restrictions on hoarding, including my authority under
section 705 of the Act (50 U.S.C. 4555) to gather information, such as
information about how supplies of such resources are distributed
throughout the Nation.
Sec. 2. Delegation of Authority to Prevent Hoarding.
(a) The Secretary is delegated the following:
(i) the authority of the President conferred by section 102 of the Act to
prevent hoarding of health and medical resources necessary to respond to
the spread of COVID-19 within the United States, including the authority to
prescribe conditions with respect to the accumulation of such resources,
and to designate any material as a scarce material, or as a material the
supply of which would be threatened by persons accumulating the material
either in excess of reasonable demands of business, personal, or home
consumption, or for the purpose of resale at prices in excess of prevailing
market prices; and
(ii) the authority of the President to implement the Act contained in
subchapter III of chapter 55 of title 50, United States Code (50 U.S.C.
4554, 4555, 4556, and 4560).
(b) In exercising the authority delegated under this section, the
Secretary shall consult the Administrator of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
(c) The Secretary shall adopt and revise appropriate rules and
regulations as may be necessary to implement this order.
Sec. 3. Secretarial Duty Concerning Notices of Withdrawal of
Designation. The Secretary shall periodically consider whether the
designations made pursuant to section 2 of this order remain necessary.
Upon finding that the need for such designation of material is no longer
necessary, the Secretary shall promptly publish a notice of withdrawal
of the designation in the Federal Register, and in such other manner as
the Secretary deems appropriate.
Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
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(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
March 23, 2020.
Executive Order 13911 of March 27, 2020
Delegating Additional Authority Under the Defense Production Act With
Respect to Health and Medical Resources To Respond to the Spread of
COVID-19
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the Defense Production
Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.) (the ``Act''), the
National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), and section 301 of
title 3, United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. In Proclamation 9994 of March 13, 2020 (Declaring a
National Emergency Concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
Outbreak), I declared a national emergency recognizing the threat that
the novel (new) coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 poses to our Nation's
healthcare systems. In recognizing the public health risk, I noted that
on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization announced that the
outbreak of COVID-19 (the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2) can be
characterized as a pandemic. I also noted that while the Federal
Government, along with State and local governments, have taken
preventive and proactive measures to slow the spread of the virus and to
treat those affected, the spread of COVID-19 within our Nation's
communities threatens to strain our Nation's healthcare systems.
To deal with this threat, on March 18, 2020, I issued Executive Order
13909 (Prioritizing and Allocating Health and Medical Resources to
Respond to the Spread of COVID-19), in which I delegated to the
Secretary of Health and Human Services the prioritization and allocation
authority under section 101 of the Act with respect to health and
medical resources needed to respond to the spread of COVID-19. And on
March 23, 2020, I issued Executive Order 13910 (Preventing Hoarding of
Health and Medical Resources to Respond to the Spread of COVID-19), in
which I delegated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services the
authority under section 102 of the Act to combat hoarding and price
gouging with respect to such resources.
To ensure that our healthcare systems are able to surge capacity and
capability to respond to the spread of COVID-19, it is the policy of the
United
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States to expand domestic production of health and medical resources
needed to respond to the spread of COVID-19, including personal
protective equipment and ventilators. Accordingly, I am delegating
authority under title III of the Act to guarantee loans by private
institutions, make loans, make provision for purchases and commitments
to purchase, and take additional actions to create, maintain, protect,
expand, and restore domestic industrial base capabilities to produce
such resources. To enable greater cooperation among private businesses
in expanding production of and distributing such resources, I am also
delegating my authority under section 708(c) and (d) of the Act (50
U.S.C. 4558(c), (d)) to provide for the making of voluntary agreements
and plans of action by the private sector.
Sec. 2. Delegation of Authority Under Title III of the Act. (a)
Notwithstanding Executive Order 13603 of March 16, 2012 (National
Defense Resources Preparedness), the Secretary of Health and Human
Services and the Secretary of Homeland Security are each delegated, with
respect to responding to the spread of COVID-19 within the United
States, the authority of the President conferred by sections 301, 302,
and 303 of the Act (50 U.S.C. 4531, 4532, and 4533), and the authority
to implement the Act in subchapter III of chapter 55 of title 50, United
States Code (50 U.S.C. 4554, 4555, 4556, and 4560).
(b) The Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of
Homeland Security may each use the authority under sections 301, 302,
and 303 of the Act, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and
the heads of other executive departments and agencies as he deems
appropriate, to respond to the spread of COVID-19.
(c) To provide additional authority to respond to the national
emergency I declared in Proclamation 9994, the requirements of section
301(a)(2), section 301(d)(1)(A), and section 303(a)(1) through (a)(6) of
the Act are waived during the period of that national emergency.
(d) To provide additional authority to respond to the national
emergency I declared in Proclamation 9994, the Secretary of Health and
Human Services and the Secretary of Homeland Security are each
authorized to submit for my approval under section 302(d)(2)(B) of the
Act a proposed determination that any specific loan is necessary to
avert an industrial resource or critical technology shortfall that would
severely impair national defense capability.
(e) Before exercising the authority delegated under this section
with respect to health or medical resources, the Secretary of Homeland
Security shall consult with the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Sec. 3. Delegation of Authority Under Title VII of the Act. (a)
Notwithstanding Executive Order 13603, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services and the Secretary of Homeland Security are each delegated, with
respect to responding to the spread of COVID-19 within the United
States, the authority of the President conferred by section 708(c)(1)
and (d) of the Act. The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall
provide to the Secretary of Homeland Security notice of any use of such
delegated authority.
(b) The delegation made in this section is made upon the condition
that the Secretary of Health and Human Services or the Secretary of
Homeland Security consult with the Attorney General and with the Federal
Trade Commission, and obtain the prior approval of the Attorney General,
after consultation by the Attorney General with the Federal Trade
Commission,
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as required by section 708(c)(2) of the Act, except when such
consultation is waived under subsection (c) of section 3 of this order
and section 708(c)(3) of the Act.
(c) The Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of
Homeland Security are each authorized to submit for my approval under
section 708(c)(3) of the Act any proposed determination that any
specific voluntary agreement or plan of action is necessary to meet
national defense requirements resulting from an event that degrades or
destroys critical infrastructure.
(d) Before exercising the authority delegated under this section
with respect to health or medical resources, the Secretary of Homeland
Security shall consult with the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Sec. 4. Additional Delegations. (a) Notwithstanding Executive Order
13603, the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of
Homeland Security are each delegated, with respect to responding to the
spread of COVID-19 within the United States, the authority of the
President conferred by section 107 of the Act (50 U.S.C. 4517).
(b) In addition to the delegations of authority in Executive Order
13909 and Executive Order 13910, the authority of the President
conferred by sections 101 and 102 of the Act (50 U.S.C. 4511, 4512) is
delegated to the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to health
and medical resources needed to respond to the spread of COVID-19 within
the United States.
(c) The Secretary of Homeland Security may use the authority under
section 101 of the Act to determine, in consultation with the heads of
other executive departments and agencies as appropriate, the proper
nationwide priorities and allocation of health and medical resources,
including by controlling the distribution of such materials (including
applicable services) in the civilian market, for responding to the
spread of COVID-19 within the United States.
(d) Before exercising the authority under section 102 of the Act,
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall consult with the Secretary of
Health and Human Services.
(e) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall periodically consider
whether the designations made by him under section 102 of the Act
pursuant to section 4(b) of this order remain necessary. Upon finding
that such designation of material is no longer necessary, the Secretary
of Homeland Security shall promptly publish a notice of withdrawal of
the designation in the Federal Register, and in such other manner as he
deems appropriate.
Sec. 5. Implementing Rules and Regulations. The Secretary of Health and
Human Services and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall each adopt
and revise appropriate rules and regulations as may be necessary to
implement this order.
Sec. 6. Policy Coordination. The Assistant to the President for Trade
and Manufacturing Policy shall serve as National Defense Production Act
Policy Coordinator.
Sec. 7. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
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(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
March 27, 2020.
Executive Order 13912 of March 27, 2020
National Emergency Authority To Order the Selected Reserve and Certain
Members of the Individual Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active
Duty
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the National Emergencies
Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), and in furtherance of Proclamation 9994 of
March 13, 2020 (Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Novel
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak), which declared a national
emergency by reason of the threat that the novel (new) coronavirus known
as SARS-CoV-2 poses to our Nation's healthcare systems, I hereby order
as follows:
Section 1. Emergency Authority. To provide additional authority to the
Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security to respond to the national
emergency declared by Proclamation 9994, the authorities under section
12302 of title 10, United States Code, and sections 2127, 2308, 2314,
and 3735 of title 14, United States Code, are invoked and made
available, according to their terms, to the Secretaries of Defense and
Homeland Security. The Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, at
the direction of the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Homeland
Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a
service in the Navy, are authorized to order to active duty not to
exceed 24 consecutive months, such units, and individual members of the
Ready Reserve under the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned, not to
exceed 1,000,000 members on active duty at any one time, as the
Secretary of Defense and, with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not
operating as a service in the Navy, the Secretary of Homeland Security
consider necessary. The Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of
Homeland Security, as applicable, will ensure appropriate consultation
is undertaken with relevant state officials with respect to the
utilization of National Guard Reserve Component units activated under
this authority.
Sec. 2. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
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(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
March 27, 2020.
Executive Order 13913 of April 4, 2020
Establishing the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation
in the United States Telecommunications Services Sector
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3,
United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. The security, integrity, and availability of United
States telecommunications networks are vital to United States national
security and law enforcement interests.
Sec. 2. Definitions. For purposes of this order:
(a) ``License'' means any license, certificate of public interest,
or other authorization issued or granted by the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) after referral of an application by the FCC to the
Committee established by subsection 3(a) of this order or, if referred
before the date of this order, to the group of executive departments and
agencies involved in the review process that was previously in place.
(b) ``Application'' means any application, petition, or other
request for a license or authorization, or the transfer of a license or
authorization, that is referred by the FCC to the Committee established
in subsection 3(a) of this order or that was referred by the FCC before
the date of this order to the group of executive departments and
agencies involved in the review process that was previously in place.
(c) ``Intelligence Community'' shall have the meaning assigned to it
in subsection 3.5(h) of Executive Order 12333 of December 4, 1981
(United States Intelligence Activities), as amended.
(d) ``Mitigation measures'' shall mean both standard and non-
standard mitigation measures.
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(e) ``Standard mitigation measures'' shall be those measures agreed
upon by the Committee Members (as defined in subsection 3(b) of this
order) and Committee Advisors (as defined in subsection 3(d) of this
order).
Sec. 3. Establishment. (a) There is hereby established the Committee for
the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the United States
Telecommunications Services Sector (Committee), the primary objective of
which shall be to assist the FCC in its public interest review of
national security and law enforcement concerns that may be raised by
foreign participation in the United States telecommunications services
sector. The function of the Committee shall be:
(i) to review applications and licenses for risks to national security and
law enforcement interests posed by such applications or licenses; and
(ii) to respond to any risks presented by applications or licenses by
recommending to the FCC, as appropriate and consistent with the provisions
of this order, that it dismiss an application, deny an application,
condition the grant of an application upon compliance with mitigation
measures, modify a license with a condition of compliance with mitigation
measures, or revoke a license.
(b) The Committee shall be composed of the following members
(Committee Members):
(i) the Secretary of Defense;
(ii) the Attorney General;
(iii) the Secretary of Homeland Security; and
(iv) the head of any other executive department or agency, or any Assistant
to the President, as the President determines appropriate.
(c) The Attorney General shall serve as Chair of the Committee
(Chair).
(d) The following officials shall be advisors to the Committee
(Committee Advisors) with no role in the duties set forth in sections 4
through 11 of this order except as provided in subsections 6(c), 9(f),
9(g), 10(g), and 11(d) of this order:
(i) the Secretary of State;
(ii) the Secretary of the Treasury;
(iii) the Secretary of Commerce;
(iv) the Director of the Office of Management and Budget;
(v) the United States Trade Representative;
(vi) the Director of National Intelligence;
(vii) the Administrator of General Services;
(viii) the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs;
(ix) the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy;
(x) the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy;
(xi) the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers; and
(xii) any other Assistant to the President, as the President determines
appropriate.
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(e) The Committee Members and Committee Advisors may, subject to the
limitations in this order, designate a senior executive from their
entity to perform the functions described in this order on their behalf.
Sec. 4. Duties of Committee Chair and Members. (a) The Chair shall
designate one or more Committee Members to serve as the lead for
executing any function of the Committee (Lead Member). The Chair may
assign to a Lead Member any or all of the following responsibilities as
appropriate and consistent with their statutory authorities:
(i) submitting to applicants or licensees any questions or requests for
information to establish facts about an application or license necessary to
conduct the reviews and assessments described in sections 5 and 6 of this
order;
(ii) identifying risks to national security or law enforcement interests of
the United States raised by an application or license, in consultation, as
appropriate, with other Committee Members;
(iii) coordinating with other Committee Members on the reviews and
assessments described in sections 5 and 6 of this order;
(iv) proposing, in coordination with the Chair, any mitigation measures
necessary to address any risk to national security or law enforcement
interests of the United States identified through the risk-based analysis
described in subsection 9(c) of this order;
(v) coordinating with other Committee Members and communicating with
applicants or licensees regarding any mitigation measures necessary to
address risks to national security and law enforcement interests of the
United States;
(vi) monitoring compliance with, and coordinating with the Committee
regarding, any mitigation measure the Committee recommends be imposed by
the FCC as a condition on a license; or
(vii) any related responsibilities as specified by the Chair.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this order, the Chair shall have
the exclusive authority to act, or to authorize other Committee Members
to act, on behalf of the Committee, including communicating with the FCC
and with applicants or licensees on behalf of the Committee.
(c) In acting on behalf of the Committee, the Chair or a Lead
Member, as applicable, shall keep the Committee fully informed of the
Chair's or Lead Member's respective activities taken under this order
and shall consult with the Committee before taking any material actions
under this order.
Sec. 5. Committee Application Review Process. (a) The Committee shall
review and assess applications to determine whether granting a license
or the transfer of a license poses a risk to national security or law
enforcement interests of the United States.
(b) Upon referral by the FCC of an application, the Committee shall
conduct an initial review of the application to evaluate whether
granting the requested license or transfer of license may pose a risk to
national security or law enforcement interests of the United States.
(i) During the initial review, the Committee may determine:
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(A) that granting an application for a license or the transfer of a
license raises no current risk to national security or law enforcement
interests;
(B) that any identified risk to national security or law enforcement
interests raised by an application may be addressed through standard
mitigation measures recommended by the Committee; or
(C) that a secondary assessment of an application is warranted because
risk to national security or law enforcement interests cannot be mitigated
by standard mitigation measures.
(ii) If the Committee determines that granting the application does not
raise a current risk to national security or law enforcement interests or
that standard mitigation measures would mitigate any risk to national
security or law enforcement interests, such a determination and any
recommendations shall be communicated to the FCC in a manner consistent
with sections 9 and 10 of this order.
(iii) Except as provided in subsection 5(d) of this order, any initial
review shall be completed before the end of the 120-day period beginning on
the date the Chair determines that the applicant's responses to any
questions and information requests from the Committee are complete.
(c) When the Committee has determined that a secondary assessment of
an application is warranted, it shall conduct such an assessment to
further evaluate the risk posed to national security and law enforcement
interests of the United States and to determine whether to make any
recommendations pursuant to section 9 of this order. Any secondary
assessment of an application shall be completed no more than 90 days
after the Committee's determination that a secondary assessment is
warranted. The Chair shall notify the FCC of a determination that a
secondary assessment is warranted.
(d) During an initial review under subsection 5(b) of this order or
a secondary assessment under subsection 5(c) of this order, if an
applicant fails to respond to any additional requests for information
after the Chair determines the responses are complete, the Committee may
either extend the initial review or secondary assessment period or make
a recommendation to the FCC to dismiss the application without
prejudice. The Chair shall notify the FCC of a determination that the
applicant's responses are complete, of any extensions of the initial
review period, or when the Committee recommends dismissal under this
subsection.
Sec. 6. Committee License Review Process. (a) The Committee may review
existing licenses to identify any additional or new risks to national
security or law enforcement interests of the United States.
(b) The Committee shall determine whether to review an existing
license by majority vote of the Committee Members.
(c) If the Committee conducts such a review, it shall promptly
notify the Committee Advisors.
Sec. 7. Threat Analysis by the Director of National Intelligence. (a)
For each license or application reviewed by the Committee, the Director
of National Intelligence shall produce a written assessment of any
threat to national security interests of the United States posed by
granting the application or maintaining the license. The Director of
National Intelligence shall solicit and incorporate the views of the
Intelligence Community, as appropriate.
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(b) The analysis required under subsection (a) of this section shall
be provided to the Committee within the earlier of 30 days from the date
on which the Chair determines that an applicant's or licensee's
responses to any questions and requests for information from the
Committee are complete or 30 days from the date on which the Chair
requests such an analysis. Such an analysis may be supplemented or
amended as appropriate or upon a request for additional information by
the Chair.
(c) The Director of National Intelligence shall ensure that the
Intelligence Community continues to analyze and disseminate to the
Committee any additional relevant information that may become available
during the course of a review or assessment conducted with respect to an
application or license.
Sec. 8. Requests for Information. In furtherance of its reviews and
assessments of applications and licenses as described in this section,
the Committee may seek information from applicants, licensees, and any
other entity as needed. Information submitted to the Committee pursuant
to this subsection and analysis concerning such information shall not be
disclosed beyond Committee Member entities and Committee Advisor
entities, except as appropriate and consistent with procedures governing
the handling of classified or otherwise privileged or protected
information, under the following circumstances:
(a) to the extent required by law or for any administrative or
judicial action or proceeding, or for law enforcement purposes;
(b) to other governmental entities at the discretion of the Chair,
provided that such entities make adequate assurances to the Chair that
they will not further disclose the shared information, including to
members of the public; or
(c) to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States with
respect to transactions reviewed by that Committee pursuant to 50 U.S.C.
4565, in which case this information and analysis shall be treated
consistent with the disclosure protections of 50 U.S.C. 4565(c).
Sec. 9. Recommendations by the Committee Pursuant to the Committee
Review Process. (a) With respect to applications that are reviewed or
assessed pursuant to section 5 of this order, the Committee shall:
(i) advise the FCC that the Committee has no recommendation for the FCC on
the application and no objection to the FCC granting the license or
transfer of the license;
(ii) recommend that the FCC deny the application due to the risk to the
national security or law enforcement interests of the United States; or
(iii) recommend that the FCC only grant the license or transfer of the
license contingent on the applicant's compliance with mitigation measures,
consistent with section 10 of this order.
(b) With respect to a license reviewed pursuant to section 6 of this
order, the Committee may, when appropriate:
(i) recommend that the FCC modify the license to include a condition of
compliance with mitigation measures negotiated by the Committee;
(ii) recommend that the FCC revoke the license due to the risk to national
security or law enforcement interests of the United States; or
(iii) take no action with respect to the license.
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(c) Any recommendation made by the Committee pursuant to subsections
(a) and (b) of this section shall be based on a written risk-based
analysis, conducted by the Committee Member entity or entities proposing
the denial, mitigation measures, modification, revocation, or no action.
(d) The Committee shall make the recommendations described in
subsections (a)(ii), (a)(iii), (b)(i), and (b)(ii) of this section if it
determines that there is credible evidence that the application or
license poses a risk to the national security or law enforcement
interests of the United States.
(e) The Committee shall attempt to reach consensus on any
recommendation authorized by this order. If senior executive Committee
officials designated pursuant to subsection 3(e) of this order cannot
reach consensus on a recommendation, the Chair shall present the issue
to the Committee Members, who shall determine the Committee
recommendation by majority vote. If the vote results in a tie, the Chair
shall determine the recommendation.
(f) If the Committee's determination is a recommendation to deny an
application, to grant an application contingent on compliance with non-
standard mitigation measures, to modify a license to condition it upon
compliance with non-standard mitigation measures, or to revoke a
license, the Chair shall notify the Committee Advisors and, to the
extent consistent with applicable law, provide them all available
assessments, evaluations, or other analyses regarding such
determination. Within 21 days of the notification, the Committee
Advisors shall advise the Chair whether they oppose the recommendation.
(i) If one or more of the Committee Advisors opposes the recommendation,
the senior executives designated by the Committee Members and Committee
Advisors shall promptly confer in an effort to reach consensus on a
recommendation. If consensus is reached, the recommendation shall be
provided to the FCC consistent with subsection 9(h) of this order.
(ii) If the senior executives designated by the Committee Members and
Committee Advisors do not reach consensus, the Chair shall present the
issue to the Committee Members and the Committee Advisors to seek to
resolve any objections within 30 days of the notification by the Chair of a
recommendation to deny or to grant an application contingent on compliance
with non-standard mitigation, or within 60 days in the case of a
recommendation to modify a license to condition it upon compliance with
non-standard mitigation measures or to revoke a license. Committee Members
and Committee Advisors may consider any submissions by the Committee
Advisors (e.g., a countervailing risk assessment), as appropriate.
(iii) If the Committee Members and Committee Advisors are unable to reach
consensus through the foregoing process, the Committee Members identified
in subsection 3(b) of this order shall determine a recommendation by
majority vote. If the vote results in a tie, the Chair shall determine the
recommendation.
(g) The Chair shall notify the President of any intended
recommendation, and any opposition thereto by a Committee Member or
Committee Advisor, within 7 days of a majority or tie vote held under
subsection 9(e) or 9(f)(iii) of this order if either the recommendation
or any opposition thereto by a
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Committee Member or Committee Advisor involves the denial of an
application, granting an application contingent on non-standard
mitigation measures, modifying a license to condition it upon compliance
with non-standard mitigation measures, or revoking a license. The FCC
will receive notice of the recommendation, consistent with subsection
9(h) of this order, not earlier than 15 days after the date on which the
President is notified of the intended action.
(h) Except as provided in subsection (b)(iii) of this section, the
Chair, on behalf of the Committee, shall notify the FCC through the
Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA) of a final recommendation made pursuant to this
section. The Administrator of NTIA shall notify the FCC of the
recommendation within 7 days of the notification from the Chair.
(i) As necessary and in accordance with applicable law and policy,
including procedures governing the handling of classified or otherwise
privileged or protected information, the Committee may consider
classified information and otherwise privileged or protected information
in determining what recommendation to make to the FCC through the
Administrator of NTIA under this section, and may provide such
information to the FCC as necessary on an ex parte basis.
Sec. 10. Mitigation of Risk and Monitoring. (a) The Committee may
recommend to the FCC, consistent with section 9 of this order, that the
FCC condition the granting of a license or transfer of a license on
compliance with any mitigation measures in order to mitigate a risk to
the national security or law enforcement interests of the United States
arising from the application.
(b) The Committee may recommend to the FCC, consistent with section
9 of this order, that the FCC modify a license to condition it upon
compliance with any mitigation measures in order to mitigate a risk to
national security or law enforcement interests of the United States
arising from the license.
(c) Consistent with subsection 4(a)(v) of this order, the Chair or
assigned Lead Member shall communicate any mitigation measures proposed
by the Committee to the applicant or licensee.
(d) Any mitigation measures negotiated pursuant to this section
shall be based on a written risk-based analysis.
(e) The Committee shall monitor any mitigation measures imposed by
the FCC as a condition on a license.
(i) Committee Member entities, as appropriate, shall report to the
Committee regarding any material noncompliance with any mitigation measures
imposed by the FCC as a condition on a license as a result of the
Committee's recommendation under subsections (a) through (d) of this
section.
(ii) The Committee, in consultation with the FCC, as appropriate, and in a
manner that does not unduly constrain Committee resources, shall develop
methods for monitoring compliance with any mitigation measures imposed by
the FCC as a condition on a license as a result of the Committee's
recommendation under subsections (a) through (d) of this section.
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(f) If the Committee determines that a licensee has not complied
with a mitigation measure and has not cured any such noncompliance in a
satisfactory manner, the Committee may recommend actions consistent with
subsection 9(b) of this order.
(g) When requested by the Chair, the Director of National
Intelligence shall provide analyses assessing threats related to risk
mitigation, compliance monitoring, and enforcement to Committee Member
entities and Committee Advisor entities that are monitoring compliance
with mitigation measures imposed by the FCC as conditions on licenses as
a result of Committee recommendations under subsections (a) through (d)
of this section.
(h) This order does not constrain the discretion of executive
departments or agencies, pursuant to any relevant authority not
described in this order, to:
(i) conduct inquiries with respect to an application or license;
(ii) communicate with any applicant, licensee, or other necessary party; or
(iii) negotiate, enter into, impose, or enforce contractual provisions with
an applicant or licensee.
Sec. 11. Implementation. (a) Executive departments and agencies shall
take all appropriate measures within their authority to implement the
provisions of this order.
(b) The Department of Justice shall provide such funding and
administrative support for the Committee as the Committee may require.
The heads of executive departments and agencies shall provide, as
appropriate and to the extent permitted by law, such resources,
information, and assistance as required to implement this order within
their respective agencies, including the assignment of staff to perform
the duties described in this order. An Intelligence Community liaison
designated by the Director of National Intelligence shall support the
Committee, consistent with applicable law.
(c) Within 90 days from the date of this order, the Committee
Members shall enter into a Memorandum of Understanding among themselves
and with the Director of National Intelligence (or the Director's
designee) describing their plan to implement and execute this order. The
Memorandum of Understanding shall, among other things, delineate
questions and requests for applicants and licensees that may be needed
to acquire information necessary to conduct the reviews and assessments
described in sections 5 and 6 of this order, define the standard
mitigation measures developed in accordance with section 2(e) of this
order, and outline the process for designating a Lead Member as
described in section 4 of this order.
(d) The Chair, in coordination with the Committee Members and the
Committee Advisors, shall review the implementation of this order and
provide a report to the President on an annual basis that identifies
recommendations for relevant policy, administrative, or legislative
proposals.
Sec. 12. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals;
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(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
(d) If any provision of this order, or the application of any
provision to any person or circumstances, is held to be invalid, the
remainder of this order and the application of any of its other
provisions to any other persons or circumstances shall not be affected
thereby.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
April 4, 2020.
Executive Order 13914 of April 6, 2020
Encouraging International Support for the Recovery and Use of Space
Resources
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including title IV of the U.S.
Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act (Public Law 114-90), it is
hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. Space Policy Directive-1 of December 11, 2017
(Reinvigorating America's Human Space Exploration Program), provides
that commercial partners will participate in an ``innovative and
sustainable program'' headed by the United States to ``lead the return
of humans to the Moon for long-term exploration and utilization,
followed by human missions to Mars and other destinations.'' Successful
long-term exploration and scientific discovery of the Moon, Mars, and
other celestial bodies will require partnership with commercial entities
to recover and use resources, including water and certain minerals, in
outer space.
Uncertainty regarding the right to recover and use space resources,
including the extension of the right to commercial recovery and use of
lunar resources, however, has discouraged some commercial entities from
participating in this enterprise. Questions as to whether the 1979
Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other
Celestial Bodies (the ``Moon Agreement'') establishes the legal
framework for nation states concerning the recovery and use of space
resources have deepened this uncertainty, particularly because the
United States has neither signed nor ratified the Moon Agreement. In
fact, only 18 countries have ratified the Moon Agreement, including just
17 of the 95 Member States of the United Nations Committee on the
Peaceful Uses of Outer Space. Moreover, differences between the Moon
Agreement and the 1967 Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of
States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and
Other Celestial Bodies--which the United States and 108 other countries
have joined--also contribute to uncertainty regarding the right to
recover and use space resources.
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Americans should have the right to engage in commercial exploration,
recovery, and use of resources in outer space, consistent with
applicable law. Outer space is a legally and physically unique domain of
human activity, and the United States does not view it as a global
commons. Accordingly, it shall be the policy of the United States to
encourage international support for the public and private recovery and
use of resources in outer space, consistent with applicable law.
Sec. 2. The Moon Agreement. The United States is not a party to the Moon
Agreement. Further, the United States does not consider the Moon
Agreement to be an effective or necessary instrument to guide nation
states regarding the promotion of commercial participation in the long-
term exploration, scientific discovery, and use of the Moon, Mars, or
other celestial bodies. Accordingly, the Secretary of State shall object
to any attempt by any other state or international organization to treat
the Moon Agreement as reflecting or otherwise expressing customary
international law.
Sec. 3. Encouraging International Support for the Recovery and Use of
Space Resources. The Secretary of State, in consultation with the
Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Transportation, the
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and
the head of any other executive department or agency the Secretary of
State determines to be appropriate, shall take all appropriate actions
to encourage international support for the public and private recovery
and use of resources in outer space, consistent with the policy set
forth in section 1 of this order. In carrying out this section, the
Secretary of State shall seek to negotiate joint statements and
bilateral and multilateral arrangements with foreign states regarding
safe and sustainable operations for the public and private recovery and
use of space resources.
Sec. 4. Report on Efforts to Encourage International Support for the
Recovery and Use of Space Resources. No later than 180 days after the
date of this order, the Secretary of State shall report to the
President, through the Chair of the National Space Council and the
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, regarding
activities carried out under section 3 of this order.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
April 6, 2020.
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Executive Order 13915 of April 14, 2020
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of the Interior
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Vacancies
Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq., it is hereby ordered that:
Section 1. Subject to the provisions of section 3 of this order, the
officers named in section 2, in the order listed, shall act as and
perform the functions and duties of the office of Secretary of the
Interior (Secretary) during any period when both the Secretary and the
Deputy Secretary of the Interior have died, resigned, or are otherwise
unable to perform the functions and duties of the office of Secretary.
Sec. 2. Order of Succession. (a) Solicitor of the Department of the
Interior;
(b) Assistant Secretary of the Interior in charge of Policy,
Management, and Budget;
(c) Assistant Secretary of the Interior in charge of Land and
Minerals Management;
(d) Assistant Secretary of the Interior in charge of Water and
Science;
(e) Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife;
(f) Assistant Secretary of the Interior in charge of Indian Affairs;
and
(g) Assistant Secretary of the Interior in charge of Insular and
International Affairs.
Sec. 3. Exceptions. (a) No individual who is serving in an office listed
in section 2 of this order in an acting capacity shall, by virtue of so
serving, act as Secretary pursuant to this order.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this order, the President
retains discretion, to the extent permitted by the Federal Vacancies
Reform Act of 1998, to depart from this order in designating an acting
Secretary.
Sec. 4. Revocation of Executive Order. Executive Order 13244 of December
18, 2001 (Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of the
Interior), is hereby revoked.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
April 14, 2020.
Executive Order 13916 of April 18, 2020
National Emergency Authority To Temporarily Extend Deadlines for Certain
Estimated Payments
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the National Emergencies
Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), and in furtherance of Proclamation 9994 of
March
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13, 2020 (Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Novel
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak), which declared a national
emergency by reason of the threat that the novel (new) coronavirus known
as SARS-CoV-2 poses to our Nation's healthcare systems, I hereby order
as follows:
Section 1. Emergency Authority. (a) To provide additional authority to
the Secretary of the Treasury (Secretary) to respond to the national
emergency declared by Proclamation 9994, the authority at section
1318(a) of title 19, United States Code, to extend during the
continuance of such emergency the time prescribed therein for the
performance of any act is invoked and made available, according to its
terms, to the Secretary.
(b) The Secretary shall consider taking appropriate action under
section 1318(a) of title 19, United States Code, to temporarily extend
deadlines, for importers suffering significant financial hardship
because of COVID-19, for the estimated payments described therein, other
than those assessed pursuant to sections 1671, 1673, 1862, 2251, and
2411 of title 19, United States Code.
(c) The Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of Homeland
Security or his designee before exercising, as invoked and made
available under this order, any of the authority set forth in section
1318(a) of title 19, United States Code.
Sec. 2. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
April 18, 2020.
Executive Order 13917 of April 28, 2020
Delegating Authority Under the Defense Production Act With Respect to
Food Supply Chain Resources During the National Emergency Caused by the
Outbreak of COVID-19
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the Defense Production
Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.) (the ``Act''), and
section 301 of title 3, United States Code, it is hereby ordered as
follows:
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Section 1. Policy. The 2019 novel (new) coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2,
the virus causing outbreaks of the disease COVID-19, has significantly
disrupted the lives of Americans. In Proclamation 9994 of March 13, 2020
(Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease
(COVID-19) Outbreak), I declared that the COVID-19 outbreak in the
United States constituted a national emergency, beginning March 1, 2020.
Since then, the American people have united behind a policy of
mitigation strategies, including social distancing, to flatten the curve
of infections and reduce the spread of COVID-19. The COVID-19 outbreak
and these necessary mitigation measures have taken a dramatic toll on
the United States economy and critical infrastructure.
It is important that processors of beef, pork, and poultry (``meat and
poultry'') in the food supply chain continue operating and fulfilling
orders to ensure a continued supply of protein for Americans. However,
outbreaks of COVID-19 among workers at some processing facilities have
led to the reduction in some of those facilities' production capacity.
In addition, recent actions in some States have led to the complete
closure of some large processing facilities. Such actions may differ
from or be inconsistent with interim guidance recently issued by the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the Department of
Health and Human Services and the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) of the Department of Labor entitled ``Meat and
Poultry Processing Workers and Employers'' providing for the safe
operation of such facilities.
Such closures threaten the continued functioning of the national meat
and poultry supply chain, undermining critical infrastructure during the
national emergency. Given the high volume of meat and poultry processed
by many facilities, any unnecessary closures can quickly have a large
effect on the food supply chain. For example, closure of a single large
beef processing facility can result in the loss of over 10 million
individual servings of beef in a single day. Similarly, under
established supply chains, closure of a single meat or poultry
processing facility can severely disrupt the supply of protein to an
entire grocery store chain.
Accordingly, I find that meat and poultry in the food supply chain meet
the criteria specified in section 101(b) of the Act (50 U.S.C. 4511(b)).
Under the delegation of authority provided in this order, the Secretary
of Agriculture shall take all appropriate action under that section to
ensure that meat and poultry processors continue operations consistent
with the guidance for their operations jointly issued by the CDC and
OSHA. Under the delegation of authority provided in this order, the
Secretary of Agriculture may identify additional specific food supply
chain resources that meet the criteria of section 101(b).
Sec. 2. Ensuring the Continued Supply of Meat and Poultry. (a)
Notwithstanding Executive Order 13603 of March 16, 2012 (National
Defense Resources Preparedness), the authority of the President to
require performance of contracts or orders (other than contracts of
employment) to promote the national defense over performance of any
other contracts or orders, to allocate materials, services, and
facilities as deemed necessary or appropriate to promote the national
defense, and to implement the Act in subchapter III of chapter 55 of
title 50, United States Code (50 U.S.C. 4554, 4555, 4556, 4559, 4560),
is delegated to the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to food supply
chain resources, including meat and poultry, during
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the national emergency caused by the outbreak of COVID-19 within the
United States.
(b) The Secretary of Agriculture shall use the authority under
section 101 of the Act, in consultation with the heads of such other
executive departments and agencies as he deems appropriate, to determine
the proper nationwide priorities and allocation of all the materials,
services, and facilities necessary to ensure the continued supply of
meat and poultry, consistent with the guidance for the operations of
meat and poultry processing facilities jointly issued by the CDC and
OSHA.
(c) The Secretary of Agriculture shall issue such orders and adopt
and revise appropriate rules and regulations as may be necessary to
implement this order.
Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
April 28, 2020.
Executive Order 13918 of April 28, 2020
Establishment of the Interagency Labor Committee for Monitoring and
Enforcement Under Section 711 of the United States-Mexico-Canada
Agreement Implementation Act
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3,
United States Code, and section 711 of the United States-Mexico-Canada
Agreement Implementation Act (Act) (Public Law 116-113), it is hereby
ordered as follows:
Section 1. Establishment of the Interagency Labor Committee for
Monitoring and Enforcement. The Interagency Labor Committee for
Monitoring and Enforcement (Committee) is hereby established to
coordinate the efforts of the United States to monitor the
implementation and maintenance of the labor obligations of Canada and
Mexico, to monitor the implementation and maintenance of Mexico's labor
reform, and to recommend enforcement
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actions with respect to Canada or Mexico, as provided for in section 715
of the Act.
Sec. 2. Membership. The Committee shall be co-chaired by the United
States Trade Representative and the Secretary of Labor, and shall
include representatives of the Department of State, the Department of
the Treasury, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce,
the Department of Homeland Security, and the United States Agency for
International Development. The Co-Chairs may invite representatives from
other executive departments or agencies, as appropriate, to participate
as members or observers. Each executive department, agency, and
component represented on the Committee shall ensure that the necessary
staff are available to assist their respective representatives in
performing the responsibilities of the Committee. The Committee, by
consensus, may designate members to assist it in carrying out the
functions described in the Act.
Sec. 3. Committee Decision-Making. The Committee shall endeavor to make
any decision on an action or determination under sections 712 through
719 of the Act by consensus, which shall be deemed to exist where no
member objects to the proposed action or determination.
Sec. 4. Funding. Each executive department and agency participating in
the Committee shall bear its own expenses incurred in connection with
the Committee's functions described in sections 711 through 719 of the
Act. The Department of Labor will provide funding for the hotline
required under section 717 of the Act.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
April 28, 2020.
Executive Order 13919 of April 30, 2020
Ordering the Selected Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including section 12304 of title
10, United
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States Code, and having determined that it is necessary to augment the
regular Armed Forces of the United States for a named operational
mission, specifically the ``Enhanced Department of Defense
Counternarcotic Operation in the Western Hemisphere,'' I hereby order as
follows:
Section 1. Activation Authority. The Secretary of Defense is directed to
order to active duty for not more than 365 consecutive days, any units,
and any individual members not assigned to a unit organized to serve as
a unit, of the Selected Reserve under the jurisdiction of the Secretary
of Defense, not to exceed 200 Selected Reservists at any one time, as he
considers necessary.
Sec. 2. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
April 30, 2020.
Executive Order 13920 of May 1, 2020
Securing the United States Bulk-Power System
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the
National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), and section 301
of title 3, United States Code,
I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, find that
foreign adversaries are increasingly creating and exploiting
vulnerabilities in the United States bulk-power system, which provides
the electricity that supports our national defense, vital emergency
services, critical infrastructure, economy, and way of life. The bulk-
power system is a target of those seeking to commit malicious acts
against the United States and its people, including malicious cyber
activities, because a successful attack on our bulk-power system would
present significant risks to our economy, human health and safety, and
would render the United States less capable of acting in defense of
itself and its allies. I further find that the unrestricted acquisition
or use in the United States of bulk-power system electric equipment
designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied by persons owned
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by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of
foreign adversaries augments the ability of foreign adversaries to
create and exploit vulnerabilities in bulk-power system electric
equipment, with potentially catastrophic effects. I therefore determine
that the unrestricted foreign supply of bulk-power system electric
equipment constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the
national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States,
which has its source in whole or in substantial part outside the United
States. This threat exists both in the case of individual acquisitions
and when acquisitions are considered as a class. Although maintaining an
open investment climate in bulk-power system electric equipment, and in
the United States economy more generally, is important for the overall
growth and prosperity of the United States, such openness must be
balanced with the need to protect our Nation against a critical national
security threat. To address this threat, additional steps are required
to protect the security, integrity, and reliability of bulk-power system
electric equipment used in the United States. In light of these
findings, I hereby declare a national emergency with respect to the
threat to the United States bulk-power system.
Accordingly, I hereby order:
Section 1. Prohibitions and Implementation. (a) The following actions
are prohibited: any acquisition, importation, transfer, or installation
of any bulk-power system electric equipment (transaction) by any person,
or with respect to any property, subject to the jurisdiction of the
United States, where the transaction involves any property in which any
foreign country or a national thereof has any interest (including
through an interest in a contract for the provision of the equipment),
where the transaction was initiated after the date of this order, and
where the Secretary of Energy (Secretary), in coordination with the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget and in consultation with
the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the
Director of National Intelligence, and, as appropriate, the heads of
other executive departments and agencies (agencies), has determined
that:
(i) the transaction involves bulk-power system electric equipment designed,
developed, manufactured, or supplied, by persons owned by, controlled by,
or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of a foreign adversary; and
(ii) the transaction:
(A) poses an undue risk of sabotage to or subversion of the design,
integrity, manufacturing, production, distribution, installation,
operation, or maintenance of the bulk-power system in the United States;
(B) poses an undue risk of catastrophic effects on the security or
resiliency of United States critical infrastructure or the economy of the
United States; or
(C) otherwise poses an unacceptable risk to the national security of the
United States or the security and safety of United States persons.
(b) The Secretary, in consultation with the heads of other agencies
as appropriate, may at the Secretary's discretion design or negotiate
measures to mitigate concerns identified under section 1(a) of this
order. Such measures
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may serve as a precondition to the approval by the Secretary of a
transaction or of a class of transactions that would otherwise be
prohibited pursuant to this order.
(c) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section apply except
to the extent provided by statutes, or in regulations, orders,
directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, and
notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit
granted prior to the date of this order.
(d) The Secretary, in consultation with the heads of other agencies
as appropriate, may establish and publish criteria for recognizing
particular equipment and particular vendors in the bulk-power system
electric equipment market as pre-qualified for future transactions; and
may apply these criteria to establish and publish a list of pre-
qualified equipment and vendors. Nothing in this provision limits the
Secretary's authority under this section to prohibit or otherwise
regulate any transaction involving pre-qualified equipment or vendors.
Sec. 2. Authorities. (a) The Secretary is hereby authorized to take such
actions, including directing the timing and manner of the cessation of
pending and future transactions prohibited pursuant to section 1 of this
order, adopting appropriate rules and regulations, and employing all
other powers granted to the President by IEEPA as may be necessary to
implement this order. The heads of all agencies, including the Board of
Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, shall take all appropriate
measures within their authority as appropriate and consistent with
applicable law, to implement this order.
(b) Rules and regulations issued pursuant to this order may, among
other things, determine that particular countries or persons are foreign
adversaries exclusively for the purposes of this order; identify persons
owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of
foreign adversaries exclusively for the purposes of this order; identify
particular equipment or countries with respect to which transactions
involving bulk-power system electric equipment warrant particular
scrutiny under the provisions of this order; establish procedures to
license transactions otherwise prohibited pursuant to this order; and
identify a mechanism and relevant factors for the negotiation of
agreements to mitigate concerns raised in connection with subsection
1(a) of this order. Within 150 days of the date of this order, the
Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary
of Homeland Security, the Director of National Intelligence, and, as
appropriate, the heads of other agencies, shall publish rules or
regulations implementing the authorities delegated to the Secretary by
this order.
(c) The Secretary may, consistent with applicable law, redelegate
any of the authorities conferred on the Secretary pursuant to this
section within the Department of Energy.
(d) As soon as practicable, the Secretary, in consultation with the
Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of
Homeland Security, the Director of National Intelligence, the Board of
Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the heads of such other
agencies as the Secretary considers appropriate, shall:
(i) identify bulk-power system electric equipment designed, developed,
manufactured, or supplied, by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject
to the jurisdiction or direction of a foreign adversary that poses an
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undue risk of sabotage to or subversion of the design, integrity,
manufacturing, production, distribution, installation, operation, or
maintenance of the bulk-power system in the United States, poses an undue
risk of catastrophic effects on the security or resiliency of United States
critical infrastructure or the economy of the United States, or otherwise
poses an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States or
the security and safety of United States persons; and
(ii) develop recommendations on ways to identify, isolate, monitor, or
replace such items as soon as practicable, taking into consideration
overall risk to the bulk-power system.
Sec. 3. Task Force on Federal Energy Infrastructure Procurement Policies
Related to National Security. (a) There is hereby established a Task
Force on Federal Energy Infrastructure Procurement Policies Related to
National Security (Task Force), which shall work to protect the Nation
from national security threats through the coordination of Federal
Government procurement of energy infrastructure and the sharing of risk
information and risk management practices to inform such procurement.
The Task Force shall be chaired by the Secretary or the Secretary's
designee.
(b) In addition to the Chair of the Task Force (Chair), the Task
Force membership shall include the following heads of agencies, or their
designees:
(i) the Secretary of Defense;
(ii) the Secretary of the Interior;
(iii) the Secretary of Commerce;
(iv) the Secretary of Homeland Security;
(v) the Director of National Intelligence;
(vi) the Director of the Office of Management and Budget; and
(vii) the head of any other agency that the Chair may designate in
consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the
Interior.
(c) The Task Force shall:
(i) develop a recommended consistent set of energy infrastructure
procurement policies and procedures for agencies, to the extent consistent
with law, to ensure that national security considerations are fully
integrated across the Federal Government, and submit such recommendations
to the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council);
(ii) evaluate the methods and criteria used to incorporate national
security considerations into energy security and cybersecurity
policymaking;
(iii) consult with the Electricity Subsector Coordinating Council and the
Oil and Natural Gas Subsector Coordinating Council in developing the
recommendations and evaluation described in subsections (c)(i) through (ii)
of this section; and
(iv) conduct any other studies, develop any other recommendations, and
submit any such studies and recommendations to the President, as
appropriate and as directed by the Secretary.
(d) The Department of Energy shall provide administrative support
and funding for the Task Force, to the extent consistent with applicable
law.
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(e) The Task Force shall meet as required by the Chair and, unless
extended by the Chair, shall terminate once it has accomplished the
objectives set forth in subsection (c) of this section, as determined by
the Chair, and completed the reports described in subsection (f) of this
section.
(f) The Task Force shall submit to the President, through the Chair
and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget:
(i) a report within 1 year from the date of this order;
(ii) a subsequent report at least once annually thereafter while the Task
Force remains in existence; and
(iii) such other reports as appropriate and as directed by the Chair.
(g) In the reports submitted under subsection (f) of this section,
the Task Force shall summarize its progress, findings, and
recommendations described in subsection (c) of this section.
(h) Because attacks on the bulk-power system can originate through
the distribution system, the Task Force shall engage with distribution
system industry groups, to the extent consistent with law and national
security. Within 180 days of receiving the recommendations pursuant to
subsection (c)(i) of this section, the FAR Council shall consider
proposing for notice and public comment an amendment to the applicable
provisions in the Federal Acquisition Regulation to implement the
recommendations provided pursuant to subsection (c)(i) of this section.
Sec. 4. Definitions. For purposes of this order, the following
definitions shall apply:
(a) The term ``bulk-power system'' means (i) facilities and control
systems necessary for operating an interconnected electric energy
transmission network (or any portion thereof); and (ii) electric energy
from generation facilities needed to maintain transmission reliability.
For the purpose of this order, this definition includes transmission
lines rated at 69,000 volts (69 kV) or more, but does not include
facilities used in the local distribution of electric energy.
(b) The term ``bulk-power system electric equipment'' means items
used in bulk-power system substations, control rooms, or power
generating stations, including reactors, capacitors, substation
transformers, current coupling capacitors, large generators, backup
generators, substation voltage regulators, shunt capacitor equipment,
automatic circuit reclosers, instrument transformers, coupling capacity
voltage transformers, protective relaying, metering equipment, high
voltage circuit breakers, generation turbines, industrial control
systems, distributed control systems, and safety instrumented systems.
Items not included in the preceding list and that have broader
application of use beyond the bulk-power system are outside the scope of
this order.
(c) The term ``entity'' means a partnership, association, trust,
joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization.
(d) The term ``foreign adversary'' means any foreign government or
foreign non-government person engaged in a long-term pattern or serious
instances of conduct significantly adverse to the national security of
the United States or its allies or the security and safety of United
States persons.
(e) The term ``person'' means an individual or entity.
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(f) The term ``procurement'' means the acquiring by contract with
appropriated funds of supplies or services, including installation
services, by and for the use of the Federal Government, through
purchase, whether the supplies or services are already in existence or
must be created, developed, demonstrated, and evaluated.
(g) The term ``United States person'' means any United States
citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of
the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States
(including foreign branches), or any person in the United States.
Sec. 5. Recurring and Final Reports to the Congress. The Secretary is
hereby authorized to submit recurring and final reports to the Congress
regarding the national emergency declared in this order, consistent with
section 401(c) of the NEA (50 U.S.C. 1641(c)) and section 204(c) of
IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1703(c)).
Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 1, 2020.
Executive Order 13921 of May 7, 2020
Promoting American Seafood Competitiveness and Economic Growth
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, and in order to strengthen the
American economy; improve the competitiveness of American industry;
ensure food security; provide environmentally safe and sustainable
seafood; support American workers; ensure coordinated, predictable, and
transparent Federal actions; and remove unnecessary regulatory burdens,
it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. America needs a vibrant and competitive seafood
industry to create and sustain American jobs, put safe and healthy food
on
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American tables, and contribute to the American economy. Despite
America's bountiful aquatic resources, by weight our Nation imports over
85 percent of the seafood consumed in the United States. At the same
time, illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing undermines the
sustainability of American and global seafood stocks, negatively affects
general ecosystem health, and unfairly competes with the products of
law-abiding fishermen and seafood industries around the world. More
effective permitting related to offshore aquaculture and additional
streamlining of fishery regulations have the potential to revolutionize
American seafood production, enhance rural prosperity, and improve the
quality of American lives. By removing outdated and unnecessarily
burdensome regulations; strengthening efforts to combat illegal,
unreported, and unregulated fishing; improving the transparency and
efficiency of environmental reviews; and renewing our focus on long-term
strategic planning to facilitate aquaculture projects, we can protect
our aquatic environments; revitalize our Nation's seafood industry; get
more Americans back to work; and put healthy, safe food on our families'
tables.
Sec. 2. Policy. It is the policy of the Federal Government to:
(a) identify and remove unnecessary regulatory barriers restricting
American fishermen and aquaculture producers;
(b) combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing;
(c) provide good stewardship of public funds and stakeholder time
and resources, and avoid duplicative, wasteful, or inconclusive
permitting processes;
(d) facilitate aquaculture projects through regulatory transparency
and long-term strategic planning;
(e) safeguard our communities and maintain a healthy aquatic
environment;
(f) further fair and reciprocal trade in seafood products; and
(g) continue to hold imported seafood to the same food-safety
requirements as domestically produced products.
Sec. 3. Definitions. For purposes of this order:
(a) ``Aquaculture'' means the propagation, rearing, and harvesting
of aquatic species in controlled or selected environments;
(b) ``Aquaculture facility'' means any land, structure, or other
appurtenance that is used for aquaculture;
(c) ``Aquaculture project'' means a project to develop the physical
assets designed to provide or support services to activities in the
aquaculture sector, including projects for the development or
construction of an aquaculture facility;
(d) ``Exclusive economic zone of the United States'' means the zone
established in Proclamation 5030 of March 10, 1983 (Exclusive Economic
Zone of the United States of America);
(e) ``Lead agency'' has the meaning given that term in the
regulations of the Council on Environmental Quality, contained in title
40, Code of Federal Regulations, that implement the procedural
provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.);
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(f) ``Maritime domain'' means all areas and things of, on, under,
relating to, adjacent to, or bordering on a sea, ocean, or other
navigable waterway, including all maritime-related activities,
infrastructure, people, cargo, and vessels and other conveyances;
(g) ``Maritime domain awareness'' means the effective understanding
of anything associated with the global maritime domain that could affect
the security, safety, economy, or environment of the United States; and
(h) ``Project sponsor'' means an entity, including any private,
public, or public-private entity, that seeks an authorization for an
aquaculture project.
Sec. 4. Removing Barriers to American Fishing. (a) The Secretary of
Commerce shall request each Regional Fishery Management Council to
submit, within 180 days of the date of this order, a prioritized list of
recommended actions to reduce burdens on domestic fishing and to
increase production within sustainable fisheries, including a proposal
for initiating each recommended action within 1 year of the date of this
order.
(i) Recommended actions may include changes to regulations, orders,
guidance documents, or other similar agency actions.
(ii) Recommended actions shall be consistent with the requirements of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et
seq.); the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); the
Marine Mammal Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.); and other applicable
laws.
(iii) Consistent with section 302(f) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1852(f)), and within existing
appropriations, the Secretary of Commerce shall provide administrative and
technical support to the Regional Fishery Management Councils to carry out
this subsection.
(b) The Secretary of Commerce shall review and, as appropriate and
to the extent permitted by law, update the Department of Commerce's
contribution to the Unified Regulatory Agenda based on an evaluation of
the lists received pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Within 1 year of the date of this order, the Secretary of
Commerce shall submit to the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget, the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, the
Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, and the Chair of the
Council on Environmental Quality a report evaluating the recommendations
described in subsection (a) of this section and describing any actions
taken to implement those recommendations. This report shall be updated
annually for the following 2 years.
Sec. 5. Combating Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing. (a)
Within 90 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of Commerce,
acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), shall issue, as appropriate and consistent with
applicable law, a notice of proposed rulemaking further implementing the
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Agreement on Port State
Measures to Prevent, Deter, and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported, and
Unregulated Fishing, which entered into force on June 5, 2016 (the Port
State Measures Agreement).
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(b) The Secretary of State, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary
of Homeland Security, and the heads of other appropriate executive
departments and agencies (agencies) shall, to the extent permitted by
law, encourage public-private partnerships and promote interagency,
intergovernmental, and international cooperation in order to improve
global maritime domain awareness, cooperation concerning at-sea
transshipment activities, and the effectiveness of fisheries law
enforcement.
(c) The Secretary of State, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary
of Health and Human Services, and the Secretary of Homeland Security
shall, consistent with applicable law and available appropriations,
prioritize training and technical assistance in key geographic areas to
promote sustainable fisheries management; to strengthen and enhance
existing enforcement capabilities to combat illegal, unreported, and
unregulated fishing; and to promote implementation of the Port State
Measures Agreement.
Sec. 6. Removing Barriers to Aquaculture Permitting. (a) For aquaculture
projects that require environmental review or authorization by two or
more agencies in order to proceed with the permitting of an aquaculture
facility, when the lead agency has determined that it will prepare an
environmental impact statement (EIS) under NEPA, the agencies shall
undertake to complete all environmental reviews and authorization
decisions within 2 years, measured from the date of the publication of a
notice of intent to prepare an EIS to the date of issuance of the Record
of Decision (ROD), and shall use the ``One Federal Decision'' process
enhancements described in section 5(b) of Executive Order 13807 of
August 15, 2017 (Establishing Discipline and Accountability in the
Environmental Review and Permitting Process for Infrastructure
Projects), and in subsections (a)(ii) and (iii) of this section. For
such projects:
(i) NOAA is designated as the lead agency for aquaculture projects located
outside of the waters of any State or Territory and within the exclusive
economic zone of the United States and shall be responsible for navigating
the project through the Federal environmental review and authorization
process, including the identification of a primary point of contact at each
cooperating and participating agency;
(ii) Consistent with the ``One Federal Decision'' process enhancements, all
cooperating and participating agencies shall cooperate with the lead agency
and shall respond to requests for information from the lead agency in a
timely manner;
(iii) Consistent with the ``One Federal Decision'' process enhancements,
the lead agency and all cooperating and participating agencies shall record
all individual agency decisions in one ROD, unless the project sponsor
requests that agencies issue separate NEPA documents, the NEPA obligations
of a cooperating or participating agency have already been satisfied, or
the lead agency determines that a single ROD would not best promote
completion of the project's environmental review and authorization process;
and
(iv) The lead agency, in consultation with the project sponsor and all
cooperating and participating agencies, shall prepare a permitting
timetable for the project that includes the completion dates for all
federally required environmental reviews and authorizations and for
issuance of a ROD, and shall make the permitting timetable publicly
available on its website.
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(b) Within 90 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of the
Army, acting through the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil
Works, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary
of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Homeland
Security, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency,
other appropriate Federal officials, and appropriate State officials,
shall:
(i) develop and propose for public comment, as appropriate and consistent
with applicable law, a proposed United States Army Corps of Engineers
nationwide permit authorizing finfish aquaculture activities in marine and
coastal waters out to the limit of the territorial sea and in ocean waters
beyond the territorial sea within the exclusive economic zone of the United
States;
(ii) assess whether to develop a United States Army Corps of Engineers
nationwide permit authorizing finfish aquaculture activities in other
waters of the United States;
(iii) develop and propose for public comment, as appropriate and consistent
with applicable law, a proposed United States Army Corps of Engineers
nationwide permit authorizing seaweed aquaculture activities in marine and
coastal waters out to the limit of the territorial sea and in ocean waters
beyond the territorial sea within the exclusive economic zone of the United
States;
(iv) assess whether to develop a United States Army Corps of Engineers
nationwide permit authorizing seaweed aquaculture activities for other
waters of the United States;
(v) develop and propose for public comment, as appropriate and consistent
with applicable law, a proposed United States Army Corps of Engineers
nationwide permit authorizing multi-species aquaculture activities in
marine and coastal waters out to the limit of the territorial sea and in
ocean waters beyond the territorial sea within the exclusive economic zone
of the United States; and
(vi) assess whether to develop a United States Army Corps of Engineers
nationwide permit authorizing multi-species aquaculture activities for
other waters of the United States.
Sec. 7. Aquaculture Opportunity Areas. (a) The Secretary of Commerce, in
consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the
Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Homeland
Security, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency,
other appropriate Federal officials, and appropriate Regional Fishery
Management Councils, and in coordination with appropriate State and
tribal governments, shall:
(i) within 1 year of the date of this order, identify at least two
geographic areas containing locations suitable for commercial aquaculture
and, within 2 years of identifying each area, complete a programmatic EIS
for each area to assess the impact of siting aquaculture facilities there;
and
(ii) for each of the following 4 years, identify two additional geographic
areas containing locations suitable for commercial aquaculture and, within
2 years of identifying each area, complete a programmatic EIS for each area
to assess the impact of siting aquaculture facilities there.
(b) A programmatic EIS completed pursuant to subsection (a) of this
section may include the identification of suitable species for
aquaculture in
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those particular locations, suitable gear for aquaculture in such
locations, and suitable reporting requirements for owners and operators
of aquaculture facilities in such locations.
(c) In identifying specific geographic areas under subsection (a) of
this section, the Secretary of Commerce shall solicit and consider
public comment and seek to minimize unnecessary resource use conflicts
as appropriate, including conflicts with military readiness activities
or operations; navigation; shipping lanes; commercial and recreational
fishing; oil, gas, renewable energy, or other marine mineral exploration
and development; essential fish habitats, under the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management Act; and species protected under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973 or the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
Sec. 8. Improving Regulatory Transparency for Aquaculture. (a) Within
240 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of Commerce, in
consultation with other appropriate Federal and State officials, shall
prepare and place prominently on the appropriate NOAA web page a single
guidance document that:
(i) describes the Federal regulatory requirements and relevant Federal and
State agencies involved in aquaculture permitting and operations; and
(ii) identifies Federal grant programs applicable to aquaculture siting,
research, development, and operations.
(b) The Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Administrator of
NOAA, shall update this guidance as appropriate, but not less than once
every 18 months.
Sec. 9. Updating National Aquaculture Development Plan. (a) Within 180
days of the date of this order, the Secretary of the Interior, the
Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation
with the Joint Subcommittee on Aquaculture, established pursuant to the
National Aquaculture Act of 1980 (16 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.), shall assess
whether to revise the National Aquaculture Development Plan, consistent
with 16 U.S.C. 2803(a)(2) and (d), in order to strengthen our Nation's
domestic aquaculture production and improve the efficiency and
predictability of aquaculture permitting, including permitting for
aquaculture projects located outside of the waters of any State or
Territory and within the exclusive economic zone of the United States.
(b) In making any revisions to the National Aquaculture Development
Plan as a result of this assessment, the Secretary of the Interior, the
Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Commerce shall, as
appropriate:
(i) include the elements described at 16 U.S.C. 2803(b) and (c) and the
appropriate determinations described at 16 U.S.C. 2803(d);
(ii) include programs to analyze, and formulate proposed resolutions of,
the legal or regulatory constraints that may affect aquaculture, including
any impediments to establishing security of tenure--that is, use rights
with a specified duration tied to a particular location--for aquaculture
operators, owners, and investors; and
(iii) consider whether to include a permitting framework, including a
delineation of agency responsibilities for permitting and associated agency
operations, consistent with section 6 of this order and with the ``One
Federal Decision'' Framework Memorandum issued on March 20, 2018,
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by the Office of Management and Budget and the Council on Environmental
Quality, pursuant to Executive Order 13807.
(c) The Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, and
the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Subcommittee on
Aquaculture, shall subsequently assess, not less than once every 3
years, whether to revise the National Aquaculture Development Plan, as
appropriate and consistent with 16 U.S.C. 2803(d) and (e). If the
Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the
Secretary of Commerce decide not to revise the National Aquaculture
Development Plan, they shall within 15 days of such decision submit to
the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and the Assistant to
the President for Domestic Policy a report explaining their reasoning.
Sec. 10. Promoting Aquatic Animal Health. (a) Within 30 days of the date
of this order, the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the
Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Commerce, other appropriate
Federal officials, and States, as appropriate, shall consider whether to
terminate the 2008 National Aquatic Animal Health Plan and to replace it
with a new National Aquatic Animal Health Plan.
(b) Any new National Aquatic Animal Health Plan shall be completed,
consistent with applicable law, within 180 days of the date of this
order.
(c) Any new National Aquatic Animal Health Plan shall include
additional information about aquaculture, including aquaculture projects
located outside of the waters of any State or Territory and within the
exclusive economic zone of the United States, and shall incorporate
risk-based management strategies as appropriate.
(d) If adopted, the Plan described in subsections (b) and (c) of
this section shall subsequently be updated, as appropriate, but not less
than once every 2 years, by the Secretary of Agriculture, in
consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of
Commerce, other appropriate Federal officials, and States, as
appropriate.
Sec. 11. International Seafood Trade. (a) In furtherance of fair and
reciprocal trade in seafood products, within 30 days of the date of this
order, the Secretary of Commerce shall establish an Interagency Seafood
Trade Task Force (Seafood Trade Task Force) to be co-chaired by the
Secretary of Commerce and the United States Trade Representative (Co-
Chairs), or their designees. The Secretary of Commerce shall, to the
extent permitted by law and within existing appropriations, provide
administrative support and funding for the Seafood Trade Task Force.
(b) In addition to the Co-Chairs, the Seafood Trade Task Force shall
include the following members, or their designees:
(i) the Secretary of State;
(ii) the Secretary of the Interior;
(iii) the Secretary of Agriculture;
(iv) the Secretary of Homeland Security;
(v) the Director of the Office of Management and Budget;
(vi) the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy;
(vii) the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy;
(viii) the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers;
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(ix) the Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade;
(x) the Commissioner of Food and Drugs;
(xi) the Administrator of NOAA; and
(xii) the heads of such other agencies and offices as the Co-Chairs may
designate.
(c) Within 90 days of the date of this order, the Seafood Trade Task
Force shall provide recommendations to the Office of the United States
Trade Representative in the preparation of a comprehensive interagency
seafood trade strategy that identifies opportunities to improve access
to foreign markets through trade policy and negotiations, resolves
technical barriers to United States seafood exports, and otherwise
supports fair market access for United States seafood products.
(d) Within 90 days of the date on which the Seafood Trade Task Force
provides the recommendations described in subsection (c) of this
section, the Office of the United States Trade Representative, in
consultation with the Trade Policy Staff Committee and the Seafood Trade
Task Force, shall submit to the President, through the Assistant to the
President for Economic Policy and the Assistant to the President for
Domestic Policy, the comprehensive interagency seafood trade strategy
described in subsection (c) of this section.
Sec. 12. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 7, 2020.
Executive Order 13922 of May 14, 2020
Delegating Authority Under the Defense Production Act to the Chief
Executive Officer of the United States International Development Finance
Corporation To Respond to the COVID-19 Outbreak
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the Defense Production
Act of
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1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.) (the ``Act''), and section 301
of title 3, United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. In Proclamation 9994 of March 13, 2020 (Declaring a
National Emergency Concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
Outbreak), I declared a national emergency recognizing the threat that
the novel (new) coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 poses to our Nation's
healthcare systems. In recognizing the public health risk, I noted that
on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization announced that the
outbreak of COVID-19 (the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2) can be
characterized as a pandemic.
To ensure that our country has the capacity, capability, and strong and
resilient domestic industrial base necessary to respond to the COVID-19
outbreak, it is the policy of the United States to further expand
domestic production of strategic resources needed to respond to the
COVID-19 outbreak, including strengthening relevant supply chains within
the United States and its territories. It is important to use all
resources available to the United States, including executive
departments and agencies (agencies) with expertise in loan support for
private institutions. Accordingly, I am delegating authority under title
III of the Act to make loans, make provision for purchases and
commitments to purchase, and take additional actions to create,
maintain, protect, expand, and restore the domestic industrial base
capabilities, including supply chains within the United States and its
territories (``domestic supply chains''), needed to respond to the
COVID-19 outbreak.
Sec. 2. Delegation of Authority Under Title III of the Act. (a)
Notwithstanding Executive Order 13603 of March 16, 2012 (National
Defense Resources Preparedness), and in addition to the delegation of
authority in Executive Order 13911 of March 27, 2020 (Delegating
Additional Authority Under the Defense Production Act With Respect to
Health and Medical Resources to Respond to the Spread of COVID-19), the
Chief Executive Officer of the United States International Development
Finance Corporation (DFC) is delegated the authority of the President
conferred by sections 302 and 303 of the Act (50 U.S.C. 4532 and 4533),
and the authority to implement the Act in subchapter III of chapter 55
of title 50, United States Code (50 U.S.C. 4554, 4555, 4556, and 4560).
(b) The Chief Executive Officer of the DFC may use the authority
under sections 302 and 303 of the Act, in consultation with the
Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the
Secretary of Homeland Security, and the heads of other agencies as he
deems appropriate, for the domestic production of strategic resources
needed to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak, or to strengthen any
relevant domestic supply chains.
(c) The loan authority delegated by this order is limited to loans
that create, maintain, protect, expand, or restore domestic industrial
base capabilities supporting:
(i) the national response and recovery to the COVID-19 outbreak; or
(ii) the resiliency of any relevant domestic supply chains.
(d) Loans extended using the authority delegated by this order shall
be made in accordance with the principles and guidelines outlined in OMB
Circular A-11, OMB Circular A-129, and the Federal Credit Reform Act of
1990, as amended (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.).
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(e) The Chief Executive Officer of the DFC shall adopt appropriate
rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement this order.
Sec. 3. Termination. The delegation of authority in this order shall
expire upon termination of the 2-year period during which the
requirements described in section 302(c)(1) of the Act (50 U.S.C.
4532(c)(1)) are waived pursuant to title III of division B of the
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136).
Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 14, 2020.
Executive Order 13923 of May 15, 2020
Establishment of the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force Under Section
741 of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3,
United States Code, and section 741 of the United States-Mexico-Canada
Agreement Implementation Act (Act) (Public Law 116-113), it is hereby
ordered as follows:
Section 1. Establishment of Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force. The
Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (Task Force) is hereby established
to monitor United States enforcement of the prohibition under section
307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).
Sec. 2. Membership. The Task Force shall be chaired by the Secretary of
Homeland Security and shall be composed of representatives from the
Department of State, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of
Justice, the Department of Labor, and the Office of the United States
Trade Representative. The Chair may invite representatives from other
executive departments or agencies, as appropriate, to participate as
members or observers. Members of the Task Force may designate an officer
of the United States within their respective executive department or
agency to serve as
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their representative on the Task Force. Each executive department or
agency represented on the Task Force shall ensure that the necessary
staff are available to assist their respective representatives in
performing the responsibilities of the Task Force.
Sec. 3. Task Force Decision-making. The Task Force shall endeavor to
make any decision on an action under sections 742 through 744 of the Act
by consensus, which shall be deemed to exist where no Task Force member
objects to the proposed action. If the Task Force is unable to reach a
consensus on a proposed action, and the Chair determines that allotting
further time will cause a decision to be unduly delayed, the Task Force
shall decide the matter by majority vote of its members. The Chair, in
addition to voting, may also break any tie vote.
Sec. 4. Funding. Each executive department and agency shall bear its own
expenses incurred in connection with the Task Force's functions
described in sections 741 through 744 of the Act.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof;
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 15, 2020.
Executive Order 13924 of May 19, 2020
Regulatory Relief To Support Economic Recovery
In December 2019, a novel coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 (``the
virus'') was first detected in Wuhan, Hubei Province, People's Republic
of China, causing an outbreak of the disease COVID-19, which has now
spread globally. The Secretary of Health and Human Services declared a
public health emergency on January 31, 2020, under section 319 of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d), in response to COVID-19. In
Proclamation 9994 of March 13, 2020 (Declaring a National Emergency
Concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak), I
declared that the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States constituted a
national emergency, beginning March 1, 2020.
I have taken sweeping action to control the spread of the virus in the
United States, including by suspending entry of certain foreign
nationals
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who present a risk of transmitting the virus; implementing policies to
accelerate acquisition of personal protective equipment and bring new
diagnostic capabilities to laboratories; and pressing forward rapidly in
the search for effective treatments and vaccines. Our States, tribes,
territories, local communities, health authorities, hospitals, doctors
and nurses, manufacturers, and critical infrastructure workers have all
performed heroic service on the front lines battling COVID-19. Executive
departments and agencies (agencies), under my leadership, have helped
them by taking hundreds of administrative actions since March, many of
which provided flexibility regarding burdensome requirements that stood
in the way of implementing the most effective strategies to stop the
virus's spread.
The virus has attacked our Nation's economy as well as its health. Many
businesses and non-profits have been forced to close or lay off workers,
and in the last 8 weeks, the Nation has seen more than 36 million new
unemployment insurance claims. I have worked with the Congress to
provide vital relief to small businesses to keep workers employed and to
bring assistance to those who have lost their jobs. On April 16, 2020, I
announced Guidelines for Opening Up America Again, a framework for
safely re-opening the country and putting millions of Americans back to
work.
Just as we continue to battle COVID-19 itself, so too must we now join
together to overcome the effects the virus has had on our economy.
Success will require the efforts not only of the Federal Government, but
also of every State, tribe, territory, and locality; of businesses, non-
profits, and houses of worship; and of the American people. To aid those
efforts, agencies must continue to remove barriers to the greatest
engine of economic prosperity the world has ever known: the innovation,
initiative, and drive of the American people.
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of the United States to combat the
economic consequences of COVID-19 with the same vigor and
resourcefulness with which the fight against COVID-19 itself has been
waged. Agencies should address this economic emergency by rescinding,
modifying, waiving, or providing exemptions from regulations and other
requirements that may inhibit economic recovery, consistent with
applicable law and with protection of the public health and safety, with
national and homeland security, and with budgetary priorities and
operational feasibility. They should also give businesses, especially
small businesses, the confidence they need to re-open by providing
guidance on what the law requires; by recognizing the efforts of
businesses to comply with often-complex regulations in complicated and
swiftly changing circumstances; and by committing to fairness in
administrative enforcement and adjudication.
Sec. 2. Definitions. (a) ``Emergency authorities'' means any statutory
or regulatory authorities or exceptions that authorize action in an
emergency, in exigent circumstances, for good cause, or in similar
situations.
(b) ``Agency'' has the meaning given in section 3502 of title 44,
United States Code.
(c) ``Administrative enforcement'' includes investigations,
assertions of statutory or regulatory violations, and adjudications by
adjudicators as defined herein.
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(d) ``Adjudicator'' means an agency official who makes a
determination that has legal consequence, as defined in section 2(d) of
Executive Order 13892 of October 9, 2019 (Promoting the Rule of Law
Through Transparency and Fairness in Civil Administrative Enforcement
and Adjudication), for a person, except that it does not mean the head
of an agency, a member of a multi-member board that heads an agency, or
a Presidential appointee.
(e) ``Pre-enforcement ruling'' has the meaning given it in section
2(f) of Executive Order 13892.
(f) ``Regulatory standard'' includes any requirement imposed on the
public by a Federal regulation, as defined in section 2(g) of Executive
Order 13892, or any recommendation, best practice, standard, or other,
similar provision of a Federal guidance document as defined in section
2(c) of Executive Order 13892.
(g) ``Unfair surprise'' has the meaning given it in section 2(e) of
Executive Order 13892.
Sec. 3. Federal Response. The heads of all agencies are directed to use,
to the fullest extent possible and consistent with applicable law, any
emergency authorities that I have previously invoked in response to the
COVID-19 outbreak or that are otherwise available to them to support the
economic response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The heads of all agencies
are also encouraged to promote economic recovery through non-regulatory
actions.
Sec. 4. Rescission and waiver of regulatory standards. The heads of all
agencies shall identify regulatory standards that may inhibit economic
recovery and shall consider taking appropriate action, consistent with
applicable law, including by issuing proposed rules as necessary, to
temporarily or permanently rescind, modify, waive, or exempt persons or
entities from those requirements, and to consider exercising appropriate
temporary enforcement discretion or appropriate temporary extensions of
time as provided for in enforceable agreements with respect to those
requirements, for the purpose of promoting job creation and economic
growth, insofar as doing so is consistent with the law and with the
policy considerations identified in section 1 of this order.
Sec. 5. Compliance assistance for regulated entities. (a) The heads of
all agencies, excluding the Department of Justice, shall accelerate
procedures by which a regulated person or entity may receive a pre-
enforcement ruling under Executive Order 13892 with respect to whether
proposed conduct in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, including any
response to legislative or executive economic stimulus actions, is
consistent with statutes and regulations administered by the agency,
insofar as doing so is consistent with the law and with the policy
considerations identified in section 1 of this order. Pre-enforcement
rulings under this subsection may be issued without regard to the
requirements of section 6(a) of Executive Order 13892.
(b) The heads of all agencies shall consider whether to formulate,
and make public, policies of enforcement discretion that, as permitted
by law and as appropriate in the context of particular statutory and
regulatory programs and the policy considerations identified in section
1 of this order, decline enforcement against persons and entities that
have attempted in reasonable good faith to comply with applicable
statutory and regulatory
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standards, including those persons and entities acting in conformity
with a pre-enforcement ruling.
(c) As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of
Health and Human Services, including through the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, and other agencies have issued, or plan to issue
in the future, guidance on action suggested to stem the transmission and
spread of that disease. In formulating any policies of enforcement
discretion under subsection (b) of this section, an agency head should
consider a situation in which a person or entity makes a reasonable
attempt to comply with such guidance, which the person or entity
reasonably deems applicable to its circumstances, to be a rationale for
declining enforcement under subsection (b) of this section. Non-
adherence to guidance shall not by itself form the basis for an
enforcement action by a Federal agency.
Sec. 6. Fairness in Administrative Enforcement and Adjudication. The
heads of all agencies shall consider the principles of fairness in
administrative enforcement and adjudication listed below, and revise
their procedures and practices in light of them, consistent with
applicable law and as they deem appropriate in the context of particular
statutory and regulatory programs and the policy considerations
identified in section 1 of this order.
(a) The Government should bear the burden of proving an alleged
violation of law; the subject of enforcement should not bear the burden
of proving compliance.
(b) Administrative enforcement should be prompt and fair.
(c) Administrative adjudicators should be independent of enforcement
staff.
(d) Consistent with any executive branch confidentiality interests,
the Government should provide favorable relevant evidence in possession
of the agency to the subject of an administrative enforcement action.
(e) All rules of evidence and procedure should be public, clear, and
effective.
(f) Penalties should be proportionate, transparent, and imposed in
adherence to consistent standards and only as authorized by law.
(g) Administrative enforcement should be free of improper Government
coercion.
(h) Liability should be imposed only for violations of statutes or
duly issued regulations, after notice and an opportunity to respond.
(i) Administrative enforcement should be free of unfair surprise.
(j) Agencies must be accountable for their administrative
enforcement decisions.
Sec. 7. Review of Regulatory Response. The heads of all agencies shall
review any regulatory standards they have temporarily rescinded,
suspended, modified, or waived during the public health emergency, any
such actions they take pursuant to section 4 of this order, and other
regulatory flexibilities they have implemented in response to COVID-19,
whether before or after issuance of this order, and determine which, if
any, would promote economic recovery if made permanent, insofar as doing
so is consistent with the policy considerations identified in section 1
of this order, and report the results of such review to the Director of
the Office of Management
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and Budget, the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, and the
Assistant to the President for Economic Policy.
Sec. 8. Implementation. The Director of the Office of Management and
Budget, in consultation with the Assistant to the President for Domestic
Policy and the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, shall
monitor compliance with this order and may also issue memoranda
providing guidance for implementing this order, including by setting
deadlines for the reviews and reports required under section 7 of this
order.
Sec. 9. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision in this order, nothing in
this order shall apply to any action that pertains to foreign or
military affairs, or to a national security or homeland security
function of the United States (other than procurement actions and
actions involving the import or export of non-defense articles and
services).
(d) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 19, 2020.
Executive Order 13925 of May 28, 2020
Preventing Online Censorship
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. Free speech is the bedrock of American democracy. Our
Founding Fathers protected this sacred right with the First Amendment to
the Constitution. The freedom to express and debate ideas is the
foundation for all of our rights as a free people.
In a country that has long cherished the freedom of expression, we
cannot allow a limited number of online platforms to hand pick the
speech that Americans may access and convey on the internet. This
practice is fundamentally un-American and anti-democratic. When large,
powerful social media companies censor opinions with which they
disagree, they exercise a dangerous power. They cease functioning as
passive bulletin boards, and ought to be viewed and treated as content
creators.
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The growth of online platforms in recent years raises important
questions about applying the ideals of the First Amendment to modern
communications technology. Today, many Americans follow the news, stay
in touch with friends and family, and share their views on current
events through social media and other online platforms. As a result,
these platforms function in many ways as a 21st century equivalent of
the public square.
Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube wield immense, if not
unprecedented, power to shape the interpretation of public events; to
censor, delete, or disappear information; and to control what people see
or do not see.
As President, I have made clear my commitment to free and open debate on
the internet. Such debate is just as important online as it is in our
universities, our town halls, and our homes. It is essential to
sustaining our democracy.
Online platforms are engaging in selective censorship that is harming
our national discourse. Tens of thousands of Americans have reported,
among other troubling behaviors, online platforms ``flagging'' content
as inappropriate, even though it does not violate any stated terms of
service; making unannounced and unexplained changes to company policies
that have the effect of disfavoring certain viewpoints; and deleting
content and entire accounts with no warning, no rationale, and no
recourse.
Twitter now selectively decides to place a warning label on certain
tweets in a manner that clearly reflects political bias. As has been
reported, Twitter seems never to have placed such a label on another
politician's tweet. As recently as last week, Representative Adam Schiff
was continuing to mislead his followers by peddling the long-disproved
Russian Collusion Hoax, and Twitter did not flag those tweets.
Unsurprisingly, its officer in charge of so-called ``Site Integrity''
has flaunted his political bias in his own tweets.
At the same time online platforms are invoking inconsistent, irrational,
and groundless justifications to censor or otherwise restrict Americans'
speech here at home, several online platforms are profiting from and
promoting the aggression and disinformation spread by foreign
governments like China. One United States company, for example, created
a search engine for the Chinese Communist Party that would have
blacklisted searches for ``human rights,'' hid data unfavorable to the
Chinese Communist Party, and tracked users determined appropriate for
surveillance. It also established research partnerships in China that
provide direct benefits to the Chinese military. Other companies have
accepted advertisements paid for by the Chinese government that spread
false information about China's mass imprisonment of religious
minorities, thereby enabling these abuses of human rights. They have
also amplified China's propaganda abroad, including by allowing Chinese
government officials to use their platforms to spread misinformation
regarding the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, and to undermine pro-
democracy protests in Hong Kong.
As a Nation, we must foster and protect diverse viewpoints in today's
digital communications environment where all Americans can and should
have a voice. We must seek transparency and accountability from online
platforms, and encourage standards and tools to protect and preserve the
integrity and openness of American discourse and freedom of expression.
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Sec. 2. Protections Against Online Censorship. (a) It is the policy of
the United States to foster clear ground rules promoting free and open
debate on the internet. Prominent among the ground rules governing that
debate is the immunity from liability created by section 230(c) of the
Communications Decency Act (section 230(c)). 47 U.S.C. 230(c). It is the
policy of the United States that the scope of that immunity should be
clarified: the immunity should not extend beyond its text and purpose to
provide protection for those who purport to provide users a forum for
free and open speech, but in reality use their power over a vital means
of communication to engage in deceptive or pretextual actions stifling
free and open debate by censoring certain viewpoints.
Section 230(c) was designed to address early court decisions holding
that, if an online platform restricted access to some content posted by
others, it would thereby become a ``publisher'' of all the content
posted on its site for purposes of torts such as defamation. As the
title of section 230(c) makes clear, the provision provides limited
liability ``protection'' to a provider of an interactive computer
service (such as an online platform) that engages in `` `Good Samaritan'
blocking'' of harmful content. In particular, the Congress sought to
provide protections for online platforms that attempted to protect
minors from harmful content and intended to ensure that such providers
would not be discouraged from taking down harmful material. The
provision was also intended to further the express vision of the
Congress that the internet is a ``forum for a true diversity of
political discourse.'' 47 U.S.C. 230(a)(3). The limited protections
provided by the statute should be construed with these purposes in mind.
In particular, subparagraph (c)(2) expressly addresses protections from
``civil liability'' and specifies that an interactive computer service
provider may not be made liable ``on account of'' its decision in ``good
faith'' to restrict access to content that it considers to be ``obscene,
lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing or otherwise
objectionable.'' It is the policy of the United States to ensure that,
to the maximum extent permissible under the law, this provision is not
distorted to provide liability protection for online platforms that--far
from acting in ``good faith'' to remove objectionable content--instead
engage in deceptive or pretextual actions (often contrary to their
stated terms of service) to stifle viewpoints with which they disagree.
Section 230 was not intended to allow a handful of companies to grow
into titans controlling vital avenues for our national discourse under
the guise of promoting open forums for debate, and then to provide those
behemoths blanket immunity when they use their power to censor content
and silence viewpoints that they dislike. When an interactive computer
service provider removes or restricts access to content and its actions
do not meet the criteria of subparagraph (c)(2)(A), it is engaged in
editorial conduct. It is the policy of the United States that such a
provider should properly lose the limited liability shield of
subparagraph (c)(2)(A) and be exposed to liability like any traditional
editor and publisher that is not an online provider.
(b) To advance the policy described in subsection (a) of this
section, all executive departments and agencies should ensure that their
application of section 230(c) properly reflects the narrow purpose of
the section and take all appropriate actions in this regard. In
addition, within 60 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of
Commerce (Secretary), in consultation
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with the Attorney General, and acting through the National
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), shall file a
petition for rulemaking with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
requesting that the FCC expeditiously propose regulations to clarify:
(i) the interaction between subparagraphs (c)(1) and (c)(2) of section 230,
in particular to clarify and determine the circumstances under which a
provider of an interactive computer service that restricts access to
content in a manner not specifically protected by subparagraph (c)(2)(A)
may also not be able to claim protection under subparagraph (c)(1), which
merely states that a provider shall not be treated as a publisher or
speaker for making third-party content available and does not address the
provider's responsibility for its own editorial decisions;
(ii) the conditions under which an action restricting access to or
availability of material is not ``taken in good faith'' within the meaning
of subparagraph (c)(2)(A) of section 230, particularly whether actions can
be ``taken in good faith'' if they are:
(A) deceptive, pretextual, or inconsistent with a provider's terms of
service; or
(B) taken after failing to provide adequate notice, reasoned explanation,
or a meaningful opportunity to be heard; and
(iii) any other proposed regulations that the NTIA concludes may be
appropriate to advance the policy described in subsection (a) of this
section.
Sec. 3. Protecting Federal Taxpayer Dollars from Financing Online
Platforms That Restrict Free Speech. (a) The head of each executive
department and agency (agency) shall review its agency's Federal
spending on advertising and marketing paid to online platforms. Such
review shall include the amount of money spent, the online platforms
that receive Federal dollars, and the statutory authorities available to
restrict their receipt of advertising dollars.
(b) Within 30 days of the date of this order, the head of each
agency shall report its findings to the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget.
(c) The Department of Justice shall review the viewpoint-based
speech restrictions imposed by each online platform identified in the
report described in subsection (b) of this section and assess whether
any online platforms are problematic vehicles for government speech due
to viewpoint discrimination, deception to consumers, or other bad
practices.
Sec. 4. Federal Review of Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices. (a) It
is the policy of the United States that large online platforms, such as
Twitter and Facebook, as the critical means of promoting the free flow
of speech and ideas today, should not restrict protected speech. The
Supreme Court has noted that social media sites, as the modern public
square, ``can provide perhaps the most powerful mechanisms available to
a private citizen to make his or her voice heard.'' Packingham v. North
Carolina, 137 S. Ct. 1730, 1737 (2017). Communication through these
channels has become important for meaningful participation in American
democracy, including to petition elected leaders. These sites are
providing an important forum to the public for others to engage in free
expression and debate. Cf. PruneYard Shopping Center v. Robins, 447 U.S.
74, 85-89 (1980).
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(b) In May of 2019, the White House launched a Tech Bias Reporting
tool to allow Americans to report incidents of online censorship. In
just weeks, the White House received over 16,000 complaints of online
platforms censoring or otherwise taking action against users based on
their political viewpoints. The White House will submit such complaints
received to the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission
(FTC).
(c) The FTC shall consider taking action, as appropriate and
consistent with applicable law, to prohibit unfair or deceptive acts or
practices in or affecting commerce, pursuant to section 45 of title 15,
United States Code. Such unfair or deceptive acts or practice may
include practices by entities covered by section 230 that restrict
speech in ways that do not align with those entities' public
representations about those practices.
(d) For large online platforms that are vast arenas for public
debate, including the social media platform Twitter, the FTC shall also,
consistent with its legal authority, consider whether complaints allege
violations of law that implicate the policies set forth in section 4(a)
of this order. The FTC shall consider developing a report describing
such complaints and making the report publicly available, consistent
with applicable law.
Sec. 5. State Review of Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices and Anti-
Discrimination Laws. (a) The Attorney General shall establish a working
group regarding the potential enforcement of State statutes that
prohibit online platforms from engaging in unfair or deceptive acts or
practices. The working group shall also develop model legislation for
consideration by legislatures in States where existing statutes do not
protect Americans from such unfair and deceptive acts and practices. The
working group shall invite State Attorneys General for discussion and
consultation, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law.
(b) Complaints described in section 4(b) of this order will be
shared with the working group, consistent with applicable law. The
working group shall also collect publicly available information
regarding the following:
(i) increased scrutiny of users based on the other users they choose to
follow, or their interactions with other users;
(ii) algorithms to suppress content or users based on indications of
political alignment or viewpoint;
(iii) differential policies allowing for otherwise impermissible behavior,
when committed by accounts associated with the Chinese Communist Party or
other anti-democratic associations or governments;
(iv) reliance on third-party entities, including contractors, media
organizations, and individuals, with indicia of bias to review content; and
(v) acts that limit the ability of users with particular viewpoints to earn
money on the platform compared with other users similarly situated.
Sec. 6. Legislation. The Attorney General shall develop a proposal for
Federal legislation that would be useful to promote the policy
objectives of this order.
Sec. 7. Definition. For purposes of this order, the term ``online
platform'' means any website or application that allows users to create
and share content or engage in social networking, or any general search
engine.
Sec. 8. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
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(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 28, 2020.
Executive Order 13926 of June 2, 2020
Advancing International Religious Freedom
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. (a) Religious freedom, America's first freedom, is a
moral and national security imperative. Religious freedom for all people
worldwide is a foreign policy priority of the United States, and the
United States will respect and vigorously promote this freedom. As
stated in the 2017 National Security Strategy, our Founders understood
religious freedom not as a creation of the state, but as a gift of God
to every person and a right that is fundamental for the flourishing of
our society.
(b) Religious communities and organizations, and other institutions
of civil society, are vital partners in United States Government efforts
to advance religious freedom around the world. It is the policy of the
United States to engage robustly and continually with civil society
organizations--including those in foreign countries--to inform United
States Government policies, programs, and activities related to
international religious freedom.
Sec. 2. Prioritization of International Religious Freedom. Within 180
days of the date of this order, the Secretary of State (Secretary)
shall, in consultation with the Administrator of the United States
Agency for International Development (USAID), develop a plan to
prioritize international religious freedom in the planning and
implementation of United States foreign policy and in the foreign
assistance programs of the Department of State and USAID.
Sec. 3. Foreign Assistance Funding for International Religious Freedom.
(a) The Secretary shall, in consultation with the Administrator of
USAID, budget at least $50 million per fiscal year for programs that
advance international religious freedom, to the extent feasible and
permitted by law and subject to the availability of appropriations. Such
programs shall include
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those intended to anticipate, prevent, and respond to attacks against
individuals and groups on the basis of their religion, including
programs designed to help ensure that such groups can persevere as
distinct communities; to promote accountability for the perpetrators of
such attacks; to ensure equal rights and legal protections for
individuals and groups regardless of belief; to improve the safety and
security of houses of worship and public spaces for all faiths; and to
protect and preserve the cultural heritages of religious communities.
(b) Executive departments and agencies (agencies) that fund foreign
assistance programs shall ensure that faith-based and religious
entities, including eligible entities in foreign countries, are not
discriminated against on the basis of religious identity or religious
belief when competing for Federal funding, to the extent permitted by
law.
Sec. 4. Integrating International Religious Freedom into United States
Diplomacy. (a) The Secretary shall direct Chiefs of Mission in countries
of particular concern, countries on the Special Watch List, countries in
which there are entities of particular concern, and any other countries
that have engaged in or tolerated violations of religious freedom as
noted in the Annual Report on International Religious Freedom required
by section 102(b) of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998
(Public Law 105-292), as amended (the ``Act''), to develop comprehensive
action plans to inform and support the efforts of the United States to
advance international religious freedom and to encourage the host
governments to make progress in eliminating violations of religious
freedom.
(b) In meetings with their counterparts in foreign governments, the
heads of agencies shall, when appropriate and in coordination with the
Secretary, raise concerns about international religious freedom and
cases that involve individuals imprisoned because of their religion.
(c) The Secretary shall advocate for United States international
religious freedom policy in both bilateral and multilateral fora, when
appropriate, and shall direct the Administrator of USAID to do the same.
Sec. 5. Training for Federal Officials. (a) The Secretary shall require
all Department of State civil service employees in the Foreign Affairs
Series to undertake training modeled on the international religious
freedom training described in section 708(a) of the Foreign Service Act
of 1980 (Public Law 96-465), as amended by section 103(a)(1) of the
Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act (Public Law 114-281).
(b) Within 90 days of the date of this order, the heads of all
agencies that assign personnel to positions overseas shall submit plans
to the President, through the Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs, detailing how their agencies will incorporate the type
of training described in subsection (a) of this section into the
training required before the start of overseas assignments for all
personnel who are to be stationed abroad, or who will deploy and remain
abroad, in one location for 30 days or more.
(c) All Federal employees subject to these requirements shall be
required to complete international religious freedom training not less
frequently than once every 3 years.
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Sec. 6. Economic Tools. (a) The Secretary and the Secretary of the
Treasury shall, in consultation with the Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs, and through the process described in National
Security Presidential Memorandum-4 of April 4, 2017 (Organization of the
National Security Council, the Homeland Security Council, and
Subcommittees), develop recommendations to prioritize the appropriate
use of economic tools to advance international religious freedom in
countries of particular concern, countries on the Special Watch List,
countries in which there are entities of particular concern, and any
other countries that have engaged in or tolerated violations of
religious freedom as noted in the report required by section 102(b) of
the Act. These economic tools may include, as appropriate and to the
extent permitted by law, increasing religious freedom programming,
realigning foreign assistance to better reflect country circumstances,
or restricting the issuance of visas under section 604(a) of the Act.
(b) The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, may consider imposing sanctions under Executive
Order 13818 of December 20, 2017 (Blocking the Property of Persons
Involved in Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption), which, among
other things, implements the Global Magnitsky Human Rights
Accountability Act (Public Law 114-328).
Sec. 7. Definitions. For purposes of this order:
(a) ``Country of particular concern'' is defined as provided in
section 402(b)(1)(A) of the Act;
(b) ``Entity of particular concern'' is defined as provided in
section 301 of the Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act
(Public Law 114-281);
(c) ``Special Watch List'' is defined as provided in sections 3(15)
and 402(b)(1)(A)(iii) of the Act; and
(d) ``Violations of religious freedom'' is defined as provided in
section 3(16) of the Act.
Sec. 8. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
June 2, 2020.
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Executive Order 13927 of June 4, 2020
Accelerating the Nation's Economic Recovery From the COVID-19 Emergency
by Expediting Infrastructure Investments and Other Activities
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, I hereby determine and authorize
as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. The 2019 novel coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2, the
virus causing outbreaks of the disease COVID-19, has significantly
disrupted the lives of Americans. In Proclamation 9994 of March 13, 2020
(Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease
(COVID-19) Outbreak), I declared, pursuant to the National Emergencies
Act, 50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq., that the COVID-19 outbreak in the United
States constituted a national emergency that posed a threat to our
national security (``the national emergency''). I also determined that
same day that the COVID-19 outbreak constituted an emergency of
nationwide scope, pursuant to section 501(b) of the Stafford Act (42
U.S.C. 5191(b)).
Since I declared this national emergency, the American people have
united behind a policy of mitigation strategies, such as social
distancing, to reduce the spread of COVID-19. The unavoidable result of
the COVID-19 outbreak and these necessary mitigation measures has been a
dramatic downturn in our economy. National unemployment claims have
reached historic levels. In the days between the national emergency
declaration and May 23, 2020, more than 41 million Americans filed for
unemployment, and the unemployment rate reached 14.7 percent. In light
of this and other developments, I have determined that, without
intervention, the United States faces the likelihood of a potentially
protracted economic recovery with persistent high unemployment.
From the beginning of my Administration, I have focused on reforming and
streamlining an outdated regulatory system that has held back our
economy with needless paperwork and costly delays. Antiquated
regulations and bureaucratic practices have hindered American
infrastructure investments, kept America's building trades workers from
working, and prevented our citizens from developing and enjoying the
benefits of world-class infrastructure.
The need for continued progress in this streamlining effort is all the
more acute now, due to the ongoing economic crisis. Unnecessary
regulatory delays will deny our citizens opportunities for jobs and
economic security, keeping millions of Americans out of work and
hindering our economic recovery from the national emergency.
In tandem with this regulatory reform, I will continue to use existing
legal authorities to respond to the full dimensions of the national
emergency and its economic consequences. These authorities include
statutes and regulations that allow for expedited government decision
making in exigent circumstances.
Sec. 2. Policy. Agencies, including executive departments, should take
all appropriate steps to use their lawful emergency authorities and
other authorities to respond to the national emergency and to facilitate
the Nation's
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economic recovery. As set forth in this order, agencies should take all
reasonable measures to speed infrastructure investments and to speed
other actions in addition to such investments that will strengthen the
economy and return Americans to work, while providing appropriate
protection for public health and safety, natural resources, and the
environment, as required by law. For purposes of this order, the term
``agencies'' has the meaning given that term in section 3502(1), of
title 44, United States Code, except for the agencies described in
section 3502(5) of title 44.
Sec. 3. Expediting the Delivery of Transportation Infrastructure
Projects. (a) To facilitate the Nation's economic recovery, the
Secretary of Transportation shall use all relevant emergency and other
authorities to expedite work on, and completion of, all authorized and
appropriated highway and other infrastructure projects that are within
the authority of the Secretary to perform or to advance.
(b) No later than 30 days of the date of this order, the Secretary
of Transportation shall provide a summary report, listing all projects
that have been expedited pursuant to subsection (a) of this section
(``expedited transportation projects''), to the Director of the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB), the Assistant to the President for
Economic Policy, and the Chairman of the Council on Environmental
Quality (CEQ). Such report may be combined, as appropriate, with any
other reports required by this order.
(c) Within 30 days following the submission of the initial summary
report described in subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary of
Transportation shall provide a status report to the OMB Director, the
Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, and the Chairman of CEQ
that shall list any additions or other changes to the list described in
subsection (b) of this section. Such status reports shall thereafter be
provided to these officials at least every 30 days for the duration of
the national emergency, and may be combined, as appropriate, with any
other reports required by this order.
Sec. 4. Expediting the Delivery of Civil Works Projects Within the
Purview of the Army Corps of Engineers. (a) To facilitate the Nation's
economic recovery, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, shall use all relevant
emergency and other authorities to expedite work on, and completion of,
all authorized and appropriated civil works projects that are within the
authority of the Secretary of the Army to perform or to advance.
(b) No later than 30 days of the date of this order, the Secretary
of the Army, acting through the Assistant Secretary of the Army for
Civil Works, shall provide a summary report, listing all such projects
that have been expedited (``expedited Army Corps of Engineers
projects''), to the OMB Director, the Assistant to the President for
Economic Policy, and the Chairman of CEQ. Such report may be combined,
as appropriate, with any other reports required by this order.
(c) Within 30 days following the submission of the initial summary
report described in subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary of the
Army, acting through the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil
Works, shall provide a status report to the OMB Director, the Assistant
to the President for Economic Policy, and the Chairman of CEQ. Each such
report shall list the status of all expedited Army Corps of Engineers
projects and shall list any additions or other changes to the list
described in subsection (b) of this section. Such status reports shall
thereafter be provided to these officials
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at least every 30 days for the duration of the national emergency and
may be combined, as appropriate, with any other reports required by this
order.
Sec. 5. Expediting the Delivery of Infrastructure and Other Projects on
Federal Lands. (a) As used in this section, the term ``Federal lands''
means any land or interests in land owned by the United States,
including leasehold interests held by the United States, except Indian
trust land.
(b) To facilitate the Nation's economic recovery, the Secretary of
Defense, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Agriculture
shall use all relevant emergency and other authorities to expedite work
on, and completion of, all authorized and appropriated infrastructure,
energy, environmental, and natural resources projects on Federal lands
that are within the authority of each of the Secretaries to perform or
to advance.
(c) No later than 30 days of the date of this order, the Secretary
of Defense, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of
Agriculture shall each provide a summary report, listing all such
projects that have been expedited (``expedited Federal lands
projects''), to the OMB Director, the Assistant to the President for
Economic Policy, and the Chairman of CEQ. Such report may be combined,
as appropriate, with any other reports required by this order.
(d) Within 30 days following the submission of the initial summary
report described in subsection (c) of this section, the Secretary of
Defense, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Agriculture
shall each provide a status report to the OMB Director, the Assistant to
the President for Economic Policy, and the Chairman of CEQ. Each such
report shall list the status of all expedited Federal lands projects and
shall list any additions or other changes to the list described in
subsection (c) of this section. Such status reports shall thereafter be
provided to these officials at least every 30 days for the duration of
the national emergency and may be combined, as appropriate, with any
other reports required by this order.
Sec. 6. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Emergency Regulations
and Emergency Procedures. The Council on Environmental Quality has
provided appropriate flexibility to agencies for complying with the
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., in
emergency situations. Such flexibility is expressly authorized in CEQ's
regulations, contained in title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, that
implement the procedural provisions of NEPA (the ``NEPA regulations''),
which were first issued in 1978. These regulations provide that when
emergency circumstances make it necessary to take actions with
significant environmental impacts without observing the regulations,
agencies may consult with CEQ to make alternative arrangements to take
such actions. Using this authority, CEQ has appropriately approved
alternative arrangements in a wide variety of pressing emergency
situations. These emergencies have included not only natural disasters
and threats to the national defense, but also threats to human and
animal health, energy security, agriculture and farmers, and employment
and economic prosperity.
(a) No later than 30 days of the date of this order, the heads of
all agencies:
(i) shall identify planned or potential actions to facilitate the Nation's
economic recovery that:
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(A) may be subject to emergency treatment as alternative arrangements
pursuant to CEQ's NEPA regulations and agencies' own NEPA procedures;
(B) may be subject to statutory exemptions from NEPA;
(C) may be subject to the categorical exclusions that agencies have
included in their NEPA procedures pursuant to the NEPA regulations;
(D) may be covered by already completed NEPA analyses that obviate the
need for new analyses; or
(E) may otherwise use concise and focused NEPA environmental analyses;
and
(ii) shall provide a summary report, listing such actions, to the OMB
Director, the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, and the
Chairman of CEQ. Such report may be combined, as appropriate, with any
other reports required by this order.
(b) To facilitate the Nation's economic recovery, the heads of all
agencies are directed to use, to the fullest extent possible and
consistent with applicable law, emergency procedures, statutory
exemptions, categorical exclusions, analyses that have already been
completed, and concise and focused analyses, consistent with NEPA, CEQ's
NEPA regulations, and agencies' NEPA procedures.
(c) Within 30 days following the submission of the initial summary
report described in subsection (a)(ii) of this section, each agency
shall provide a status report to the OMB Director, the Assistant to the
President for Economic Policy, and the Chairman of CEQ. Each such report
shall list actions taken within the categories described in subsection
(a)(i) of this section, shall list the status of any previously reported
planned or potential actions, and shall list any new planned or
potential actions within these categories. Such status reports shall
thereafter be provided to these officials at least every 30 days for the
duration of the national emergency and may be combined, as appropriate,
with any other reports required by this order.
(d) The Chairman of CEQ shall be available to consult promptly with
agencies and to take other prompt and appropriate action concerning the
application of CEQ's NEPA emergency regulations.
Sec. 7. Endangered Species Act (ESA) Emergency Consultation Regulations.
(a) No later than 30 days of the date of this order, the heads of all
agencies:
(i) shall identify planned or potential actions to facilitate the Nation's
economic recovery that may be subject to the regulation on consultations in
emergencies, see 50 C.F.R. 402.05, promulgated by the Secretary of the
Interior and the Secretary of Commerce pursuant to the Endangered Species
Act (ESA), 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; and
(ii) shall provide a summary report, listing such actions, to the Secretary
of the Interior, the Secretary of Commerce, the OMB Director, the Assistant
to the President for Economic Policy, and the Chairman of CEQ. (The
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce shall provide such
summary reports, listing such actions on behalf of their respective
agencies, to each other and for internal use throughout their respective
agencies, as well as to the OMB Director, the Assistant to the President
for Economic Policy, and the Chairman of CEQ.) Such report may be combined,
as appropriate, with any other reports required by this order.
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(b) The heads of all agencies are directed to use, to the fullest
extent possible and consistent with applicable law, the ESA regulation
on consultations in emergencies, to facilitate the Nation's economic
recovery.
(c) Within 30 days following the submission of the initial summary
report described in subsection (a)(ii) of this section, the head of each
agency shall provide a status report to the Secretary of the Interior,
the Secretary of Commerce, the OMB Director, the Assistant to the
President for Economic Policy, and the Chairman of CEQ. (The Secretary
of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce shall provide such status
reports, listing such actions on behalf of their respective agencies, to
each other and for internal use throughout their respective agencies, as
well as to the OMB Director, the Assistant to the President for Economic
Policy, and the Chairman of CEQ.) Each such report shall list actions
taken within the categories described in subsection (a)(i) of this
section, shall list the status of any previously reported planned or
potential actions, and shall list any new planned or potential actions
within these categories. Such status reports shall thereafter be
provided to these officials at least every 30 days for the duration of
the national emergency and may be combined, as appropriate, with any
other reports required by this order.
(d) The Secretary of the Interior shall ensure that the Director of
the Fish and Wildlife Service, or the Director's authorized
representative, shall be available to consult promptly with agencies and
to take other prompt and appropriate action concerning the application
of the ESA's emergency regulations. The Secretary of Commerce shall
ensure that the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries for the National
Marine Fisheries Service, or the Assistant Administrator's authorized
representative, shall be available for such consultation and to take
such other action.
Sec. 8. Emergency Regulations and Nationwide Permits Under the Clean
Water Act (CWA) and Other Statutes Administered by the Army Corps of
Engineers. (a) No later than 30 days of the date of this order, the
heads of all agencies, including the Secretary of the Army, acting
through the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works:
(i) shall identify planned or potential actions to facilitate the Nation's
economic recovery that may be subject to emergency treatment pursuant to
the regulations and nationwide permits promulgated by the Army Corps of
Engineers, or jointly by the Corps and the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), pursuant to section 404 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1344,
section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of March 3, 1899, 33 U.S.C. 403,
and section 103 of the Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act of
1972, 33 U.S.C. 1413 (collectively, the ``emergency Army Corps permitting
provisions''); and
(ii) shall provide a summary report, listing such actions, to the Secretary
of the Army, acting through the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil
Works; the OMB Director; the Assistant to the President for Economic
Policy; and the Chairman of CEQ. Such report may be combined, as
appropriate, with any other reports required by this order.
(b) The heads of all agencies are directed to use, to the fullest
extent possible and consistent with applicable law, the emergency Army
Corps permitting provisions, to facilitate the Nation's economic
recovery.
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(c) Within 30 days following the submission of the initial summary
report described in subsection (a)(ii) of this section, each agency
shall provide a status report to the Secretary of the Army, acting
through the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; the OMB
Director; the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy; and the
Chairman of CEQ. Each such report shall list actions taken within
subsection (a)(i) of this section, shall list the status of any
previously reported planned or potential actions, and shall list any new
planned or potential actions that fall within subsection (a)(i). Such
status reports shall thereafter be provided to these officials at least
every 30 days for the duration of the national emergency and may be
combined, as appropriate, with any other reports required by this order.
(d) The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Assistant
Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, shall be available to consult
promptly with agencies and to take other prompt and appropriate action
concerning the application of the emergency Army Corps permitting
provisions. The Administrator of the EPA shall provide prompt
cooperation to the Secretary of the Army and to agencies in connection
with the discharge of the responsibilities described in this section.
Sec. 9. Other Authorities Providing for Emergency or Expedited Treatment
of Infrastructure Improvements and Other Activities. (a) No later than
30 days of the date of this order, all heads of agencies:
(i) shall review all statutes, regulations, and guidance documents that may
provide for emergency or expedited treatment (including waivers,
exemptions, or other streamlining) with regard to agency actions pertinent
to infrastructure, energy, environmental, or natural resources matters;
(ii) shall identify planned or potential actions, including actions to
facilitate the Nation's economic recovery, that may be subject to emergency
or expedited treatment (including waivers, exemptions, or other
streamlining) pursuant to those statutes and regulations; and
(iii) shall provide a summary report, listing such actions, to the OMB
Director, the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, and the
Chairman of CEQ. Such report may be combined, as appropriate, with any
other reports required by this order.
(b) Consistent with applicable law, agencies shall use such statutes
and regulations to the fullest extent permitted to facilitate the
Nation's economic recovery.
(c) Within 30 days following the submission of the initial summary
report described in subsection (a)(iii) of this section, each agency
shall provide a status report to the OMB Director, the Assistant to the
President for Economic Policy, and the Chairman of CEQ. Each such report
shall list actions taken within subsection (a)(ii) of this section,
shall list the status of any previously reported planned or potential
actions, and shall list any new planned or potential actions that fall
within subsection (a)(ii). Such status reports shall thereafter be
provided to these officials at least every 30 days for the duration of
the national emergency and may be combined, as appropriate, with any
other reports required by this order.
Sec. 10. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
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(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the OMB Director relating to budgetary,
administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
June 4, 2020.
Executive Order 13928 of June 11, 2020
Blocking Property of Certain Persons Associated With the International
Criminal Court
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the
National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), section 212(f)
of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and
section 301 of title 3, United States Code,
I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, find that
the situation with respect to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and
its illegitimate assertions of jurisdiction over personnel of the United
States and certain of its allies, including the ICC Prosecutor's
investigation into actions allegedly committed by United States
military, intelligence, and other personnel in or relating to
Afghanistan, threatens to subject current and former United States
Government and allied officials to harassment, abuse, and possible
arrest. These actions on the part of the ICC, in turn, threaten to
infringe upon the sovereignty of the United States and impede the
critical national security and foreign policy work of United States
Government and allied officials, and thereby threaten the national
security and foreign policy of the United States. The United States is
not a party to the Rome Statute, has never accepted ICC jurisdiction
over its personnel, and has consistently rejected ICC assertions of
jurisdiction over United States personnel. Furthermore, in 2002, the
United States Congress enacted the American Service-Members' Protection
Act (22 U.S.C. 7421 et seq.) which rejected the ICC's overbroad, non-
consensual assertions of jurisdiction. The United States remains
committed to accountability and to the peaceful cultivation of
international order, but the ICC and parties to the Rome Statute must
respect the decisions of the United States and other countries not to
subject their personnel to the ICC's jurisdiction, consistent with their
respective sovereign prerogatives. The United States seeks to impose
tangible and significant consequences on those responsible for the ICC's
transgressions, which may include the suspension of entry into the
United
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States of ICC officials, employees, and agents, as well as their
immediate family members. The entry of such aliens into the United
States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States and
denying them entry will further demonstrate the resolve of the United
States in opposing the ICC's overreach by seeking to exercise
jurisdiction over personnel of the United States and our allies, as well
as personnel of countries that are not parties to the Rome Statute or
have not otherwise consented to ICC jurisdiction.
I therefore determine that any attempt by the ICC to investigate,
arrest, detain, or prosecute any United States personnel without the
consent of the United States, or of personnel of countries that are
United States allies and who are not parties to the Rome Statute or have
not otherwise consented to ICC jurisdiction, constitutes an unusual and
extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the
United States, and I hereby declare a national emergency to deal with
that threat. I hereby determine and order:
Section 1. (a) All property and interests in property that are in the
United States, that hereafter come within the United States, or that are
or hereafter come within the possession or control of any United States
person, of the following persons are blocked and may not be transferred,
paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in:
(i) any foreign person determined by the Secretary of State, in
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General:
(A) to have directly engaged in any effort by the ICC to investigate,
arrest, detain, or prosecute any United States personnel without the
consent of the United States;
(B) to have directly engaged in any effort by the ICC to investigate,
arrest, detain, or prosecute any personnel of a country that is an ally of
the United States without the consent of that country's government;
(C) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial,
material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in
support of, any activity described in subsection (a)(i)(A) or (a)(i)(B) of
this section or any person whose property and interests in property are
blocked pursuant to this order; or
(D) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act
for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property and
interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order.
(b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section apply except
to the extent provided by statutes, or in regulations, orders,
directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, and
notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit
granted before the date of this order.
Sec. 2. I hereby determine that the making of donations of the types of
articles specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2))
by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in
property are blocked pursuant to section 1(a) of this order would
seriously impair my ability to deal with the national emergency declared
in this order, and I hereby prohibit such donations as provided by
section 1(a) of this order.
Sec. 3. The prohibitions in section 1(a) of this order include:
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(a) the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or
services by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and
interests in property are blocked pursuant to section 1(a) of this
order; and
(b) the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or
services from any such person.
Sec. 4. The unrestricted immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the
United States of aliens determined to meet one or more of the criteria
in section 1(a) of this order, as well as immediate family members of
such aliens, or aliens determined by the Secretary of State to be
employed by, or acting as an agent of, the ICC, would be detrimental to
the interests of the United States, and the entry of such persons into
the United States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, is hereby suspended,
except where the Secretary of State determines that the entry of the
person into the United States would not be contrary to the interests of
the United States, including when the Secretary so determines, based on
a recommendation of the Attorney General, that the person's entry would
further important United States law enforcement objectives. In
exercising this responsibility, the Secretary of State shall consult the
Secretary of Homeland Security on matters related to admissibility or
inadmissibility within the authority of the Secretary of Homeland
Security. Such persons shall be treated as persons covered by section 1
of Proclamation 8693 of July 24, 2011 (Suspension of Entry of Aliens
Subject to United Nations Security Council Travel Bans and International
Emergency Economic Powers Act Sanctions). The Secretary of State shall
have the responsibility for implementing this section pursuant to such
conditions and procedures as the Secretary has established or may
establish pursuant to Proclamation 8693.
Sec. 5. (a) Any transaction that evades or avoids, has the purpose of
evading or avoiding, causes a violation of, or attempts to violate any
of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.
(b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set
forth in this order is prohibited.
Sec. 6. Nothing in this order shall prohibit transactions for the
conduct of the official business of the Federal Government by employees,
grantees, or contractors thereof.
Sec. 7. For the purposes of this order:
(a) the term ``person'' means an individual or entity;
(b) the term ``entity'' means a government or instrumentality of
such government, partnership, association, trust, joint venture,
corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization, including an
international organization;
(c) the term ``United States person'' means any United States
citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of
the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States
(including foreign branches), or any person in the United States;
(d) the term ``United States personnel'' means any current or former
members of the Armed Forces of the United States, any current or former
elected or appointed official of the United States Government, and any
other person currently or formerly employed by or working on behalf of
the United States Government;
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(e) the term ``personnel of a country that is an ally of the United
States'' means any current or former military personnel, current or
former elected or appointed official, or other person currently or
formerly employed by or working on behalf of a government of a North
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member country or a ``major non-NATO
ally'', as that term is defined by section 2013(7) of the American
Service-Members' Protection Act (22 U.S.C. 7432(7)); and
(f) the term ``immediate family member'' means spouses and children.
Sec. 8. For those persons whose property and interests in property are
blocked pursuant to this order who might have a constitutional presence
in the United States, I find that because of the ability to transfer
funds or other assets instantaneously, prior notice to such persons of
measures to be taken pursuant to section 1 of this order would render
those measures ineffectual. I therefore determine that for these
measures to be effective in addressing the national emergency declared
in this order, there need be no prior notice of a listing or
determination made pursuant to section 1 of this order.
Sec. 9. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to take such actions, including
adopting rules and regulations, and to employ all powers granted to me
by IEEPA as may be necessary to implement this order. The Secretary of
the Treasury may, consistent with applicable law, redelegate any of
these functions within the Department of the Treasury. All departments
and agencies of the United States shall take all appropriate measures
within their authority to implement this order.
Sec. 10. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to submit recurring and final
reports to the Congress on the national emergency declared in this
order, consistent with section 401(c) of the NEA (50 U.S.C. 1641(c)) and
section 204(c) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1703(c)).
Sec. 11. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or
otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
June 11, 2020.
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Executive Order 13929 of June 16, 2020
Safe Policing for Safe Communities
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. As Americans, we believe that all persons are
created equal and endowed with the inalienable rights to life and
liberty. A fundamental purpose of government is to secure these
inalienable rights. Federal, State, local, tribal, and territorial law
enforcement officers place their lives at risk every day to ensure that
these rights are preserved.
Law enforcement officers provide the essential protection that all
Americans require to raise their families and lead productive lives. The
relationship between our fellow citizens and law enforcement officers is
an important element in their ability to provide that protection. By
working directly with their communities, law enforcement officers can
help foster a safe environment where we all can prosper.
Unfortunately, there have been instances in which some officers have
misused their authority, challenging the trust of the American people,
with tragic consequences for individual victims, their communities, and
our Nation. All Americans are entitled to live with the confidence that
the law enforcement officers and agencies in their communities will live
up to our Nation's founding ideals and will protect the rights of all
persons. Particularly in African-American communities, we must redouble
our efforts as a Nation to swiftly address instances of misconduct.
The Constitution declares in its preamble that one of its primary
purposes was to establish Justice. Generations of Americans have
marched, fought, bled, and died to safeguard the promise of our founding
document and protect our shared inalienable rights. Federal, State,
local, tribal, and territorial leaders must act in furtherance of that
legacy.
Sec. 2. Certification and Credentialing. (a) State and local law
enforcement agencies must constantly assess and improve their practices
and policies to ensure transparent, safe, and accountable delivery of
law enforcement services to their communities. Independent credentialing
bodies can accelerate these assessments, enhance citizen confidence in
law enforcement practices, and allow for the identification and
correction of internal deficiencies before those deficiencies result in
injury to the public or to law enforcement officers.
(b) The Attorney General shall, as appropriate and consistent with
applicable law, allocate Department of Justice discretionary grant
funding only to those State and local law enforcement agencies that have
sought or are in the process of seeking appropriate credentials from a
reputable independent credentialing body certified by the Attorney
General.
(c) The Attorney General shall certify independent credentialing
bodies that meet standards to be set by the Attorney General. Reputable,
independent credentialing bodies, eligible for certification by the
Attorney General, should address certain topics in their reviews, such
as policies and training regarding use-of-force and de-escalation
techniques; performance management tools, such as early warning systems
that help to identify officers who may require intervention; and best
practices regarding community
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engagement. The Attorney General's standards for certification shall
require independent credentialing bodies to, at a minimum, confirm that:
(i) the State or local law enforcement agency's use-of-force policies
adhere to all applicable Federal, State, and local laws; and
(ii) the State or local law enforcement agency's use-of-force policies
prohibit the use of chokeholds--a physical maneuver that restricts an
individual's ability to breathe for the purposes of incapacitation--except
in those situations where the use of deadly force is allowed by law.
(d) The Attorney General shall engage with existing and prospective
independent credentialing bodies to encourage them to offer a cost-
effective, targeted credentialing process regarding appropriate use-of-
force policies that law enforcement agencies of all sizes in urban and
rural jurisdictions may access.
Sec. 3. Information Sharing. (a) The Attorney General shall create a
database to coordinate the sharing of information between and among
Federal, State, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies
concerning instances of excessive use of force related to law
enforcement matters, accounting for applicable privacy and due process
rights.
(b) The database described in subsection (a) of this section shall
include a mechanism to track, as permissible, terminations or de-
certifications of law enforcement officers, criminal convictions of law
enforcement officers for on-duty conduct, and civil judgments against
law enforcement officers for improper use of force. The database
described in subsection (a) of this section shall account for instances
where a law enforcement officer resigns or retires while under active
investigation related to the use of force. The Attorney General shall
take appropriate steps to ensure that the information in the database
consists only of instances in which law enforcement officers were
afforded fair process.
(c) The Attorney General shall regularly and periodically make
available to the public aggregated and anonymized data from the database
described in subsection (a) of this section, as consistent with
applicable law.
(d) The Attorney General shall, as appropriate and consistent with
applicable law, allocate Department of Justice discretionary grant
funding only to those law enforcement agencies that submit the
information described in subsection (b) of this section.
Sec. 4. Mental Health, Homelessness, and Addiction. (a) Since the mid-
twentieth century, America has witnessed a reduction in targeted mental
health treatment. Ineffective policies have left more individuals with
mental health needs on our Nation's streets, which has expanded the
responsibilities of law enforcement officers. As a society, we must take
steps to safely and humanely care for those who suffer from mental
illness and substance abuse in a manner that addresses such individuals'
needs and the needs of their communities. It is the policy of the United
States to promote the use of appropriate social services as the primary
response to individuals who suffer from impaired mental health,
homelessness, and addiction, recognizing that, because law enforcement
officers often encounter such individuals suffering from these
conditions in the course of their duties, all officers should be
properly trained for such encounters.
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(b) The Attorney General shall, in consultation with the Secretary
of Health and Human Services as appropriate, identify and develop
opportunities to train law enforcement officers with respect to
encounters with individuals suffering from impaired mental health,
homelessness, and addiction; to increase the capacity of social workers
working directly with law enforcement agencies; and to provide guidance
regarding the development and implementation of co-responder programs,
which involve social workers or other mental health professionals
working alongside law enforcement officers so that they arrive and
address situations together. The Attorney General and the Secretary of
Health and Human Services shall prioritize resources, as appropriate and
consistent with applicable law, to support such opportunities.
(c) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall survey
community-support models addressing mental health, homelessness, and
addiction. Within 90 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of
Health and Human Services shall summarize the results of this survey in
a report to the President, through the Assistant to the President for
Domestic Policy and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget,
which shall include specific recommendations regarding how appropriated
funds can be reallocated to support widespread adoption of successful
models and recommendations for additional funding, if needed.
(d) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, in
coordination with the Attorney General and the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget, prioritize resources, as appropriate and
consistent with applicable law, to implement community-support models as
recommended in the report described in subsection (c) of this section.
Sec. 5. Legislation and Grant Programs. (a) The Attorney General, in
consultation with the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall develop and
propose new legislation to the Congress that could be enacted to enhance
the tools and resources available to improve law enforcement practices
and build community engagement.
(b) The legislation described in subsection (a) of this section
shall include recommendations to enhance current grant programs to
improve law enforcement practices and build community engagement,
including through:
(i) assisting State and local law enforcement agencies with implementing
the credentialing process described in section 2 of this order, the
reporting described in section 3 of this order, and the co-responder and
community-support models described in section 4 of this order;
(ii) training and technical assistance required to adopt and implement
improved use-of-force policies and procedures, including scenario-driven
de-escalation techniques;
(iii) retention of high-performing law enforcement officers and recruitment
of law enforcement officers who are likely to be high-performing;
(iv) confidential access to mental health services for law enforcement
officers; and
(v) programs aimed at developing or improving relationships between law
enforcement and the communities they serve, including through community
outreach and listening sessions, and supporting non-profit
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organizations that focus on improving stressed relationships between law
enforcement officers and the communities they serve.
Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
June 16, 2020.
Executive Order 13930 of June 24, 2020
Strengthening the Child Welfare System for America's Children
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. Every child deserves a family. Our States and
communities have both a legal obligation, and the privilege, to care for
our Nation's most vulnerable children.
The best foster care system is one that is not needed in the first
place. My Administration has been focused on prevention strategies that
keep children safe while strengthening families so that children do not
enter foster care unnecessarily. Last year, and for only the second time
since 2011, the number of children in the foster care system declined,
and for the third year in a row, the number of children entering foster
care has declined.
But challenges remain. Too many young people who are in our foster care
system wait years before finding the permanency of family. More than
400,000 children are currently in foster care. Of those, more than
124,000 children are waiting for adoption, with nearly 6 out of 10 (58.4
percent) having already become legally eligible for adoption.
More than 50 percent of the children waiting for adoption have been in
foster care--without the security and constancy of a permanent family--
for 2 years or more. The need for stability and timely permanency is
particularly acute for children 9 years and older, children in sibling
groups, and those with intellectual or physical disabilities.
Even worse, too many young men and women age out of foster care having
never found a permanent, stable family. In recent years, approximately
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20,000 young people have aged out of foster care each year in the United
States. Research has shown that young people who age out of the foster
care system are likely to experience significant, and significantly
increased, life challenges--40 percent of such young people studied
experienced homelessness; 50 percent were unemployed at age 24; 25
percent experienced post-traumatic stress disorder; and 71 percent
became pregnant by age 21. These are unacceptable outcomes.
Several factors have contributed to the number of children who wait in
foster care for extended periods. First, State and local child welfare
agencies often do not have robust partnerships with private community
organizations, including faith-based organizations. Second, those who
step up to be resource families for children in foster care--including
kin, guardians, foster parents, and adoptive parents--may lack adequate
support. Third, too often the processes and systems meant to help
children and families in crisis have instead created bureaucratic
barriers that make it more difficult for these children and families to
get the help they need.
It is the goal of the United States to promote a child welfare system
that reduces the need to place children into foster care; achieves safe
permanency for those children who must come into foster care, and does
so more quickly and more effectively; places appropriate focus on
children who are waiting for adoption, especially those who are 9 years
and older, are in sibling groups, or have disabilities; and decreases
the proportion of young adults who age out of the foster care system.
Children from all backgrounds have the potential to become successful
and thriving adults. Yet without a committed, loving family that can
provide encouragement, stability, and a lifelong connection, some
children may never receive the support needed to realize that potential.
This order will help to empower families who answer the call to open
their hearts and homes to children who need them. My Administration is
committed to helping give as many children as possible the stability and
support that family provides by dramatically improving our child welfare
system.
Sec. 2. Encouraging Robust Partnerships Between State Agencies and
Public, Private, Faith-based, and Community Organizations. (a) In order
to facilitate close partnerships between State agencies and
nongovernmental organizations, including public, private, faith-based,
and community groups, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the
``Secretary'') shall provide increased public access to accurate, up-to-
date information relevant to strengthening the child welfare system,
including by:
(i) Publishing data to aid in the recruitment of community support. Within
1 year of the date of this order and each year thereafter, the Secretary
shall submit to the President, through the Assistant to the President for
Domestic Policy, a report that provides information about typical patterns
of entry, recent available counts of children in foster care, and counts of
children waiting for adoption. To the extent appropriate and consistent
with applicable law, including all privacy laws, this data will be
disaggregated by county or other sub-State level, child age, placement
type, and prior time in care.
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(A) Within 2 years of the date of this order, the Secretary shall collect
information from appropriate State and local agencies on the number of
children in foster care who have siblings in foster care and who are not
currently placed with their siblings.
(B) Within 3 years of the date of this order, to support the goal of
keeping siblings together (42 U.S.C. 671(a)(31)(A)), the Secretary shall
develop data analysis methods to report on the experience of children
entering care in sibling groups, and the extent to which they are placed
together. The Secretary's analysis shall also assess the extent to which
siblings who are legally eligible for adoption achieve permanency together.
(iii) Expanding the number of homes for children and youth.
(A) Within 2 years of the date of this order, the Secretary shall develop
a more rigorous and systematic approach to collecting State administrative
data as part of the Child and Family Services Review required by section
1123A of the Social Security Act (the ``Act'') (42 U.S.C. 1320a-2a). Data
collected shall include:
(1) demographic information for children in foster care and
waiting for adoption;
(2) the number of currently available foster families and
their demographic information;
(3) the average foster parent retention rate and average
length of time foster parents remain certified;
(4) a target number of foster homes needed to meet the needs
of children in foster care; and
(5) the average length of time it takes to complete foster and
adoptive home certification.
(B) The Secretary shall ensure, to the extent consistent with applicable
law, that States report to the Secretary regarding strategies for
coordinating with nongovernmental organizations, including faith-based and
community organizations, to recruit and support foster and adoptive
families.
(b) Within 1 year of the date of this order, the Secretary shall
issue guidance to Federal, State, and local agencies on partnering with
nongovernmental organizations. This guidance shall include best
practices for information sharing, providing needed services to families
to support prevention of children entering foster care, family
preservation, foster and adoptive home recruitment and retention,
respite care, post-placement family support, and support for older
youth. This guidance shall also make clear that faith-based
organizations are eligible for partnerships under title IV-E of the Act
(42 U.S.C. 670 et seq.), on an equal basis, consistent with the First
Amendment to the Constitution.
Sec. 3. Improving Access to Adequate Resources for Caregivers and Youth.
While many public, private, faith-based, and community resources and
other sources of support exist, many American caregivers still lack
connection with and access to adequate resources. Within 1 year of the
date of this order, the Secretary shall equip caregivers and those in
care to meet their unique challenges, by:
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(a) Expanding educational options. To the extent practicable, the
Secretary shall use all existing technical assistance resources to
promote dissemination and State implementation of the National Training
and Development Curriculum, including, when appropriate, in non-
classroom environments.
(b) Increasing the availability of trauma-informed training. The
Secretary shall provide an enhanced, web-based, learning-management
platform to house the information generated by the National Adoption
Competency Mental Health Training Initiative. Access to this web-based
training material will be provided free of charge for all child welfare
and mental health practitioners.
(c) Supporting guardianship. The Secretary shall provide information
to States regarding the importance and availability of funds to increase
guardianship through the title IV-E Guardianship Assistance Program (42
U.S.C. 673), which provides Federal reimbursement for payments to
guardians and for associated administrative costs. This information
shall include which States have already opted into the program.
(d) Enhancing support for kinship care and youth exiting foster
care. The Secretary shall establish a plan to address barriers to
accessing existing Federal assistance and benefits for eligible
individuals.
Sec. 4. Ensuring Equality of Treatment and Access for all Families. The
Howard M. Metzenbaum Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994 (the
``Multiethnic Placement Act'') (Public Law 103-382), as amended,
prohibits agencies from denying to any person the opportunity to become
an adoptive or a foster parent on the basis of race, color, or national
origin (42 U.S.C. 671(a)(18)(A)); prohibits agencies from delaying or
denying the placement of a child for adoption or into foster care on the
basis of race, color, or national origin (id. 671(a)(18)(B)); and
requires agencies to diligently recruit a diverse base of foster and
adoptive parents to better reflect the racial and ethnic makeup of
children in out-of-home care (id. 662(b)(7)). To further the goals of
the Multiethnic Placement Act, the Secretary shall:
(a) within 6 months of the date of this order, initiate a study
regarding the implementation of these requirements nationwide;
(b) within 1 year of the date of this order, update guidance, as
necessary, regarding implementation of the Multiethnic Placement Act;
and
(c) within 1 year of the date of this order, publish guidance
regarding the rights of parents, prospective parents, and children with
disabilities (including intellectual, developmental, or physical
disabilities).
Sec. 5. Improving Processes to Prevent Unnecessary Removal and Secure
Permanency for Children. (a) Federal Review of Reasonable Effort
Determinations and Timeliness Requirements.
(i) Within 2 years of the date of this order, the Secretary shall require
that both the title IV-E reviews conducted pursuant to 45 CFR 1356.71 and
the Child and Family Services Reviews conducted pursuant to 45 CFR 1355.31-
1355.36 specifically and adequately assess the following requirements:
(A) reasonable efforts to prevent removal;
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(B) filing a petition for Termination of Parental Rights within
established statutory timelines and court processing of such petition,
unless statutory exemptions apply;
(C) reasonable efforts to finalize permanency plans; and
(D) completion of relevant required family search and notifications and
how such efforts are reviewed by courts.
(ii) In cases in which it is determined that statutorily required timelines
and efforts have not been satisfied, the Secretary shall make use of
existing authority in making eligibility determinations and disallowances
consistent with section 1123A(b)(3)(4) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a-
2a(b)(3)(4)).
(iii) Within 2 years of the date of this order, the Secretary shall develop
metrics to track permanency outcomes in each State and measure State
performance over time.
(iv) Within 6 months of the date of this order, the Secretary shall provide
guidance to States regarding flexibility in the use of Federal funds to
support and encourage high-quality legal representation for parents and
children, including pre-petition representation, in their efforts to
prevent the removal of children from their families, safely reunify
children and parents, finalize permanency, and ensure that their voices are
heard and their rights are protected. The Secretary shall also ensure
collection of data regarding State use of Federal funds for this purpose.
(b) Risk and Safety Assessments.
(i) Within 18 months of the date of this order, the Secretary shall collect
States' individual standards for conducting risk and safety assessments
required under section 106(b)(2)(B)(iv) of the Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106(b)(2)(B)(iv)).
(ii) Within 2 years of the date of this order, the Secretary shall outline
reasonable best practice standards for risk and safety assessments,
including how to address domestic violence and substance abuse.
Sec. 6. Indian Child Welfare Act. Nothing in this order shall alter the
implementation of the Indian Child Welfare Act or replace the tribal
consultation process.
Sec. 7. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party
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against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its
officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
June 24, 2020.
Executive Order 13931 of June 26, 2020
Continuing the President's National Council for the American Worker and
the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Continuing the President's National Council for the American
Worker. To continue the President's National Council for the American
Worker established by Executive Order 13845 of July 19, 2018, as
amended, that Executive Order is further amended by revising section 10
to read as follows: ``Termination of Council. The Council shall
terminate on September 30, 2021, unless extended by the President.''.
Sec. 2. Continuing the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board. The
American Workforce Policy Advisory Board established by Executive Order
13845, as amended, is continued until September 30, 2021.
Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
June 26, 2020.
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Executive Order 13932 of June 26, 2020
Modernizing and Reforming the Assessment and Hiring of Federal Job
Candidates
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3,
United States Code, and sections 1104(a)(1), 3301, and 7301 of title 5,
United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. The foundation of our professional merit-based civil
service is the principle that employment and advancement rest on the
ability of individuals to fulfill their responsibilities in service to
the American public. Accordingly, Federal Government employment
opportunities should be filled based on merit. Policies or practices
that undermine public confidence in the hiring process undermine
confidence in both the civil service and the Government.
America's private employers have modernized their recruitment practices
to better identify and secure talent through skills- and competency-
based hiring. As the modern workforce evolves, the Federal Government
requires a more efficient approach to hiring. Employers adopting skills-
and competency-based hiring recognize that an overreliance on college
degrees excludes capable candidates and undermines labor-market
efficiencies. Degree-based hiring is especially likely to exclude
qualified candidates for jobs related to emerging technologies and those
with weak connections between educational attainment and the skills or
competencies required to perform them. Moreover, unnecessary obstacles
to opportunity disproportionately burden low-income Americans and
decrease economic mobility.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) oversees most aspects of the
civilian Federal workforce, including creating and maintaining the
General Schedule classification system and determining the duties,
responsibilities, and qualification requirements for Federal jobs.
Executive departments and agencies (agencies), however, are responsible
for vetting and selecting specific candidates to fill particular job
openings consistent with statutory requirements and OPM rules and
guidance, including applicable minimum educational requirements.
Currently, for most Federal jobs, traditional education--high school,
college, or graduate-level--rather than experiential learning is either
an absolute requirement or the only path to consideration for candidates
without many years of experience. As a result, Federal hiring practices
currently lag behind those of private sector leaders in securing talent
based on skills and competency.
My Administration is committed to modernizing and reforming civil
service hiring through improved identification of skills requirements
and effective assessments of the skills job seekers possess. We
encourage these same practices in the private sector. Modernizing our
country's processes for identifying and hiring talent will provide
America a more inclusive and demand-driven labor force.
Through the work of the National Council for the American Worker and the
American Workforce Policy Advisory Board, my Administration is
fulfilling its commitment to expand employment opportunities for
workers.
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The increased adoption of apprenticeship programs by American employers,
the creation of Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs, and the
implementation of Federal hiring reforms, including those in this order,
represent important steps toward providing more Americans with pathways
to family-sustaining careers. In addition, the Principles on Workforce
Freedom and Mobility announced by my Administration in January 2020
detail reforms that will expand opportunities and eliminate unnecessary
education costs for job seekers. This order builds on the broader work
of my Administration to expand opportunity and create a more inclusive
21st-century economy.
This order directs important, merit-based reforms that will replace
degree-based hiring with skills- and competency-based hiring and will
hold the civil service to a higher standard--ensuring that the
individuals most capable of performing the roles and responsibilities
required of a specific position are those hired for that position--that
is more in line with the principles on which the merit system rests.
Sec. 2. Revision of Job Classification and Qualification Standards. (a)
The Director of OPM, in consultation with the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget, the Assistant to the President for Domestic
Policy, and the heads of agencies, shall review and revise all job
classification and qualification standards for positions within the
competitive service, as necessary and consistent with subsections (a)(i)
and (a)(ii) of this section. All changes to job classification and
qualification standards shall be made available to the public within 120
days of the date of this order and go into effect within 180 days of the
date of this order.
(i) An agency may prescribe a minimum educational requirement for
employment in the Federal competitive service only when a minimum
educational qualification is legally required to perform the duties of the
position in the State or locality where those duties are to be performed.
(ii) Unless an agency is determining a candidate's satisfaction of a
legally required minimum educational requirement, an agency may consider
education in determining a candidate's satisfaction of some other minimum
qualification only if the candidate's education directly reflects the
competencies necessary to satisfy that qualification and perform the duties
of the position.
(b) Position descriptions and job postings published by agencies for
positions within the competitive service should be based on the specific
skills and competencies required to perform those jobs.
Sec. 3. Improving the Use of Assessments in the Federal Hiring Process.
(a) In addition to the other requirements of this order, the Director of
OPM shall work with the heads of all agencies to ensure that, within 180
days of the date of this order, for positions within the competitive
service, agencies assess candidates in a manner that does not rely
solely on educational attainment to determine the extent to which
candidates possess relevant knowledge, skills, competencies, and
abilities. The heads of all agencies shall develop or identify such
assessment practices.
(b) In assessing candidates, agencies shall not rely solely on
candidates' self-evaluations of their stated abilities. Applicants must
clear other assessment hurdles in order to be certified for
consideration.
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(c) Agencies shall continually evaluate the effectiveness of
different assessment strategies to promote and protect the quality and
integrity of their hiring processes.
Sec. 4. Definitions. For purposes of this order:
(a) the term ``assessment'' refers to any valid and reliable method
of collecting information on an individual for the purposes of making a
decision about qualification, hiring, placement, promotion, referral, or
entry into programs leading to advancement;
(b) the term ``competitive service'' has the meaning specified by
section 2102 of title 5, United States Code;
(c) the term ``education'' refers to Post High-School Education as
that term is defined in the OPM General Schedule Qualification Policies;
and
(d) the term ``qualification'' means the minimum requirements
necessary to perform work of a particular position or occupation
successfully and safely.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
June 26, 2020.
Executive Order 13933 of June 26, 2020
Protecting American Monuments, Memorials, and Statues and Combating
Recent Criminal Violence
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. The first duty of government is to ensure domestic
tranquility and defend the life, property, and rights of its citizens.
Over the last 5 weeks, there has been a sustained assault on the life
and property of civilians, law enforcement officers, government
property, and revered American monuments such as the Lincoln Memorial.
Many of the rioters, arsonists, and left-wing extremists who have
carried out and supported these acts have explicitly identified
themselves with ideologies--such as
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Marxism--that call for the destruction of the United States system of
government. Anarchists and left-wing extremists have sought to advance a
fringe ideology that paints the United States of America as
fundamentally unjust and have sought to impose that ideology on
Americans through violence and mob intimidation. They have led riots in
the streets, burned police vehicles, killed and assaulted government
officers as well as business owners defending their property, and even
seized an area within one city where law and order gave way to anarchy.
During the unrest, innocent citizens also have been harmed and killed.
These criminal acts are frequently planned and supported by agitators
who have traveled across State lines to promote their own violent
agenda. These radicals shamelessly attack the legitimacy of our
institutions and the very rule of law itself.
Key targets in the violent extremists' campaign against our country are
public monuments, memorials, and statues. Their selection of targets
reveals a deep ignorance of our history, and is indicative of a desire
to indiscriminately destroy anything that honors our past and to erase
from the public mind any suggestion that our past may be worth honoring,
cherishing, remembering, or understanding. In the last week, vandals
toppled a statue of President Ulysses S. Grant in San Francisco. To
them, it made no difference that President Grant led the Union Army to
victory over the Confederacy in the Civil War, enforced Reconstruction,
fought the Ku Klux Klan, and advocated for the Fifteenth Amendment,
which guaranteed freed slaves the right to vote. In Charlotte, North
Carolina, the names of 507 veterans memorialized on a World War II
monument were painted over with a symbol of communism. And earlier this
month, in Boston, a memorial commemorating an African-American regiment
that fought in the Civil War was defaced with graffiti. In Madison,
Wisconsin, rioters knocked over the statue of an abolitionist immigrant
who fought for the Union during the Civil War. Christian figures are now
in the crosshairs, too. Recently, an influential activist for one
movement that has been prominent in setting the agenda for
demonstrations in recent weeks declared that many existing religious
depictions of Jesus and the Holy Family should be purged from our places
of worship.
Individuals and organizations have the right to peacefully advocate for
either the removal or the construction of any monument. But no
individual or group has the right to damage, deface, or remove any
monument by use of force.
In the midst of these attacks, many State and local governments appear
to have lost the ability to distinguish between the lawful exercise of
rights to free speech and assembly and unvarnished vandalism. They have
surrendered to mob rule, imperiling community safety, allowing for the
wholesale violation of our laws, and privileging the violent impulses of
the mob over the rights of law-abiding citizens. Worse, they apparently
have lost the will or the desire to stand up to the radical fringe and
defend the fundamental truth that America is good, her people are
virtuous, and that justice prevails in this country to a far greater
extent than anywhere else in the world. Some particularly misguided
public officials even appear to have accepted the idea that violence can
be virtuous and have prevented their police from enforcing the law and
protecting public monuments, memorials, and statues from the mob's ropes
and graffiti.
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My Administration will not allow violent mobs incited by a radical
fringe to become the arbiters of the aspects of our history that can be
celebrated in public spaces. State and local public officials'
abdication of their law enforcement responsibilities in deference to
this violent assault must end.
Sec. 2. Policy. (a) It is the policy of the United States to prosecute
to the fullest extent permitted under Federal law, and as appropriate,
any person or any entity that destroys, damages, vandalizes, or
desecrates a monument, memorial, or statue within the United States or
otherwise vandalizes government property. The desire of the Congress to
protect Federal property is clearly reflected in section 1361 of title
18, United States Code, which authorizes a penalty of up to 10 years'
imprisonment for the willful injury of Federal property. More recently,
under the Veterans' Memorial Preservation and Recognition Act of 2003,
section 1369 of title 18, United States Code, the Congress punished with
the same penalties the destruction of Federal and in some cases State-
maintained monuments that honor military veterans. Other criminal
statutes, such as the Travel Act, section 1952 of title 18, United
States Code, permit prosecutions of arson damaging monuments, memorials,
and statues on State grounds in some cases. Civil statutes like the
Public System Resource Protection Act, section 100722 of title 54,
United States Code, also hold those who destroy certain Federal property
accountable for their offenses. The Federal Government will not tolerate
violations of these and other laws.
(b) It is the policy of the United States to prosecute to the
fullest extent permitted under Federal law, and as appropriate, any
person or any entity that participates in efforts to incite violence or
other illegal activity in connection with the riots and acts of
vandalism described in section 1 of this order. Numerous Federal laws,
including section 2101 of title 18, United States Code, prohibit the
violence that has typified the past few weeks in some cities. Other
statutes punish those who participate in or assist the agitators who
have coordinated these lawless acts. Such laws include section 371 of
title 18, United States Code, which criminalizes certain conspiracies to
violate Federal law, section 2 of title 18, United States Code, which
punishes those who aid or abet the commission of Federal crimes, and
section 2339A of title 18, United States Code, which prohibits as
material support to terrorism efforts to support a defined set of
Federal crimes. Those who have joined in recent violent acts around the
United States will be held accountable.
(c) It is the policy of the United States to prosecute to the
fullest extent permitted under Federal law, and as appropriate, any
person or any entity that damages, defaces, or destroys religious
property, including by attacking, removing, or defacing depictions of
Jesus or other religious figures or religious art work. Federal laws
prohibit, under certain circumstances, damage or defacement of religious
property, including the Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996, section 247
of title 18, United States Code, and section 371 of title 18, United
States Code. The Federal Government will not tolerate violations of
these laws designed to protect the free exercise of religion.
(d) It is the policy of the United States, as appropriate and
consistent with applicable law, to withhold Federal support tied to
public spaces from State and local governments that have failed to
protect public monuments, memorials, and statues from destruction or
vandalism. These jurisdictions' recent abandonment of their law
enforcement responsibilities with respect
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to public monuments, memorials, and statues casts doubt on their
willingness to protect other public spaces and maintain the peace within
them. These jurisdictions are not appropriate candidates for limited
Federal funds that support public spaces.
(e) It is the policy of the United States, as appropriate and
consistent with applicable law, to withhold Federal support from State
and local law enforcement agencies that have failed to protect public
monuments, memorials, and statues from destruction or vandalism.
Unwillingness to enforce State and local laws in the face of attacks on
our history, whether because of sympathy for the extremists behind this
violence or some other improper reason, casts doubt on the management of
these law enforcement agencies. These law enforcement agencies are not
appropriate candidates for limited Federal funds that support State and
local police.
Sec. 3. Enforcing Laws Prohibiting the Desecration of Public Monuments,
the Vandalism of Government Property, and Recent Acts of Violence. (a)
The Attorney General shall prioritize within the Department of Justice
the investigation and prosecution of matters described in subsections
2(a), (b), and (c) of this order. The Attorney General shall take all
appropriate enforcement action against individuals and organizations
found to have violated Federal law through these investigations.
(b) The Attorney General shall, as appropriate and consistent with
applicable law, work with State and local law enforcement authorities
and Federal agencies to ensure the Federal Government appropriately
provides information and assistance to State and local law enforcement
authorities in connection with their investigations or prosecutions for
the desecration of monuments, memorials, and statues, regardless of
whether such structures are situated on Federal property.
Sec. 4. Limiting Federal Grants for Jurisdictions and Law Enforcement
Agencies that Permit the Desecration of Monuments, Memorials, or
Statues. The heads of all executive departments and agencies shall
examine their respective grant programs and apply the policies
established by sections 2(d) and (e) of this order to all such programs
to the extent that such application is both appropriate and consistent
with applicable law.
Sec. 5. Providing Assistance for the Protection of Federal Monuments,
Memorials, Statues, and Property. Upon the request of the Secretary of
the Interior, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the Administrator
of General Services, the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, and
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide, as appropriate and
consistent with applicable law, personnel to assist with the protection
of Federal monuments, memorials, statues, or property. This section
shall terminate 6 months from the date of this order unless extended by
the President.
Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
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(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
(d) This order is not intended to, and does not, affect the
prosecutorial discretion of the Department of Justice with respect to
individual cases.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
June 26, 2020.
Executive Order 13934 of July 3, 2020
Building and Rebuilding Monuments to American Heroes
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. America owes its present greatness to its past
sacrifices. Because the past is always at risk of being forgotten,
monuments will always be needed to honor those who came before. Since
the time of our founding, Americans have raised monuments to our
greatest citizens. In 1784, the legislature of Virginia commissioned the
earliest statue of George Washington, a ``monument of affection and
gratitude'' to a man who ``unit[ed] to the endowment[s] of the Hero the
virtues of the Patriot'' and gave to the world ``an Immortal Example of
true Glory.'' I Res. H. Del. (June 24, 1784). In our public parks and
plazas, we have erected statues of great Americans who, through acts of
wisdom and daring, built and preserved for us a republic of ordered
liberty.
These statues are silent teachers in solid form of stone and metal. They
preserve the memory of our American story and stir in us a spirit of
responsibility for the chapters yet unwritten. These works of art call
forth gratitude for the accomplishments and sacrifices of our
exceptional fellow citizens who, despite their flaws, placed their
virtues, their talents, and their lives in the service of our Nation.
These monuments express our noblest ideals: respect for our ancestors,
love of freedom, and striving for a more perfect union. They are works
of beauty, created as enduring tributes. In preserving them, we show
reverence for our past, we dignify our present, and we inspire those who
are to come. To build a monument is to ratify our shared national
project.
To destroy a monument is to desecrate our common inheritance. In recent
weeks, in the midst of protests across America, many monuments have been
vandalized or destroyed. Some local governments have responded by taking
their monuments down. Among others, monuments to Christopher Columbus,
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Francis Scott
Key, Ulysses S. Grant, leaders of the abolitionist movement, the first
all-volunteer African-American regiment of the Union Army in the Civil
War, and American soldiers killed in the First and Second World Wars
have been vandalized, destroyed, or removed.
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These statues are not ours alone, to be discarded at the whim of those
inflamed by fashionable political passions; they belong to generations
that have come before us and to generations yet unborn. My
Administration will not abide an assault on our collective national
memory. In the face of such acts of destruction, it is our
responsibility as Americans to stand strong against this violence, and
to peacefully transmit our great national story to future generations
through newly commissioned monuments to American heroes.
Sec. 2. Task Force for Building and Rebuilding Monuments to American
Heroes. (a) There is hereby established the Interagency Task Force for
Building and Rebuilding Monuments to American Heroes (Task Force). The
Task Force shall be chaired by the Secretary of the Interior
(Secretary), and shall include the following additional members:
(i) the Administrator of General Services (Administrator);
(ii) the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA);
(iii) the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH);
(iv) the Chairman of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP);
and
(v) any officers or employees of any executive department or agency
(agency) designated by the President or the Secretary.
(b) The Department of the Interior shall provide funding and
administrative support as may be necessary for the performance and
functions of the Task Force. The Secretary shall designate an official
of the Department of the Interior to serve as the Executive Director of
the Task Force, responsible for coordinating its day-to-day activities.
(c) The Chairpersons of the NEA and NEH and the Chairman of the ACHP
shall establish cross-department initiatives within the NEA, NEH, and
ACHP, respectively, to advance the purposes of the Task Force and this
order and to coordinate relevant agency operations with the Task Force.
Sec. 3. National Garden of American Heroes. (a) It shall be the policy
of the United States to establish a statuary park named the National
Garden of American Heroes (National Garden).
(b) Within 60 days of the date of this order, the Task Force shall
submit a report to the President through the Assistant to the President
for Domestic Policy that proposes options for the creation of the
National Garden, including potential locations for the site. In
identifying options, the Task Force shall:
(i) strive to open the National Garden expeditiously;
(ii) evaluate the feasibility of creating the National Garden through a
variety of potential avenues, including existing agency authorities and
appropriations; and
(iii) consider the availability of authority to encourage and accept the
donation or loan of statues by States, localities, civic organizations,
businesses, religious organizations, and individuals, for display at the
National Garden.
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(c) In addition to the requirements of subsection 3(b) of this
order, the proposed options for the National Garden should adhere to the
criteria described in subsections (c)(i) through (c)(vi) of this
section.
(i) The National Garden should be composed of statues, including statues of
John Adams, Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Daniel Boone, Joshua Lawrence
Chamberlain, Henry Clay, Davy Crockett, Frederick Douglass, Amelia Earhart,
Benjamin Franklin, Billy Graham, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson,
Martin Luther King, Jr., Abraham Lincoln, Douglas MacArthur, Dolley
Madison, James Madison, Christa McAuliffe, Audie Murphy, George S. Patton,
Jr., Ronald Reagan, Jackie Robinson, Betsy Ross, Antonin Scalia, Harriet
Beecher Stowe, Harriet Tubman, Booker T. Washington, George Washington, and
Orville and Wilbur Wright.
(ii) The National Garden should be opened for public access prior to the
250th anniversary of the proclamation of the Declaration of Independence on
July 4, 2026.
(iii) Statues should depict historically significant Americans, as that
term is defined in section 7 of this order, who have contributed positively
to America throughout our history. Examples include: the Founding Fathers,
those who fought for the abolition of slavery or participated in the
underground railroad, heroes of the United States Armed Forces, recipients
of the Congressional Medal of Honor or Presidential Medal of Freedom,
scientists and inventors, entrepreneurs, civil rights leaders, missionaries
and religious leaders, pioneers and explorers, police officers and
firefighters killed or injured in the line of duty, labor leaders,
advocates for the poor and disadvantaged, opponents of national socialism
or international socialism, former Presidents of the United States and
other elected officials, judges and justices, astronauts, authors,
intellectuals, artists, and teachers. None will have lived perfect lives,
but all will be worth honoring, remembering, and studying.
(iv) All statues in the National Garden should be lifelike or realistic
representations of the persons they depict, not abstract or modernist
representations.
(v) The National Garden should be located on a site of natural beauty that
enables visitors to enjoy nature, walk among the statues, and be inspired
to learn about great figures of America's history. The site should be
proximate to at least one major population center, and the site should not
cause significant disruption to the local community.
(vi) As part of its civic education mission, the National Garden should
also separately maintain a collection of statues for temporary display at
appropriate sites around the United States that are accessible to the
general public.
Sec. 4. Commissioning of New Statues and Works of Art. (a) The Task
Force shall examine the appropriations authority of the agencies
represented on it in light of the purpose and policy of this order.
Based on its examination of relevant authorities, the Task Force shall
make recommendations for the use of these agencies' appropriations.
(b) To the extent appropriate and consistent with applicable law and
the other provisions of this order, Task Force agencies that are
authorized to provide for the commissioning of statues or monuments
shall, in expending
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funds, give priority to projects involving the commissioning of publicly
accessible statues of persons meeting the criteria described in section
3(b)(iii) of this order, with particular preference for statues of the
Founding Fathers, former Presidents of the United States, leading
abolitionists, and individuals involved in the discovery of America.
(c) To the extent appropriate and consistent with applicable law,
these agencies shall prioritize projects that will result in the
installation of a statue as described in subsection (b) of this section
in a community where a statue depicting a historically significant
American was removed or destroyed in conjunction with the events
described in section 1 of this order.
(d) After consulting with the Task Force, the Administrator of
General Services shall promptly revise and thereafter operate the
General Service Administration's (GSA's) Art in Architecture (AIA)
Policies and Procedures, GSA Acquisition Letter V-10-01, and Part 102-77
of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, to prioritize the commission
of works of art that portray historically significant Americans or
events of American historical significance or illustrate the ideals upon
which our Nation was founded. Priority should be given to public-facing
monuments to former Presidents of the United States and to individuals
and events relating to the discovery of America, the founding of the
United States, and the abolition of slavery. Such works of art should be
designed to be appreciated by the general public and by those who use
and interact with Federal buildings. Priority should be given to this
policy above other policies contained in Part 102-77 of title 41, Code
of Federal Regulations, and revisions made pursuant to this subsection
shall be made to supersede any regulatory provisions of AIA that may
conflict with or otherwise impede advancing the purposes of this
subsection.
(e) When a statue or work of art commissioned pursuant to this
section is meant to depict a historically significant American, the
statue or work of art shall be a lifelike or realistic representation of
that person, not an abstract or modernist representation.
Sec. 5. Educational Programming. The Chairperson of the NEH shall
prioritize the allocation of funding to programs and projects that
educate Americans about the founding documents and founding ideals of
the United States, as appropriate and to the extent consistent with
applicable law, including section 956 of title 20, United States Code.
The founding documents include the Declaration of Independence, the
Constitution, and the Federalist Papers. The founding ideals include
equality under the law, respect for inalienable individual rights, and
representative self-government. Within 90 days of the conclusion of each
Fiscal Year from 2021 through 2026, the Chairperson shall submit a
report to the President through the Assistant to the President for
Domestic Policy that identifies funding allocated to programs and
projects pursuant to this section.
Sec. 6. Protection of National Garden and Statues Commissioned Pursuant
to this Order. The Attorney General shall apply section 3 of Executive
Order 13933 of June 26, 2020 (Protecting American Monuments, Memorials,
and Statues and Combating Recent Criminal Violence), with respect to
violations of Federal law regarding the National Garden and all statues
commissioned pursuant to this order.
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Sec. 7. Definition. The term ``historically significant American'' means
an individual who was, or became, an American citizen and was a public
figure who made substantive contributions to America's public life or
otherwise had a substantive effect on America's history. The phrase also
includes public figures such as Christopher Columbus, Junipero Serra,
and the Marquis de La Fayette, who lived prior to or during the American
Revolution and were not American citizens, but who made substantive
historical contributions to the discovery, development, or independence
of the future United States.
Sec. 8. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 3, 2020.
Executive Order 13935 of July 9, 2020
White House Hispanic Prosperity Initiative
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, and in order to improve Hispanic
Americans' access to educational and economic opportunities, it is
hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. The success of Hispanic Americans is integral to the
economic future of our country. As more than 60 million Hispanics live
in the United States today, Hispanics are the largest minority group in
the country. Hispanics are also the Nation's youngest major racial or
ethnic group. Generations of Hispanics constituting different
backgrounds and cultures have contributed to building a strong and
prosperous America. Their collective contributions continue a legacy of
inspiration that is a cherished part of the American experience.
While we celebrate the many ways Hispanic Americans have contributed to
our Nation, we also recognize that they face challenges in accessing
educational and economic opportunities. In the last 3 years, my
Administration has supported school choice, Hispanic-Serving
Institutions (HSIs), and new career pathways, including apprenticeships
and work-based learning initiatives, because quality education options
offering multiple pathways to economic success are critical to
developing our Nation's potential for the jobs
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of tomorrow. My Administration has also supported investment in
economically distressed communities, including through Opportunity
Zones, and economic opportunities for small and minority-owned
businesses. The initiative set forth in this order increases emphasis on
the connection between educational and economic opportunities, and
exploring and promoting opportunities for Hispanic Americans, both
through and outside traditional education options, that lead to economic
prosperity. Today, Americans have more paths to prosperity than any
previous generation, and it is necessary to ensure that Hispanic
Americans have every opportunity to access these pathways and to fulfill
their educational and economic aspirations.
Sec. 2. White House Hispanic Prosperity Initiative. There is established
the White House Hispanic Prosperity Initiative (Initiative), housed in
the Department of Education (Department).
(a) The mission of the Initiative shall be to improve access by
Hispanic Americans to educational and economic opportunities. Consistent
with its mission, the Initiative shall:
(i) identify and promote educational and workforce development practices
that have improved educational, professional, and economic outcomes for
Hispanic Americans;
(ii) encourage private-sector initiatives and foster public-private
partnerships that improve access to educational and economic opportunities
for Hispanic Americans;
(iii) develop a national network of individuals, organizations, and
communities, with which to consult and collaborate regarding practices and
policies that improve access to educational and economic opportunities for
Hispanic Americans;
(iv) monitor the development, implementation, and coordination of Federal
Government educational, workforce, and business development programs
designed to improve outcomes for Hispanic Americans; and
(v) advise the President, through the Secretary of Education (Secretary),
on issues of importance to Hispanic Americans and policies relating to
Hispanic Americans' prosperity.
(b) The Initiative shall be led by an Executive Director, designated
by the Secretary. The Executive Director shall also serve as Executive
Director of the Commission created by section 3 of this order. In
addition to leading the work of the Initiative, the Executive Director
shall coordinate the work of, and provide administrative support for,
the Commission. As appropriate, the Department shall provide the
Initiative with staff, resources, and administrative support, to the
extent permitted by law and subject to the availability of
appropriations.
(c) All executive departments and agencies (agencies) shall, to the
extent permitted by law, provide such information, support, and
assistance to the Initiative as the Secretary may request.
(d) The Initiative, acting through the Executive Director, shall
provide regular reports on its activities to appropriate officials in
the Executive Office of the President, including the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget, the Director of the Office of Science
and Technology Policy, the Assistant to the President for the Office of
American Innovation, the
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Assistant to the President for the Office of Economic Initiatives, the
Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, the Director of the
Office of Public Liaison, and the Director of Intergovernmental Affairs.
(e) As part of the Initiative, there is established an Interagency
Working Group (Working Group) to collaborate regarding resources and
opportunities available across the Federal Government to increase
educational and economic opportunities for Hispanic Americans. The
Working Group shall also serve as a channel for communication between
the Initiative and other agencies.
(i) The Working Group shall be chaired by the Executive Director of the
Initiative and shall consist of a senior official from the Domestic Policy
Council, the Office of American Innovation, the Office of Public Liaison,
and each agency that develops or implements policies relating to Hispanic
American prosperity, as identified by the Secretary.
(ii) The Department shall provide the Working Group with administrative
support to the extent permitted by law and subject to the availability of
appropriations.
Sec. 3. The President's Advisory Commission on Hispanic Prosperity.
There is established in the Department the President's Advisory
Commission on Hispanic Prosperity (Commission).
(a) The Commission shall be composed of not more than 20 members,
who shall be appointed by the President. The Commission may include
individuals from outside the Federal Government with relevant experience
or subject matter expertise in promoting educational opportunities and
economic success in the Hispanic American community. The Commission
shall also include the following officers, or their designees:
(i) the Secretary of Commerce;
(ii) the Secretary of Labor;
(iii) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development;
(iv) the Secretary of Education; and
(v) the Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
(b) The functions of the Commission shall be to:
(i) promote pathways to in-demand jobs for Hispanic American students,
including apprenticeships, internships, fellowships, mentorships, and work-
based learning initiatives;
(ii) strengthen HSIs, as defined by the Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended, and increase the participation of the Hispanic American community,
Hispanic-serving school districts, and HSIs in the programs of the
Department and other agencies;
(iii) promote local-based and national private-public partnerships to
promote high-quality education, training, and economic opportunities for
Hispanic Americans;
(iv) promote awareness of educational opportunities for Hispanic American
students, including options to enhance school choice, personalized
learning, family engagement, and civics education;
(v) promote public awareness of the educational and training challenges
that Hispanic Americans face and the causes of these challenges;
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(vi) monitor changes in Hispanic Americans' access to educational and
economic opportunities; and
(vii) advise the President and the Initiative on educational and economic
opportunities for the Hispanic American community.
(c) The Commission shall periodically report to the President,
through the Secretary and after consulting with the Executive Director,
on progress in providing Hispanic American students, workers, and
communities with increased access to educational and economic
opportunities. The reports shall identify efforts of agencies to improve
educational and economic opportunities for Hispanic Americans. The
reports shall also include, as appropriate, recommendations for
improving Federal education, workforce, small business, and other
programs.
(d) The Commission shall have a Chair and two Vice Chairs,
designated by the President from among the members of the Commission.
The Chair and Vice Chairs shall work with the Executive Director to
convene regular meetings of the Commission, determine its agenda, and
direct its work, consistent with this order.
(i) The Department shall provide funding and administrative support for the
Commission, to the extent permitted by law and subject to the availability
of appropriations.
(ii) Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation but shall
be reimbursed for travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of
subsistence, as authorized by law for persons serving intermittently in the
Government service (5 U.S.C. 5701-5707).
(iii) Insofar as the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C.
App.), may apply to the Commission, any functions of the President under
that Act, except that of reporting to the Congress, shall be performed by
the Secretary, in accordance with the guidelines issued by the
Administrator of General Services.
(e) The Commission shall terminate 2 years after the date of this
order unless extended by the President.
Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) This order supersedes Executive Order
13555 of October 19, 2010 (White House Initiative on Educational
Excellence for Hispanics), and section 1(u) of Executive Order 13889 of
September 27, 2019 (Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees).
(b) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise
affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(c) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(d) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party
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against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its
officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 9, 2020.
Executive Order 13936 of July 14, 2020
The President's Executive Order on Hong Kong Normalization
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the United States-Hong
Kong Policy Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-393), the Hong Kong Human Rights
and Democracy Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-76), the Hong Kong Autonomy
Act of 2020, signed into law July 14, 2020, the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), section 212(f) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section
301 of title 3, United States Code,
I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America,
determine, pursuant to section 202 of the United States-Hong Kong Policy
Act of 1992, that the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong (Hong
Kong) is no longer sufficiently autonomous to justify differential
treatment in relation to the People's Republic of China (PRC or China)
under the particular United States laws and provisions thereof set out
in this order. In late May 2020, the National People's Congress of China
announced its intention to unilaterally and arbitrarily impose national
security legislation on Hong Kong. This announcement was merely China's
latest salvo in a series of actions that have increasingly denied
autonomy and freedoms that China promised to the people of Hong Kong
under the 1984 Joint Declaration of the Government of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the People's
Republic of China on the Question of Hong Kong (Joint Declaration). As a
result, on May 27, 2020, the Secretary of State announced that the PRC
had fundamentally undermined Hong Kong's autonomy and certified and
reported to the Congress, pursuant to sections 205 and 301 of the United
States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992, as amended, respectively, that Hong
Kong no longer warrants treatment under United States law in the same
manner as United States laws were applied to Hong Kong before July 1,
1997. On May 29, 2020, I directed the heads of executive departments and
agencies (agencies) to begin the process of eliminating policy
exemptions under United States law that give Hong Kong differential
treatment in relation to China.
China has since followed through on its threat to impose national
security legislation on Hong Kong. Under this law, the people of Hong
Kong may face life in prison for what China considers to be acts of
secession or subversion of state power--which may include acts like last
year's widespread anti-government protests. The right to trial by jury
may be suspended. Proceedings may be conducted in secret. China has
given itself broad power
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to initiate and control the prosecutions of the people of Hong Kong
through the new Office for Safeguarding National Security. At the same
time, the law allows foreigners to be expelled if China merely suspects
them of violating the law, potentially making it harder for journalists,
human rights organizations, and other outside groups to hold the PRC
accountable for its treatment of the people of Hong Kong.
I therefore determine that the situation with respect to Hong Kong,
including recent actions taken by the PRC to fundamentally undermine
Hong Kong's autonomy, constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat,
which has its source in substantial part outside the United States, to
the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States.
I hereby declare a national emergency with respect to that threat.
In light of the foregoing, I hereby determine and order:
Section 1. It shall be the policy of the United States to suspend or
eliminate different and preferential treatment for Hong Kong to the
extent permitted by law and in the national security, foreign policy,
and economic interest of the United States.
Sec. 2. Pursuant to section 202 of the United States-Hong Kong Policy
Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5722), I hereby suspend the application of
section 201(a) of the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992, as
amended (22 U.S.C. 5721(a)), to the following statutes:
(a) section 103 of the Immigration Act of 1990 (8 U.S.C. 1152 note);
(b) sections 203(c), 212(l), and 221(c) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act of 1952, as amended (8 U.S.C. 1153(c), 1182(l), and
1201(c), respectively);
(c) the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.);
(d) section 721(m) of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended
(50 U.S.C. 4565(m));
(e) the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.);
and
(f) section 1304 of title 19, United States Code.
Sec. 3. Within 15 days of the date of this order, the heads of agencies
shall commence all appropriate actions to further the purposes of this
order, consistent with applicable law, including, to:
(a) amend any regulations implementing those provisions specified in
section 2 of this order, and, consistent with applicable law and
executive orders, under IEEPA, which provide different treatment for
Hong Kong as compared to China;
(b) amend the regulation at 8 CFR 212.4(i) to eliminate the
preference for Hong Kong passport holders as compared to PRC passport
holders;
(c) revoke license exceptions for exports to Hong Kong, reexports to
Hong Kong, and transfers (in-country) within Hong Kong of items subject
to the Export Administration Regulations, 15 CFR Parts 730-774, that
provide differential treatment compared to those license exceptions
applicable to exports to China, reexports to China, and transfers (in-
country) within China;
(d) consistent with section 902(b)(2) of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (Public Law 101-246),
terminate the
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export licensing suspensions under section 902(a)(3) of such Act insofar
as such suspensions apply to exports of defense articles to Hong Kong
persons who are physically located outside of Hong Kong and the PRC and
who were authorized to receive defense articles prior to the date of
this order;
(e) give notice of intent to suspend the Agreement Between the
Government of the United States of America and the Government of Hong
Kong for the Surrender of Fugitive Offenders (TIAS 98-121);
(f) give notice of intent to terminate the Agreement Between the
Government of the United States of America and the Government of Hong
Kong for the Transfer of Sentenced Persons (TIAS 99-418);
(g) take steps to end the provision of training to members of the
Hong Kong Police Force or other Hong Kong security services at the
Department of State's International Law Enforcement Academies;
(h) suspend continued cooperation undertaken consistent with the
now-expired Protocol Between the U.S. Geological Survey of the
Department of the Interior of the United States of America and Institute
of Space and Earth Information Science of the Chinese University of Hong
Kong Concerning Scientific and Technical Cooperation in Earth Sciences
(TIAS 09-1109);
(i) take steps to terminate the Fulbright exchange program with
regard to China and Hong Kong with respect to future exchanges for
participants traveling both from and to China or Hong Kong;
(j) give notice of intent to terminate the agreement for the
reciprocal exemption with respect to taxes on income from the
international operation of ships effected by the Exchange of Notes
Between the Government of the United States of America and the
Government of Hong Kong (TIAS 11892);
(k) reallocate admissions within the refugee ceiling set by the
annual Presidential Determination to residents of Hong Kong based on
humanitarian concerns, to the extent feasible and consistent with
applicable law; and
(l) propose for my consideration any further actions deemed
necessary and prudent to end special conditions and preferential
treatment for Hong Kong.
Sec. 4. All property and interests in property that are in the United
States, that hereafter come within the United States, or that are or
hereafter come within the possession or control of any United States
person, of the following persons are blocked and may not be transferred,
paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in:
(a) Any foreign person determined by the Secretary of State, in
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, or the Secretary of the
Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State:
(i) to be or have been involved, directly or indirectly, in the coercing,
arresting, detaining, or imprisoning of individuals under the authority of,
or to be or have been responsible for or involved in developing, adopting,
or implementing, the Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding
National Security in the Hong Kong Administrative Region;
(ii) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have engaged in, directly
or indirectly, any of the following:
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(A) actions or policies that undermine democratic processes or
institutions in Hong Kong;
(B) actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, stability, or
autonomy of Hong Kong;
(C) censorship or other activities with respect to Hong Kong that
prohibit, limit, or penalize the exercise of freedom of expression or
assembly by citizens of Hong Kong, or that limit access to free and
independent print, online or broadcast media; or
(D) the extrajudicial rendition, arbitrary detention, or torture of any
person in Hong Kong or other gross violations of internationally recognized
human rights or serious human rights abuse in Hong Kong;
(iii) to be or have been a leader or official of:
(A) an entity, including any government entity, that has engaged in, or
whose members have engaged in, any of the activities described in
subsections (a)(i), (a)(ii)(A), (a)(ii)(B), or (a)(ii)(C) of this section;
or
(B) an entity whose property and interests in property are blocked
pursuant to this order.
(iv) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial,
material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in
support of, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked
pursuant to this section;
(v) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act for
or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property and
interests in property are blocked pursuant to this section; or
(vi) to be a member of the board of directors or a senior executive officer
of any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant
to this section.
(b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section apply except
to the extent provided by statutes, or in regulations, orders,
directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, and
notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit
granted before the date of this order.
Sec. 5. I hereby determine that the making of donations of the types of
articles specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2))
by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in
property are blocked pursuant to section 4 of this order would seriously
impair my ability to deal with the national emergency declared in this
order, and I hereby prohibit such donations as provided by section 4 of
this order.
Sec. 6. The prohibitions in section 4(a) of this order include:
(a) the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or
services by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and
interests in property are blocked pursuant to section 4(a) of this
order; and
(b) the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or
services from any such person.
Sec. 7. The unrestricted immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the
United States of aliens determined to meet one or more of the criteria
in section 4(a) of this order, as well as immediate family members of
such aliens, or
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aliens determined by the Secretary of State to be employed by, or acting
as an agent of, such aliens, would be detrimental to the interest of the
United States, and the entry of such persons into the United States, as
immigrants and nonimmigrants, is hereby suspended. Such persons shall be
treated as persons covered by section 1 of Proclamation 8693 of July 24,
2011 (Suspension of Entry of Aliens Subject to United Nations Security
Council Travel Bans and International Emergency Economic Powers Act
Sanctions). The Secretary of State shall have the responsibility of
implementing this section pursuant to such conditions and procedures as
the Secretary has established or may establish pursuant to Proclamation
8693.
Sec. 8. (a) Any transaction that evades or avoids, has the purpose of
evading or avoiding, causes a violation of, or attempts to violate any
of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.
(b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set
forth in this order is prohibited.
Sec. 9. Nothing in this order shall prohibit transactions for the
conduct of the official business of the Federal Government by employees,
grantees, or contractors thereof.
Sec. 10. For the purposes of this order:
(a) the term ``person'' means an individual or entity;
(b) the term ``entity'' means a government or instrumentality of
such government, partnership, association, trust, joint venture,
corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization, including an
international organization;
(c) the term ``United States person'' means any United States
citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of
the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States
(including foreign branches), or any person in the United States; and
(d) The term ``immediate family member'' means spouses and children
of any age.
Sec. 11. For those persons whose property and interests in property are
blocked pursuant to this order who might have a constitutional presence
in the United States, I find that because of the ability to transfer
funds or other assets instantaneously, prior notice to such persons of
measures to be taken pursuant to section 4 of this order would render
those measures ineffectual. I therefore determine that for these
measures to be effective in addressing the national emergency declared
in this order, there need be no prior notice of a listing or
determination made pursuant to section 4 of this order.
Sec. 12. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to take such actions, including
adopting rules and regulations, and to employ all powers granted to me
by IEEPA as may be necessary to implement this order. The Secretary of
the Treasury may, consistent with applicable law, redelegate any of
these functions within the Department of the Treasury. All departments
and agencies of the United States shall take all appropriate measures
within their authority to implement this order.
Sec. 13. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to submit recurring and final
reports to the Congress on the national emergency declared in this
order, consistent with
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section 401(c) of the NEA (50 U.S.C. 1641(c)) and section 204(c) of
IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1703(c)).
Sec. 14. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or
otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
Sec. 15. If, based on consideration of the terms, obligations, and
expectations expressed in the Joint Declaration, I determine that
changes in China's actions ensure that Hong Kong is sufficiently
autonomous to justify differential treatment in relation to the PRC
under United States law, I will reconsider the determinations made and
actions taken and directed under this order.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 14, 2020.
Executive Order 13937 of July 24, 2020
Access to Affordable Life-Saving Medications
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. Insulin is a critical and life-saving medication
that approximately 8 million Americans rely on to manage diabetes.
Likewise, injectable epinephrine is a life-saving medication used to
stop severe allergic reactions.
The price of insulin in the United States has risen dramatically over
the past decade. The list price for a single vial of insulin today is
often more than $250 and most patients use at least two vials per month.
As for injectable epinephrine, recent increased competition is helping
to drive prices down. Nevertheless, the price for some types of
injectable epinephrine remains more than $600 per kit. While Americans
with diabetes and severe allergic reactions may have access to
affordable insulin and injectable epinephrine through commercial
insurance or Federal programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, many
Americans still struggle to purchase these products.
Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), as defined in section
1905(l)(2)(B)(i) and (ii) of the Social Security Act, as amended, 42
U.S.C.
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1396d(l)(2)(B)(i) and (ii), receive discounted prices through the 340B
Prescription Drug Program on prescription drugs. Due to the sharp
increases in list prices for many insulins and some types of injectable
epinephrine in recent years, many of these products may be subject to
the ``penny pricing'' policy when distributed to FQHCs, meaning FQHCs
may purchase the drug at a price of one penny per unit of measure. These
steep discounts, however, are not always passed through to low-income
Americans at the point of sale. Those with low-incomes can be exposed to
high insulin and injectable epinephrine prices, as they often do not
benefit from discounts negotiated by insurers or the Federal or State
governments.
Sec. 2. Policy. It is the policy of the United States to enable
Americans without access to affordable insulin and injectable
epinephrine through commercial insurance or Federal programs, such as
Medicare and Medicaid, to purchase these pharmaceuticals from an FQHC at
a price that aligns with the cost at which the FQHC acquired the
medication.
Sec. 3. Improving the Availability of Insulin and Injectable Epinephrine
for the Uninsured. To the extent permitted by law, the Secretary of
Health and Human Services shall take action to ensure future grants
available under section 330(e) of the Public Health Service Act, as
amended, 42 U.S.C. 254b(e), are conditioned upon FQHCs' having
established practices to make insulin and injectable epinephrine
available at the discounted price paid by the FQHC grantee or sub-
grantee under the 340B Prescription Drug Program (plus a minimal
administration fee) to individuals with low incomes, as determined by
the Secretary, who:
(a) have a high cost sharing requirement for either insulin or
injectable epinephrine;
(b) have a high unmet deductible; or
(c) have no health care insurance.
Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof;
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 24, 2020.
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Executive Order 13938 of July 24, 2020
Increasing Drug Importation To Lower Prices for American Patients
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. Americans spend more per capita on pharmaceutical
drugs than residents of any other developed country. Americans often pay
more for the exact same drugs, even when they are produced and shipped
from the exact same facilities.
One way to minimize international disparities in price is to increase
the trade of prescription drugs between nations with lower prices and
those with persistently higher ones. Over time, reducing trade barriers
and increasing the exchange of drugs will likely result in lower prices
for the country that is paying more for drugs. For example, in the
European Union, a market characterized by price controls and significant
barriers to entry, the parallel trade of drugs has existed for decades
and has been estimated to reduce the price of certain drugs by up to 20
percent. Accordingly, my Administration supports the goal of safe
importation of prescription drugs.
Sec. 2. Permitting the Importation of Safe Prescription Drugs from Other
Countries. The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, as
appropriate and consistent with applicable law, take action to expand
safe access to lower-cost imported prescription drugs by:
(a) facilitating grants to individuals of waivers of the prohibition
of importation of prescription drugs, provided such importation poses no
additional risk to public safety and results in lower costs to American
patients, pursuant to section 804(j)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (FDCA), 21 U.S.C. 384(j)(2);
(b) authorizing the re-importation of insulin products upon a
finding by the Secretary that it is required for emergency medical care
pursuant to section 801(d) of the FDCA, 21 U.S.C. 381(d); and
(c) completing the rulemaking process regarding the proposed rule to
implement section 804(b) through (h) of the FDCA, 21 U.S.C. 384(b)
through (h), to allow importation of certain prescription drugs from
Canada.
Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party
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against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its
officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 24, 2020.
Executive Order 13939 of July 24, 2020
Lowering Prices for Patients by Eliminating Kickbacks to Middlemen
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. One of the reasons pharmaceutical drug prices in the
United States are so high is because of the complex mix of payers and
negotiators that often separates the consumer from the manufacturer in
the drug-purchasing process. The result is that the prices patients see
at the point-of-sale do not reflect the prices that the patient's
insurance companies, and middlemen hired by the insurance companies,
actually pay for drugs. Instead, these middlemen--health plan sponsors
and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs)--negotiate significant discounts
off of the list prices, sometimes up to 50 percent of the cost of the
drug. Medicare patients, whose cost sharing is typically based on list
prices, pay more than they should for drugs while the middlemen collect
large ``rebate'' checks. These rebates are the functional equivalent of
kickbacks, and erode savings that could otherwise go to the Medicare
patients taking those drugs. Yet currently, Federal regulations create a
safe harbor for such discounts and preclude treating them as kickbacks
under the law.
Fixing this problem could save Medicare patients billions of dollars.
The Office of the Inspector General at the Department of Health and
Human Services has found that patients in the catastrophic phase of the
Medicare Part D program saw their out-of-pocket costs for high-price
drugs increase by 47 percent from 2010 to 2015, from $175 per month to
$257 per month. Narrowing the safe harbor for these discounts under the
anti-kickback statute will allow tens of billions in dollars of rebates
on prescription drugs in the Medicare Part D program to go directly to
patients, saving many patients hundreds or thousands of dollars per year
at the pharmacy counter.
Sec. 2. Policy. It is the policy of the United States that discounts
offered on prescription drugs should be passed on to patients.
Sec. 3. Directing Drug Rebates to Patients Instead of Middlemen. The
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall complete the rulemaking
process he commenced seeking to:
(a) exclude from safe harbor protections under the anti-kickback
statute, section 1128B(b) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 1320a-
7b, certain retrospective reductions in price that are not applied at
the point-of-sale or other remuneration that drug manufacturers provide
to health plan sponsors, pharmacies, or PBMs in operating the Medicare
Part D program; and
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(b) establish new safe harbors that would permit health plan
sponsors, pharmacies, and PBMs to apply discounts at the patient's
point-of-sale in order to lower the patient's out-of-pocket costs, and
that would permit the use of certain bona fide PBM service fees.
Sec. 4. Protecting Low Premiums. Prior to taking action under section 3
of this order, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall
confirm--and make public such confirmation--that the action is not
projected to increase Federal spending, Medicare beneficiary premiums,
or patients' total out-of-pocket costs.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 24, 2020.
Executive Order 13940 of August 3, 2020
Aligning Federal Contracting and Hiring Practices With the Interests of
American Workers
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of the executive branch to create
opportunities for United States workers to compete for jobs, including
jobs created through Federal contracts. These opportunities,
particularly in regions where the Federal Government remains the largest
employer, are especially critical during the economic dislocation caused
by the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. When employers trade
American jobs for temporary foreign labor, for example, it reduces
opportunities for United States workers in a manner inconsistent with
the role guest-worker programs are meant to play in the Nation's
economy.
Sec. 2. Review of Contracting and Hiring Practices. (a) The head of each
executive department and agency (agency) that enters into contracts
shall review, to the extent practicable, performance of contracts
(including subcontracts) awarded by the agency in fiscal years 2018 and
2019 to assess:
(i) whether contractors (including subcontractors) used temporary foreign
labor for contracts performed in the United States, and, if so, the nature
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of the work performed by temporary foreign labor on such contracts; whether
opportunities for United States workers were affected by such hiring; and
any potential effects on the national security caused by such hiring; and
(ii) whether contractors (including subcontractors) performed in foreign
countries services previously performed in the United States, and, if so,
whether opportunities for United States workers were affected by such
offshoring; whether affected United States workers were eligible for
assistance under the Trade Adjustment Assistance program authorized by the
Trade Act of 1974; and any potential effects on the national security
caused by such offshoring.
(b) The head of each agency that enters into contracts shall assess
any negative impact of contractors' and subcontractors' temporary
foreign labor hiring practices or offshoring practices on the economy
and efficiency of Federal procurement and on the national security, and
propose action, if necessary and as appropriate and consistent with
applicable law, to improve the economy and efficiency of Federal
procurement and protect the national security.
(c) The head of each agency shall, in coordination with the Director
of the Office of Personnel Management, review the employment policies of
the agency to assess the agency's compliance with Executive Order 11935
of September 2, 1976 (Citizenship Requirements for Federal Employment),
and section 704 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, Public Law
116-93.
(d) Within 120 days of the date of this order, the head of each
agency shall submit a report to the Director of the Office of Management
and Budget summarizing the results of the reviews required by
subsections (a) through (c) of this section; recommending, if necessary,
corrective actions that may be taken by the agency and timeframes to
implement such actions; and proposing any Presidential actions that may
be appropriate.
Sec. 3. Measures to Prevent Adverse Effects on United States Workers.
Within 45 days of the date of this order, the Secretaries of Labor and
Homeland Security shall take action, as appropriate and consistent with
applicable law, to protect United States workers from any adverse
effects on wages and working conditions caused by the employment of H-1B
visa holders at job sites (including third-party job sites), including
measures to ensure that all employers of H-1B visa holders, including
secondary employers, adhere to the requirements of section 212(n)(1) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(n)(1)).
Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party
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against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its
officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
August 3, 2020.
Executive Order 13941 of August 3, 2020
Improving Rural Health and Telehealth Access
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. My Administration is committed to improving the
health of all Americans by improving access to better care, including
for the approximately 57 million Americans living in rural communities.
Americans living in rural communities face unique challenges when
seeking healthcare services, such as limited transportation
opportunities, shortages of healthcare workers, and an inability to
fully benefit from technological and care-delivery innovations. These
factors have contributed to financial insecurity and impaired health
outcomes for rural Americans, who are more likely to die from five
leading causes, many of which are preventable, than their urban
counterparts. That gap widened from 2010 to 2017 for cancer, heart
disease, and chronic lower respiratory disease.
Since 2010, the year the Affordable Care Act was passed, 129 rural
hospitals in the United States have closed. Predictably, financial
distress is the strongest driver for risk of closure, and many rural
hospitals lack sufficient patient volume to be sustainable under
traditional healthcare-reimbursement mechanisms. From 2015 to 2017, the
average occupancy rate of a hospital that closed was only 22 percent.
When hospitals close, the patient population around them carries an
increased risk of mortality due to increased travel time and decreased
access.
During the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), hospitals curtailed
elective medical procedures and access to in-person clinical care was
limited. To help patients better access healthcare providers, my
Administration implemented new flexibility regarding what services may
be provided via telehealth, who may provide them, and in what
circumstances, and the use of telehealth increased dramatically across
the Nation. Internal analysis by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services (CMS) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
showed a weekly jump in virtual visits for CMS beneficiaries, from
approximately 14,000 pre-PHE to almost 1.7 million in the last week of
April. Additionally, a recent report by HHS shows that nearly half (43.5
percent) of Medicare fee-for-service primary care visits were provided
through telehealth in April, compared with far less than one percent
(0.1 percent) in February before the PHE. Importantly, the report finds
that telehealth visits continued to be frequent even after in-person
primary care visits resumed in May, indicating that the expansion of
telehealth services is likely to be a more permanent feature of the
healthcare delivery system.
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Rural healthcare providers, in particular, need these types of
flexibilities to provide continuous care to patients in their
communities. It is the purpose of this order to increase access to,
improve the quality of, and improve the financial economics of rural
healthcare, including by increasing access to high-quality care through
telehealth.
Sec. 2. Launching an Innovative Payment Model to Enable Rural Healthcare
Transformation. Within 30 days of the date of this order, the Secretary
of HHS (Secretary) will announce a new model, pursuant to section 1115A
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1315a), to test innovative payment
mechanisms in order to ensure that rural healthcare providers are able
to provide the necessary level and quality of care. This model should
give rural providers flexibilities from existing Medicare rules,
establish predictable financial payments, and encourage the movement
into high-quality, value-based care.
Sec. 3. Investments in Physical and Communications Infrastructure.
Within 30 days of the date of this order, the Secretary and the
Secretary of Agriculture shall, consistent with applicable law and
subject to the availability of appropriations, and in coordination with
the Federal Communications Commission and other executive departments
and agencies, as appropriate, develop and implement a strategy to
improve rural health by improving the physical and communications
healthcare infrastructure available to rural Americans.
Sec. 4. Improving the Health of Rural Americans. Within 30 days of the
date of this order, the Secretary shall submit a report to the
President, through the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy
and the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, regarding
existing and upcoming policy initiatives to:
(a) increase rural access to healthcare by eliminating regulatory
burdens that limit the availability of clinical professionals;
(b) prevent disease and mortality by developing rural-specific
efforts to drive improved health outcomes;
(c) reduce maternal mortality and morbidity; and
(d) improve mental health in rural communities.
Sec. 5. Expanding Flexibilities Beyond the Public Health Emergency.
Within 60 days of the date of this order, the Secretary shall review the
following temporary measures put in place during the PHE, and shall
propose a regulation to extend these measures, as appropriate, beyond
the duration of the PHE:
(a) the additional telehealth services offered to Medicare
beneficiaries; and
(b) the services, reporting, staffing, and supervision flexibilities
offered to Medicare providers in rural areas.
Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
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(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and
subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any
party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities,
its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
August 3, 2020.
Executive Order 13942 of August 6, 2020
Addressing the Threat Posed by TikTok, and Taking Additional Steps To
Address the National Emergency With Respect to the Information and
Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the
National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), and section 301 of
title 3, United States Code,
I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, find that
additional steps must be taken to deal with the national emergency with
respect to the information and communications technology and services
supply chain declared in Executive Order 13873 of May 15, 2019 (Securing
the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply
Chain). Specifically, the spread in the United States of mobile
applications developed and owned by companies in the People's Republic
of China (China) continues to threaten the national security, foreign
policy, and economy of the United States. At this time, action must be
taken to address the threat posed by one mobile application in
particular, TikTok.
TikTok, a video-sharing mobile application owned by the Chinese company
ByteDance Ltd., has reportedly been downloaded over 175 million times in
the United States and over one billion times globally. TikTok
automatically captures vast swaths of information from its users,
including internet and other network activity information such as
location data and browsing and search histories. This data collection
threatens to allow the Chinese Communist Party access to Americans'
personal and proprietary information--potentially allowing China to
track the locations of Federal employees and contractors, build dossiers
of personal information for blackmail, and conduct corporate espionage.
TikTok also reportedly censors content that the Chinese Communist Party
deems politically sensitive, such as content concerning protests in Hong
Kong and China's treatment of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities. This
mobile application may also be used for disinformation campaigns that
benefit the Chinese Communist Party, such as when TikTok videos spread
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debunked conspiracy theories about the origins of the 2019 Novel
Coronavirus.
These risks are real. The Department of Homeland Security,
Transportation Security Administration, and the United States Armed
Forces have already banned the use of TikTok on Federal Government
phones. The Government of India recently banned the use of TikTok and
other Chinese mobile applications throughout the country; in a
statement, India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
asserted that they were ``stealing and surreptitiously transmitting
users' data in an unauthorized manner to servers which have locations
outside India.'' American companies and organizations have begun banning
TikTok on their devices. The United States must take aggressive action
against the owners of TikTok to protect our national security.
Accordingly, I hereby order:
Section 1. (a) The following actions shall be prohibited beginning 45
days after the date of this order, to the extent permitted under
applicable law: any transaction by any person, or with respect to any
property, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, with
ByteDance Ltd. (a.k.a. Z[igrave]ji[eacute] Ti[agrave]od[ograve]ng),
Beijing, China, or its subsidiaries, in which any such company has any
interest, as identified by the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) under
section 1(c) of this order.
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) of this section applies except
to the extent provided by statutes, or in regulations, orders,
directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, and
notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit
granted before the date of this order.
(c) 45 days after the date of this order, the Secretary shall
identify the transactions subject to subsection (a) of this section.
Sec. 2. (a) Any transaction by a United States person or within the
United States that evades or avoids, has the purpose of evading or
avoiding, causes a violation of, or attempts to violate the prohibition
set forth in this order is prohibited.
(b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set
forth in this order is prohibited.
Sec. 3. For the purposes of this order:
(a) the term ``person'' means an individual or entity;
(b) the term ``entity'' means a government or instrumentality of
such government, partnership, association, trust, joint venture,
corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization, including an
international organization; and
(c) the term ``United States person'' means any United States
citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of
the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States
(including foreign branches), or any person in the United States.
Sec. 4. The Secretary is hereby authorized to take such actions,
including adopting rules and regulations, and to employ all powers
granted to me by IEEPA as may be necessary to implement this order. The
Secretary may, consistent with applicable law, redelegate any of these
functions within the Department of Commerce. All departments and
agencies of the United
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States shall take all appropriate measures within their authority to
implement this order.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department, agency, or the
head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
August 6, 2020.
Executive Order 13943 of August 6, 2020
Addressing the Threat Posed by WeChat, and Taking Additional Steps To
Address the National Emergency With Respect to the Information and
Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the
National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), and section 301 of
title 3, United States Code,
I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, find that
additional steps must be taken to deal with the national emergency with
respect to the information and communications technology and services
supply chain declared in Executive Order 13873 of May 15, 2019 (Securing
the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply
Chain). As I explained in an Executive Order of August 6, 2020
(Addressing the Threat Posed by Tiktok, and Taking Additional Steps to
Address the National Emergency With Respect to the Information and
Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain), the spread in the
United States of mobile applications developed and owned by companies in
the People's Republic of China (China) continues to threaten the
national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States. To
protect our Nation, I took action to address the threat posed by one
mobile application, TikTok. Further action is needed to address a
similar threat posed by another mobile application, WeChat.
WeChat, a messaging, social media, and electronic payment application
owned by the Chinese company Tencent Holdings Ltd., reportedly has over
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one billion users worldwide, including users in the United States. Like
TikTok, WeChat automatically captures vast swaths of information from
its users. This data collection threatens to allow the Chinese Communist
Party access to Americans' personal and proprietary information. In
addition, the application captures the personal and proprietary
information of Chinese nationals visiting the United States, thereby
allowing the Chinese Communist Party a mechanism for keeping tabs on
Chinese citizens who may be enjoying the benefits of a free society for
the first time in their lives. For example, in March 2019, a researcher
reportedly discovered a Chinese database containing billions of WeChat
messages sent from users in not only China but also the United States,
Taiwan, South Korea, and Australia. WeChat, like TikTok, also reportedly
censors content that the Chinese Communist Party deems politically
sensitive and may also be used for disinformation campaigns that benefit
the Chinese Communist Party. These risks have led other countries,
including Australia and India, to begin restricting or banning the use
of WeChat. The United States must take aggressive action against the
owner of WeChat to protect our national security.
Accordingly, I hereby order:
Section 1. (a) The following actions shall be prohibited beginning 45
days after the date of this order, to the extent permitted under
applicable law: any transaction that is related to WeChat by any person,
or with respect to any property, subject to the jurisdiction of the
United States, with Tencent Holdings Ltd. (a.k.a. T[eacute]ngx[ugrave]n
K[ograve]ngg[ubreve] Y[obreve]uxi[agrave]n G[omacr]ngs[imacr]),
Shenzhen, China, or any subsidiary of that entity, as identified by the
Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) under section 1(c) of this order.
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) of this section applies except
to the extent provided by statutes, or in regulations, orders,
directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, and
notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit
granted before the date of this order.
(c) 45 days after the date of this order, the Secretary shall
identify the transactions subject to subsection (a) of this section.
Sec. 2. (a) Any transaction by a United States person or within the
United States that evades or avoids, has the purpose of evading or
avoiding, causes a violation of, or attempts to violate the prohibition
set forth in this order is prohibited.
(b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set
forth in this order is prohibited.
Sec. 3. For those persons who might have a constitutional presence in
the United States, I find that because of the ability to transfer funds
or other assets instantaneously, prior notice to such persons of
measures to be taken pursuant to section 1 of this order would render
those measures ineffectual. I therefore determine that for these
measures to be effective in addressing the national emergency declared
in Executive Order 13873, there need be no prior notice of an
identification made pursuant to section 1(c) of this order.
Sec. 4. For the purposes of this order:
(a) the term ``person'' means an individual or entity;
(b) the term ``entity'' means a government or instrumentality of
such government, partnership, association, trust, joint venture,
corporation, group,
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subgroup, or other organization, including an international
organization; and
(c) the term ``United States person'' means any United States
citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of
the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States
(including foreign branches), or any person in the United States.
Sec. 5. The Secretary is hereby authorized to take such actions,
including adopting rules and regulations, and to employ all powers
granted to me by IEEPA as may be necessary to implement this order. The
Secretary may, consistent with applicable law, redelegate any of these
functions within the Department of Commerce. All departments and
agencies of the United States shall take all appropriate measures within
their authority to implement this order.
Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department, agency, or the
head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
August 6, 2020.
Executive Order 13944 of August 6, 2020
Combating Public Health Emergencies and Strengthening National Security
by Ensuring Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and Critical
Inputs Are Made in the United States
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. The United States must protect our citizens, critical
infrastructure, military forces, and economy against outbreaks of
emerging infectious diseases and chemical, biological, radiological, and
nuclear (CBRN) threats. To achieve this, the United States must have a
strong Public Health Industrial Base with resilient domestic supply
chains for Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and Critical
Inputs deemed necessary for the United States. These domestic supply
chains must be capable of meeting national security requirements for
responding to threats arising from
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CBRN threats and public health emergencies, including emerging
infectious diseases such as COVID-19. It is critical that we reduce our
dependence on foreign manufacturers for Essential Medicines, Medical
Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs to ensure sufficient and reliable
long-term domestic production of these products, to minimize potential
shortages, and to mobilize our Nation's Public Health Industrial Base to
respond to these threats. It is therefore the policy of the United
States to:
(a) accelerate the development of cost-effective and efficient
domestic production of Essential Medicines and Medical Countermeasures
and have adequate redundancy built into the domestic supply chain for
Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs;
(b) ensure long-term demand for Essential Medicines, Medical
Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs that are produced in the United
States;
(c) create, maintain, and maximize domestic production capabilities
for Critical Inputs, Finished Drug Products, and Finished Devices that
are essential to protect public safety and human health and to provide
for the national defense; and
(d) combat the trafficking of counterfeit Essential Medicines,
Medical Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs over e-commerce platforms
and from third-party online sellers involved in the government
procurement process.
I am therefore directing each executive department and agency involved
in the procurement of Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and
Critical Inputs (agency) to consider a variety of actions to increase
their domestic procurement of Essential Medicines, Medical
Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs, and to identify vulnerabilities in
our Nation's supply chains for these products. Under this order,
agencies will have the necessary flexibility to increase their domestic
procurement in appropriate and responsible ways, while protecting our
Nation's service members, veterans, and their families from increases in
drug prices and without interfering with our Nation's ability to respond
to the spread of COVID-19.
Sec. 2. Maximizing Domestic Production in Procurement. (a) Agencies
shall, as appropriate, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable
law, and in consultation with the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (FDA
Commissioner) with respect to Critical Inputs, use their respective
authorities under section 2304(c) of title 10, United States Code;
section 3304(a) of title 41, United States Code; and subpart 6.3 of the
Federal Acquisition Regulation, title 48, Code of Federal Regulations,
to conduct the procurement of Essential Medicines, Medical
Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs by:
(i) using procedures to limit competition to only those Essential
Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs that are produced
in the United States; and
(ii) dividing procurement requirements among two or more manufacturers
located in the United States, as appropriate.
(b) Within 90 days of the date of this order, the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in consultation with appropriate
agency heads, shall:
(i) review the authority of each agency to limit the online procurement of
Essential Medicines and Medical Countermeasures to e-commerce platforms
that have:
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(A) adopted, and certified their compliance with, the applicable best
practices published by the Department of Homeland Security in its Report to
the President on ``Combating Trafficking in Counterfeit and Pirated
Goods,'' dated January 24, 2020; and
(B) agreed to permit the Department of Homeland Security's National
Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center to evaluate and confirm
their compliance with such best practices; and
(ii) report its findings to the President.
(c) Within 90 days of the date of this order, the head of each
agency shall, in consultation with the FDA Commissioner, develop and
implement procurement strategies, including long-term contracts,
consistent with law, to strengthen and mobilize the Public Health
Industrial Base in order to increase the manufacture of Essential
Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs in the United
States.
(d) No later than 30 days after the FDA Commissioner has identified,
pursuant to section 3(c) of this order, the initial list of Essential
Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs, the United
States Trade Representative shall, to the extent permitted by law, take
all appropriate action to modify United States Federal procurement
product coverage under all relevant Free Trade Agreements and the World
Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement to exclude
coverage of Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and Critical
Inputs. The United States Trade Representative shall further modify
United States Federal procurement product coverage, as appropriate, to
reflect updates by the FDA Commissioner. After the modifications to
United States Federal procurement coverage take effect, the United
States Trade Representative shall make any necessary, corresponding
modifications of existing waivers under section 301 of the Trade
Agreements Act of 1979. The United States Trade Representative shall
notify the President, through the Director of OMB, once it has taken the
actions described in this subsection.
(e) No later than 60 days after the FDA Commissioner has identified,
pursuant to section 3(c) of this order, the initial list of Essential
Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs, and
notwithstanding the public interest exception in subsection (f)(i)(1) of
this section, the Secretary of Defense shall, to the maximum extent
permitted by applicable law, use his authority under section 225.872-
1(c) of the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to
restrict the procurement of Essential Medicines, Medical
Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs to domestic sources and to reject
otherwise acceptable offers of such products from sources in Qualifying
Countries in instances where considered necessary for national defense
reasons.
(f) Subsections (a), (d), and (e) of this section shall not apply:
(i) where the head of the agency determines in writing, with respect to a
specific contract or order, that (1) their application would be
inconsistent with the public interest; (2) the relevant Essential
Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs are not produced in
the United States in sufficient and reasonably available commercial
quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or (3) their application would
cause the cost of the procurement to increase by more than 25 percent,
unless
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applicable law requires a higher percentage, in which case such higher
percentage shall apply;
(ii) with respect to the procurement of items that are necessary to respond
to any public health emergency declared under section 319 of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d), any major disaster or emergency
declared under the Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act
(42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), or any national emergency declared under the
National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).
(g) To the maximum extent permitted by law, any public interest
determination made pursuant to section 2(f)(i)(1) of this order shall be
construed to maximize the procurement and use of Essential Medicines and
Medical Countermeasures produced in the United States.
(h) The head of an agency who makes any determination pursuant to
section 2(f)(i) of this order shall submit an annual report to the
President, through the Director of OMB and the Assistant to the
President for Trade and Manufacturing Policy, describing the
justification for each such determination.
Sec. 3. Identifying Vulnerabilities in Supply Chains. (a) Within 180
days of the date of this order, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services, through the FDA Commissioner and in consultation with the
Director of OMB, shall take all necessary and appropriate action,
consistent with law, to identify vulnerabilities in the supply chain for
Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs and to
mitigate those vulnerabilities, including by:
(i) considering proposing regulations or revising guidance on the
collection of the following information from manufacturers of Essential
Medicines and Medical Countermeasures as part of the application and
regulatory approval process:
(A) the sources of Finished Drug Products, Finished Devices, and Critical
Inputs;
(B) the use of any scarce Critical Inputs; and
(C) the date of the last FDA inspection of the manufacturer's regulated
facilities and the results of such inspection;
(ii) entering into written agreements, pursuant to section 20.85 of title
21, Code of Federal Regulations, with the National Security Council,
Department of State, Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs,
and other interested agencies, as appropriate, to disclose records
regarding the security and vulnerabilities of the supply chains for
Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs;
(iii) recommending to the President any changes in applicable law that may
be necessary to accomplish the objectives of this subsection; and
(iv) reviewing FDA regulations to determine whether any of those
regulations may be a barrier to domestic production of Essential Medicines,
Medical Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs, and by advising the President
whether such regulations should be repealed or amended.
(b) The Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the FDA
Commissioner, shall take all appropriate action, consistent with
applicable law, to:
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(i) accelerate FDA approval or clearance, as appropriate, for domestic
producers of Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and Critical
Inputs, including those needed for infectious disease and CBRN threat
preparedness and response;
(ii) issue guidance with recommendations regarding the development of
Advanced Manufacturing techniques;
(iii) negotiate with countries to increase site inspections and increase
the number of unannounced inspections of regulated facilities manufacturing
Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs; and
(iv) refuse admission, as appropriate, to imports of Essential Medicines,
Medical Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs if the facilities in which
they are produced refuse or unreasonably delay an inspection.
(c) Within 90 days of the date of this order, and periodically
updated as appropriate, the FDA Commissioner, in consultation with the
Director of OMB, the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
in the Department of Health and Human Services, the Assistant to the
President for Economic Policy, and the Director of the Office of Trade
and Manufacturing Policy, shall identify the list of Essential
Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and their Critical Inputs that are
medically necessary to have available at all times in an amount adequate
to serve patient needs and in the appropriate dosage forms.
(d) Within 180 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of
Defense, in consultation with the Director of OMB, shall take all
necessary and appropriate action, consistent with law, to identify
vulnerabilities in the supply chain for Essential Medicines, Medical
Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs necessary to meet the unique needs
of the United States Armed Forces and to mitigate the vulnerabilities
identified in subsection (a) of this section. The Secretary of Defense
shall provide to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the FDA
Commissioner, the Director of OMB, and the Director of the Office of
Trade and Manufacturing Policy a list of defense-specific Essential
Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs that are
medically necessary to have available for defense use in adequate
amounts and in appropriate dosage forms. The Secretary of Defense shall,
as appropriate, periodically update this list.
Sec. 4. Streamlining Regulatory Requirements. Consistent with law, the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall take all
appropriate action to identify relevant requirements and guidance
documents that can be streamlined to provide for the development of
Advanced Manufacturing facilities and the expeditious domestic
production of Critical Inputs, including by accelerating siting and
permitting approvals.
Sec. 5. Priorities and Allocation of Essential Medicines, Medical
Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs. The Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall, as appropriate and in accordance with the delegation of
authority under Executive Order 13603 of March 16, 2012 (National
Defense Resources Preparedness), use the authority under section 101 of
the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. 4511), to
prioritize the performance of Federal Government contracts or orders for
Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, or Critical Inputs over
performance of any
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other contracts or orders, and to allocate such materials, services, and
facilities as the Secretary deems necessary or appropriate to promote
the national defense.
Sec. 6. Reporting. (a) No later than December 15, 2021, and annually
thereafter, the head of each agency shall submit a report to the
President, through the Director of OMB and the Assistant to the
President for Trade and Manufacturing Policy, detailing, for the
preceding three fiscal years:
(i) the Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs
procured by the agency;
(ii) the agency's annual itemized and aggregated expenditures for all
Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs;
(iii) the sources of these products and inputs; and
(iv) the agency's plan to support domestic production of such products and
inputs in the next fiscal year.
(b) Within 180 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of
Commerce shall submit a report to the Director of OMB, the Assistant to
the President for National Security Affairs, the Director of the
National Economic Council, and the Director of the Office of Trade and
Manufacturing Policy, describing any change in the status of the Public
Health Industrial Base and recommending initiatives to strengthen the
Public Health Industrial Base.
(c) To the maximum extent permitted by law, and with the redaction
of any information protected by law from disclosure, each agency's
report shall be published in the Federal Register and on each agency's
official website.
Sec. 7. Definitions. As used in this order:
(a) ``Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient'' has the meaning set forth
in section 207.1 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations.
(b) ``Advanced Manufacturing'' means any new medical product
manufacturing technology that can improve drug quality, address
shortages of medicines, and speed time to market, including continuous
manufacturing and 3D printing.
(c) ``API Starting Material'' means a raw or intermediate material
that is used in the manufacturing of an API, that is incorporated as a
significant structural fragment into the structure of the API, and that
is determined by the FDA Commissioner to be relevant in assessing the
safety and effectiveness of Essential Medicines and Medical
Countermeasures.
(d) ``Critical Inputs'' means API, API Starting Material, and other
ingredients of drugs and components of medical devices that the FDA
Commissioner determines to be critical in assessing the safety and
effectiveness of Essential Medicines and Medical Countermeasures.
(e) ``Essential Medicines'' are those Essential Medicines deemed
necessary for the United States pursuant to section 3(c) of this order.
(f) ``Finished Device'' has the meaning set forth in section
820.3(l) of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations.
(g) ``Finished Drug Product'' has the meaning set forth in section
207.1 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations.
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(h) ``Healthcare and Public Health Sector'' means the critical
infrastructure sector identified in Presidential Policy Directive 21 of
February 12, 2013 (Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience), and
the National Infrastructure Protection Plan of 2013.
(i) An Essential Medicine or Medical Countermeasure is ``produced in
the United States'' if the Critical Inputs used to produce the Essential
Medicine or Medical Countermeasures are produced in the United States
and if the Finished Drug Product or Finished Device, are manufactured,
prepared, propagated, compounded, or processed, as those terms are
defined in section 360(a)(1) of title 21, United States Code, in the
United States.
(j) ``Medical Countermeasures'' means items that meet the definition
of ``qualified countermeasure'' in section 247d-6a(a)(2)(A) of title 42,
United States Code; ``qualified pandemic or epidemic product'' in
section 247d-6d(i)(7) of title 42, United States Code; ``security
countermeasure'' in section 247d-6b(c)(1)(B) of title 42, United States
Code; or personal protective equipment described in part 1910 of title
29, Code of Federal Regulations.
(k) ``Public Health Industrial Base'' means the facilities and
associated workforces within the United States, including research and
development facilities, that help produce Essential Medicines, Medical
Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs for the Healthcare and Public
Health Sector.
(l) ``Qualifying Countries'' has the meaning set forth in section
225.003, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement.
Sec. 8. Rule of Construction. Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(a) the ability of State, local, tribal, or territorial governments
to timely procure necessary resources to respond to any public health
emergency declared under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 247d), any major disaster or emergency declared under the
Stafford Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), or any national emergency
declared under the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.);
(b) the ability or authority of any agency to respond to the spread
of COVID-19; or
(c) the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to take all
necessary steps, including those necessary to implement the policy set
forth in section 1 of this order, to ensure that service members,
veterans, and their families continue to have full access to Essential
Medicines at reasonable and affordable prices.
Sec. 9. Severability. If any provision of this order, or the application
of any provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid,
the remainder of this order and the application of any of its other
provisions to any other persons or circumstances shall not be affected
thereby.
Sec. 10. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of OMB relating to budgetary,
administrative, or legislative proposals.
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(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
August 6, 2020.
Executive Order 13945 of August 8, 2020
Fighting the Spread of COVID-19 by Providing Assistance to Renters and
Homeowners
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. The 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic,
which originated in the People's Republic of China, continues to pose a
significant threat to the health of Americans throughout the United
States. As we have since January 2020, with the proactive decision to
limit travel from China and the passage of three massive economic relief
packages, my Administration will take whatever steps are necessary to
reduce the spread of COVID-19 and maintain economic prosperity.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the Department
of Health and Human Services have concluded that ``growing and
disproportionate unemployment rates for some racial and ethnic minority
groups during the COVID-19 pandemic may lead to greater risk of eviction
and homelessness or sharing of housing.''
This trend is concerning for many reasons, including that homeless
shelters have proven to be particularly susceptible to outbreaks of
COVID-19. CDC has observed that ``[h]omelessness poses multiple
challenges that can exacerbate and amplify the spread of COVID-19.
Homeless shelters are often crowded, making social distancing difficult.
Many persons experiencing homelessness are older or have underlying
medical conditions, placing them at higher risk for severe COVID-19-
associated illness.'' Increased shared housing is also potentially
problematic to the extent it results in increased in-person interactions
between older, higher-risk individuals and their younger relatives or
friends.
My Administration has taken bold steps to help renters and homeowners
have safe and secure places to call home during the COVID-19 crisis.
Prior to passage of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security
Act (CARES Act) (Public Law 116-136), the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development implemented a foreclosure and eviction moratorium for all
single-family mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration.
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Furthermore, prior to passage of the CARES Act, the Federal Housing
Finance Agency (FHFA) announced that it had instructed the Federal
National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation (the Enterprises) to suspend foreclosures for at least 60
days. FHFA has since announced that the Enterprises will extend the
foreclosure suspension until at least August 31, 2020.
The CARES Act imposed a temporary moratorium on evictions of certain
renters subject to certain conditions. That moratorium has now expired,
and there is a significant risk that this will set off an abnormally
large wave of evictions. With the failure of the Congress to act, my
Administration must do all that it can to help vulnerable populations
stay in their homes in the midst of this pandemic. Those who are
dislocated from their homes may be unable to shelter in place and may
have more difficulty maintaining a routine of social distancing. They
will have to find alternative living arrangements, which may include a
homeless shelter or a crowded family home and may also require traveling
to other States.
In addition, evictions tend to disproportionately affect minorities,
particularly African Americans and Latinos. Unlike the Congress, I
cannot sit idly and refuse to assist vulnerable Americans in need. Under
my Administration, minorities achieved the lowest unemployment rates on
record, and we will not let COVID-19 erase these gains by causing short-
term dislocations that could well have long-term consequences.
Accordingly, my Administration, to the extent reasonably necessary to
prevent the further spread of COVID-19, will take all lawful measures to
prevent residential evictions and foreclosures resulting from financial
hardships caused by COVID-19.
Sec. 2. Policy. It is the policy of the United States to minimize, to
the greatest extent possible, residential evictions and foreclosures
during the ongoing COVID-19 national emergency.
Sec. 3. Response to Public Health Risks of Evictions and Foreclosures.
(a) The Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Director of CDC
shall consider whether any measures temporarily halting residential
evictions of any tenants for failure to pay rent are reasonably
necessary to prevent the further spread of COVID-19 from one State or
possession into any other State or possession.
(b) The Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development shall identify any and all available Federal funds to
provide temporary financial assistance to renters and homeowners who, as
a result of the financial hardships caused by COVID-19, are struggling
to meet their monthly rental or mortgage obligations.
(c) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall take
action, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, to promote
the ability of renters and homeowners to avoid eviction or foreclosure
resulting from financial hardships caused by COVID-19. Such action may
include encouraging and providing assistance to public housing
authorities, affordable housing owners, landlords, and recipients of
Federal grant funds in minimizing evictions and foreclosures.
(d) In consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director
of FHFA shall review all existing authorities and resources that may be
used
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to prevent evictions and foreclosures for renters and homeowners
resulting from hardships caused by COVID-19.
Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
August 8, 2020.
Executive Order 13946 of August 24, 2020
Targeting Opportunity Zones and Other Distressed Communities for Federal
Site Locations
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, and to promote economy and
efficiency in the planning, acquisition, utilization, and management of
Federal space facilities, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Amendments to Executive Order 12072. Executive Order 12072 of
August 16, 1978 (Federal Space Management), is amended as follows:
(a) The heading of section 1-1 is amended to read as follows:
``Space Acquisition and Management.'';
(b) Section 1-103 is amended to read as follows: ``In the process
for meeting Federal space needs, except where such selection is
otherwise prohibited, and where cost and security considerations take
precedence, preference is to be given to qualified opportunity zones (as
defined in 26 U.S.C. 1400Z-1), other distressed areas, and centralized
community business areas (including other specific areas which may be
recommended by local officials).'';
(c) Section 1-201 is amended to read as follows: ``The Administrator
of General Services shall develop programs to implement the policies of
this Order through the efficient acquisition, utilization, and disposal
of Federally owned and leased space. In particular, the Administrator
shall:'';
(d) Section 1-201(a) is amended to read as follows: ``(a) Select,
acquire, manage, and dispose of Federal space in a manner that will
foster the policies and programs of the Federal Government and improve
the management and administration of government activities.'';
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(e) Sections 1-201(e) and 1-202 are each amended by replacing the
word ``his'' where such word appears with ``the Administrator's''; and
(f) Section 1-201(f) is deleted.
Sec. 2. Amendments to Executive Order 13006. Executive Order 13006 of
May 21, 1996 (Locating Federal Facilities on Historic Properties in our
Nation's Central Cities), is amended as follows:
(a) Section 1 is amended by deleting ``the Administration's'' where
it appears in the first sentence. Section 1 is further amended by
deleting ``our central cities, which have historically served as the
centers for growth and commerce in our metropolitan areas'' where such
language appears in the first sentence and by replacing the deleted
language with ``distressed communities''. Further, the second sentence
of section 1 is amended to read as follows: ``This order reaffirms the
commitment set forth in Executive Order No. 12072, as amended, to
strengthen our Nation's distressed communities by encouraging the
location of Federal facilities in qualified opportunity zones (as
defined in 26 U.S.C. 1400Z-1), other distressed areas, and centralized
business districts.'' Section 1 is further amended by deleting ``The
Administration'' where such language appears in the third sentence and
replacing the deleted language with ``This order''; and
(b) Section 2 is amended in the first sentence by inserting ``, as
amended,'' after the words ``Executive Order No. 12072,'' and by
deleting the word ``first'' where such word appears. Section 2 is
further amended by combining and amending the second and third sentences
to read as follows: ``If no such property is suitable, then such
consideration shall include other developed or undeveloped sites within
historic districts or historic properties outside of historic
districts.''; and
(c) Section 4 is amended by deleting ``States, local governments,
Indian tribes'' where such language appears in the first sentence and
replacing the deleted language with ``State, local, and tribal
governments,''.
Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
August 24, 2020.
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Executive Order 13947 of July 24, 2020
Lowering Drug Prices by Putting America First
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. Americans pay more per capita for prescription drugs
than residents of any other developed country in the world. It is
unacceptable that Americans pay more for the exact same drugs, often
made in the exact same places. Other countries' governments regulate
drug prices by negotiating with drug manufacturers to secure bargain
prices, leaving Americans to make up the difference--effectively
subsidizing innovation and lower-cost drugs for the rest of the world.
The Council of Economic Advisers has found that Americans finance much
of the biopharmaceutical innovation that the world depends on, allowing
foreign governments, many of which are the sole healthcare payers in
their respective countries, to enjoy bargain prices for such
innovations. Americans should not bear extra burdens to compensate for
the shortfalls that result from the nationalized public healthcare
systems of wealthy countries abroad.
In addition to being unfair, high drug prices in the United States also
have serious economic and health consequences for patients in need of
treatment. High prices cause Americans to divert too much of their
scarce resources to pharmaceutical treatments and away from other
productive uses. High prices are also a reason many patients skip doses
of their medications, take less than the recommended doses, or abandon
treatment altogether. The consequences of these behaviors can be severe.
For example, patients may develop acute conditions that result in poor
clinical outcomes or that require drastic and expensive medical
interventions.
In most markets, the largest buyers pay the lowest prices, but this has
not been true for prescription drugs. The Federal Government is the
largest payer for prescription drugs in the world, but it pays more than
many smaller buyers, including other developed nations. When the Federal
Government purchases a drug covered by Medicare Part B--the cost of
which is shared by American seniors who take the drug and American
taxpayers--it should insist on, at a minimum, the lowest price at which
the manufacturer sells that drug to any other developed nation.
The need for affordable Medicare Part B drugs is particularly acute now,
in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has led to historic levels
of unemployment in the United States, including the loss of 1.2 million
jobs among Americans age 65 or older between March and April of 2020.
The COVID-19 pandemic has also led to an increase in food prices,
straining budgets for many of America's seniors, particularly those who
live on fixed incomes. The economic disruptions caused by the COVID-19
pandemic only increase the burdens placed on America's seniors and other
Medicare Part B beneficiaries.
Sec. 2. Policy. (a) It is the policy of the United States that the
Medicare program should not pay more for costly Part B prescription
drugs or biological products than the most-favored-nation price.
(b) The ``most-favored-nation price'' shall mean the lowest price,
after adjusting for volume and differences in national gross domestic
product,
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for a pharmaceutical product that the drug manufacturer sells in a
member country of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development that has a comparable per-capita gross domestic product.
Sec. 3. Ensuring the Most-Favored-Nation Price in Medicare Part B. To
the extent consistent with law, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall immediately take appropriate steps to implement his
rulemaking plan to test a payment model pursuant to which Medicare would
pay, for certain high-cost prescription drugs and biological products
covered by Medicare Part B, no more than the most-favored-nation price.
The model would test whether, for patients who require pharmaceutical
treatment, paying no more than the most-favored-nation price would
mitigate poor clinical outcomes and increased expenditures associated
with high drug costs.
Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 24, 2020.
Executive Order 13948 of September 13, 2020
Lowering Drug Prices by Putting America First
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. Americans pay more per capita for prescription drugs
than residents of any other developed country in the world. It is
unacceptable that Americans pay more for the exact same drugs, often
made in the exact same places. Other countries' governments regulate
drug prices by negotiating with drug manufacturers to secure bargain
prices, leaving Americans to make up the difference--effectively
subsidizing innovation and) lower-cost drugs for the rest of the world.
The Council of Economic Advisers has found that Americans finance much
of the biopharmaceutical innovation that the world depends on, allowing
foreign governments, many of which are the sole healthcare payers in
their respective countries, to enjoy bargain prices for such
innovations. Americans should not bear extra burdens to compensate for
the shortfalls that result from the nationalized public healthcare
systems of wealthy countries abroad.
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In addition to being unfair, high drug prices in the United States also
have serious economic and health consequences for patients in need of
treatment. High prices cause Americans to divert too much of their
scarce resources to pharmaceutical treatments and away from other
productive uses. High prices are also a reason many patients skip doses
of their medications, take less than the recommended doses, or abandon
treatment altogether. The consequences of these behaviors can be severe.
For example, patients may develop acute conditions that result in poor
clinical outcomes or that require drastic and expensive medical
interventions.
In most markets, the largest buyers pay the lowest prices, but this has
not been true for prescription drugs. The Federal Government is the
largest payer for prescription drugs in the world, but it pays more than
many smaller buyers, including other developed nations. When the Federal
Government purchases a drug covered by Medicare--the cost of which is
shared by American seniors who take the drug and American taxpayers--it
should insist on, at a minimum, the lowest price at which the
manufacturer sells that drug to any other developed nation.
Sec. 2. Policy. (a) It is the policy of the United States that the
Medicare program should not pay more for costly Part B or Part D
prescription drugs or biological products than the most-favored-nation
price.
(b) The ``most-favored-nation price'' shall mean the lowest price,
after adjusting for volume and differences in national gross domestic
product, for a pharmaceutical product that the drug manufacturer sells
in a member country of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD) that has a comparable per-capita gross domestic
product.
Sec. 3. Payment Model on the Most-Favored-Nation Price in Medicare Part
B. To the extent consistent with law, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall immediately take appropriate steps to implement his
rulemaking plan to test a payment model pursuant to which Medicare would
pay, for certain high-cost prescription drugs and biological products
covered by Medicare Part B, no more than the most-favored-nation price.
The model would test whether, for patients who require pharmaceutical
treatment, paying no more than the most-favored-nation price would
mitigate poor clinical outcomes and increased expenditures associated
with high drug costs.
Sec. 4. Payment Model on the Most-Favored-Nation Price in Medicare Part
D. To the extent consistent with law, the Secretary shall take
appropriate steps to develop and implement a rulemaking plan, selecting
for testing, consistent with section 1315a(b)(2)(A) of title 42, United
States Code, a payment model pursuant to which Medicare would pay, for
Part D prescription drugs or biological products where insufficient
competition exists and seniors are faced with prices above those in OECD
member countries that have a comparable per-capita gross domestic
product to the United States, after adjusting for volume and differences
in national gross domestic product, no more than the most-favored-nation
price, to the extent feasible. The model should test whether, for
patients who require pharmaceutical treatment, paying no more than the
most-favored-nation price would mitigate poor clinical outcomes and
increased expenditures associated with high drug costs.
Sec. 5. Revocation of Executive Order. The Executive Order of July 24,
2020 (Lowering Drug Prices by Putting America First), is revoked.
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Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
September 13, 2020.
Executive Order 13949 of September 21, 2020
Blocking Property of Certain Persons With Respect to the Conventional
Arms Activities of Iran
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the Countering America's
Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (Public Law 115-44), the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the
National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), section 212(f) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section
301 of title 3, United States Code,
I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, find
that:
It remains the policy of the United States to counter Iran's malign
influence in the Middle East, including transfers from Iran of
destabilizing conventional weapons and acquisition of arms and related
materiel by Iran. Transfers to and from Iran of arms or related materiel
or military equipment represent a continuing threat to regional and
international security--as evidenced by Iran's continued military
support that fuels ongoing conflict in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen.
Iran benefits from engaging in the conventional arms trade by
strengthening its relationships with other outlier regimes, lessening
its international isolation, and deriving revenue that it uses to
support terror groups and fund malign activities. In light of these
findings and in order to take additional steps with respect to the
national emergency declared in Executive Order 12957 of March 15, 1995
(Prohibiting Certain Transactions with Respect to the Development of
Iranian Petroleum Resources), I hereby order:
Section. 1. (a) All property and interests in property that are in the
United States, that hereafter come within the United States, or that are
or hereafter come within the possession or control of any United States
person of the following persons are blocked and may not be transferred,
paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in:
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(i) any person determined by the Secretary of State, in consultation with
the Secretary of the Treasury, to engage in any activity that materially
contributes to the supply, sale, or transfer, directly or indirectly, to or
from Iran, or for the use in or benefit of Iran, of arms or related
materiel, including spare parts;
(ii) any person determined by the Secretary of State, in consultation with
the Secretary of the Treasury, to provide to Iran any technical training,
financial resources or services, advice, other services, or assistance
related to the supply, sale, transfer, manufacture, maintenance, or use of
arms and related materiel described in subsection (a)(i) of this section;
(iii) any person determined by the Secretary of State, in consultation with
the Secretary of the Treasury, to have engaged, or attempted to engage, in
any activity that materially contributes to, or poses a risk of materially
contributing to, the proliferation of arms or related materiel or items
intended for military end-uses or military end-users, including any efforts
to manufacture, acquire, possess, develop, transport, transfer, or use such
items, by the Government of Iran (including persons owned or controlled by,
or acting for or on behalf of the Government of Iran) or paramilitary
organizations financially or militarily supported by the Government of
Iran;
(iv) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in
consultation with the Secretary of State, to have materially assisted,
sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for,
or goods or services to or in support of, any person whose property and
interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; or
(v) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation
with the Secretary of State, to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted
or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this
order.
(b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section apply except
to the extent provided by statutes, or in regulations, orders,
directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, and
notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit
granted before the date of this order.
(c) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section do not apply
to property and interests in property of the Government of Iran that
were blocked pursuant to Executive Order 12170 of November 14, 1979
(Blocking Iranian Government Property), and thereafter made subject to
the transfer directives set forth in Executive Order 12281 of January
19, 1981 (Direction to Transfer Certain Iranian Government Assets), and
implementing regulations thereunder.
Sec. 2. The prohibitions in section 1 of this order include:
(a) the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or
services by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and
interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; and
(b) the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or
services from any such person.
Sec. 3. The unrestricted immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the
United States of aliens determined to meet one or more of the criteria
in section
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1(a) of this order would be detrimental to the interests of the United
States, and the entry of such persons into the United States, as
immigrants or nonimmigrants, is hereby suspended, except where the
Secretary of State determines that the person's entry would not be
contrary to the interests of the United States, including when the
Secretary so determines, based on a recommendation of the Attorney
General, that the person's entry would further important United States
law enforcement objectives. In exercising this responsibility, the
Secretary of State shall consult the Secretary of Homeland Security on
matters related to admissibility or inadmissibility within the authority
of the Secretary of Homeland Security. Such persons shall be treated in
the same manner as persons covered by section 1 of Proclamation 8693 of
July 24, 2011 (Suspension of Entry of Aliens Subject to United Nations
Security Council Travel Bans and International Emergency Economic Powers
Act Sanctions). The Secretary of State shall have the responsibility for
implementing this section pursuant to such conditions and procedures as
the Secretary of State has established or may establish pursuant to
Proclamation 8693.
Sec. 4. (a) Any transaction that evades or avoids, has the purpose of
evading or avoiding, causes a violation of, or attempts to violate any
of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.
(b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set
forth in this order is prohibited.
Sec. 5. I hereby determine that the making of donations of the types of
articles specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2))
by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in
property are blocked pursuant to this order would seriously impair my
ability to deal with the national emergency declared in Executive Order
12957, and I hereby prohibit such donations as provided by section 1 of
this order.
Sec. 6. For the purposes of this order:
(a) the term ``entity'' means a partnership, association, trust,
joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization;
(b) the term ``Government of Iran'' includes the Government of Iran;
any political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof, including
the Central Bank of Iran; and any person owned or controlled by, or
acting for or on behalf of, the Government of Iran;
(c) the term ``Iran'' means the Government of Iran and the territory
of Iran;
(d) the term ``person'' means an individual or entity; and
(e) the term ``United States person'' means any United States
citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of
the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States
(including foreign branches), or any person in the United States.
Sec. 7. For those persons whose property and interests in property are
blocked pursuant to this order who might have a constitutional presence
in the United States, I find that because of the ability to transfer
funds or other assets instantaneously, prior notice to such persons of
measures to be taken pursuant to this order would render those measures
ineffectual. I therefore determine that for these measures to be
effective in addressing the national emergency declared in Executive
Order 12957, there need be no
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prior notice of a listing or determination made pursuant to section 1 of
this order.
Sec. 8. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to take such actions, including
the promulgation of rules and regulations, and to employ all powers
granted to the President by IEEPA as may be necessary to carry out the
purposes of this order. The Secretary of the Treasury may, consistent
with applicable law, redelegate any of these functions within the
Department of the Treasury. All departments and agencies of the United
States shall take all appropriate measures within their authority to
carry out the provisions of this order.
Sec. 9. This order shall not apply with respect to any person for
conducting or facilitating a transaction for the provision (including
any sale) of agricultural commodities, food, medicine, or medical
devices to Iran.
Sec. 10. Nothing in this order shall prohibit transactions for the
conduct of the official business of the United States Government or the
United Nations (including its specialized agencies, programs, funds, and
related organizations) by employees, grantees, or contractors thereof.
Sec. 11. The measures taken pursuant to this order are in response to
actions of the Government of Iran occurring after the conclusion of the
1981 Algiers Accords, and are intended solely as a response to those
later actions.
Sec. 12. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or
otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
September 21, 2020.
Executive Order 13950 of September 22, 2020
Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act, 40 U.S.C. 101 et seq., and in order to
promote economy and efficiency in Federal contracting, to promote unity
in the Federal workforce, and to combat offensive and anti-American race
and sex stereotyping and scapegoating, it is hereby ordered as follows:
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Section 1. Purpose. From the battlefield of Gettysburg to the bus
boycott in Montgomery and the Selma-to-Montgomery marches, heroic
Americans have valiantly risked their lives to ensure that their
children would grow up in a Nation living out its creed, expressed in
the Declaration of Independence: ``We hold these truths to be self-
evident, that all men are created equal.'' It was this belief in the
inherent equality of every individual that inspired the Founding
generation to risk their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor
to establish a new Nation, unique among the countries of the world.
President Abraham Lincoln understood that this belief is ``the electric
cord'' that ``links the hearts of patriotic and liberty-loving'' people,
no matter their race or country of origin. It is the belief that
inspired the heroic black soldiers of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry
Regiment to defend that same Union at great cost in the Civil War. And
it is what inspired Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to dream that his
children would one day ``not be judged by the color of their skin but by
the content of their character.''
Thanks to the courage and sacrifice of our forebears, America has made
significant progress toward realization of our national creed,
particularly in the 57 years since Dr. King shared his dream with the
country.
Today, however, many people are pushing a different vision of America
that is grounded in hierarchies based on collective social and political
identities rather than in the inherent and equal dignity of every person
as an individual. This ideology is rooted in the pernicious and false
belief that America is an irredeemably racist and sexist country; that
some people, simply on account of their race or sex, are oppressors; and
that racial and sexual identities are more important than our common
status as human beings and Americans.
This destructive ideology is grounded in misrepresentations of our
country's history and its role in the world. Although presented as new
and revolutionary, they resurrect the discredited notions of the
nineteenth century's apologists for slavery who, like President
Lincoln's rival Stephen A. Douglas, maintained that our government ``was
made on the white basis'' ``by white men, for the benefit of white
men.'' Our Founding documents rejected these racialized views of
America, which were soundly defeated on the blood-stained battlefields
of the Civil War. Yet they are now being repackaged and sold as cutting-
edge insights. They are designed to divide us and to prevent us from
uniting as one people in pursuit of one common destiny for our great
country.
Unfortunately, this malign ideology is now migrating from the fringes of
American society and threatens to infect core institutions of our
country. Instructors and materials teaching that men and members of
certain races, as well as our most venerable institutions, are
inherently sexist and racist are appearing in workplace diversity
trainings across the country, even in components of the Federal
Government and among Federal contractors. For example, the Department of
the Treasury recently held a seminar that promoted arguments that
``virtually all White people, regardless of how `woke' they are,
contribute to racism,'' and that instructed small group leaders to
encourage employees to avoid ``narratives'' that Americans should ``be
more color-blind'' or ``let people's skills and personalities be what
differentiates them.''
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Training materials from Argonne National Laboratories, a Federal entity,
stated that racism ``is interwoven into every fabric of America'' and
described statements like ``color blindness'' and the ``meritocracy'' as
``actions of bias.''
Materials from Sandia National Laboratories, also a Federal entity, for
non-minority males stated that an emphasis on ``rationality over
emotionality'' was a characteristic of ``white male[s],'' and asked
those present to ``acknowledge'' their ``privilege'' to each other.
A Smithsonian Institution museum graphic recently claimed that concepts
like ``[o]bjective, rational linear thinking,'' ``[h]ard work'' being
``the key to success,'' the ``nuclear family,'' and belief in a single
god are not values that unite Americans of all races but are instead
``aspects and assumptions of whiteness.'' The museum also stated that
``[f]acing your whiteness is hard and can result in feelings of guilt,
sadness, confusion, defensiveness, or fear.''
All of this is contrary to the fundamental premises underpinning our
Republic: that all individuals are created equal and should be allowed
an equal opportunity under the law to pursue happiness and prosper based
on individual merit.
Executive departments and agencies (agencies), our Uniformed Services,
Federal contractors, and Federal grant recipients should, of course,
continue to foster environments devoid of hostility grounded in race,
sex, and other federally protected characteristics. Training employees
to create an inclusive workplace is appropriate and beneficial. The
Federal Government is, and must always be, committed to the fair and
equal treatment of all individuals before the law.
But training like that discussed above perpetuates racial stereotypes
and division and can use subtle coercive pressure to ensure conformity
of viewpoint. Such ideas may be fashionable in the academy, but they
have no place in programs and activities supported by Federal taxpayer
dollars. Research also suggests that blame-focused diversity training
reinforces biases and decreases opportunities for minorities.
Our Federal civil service system is based on merit principles. These
principles, codified at 5 U.S.C. 2301, call for all employees to
``receive fair and equitable treatment in all aspects of personnel
management without regard to'' race or sex ``and with proper regard for
their . . . constitutional rights.'' Instructing Federal employees that
treating individuals on the basis of individual merit is racist or
sexist directly undermines our Merit System Principles and impairs the
efficiency of the Federal service. Similarly, our Uniformed Services
should not teach our heroic men and women in uniform the lie that the
country for which they are willing to die is fundamentally racist. Such
teachings could directly threaten the cohesion and effectiveness of our
Uniformed Services.
Such activities also promote division and inefficiency when carried out
by Federal contractors. The Federal Government has long prohibited
Federal contractors from engaging in race or sex discrimination and
required contractors to take affirmative action to ensure that such
discrimination does not occur. The participation of contractors'
employees in training that promotes race or sex stereotyping or
scapegoating similarly undermines efficiency in Federal contracting.
Such requirements promote divisiveness in
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the workplace and distract from the pursuit of excellence and
collaborative achievements in public administration.
Therefore, it shall be the policy of the United States not to promote
race or sex stereotyping or scapegoating in the Federal workforce or in
the Uniformed Services, and not to allow grant funds to be used for
these purposes. In addition, Federal contractors will not be permitted
to inculcate such views in their employees.
Sec. 2. Definitions. For the purposes of this order, the phrase:
(a) ``Divisive concepts'' means the concepts that (1) one race or
sex is inherently superior to another race or sex; (2) the United States
is fundamentally racist or sexist; (3) an individual, by virtue of his
or her race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether
consciously or unconsciously; (4) an individual should be discriminated
against or receive adverse treatment solely or partly because of his or
her race or sex; (5) members of one race or sex cannot and should not
attempt to treat others without respect to race or sex; (6) an
individual's moral character is necessarily determined by his or her
race or sex; (7) an individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex,
bears responsibility for actions committed in the past by other members
of the same race or sex; (8) any individual should feel discomfort,
guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress on account
of his or her race or sex; or (9) meritocracy or traits such as a hard
work ethic are racist or sexist, or were created by a particular race to
oppress another race. The term ``divisive concepts'' also includes any
other form of race or sex stereotyping or any other form of race or sex
scapegoating.
(b) ``Race or sex stereotyping'' means ascribing character traits,
values, moral and ethical codes, privileges, status, or beliefs to a
race or sex, or to an individual because of his or her race or sex.
(c) ``Race or sex scapegoating'' means assigning fault, blame, or
bias to a race or sex, or to members of a race or sex because of their
race or sex. It similarly encompasses any claim that, consciously or
unconsciously, and by virtue of his or her race or sex, members of any
race are inherently racist or are inherently inclined to oppress others,
or that members of a sex are inherently sexist or inclined to oppress
others.
(d) ``Senior political appointee'' means an individual appointed by
the President, or a non-career member of the Senior Executive Service
(or agency-equivalent system).
Sec. 3. Requirements for the United States Uniformed Services. The
United States Uniformed Services, including the United States Armed
Forces, shall not teach, instruct, or train any member of the United
States Uniformed Services, whether serving on active duty, serving on
reserve duty, attending a military service academy, or attending courses
conducted by a military department pursuant to a Reserve Officer Corps
Training program, to believe any of the divisive concepts set forth in
section 2(a) of this order. No member of the United States Uniformed
Services shall face any penalty or discrimination on account of his or
her refusal to support, believe, endorse, embrace, confess, act upon, or
otherwise assent to these concepts.
Sec. 4. Requirements for Government Contractors. (a) Except in contracts
exempted in the manner provided by section 204 of Executive Order 11246
of September 24, 1965 (Equal Employment Opportunity), as amended, all
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Government contracting agencies shall include in every Government
contract hereafter entered into the following provisions:
``During the performance of this contract, the contractor agrees as
follows:
1. The contractor shall not use any workplace training that inculcates
in its employees any form of race or sex stereotyping or any form of
race or sex scapegoating, including the concepts that (a) one race or
sex is inherently superior to another race or sex; (b) an individual, by
virtue of his or her race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist, or
oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously; (c) an individual
should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment solely or
partly because of his or her race or sex; (d) members of one race or sex
cannot and should not attempt to treat others without respect to race or
sex; (e) an individual's moral character is necessarily determined by
his or her race or sex; (f) an individual, by virtue of his or her race
or sex, bears responsibility for actions committed in the past by other
members of the same race or sex; (g) any individual should feel
discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress
on account of his or her race or sex; or (h) meritocracy or traits such
as a hard work ethic are racist or sexist, or were created by a
particular race to oppress another race. The term ``race or sex
stereotyping'' means ascribing character traits, values, moral and
ethical codes, privileges, status, or beliefs to a race or sex, or to an
individual because of his or her race or sex, and the term ``race or sex
scapegoating'' means assigning fault, blame, or bias to a race or sex,
or to members of a race or sex because of their race or sex.
2. The contractor will send to each labor union or representative of
workers with which he has a collective bargaining agreement or other
contract or understanding, a notice, to be provided by the agency
contracting officer, advising the labor union or workers' representative
of the contractor's commitments under the Executive Order of September
22, 2020, entitled Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping, and shall post
copies of the notice in conspicuous places available to employees and
applicants for employment.
3. In the event of the contractor's noncompliance with the requirements
of paragraphs (1), (2), and (4), or with any rules, regulations, or
orders that may be promulgated in accordance with the Executive Order of
September 22, 2020, this contract may be canceled, terminated, or
suspended in whole or in part and the contractor may be declared
ineligible for further Government contracts in accordance with
procedures authorized in Executive Order 11246, and such other sanctions
may be imposed and remedies invoked as provided by any rules,
regulations, or orders the Secretary of Labor has issued or adopted
pursuant to Executive Order 11246, including subpart D of that order.
4. The contractor will include the provisions of paragraphs (1) through
(4) in every subcontract or purchase order unless exempted by rules,
regulations, or orders of the Secretary of Labor, so that such
provisions will be binding upon each subcontractor or vendor. The
contractor will take such action with respect to any subcontract or
purchase order as may be directed by the Secretary of Labor as a means
of enforcing such provisions including sanctions for noncompliance:
Provided, however, that in the event the contractor becomes involved in,
or is threatened with, litigation with a subcontractor or vendor as a
result of such direction, the contractor may request
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the United States to enter into such litigation to protect the interests
of the United States.''
(b) The Department of Labor is directed, through the Office of
Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), to establish a hotline and
investigate complaints received under both this order as well as
Executive Order 11246 alleging that a Federal contractor is utilizing
such training programs in violation of the contractor's obligations
under those orders. The Department shall take appropriate enforcement
action and provide remedial relief, as appropriate.
(c) Within 30 days of the date of this order, the Director of OFCCP
shall publish in the Federal Register a request for information seeking
information from Federal contractors, Federal subcontractors, and
employees of Federal contractors and subcontractors regarding the
training, workshops, or similar programming provided to employees. The
request for information should request copies of any training, workshop,
or similar programing having to do with diversity and inclusion as well
as information about the duration, frequency, and expense of such
activities.
Sec. 5. Requirements for Federal Grants. The heads of all agencies shall
review their respective grant programs and identify programs for which
the agency may, as a condition of receiving such a grant, require the
recipient to certify that it will not use Federal funds to promote the
concepts that (a) one race or sex is inherently superior to another race
or sex; (b) an individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex, is
inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or
unconsciously; (c) an individual should be discriminated against or
receive adverse treatment solely or partly because of his or her race or
sex; (d) members of one race or sex cannot and should not attempt to
treat others without respect to race or sex; (e) an individual's moral
character is necessarily determined by his or her race or sex; (f) an
individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex, bears responsibility
for actions committed in the past by other members of the same race or
sex; (g) any individual should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any
other form of psychological distress on account of his or her race or
sex; or (h) meritocracy or traits such as a hard work ethic are racist
or sexist, or were created by a particular race to oppress another race.
Within 60 days of the date of this order, the heads of agencies shall
each submit a report to the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) that lists all grant programs so identified.
Sec. 6. Requirements for Agencies. (a) The fair and equal treatment of
individuals is an inviolable principle that must be maintained in the
Federal workplace. Agencies should continue all training that will
foster a workplace that is respectful of all employees. Accordingly:
(i) The head of each agency shall use his or her authority under 5 U.S.C.
301, 302, and 4103 to ensure that the agency, agency employees while on
duty status, and any contractors hired by the agency to provide training,
workshops, forums, or similar programming (for purposes of this section,
``training'') to agency employees do not teach, advocate, act upon, or
promote in any training to agency employees any of the divisive concepts
listed in section 2(a) of this order. Agencies may consult with the Office
of Personnel Management (OPM), pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 4116, in carrying out
this provision; and
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(ii) Agency diversity and inclusion efforts shall, first and foremost,
encourage agency employees not to judge each other by their color, race,
ethnicity, sex, or any other characteristic protected by Federal law.
(b) The Director of OPM shall propose regulations providing that
agency officials with supervisory authority over a supervisor or an
employee with responsibility for promoting diversity and inclusion, if
such supervisor or employee either authorizes or approves training that
promotes the divisive concepts set forth in section 2(a) of this order,
shall take appropriate steps to pursue a performance-based adverse
action proceeding against such supervisor or employee under chapter 43
or 75 of title 5, United States Code.
(c) Each agency head shall:
(i) issue an order incorporating the requirements of this order into agency
operations, including by making compliance with this order a provision in
all agency contracts for diversity training;
(ii) request that the agency inspector general thoroughly review and assess
by the end of the calendar year, and not less than annually thereafter,
agency compliance with the requirements of this order in the form of a
report submitted to OMB; and
(iii) assign at least one senior political appointee responsibility for
ensuring compliance with the requirements of this order.
Sec. 7. OMB and OPM Review of Agency Training. (a) Consistent with OPM's
authority under 5 U.S.C. 4115-4118, all training programs for agency
employees relating to diversity or inclusion shall, before being used,
be reviewed by OPM for compliance with the requirements of section 6 of
this order.
(b) If a contractor provides a training for agency employees
relating to diversity or inclusion that teaches, advocates, or promotes
the divisive concepts set forth in section 2(a) of this order, and such
action is in violation of the applicable contract, the agency that
contracted for such training shall evaluate whether to pursue debarment
of that contractor, consistent with applicable law and regulations, and
in consultation with the Interagency Suspension and Debarment Committee.
(c) Within 90 days of the date of this order, each agency shall
report to OMB all spending in Fiscal Year 2020 on Federal employee
training programs relating to diversity or inclusion, whether conducted
internally or by contractors. Such report shall, in addition to
providing aggregate totals, delineate awards to each individual
contractor.
(d) The Directors of OMB and OPM may jointly issue guidance and
directives pertaining to agency obligations under, and ensuring
compliance with, this order.
Sec. 8. Title VII Guidance. The Attorney General should continue to
assess the extent to which workplace training that teaches the divisive
concepts set forth in section 2(a) of this order may contribute to a
hostile work environment and give rise to potential liability under
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq. If
appropriate, the Attorney General and the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission shall issue publicly available guidance to assist employers
in better promoting diversity and inclusive workplaces consistent with
Title VII.
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Sec. 9. Effective Date. This order is effective immediately, except that
the requirements of section 4 of this order shall apply to contracts
entered into 60 days after the date of this order.
Sec. 10. General Provisions. (a) This order does not prevent agencies,
the United States Uniformed Services, or contractors from promoting
racial, cultural, or ethnic diversity or inclusiveness, provided such
efforts are consistent with the requirements of this order.
(b) Nothing in this order shall be construed to prohibit discussing,
as part of a larger course of academic instruction, the divisive
concepts listed in section 2(a) of this order in an objective manner and
without endorsement.
(c) If any provision of this order, or the application of any
provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the
remainder of this order and the application of its provisions to any
other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
(d) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise
affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department, agency, or the
head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(e) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(f) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
September 22, 2020.
Executive Order 13951 of September 24, 2020
An America-First Healthcare Plan
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. Since January 20, 2017, my Administration has been
committed to the goal of bringing great healthcare to the American
people and putting patients first. To that end, my Administration has
taken monumental steps to improve the efficiency and quality of
healthcare in the United States.
(a) My Administration has been committed to restoring choice and
control to the American patient.
On December 22, 2017, I signed into law the repeal of the burdensome
individual-mandate penalty, liberating millions of low-income Americans
from a tax that penalized them for not purchasing health-insurance
coverage they did not want or could not afford. Through Executive Order
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13813 of October 12, 2017 (Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition
Across the United States), my Administration has expanded coverage
options for millions of Americans in several ways. My Administration
increased the availability of renewable short-term, limited-duration
healthcare plans, providing options that are up to 60 percent cheaper
than the least expensive alternatives under the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act (ACA) and are projected to cover 500,000 individuals
who would otherwise be uninsured. My Administration expanded health
reimbursement arrangements, which have been projected by the Department
of the Treasury to reach 800,000 businesses and over 11 million
employees and to expand coverage to more than 800,000 individuals who
would otherwise be uninsured. My Administration also issued a rule to
increase the availability of association health plans for small
businesses, which, upon implementation of the rule, are projected to
cover up to 400,000 previously uninsured individuals for on average 30
percent less cost.
As set forth in the Economic Report of the President (February 2020), my
Administration's expansion of health savings accounts will further help
millions of Americans pay for health expenditures by allowing them to
save more of their own money free from Federal taxation, and will
especially help Americans with chronic conditions who now have more
flexibility to enroll in plans that fit their complicated care needs and
can be paired with a tax-advantaged account.
At the beginning of the current COVID-19 pandemic, my Administration
acted to dramatically increase the accessibility and availability of
telehealth services for Medicare beneficiaries, enabling millions of
individuals to use these services. Pursuant to Executive Order 13941 of
August 3, 2020 (Improving Rural Health and Telehealth Access), the
Secretary of Health and Human Services will make permanent many of the
new policies that improve the accessibility and availability of
telehealth services. In addition, pursuant to that order, the Secretary
of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Agriculture will
develop and implement a strategy to improve the physical and
communications healthcare infrastructure available to rural Americans.
Through our State Relief and Empowerment Waivers, my Administration has
given States additional health-insurance flexibility, which has expanded
health-insurance coverage options for consumers and lowered costs for
patients. These waivers allow States to move away from the ACA's rigid
structure and are estimated to have lowered premiums by approximately 11
percent in Wisconsin, 20 percent in Minnesota, and 43 percent in
Maryland. Due to actions my Administration took, like the State Relief
and Empowerment Waivers, after years of dwindling choices and escalating
prices, plan options for consumers increased and for 2019, for the first
time ever, benchmark premiums actually decreased on Healthcare.gov. For
2020, the average benchmark premium dropped by nearly 4 percent.
After the prior Administration spent tens of billions of dollars
creating electronic health records systems unable to accurately or
effectively record and communicate patient data, my Administration has
paved the way for a new wave of innovation to allow patients to safely
send their own medical records to care providers of their choosing. My
Patients over Paperwork initiative has cut red tape for doctors and
nurses so they can spend
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more time with their patients, which the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services (CMS) within the Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) has estimated to save over 40 million hours of wasted
time for providers and suppliers between 2017 and 2021.
(b) My Administration has been ceaseless in its efforts to lower
costs to make healthcare more affordable for American patients.
Under my tenure, prescription drugs saw their largest annual price
decrease in nearly half a century. For three consecutive years, we have
approved a record number of generic drugs. The Council of Economic
Advisers has estimated that these approvals saved patients $26 billion
in the first 18 months of my Administration alone. As part of the
Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, I signed into law the
Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples Act, which
will pave the way for even more generic drugs and is projected to save
taxpayers $3.3 billion from 2019 to 2029.
CMS has acted to offer Medicare beneficiaries prescription drug plans
with the option of insulin capped at $35 in out-of-pocket expenses for a
30-day supply. We are also reducing Government payments to overcharging
hospitals participating in the 340B Drug Pricing Program by instead
paying rates that more accurately reflect the hospitals' acquisition
costs, which CMS estimated would save Medicare beneficiaries $320
million on copayments for drugs alone.
As a result of Executive Order 13937 of July 24, 2020 (Access to
Affordable Life-Saving Medications), low-income Americans who receive
care from a federally qualified health center will have access to
insulin and injectable epinephrine at prices lower than ever before.
Under Executive Order 13938 of July 24, 2020 (Increasing Drug
Importation to Lower Prices for American Patients), my Administration
will be the first to complete a rulemaking to authorize the safe
importation of certain lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada.
Pursuant to Executive Order 13939 of July 24, 2020 (Lowering Prices for
Patients by Eliminating Kickbacks to Middlemen), my Administration is
taking action to eliminate wasteful payments to middlemen by passing
drug discounts through to patients at the pharmacy counter without
increasing premiums for beneficiaries or cost to Federal taxpayers. And
my Administration is taking action to ensure that Medicare patients
receive the lowest price that drug companies offer comparable foreign
nations through Executive Order 13948 of September 13, 2020 (Lowering
Drug Prices by Putting America First).
As part of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, I also
signed into law the repeal of the medical device tax, the annual fee on
health-insurance providers, and the ``Cadillac'' tax on certain
employer-sponsored health insurance, which threatened to dramatically
increase the cost of healthcare for working families.
My Administration is transforming the black-box hospital and insurance
pricing systems to be transparent about price and quality. Regardless of
health-insurance coverage, two-thirds of adults in America still worry
about the threat of unexpected medical bills. This fear is the result of
a system under which individuals and employers are unable to see how
insurance companies, pharmacy benefit managers, insurance brokers, and
providers are or will be paid. One major culprit is the practice of
``surprise billing,'' in which a patient receives unexpected bills at
highly inflated prices from
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providers who are not part of the patient's insurance network, even if
the patient was treated at a hospital that was part of the patient's
network. Patients can receive these bills despite having no opportunity
to select around an out-of-network provider in advance.
On May 9, 2019, I announced four principles to guide congressional
efforts to prohibit exorbitant bills resulting from patients'
accidentally or unknowingly receiving services from out-of-network
physicians. Unfortunately, the Congress has failed to act, and patients
remain vulnerable to surprise billing.
In the absence of congressional action, my Administration has already
taken strong and decisive action to make healthcare prices more
transparent. On June 24, 2019, I signed Executive Order 13877 (Improving
Price and Quality Transparency in American Healthcare to Put Patients
First), directing certain agencies--for the first time ever--to make
sure patients have access to meaningful price and quality information
prior to the delivery of care. Beginning January 1, 2021, hospitals will
be required to publish their real price for every service, and publicly
display in a consumer-friendly, easy-to-understand format the prices of
at least 300 different common services that are able to be shopped for
in advance.
We have also taken some concrete steps to eliminate surprise out-of-
network bills. For example, on April 10, 2020, my Administration
required providers to certify, as a condition of receiving supplemental
COVID-19 funding, that they would not seek to collect out-of-pocket
expenses from a patient for treatment related to COVID-19 in an amount
greater than what the patient would have otherwise been required to pay
for care by an in-network provider. These initiatives have made
important progress, although additional efforts are necessary.
Not all hospitals allow for surprise bills. But many do. Unfortunately,
surprise billing has become sufficiently pervasive that the fear of
receiving a surprise bill may dissuade patients from seeking appropriate
care. And research suggests a correlation between hospitals that
frequently allow surprise billing and increases in hospital admissions
and imaging procedures, putting patients at risk of receiving
unnecessary services, which can lead to physical harm and threatens the
long-term financial sustainability of Medicare.
Efforts to limit surprise billing and increase the number of providers
participating in the same insurance network as the hospital in which
they work would correspondingly streamline the ability of patients to
receive care and reduce time spent on billing disputes.
On May 15, 2020, HHS released the Health Quality Roadmap to empower
patients to make fully informed decisions about their healthcare by
facilitating the availability of appropriate and meaningful price and
quality information. These transformative actions will arm patients with
the tools to be active and effective shoppers for healthcare services,
enabling them to identify high-value providers and services, and
ultimately place downward pressure on prices.
My Administration has cracked down on waste, fraud, and abuse that
direct valuable taxpayer resources away from those who need them most.
My Administration implemented a ``site neutral'' payment system between
hospital outpatient departments and physicians' offices, to ensure
Medicare
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beneficiaries are charged the same price for the same service regardless
of where it takes place, which CMS estimates will save them
approximately $160 million in co-payments for 2020. We also changed the
rules to enable Government watchdogs to proactively identify and stop
perpetrators of fraud before money goes out the door.
(c) My Administration has been dedicated to providing better care
for all Americans.
This includes a steadfast commitment to always protecting individuals
with pre-existing conditions and ensuring they have access to the high-
quality healthcare they deserve. No American should have to risk going
without health insurance based on a health history that he or she cannot
change.
In an attempt to justify the ACA, the previous Administration claimed
that, absent action by the Congress, up to 129 million (later updated to
133 million) non-elderly people with what it described as pre-existing
conditions were in danger of being denied health-insurance coverage.
According to the previous Administration, however, only 2.7 percent of
such individuals actually gained access to health insurance through the
ACA, given existing laws and programs already in place to cover them.
For example, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of
1996 has long protected individuals with pre-existing conditions,
including individuals covered by group health plans and individuals who
had such coverage but lost it.
The ACA produced multiple other failures. The average insurance premium
in the individual market more than doubled from 2013 to 2017, and those
who have not received generous Federal subsidies have struggled to
maintain coverage. For those who have managed to maintain coverage, many
have experienced a substantial rise in deductibles, limited choice of
insurers, and limited provider networks that exclude their doctors and
the facilities best suited to care for them.
Additionally, approximately 30 million Americans remain uninsured,
notwithstanding the previous Administration's promises that the ACA
would address this intractable problem. On top of these disappointing
results, Federal taxpayers and, unfortunately, future generations of
American workers, have been left with an enormous bill. The ACA's
Medicaid expansion and subsidies for the individual market are projected
by the Congressional Budget Office to cost more than $1.8 trillion over
the next decade.
The ACA is neither the best nor the only way to ensure that Americans
who suffer from pre-existing conditions have access to health-insurance
coverage. I have agreed with the States challenging the ACA, who have
won in the Federal district court and court of appeals, that the ACA, as
amended, exceeds the power of the Congress. The ACA was flawed from its
inception and should be struck down. However, access to health insurance
despite underlying health conditions should be maintained, even if the
Supreme Court invalidates the unconstitutional, and largely harmful,
ACA.
My Administration has always been committed to ensuring that patients
with pre-existing conditions can obtain affordable healthcare, to
lowering healthcare costs, to improving quality of care, and to enabling
individuals to choose the healthcare that meets their needs. For
example, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, my Administration implemented a
program to
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provide any individual without health-insurance coverage access to
necessary COVID-19-related testing and treatment.
My commitment to improving care across our country expands vastly beyond
the rules governing health insurance. On July 10, 2019, I signed
Executive Order 13879 (Advancing American Kidney Health) to improve care
for the hundreds of thousands of Americans suffering from end-stage
renal disease. Pursuant to that order, my Administration launched a
program to encourage home dialysis and promote transplants for patients,
and expects to enroll approximately 120,000 Medicare beneficiaries with
end-stage renal disease in the program. We also have removed financial
barriers to living organ donation by adding additional financial support
for living donors, such as by reimbursing expenses for lost wages, child
care, and elder care. HHS, together with the American Society of
Nephrology, issued two phases of awards through KidneyX's Redesign
Dialysis Price Competition to work toward the creation of an artificial
kidney.
My Administration has taken unprecedented action to improve the quality
of and access to care for individuals with HIV, as part of our goal of
ending the epidemic of HIV in the United States by 2030. HHS has awarded
at least $226 million to expand access to HIV care, treatment,
medication, and prevention services, focused on 48 counties, Washington,
DC, and San Juan, Puerto Rico, where more than 50 percent of new HIV
diagnoses occurred in 2016 and 2017, as well as seven States with a
substantial rural HIV rate. We secured a historic donation of a
groundbreaking HIV preventive medication that is available at no cost to
eligible patients.
My Administration has started a transformation in healthcare in rural
America. This includes a new effort, pursuant to my directive in
Executive Order 13941, to support small hospitals and health clinics in
rural communities in transitioning from volume-based Medicare and
Medicaid reimbursement, which has failed rural communities that struggle
with a lack of patient volume, and toward value-based payment mechanisms
that are tailored to meet the needs of their communities. We updated
Medicare payment policies to address a problem in the program's payment
calculation that has historically disadvantaged rural hospitals, and
released a Rural Action Plan to incorporate recommendations from experts
and leaders across the Federal Government. We have also dedicated a
special focus on improving care offered through the Indian Health
Service (IHS) within HHS, including by creating the Office of Quality,
implementing an increase in annual funding for IHS by $243 million from
2019 to 2020, and expanding nationwide IHS's successful Alaska Community
Health Aide Program.
My Administration has additionally demonstrated an incredible dedication
to protecting and improving care for those most in need, including
senior citizens, those with substance use disorders, and those to whom
our Nation owes the greatest debt: our veterans.
I have protected the viability of the Medicare program. For example, on
February 9, 2018, I signed into law the repeal of the Independent
Payment Advisory Board, which would have been a group of unelected
bureaucrats created by the ACA, designed to be insulated from the will
of America's elected leaders for the purpose of cutting the spending of
this important program. On October 3, 2019, I signed Executive Order
13890 (Protecting
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and Improving Medicare for Our Nation's Seniors), to modernize the
Medicare program and continue its viability. According to CMS estimates,
seniors have saved $2.65 billion in lower Medicare premiums under my
Administration while benefiting from more choices. For example, the
average monthly Medicare Advantage premium has declined an estimated 28
percent since 2017, and Medicare Advantage has included about 1,200 more
plan options since 2018. New Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits
have helped seniors stay safe in their homes, improved respite care for
caregivers, and provided transportation, more in-home support services
and assistance, and non-opioid pain management alternatives like
therapeutic massages. Medicare Part D premiums are at their lowest level
in their history, with the average basic premium declining 13.5 percent
since 2016.
My Administration has directed unprecedented attention on the substance
use disorder epidemic, with a focus on reducing overdose deaths from
prescription opioids and the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl. On
October 24, 2018, I signed the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that
Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act,
enabling the expenditure of billions of dollars of funding for important
programs to support prevention and recovery. My Administration has
provided approximately $22.5 billion from 2017 to 2020 to address the
opioid crisis and improve access to prevention, treatment, and recovery
services. We saw a 34 percent decrease in total opioids dispensed
monthly by pharmacies between 2017 and 2019, an approximate increase of
64 percent in the number of Americans who receive medication-assisted
treatment for opioid use disorder since 2016, and a 484 percent increase
in naloxone prescriptions since 2017. Data show that drug overdose
deaths fell nationwide for the first time in decades between 2017 and
2018, with many of the hardest-hit States leading the way.
Improving care for our Nation's veterans has been a priority since the
beginning of my Administration. On June 6, 2018, I signed the VA
Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside
Networks (MISSION) Act of 2018, which authorized billions of dollars to
improve options for veterans to receive care outside of Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare providers. Since taking effect, the VA
estimates that more than 2.4 million veterans have benefited from more
than 6.5 million referrals to the 725,000 private healthcare providers
with which the VA is now working. On June 23, 2017, I signed the
Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower
Protection Act of 2017 to hold our civil servants accountable for
maintaining the best quality of care possible for our Nation's veterans
by giving the Secretary of Veterans Affairs more power to discipline
employees and shorten an appeals process that can last years. On March
5, 2019, I signed Executive Order 13861 (National Roadmap to Empower
Veterans and End Suicide) to ensure that the Federal Government leads a
collective effort to prevent suicide among our veterans.
I have used scientific research to focus on areas most pressing for the
health of Americans. On September 19, 2019, I signed Executive Order
13887 (Modernizing Influenza Vaccines in the United States to Promote
National Security and Public Health), recognizing the threat that
pandemic influenza continues to represent and putting forward a plan to
prepare for future influenza pandemics. To modernize influenza vaccines
and promote
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national security and public health, HHS issued a 6-year, $226 million
contract to retain and increase capacity to produce recombinant
influenza vaccine domestically, and the National Institute of Allergy
and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health
within HHS, initiated the Collaborative Influenza Vaccine Innovation
Centers program.
Investments my Administration has made in scientific research will help
tackle some of our most pressing medical challenges and pay dividends
for generations to come. This includes working to increase funding for
Alzheimer's disease research by billions of dollars since 2017 and a
plan to invest more than $500 million over the next decade to improve
pediatric cancer research. On December 18, 2018, I signed the Sickle
Cell Disease and Other Heritable Blood Disorders Research, Surveillance,
Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2018 to provide support for research
into sickle cell disease, which disproportionately impacts African
Americans and Hispanics, and to authorize programs relating to sickle
cell disease surveillance, prevention, and treatment.
On May 30, 2018, I signed the Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan
McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2017, which gives
terminally ill patients the right to access certain treatments without
being blocked by onerous Federal regulations.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, my Administration launched
Operation Warp Speed, a groundbreaking effort of the Federal Government
to engage with the private sector to quickly develop and deliver safe
and effective vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics for COVID-19. On
August 6, 2020, I signed Executive Order 13944 (Combating Public Health
Emergencies and Strengthening National Security by Ensuring Essential
Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs Are Made in the
United States), to protect Americans through reduced dependence on
foreign manufacturers for essential medicines and other items and to
strengthen the Nation's Public Health Industrial Base.
Taken together, these extraordinary reforms constitute an ongoing effort
to improve American healthcare by putting patients first and delivering
continuous innovation. And this effort will continue to succeed because
of my Administration's commitment to delivering great healthcare with
more choices, better care, and lower costs for all Americans.
Sec. 2. Policy. It has been and will continue to be the policy of the
United States to give Americans seeking healthcare more choice, lower
costs, and better care and to ensure that Americans with pre-existing
conditions can obtain the insurance of their choice at affordable rates.
Sec. 3. Giving Americans More Choice in Healthcare. The Secretary of the
Treasury, the Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall maintain and build upon existing actions to expand access
to and options for affordable healthcare.
Sec. 4. Lowering Healthcare Costs for Americans. (a) The Secretary of
Health and Human Services, in coordination with the Commissioner of Food
and Drugs, shall maintain and build upon existing actions to expand
access to affordable medicines, including accelerating the approvals of
new generic and biosimilar drugs and facilitating the safe importation
of affordable prescription drugs from abroad.
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(b) The Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Labor, and the
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall maintain and build upon
existing actions to ensure consumers have access to meaningful price and
quality information prior to the delivery of care.
(i) Recognizing that both chambers of the Congress have made substantial
progress towards a solution to end surprise billing, the Secretary of
Health and Human Services shall work with the Congress to reach a
legislative solution by December 31, 2020.
(ii) In the event a legislative solution is not reached by December 31,
2020, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall take administrative
action to prevent a patient from receiving a bill for out-of-pocket
expenses that the patient could not have reasonably foreseen.
(iii) Within 180 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of Health
and Human Services shall update the Medicare.gov Hospital Compare website
to inform beneficiaries of hospital billing quality, including:
(A) whether the hospital is in compliance with the Hospital Price
Transparency Final Rule, as amended (84 Fed. Reg. 65524), effective January
1, 2021;
(B) whether, upon discharge, the hospital provides patients with a
receipt that includes a list of itemized services received during a
hospital stay; and
(C) how often the hospital pursues legal action against patients,
including to garnish wages, to place a lien on a patient's home, or to
withdraw money from a patient's income tax refund.
(c) The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in coordination with
the Administrator of CMS, shall maintain and build upon existing actions
to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse in the healthcare system.
Sec. 5. Providing Better Care to Americans. (a) The Secretary of Health
and Human Services and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall maintain
and build upon existing actions to improve quality in the delivery of
care for veterans.
(b) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall continue to
promote medical innovations to find novel and improved treatments for
COVID-19, Alzheimer's disease, sickle cell disease, pediatric cancer,
and other conditions threatening the well-being of Americans.
Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party
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against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its
officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
September 24, 2020.
Executive Order 13952 of September 25, 2020
Protecting Vulnerable Newborn and Infant Children
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. Every infant born alive, no matter the circumstances
of his or her birth, has the same dignity and the same rights as every
other individual and is entitled to the same protections under Federal
law. Such laws include the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act
(EMTALA), 42 U.S.C. 1395dd, which guarantees, in hospitals that have an
emergency department, each individual's right to an appropriate medical
screening examination and to either stabilizing treatment or an
appropriate transfer. They also include section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act (Rehab Act), 29 U.S.C. 794, which prohibits
discrimination against individuals with disabilities by programs and
activities receiving Federal funding. In addition, the Born-Alive
Infants Protection Act, 1 U.S.C. 8, makes clear that all infants born
alive are individuals for purposes of these and other Federal laws and
are therefore afforded the same legal protections as any other person.
Together, these laws help protect infants born alive from discrimination
in the provision of medical treatment, including infants who require
emergency medical treatment, who are premature, or who are born with
disabilities. Such infants are entitled to meaningful and non-
discriminatory access to medical examination and services, with the
consent of a parent or guardian, when they present at hospitals
receiving Federal funds.
Despite these laws, some hospitals refuse the required medical screening
examination and stabilizing treatment or otherwise do not provide
potentially lifesaving medical treatment to extremely premature or
disabled infants, even when parents plead for such treatment. Hospitals
might refuse to provide treatment to extremely premature infants--born
alive before 24 weeks of gestation--because they believe these infants
may not survive, may have to live with long-term disabilities, or may
have a quality-of-life deemed to be inadequate. Active treatment of
extremely premature infants has, however, been shown to improve their
survival rates. And the denial of such treatment, or discouragement of
parents from seeking such treatment for their children, devalues the
lives of these children and may violate Federal law.
Sec. 2. Policy. It is the policy of the United States to recognize the
human dignity and inherent worth of every newborn or other infant child,
regardless of prematurity or disability, and to ensure for each child
due protection under the law.
Sec. 3. (a) The Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) shall
ensure that individuals responsible for all programs and activities
under
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his jurisdiction that receive Federal funding are aware of their
obligations toward infants, including premature infants or infants with
disabilities, who have an emergency medical condition in need of
stabilizing treatment, under EMTALA and section 504 of the Rehab Act, as
interpreted consistent with the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act. In
particular, the Secretary shall ensure that individuals responsible for
such programs and activities are aware that they are not excused from
complying with these obligations, including the obligation to provide an
appropriate medical screening examination and stabilizing treatment or
transfer, when extremely premature infants are born alive or infants are
born with disabilities. The Secretary shall also ensure that individuals
responsible for such programs and activities are aware that they may not
unlawfully discourage parents from seeking medical treatment for their
infant child solely because of their infant child's disability. The
Secretary shall further ensure that individuals responsible for such
programs and activities are aware of their obligations to provide
stabilizing treatment that will allow the infant patients to be
transferred to a more suitable facility if appropriate treatment is not
possible at the initial location.
(b) The Secretary shall, as appropriate and consistent with
applicable law, ensure that Federal funding disbursed by the Department
of Health and Human Services is expended in full compliance with EMTALA
and section 504 of the Rehab Act, as interpreted consistent with the
Born-Alive Infants Protection Act, as reflected in the policy set forth
in section 2 of this order.
(i) The Secretary shall, as appropriate and to the fullest extent permitted
by law, investigate complaints of violations of applicable Federal laws
with respect to infants born alive, including infants who have an emergency
medical condition in need of stabilizing treatment or infants with
disabilities whose parents seek medical treatment for their infants. The
Secretary shall also clarify, in an easily understandable format, the
process by which parents and hospital staff may submit such complaints for
investigation under applicable Federal laws.
(ii) The Secretary shall take all appropriate enforcement action against
individuals and organizations found through investigation to have violated
applicable Federal laws, up to and including terminating Federal funding
for non-compliant programs and activities.
(c) The Secretary shall, as appropriate and consistent with
applicable law, prioritize the allocation of Department of Health and
Human Services discretionary grant funding and National Institutes of
Health research dollars for programs and activities conducting research
to develop treatments that may improve survival--especially survival
without impairment--of infants born alive, including premature infants
or infants with disabilities, who have an emergency medical condition in
need of stabilizing treatment.
(d) The Secretary shall, as appropriate and consistent with
applicable law, prioritize the allocation of Department of Health and
Human Services discretionary grant funding to programs and activities,
including hospitals, that provide training to medical personnel
regarding the provision of life-saving medical treatment to all infants
born alive, including premature infants or infants with disabilities,
who have an emergency medical condition in need of stabilizing
treatment.
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(e) The Secretary shall, as necessary and consistent with applicable
law, issue such regulations or guidance as may be necessary to implement
this order.
Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
September 25, 2020.
Executive Order 13953 of September 30, 2020
Addressing the Threat to the Domestic Supply Chain From Reliance on
Critical Minerals From Foreign Adversaries and Supporting the Domestic
Mining and Processing Industries
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the
National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), and section 301
of title 3, United States Code,
I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, find that
a strong America cannot be dependent on imports from foreign adversaries
for the critical minerals that are increasingly necessary to maintain
our economic and military strength in the 21st century. Because of the
national importance of reliable access to critical minerals, I signed
Executive Order 13817 of December 20, 2017 (A Federal Strategy To Ensure
Secure and Reliable Supplies of Critical Minerals), which required the
Secretary of the Interior to identify critical minerals and made it the
policy of the Federal Government ``to reduce the Nation's vulnerability
to disruptions in the supply of critical minerals.'' Pursuant to my
order, the Secretary of the Interior conducted a review with the
assistance of other executive departments and agencies (agencies) that
identified 35 minerals that (1) are ``essential to the economic and
national security of the United States,'' (2) have supply chains that
are ``vulnerable to disruption,'' and (3) serve ``an essential function
in the manufacturing of a product, the absence of which would have
significant consequences for our economy or our national security.''
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These critical minerals are necessary inputs for the products our
military, national infrastructure, and economy depend on the most. Our
country needs critical minerals to make airplanes, computers, cell
phones, electricity generation and transmission systems, and advanced
electronics. Though these minerals are indispensable to our country, we
presently lack the capacity to produce them in processed form in the
quantities we need. American producers depend on foreign countries to
supply and process them. For 31 of the 35 critical minerals, the United
States imports more than half of its annual consumption. The United
States has no domestic production for 14 of the critical minerals and is
completely dependent on imports to supply its demand. Whereas the United
States recognizes the continued importance of cooperation on supply
chain issues with international partners and allies, in many cases, the
aggressive economic practices of certain non-market foreign producers of
critical minerals have destroyed vital mining and manufacturing jobs in
the United States.
Our dependence on one country, the People's Republic of China (China),
for multiple critical minerals is particularly concerning. The United
States now imports 80 percent of its rare earth elements directly from
China, with portions of the remainder indirectly sourced from China
through other countries. In the 1980s, the United States produced more
of these elements than any other country in the world, but China used
aggressive economic practices to strategically flood the global market
for rare earth elements and displace its competitors. Since gaining this
advantage, China has exploited its position in the rare earth elements
market by coercing industries that rely on these elements to locate
their facilities, intellectual property, and technology in China. For
instance, multiple companies were forced to add factory capacity in
China after it suspended exports of processed rare earth elements to
Japan in 2010, threatening that country's industrial and defense sectors
and disrupting rare earth elements prices worldwide.
The United States also disproportionately depends on foreign sources for
barite. The United States imports over 75 percent of the barite it
consumes, and over 50 percent of its barite imports come from China.
Barite is of critical importance to the hydraulic fracturing
(``fracking'') industry, which is vital to the energy independence of
the United States. The United States depends on foreign sources for 100
percent of its gallium, with China producing around 95 percent of the
global supply. Gallium-based semiconductors are indispensable for
cellphones, blue and violet light-emitting diodes (LEDs), diode lasers,
and fifth-generation (5G) telecommunications. Like for gallium, the
United States is 100 percent reliant on imports for graphite, which is
used to make advanced batteries for cellphones, laptops, and hybrid and
electric cars. China produces over 60 percent of the world's graphite
and almost all of the world's production of high-purity graphite needed
for rechargeable batteries.
For these and other critical minerals identified by the Secretary of the
Interior, we must reduce our vulnerability to adverse foreign government
action, natural disaster, or other supply disruptions. Our national
security, foreign policy, and economy require a consistent supply of
each of these minerals.
I therefore determine that our Nation's undue reliance on critical
minerals, in processed or unprocessed form, from foreign adversaries
constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat, which has its source in
substantial part
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outside the United States, to the national security, foreign policy, and
economy of the United States. I hereby declare a national emergency to
deal with that threat.
In addition, I find that the United States must broadly enhance its
mining and processing capacity, including for minerals not identified as
critical minerals and not included within the national emergency
declared in this order. By expanding and strengthening domestic mining
and processing capacity today, we guard against the possibility of
supply chain disruptions and future attempts by our adversaries or
strategic competitors to harm our economy and military readiness.
Moreover, additional domestic capacity will reduce United States and
global dependence on minerals produced in countries that do not endorse
and pursue appropriate minerals supply chain standards, leading to human
rights violations, forced and child labor, violent conflict, and health
and environmental damage. Finally, a stronger domestic mining and
processing industry fosters a healthier and faster-growing economy for
the United States. Mining and mineral processing provide jobs to
hundreds of thousands of Americans whose daily work allows our country
and the world to ``Buy American'' for critical technology.
I hereby determine and order:
Section 1. (a) To address the national emergency declared by this order,
and pursuant to subsection 203(a)(1)(B) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C.
1702(a)(1)(B)), the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the
Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of
Commerce, and the heads of other agencies, as appropriate, shall
investigate our Nation's undue reliance on critical minerals, in
processed or unprocessed form, from foreign adversaries. The Secretary
of the Interior shall submit a report to the President, through the
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, the Assistant
to the President for Economic Policy, and the Assistant to the President
for Trade and Manufacturing Policy, within 60 days of the date of this
order. That report shall summarize any conclusions from this
investigation and recommend executive action, which may include the
imposition of tariffs or quotas, other import restrictions against China
and other non-market foreign adversaries whose economic practices
threaten to undermine the health, growth, and resiliency of the United
States, or other appropriate action, consistent with applicable law.
(b) By January 1, 2021, and every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary
of the Interior, in consultation with the heads of other agencies, as
appropriate, shall inform the President of the state of the threat posed
by our Nation's reliance on critical minerals, in processed or
unprocessed form, from foreign adversaries and recommend any additional
actions necessary to address that threat.
(c) The Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the heads of
other agencies, as appropriate, is hereby authorized to submit recurring
and final reports to the Congress on the national emergency declared in
this order, consistent with section 401(c) of the NEA (50 U.S.C.
1641(c)) and section 204(c) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1703(c)).
Sec. 2. (a) It is the policy of the United States that relevant agencies
should, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, prioritize
the expansion and protection of the domestic supply chain for minerals
and the establishment of secure critical minerals supply chains, and
should direct agency resources to this purpose, such that:
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(i) the United States develops secure critical minerals supply chains that
do not depend on resources or processing from foreign adversaries;
(ii) the United States establishes, expands, and strengthens commercially
viable critical minerals mining and minerals processing capabilities; and
(iii) the United States develops globally competitive, substantial, and
resilient domestic commercial supply chain capabilities for critical
minerals mining and processing.
(b) Within 30 days of the date of this order, the heads of all
relevant agencies shall each submit a report to the President, through
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Assistant to
the President for National Security Affairs, and the Assistant to the
President for Economic Policy, that identifies all legal authorities and
appropriations that the agency can use to meet the goals identified in
subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Within 60 days of the date of this order, the heads of all
relevant agencies shall each submit a report as provided in subsection
(b) of this section that details the agency's strategy for using the
legal authorities and appropriations identified pursuant to that
subsection to meet the goals identified in subsection (a) of this
section. The report shall explain how the agency's activities will be
organized and how it proposes to coordinate relevant activities with
other agencies.
(d) Within 60 days of the date of this order, the Director of the
Office of Science and Technology Policy shall submit a report to the
President, through the Director of the Office of Management and Budget,
the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, the
Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, and the Assistant to the
President for Trade and Manufacturing Policy, that describes the current
state of research and development activities undertaken by the Federal
Government that relate to the mapping, extraction, processing, and use
of minerals and that identifies future research and development needs
and funding opportunities to strengthen domestic supply chains for
minerals.
(e) Within 45 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of
State, in consultation with the United States Trade Representative,
shall submit a report to the President, through the Assistant to the
President for National Security Affairs, the Assistant to the President
for Economic Policy, and the Assistant to the President for Trade and
Manufacturing Policy, that details existing and planned efforts and
policy options to:
(i) reduce the vulnerability of the United States to the disruption of
critical mineral supply chains through cooperation and coordination with
partners and allies, including the private sector;
(ii) build resilient critical mineral supply chains, including through
initiatives to help allies build reliable critical mineral supply chains
within their own territories;
(iii) promote responsible minerals sourcing, labor, and business practices;
and
(iv) reduce the dependence of the United States on minerals produced using
methods that do not adhere to responsible mining standards.
Sec. 3. The Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the
Secretary of Defense, shall consider whether the authority delegated at
section 306 of
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Executive Order 13603 of March 16, 2012 (National Defense Resources
Preparedness) can be used to establish a program to provide grants to
procure or install production equipment for the production and
processing of critical minerals in the United States.
Sec. 4. (a) Within 30 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of
Energy shall develop and publish guidance (and, as appropriate, shall
revoke, revise, or replace prior guidance, including loan solicitations)
clarifying the extent to which projects that support domestic supply
chains for minerals are eligible for loan guarantees pursuant to Title
XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, as amended (42 U.S.C. 16511 et
seq.) (``Title XVII''), and for funding awards and loans pursuant to the
Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing incentive program established
by section 136 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 17013) (``the ATVM statute''). In developing such
guidance, the Secretary:
(i) shall consider whether the relevant provisions of Title XVII can be
interpreted in a manner that better promotes the expansion and protection
of the domestic supply chain for minerals (including the development of new
supply chains and the processing, remediation, and reuse of materials
already in interstate commerce or otherwise available domestically);
(ii) shall examine the meaning of the terms ``avoid, reduce, or sequester''
and other key terms in section 16513(a) of title 42, United States Code,
which provides that the Secretary ``may make guarantees under this section
only for projects that--(1) avoid, reduce, or sequester air pollutants or
anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases; and (2) employ new or
significantly improved technologies as compared to commercial technologies
in service in the United States at the time the guarantee is issued'';
(iii) shall consider whether relevant provisions of the ATVM statute may be
interpreted in a manner that better promotes the expansion and protection
of the domestic supply chain for minerals (including the development of new
supply chains and the processing, remediation, and reuse of materials
already in interstate commerce or otherwise available domestically),
including in such consideration the application of these provisions to
minerals determined to be components installed for the purpose of meeting
the performance requirements of advanced technology vehicles; and
(iv) shall examine the meaning of the terms ``qualifying components'' and
other key terms in subsection 17013(a) of title 42, United States Code.
(b) Within 30 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of
Energy shall review the Department of Energy's regulations (including
any preambles thereto) interpreting Title XVII and the ATVM statute,
including the regulations published at 81 Fed. Reg. 90,699 (Dec. 15,
2016) and 73 Fed. Reg. 66,721 (Nov. 12, 2008), and shall identify all
such regulations that may warrant revision or reconsideration in order
to expand and protect the domestic supply chain for minerals (including
the development of new supply chains and the processing, remediation,
and reuse of materials already in interstate commerce or otherwise
available domestically). Within 90 days of the date of this order, the
Secretary shall propose for notice and comment a rule or rules to revise
or reconsider any such regulations for this purpose, as appropriate and
consistent with applicable law.
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Sec. 5. The Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the
Secretary of Commerce, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency, the Secretary of the Army (acting through the Assistant
Secretary of the Army for Civil Works), and the heads of all other
relevant agencies shall, as appropriate and consistent with applicable
law, use all available authorities to accelerate the issuance of permits
and the completion of projects in connection with expanding and
protecting the domestic supply chain for minerals.
Sec. 6. The Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Energy, and the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall examine all
available authorities of their respective agencies and identify any such
authorities that could be used to accelerate and encourage the
development and reuse of historic coal waste areas, material on historic
mining sites, and abandoned mining sites for the recovery of critical
minerals.
Sec. 7. Amendment. Executive Order 13817 is hereby amended to add the
following sentence to the end of section 2(b): ``This list shall be
updated periodically, following the same process, to reflect current
data on supply, demand, and concentration of production, as well as
current policy priorities.''
Sec. 8. Definitions. As used in this order:
(a) the term ``critical minerals'' means the minerals and materials
identified by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to section 2(b) of
Executive Order 13817, as amended by this order; and
(b) the term ``supply chain,'' when used with reference to minerals,
includes the exploration, mining, concentration, separation, alloying,
recycling, and reprocessing of minerals.
Sec. 9. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
September 30, 2020.
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Executive Order 13954 of October 3, 2020
Saving Lives Through Increased Support for Mental- and Behavioral-Health
Needs
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. My Administration is committed to preventing the
tragedy of suicide, ending the opioid crisis, and improving mental and
behavioral health. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, these urgent issues
were prioritized through significant initiatives, including the
President's Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End a National Tragedy of
Suicide (PREVENTS), expanded access to medication-assisted treatment and
life-saving naloxone, and budget requests for significant investments in
the funding of evidence-based treatment for mental- and behavioral-
health needs.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Government has dedicated
billions of dollars and thousands of hours in resources to help
Americans, including approximately $425 million in emergency funds to
address mental and substance use disorders through the Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration. The pandemic has also
exacerbated mental- and behavioral-health conditions as a result of
stress from prolonged lockdown orders, lost employment, and social
isolation. Survey data from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention show that during the last week of June, 40.9 percent of
Americans struggled with mental-health or substance-abuse issues and
10.7 percent reported seriously considering suicide. We must enhance the
ability of the Federal Government, as well as its State, local, and
Tribal partners, to appropriately address these ongoing mental- and
behavioral-health concerns.
Sec. 2. Policy. It is the policy of the United States to prevent
suicides, drug-related deaths, and poor behavioral-health outcomes,
particularly those that are induced or made worse by prolonged State and
local COVID-19 shutdown orders. I am therefore issuing a national call
to action to:
(a) Engage the resources of the Federal Government to address the
mental- and behavioral-health needs of vulnerable Americans, including
by:
(i) providing crisis-intervention services to treat those in immediate
life-threatening situations; and
(ii) increasing the availability of and access to quality continuing care
following initial crisis resolution to improve behavioral-health outcomes;
(b) Permit and encourage safe in-person mentorship programs;
support-group participation; and attendance at communal facilities,
including schools, civic centers, and houses of worship;
(c) Increase the availability of telehealth and online mental-health
and substance-use tools and services; and
(d) Marshal public and private resources to address deteriorating
mental health, such as factors that contribute to prolonged unemployment
and social isolation.
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Sec. 3. Establishment of a Coronavirus Mental Health Working Group. The
Coronavirus Mental Health Working Group (Working Group) is hereby
established to facilitate an ``all-of-government'' response to the
mental-health conditions induced or exacerbated by the pandemic,
including issues related to suicide prevention. The Working Group will
be co-chaired by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, or his
designee, and the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, or her
designee. The Working Group shall be composed of representatives from
the Department of Defense, the Department of Justice, the Department of
Agriculture, the Department of Labor, the Department of Housing and
Urban Development, the Department of Education, the Department of
Veterans Affairs, the Small Business Administration, the Office of
National Drug Control Policy, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB),
and such representatives of other executive departments, agencies, and
offices as the Co-Chairs may, from time to time, designate with the
concurrence of the head of the department, agency, or office concerned.
All members of the Working Group shall be full-time, or permanent part-
time, officers or employees of the Federal Government.
Sec. 4. Responsibilities of the Coronavirus Mental Health Working Group.
(a) As part of the Working Group's efforts, it shall consider the
mental- and behavioral-health conditions of those vulnerable populations
affected by the pandemic, including: minorities, seniors, veterans,
small business owners, children, and individuals potentially affected by
domestic violence or physical abuse; those living with disabilities; and
those with a substance use disorder. The Working Group shall examine
existing protocols and evidence-based programs that may serve as models
to better support these at-risk groups, including implementation and
broader application of the PREVENTS, and the Department of Labor's
Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion's
Mental Health Toolkit and Centralized Accommodation Programs.
(b) Within 45 days of the date of this order, the Working Group
shall develop and submit to the President a report that outlines a plan
for improved service coordination between all relevant public and
private stakeholders and executive departments and agencies (agencies)
to assist individuals in crisis so that they receive effective treatment
and recovery services.
Sec. 5. Grant Funding for States and Organizations that Permit In-Person
Treatment and Recovery Support Activities for Mental and Behavioral
Health. The heads of agencies, in consultation with the Director of OMB,
shall:
(a) Examine their existing grant programs that fund mental-health,
medical, or related services and, consistent with applicable law, take
steps to encourage grantees to consider adopting policies, where
appropriate, that have been shown to improve mental health and reduce
suicide risk, including the following:
(i) Safe in-person and telehealth participation in support groups for
people in recovery from substance use disorders, mental-health issues, or
other ailments that benefit from communal support; and peer-to-peer
services that support underserved communities;
(ii) Safe face-to-face therapeutic services, including group therapy, to
remediate poor behavioral health; and
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(iii) Safe participation in communal support--both faith-based and
secular--including educational programs, civic activities, and in-person
religious services.
(b) Maximize use of existing agency authorities to award contracts
or grants to community organizations or other local entities to enhance
mental-health and suicide-prevention services, such as outreach,
education, and case management, to vulnerable Americans.
Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
October 3, 2020.
Executive Order 13955 of October 13, 2020
Establishing the One Trillion Trees Interagency Council
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. As I declared in Executive Order 13855 of December
21, 2018 (Promoting Active Management of America's Forests, Rangelands,
and Other Federal Lands To Improve Conditions and Reduce Wildfire Risk),
it is the policy of the United States to promote healthy and resilient
forests, rangelands, and other Federal lands by actively managing them
through partnerships with States, tribes, communities, non-profit
organizations, and the private sector.
Our Nation is home to hundreds of millions of acres of Federal, State,
tribal, and private forests and woodlands, which produce tremendous
positive economic and environmental effects throughout our country.
Recreational and educational visits to National Forests make substantial
contributions to our Nation's physical and emotional health as well as
to our gross domestic product, all while supporting thousands of full-
and part-time jobs. Our Nation's forests and woodlands provide valuable
environmental benefits as well, including by serving as wildlife
habitats and supporting air and water quality for all Americans. Forests
and woodlands sequester atmospheric carbon, and according to the Forest
Service, 180 million people in over 68,000 communities rely on our
Nation's forested watersheds to capture and filter their drinking water.
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These facts demonstrate how our Nation has taken advantage of the
tremendous economic and environmental benefits associated with tree
growth and forestation. By advancing Federal policies conducive to these
practices, under my leadership, the United States has promoted greater
use of nature-based solutions to address global challenges.
On January 21, 2020, I announced that to further protect the
environment, the United States would be joining the World Economic
Forum's One Trillion Trees initiative (Initiative), an ambitious global
effort to grow and conserve one trillion trees worldwide by 2030.
Following through on my commitment, and given the expansive footprint of
our Federal forests and woodlands, this order initiates the formation of
the United States One Trillion Trees Interagency Council to further the
Federal Government's contribution to the global effort.
Sec. 2. United States One Trillion Trees Interagency Council. There is
hereby established a United States One Trillion Trees Interagency
Council (Council). The Council shall be charged with developing,
coordinating, and promoting Federal Government interactions with the
Initiative with respect to tree growing, restoration, and conservation,
and with coordinating with key stakeholders to help advance the
Initiative. The Council shall remain independent from the Initiative.
The Council shall be co-chaired by the Secretary of the Interior and the
Secretary of Agriculture, or by their designees (Co-Chairs). The
Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and the Assistant to the
President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Coordination, or their
designees, shall serve as Vice Chairs.
(a) Membership. In addition to the Co-Chairs and Vice Chairs, the
Council shall consist of the following officials or their designees:
(i) the Secretary of State;
(ii) the Secretary of the Treasury;
(iii) the Secretary of Defense;
(iv) the Secretary of Commerce;
(v) the Secretary of Labor;
(vi) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development;
(vii) the Secretary of Transportation;
(viii) the Secretary of Energy;
(ix) the Secretary of Education;
(x) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;
(xi) the Director of the Office of Management and Budget;
(xii) the Senior Advisor to the President;
(xiii) the Advisor to the President and Director of the Office of Economic
Initiatives and Entrepreneurship;
(xiv) the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy;
(xv) the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality;
(xvi) the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy;
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(xvii) the Administrator of the United States Agency for International
Development;
(xviii) the Assistant to the President and Director of Intergovernmental
Affairs;
(xix) the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works); and
(xx) the heads of such other executive departments and Federal land
management agencies (agencies) and offices as the President, Co-Chairs, or
Vice Chairs may, from time to time, designate or invite, as appropriate.
(b) Administration. The Co-Chairs, in consultation with the Vice
Chairs, shall convene meetings of the Council and direct its work. The
Co-Chairs shall keep the Council apprised of all Federal efforts related
to the subject of this order. The Co-Chairs and members of the Council
shall also coordinate with the Vice Chairs on communications with the
Initiative and related parties regarding any Federal Government
interactions with the Initiative.
Sec. 3. Agency Roles and Responsibilities. All members of the Council
who are heads of agencies shall:
(a) include Council-related activities within their respective
strategic planning processes; and
(b) provide to the Co-Chairs, Vice Chairs, and the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget, pursuant to the Council protocol
established under section 4(e) of this order, regular progress reports
on their respective agencies' activities, if any, relating to the
growth, restoration, and conservation of trees.
Sec. 4. Council Mission and Functions. The mission of the Council shall
be to promote an increase in Federal Government activities and other
national efforts that further the Initiative by growing, restoring, and
conserving trees. The Council shall:
(a) develop and implement a strategy that includes a methodology
that the Federal Government will use to track and measure any Federal
activities related to the Initiative, specifically with respect to trees
grown, restored, and conserved;
(b) identify statutory, regulatory, and other limitations that
inhibit the Federal Government from taking additional actions in
furtherance of the Initiative, and recommend potential administrative
and legislative actions to remedy such limitations;
(c) identify opportunities to use existing authorities and existing
or future authorized and appropriated funds to promote efforts to
protect and restore trees, and to promote the active management of
existing Federal lands to facilitate growth, restoration, and
conservation of trees;
(d) inform State, local, and tribal officials of Federal efforts to
protect, grow, and actively manage forests and woodlands on Federal
lands; and
(e) establish a protocol for the submission by members of the
Council who are heads of agencies of regular progress reports to the Co-
Chairs, Vice Chairs, and the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget on the activities, if any, of these members' respective agencies
relating to the growth, restoration, and conservation of trees.
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Sec. 5. Termination. The Council shall terminate on December 31, 2030.
Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
October 13, 2020.
Executive Order 13956 of October 13, 2020
Modernizing America's Water Resource Management and Water Infrastructure
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. Abundant, safe, and reliable supplies of water are
critical to quality of life for all Americans, fueling our economy,
providing food for our citizens and the world, generating energy,
protecting public health, supporting rich and diverse wildlife and plant
species, and affording recreational opportunities. While America is
blessed with abundant natural resources, those resources must be
effectively managed, and our water infrastructure must be modernized to
meet the needs of current and future generations.
Executive departments and agencies (agencies) that engage in water-
related matters, including water storage and supply, water quality and
restoration activities, water infrastructure, transportation on our
rivers and inland waterways, and water forecasting, must work together
where they have joint or overlapping responsibilities. This order will
ensure that agencies do that more efficiently and effectively to improve
our country's water resource management, modernize our water
infrastructure, and prioritize the availability of clean, safe, and
reliable water supplies.
Sec. 2. Policy. It is the policy of the United States to:
(a) Improve coordination among agencies on water resource management
and water infrastructure issues;
(b) Reduce unnecessary duplication across the Federal Government by
coordinating and consolidating existing water-related task forces,
working groups, and other formal cross-agency initiatives, as
appropriate;
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(c) Efficiently and effectively manage America's water resources and
promote resilience of America's water-related infrastructure;
(d) Promote integrated planning among agencies for Federal
investments in water-related infrastructure; and
(e) Support workforce development and efforts to recruit, train, and
retain professionals to operate and maintain America's essential
drinking water, wastewater, flood control, hydropower, and delivery and
storage facilities.
Sec. 3. Interagency Water Subcabinet. To promote efficient and effective
coordination across agencies engaged in water-related matters, and to
prioritize actions to modernize and safeguard our water resources and
infrastructure, an interagency Water Policy Committee (to be known as
the Water Subcabinet) is hereby established. The Water Subcabinet shall
be co-chaired by the Secretary of the Interior and the Administrator of
the Environmental Protection Agency (Co-Chairs), and shall include the
Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of
Energy, the Secretary of the Army, and the heads of such other agencies
as the Co-Chairs deem appropriate. The Department of the Interior or the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shall, to the extent permitted by
law and subject to the availability of appropriations, provide
administrative support as needed for the Water Subcabinet to implement
this order.
Sec. 4. Reducing Inefficiencies and Duplication. Currently, hundreds of
Federal water-related task forces, working groups, and other formal
cross-agency initiatives (Federal interagency working groups) exist to
address water resource management. Within 90 days of the date of this
order, the Water Subcabinet shall, to the extent practicable, identify
all such Federal interagency working groups and provide recommendations
to the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and the Director
of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) on coordinating
and consolidating these Federal interagency working groups, as
appropriate and consistent with applicable law.
Sec. 5. Improving Water Resource Management. Federal agencies engage in
a wide range of activities relating to water resource management. Within
120 days of the date of this order, the Water Subcabinet shall submit to
the Chairman of CEQ, the Director of OMB, and the Director of OSTP a
report that recommends actions to address the issues described below,
and for each recommendation identifies a lead agency, other relevant
agencies, and agency milestones for fiscal years 2021 through 2025:
(a) Actions to increase water storage, water supply reliability, and
drought resiliency, including through:
(i) developing additional storage capacity, including an examination of
operational changes and opportunities to update dam water control manuals
for existing facilities during routine operations, maintenance, and safety
assessments;
(ii) coordinating agency reviews when there are multi-agency permitting and
other regulatory requirements;
(iii) increasing engagement with State, local, and tribal partners
regarding the ongoing drought along the Colorado River and regarding
irrigated agriculture in the Colorado Basin;
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(iv) implementing the ``Priority Actions Supporting Long-Term Drought
Resilience'' document issued on July 31, 2019, by the National Drought
Resilience Partnership; and
(v) improving coordination among State, local, tribal, and territorial
governments and rural communities, including farmers, ranchers, and
landowners, to develop voluntary, market-based water and land management
practices and programs that improve conservation efforts, economic
viability, and water supply, sustainability, and security;
(b) Actions to improve water quality, source water protection, and
nutrient management; to promote restoration activities; and to examine
water quality challenges facing our Nation's minority and low-income
communities, including through:
(i) implementing the ``Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) Action
Plan III'' issued on October 22, 2019, by the EPA for the GLRI Interagency
Task Force and Regional Working Group, established pursuant to the Water
Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (Public Law 114-322);
(ii) enhancing coordination among the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico
Watershed Nutrient Task Force partners to support State implementation of
nutrient reduction strategies;
(iii) increasing coordination between agencies and members of the South
Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force, established pursuant to the Water
Resources Development Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-303), and implementing
and completing the activities included in the Comprehensive Everglades
Restoration Plan, established pursuant to the Water Resources Development
Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-541); and
(iv) continuing implementation of the EPA's memorandum entitled ``Updating
the Environmental Protection Agency's Water Quality Trading Policy to
Promote Market-Based Mechanisms for Improving Water Quality'' issued on
February 6, 2019;
(c) Actions to improve water systems, including for drinking water,
desalination, water reuse, wastewater, and flood control, including
through:
(i) finalizing and implementing, as appropriate and consistent with
applicable law, the proposed rule entitled ``National Primary Drinking
Water Regulations: Proposed Lead and Copper Rule Revisions,'' 84 Fed. Reg.
61684 (Nov. 13, 2019);
(ii) implementing the ``National Water Reuse Action Plan'' issued on
February 27, 2020, by the EPA;
(iii) coordinating with the Federal Interagency Floodplain Management Task
Force, established pursuant to the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968
(Public Law 90-448), on Federal flood risk management policies and programs
to better support community needs; and
(iv) continuing coordination among agencies concerning the Department of
Energy's Water Security Grand Challenge to advance transformational
technology and innovation to provide safe, secure, and affordable water;
and
(d) Actions to improve water data management, research, modeling,
and forecasting, including through:
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(i) aligning efforts and developing research plans among the Secretary of
the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Administrator of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Secretary of the
Army, through the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), to ensure
that America remains a global leader for water-related science and
technology capabilities;
(ii) implementing common methods of water forecasting, including the use of
snow monitoring tools, on a national and basin scale, supported by weather
forecasting on all scales;
(iii) developing state-of-the-art geospatial data tools, including maps,
through Federal, State, tribal, and territorial partnerships to depict the
scope of waters regulated under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act
Amendments of 1972 (Public Law 92-500); and
(iv) implementing actions identified in the ``Federal Action Plan for
Improving Forecasts of Water Availability'' issued on October 18, 2019, by
the Department of the Interior and the Department of Commerce pursuant to
section 3 of the Presidential Memorandum of October 19, 2018 (Promoting the
Reliable Supply and Delivery of Water in the West).
Sec. 6. Report. Within 1 year of submitting the report required by
section 5 of this order, and annually thereafter, the Water Subcabinet
shall update the Chairman of CEQ, the Director of OMB, and the Director
of OSTP on the status of the actions identified in the report.
Sec. 7. Integrated Infrastructure Planning. Agencies oversee a number of
programs to enhance coordination of cross-agency water infrastructure
planning and to protect taxpayer investments. Within 150 days of the
date of this order, the Water Subcabinet shall identify and recommend
actions and priorities to the Director of OMB, the Chairman of CEQ, and
the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy to support integrated
planning and coordination among agencies to maintain and modernize our
Nation's water infrastructure, including for drinking water,
desalination, water reuse, wastewater, irrigation, flood control,
transportation on our rivers and inland waterways, and water storage and
conveyance. The recommendations shall consider water infrastructure
programs that are funded by the Department of Defense through the Army
Corps of Engineers, and by the Department of the Interior, the
Department of Agriculture, the Department of Energy, the EPA, the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Economic Development
Administration, and other agencies, as appropriate. Such programs
include the EPA's Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act
program, established pursuant to the Water Resources Reform and
Development Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-121) and amended by the
America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-270), which
modernizes the aging water infrastructure of the United States, improves
public health protections, and creates jobs; the Department of
Agriculture's rural development programs, which make and support
investments in water infrastructure; and the Department of Agriculture's
Natural Resources Conservation Service programs, which promote source
water protection, improve water quality, and assist with developing new
water infrastructure projects.
Sec. 8. Water Sector Workforce. Trained water-sector professionals are
vital to protecting public health and the environment through strategic
planning, operation and maintenance of treatment facilities, and
implementation of
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water management programs. Within 150 days of the date of this order,
the Water Subcabinet, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, the
Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Education, the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and the heads of other agencies, as
appropriate, shall identify actions and develop recommendations to
improve interagency coordination and provide assistance and technical
support to State, local, tribal, and territorial governments in order to
enhance the recruitment, training, and retention of water professionals
within drinking water, desalination, water reuse, wastewater, flood
control, hydropower, and delivery and storage sectors. Such
recommendations shall be submitted to the Chairman of CEQ, the Assistant
to the President for Domestic Policy, the Assistant to the President for
Economic Policy, and the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers.
Sec. 9. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented in a manner consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
October 13, 2020.
Executive Order 13957 of October 21, 2020
Creating Schedule F in the Excepted Service
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including sections 3301, 3302, and
7511 of title 5, United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. To effectively carry out the broad array of
activities assigned to the executive branch under law, the President and
his appointees must rely on men and women in the Federal service
employed in positions of a confidential, policy-determining, policy-
making, or policy-advocating character. Faithful execution of the law
requires that the President have appropriate management oversight
regarding this select cadre of professionals.
The Federal Government benefits from career professionals in positions
that are not normally subject to change as a result of a Presidential
transition but who discharge significant duties and exercise significant
discretion in formulating and implementing executive branch policy and
programs under the laws of the United States. The heads of executive
departments
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and agencies (agencies) and the American people also entrust these
career professionals with non-public information that must be kept
confidential.
With the exception of attorneys in the Federal service who are appointed
pursuant to Schedule A of the excepted service and members of the Senior
Executive Service, appointments to these positions are generally made
through the competitive service. Given the importance of the functions
they discharge, employees in such positions must display appropriate
temperament, acumen, impartiality, and sound judgment.
Due to these requirements, agencies should have a greater degree of
appointment flexibility with respect to these employees than is afforded
by the existing competitive service process.
Further, effective performance management of employees in confidential,
policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating positions is of
the utmost importance. Unfortunately, the Government's current
performance management is inadequate, as recognized by Federal workers
themselves. For instance, the 2016 Merit Principles Survey reveals that
less than a quarter of Federal employees believe their agency addresses
poor performers effectively.
Separating employees who cannot or will not meet required performance
standards is important, and it is particularly important with regard to
employees in confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-
advocating positions. High performance by such employees can
meaningfully enhance agency operations, while poor performance can
significantly hinder them. Senior agency officials report that poor
performance by career employees in policy-relevant positions has
resulted in long delays and substandard-quality work for important
agency projects, such as drafting and issuing regulations.
Pursuant to my authority under section 3302(1) of title 5, United States
Code, I find that conditions of good administration make necessary an
exception to the competitive hiring rules and examinations for career
positions in the Federal service of a confidential, policy-determining,
policy-making, or policy-advocating character. These conditions include
the need to provide agency heads with additional flexibility to assess
prospective appointees without the limitations imposed by competitive
service selection procedures. Placing these positions in the excepted
service will mitigate undue limitations on their selection. This action
will also give agencies greater ability and discretion to assess
critical qualities in applicants to fill these positions, such as work
ethic, judgment, and ability to meet the particular needs of the agency.
These are all qualities individuals should have before wielding the
authority inherent in their prospective positions, and agencies should
be able to assess candidates without proceeding through complicated and
elaborate competitive service processes or rating procedures that do not
necessarily reflect their particular needs.
Conditions of good administration similarly make necessary excepting
such positions from the adverse action procedures set forth in chapter
75 of title 5, United States Code. Chapter 75 of title 5, United States
Code, requires agencies to comply with extensive procedures before
taking adverse action
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against an employee. These requirements can make removing poorly
performing employees difficult. Only a quarter of Federal supervisors
are confident that they could remove a poor performer. Career employees
in confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, and policy-
advocating positions wield significant influence over Government
operations and effectiveness. Agencies need the flexibility to
expeditiously remove poorly performing employees from these positions
without facing extensive delays or litigation.
Sec. 2. Definition. The phrase ``normally subject to change as a result
of a Presidential transition'' refers to positions whose occupants are,
as a matter of practice, expected to resign upon a Presidential
transition and includes all positions whose appointment requires the
assent of the White House Office of Presidential Personnel.
Sec. 3. Excepted Service. Appointments of individuals to positions of a
confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating
character that are not normally subject to change as a result of a
Presidential transition shall be made under Schedule F of the excepted
service, as established by section 4 of this order.
Sec. 4. Schedule F of the Excepted Service. (a) Civil Service Rule VI is
amended as follows:
(i) 5 CFR 6.2 is amended to read:
``OPM shall list positions that it excepts from the competitive service in
Schedules A, B, C, D, E, and F, which schedules shall constitute parts of
this rule, as follows:
Schedule A. Positions other than those of a confidential or policy-
determining character for which it is not practicable to examine shall be
listed in Schedule A.
Schedule B. Positions other than those of a confidential or policy-
determining character for which it is not practicable to hold a competitive
examination shall be listed in Schedule B. Appointments to these positions
shall be subject to such noncompetitive examination as may be prescribed by
OPM.
Schedule C. Positions of a confidential or policy-determining character
normally subject to change as a result of a Presidential transition shall
be listed in Schedule C.
Schedule D. Positions other than those of a confidential or policy-
determining character for which the competitive service requirements make
impracticable the adequate recruitment of sufficient numbers of students
attending qualifying educational institutions or individuals who have
recently completed qualifying educational programs. These positions, which
are temporarily placed in the excepted service to enable more effective
recruitment from all segments of society by using means of recruiting and
assessing candidates that diverge from the rules generally applicable to
the competitive service, shall be listed in Schedule D.
Schedule E. Position of administrative law judge appointed under 5 U.S.C.
3105. Conditions of good administration warrant that the position of
administrative law judge be placed in the excepted service and that
appointment to this position not be subject to the requirements of 5 CFR,
part 302, including examination and rating requirements, though each
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agency shall follow the principle of veteran preference as far as
administratively feasible.
Schedule F. Positions of a confidential, policy-determining, policy-
making, or policy-advocating character not normally subject to change as a
result of a Presidential transition shall be listed in Schedule F. In
appointing an individual to a position in Schedule F, each agency shall
follow the principle of veteran preference as far as administratively
feasible.''
(ii) 5 CFR 6.4 is amended to read:
``Except as required by statute, the Civil Service Rules and Regulations
shall not apply to removals from positions listed in Schedules A, C, D, E,
or F, or from positions excepted from the competitive service by statute.
The Civil Service Rules and Regulations shall apply to removals from
positions listed in Schedule B of persons who have competitive status.''
(b) The Director of the Office of Personnel Management (Director)
shall:
(i) adopt such regulations as the Director determines may be necessary to
implement this order, including, as appropriate, amendments to or
rescissions of regulations that are inconsistent with, or that would impede
the implementation of, this order, giving particular attention to 5 CFR,
part 212, subpart D; 5 CFR, part 213, subparts A and C; and 5 CFR 302.101;
and
(ii) provide guidance on conducting a swift, orderly transition from
existing appointment processes to the Schedule F process established by
this order.
Sec. 5. Agency Actions. (a) Each head of an executive agency (as defined
in section 105 of title 5, United States Code, but excluding the
Government Accountability Office) shall conduct, within 90 days of the
date of this order, a preliminary review of agency positions covered by
subchapter II of chapter 75 of title 5, United States Code, and shall
conduct a complete review of such positions within 210 days of the date
of this order. Thereafter, each agency head shall conduct a review of
agency positions covered by subchapter II of chapter 75 of title 5,
United States Code, on at least an annual basis. Following such reviews
each agency head shall:
(i) for positions not excepted from the competitive service by statute,
petition the Director to place in Schedule F any such competitive service,
Schedule A, Schedule B, or Schedule D positions within the agency that the
agency head determines to be of a confidential, policy-determining, policy-
making, or policy-advocating character and that are not normally subject to
change as a result of a Presidential transition. Any such petition shall
include a written explanation documenting the basis for the agency head's
determination that such position should be placed in Schedule F; and
(ii) for positions excepted from the competitive service by statute,
determine which such positions are of a confidential, policy-determining,
policy-making, or policy-advocating character and are not normally subject
to change as a result of a Presidential transition. The agency head shall
publish this determination in the Federal Register. Such positions shall be
considered Schedule F positions for the purposes of agency actions under
sections 5(d) and 6 of this order.
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(b) The requirements set forth in subsection (a) of this section
shall apply to currently existing positions and newly created positions.
(c) When conducting the review required by subsection (a) of this
section, each agency head should give particular consideration to the
appropriateness of either petitioning the Director to place in Schedule
F or including in the determination published in the Federal Register,
as applicable, positions whose duties include the following:
(i) substantive participation in the advocacy for or development or
formulation of policy, especially:
(A) substantive participation in the development or drafting of
regulations and guidance; or
(B) substantive policy-related work in an agency or agency component that
primarily focuses on policy;
(ii) the supervision of attorneys;
(iii) substantial discretion to determine the manner in which the agency
exercises functions committed to the agency by law;
(iv) viewing, circulating, or otherwise working with proposed regulations,
guidance, executive orders, or other non-public policy proposals or
deliberations generally covered by deliberative process privilege and
either:
(A) directly reporting to or regularly working with an individual
appointed by either the President or an agency head who is paid at a rate
not less than that earned by employees at Grade 13 of the General Schedule;
or
(B) working in the agency or agency component executive secretariat (or
equivalent); or
(v) conducting, on the agency's behalf, collective bargaining negotiations
under chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code.
(d) The Director shall promptly determine whether to grant any
petition under subsection (a) of this section. Not later than December
31 of each year, the Director shall report to the President, through the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Assistant to the
President for Domestic Policy, concerning the number of petitions
granted and denied for that year for each agency.
(e) Each agency head shall, as necessary and appropriate,
expeditiously petition the Federal Labor Relations Authority to
determine whether any Schedule F position must be excluded from a
collective bargaining unit under section 7112(b) of title 5, United
States Code, paying particular attention to the question of whether
incumbents in such positions are required or authorized to formulate,
determine, or influence the policies of the agency.
Sec. 6. Prohibited Personnel Practices Prohibited. Agencies shall
establish rules to prohibit the same personnel practices prohibited by
section 2302(b) of title 5, United States Code, with respect to any
employee or applicant for employment in Schedule F of the excepted
service.
Sec. 7. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
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(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
(d) If any provision of this order, or the application of any
provision to any person or circumstances, is held to be invalid, the
remainder of this order and the application of any of its other
provisions to any other persons or circumstances shall not be affected
thereby.
(e) Nothing in this order shall be construed to limit or narrow the
positions that are or may be listed in Schedule C.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
October 21, 2020.
Executive Order 13958 of November 2, 2020
Establishing the President's Advisory 1776 Commission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, and in order to better enable a
rising generation to understand the history and principles of the
founding of the United States in 1776, and, through this, form a more
perfect Union, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. The American founding envisioned a political order
in harmony with the design of ``the Laws of Nature and of Nature's
God,'' seeing the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
as embodied in and sanctioned by natural law and its traditions.
The formation of a republic around these principles marked a clear
departure from previous forms of government, securing rights through a
form of government that derives its legitimate power from the consent of
the governed. Throughout its national life, our Republic's exploration
of the full meaning of these principles has led it through the
ratification of a Constitution, civil war, the abolition of slavery,
Reconstruction, and a series of domestic crises and world conflicts.
Those events establish a clear historical record of an exceptional
Nation dedicated to the ideas and ideals of its founding.
Against this history, in recent years, a series of polemics grounded in
poor scholarship has vilified our Founders and our founding. Despite the
virtues and accomplishments of this Nation, many students are now taught
in school to hate their own country, and to believe that the men and
women who built it were not heroes, but rather villains. This
radicalized view of
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American history lacks perspective, obscures virtues, twists motives,
ignores or distorts facts, and magnifies flaws, resulting in the truth
being concealed and history disfigured. Failing to identify, challenge,
and correct this distorted perspective could fray and ultimately erase
the bonds that knit our country and culture together.
The recent attacks on our founding have highlighted America's history
related to race. These one-sided and divisive accounts too often ignore
or fail to properly honor and recollect the great legacy of the American
national experience--our country's valiant and successful effort to
shake off the curse of slavery and to use the lessons of that struggle
to guide our work toward equal rights for all citizens in the present.
Viewing America as an irredeemably and systemically racist country
cannot account for the extraordinary role of the great heroes of the
American movement against slavery and for civil rights--a great moral
endeavor that, from Abraham Lincoln to Martin Luther King, Jr., was
marked by religious fellowship, good will, generosity of heart, an
emphasis on our shared principles, and an inclusive vision for the
future.
As these heroes demonstrated, the path to a renewed and confident
national unity is through a rediscovery of a shared identity rooted in
our founding principles. A loss of national confidence in these
principles would place rising generations in jeopardy of a crippling
self-doubt that could cause them to abandon faith in the common story
that binds us to one another across our differences. Without our common
faith in the equal right of every individual American to life, liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness, authoritarian visions of government and
society could become increasingly alluring alternatives to self-
government based on the consent of the people. Thus it is necessary to
provide America's young people access to what is genuinely inspiring and
unifying in our history, as well as to the lessons imparted by the
American experience of overcoming great national challenges. This is
what makes possible the informed and honest patriotism that is essential
for a successful republic.
A restoration of American education grounded in the principles of our
founding that is accurate, honest, unifying, inspiring, and ennobling
must ultimately succeed at the local level. Parents and local school
boards must be empowered to achieve greater choice and variety in
curriculum at the State and local levels.
The role of the Federal Government is to protect and preserve State and
local control over the curriculum, program of instruction,
administration, and personnel of educational institutions, schools, and
school systems. Indeed, that is why my Administration rejects the Common
Core curriculum and all efforts to have the Federal Government impose a
national curriculum or national standards in education.
Vigorous participation in local government has always been America's
laboratory of liberty and a key to what makes us exceptional. The best
way to preserve the story of America's founding principles is to live it
in action by local communities reasserting control of how children
receive patriotic education in their schools.
Sec. 2. The President's Advisory 1776 Commission. (a) Within 120 days of
the date of this order, the Secretary of Education shall establish in
the Department of Education the President's Advisory 1776 Commission
(``the 1776 Commission'') to better enable a rising generation to
understand the
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history and principles of the founding of the United States in 1776 and
to strive to form a more perfect Union.
(b) The 1776 Commission shall be composed of not more than 20
members, who shall be appointed by the President. Members shall serve
for a term of 2 years and shall not be removed except for inefficiency,
neglect of duty, or malfeasance. The 1776 Commission may include
individuals from outside the Federal Government with relevant experience
or subject-matter expertise. The 1776 Commission shall also include the
following ex-officio members or such senior officials as those members
may designate:
(i) the Secretary of State;
(ii) the Secretary of Defense;
(iii) the Secretary of the Interior;
(iv) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development;
(v) the Secretary of Education;
(vi) the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy; and
(vii) the Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs.
(c) The 1776 Commission shall:
(i) produce a report for the President, within 1 year of the date of this
order, which shall be publicly disseminated, regarding the core principles
of the American founding and how these principles may be understood to
further enjoyment of ``the blessings of liberty'' and to promote our
striving ``to form a more perfect Union.'' The Commission may solicit
statements and contributions from intellectual and cultural figures in
addition to the views of the Commission members;
(ii) advise and offer recommendations to the President and the United
States Semiquincentennial Commission regarding the Federal Government's
plans to celebrate the 250th anniversary of American Independence and
coordinate with relevant external stakeholders on their plans;
(iii) facilitate the development and implementation of a ``Presidential
1776 Award'' to recognize student knowledge of the American founding,
including knowledge about the Founders, the Declaration of Independence,
the Constitutional Convention, and the great soldiers and battles of the
American Revolutionary War;
(iv) advise executive departments and agencies (agencies) with regard to
their efforts to ensure patriotic education--meaning the presentation of
the history of the American founding and foundational principles, the
examination of how the United States has grown closer to those principles
throughout its history, and the explanation of why commitment to America's
aspirations is beneficial and justified--is provided to the public at
national parks, battlefields, monuments, museums, installations, landmarks,
cemeteries, and other places important to the American Revolution and the
American founding, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law;
(v) advise agencies on prioritizing the American founding in Federal grants
and initiatives, including those described in section 4 of this order, and
as appropriate and consistent with applicable law; and
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(vi) facilitate, advise upon, and promote other activities to support
public knowledge and patriotic education on the American Revolution and the
American founding, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law.
(d) The 1776 Commission shall have a Chair and Vice Chair,
designated by the President from among its members. An Executive
Director, designated by the Secretary of Education in consultation with
the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, shall coordinate the
work of the 1776 Commission. The Chair and Vice Chair shall work with
the Executive Director to convene regular meetings of the 1776
Commission, determine its agenda, and direct its work, consistent with
this order.
(e) The Department of Education shall provide funding and
administrative support for the 1776 Commission, to the extent permitted
by law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(f) Members of the 1776 Commission shall serve without compensation
but shall be reimbursed for travel expenses, including per diem in lieu
of subsistence, as authorized by law for persons serving intermittently
in the Government service (5 U.S.C. 5701-5707).
(g) Insofar as the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5
U.S.C. App.), may apply to the 1776 Commission, any functions of the
President under that Act, except that of reporting to the Congress,
shall be performed by the Secretary of Education, in accordance with the
guidelines issued by the Administrator of General Services.
(h) The 1776 Commission shall terminate 2 years from the date of
this order, unless extended by the President.
Sec. 3. Celebration of Constitution Day. All relevant agencies shall
monitor compliance with Title I of Division J of Public Law 108-447,
which provides that ``each educational institution that receives Federal
funds for a fiscal year shall hold an educational program on the United
States Constitution on September 17 of such year for the students served
by the educational institution,'' including by verifying compliance with
each educational institution that receives Federal funds. All relevant
agencies shall take action, as appropriate, to enhance compliance with
that law.
Sec. 4. Prioritize the American Founding in Available Federal Resources.
The following agencies shall prioritize Federal resources, consistent
with applicable law, to promote patriotic education:
(a) the Department of Education, through the American History and
Civics Academies and American History and Civics Education-National
Activities;
(b) the Department of Defense, through the Pilot Program on Enhanced
Civics Education; and
(c) the Department of State, through the Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs, and through opportunities in the Fulbright, U.S.
Speakers, and International Visitors Leadership programs, as well as in
American Spaces.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
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(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
November 2, 2020.
Executive Order 13959 of November 12, 2020
Addressing the Threat From Securities Investments That Finance Communist
Chinese Military Companies
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the
National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), and section 301 of
title 3, United States Code,
I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, find that
the People's Republic of China (PRC) is increasingly exploiting United
States capital to resource and to enable the development and
modernization of its military, intelligence, and other security
apparatuses, which continues to allow the PRC to directly threaten the
United States homeland and United States forces overseas, including by
developing and deploying weapons of mass destruction, advanced
conventional weapons, and malicious cyber-enabled actions against the
United States and its people.
Key to the development of the PRC's military, intelligence, and other
security apparatuses is the country's large, ostensibly private economy.
Through the national strategy of Military-Civil Fusion, the PRC
increases the size of the country's military-industrial complex by
compelling civilian Chinese companies to support its military and
intelligence activities. Those companies, though remaining ostensibly
private and civilian, directly support the PRC's military, intelligence,
and security apparatuses and aid in their development and modernization.
At the same time, those companies raise capital by selling securities to
United States investors that trade on public exchanges both here and
abroad, lobbying United States index providers and funds to include
these securities in market offerings, and engaging in other acts to
ensure access to United States capital. In that way, the PRC exploits
United States investors to finance the development and modernization of
its military.
I therefore further find that the PRC's military-industrial complex, by
directly supporting the efforts of the PRC's military, intelligence, and
other security apparatuses, constitutes an unusual and extraordinary
threat,
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which has its source in substantial part outside the United States, to
the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States.
To protect the United States homeland and the American people, I hereby
declare a national emergency with respect to this threat.
Accordingly, I hereby order:
Section 1. (a) The following actions are prohibited:
(i) beginning 9:30 a.m. eastern standard time on January 11, 2021, any
transaction in publicly traded securities, or any securities that are
derivative of, or are designed to provide investment exposure to such
securities, of any Communist Chinese military company as defined in section
4(a)(i) of this order, by any United States person; and
(ii) beginning 9:30 a.m. eastern standard time on the date that is 60 days
after a person is determined to be a Communist Chinese military company
pursuant to section (4)(a)(ii) or (iii) of this order, any transaction in
publicly traded securities, or any securities that are derivative of, or
are designed to provide investment exposure to such securities, of that
person, by any United States person.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(i) of this section, purchases for
value or sales made on or before 11:59 p.m. eastern standard time on
November 11, 2021, solely to divest, in whole or in part, from
securities that any United States person held as of 9:30 a.m. eastern
standard time on January 11, 2021, in a Communist Chinese military
company as defined in section 4(a)(i) of this order, are permitted.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(ii) of this section, for a person
determined to be a Communist Chinese military company pursuant to
section 4(a)(ii) or (iii) of this order, purchases for value or sales
made on or before 365 days from the date of such determination, solely
to divest, in whole or in part, from securities that any United States
person held in such person, as of the date 60 days from the date of such
determination, are permitted.
(d) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section apply except
to the extent provided by statutes, or in regulations, orders,
directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, and
notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit
granted before the date of this order.
Sec. 2. (a) Any transaction by a United States person or within the
United States that evades or avoids, has the purpose of evading or
avoiding, causes a violation of, or attempts to violate the prohibitions
set forth in this order is prohibited.
(b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set
forth in this order is prohibited.
Sec. 3. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation with the
Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Director of National
Intelligence, and the heads of other executive departments and agencies
(agencies) as deemed appropriate by the Secretary of the Treasury, is
hereby authorized to take such actions, including the promulgation of
rules and regulations, and to employ all powers granted to the President
by IEEPA, to carry out the purposes of this order. The Secretary of the
Treasury may, consistent with applicable law, redelegate any of these
functions within the
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Department of the Treasury. All agencies shall take all appropriate
measures within their authority to carry out the provisions of this
order.
(b) Rules and regulations issued pursuant to this order may, among
other things, establish procedures to license transactions otherwise
prohibited pursuant to this order. But prior to issuing any license
under this order, the Secretary of the Treasury shall consult with the
Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and the Director of
National Intelligence.
Sec. 4. Definitions. For purposes of this order:
(a) the term ``Communist Chinese military company'' means
(i) any person that the Secretary of Defense has listed as a Communist
Chinese military company operating directly or indirectly in the United
States or in any of its territories or possessions pursuant to section 1237
of Public Law 105-261, as amended by section 1233 of Public Law 106-398 and
section 1222 of Public Law 108-375, as of the date of this order, and as
set forth in the Annex to this order, until such time as the Secretary of
Defense removes such person from such list;
(ii) any person that the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the
Secretary of the Treasury, determines is a Communist Chinese military
company operating directly or indirectly in the United States or in any of
its territories or possessions and therefore lists as such pursuant to
section 1237 of Public Law 105-261, as amended by section 1233 of Public
Law 106-398 and section 1222 of Public Law 108-375, until such time as the
Secretary of Defense removes such person from such list; or
(iii) any person that the Secretary of the Treasury publicly lists as
meeting the criteria in section 1237(b)(4)(B) of Public Law 105-261, or
publicly lists as a subsidiary of a person already determined to be a
Communist Chinese military company, until the Secretary of the Treasury
determines that such person no longer meets that criteria and removes such
person from such list.
(b) the term ``entity'' means a government or instrumentality of
such government, partnership, association, trust, joint venture,
corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization;
(c) the term ``person'' means an individual or entity;
(d) the terms ``security'' and ``securities'' include the definition
of ``security'' in section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, Public Law 73-291, as codified as amended at 15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(10),
except that currency or any note, draft, bill of exchange, or banker's
acceptance which has a maturity at the time of issuance of not exceeding
9 months, exclusive of days of grace, or any renewal thereof the
maturity of which is likewise limited, shall be a security for purposes
of this order.
(e) the term ``transaction'' means the purchase for value of any
publicly traded security; and
(f) the term ``United States person'' means any United States
citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of
the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States
(including foreign branches), or any person in the United States.
Sec. 5. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of State and, as appropriate, the Secretary of Defense, is
hereby authorized to submit the recurring and final reports to the
Congress on the national
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emergency declared in this order, consistent with section 401(c) of the
NEA (50 U.S.C. 1641(c)) and section 204(c) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1703(c)).
Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
November 12, 2020.
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Executive Order 13960 of December 3, 2020
Promoting the Use of Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence in the Federal
Government
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. Artificial intelligence (AI) promises to drive the
growth of the United States economy and improve the quality of life of
all Americans. In alignment with Executive Order 13859 of February 11,
2019 (Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence),
executive departments and agencies (agencies) have recognized the power
of AI to improve their operations, processes, and procedures; meet
strategic goals; reduce costs; enhance oversight of the use of taxpayer
funds; increase efficiency and mission effectiveness; improve quality of
services; improve safety; train workforces; and support decision making
by the Federal workforce, among other positive developments. Given the
broad applicability of AI, nearly every agency and those served by those
agencies can benefit from the appropriate use of AI.
Agencies are already leading the way in the use of AI by applying it to
accelerate regulatory reform; review Federal solicitations for
regulatory compliance; combat fraud, waste, and abuse committed against
taxpayers; identify information security threats and assess trends in
related illicit activities; enhance the security and interoperability of
Federal Government information systems; facilitate review of large
datasets; streamline processes for grant applications; model weather
patterns; facilitate predictive maintenance; and much more.
Agencies are encouraged to continue to use AI, when appropriate, to
benefit the American people. The ongoing adoption and acceptance of AI
will depend significantly on public trust. Agencies must therefore
design, develop, acquire, and use AI in a manner that fosters public
trust and confidence while protecting privacy, civil rights, civil
liberties, and American values, consistent with applicable law and the
goals of Executive Order 13859.
Certain agencies have already adopted guidelines and principles for the
use of AI for national security or defense purposes, such as the
Department of Defense's Ethical Principles for Artificial Intelligence
(February 24, 2020), and the Office of the Director of National
Intelligence's Principles of Artificial Intelligence Ethics for the
Intelligence Community (July 23, 2020) and its Artificial Intelligence
Ethics Framework for the Intelligence Community (July 23, 2020). Such
guidelines and principles ensure that the use of AI in those contexts
will benefit the American people and be worthy of their trust.
Section 3 of this order establishes additional principles (Principles)
for the use of AI in the Federal Government for purposes other than
national security and defense, to similarly ensure that such uses are
consistent with our Nation's values and are beneficial to the public.
This order further establishes a process for implementing these
Principles through common policy guidance across agencies.
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Sec. 2. Policy. (a) It is the policy of the United States to promote the
innovation and use of AI, where appropriate, to improve Government
operations and services in a manner that fosters public trust, builds
confidence in AI, protects our Nation's values, and remains consistent
with all applicable laws, including those related to privacy, civil
rights, and civil liberties.
(b) It is the policy of the United States that responsible agencies,
as defined in section 8 of this order, shall, when considering the
design, development, acquisition, and use of AI in Government, be guided
by the common set of Principles set forth in section 3 of this order,
which are designed to foster public trust and confidence in the use of
AI, protect our Nation's values, and ensure that the use of AI remains
consistent with all applicable laws, including those related to privacy,
civil rights, and civil liberties.
(c) It is the policy of the United States that the Principles for
the use of AI in Government shall be governed by common policy guidance
issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as outlined in
section 4 of this order, consistent with applicable law.
Sec. 3. Principles for Use of AI in Government. When designing,
developing, acquiring, and using AI in the Federal Government, agencies
shall adhere to the following Principles:
(a) Lawful and respectful of our Nation's values. Agencies shall
design, develop, acquire, and use AI in a manner that exhibits due
respect for our Nation's values and is consistent with the Constitution
and all other applicable laws and policies, including those addressing
privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties.
(b) Purposeful and performance-driven. Agencies shall seek
opportunities for designing, developing, acquiring, and using AI, where
the benefits of doing so significantly outweigh the risks, and the risks
can be assessed and managed.
(c) Accurate, reliable, and effective. Agencies shall ensure that
their application of AI is consistent with the use cases for which that
AI was trained, and such use is accurate, reliable, and effective.
(d) Safe, secure, and resilient. Agencies shall ensure the safety,
security, and resiliency of their AI applications, including resilience
when confronted with systematic vulnerabilities, adversarial
manipulation, and other malicious exploitation.
(e) Understandable. Agencies shall ensure that the operations and
outcomes of their AI applications are sufficiently understandable by
subject matter experts, users, and others, as appropriate.
(f) Responsible and traceable. Agencies shall ensure that human
roles and responsibilities are clearly defined, understood, and
appropriately assigned for the design, development, acquisition, and use
of AI. Agencies shall ensure that AI is used in a manner consistent with
these Principles and the purposes for which each use of AI is intended.
The design, development, acquisition, and use of AI, as well as relevant
inputs and outputs of particular AI applications, should be well
documented and traceable, as appropriate and to the extent practicable.
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(g) Regularly monitored. Agencies shall ensure that their AI
applications are regularly tested against these Principles. Mechanisms
should be maintained to supersede, disengage, or deactivate existing
applications of AI that demonstrate performance or outcomes that are
inconsistent with their intended use or this order.
(h) Transparent. Agencies shall be transparent in disclosing
relevant information regarding their use of AI to appropriate
stakeholders, including the Congress and the public, to the extent
practicable and in accordance with applicable laws and policies,
including with respect to the protection of privacy and of sensitive law
enforcement, national security, and other protected information.
(i) Accountable. Agencies shall be accountable for implementing and
enforcing appropriate safeguards for the proper use and functioning of
their applications of AI, and shall monitor, audit, and document
compliance with those safeguards. Agencies shall provide appropriate
training to all agency personnel responsible for the design,
development, acquisition, and use of AI.
Sec. 4. Implementation of Principles. (a) Existing OMB policies
currently address many aspects of information and information technology
design, development, acquisition, and use that apply, but are not
unique, to AI. To the extent they are consistent with the Principles set
forth in this order and applicable law, these existing policies shall
continue to apply to relevant aspects of AI use in Government.
(b) Within 180 days of the date of this order, the Director of OMB
(Director), in coordination with key stakeholders identified by the
Director, shall publicly post a roadmap for the policy guidance that OMB
intends to create or revise to better support the use of AI, consistent
with this order. This roadmap shall include, where appropriate, a
schedule for engaging with the public and timelines for finalizing
relevant policy guidance. In addressing novel aspects of the use of AI
in Government, OMB shall consider updates to the breadth of its policy
guidance, including OMB Circulars and Management Memoranda.
(c) Agencies shall continue to use voluntary consensus standards
developed with industry participation, where available, when such use
would not be inconsistent with applicable law or otherwise
impracticable. Such standards shall also be taken into consideration by
OMB when revising or developing AI guidance.
Sec. 5. Agency Inventory of AI Use Cases. (a) Within 60 days of the date
of this order, the Federal Chief Information Officers Council (CIO
Council), in coordination with other interagency bodies as it deems
appropriate, shall identify, provide guidance on, and make publicly
available the criteria, format, and mechanisms for agency inventories of
non-classified and non-sensitive use cases of AI by agencies.
(b) Within 180 days of the CIO Council's completion of the directive
in section 5(a) of this order, and annually thereafter, each agency
shall prepare an inventory of its non-classified and non-sensitive use
cases of AI, within the scope defined by section 9 of this order,
including current and planned uses, consistent with the agency's
mission.
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(c) As part of their respective inventories of AI use cases,
agencies shall identify, review, and assess existing AI deployed and
operating in support of agency missions for any inconsistencies with
this order.
(i) Within 120 days of completing their respective inventories, agencies
shall develop plans either to achieve consistency with this order for each
AI application or to retire AI applications found to be developed or used
in a manner that is not consistent with this order. These plans must be
approved by the agency-designated responsible official(s), as described in
section 8 of this order, within this same 120-day time period.
(ii) In coordination with the Agency Data Governance Body and relevant
officials from agencies not represented within that body, agencies shall
strive to implement the approved plans within 180 days of plan approval,
subject to existing resource levels.
(d) Within 60 days of the completion of their respective inventories
of use cases of AI, agencies shall share their inventories with other
agencies, to the extent practicable and consistent with applicable law
and policy, including those concerning protection of privacy and of
sensitive law enforcement, national security, and other protected
information. This sharing shall be coordinated through the CIO and Chief
Data Officer Councils, as well as other interagency bodies, as
appropriate, to improve interagency coordination and information sharing
for common use cases.
(e) Within 120 days of the completion of their inventories, agencies
shall make their inventories available to the public, to the extent
practicable and in accordance with applicable law and policy, including
those concerning the protection of privacy and of sensitive law
enforcement, national security, and other protected information.
Sec. 6. Interagency Coordination. Agencies are expected to participate
in interagency bodies for the purpose of advancing the implementation of
the Principles and the use of AI consistent with this order. Within 45
days of this order, the CIO Council shall publish a list of recommended
interagency bodies and forums in which agencies may elect to
participate, as appropriate and consistent with their respective
authorities and missions.
Sec. 7. AI Implementation Expertise. (a) Within 90 days of the date of
this order, the Presidential Innovation Fellows (PIF) program,
administered by the General Services Administration (GSA) in
collaboration with other agencies, shall identify priority areas of
expertise and establish an AI track to attract experts from industry and
academia to undertake a period of work at an agency. These PIF experts
will work within agencies to further the design, development,
acquisition, and use of AI in Government, consistent with this order.
(b) Within 45 days of the date of this order, the Office of
Personnel Management (OPM), in coordination with GSA and relevant
agencies, shall create an inventory of Federal Government rotational
programs and determine how these programs can be used to expand the
number of employees with AI expertise at the agencies.
(c) Within 180 days of the creation of the inventory of Government
rotational programs described in section 7(b) of this order, OPM shall
issue a report with recommendations for how the programs in the
inventory can be best used to expand the number of employees with AI
expertise at the agencies. This report shall be shared with the
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bodies identified pursuant to section 6 of this order, enabling agencies
to better use these programs for the use of AI, consistent with this
order.
Sec. 8. Responsible Agencies and Officials. (a) For purposes of this
order, the term ``agency'' refers to all agencies described in section
3502, subsection (1), of title 44, United States Code, except for the
agencies described in section 3502, subsection (5), of title 44.
(b) This order applies to agencies that have use cases for AI that
fall within the scope defined in section 9 of this order, and excludes
the Department of Defense and those agencies and agency components with
functions that lie wholly within the Intelligence Community. The term
``Intelligence Community'' has the meaning given the term in section
3003 of title 50, United States Code.
(c) Within 30 days of the date of this order, each agency shall
specify the responsible official(s) at that agency who will coordinate
implementation of the Principles set forth in section 3 of this order
with the Agency Data Governance Body and other relevant officials and
will collaborate with the interagency coordination bodies identified
pursuant to section 6 of this order.
Sec. 9. Scope of Application. (a) This order uses the definition of AI
set forth in section 238(g) of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2019 as a reference point. As Federal Government use of
AI matures and evolves, OMB guidance developed or revised pursuant to
section 4 of this order shall include such definitions as are necessary
to ensure the application of the Principles in this order to appropriate
use cases.
(b) Except for the exclusions set forth in section 9(d) of this
order, or provided for by applicable law, the Principles and
implementation guidance in this order shall apply to AI designed,
developed, acquired, or used specifically to advance the execution of
agencies' missions, enhance decision making, or provide the public with
a specified benefit.
(c) This order applies to both existing and new uses of AI; both
stand-alone AI and AI embedded within other systems or applications; AI
developed both by the agency or by third parties on behalf of agencies
for the fulfilment of specific agency missions, including relevant data
inputs used to train AI and outputs used in support of decision making;
and agencies' procurement of AI applications.
(d) This order does not apply to:
(i) AI used in defense or national security systems (as defined in 44
U.S.C. 3552(b)(6) or as determined by the agency), in whole or in part,
although agencies shall adhere to other applicable guidelines and
principles for defense and national security purposes, such as those
adopted by the Department of Defense and the Office of the Director of
National Intelligence;
(ii) AI embedded within common commercial products, such as word processors
or map navigation systems, while noting that Government use of such
products must nevertheless comply with applicable law and policy to assure
the protection of safety, security, privacy, civil rights, civil liberties,
and American values; and
(iii) AI research and development (R&D) activities, although the Principles
and OMB implementation guidance should inform any R&D directed at potential
future applications of AI in the Federal Government.
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Sec. 10. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director relating to budgetary, administrative,
or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 3, 2020.
Executive Order 13961 of December 7, 2020
Governance and Integration of Federal Mission Resilience
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the National Security
Act of 1947, as amended, I hereby order the following:
Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of the United States to maintain
comprehensive and effective continuity programs that ensure national
security and the preservation of government structure under the United
States Constitution and in alignment with Presidential Policy Directive-
40 (PPD-40) of July 15, 2016 (National Continuity Policy). Executive
departments and agencies (agencies), including the Executive Office of
the President, must maintain the capability and capacity to continuously
perform National Essential Functions (NEFs), as defined by PPD-40,
regardless of threat or condition, and with the understanding that
adequate warning may not be available. Agency heads must fully integrate
preparedness programs, including continuity and risk management, into
day-to-day operations to ensure the preservation of the NEFs under all
conditions.
Sec. 2. Federal Mission Resilience Strategy. To achieve this policy, in
conjunction with this order, I am signing the Federal Mission Resilience
Strategy (Strategy), which should be implemented to increase the
resilience of the executive branch. Implementing the Strategy will
reduce the current reliance on reactive relocation of personnel and
enhance a proactive posture that minimizes disruption, distributes risk
to the performance of NEFs, and maximizes the cost-effectiveness of
actions that ensure continuity of operations, continuity of government,
and enduring constitutional government.
Sec. 3. Executive Committee. (a) The Federal Mission Resilience
Executive Committee (Executive Committee) is hereby established.
(b) The Executive Committee shall be composed of the Secretary of
Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director of National
Intelligence, the Assistant to the President for National Security
Affairs
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(APNSA), the Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for
Operations, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
When issues concerning science and technology, including communications
technology, are on the agenda, the Executive Committee also shall
include the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy
(OSTP). The heads of other agencies, and other senior officials, shall
be invited to attend meetings as appropriate.
(c) The APNSA, in coordination with the other members of the
Executive Committee, shall be responsible for convening the committee,
as appropriate, to coordinate the review, integration, and execution of
the Strategy and other continuity policy across the executive branch.
(d) The Executive Committee shall:
(i) coordinate the development of an implementation plan (Plan) for the
Strategy and other continuity policy, as described in section 4(b) of this
order, and shall facilitate execution of the Plan and other continuity
policy, as appropriate;
(ii) advise the President, through the Assistant to the President and Chief
of Staff (Chief of Staff), on the review, integration, and execution of the
Strategy and other continuity policy, including the recommendations
outlined in section 4(c) of this order;
(iii) establish, with consensus of its members and as appropriate,
subordinate coordinating bodies; and
(iv) coordinate the development of an interagency framework under which
agencies will assess and address risk to Federal Mission Resilience and
NEFs across the executive branch.
Sec. 4. Implementation. (a) Within 90 days of the date of this order,
the Executive Committee shall submit a Federal Mission Resilience
Executive Committee Charter to the President, through the Chief of
Staff, that identifies any subordinate bodies, working groups, and
reporting mechanisms that support the role of the Executive Committee.
(b) Within 90 days of the date of this order, the Executive
Committee shall submit a Federal Mission Resilience Implementation Plan
to the President, through the Chief of Staff, that sets forth how the
executive branch will implement the Strategy. The Plan shall describe in
detail the near-, mid-, and long-term actions necessary to ensure the
uninterrupted performance of NEFs.
(c) Within 120 days of the date of this order, the Executive
Committee shall coordinate the review of existing continuity policy and
other related national policies, and shall provide recommendations to
the President, through the Chief of Staff, on any actions necessary to
align these policies with the implementation of the Strategy.
Sec. 5. Amendment to PPD-40. To designate a new National Continuity
Coordinator (NCC), in section 6 of PPD-40, the second sentence is hereby
revised to read as follows: ``To advise and assist the President in that
function, the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs,
or his or her designee, is designated as the NCC.''
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Sec. 6. Amendments to Executive Order 13618. (a) Section 2.3 of
Executive Order 13618 of July 6, 2012 (Assignment of National Security
and Emergency Preparedness Communications Functions), is hereby revised
to read as follows:
''The Director of OSTP is delegated the authority to exercise the
authorities vested in the President by section 706(a), and (c) through (e)
of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (47 U.S.C. 606(a), and (c)
through (e)), if the President takes the actions, including issuing any
necessary proclamations and findings, required by that section to invoke
those authorities. This delegation shall apply to any provisions of any
future public law that are the same or substantially the same as the
provisions referenced in this section.''
(b) Section 3 of Executive Order 13618 is hereby revoked. The
responsibilities of the national security and emergency preparedness
Executive Committee set forth in section 3.3 of Executive Order 13618
shall be transferred to and exercised by the Executive Committee
established in section 3 of this order.
Sec. 7. Program Support. The national security and emergency
preparedness Executive Committee Joint Program Office established by
section 4 of Executive Order 13618 shall support the Executive Committee
established in section 3 of this order, the execution of activities
described in section 4 of this order, and those activities taken by the
Director of OSTP pursuant to section 6 of this order.
Sec. 8. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 7, 2020.
Executive Order 13962 of December 8, 2020
Ensuring Access to United States Government COVID-19 Vaccines
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
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Section 1. Purpose. Through unprecedented collaboration across the
United States Government, industry, and international partners, the
United States expects to soon have safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines
available for the American people. To ensure the health and safety of
our citizens, to strengthen our economy, and to enhance the security of
our Nation, we must ensure that Americans have priority access to COVID-
19 vaccines developed in the United States or procured by the United
States Government (``United States Government COVID-19 Vaccines'').
Sec. 2. Policy. It is the policy of the United States to ensure
Americans have priority access to free, safe, and effective COVID-19
vaccines. After ensuring the ability to meet the vaccination needs of
the American people, it is in the interest of the United States to
facilitate international access to United States Government COVID-19
Vaccines.
Sec. 3. American Access to COVID-19 Vaccines. (a) The Secretary of
Health and Human Services, through Operation Warp Speed and with the
support of the Secretary of Defense, shall ensure safe and effective
COVID-19 vaccines are available to the American people, coordinating
with public and private entities--including State, territorial, and
tribal governments, where appropriate--to enable the timely distribution
of such vaccines.
(b) The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with
the Secretary of Defense and the heads of other executive departments
and agencies (agencies), as appropriate, shall ensure that Americans
have priority access to United States Government COVID-19 Vaccines, and
shall ensure that the most vulnerable United States populations have
first access to such vaccines.
(c) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall ensure that a
sufficient supply of COVID-19 vaccine doses is available for all
Americans who choose to be vaccinated in order to safeguard America from
COVID-19.
Sec. 4. International Access to United States Government COVID-19
Vaccines. After determining that there exists a sufficient supply of
COVID-19 vaccine doses for all Americans who choose to be vaccinated, as
required by section 3(b) of this order, the Secretary of Health and
Human Services and the Secretary of State, in coordination with the
Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development,
the Chief Executive Officer of the United States International
Development Finance Corporation, the Chairman and President of the
Export-Import Bank of the United States, and the heads of other
agencies, shall facilitate international access to United States
Government COVID-19 Vaccines for allies, partners, and others, as
appropriate and consistent with applicable law.
Sec. 5. Coordination of International Access to United States Government
COVID-19 Vaccines. Within 30 days of the date of this order, the
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs shall
coordinate development of an interagency strategy for the implementation
of section 4 of this order.
Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
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(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 8, 2020.
Executive Order 13963 of December 10, 2020
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Defense
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Vacancies
Reform Act of 1998, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq., it is hereby
ordered as follows:
Section 1. Order of Succession. (a) Subject to the provisions of section
2 of this order, the following officials of the Department of Defense,
in the order listed, shall act as and perform the functions and duties
of the office of the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) during any period
in which the Secretary has died, resigned, or otherwise become unable to
perform the functions and duties of the office of the Secretary, until
such time as the Secretary is able to perform the functions and duties
of that office:
(i) Deputy Secretary of Defense;
(ii) Secretaries of the Military Departments;
(iii) Under Secretary of Defense for Policy;
(iv) Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security;
(v) Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense;
(vi) Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment;
(vii) Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering;
(viii) Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller);
(ix) Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness;
(x) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy;
(xi) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security;
(xii) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment;
(xiii) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering;
(xiv) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller);
(xv) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness;
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(xvi) General Counsel of the Department of Defense, Assistant Secretaries
of Defense, Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, Director of
Operational Test and Evaluation, and Chief Information Officer of the
Department of Defense;
(xvii) Under Secretaries of the Military Departments; and
(xviii) Assistant Secretaries of the Military Departments and General
Counsels of the Military Departments.
(b) Precedence among officers designated within the same paragraph
of subsection (a) of this section shall be determined by the order in
which they have been appointed to such office. Where officers designated
within the same paragraph of subsection (a) of this section have the
same appointment date, precedence shall be determined by the order in
which they have taken the oath to serve in that office.
Sec. 2. Exceptions. (a) No individual who is serving in an office listed
in section 1(a) of this order in an acting capacity, by virtue of so
serving, shall act as Secretary pursuant to this order.
(b) No individual listed in section l(a) of this order shall act as
Secretary unless that individual was appointed to an office for which
appointment is required to be made by the President, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate, and that individual is otherwise
eligible to so serve under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, as
amended.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this order, the President
retains discretion, to the extent permitted by law, to depart from this
order in designating an Acting Secretary.
Sec. 3. Revocation. Executive Order 13533 of March 1, 2010 (Providing an
Order of Succession Within the Department of Defense), is hereby
revoked.
Sec. 4. General Provision. This order is not intended to, and does not,
create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at
law or in equity by any party against the United States, its
departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents,
or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 10, 2020.
Executive Order 13964 of December 10, 2020
Rebranding United States Foreign Assistance To Advance American
Influence
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) (FAA), as amended, and section 301
of title 3, United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. To foster goodwill between the recipients of United
States foreign assistance and the American people, and to encourage the
governments of nations that are receiving foreign assistance to support
the
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United States, it is essential that recipients of United States foreign
assistance be aware of the manifold efforts of American taxpayers to aid
them and improve their lives. To further this awareness and to ensure
United States foreign assistance supports the foreign policy objectives
of the United States and maintains American influence and leadership,
such assistance must appropriately and conspicuously be identified as
American aid.
Sec. 2. Establishment of Standard Federal Marking Regulations. (a)
Within 120 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of State
(Secretary), in coordination with the Administrator of the United States
Agency for International Development (Administrator) and the heads of
other executive departments and agencies (agencies), as appropriate,
shall initiate notice-and-comment rulemaking to brand and mark all
United States foreign assistance provided under the FAA or any other
law, including all assistance provided under humanitarian assistance or
disaster relief programs, appropriately as ``American aid,'' consistent
with section 641 of the FAA (22 U.S.C. 2401). Such rulemaking to
establish Federal marking regulations shall include proposing any
amendments necessary to any existing regulations that may be appropriate
to implement the directives set forth in this order. The agencies
subject to these regulations shall implement them as soon as possible
after they are finalized.
(b) For the purposes of the standard Federal marking regulations
described in section 2(a) of this order:
(i) Within 30 days of the date of this order, the President will select a
logo that embodies the values and generosity of the American people
(``single logo''); and
(ii) The single logo shall be prominently displayed on all materials
related to United States foreign assistance programs, projects, and
activities; on all communications and public affairs materials; on all
foreign assistance goods and materials, and all packaging of such goods and
materials; and on all rebranding of export packaging. The requirement to
display the single logo shall not apply to purely administrative, non-
deliverable items of contractors and recipients of United States foreign
assistance or to the corporate or non-project materials of agencies that
are not tied to projects funded under the FAA, and shall not require the
rebranding of completed projects or products overseas.
(c) Within 120 days of the date of this order, agencies that are not
otherwise subject to existing regulations related to the branding and
marking of United States foreign assistance shall identify, to the
extent permitted by law, United States foreign assistance goods,
materials, and packaging solely with the single logo, and shall amend or
rescind any agency procedures or guidance inconsistent with this
directive. This identification requirement applies to goods, materials,
and packaging provided through non-governmental organizations and
implementing partners contracted directly by or receiving funds from the
United States Government consistent with subsection (b)(ii) of this
section. This requirement applies, to the maximum extent practicable, to
the obligation of any funds for such items after the date of this order.
In instances of joint funding agreements with other donor governments,
international organizations, or other parties, the single logo may be
co-marked.
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(d) Within 120 days of the date of this order, agencies not
otherwise governed subject to regulations related to the branding and
marking of United States foreign assistance shall not, unless required
by law, display their logos on United States foreign assistance goods
and materials or the export packaging of foreign assistance goods and
materials when the single logo is used as required under subsection
(b)(ii) of this section, and shall amend or rescind as necessary any
agency procedures or guidance inconsistent with this directive.
(e) For purposes of subsection (b)(ii) of this section, absent the
application of a specific statutory or regulatory exemption, the single
logo shall be used unless the Secretary, in coordination with the
Administrator and the heads of any other relevant agencies, determines
that its use in connection with a certain type of aid or in a particular
geographic area would raise compelling political, safety, or security
concerns; or that its use would undermine the objectives of the United
States in providing such aid. Any such determination to waive the single
logo requirement must be made in writing. The Secretary may delegate
this waiver authority, but such waiver authority shall not be delegated
below the Under Secretary level within the Department of State. The
Secretary may delegate this waiver authority to the Administrator, who
may redelegate it to the Deputy Administrator, provided that the
Secretary authorizes such redelegation.
Sec. 3. Report. Within 180 days of the date of this order, and annually
thereafter, the Secretary, in coordination with the Administrator and
the heads of other relevant agencies, as appropriate, shall submit to
the President, through the Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs, a report on the implementation of this order.
Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 10, 2020.
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Executive Order 13965 of December 11, 2020
Providing for the Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the
Federal Government on December 24, 2020
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. All executive departments and agencies of the Federal
Government shall be closed and their employees excused from duty on
Thursday, December 24, 2020, the day before Christmas Day.
Sec. 2. The heads of executive departments and agencies may determine
that certain offices and installations of their organizations, or parts
thereof, must remain open and that certain employees must report for
duty on December 24, 2020, for reasons of national security, defense, or
other public need.
Sec. 3. December 24, 2020, shall be considered as falling within the
scope of Executive Order 11582 of February 11, 1971, and of 5 U.S.C.
5546 and 6103(b) and other similar statutes insofar as they relate to
the pay and leave of employees of the United States.
Sec. 4. The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall take
such actions as may be necessary to implement this order.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) This order shall be implemented
consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of
appropriations.
(b) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise
affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 11, 2020.
Executive Order 13966 of December 14, 2020
Increasing Economic and Geographic Mobility
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including section 305 of title 5,
United States Code, and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, it
is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy and Principles. As expressed in Executive Order 13777
of February 24, 2017 (Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda), it is the
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policy of the United States to alleviate unnecessary regulatory burdens
placed on the American people. Overly burdensome occupational licensing
requirements can impede job creation and slow economic growth, which
undermines our Nation's prosperity and the economic well-being of the
American people. Such regulations can prevent American workers and job
seekers from earning a living, maximizing their personal and economic
potential, and achieving the American Dream. The purpose of this order
is to reduce the burden of occupational regulations in order to promote
the free practice of commerce, lower consumer costs, and increase
economic and geographic mobility, including for military spouses.
My Administration is committed to continuing this important work by
partnering with State, local, territorial, and tribal leaders throughout
the country to eliminate harmful occupational regulations, which are
frequently designed to protect politically connected interest groups. To
this end, in October 2019, my Administration announced the establishment
of the Governors' Initiative on Regulatory Innovation, which works with
State, local, and tribal leaders to advance occupational licensing
reforms, better align State and Federal regulations, and eliminate
unnecessary regulations that drive up consumer costs.
Occupational regulations can protect practitioners from competition
rather than protect the public from malpractice. Unfortunately, the
number of occupational regulations has substantially increased over the
last few decades. Since the 1950s, the percentage of jobs requiring a
government-mandated occupational license has increased from less than 5
percent to between 25 and 30 percent. By requiring workers to acquire
new licenses when they move to a new jurisdiction, occupational
regulations reduce worker mobility, disproportionately harm low-income
Americans, and are particularly burdensome to military spouses who must
relocate to support the service members committed to keeping our country
safe. Additionally, blanket prohibitions that prevent individuals with
criminal records from obtaining occupational licenses may exacerbate
disparities in employment opportunity and increase the likelihood of
recidivism, particularly as regulatory barriers to enter lower- and
middle-income occupations are associated with higher recidivism rates.
Licensing requirements unnecessary to protect consumers from significant
and demonstrable harm also frequently impose expensive educational
requirements on potential job seekers, even for occupations with limited
future earnings potential. According to recent research, licensing
requirements have cost our country an estimated 2.85 million jobs and
over $200 billion annually in increased consumer costs.
Therefore, it is the policy of the United States Government to support
occupational regulation reform throughout the Nation, building on
occupational licensing reforms enacted most recently in Arizona,
Florida, Iowa, Missouri, and South Dakota, guided by six principles:
Principle 1. All recognized occupational licensure boards should be
subject to active supervision of a designated governmental agency or
office.
Principle 2. All occupational licensure boards recognized by a State,
territorial, or tribal government that oversee personal qualifications
related to the practice of an occupation should adopt and maintain the
criteria and methods of occupational regulation that are least
restrictive to competition sufficient to protect consumers from
significant and demonstrable harm to their health and safety. The
policies and procedures of such boards should
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be designed to protect consumer and worker safety and to encourage
competition.
Principle 3. State, territorial, and tribal governments should review
existing occupational regulations, including associated scope-of-
practice provisions, to ensure that their requirements are the least
restrictive to competition sufficient to protect consumers from
significant and demonstrable harm. State, territorial, and tribal
governments should also regularly review and analyze all occupational
regulations, including associated personal qualifications required to
obtain an occupational license, to ensure the adoption of the least
restrictive requirements necessary to protect consumers from significant
and demonstrable harm.
Principle 4. Individuals with criminal records should be encouraged to
submit to the appropriate licensure board a preliminary application for
an occupational license for a determination as to whether the criminal
record would preclude their attainment of the appropriate occupational
license.
Principle 5. A State, territorial, or tribal government should issue an
occupational license to a person in the discipline applied for and at
the same level of practice if the individual satisfies four
requirements:
(a) the individual holds an occupational license for that discipline
from another jurisdiction in the United States and is in good standing;
(b) the individual verifies having met, as applicable, the minimum
examination, education, work, or clinical-supervision requirements
imposed by the State, territory, or tribe;
(c) the individual:
(i) has not had the license previously revoked or suspended;
(ii) has not been disciplined related to the license by any other
regulating entity; and
(iii) is not subject to any pending complaint, allegation, or investigation
related to the license; and
(d) the individual pays all applicable fees required to obtain the
new license.
Principle 6. Accommodations should be made for any applicant for an
occupational license who is the spouse of an active duty member of the
uniformed services and who is relocating with the member due to the
member's official permanent change of station orders.
Sec. 2. Review of and Report on Authorities, Regulations, Guidance, and
Policies. The head of each executive department and agency (agency)
shall, within 90 days of the date of this order and every 2 years
thereafter:
(a) review the agency's authorities, regulations, guidance, and
polices to identify changes necessary to ensure alignment with the
principles set forth in section 1 of this order; and
(b) submit a report to the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget (Director of OMB), the Assistant to the President for Domestic
Policy, and the Assistant to the President and Director of
Intergovernmental Affairs (Director of IGA) identifying all necessary
changes identified pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
Sec. 3. Identification and Report of Opportunities to Encourage
Occupational Regulation Reform. (a) Within 90 days of the date of this
order, and
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every 2 years thereafter, the head of each agency shall submit a report
to the Director of OMB, the Assistant to the President for Domestic
Policy, and the Director of IGA identifying a list of recommended
actions available to any and all agencies to recognize and reward State,
territorial, and tribal governments that have in place policies and
procedures regarding occupational regulation that are consistent with
the principles set forth in section 1 of this order; and
(b) Within 120 days of the date of this order, and every 2 years
thereafter, the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, in
consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Labor, the
Director of OMB, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration,
the Director of IGA, and the heads of other agencies and offices as
appropriate, shall submit a report to the President identifying:
(i) recommended changes to Federal law, regulations, guidance, and other
policies to ensure alignment with the principles set forth in section 1 of
this order;
(ii) recommended actions to be taken by agencies to recognize and reward
State, territorial, and tribal governments that have in place policies and
procedures regarding occupational regulation that are consistent with the
principles set forth in section 1 of this order; and
(iii) a list of criteria that may be used to evaluate whether a State,
territorial, or tribal government has in place policies and procedures that
are consistent with the principles set forth in section 1 of this order.
Sec. 4. Implementation of Recommendations to Recognize and Reward State,
Territorial, and Tribal Regulatory Reform. (a) Within 180 days of the
date of this order, and every 2 years thereafter, the Administrator of
the Small Business Administration, in consultation with the Secretary of
Commerce, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services, and the heads of other agencies as appropriate, shall seek and
report on information from State, territorial, and tribal governments
regarding whether they have in place policies and procedures consistent
with the principles set forth in section 1 of this order and shall make
the report publicly available, including on agencies' websites. The
information sought shall be consistent with the criteria identified as
required by section 3(b)(iii) of this order.
(b) Consistent with applicable law, and to the extent that the
President approves any of the actions recommended pursuant to section
3(b)(ii) of this order, agencies shall implement such actions for the
purpose of recognizing and rewarding a State, territorial, or tribal
government that has in place policies and procedures regarding
occupational regulation that are consistent with the principles set
forth in section 1 of this order.
Sec. 5. Definitions. For the purposes of this order:
(a) ``Active supervision'' means:
(i) reviewing proposed occupational licensure board rules, policies, or
other regulatory actions that may restrict market competition prior to
issuance;
(ii) ensuring that any entity seeking to impose occupational licensing
criteria adopts the criteria that are least restrictive to competition
sufficient to protect consumers from significant and demonstrable harm to
their health or safety; and
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(iii) analyzing, where information is readily available, the effects of
proposed rules, policies, and other regulatory actions on employment
opportunities, consumer costs, market competition, and administrative
costs.
(b) ``Agency'' has the meaning given that term in section 3502(1) of
title 44, United States Code, except that the term does not include the
agencies described in section 3502(5) of title 44, United States Code,
other than the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.
(c) ``Occupational license'' means a license, registration, or
certification without which an individual lacks the legal permission of
a State, local, territorial, or tribal government to perform certain
defined services for compensation.
(d) ``Occupational regulation'' includes:
(i) licensing or government certification, by which a government body
requires personal qualifications in order to be permitted to practice an
occupation; and
(ii) registration, bonding, or inspections, by which a government body does
not require personal qualifications in order to be permitted to practice an
occupation.
Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 14, 2020.
Executive Order 13967 of December 18, 2020
Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. Societies have long recognized the importance of
beautiful public architecture. Ancient Greek and Roman public buildings
were designed to be sturdy and useful, and also to beautify public
spaces and inspire civic pride. Throughout the Middle Ages and the
Renaissance, public architecture continued to serve these purposes. The
1309 constitution of the City of Siena required that ``[w]hoever rules
the City must have the
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beauty of the City as his foremost preoccupation . . . because it must
provide pride, honor, wealth, and growth to the Sienese citizens, as
well as pleasure and happiness to visitors from abroad.'' Three
centuries later, the great British Architect Sir Christopher Wren
declared that ``public buildings [are] the ornament of a country.
[Architecture] establishes a Nation, draws people and commerce, makes
the people love their native country . . . Architecture aims at
eternity[.]''
Notable Founding Fathers agreed with these assessments and attached
great importance to Federal civic architecture. They wanted America's
public buildings to inspire the American people and encourage civic
virtue. President George Washington and Secretary of State Thomas
Jefferson consciously modeled the most important buildings in
Washington, DC, on the classical architecture of ancient Athens and
Rome. They sought to use classical architecture to visually connect our
contemporary Republic with the antecedents of democracy in classical
antiquity, reminding citizens not only of their rights but also their
responsibilities in maintaining and perpetuating its institutions.
Washington and Jefferson personally oversaw the competitions to design
the Capitol Building and the White House. Under the direction and
following the vision of these two founders, Pierre Charles L'Enfant
designed the Nation's capital as a classical city. The promise of his
design for the city was fulfilled by the 1902 McMillan Plan, which
created the National Mall and the Monumental Core as we know them.
For approximately a century and a half following America's founding,
America's Federal architecture continued to be characterized by
beautiful and beloved buildings of largely, though not exclusively,
classical design. Examples include the Second Bank of the United States
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Pioneer Courthouse in Portland,
Oregon, and the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse in New York
City, New York. In Washington, DC, classical buildings such as the White
House, the Capitol Building, the Supreme Court, the Department of the
Treasury, and the Lincoln Memorial have become iconic symbols of our
system of government. These cherished landmarks, built to endure for
centuries, have become an important part of our civic life.
In the 1950s, the Federal Government largely replaced traditional
designs for new construction with modernist ones. This practice became
official policy after the Ad Hoc Committee on Federal Office Space
proposed what became known as the Guiding Principles for Federal
Architecture (Guiding Principles) in 1962. The Guiding Principles
implicitly discouraged classical and other traditional designs known for
their beauty, declaring instead that the Government should use
``contemporary'' designs.
The Federal architecture that ensued, overseen by the General Services
Administration (GSA), was often unpopular with Americans. The new
buildings ranged from the undistinguished to designs even GSA now admits
many in the public found unappealing. In Washington, DC, new Federal
buildings visibly clashed with the existing classical architecture. Some
of these structures, such as the Hubert H. Humphrey Department of Health
and Human Services Building and the Robert C. Weaver Department of
Housing and Urban Development Building, were controversial, attracting
widespread criticism for their Brutalist designs.
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In 1994, GSA responded to this widespread criticism that the buildings
it had been commissioning lacked distinction by establishing the Design
Excellence Program. The GSA intended that program to advance the Guiding
Principles' mandate that Federal architecture ``provide visual testimony
to the dignity, enterprise, vigor, and stability of the American
Government.'' Unfortunately, the program has not met this goal.
Under the Design Excellence Program, GSA has often selected designs by
prominent architects with little regard for local input or regional
aesthetic preferences. The resulting Federal architecture sometimes
impresses the architectural elite, but not the American people who the
buildings are meant to serve. Many of these new Federal buildings are
not even visibly identifiable as civic buildings.
For example, GSA selected an architect to design the San Francisco
Federal Building who describes his designs as ``art-for-art's-sake''
architecture, intended primarily for architects to appreciate. While
elite architects praised the resulting building, many San Franciscans
consider it one of the ugliest structures in their city. Similarly, GSA
selected a modernist architect to design Salt Lake City's new Federal
courthouse. The architectural establishment and its professional
organizations praised his unique creation, but many local residents
considered it ugly and inconsistent with its surroundings. In Orlando,
Florida, a coalition of judges, court employees, and civic leaders
opposed GSA's preferred modernist design for the George C. Young Federal
Courthouse. They believed it lacked the dignity a Federal courthouse
should embody. The GSA nonetheless imposed this design over their
objections.
With a limited number of exceptions, such as the Tuscaloosa Federal
Building and Courthouse and the Corpus Christi Federal Courthouse, the
Federal Government has largely stopped building beautiful buildings. In
Washington, DC, Federal architecture has become a discordant mixture of
classical and modernist designs.
It is time to update the policies guiding Federal architecture to
address these problems and ensure that architects designing Federal
buildings serve their clients, the American people. New Federal building
designs should, like America's beloved landmark buildings, uplift and
beautify public spaces, inspire the human spirit, ennoble the United
States, command respect from the general public, and, as appropriate,
respect the architectural heritage of a region. They should also be
visibly identifiable as civic buildings and should be selected with
input from the local community.
Classical and other traditional architecture, as practiced both
historically and by today's architects, have proven their ability to
meet these design criteria and to more than satisfy today's functional,
technical, and sustainable needs. Their use should be encouraged instead
of discouraged.
Encouraging classical and traditional architecture does not exclude
using most other styles of architecture, where appropriate. Care must be
taken, however, to ensure that all Federal building designs command
respect of the general public for their beauty and visual embodiment of
America's ideals.
Sec. 2. Policy. (a) Applicable Federal public buildings should uplift
and beautify public spaces, inspire the human spirit, ennoble the United
States,
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and command respect from the general public. They should also be
visually identifiable as civic buildings and, as appropriate, respect
regional architectural heritage. Architecture--with particular regard
for traditional and classical architecture--that meets the criteria set
forth in this subsection is the preferred architecture for applicable
Federal public buildings. In the District of Columbia, classical
architecture shall be the preferred and default architecture for Federal
public buildings absent exceptional factors necessitating another kind
of architecture.
(b) Where the architecture of applicable Federal public buildings
diverges from the preferred architecture set forth in subsection (a) of
this section, great care and consideration must be taken to choose a
design that commands respect from the general public and clearly conveys
to the general public the dignity, enterprise, vigor, and stability of
America's system of self-government.
(c) When renovating, reducing, or expanding applicable Federal
public buildings that do not meet the criteria set forth in subsection
(a) of this section, the feasibility and potential expense of building
redesign to meet those criteria should be examined. Where feasible and
economical, such redesign should be given substantial consideration,
especially with regard to the building's exterior.
(d) GSA should seek input from the future users of applicable public
buildings and the general public in the community where such buildings
will be located before selecting an architectural firm or design style.
Sec. 3. Definitions. For the purposes of this order:
(a) ``Applicable Federal public building'' means:
(i) all Federal courthouses and agency headquarters;
(ii) all Federal public buildings in the District of Columbia; and
(iii) all other Federal public buildings that cost or are expected to cost
more than $50 million in 2020 dollars to design, build, and finish, but
does not include infrastructure projects or land ports of entry.
(b) ``Brutalist'' means the style of architecture that grew out of
the early 20th-century modernist movement that is characterized by a
massive and block-like appearance with a rigid geometric style and
large-scale use of exposed poured concrete.
(c) ``Classical architecture'' means the architectural tradition
derived from the forms, principles, and vocabulary of the architecture
of Greek and Roman antiquity, and as later developed and expanded upon
by such Renaissance architects as Alberti, Brunelleschi, Michelangelo,
and Palladio; such Enlightenment masters as Robert Adam, John Soane, and
Christopher Wren; such 19th-century architects as Benjamin Henry
Latrobe, Robert Mills, and Thomas U. Walter; and such 20th-century
practitioners as Julian Abele, Daniel Burnham, Charles F. McKim, John
Russell Pope, Julia Morgan, and the firm of Delano and Aldrich.
Classical architecture encompasses such styles as Neoclassical,
Georgian, Federal, Greek Revival, Beaux-Arts, and Art Deco.
(d) ``Deconstructivist'' means the style of architecture generally
known as ``deconstructivism'' that emerged during the late 1980s that
subverts the traditional values of architecture through such features as
fragmentation,
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disorder, discontinuity, distortion, skewed geometry, and the appearance
of instability.
(e) ``General public'' means members of the public who are not:
(i) artists, architects, engineers, art or architecture critics,
instructors or professors of art or architecture, or members of the
building industry; or
(ii) affiliated with any interest group, trade association, or any other
organization whose membership is financially affected by decisions
involving the design, construction, or remodeling of public buildings.
(f) ``Officer'' has the meaning given that term in section 2104 of
title 5, United States Code.
(g) ``Public building'' has the meaning given that term in section
3301(a)(5) of title 40, United States Code.
(h) ``Traditional architecture'' includes classical architecture, as
defined herein, and also includes the historic humanistic architecture
such as Gothic, Romanesque, Pueblo Revival, Spanish Colonial, and other
Mediterranean styles of architecture historically rooted in various
regions of America.
(i) ``2020 dollars'' means dollars adjusted for inflation using the
Bureau of Economic Analysis's Gross Domestic Product price deflator and
using 2020 as the base year.
Sec. 4. President's Council on Improving Federal Civic Architecture. (a)
There is hereby established the President's Council on Improving Federal
Civic Architecture (Council).
(b) The Council shall be composed of:
(i) all of the members of the Commission of Fine Arts;
(ii) the Secretary of the Commission of Fine Arts;
(iii) the Architect of the Capitol;
(iv) the Commissioner of the GSA Public Building Service;
(v) the Chief Architect of GSA;
(vi) other officers or employees of the Federal Government as the President
may, from time to time, designate; and
(vii) up to 20 additional members appointed by the President from among
citizens from outside the Federal Government to provide diverse
perspectives on the matters falling under the Council's jurisdiction.
(c) The Council shall be chaired by a member of the Commission of
Fine Arts designated by the President. The Chair may designate a vice-
chair and may establish subcommittees.
(d) The members of the Council shall serve without compensation for
their work on the Council. However, members of the Council, while
engaged in the work of the Council, may receive travel expenses,
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law for
persons serving intermittently in the government service, pursuant to
sections 5701 through 5707 of title 5, United States Code.
(e) To the extent permitted by law and within existing
appropriations, the Administrator of General Services (Administrator)
shall provide such
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funding and administrative and technical support as the Council may
require. The Administrator shall, to the extent permitted by law, direct
GSA staff to provide any relevant information the Council requests and
may detail such staff to aid the work of the Council, at the request of
the Council.
(f) Insofar as the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5
U.S.C. App.), may apply to the Council, any functions of the President
under that Act, except that of reporting to the Congress under section 6
of that Act, shall be performed by the Administrator in accordance with
the guidelines and procedures established by the Administrator.
(g) The Council shall terminate on September 30, 2021, unless
extended by the President. Members appointed under subsections (b)(vi)
and (b)(vii) of this section shall serve until the Council terminates
and shall not be removed except for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or
malfeasance.
Sec. 5. Responsibilities of the Council. The Council shall:
(a) submit a report to the Administrator, recommending updates to
GSA's policies and procedures to incorporate the policies of section 2
of this order and advance the purposes of this order. The report shall
explain how the recommended changes accomplish these purposes. The
report shall be submitted prior to September 30, 2021.
(b) recommend to the Administrator changes to GSA policies for
situations in which the agency participates in a design selection
pursuant to the Commemorative Works Act (chapter 89 of title 40, United
States Code), in furtherance of the purposes of this order and
consistent with applicable law.
Sec. 6. Agency Actions. (a) The Administrator shall adhere to the
policies set forth in section 2 of this order.
(b) In the event the Administrator proposes to approve a design for
a new applicable Federal public building that diverges from the
preferred architecture set forth in subsection 2(a) of this order,
including Brutalist or Deconstructivist architecture or any design
derived from or related to these types of architecture, the
Administrator shall notify the President through the Assistant to the
President for Domestic Policy not less than 30 days before GSA could
reject such design without incurring substantial expenditures. Such
notification shall set forth the reasons the Administrator proposes to
approve such design, including:
(i) a detailed explanation of why the Administrator believes selecting such
design is justified, with particular focus on whether such design is as
beautiful and reflective of the dignity, enterprise, vigor, and stability
of the American system of self-government as alternative designs of
comparable cost using preferred architecture;
(ii) the total expected cost of adopting the proposed design, including
estimated maintenance and replacement costs throughout its expected
lifecycle; and
(iii) a description of the designs using preferred architecture seriously
considered for such project and the total expected cost of adopting such
designs, including estimated maintenance and replacement costs throughout
their expected lifecycles.
Sec. 7. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
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(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 18, 2020.
Executive Order 13968 of December 18, 2020
Promoting Redemption of Savings Bonds
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. Since 1935, the Department of the Treasury
(Department) has issued savings bonds to the American public. Backed by
the full faith and credit of the United States Government, these bonds
are extremely safe investments that were designed to be accessible even
to inexperienced investors. Indeed, over the years, savings bonds have
proved to be a popular birthday or graduation gift, helping introduce
younger Americans to the rewards of investing in our country's future.
Among other things, savings bonds provided the United States with a
critical source of financing during World War II.
By law, savings bonds never expire, and there is no deadline for owners
to redeem them. It is currently estimated that more than 75 million
matured savings bonds, issued as far back as 1935, remain unredeemed.
The total value of these unredeemed savings bonds is approximately $27
billion.
Above and beyond any legal requirements applicable to savings bonds, the
Department should take all appropriate action to make sure that those
Americans who invested in the future success of their country have the
opportunity to receive the remuneration to which they are lawfully
entitled. Under my Administration, the Department has already undertaken
significant measures to reunite matured savings bonds with their
rightful owners. For example, the Department in 2019 released an online
tool known as ``Treasury Hunt'' to help individuals determine if they
are the owners of matured unredeemed savings bonds. This order is the
next step in ensuring that owners of matured savings bonds have a full
opportunity to redeem their bonds.
Sec. 2. Updating Records. The Department shall work to digitize and make
electronically searchable sufficient information to identify the
registered
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owner of any matured unredeemed savings bond, including the name and
registered address of such owner and of any registered beneficiaries. In
particular, the Department shall complete its ongoing pilot project to
assess the feasibility and cost of digitizing and making these records
searchable and accessible, which is being carried out in conjunction
with multiple vendors, before the end of calendar year 2020. If the
pilot project is successful, a vendor shall be selected to begin
digitizing savings bond records. When digitizing records, the Department
shall, to the extent feasible, focus first on the bond-issuance years
that represent the highest percentage of matured unredeemed debt.
Sec. 3. Information Accessibility. Within 30 days of beginning to
receive data from the digitization of records described in section 2 of
this order, the Department shall incorporate into the data accessible
through Treasury Hunt information collected from the digitized records,
in a secure manner and consistent with applicable law, including the
Privacy Act. The Department shall work to ensure that this information
can be used through Treasury Hunt to help individuals determine if they
are the owners of matured unredeemed savings bonds.
Sec. 4. Customer Research. The Department shall conduct customer
research to determine why individuals do not redeem savings bonds upon
maturity, any barriers individuals encounter when they do attempt to
redeem their bonds, and the feasibility of modifying redemption methods
or developing alternative redemption methods in order to mitigate,
overcome, or avoid any such barriers.
Sec. 5. Collaboration with States. The Department shall engage with
States and State associations to obtain additional data and information
to help the Department identify owners of unredeemed bonds, to learn
best practices employed by the States regarding the redemption of mature
bonds, and to encourage the States to add direct links to Treasury Hunt
to States' unclaimed property websites or other appropriate State
publications or information portals.
Sec. 6. Public Reporting. Within 6 months of the date of this order, the
Secretary of the Treasury shall publish a report on actions and
initiatives undertaken by the Department to implement this order.
Sec. 7. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department, agency, or the
head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 18, 2020.
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Executive Order 13969 of December 28, 2020
Expanding Educational Opportunity Through School Choice
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, and in order to ensure the
education, health, safety, and well-being of America's children, our
most essential resource upon which the future of our great Nation
depends, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. As part of their efforts to address the public
health challenges and uncertainties posed by the COVID-19 pandemic,
State and local officials shut down in-person learning for the vast
majority of our more than 56 million elementary and secondary school
students beginning in late February and early March of this year. Since
then, however, our Nation has identified effective measures to
facilitate the safe resumption of in-person learning, and the Federal
Government has provided more than $13 billion to States and school
districts to implement those measures.
The prolonged deprivation of in-person learning opportunities has
produced undeniably dire consequences for the children of this country.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stated that school
attendance is negatively correlated with a child's risk of depression
and various types of abuse. States have seen substantial declines in
reports of child maltreatment while school buildings have been closed,
indicating that allegations are going unreported. These reductions are
driven in part by social isolation from the schoolteachers and support
staff with whom students typically interact and who have an obligation
to report suspected child maltreatment. The American Academy of
Pediatrics (AAP) has also found that school closures have a
``substantial impact on food security and physical activity for children
and families.'' Additionally, a recent survey of educators found student
absences from school, including virtual learning, have nearly doubled
during the pandemic, and as AAP has noted, chronic absenteeism is
associated with alcohol and drug use, teenage pregnancy, juvenile
delinquency, and suicide attempts.
School closures are especially difficult for families with children with
special needs. Schools provide not only academic supports for students
with special needs, but they also provide much-needed in-person
therapies and services, including physical and occupational therapies. A
recent survey found that 80 percent of children with special needs are
not receiving the services and supports to which they are entitled and
that approximately 40 percent of children with special needs are
receiving no services or supports. Moreover, the survey found that
virtual learning may not be fully accessible to these students, as
children with special needs are twice as likely to receive little or no
remote learning and to be dissatisfied with the remote learning
received.
Low-income and minority children are also disproportionately affected by
school closures. In low-income zip codes, students' math progress
decreased by nearly 50 percent while school buildings were closed in the
spring, and the math progress of students in middle-income zip codes
fell by almost a third during the same period. A recent analysis
projected that, if in-person classes do not fully resume until January
2021, Hispanic,
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Black, and low-income students will lose 9.2, 10.3, and 12.4 months of
learning, respectively.
A failure to quickly resume in-person learning options is likely to have
long-term economic effects on children and their families. According to
a recent study, if in-person classes do not fully resume until January
2021, the average student could lose $61,000 to $82,000 in lifetime
earnings, or the equivalent of a year of full-time work. Additionally,
in 2019, more than 90 percent of children under the age of 18 had at
least one employed parent. Many employed parents do not have the option
of engaging in remote work that allows them the flexibility to supervise
their children during the day when in-person learning options are not
available. Without the resumption of in-person learning opportunities,
the economic and social harms resulting from such lost employment
opportunities will continue to compound.
To help mitigate these harms, the Department of Health and Human
Services recently announced additional relief for low-income parents by
allowing States to use funds available through the Child Care and
Development Fund to subsidize child care services and services that
supplement academic instruction for children under the age of 13 who are
participating in virtual instruction. Nevertheless, virtual instruction
is an inadequate substitute for in-person learning opportunities and
this aid is insufficient to meet current needs.
While some families, especially those with financial means, have been
able to mitigate school disruptions through in-person options such as
homeschooling, private schools, charter schools, and innovative models
like microschools and ``learning pods,'' for many families, their
children's residentially assigned public school remains their only
financially available option. Unfortunately, more than 50 percent of all
public-school students in the United States began school remotely this
fall. These children, including those with special needs, are being
underserved due to the public education system's failure to provide in-
person learning options.
Students whose families pay tuition for their education are also facing
significant hardships due to the economic disruptions caused by the
pandemic. Scores of private schools, including approximately 100
Catholic schools, have permanently closed since the onset of COVID-19,
and more than half of our Nation's private schools are believed to have
lost enrollment due to the pandemic. These closures and declining
enrollments are harmful to students, bad for communities, and likely to
impose increased strain on public school systems.
I am committed to ensuring that all children of our great Nation have
access to the educational resources they need to obtain a high-quality
education and to improving students' safety and well-being, including by
empowering families with emergency learning scholarships.
Sec. 2. Providing Emergency Learning Scholarships for Students. The
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall take steps, consistent with
law, to allow funds available through the Community Services Block Grant
program to be used by grantees and eligible entities to provide
emergency learning scholarships to disadvantaged families for use by any
child without access to in-person learning. These scholarships may be
used for:
(i) tuition and fees for a private or parochial school;
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(ii) homeschool, microschool, or learning-pod costs;
(iii) special education and related services, including therapies; or
(iv) tutoring or remedial education.
Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 28, 2020.
Executive Order 13970 of December 31, 2020
Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Statutory Pay Systems. The rates of basic pay or salaries of
the statutory pay systems (as defined in 5 U.S.C. 5302(1)), as adjusted
under 5 U.S.C. 5303, are set forth on the schedules attached hereto and
made a part hereof:
(a) The General Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5332(a)) at Schedule 1;
(b) The Foreign Service Schedule (22 U.S.C. 3963) at Schedule 2; and
(c) The schedules for the Veterans Health Administration of the
Department of Veterans Affairs (38 U.S.C. 7306, 7404; section 301(a) of
Public Law 102-40) at Schedule 3.
Sec. 2. Senior Executive Service. The ranges of rates of basic pay for
senior executives in the Senior Executive Service, as established
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5382, are set forth on Schedule 4 attached hereto
and made a part hereof.
Sec. 3. Certain Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Salaries. The rates
of basic pay or salaries for the following offices and positions are set
forth on the schedules attached hereto and made a part hereof:
(a) The Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5312-5318) at Schedule 5;
(b) The Vice President (3 U.S.C. 104) and the Congress (2 U.S.C.
4501) at Schedule 6; and
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(c) Justices and judges (28 U.S.C. 5, 44(d), 135, 252, and 461(a))
at Schedule 7.
Sec. 4. Uniformed Services. The rates of monthly basic pay (37 U.S.C.
203(a)) for members of the uniformed services, as adjusted under 37
U.S.C. 1009, and the rate of monthly cadet or midshipman pay (37 U.S.C.
203(c)) are set forth on Schedule 8 attached hereto and made a part
hereof.
Sec. 5. Locality-Based Comparability Payments.
(a) Pursuant to section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, and my
authority to implement an alternative level of comparability payments
under section 5304a of title 5, United States Code, locality-based
comparability payments shall be paid in accordance with Schedule 9
attached hereto and made a part hereof.
(b) The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall take
such actions as may be necessary to implement these payments and to
publish appropriate notice of such payments in the Federal Register.
Sec. 6. Administrative Law Judges. Pursuant to section 5372 of title 5,
United States Code, the rates of basic pay for administrative law judges
are set forth on Schedule 10 attached hereto and made a part hereof.
Sec. 7. Effective Dates. Schedule 8 is effective January 1, 2021. The
other schedules contained herein are effective on the first day of the
first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2021.
Sec. 8. Prior Order Superseded. Executive Order 13901 of December 26,
2019, is superseded as of the effective dates specified in section 7 of
this order.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 31, 2020.
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Presidential Determination No. 2020-05 of January 6, 2020
Presidential Determination on Waiving a Restriction on United States
Assistance to Bolivia Under Section 706 of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States, including section 706(3)(A) of the Foreign
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-228)
(FRAA), I hereby determine that the provision of United States
assistance to Bolivia in Fiscal Year 2020 is vital to the national
interests of the United States.
You are authorized and directed to submit this determination, with its
memorandum of justification, under section 706 of the FRAA, to the
Congress, and to publish it in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, January 6, 2020.
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Memorandum of January 29, 2020
Delegation of Certain Authority Under the Federal Service Labor-
Management Relations Statute
Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3,
United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. The national security interests of the United States
require expedient and efficient decisionmaking. When new missions emerge
or existing ones evolve, the Department of Defense requires maximum
flexibility to respond to threats to carry out its mission of protecting
the American people. This flexibility requires that military and
civilian leadership manage their organizations to cultivate a lethal,
agile force adaptive to new technologies and posture changes. Where
collective bargaining is incompatible with these organizations'
missions, the Department of Defense should not be forced to sacrifice
its national security mission and, instead, seek relief through third
parties and administrative fora.
Sec. 2. Delegation of Authority to the Secretary of Defense. (a) The
Secretary of Defense (Secretary) is delegated authority under 5 U.S.C.
7103(b)(1) and 7103(b)(2) to issue orders excluding Department of
Defense agencies or subdivisions thereof from Federal Service Labor-
Management Relations Statute coverage. The Secretary is authorized to
further delegate this authority to any official of the Department of
Defense appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the
Senate.
(b) When making the determination required by 5 U.S.C. 7103(b)(1) or
7103(b)(2), the Secretary or other official delegated this authority
pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall publish this
determination in the Federal Register.
(c) Any official to whom the Secretary of Defense delegates the
authority pursuant to subsection (a) of this section may not further
delegate this authority.
(d) For purposes of this memorandum, the term ``Department of
Defense agencies or subdivisions'' includes without limitation the
military departments.
Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable
law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
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You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the
Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, January 29, 2020.
Order of February 10, 2020
Sequestration Order for Fiscal Year 2021 Pursuant to Section 251A of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as Amended
By the authority vested in me as President by the laws of the United
States of America, and in accordance with section 251A of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act (the ``Act''), as amended, 2
U.S.C. 901a, I hereby order that, on October 1, 2020, direct spending
budgetary resources for fiscal year 2021 in each non-exempt budget
account be reduced by the amount calculated by the Office of Management
and Budget in its report to the Congress of February 10, 2020.
All sequestrations shall be made in strict accordance with the
requirements of section 251A of the Act and the specifications of the
Office of Management and Budget's report of February 10, 2020, prepared
pursuant to section 251A(9) of the Act.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
February 10, 2020.
Notice of February 13, 2020
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Southern
Border of the United States
On February 15, 2019, by Proclamation 9844, I declared a national
emergency concerning the southern border of the United States to deal
with the border security and humanitarian crisis that threatens core
national security interests.
The ongoing border security and humanitarian crisis at the southern
border of the United States continues to threaten our national security,
including the security of the American people. The executive branch has
taken steps to address the crisis, but further action is needed to
address the humanitarian crisis and to control unlawful migration and
the flow of narcotics and criminals across the southern border of the
United States.
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For these reasons, the national emergency declared on February 15, 2019,
and the measures adopted on that date to respond to that emergency, must
continue in effect beyond February 15, 2020. Therefore, in accordance
with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)),
I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency declared in
Proclamation 9844 concerning the southern border of the United States.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted
to the Congress.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
February 13, 2020.
Memorandum of February 19, 2020
Developing and Delivering More Water Supplies to California
Memorandum for the Secretary of the Interior[,] the Secretary of
Commerce[, and] the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, I hereby direct the following:
Section 1. Policy. For decades, many of our Federal western water
infrastructure investments have been undermined by fragmented and
outdated regulatory actions. In a memorandum dated October 19, 2018
(Promoting the Reliable Supply and Delivery of Water in the West), I
directed the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce to
work together, to the extent practicable and consistent with applicable
law, to complete the review of the long-term coordinated operations of
the Central Valley Project (CVP) and the California State Water Project
(SWP), and subsequently to issue an updated Plan of Operations (Plan)
and Record of Decision (ROD). It is the policy of the United States to
modernize our Federal western water infrastructure to deliver water and
power in an efficient, cost-effective way.
Sec. 2. Enhancing Water Supplies While Appropriately Protecting Species
and Habitats. In response to my memorandum, a Plan and ROD were issued
today. The new framework set forth in these documents is expected to
deliver more water to communities while using science and investments
appropriately to protect affected species and their habitats. This is a
good first step, but I believe more can be done. Therefore, I direct the
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce to build upon
the success of the Plan and ROD by supplementing the resulting
operations, consistent with applicable law, to make deliveries of water
more reliable and bountiful. To help develop and deliver water supplies
in the Central Valley of California, I direct those Secretaries to
coordinate efforts to:
(a) implement the relevant authorities of subtitle J of the Water
Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (Public Law 114-322),
which include provisions focused on (1) developing water storage, (2)
capturing more water during storm events, and (3) giving agricultural
and municipal water users more regulatory certainty;
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(b) fully implement, with respect to future agency actions, recent
Administration improvements to management of programs established
pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-205); and
(c) provide quarterly updates to the Chair of the Council on
Environmental Quality and, at the request of other components of the
Executive Office of the President, to each such component, regarding
progress in carrying out sections 2(a) and (b) of this memorandum.
Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable
law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
(d) The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed
to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, February 19, 2020.
Notice of February 20, 2020
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Libya
On February 25, 2011, by Executive Order 13566, the President declared a
national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) to deal with the unusual and
extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the
United States constituted by the actions of Colonel Muammar Qadhafi, his
government, and close associates, which took extreme measures against
the people of Libya, including by using weapons of war, mercenaries, and
wanton violence against unarmed civilians. In addition, there was a
serious risk that Libyan state assets would be misappropriated by
Qadhafi, members of his government, members of his family, or his close
associates if those assets were not protected. The foregoing
circumstances, the prolonged attacks against civilians, and the
increased numbers of Libyans seeking refuge in other countries caused a
deterioration in the security of Libya and posed a serious risk to its
stability.
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The situation in Libya continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary
threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States,
and measures are needed to protect against the diversion of assets or
other abuses by members of Qadhafi's family, their associates, and other
persons hindering Libyan national reconciliation.
For this reason, the national emergency declared on February 25, 2011,
must continue in effect beyond February 25, 2020. Therefore, in
accordance with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50
U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency
declared in Executive Order 13566.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted
to the Congress.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
February 20, 2020.
Memorandum of February 21, 2020
Delegation of Certain Functions and Authorities Under the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
Memorandum for the Secretary of State[,] the Secretary of the
Treasury[,] the Secretary of Defense[,] the Secretary of Commerce[, and]
the Director of National Intelligence
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3,
United States Code, I hereby order as follows:
Section 1. (a) I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State, in
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the functions and
authorities vested in the President by the following provisions of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-
92) (the ``Act''):
(i) section 7503(d);
(ii) section 7503(f);
(iii) section 7503(h);
(iv) section 7124, with respect to section 73 of the Bretton Woods
Agreements Act (22 U.S.C. 286 et seq.), as amended by the Act;
(v) section 7131; and
(vi) section 7143, with respect to section 208 of the North Korea Sanctions
and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-122) (NKSPEA), as
amended by the Act.
(b) I hereby delegate to the Secretary of the Treasury, in
consultation with the Secretary of State, the functions and authorities
vested in the President by the following provisions of the Act:
(i) section 7503(c);
(ii) section 7503(g);
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(iii) section 7121, with respect to section 201B of NKSPEA, as amended by
the Act; and
(iv) section 7122, with respect to section 104(g) of NKSPEA, as amended by
the Act.
(c) I hereby delegate to the Secretary of the Treasury and the
Secretary of Commerce the functions and authorities vested in the
President by section 7132 of the Act.
(d) I hereby delegate to the Secretary of the Treasury the functions
and authorities vested in the President by section 7141 of the Act.
(e) I hereby delegate to the Director of National Intelligence, in
consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the
Treasury, the functions and authorities vested in the President by
section 7133 of the Act.
(f) I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State, in consultation
with the Secretary of Defense, the functions and authorities vested in
the President by section 1227 of the Act.
Sec. 2. The delegations in this memorandum shall apply to any provisions
of any future public laws that are the same or substantially the same as
those provisions referenced in this memorandum.
Sec. 3. The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to publish
this memorandum in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, February 21, 2020.
Notice of February 25, 2020
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Cuba and of the
Emergency Authority Relating to the Regulation of the Anchorage and
Movement of Vessels
On March 1, 1996, by Proclamation 6867, a national emergency was
declared to address the disturbance or threatened disturbance of
international relations caused by the February 24, 1996, destruction by
the Cuban government of two unarmed United States-registered civilian
aircraft in international airspace north of Cuba. On February 26, 2004,
by Proclamation 7757, the national emergency was expanded to deny
monetary and material support to the Cuban government. On February 24,
2016, by Proclamation 9398, and on February 22, 2018, by Proclamation
9699, the national emergency was further modified based on continued
disturbances or threatened disturbances of the international relations
of the United States related to Cuba. The Cuban government has not
demonstrated that it will refrain from the use of excessive force
against United States vessels or aircraft that may engage in memorial
activities or peaceful protest north of Cuba.
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In addition, the unauthorized entry of any United States-registered
vessel into Cuban territorial waters continues to be detrimental to the
foreign policy of the United States because such entry could facilitate
a mass migration from Cuba. It continues to be United States policy that
a mass migration from Cuba would endanger the security of the United
States by posing a disturbance or threatened disturbance of the
international relations of the United States. Therefore, in accordance
with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)),
I am continuing the national emergency with respect to Cuba and the
emergency authority relating to the regulation of the anchorage and
movement of vessels set out in Proclamation 6867, as amended by
Proclamation 7757, Proclamation 9398, and Proclamation 9699.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted
to the Congress.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
February 25, 2020.
Notice of February 25, 2020
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Ukraine
On March 6, 2014, by Executive Order 13660, the President declared a
national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) to deal with the unusual and
extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the
United States constituted by the actions and policies of persons that
undermine democratic processes and institutions in Ukraine; threaten its
peace, security, stability, sovereignty, and territorial integrity; and
contribute to the misappropriation of its assets.
On March 16, 2014, the President issued Executive Order 13661, which
expanded the scope of the national emergency declared in Executive Order
13660, and found that the actions and policies of the Government of the
Russian Federation with respect to Ukraine undermine democratic
processes and institutions in Ukraine; threaten its peace, security,
stability, sovereignty, and territorial integrity; and contribute to the
misappropriation of its assets.
On March 20, 2014, the President issued Executive Order 13662, which
further expanded the scope of the national emergency declared in
Executive Order 13660, as expanded in scope in Executive Order 13661,
and found that the actions and policies of the Government of the Russian
Federation, including its purported annexation of Crimea and its use of
force in Ukraine, continue to undermine democratic processes and
institutions in Ukraine; threaten its peace, security, stability,
sovereignty, and territorial integrity; and contribute to the
misappropriation of its assets.
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On December 19, 2014, the President issued Executive Order 13685, to
take additional steps to address the Russian occupation of the Crimea
region of Ukraine.
On September 20, 2018, the President issued Executive Order 13849, to
take additional steps to implement certain statutory sanctions with
respect to the Russian Federation.
The actions and policies addressed in these Executive Orders continue to
pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and
foreign policy of the United States. For this reason, the national
emergency declared on March 6, 2014, and the measures adopted on that
date, on March 16, 2014, on March 20, 2014, on December 19, 2014, and on
September 20, 2018, to deal with that emergency, must continue in effect
beyond March 6, 2020. Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of
the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1
year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13660.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted
to the Congress.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
February 25, 2020.
Memorandum of March 3, 2020
Delegation of Authority to Re-establish the Presidential Advisory
Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
Memorandum for the Secretary of Health and Human Services
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3,
United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Delegation of Re-establishment Authority. The Secretary of
Health and Human Services is delegated the authority under section
9(a)(1) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C.
App.), to re-establish the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating
Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (Council). In exercising this authority,
the Secretary may direct the Council to perform duties consistent with
those assigned to the Council in section 505(b) of Public Law 116-22,
and may, at the Secretary's discretion, specify the membership of the
Council, consistent with the requirements of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.).
Sec. 2. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable
law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
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(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
(d) You are hereby authorized and directed to publish this
memorandum in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, March 3, 2020.
Notice of March 4, 2020
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Zimbabwe
On March 6, 2003, by Executive Order 13288, the President declared a
national emergency and blocked the property of certain persons, pursuant
to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et
seq.), to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign
policy of the United States constituted by the actions and policies of
certain members of the Government of Zimbabwe and other persons to
undermine Zimbabwe's democratic processes or institutions. These actions
and policies had contributed to the deliberate breakdown in the rule of
law in Zimbabwe, to politically motivated violence and intimidation in
that country, and to political and economic instability in the southern
African region.
On November 22, 2005, the President issued Executive Order 13391 to take
additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in
Executive Order 13288 by ordering the blocking of the property of
additional persons undermining democratic processes or institutions in
Zimbabwe.
On July 25, 2008, the President issued Executive Order 13469, which
expanded the scope of the national emergency declared in Executive Order
13288 and authorized the blocking of the property of additional persons
undermining democratic processes or institutions in Zimbabwe.
The actions and policies by certain members of the Government of
Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine Zimbabwe's democratic processes
or institutions continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to
the foreign policy of the United States. For this reason, the national
emergency declared on March 6, 2003, and the measures adopted on that
date, on November 22, 2005, and on July 25, 2008, to deal with that
emergency, must continue in effect beyond March 6, 2020. Therefore, in
accordance with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50
U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency
declared in Executive Order 13288.
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This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted
to the Congress.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
March 4, 2020.
Notice of March 5, 2020
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Venezuela
On March 8, 2015, the President issued Executive Order 13692, declaring
a national emergency with respect to the situation in Venezuela based on
the Government of Venezuela's erosion of human rights guarantees;
persecution of political opponents; curtailment of press freedoms; use
of violence and human rights violations and abuses in response to
antigovernment protests; and arbitrary arrest and detention of
antigovernment protestors, as well as the exacerbating presence of
significant government corruption.
On August 24, 2017, I issued Executive Order 13808 to take additional
steps, with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive
Order 13692, to address serious abuses of human rights and fundamental
freedoms; the deepening humanitarian crisis in Venezuela; the
establishment of an illegitimate Constituent Assembly, which usurped the
power of the democratically elected National Assembly and other branches
of the Government of Venezuela; rampant public corruption; and ongoing
repression and persecution of, and violence toward, the political
opposition.
On March 19, 2018, I issued Executive Order 13827 to take additional
steps, with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive
Order 13692, to address actions taken by the Maduro regime to attempt to
circumvent United States sanctions by issuing a digital currency in a
process that Venezuela's democratically-elected National Assembly
denounced as unlawful.
On May 21, 2018, I issued Executive Order 13835 to take additional
steps, with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive
Order 13692, to address actions of the Maduro regime, including endemic
economic mismanagement and public corruption at the expense of the
Venezuelan people and their prosperity, and repression of the political
opposition; attempts to undermine democratic order by holding snap
elections that were neither free nor fair; and the deepening
humanitarian and public health crisis in Venezuela.
On November 1, 2018, I issued Executive Order 13850 to take additional
steps, with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive
Order 13692, to address actions by the Maduro regime and associated
persons to plunder Venezuela's wealth for their own corrupt purposes;
degrade Venezuela's infrastructure and natural environment through
economic mismanagement and confiscatory mining and industrial practices;
and catalyze
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a regional migration crisis by neglecting the basic needs of the
Venezuelan people.
On January 25, 2019, I issued Executive Order 13857 to take additional
steps, with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive
Order 13692, to address actions by persons affiliated with the
illegitimate Maduro regime, including human rights violations and abuses
in response to anti-Maduro protests; arbitrary arrest and detention of
anti-Maduro protestors; curtailment of press freedom; harassment of
political opponents; and continued attempts to undermine the Interim
President of Venezuela and undermine the National Assembly, the only
legitimate branch of government duly elected by the Venezuelan people,
and to prevent the Interim President and the National Assembly from
exercising legitimate authority in Venezuela.
On August 5, 2019, I issued Executive Order 13884 that imposed a full
economic block on the Government of Venezuela, with respect to the
national emergency declared in Executive Order 13692, for its continued
human rights abuses, including the arbitrary or unlawful arrest and
detention of Venezuelan citizens, interference with freedom of
expression, including for members of the media, and ongoing attempts to
undermine the Interim President of Venezuela and Venezuelan National
Assembly's exercise of legitimate authority in Venezuela.
The circumstances described in Executive Order 13692, and subsequent
Executive Orders issued with respect to Venezuela, have not improved,
and these circumstances in Venezuela continue to pose an unusual and
extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the
United States. Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the
National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year
the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13692.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted
to the Congress.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
March 5, 2020.
Order of March 6, 2020
Regarding the Acquisition of StayNTouch, Inc. by Beijing Shiji
Information Technology Co., Ltd.
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including section 721 of the
Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (section 721), 50 U.S.C.
4565, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Findings. (a) There is credible evidence that leads me to
believe that (1) Beijing Shiji Information Technology Co., Ltd., a
public company organized under the laws of China, and (2) its wholly
owned direct subsidiary Shiji (Hong Kong) Ltd., a Hong Kong limited
company (together, the ``Purchaser''), through acquiring an interest in
StayNTouch, Inc.
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(``StayNTouch''), a Delaware corporation, might take action that
threatens to impair the national security of the United States; and
(b) Provisions of law, other than section 721 and the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), do not, in my
judgment, provide adequate and appropriate authority for me to protect
the national security in this matter.
Sec. 2. Actions Ordered and Authorized. On the basis of the findings set
forth in section 1 of this order, considering the factors described in
subsection 721(f) of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as appropriate,
and pursuant to my authority under applicable law, including section
721, I hereby order that:
(a) The transaction resulting in the acquisition of StayNTouch by
the Purchaser is hereby prohibited, and ownership by the Purchaser of
any interest in StayNTouch and its assets, whether effected directly or
indirectly through the Purchaser, or through the Purchaser's
shareholders, partners, subsidiaries, or affiliates, is also prohibited.
(b) In order to effectuate this order, not later than 120 days after
the date of this order, unless such date is extended for a period not to
exceed 90 days, on such written conditions as the Committee on Foreign
Investment in the United States (CFIUS) may impose, the Purchaser shall
divest all interests in:
(i) StayNTouch;
(ii) StayNTouch's assets, intellectual property, technology, data
(including customer data managed and stored by StayNTouch), personnel, and
customer contracts; and
(iii) any operations developed, held, or controlled, whether directly or
indirectly, by StayNTouch at the time of, or since, its acquisition.
Immediately upon divestment, the Purchaser shall certify in writing to
CFIUS that such divestment has been effected in accordance with this
order and that all steps necessary to fully and permanently abandon the
transaction resulting in the acquisition of StayNTouch have been
completed.
(c) Immediately from the date of this order until such time as the
divestment has been completed and verified to the satisfaction of CFIUS,
the Purchaser shall refrain from accessing, and shall ensure that any of
its subsidiaries or affiliates refrain from accessing, hotel guest data
through StayNTouch. Not later than 7 days after the date of this order,
the Purchaser shall ensure that controls are in place to prevent any
such data access until such time as the divestment has been completed
and verified to the satisfaction of CFIUS.
(d) The Purchaser shall not complete a sale or transfer under
subsection 2(b) of this section to any third party:
(i) until the Purchaser notifies CFIUS in writing of the intended
recipient or buyer; and
(ii) unless 10 business days have passed from the notification in
subsection (d)(i) of this section and CFIUS has not issued an objection to
the Purchaser.
Among the factors CFIUS may consider in reviewing the proposed sale or
transfer are whether the buyer or transferee: is a United States citizen
or
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is owned by United States citizens; has or has had a direct or indirect
contractual, financial, familial, employment, or other close and
continuous relationship with the Purchaser, or its officers, employees,
or shareholders; and can demonstrate a willingness and ability to
support compliance with this order. In addition, CFIUS may consider
whether the proposed sale or transfer would threaten to impair the
national security of the United States or undermine the purposes of this
order.
(e) From the date of this order until the Purchaser provides a
certification of divestment to CFIUS pursuant to subsection (b) of this
section, the Purchaser and StayNTouch shall certify to CFIUS on a weekly
basis that they are in compliance with this order and include a
description of efforts to divest StayNTouch and a timeline for projected
completion of remaining actions.
(f) Any transaction or other device entered into or employed for the
purpose of, or with the effect of, evading or circumventing this order
is prohibited.
(g) Without limitation on the exercise of authority by any agency
under other provisions of law, and until such time as the divestment is
completed and verified to the satisfaction of CFIUS, CFIUS is authorized
to implement measures it deems necessary and appropriate to verify
compliance with this order and to ensure that StayNTouch's operations
are carried out in such a manner as to ensure protection of the national
security interests of the United States. Such measures may include the
following: on reasonable notice to the Purchaser and StayNTouch,
employees of the United States Government, as designated by CFIUS, shall
be permitted access, for purposes of verifying compliance with this
order, to all premises and facilities of StayNTouch located in the
United States:
(i) to inspect and copy any books, ledgers, accounts, correspondence,
memoranda, and other records and documents in the possession or under the
control of the Purchaser or StayNTouch that concern any matter relating to
this order;
(ii) to inspect or audit any information systems, networks, hardware,
software, data, communications, or property in the possession or under the
control of the Purchaser or StayNTouch; and
(iii) to interview officers, employees, or agents of the Purchaser or
StayNTouch concerning any matter relating to this order.
CFIUS shall conclude its verification procedures within 90 days after
the certification of divestment is provided to CFIUS pursuant to
subsection (b) of this section.
(h) If any provision of this order, or the application of any
provision to any person or circumstances, is held to be invalid, the
remainder of this order and the application of its other provisions to
any other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. If any
provision of this order, or the application of any provision to any
person of circumstances, is held to be invalid because of the lack of
certain procedural requirements, the relevant executive branch officials
shall implement those procedural requirements.
(i) The Attorney General is authorized to take any steps necessary
to enforce this order.
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Sec. 3. Reservation. I hereby reserve my authority to issue further
orders with respect to the Purchaser and StayNTouch as shall in my
judgment be necessary to protect the national security of the United
States.
Sec. 4. Publication and Transmittal. (a) This order shall be published
in the Federal Register.
(b) I hereby direct the Secretary of the Treasury to transmit a copy
of this order to the appropriate parties named in section 1 of this
order.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
March 6, 2020.
Memorandum of March 11, 2020
Making General Use Respirators Available
Memorandum for the Secretary of Health and Human Services [and] the
Secretary of Labor
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
It is the policy of the United States to take proactive measures to
prepare for and respond to public health threats, including the public
health emergency involving Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), which
was declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services on February
4, 2020, pursuant to section 564 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act (21 U.S.C. 360bbb-3). We must ensure that our healthcare providers
have full access to the products they need. On March 10, 2020, the
Secretary of Health and Human Services took action by issuing a
declaration pursuant to section 319F-3 of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 247d-6d), which will help bring products necessary for
addressing the epidemic to healthcare providers across the Nation.
Unfortunately, at present, public health experts anticipate shortages in
the supply of personal respiratory devices (respirators) available for
use by healthcare workers in mitigating further transmission of COVID-
19.
To help prevent the spread of COVID-19, the Secretary of Health and
Human Services shall take all appropriate and necessary steps with
respect to general use respirators to facilitate their emergency use by
healthcare personnel in healthcare facilities and elsewhere, including
under the authorities granted by section 319F-3 of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-6d) and section 564 of the Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360bbb-3). Additionally, the Secretary
of Labor shall consider all appropriate and necessary steps to increase
the availability of respirators.
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The Secretary of Health and Human Services is authorized and directed to
publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, March 11, 2020.
Notice of March 12, 2020
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Iran
On March 15, 1995, by Executive Order 12957, the President declared a
national emergency with respect to Iran to deal with the unusual and
extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and
economy of the United States constituted by the actions and policies of
the Government of Iran. On May 6, 1995, the President issued Executive
Order 12959, imposing more comprehensive sanctions on Iran to further
respond to this threat. On August 19, 1997, the President issued
Executive Order 13059, consolidating and clarifying those previous
orders. The President took additional steps pursuant to this national
emergency in Executive Order 13553 of September 28, 2010; Executive
Order 13574 of May 23, 2011; Executive Order 13590 of November 20, 2011;
Executive Order 13599 of February 5, 2012; Executive Order 13606 of
April 22, 2012; Executive Order 13608 of May 1, 2012; Executive Order
13622 of July 30, 2012; Executive Order 13628 of October 9, 2012;
Executive Order 13645 of June 3, 2013; Executive Order 13716 of January
16, 2016; Executive Order 13846 of August 6, 2018; Executive Order 13871
of May 8, 2019; Executive Order 13876 of June 24, 2019; and Executive
Order 13902 of January 10, 2020.
As outlined in National Security Presidential Memorandum-11 of May 8,
2018 (Ceasing United States Participation in the Joint Comprehensive
Plan of Action and Taking Additional Action to Counter Iran's Malign
Influence and Deny Iran All Paths to a Nuclear Weapon), the actions and
policies of the Government of Iran--including its proliferation and
development of missiles and other asymmetric and conventional weapons
capabilities, its network and campaign of regional aggression, its
support for terrorist groups, and the malign activities of the Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps and its surrogates--continue to pose an
unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign
policy, and economy of the United States.
For these reasons, the national emergency declared on March 15, 1995,
must continue in effect beyond March 15, 2020. Therefore, in accordance
with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)),
I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency with respect to Iran
declared in Executive Order 12957. The emergency declared by Executive
Order 12957 constitutes an emergency separate from that declared on
November 14, 1979, by Executive Order 12170, in connection with the
hostage crisis. This renewal, therefore, is distinct from the emergency
renewal of November 2019.
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This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted
to the Congress.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
March 12, 2020.
Memorandum of March 13, 2020
Expanding State-Approved Diagnostic Tests
Memorandum for the Secretary of Health and Human Services
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
It is the policy of the United States to take proactive measures to
prepare for and respond to public health threats, including the public
health emergency involving Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), which
was declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the
``Secretary'') on January 31, 2020, pursuant to section 319 of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d). Our response must include
heightened coordination among Federal, State, local, and tribal
agencies, and we must offer States the flexibility they need to care for
their citizens. In accordance with this principle, the Food and Drug
Administration, in coordination with the State of New York, allowed the
State flexibility in expediting State-approved COVID-19 testing.
Should additional States request flexibility to authorize laboratories
within the State to develop and perform tests used to detect COVID-19,
the Secretary shall take appropriate action, consistent with law, to
facilitate the request.
You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the
Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, March 13, 2020.
Memorandum of March 20, 2020
Delegation of Functions Under 31 U.S.C. 5302
Memorandum for the Secretary of the Treasury
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3,
United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:
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Section 1. Delegation of Authority over the Exchange Stabilization Fund.
(a) I hereby delegate the functions and authorities conferred upon the
President by section 5302 of title 31, United States Code, to the
Secretary of the Treasury for use of the Exchange Stabilization Fund in
an aggregate amount of up to $50 billion.
(b) The functions and authorities delegated by this section may not
be redelegated.
Sec. 2. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable
law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
(d) You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in
the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, March 20, 2020.
Memorandum of March 22, 2020
Providing Federal Support for Governors' Use of the National Guard To
Respond to COVID-19
Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense [and] the Secretary of Homeland
Security
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5207 (the
``Stafford Act''), and section 502 of title 32, United States Code, it
is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of the United States to take
measures to assist State Governors in their responses to all threats and
hazards to the American people in their respective States. Considering
the profound and unique public health risks posed by the ongoing
outbreak of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel (new) coronavirus
known as SARS-CoV-2 (the virus), the need for close cooperation and
mutual assistance between the Federal Government and the States is
greater than at any time in recent history. In recognizing this serious
public health risk, I noted that on March
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11, 2020, the World Health Organization announced that the COVID-19
outbreak can be characterized as a pandemic. On March 13, 2020, I
declared a national emergency recognizing the threat that SARS-CoV-2
poses to the Nation's healthcare systems. I also determined that same
day that the COVID-19 outbreak constituted an emergency, of nationwide
scope, pursuant to section 501(b) of the Stafford Act (42 U.S.C.
5191(b)). To date, 50 States, the District of Columbia, 3 territories, 4
tribes, and 1 tribal nation have also declared emergencies as a result
of the outbreak. All States have activated their Emergency Operations
Centers and are working to fight the spread of the virus and attend to
those who have symptoms or who are already infected with COVID-19. To
provide maximum support to the Governors of the States of California,
New York, and Washington as they make decisions about the responses
required to address local conditions in each of their respective States
and as they request Federal support under the Stafford Act, I am taking
the actions set forth in sections 2 and 3 of this memorandum:
Sec. 2. One Hundred Percent Federal Cost Share. To maximize assistance
to the Governors of the States of California, New York, and Washington
to facilitate Federal support with respect to the use of National Guard
units under State control, I am directing the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) of the Department of Homeland Security to fund
100 percent of the emergency assistance activities associated with
preventing, mitigating, and responding to the threat to public health
and safety posed by the virus that these States undertake using their
National Guard forces, as authorized by sections 403 (42 U.S.C. 5170b)
and 503 (42 U.S.C. 5193) of the Stafford Act.
Sec. 3. Support of Operations or Missions to Prevent and Respond to the
Spread of COVID-19. I am directing the Secretary of Defense, to the
maximum extent feasible and consistent with mission requirements
(including geographic proximity), to request pursuant to 32 U.S.C.
502(f) that the Governors of the States of California, New York, and
Washington order National Guard forces to perform duty to fulfill
mission assignments, on a fully reimbursable basis, that FEMA issues to
the Department of Defense for the purpose of supporting their respective
State and local emergency assistance efforts under the Stafford Act.
Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable
law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
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(d) The Secretary of Defense is authorized and directed to publish
this memorandum in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, March 22, 2020.
Memorandum of March 28, 2020
Providing Federal Support for Governors' Use of the National Guard To
Respond to COVID-19
Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense [and] the Secretary of Homeland
Security
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5207 (the
``Stafford Act''), and section 502 of title 32, United States Code, it
is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of the United States to take
measures to assist State Governors in their responses to all threats and
hazards to the American people in their respective States and
territories. Considering the profound and unique public health risks
posed by the ongoing outbreak of COVID-19, the disease caused by the
novel (new) coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 (``the virus''), the need
for close cooperation and mutual assistance between the Federal
Government and the States is greater than at any time in recent history.
In recognizing this serious public health risk, I noted that on March
11, 2020, the World Health Organization announced that the COVID-19
outbreak can be characterized as a pandemic. On March 13, 2020, I
declared a national emergency recognizing the threat that SARS-CoV-2
poses to the Nation's healthcare systems. I also determined that same
day that the COVID-19 outbreak constituted an emergency, of nationwide
scope, pursuant to section 501(b) of the Stafford Act (42 U.S.C.
5191(b)). All States have activated their Emergency Operations Centers
and are working to fight the spread of the virus and attend to those who
have symptoms or who are already infected with COVID-19. To provide
maximum support to the Governors of the States of Florida, Louisiana,
Maryland, Massachusetts, and New Jersey and the territories of Guam and
Puerto Rico as they make decisions about the responses required to
address local conditions in each of their respective States and as they
request Federal support under the Stafford Act, I am taking the actions
set forth in sections 2 and 3 of this memorandum:
Sec. 2. One Hundred Percent Federal Cost Share. To maximize assistance
to the Governors of the States of Florida, Louisiana, Maryland,
Massachusetts, and New Jersey and the territories of Guam and Puerto
Rico to facilitate Federal support with respect to the use of National
Guard units under State control, I am directing the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) of the Department of Homeland Security to fund
100 percent of the
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emergency assistance activities associated with preventing, mitigating,
and responding to the threat to public health and safety posed by the
virus that these States and territories undertake using their National
Guard forces, as authorized by sections 403 (42 U.S.C. 5170b) and 503
(42 U.S.C. 5193) of the Stafford Act.
Sec. 3. Support of Operations or Missions to Prevent and Respond to the
Spread of COVID-19. I am directing the Secretary of Defense, to the
maximum extent feasible and consistent with mission requirements
(including geographic proximity), to request pursuant to 32 U.S.C.
502(f) that the Governors of the States of Florida, Louisiana, Maryland,
and New Jersey and the territories of Guam and Puerto Rico order
National Guard forces to perform duty to fulfill mission assignments, on
a fully reimbursable basis, that FEMA issues to the Department of
Defense for the purpose of supporting their respective State,
territorial, and local emergency assistance efforts under the Stafford
Act.
Sec. 4. Termination. The 100 percent Federal cost share provided for in
this memorandum and in my memorandum dated March 22, 2020 (Providing
Federal Support for Governors' Use of the National Guard to Respond to
COVID-19), shall terminate 30 days from the date of this memorandum.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable
law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
(d) The Secretary of Defense is authorized and directed to publish
this memorandum in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, March 28, 2020.
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Notice of March 30, 2020
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Significant
Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities
On April 1, 2015, by Executive Order 13694, the President declared a
national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to deal with the unusual and
extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and
economy of the United States constituted by the increasing prevalence
and severity of malicious cyber-enabled activities originating from, or
directed by persons located, in whole or in substantial part, outside
the United States. On December 28, 2016, the President issued Executive
Order 13757 to take additional steps to address the national emergency
declared in Executive Order 13694.
These significant malicious cyber-enabled activities continue to pose an
unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign
policy, and economy of the United States. For this reason, the national
emergency declared on April 1, 2015, must continue in effect beyond
April 1, 2020. Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the
National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year
the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13694.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted
to the Congress.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
March 30, 2020.
Memorandum of March 30, 2020
Providing Federal Support for Governors' Use of the National Guard To
Respond to COVID-19
Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense [and] the Secretary of Homeland
Security
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5207 (the
``Stafford Act''), and section 502 of title 32, United States Code, it
is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. It is the policy of the United States to take
measures to assist State Governors under the Stafford Act in their
responses to all threats and hazards to the American people in their
respective States and territories. Considering the profound and unique
public health risks posed by the ongoing outbreak of COVID-19, the
disease caused by the novel (new) coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 (``the
virus''), the need for close cooperation and mutual assistance between
the Federal Government and the States is greater than at any time in
recent history. In recognizing this serious public health risk, I noted
that on March 11, 2020, the World
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Health Organization announced that the COVID-19 outbreak can be
characterized as a pandemic. On March 13, 2020, I declared a national
emergency recognizing the threat that SARS-CoV-2 poses to the Nation's
healthcare systems. I also determined that same day that the COVID-19
outbreak constituted an emergency, of nationwide scope, pursuant to
section 501(b) of the Stafford Act (42 U.S.C. 5191(b)). All States have
activated their Emergency Operations Centers and are working to fight
the spread of the virus and attend to those who have symptoms or who are
already infected with COVID-19. To provide maximum support to the
Governors of the States of Connecticut, Illinois, and Michigan as they
make decisions about the responses required to address local conditions
in each of their respective States and as they request Federal support
under the Stafford Act, I am taking the actions set forth in sections 2
and 3 of this memorandum:
Sec. 2. One Hundred Percent Federal Cost Share. To maximize assistance
to the Governors of the States of Connecticut, Illinois, and Michigan to
facilitate Federal support with respect to the use of National Guard
units under State control, I am directing the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) of the Department of Homeland Security to fund
100 percent of the emergency assistance activities associated with
preventing, mitigating, and responding to the threat to public health
and safety posed by the virus that these States undertake using their
National Guard forces, as authorized by sections 403 (42 U.S.C. 5170b)
and 503 (42 U.S.C. 5193) of the Stafford Act.
Sec. 3. Support of Operations or Missions to Prevent and Respond to the
Spread of COVID-19. I am directing the Secretary of Defense, to the
maximum extent feasible and consistent with mission requirements
(including geographic proximity), to request pursuant to 32 U.S.C.
502(f) that the Governors of the States of Connecticut, Illinois,
Massachusetts, and Michigan order National Guard forces to perform duty
to fulfill mission assignments, on a fully reimbursable basis, that FEMA
issues to the Department of Defense for the purpose of supporting their
respective State and local emergency assistance efforts under the
Stafford Act.
Sec. 4. Termination. The 100 percent Federal cost share provided for in
this memorandum shall terminate 30 days from the date of this
memorandum.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable
law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
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(d) The Secretary of Defense is authorized and directed to publish
this memorandum in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, March 30, 2020.
Memorandum of March 30, 2020
Extending the Wind-Down Period for Deferred Enforced Departure for
Liberians
Memorandum for the Secretary of State [and] the Secretary of Homeland
Security
Since March 1991, certain Liberian nationals and persons without
nationality who last habitually resided in Liberia (collectively,
``Liberians'') have been eligible for either Temporary Protected Status
(TPS) or Deferred Enforced Departure (DED), allowing them to remain in
the United States when they would otherwise be removable.
In a memorandum dated March 27, 2018, I determined that although
conditions in Liberia had improved and no longer warranted a further
extension of DED, the foreign policy interests of the United States
warranted affording an orderly transition (``wind-down'') period to
Liberian DED beneficiaries. In a memorandum dated March 28, 2019, I
determined that an additional 12-month wind-down period was appropriate.
By the terms of my memorandum, the wind-down period expires on March 30,
2020. In making my determination, I noted that there were efforts
underway by Members of Congress to provide legislative relief for
Liberian DED beneficiaries, and that extending the wind-down period
would give the Congress time to consider the propriety of enacting such
legislation.
On December 20, 2019, I signed the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92) (NDAA), which included as
section 7611, the Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness (LRIF)
provision. The LRIF provision provides certain Liberians, including
those who have been continuously present in the United States since
November 20, 2014, as well as their spouses and children who meet the
criteria of the provision, the ability to apply to adjust their status
to that of United States lawful permanent resident (LPR). Eligible
Liberian nationals have until December 20, 2020, to apply for adjustment
of status under the LRIF provision.
The LRIF provision, however, did not provide for continued employment
authorization past the expiration of the existing DED wind-down period.
Once the DED wind-down period expires, most covered Liberians will have
no basis upon which to renew or maintain employment authorization before
applying to adjust their status.
I have, therefore, determined that it is in the foreign policy interests
of the United States to extend the DED wind-down period for current
Liberian DED beneficiaries through January 10, 2021, to facilitate
uninterrupted
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work authorization for those currently in the United States under DED
who are eligible to apply for LPR status under the LRIF provision.
The relationship between the United States and Liberia is unique. Former
African-American slaves were among those who founded the modern state of
Liberia in 1847. Since that date, the United States has sought to honor,
through bilateral diplomatic partnership, the sacrifices of individuals
who suffered grievous wrongs in the United States, but who were
determined to build a modern African democracy mirroring America's
representative political institutions. As President, I am conscious of
this special bond. Providing those Liberians for whom we have long
authorized temporary status or deferred enforced departure in the United
States, and for whom the Congress has now provided the ability to adjust
status to that of lawful permanent resident, with the ability to
continue to work to support themselves while they complete the process
to adjust their status, honors the historic, close relationship between
our two countries and is in the foreign policy interests of the United
States.
Pursuant to my constitutional authority to conduct the foreign relations
of the United States, I hereby direct the Secretary of Homeland Security
to take appropriate measures to accomplish the following:
(1) A continuation of the DED wind-down period through January 10,
2021, during which current Liberian DED beneficiaries who satisfy the
description below may remain in the United States; and
(2) As part of that wind-down, continued authorization for
employment through January 10, 2021, for current Liberian DED
beneficiaries who satisfy the description below.
This further extension of the wind-down of DED and continued
authorization for employment through January 10, 2021, shall apply to
any current Liberian DED beneficiary, but shall not apply to Liberians
in the following categories:
(1) Individuals who would be ineligible for TPS for reasons set
forth in section 244(c)(2)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1254a(c)(2)(B));
(2) Individuals who sought or seek LPR status under the LRIF
provision but whose applications have been or are denied by the
Secretary of Homeland Security;
(3) Individuals whose removal the Secretary of Homeland Security
determines to be in the interest of the United States, subject to the
LRIF provision;
(4) Individuals whose presence or activities in the United States
the Secretary of State has reasonable grounds to believe would have
potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United
States;
(5) Individuals who have voluntarily returned to Liberia or their
country of last habitual residence outside the United States beyond the
timeframe specified in subsection (c) of the LRIF provision;
(6) Individuals who were deported, excluded, or removed before the
date of this memorandum; or
(7) Individuals who are subject to extradition.
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The Secretary of Homeland Security is authorized and directed to publish
this memorandum in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, March 30, 2020.
Memorandum of March 31, 2020
Delegation of Certain Functions and Authorities Under the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
Memorandum for the Secretary of State[,] the Secretary of the
Treasury[,] the Secretary of Defense[, and] the Director of National
Drug Control Policy
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3,
United States Code, I hereby order as follows:
Section 1. (a) I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State the functions
and authorities vested in the President by section 7426 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92) (the
``Act'').
(b) I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State, in consultation
with the Secretary of the Treasury, the functions and authorities vested
in the President by the following provisions of the Act:
(i) section 7214;
(ii) section 7413;
(iii) section 7431; and
(iv) section 7432.
(c) I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State, in consultation
with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Director of National Drug
Control Policy, the functions and authorities vested in the President by
section 7211(a)(1)(C) of the Act.
(d) I hereby delegate to the Secretary of the Treasury, in
consultation with the Secretary of State, the functions and authorities
vested in the President by the following provisions of the Act:
(i) section 7211(a)(1)(A)-(B);
(ii) section 7211(a)(2)-(3);
(iii) section 7211(b);
(iv) section 7211(c);
(v) section 7212;
(vi) section 7213(a)(4)-(9);
(vii) section 7213(d);
(viii) section 7215(a);
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(ix) section 7233;
(x) section 7412(a); and
(xi) section 7412(b)(1)(A).
(e) I hereby delegate to the Secretary of the Treasury the functions
and authorities vested in the President by section 7433 of the Act.
(f) I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State and the Secretary of
Defense the functions and authorities vested in the President by section
7423 of the Act.
Sec. 2. The delegations in this memorandum shall apply to any provisions
of any future public laws that are the same or substantially the same as
those provisions referenced in this memorandum.
Sec. 3. The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to publish
this memorandum in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, March 31, 2020.
Notice of April 1, 2020
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to South Sudan
On April 3, 2014, by Executive Order 13664, the President declared a
national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) to deal with the unusual and
extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the
United States constituted by the situation in and in relation to South
Sudan, which has been marked by activities that threaten the peace,
security, or stability of South Sudan and the surrounding region,
including widespread violence and atrocities, human rights abuses,
recruitment and use of child soldiers, attacks on peacekeepers, and
obstruction of humanitarian operations.
The situation in and in relation to South Sudan continues to pose an
unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign
policy of the United States. For this reason, the national emergency
declared on April 3, 2014, to deal with that threat must continue in
effect beyond April 3, 2020. Therefore, in accordance with section
202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am
continuing for 1 year the national emergency declared in Executive Order
13664.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted
to the Congress.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
April 1, 2020.
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Memorandum of April 2, 2020
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation
Memorandum for the Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Vacancies
Reform Act of 1998, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq. (the ``Act''), it
is hereby ordered that:
Section 1. Order of Succession. Subject to the provisions of section 2
of this memorandum and to the limitations set forth in the Act, the
following officials of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, in the
order listed, shall act as and perform the functions and duties of the
office of the Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
(Director) during any period in which the Director has died, resigned,
or otherwise become unable to perform the functions and duties of the
office of Director:
(a) Chief Financial Officer;
(b) Chief Management Officer; and
(c) General Counsel.
Sec. 2. Exceptions. (a) No individual who is serving in an office listed
in section 1 of this memorandum in an acting capacity, by virtue of so
serving, shall act as Director pursuant to this memorandum.
(b) No individual listed in section 1 of this memorandum shall act
as Director unless that individual is otherwise eligible to so serve
under the Act.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this memorandum, the President
retains discretion, to the extent permitted by law, to depart from this
memorandum in designating an acting Director.
Sec. 3. Revocation. The Presidential Memorandum of February 1, 2013
(Designation of Officers of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to
Act as Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation), is hereby
revoked.
Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable
law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
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Sec. 5. Publication. You are authorized and directed to publish this
memorandum in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, April 2, 2020.
Memorandum of April 2, 2020
Providing Federal Support for Governors' Use of the National Guard To
Respond to COVID-19
Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense [and] the Secretary of Homeland
Security
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5207 (the
``Stafford Act''), and section 502 of title 32, United States Code, it
is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of the United States to take
measures to assist State and territorial Governors under the Stafford
Act in their responses to all threats and hazards to the American people
in their respective States and territories. Considering the profound and
unique public health risks posed by the ongoing outbreak of COVID-19,
the disease caused by the novel (new) coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2
(``the virus''), the need for close cooperation and mutual assistance
between the Federal Government and the States is greater than at any
time in recent history. In recognizing this serious public health risk,
I noted that on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization announced
that the COVID-19 outbreak can be characterized as a pandemic. On March
13, 2020, I declared a national emergency recognizing the threat that
SARS-CoV-2 poses to the Nation's healthcare systems. I also determined
that same day that the COVID-19 outbreak constituted an emergency, of
nationwide scope, pursuant to section 501(b) of the Stafford Act (42
U.S.C. 5191(b)). All States have activated their Emergency Operations
Centers and are working to fight the spread of the virus and attend to
those who have symptoms or who are already infected with COVID-19. To
provide maximum support to the Governors of the States of Georgia,
Hawaii, Indiana, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio, Rhode
Island, Tennessee, and Texas and the territory of the U.S. Virgin
Islands as they make decisions about the responses required to address
local conditions in each of their respective jurisdictions and as they
request Federal support under the Stafford Act, I am taking the actions
set forth in sections 2 and 3 of this memorandum:
Sec. 2. One Hundred Percent Federal Cost Share. To maximize assistance
to the Governors of the States of Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Missouri,
New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Texas and
the territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands to facilitate Federal support
with respect to the use of National Guard units under State control, I
am directing
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the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of the Department of
Homeland Security to fund 100 percent of the emergency assistance
activities associated with preventing, mitigating, and responding to the
threat to public health and safety posed by the virus that these States
and this territory undertake using their National Guard forces, as
authorized by sections 403 (42 U.S.C. 5170b) and 503 (42 U.S.C. 5193) of
the Stafford Act.
Sec. 3. Support of Operations or Missions to Prevent and Respond to the
Spread of COVID-19. I am directing the Secretary of Defense, to the
maximum extent feasible and consistent with mission requirements
(including geographic proximity), to request pursuant to 32 U.S.C.
502(f) that the Governors of the States of Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana,
Missouri, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and
Texas and the territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands order National Guard
forces to perform duty to fulfill mission assignments, on a fully
reimbursable basis, that FEMA issues to the Department of Defense for
the purpose of supporting their respective State, territorial, and local
emergency assistance efforts under the Stafford Act.
Sec. 4. Termination. The 100 percent Federal cost share provided for in
this memorandum shall terminate 30 days from the date of this
memorandum.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable
law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
(d) The secretary of Defense is authorized and directed to publish
this memorandum in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, April 2, 2020.
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Notice of April 3, 2020
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Somalia
On April 12, 2010, by Executive Order 13536, the President declared a
national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to deal with the unusual and
extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the
United States constituted by the deterioration of the security situation
and the persistence of violence in Somalia, and acts of piracy and armed
robbery at sea off the coast of Somalia, which have been the subject of
the United Nations Security Council resolutions, and violations of the
arms embargo imposed by the United Nations Security Council.
On July 20, 2012, the President issued Executive Order 13620 to take
additional steps to deal with the national emergency declared in
Executive Order 13536 in view of United Nations Security Council
Resolution 2036 of February 22, 2012, and Resolution 2002 of July 29,
2011, and to address: exports of charcoal from Somalia, which generate
significant revenue for al-Shabaab; the misappropriation of Somali
public assets; and certain acts of violence committed against civilians
in Somalia, all of which contribute to the deterioration of the security
situation and the persistence of violence in Somalia.
The situation with respect to Somalia continues to pose an unusual and
extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the
United States. For this reason, the national emergency declared on April
12, 2010, and the measures adopted on that date and on July 20, 2012, to
deal with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond April 12, 2020.
Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies
Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national
emergency declared in Executive Order 13536.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted
to the Congress.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
April 3, 2020.
Memorandum of April 7, 2020
Providing Federal Support for Governors' Use of the National Guard To
Respond to COVID-19
Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense [and] the Secretary of Homeland
Security
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5207 (the
``Stafford
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Act''), and section 502 of title 32, United States Code, it is hereby
ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of the United States to take
measures to assist State Governors under the Stafford Act in their
responses to all threats and hazards to the American people in their
respective States. Considering the profound and unique public health
risks posed by the ongoing outbreak of COVID-19, the disease caused by
the novel (new) coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 (``the virus''), the
need for close cooperation and mutual assistance between the Federal
Government and the States is greater than at any time in recent history.
In recognizing this serious public health risk, I noted that on March
11, 2020, the World Health Organization announced that the COVID-19
outbreak can be characterized as a pandemic. On March 13, 2020, I
declared a national emergency recognizing the threat that SARS-CoV-2
poses to the Nation's healthcare systems. I also determined that same
day that the COVID-19 outbreak constituted an emergency, of nationwide
scope, pursuant to section 501(b) of the Stafford Act (42 U.S.C.
5191(b)). All States have activated their Emergency Operations Centers
and are working to fight the spread of the virus and attend to those who
have symptoms or who are already infected with COVID-19. To provide
maximum support to the Governors of the States of Arizona, Colorado,
Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon,
Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, Wisconsin, and West Virginia as
they make decisions about the responses required to address local
conditions in each of their respective jurisdictions and as they request
Federal support under the Stafford Act, I am taking the actions set
forth in sections 2 and 3 of this memorandum:
Sec. 2. One Hundred Percent Federal Cost Share. To maximize assistance
to the Governors of the States of Arizona, Colorado, Kentucky,
Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
South Carolina, Virginia, Wisconsin, and West Virginia to facilitate
Federal support with respect to the use of National Guard units under
State control, I am directing the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) of the Department of Homeland Security to fund 100 percent of the
emergency assistance activities associated with preventing, mitigating,
and responding to the threat to public health and safety posed by the
virus that these States undertake using their National Guard forces, as
authorized by sections 403 (42 U.S.C. 5170b) and 503 (42 U.S.C. 5193) of
the Stafford Act.
Sec. 3. Support of Operations or Missions to Prevent and Respond to the
Spread of COVID-19. I am directing the Secretary of Defense, to the
maximum extent feasible and consistent with mission requirements
(including geographic proximity), to request pursuant to 32 U.S.C.
502(f) that the Governors of the States of Arizona, Colorado, Kentucky,
Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
South Carolina, Virginia, Wisconsin, and West Virginia order National
Guard forces to perform duty to fulfill mission assignments, on a fully
reimbursable basis, that FEMA issues to the Department of Defense for
the purpose of supporting their respective State and local emergency
assistance efforts under the Stafford Act.
Sec. 4. Termination. The 100 percent Federal cost share for National
Guard forces pursuant to this memorandum, and in my prior memoranda
dated
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March 22, 28, and 30, 2020, and April 2, 2020, each titled ``Providing
Federal Support for Governors' Use of the National Guard to Respond to
COVID-19,'' is effective for orders of duty of a duration of 31 days or
fewer. These orders of duty must be effective no later than 2 weeks from
the date of this memorandum.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable
law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
(d) The Secretary of Defense is authorized and directed to publish
this memorandum in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, April 7, 2020.
Memorandum of April 10, 2020
Authorizing the Exercise of Authority Under Public Law 85-804
Memorandum for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, I hereby direct the following:
Section 1. On March 13, 2020, I declared a national emergency
recognizing the threat that the ongoing outbreak of COVID-19, the
disease caused by the novel (new) coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 (``the
virus''), poses to the Nation's healthcare systems. I also determined on
the same day that the COVID-19 outbreak constitutes an emergency, of
nationwide scope, pursuant to section 501(b) of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5191(b)). On
March 18, 2020, I declared that health and medical resources needed to
respond to the spread of COVID-19 meet the criteria specified in section
101(b) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4511(b)),
including that they are essential to the national defense.
Sec. 2. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs is authorized to exercise
authority under Public Law 85-804, as amended (50 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.),
to the same
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extent and subject to the same conditions and limitations as the head of
an executive department or agency listed in section 21 of Executive
Order 10789 of November 14, 1958 (Authorizing Agencies of the Government
to Exercise Certain Contracting Authority in Connection with National-
Defense Functions and Prescribing Regulations Governing the Exercise of
Such Authority), as amended, with respect to contracts performed in
support of efforts by the Department of Veterans Affairs to combat the
virus. This authority may only be exercised with regard to transactions
directly responsive to the COVID-19 national emergency.
Sec. 3. The Department of Veterans Affairs is exercising functions in
connection with the national defense in the course of contributing to
the Nation's response to the ongoing outbreak of COVID-19. I deem that
the authorization provided in this memorandum and actions taken pursuant
to that authorization would facilitate the national defense.
Sec. 4. This memorandum shall terminate on September 30, 2020.
Sec. 5. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be construed to impair or
otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable
law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
Sec. 6. You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in
the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, April 10, 2020.
Memorandum of April 13, 2020
Providing Federal Support for Governors' Use of the National Guard To
Respond to COVID-19
Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense [and] the Secretary of Homeland
Security
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5207 (the
``Stafford Act''), and section 502 of title 32, United States Code, it
is hereby ordered as follows:
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Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of the United States to take
measures to assist State Governors under the Stafford Act in their
responses to all threats and hazards to the American people in their
respective States. Considering the profound and unique public health
risks posed by the ongoing outbreak of COVID-19, the disease caused by
the novel (new) coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 (``the virus''), the
need for close cooperation and mutual assistance between the Federal
Government and the States is greater than at any time in recent history.
In recognizing this serious public health risk, I noted that on March
11, 2020, the World Health Organization announced that the COVID-19
outbreak can be characterized as a pandemic. On March 13, 2020, I
declared a national emergency recognizing the threat that SARS-CoV-2
poses to the Nation's healthcare systems. I also determined that same
day that the COVID-19 outbreak constituted an emergency, of nationwide
scope, pursuant to section 501(b) of the Stafford Act (42 U.S.C.
5191(b)). All States have activated their Emergency Operations Centers
and are working to fight the spread of the virus and attend to those who
have symptoms or who are already infected with COVID-19. To provide
maximum support to the Governors of the States of Iowa, Kansas, Maine,
Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Vermont as they make decisions about the
responses required to address local conditions in each of their
respective jurisdictions and as they request Federal support under the
Stafford Act, I am taking the actions set forth in sections 2 and 3 of
this memorandum:
Sec. 2. One Hundred Percent Federal Cost Share. To maximize assistance
to the Governors of the States of Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Nebraska,
Oklahoma, and Vermont to facilitate Federal support with respect to the
use of National Guard units under State control, I am directing the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of the Department of Homeland
Security to fund 100 percent of the emergency assistance activities
associated with preventing, mitigating, and responding to the threat to
public health and safety posed by the virus that these States undertake
using their National Guard forces, as authorized by sections 403 (42
U.S.C. 5170b) and 503 (42 U.S.C. 5193) of the Stafford Act.
Sec. 3. Support of Operations or Missions to Prevent and Respond to the
Spread of COVID-19. I am directing the Secretary of Defense, to the
maximum extent feasible and consistent with mission requirements
(including geographic proximity), to request pursuant to 32 U.S.C.
502(f) that the Governors of the States of Iowa, Kansas, Maine,
Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Vermont order National Guard forces to perform
duty to fulfill mission assignments, on a fully reimbursable basis, that
FEMA issues to the Department of Defense for the purpose of supporting
their respective State and local emergency assistance efforts under the
Stafford Act.
Sec. 4. Termination. The 100 percent Federal cost share for National
Guard forces pursuant to this memorandum is effective for orders of duty
of a duration of 31 days or fewer. These orders of duty must be
effective no later than 2 weeks from the date of this memorandum.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
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(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable
law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
(d) The Secretary of Defense is authorized and directed to publish
this memorandum in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, April 13, 2020.
Memorandum of April 14, 2020
Delegation of Authorities Under the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2020 and the Eastern Mediterranean Security and Energy
Partnership Act of 2019
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3,
United States Code, I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State the
authorities vested in the President by section 1250A(d) of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92) and
section 205(d) of the Eastern Mediterranean Security and Energy
Partnership Act of 2019 (Title II, Div. J, Public Law 116-94).
Any reference in this memorandum to either Act shall be deemed to be a
reference to such Acts as amended from time to time.
You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the
Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, April 14, 2020.
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Memorandum of April 20, 2020
Providing Continued Federal Support for Governors' Use of the National
Guard To Respond to COVID-19 and To Facilitate Economic Recovery
Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense [and] the Secretary of Homeland
Security
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5207 (the
``Stafford Act''), and section 502 of title 32, United States Code, it
is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of the United States to take
measures to assist State and territorial Governors under the Stafford
Act in their responses to all threats and hazards to the American people
in their respective States and territories. On March 13, 2020, I
declared a national emergency recognizing the threat that COVID-19, the
disease caused by the novel (new) coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 (``the
virus''), and the virus poses to the Nation's healthcare systems. I also
determined that same day that the COVID-19 outbreak constituted an
emergency, of nationwide scope, pursuant to section 501(b) of the
Stafford Act (42 U.S.C. 5191(b)). Considering the profound and unique
public health risks posed by the ongoing outbreak of COVID-19, the need
for close cooperation and mutual assistance between the Federal
Government and the States and territories is greater than at any time in
recent history. This need remains as the United States continues to
battle the public health threat posed by the virus, while transitioning
to a period of increased economic activity and recovery in those areas
of the Nation where the threat posed by the virus has been sufficiently
mitigated. To provide maximum support to the States and territories as
they make decisions about the responses required to address local
conditions in their respective jurisdictions with respect to combatting
the threat posed by the virus and, where appropriate, facilitating their
economic recovery, I am taking the actions set forth in sections 2, 3,
and 4 of this memorandum:
Sec. 2. One Hundred Percent Federal Cost Share. To maximize assistance
to the Governors of the States of Alabama, Alaska, and Delaware to
facilitate Federal support with respect to the use of National Guard
units under State control, I am directing the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) of the Department of Homeland Security to fund
100 percent of the emergency assistance activities associated with
preventing, mitigating, and responding to the threat to public health
and safety posed by the virus that these States undertake using their
National Guard forces, as authorized by sections 403 (42 U.S.C. 5170b)
and 503 (42 U.S.C. 5193) of the Stafford Act.
Sec. 3. Support of Operations or Missions to Prevent and Respond to the
Spread of COVID-19. I am directing the Secretary of Defense, to the
maximum extent feasible and consistent with mission requirements
(including geographic proximity), to request pursuant to 32 U.S.C.
502(f) that the Governors of the States of Alabama, Alaska, and Delaware
order National Guard forces to perform duty to fulfill mission
assignments, on a fully reimbursable basis, that FEMA issues to the
Department of Defense for the
[[Page 558]]
purpose of supporting their respective State and local emergency
assistance efforts under the Stafford Act.
Sec. 4. Termination and Extension. The 100 percent Federal cost share
for the States' and territories' use of National Guard forces authorized
pursuant to this memorandum, and my prior memoranda dated March 22, 28,
and 30, 2020, and April 2, 7, and 13, 2020, each titled ``Providing
Federal Support for Governors' Use of the National Guard to Respond to
COVID-19,'' shall extend to, and shall be available for orders of any
length authorizing duty through, May 31, 2020.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable
law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
(d) The Secretary of Defense is authorized and directed to publish
this memorandum in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, April 20, 2020.
Memorandum of April 28, 2020
Providing Continued Federal Support for Governors' Use of the National
Guard To Respond to COVID-19 and To Facilitate Economic Recovery
Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense [and] the Secretary of Homeland
Security
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5207 (the
``Stafford Act''), and section 502 of title 32, United States Code, it
is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of the United States to take
measures to assist State Governors under the Stafford Act in their
responses to all threats and hazards to the American people in their
respective States. On March 13, 2020, I declared a national emergency
recognizing the threat that
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COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel (new) coronavirus known as
SARS-CoV-2 (``the virus''), and the virus poses to the Nation's
healthcare systems. I also determined that same day that the COVID-19
outbreak constituted an emergency, of nationwide scope, pursuant to
section 501(b) of the Stafford Act (42 U.S.C. 5191(b)). Considering the
profound and unique public health risks posed by the ongoing outbreak of
COVID-19, the need for close cooperation and mutual assistance between
the Federal Government and the States is greater than at any time in
recent history. This need remains as the United States continues to
battle the public health threat posed by the virus, while transitioning
to a period of increased economic activity and recovery in those areas
of the Nation where the threat posed by the virus has been sufficiently
mitigated. To provide maximum support to the Governor of the State of
North Dakota as he makes decisions about the responses required to
address local conditions in his jurisdiction with respect to combatting
the threat posed by the virus and, where appropriate, facilitating its
economic recovery, I am taking the actions set forth in sections 2, 3,
and 4 of this memorandum:
Sec. 2. One Hundred Percent Federal Cost Share. To maximize assistance
to the Governor of the State of North Dakota to facilitate Federal
support with respect to the use of National Guard units under State
control, I am directing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
of the Department of Homeland Security to fund 100 percent of the
emergency assistance activities associated with preventing, mitigating,
and responding to the threat to public health and safety posed by the
virus that North Dakota undertakes using its National Guard forces, as
authorized by sections 403 (42 U.S.C. 5170b) and 503 (42 U.S.C. 5193) of
the Stafford Act.
Sec. 3. Support of Operations or Missions to Prevent and Respond to the
Spread of COVID-19. I am directing the Secretary of Defense, to the
maximum extent feasible and consistent with mission requirements
(including geographic proximity), to request pursuant to 32 U.S.C.
502(f) that the Governor of the State of North Dakota order National
Guard forces to perform duty to fulfill mission assignments, on a fully
reimbursable basis, that FEMA issues to the Department of Defense for
the purpose of supporting State and local emergency assistance efforts
under the Stafford Act.
Sec. 4. Termination and Extension. The 100 percent Federal cost share
for the State of North Dakota's use of National Guard forces authorized
pursuant to this memorandum shall extend to, and shall be available for
orders of any length authorizing duty through, May 31, 2020.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable
law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
[[Page 560]]
(d) The Secretary of Defense is authorized and directed to publish
this memorandum in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, April 28, 2020.
Notice of May 7, 2020
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Actions of
the Government of Syria
On May 11, 2004, pursuant to his authority under the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1701-1706, and the Syria
Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003, Public
Law 108-175, the President issued Executive Order 13338, in which he
declared a national emergency with respect to the actions of the
Government of Syria. To deal with this national emergency, Executive
Order 13338 authorized the blocking of property of certain persons and
prohibited the exportation or reexportation of certain goods to Syria.
The national emergency was modified in scope and relied upon for
additional steps taken in Executive Order 13399 of April 25, 2006,
Executive Order 13460 of February 13, 2008, Executive Order 13572 of
April 29, 2011, Executive Order 13573 of May 18, 2011, Executive Order
13582 of August 17, 2011, Executive Order 13606 of April 22, 2012, and
Executive Order 13608 of May 1, 2012.
The President took these actions to deal with the unusual and
extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and
economy of the United States constituted by the actions of the
Government of Syria in supporting terrorism, maintaining its then-
existing occupation of Lebanon, pursuing weapons of mass destruction and
missile programs, and undermining United States and international
efforts with respect to the stabilization and reconstruction of Iraq.
The regime's brutality and repression of the Syrian people, who have
been calling for freedom and a representative government, not only
endangers the Syrian people themselves, but also generates instability
throughout the region. The Syrian regime's actions and policies,
including with respect to chemical weapons, supporting terrorist
organizations, and obstructing the Lebanese government's ability to
function effectively, continue to foster the rise of extremism and
sectarianism and pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the
national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States. As
a result, the national emergency declared on May 11, 2004, and the
measures to deal with that emergency adopted on that date in Executive
Order 13338; on April 25, 2006, in Executive Order 13399; on February
13, 2008, in Executive Order 13460; on April 29, 2011, in Executive
Order 13572; on May 18, 2011, in Executive Order 13573; on August 17,
2011, in Executive Order 13582; on April 22, 2012, in Executive Order
13606;
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and on May 1, 2012, in Executive Order 13608, must continue in effect
beyond May 11, 2020. Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the
National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1622(d), I am continuing for 1 year
the national emergency declared with respect to the actions of the
Government of Syria.
In addition, the United States condemns the Assad regime's, and its
Russian and Iranian enablers', brutal violence and human rights abuses.
The United States calls on the Assad regime and its backers to stop its
violent war, enact a nationwide ceasefire, enable the unobstructed
delivery of humanitarian assistance to all Syrians in need, and
negotiate a political transition in Syria that will forge a credible
path along the lines of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2254.
The United States will consider changes in the composition, policies,
and actions of the Government of Syria in determining whether to
continue or terminate this national emergency in the future.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted
to the Congress.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 7, 2020.
Notice of May 7, 2020
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Central
African Republic
On May 12, 2014, by Executive Order 13667, the President declared a
national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to deal with the unusual and
extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the
United States constituted by the situation in and in relation to the
Central African Republic, which has been marked by a breakdown of law
and order, intersectarian tension, widespread violence and atrocities,
and the pervasive, often forced recruitment and use of child soldiers,
threatens the peace, security, or stability of the Central African
Republic and neighboring states.
The situation in and in relation to the Central African Republic
continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national
security and foreign policy of the United States. For this reason, the
national emergency declared on May 12, 2014, to deal with that threat
must continue in effect beyond May 12, 2020. Therefore, in accordance
with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)),
I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency declared in Executive
Order 13667.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted
to the Congress.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 7, 2020.
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Notice of May 7, 2020
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Yemen
On May 16, 2012, by Executive Order 13611, the President declared a
national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) to deal with the unusual and
extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the
United States constituted by the actions and policies of certain former
members of the Government of Yemen and others that threaten Yemen's
peace, security, and stability. These actions include obstructing the
political process in Yemen and blocking implementation of the agreement
of November 23, 2011, between the Government of Yemen and those in
opposition to it, which provided for a peaceful transition of power that
meets the legitimate demands and aspirations of the Yemeni people.
The actions and policies of certain former members of the Government of
Yemen and others in threatening Yemen's peace, security, and stability
continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national
security and foreign policy of the United States. For this reason, the
national emergency declared on May 16, 2012, to deal with that threat
must continue in effect beyond May 16, 2020. Therefore, in accordance
with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)),
I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency declared in Executive
Order 13611.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted
to the Congress.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 7, 2020.
Memorandum of May 8, 2020
Providing Continued Federal Support for Governors' Use of the National
Guard To Respond to COVID-19 and To Facilitate Economic Recovery
Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense [and] the Secretary of Homeland
Security
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5207 (the
``Stafford Act''), and section 502 of title 32, United States Code, it
is hereby ordered as follows:
[[Page 563]]
Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of the United States to take
measures to assist State and territorial Governors under the Stafford
Act in their responses to all threats and hazards to the American people
in their respective States and territories. On March 13, 2020, I
declared a national emergency recognizing the threat that COVID-19, the
disease caused by the novel (new) coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 (``the
virus''), and the virus poses to the Nation's healthcare systems. I also
determined that same day that the COVID-19 outbreak constituted an
emergency, of nationwide scope, pursuant to section 501(b) of the
Stafford Act (42 U.S.C. 5191(b)). Considering the profound and unique
public health risks posed by the ongoing outbreak of COVID-19, the need
for close cooperation and mutual assistance between the Federal
Government and the States and territories is greater than at any time in
recent history. This need remains as the United States continues to
battle the public health threat posed by the virus, while transitioning
to a period of increased economic activity and recovery in those areas
of the Nation where the threat posed by the virus has been sufficiently
mitigated. To provide maximum support to the States and territories as
they make decisions about the responses required to address local
conditions in their respective jurisdictions with respect to combatting
the threat posed by the virus and, where appropriate, facilitating their
economic recovery, I am taking the actions set forth in sections 2, 3,
and 4 of this memorandum:
Sec. 2. One Hundred Percent Federal Cost Share. To maximize assistance
to the Governor of the State of South Dakota to facilitate Federal
support with respect to the use of National Guard units under State
control, I am directing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
of the Department of Homeland Security to fund 100 percent of the
emergency assistance activities associated with preventing, mitigating,
and responding to the threat to public health and safety posed by the
virus that South Dakota undertakes using its National Guard forces, as
authorized by sections 403 (42 U.S.C. 5170b) and 503 (42 U.S.C. 5193) of
the Stafford Act.
Sec. 3. Support of Operations or Missions to Prevent and Respond to the
Spread of COVID-19. I am directing the Secretary of Defense, to the
maximum extent feasible and consistent with mission requirements
(including geographic proximity), to request pursuant to 32 U.S.C.
502(f) that the Governor of the State of South Dakota order National
Guard forces to perform duty to fulfill mission assignments, on a fully
reimbursable basis, that FEMA issues to the Department of Defense for
the purpose of supporting State and local emergency assistance efforts
under the Stafford Act.
Sec. 4. Termination and Extension. The 100 percent Federal cost share
for the States' and territories' use of National Guard forces authorized
pursuant to this memorandum, and my prior memoranda dated March 22, 28,
and 30, 2020, and April 2, 7, and 13, 2020, each titled ``Providing
Federal Support for Governors' Use of the National Guard to Respond to
COVID-19,'' and my prior memoranda dated April 20 and 28, 2020, each
titled ``Providing Continued Federal Support for Governors' Use of the
National Guard to Respond to COVID-19 and to Facilitate Economic
Recovery,'' shall extend to, and shall be available for orders of any
length authorizing duty through June 24, 2020. Such orders include duty
necessary to comply with health protection protocols recommended by the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or other health protection
measures agreed to by FEMA and the Department of Defense.
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Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable
law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
(d) The Secretary of Defense is authorized and directed to publish
this memorandum in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, May 8, 2020.
Memorandum of May 12, 2020
Delegation of Functions and Authorities Under Section 1260J of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
Memorandum for the Secretary of Commerce [and] the Attorney General
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3,
United States Code, I hereby delegate to the Secretary of Commerce, in
consultation with the Attorney General, the functions and authorities
vested in the President by section 1260J of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92).
The delegation in this memorandum shall apply to any provision of any
future public law that is the same or substantially the same as the
provision referenced in this memorandum.
The Secretary of Commerce is authorized and directed to publish this
memorandum in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, May 12, 2020.
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Notice of May 13, 2020
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Securing the
Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain
On May 15, 2019, by Executive Order 13873, I declared a national
emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act
(50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to deal with the unusual and extraordinary
threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the
United States posed by the unrestricted acquisition and use of certain
information and communications technology and services transactions.
The unrestricted acquisition or use in the United States of information
and communications technology or services designed, developed,
manufactured, or supplied by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject
to the jurisdiction or direction of foreign adversaries augments the
ability of these foreign adversaries to create and exploit
vulnerabilities in information and communications technology or
services, with potentially catastrophic effects. This threat continues
to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security,
foreign policy, and economy of the United States. For this reason, the
national emergency declared on May 15, 2019, must continue in effect
beyond May 15, 2020. Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the
National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year
the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13873 with respect to
securing the information and communications technology and services
supply chain.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted
to the Congress.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 13, 2020.
Notice of May 20, 2020
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Stabilization
of Iraq
On May 22, 2003, by Executive Order 13303, the President declared a
national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to deal with the unusual and
extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the
United States posed by obstacles to the orderly reconstruction of Iraq,
the restoration and maintenance of peace and security in the country,
and the development of political, administrative, and economic
institutions in Iraq.
The obstacles to the orderly reconstruction of Iraq, the restoration and
maintenance of peace and security in the country, and the development of
political, administrative, and economic institutions in Iraq continue to
pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and
foreign
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policy of the United States. For this reason, the national emergency
declared in Executive Order 13303, as modified in scope and relied upon
for additional steps taken in Executive Order 13315 of August 28, 2003,
Executive Order 13350 of July 29, 2004, Executive Order 13364 of
November 29, 2004, Executive Order 13438 of July 17, 2007, and Executive
Order 13668 of May 27, 2014, must continue in effect beyond May 22,
2020. Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the National
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the
national emergency with respect to the stabilization of Iraq declared in
Executive Order 13303.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted
to the Congress.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 20, 2020.
Memorandum of May 20, 2020
Providing Continued Federal Support for Governors' Use of the National
Guard To Respond to COVID-19 and To Facilitate Economic Recovery
Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense [and] the Secretary of Homeland
Security
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5207 (the
``Stafford Act''), and section 502 of title 32, United States Code, it
is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of the United States to take
measures to assist State Governors under the Stafford Act in their
responses to all threats and hazards to the American people in their
respective States. On March 13, 2020, I declared a national emergency
recognizing the threat that COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel
(new) coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 (``the virus''), and the virus
poses to the Nation's healthcare systems. I also determined that same
day that the COVID-19 outbreak constituted an emergency, of nationwide
scope, pursuant to section 501(b) of the Stafford Act (42 U.S.C.
5191(b)). Considering the profound and unique public health risks posed
by the ongoing outbreak of COVID-19, the need for close cooperation and
mutual assistance between the Federal Government and the States is
greater than at any time in recent history. This need remains as the
United States continues to battle the public health threat posed by the
virus, while transitioning to a period of increased economic activity
and recovery in those areas of the Nation where the threat posed by the
virus has been sufficiently mitigated. To provide maximum support to the
Governor of the State of Utah as he makes decisions about the responses
required to address local conditions in his jurisdiction with respect to
combatting the threat posed by the virus and, where appropriate,
facilitating its economic recovery, I am taking the actions set forth in
sections 2, 3, and 4 of this memorandum:
[[Page 567]]
Sec. 2. One Hundred Percent Federal Cost Share. To maximize assistance
to the Governor of the State of Utah to facilitate Federal support with
respect to the use of National Guard units under State control, I am
directing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of the
Department of Homeland Security to fund 100 percent of the emergency
assistance activities associated with preventing, mitigating, and
responding to the threat to public health and safety posed by the virus
that Utah undertakes using its National Guard forces, as authorized by
sections 403 (42 U.S.C. 5170b) and 503 (42 U.S.C. 5193) of the Stafford
Act.
Sec. 3. Support of Operations or Missions to Prevent and Respond to the
Spread of COVID-19. I am directing the Secretary of Defense, to the
maximum extent feasible and consistent with mission requirements
(including geographic proximity), to request pursuant to 32 U.S.C.
502(f) that the Governor of the State of Utah order National Guard
forces to perform duty to fulfill mission assignments, on a fully
reimbursable basis, that FEMA issues to the Department of Defense for
the purpose of supporting State and local emergency assistance efforts
under the Stafford Act.
Sec. 4. Termination and Extension. The 100 percent Federal cost share
for the State of Utah's use of National Guard forces authorized pursuant
to this memorandum shall extend to, and shall be available for orders of
any length authorizing duty through, June 24, 2020. Such orders include
duty necessary to comply with health protection protocols recommended by
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or other health
protection measures agreed to by FEMA and the Department of Defense.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable
law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
(d) The Secretary of Defense is authorized and directed to publish
this memorandum in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, May 20, 2020.
[[Page 568]]
Memorandum of June 2, 2020
Providing Continued Federal Support for Governors' Use of the National
Guard To Respond to COVID-19 and To Facilitate Economic Recovery
Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense [and] the Secretary of Homeland
Security
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5207 (the
``Stafford Act''), and section 502 of title 32, United States Code, it
is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. It continues to be the policy of the United States to
foster close cooperation and mutual assistance between the Federal
Government and the States and territories in the battle against the
threat posed by the spread of COVID-19, especially as the United States
transitions to a period of increased economic activity and recovery in
those areas of the Nation where the threat posed by COVID-19 has been
sufficiently mitigated. To date, activated National Guard forces around
the country have provided critical support to Governors as the Governors
work to address the needs of those populations within their respective
States and territories especially vulnerable to the effects of COVID-19,
including those in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other
long-term care or congregate settings. This need to focus efforts to
protect especially vulnerable populations from the threat posed by
COVID-19 will persist. Therefore, to continue to provide maximum support
to the States and territories as they make decisions about the responses
required to address local conditions in their respective jurisdictions
with respect to combatting the threat posed by COVID-19 and, where
appropriate, facilitating their economic recovery, I am taking the
actions set forth in section 2 of this memorandum:
Sec. 2. Termination and Extension. The 100 percent Federal cost share
for the States' and territories' use of National Guard forces authorized
pursuant to my prior memoranda dated March 22, 28, and 30, 2020, and
April 2, 7, and 13, 2020, each titled ``Providing Federal Support for
Governors' Use of the National Guard to Respond to COVID-19,'' and my
prior memoranda dated April 20 and 28, 2020, and May 8 and 20, 2020,
each titled ``Providing Continued Federal Support for Governors' Use of
the National Guard to Respond to COVID-19 and to Facilitate Economic
Recovery,'' shall extend to, and shall be available for orders of any
length authorizing duty through August 21, 2020. Such orders include
duty necessary to comply with health protection protocols recommended by
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the Department of
Health and Human Services or other health protection measures agreed to
by the Department of Defense and the Federal Emergency Management Agency
of the Department of Homeland Security.
Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
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(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable
law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
(d) The Secretary of Defense is authorized and directed to publish
this memorandum in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, June 2, 2020.
Memorandum of June 4, 2020
Protecting United States Investors From Significant Risks From Chinese
Companies
Memorandum for the Secretary of the Treasury[,] the Assistant to the
President for Economic Policy[, and] the Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, and to ensure the integrity of
United States financial markets, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. United States capital markets have long been the
driving engine of the global economy. The combination of robust
disclosure requirements, clear and effective regulation, fair
enforcement, and a free market system have made the United States the
premier jurisdiction in the world for raising capital. Investors trust
the financial information provided by United States public companies and
know that fraudulent activities will promptly be addressed by United
States financial regulators. As a result, companies from around the
world want to list on United States stock exchanges and raise money in
the United States.
Chinese companies are no exception. For decades, Chinese companies have
availed themselves of the benefits of United States financial markets,
and capital raised in the United States has helped fuel China's rapid
economic growth. While China reaps advantages from American markets,
however, the Chinese government has consistently prevented Chinese
companies and companies with significant operations in China from
abiding by the investor protections that apply to all companies listing
on United States stock exchanges. It is both wrong and dangerous for
China to benefit from our capital markets without complying with
critical protections that investors in those markets rightfully expect
and deserve. China's actions to thwart our transparency laws raise
significant risks for investors. The time has
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come to take firm action in an orderly fashion to put an end to the
practice that has tacitly permitted companies with significant Chinese
operations to flout protections United States law requires for investors
in United States markets.
For example, the Chinese government refuses to allow audit firms
registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) to
provide audit working papers to the PCAOB so that it can fulfill its
statutory obligation to inspect audit work and enforce audit standards.
Recently, the Chinese government enacted a statute that expressly
prevents audit firms from providing this information without the prior
consent of Chinese financial regulators. Preventing the PCAOB from
complying with its statutory mandate means that investors cannot have
confidence in the financial reports of audited companies and creates
significant risks to investors in the securities listed on United States
stock exchanges.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and PCAOB have pressed
China for years to allow companies to provide greater transparency in
financial information, to no avail. Concerns about China's efforts to
thwart transparency requirements suggest significant risks even for
investors in Chinese companies listed on United States stock exchanges.
Such companies may not provide appropriate and safe investments for
investors, including pension funds, which owe fiduciary duties to their
beneficiaries.
For these reasons, we must take firm, orderly action to end the Chinese
practice of flouting American transparency requirements without
negatively affecting American investors and financial markets. We must
ensure that laws providing protections for investors in American
financial markets are fully enforced for companies listed on United
States stock exchanges.
Sec. 2. President's Working Group on Financial Markets. Executive Order
12631 of March 18, 1988 (Working Group on Financial Markets),
established the President's Working Group on Financial Markets (PWG),
which is chaired by the Secretary of the Treasury, or his designee, and
includes the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, the Chairman of the SEC, and the Chairman of the Commodity
Futures Trading Commission, or their designees. The Secretary of the
Treasury shall convene the PWG to discuss the risks to investors
described in section 1 of this memorandum and other risks to American
investors and financial markets posed by the Chinese government's
failure to uphold its international commitments to transparency and
accountability and its refusal to permit companies to comply with United
States law.
Sec. 3. Report. Within 60 days of the date of this memorandum, the PWG
shall submit to the President, through the Assistant to the President
for National Security Affairs and the Assistant to the President for
Economic Policy, a report that includes:
(a) Recommendations for actions the executive branch may take to
protect investors in United States financial markets from the failure of
the Chinese government to allow PCAOB-registered audit firms to comply
with United States securities laws and investor protections;
(b) Recommendations for actions the SEC or PCAOB should take,
including inspection or enforcement actions, with respect to PCAOB-
registered audit firms that fail to provide requested audit working
papers or otherwise fail to comply with United States securities laws;
and
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(c) Recommendations for additional actions the SEC or any other
Federal agency or department should take as a means to protect investors
in Chinese companies, or companies from other countries that do not
comply with United States securities laws and investor protections,
including initiating a notice of proposed rulemaking that would set new
listing rules or governance safeguards. Any such actions should take
into account the impact on investors and ensure the continued fair and
orderly operation of United States financial markets.
Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable
law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
(d) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to
publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, June 4, 2020.
Presidential Determination No. 2020-06 of June 5, 2020
Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 1245(d)(4)(B) and (C) of
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012
Memorandum for the Secretary of State[,] the Secretary of the Treasury[,
and] the Secretary of Energy
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States, after carefully considering the reports
submitted to the Congress by the Energy Information Administration,
including the report submitted in April 2020, and other relevant
factors, including global economic conditions, increased oil production
by certain countries, the global level of spare petroleum production
capacity, and the availability of strategic reserves, I determine,
pursuant to section 1245(d)(4)(B) and (C) of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, Public Law 112-81, and
consistent with prior determinations, that there is a sufficient supply
of petroleum and petroleum products from countries other than Iran to
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permit a significant reduction in the volume of petroleum and petroleum
products purchased from Iran by or through foreign financial
institutions.
I will continue to monitor this situation closely.
The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to publish this
determination in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, June 5, 2020.
Notice of June 11, 2020
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Actions and
Policies of Certain Members of the Government of Belarus and Other
Persons To Undermine Democratic Processes or Institutions of Belarus
On June 16, 2006, by Executive Order 13405, the President declared a
national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) to deal with the unusual and
extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the
United States constituted by the actions and policies of certain members
of the Government of Belarus and other persons to undermine Belarus's
democratic processes or institutions, manifested in the fundamentally
undemocratic March 2006 elections; to commit human rights abuses related
to political repression, including detentions and disappearances; and to
engage in public corruption, including by diverting or misusing
Belarusian public assets or by misusing public authority.
The actions and policies of certain members of the Government of Belarus
and other persons continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat
to the national security and foreign policy of the United States. For
this reason, the national emergency declared on June 16, 2006, and the
measures adopted on that date to deal with that emergency, must continue
in effect beyond June 16, 2020. Therefore, in accordance with section
202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am
continuing for 1 year the national emergency declared in Executive Order
13405.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted
to the Congress.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
June 11, 2020.
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Notice of June 17, 2020
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to North Korea
On June 26, 2008, by Executive Order 13466, the President declared a
national emergency with respect to North Korea pursuant to the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) to
deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security
and foreign policy of the United States constituted by the existence and
risk of proliferation of weapons-usable fissile material on the Korean
Peninsula. The President also found that it was necessary to maintain
certain restrictions with respect to North Korea that would otherwise
have been lifted pursuant to Proclamation 8271 of June 26, 2008, which
terminated the exercise of authorities under the Trading With the Enemy
Act (50 U.S.C. App. 1-44) with respect to North Korea.
On August 30, 2010, the President signed Executive Order 13551, which
expanded the scope of the national emergency declared in Executive Order
13466 to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national
security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States posed by the
continued actions and policies of the Government of North Korea,
manifested by its unprovoked attack that resulted in the sinking of the
Republic of Korea Navy ship Cheonan and the deaths of 46 sailors in
March 2010; its announced test of a nuclear device and its missile
launches in 2009; its actions in violation of United Nations Security
Council Resolutions 1718 and 1874, including the procurement of luxury
goods; and its illicit and deceptive activities in international markets
through which it obtains financial and other support, including money
laundering, the counterfeiting of goods and currency, bulk cash
smuggling, and narcotics trafficking, which destabilize the Korean
Peninsula and imperil United States Armed Forces, allies, and trading
partners in the region.
On April 18, 2011, the President signed Executive Order 13570 to take
additional steps to address the national emergency declared in Executive
Order 13466 and expanded in Executive Order 13551 that would ensure the
implementation of the import restrictions contained in United Nations
Security Council Resolutions 1718 and 1874 and complement the import
restrictions provided for in the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751
et seq.).
On January 2, 2015, the President signed Executive Order 13687 to take
further steps with respect to the national emergency declared in
Executive Order 13466, as expanded in Executive Order 13551, and
addressed further in Executive Order 13570, to address the threat to the
national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States
constituted by the provocative, destabilizing, and repressive actions
and policies of the Government of North Korea, including its
destructive, coercive cyber-related actions during November and December
2014, actions in violation of United Nations Security Council
Resolutions 1718, 1874, 2087, and 2094, and commission of serious human
rights abuses.
On March 15, 2016, the President signed Executive Order 13722 to take
additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in
Executive Order 13466, as modified in scope and relied upon for
additional steps in
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subsequent Executive Orders, to address the Government of North Korea's
continuing pursuit of its nuclear and missile programs, as evidenced by
its February 7, 2016 launch using ballistic missile technology and its
January 6, 2016 nuclear test in violation of its obligations pursuant to
numerous United Nations Security Council resolutions and in
contravention of its commitments under the September 19, 2005 Joint
Statement of the Six-Party Talks, that increasingly imperils the United
States and its allies.
On September 20, 2017, the President signed Executive Order 13810 to
take further steps with respect to the national emergency declared in
Executive Order 13466, as modified in scope and relied upon for
additional steps in subsequent Executive Orders, to address the
provocative, destabilizing, and repressive actions and policies of the
Government of North Korea, including its intercontinental ballistic
missile launches of July 3 and July 28, 2017, and its nuclear test of
September 2, 2017; its commission of serious human rights abuses; and
its use of funds generated through international trade to support its
nuclear and missile programs and weapons proliferation.
The existence and risk of proliferation of weapons-usable fissile
material on the Korean Peninsula and the actions and policies of the
Government of North Korea continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary
threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the
United States. For this reason, the national emergency declared in
Executive Order 13466, expanded in scope in Executive Order 13551,
addressed further in Executive Order 13570, further expanded in scope in
Executive Order 13687, and under which additional steps were taken in
Executive Order 13722, and Executive Order 13810, and the measures taken
to deal with that national emergency, must continue in effect beyond
June 26, 2020. Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the
National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year
the national emergency with respect to North Korea declared in Executive
Order 13466.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted
to the Congress.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
June 17, 2020.
Notice of June 24, 2020
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Western
Balkans
On June 26, 2001, by Executive Order 13219, the President declared a
national emergency with respect to the Western Balkans, pursuant to the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706), to
deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security
and foreign policy of the United States constituted by the actions of
persons engaged in, or assisting, sponsoring, or supporting, (i)
extremist violence in
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the former Republic of Macedonia (what is now the Republic of North
Macedonia) and elsewhere in the Western Balkans region, or (ii) acts
obstructing implementation of the Dayton Accords in Bosnia or United
Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of June 10, 1999, in Kosovo.
The President subsequently amended that order in Executive Order 13304
of May 28, 2003, to take additional steps with respect to acts
obstructing implementation of the Ohrid Framework Agreement of 2001
relating to Macedonia.
The actions of persons threatening the peace and international
stabilization efforts in the Western Balkans, including acts of
extremist violence and obstructionist activity, continue to pose an
unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign
policy of the United States. For this reason, the national emergency
declared on June 26, 2001, and the measures adopted on that date and
thereafter to deal with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond
June 26, 2020. Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the
National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year
the national emergency with respect to the Western Balkans declared in
Executive Order 13219.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted
to the Congress.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
June 24, 2020.
Presidential Determination No. 2020-07 of June 24, 2020
Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 303 of the Defense
Production Act of 1950, as Amended
Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including section 303 of the
Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (the ``Act'') (50 U.S.C.
4533), I hereby determine, pursuant to section 303(a)(5) of the Act,
that the industrial base production capability for ultra-high and high
temperature composites for hypersonic, strategic missile, and space
launch systems is essential to the national defense.
Without Presidential action under section 303 of the Act, United States
industry cannot reasonably be expected to provide the production
capability for ultra-high and high temperature composites for
hypersonic, strategic missile, and space launch systems adequately and
in a timely manner. Further, purchases, purchase commitments, or other
action pursuant to section 303 of the Act are the most cost-effective,
expedient, and practical alternative method for meeting the need for
this critical capability.
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You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the
Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, June 24, 2020.
Memorandum of July 7, 2020
Delegation of Authority Under the Better Utilization of Investments
Leading to Development Act of 2018
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3,
United States Code, I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State the
authority vested in the President by section 1412(c)(2)(A) of the Better
Utilization of Investments Leading to Development Act of 2018 (title I
of division F of Public Law 115-254) (the ``Act'') to certify to the
appropriate congressional committees that the provision of support under
title II of the Act in a less developed country with an upper-middle-
income economy furthers the national economic or foreign policy
interests of the United States. The delegation in this memorandum shall
apply to any provision of any future public law that is the same or
substantially the same as the provision referenced in this memorandum.
You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the
Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, July 7, 2020.
Presidential Determination No. 2020-09 of July 17, 2020
Continuation of U.S. Drug Interdiction Assistance to the Government of
Colombia
Memorandum for the Secretary of State [and] the Secretary of Defense
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States, and pursuant to the authority vested in me by
section 1012 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1995, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2291-4), I hereby certify, with respect to
Colombia,
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that: (1) interdiction of aircraft reasonably suspected to be primarily
engaged in illicit drug trafficking in that country's airspace is
necessary, because of the extraordinary threat posed by illicit drug
trafficking to the national security of that country; and (2) Colombia
has appropriate procedures in place to protect against innocent loss of
life in the air and on the ground in connection with such interdiction,
which includes effective means to identify and warn an aircraft before
the use of force is directed against the aircraft.
The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to publish this
determination in the Federal Register and to notify the Congress of this
determination.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, July 17, 2020.
Memorandum of July 21, 2020
Excluding Illegal Aliens From the Apportionment Base Following the 2020
Census
Memorandum for the Secretary of Commerce
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Background. In order to apportion Representatives among the
States, the Constitution requires the enumeration of the population of
the United States every 10 years and grants the Congress the power and
discretion to direct the manner in which this decennial census is
conducted (U.S. Const. art. I, sec. 2, cl. 3). The Congress has charged
the Secretary of Commerce (the Secretary) with directing the conduct of
the decennial census in such form and content as the Secretary may
determine (13 U.S.C. 141(a)). By the direction of the Congress, the
Secretary then transmits to the President the report of his tabulation
of total population for the apportionment of Representatives in the
Congress (13 U.S.C. 141(b)). The President, by law, makes the final
determination regarding the ``whole number of persons in each State,''
which determines the number of Representatives to be apportioned to each
State, and transmits these determinations and accompanying census data
to the Congress (2 U.S.C. 2a(a)). The Congress has provided that it is
``the President's personal transmittal of the report to Congress'' that
``settles the apportionment'' of Representatives among the States, and
the President's discretion to settle the apportionment is more than
``ceremonial or ministerial'' and is essential ``to the integrity of the
process'' (Franklin v. Massachusetts, 505 U.S. 788, 799, and 800
(1992)).
The Constitution does not specifically define which persons must be
included in the apportionment base. Although the Constitution requires
the ``persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed,'' to be
enumerated in the census, that requirement has never been understood to
include in the apportionment base every individual physically present
within a State's boundaries at the time of the census. Instead, the term
``persons in each
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State'' has been interpreted to mean that only the ``inhabitants'' of
each State should be included. Determining which persons should be
considered ``inhabitants'' for the purpose of apportionment requires the
exercise of judgment. For example, aliens who are only temporarily in
the United States, such as for business or tourism, and certain foreign
diplomatic personnel are ``persons'' who have been excluded from the
apportionment base in past censuses. Conversely, the Constitution also
has never been understood to exclude every person who is not physically
``in'' a State at the time of the census. For example, overseas Federal
personnel have, at various times, been included in and excluded from the
populations of the States in which they maintained their homes of
record. The discretion delegated to the executive branch to determine
who qualifies as an ``inhabitant'' includes authority to exclude from
the apportionment base aliens who are not in a lawful immigration
status.
In Executive Order 13880 of July 11, 2019 (Collecting Information About
Citizenship Status in Connection With the Decennial Census), I
instructed executive departments and agencies to share information with
the Department of Commerce, to the extent permissible and consistent
with law, to allow the Secretary to obtain accurate data on the number
of citizens, non-citizens, and illegal aliens in the country. As the
Attorney General and I explained at the time that order was signed, data
on illegal aliens could be relevant for the purpose of conducting the
apportionment, and we intended to examine that issue.
Sec. 2. Policy. For the purpose of the reapportionment of
Representatives following the 2020 census, it is the policy of the
United States to exclude from the apportionment base aliens who are not
in a lawful immigration status under the Immigration and Nationality
Act, as amended (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), to the maximum extent feasible
and consistent with the discretion delegated to the executive branch.
Excluding these illegal aliens from the apportionment base is more
consonant with the principles of representative democracy underpinning
our system of Government. Affording congressional representation, and
therefore formal political influence, to States on account of the
presence within their borders of aliens who have not followed the steps
to secure a lawful immigration status under our laws undermines those
principles. Many of these aliens entered the country illegally in the
first place. Increasing congressional representation based on the
presence of aliens who are not in a lawful immigration status would also
create perverse incentives encouraging violations of Federal law. States
adopting policies that encourage illegal aliens to enter this country
and that hobble Federal efforts to enforce the immigration laws passed
by the Congress should not be rewarded with greater representation in
the House of Representatives. Current estimates suggest that one State
is home to more than 2.2 million illegal aliens, constituting more than
6 percent of the State's entire population. Including these illegal
aliens in the population of the State for the purpose of apportionment
could result in the allocation of two or three more congressional seats
than would otherwise be allocated.
I have accordingly determined that respect for the law and protection of
the integrity of the democratic process warrant the exclusion of illegal
aliens from the apportionment base, to the extent feasible and to the
maximum extent of the President's discretion under the law.
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Sec. 3. Excluding Illegal Aliens from the Apportionment Base. In
preparing his report to the President under section 141(b) of title 13,
United States Code, the Secretary shall take all appropriate action,
consistent with the Constitution and other applicable law, to provide
information permitting the President, to the extent practicable, to
exercise the President's discretion to carry out the policy set forth in
section 2 of this memorandum. The Secretary shall also include in that
report information tabulated according to the methodology set forth in
Final 2020 Census Residence Criteria and Residence Situations, 83 FR
5525 (Feb. 8, 2018).
Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable
law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, July 21, 2020.
Notice of July 22, 2020
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Transnational
Criminal Organizations
On July 24, 2011, by Executive Order 13581, the President declared a
national emergency with respect to transnational criminal organizations
pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C.
1701-1706) to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the
national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States
constituted by the activities of significant transnational criminal
organizations.
The activities of significant transnational criminal organizations have
reached such scope and gravity that they threaten the stability of
international political and economic systems. Such organizations are
becoming increasingly sophisticated and dangerous to the United States;
they are increasingly entrenched in the operations of foreign
governments and the international financial system, thereby weakening
democratic institutions, degrading the rule of law, and undermining
economic markets. These organizations facilitate and aggravate violent
civil conflicts and increasingly facilitate the activities of other
dangerous persons.
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On March 15, 2019, by Executive Order 13863, I took additional steps to
deal with the national emergency with respect to transnational criminal
organizations in view of the evolution of these organizations as well as
the increasing sophistication of their activities, which threaten
international political and economic systems and pose a direct threat to
the safety and welfare of the United States and its citizens, and given
the ability of these organizations to derive revenue through widespread
illegal conduct, including acts of violence and abuse that exhibit a
wanton disregard for human life as well as many other crimes enriching
and empowering these organizations.
The activities of significant transnational criminal organizations
continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national
security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States. For these
reasons, the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13581 of
July 24, 2011, under which additional steps were taken in Executive
Order 13863 of March 15, 2019, and the measures adopted to deal with
that emergency, must continue in effect beyond July 24, 2020. Therefore,
in accordance with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50
U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency with
respect to transnational criminal organizations declared in Executive
Order 13581.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted
to the Congress.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 22, 2020.
Notice of July 23, 2020
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Mali
On July 26, 2019, by Executive Order 13882, the President declared a
national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) to deal with the unusual and
extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the
United States constituted by the situation in Mali.
The situation in Mali, including repeated violations of ceasefire
arrangements made pursuant to the 2015 Agreement on Peace and
Reconciliation in Mali; the expansion of terrorist activities into
southern and central Mali; the intensification of drug trafficking and
trafficking in persons, human rights abuses, and hostage-taking; and the
intensification of attacks against civilians, the Malian defense and
security forces, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated
Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), and international security
presences, continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the
national security and foreign policy of the United States. For this
reason, the national emergency declared on July 26, 2019, must continue
in effect beyond July 26, 2020. Therefore, in accordance with section
202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)),
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I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency declared in Executive
Order 13882 with respect to the situation in Mali.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted
to the Congress.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 23, 2020.
Notice of July 29, 2020
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Lebanon
On August 1, 2007, by Executive Order 13441, the President declared a
national emergency with respect to Lebanon pursuant to the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) to deal with the
unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign
policy of the United States constituted by the actions of certain
persons to undermine Lebanon's legitimate and democratically elected
government or democratic institutions; to contribute to the deliberate
breakdown in the rule of law in Lebanon, including through politically
motivated violence and intimidation; to reassert Syrian control or
contribute to Syrian interference in Lebanon; or to infringe upon or
undermine Lebanese sovereignty. Such actions contribute to political and
economic instability in that country and the region.
Certain ongoing activities, such as Iran's continuing arms transfers to
Hizballah--which include increasingly sophisticated weapons systems--
serve to undermine Lebanese sovereignty, contribute to political and
economic instability in the region, and continue to constitute an
unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign
policy of the United States. For this reason, the national emergency
declared on August 1, 2007, and the measures adopted on that date to
deal with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond August 1, 2020.
Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies
Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national
emergency with respect to Lebanon declared in Executive Order 13441.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted
to the Congress.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 29, 2020.
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Presidential Permit of July 29, 2020
Authorizing NuStar Logistics, L.P., To Construct, Connect, Operate, and
Maintain Pipeline Facilities at the International Boundary Between the
United States and Mexico
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United
States of America (the ``President''), I hereby grant this Presidential
permit, subject to the conditions herein set forth, to NuStar Logistics,
L.P. (the ``permittee''). The permittee is a limited partnership formed
under the laws of the State of Delaware and is a subsidiary of NuStar
Energy L.P., a publicly traded master limited partnership based in San
Antonio, Texas. Permission is hereby granted to the permittee to
construct, connect, operate, and maintain pipeline Border facilities, as
described herein, at the international border of the United States and
Mexico at Hidalgo County, Texas, for the transport between the United
States and Mexico of all hydrocarbons and petroleum products of every
description, refined or unrefined (inclusive of, but not limited to,
crude oil, naphtha, liquefied petroleum gas, natural gas liquids, jet
fuel, gasoline, kerosene, and diesel), but not including natural gas
subject to section 3 of the Natural Gas Act, as amended (15 U.S.C.
717b).
This permit supersedes and revokes the Presidential permit issued
previously to the permittee, dated June 28, 2017. See 82 Fed. Reg. 32041
(July 11, 2017).
This permit does not affect the applicability of any otherwise-relevant
laws and regulations. As confirmed in Article 2 of this permit, the
Border facilities shall remain subject to all such laws and regulations.
The term ``Facilities,'' as used in this permit, means the portion in
the United States of the ``New Burgos'' pipeline project associated with
the permittee's May 28, 2019, application for an amendment to its
existing permit, and any land, structures, installations, or equipment
appurtenant thereto. The ``New Burgos'' pipeline project will be
approximately 46.5 miles of pipeline connecting a terminal approximately
6 miles north of downtown Edinburg, Texas, with the Petr[oacute]leos
Mexicanos (PEMEX) Burgos Gas Plant near Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
The term ``Border facilities,'' as used in this permit, means those
parts of the Facilities consisting of a new 10-inch diameter pipeline
extending from the international border between the United States and
Mexico underneath the Rio Grande at a point southeast of Pe[ntilde]itas,
Texas, to and including the first mainline shut-off valve in the United
States, located in Hidalgo County, Texas, approximately 1.6 miles from
the international border, and any land, structures, installations, or
equipment appurtenant thereto.
This permit is subject to the following conditions:
Article 1. The Border facilities herein described, and all aspects
of their operation, shall be subject to all the conditions, provisions,
and requirements of this permit and any subsequent Presidential
amendment to it. This permit may be terminated, revoked, or amended at
any time at the
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sole discretion of the President, with or without advice provided by any
executive department or agency (agency). The permittee shall make no
substantial change in the Border facilities, in the location of the
Border facilities, or in the operation authorized by this permit unless
the President has approved the change in an amendment to this permit or
in a new permit. Such substantial changes do not include, and the
permittee may make, changes to the average daily throughput capacity of
the Border facilities to any volume of products that is achievable
through the Border facilities, and to the directional flow of any such
products.
Article 2. The standards for, and the manner of, construction,
connection, operation, and maintenance of the Border facilities shall be
subject to inspection by the representatives of appropriate Federal,
State, and local agencies. Officers and employees of such agencies who
are duly authorized and performing their official duties shall be
granted free and unrestricted access to the Border facilities by the
permittee. The Border facilities, including the construction,
connection, operation, and maintenance of the Border facilities, shall
be subject to all applicable laws and regulations, including pipeline
safety laws and regulations issued or administered by the Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration of the U.S. Department of
Transportation.
Article 3. Upon the termination, revocation, or surrender of this
permit, unless otherwise decided by the President, the permittee, at its
own expense, shall remove the Border facilities within such time as the
President may specify. If the permittee fails to comply with an order to
remove, or to take such other appropriate action with respect to, the
Border facilities, the President may direct an appropriate official or
agency to take possession of the Border facilities--or to remove the
Border facilities or take other action--at the expense of the permittee.
The permittee shall have no claim for damages caused by any such
possession, removal, or other action.
Article 4. When, in the judgment of the President, ensuring the
national security of the United States requires entering upon and taking
possession of any of the Border facilities or parts thereof, and
retaining possession, management, or control thereof for such a length
of time as the President may deem necessary, the United States shall
have the right to do so, provided that the President or his designee has
given due notice to the permittee. The United States shall also have the
right thereafter to restore possession and control to the permittee. In
the event that the United States exercises the rights described in this
article, it shall pay to the permittee just and fair compensation for
the use of such Border facilities, upon the basis of a reasonable profit
in normal conditions, and shall bear the cost of restoring the Border
facilities to their previous condition, less the reasonable value of any
improvements that may have been made by the United States.
Article 5. Any transfer of ownership or control of the Border
facilities, or any part thereof, or any changes to the name of the
permittee, shall be immediately communicated in writing to the President
or his designee, and shall include information identifying any
transferee. Notwithstanding any such transfers or changes, this permit
shall remain in force subject to all of its conditions, permissions, and
requirements, and any amendments thereto, unless subsequently
terminated, revoked, or amended by the President.
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Article 6. (1) The permittee is responsible for acquiring any right-
of-way grants or easements, permits, and other authorizations as may
become necessary or appropriate.
(2) The permittee shall hold harmless and indemnify the United States from
any claimed or adjudged liability arising out of construction, connection,
operation, or maintenance of the Border facilities, including environmental
contamination from the release, threatened release, or discharge of
hazardous substances or hazardous waste.
(3) To ensure the safe operation of the Border facilities, the permittee
shall maintain them and every part of them in a condition of good repair
and in compliance with applicable law.
Article 7. The permittee shall file with the President or his
designee, and with appropriate agencies, such sworn statements or
reports with respect to the Border facilities, or the permittee's
activities and operations in connection therewith, as are now, or may
hereafter, be required under any law or regulation of the United States
Government or its agencies. These reporting obligations do not alter the
intent that this permit be operative as a directive issued by the
President alone.
Article 8. Upon request, the permittee shall provide appropriate
information to the President or his designee with regard to the Border
facilities. Such requests could include, for example, information
concerning current conditions or anticipated changes in ownership or
control, construction, connection, operation, or maintenance of the
Border facilities.
Article 9. The permittee shall provide written notice to the
President or his designee at the time that the construction authorized
by this permit begins, at such time as such construction is completed,
interrupted, or discontinued, and at other times as may be requested by
the President.
Article 10. This permit shall expire 10 years from the date of its
issuance if the permittee has not commenced construction of the Border
facilities by that date.
Article 11. This permit is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States
of America, have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth day of July, in
the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, July 29, 2020.
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Presidential Permit of July 29, 2020
Authorizing NuStar Logistics, L.P., To Operate and Maintain Existing
Pipeline Facilities at the International Boundary Between the United
States and Mexico
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United
States of America (the ``President''), I hereby grant this Presidential
permit, subject to the conditions herein set forth, to NuStar Logistics,
L.P. (the ``permittee''). The permittee is a limited partnership formed
under the laws of the State of Delaware and is a subsidiary of NuStar
Energy L.P., a publicly traded master limited partnership based in San
Antonio, Texas. Permission is hereby granted to the permittee to operate
and maintain existing pipeline Border facilities, as described herein,
at the international border of the United States and Mexico at Hidalgo
County, Texas, for the transport between the United States and Mexico of
all hydrocarbons and petroleum products of every description, refined or
unrefined (inclusive of, but not limited to, crude oil, naphtha,
liquefied petroleum gas, natural gas liquids, jet fuel, gasoline,
kerosene, and diesel), but not including natural gas subject to section
3 of the Natural Gas Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. 717b).
This permit supersedes and revokes the Presidential permit issued
previously to the permittee, dated May 30, 2017, see 82 Fed. Reg. 26563
(June 7, 2017), and the Presidential permit issued previously to Valero
Logistics Operations L.P., dated February 7, 2006, see 71 Fed. Reg. 8630
(Feb. 17, 2006).
This permit does not affect the applicability of any otherwise-relevant
laws and regulations. As confirmed in Article 2 of this permit, the
Border facilities shall remain subject to all such laws and regulations.
The term ``Facilities,'' as used in this permit, means the portion in
the United States of the ``Burgos'' pipeline project associated with the
permittee's May 28, 2019, application for an amendment to its existing
permit, and any land, structures, installations, or equipment
appurtenant thereto. The ``Burgos'' pipeline project is approximately
46.5 miles of pipeline connecting a terminal approximately 6 miles north
of downtown Edinburg, Texas, with the Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX)
Burgos Gas Plant near Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
The term ``Border facilities,'' as used in this permit, means those
parts of the Facilities consisting of an 8-inch diameter pipeline in
existence at the time of this permit's issuance extending from the
international border between the United States and Mexico underneath the
Rio Grande at a point southeast of Peñitas, Texas, to and
including the first mainline shut-off valve in the United States,
located in Hidalgo County, Texas, approximately 1.6 miles from the
international border, and any land, structures, installations, or
equipment appurtenant thereto.
This permit is subject to the following conditions:
Article 1. The Border facilities herein described, and all aspects
of their operation, shall be subject to all the conditions, provisions,
and requirements of this permit and any subsequent Presidential
amendment to it.
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This permit may be terminated, revoked, or amended at any time at the
sole discretion of the President, with or without advice provided by any
executive department or agency (agency). The permittee shall make no
substantial change in the Border facilities, in the location of the
Border facilities, or in the operation authorized by this permit unless
the President has approved the change in an amendment to this permit or
in a new permit. Such substantial changes do not include, and the
permittee may make, changes to the average daily throughput capacity of
the Border facilities to any volume of products that is achievable
through the Border facilities, and to the directional flow of any such
products.
Article 2. The standards for, and the manner of, operation and
maintenance of the Border facilities shall be subject to inspection by
the representatives of appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies.
Officers and employees of such agencies who are duly authorized and
performing their official duties shall be granted free and unrestricted
access to the Border facilities by the permittee. The Border facilities,
including the operation and maintenance of the Border facilities, shall
be subject to all applicable laws and regulations, including pipeline
safety laws and regulations issued or administered by the Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration of the U.S. Department of
Transportation.
Article 3. Upon the termination, revocation, or surrender of this
permit, unless otherwise decided by the President, the permittee, at its
own expense, shall remove the Border facilities within such time as the
President may specify. If the permittee fails to comply with an order to
remove, or to take such other appropriate action with respect to, the
Border facilities, the President may direct an appropriate official or
agency to take possession of the Border facilities--or to remove the
Border facilities or take other action--at the expense of the permittee.
The permittee shall have no claim for damages caused by any such
possession, removal, or other action.
Article 4. When, in the judgment of the President, ensuring the
national security of the United States requires entering upon and taking
possession of any of the Border facilities or parts thereof, and
retaining possession, management, or control thereof for such a length
of time as the President may deem necessary, the United States shall
have the right to do so, provided that the President or his designee has
given due notice to the permittee. The United States shall also have the
right thereafter to restore possession and control to the permittee. In
the event that the United States exercises the rights described in this
article, it shall pay to the permittee just and fair compensation for
the use of such Border facilities, upon the basis of a reasonable profit
in normal conditions, and shall bear the cost of restoring the Border
facilities to their previous condition, less the reasonable value of any
improvements that may have been made by the United States.
Article 5. Any transfer of ownership or control of the Border
facilities, or any part thereof, or any changes to the name of the
permittee, shall be immediately communicated in writing to the President
or his designee, and shall include information identifying any
transferee. Notwithstanding any such transfers or changes, this permit
shall remain in force subject to all of its conditions, permissions, and
requirements, and any amendments thereto, unless subsequently
terminated, revoked, or amended by the President.
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Article 6. (1) The permittee is responsible for acquiring any right-
of-way grants or easements, permits, and other authorizations as may
become necessary or appropriate.
(2) The permittee shall hold harmless and indemnify the United States from
any claimed or adjudged liability arising out of construction, connection,
operation, or maintenance of the Border facilities, including environmental
contamination from the release, threatened release, or discharge of
hazardous substances or hazardous waste.
(3) To ensure the safe operation of the Border facilities, the permittee
shall maintain them and every part of them in a condition of good repair
and in compliance with applicable law.
Article 7. The permittee shall file with the President or his
designee, and with appropriate agencies, such sworn statements or
reports with respect to the Border facilities, or the permittee's
activities and operations in connection therewith, as are now, or may
hereafter, be required under any law or regulation of the United States
Government or its agencies. These reporting obligations do not alter the
intent that this permit be operative as a directive issued by the
President alone.
Article 8. Upon request, the permittee shall provide appropriate
information to the President or his designee with regard to the Border
facilities. Such requests could include, for example, information
concerning current conditions or anticipated changes in ownership or
control, construction, connection, operation, or maintenance of the
Border facilities.
Article 9. This permit is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States
of America, have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth day of July, in
the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, July 29, 2020.
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Presidential Permit of July 29, 2020
Authorizing TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P., To Operate and Maintain
Existing Pipeline Facilities at the International Boundary Between the
United States and Canada
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United
States of America (the ``President''), I hereby grant this Presidential
permit, subject to the conditions herein set forth to TransCanada
Keystone Pipeline, L.P. (the ``permittee''). The permittee is a limited
partnership, organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and owned
by affiliates of TC Energy Corporation, a Canadian public company
organized under the laws of Canada. Permission is hereby granted to the
permittee to operate and maintain existing pipeline Border facilities,
as described herein, at the international border of the United States
and Canada at Cavalier County, North Dakota, for the transport between
the United States and Canada of all hydrocarbons and petroleum products
of every description, refined or unrefined (inclusive of, but not
limited to, crude oil, naphtha, liquefied petroleum gas, natural gas
liquids, jet fuel, gasoline, kerosene, and diesel), but not including
natural gas subject to section 3 of the Natural Gas Act, as amended (15
U.S.C. 717b).
This permit supersedes and revokes the Presidential permit issued
previously to the permittee, dated March 11, 2008. See 73 Fed. Reg.
11456 (Mar. 3, 2008) (notice of proposed permit determination).
This permit does not affect the applicability of any otherwise-relevant
laws and regulations. As confirmed in Article 2 of this permit, the
Border facilities shall remain subject to all such laws and regulations.
The term ``Facilities,'' as used in this permit, means the portion in
the United States of the international pipeline project associated with
the permittee's July 12, 2019, application for an amendment to its
existing permit, and any land, structures, installations, or equipment
appurtenant thereto.
The term ``Border facilities,'' as used in this permit, means those
parts of the Facilities consisting of a 30-inch diameter pipeline in
existence at the time of this permit's issuance extending from the
international border between the United States and Canada at Cavalier
County, North Dakota, to and including the first mainline shut-off valve
or pumping station in the United States, and any land, structures,
installations, or equipment appurtenant thereto.
This permit is subject to the following conditions:
Article 1. The Border facilities herein described, and all aspects
of their operation, shall be subject to all the conditions, provisions,
and requirements of this permit and any subsequent Presidential
amendment to it. This permit may be terminated, revoked, or amended at
any time at the sole discretion of the President, with or without advice
provided by any executive department or agency (agency). The permittee
shall make no substantial change in the Border facilities, in the
location of the Border facilities, or in the operation authorized by
this permit unless the President has
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approved the change in an amendment to this permit or in a new permit.
Such substantial changes do not include, and the permittee may make,
changes to the average daily throughput capacity of the Border
facilities to any volume of products that is achievable through the
Border facilities, and to the directional flow of any such products.
Article 2. The standards for, and the manner of, operation and
maintenance of the Border facilities shall be subject to inspection by
the representatives of appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies.
Officers and employees of such agencies who are duly authorized and
performing their official duties shall be granted free and unrestricted
access to the Border facilities by the permittee. The Border facilities,
including the operation and maintenance of the Border facilities, shall
be subject to all applicable laws and regulations, including pipeline
safety laws and regulations issued or administered by the Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration of the U.S. Department of
Transportation.
Article 3. Upon the termination, revocation, or surrender of this
permit, unless otherwise decided by the President, the permittee, at its
own expense, shall remove the Border facilities within such time as the
President may specify. If the permittee fails to comply with an order to
remove, or to take such other appropriate action with respect to, the
Border facilities, the President may direct an appropriate official or
agency to take possession of the Border facilities--or to remove the
Border facilities or take other action--at the expense of the permittee.
The permittee shall have no claim for damages caused by any such
possession, removal, or other action.
Article 4. When, in the judgment of the President, ensuring the
national security of the United States requires entering upon and taking
possession of any of the Border facilities or parts thereof, and
retaining possession, management, or control thereof for such a length
of time as the President may deem necessary, the United States shall
have the right to do so, provided that the President or his designee has
given due notice to the permittee. The United States shall also have the
right thereafter to restore possession and control to the permittee. In
the event that the United States exercises the rights described in this
article, it shall pay to the permittee just and fair compensation for
the use of such Border facilities, upon the basis of a reasonable profit
in normal conditions, and shall bear the cost of restoring the Border
facilities to their previous condition, less the reasonable value of any
improvements that may have been made by the United States.
Article 5. Any transfer of ownership or control of the Border
facilities, or any part thereof, or any changes to the name of the
permittee, shall be immediately communicated in writing to the President
or his designee, and shall include information identifying any
transferee. Notwithstanding any such transfers or changes, this permit
shall remain in force subject to all of its conditions, permissions, and
requirements, and any amendments thereto, unless subsequently
terminated, revoked, or amended by the President.
Article 6. (1) The permittee is responsible for acquiring any right-
of-way grants or easements, permits, and other authorizations as may
become necessary or appropriate.
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(2) The permittee shall hold harmless and indemnify the United States from
any claimed or adjudged liability arising out of construction, connection,
operation, or maintenance of the Border facilities, including environmental
contamination from the release, threatened release, or discharge of
hazardous substances or hazardous waste.
(3) To ensure the safe operation of the Border facilities, the permittee
shall maintain them and every part of them in a condition of good repair
and in compliance with applicable law.
Article 7. The permittee shall file with the President or his
designee, and with appropriate agencies, such sworn statements or
reports with respect to the Border facilities, or the permittee's
activities and operations in connection therewith, as are now, or may
hereafter, be required under any law or regulation of the United States
Government or its agencies. These reporting obligations do not alter the
intent that this permit be operative as a directive issued by the
President alone.
Article 8. Upon request, the permittee shall provide appropriate
information to the President or his designee with regard to the Border
facilities. Such requests could include, for example, information
concerning current conditions or anticipated changes in ownership or
control, construction, connection, operation, or maintenance of the
Border facilities.
Article 9. This permit is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States
of America, have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth day of July, in
the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, July 29, 2020.
Presidential Permit of July 29, 2020
Authorizing the Kansas City Southern Railway Company To Construct,
Connect, Operate, and Maintain Railway Bridge Facilities at the
International Boundary Between the United States and Mexico
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United
States of America (the ``President''), I hereby grant this Presidential
permit, subject to the conditions herein set forth, to The Kansas City
Southern Railway Company (the ``permittee''). The permittee is a
Missouri corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Kansas City
Southern, a Delaware corporation.
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Permission is hereby granted to the permittee to construct, connect,
operate, and maintain certain railway Border facilities, as described
herein, at the international border of the United States and Mexico at
Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.
This permit does not affect the applicability of any otherwise-relevant
laws and regulations. As confirmed in Article 2 of this permit, the
Border facilities shall remain subject to all such laws and regulations.
The term ``Facilities,'' as used in this permit, means the portion in
the United States of the international railway bridge project--to be
constructed adjacent to the existing International Rail Bridge at
Laredo, Texas--associated with the permittee's March 3, 2020,
application for a Presidential permit, and any land, structures,
installations, or equipment appurtenant thereto.
The term ``Border facilities,'' as used in this permit, means those
parts of the Facilities consisting of the railway bridge, its
approaches, and any land, structures, installations, or equipment
appurtenant thereto.
This permit is subject to the following conditions:
Article 1. The Border facilities herein described, and all aspects
of their operation, shall be subject to all the conditions, provisions,
and requirements of this permit and any subsequent Presidential
amendment to it. This permit may be terminated, revoked, or amended at
any time at the sole discretion of the President, with or without advice
provided by any executive department or agency (agency). The permittee
shall make no substantial change in the Border facilities, in the
location of the Border facilities, or in the operation authorized by
this permit unless the President has approved the change in an amendment
to this permit or in a new permit.
Article 2. The standards for, and the manner of, construction,
connection, operation, and maintenance of the Border facilities shall be
subject to inspection by the representatives of appropriate Federal,
State, and local agencies. Officers and employees of such agencies who
are duly authorized and performing their official duties shall be
granted free and unrestricted access to said Border facilities by the
permittee. The Border facilities, including the construction,
connection, operation, and maintenance of the Border facilities, shall
be subject to all applicable laws and regulations, including laws and
regulations governing bridges or railway safety, or issued or
administered by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States
or by the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water
Commission.
Article 3. Upon the termination, revocation, or surrender of this
permit, unless otherwise decided by the President, the permittee, at its
own expense, shall remove the Border facilities within such time as the
President may specify. If the permittee fails to comply with an order to
remove, or to take such other appropriate action with respect to, the
Border facilities, the President may direct an appropriate official or
agency to take possession of the Border facilities--or to remove the
Border facilities or take other action--at the expense of the permittee.
The permittee shall have no claim for damages caused by any such
possession, removal, or other action.
Article 4. When, in the judgment of the President, ensuring the
national security of the United States requires entering upon and taking
possession of any of the Border facilities or parts thereof, and
retaining possession,
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management, or control thereof for such a length of time as the
President may deem necessary, the United States shall have the right to
do so, provided that the President or his designee has given due notice
to the permittee. The United States shall also have the right thereafter
to restore possession and control to the permittee. In the event that
the United States exercises the rights described in this article, it
shall pay to the permittee just and fair compensation for the use of
such Border facilities, upon the basis of a reasonable profit in normal
conditions, and shall bear the cost of restoring the Border facilities
to their previous condition, less the reasonable value of any
improvements that may have been made by the United States.
Article 5. Any transfer of ownership or control of the Border
facilities, or any part thereof, or any changes to the name of the
permittee, shall be immediately communicated in writing to the President
or his designee, and shall include information identifying any
transferee. Notwithstanding any such transfers or changes, this permit
shall remain in force subject to all of its conditions, permissions, and
requirements, and any amendments thereto, unless subsequently
terminated, revoked, or amended by the President.
Article 6. (1) The permittee is responsible for acquiring any right-
of-way grants or easements, permits, and other authorizations as may
become necessary or appropriate.
(2) The permittee shall hold harmless and indemnify the United States from
any claimed or adjudged liability arising out of construction, connection,
operation, or maintenance of the Border facilities, including environmental
contamination from the release, threatened release, or discharge of
hazardous substances or hazardous waste.
(3) To ensure the safe operation of the Border facilities, the permittee
shall maintain them and every part of them in a condition of good repair
and in compliance with applicable law.
Article 7. To the extent authorized by law, the permittee shall
provide to U.S. Customs and Border Protection of the Department of
Homeland Security and any other relevant United States Government
agencies, at no cost to the United States, suitable inspection
facilities, at a mutually agreed upon site, for officers and employees
of such agencies to perform their duties. The provision of such
facilities shall include, to the extent deemed necessary by such
agencies, the transfer of title to any such facilities (including the
site) to the United States. The inspection facilities shall meet the
latest agency design standards and any operational requirements,
including facilities for the Rail-Vehicle and Cargo Inspection Systems,
inspection and office space, personnel parking and restrooms, utilities,
and an access road. To the extent authorized by law, the permittee shall
be responsible for any ongoing maintenance or necessary improvements to
the inspection facilities, including to comply with updated agency
design standards, and for the full cost of providing services at such
facilities.
Article 8. The permittee shall file with the President or his
designee, and with appropriate agencies, such sworn statements or
reports with respect to the Border facilities, or the permittee's
activities and operations in connection therewith, as are now, or may
hereafter, be required under any law or regulation of the United States
Government or its agencies. These reporting obligations do not alter the
intent that this permit be operative as a directive issued by the
President alone.
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Article 9. Upon request, the permittee shall provide appropriate
information to the President or his designee with regard to the Border
facilities. Such requests could include, for example, information
concerning current conditions or anticipated changes in ownership or
control, construction, connection, operation, or maintenance of the
Border facilities.
Article 10. The permittee shall provide written notice to the
President or his designee at the time that the construction authorized
by this permit begins, at such time as such construction is completed,
interrupted, or discontinued, and at other times as may be requested by
the President.
Article 11. This permit shall expire 15 years from the date of its
issuance if the permittee has not commenced construction of the Border
facilities by that date.
Article 12. This permit is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States
of America, have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth day of July, in
the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, July 29, 2020.
Memorandum of August 3, 2020
Extension of the Use of the National Guard To Respond to COVID-19 and To
Facilitate Economic Recovery
Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense [and] the Secretary of Homeland
Security
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5207 (the
``Stafford Act''), and section 502 of title 32, United States Code, it
is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. It continues to be the policy of the United States to
foster close cooperation and mutual assistance between the Federal
Government and the States and territories in the battle against the
threat posed by the spread of COVID-19, especially as the United States
transitions to a period of increased economic activity and recovery in
those areas of the Nation where the threat posed by COVID-19 has been
sufficiently mitigated. To date, activated National Guard forces around
the country have provided critical support to Governors as the Governors
work to address the needs of those populations within their respective
States and territories especially
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vulnerable to the effects of COVID-19, including those in nursing homes,
assisted living facilities, and other long-term care or congregate
settings. Additionally, States and territories will need assistance in
fighting COVID-19 hot spots as they emerge. Therefore, to continue to
provide maximum support to States and territories as they make decisions
about the responses required to address local conditions in their
respective jurisdictions with respect to combatting the threat posed by
COVID-19 and, where appropriate, facilitating their economic recovery, I
am taking the actions set forth in sections 2, 3, and 4 of this
memorandum:
Sec. 2. One Hundred Percent Federal Cost Share Termination. The 100
percent Federal cost share for the State's use of National Guard forces
for the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado,
Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan,
Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New
Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio,
Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South
Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia,
Wisconsin, and the territories of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin
Islands shall terminate on August 21, 2020, in accordance with my prior
memorandum dated June 2, 2020, titled ``Providing Continued Federal
Support for Governors' Use of the National Guard to Respond to COVID-19
and to Facilitate Economic Recovery.''
Sec. 3. Seventy-Five Percent Federal Cost Share. To maximize assistance
to the Governors of the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California,
Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North
Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South
Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington,
West Virginia, Wisconsin, and the territories of Guam, Puerto Rico, and
the U.S. Virgin Islands to facilitate Federal support with respect to
the use of National Guard units under State control, I am directing the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of the Department of Homeland
Security to fund 75 percent of the emergency assistance activities
associated with preventing, mitigating, and responding to the threat to
public health and safety posed by the virus that these States and
territories undertake using their National Guard forces, as authorized
by sections 403 (42 U.S.C. 5170b) and 503 (42 U.S.C. 5193) of the
Stafford Act.
Sec. 4. Seventy-Five Percent Federal Cost Share Termination. The 75
percent Federal cost share provided for in section 3 of this memorandum
shall be available for orders of any length authorizing duty through
December 31, 2020. Such orders include duty necessary to comply with
health protection protocols recommended by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention of the Department of Health and Human Services or
other health protection measures agreed to by the Department of Defense
and FEMA.
Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
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(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable
law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
(d) The Secretary of Defense is authorized and directed to publish
this memorandum in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, August 3, 2020.
Memorandum of August 3, 2020
Extension of the Use of the National Guard To Respond to COVID-19 and To
Facilitate Economic Recovery
Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense [and] the Secretary of Homeland
Security
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5207 (the
``Stafford Act''), and section 502 of title 32, United States Code, it
is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. It continues to be the policy of the United States to
foster close cooperation and mutual assistance between the Federal
Government and the States and territories in the battle against the
threat posed by the spread of COVID-19, especially as the United States
transitions to a period of increased economic activity and recovery in
those areas of the Nation where the threat posed by COVID-19 has been
sufficiently mitigated. To date, activated National Guard forces around
the country have provided critical support to Governors as the Governors
work to address the needs of those populations within their respective
States and territories especially vulnerable to the effects of COVID-19,
including those in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other
long-term care or congregate settings. Additionally, States and
territories will need assistance in fighting COVID-19 hot spots as they
emerge. Therefore, to continue to provide maximum support to States and
territories as they make decisions about the responses required to
address local conditions in their respective jurisdictions with respect
to combatting the threat posed by COVID-19 and, where appropriate,
facilitating their economic recovery, I am taking the actions set forth
in section 2 of this memorandum:
Sec. 2. Termination and Extension. The 100 percent Federal cost share
for the State's use of National Guard forces for the State of Texas
shall extend
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to, and shall be available for orders of any length authorizing duty
through December 31, 2020. Such orders include duty necessary to comply
with health protection protocols recommended by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention of the Department of Health and Human Services or
other health protection measures agreed to by the Department of Defense
and the Federal Emergency Management Agency of the Department of
Homeland Security.
Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable
law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
(d) The Secretary of Defense is authorized and directed to publish
this memorandum in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, August 3, 2020.
Memorandum of August 3, 2020
Extension of the Use of the National Guard To Respond to COVID-19 and To
Facilitate Economic Recovery
Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense [and] the Secretary of Homeland
Security
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5207 (the
``Stafford Act''), and section 502 of title 32, United States Code, it
is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose Policy. It continues to be the policy of the United
States to foster close cooperation and mutual assistance between the
Federal Government and the States and territories in the battle against
the threat posed by the spread of COVID-19, especially as the United
States transitions to a period of increased economic activity and
recovery in those areas of the Nation where the threat posed by COVID-19
has been sufficiently mitigated. To date, activated National Guard
forces around the country have
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provided critical support to Governors as the Governors work to address
the needs of those populations within their respective States and
territories especially vulnerable to the effects of COVID-19, including
those in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other long-term
care or congregate settings. Additionally, States and territories will
need assistance in fighting COVID-19 hot spots as they emerge.
Therefore, to continue to provide maximum support to States and
territories as they make decisions about the responses required to
address local conditions in their respective jurisdictions with respect
to combatting the threat posed by COVID-19 and, where appropriate,
facilitating their economic recovery, I am taking the actions set forth
in section 2 of this memorandum:
Sec. 2. Termination and Extension. The 100 percent Federal cost share
for the State's use of National Guard forces for the State of Florida
shall extend to, and shall be available for orders of any length
authorizing duty through December 31, 2020. Such orders include duty
necessary to comply with health protection protocols recommended by the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the Department of Health
and Human Services or other health protection measures agreed to by the
Department of Defense and the Federal Emergency Management Agency of the
Department of Homeland Security.
Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable
law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
(d) The Secretary of Defense is authorized and directed to publish
this memorandum in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, August 3, 2020.
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Memorandum of August 7, 2020
Extension of the Use of the National Guard To Respond to COVID-19 and To
Facilitate Economic Recovery
Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense [and] the Secretary of Homeland
Security
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5207 (the
``Stafford Act''), and section 502 of title 32, United States Code, it
is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. It continues to be the policy of the United States to
foster close cooperation and mutual assistance between the Federal
Government and the States and territories in the battle against the
threat posed by the spread of COVID-19, especially as the United States
transitions to a period of increased economic activity and recovery in
those areas of the Nation where the threat posed by COVID-19 has been
sufficiently mitigated. To date, activated National Guard forces around
the country have provided critical support to Governors as the Governors
work to address the needs of those populations within their respective
States and territories especially vulnerable to the effects of COVID-19,
including those in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other
long-term care or congregate settings. Additionally, States and
territories will need assistance in fighting COVID-19 hot spots as they
emerge. Therefore, to continue to provide maximum support to States and
territories as they make decisions about the responses required to
address local conditions in their respective jurisdictions with respect
to combatting the threat posed by COVID-19 and, where appropriate,
facilitating their economic recovery, I am taking the actions set forth
in sections 2 and 3 of this memorandum:
Sec. 2. Additional Twenty-Five Percent Federal Cost Share. To maximize
assistance to the Governor of the State of Arizona to facilitate Federal
support with respect to the use of National Guard units under State
control, I am directing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
of the Department of Homeland Security to fund an additional 25 percent
of the emergency assistance activities associated with preventing,
mitigating, and responding to the threat to public health and safety
posed by the virus that this State undertakes using its National Guard
forces, as authorized by sections 403 (42 U.S.C. 5170b) and 503 (42
U.S.C. 5193) of the Stafford Act. This, in addition to the 75 percent
Federal cost share established in my prior memorandum dated August 3,
2020, titled ``Extension of the Use of the National Guard to Respond to
COVID-19 and to Facilitate Economic Recovery,'' shall provide the State
of Arizona with 100 percent Federal cost share.
Sec. 3. Additional Twenty-Five Percent Federal Cost Share Termination.
The additional 25 percent Federal cost share for the State's use of
National Guard forces for the State of Arizona shall extend to, and
shall be available for orders of any length authorizing duty through
September 30, 2020. Such orders include duty necessary to comply with
health protection protocols
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recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the
Department of Health and Human Services or other health protection
measures agreed to by the Department of Defense and FEMA.
Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable
law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
(d) The Secretary of Defense is authorized and directed to publish
this memorandum in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, August 7, 2020.
Memorandum of August 7, 2020
Extension of the Use of the National Guard To Respond to COVID-19 and To
Facilitate Economic Recovery
Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense [and] the Secretary of Homeland
Security
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5207 (the
``Stafford Act''), and section 502 of title 32, United States Code, it
is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. It continues to be the policy of the United States to
foster close cooperation and mutual assistance between the Federal
Government and the States and territories in the battle against the
threat posed by the spread of COVID-19, especially as the United States
transitions to a period of increased economic activity and recovery in
those areas of the Nation where the threat posed by COVID-19 has been
sufficiently mitigated. To date, activated National Guard forces around
the country have provided critical support to Governors as the Governors
work to address the needs of those populations within their respective
States and territories especially vulnerable to the effects of COVID-19,
including those in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other
long-term care or congregate settings.
[[Page 600]]
Additionally, States and territories will need assistance in fighting
COVID-19 hot spots as they emerge. Therefore, to continue to provide
maximum support to States and territories as they make decisions about
the responses required to address local conditions in their respective
jurisdictions with respect to combatting the threat posed by COVID-19
and, where appropriate, facilitating their economic recovery, I am
taking the actions set forth in sections 2 and 3 of this memorandum:
Sec. 2. Additional Twenty-Five Percent Federal Cost Share. To maximize
assistance to the Governor of the State of California to facilitate
Federal support with respect to the use of National Guard units under
State control, I am directing the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) of the Department of Homeland Security to fund an additional 25
percent of the emergency assistance activities associated with
preventing, mitigating, and responding to the threat to public health
and safety posed by the virus that this State undertakes using its
National Guard forces, as authorized by sections 403 (42 U.S.C. 5170b)
and 503 (42 U.S.C. 5193) of the Stafford Act. This, in addition to the
75 percent Federal cost share established in my prior memorandum dated
August 3, 2020, titled ``Extension of the Use of the National Guard to
Respond to COVID-19 and to Facilitate Economic Recovery,'' shall provide
the State of California with 100 percent Federal cost share.
Sec. 3. Additional Twenty-Five Percent Federal Cost Share Termination.
The additional 25 percent Federal cost share for the State's use of
National Guard forces for the State of California shall extend to, and
shall be available for orders of any length authorizing duty through
September 30, 2020. Such orders include duty necessary to comply with
health protection protocols recommended by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention of the Department of Health and Human Services or
other health protection measures agreed to by the Department of Defense
and FEMA.
Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable
law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
(d) The Secretary of Defense is authorized and directed to publish
this memorandum in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, August 7, 2020.
[[Page 601]]
Memorandum of August 7, 2020
Extension of the Use of the National Guard To Respond to COVID-19 and To
Facilitate Economic Recovery
Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense [and] the Secretary of Homeland
Security
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5207 (the
``Stafford Act''), and section 502 of title 32, United States Code, it
is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. It continues to be the policy of the United States to
foster close cooperation and mutual assistance between the Federal
Government and the States and territories in the battle against the
threat posed by the spread of COVID-19, especially as the United States
transitions to a period of increased economic activity and recovery in
those areas of the Nation where the threat posed by COVID-19 has been
sufficiently mitigated. To date, activated National Guard forces around
the country have provided critical support to Governors as the Governors
work to address the needs of those populations within their respective
States and territories especially vulnerable to the effects of COVID-19,
including those in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other
long-term care or congregate settings. Additionally, States and
territories will need assistance in fighting COVID-19 hot spots as they
emerge. Therefore, to continue to provide maximum support to States and
territories as they make decisions about the responses required to
address local conditions in their respective jurisdictions with respect
to combatting the threat posed by COVID-19 and, where appropriate,
facilitating their economic recovery, I am taking the actions set forth
in sections 2 and 3 of this memorandum:
Sec. 2. Additional Twenty-Five Percent Federal Cost Share. To maximize
assistance to the Governor of the State of Connecticut to facilitate
Federal support with respect to the use of National Guard units under
State control, I am directing the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) of the Department of Homeland Security to fund an additional 25
percent of the emergency assistance activities associated with
preventing, mitigating, and responding to the threat to public health
and safety posed by the virus that this State undertakes using its
National Guard forces, as authorized by sections 403 (42 U.S.C. 5170b)
and 503 (42 U.S.C. 5193) of the Stafford Act. This, in addition to the
75 percent Federal cost share established in my prior memorandum dated
August 3, 2020, titled ``Extension of the Use of the National Guard to
Respond to COVID-19 and to Facilitate Economic Recovery,'' shall provide
the State of Connecticut with 100 percent Federal cost share.
Sec. 3. Additional Twenty-Five Percent Federal Cost Share Termination.
The additional 25 percent Federal cost share for the State's use of
National Guard forces for the State of Connecticut shall extend to, and
shall be available for orders of any length authorizing duty through
September 30, 2020. Such orders include duty necessary to comply with
health protection protocols recommended by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention of
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the Department of Health and Human Services or other health protection
measures agreed to by the Department of Defense and FEMA.
Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable
law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
(d) The Secretary of Defense is authorized and directed to publish
this memorandum in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, August 7, 2020.
Memorandum of August 8, 2020
Continued Student Loan Payment Relief During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Memorandum for the Secretary of Education
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. The 2019 novel coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2, the
virus causing outbreaks of the disease COVID-19, has significantly
disrupted the lives of Americans. In Proclamation 9994 of March 13, 2020
(Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease
(COVID-19) Outbreak), I declared, pursuant to the National Emergencies
Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), that the COVID-19 outbreak in the United
States constituted a national emergency (the ``national emergency'').
The same day, I also determined that the COVID-19 outbreak constituted
an emergency of nationwide scope, pursuant to section 501(b) of the
Stafford Act (42 U.S.C. 5191(b)).
On March 20, 2020, my Administration took action to provide immediate
relief to tens of millions of student loan borrowers during the pandemic
caused by COVID-19 by both suspending loan payments and temporarily
setting interest rates to 0 percent. This relief has helped many
students and parents retain financial stability. And many other
Americans have continued to routinely pay down their student loan
balances, to more quickly
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eliminate their loans in the long run. During this time, borrowers have
been able to determine the best path forward for themselves.
The original announcement of this policy specified that it would
continue for at least 60 days. In the interim, the Coronavirus Aid,
Relief, and Economic Security Act provided this same student loan
payment relief, but that program is scheduled to expire on September 30,
2020. Currently, many Americans remain unemployed due to the COVID-19
pandemic, and many more have accepted lower wages and reduced hours
while States and localities continue to impose social distancing
measures. It is therefore appropriate to extend this policy until such
time that the economy has stabilized, schools have re-opened, and the
crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic has subsided.
Sec. 2. Extension of Student Loan Payment Relief. (a) In light of the
national emergency declared on March 13, 2020, the Secretary of
Education shall take action pursuant to applicable law to effectuate
appropriate waivers of and modifications to the requirements and
conditions of economic hardship deferments described in section
455(f)(2)(D) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, 20 U.S.C.
1087e(f)(2)(D), and provide such deferments to borrowers as necessary to
continue the temporary cessation of payments and the waiver of all
interest on student loans held by the Department of Education until
December 31, 2020.
(b) All persons who wish to continue making student loan payments
shall be allowed to do so, notwithstanding the deferments provided
pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable
law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
(d) You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in
the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, August 8, 2020.
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Memorandum of August 8, 2020
Deferring Payroll Tax Obligations in Light of the Ongoing COVID-19
Disaster
Memorandum for the Secretary of the Treasury
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. The 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) that originated
in the People's Republic of China has caused significant, sudden, and
unexpected disruptions to the American economy. On March 13, 2020, I
determined that the COVID-19 pandemic is of sufficient severity and
magnitude to warrant an emergency declaration under section 501(b) of
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42
U.S.C. 5121-5207, and that is still the case today. American workers
have been particularly hard hit by this ongoing disaster. While the
Department of the Treasury has already undertaken historic efforts to
alleviate the hardships of our citizens, it is clear that further
temporary relief is necessary to support working Americans during these
challenging times. To that end, today I am directing the Secretary of
the Treasury to use his authority to defer certain payroll tax
obligations with respect to the American workers most in need. This
modest, targeted action will put money directly in the pockets of
American workers and generate additional incentives for work and
employment, right when the money is needed most.
Sec. 2. Deferring Certain Payroll Tax Obligations. The Secretary of the
Treasury is hereby directed to use his authority pursuant to 26 U.S.C.
7508A to defer the withholding, deposit, and payment of the tax imposed
by 26 U.S.C. 3101(a), and so much of the tax imposed by 26 U.S.C. 3201
as is attributable to the rate in effect under 26 U.S.C. 3101(a), on
wages or compensation, as applicable, paid during the period of
September 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020, subject to the following
conditions:
(a) The deferral shall be made available with respect to any
employee the amount of whose wages or compensation, as applicable,
payable during any bi-weekly pay period generally is less than $4,000,
calculated on a pre-tax basis, or the equivalent amount with respect to
other pay periods.
(b) Amounts deferred pursuant to the implementation of this
memorandum shall be deferred without any penalties, interest, additional
amount, or addition to the tax.
Sec. 3. Authorizing Guidance. The Secretary of the Treasury shall issue
guidance to implement this memorandum.
Sec. 4. Tax Forgiveness. The Secretary of the Treasury shall explore
avenues, including legislation, to eliminate the obligation to pay the
taxes deferred pursuant to the implementation of this memorandum.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
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(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable
law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
(d) You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in
the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, August 8, 2020.
Notice of August 13, 2020
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Export Control
Regulations
On August 17, 2001, the President issued Executive Order 13222 pursuant
to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et
seq.). In that order, the President declared a national emergency with
respect to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national
security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States related to
the expiration of the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended (50
U.S.C. 4601 et seq.). Because the implementation of certain sanctions
authorities, including sections 11A, 11B, and 11C of such Export
Administration Act of 1979, consistent with section 1766(b) of Public
Law 115-232 (50 U.S.C. 4601 note), is to be carried out under the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the national emergency
declared on August 17, 2001, must continue in effect beyond August 17,
2020. Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the National
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the
national emergency declared in Executive Order 13222, as amended by
Executive Order 13637 of March 8, 2013.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted
to the Congress.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
August 13, 2020.
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Order of August 14, 2020
Regarding the Acquisition of Musical.ly by ByteDance Ltd.
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including section 721 of the
Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (section 721), 50 U.S.C.
4565, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Findings. (a) There is credible evidence that leads me to
believe that ByteDance Ltd., an exempted company with limited liability
incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (``ByteDance''),
through acquiring all interests in musical.ly, an exempted company with
limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands
(``Musical.ly''), might take action that threatens to impair the
national security of the United States. As a result of the acquisition,
ByteDance merged its TikTok application with Musical.ly's social media
application and created a single integrated social media application;
and
(b) Provisions of law, other than section 721 and the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), do not, in my
judgment, provide adequate and appropriate authority for me to protect
the national security in this matter.
Sec. 2. Actions Ordered and Authorized. On the basis of the findings set
forth in section 1 of this order, considering the factors described in
subsection (f) of section 721, as appropriate, and pursuant to my
authority under applicable law, including section 721, I hereby order
that:
(a) The transaction resulting in the acquisition by ByteDance of
Musical.ly, to the extent that Musical.ly or any of its assets is used
in furtherance or support of, or relating to, Musical.ly's activities in
interstate commerce in the United States (``Musical.ly in the United
States''), is hereby prohibited, and ownership by ByteDance of any
interest in Musical.ly in the United States, whether effected directly
or indirectly through ByteDance, or through ByteDance's subsidiaries,
affiliates, or Chinese shareholders, is also prohibited.
(b) In order to effectuate this order, not later than 90 days after
the date of this order, unless such date is extended for a period not to
exceed 30 days, on such written conditions as the Committee on Foreign
Investment in the United States (CFIUS) may impose, ByteDance, its
subsidiaries, affiliates, and Chinese shareholders, shall divest all
interests and rights in:
(i) any tangible or intangible assets or property, wherever located, used
to enable or support ByteDance's operation of the TikTok application in the
United States, as determined by the Committee; and
(ii) any data obtained or derived from TikTok application or Musical.ly
application users in the United States. Immediately upon divestment,
ByteDance shall certify in writing to CFIUS that all steps necessary to
fully and permanently effectuate the actions required under sections 2(a)
and 2(b) have been completed.
(c) Immediately upon divestment, ByteDance shall certify in writing
to CFIUS that it has destroyed all data that it is required to divest
pursuant to section 2(b)(ii), as well as all copies of such data
wherever located, and
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CFIUS is authorized to require auditing of ByteDance on terms it deems
appropriate in order to ensure that such destruction of data is
complete.
(d) ByteDance shall not complete a sale or transfer under section
2(b) to any third party:
(i) until ByteDance notifies CFIUS in writing of the intended recipient or
buyer; and
(ii) unless 10 business days have passed from the notification in section
2(d)(i) and CFIUS has not issued an objection to ByteDance. Among the
factors CFIUS may consider in reviewing the proposed sale or transfer are
whether the buyer or transferee: is a U.S. citizen or is owned by U.S.
citizens; has or has had a direct or indirect contractual, financial,
familial, employment, or other close and continuous relationship with
ByteDance, or its officers, employees, or shareholders; and can demonstrate
a willingness and ability to support compliance with this order. In
addition, CFIUS may consider whether the proposed sale or transfer would
threaten to impair the national security of the United States or undermine
the purpose of this order, and whether the sale effectuates, to CFIUS's
satisfaction and in its discretion, a complete divestment of all tangible
or intangible assets or property, wherever located, used to enable or
support the operation of the TikTok application in the United States.
(e) From the date of this order until ByteDance provides a
certification of divestment to CFIUS pursuant to section 2(b), ByteDance
and TikTok Inc., a Delaware corporation, shall certify to CFIUS on a
weekly basis that they are in compliance with this order and include a
description of efforts to divest the interests and rights described in
section 2(b) and a timeline for projected completion of remaining
actions.
(f) Any transaction or other device entered into or employed for the
purpose of, or with the effect of, evading or circumventing this order
is prohibited.
(g) Without limitation on the exercise of authority by any agency
under other provisions of law, and until such time as the divestment is
completed and verified to the satisfaction of CFIUS, CFIUS is authorized
to implement measures it deems necessary and appropriate to verify
compliance with this order and to ensure that the operations of the
TikTok application are carried out in such a manner as to ensure
protection of the national security interests of the United States. Such
measures may include the following: on reasonable notice to ByteDance
and TikTok Inc., employees of the United States Government, as
designated by CFIUS, shall be permitted access, for purposes of
verifying compliance with this order, to all premises and facilities of
ByteDance and TikTok Inc., and any of their respective subsidiaries,
operated in furtherance of the TikTok application located in the United
States:
(i) to inspect and copy any books, ledgers, accounts, correspondence,
memoranda, and other records and documents in the possession or under the
control of ByteDance or TikTok Inc., or any of their respective
subsidiaries, that concern any matter relating to this order;
(ii) to inspect or audit any information systems, networks, hardware,
software, data, communications, or property in the possession or under
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the control of ByteDance or TikTok Inc., or any of their respective
subsidiaries; and
(iii) to interview officers, employees, or agents of ByteDance or TikTok
Inc., or any of their respective subsidiaries, concerning any matter
relating to this order. CFIUS shall conclude its verification procedures
within 90 days after the certification of divestment is provided to CFIUS
pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
(h) If any provision of this order, or the application of any
provision to any person or circumstances, is held to be invalid, the
remainder of this order and the application of its other provisions to
any other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. If any
provision of this order, or the application of any provision to any
person of circumstances, is held to be invalid because of the lack of
certain procedural requirements, the relevant executive branch officials
shall implement those procedural requirements.
(i) The Attorney General is authorized to take any steps necessary
to enforce this order.
Sec. 3. Reservation. I hereby reserve my authority to issue further
orders with respect to ByteDance, Musical.ly, Musical.ly in the United
States, and TikTok Inc. as shall in my judgment be necessary to protect
the national security.
Sec. 4. Publication and Transmittal. (a) This order shall be published
in the Federal Register.
(b) I hereby direct the Secretary of the Treasury to transmit a copy
of this order to the appropriate parties named in section 1 of this
order.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
August 14, 2020.
Memorandum of August 29, 2020
Extension of the Use of the National Guard To Respond to COVID-19 and To
Facilitate Economic Recovery
Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense [and] the Secretary of Homeland
Security
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5207 (the
``Stafford Act''), and section 502 of title 32, United States Code, it
is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. It continues to be the policy of the United States to
foster close cooperation and mutual assistance between the Federal
Government and the States and territories in the battle against the
threat posed by the spread of COVID-19, especially as the United States
transitions to a period
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of increased economic activity and recovery in those areas of the Nation
where the threat posed by COVID-19 has been sufficiently mitigated. To
date, activated National Guard forces around the country have provided
critical support to Governors as they have worked to address the needs
of those populations within their respective States and territories who
are especially vulnerable to the effects of COVID-19, including those in
nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other long-term care or
congregate settings. Additionally, States and territories may need
assistance in fighting COVID-19 hot spots as they emerge. Therefore, to
continue to support States and territories as they make decisions about
the responses required to address local conditions in their respective
jurisdictions with respect to combatting the threat posed by COVID-19
and, where appropriate, facilitating their economic recovery, I am
taking the actions set forth in sections 2 and 3 of this memorandum:
Sec. 2. Additional Twenty-Five Percent Federal Cost Share. To maximize
assistance to the Governor of the State of Louisiana, where the National
Guard has also been fully deployed and is engaged in the effort to help
the State recover from the devastation of Hurricane Laura, and to
facilitate Federal support with respect to the use of National Guard
units under State control, I am directing the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) of the Department of Homeland Security to fund
an additional 25 percent of the emergency assistance activities
associated with preventing, mitigating, and responding to the threat to
public health and safety posed by the virus that Louisiana undertakes
using its National Guard forces, as authorized by sections 403 (42
U.S.C. 5170b) and 503 (42 U.S.C. 5193) of the Stafford Act. This, in
addition to the 75 percent Federal cost share established in my prior
memorandum dated August 3, 2020, titled ``Extension of the Use of the
National Guard to Respond to COVID-19 and to Facilitate Economic
Recovery,'' shall provide the State of Louisiana with a 100 percent
Federal cost share.
Sec. 3. Additional Twenty-Five Percent Federal Cost Share Termination.
The additional 25 percent Federal cost share for the State's use of
National Guard forces for the State of Louisiana shall extend to, and
shall be available for orders of any length authorizing duty through
September 30, 2020. Such orders include duty necessary to comply with
health protection protocols recommended by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention of the Department of Health and Human Services or
other health protection measures agreed to by the Department of Defense
and FEMA.
Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable
law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
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(d) The Secretary of Defense is authorized and directed to publish
this memorandum in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, August 29, 2020.
Memorandum of September 2, 2020
Providing an Order of Succession Within the General Services
Administration
Memorandum for the Administrator of General Services
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Vacancies
Reform Act of 1998, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq. (the ``Act''), it
is hereby ordered that:
Section 1. Order of Succession. Subject to the provisions of section 2
of this memorandum and to the limitations set forth in the Act, the
following officials of the General Services Administration, in the order
listed, shall act as and perform the functions and duties of the office
of the Administrator of General Services (Administrator), during any
period in which both the Administrator and Deputy Administrator have
died, resigned, or otherwise become unable to perform the functions and
duties of the office of Administrator:
(a) Chief of Staff;
(b) General Counsel;
(c) Commissioner, Public Buildings Service;
(d) Commissioner, Federal Acquisition Service;
(e) Deputy Commissioner, Public Buildings Service;
(f) Deputy Commissioner, Federal Acquisition Service;
(g) Chief Financial Officer;
(h) Regional Administrator, Greater Southwest Region (Region 7); and
(i) Regional Administrator, Great Lakes Region (Region 5).
Sec. 2. Exceptions. (a) No individual who is serving in an office listed
in section 1 of this memorandum in an acting capacity, by virtue of so
serving, shall act as Administrator pursuant to this memorandum.
(b) No individual listed in section 1 of this memorandum shall act
as Administrator unless that individual is otherwise eligible to so
serve under the Act.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this memorandum, the President
retains discretion, to the extent permitted by law, to depart from this
memorandum in designating an acting Administrator.
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Sec. 3. Revocation. The Presidential Memorandum of September 20, 2013
(Designation of Officers of the General Services Administration to Act
as Administrator of General Services), is hereby revoked.
Sec. 4. General Provision. This memorandum is not intended to, and does
not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable
at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its
departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents,
or any other person.
Sec. 5. Publication. You are hereby authorized and directed to publish
this memorandum in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, September 2, 2020.
Memorandum of September 2, 2020
Delegation of Authority To Submit to the Congress the Notifications and
Explanations Specified in the Resolution of Advice and Consent to
Ratification of the Agreement Between the United States of America and
the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards
in the United States of America
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3,
United States Code, I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State the
authority to provide to the Congress the notifications and explanations
specified in section 1 of the July 2, 1980, Senate's Resolution of
Advice and Consent to Ratification of the Agreement between the United
States of America and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the
Application of Safeguards in the United States of America, with attached
Protocol, signed at Vienna on November 18, 1977.
You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the
Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, September 2, 2020.
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Space Policy Directive-5 of September 4, 2020
Cybersecurity Principles for Space Systems
Memorandum for the Vice President[,] the Secretary of State[,] the
Secretary of Defense[,] the Attorney General[,] the Secretary of
Commerce[,] the Secretary of Transportation[,] the Secretary of Homeland
Security[,] the Director of the Office of Management and Budget[,] the
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs[,] the Director
of National Intelligence[,] the Director of the Central Intelligence
Agency[,] the Director of the National Security Agency[,] the Director
of the National Reconnaissance Office[,] the Administrator of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration[,] the Director of the
Office of Science and Technology Policy[,] the Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff[, and] the Chairman of the Federal Communications
Commission
Section 1. Background. The United States considers unfettered freedom to
operate in space vital to advancing the security, economic prosperity,
and scientific knowledge of the Nation. Space systems enable key
functions such as global communications; positioning, navigation, and
timing; scientific observation; exploration; weather monitoring; and
multiple vital national security applications. Therefore, it is
essential to protect space systems from cyber incidents in order to
prevent disruptions to their ability to provide reliable and efficient
contributions to the operations of the Nation's critical infrastructure.
Space systems are reliant on information systems and networks from
design conceptualization through launch and flight operations. Further,
the transmission of command and control and mission information between
space vehicles and ground networks relies on the use of radio-frequency-
dependent wireless communication channels. These systems, networks, and
channels can be vulnerable to malicious activities that can deny,
degrade, or disrupt space operations, or even destroy satellites.
Examples of malicious cyber activities harmful to space operations
include spoofing sensor data; corrupting sensor systems; jamming or
sending unauthorized commands for guidance and control; injecting
malicious code; and conducting denial-of-service attacks. Consequences
of such activities could include loss of mission data; decreased
lifespan or capability of space systems or constellations; or the loss
of positive control of space vehicles, potentially resulting in
collisions that can impair systems or generate harmful orbital debris.
The National Security Strategy of December 2017 states that ``[t]he
United States must maintain our leadership and freedom of action in
space.'' As the space domain is contested, it is necessary for
developers, manufacturers, owners, and operators of space systems to
design, build, operate, and manage them so that they are resilient to
cyber incidents and radio-frequency spectrum interference.
Space Policy Directive-3 (SPD-3) of June 18, 2018 (National Space
Traffic Management Policy), states that ``[s]atellite and constellation
owners should participate in a pre-launch certification process'' that
should consider a number of factors, including encryption of satellite
command and control links and data protection measures for ground site
operations.
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The National Cyber Strategy of September 2018 states that my
Administration will enhance efforts to protect our space assets and
supporting infrastructure from evolving cyber threats, and will work
with industry and international partners to strengthen the cyber
resilience of existing and future space systems.
Sec. 2. Definitions. For the purposes of this memorandum, the following
definitions shall apply:
(a) ``Space System'' means a combination of systems, to include
ground systems, sensor networks, and one or more space vehicles, that
provides a space-based service. A space system typically has three
segments: a ground control network, a space vehicle, and a user or
mission network. These systems include Government national security
space systems, Government civil space systems, and private space
systems.
(b) ``Space Vehicle'' means the portion of a space system that
operates in space. Examples include satellites, space stations, launch
vehicles, launch vehicle upper stage components, and spacecraft.
(c) ``Positive Control'' means the assurance that a space vehicle
will only execute commands transmitted by an authorized source and that
those commands are executed in the proper order and at the intended
time.
(d) ``Critical space vehicle functions (critical functions)'' means
the functions of the vehicle that the operator must maintain to ensure
intended operations, positive control, and retention of custody. The
failure or compromise of critical space vehicle functions could result
in the space vehicle not responding to authorized commands, loss of
critical capability, or responding to unauthorized commands.
Sec. 3. Policy. Cybersecurity principles and practices that apply to
terrestrial systems also apply to space systems. Certain principles and
practices, however, are particularly important to space systems. For
example, it is critical that cybersecurity measures, including the
ability to perform updates and respond to incidents remotely, are
integrated into the design of the space vehicle before launch, as most
space vehicles in orbit cannot currently be physically accessed. For
this reason, integrating cybersecurity into all phases of development
and ensuring full life-cycle cybersecurity are critical for space
systems. Effective cybersecurity practices arise out of cultures of
prevention, active defense, risk management, and sharing best practices.
The United States must manage risks to the growth and prosperity of our
commercial space economy. To do so and to strengthen national
resilience, it is the policy of the United States that executive
departments and agencies (agencies) will foster practices within
Government space operations and across the commercial space industry
that protect space assets and their supporting infrastructure from cyber
threats and ensure continuity of operations.
The cybersecurity principles for space systems set forth in section 4 of
this memorandum are established to guide and serve as the foundation for
the United States Government approach to the cyber protection of space
systems. Agencies are directed to work with the commercial space
industry and other non-government space operators, consistent with these
principles
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and with applicable law, to further define best practices, establish
cybersecurity-informed norms, and promote improved cybersecurity
behaviors throughout the Nation's industrial base for space systems.
Sec. 4. Principles. (a) Space systems and their supporting
infrastructure, including software, should be developed and operated
using risk-based, cybersecurity-informed engineering. Space systems
should be developed to continuously monitor, anticipate, and adapt to
mitigate evolving malicious cyber activities that could manipulate,
deny, degrade, disrupt, destroy, surveil, or eavesdrop on space system
operations. Space system configurations should be resourced and actively
managed to achieve and maintain an effective and resilient cyber
survivability posture throughout the space system lifecycle.
(b) Space system owners and operators should develop and implement
cybersecurity plans for their space systems that incorporate
capabilities to ensure operators or automated control center systems can
retain or recover positive control of space vehicles. These plans should
also ensure the ability to verify the integrity, confidentiality, and
availability of critical functions and the missions, services, and data
they enable and provide. At a minimum, space system owners and operators
should consider, based on risk assessment and tolerance, incorporating
in their plans:
(i) Protection against unauthorized access to critical space vehicle
functions. This should include safeguarding command, control, and telemetry
links using effective and validated authentication or encryption measures
designed to remain secure against existing and anticipated threats during
the entire mission lifetime;
(ii) Physical protection measures designed to reduce the vulnerabilities of
a space vehicle's command, control, and telemetry receiver systems;
(iii) Protection against communications jamming and spoofing, such as
signal strength monitoring programs, secured transmitters and receivers,
authentication, or effective, validated, and tested encryption measures
designed to provide security against existing and anticipated threats
during the entire mission lifetime;
(iv) Protection of ground systems, operational technology, and information
processing systems through the adoption of deliberate cybersecurity best
practices. This adoption should include practices aligned with the National
Institute of Standards and Technology's Cybersecurity Framework to reduce
the risk of malware infection and malicious access to systems, including
from insider threats. Such practices include logical or physical
segregation; regular patching; physical security; restrictions on the
utilization of portable media; the use of antivirus software; and promoting
staff awareness and training inclusive of insider threat mitigation
precautions;
(v) Adoption of appropriate cybersecurity hygiene practices, physical
security for automated information systems, and intrusion detection
methodologies for system elements such as information systems, antennas,
terminals, receivers, routers, associated local and wide area networks, and
power supplies; and
(vi) Management of supply chain risks that affect cybersecurity of space
systems through tracking manufactured products; requiring sourcing
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from trusted suppliers; identifying counterfeit, fraudulent, and malicious
equipment; and assessing other available risk mitigation measures.
(c) Implementation of these principles, through rules, regulations,
and guidance, should enhance space system cybersecurity, including
through the consideration and adoption, where appropriate, of
cybersecurity best practices and norms of behavior.
(d) Space system owners and operators should collaborate to promote
the development of best practices, to the extent permitted by applicable
law. They should also share threat, warning, and incident information
within the space industry, using venues such as Information Sharing and
Analysis Centers to the greatest extent possible, consistent with
applicable law.
(e) Security measures should be designed to be effective while
permitting space system owners and operators to manage appropriate risk
tolerances and minimize undue burden, consistent with specific mission
requirements, United States national security and national critical
functions, space vehicle size, mission duration, maneuverability, and
any applicable orbital regimes.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable
law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
(d) The Secretary of Commerce is authorized and directed to publish
this memorandum in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, September 4, 2020.
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Memorandum of September 4, 2020
Delegation of Certain Functions and Authorities Under the Global
Fragility Act of 2019
Memorandum for the Secretary of State[,] the Secretary of the
Treasury[,] the Secretary of Defense[,] the Secretary of Energy[,] the
Secretary of Commerce[,] the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget[,] the Director of National Intelligence[, and] the Administrator
of the United States Agency for International Development
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3,
United States Code, I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State, in
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of
Defense, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Commerce, the
Director of National Intelligence, the Administrator of the United
States Agency for International Development, and the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget, the functions and authorities vested in
the President by sections 504(a) and (c) of the Global Fragility Act of
2019 (Public Law 116-94).
The delegation in this memorandum shall apply to any provisions of any
future public laws that are the same or substantially the same as those
provisions referenced in this memorandum.
The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to publish this
memorandum in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, September 4, 2020.
Presidential Determination No. 2020-10 of September 9, 2020
Continuation of the Exercise of Certain Authorities Under the Trading
With the Enemy Act
Memorandum for the Secretary of State [and] the Secretary of the
Treasury
Under section 101(b) of Public Law 95-223 (91 Stat. 1625; 50 U.S.C. 4305
note), and a previous determination on September 13, 2019 (84 FR 49189,
September 18, 2019), the exercise of certain authorities under the
Trading With the Enemy Act is scheduled to expire on September 14, 2020.
I hereby determine that the continuation of the exercise of those
authorities with respect to Cuba for 1 year is in the national interest
of the United States.
Therefore, consistent with the authority vested in me by section 101(b)
of Public Law 95-223, I continue for 1 year, until September 14, 2021,
the exercise of those authorities with respect to Cuba, as implemented
by the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 CFR part 515.
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The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to publish this
determination in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, September 9, 2020.
Notice of September 10, 2020
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Certain Terrorist
Attacks
Consistent with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act, 50
U.S.C. 1622(d), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency
previously declared on September 14, 2001, in Proclamation 7463, with
respect to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the
continuing and immediate threat of further attacks on the United States.
Because the terrorist threat continues, the national emergency declared
on September 14, 2001, and the powers and authorities adopted to deal
with that emergency must continue in effect beyond September 14, 2020.
Therefore, I am continuing in effect for an additional year the national
emergency declared on September 14, 2001, in response to certain
terrorist attacks.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted
to the Congress.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
September 10, 2020.
Notice of September 10, 2020
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Foreign
Interference in or Undermining Public Confidence in the United States
Elections
On September 12, 2018, by Executive Order 13848, I declared a national
emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act
(50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to deal with the unusual and extraordinary
threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States
constituted by the threat of foreign interference in or undermining
public confidence in United States elections.
Although there has been no evidence of a foreign power altering the
outcomes or vote tabulation in any United States election, foreign
powers have historically sought to exploit America's free and open
political system. In recent years, the proliferation of digital devices
and internet-based communications has created significant
vulnerabilities and magnified the scope
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and intensity of the threat of foreign interference. The ability of
persons located, in whole or in substantial part, outside the United
States to interfere in or undermine public confidence in United States
elections, including through the unauthorized accessing of election and
campaign infrastructure or the covert distribution of propaganda and
disinformation, continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to
the national security and foreign policy of the United States. For this
reason, the national emergency declared on September 12, 2018, must
continue in effect beyond September 12, 2020. Therefore, in accordance
with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)),
I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency declared in Executive
Order 13848 with respect to the threat of foreign interference in or
undermining public confidence in United States elections.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted
to the Congress.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
September 10, 2020.
Presidential Determination No. 2020-11 of September 16, 2020
Presidential Determination on Major Drug Transit or Major Illicit Drug
Producing Countries for Fiscal Year 2021
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States, including section 706(1) of the Foreign
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-228)
(FRAA), I hereby identify the following countries as major drug transit
or major illicit drug producing countries: Afghanistan, The Bahamas,
Belize, Bolivia, Burma, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic,
Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Laos,
Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.
A country's presence on the foregoing list is not necessarily a
reflection of its government's counternarcotics efforts or level of
cooperation with the United States. Consistent with the statutory
definition of a major drug transit or major illicit drug producing
country set forth in section 481(e)(2) and (5) of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, as amended (Public Law 87-195) (FAA), the reason countries
are placed on the list is the combination of geographic, commercial, and
economic factors that allow drugs to transit or be produced, even if a
government has engaged in robust and diligent narcotics control
measures.
Illicit drugs inflict enormous harm on the health and safety of the
American people and threaten the national security of the United States.
While my Administration has achieved steady progress in stemming the
tide of our country's drug epidemic, transnational criminal
organizations continually challenge our success by violating our borders
and flooding our homeland with these deadly substances.
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The United States is taking the fight to these criminal organizations
and their enablers on an unprecedented scale. This April, I initiated
the most significant counternarcotic operations in decades targeting the
illicit drug trade in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific by deploying
U.S. military assets to U.S. Southern Command in cooperation with 22
international allies. These operations led to the seizure of more than
80 metric tons of cocaine and other dangerous drugs, depriving
transnational criminal organizations of more than $1.8 billion in
profits and putting drug kingpins on notice that they are squarely in
the crosshairs of the United States.
The most complicit kingpin in this Hemisphere is the Venezuelan
dictator, Nicolas Maduro. This March, a U.S. court indicted Maduro for
narcoterrorism and conspiracy to smuggle cocaine into the United States.
In response, the U.S. Department of State announced a $15 million reward
for information leading to his arrest or conviction. He joined a
multitude of other regime cronies who are either under U.S. indictment
or were sanctioned for drug crimes by the Department of the Treasury.
The United States will continue to support the Venezuelan people,
Interim President Juan Guaido, and the democratically elected National
Assembly, and will work together with the legitimate Interim Government
of Venezuela to stop drug trafficking and root out the criminal elements
that have exploited that country. Maduro's illegitimate narco-regime
should face justice for its crimes.
While bringing criminals like Maduro to justice remains an urgent
priority, the United States also needs other governments in the Western
Hemisphere to assume greater responsibility for reducing illegal drug
supplies.
In Colombia, President Ivan Duque and his government remain strong
partners of the United States, and Colombian police and military forces
have shown great bravery and commitment by targeting high-level drug
traffickers, interdicting drug shipments, and manually eradicating coca.
Nevertheless, coca cultivation and cocaine production remain at
unacceptably high levels. To reach our shared 5-year goal to reduce coca
cultivation and cocaine production by half by the end of 2023, Colombia
must move forward with resuming aerial eradication, which remains an
irreplaceable tool in the government's arsenal alongside manual
eradication and alternative economic development.
It is also of great concern that coca cultivation and cocaine production
remain near historical highs in Peru, another longstanding U.S. ally.
Peru is a valued law enforcement partner of the United States and has
demonstrated continuing commitment to fighting all aspects of the drug
trade. I call on the Peruvian government to resume eradication
operations in the country's high yield coca producing regions, including
the Valley of the Apurimac, Ene, and Mantaro Rivers.
Since the resignation of former President Evo Morales in November 2019,
U.S.-Bolivian cooperation against drug trafficking networks has
increased under Bolivia's transitional government. The transitional
government made important strides in drug interdiction and resumed
processing extradition requests of drug traffickers by the United
States. Nevertheless, coca cultivation continues to exceed legal limits
under Bolivia's own domestic laws for medicinal and traditional use, and
the Bolivian state has taken insufficient measures to safeguard the
country's licit coca markets from criminal exploitation. If the Bolivian
government, including its Legislative Assembly, takes
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sufficient steps in the year ahead to remedy these shortcomings and
continues the progress made over the past 10 months under the
transitional government, I will consider removing Bolivia from next
year's list of countries that have failed demonstrably to uphold their
drug control responsibilities.
Last year, I warned that I would consider determining Mexico had failed
demonstrably to uphold its international drug control commitments if it
did not intensify its efforts to increase poppy eradication, interdict
illicit drugs before they cross the border into the United States,
increase its prosecutions of drug traffickers and seize their assets,
and develop a comprehensive drug control strategy. This year, Mexico
successfully passed asset forfeiture reforms, increased extraditions of
dangerous drug traffickers to the United States, made substantial
progress in completing its first poppy yield study in 17 years, and
produced a counterdrug strategy. While these are signs of progress, more
must be done.
Mexico remains the source of nearly all heroin and methamphetamine
seized in the United States, and a transit route for most of the cocaine
available in our country. Moreover, Mexican cartels take advantage of
uneven precursor chemical controls in Mexico to manufacture deadly
drugs, such as fentanyl, inside Mexico and smuggle them into the United
States. Mexican drug interdictions remain far too low in the face of
these critical drug threats. These cartels present a clear threat to
Mexico and the Mexican government's ability to exert effective control
over parts of its country.
Mexico must clearly demonstrate its commitment to dismantling the
cartels and their criminal enterprises and do more to protect the lives
of Mexican and American citizens threatened by these groups. Mexico
needs to continue to extradite key criminal actors, step up
comprehensive investigations and drug and asset seizures, and implement
a robust data-based poppy eradication program tied to sustainable
alternative development. The Mexican government should acknowledge the
alarming trend of fentanyl production inside its territory. It must
prioritize law enforcement action targeting cartel production and
trafficking of fentanyl--the leading substance involved in drug overdose
deaths in the United States--and strengthen efforts targeting fentanyl
precursor chemicals overwhelmingly trafficked from China, as well as
fentanyl smuggling and production. More must also be done to target the
cartels' increasing production of methamphetamine.
The United States remains ready to deepen its partnership with Mexico to
address these shared challenges and welcomes the opportunity to develop
joint drug control goals with Mexico and bilateral investigations built
on transparent and open sharing of investigative information and
evidence leading to successful prosecutions.
Many Mexican military and law enforcement professionals, in cooperation
with their U.S. counterparts, are bravely confronting the transnational
criminal organizations that threaten both of our countries. Unless the
Mexican government demonstrates substantial progress in the coming year
backed by verifiable data, Mexico will be at serious risk of being found
to have failed demonstrably to uphold its international drug control
commitments.
Pursuant to section 706(2)(A) of the FRAA, I hereby designate Bolivia
and the illegitimate regime of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela as having
failed demonstrably during the previous 12 months to adhere to their
obligations
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under international counternarcotics agreements and to take the measures
required by section 489(a)(1) of the FAA. Included with this
determination are justifications for the designations of Bolivia and the
Maduro regime, as required by section 706(2)(B) of the FRAA.
I have also determined, in accordance with provisions of section
706(3)(A) of the FRAA, that United States programs that support the
legitimate interim government in Venezuela and the Bolivian government
are vital to the national interests of the United States.
You are authorized and directed to submit this designation, with the
Bolivia and Venezuela memoranda of justification, under section 706 of
the FRAA, to the Congress, and to publish it in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, September 16, 2020.
Notice of September 18, 2020
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Persons Who
Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism
On September 23, 2001, by Executive Order 13224, the President declared
a national emergency with respect to persons who commit, threaten to
commit, or support terrorism, pursuant to the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) to deal with the unusual and
extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and
economy of the United States constituted by the grave acts of terrorism
and threats of terrorism committed by foreign terrorists, including the
terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, in New York and Pennsylvania
and against the Pentagon, and the continuing and immediate threat of
further attacks against United States nationals or the United States.
On September 9, 2019, I signed Executive Order 13886 to strengthen and
consolidate sanctions to combat the continuing threat posed by
international terrorism and to take additional steps to deal with the
national emergency declared in Executive Order 13224.
The actions of persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support
terrorism continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the
national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States. For
this reason, the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13224 of
September 23, 2001, as amended, and the measures adopted to deal with
that emergency, must continue in effect beyond September 23, 2020.
Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies
Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national
emergency with respect to persons who commit, threaten to commit, or
support terrorism declared in Executive Order 13224, as amended.
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This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted
to the Congress.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
September 18, 2020.
Presidential Permit of September 28, 2020
Authorizing the Alaska to Alberta Railway Development Corporation To
Construct, Connect, Operate, and Maintain Railway Facilities at the
International Boundary Between the United States and Canada
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United
States of America, I hereby grant this Presidential permit, subject to
the conditions herein set forth, to the Alaska to Alberta Railway
Development Corporation (the ``permittee''). The permittee is a private
corporation organized under the laws of the Government of Alberta,
Canada, and registered in the State of Alaska. Permission is hereby
granted to the permittee to construct, connect, operate, and maintain
certain railway Border facilities, as described herein, at the
international border of the United States and Canada at Southeast
Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, in the Ladue River Valley at 63[deg]15'N
and 141[deg]W, approximately 45 miles due north over land from the Alcan
Border Crossing on Alaska Route 2 (also known as the Alaska Highway) and
approximately 60 miles due east over land from the town of Tok, Alaska.
This permit does not affect the applicability of any otherwise relevant
laws and regulations. As confirmed in Article 2 below, the Border
facilities shall remain subject to all such laws and regulations.
The term ``Facilities,'' as used in this permit, means the portion in
the United States of the ``Alaska to Alberta Railway'' project
associated with the permittee's application for a Presidential permit
filed on September 6, 2019, and any land, structures, installations, or
equipment appurtenant thereto.
The term ``Border facilities,'' as used in this permit, means those
parts of the Facilities extending 1.0 miles from the international
border between the United States and Canada, and any land, structures,
installations, or equipment appurtenant thereto.
This permit is subject to the following conditions:
Article 1. The Border facilities herein described, and all aspects of
their operation, shall be subject to all the conditions, provisions, and
requirements of this permit and any subsequent Presidential amendment to
it. This permit may be terminated, revoked, or amended at any time at
the sole discretion of the President of the United States (the
``President''), with or without
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advice provided by any executive department or agency (agency). The
permittee shall make no substantial change in the Border facilities, in
the location of the Border facilities, or in the operation authorized by
this permit unless the President has approved the change in an amendment
to this permit or in a new permit.
Article 2. The standards for, and the manner of, construction,
connection, operation, and maintenance of the Border facilities shall be
subject to inspection by the representatives of appropriate Federal,
State, and local agencies. Officers and employees of such agencies who
are duly authorized and performing their official duties shall be
granted free and unrestricted access to said Border facilities by the
permittee. The Border facilities, including the construction,
connection, operation, and maintenance of the Border facilities, shall
be subject to all applicable laws and regulations, including laws and
regulations governing railway safety or issued or administered by the
Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.
Article 3. Upon the termination, revocation, or surrender of this
permit, unless otherwise decided by the President, the permittee, at its
own expense, shall remove the Border facilities within such time as the
President may specify. If the permittee fails to comply with an order to
remove, or to take such other appropriate action with respect to, the
Border facilities, the President may direct an appropriate official or
agency to take possession of the Border facilities--or to remove the
Border facilities or take other action--at the expense of the permittee.
The permittee shall have no claim for damages caused by any such
possession, removal, or other action.
Article 4. When, in the judgment of the President, ensuring the national
security of the United States requires entering upon and taking
possession of any of the Border facilities or parts thereof, and
retaining possession, management, or control thereof for such a length
of time as the President may deem necessary, the United States shall
have the right to do so, provided that the President or his designee has
given due notice to the permittee. The United States shall also have the
right thereafter to restore possession and control to the permittee. In
the event that the United States exercises the rights described in this
article, it shall pay to the permittee just and fair compensation for
the use of such Border facilities, upon the basis of a reasonable profit
in normal conditions, and shall bear the cost of restoring the Border
facilities to their previous condition, less the reasonable value of any
improvements that may have been made by the United States.
Article 5. Any transfer of ownership or control of the Border
facilities, or any part thereof, or any changes to the name of the
permittee, shall be immediately communicated in writing to the President
or his designee, and shall include information identifying any
transferee. Notwithstanding any such transfers or changes, this permit
shall remain in force subject to all of its conditions, permissions, and
requirements, and any amendments thereto, unless subsequently
terminated, revoked, or amended by the President.
Article 6. (1) The permittee is responsible for acquiring any right-of-
way grants or easements, permits, and other authorizations as may become
necessary or appropriate.
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(2) The permittee shall hold harmless and indemnify the United
States from any claimed or adjudged liability arising out of
construction, connection, operation, or maintenance of the Border
facilities, including environmental contamination from the release,
threatened release, or discharge of hazardous substances or hazardous
waste.
(3) To ensure the safe operation of the Border facilities, the
permittee shall maintain them and every part of them in a condition of
good repair and in compliance with applicable law.
Article 7. To the extent authorized by law, the permittee shall provide
to U.S. Customs and Border Protection and any other relevant United
States Government agencies, at no cost to the United States, suitable
inspection facilities, at a mutually agreed upon site, for officers and
employees of such agencies to perform their duties. The provision of
such facilities shall include, to the extent deemed necessary by such
agencies, the transfer of title to any such facilities (including the
site) to the United States. The inspection facilities shall meet the
latest agency design standards and any operational requirements,
including facilities for the Rail-Vehicle and Cargo Inspection Systems,
inspection and office space, personnel parking and restrooms, utilities,
and an access road. To the extent authorized by law, the permittee shall
be responsible for any ongoing maintenance or necessary improvements to
the inspection facilities, including to comply with updated agency
design standards, and for the full cost of providing services at such
facilities.
Article 8. The permittee shall file with the President or his designee,
and with appropriate agencies, such sworn statements or reports with
respect to the Border facilities, or the permittee's activities and
operations in connection therewith, as are now, or may hereafter, be
required under any law or regulation of the United States Government or
its agencies. These reporting obligations do not alter the intent that
this permit be operative as a directive issued by the President alone.
Article 9. Upon request, the permittee shall provide appropriate
information to the President or his designee with regard to the Border
facilities. Such requests could include, for example, information
concerning current conditions or anticipated changes in ownership or
control, construction, connection, operation, or maintenance of the
Border facilities.
Article 10. The permittee shall provide written notice to the President
or his designee at the time that the construction authorized by this
permit begins, at such time as such construction is completed,
interrupted, or discontinued, and at other times as may be requested by
the President.
Article 11. The permittee shall provide written notice to the President
or his designee describing any material investment in the Facilities,
direct or indirect, by non-Canadian foreign investors of any kind,
including individuals, corporations or other non-governmental entities,
and governmental entities. Such written notice shall be provided at such
time as an agreement for any such investment is entered into, or 30 days
before any such investment is made, whichever is earlier, and at other
times as may be requested by the President.
Article 12. This permit shall expire 10 years from the date of its
issuance if the permittee has not commenced construction of the Border
facilities by that date.
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Article 13. This permit is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees or agents, or any other
person.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States
of America, have hereunto set my hand this twenty-eighth day of
September, 2020, in the City of Washington, District of Columbia.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, September 28, 2020.
Presidential Determination No. 2020-12 of September 28, 2020
Presidential Determination With Respect to the Efforts of Foreign
Governments Regarding Trafficking in Persons
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
Consistent with section 110 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of
2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107) (the ``Act''), as amended, I hereby determine as
follows:
As provided for in section 110(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, and subject to
the determinations below regarding assistance related to the COVID-19
pandemic, the Ebola virus disease, and meeting minimum standards for the
elimination of trafficking in persons, I determine that the United
States will not provide nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related assistance to
the Governments of Burundi, China, Cuba, the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea (DPRK), Eritrea, Iran, Nicaragua, Russia, and Syria
for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 until such governments comply with the Act's
minimum standards or make significant efforts to bring themselves into
compliance with the minimum standards.
As provided for in section 110(d)(1)(A)(ii) of the Act, and subject to
the determinations below regarding assistance related to the COVID-19
pandemic, the Ebola virus disease, and meeting minimum standards for the
elimination of trafficking in persons, I determine that the United
States will not provide nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related assistance to,
or allow funding for participation in educational and cultural exchange
programs by officials or employees of, the Governments of Cuba, the
DPRK, and Syria for FY 2021 until such governments comply with the Act's
minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking or make significant
efforts to bring themselves into compliance with the minimum standards.
As provided for in section 110(d)(1)(B) of the Act, and subject to the
determinations below regarding assistance related to the COVID-19
pandemic, the Ebola virus disease, and meeting minimum standards for the
elimination of trafficking in persons, I hereby instruct the United
States Executive Director of each multilateral development bank, as
defined in the Act, and of the International Monetary Fund to vote
against and use best efforts
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to deny any loan or other utilization of the funds of the respective
institution (other than for humanitarian assistance; for trade-related
assistance; or for development assistance that directly addresses basic
human needs, is not administered by the government of such country, and
confers no benefit to that government) for the Governments of Burundi,
China, Comoros, Cuba, the DPRK, Eritrea, Iran, Nicaragua, Russia, and
Syria for FY 2021 until such governments comply with the Act's minimum
standards or make significant efforts to bring themselves into
compliance with the minimum standards.
Consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, I determine that a partial
waiver to allow assistance described in section 110(d)(1) of the Act for
programs, projects, activities, and assistance to respond to the threat
posed by the COVID-19 pandemic would promote the purposes of the Act or
is otherwise in the national interest of the United States;
Consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, I determine that a partial
waiver to allow assistance described in section 110(d)(1) of the Act for
programs, projects, activities, and assistance to respond to the threat
posed by the Ebola virus disease would promote the purposes of the Act
or is otherwise in the national interest of the United States;
Consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, I determine that a partial
waiver to allow assistance described in section 110(d)(1) of the Act for
programs, projects, activities, and assistance designed to meet the
minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking in persons would
promote the purposes of the Act or is otherwise in the national interest
of the United States;
Consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, I determine that a partial
waiver to allow assistance described in section 110(d)(1)(A)(i) of the
Act with respect to Burma--with the exception of Global Health Programs
(GHP), Peacekeeping Operations (PKO), Foreign Military Financing (FMF),
International Military Education and Training (IMET), Foreign Military
Sales (FMS), and Excess Defense Articles--would promote the purposes of
the Act or is otherwise in the national interest of the United States;
Consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, I determine that a partial
waiver to allow IMET assistance with respect to Comoros would promote
the purposes of the Act or is otherwise in the national interest of the
United States;
Consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, I determine that a partial
waiver to allow PKO and Development Assistance with respect to South
Sudan would promote the purposes of the Act or is otherwise in the
national interest of the United States;
Consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, I determine that the
provision of all programs, projects, and activities described in section
110(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act with respect to the Governments of
Afghanistan, Algeria, Belarus, Lesotho, Papua New Guinea, Turkmenistan,
and Venezuela would promote the purposes of the Act or is otherwise in
the national interest of the United States; and
Consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, I determine that providing
the assistance described in section 110(d)(1)(B) of the Act to
Afghanistan, Algeria, Belarus, Burma, Lesotho, Papua New Guinea, South
Sudan,
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Turkmenistan, and Venezuela would promote the purposes of the Act or is
otherwise in the national interest of the United States.
You are authorized and directed to submit this determination, the
certification required by section 110(e) of the Act, and the Memorandum
of Justification, on which I have relied, to the Congress, and to
publish the determination in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, September 28, 2020.
Presidential Permit of October 3, 2020
Authorizing Express Pipeline, LLC, To Operate and Maintain Existing
Pipeline Facilities at the International Boundary Between the United
States and Canada
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United
States of America (the ``President''), I hereby grant this Presidential
permit, subject to the conditions herein set forth, to Express Pipeline,
LLC (the ``permittee''). The permittee is a limited liability
corporation incorporated in the State of Delaware. Permission is hereby
granted to the permittee to operate and maintain existing pipeline
Border facilities, as described herein, at the international border of
the United States and Canada near Wild Horse, Montana, for the transport
between the United States and Canada of all hydrocarbons and petroleum
products of every description, refined or unrefined (inclusive of, but
not limited to, crude oil, naphtha, liquefied petroleum gas, natural gas
liquids, jet fuel, gasoline, kerosene, and diesel), but not including
natural gas subject to section 3 of the Natural Gas Act, as amended (15
U.S.C. 717b).
This permit supersedes and revokes the Presidential permit issued to the
permittee, dated July 9, 2015, see 80 FR 45695 (July 31, 2015); the
Presidential permit issued to the permittee, dated September 27, 2004;
and the Presidential permit issued to the permittee's predecessor in
interest, Express Pipeline Partnership, dated August 30, 1996.
This permit does not affect the applicability of any otherwise-relevant
laws and regulations. As confirmed in Article 2 of this permit, the
Border facilities shall remain subject to all such laws and regulations.
The term ``Facilities,'' as used in this permit, means the portion in
the United States of the international pipeline project associated with
the permittee's November 6, 2019, application for an amendment to its
existing permit, and any land, structures, installations, or equipment
appurtenant thereto.
The term ``Border facilities,'' as used in this permit, means those
parts of the Facilities consisting of a 24-inch diameter pipeline in
existence at the
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time of this permit's issuance extending from the international border
between the United States and Canada near Wild Horse, Montana, to and
including the first mainline shut-off valve located in the United
States, approximately 5.89 miles from the international border, and any
land, structures, installations, or equipment appurtenant thereto.
This permit is subject to the following conditions:
Article 1. The Border facilities herein described, and all aspects of
their operation, shall be subject to all the conditions, provisions, and
requirements of this permit and any subsequent Presidential amendment to
it. This permit may be terminated, revoked, or amended at any time at
the sole discretion of the President, with or without advice provided by
any executive department or agency (agency). The permittee shall make no
substantial change in the Border facilities, in the location of the
Border facilities, or in the operation authorized by this permit unless
the President has approved the change in an amendment to this permit or
in a new permit. Such substantial changes do not include, and the
permittee may make, changes to the average daily throughput capacity of
the Border facilities to any volume of products that is achievable
through the Border facilities, and to the directional flow of any such
products.
Article 2. The standards for, and the manner of, operation and
maintenance of the Border facilities shall be subject to inspection by
the representatives of appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies.
Officers and employees of such agencies who are duly authorized and
performing their official duties shall be granted free and unrestricted
access to the Border facilities by the permittee. The Border facilities,
including the operation and maintenance of the Border facilities, shall
be subject to all applicable laws and regulations, including pipeline
safety laws and regulations issued or administered by the Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration of the U.S. Department of
Transportation.
Article 3. Upon the termination, revocation, or surrender of this
permit, unless otherwise decided by the President, the permittee, at its
own expense, shall remove the Border facilities within such time as the
President may specify. If the permittee fails to comply with an order to
remove, or to take such other appropriate action with respect to, the
Border facilities, the President may direct an appropriate official or
agency to take possession of the Border facilities--or to remove the
Border facilities or take other action--at the expense of the permittee.
The permittee shall have no claim for damages caused by any such
possession, removal, or other action.
Article 4. When, in the judgment of the President, ensuring the national
security of the United States requires entering upon and taking
possession of any of the Border facilities or parts thereof, and
retaining possession, management, or control thereof for such a length
of time as the President may deem necessary, the United States shall
have the right to do so, provided that the President or his designee has
given due notice to the permittee. The United States shall also have the
right thereafter to restore possession and control to the permittee. In
the event that the United States exercises the rights described in this
article, it shall pay to the permittee just and fair compensation for
the use of such Border facilities, upon the basis of a reasonable profit
in normal conditions, and shall bear the cost of restoring the Border
facilities to their previous condition, less the reasonable value of any
improvements that may have been made by the United States.
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Article 5. Any transfer of ownership or control of the Border
facilities, or any part thereof, or any changes to the name of the
permittee, shall be immediately communicated in writing to the President
or his designee, and shall include information identifying any
transferee. Notwithstanding any such transfers or changes, this permit
shall remain in force subject to all of its conditions, permissions, and
requirements, and any amendments thereto, unless subsequently
terminated, revoked, or amended by the President.
Article 6. (1) The permittee is responsible for acquiring any right-of-
way grants or easements, permits, and other authorizations as may become
necessary or appropriate.
(2) The permittee shall hold harmless and indemnify the United
States from any claimed or adjudged liability arising out of
construction, connection, operation, or maintenance of the Border
facilities, including environmental contamination from the release,
threatened release, or discharge of hazardous substances or hazardous
waste.
(3) To ensure the safe operation of the Border facilities, the
permittee shall maintain them and every part of them in a condition of
good repair and in compliance with applicable law.
Article 7. The permittee shall file with the President or his designee,
and with appropriate agencies, such sworn statements or reports with
respect to the Border facilities, or the permittee's activities and
operations in connection therewith, as are now, or may hereafter, be
required under any law or regulation of the United States Government or
its agencies. These reporting obligations do not alter the intent that
this permit be operative as a directive issued by the President alone.
Article 8. Upon request, the permittee shall provide appropriate
information to the President or his designee with regard to the Border
facilities. Such requests could include, for example, information
concerning current conditions or anticipated changes in ownership or
control, construction, connection, operation, or maintenance of the
Border facilities.
Article 9. This permit is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States
of America, have hereunto set my hand this third day of October, in the
year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
October 3, 2020.
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Presidential Permit of October 3, 2020
Authorizing Front Range Pipeline, LLC, To Operate and Maintain Existing
Pipeline Facilities at the International Boundary Between the United
States and Canada
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United
States of America (the ``President''), I hereby grant this Presidential
permit, subject to the conditions herein set forth, to Front Range
Pipeline, LLC (the ``permittee''). The permittee is a wholly owned
subsidiary of CHS Inc., an agricultural business cooperative
incorporated in the State of Minnesota. Permission is hereby granted to
the permittee to operate and maintain existing pipeline Border
facilities, as described herein, at the international border of the
United States and Canada at Toole County, Montana, for the transport
between the United States and Canada of all hydrocarbons and petroleum
products of every description, refined or unrefined (inclusive of, but
not limited to, crude oil, naphtha, liquefied petroleum gas, natural gas
liquids, jet fuel, gasoline, kerosene, and diesel), but not including
natural gas subject to section 3 of the Natural Gas Act, as amended (15
U.S.C. 717b).
This permit does not affect the applicability of any otherwise-relevant
laws and regulations. As confirmed in Article 2 of this permit, the
Border facilities shall remain subject to all such laws and regulations.
The term ``Facilities,'' as used in this permit, means the portion in
the United States of the international pipeline project associated with
the permittee's April 30, 2019, application for a Presidential permit,
and any land, structures, installations, or equipment appurtenant
thereto.
The term ``Border facilities,'' as used in this permit, means those
parts of the Facilities consisting of one 10-inch diameter pipeline and
one 12-inch diameter pipeline in existence at the time of this permit's
issuance extending from the international border between the United
States and Canada at Toole County, Montana, to and including the first
mainline shut-off valve in the United States, located in that county
approximately one third of a mile from the international border, and any
land, structures, installations, or equipment appurtenant thereto.
This permit is subject to the following conditions:
Article 1. The Border facilities herein described, and all aspects of
their operation, shall be subject to all the conditions, provisions, and
requirements of this permit and any subsequent Presidential amendment to
it. This permit may be terminated, revoked, or amended at any time at
the sole discretion of the President, with or without advice provided by
any executive department or agency (agency). The permittee shall make no
substantial change in the Border facilities, in the location of the
Border facilities, or in the operation authorized by this permit unless
the President has approved the change in an amendment to this permit or
in a new permit. Such substantial changes do not include, and the
permittee may make, changes to the average daily throughput capacity of
the Border facilities to any volume of products that is achievable
through the Border facilities, and to the directional flow of any such
products.
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Article 2. The standards for, and the manner of, operation and
maintenance of the Border facilities shall be subject to inspection by
the representatives of appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies.
Officers and employees of such agencies who are duly authorized and
performing their official duties shall be granted free and unrestricted
access to the Border facilities by the permittee. The Border facilities,
including the operation and maintenance of the Border facilities, shall
be subject to all applicable laws and regulations, including pipeline
safety laws and regulations issued or administered by the Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration of the U.S. Department of
Transportation.
Article 3. Upon the termination, revocation, or surrender of this
permit, unless otherwise decided by the President, the permittee, at its
own expense, shall remove the Border facilities within such time as the
President may specify. If the permittee fails to comply with an order to
remove, or to take such other appropriate action with respect to, the
Border facilities, the President may direct an appropriate official or
agency to take possession of the Border facilities--or to remove the
Border facilities or take other action--at the expense of the permittee.
The permittee shall have no claim for damages caused by any such
possession, removal, or other action.
Article 4. When, in the judgment of the President, ensuring the national
security of the United States requires entering upon and taking
possession of any of the Border facilities or parts thereof, and
retaining possession, management, or control thereof for such a length
of time as the President may deem necessary, the United States shall
have the right to do so, provided that the President or his designee has
given due notice to the permittee. The United States shall also have the
right thereafter to restore possession and control to the permittee. In
the event that the United States exercises the rights described in this
article, it shall pay to the permittee just and fair compensation for
the use of such Border facilities, upon the basis of a reasonable profit
in normal conditions, and shall bear the cost of restoring the Border
facilities to their previous condition, less the reasonable value of any
improvements that may have been made by the United States.
Article 5. Any transfer of ownership or control of the Border
facilities, or any part thereof, or any changes to the name of the
permittee, shall be immediately communicated in writing to the President
or his designee, and shall include information identifying any
transferee. Notwithstanding any such transfers or changes, this permit
shall remain in force subject to all of its conditions, permissions, and
requirements, and any amendments thereto, unless subsequently
terminated, revoked, or amended by the President.
Article 6. (1) The permittee is responsible for acquiring any right-of-
way grants or easements, permits, and other authorizations as may become
necessary or appropriate.
(2) The permittee shall hold harmless and indemnify the United
States from any claimed or adjudged liability arising out of
construction, connection, operation, or maintenance of the Border
facilities, including environmental contamination from the release,
threatened release, or discharge of hazardous substances or hazardous
waste.
(3) To ensure the safe operation of the Border facilities, the
permittee shall maintain them and every part of them in a condition of
good repair and in compliance with applicable law.
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Article 7. The permittee shall file with the President or his designee,
and with appropriate agencies, such sworn statements or reports with
respect to the Border facilities, or the permittee's activities and
operations in connection therewith, as are now, or may hereafter, be
required under any law or regulation of the United States Government or
its agencies. These reporting obligations do not alter the intent that
this permit be operative as a directive issued by the President alone.
Article 8. Upon request, the permittee shall provide appropriate
information to the President or his designee with regard to the Border
facilities. Such requests could include, for example, information
concerning current conditions or anticipated changes in ownership or
control, construction, connection, operation, or maintenance of the
Border facilities.
Article 9. This permit is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States
of America, have hereunto set my hand this third day of October, in the
year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
October 3, 2020.
Presidential Permit of October 3, 2020
Authorizing NuStar Logistics, L.P., To Operate and Maintain Existing
Pipeline Facilities at the International Boundary Between the United
States and Mexico
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United
States of America (the ``President''), I hereby grant this Presidential
permit, subject to the conditions herein set forth, to NuStar Logistics,
L.P. (the ``permittee''). The permittee is a limited partnership formed
under the laws of the State of Delaware and is a subsidiary of NuStar
Energy L.P., a publicly traded master limited partnership based in San
Antonio, Texas. Permission is hereby granted to the permittee to operate
and maintain existing pipeline Border facilities, as described herein,
at the international border of the United States and Mexico near Laredo,
Texas, for the transport between the United States and Mexico of all
hydrocarbons and petroleum products of every description, refined or
unrefined (inclusive of, but not limited to, crude oil, naphtha,
liquefied petroleum gas, natural gas liquids, jet fuel, gasoline,
kerosene, and diesel), but not including natural gas subject to section
3 of the Natural Gas Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. 717b).
This permit supersedes and revokes the Presidential permit issued to the
permittee, dated June 28, 2017, see 82 FR 32039 (July 11, 2017), and the
Presidential permit issued to the permittee under its former name,
Valero Logistics Operations L.P., dated December 19, 2003.
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This permit does not affect the applicability of any otherwise-relevant
laws and regulations. As confirmed in Article 2 of this permit, the
Border facilities shall remain subject to all such laws and regulations.
The term ``Facilities,'' as used in this permit, means the portion in
the United States of the international pipeline project associated with
the permittee's January 15, 2020, application for an amendment to its
existing permit, and any land, structures, installations, or equipment
appurtenant thereto.
The term ``Border facilities,'' as used in this permit, means those
parts of the Facilities consisting of an 8.625-inch diameter pipeline in
existence at the time of this permit's issuance extending from the
international border between the United States and Mexico underneath the
Rio Grande at a location known as ``La Bota'' near Laredo, Texas, to and
including the first mainline shut-off valve in the United States,
located approximately 0.9 miles from the international border, and any
land, structures, installations, or equipment appurtenant thereto.
This permit is subject to the following conditions:
Article 1. The Border facilities herein described, and all aspects of
their operation, shall be subject to all the conditions, provisions, and
requirements of this permit and any subsequent Presidential amendment to
it. This permit may be terminated, revoked, or amended at any time at
the sole discretion of the President, with or without advice provided by
any executive department or agency (agency). The permittee shall make no
substantial change in the Border facilities, in the location of the
Border facilities, or in the operation authorized by this permit unless
the President has approved the change in an amendment to this permit or
in a new permit. Such substantial changes do not include, and the
permittee may make, changes to the average daily throughput capacity of
the Border facilities to any volume of products that is achievable
through the Border facilities, and to the directional flow of any such
products.
Article 2. The standards for, and the manner of, operation and
maintenance of the Border facilities shall be subject to inspection by
the representatives of appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies.
Officers and employees of such agencies who are duly authorized and
performing their official duties shall be granted free and unrestricted
access to the Border facilities by the permittee. The Border facilities,
including the operation and maintenance of the Border facilities, shall
be subject to all applicable laws and regulations, including pipeline
safety laws and regulations issued or administered by the Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration of the U.S. Department of
Transportation.
Article 3. Upon the termination, revocation, or surrender of this
permit, unless otherwise decided by the President, the permittee, at its
own expense, shall remove the Border facilities within such time as the
President may specify. If the permittee fails to comply with an order to
remove, or to take such other appropriate action with respect to, the
Border facilities, the President may direct an appropriate official or
agency to take possession of the Border facilities--or to remove the
Border facilities or take other action--at the expense of the permittee.
The permittee shall have no claim for damages caused by any such
possession, removal, or other action.
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Article 4. When, in the judgment of the President, ensuring the national
security of the United States requires entering upon and taking
possession of any of the Border facilities or parts thereof, and
retaining possession, management, or control thereof for such a length
of time as the President may deem necessary, the United States shall
have the right to do so, provided that the President or his designee has
given due notice to the permittee. The United States shall also have the
right thereafter to restore possession and control to the permittee. In
the event that the United States exercises the rights described in this
article, it shall pay to the permittee just and fair compensation for
the use of such Border facilities, upon the basis of a reasonable profit
in normal conditions, and shall bear the cost of restoring the Border
facilities to their previous condition, less the reasonable value of any
improvements that may have been made by the United States.
Article 5. Any transfer of ownership or control of the Border
facilities, or any part thereof, or any changes to the name of the
permittee, shall be immediately communicated in writing to the President
or his designee, and shall include information identifying any
transferee. Notwithstanding any such transfers or changes, this permit
shall remain in force subject to all of its conditions, permissions, and
requirements, and any amendments thereto, unless subsequently
terminated, revoked, or amended by the President.
Article 6. (1) The permittee is responsible for acquiring any right-of-
way grants or easements, permits, and other authorizations as may become
necessary or appropriate.
(2) The permittee shall hold harmless and indemnify the United
States from any claimed or adjudged liability arising out of
construction, connection, operation, or maintenance of the Border
facilities, including environmental contamination from the release,
threatened release, or discharge of hazardous substances or hazardous
waste.
(3) To ensure the safe operation of the Border facilities, the
permittee shall maintain them and every part of them in a condition of
good repair and in compliance with applicable law.
Article 7. The permittee shall file with the President or his designee,
and with appropriate agencies, such sworn statements or reports with
respect to the Border facilities, or the permittee's activities and
operations in connection therewith, as are now, or may hereafter, be
required under any law or regulation of the United States Government or
its agencies. These reporting obligations do not alter the intent that
this permit be operative as a directive issued by the President alone.
Article 8. Upon request, the permittee shall provide appropriate
information to the President or his designee with regard to the Border
facilities. Such requests could include, for example, information
concerning current conditions or anticipated changes in ownership or
control, construction, connection, operation, or maintenance of the
Border facilities.
Article 9. This permit is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States
of America, have hereunto set my hand this third day of October,
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in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the two hundred and forty-fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
October 3, 2020.
Notice of October 8, 2020
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Situation in
and in Relation to Syria
On October 14, 2019, by Executive Order 13894, I declared a national
emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act
(50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat
to the national security and foreign policy of the United States
constituted by the situation in and in relation to Syria.
The situation in and in relation to Syria, and in particular the actions
by the Government of Turkey to conduct a military offensive into
northeast Syria, undermines the campaign to defeat the Islamic State of
Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, endangers civilians, and further threatens to
undermine the peace, security, and stability in the region, and
continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national
security and foreign policy of the United States. For this reason, the
national emergency declared on October 14, 2019, must continue in effect
beyond October 14, 2020. Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of
the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1
year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13894 with
respect to the situation in and in relation to Syria.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted
to the Congress.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
October 8, 2020.
Memorandum of October 9, 2020
Delegation of Authority Under 15 U.S.C. 634c(b)(3)(B)
Memorandum for the United States Trade Representative
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3,
United States Code, I hereby delegate to the United States Trade
Representative the authority vested in the President by section
634c(b)(3)(B) of title 15, United States Code.
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You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the
Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, October 9, 2020.
Memorandum of October 14, 2020
Delegation of Authority Under Section 404(c) of the Child Soldiers
Prevention Act of 2008
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3,
United States Code, I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State the
authority under section 404(c)(1)of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of
2008 (CSPA)(22 U.S.C. 2370c-1 (c)(1)), to waive the application of the
prohibition in section 404(a)of the CSPA with respect to Sudan and Mali,
and to make the determinations and certifications necessary for such
waivers. I hereby also delegate to the Secretary of State the authority
under section 404(c)(2) of the CSPA to notify the appropriate
congressional committees of such waivers and the accompanying Memorandum
of Justification for such waivers.
You are hereby authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the
Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, October 14, 2020.
Presidential Determination No. 2021-01 of October 14, 2020
Presidential Determination and Certification With Respect to the Child
Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
Pursuant to section 404 of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 (22
U.S.C. 2370c-1) (CSPA), I hereby:
Determine that it is in the national interest of the United States to
waive the application of the prohibition under section 404(a) of the
CSPA with respect to Afghanistan, Cameroon, Iraq, Libya, and Nigeria; to
waive the application of the prohibition in section 404(a) of the CSPA
with respect to
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the Democratic Republic of the Congo to allow for the provision of
International Military Education and Training (IMET) and Peacekeeping
Operations (PKO) assistance, to the extent that the CSPA would restrict
such assistance or support; to waive the application of the prohibition
in section 404(a) of the CSPA with respect to Somalia to allow for the
provision of IMET and PKO assistance and support provided pursuant to 10
U.S.C. 333, to the extent that the CSPA would restrict such assistance
or support; to waive the application of the prohibition in section
404(a) of the CSPA with respect to South Sudan to allow for the
provision of PKO assistance, to the extent that the CSPA would restrict
such assistance; and, to waive the application of the prohibition in
section 404(a) of the CSPA with respect to Yemen to allow for the
provision of PKO and IMET assistance and support provided pursuant to 10
U.S.C. 333, to the extent that the CSPA would restrict such assistance
or support; and
Certify that the governments of the above countries are taking effective
and continuing steps to address the problems of child soldiers.
Accordingly, I hereby waive such applications of section 404(a) of the
CSPA.
You are authorized and directed to submit this determination to the
Congress, along with the Memorandum of Justification, and to publish the
determination in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, October 14, 2020.
Notice of October 19, 2020
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Significant
Narcotics Traffickers Centered in Colombia
On October 21, 1995, by Executive Order 12978, the President declared a
national emergency with respect to significant narcotics traffickers
centered in Colombia pursuant to the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) to deal with the unusual and
extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and
economy of the United States constituted by the actions of significant
narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia and the extreme level of
violence, corruption, and harm such actions cause in the United States
and abroad.
The actions of significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia
continue to threaten the national security, foreign policy, and economy
of the United States and cause an extreme level of violence, corruption,
and harm in the United States and abroad. For this reason, the national
emergency declared in Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 1995, and the
measures adopted pursuant thereto to deal with that emergency, must
continue in effect beyond October 21, 2020. Therefore, in accordance
with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)),
I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency with respect to
significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia declared in
Executive Order 12978.
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This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted
to the Congress.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
October 19, 2020.
Notice of October 23, 2020
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Democratic
Republic of the Congo
On October 27, 2006, by Executive Order 13413, the President declared a
national emergency with respect to the situation in or in relation to
the Democratic Republic of the Congo and pursuant to the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706), ordered related
measures blocking the property of certain persons contributing to the
conflict in that country. The President took this action to deal with
the unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United
States constituted by the situation in or in relation to the Democratic
Republic of the Congo, which has been marked by widespread violence and
atrocities and continues to threaten regional stability. The President
took additional steps to address this national emergency in Executive
Order 13671 of July 8, 2014.
The situation in or in relation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign
policy of the United States. For this reason, the national emergency
declared in Executive Order 13413 of October 27, 2006, as amended by
Executive Order 13671 of July 8, 2014, and the measures adopted to deal
with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond October 27, 2020.
Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies
Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national
emergency with respect to the situation in or in relation to the
Democratic Republic of the Congo declared in Executive Order 13413, as
amended by Executive Order 13671.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted
to the Congress.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
October 23, 2020.
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Memorandum of October 26, 2020
Certification Pursuant to Section 6(E) of the Comprehensive Peace in
Sudan Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-497), as Amended by the Darfur Peace
and Accountability Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-344)
Pursuant to section 6(e) of the Comprehensive Peace in Sudan Act of 2004
(Public Law 108-497), as amended by the Darfur Peace and Accountability
Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-344), I hereby certify that the Government
of Sudan has taken demonstrable steps to: (A) ensure that the armed
forces of Sudan and any associated militias are not committing
atrocities or obstructing human rights monitors or the provision of
humanitarian assistance; (B) demobilize and disarm militias supported or
created by the Government of Sudan; (C) allow full and unfettered
humanitarian assistance to all regions of Sudan, including the Darfur
region; (D) allow an international commission of inquiry to conduct an
investigation of atrocities in the Darfur region, in a manner consistent
with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1564 (September 18,
2004), to investigate reports of violations of international
humanitarian law and human rights law in the Darfur region by all
parties, to determine also whether or not acts of genocide have occurred
and to identify the perpetrators of such violations with a view to
ensuring that those responsible are held accountable; (E) cooperate
fully with the African Union, the United Nations, and all other
observer, monitoring, and protection missions mandated to operate in
Sudan; (F) permit the safe and voluntary return of displaced persons and
refugees to their homes and rebuild the communities destroyed in the
violence; and (G) implement the final agreements reached in the Naivasha
peace process and install a new coalition government based on the
Nairobi Declaration on the Final Phase of Peace in the Sudan signed on
June 5, 2004.
The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to publish this
Certification in the Federal Register, along with the accompanying
Memorandum of Justification.
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MEMORANDUM OF JUSTIFICATION REGARDING THE PRESIDENT'S CERTIFICATION
UNDER SECTION 6(E) OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PEACE IN SUDAN ACT OF 2004
(Pub.L. 108-497), AS AMENDED BY THE DARFUR PEACE AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT
OF 2006 (Pub.L. 109-344)
Pursuant to section 6(e) of the Comprehensive Peace in Sudan Act of 2004
(Pub.L. 108-497), as amended by the Darfur Peace and Accountability Act
of 2006 (Pub.L. 109-344), the President has certified that the
Government of Sudan has taken demonstrable steps in accordance with
section 12(a)(2) of the Sudan Peace Act of 2002, as amended, (Pub.L.
107-245). While the Administration will continue to press for further
progress, including with regard to human rights-related concerns
involving the security services, the justification for this
certification, set forth below, represents a series of demonstrable
steps meeting the requirements of that provision.
The Government of Sudan, most recently under the leadership of the
Civilian-Led Transitional Government (CLTG) has taken the following
demonstrable steps, among others, to ensure that the armed forces of
Sudan and any associated militias are not committing atrocities or
obstructing human rights monitors or the provision of humanitarian
assistance:
The CLTG, through the adoption of a Constitutional Declaration on
August 17, 2019, has committed to respect and promote human rights and
fundamental freedoms; address the root causes of conflict; establish
accountability mechanisms for the security forces; and conduct security
sector reform.
The CLTG signed an agreement on September 25, 2019, with the
Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to allow the opening of
a UN Human Rights Office in Khartoum and field offices in Darfur, Blue
Nile, Southern Kordofan, and East Sudan. The Khartoum office was
subsequently opened.
In September 2019, the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs
instructed all Sudanese government entities to remove all restrictions on
humanitarian access, including any pre-approval requirements for travel.
The Government of Sudan has taken the following demonstrable steps,
among others, to demobilize and disarm militias supported or created by
the Government of Sudan:
On July 14, 2011, the Government of Sudan signed a protocol
agreement committing itself to the terms of the Doha Document for Peace in
Darfur, which included a commitment on the part of the government to disarm
and disband all militia groups in Darfur.
In accordance with the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur, the
Government of Sudan worked with the United Nations--African Union Hybrid
Operation in Darfur to demobilize over 10,000 former combatants from across
Darfur.
The Government of Sudan collaborated with the United Nations--
African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur in a region-wide arms collection
campaign in 2018 in line with the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur.
The Government of Sudan created the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)--a
Government of Sudan security force--into which elements of former militias
supported or created by the Government of Sudan were incorporated. In 2017,
the Rapid Support Forces Act integrated the RSF into
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the Sudan Armed Forces. The Constitutional Declaration, signed in August
2019, declares the Sovereignty Council the Supreme Commander of the RSF and
describes it and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) as ``national military
institutions.''
The Government of Sudan has ceased support to certain private
militias, and we have no evidence of ongoing support.
The Government of Sudan has taken the following demonstrable steps,
among others, to allow full and unfettered humanitarian assistance to
all regions of Sudan, including the Darfur region:
In September 2019, Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok agreed with the
United Nations that his government would ensure unfettered humanitarian
access.
The CLTG has issued directives to provide unfettered humanitarian
access to all parts of Sudan. In October 2019, the Humanitarian Aid
Commission informed the humanitarian community that all restrictions on
humanitarian access had been lifted. The Humanitarian Aid Commission issued
instructions to this effect to relevant local and provincial entities.
Humanitarian groups report that these directives have had the net
effect of easing significantly their access to many parts of Sudan,
including in Darfur, and have allowed them to access areas of the country
that were previously inaccessible to them.
Prime Minister Hamdok worked with humanitarian agencies to obtain
permission for the first cross-border deliveries of humanitarian assistance
into armed opposition-held areas of South Kordofan.
The CLTG has prioritized negotiation of humanitarian access in its
ongoing discussions with armed opposition groups.
The Government of Sudan has taken the following demonstrable steps,
among others, to allow an international commission of inquiry to conduct
an investigation of atrocities in the Darfur region, in a manner
consistent with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1564
(September 18, 2004), to investigate reports of violations of
international humanitarian law and human rights law in the Darfur region
by all parties, to determine also whether or not acts of genocide have
occurred and to identify the perpetrators of such violations with a view
to ensuring that those responsible are held accountable:
The Government of Sudan facilitated the work of the International
Commission of Inquiry on Darfur between November 2004 and January 2005,
including through regular meetings with the Commission, permitting the
Commission to travel and hold meetings in Khartoum and Darfur, and
permitting the work of the Commission's investigative team in Darfur from
November 2004 to January 2005. The International Commission of Inquiry on
Darfur presented its final report to the UN Secretary General on January
25, 2005.
The CLTG, through the adoption of a Constitutional Declaration on
August 17, 2019, has committed to holding accountable under the law those
responsible for all crimes committed against the Sudanese people since
1989, and beginning the implementation of measures of transitional justice
and accountability for war crimes and crimes against humanity, including
bringing perpetrators before national and international courts under the
principle of no impunity.
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The Government of Sudan has taken the following demonstrable steps,
among others, to cooperate fully with the African Union, the United
Nations, and all other observer, monitoring, and protection missions
mandated to operate in Sudan:
The Government of Sudan engages regularly with the United
Nations--African Union Hybrid Assistance Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and is
working to facilitate its operations.
The CLTG is cooperating with the United Nations, the African
Union, and the other stakeholders in the deployment of the UN Integrated
Assistance Mission in Sudan, (UNITAMS), the follow-on UN Special Political
Mission that will likely replace UNAMID.
The Government of Sudan has taken the following demonstrable steps,
among others, to permit the safe and voluntary return of displaced
persons and refugees to their homes and rebuild the communities
destroyed in the violence:
On July 14, 2011, the Government of Sudan signed a protocol
agreement committing itself to the terms of the Doha Document for Peace in
Darfur, which included a commitment on the part of the government to
facilitate voluntary return of displaced persons and refugees to their
homes, to restore their property, and to compensate them for any losses.
The CLTG, through the adoption of a Constitutional Declaration on
August 17, 2019, has committed to work to address the root causes of
conflict and marginalization; to include as fundamental issues in peace
negotiations with the armed opposition groups the compensation and return
of property to victims, the reconstruction of areas affected by war, and
the voluntary return and sustainable solutions for issues of IDPs and
refugees; and to work to achieve comprehensive agreements with armed
opposition groups.
The Government of Sudan, the Government of Chad, and UNHCR signed
two Tripartite Agreements in April 2018, the first of which establishes the
modalities for the voluntary return of Chadian refugees in Sudan, and the
second for the voluntary return of Sudanese refugees in Chad.
The CLTG launched negotiations with armed opposition groups of the
Sudan Revolutionary Front in October 2019 and has finalized seven of eight
protocols of a final peace agreement and continues to work towards a
comprehensive peace agreement with other armed opposition groups.
According to a 2020 OCHA report, nearly 300,000 Sudanese refugees
have returned to Sudan.
The Government of Sudan has taken the following demonstrable steps,
among others, to implement the final agreements reached in the Naivasha
peace process and install a new coalition government based on the
Nairobi Declaration on the Final Phase of Peace in the Sudan signed on
June 5, 2004:
The Government of Sudan signed a Comprehensive Peace Agreement
(CPA) with the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) on January
9, 2005.
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The Government of Sudan formed the Government of National Unity in
September 2005, followed by a January 2011 referendum, leading to the
creation of the independent nation of South Sudan on July 9, 2011.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, October 26, 2020.
Presidential Determination No. 2021-02 of October 27, 2020
Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2021
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States, in accordance with section 207 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (the ``Act'') (8 U.S.C. 1157), after
appropriate consultations with the Congress, and consistent with the
Report on Proposed Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021
submitted to the Congress on September 30, 2020, I hereby determine and
authorize as follows:
The admission of up to 15,000 refugees to the United States during FY
2021 is justified by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the
national interest. This refugee admissions ceiling incorporates more
than 6,000 unused places from the FY 2020 refugee admissions ceiling
that might have been used if not for the COVID-19 pandemic.
Refugee admissions during FY 2021 shall be allocated among refugees of
special humanitarian concern to the United States in accordance with the
following allocations:
1. Refugees who:
have been persecuted or have a well-founded fear of persecution on
account of religion;
or
are within a category of aliens established under subsections (b)
and (c) of section 599D of Title V, Public Law 101-167, as amended (the
Lautenberg and Specter Amendments) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000
2. Refugees who are within a category of aliens listed in section
1243(a) of the Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act of 2007, Title XII, Div. A,
Public Law 110-181, as amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 4,000
3. Refugees who are nationals or habitual residents of El Salvador,
Guatemala, or Honduras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 1,000
4. Other refugees in the following groups:
those referred to the United States Refugee Admissions Program
(USRAP) by a United States Embassy in any location;
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those who will be admitted through a Form I-730 following-to-join
petition or who gain access to the USRAP for family reunification through
the P-3 process;
those currently located in Australia, Nauru, or Papua New Guinea
who gain access to the USRAP pursuant to an arrangement between the United
States and Australia;
those who are nationals or habitual residents of Hong Kong,
Venezuela, or Cuba; and
those in the USRAP who were in ``Ready for Departure'' status as
of September 30, 2019. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5,000
Total refugee admissions ceiling: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 15,000
Additionally, after consultation with the Secretary of Homeland
Security, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Attorney
General, and upon notification to the appropriate committees of the
Congress, you are further authorized to transfer unused admissions from
a particular allocation above to one or more other allocations, if there
is a need for greater admissions for the allocation to which the
admissions will be transferred.
Additionally, I specify that persons from certain high-risk areas of
terrorist presence or control, including Somalia, Syria, and Yemen,
shall not be admitted as refugees, except those refugees of special
humanitarian concern: (1) who have been persecuted or have a well-
founded fear of persecution on account of religion; (2) were referred to
the USRAP by a United States Embassy in any location; or (3) who will be
admitted through a Form I-730 following-to-join petition or who gain
access to the USRAP for family reunification through the P-3 process.
The threat to United States national security and public safety posed by
the admission of refugees from high-risk areas of terrorist presence or
control is significant and cannot be fully mitigated at this time.
Consistent with section 101(a)(42) of the Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(42)),
and after appropriate consultation with the Congress, I also specify
that, for FY 2021, the following persons may, if otherwise qualified, be
considered refugees for the purpose of admission to the United States
within their countries of nationality or habitual residence:
a. persons in Cuba;
b. persons in Eurasia and the Baltics;
c. persons in Iraq;
d. persons in Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador; and
e. in exceptional circumstances, persons identified by a United
States Embassy in any location.
Consistent with section 412(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 1522(a)(2)), I also specify that, for FY 2021, newly admitted
refugees should be placed, to the maximum extent possible, in States and
localities that have clearly expressed their willingness to receive
refugees under the Department of State's Reception and Placement
Program. Such cooperation ensures that refugees are resettled in
communities that are eager and equipped to support their successful
integration into American society and the labor force.
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Consistent with section 2(b)(2) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance
Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601(b)), I hereby determine that assistance to
or on behalf of persons applying for admission to the United States as
part of the overseas refugee admissions program will contribute to the
foreign policy interests of the United States, and I accordingly
designate such persons for this purpose.
You are authorized and directed to publish this determination in the
Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, October 27, 2020.
Notice of October 30, 2020
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Sudan
On November 3, 1997, by Executive Order 13067, the President declared a
national emergency with respect to Sudan pursuant to the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) and took related
steps to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national
security and foreign policy of the United States posed by the actions
and policies of the Government of Sudan. On April 26, 2006, by Executive
Order 13400, the President determined that the conflict in Sudan's
Darfur region posed an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national
security and foreign policy of the United States, expanded the scope of
the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13067, and ordered
the blocking of property of certain persons connected to the Darfur
region. On October 13, 2006, by Executive Order 13412, the President
took additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in
Executive Order 13067 and expanded in Executive Order 13400. In
Executive Order 13412, the President also took steps to implement the
Darfur Peace and Accountability Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-344).
On January 13, 2017, by Executive Order 13761, the President found that
positive efforts by the Government of Sudan between July 2016 and
January 2017 improved certain conditions that Executive Orders 13067 and
13412 were intended to address. Given these developments, and in order
to encourage the Government of Sudan to sustain and enhance these
efforts, section 1 of Executive Order 13761 provided that sections 1 and
2 of Executive Order 13067 and the entirety of Executive Order 13412
would be revoked as of July 12, 2017, provided that the criteria in
section 12(b) of Executive Order 13761 had been met.
On July 11, 2017, by Executive Order 13804, I amended Executive Order
13761, extending until October 12, 2017, the effective date in section 1
of Executive Order 13761. On October 12, 2017, pursuant to Executive
Order 13761, as amended by Executive Order 13804, sections 1 and 2 of
Executive Order 13067 and the entirety of Executive Order 13412 were
revoked.
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Despite recent positive developments, the crisis constituted by the
actions and policies of the Government of Sudan that led to the
declaration of a national emergency in Executive Order 13067 of November
3, 1997; the expansion of that emergency in Executive Order 13400 of
April 26, 2006; and, with respect to which additional steps were taken
in Executive Order 13412 of October 13, 2006, Executive Order 13761 of
January 13, 2017, and Executive Order 13804 of July 11, 2017, has not
been resolved. These actions and policies continue to pose an unusual
and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of
the United States. Therefore, I have determined that it is necessary to
continue the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13067, as
expanded by Executive Order 13400, with respect to Sudan.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted
to the Congress.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
October 30, 2020.
Memorandum of October 31, 2020
Protecting Jobs, Economic Opportunities, and National Security for All
Americans by Ensuring Appropriate Support of Innovative Technologies for
Using Our Domestic Natural Resources
Memorandum for the Secretary of State[,] the Secretary of the
Treasury[,] the Secretary of Defense[,] the Attorney General[,] the
Secretary of the Interior[,] the Secretary of Agriculture[,] the
Secretary of Commerce[,] the Secretary of Labor[,] the Secretary of
Transportation[,] the Secretary of Energy[,] the United States Trade
Representative[,] the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency[,] the Director of the Office of Management and Budget[,] the
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs[,] the
Assistant to the President for Economic Policy[,] the Chairman of the
Council of Economic Advisers[,] the Director of the Office of Science
and Technology Policy[,] the Chairman of the Council on Environmental
Quality[, and] the Administrator of the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, I hereby direct the following:
Section 1. Purpose. This memorandum sets forth policies related to
protecting American jobs, economic opportunities, and national security
by ensuring appropriate support of hydraulic fracturing and other
innovative technologies for the use of domestic natural resources,
including energy resources. In support of these policies, this
memorandum directs certain officials to assess the potential effects of
efforts to ban or restrict the use of such technologies.
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Sec. 2. Background. Our country has been favored with abundant land,
wildlife, and natural resources. Americans have rightly seen this
abundance as both an opportunity and a responsibility. Our blessings
have rightly been a great source of national pride and gratitude. As we
enjoy these bounties, we are also bound by a responsibility of
stewardship to use, protect, and preserve them for future generations.
Among the greatest of our blessings are our energy resources, which all
too often we take for granted. Our Nation has untold potential to
deliver energy to provide us with the necessities--light, heat, cold,
food, and water, to say nothing of modern telecommunications--for our
daily lives at home and at work, and our travel from place to place.
Reliable, affordable energy is essential for running our homes,
businesses, farms, factories, health care facilities, and schools, and
is critical to every sector of our economy, including our energy-
intensive and trade-exposed industries. Access to dependable,
inexpensive sources of energy is a cornerstone of our well-being, of our
economic strength and global competitiveness, and of our national
security.
One of the great success stories of our time has been the development of
hydraulic fracturing (often known as ``fracking'') and other
technologies to facilitate the extraction of natural resources from the
earth. Hydraulic fracturing is a process that provides access to
reservoirs of natural gas and petroleum by opening rocks deep
underground. When coupled with horizontal drilling and other new
technologies, fracking has opened up new sources of inexpensive,
reliable, abundant energy for our country. It has also produced jobs and
economic opportunities for many Americans.
In a report issued in October 2019, the Council of Economic Advisers
(CEA) estimated that by lowering energy prices, the use of fracking and
other innovations had saved United States consumers $203 billion per
year, or $2,500 in annual savings for a family of four. These savings
disproportionately benefit low-income households, which spend a larger
share of their income on energy bills, representing 6.8 percent of
income for the poorest fifth of households compared to 1.3 percent for
the richest fifth of households. The CEA estimated that greater
productivity had reduced the domestic price of natural gas by 63 percent
as of 2018; had led to a 45 percent decrease in the wholesale price of
electricity; and had reduced the global price of oil by 10 percent as of
2019.
The transformation wrought by technologies such as fracking is not only
the result of America's natural abundance and Americans' capacity for
scientific discovery and practical invention. It is also a testament to
our Nation's greatest resource: our hardworking men and women. Energy
workers have dedicated their lives to an industry that is essential to
the modern world, and their labors have demonstrated their talent,
perseverance, and courage. Even in the midst of this unprecedented
pandemic, essential energy workers have continued to ensure that our
Nation has the energy that it needs to survive and to flourish. We owe
these workers our gratitude. We also owe them appropriate respect and
support for their careers, their livelihoods, and their families.
It should be emphasized that technologies such as fracking--when used
lawfully and responsibly, with appropriate attention to environmental,
health, and safety protections--are vital not just to our domestic
prosperity
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but also to our national security. Shortly after I entered office, I
issued Executive Order 13783 of March 28, 2017 (Promoting Energy
Independence and Economic Growth), which directed an immediate review of
all agency actions that potentially burdened the development or use of
domestic energy resources. That order also rescinded certain actions of
the previous Administration that, in my judgment, were not consistent
with the national interest and the Nation's geopolitical security. As a
result of new technologies and my Administration's continued push for
energy independence, our country recently became a net energy exporter
for the first time since 1952, as well as the leading producer of oil
and natural gas in the world. We are no longer beholden to foreign
countries upon which we had depended for decades for the survival of our
way of life. This achievement is a great accomplishment for our country,
which should not be taken for granted.
Now that we have achieved a dominant position in energy production,
powerful voices in the United States, echoed by countries such as China
and Russia, are clamoring for policies that would undermine that
position, forgetting the very real costs and risks of energy dependence.
Some of these voices call for using legislative or regulatory mechanisms
to ban, or sharply restrict, the use of fracking and other technologies.
In my view, such proposals are not responsible and would be harmful to
the economic and national security of the United States.
Sec. 3. Policy. It is the policy of the Federal Government to
aggressively protect and enhance American jobs, economic opportunities,
and national security for all Americans by ensuring appropriate support
of innovative technologies for using our domestic natural resources more
efficiently and responsibly, including environmental protection and
restoration technologies. Before taking actions that may jeopardize such
innovation, responsible officials should carefully consider the impacts
on American citizens.
Sec. 4. Assessing the Domestic and Economic Impacts of Undermining
Hydraulic Fracturing and Other Technologies. (a) Within 70 days of the
date of this memorandum, the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with
the United States Trade Representative, shall submit a report to the
President, through the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy
(who shall act in coordination with the Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs), assessing:
(i) the economic impacts of prohibiting, or sharply restricting, the use of
hydraulic fracturing and other technologies, including the following:
(A) any loss of jobs, wages, benefits, and other economic opportunities
by Americans who work in or are indirectly benefited by the energy industry
and other industries (including mining for sand and other minerals);
(B) any increases in energy prices (including the prices of gasoline,
electricity, heating, and air conditioning) for Americans (including senior
citizens and other persons on fixed incomes) and businesses;
(C) any decreases in property values and in the royalties and other
revenues that are currently available to private property owners; and
(D) any decreases in tax revenues, impact fees, royalties, and other
revenues currently available to the Federal Government, to State and local
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governments, and to civic institutions (including public schools, trade and
vocational schools, community colleges, and other educational and training
institutions; hospitals; and medical clinics);
(ii) the trade impacts of prohibiting, or sharply restricting, the use of
hydraulic fracturing and other technologies, including impacts on United
States exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and other energy products, as
well as exports of other commodities that may be affected by increases in
transportation costs; and
(iii) such other domestic or economic impacts as the Secretary of Energy
deems appropriate.
(b) In preparing the report described in subsection (a) of this
section, the Secretary of Energy and the United States Trade
Representative shall consult with the Secretary of the Treasury, the
Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary
of Commerce, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Transportation,
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Chairman
of CEA, the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality, and such
other officials as the Secretary of Energy and the United States Trade
Representative deem appropriate.
Sec. 5. Assessing the National Security Impacts of Undermining Hydraulic
Fracturing and Other Technologies. Within 70 days of the date of this
memorandum, the Secretary of Energy shall submit a report to the
President, through the Assistant to the President for National Security
Affairs (who shall act in coordination with the Assistant to the
President for Economic Policy), assessing the national security impacts
of prohibiting, or sharply restricting, the use of hydraulic fracturing
and other technologies. This report shall include an assessment of
potential impacts on Russian and Chinese energy production, consumption,
and trade activities, and on the energy security of United States
allies, that may be attributable to changes in United States exports of
LNG and other energy products. In preparing this report, the Secretary
of Energy shall consult with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of
Defense, the United States Trade Representative, and such other
officials as the Secretary of Energy deems appropriate. This report may
be combined, as appropriate, with the report required by section 4 of
this memorandum, in which case the combined report shall be submitted to
the President through the Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs and the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy.
Sec. 6. Reinforcing Executive Order 13211. (a) Executive Order 13211 of
May 18, 2001 (Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect
Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use) provides that agencies ``shall
prepare'' detailed Statements of Energy Effects when undertaking certain
agency actions that are likely to have a significant adverse impact on
the supply, distribution, or use of energy. Such Statements ``shall
describe'' ``any adverse effects on energy supply, distribution, or use
(including a shortfall in supply, price increases, and increased use of
foreign supplies) should the proposal be implemented'' and ``reasonable
alternatives to the action with adverse energy effects and the expected
effects of such alternatives on energy supply, distribution, and use.''
In order to enhance compliance with Executive Order 13211, I direct the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), through the
Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
(OIRA), to review the record of compliance with that
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order by agencies (as defined in that order) and to provide new
guidance, as appropriate, concerning the implementation of and
compliance with that order.
(b) Within 30 days of the date of this memorandum, the Director of
OMB shall, as appropriate, identify for the President, through the
Assistant to the President for Economic Policy (who shall act in
coordination with the Assistant to the President for National Security
Affairs), agencies on which the Administrator of OIRA intends to focus
attention to ensure robust compliance with Executive Order 13211.
Sec. 7. Definition. For purposes of this memorandum, the terms
``hydraulic fracturing'' and ``fracking'' shall have the meaning
assigned to ``hydraulic fracturing'' in 40 C.F.R. 60.5430.
Sec. 8. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable
law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
(d) The Secretary of Energy is hereby authorized and directed to
publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, October 31, 2020.
Memorandum of November 7, 2020
Delegation of Authority Under Section 506(a)(1) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, as Amended
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3,
United States Code, I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State the
authority under section 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
as amended (Public Law 87-195), to direct the drawdown of up to $18
million in defense articles and services of the Department of Defense,
and military education and training, to provide assistance to the
Philippines to support counterterrorism operations, and to make the
determinations required under such section to direct such a drawdown.
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You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the
Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, November 7, 2020.
Memorandum of November 9, 2020
Delegation of Authority for Fiscal Year 2021 Cost Estimates and Annual
Reports to the Congress for the Land and Water Conservation Fund
Memorandum for the Secretary of the Interior [and] the Secretary of
Agriculture
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3,
United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of
Agriculture are hereby authorized to submit, for their respective
agencies:
(a) the cost estimates to the Congress required by 54 U.S.C.
200303(c)(1)(A), as amended by section 3(a) of the Great American
Outdoors Act (Public Law 116-152) (the ``Act''); and
(b) annually, the report to the Congress required by 54 U.S.C.
200303(c)(4), as amended by section 3(a) of the Act.
Sec. 2. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be construed to impair or
otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable
law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
(d) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to
publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, November 9, 2020.
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Notice of November 12, 2020
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Burundi
On November 22, 2015, by Executive Order 13712, the President declared a
national emergency to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to
the national security and foreign policy of the United States
constituted by the situation in Burundi, which has been marked by the
killing of and violence against civilians, unrest, the incitement of
imminent violence, and significant political repression, and which
threatens the peace, security, and stability of Burundi and the region.
I commend the new government and the people of Burundi for the recent
historic peaceful transfer of power and encourage the new government to
continue to engage with the United States and other countries to address
the underlying actions and policies of the Government of Burundi that
led to the declaration of a national emergency in Executive Order 13712.
At this time, however, I have not seen sufficient evidence that the
situation is resolved.
As such, the situation in Burundi continues to pose an unusual and
extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the
United States. For this reason, the national emergency declared on
November 22, 2015, to deal with that threat must continue in effect
beyond November 22, 2020. Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d)
of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for
1 year the national emergency with respect to Burundi declared in
Executive Order 13712.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted
to the Congress.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
November 12, 2020.
Notice of November 12, 2020
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Iran
On November 14, 1979, by Executive Order 12170, the President declared a
national emergency with respect to Iran pursuant to the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) and took related
steps to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national
security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States constituted
by the situation in Iran.
Our relations with Iran have not yet normalized, and the process of
implementing the agreements with Iran, dated January 19, 1981, is
ongoing. For this reason, the national emergency declared on November
14, 1979, and the measures adopted on that date to deal with that
emergency, must continue in effect beyond November 14, 2020. Therefore,
in accordance with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50
U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am
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continuing for 1 year the national emergency with respect to Iran
declared in Executive Order 12170.
The emergency declared in Executive Order 12170 is distinct from the
emergency declared in Executive Order 12957 on March 15, 1995. This
renewal, therefore, is distinct from the emergency renewal of March 12,
2020.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted
to the Congress.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
November 12, 2020.
Notice of November 12, 2020
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Proliferation
of Weapons of Mass Destruction
On November 14, 1994, by Executive Order 12938, the President declared a
national emergency with respect to the unusual and extraordinary threat
to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United
States posed by the proliferation of nuclear, biological, and chemical
weapons (weapons of mass destruction) and the means of delivering such
weapons. On July 28, 1998, by Executive Order 13094, the President
amended Executive Order 12938 to respond more effectively to the
worldwide threat of proliferation activities related to weapons of mass
destruction. On June 28, 2005, by Executive Order 13382, the President,
among other things, further amended Executive Order 12938 to improve our
ability to combat proliferation activities related to weapons of mass
destruction. The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the
means of delivering them continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary
threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the
United States. For this reason, the national emergency declared in
Executive Order 12938 with respect to the proliferation of weapons of
mass destruction and the means of delivering such weapons must continue
beyond November 14, 2020. Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d)
of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for
1 year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12938, as
amended.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted
to the Congress.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
November 12, 2020.
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Notice of November 24, 2020
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Situation in
Nicaragua
On November 27, 2018, by Executive Order 13851, I declared a national
emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act
(50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat
to the national security and foreign policy of the United States
constituted by the situation in Nicaragua.
The situation in Nicaragua, including the violent response by the
Government of Nicaragua to the protests that began on April 18, 2018,
and the Ortega regime's systematic dismantling and undermining of
democratic institutions and the rule of law, its use of indiscriminate
violence and repressive tactics against civilians, as well as its
corruption leading to the destabilization of Nicaragua's economy,
continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national
security and foreign policy of the United States. For this reason, the
national emergency declared on November 27, 2018, must continue in
effect beyond November 27, 2020. Therefore, in accordance with section
202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am
continuing for 1 year the national emergency declared in Executive Order
13851 with respect to the situation in Nicaragua.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted
to the Congress.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
November 24, 2020.
Memorandum of December 3, 2020
Extension of Governors' Use of the National Guard To Respond to COVID-19
and To Facilitate Economic Recovery
Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense [and] the Secretary of Homeland
Security
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5207 (the
``Stafford Act''), and section 502 of title 32, United States Code, it
is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. It continues to be the policy of the United States to
foster close cooperation and mutual assistance among the Federal
Government and the States and territories in the battle against the
threat posed by the spread of COVID-19. To date, activated National
Guard forces around the country have provided critical support to
Governors as the Governors work to address the needs of those
populations within their respective States and territories especially
vulnerable to the effects of COVID-19, including those
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in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other long-term care
or congregate settings. Additionally, the States and territories will
need assistance in fighting hot spots as they emerge. Therefore, to
continue to provide maximum support to the States and territories as
they make decisions about the responses required to address local
conditions in their respective jurisdictions with respect to combatting
the threat posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and, where appropriate,
facilitating their economic recovery, I am taking the actions set forth
in sections 2, 3, and 4 of this memorandum:
Sec. 2. One Hundred Percent Federal Cost Share Termination. The 100
percent Federal cost share for the State's use of National Guard forces
for the States of Florida and Texas shall terminate on December 31,
2020, in accordance with my prior memoranda dated August 3, 2020, each
titled ``Extension of the Use of the National Guard to Respond to COVID-
19 and to Facilitate Economic Recovery.''
Sec. 3. Seventy-Five Percent Federal Cost Share. To maximize assistance
to the Governors of the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California,
Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho,
Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana,
Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North
Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont,
Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin, and the territories
of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, to facilitate Federal
support with respect to the use of National Guard units under State and
territorial control, I am directing the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) of the Department of Homeland Security to fund 75 percent
of the emergency assistance activities associated with preventing,
mitigating, and responding to the threat to public health and safety
posed by the virus that these States and territories undertake using
their National Guard forces, as authorized by sections 403 (42 U.S.C.
5170b) and 503 (42 U.S.C. 5193) of the Stafford Act.
Sec. 4. Seventy-Five Percent Federal Cost Share Termination. The 75
percent Federal cost share provided for in section 3 of this memorandum
shall be available for orders of any length authorizing duty through
March 31, 2021. Such orders include duty necessary to comply with health
protection protocols recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention of the Department of Health and Human Services or other
health protection measures agreed to by the Department of Defense and
FEMA.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable
law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any
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party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities,
its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
(d) The Secretary of Defense is authorized and directed to publish
this memorandum in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, December 3, 2020.
Memorandum of December 3, 2020
Extension of Governors' Use of the National Guard To Respond to COVID-19
and To Facilitate Economic Recovery
Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense [and] the Secretary of Homeland
Security
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5207 (the
``Stafford Act''), and section 502 of title 32, United States Code, it
is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. It continues to be the policy of the United States to
foster close cooperation and mutual assistance among the Federal
Government and the States and territories in the battle against the
threat posed by the spread of COVID-19. To date, activated National
Guard forces around the country have provided critical support to
Governors as the Governors work to address the needs of those
populations within their respective States and territories especially
vulnerable to the effects of COVID-19, including those in nursing homes,
assisted living facilities, and other long-term care or congregate
settings. Additionally, the States and territories will need assistance
in fighting hot spots as they emerge. Therefore, to continue to provide
maximum support to the States and territories as they make decisions
about the responses required to address local conditions in their
respective jurisdictions with respect to combatting the threat posed by
the COVID-19 pandemic and, where appropriate, facilitating their
economic recovery, I am taking the actions set forth in sections 2, 3,
4, and 5 of this memorandum:
Sec. 2. Additional Twenty-Five Percent Federal Cost Share. To maximize
assistance to the Governor of the State of Iowa and to facilitate
Federal support with respect to the use of National Guard units under
State control, I am directing the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) of the Department of Homeland Security to fund an additional 25
percent of the emergency assistance activities associated with
preventing, mitigating, and responding to the threat to public health
and safety posed by the virus that Iowa undertakes using its National
Guard forces, to be applied retroactively from August 3, 2020, as
authorized by sections 403 (42 U.S.C. 5170b) and 503 (42 U.S.C. 5193) of
the Stafford Act. This, in addition to the 75 percent Federal cost share
established in my prior memorandum dated August 3,
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2020, titled ``Extension of the Use of the National Guard to Respond to
COVID-19 and to Facilitate Economic Recovery,'' shall provide the State
of Iowa with a 100 percent Federal cost share.
Sec. 3. Additional Twenty-Five Percent Federal Cost Share Termination.
The additional 25 percent Federal cost share for the State's use of
National Guard forces for the State of Iowa shall extend to, and shall
be available for, orders of any length authorizing duty through December
31, 2020. Such orders include duty necessary to comply with health
protection protocols recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention of the Department of Health and Human Services or other
health protection measures agreed to by the Department of Defense and
FEMA.
Sec. 4. Seventy-Five Percent Federal Cost Share. To maximize assistance
to the Governor of the State of Iowa, and to facilitate Federal support
with respect to the use of National Guard units under State control, I
am directing FEMA, beginning on January 1, 2021, to fund 75 percent of
the emergency assistance activities associated with preventing,
mitigating, and responding to the threat to public health and safety
posed by the virus that the State of Iowa undertakes using its National
Guard forces, as authorized by sections 403 (42 U.S.C. 5170b) and 503
(42 U.S.C. 5193) of the Stafford Act.
Sec. 5. Seventy-Five Percent Federal Cost Share Termination. The 75
percent Federal cost share provided for in section 4 of this memorandum
shall be available for orders of any length authorizing duty through
March 31, 2021. Such orders include duty necessary to comply with health
protection protocols recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention of the Department of Health and Human Services or other
health protection measures agreed to by the Department of Defense and
FEMA.
Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable
law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
(d) The Secretary of Defense is authorized and directed to publish
this memorandum in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, December 3, 2020.
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Memorandum of December 9, 2020
The National Space Policy
Memorandum for the Vice President[,] the Secretary of State[,] the
Secretary of Defense[,] the Attorney General[,] the Secretary of the
Interior[,] the Secretary of Commerce[,] the Secretary of
Transportation[,] the Secretary of Energy[,] the Secretary of Homeland
Security[,] the Director of the Office of Management and Budget[,] the
Director of National Intelligence[,] the Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs[,] the Administrator of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration[,] the Director of the Office of
Science and Technology Policy[, and] the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff
Section 1. References. This directive supersedes Presidential Policy
Directive-4 (June 29, 2010) and references, promotes, and reemphasizes
the following policy directives and memoranda:
a) Presidential Policy Directive 26--National Space Transportation
Policy (November 21, 2013)
b) Executive Order 13803--Reviving the National Space Council (June
30, 2017)
c) Space Policy Directive 1--Reinvigorating America's Human Space
Exploration Program (December 11, 2017)
d) The National Space Strategy (March 23, 2018)
e) Space Policy Directive 2--Streamlining Regulations on Commercial
Use of Space (May 24, 2018)
f) Space Policy Directive 3--National Space Traffic Management
Policy (June 18, 2018)
g) Space Policy Directive 4--Establishment of the United States
Space Force (February 19, 2019)
h) National Security Presidential Memorandum 20--Launch of
Spacecraft Containing Space Nuclear Systems (August 20, 2019)
i) Executive Order 13906--Amending Executive Order 13803--Reviving
the National Space Council (February 13, 2020)
j) Executive Order 13905--Strengthening National Resilience Through
Responsible Use of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Services
(February 12, 2020)
k) Executive Order 13914--Encouraging International Support for the
Recovery and Use of Space Resources (April 6, 2020)
l) Space Policy Directive 5--Cybersecurity Principles for Space
Systems (September 4, 2020)
Sec. 2. Principles. It is the policy of the United States to ensure that
space operations are consistent with the following principles.
1. It is the shared interest of all nations to act responsibly in
space to ensure the safety, stability, security, and long-term
sustainability of space activities. Responsible space actors operate
with openness, transparency, and predictability to maintain the benefits
of space for all humanity.
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2. A robust, innovative, and competitive commercial space sector is
the source of continued progress and sustained United States leadership
in space. The United States remains committed to encouraging and
facilitating the continued growth of a domestic commercial space sector
that is globally competitive, supports national interests, and advances
United States leadership in the generation of new markets and
innovation-driven entrepreneurship.
3. In this resurgent era of space exploration, the United States
will expand its leadership alongside nations that share its democratic
values, respect for human rights, and economic freedom. Those values
will extend with us to all space destinations as the United States once
again steps beyond Earth, starting with the Moon and continuing to Mars.
4. As established in international law, outer space, including the
Moon and other celestial bodies, is not subject to national
appropriation by claim of sovereignty, by means of use or occupation, or
by any other means. The United States will pursue the extraction and
utilization of space resources in compliance with applicable law,
recognizing those resources as critical for sustainable exploration,
scientific discovery, and commercial operations.
5. All nations have the right to explore and to use space for
peaceful purposes and for the benefit of all humanity, in accordance
with applicable law. Consistent with that principle, the United States
will continue to use space for national security activities, including
for the exercise of the inherent right of self-defense. Unfettered
access and freedom to operate in space is a vital national interest.
6. The United States considers the space systems of all nations to
have the right to pass through and conduct operations in space without
interference. Purposeful interference with space systems, including
supporting infrastructure, will be considered an infringement of a
nation's rights. Consistent with the defense of those rights, the United
States will seek to deter, counter, and defeat threats in the space
domain that are hostile to the national interests of the United States
and its allies. Any purposeful interference with or an attack upon the
space systems of the United States or its allies that directly affects
national rights will be met with a deliberate response at a time, place,
manner, and domain of our choosing.
Sec. 3. Goals. The United States shall:
1. Promote and incentivize private industry to facilitate the
creation of new global and domestic markets for United States space
goods and services, and strengthen and preserve the position of the
United States as the global partner of choice for international space
commerce.
2. Encourage and uphold the rights of nations to use space
responsibly and peacefully by developing and implementing diplomatic,
economic, and security capabilities and strategies to identify and
respond to behaviors that threaten those rights.
3. Lead, encourage, and expand international cooperation on mutually
beneficial space activities that broaden and extend the benefits of
space for all humanity; further the exploration and use of space for
peaceful purposes; protect the interests of the United States, its
allies, and partners; advance United States interests and values; and
enhance access to space-derived information and services.
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4. Create a safe, stable, secure, and sustainable environment for
space activities, in collaboration with industry and international
partners, through the development and promotion of responsible
behaviors; improved practices for the collection and sharing of
information on space objects; protection of critical space systems and
supporting infrastructures, with special attention to cybersecurity and
supply chains; and measures to mitigate orbital debris.
5. Increase the assurance of national critical functions enabled by
commercial, civil, scientific, and national security spacecraft and
supporting infrastructure against disruption, degradation, and
destruction through the development and fielding of materiel and non-
materiel capabilities and rehearsal of continuity of operations
practices.
6. Extend human economic activity into deep space by establishing a
permanent human presence on the Moon, and, in cooperation with private
industry and international partners, develop infrastructure and services
that will enable science-driven exploration, space resource utilization,
and human missions to Mars.
7. Increase the quality of life for all humanity through the
cultivation, maturation, and development of space-enabled scientific and
economic capabilities, including space and Earth resource discovery,
management, and utilization; space and Earth weather and environmental
monitoring and prediction; disaster monitoring, prediction, response,
and recovery; and planetary defense.
8. Preserve and expand United States leadership in the development
of innovative space technologies, services, and operations. Work with
likeminded international and private partners, to prevent the transfer
of sensitive space capabilities to those who threaten the interests of
the United States, its allies, and its supporting industrial base.
Sec. 4. Cross-sector Space Policy Guidelines. The heads of all executive
departments and agencies (agencies), consistent with their respective
missions and authorities, shall execute the guidance provided in this
section consistent with applicable law.
Heads of agencies with representation on the National Space Council
shall designate a senior official with responsibility for overseeing
their respective agency's implementation of the National Space Policy.
This official shall periodically report to the National Space Council on
the progress of implementation of this policy within respective
agencies.
1. Foundational Activities and Capabilities. Foundational activities
and capabilities enable the United States to fulfill the principles and
goals directed in this policy.
(a) Strengthen United States Leadership in Space-related Science and
Technology. Heads of agencies shall:
i. Reinforce United States technological leadership by promoting
technology development; improved industrial capacity; a robust supplier
base; and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
education opportunities necessary to support United States leadership in
space innovation;
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ii. Conduct basic and applied research that increases space capabilities
and decreases costs, if such research is best supported by the Government;
and
iii. Encourage commercial space innovation and entrepreneurship through
targeted investment in promising technologies that improve the Nation's
leadership in space operations.
(b) Strengthen and Secure the United States Space Industrial Base. To
further foster the security and resilience of the domestic space industrial
base, heads of agencies, to the maximum extent practicable and consistent
with applicable law, shall:
i. Promote the availability of space-related industrial capabilities in
support of national critical functions;
ii. Identify suppliers and manufacturers key to the United States space-
related science, technology, and industrial bases and incentivizing them to
remain in, or return to, the United States;
iii. Support innovative entrepreneurial space companies through
appropriate deregulatory actions;
iv. Strengthen the security, integrity, and reliability of the supply
chains of United States space-related science, technology, and industrial
bases by identifying and eliminating dependence on suppliers owned by,
controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of foreign
adversaries, and engaging with United States and international industrial
partners to improve processes and effectively manage and secure supply
chains; and
v. Incorporate cybersecurity principles across all phases of space
systems design, development, acquisition, and deployment.
(c) Enhance Capabilities for Assured Access to Space. United States access
to space depends in the first instance on assured launch capabilities. To
the extent consistent with applicable law, United States Government
payloads shall be launched on vehicles manufactured in the United States,
unless approved for foreign launch in support of:
i. No-exchange-of-funds agreements involving international scientific
programs, launches of scientific instruments on international spacecraft,
or other cooperative government-to-government agreements;
ii. Launches of secondary-technology demonstrators or scientific payloads
for which no United States launch service is available;
iii. Hosted payload arrangements on spacecraft not owned by the United
States Government; or
iv. Other circumstances on a case-by-case exemption as coordinated by the
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and the Director
of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, consistent with established
interagency standards and coordination guidelines.
v. To the maximum extent practicable and consistent with their
responsibilities and applicable law, the heads of agencies shall:
1. Work collaboratively to acquire space launch services and
hosted Government payload arrangements that are secure, reliable,
cost-effective, and responsive to United States Government needs;
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2. Enhance operational efficiency, increase capacity, and
reduce launch costs by investing in the modernization of space
launch infrastructure;
3. Permit the launch of United States Government spacecraft
manufactured in the United States from territories of allied and
likeminded nations when launched on vehicles manufactured in the
United States; and
4. When sufficient United States commercial capabilities and
services do not exist, support industry-led efforts to rapidly
develop new and modernized launch systems and technologies
necessary to assure and to sustain future reliable, resilient, and
efficient access to space.
(d) Safeguard Space Components of Critical Infrastructure. The space domain
is important to the function of critical infrastructure vital to the
security, economy, resilience, public health, and safety of the United
States. Multiple infrastructure sectors depend on reliable access to space-
based systems to perform their functions.
i. The United States will develop strategies, capabilities, and options
to respond to any purposeful interference with or attack on the space
systems of the United States or its allies that directly affects national
rights, especially those necessary for the operation of the Nation's
critical infrastructure. Such strategies, capabilities, and options will
allow for a deliberate response at a time, place, manner, and domain of its
choosing.
ii. The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the
Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with other heads of
agencies, as appropriate, shall develop and maintain focused threat and
risk assessments on the effect of deleterious actions in the space domain
to the Nation's critical infrastructure.
(e) Maintain and Enhance Space-based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
(PNT) Systems. The United States must maintain its leadership in the
service, provision, and responsible use of global navigation satellite
systems (GNSS). To that end, the United States shall:
i. Provide continuous worldwide access, for peaceful civil uses, to the
Global Positioning System (GPS) and its Government-provided augmentations,
free of direct user fees;
ii. Engage with international GNSS providers to ensure compatibility,
encourage interoperability with likeminded nations, promote transparency in
civil service provision, and enable market access for United States
industry;
iii. Operate and maintain the GPS constellation to satisfy civil and
national security needs, consistent with published performance standards
and interface specifications;
iv. Improve the cybersecurity of GPS, its augmentations, and federally
owned GPS-enabled devices, and foster commercial space sector adoption of
cyber-secure GPS enabled systems consistent with cybersecurity principles
for space systems;
v. Allow for the continued use of allied and other trusted international
PNT services in conjunction with GPS in a manner that ensures the
resilience of PNT services and is consistent with applicable law;
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vi. Invest in domestic capabilities and support international activities
to detect, analyze, mitigate, and increase resilience to harmful
interference to GNSS;
vii. Identify and promote, as appropriate, multiple and diverse
complementary PNT systems or approaches for critical infrastructure and
mission-essential functions; and
viii. Promote the responsible use of United States space-based PNT
services and capabilities in civil and commercial sectors at the Federal,
State, and local levels, including the utilization of multiple and diverse
complementary PNT systems or approaches for national critical functions.
(f) Develop and Retain Space Professionals. The primary goals of space
professional development are to achieve mission success in space operations
and acquisition; stimulate innovation to improve commercial, civil, and
national security space capabilities; and advance science, exploration, and
discovery. Toward these ends, the heads of agencies, in cooperation with
industry and academia, as appropriate, shall:
i. Establish standards for accession and career progression;
ii. Seek to create educational and professional development opportunities
for the current space workforce, including internships and fellowships, and
to implement measures to recruit, develop, maintain, and retain skilled
space professionals, including engineering and scientific personnel and
experienced space system developers and operators, across Government and
commercial sectors;
iii. Promote and expand public-private partnerships within space and
technology industries to foster transdisciplinary educational achievement
in STEM programs, supported by targeted investments in such initiatives;
iv. Promote the exchange of scientists, engineers, and technologists
among Federal laboratories, universities, and the commercial space sector
to facilitate the exchange of diverse ideas and to build capacity in space
technical knowledge and skills;
v. Develop the means to recruit and to employ qualified and skilled space
professionals from likeminded nations to increase United States leadership
in space commerce, science, exploration, and security; and
vi. Support training and education in key enabling scientific and
engineering disciplines, including: artificial intelligence and machine
learning, autonomy, orbital mechanics, collision avoidance methods,
robotics, computer science and engineering, digital design and engineering,
electromagnetics, materials science, hypersonics, geoscience, quantum-
related technologies and applications, and cybersecurity.
(g) Improve Space System Development and Procurement. The heads of agencies
shall:
i. Improve timely acquisition and deployment of space systems through
enhancements in estimating costs, assessing technological risk and
maturity, and leveraging and understanding emerging industrial base
capabilities and capacity;
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ii. Reduce programmatic risk through improved management of program
requirements, reduce the use of cost-plus contracts, where appropriate, and
take advantage of cost-effective opportunities to test high-risk
components, payloads, and technologies in digital, space, or other relevant
environments;
iii. Create opportunities to strengthen and to develop pertinent
expertise in the Government workforce through internships and fellowships
with the commercial space sector;
iv. Pursue and endorse cooperative research and development agreements;
v. Incorporate rapid prototyping, experimentation, and other efforts to
accelerate development cycles to improve performance and to reduce costs;
vi. Embrace innovation to cultivate and to sustain an entrepreneurial
United States research and development environment;
vii. Engage with the industrial base to improve processes and effectively
manage and secure supply chains; and
viii. Promote, where consistent with applicable rules and regulations
concerning Government contracting, procurement of critical materials and
sub-tier components, such as solar cells and microelectronics, from
domestic and other trusted sources of supply.
(h) Strengthen Interagency and Commercial Partnerships. As facilitated by
the Executive Secretary of the National Space Council, the heads of
agencies shall, consistent with applicable law:
i. Strengthen existing partnerships and pursue new partnerships among
interagency members, the United States commercial space and related
sectors, and United States academic institutions through cooperation,
collaboration, information sharing, innovative procurements, and alignment
of common pursuits to achieve United States goals;
ii. Encourage the sharing of capabilities and the exchange of expertise
among agencies and, to the maximum extent practicable, with the United
States commercial sectors to strengthen the Nation's ability to pursue its
strategic goals;
iii. Develop implementation and response strategies and leverage United
States capabilities to increase technology innovation and achieve desired
outcomes involving space operations relating to science, public safety,
national security, and economic growth.
2. International Cooperation.
(a) Strengthen United States Leadership in Space. The heads of agencies, in
collaboration with the Secretary of State, shall:
i. Demonstrate United States leadership in space-related fora and
activities to strengthen deterrence and assure allies and partners of its
commitment to preserving the safety, stability, security, and long-term
sustainability of space activities;
ii. Identify areas of mutual interest and benefit, such as collective
self-defense and the promotion of secure and resilient space-related
infrastructure;
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iii. Lead the enhancement of safety, stability, security, and long-term
sustainability in space by promoting a framework for responsible behavior
in outer space, including the pursuit and effective implementation of best
practices, standards, and norms of behavior;
iv. Encourage other nations to adopt United States space regulatory
approaches and commercial space sector practices;
v. Encourage interoperability among United States, allied, and partner
space systems, services, and data;
vi. Facilitate new market opportunities for United States commercial
space capabilities and services, including commercial applications that
rely on United States Government-provided space systems;
vii. Promote the adoption of policies and practices internationally that
facilitate full, open, and timely access to Government space-derived
environmental data on a reciprocal basis;
viii. Promote appropriate burden-, cost-, and risk-sharing among
international partners; and
ix. Augment United States capabilities by leveraging existing and planned
space capabilities of allies and partners.
(b) Identify and Expand Areas for International Cooperation. The heads of
agencies shall identify potential areas for international cooperation
across the spectrum of commercial, civil, and national security space
activities that increase the understanding of Earth and space sciences,
expand the detection of hazardous near-Earth objects, ensure the freedom of
operation in and through space, increase the quality and safety of life on
Earth, extend human presence and economic activity beyond low Earth orbit,
and reduce the cost of achieving the Nation's goals.
i. The Secretary of State, in coordination with the heads of agencies,
shall:
1. Carry out diplomatic and public diplomacy efforts to
strengthen the understanding of, and support for, United States
national space policies and programs and to promote the
international use of United States space capabilities, systems,
and services;
2. Encourage international support for the recovery and use of
outer space resources;
3. Lead the consideration of proposals and concepts for arms
control measures if they are equitable, effectively verifiable,
and enhance the national security of the United States and its
allies;
4. Pursue bilateral and multilateral transparency and
confidence-building measures to encourage responsible actions in,
and the peaceful use of, outer space to strengthen the safety,
stability, security, and long-term sustainability of space
activities, to increase predictability and reduce the risk of
misunderstanding and inadvertent conflict escalation; and
5. Cooperate with likeminded international partners to
establish standards of safe and responsible behavior, including
openness, transparency, and predictability, to facilitate the
detection, identification, and attribution of actions in space
that are inconsistent with the safety, stability, security, and
long-term sustainability of space activities.
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ii. The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, in
coordination with the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA), the Secretary of Commerce, and the heads of other
agencies as appropriate, shall lead the development of national and
international planetary protection guidelines, working with scientific,
commercial, and international partners, for the appropriate protection of
planetary bodies and Earth from harmful biological contamination.
3. Preserving the Space Environment to Enhance the Long-term
Sustainability of Space Activities.
(a) Preserve the Space Environment. To preserve the space environment for
responsible, peaceful, and safe use, and with a focus on minimizing space
debris the United States shall:
i. Continue leading the development and adoption of international and
industry standards and policies, such as the Guidelines for the Long-term
Sustainability of Outer Space Activities and the Space Debris Mitigation
Guidelines of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer
Space;
ii. Continue to make available basic space situational awareness (SSA)
data, and provide for basic space traffic coordination (including
conjunction and reentry notifications), free of direct user fees while
supporting new opportunities for United States commercial and non-profit
products and services;
iii. Develop, maintain, and use SSA information from commercial, civil,
and national security sources in an open architecture data repository to
detect, identify, and attribute actions in space that are inconsistent with
the safety, stability, security, and the long-term sustainability of space
activities;
iv. Develop and maintain space flight safety standards and best practices
to coordinate space traffic;
v. Ensure that, consistent with international obligations, timely and
accurate information concerning United States space objects launched into
Earth orbit or beyond is entered into the United States domestic space
object registry maintained by the Secretary of State and internationally
registered with the United Nations as soon as practicable;
vi. Limit the creation of new debris, consistent with mission
requirements and cost effectiveness, during the procurement and operation
of spacecraft, launch services, and conduct of tests and experiments in
space by following and periodically updating the United States Government
Orbital Debris Mitigation Standard Practices;
vii. Regularly assess existing guidelines for non-government activities
in or beyond Earth orbit, and maintain a timely and responsive regulatory
environment for licensing those activities, consistent with United States
law and international obligations;
viii. Pursue research and development of technologies and techniques to
characterize and to mitigate risks from orbital debris, reduce hazards, and
increase understanding of the current and future debris environment;
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ix. Evaluate and pursue, in coordination with allies and partners, active
debris removal as a potential long-term approach to ensure the safety of
flight in key orbital regimes;
x. Require approval of exceptions to the United States Government Orbital
Debris Mitigation Standard Practices from the head of the sponsoring agency
and notification to the Secretary of State; and
xi. Continue to foster the development of best practices to prevent on-
orbit collisions by collaborating with the commercial space sector and
likeminded nations to: maintain and improve space object databases; pursue
common international data standards and integrity measures; provide
services and disseminate orbital tracking information, including
predictions of space-object conjunctions, to commercial and international
entities; and expand SSA to deep space.
(b) Effective Export Policies.
i. The United States will work to stem the flow of advanced space
technology to unauthorized parties while ensuring the competitiveness of
the United States space industrial base. The heads of agencies are
responsible for protecting against adverse technology transfer in the
conduct of their programs.
ii. The United States Government shall:
1. Consider letters of request and the issuance of licenses
for space-related exports on a case-by-case basis, pursuant to,
and in accordance with, the International Traffic in Arms
Regulations (ITAR), the Conventional Arms Transfer Policy, the
Export Administration Regulations, and other applicable laws and
commitments;
2. Encourage the export of space-related items when doing so
would not threaten the national interest;
3. Make eligible for streamlined authorization the export of
space-related items that are generally available in the global
marketplace, do not provide critical military functions, and are
destined for certain allied or partner countries.
iii. Consistent with the foregoing, and consistent with existing law and
regulation, license applications for exports of space-related items will be
subject to a presumption of denial when destined for arms-embargoed
destinations or other embargoed destinations.
iv. Sensitive or advanced spacecraft-related exports may require
government-to-government transfers through the Foreign Military Sales
process. The Secretary of State shall determine whether current arms
transfer and nonproliferation policy directives provide sufficient guidance
for the transfer of emerging technologies and space capabilities.
(c) Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion.
i. The United States will develop and use space nuclear power and
propulsion (SNPP) systems where such systems enable achievement of United
States scientific, national security, and commercial objectives. The United
States will adhere to principles of safety, stability, security, and long-
term sustainability in its development and utilization of space nuclear
systems. In accordance with the National Security Policy Memorandum-20
Presidential Memorandum on Launch of Spacecraft Containing Space Nuclear
Systems (August 20, 2019), authorization for
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launches of spacecraft containing space nuclear systems shall follow a
tiered process based on the characteristics of the system, level of
potential hazard, and national security considerations.
ii. The Administrator of NASA and the Secretary of Defense shall conduct
and support design, development, and utilization of space nuclear systems,
as appropriate, to enable and achieve their respective mission objectives.
iii. The Secretary of Energy shall support the design, development, and
utilization of SNPP systems to enable and achieve the scientific,
exploration, and national security objectives of the United States, in
coordination with sponsoring agencies and other entities, as appropriate.
The Secretary of Energy shall maintain, on a full cost recovery basis, the
capability and infrastructure to develop, furnish, and conduct safety
analyses for space nuclear systems for use in United States Government
space systems.
iv. The Secretary of Energy, in cooperation with the Secretary of
Homeland Security and the heads of appropriate agencies, shall provide
technical and operational support to the launch of SNPP systems to prepare
for and respond to any potential radiological impacts of a launch to ensure
the protection of public health and safety.
v. The Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with other appropriate
agencies, shall promote responsible United States commercial space nuclear
system investment, innovation, and operations.
vi. The Secretary of Transportation shall, in consultation with other
applicable agencies, serve as the licensing authority for commercial
launches of space nuclear systems.
(d) Protection of Electromagnetic Spectrum. In matters pertaining to the
electromagnetic spectrum the United States shall:
i. Seek to protect access to, and operation in, the electromagnetic
spectrum and related orbital assignments required to support the use of
space by the United States Government, its allies, and partners, and United
States commercial users;
ii. Preserve and protect the electromagnetic spectrum required to sustain
existing and emergent space-based capabilities, including communications,
navigation, and Earth observation;
iii. Explicitly address requirements for electromagnetic spectrum and
orbital assignments prior to approving acquisition of space capabilities;
iv. Coordinate stable and predictable national and international
regulatory frameworks to enable and support the competitiveness of space
services and systems licensed by the United States;
v. Seek to remove or to streamline regulatory impediments that may
discourage commercial space communications providers from obtaining
licenses from the United States;
vi. Conduct and publish thorough operational, technical, and policy
impact assessments, in coordination with Government space system operators,
prior to reallocating spectrum for commercial, Government, or shared use;
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vii. Enhance capabilities and techniques, in cooperation with commercial,
civil, and international partners, to detect, identify, locate, and
attribute sources of radio frequency interference, and to take necessary
measures to sustain the electromagnetic environment in which critical
United States space systems operate;
viii. Seek appropriate regulatory approval under United States domestic
regulations for United States Government Earth stations operating with
commercially owned satellites, consistent with the regulatory approvals
granted to analogous commercial Earth stations; and
ix. Prioritize research and development of advanced technologies,
innovative spectrum-utilization methods, and spectrum-sharing tools and
techniques that increase spectrum access, efficiency, and effectiveness.
(e) Cybersecurity for United States Space Systems. In matters relating to
cybersecurity for space systems the United States Government shall:
i. Seek to ensure space systems and their supporting infrastructure,
including software, are designed, developed, and operated using risk-based,
cybersecurity-informed engineering;
ii. Collaborate with industry and encourage development and integration
of cybersecurity plans for space systems that mitigate unauthorized access
to critical space system functions, reduce vulnerabilities, protect ground
systems, promote cybersecurity hygiene practices, and manage supply chain
risks;
iii. Collaborate with interagency, allied, partner, and commercial space
system operators to promote the development and adoption of best practices
and mitigations;
iv. Leverage widely adopted best practices and standards in the creation
of rules and regulations, as appropriate; and
v. Determine appropriate cybersecurity measures for Government space
systems through a mission risk assessment specific to a space system's
design and operations.
(f) Assurance of National Critical Functions. The United States Government,
in cooperation with private and public sectors, shall:
i. Assure space-enabled national critical functions by developing the
techniques, measures, relationships, and capabilities necessary to maintain
continuity of services;
ii. Pursue efforts to enhance the protection, cybersecurity, and
resilience of selected spacecraft and supporting infrastructure;
iii. Periodically conduct operationally-focused exercises to test the
continuity of national critical functions and Federal mission assurance in
a degraded or denied space environment due to natural or manmade
disruptions;
iv. Incorporate the simulated disruption of space systems into
interagency and national exercises; and
v. Address mission assurance and architectural resilience through the
design, acquisition, command and control, exercise, and operation of
materiel and non-materiel space and non-space capabilities.
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Sec. 5. Sector Guidelines. The United States conducts space activities
in three distinct but interdependent sectors: commercial, civil, and
national security. Consistent with all applicable legal obligations
agencies shall comply with the following guidance.
1. Commercial Space Guidelines.
The term ``commercial,'' for the purposes of this policy, refers to
goods, services, or activities provided by private sector enterprises
that bear a reasonable portion of the investment risk and responsibility
for the activity, operate in accordance with typical market-based
incentives for controlling cost and optimizing return on investment, and
have the legal capacity to offer those goods or services to existing or
potential non-governmental customers.
A United States commercial space sector that leads in the global
space marketplace is foundational to national strategic objectives that
include increased and sustained prosperity, free market principles,
enhanced international partnerships and collaboration, technological
innovation, and scientific discovery, and is vital to United States and
allied security.
(a) Promoting a Robust Commercial Space Industry. To promote a robust
domestic commercial space industry and strengthen United States leadership
as the country of choice for conducting commercial space activities, the
heads of agencies shall:
i. Purchase and use United States commercial space capabilities and
services, to the maximum practical extent under existing law, when such
capabilities and services meet United States Government requirements;
ii. Prioritize partnerships with commercial industry to meet Government
requirements through the modification of existing commercial space
capabilities and services when potential system modifications represent a
cost-effective and timely acquisition approach for the Government and are
consistent with system and mission-security practices and principles;
iii. Consider inventive, nontraditional arrangements for acquiring
commercial space goods and services to meet United States Government
requirements, including measures such as hosting Government capabilities on
commercial spacecraft, purchasing scientific or operational data from
commercial satellite operators in support of Government missions,
leveraging satellite servicing or on-orbit manufacturing, and public-
private partnerships;
iv. Develop Government space systems only when in the national interest
and no suitable or cost-effective United States commercial or, as
appropriate, international commercial capability or service is available or
could be available in time to meet Government requirements;
v. Refrain from conducting United States Government space activities that
preclude, discourage, or compete with United States commercial space
activities, unless required by national security or public safety;
vi. Pursue opportunities for transferring routine operational space
functions to the commercial space sector where beneficial and cost-
effective and consistent with legal, security, or safety needs;
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vii. Cultivate increased technological innovation and entrepreneurship
and provide alternatives to predatory foreign investment in the commercial
space sector through the use of incentives such as prizes, competitions,
and competitive grants;
viii. Ensure that United States Government space technology and
infrastructure are made available for commercial use on a reimbursable,
non-interference and equitable basis to the maximum practical extent,
consistent with applicable laws and national security interests;
ix. Promote continued commercial United States leadership in space by
making available, consistent with applicable laws and national security,
commercially relevant technologies developed by Federal research and
development programs to United States industry;
x. Create transparent regulatory processes that minimize, consistent with
national security and public safety, the regulatory burden and uncertainty
for commercial space activities and that are flexible so as to accommodate
and to adapt to technical development, business innovation, and market
demands;
xi. Encourage State and local governments to support the commercial space
sector for the purposes of cultivating a technically skilled work force,
diversifying innovation potential, and stimulating economic growth;
xii. Foster fair and open global trade and commerce through the promotion
of standards and regulations that have been developed with input from
United States industry;
xiii. Encourage the purchase and use of United States commercial space
services and capabilities in international cooperative arrangements;
xiv. Encourage the growth of United States commercial human space
exploration, including logistical provisioning, delivery, and the continued
commercialization of operations in and beyond low Earth orbit, and the use
of microgravity as a domain for research and development; and
xv. Promote the export of United States commercial space goods and
services, including those developed by small and medium-sized enterprises,
for use in international markets, consistent with United States export
controls and national security objectives.
(b) International Trade Agreements. The United States Trade Representative
(USTR) has the primary responsibility for international trade agreements to
which the United States is a party. USTR, in consultation with other
relevant heads of agencies, will lead any effort relating to the
negotiation and implementation of trade disciplines governing trade in
goods and services related to space.
(c) Mission Authorization of Novel Activities. The Secretary of Commerce,
in coordination with the National Space Council, shall:
i. Identify whether any planned space activities fall beyond the scope of
existing authorization and supervision processes necessary to meet
international obligations; and
ii. Lead, if necessary, the development of minimally burdensome,
responsive, transparent, and adaptive review, authorization, and
supervision processes for such activities, consistent with national
security and
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public safety interests, with a presumption of approval and prompt appeals
process.
(d) Foster the Development of Space Collision Warning Measures. The
Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretaries of State,
Defense, and Transportation, the Administrator of NASA, and the heads of
other agencies, shall collaborate, consistent with applicable law, with
industry and foreign nations to:
i. Maintain and improve space object identification databases;
ii. Pursue common international data standards and data integrity
measures;
iii. Disseminate orbital tracking information to commercial and
international entities, including predictions of space object conjunctions;
iv. Enhance the common understanding of resident space objects;
v. Develop and implement standard practices for conjunction assessment
operations to ensure the safety of flight of all space operations, across
all orbital regimes; and
vi. Develop common commercial operating guidelines and propose licensing
requirements, consistent with respective agency mission and authorities,
for large constellations, rendezvous and proximity operations, satellite
servicing, small satellites, end-of-mission planning, and other classes of
space operations.
2. Civil Space Guidelines.
(a) Space Science, Exploration, and Discovery. The United States shall lead
an innovative and sustainable program of scientific discovery, technology
development, and space exploration with commercial and international
partners to enable human expansion across the solar system and to bring
back to Earth new knowledge and opportunities. Beginning with missions
beyond low Earth orbit, the United States will lead the return of humans to
the Moon for long-term exploration and utilization, followed by human
missions to Mars and other destinations.
(b) The Administrator of NASA, in collaboration with other appropriate
agencies, Federal laboratories, and commercial partners, shall, consistent
with applicable law:
i. Lead a program to land the next American man and the first American
woman on the Moon by 2024, followed by a sustained presence on the Moon by
2028, and the subsequent landing of the first human on Mars;
ii. Continue the operation of the International Space Station (ISS) in
cooperation with international partners for scientific, technological,
commercial, diplomatic, and educational purposes while developing separate
commercial platforms to sustain continuous United States presence in and
utilization of low Earth orbit and to transition beyond ISS operations;
iii. Develop partnerships to foster new economic activities in and beyond
low Earth orbit that enable NASA and other customers to purchase services
and capabilities at lower cost;
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iv. In consultation with international and commercial partners as
appropriate, support activities that include the presence of humans in
space; maintain continuous human presence in Earth orbit by transitioning
from ISS to commercial platforms and services; and continue to support
future objectives in human space exploration;
v. Continue as the launch agent for the civil space sector while
utilizing commercial space capabilities and services to the maximum
practical extent;
vi. Continue to grow partnerships with the commercial space sector to
enable safe, reliable, and cost-effective transport of crew and cargo to
destinations in low Earth and cislunar orbits, and to the lunar surface;
vii. Lead space exploration technology development efforts in
collaboration with industry, academia, and international partners to
increase capabilities for future human and robotic space exploration
missions while decreasing mission costs;
viii. Maintain a sustained robotic presence in the solar system with
international and commercial partners to: prepare for future human
missions; conduct scientific investigations; map and characterize water,
mineral, and elemental resources; and demonstrate new technologies;
ix. Conduct space science for observations, research, and analysis of the
Sun, space weather, the solar system, and the universe to enhance knowledge
of the cosmos, advance scientific understanding, understand the conditions
that may support the development of life, and search for planetary bodies
and Earth-like planets in orbit around other stars;
x. Pursue capabilities, in cooperation with other agencies, commercial,
and international partners, to detect, track, catalog, and characterize
near Earth objects to warn of any predicted Earth impact and to identify
potentially resource-rich planetary objects; and
xi. Develop options, in collaboration with other agencies, and
international partners, for planetary defense actions both on Earth and in
space to mitigate the potential effects of a predicted near Earth object
impact or trajectory.
(c) Observation of the Earth's Surface, Environment, and Weather. To
continue and to enhance a broad array of programs of space-based
observation, research, and analysis of the Earth's surface, oceans, and
atmosphere and their interactions, and to improve life on Earth:
i. The Administrator of NASA, in coordination with the heads of other
appropriate agencies, shall conduct a program of research to understand
Earth's interconnected systems, including the development of new Earth
observing satellites for other agencies to use for operational purposes.
ii. The Secretary of Commerce, through the Administrator of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), shall be responsible for the
requirements, funding, and operation of civil environmental satellites and
data-gathering in support of atmospheric and space weather forecasting.
NOAA may utilize NASA as the acquisition agent for operational
environmental satellites for those activities and programs.
iii. The Secretary of Commerce, through the Administrator of NOAA, and
the Secretary of Defense, through the Secretary of the Air Force, in
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coordination with the Administrator of NASA and the heads of other
appropriate agencies, shall:
1. Continue existing coverage responsibilities;
2. Develop a plan to provide Earth environmental satellite
observation capabilities, including ground systems for operations,
that meet current and future civil and national security
requirements; and
3. Ensure the continued sharing of data from all systems.
iv. In support of operational requirements the Secretary of Commerce, in
coordination with the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of NASA, and
the heads of other appropriate agencies, shall:
1. Collaborate with academia, the commercial sector, and
international partners to ensure uninterrupted operational
environmental satellite observations using cost-effective,
resilient methods to acquire global meteorological satellite data;
2. Coordinate, as practicable, on future satellite and ground
system architectures to reduce duplication of space acquisition
processes and capabilities;
3. Utilize international partnerships to sustain and enhance a
robust Earth observations program that meets civil and national
security requirements, including weather, climate, ocean, and
coastal observations; and
4. Purchase commercial environmental data for use in
meteorological and space weather models when appropriate.
v. The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, in
consultation with the Assistant to the President for National Security
Affairs, shall coordinate the implementation of the National Space Weather
Strategy and Action Plan. The goals of this strategy are to: enhance the
protection of Government and commercial systems against the effects of
space weather; disseminate accurate and timely space weather
characterization and forecasts; and establish plans and procedures for
responding to and recovering from space weather events. Agencies
contributing to the United States Government Earth science enterprise shall
pursue innovative partnerships with the commercial sector to make their
agency's Earth observation data more easily discoverable, accessible, and
usable to the public.
(d) Land Remote Sensing.
i. The Secretary of the Interior, through the Director of the United
States Geological Survey (USGS), shall:
1. Conduct integrated predictive science, which includes
research, monitoring, assessments, and modeling, on natural and
human-induced changes to Earth's land, land cover, and inland
surface waters, and manage a national global land surface data
archive and its distribution;
2. Determine the operational requirements for collecting,
processing, archiving, and distributing land surface data to the
United States Government and other users;
3. Use international and commercial partnerships to help
sustain and enhance land surface observations from space; and
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4. Utilize, consistent with national security classification
guidelines and sharing agreements and in coordination with the
Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence,
remote sensing information related to the environment and to
disasters that is acquired from national security space systems.
ii. The Secretary of the Interior, through the Director of the USGS, and
the Administrator of NASA shall work together to maintain a sustainable
land-imaging program for operational land remote sensing observations that
meets the needs of core United States users and leverages government,
commercial, and international capabilities.
iii. The Administrators of NASA and NOAA, and the Director of the USGS
shall:
1. Collaborate, as practicable, on future satellite and ground
system architectures to ensure that civil space acquisition
processes and capabilities are not unnecessarily duplicated; and
2. Continue to develop civil applications and information
tools based on data collected by Earth observation satellites.
They shall, to the maximum extent practicable, develop those
applications and tools using known standards and open protocols
and make data and applications from United States Government
satellites openly available to the public.
i. The Secretary of Commerce shall license and regulate private remote
sensing systems consistent with the recognition that long-term United
States national security and foreign policy interests are best served by
ensuring that United States industry continues to lead the rapidly maturing
and highly competitive commercial space-based remote sensing market. The
Secretary of Commerce shall consult with the Secretary of State and
Secretary of Defense in these matters in accordance with applicable law.
3. National Security Space Guidelines.
(a) The United States seeks a secure, stable, and accessible space domain,
which has become a warfighting domain as a result of competitors seeking to
challenge United States and allied interests in space.
(b) Strength and security in space contribute to United States and
international security and stability. It is imperative that the United
States adapt its national security organizations, policies, strategies,
doctrine, security classification frameworks, and capabilities to deter
hostilities, demonstrate responsible behaviors, and, if necessary, defeat
aggression and protect United States interests in space through:
i. Robust space domain awareness of all activities in space with the
ability to characterize and attribute potentially threatening behavior;
ii. Communicating to competitors which space activities the United States
considers undesirable or irresponsible, while promoting, demonstrating, and
communicating responsible norms of behavior;
iii. Assured, credible, and demonstrable responses to defend vital
national interests in space;
iv. Resilient space-enabled missions that reduce the impact or deny the
effectiveness of adversaries' actions; and
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v. Synchronized diplomatic, information, military, and economic
strategies that:
1. Deter adversaries and other actors from conducting
activities that may threaten the peaceful use of space by the
United States, its allies, and partners; and
2. Compel and impose costs on adversaries to cease behaviors
that threaten the peaceful use of space by the United States, its
allies, and partners.
(c) The United States Space Force will pursue these objectives as the
primary branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for
organizing, training, and equipping forces capable of projecting power in,
from, and to space to defend United States national interests; protecting
the freedom of operation in, from, and to the space domain; and enhancing
the lethality and effectiveness of the Joint Force. The United States Space
Force, and other branches of the Armed Forces as appropriate, will also
present forces to the United States Space Command, and to the other
Combatant Commands as appropriate, to deliver combat and combat support
capabilities necessary to enable prompt and sustained offensive and
defensive space operations, and to provide space support to joint
operations in all domains.
(d) Synchronized National Security Space.
i. The space domain is a priority intelligence and military operational
domain for the United States. The United States Intelligence Community and
Department of Defense use space capabilities to provide strategic,
operational, and tactical intelligence and decisive military advantages to
the Nation.
ii. The Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence,
in consultation with the heads of other appropriate agencies, Federal
laboratories, and, as appropriate, in partnership with United States
industry, shall:
1. Develop, acquire, and operate space systems and supporting
information systems and networks to aid United States national
security interests and to enable defense and intelligence
operations;
2. Procure resilient space capabilities and services to
provide defense and intelligence operations during times of
competition and armed conflict;
3. Develop and apply advanced technologies, capabilities, and
concepts that anticipate and rapidly respond to changes in the
threat environment and improve the timeliness and quality of
intelligence and data to support operations;
4. Identify and characterize current and future threats to
United States space missions for the purposes of enabling
effective deterrence and defense;
5. Develop resilient, cost-effective architectures and
accelerate acquisition and fielding of space capabilities with
sufficient capacity to increase the resilience of space-enabled
missions and to expand the ability to field or to rapidly
reconstitute space capabilities based on the strategic
environment;
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6. Develop, implement, and exercise plans, procedures,
techniques, and capabilities necessary to assure critical national
security space-enabled missions;
7. Protect and defend United States national security space
assets through integration and synchronization of operational
command and control capabilities and activities that foster
seamless execution between the Intelligence Community and
Department of Defense;
8. Promote, in collaboration with the Secretary of State,
norms of behavior for responsible national security space
activities that protect United States, allied, and partner
interests in space;
9. Ensure cost-effective resilience of space capabilities and
assurance of space-enabled missions, including supporting
information systems and networks, commensurate with their planned
use and taking into account the value these systems provide in
countering or mitigating threats, the consequences of their loss
or degradation, and the availability of other means to perform the
mission;
10. Expand and increase emphasis on disruptive and emerging
commercial space capabilities and provide assessments to United
States and allied leadership on the effects of these capabilities
on national security;
11. Integrate cybersecurity into space operations and
capabilities to retain positive control of space systems and
verify the integrity of critical functions, missions, and services
they provide;
12. Improve, develop, integrate, demonstrate, and proliferate
in cooperation with relevant interagency, international,
intergovernmental, and commercial entities, space domain awareness
capabilities to predict, detect, warn, characterize, and attribute
human-caused and naturally occurring activities that pose threats
to space systems of United States interest;
13. Provide to the Department of Commerce and other agencies,
as necessary, SSA information that supports national security,
civil, and human space flight activities, planetary defense from
hazardous near-Earth objects, and commercial and allied space
operations;
14. Collaborate with allies and partners actively engaging in
space security and intelligence operations to incentivize and
institute mechanisms for the exchange of relevant space, and
space-related information; and
15. Collaborate with the Secretaries of Commerce and Energy,
the Administrator of NASA, and the heads of other relevant
agencies to periodically review the health and competitiveness of
the United States space industrial base to determine whether the
domestic space industry can meet the technical requirements,
production, and service of national security space programs.
(e) Department of Defense.
i. The Secretary of Defense shall:
1. Defend the use of space for United States national security
purposes, the United States economy, allies, and partners;
2. Protect freedom of navigation and preserve lines of
communication that are open, safe, and secure in the space domain;
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3. Ensure that space capabilities are of sufficient capability
and capacity to enable decisive offensive and defensive space
operations vital to defending United States, allied, and partner
interests in space while continuing to sustain support to joint
operations;
4. Conduct operations in, from, and through space to deter
conflict, and if deterrence fails, to defeat aggression while
protecting and defending United States vital interests with allies
and partners;
5. Provide, as launch agent for the Department of Defense and
the Intelligence Community, affordable and timely space access for
national security purposes while using commercial space
capabilities and services to the maximum practical extent;
6. Develop, as launch agent for the Department of Defense and
the Intelligence Community, rapid launch options to reinforce or
to reconstitute priority national security space capabilities in
times of crisis and conflict and that, when practicable and
appropriate, leverage commercial capabilities;
7. Detect, characterize, warn, attribute, and respond to, in
coordination with the Secretary of State and other relevant
agencies, space-related behaviors and activities that threaten the
space interests of the United States, its allies, or partners,
international peace and security, or the long-term sustainability
of the space environment;
8. Periodically conduct policy-driven, threat-informed,
strategically-focused space posture reviews and assessments that
encompass military, diplomatic, informational, and economic
aspects of posture, including evaluation of the suitability of
U.S. Government, commercial industry, and international space
architectures to deliver effective and integrated deterrence and
compellence solutions; and
9. Develop, acquire, and operate space intelligence
capabilities to support joint operations.
(f) Intelligence Community.
i. The Director of National Intelligence shall:
1. Enhance foundational scientific and technical intelligence
collection and single and all-source intelligence analysis;
2. Coordinate with the Secretary of Defense to ensure
necessary and sufficient intelligence support for acquisition,
operations, and defense of space capabilities;
3. Develop, obtain, and operate space intelligence
capabilities to support strategic goals, intelligence priorities,
and assigned tasks;
4. Provide robust, timely, and effective collection,
processing, analysis, and dissemination of information on foreign
space capabilities and threats and supporting information system
activities;
5. Integrate all-source intelligence of foreign space
capabilities and intentions to produce enhanced intelligence
products that support space domain awareness;
6. Support monitoring, compliance, and verification for
transparency and confidence-building measures and, if applicable,
arms control agreements;
7. Ensure Intelligence Community equities are represented and
reviewed in United States Government radio frequency
deliberations; and
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8. Promote counterintelligence and security partnerships and
practices within the commercial, civil, and national security
space communities.
Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable
law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
(d) The Secretary of Commerce is authorized and directed to publish
this memorandum in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, December 9, 2020.
Memorandum of December 10, 2020
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Office of Personnel
Management
Memorandum for the Director of the Office of Personnel Management
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Vacancies
Reform Act of 1998, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq. (the ``Act''), it
is hereby ordered that:
Section 1. Order of Succession. Subject to the provisions of section 2
of this memorandum and to the limitations set forth in the Act, the
following officials of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), in the
order listed, shall act as and perform the functions and duties of the
office of Director of OPM (Director) during any period in which both the
Director and the Deputy Director of OPM have died, resigned, or
otherwise become unable to perform the functions and duties of the
office of Director:
(a) Chief of Staff;
(b) General Counsel;
(c) Associate Director, Employee Services;
(d) Chief Management Officer;
(e) Chief Financial Officer;
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(f) Associate Director, Retirement Services; and
(g) other Associate Directors in the order in which they have been
appointed as such.
Sec. 2. Exceptions. (a) No individual who is serving in an office listed
in section 1 of this memorandum in an acting capacity, by virtue of so
serving, shall act as Director pursuant to this memorandum.
(b) No individual listed in section 1 of this memorandum shall act
as Director unless that individual is otherwise eligible to so serve
under the Act.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this memorandum, the President
retains discretion, to the extent permitted by law, to depart from this
memorandum in designating an acting Director.
Sec. 3. Revocation. The Presidential Memorandum of August 12, 2016
(Designation of Officers of the Office of Personnel Management to Act as
Director of the Office of Personnel Management), is hereby revoked.
Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) This memorandum is not intended to, and
does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,
enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States,
its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or
agents, or any other person.
(b) You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in
the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, December 10, 2020.
Notice of December 16, 2020
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Serious Human
Rights Abuse and Corruption
On December 20, 2017, by Executive Order 13818, the President declared a
national emergency with respect to serious human rights abuse and
corruption around the world and, pursuant to the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), took related steps to deal
with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security,
foreign policy, and economy of the United States.
The prevalence and severity of human rights abuse and corruption that
have their source, in whole or in substantial part, outside the United
States, continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the
national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States. For
this reason, the national emergency declared on December 20, 2017, must
continue in effect beyond December 20, 2020. Therefore, in accordance
with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)),
I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency declared in Executive
Order 13818 with respect to serious human rights abuse and corruption.
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This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted
to the Congress.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 16, 2020.
Space Policy Directive-6 of December 16, 2020
National Strategy for Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion
Memorandum for the Vice President[,] the Secretary of State[,] the
Secretary of Defense[,] the Secretary of Commerce[,] the Secretary of
Transportation[,] the Secretary of Energy[,] the Director of the Office
of Management and Budget[,] the Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs[,] the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration[,] the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission[, and] the Director of the Office of Science and Technology
Policy
Section 1. Policy. The ability to use space nuclear power and propulsion
(SNPP) systems safely, securely, and sustainably is vital to maintaining
and advancing United States dominance and strategic leadership in space.
SNPP systems include radioisotope power systems (RPSs) and fission
reactors used for power or propulsion in spacecraft, rovers, and other
surface elements. SNPP systems can allow operation of such elements in
environments in which solar and chemical power are inadequate. They can
produce more power at lower mass and volume compared to other energy
sources, thereby enabling persistent presence and operations. SNPP
systems also can shorten transit times for crewed and robotic
spacecraft, thereby reducing radiation exposure in harsh space
environments.
National Security Presidential Memorandum-20 (NSPM-20) of August 20,
2019 (Launch of Spacecraft Containing Space Nuclear Systems), updated
the process for launches of spacecraft containing space nuclear systems.
It established it as the policy of the United States to ``develop and
use space nuclear systems when such systems safely enable or enhance
space exploration or operational capabilities.''
Cooperation with commercial and international partners is critical to
achieving America's objectives for space exploration. Presidential
Policy Directive 4 of June 28, 2010 (National Space Policy), as amended
by the Presidential Memorandum of December 11, 2017 (Reinvigorating
America's Human Space Exploration Program), established it as the policy
of the United States to ``[l]ead an innovative and sustainable program
of exploration with commercial and international partners to enable
human expansion across the solar system and to bring back to Earth new
knowledge and opportunities.''
This memorandum establishes a national strategy to ensure the
development and use of SNPP systems when appropriate to enable and
achieve the scientific, exploration, national security, and commercial
objectives of the United States. In the context of this strategy only,
the term ``development'' includes the full development process from
design through testing and production, and the term ``use'' includes
launch, operation, and disposition.
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This memorandum outlines high-level policy goals and a supporting
roadmap that will advance the ability of the United States to use SNPP
systems safely, securely, and sustainably. The execution of this
strategy will be subject to relevant budgetary and regulatory processes
and to the availability of appropriations.
Sec. 2. Goals. The United States will pursue goals for SNPP development
and use that are both mission-enabling and ambitious in their substance
and their timeline. These goals will enable a range of existing and
future space missions, with the aim of accelerating achievement of key
milestones, including in-space demonstration and use of new SNPP
capabilities. This memorandum establishes the following such goals for
the Nation:
(a) Develop uranium fuel processing capabilities that enable
production of fuel that is suitable to lunar and planetary surface and
in-space power, nuclear electric propulsion (NEP), and nuclear thermal
propulsion (NTP) applications, as needed. These capabilities should
support the ability to produce different uranium fuel forms to meet the
nearest-term mission needs and, to the extent feasible, should maximize
commonality--meaning use of the same or similar materials, processes,
designs, or infrastructure--across these fuel forms. To maximize
private-sector engagement and cost savings, these capabilities should be
developed to enable a range of terrestrial as well as space
applications, including future commercial applications;
(b) Demonstrate a fission power system on the surface of the Moon
that is scalable to a power range of 40 kilowatt-electric (kWe) and
higher to support a sustained lunar presence and exploration of Mars. To
the extent feasible, this power system should align with mission needs
for, and potential future government and commercial applications of, in-
space power, NEP, and terrestrial nuclear power;
(c) Establish the technical foundations and capabilities--including
through identification and resolution of the key technical challenges--
that will enable options for NTP to meet future Department of Defense
(DoD) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) mission
requirements; and
(d) Develop advanced RPS capabilities that provide higher fuel
efficiency, higher specific energy, and longer operational lifetime than
existing RPS capabilities, thus enabling survivable surface elements to
support robotic and human exploration of the Moon and Mars and extending
robotic exploration of the solar system.
Sec. 3. Principles. The United States will adhere to principles of
safety, security, and sustainability in its development and use of SNPP
systems, in accordance with all applicable Federal laws and consistent
with international obligations and commitments.
(a) Safety. All executive departments and agencies (agencies)
involved in the development and use of SNPP systems shall take
appropriate measures to ensure, within their respective roles and
responsibilities, the safe development, testing, launch, operation, and
disposition of SNPP systems. For United States Government SNPP programs,
the sponsoring agency holds primary responsibility for safety. For
programs involving multiple agencies, the terms of cooperation shall
designate a lead agency with primary responsibility for safety in each
stage of development and use.
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(i) Ground development. Activities associated with ground development,
including ground testing, of SNPP systems shall be conducted in accordance
with applicable Federal, State, and local laws and existing authorities of
regulatory agencies.
(ii) Launch. NSPM-20 established safety guidelines and safety analysis and
review processes for Federal Government launches of spacecraft containing
space nuclear systems, including SNPP systems, and for launches for which
the Department of Transportation has statutory authority to license as
commercial space launch activities (commercial launches). These guidelines
and processes address launch and any subsequent stages during which
accidents may result in radiological effects on the public or the
environment--for instance, in an unplanned reentry from Earth orbit or
during an Earth flyby. Launch activities shall be conducted in accordance
with these guidelines and processes.
(iii) Operation and disposition. The operation and disposition of SNPP
systems shall be planned and conducted in a manner that protect human and
environmental safety and national security assets. Fission reactor SNPP
systems may be operated on interplanetary missions, in sufficiently high
orbits, and in low-Earth orbits if they are stored in sufficiently high
orbits after the operational part of their mission. In this context, a
sufficiently high orbit is one in which the orbital lifetime of the
spacecraft is long enough for the fission products to decay to a level of
radioactivity comparable to that of uranium-235 by the time it reenters the
Earth's atmosphere, and the risks to existing and future space missions and
of collision with objects in space are minimized. Spacecraft operating
fission reactors in low-Earth orbits shall incorporate a highly reliable
operational system to ensure effective and controlled disposition of the
reactor.
(b) Security. All agencies involved in the development and use of
SNPP systems shall take appropriate measures to protect nuclear and
radiological materials and sensitive information, consistent with sound
nuclear nonproliferation principles. For United States Government SNPP
programs, the sponsoring agency holds primary responsibility for
security. For programs involving multiple agencies, the terms of
cooperation shall designate a lead agency with primary responsibility
for security in each stage of development and use. The use of highly
enriched uranium (HEU) in SNPP systems should be limited to applications
for which the mission would not be viable with other nuclear fuels or
non-nuclear power sources. Before selecting HEU or, for fission reactor
systems, any nuclear fuel other than low-enriched uranium (LEU), for any
given SNPP design or mission, the sponsoring agency shall conduct a
thorough technical review to assess the viability of alternative nuclear
fuels. The sponsoring agency shall provide to the respective staffs of
the National Security Council, the National Space Council, the Office of
Science and Technology Policy, and the Office of Management and Budget a
briefing that provides justification for why the use of HEU or other
non-LEU fuel is required, and any steps the agency has taken to address
nuclear safety, security, and proliferation-related risks. The Director
of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall ensure, through the
National Science and Technology Council, that other relevant agencies
are invited to participate in these briefings.
(c) Sustainability. All agencies involved in the development and use
of SNPP systems shall take appropriate measures to conduct these
activities
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in a manner that is suitable for the long-term sustainment of United
States space capabilities and leadership in SNPP.
(i) Coordination and Collaboration. To maximize efficiency and return on
taxpayer investment, the heads of relevant agencies shall seek and pursue
opportunities to coordinate among existing and future SNPP development and
use programs. Connecting current efforts with likely future applications
will help ensure that such programs can contribute to long-term United
States SNPP capabilities and leadership. Agencies also shall seek
opportunities to partner with the private sector, including academic
institutions, in order to facilitate contributions to United States SNPP
capabilities and leadership. To help identify opportunities for
collaboration, the heads of relevant agencies should conduct regular
technical exchanges among SNPP programs, to the extent that such exchanges
are consistent with the principle of security and comply with applicable
Federal, State, and local laws. Agencies shall coordinate with the
Department of State when seeking opportunities for international
partnerships.
(ii) Commonality. The heads of relevant agencies shall seek to identify and
use opportunities for commonality among SNPP systems, and between SNPP and
terrestrial nuclear systems, whenever doing so could advance program and
policy objectives without unduly inhibiting innovation or market
development, or hampering system suitability to specific mission
applications. For example, opportunities for commonality may exist in goals
(e.g., demonstration timeline), reactor design, nuclear fuels (e.g., fuel
type and form, and enrichment level), supplementary systems (e.g., power
conversion, moderator, reflector, shielding, and system vessel), methods
(e.g., additive manufacturing of fuel or reactor elements), and
infrastructure (e.g., fuel supply, testing facilities, launch facilities,
and workforce).
(iii) Cost-effectiveness. The heads of relevant agencies should pursue SNPP
development and use solutions that are cost-effective while also consistent
with the principles of safety and security. For any program or system, the
heads of such agencies should seek to identify the combination of in-space
and ground-based testing and certification that will best qualify the
system for a given mission while ensuring public safety.
Sec. 4. Roles and Responsibilities. (a) The Vice President, on behalf of
the President and acting through the National Space Council, shall
coordinate United States policy related to use of SNPP systems.
(b) The Secretary of State shall, under the direction of the
President, coordinate United States activities related to international
obligations and commitments and international cooperation involving
SNPP.
(c) The Secretary of Defense shall conduct and support activities
associated with development and use of SNPP systems to enable and
achieve United States national security objectives. When appropriate,
the Secretary of Defense shall facilitate private-sector engagement in
DoD SNPP activities.
(d) The Secretary of Commerce shall promote responsible United
States commercial SNPP investment, innovation, and use, and shall, when
consistent with the authorities of the Secretary, ensure the publication
of clear, flexible, performance-based rules that are applicable to use
of SNPP and are easily navigated. Under the direction of the Secretary
of Commerce, the Department of Commerce (DOC) shall ascertain and
communicate the views
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of private-sector partners and potential private-sector partners to
relevant agency partners in order to facilitate public-private
collaboration in SNPP development and use.
(e) The Secretary of Transportation's statutory authority includes
licensing commercial launches and reentries, including vehicles
containing SNPP systems. Within this capacity, the Secretary of
Transportation shall, when appropriate, facilitate private-sector
engagement in the launch or reentry aspect of SNPP development and use
activities, in support of United States science, exploration, national
security, and commercial objectives. To help ensure the launch safety of
an SNPP payload, and consistent with 51 U.S.C. 50904, a payload review
may be conducted as part of a license application review or may be
requested by a payload owner or operator in advance of or apart from a
license application.
(f) The Secretary of Energy shall, in coordination with sponsoring
agencies and other agencies, as appropriate, support development and use
of SNPP systems to enable and achieve United States scientific,
exploration, and national security objectives. When appropriate, the
Secretary of Energy shall work with sponsoring agencies and DOC to
facilitate United States private-sector engagement in Department of
Energy (DOE) SNPP activities. Under the direction of the Secretary of
Energy and consistent with the authorities granted to DOE, including
authorities under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (AEA), as amended, 42
U.S.C. 2011, et seq., DOE may authorize ground-based SNPP development
activities, including DOE activities conducted in coordination with
sponsoring agencies and private-sector entities. As directed in NSPM-20,
the Secretary of Energy shall maintain, on a full-cost recovery basis,
the capability and infrastructure to develop, furnish, and conduct
safety analyses for space nuclear systems for use in United States
Government space systems.
(g) The Administrator of NASA shall conduct and support activities
associated with development and use of SNPP systems to enable and
achieve United States space science and exploration objectives. The
Administrator of NASA shall establish the performance requirements for
SNPP capabilities necessary to achieve those objectives. When
appropriate, the Administrator of NASA shall facilitate private-sector
engagement in NASA SNPP activities, and shall coordinate with the
Secretary of Commerce and, as appropriate, the Secretary of State and
the Secretary of Energy, to help facilitate private-sector SNPP
activities.
(h) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has statutory authority
under the AEA for licensing and regulatory safety and security oversight
of commercial nuclear activities taking place within the United States.
The NRC should, as appropriate and particularly in circumstances within
NRC authority where DOE regulatory authorities cannot be applied, enable
private-sector engagement in SNPP development and use activities in
support of United States science, exploration, national security, and
commercial objectives.
(i) The Director of the Office and Science and Technology Policy
shall coordinate United States policy related to research and
development of SNPP systems.
Sec. 5. Roadmap. The United States will pursue a coordinated roadmap for
federally-supported SNPP activities to achieve the goals and uphold the
principles established in this memorandum. This roadmap comprises the
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following elements, which the relevant agencies should pursue consistent
with the following objective timeline, subject to relevant budgetary and
regulatory processes and to the availability of appropriations:
(a) By the mid-2020s, develop uranium fuel processing capabilities
that enable production of fuel that is suitable for lunar and planetary
surface and in-space power, NEP, and NTP applications, as needed.
(i) Identify relevant mission needs. DoD and NASA should provide to DOE any
mission needs (e.g., power density, environment, and timelines) relevant to
the identification of fuels suitable for planetary surface and in-space
power, NEP, and NTP applications.
(ii) Identify candidate fuel or fuels. DoD and NASA, in cooperation with
DOE and private-sector partners, as appropriate, should identify candidate
fuel or fuels to meet the identified mission requirements. This review and
assessment should account for current and expected United States
capabilities to produce and qualify for use candidate fuels, and for
potential commonality of fuels or fuel variants across multiple planetary
surface and in-space power, in-space propulsion, and terrestrial
applications.
(iii) Qualify at least one candidate fuel. DoD and NASA, in cooperation
with DOE and private-sector partners, as appropriate, should qualify a fuel
or fuels for demonstrations of a planetary surface power reactor and an in-
space propulsion system. While seeking opportunities to use private-sector-
partner capabilities, agencies should ensure that the Federal Government
retains an ability for screening and qualification of candidate fuels.
(iv) Supply fuel for demonstrations. DOE, in cooperation with NASA and DoD,
and with private-sector partners, as appropriate, should identify feedstock
and uranium that can be made available for planetary surface power and in-
space propulsion demonstrations. DOE shall ensure that any provision of
nuclear material for SNPP will not disrupt enriched uranium supplies for
the United States nuclear weapons program and the naval propulsion program,
and that SNPP needs are included among broader considerations of nuclear
fuel supply provisioning and management.
(b) By the mid- to late-2020s, demonstrate a fission power system on
the surface of the Moon that is scalable to a power range of 40 kWe and
higher to support sustained lunar presence and exploration of Mars.
(i) Initiate a surface power project. NASA should initiate a fission
surface power project for lunar surface demonstration by 2027, with
scalability to Mars exploration. NASA should consult with DoD and other
agencies, and with the private sector, as appropriate, when developing
project requirements.
(ii) Conduct technology and requirements assessment. NASA, in coordination
with DoD and other agencies, and with private-sector partners, as
appropriate, should evaluate technology options for a surface power system
including reactor designs, power conversion, shielding, and thermal
management. NASA should work with other agencies, and private-sector
partners, as appropriate, to evaluate opportunities for commonality among
other SNPP needs, including in-space power and terrestrial power
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needs, possible NEP technology needs, and reactor demonstrations planned by
NASA, other agencies, or the private sector.
(iii) Engage the private sector. DOE and NASA should determine a mechanism
or mechanisms for engaging with the private sector to meet NASA's SNPP
surface power needs in an effective manner consistent with the guiding
principles set forth in this memorandum. In evaluating mechanisms, DOE and
NASA should consider the possibility of NASA issuing a request for proposal
for the development and construction of the surface power reactor system or
demonstration.
(iv) System development. NASA should work with DOE, and with other agencies
and private-sector partners, as appropriate, to develop the lunar surface
power demonstration project.
(v) Conduct demonstration mission. NASA, in coordination with other
agencies and with private-sector partners, as appropriate, should launch
and conduct the lunar surface power demonstration project.
(c) By the late-2020s, establish the technical foundations and
capabilities--including through identification and resolution of the key
technical challenges--that will enable NTP options to meet future DoD
and NASA mission needs.
(i) Conduct requirements assessment. DoD and NASA, in cooperation with DOE,
and with other agencies and private-sector partners, as appropriate, should
assess the ability of NTP capabilities to enable and advance existing and
potential future DoD and NASA mission requirements.
(ii) Conduct technology assessment. DoD and NASA, in cooperation with DOE,
and with other agencies and private-sector partners, as appropriate, should
evaluate technology options and associated key technical challenges for an
NTP system, including reactor designs, power conversion, and thermal
management. DoD and NASA should work with their partners to evaluate and
use opportunities for commonality with other SNPP needs, terrestrial power
needs, and reactor demonstration projects planned by agencies and the
private sector.
(iii) Technology development. DoD, in coordination with DOE and other
agencies, and with private-sector partners, as appropriate, should develop
reactor and propulsion system technologies that will resolve the key
technical challenges in areas such as reactor design and production,
propulsion system and spacecraft design, and SNPP system integration.
(d) By 2030, develop advanced RPS capabilities that provide higher
fuel efficiency, higher specific energy, and longer operational lifetime
than existing RPS capabilities, thus enabling survivable surface
elements to support robotic and human exploration of the Moon and Mars
and extending robotic exploration of the solar system.
(i) Maintain RPS capability. Mission sponsoring agencies should assess
their needs for radioisotope heat source material to meet emerging mission
requirements, and should work with DOE to jointly identify the means to
produce or acquire the necessary material on a timeline that meets mission
requirements.
(ii) Engage the private sector. NASA, in coordination with DOE and DOC,
should conduct an assessment of opportunities for engaging the
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private sector to meet RPS needs in an effective manner consistent with the
guiding principles established in this memorandum.
(iii) Conduct technology and requirements assessment. NASA, in coordination
with DOE and DoD, and with other agencies and private-sector partners, as
appropriate, should assess requirements for next-generation RPS systems and
evaluate technology options for meeting those requirements.
(iv) System development. DOE, in coordination with NASA and DoD, and with
other agencies and private-sector partners, as appropriate, should develop
one or more next-generation RPS system or systems to meet the goals of
higher fuel efficiency, higher specific energy, and longer operational
lifetime for the required range of power.
Sec. 6. Implementation. The Vice President, through the National Space
Council, shall coordinate implementation of this memorandum.
Sec. 7. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable
law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
(d) The Secretary of Energy is authorized and directed to publish
this memorandum in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, December 16, 2020.
Presidential Permit of December 31, 2020
Authorizing the City of Pharr, Texas, To Construct, Connect, Operate,
and Maintain Bridge Facilities at the International Boundary Between the
United States and Mexico
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United
States of America (the ``President''), I hereby grant this Presidential
permit, subject to the conditions herein set forth, to the City of
Pharr, Texas (the ``permittee''), in Hidalgo County, Texas. Permission
is hereby granted to the
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permittee to construct, connect, operate, and maintain certain Border
facilities, as described herein, at the international border of the
United States and Mexico in the vicinity of Pharr, Texas, and Reynosa,
Mexico.
This permit does not affect the applicability of any otherwise-relevant
laws and regulations. As confirmed in Article 2 of this permit, the
Border facilities shall remain subject to all such laws and regulations.
The term ``Facilities,'' as used in this permit, means the portion in
the United States of the international bridge project--to be constructed
adjacent to the existing Pharr International Bridge, authorized by a
Presidential permit dated December 20, 1978--associated with the
permittee's September 30, 2020, application for a Presidential permit,
and any land, structures, installations, or equipment appurtenant
thereto.
The term ``Border facilities,'' as used in this permit, means those
parts of the Facilities consisting of the bridge, its approaches, and
any land, structures, installations, or equipment appurtenant thereto.
This permit is subject to the following conditions:
Article 1. The Border facilities herein described, and all aspects of
their operation, shall be subject to all the conditions, provisions, and
requirements of this permit and any subsequent Presidential amendment to
it. This permit may be terminated, revoked, or amended at any time at
the sole discretion of the President, with or without advice provided by
any executive department or agency (agency). The permittee shall make no
substantial change in the Border facilities, in the location of the
Border facilities, or in the operation authorized by this permit unless
the President has approved the change in an amendment to this permit or
in a new permit.
Article 2. The standards for, and the manner of, construction,
connection, operation, and maintenance of the Border facilities shall be
subject to inspection by the representatives of appropriate Federal,
State, and local agencies. Officers and employees of such agencies who
are duly authorized and performing their official duties shall be
granted free and unrestricted access to said Border facilities by the
permittee. The Border facilities, including the construction,
connection, operation, and maintenance of the Border facilities, shall
be subject to all applicable laws and regulations, including laws and
regulations governing bridges or highway safety, or issued or
administered by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States
or by the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water
Commission.
Article 3. Upon the termination, revocation, or surrender of this
permit, unless otherwise decided by the President, the permittee, at its
own expense, shall remove the Border facilities within such time as the
President may specify. If the permittee fails to comply with an order to
remove, or to take such other appropriate action with respect to, the
Border facilities, the President may direct an appropriate official or
agency to take possession of the Border facilities--or to remove the
Border facilities or take other action--at the expense of the permittee.
The permittee shall have no claim for damages caused by any such
possession, removal, or other action.
Article 4. When, in the judgment of the President, ensuring the national
security of the United States requires entering upon and taking
possession of any of the Border facilities or parts thereof, and
retaining possession, management, or control thereof for such a length
of time as the President
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may deem necessary, the United States shall have the right to do so,
provided that the President or his designee has given due notice to the
permittee. The United States shall also have the right thereafter to
restore possession and control to the permittee. In the event that the
United States exercises the rights described in this article, it shall
pay to the permittee just and fair compensation for the use of such
Border facilities, upon the basis of a reasonable profit in normal
conditions, and shall bear the cost of restoring the Border facilities
to their previous condition, less the reasonable value of any
improvements that may have been made by the United States.
Article 5. Any transfer of ownership or control of the Border
facilities, or any part thereof, or any changes to the name of the
permittee, shall be immediately communicated in writing to the President
or his designee, and shall include information identifying any
transferee. Notwithstanding any such transfers or changes, this permit
shall remain in force subject to all of its conditions, permissions, and
requirements, and any amendments thereto, unless subsequently
terminated, revoked, or amended by the President.
Article 6. (1) The permittee is responsible for acquiring any right-of-
way grants or easements, permits, and other authorizations as may become
necessary or appropriate.
(2) The permittee shall hold harmless and indemnify the United
States from any claimed or adjudged liability arising out of
construction, connection, operation, or maintenance of the Border
facilities, including environmental contamination from the release,
threatened release, or discharge of hazardous substances or hazardous
waste.
(3) To ensure the safe operation of the Border facilities, the
permittee shall maintain them and every part of them in a condition of
good repair and in compliance with applicable law.
Article 7. To the extent authorized by law, and consistent with Donation
Acceptance Agreements (DAAs) already executed with the permittee under
the Donation Acceptance Authority found in 6 U.S.C. 301a and section 559
of title V of division F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014
(Public Law 113-76), as amended, as continued by 6 U.S.C. 301b, the
permittee shall provide to U.S. Customs and Border Protection of the
Department of Homeland Security and any other relevant United States
Government agencies, at no cost to the United States, suitable
inspection facilities, infrastructure improvements, equipment, and
maintenance, as set forth in the DAAs. Nothing in this permit obligates
such agencies to provide a particular level of services or staffing for
such inspection facilities or for any other aspect of the port of entry
associated with the Border facilities.
Article 8. The permittee shall file with the President or his designee,
and with appropriate agencies, such sworn statements or reports with
respect to the Border facilities, or the permittee's activities and
operations in connection therewith, as are now, or may hereafter, be
required under any law or regulation of the United States Government or
its agencies. These reporting obligations do not alter the intent that
this permit be operative as a directive issued by the President alone.
Article 9. Upon request, the permittee shall provide appropriate
information to the President or his designee with regard to the Border
facilities. Such requests could include, for example, information
concerning current
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conditions or anticipated changes in ownership or control, construction,
connection, operation, or maintenance of the Border facilities.
Article 10. The permittee shall provide written notice to the President
or his designee at the time that the construction authorized by this
permit begins, at such time as such construction is completed,
interrupted, or discontinued, and at other times as may be requested by
the President.
Article 11. This permit shall expire 15 years from the date of its
issuance if the permittee has not commenced construction of the Border
facilities by that date.
Article 12. This permit is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States
of America, have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of December,
in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the two hundred and forty-fifth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 31, 2020.
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100 Standards of conduct........................ 694
101 Public information provisions of the
Administrative Procedures Act........... 694
102 Enforcement of nondiscrimination on the
basis of handicap in programs or
activities conducted by the Executive
Office of the President................. 694
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PART 100_STANDARDS OF CONDUCT--Table of Contents
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 7301.
Source: 64 FR 12881, Mar. 16, 1999, unless otherwise noted.
Sec. 100.1 Ethical conduct standards and financial disclosure regulations.
Employees of the Executive Office of the President are subject to
the executive branch-wide standards of ethical conduct at 5 CFR part
2635, and the executive branch-wide financial disclosure regulations at
5 CFR part 2634.
PART 101_PUBLIC INFORMATION PROVISIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES ACT--Table of Contents
Sec.
101.1 Executive Office of the President.
101.2 Office of Management and Budget.
101.4 National Security Council.
101.5 Council on Environmental Quality.
101.6 Office of National Drug Control Policy.
101.7 Office of Science and Technology Policy.
101.8 Office of the United States Trade Representative.
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552.
Source: 40 FR 8061, Feb. 25, 1975; 55 FR 46067, Nov. 1, 1990, unless
otherwise noted.
Sec. 101.1 Executive Office of the President.
Until further regulations are promulgated, the remainder of the
entities within the Executive Office of the President, to the extent
that 5 U.S.C. 552 is applicable, shall follow the procedures set forth
in the regulations applicable to the Office of Management and Budget (5
CFR Ch. III). Requests for information from these other entities should
be submitted directly to such entity.
Sec. 101.2 Office of Management and Budget.
Freedom of Information regulations for the Office of Management and
Budget appear at 5 CFR Ch. III.
Sec. 101.4 National Security Council.
Freedom of Information regulations for the National Security Council
appear at 32 CFR Ch. XXI.
Sec. 101.5 Council on Environmental Quality.
Freedom of Information regulations for the Council on Environmental
Quality appear at 40 CFR Ch. V.
[42 FR 65131, Dec. 30, 1977]
Sec. 101.6 Office of National Drug Control Policy.
Freedom of Information regulations for the Office of National Drug
Control Policy appear at 21 CFR parts 1400-1499.
[55 FR 46037, Nov. 1, 1990]
Sec. 101.7 Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Freedom of Information regulations for the Office of Science and
Technology Policy appear at 32 CFR part 2402.
[55 FR 46037, Nov. 1, 1990]
Sec. 101.8 Office of the United States Trade Representative.
Freedom of Information regulations for the Office of the United
States Trade Representative appear at 15 CFR part 2004.
[55 FR 46037, Nov. 1, 1990]
PART 102_ENFORCEMENT OF NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF HANDICAP IN PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT--Table of Contents
Sec.
102.101 Purpose.
102.102 Application.
102.103 Definitions.
102.104-102.109 [Reserved]
102.110 Self-evaluation.
102.111 Notice.
102.112-102.129 [Reserved]
102.130 General prohibitions against discrimination.
102.131-102.139 [Reserved]
102.140 Employment.
102.141-102.148 [Reserved]
102.149 Program accessibility: Discrimination prohibited.
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102.150 Program accessibility: Existing facilities.
102.151 Program accessibility: New construction and alterations.
102.152-102.159 [Reserved]
102.160 Communications.
102.161-102.169 [Reserved]
102.170 Compliance procedures.
102.171-102.999 [Reserved]
Authority: 29 U.S.C. 794.
Source: 53 FR 25879, July 8, 1988, unless otherwise noted.
Sec. 102.101 Purpose.
The purpose of this regulation is to effectuate section 119 of the
Rehabilitation, Comprehensive Services, and Developmental Disabilities
Amendments of 1978, which amended section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
of 1973 to prohibit discrimination on the basis of handicap in programs
or activities conducted by Executive agencies or the United States
Postal Service.
Sec. 102.102 Application.
This regulation (Sec. Sec. 102.101-102.170) applies to all programs
or activities conducted by the agency, except for programs or activities
conducted outside the United States that do not involve individuals with
handicaps in the United States.
Sec. 102.103 Definitions.
For purposes of this regulation, the term--
Agency means, for purposes of this regulation only, the following
entities in the Executive Office of the President: the White House
Office, the Office of the Vice President, the Office of Management and
Budget, the Office of Policy Development, the National Security Council,
the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Office of the United
States Trade Representative, the Council on Environmental Quality, the
Council of Economic Advisers, the Office of Administration, the Office
of Federal Procurement Policy, and any committee, board, commission, or
similar group established in the Executive Office of the President.
Agency head or head of the agency; as used in Sec. Sec.
102.150(a)(3), 102.160(d) and 102.170 (i) and (j), shall be a three-
member board which will include the Director, Office of Administration,
the head of the Executive Office of the President, agency in which the
issue needing resolution or decision arises and one other agency head
selected by the two other board members. In the event that an issue
needing resolution or decision arises within the Office of
Administration, one of the board members shall be the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget.
Assistant Attorney General means the Assistant Attorney General,
Civil Rights Division, United States Department of Justice.
Auxiliary aids means services or devices that enable persons with
impaired sensory, manual, or speaking skills to have an equal
opportunity to participate in, and enjoy the benefits of, programs or
activities conducted by the agency. For example, auxiliary aids useful
for persons with impaired vision include readers, Brailled materials,
audio recordings, and other similar services and devices. Auxiliary aids
useful for persons with impaired hearing include telephone handset
amplifiers, telephones compatible with hearing aids, telecommunication
devices for deaf persons (TDD's), interpreters, notetakers, written
materials, and other similar services and devices.
Complete complaint means a written statement that contains the
complainant's name and address and describes the agency's alleged
discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the agency of the
nature and date of the alleged violation of section 504. It shall be
signed by the complainant or by someone authorized to do so on his or
her behalf. Complaints filed on behalf of classes or third parties shall
describe or identify (by name, if possible) the alleged victims of
discrimination.
Facility means all or any portion of buildings, structures,
equipment, roads, walks, parking lots, rolling stock or other
conveyances, or other real or personal property.
Historic preservation programs means programs conducted by the
agency that have preservation of historic properties as a primary
purpose.
Historic properties means those properties that are listed or
eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places or
properties designated as
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historic under a statute of the appropriate State or local government
body.
Individual with handicaps means any person who has a physical or
mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life
activities, has a record of such an impairment, or is regarded as having
such an impairment.
As used in this definition, the phrase:
(1) Physical or mental impairment includes--
(i) Any physiological disorder or condition, cosmetic disfigurement,
or anatomical loss affecting one or more of the following body systems:
Neurological; musculoskeletal; special sense organs; respiratory,
including speech organs; cardiovascular; reproductive; digestive;
genitourinary; hemic and lymphatic; skin; and endocrine; or
(ii) Any mental or psychological disorder, such as mental
retardation, organic brain syndrome, emotional or mental illness, and
specific learning disabilities. The term ``physical or mental
impairment'' includes, but is not limited to, such diseases and
conditions as orthopedic, visual, speech, and hearing impairments,
cerebral palsy, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis,
cancer, heart disease, diabetes, mental retardation, emotional illness,
and drug addiction and alcoholism.
(2) Major life activities includes functions such as caring for
one's self, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking,
breathing, learning, and working.
(3) Has a record of such an impairment means has a history of, or
has been misclassified as having, a mental or physical impairment that
substantially limits one or more major life activities.
(4) Is regarded as having an impairment means--
(i) Has a physical or mental impairment that does not substantially
limit major life activities but is treated by the agency as constituting
such a limitation;
(ii) Has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits
major life activities only as a result of the attitudes of others toward
such impairment; or
(iii) Has none of the impairments defined in paragraph (1) of this
definition but is treated by the agency as having such an impairment.
Qualified individual with handicaps means--
(1) With respect to preschool, elementary, or secondary education
services provided by the agency, an individual with handicaps who is a
member of a class of persons otherwise entitled by statute, regulation,
or agency policy to receive education services from the agency;
(2) With respect to any other agency program or activity under which
a person is required to perform services or to achieve a level of
accomplishment, an individual with handicaps who meets the essential
eligibility requirements and who can achieve the purpose of the program
or activity without modifications in the program or activity that the
agency can demonstrate would result in a fundamental alteration in its
nature;
(3) With respect to any other program or activity, an individual
with handicaps who meets the essential eligibility requirements for
participation in, or receipt of benefits from, that program or activity;
and
(4) ``Qualified handicapped person'' as that term is defined for
purposes of employment in 29 CFR 1613.702(f), which is made applicable
to this regulation by Sec. 102.140.
Section 504 means section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
(Pub. L. 93-112, 87 Stat. 394 (29 U.S.C. 794)), as amended by the
Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-516, 88 Stat. 1617);
the Rehabilitation, Comprehensive Services, and Developmental
Disabilities Amendments of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-602, 92 Stat. 2955); and the
Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1986 (Pub. L. 99-506, 100 Stat. 1810).
As used in this regulation, section 504 applies only to programs or
activities conducted by Executive agencies and not to federally assisted
programs.
Substantial impairment means a significant loss of the integrity of
finished materials, design quality, or special character resulting from
a permanent alteration.
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Sec. Sec. 102.104-102.109 [Reserved]
Sec. 102.110 Self-evaluation.
(a) The agency shall, by September 6, 1989, evaluate its current
policies and practices, and the effects thereof, that do not or may not
meet the requirements of this regulation and, to the extent modification
of any such policies and practices is required, the agency shall proceed
to make the necessary modifications.
(b) The agency shall provide an opportunity to interested persons,
including individuals with handicaps or organizations representing
individuals with handicaps, to participate in the self-evaluation
process by submitting comments (both oral and written).
(c) The agency shall, for at least three years following completion
of the self-evaluation, maintain on file and make available for public
inspection:
(1) A description of areas examined and any problems identified; and
(2) A description of any modifications made.
Sec. 102.111 Notice.
The agency shall make available to employees, applicants,
participants, beneficiaries, and other interested persons such
information regarding the provisions of this regulation and its
applicability to the programs or activities conducted by the agency, and
make such information available to them in such manner as the head of
the agency finds necessary to apprise such persons of the protections
against discrimination assured them by section 504 and this regulation.
Sec. Sec. 102.112-102.129 [Reserved]
Sec. 102.130 General prohibitions against discrimination.
(a) No qualified individual with handicaps shall, on the basis of
handicap, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of,
or otherwise be subjected to discrimination under any program or
activity conducted by the agency.
(b)(1) The agency, in providing any aid, benefit, or service, may
not, directly or through contractual, licensing, or other arrangements,
on the basis of handicap--
(i) Deny a qualified individual with handicaps the opportunity to
participate in or benefit from the aid, benefit, or service;
(ii) Afford a qualified individual with handicaps an opportunity to
participate in or benefit from the aid, benefit, or service that is not
equal to that afforded others;
(iii) Provide a qualified individual with handicaps with an aid,
benefit, or service that is not as effective in affording equal
opportunity to obtain the same result, to gain the same benefit, or to
reach the same level of achievement as that provided to others;
(iv) Provide different or separate aid, benefits, or services to
individuals with handicaps or to any class of individuals with handicaps
than is provided to others unless such action is necessary to provide
qualified individuals with handicaps with aid, benefits, or services
that are as effective as those provided to others;
(v) Deny a qualified individual with handicaps the opportunity to
participate as a member of planning or advisory boards;
(vi) Otherwise limit a qualified individual with handicaps in the
enjoyment of any right, privilege, advantage, or opportunity enjoyed by
others receiving the aid, benefit, or service.
(2) The agency may not deny a qualified individual with handicaps
the opportunity to participate in programs or activities that are not
separate or different, despite the existence of permissibly separate or
different programs or activities.
(3) The agency may not, directly or through contractual or other
arrangements, utilize criteria or methods of administration the purpose
or effect of which would--
(i) Subject qualified individuals with handicaps to discrimination
on the basis of handicap; or
(ii) Defeat or substantially impair accomplishment of the objectives
of a program or activity with respect to individuals with handicaps.
(4) The agency may not, in determining the site or location of a
facility, make selections the purpose or effect of which would--
(i) Exclude individuals with handicaps from, deny them the benefits
of,
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or otherwise subject them to discrimination under any program or
activity conducted by the agency; or
(ii) Defeat or substantially impair the accomplishment of the
objectives of a program or activity with respect to individuals with
handicaps.
(5) The agency, in the selection of procurement contractors, may not
use criteria that subject qualified individuals with handicaps to
discrimination on the basis of handicap.
(6) The agency may not administer a licensing or certification
program in a manner that subjects qualified individuals with handicaps
to discrimination on the basis of handicap, nor may the agency establish
requirements for the programs or activities of licensees or certified
entities that subject qualified individuals with handicaps to
discrimination on the basis of handicap. However, the programs or
activities of entities that are licensed or certified by the agency are
not, themselves, covered by this regulation.
(c) The exclusion of nonhandicapped persons from the benefits of a
program limited by Federal statute or Executive order to individuals
with handicaps or the exclusion of a specific class of individuals with
handicaps from a program limited by Federal statute or Executive order
to a different class of individuals with handicaps is not prohibited by
this regulation.
(d) The agency shall administer programs and activities in the most
integrated setting appropriate to the needs of qualified individuals
with handicaps.
Sec. Sec. 102.131-102.139 [Reserved]
Sec. 102.140 Employment.
No qualified individual with handicaps shall, on the basis of
handicap, be subject to discrimination in employment under any program
or activity conducted by the agency. The definitions, requirements, and
procedures of section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C.
791), as established by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in
29 CFR part 1613, shall apply to employment in federally conducted
programs or activities.
Sec. Sec. 102.141-102.148 [Reserved]
Sec. 102.149 Program accessibility: Discrimination prohibited.
Except as otherwise provided in Sec. 102.150, no qualified
individual with handicaps shall, because the agency's facilities are
inaccessible to or unusable by individuals with handicaps, be denied the
benefits of, be excluded from participation in, or otherwise be
subjected to discrimination under any program or activity conducted by
the agency.
Sec. 102.150 Program accessibility: Existing facilities.
(a) General. The agency shall operate each program or activity so
that the program or activity, when viewed in its entirety, is readily
accessible to and usable by individuals with handicaps. This paragraph
does not--
(1) Necessarily require the agency to make each of its existing
facilities accessible to and usable by individuals with handicaps;
(2) In the case of historic preservation programs, require the
agency to take any action that would result in a substantial impairment
of significant historic features of an historic property; or
(3) Require the agency to take any action that it can demonstrate
would result in a fundamental alteration in the nature of a program or
activity or in undue financial and administrative burdens. In those
circumstances where agency personnel believe that the proposed action
would fundamentally alter the program or activity or would result in
undue financial and administrative burdens, the agency has the burden of
proving that compliance with Sec. 102.150(a) would result in such
alteration or burdens. The decision that compliance would result in such
alteration or burdens must be made by the agency head or his or her
designee after considering all agency resources available for use in the
funding and operation of the conducted program or activity, and must be
accompanied by a written statement of the reasons for reaching that
conclusion. If an action would result in such an alteration or such
burdens, the agency shall take any other action that would not result
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in such an alteration or such burdens but would nevertheless ensure that
individuals with handicaps receive the benefits and services of the
program or activity.
(b) Methods--(1) General. The agency may comply with the
requirements of this section through such means as redesign of
equipment, reassignment of services to accessible buildings, assignment
of aides to beneficiaries, home visits, delivery of services at
alternate accessible sites, alteration of existing facilities and
construction of new facilities, use of accessible rolling stock, or any
other methods that result in making its programs or activities readily
accessible to and usable by individuals with handicaps. The agency is
not required to make structural changes in existing facilities where
other methods are effective in achieving compliance with this section.
The agency, in making alterations to existing buildings, shall meet
accessibility requirements to the extent compelled by the Architectural
Barriers Act of 1968, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4151-4157), and any
regulations implementing it. In choosing among available methods for
meeting the requirements of this section, the agency shall give priority
to those methods that offer programs and activities to qualified
individuals with handicaps in the most integrated setting appropriate.
(2) Historic preservation programs. In meeting the requirements of
Sec. 102.150(a) in historic preservation programs, the agency shall
give priority to methods that provide physical access to individuals
with handicaps. In cases where a physical alteration to an historic
property is not required because of Sec. 102.150(a) (2) or (3),
alternative methods of achieving program accessibility include--
(i) Using audio-visual materials and devices to depict those
portions of an historic property that cannot otherwise be made
accessible;
(ii) Assigning persons to guide individuals with handicaps into or
through portions of historic properties that cannot otherwise be made
accessible; or
(iii) Adopting other innovative methods.
(c) Time period for compliance. The agency shall comply with the
obligations established under this section by November 7, 1988, except
that where structural changes in facilities are undertaken, such changes
shall be made by September 6, 1991, but in any event as expeditiously as
possible.
(d) Transition plan. In the event that structural changes to
facilities will be undertaken to achieve program accessibility, the
agency shall develop, by March 6, 1989, a transition plan setting forth
the steps necessary to complete such changes. The agency shall provide
an opportunity to interested persons, including individuals with
handicaps or organizations representing individuals with handicaps, to
participate in the development of the transition plan by submitting
comments (both oral and written). A copy of the transition plan shall be
made available for public inspection. The plan shall, at a minimum--
(1) Identify physical obstacles in the agency's facilities that
limit the accessibility of its programs or activities to individuals
with handicaps;
(2) Describe in detail the methods that will be used to make the
facilities accessible;
(3) Specify the schedule for taking the steps necessary to achieve
compliance with this section and, if the time period of the transition
plan is longer than one year, identify steps that will be taken during
each year of the transition period; and
(4) Indicate the official responsible for implementation of the
plan.
Sec. 102.151 Program accessibility: New construction and alterations.
Each building or part of a building that is constructed or altered
by, on behalf of, or for the use of the agency shall be designed,
constructed, or altered so as to be readily accessible to and usable by
individuals with handicaps. The definitions, requirements, and standards
of the Architectural Barriers Act (42 U.S.C. 4151-4157), as established
in 41 CFR 101-19.600 to 101-19.607, apply to buildings covered by this
section.
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Sec. Sec. 102.152-102.159 [Reserved]
Sec. 102.160 Communications.
(a) The agency shall take appropriate steps to ensure effective
communication with applicants, participants, personnel of other Federal
entities, and members of the public.
(1) The agency shall furnish appropriate auxiliary aids where
necessary to afford an individual with handicaps an equal opportunity to
participate in, and enjoy the benefits of, a program or activity
conducted by the agency.
(i) In determining what type of auxiliary aid is necessary, the
agency shall give primary consideration to the requests of the
individual with handicaps.
(ii) The agency need not provide individually prescribed devices,
readers for personal use or study, or other devices of a personal
nature.
(2) Where the agency communicates with applicants and beneficiaries
by telephone, telecommunication devices for deaf persons (TDD's) or
equally effective telecommunication systems shall be used to communicate
with persons with impaired hearing.
(b) The agency shall ensure that interested persons, including
persons with impaired vision or hearing, can obtain information as to
the existence and location of accessible services, activities, and
facilities.
(c) The agency shall provide signage at a primary entrance to each
of its inaccessible facilities, directing users to a location at which
they can obtain information about accessible facilities. The
international symbol for accessibility shall be used at each primary
entrance of an accessible facility.
(d) This section does not require the agency to take any action that
it can demonstrate would result in a fundamental alteration in the
nature of a program or activity or in undue financial and administrative
burdens. In those circumstances where agency personnel believe that the
proposed action would fundamentally alter the program or activity or
would result in undue financial and administrative burdens, the agency
has the burden of proving that compliance with Sec. 102.160 would
result in such alteration or burdens. The decision that compliance would
result in such alteration or burdens must be made by the agency head or
his or her designee after considering all agency resources available for
use in the funding and operation of the conducted program or activity
and must be accompanied by a written statement of the reasons for
reaching that conclusion. If an action required to comply with this
section would result in such an alteration or such burdens, the agency
shall take any other action that would not result in such an alteration
or such burdens but would nevertheless ensure that, to the maximum
extent possible, individuals with handicaps receive the benefits and
services of the program or activity.
Sec. Sec. 102.161-102.169 [Reserved]
Sec. 102.170 Compliance procedures.
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, this
section applies to all allegations of discrimination on the basis of
handicap in programs and activities conducted by the agency.
(b) The agency shall process complaints alleging violations of
section 504 with respect to employment according to the procedures
established by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 29 CFR
part 1613 pursuant to section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29
U.S.C. 791).
(c) The Director, Facilities Management, Office of Administration,
Executive Office of the President, shall be responsible for coordinating
implementation of this section. Complaints may be sent to the Director
at the following address: Room 486, Old Executive Office Building, 17th
and Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20500.
(d) The agency shall accept and investigate all complete complaints
for which it has jurisdiction. All complete complaints must be filed
within 180 days of the alleged act of discrimination. The agency may
extend this time period for good cause.
(e) If the agency receives a complaint over which it does not have
jurisdiction, it shall promptly notify the complainant and shall make
reasonable efforts to refer the complaint to the appropriate Government
entity.
(f) The agency shall notify the Architectural and Transportation
Barriers
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Compliance Board upon receipt of any complaint alleging that a building
or facility that is subject to the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968,
as amended (42 U.S.C. 4151-4157), is not readily accessible to and
usable by individuals with handicaps.
(g) Within 180 days of the receipt of a complete complaint for which
it has jurisdiction, the agency shall notify the complainant of the
results of the investigation in a letter containing--
(1) Findings of fact and conclusions of law;
(2) A description of a remedy for each violation found; and
(3) A notice of the right to appeal.
(h) Appeals of the findings of fact and conclusions of law or
remedies must be filed by the complainant within 90 days of receipt from
the agency of the letter required by Sec. 102.170(g). The agency may
extend this time for good cause.
(i) Timely appeals shall be accepted and processed by the head of
the agency.
(j) The head of the agency shall notify the complainant of the
results of the appeal within 60 days of the receipt of the request. If
the head of the agency determines that additional information is needed
from the complainant, he or she shall have 60 days from the date of
receipt of the additional information to make his or her determination
on the appeal.
(k) The time limits cited in paragraphs (g) and (j) of this section
may be extended with the permission of the Assistant Attorney General.
(l) The agency may delegate its authority for conducting complaint
investigations to other Federal agencies, except that the authority for
making the final determination may not be delegated to another agency.
Sec. Sec. 102.171-102.999 [Reserved]
PARTS 103 199 [RESERVED]
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TITLE 3 FINDING AIDS
________________________________________________________________________
Table 1--Proclamations
Table 2--Executive Orders
Table 3--Other Presidential Documents
Table 4--Presidential Documents Affected During 2020
Table 5--Statutes Cited as Authority for Presidential Documents
List of CFR Sections Affected
Index
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Table 1--PROCLAMATIONS
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No. Signature Date Subject 85 FR Page
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2020.............
9976................. Jan. 15.......... Religious Freedom 3537
Day, 2020.
9977................. Jan. 17.......... Martin Luther 3811
King, Jr.,
Federal Holiday,
2020.
9978................. Jan. 21.......... National Sanctity 4189
of Human Life
Day, 2020.
9979................. Jan. 23.......... To Further 5125
Facilitate
Positive
Adjustment to
Competition From
Imports of Large
Residential
Washers.
9980................. Jan. 24.......... Adjusting Imports 5281
of Derivative
Aluminum
Articles and
Derivative Steel
Articles Into
the United
States.
9981................. Jan. 24.......... National Day of 5295
Remembrance of
the 75th
Anniversary of
the Liberation
of Auschwitz,
2020.
9982................. Jan. 24.......... National School 5297
Choice Week,
2020.
9983................. Jan. 31.......... Improving 6699
Enhanced Vetting
Capabilities and
Processes for
Detecting
Attempted Entry
Into the United
States by
Terrorists or
Other Public-
Safety Threats.
9984................. Jan. 31.......... Suspension of 6709
Entry as
Immigrants and
Nonimmigrants of
Persons Who Pose
a Risk of
Transmitting
2019 Novel
Coronavirus and
Other
Appropriate
Measures to
Address This
Risk.
9985................. Jan. 31.......... American Heart 6715
Month, 2020.
9986................. Jan. 31.......... Career and 6717
Technical
Education Month,
2020.
9987................. Jan. 31.......... National African 6719
American History
Month, 2020.
9988................. Feb. 28.......... American Red 12715
Cross Month,
2020.
9989................. Feb. 28.......... Irish-American 12717
Heritage Month,
2020.
9990................. Feb. 28.......... Women's History 12719
Month, 2020.
9991................. Feb. 28.......... National Consumer 12721
Protection Week,
2020.
9992................. Feb. 29.......... Suspension of 12855
Entry as
Immigrants and
Nonimmigrants of
Certain
Additional
Persons Who Pose
a Risk of
Transmitting
2019 Novel
Coronavirus.
9993................. Mar. 11.......... Suspension of 15045
Entry as
Immigrants and
Nonimmigrants of
Certain
Additional
Persons Who Pose
a Risk of
Transmitting
2019 Novel
Coronavirus.
9994................. Mar. 13.......... Declaring a 15337
National
Emergency
Concerning the
Novel
Coronavirus
Disease (COVID-
19) Outbreak.
9995................. Mar. 13.......... National Poison 15339
Prevention Week,
2020.
9996................. Mar. 14.......... Suspension of 15341
Entry as
Immigrants and
Nonimmigrants of
Certain
Additional
Persons Who Pose
a Risk of
Transmitting
2019 Novel
Coronavirus.
9997................. Mar. 14.......... National Day of 15345
Prayer for All
Americans
Affected by the
Coronavirus
Pandemic and for
Our National
Response Efforts.
9998................. Mar. 23.......... National 16999
Agriculture Day,
2020.
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9999................. Mar. 24.......... Greek 17471
Independence
Day: A National
Day of
Celebration of
Greek and
American
Democracy, 2020.
10000................ Mar. 30.......... National Doctors 18847
Day, 2020.
10001................ Mar. 31.......... Cancer Control 19361
Month, 2020.
10002................ Mar. 31.......... National Child 19363
Abuse Prevention
Month, 2020.
10003................ Mar. 31.......... National Donate 19365
Life Month, 2020.
10004................ Mar. 31.......... National Sexual 19367
Assault
Awareness and
Prevention
Month, 2020.
10005................ Mar. 31.......... Second Chance 19369
Month, 2020.
10006................ Apr. 1........... World Autism 19375
Awareness Day,
2020.
10007................ Apr. 3........... Education and 19641
Sharing Day,
U.S.A., 2020.
10008................ Apr. 8........... National Former 20385
Prisoner of War
Recognition Day,
2020.
10009................ Apr. 13.......... Pan American Day 21309
and Pan American
Week, 2020.
10010................ Apr. 17.......... National Crime 22943
Victims' Rights
Week, 2020.
10011................ Apr. 17.......... National Park 22945
Week, 2020.
10012................ Apr. 17.......... National 22947
Volunteer Week,
2020.
10013................ Apr. 17.......... Days of 22949
Remembrance of
Victims of the
Holocaust, 2020.
10014................ Apr. 22.......... Suspension of 23441
Entry of
Immigrants Who
Present a Risk
to the United
States Labor
Market During
the Economic
Recovery
Following the
2019 Novel
Coronavirus
Outbreak.
10015................ Apr. 24.......... World 23891
Intellectual
Property Day,
2020.
10016................ Apr. 29.......... Asian American 26585
and Pacific
Islander
Heritage Month,
2020.
10017................ Apr. 29.......... Jewish American 26587
Heritage Month,
2020.
10018................ Apr. 29.......... Law Day, U.S.A., 26589
2020.
10019................ Apr. 30.......... National Foster 26823
Care Month, 2020.
10020................ Apr. 30.......... National Mental 26825
Health Awareness
Month, 2020.
10021................ Apr. 30.......... National Physical 26829
Fitness and
Sports Month,
2020.
10022................ Apr. 30.......... Older Americans 26831
Month, 2020.
10023................ Apr. 30.......... Loyalty Day, 2020 26833
10024................ May 1............ National 27283
Hurricane
Preparedness
Week, 2020.
10025................ May 1............ Public Service 27285
Recognition
Week, 2020.
10026................ May 5............ Missing and 27633
Murdered
American Indians
and Alaska
Natives
Awareness Day,
2020.
10027................ May 6............ National Day of 27905
Prayer, 2020.
10028................ May 6............ National Nurses 27907
Day, 2020.
10029................ May 7............ Military Spouse 28469
Day, 2020.
10030................ May 8............ National Charter 28831
Schools Week,
2020.
10031................ May 8............ National Defense 28833
Transportation
Day and National
Transportation
Week, 2020.
10032................ May 8............ Peace Officers 28835
Memorial Day and
Police Week,
2020.
10033................ May 8............ Mother's Day, 28837
2020.
10034................ May 15........... Armed Forces Day, 30585
2020.
10035................ May 15........... National Safe 30819
Boating Week,
2020.
10036................ May 15........... Emergency Medical 30821
Services Week,
2020.
10037................ May 15........... World Trade Week, 30823
2020.
10038................ May 21........... National Maritime 31927
Day, 2020.
10039................ May 21........... Honoring the 31929
Victims of the
Novel
Coronavirus
Pandemic.
10040................ May 21........... Prayer for Peace, 31931
Memorial Day,
2020.
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10041................ May 24........... Suspension of 31933
Entry as
Immigrants and
Nonimmigrants of
Certain
Additional
Persons Who Pose
a Risk of
Transmitting
2019 Novel
Coronavirus.
10042................ May 25........... Amendment to 32291
Proclamation of
May 24, 2020,
Suspending Entry
as Immigrants
and
Nonimmigrants of
Certain
Additional
Persons Who Pose
a Risk of
Transmitting
2019 Novel
Coronavirus.
10043................ May 29........... Suspension of 34353
Entry as
Nonimmigrants of
Certain Students
and Researchers
From the
People's
Republic of
China.
10044................ May 29........... African-American 34941
Music
Appreciation
Month, 2020.
10045................ May 29........... Great Outdoors 34943
Month, 2020.
10046................ May 29........... National 34945
Caribbean-
American
Heritage Month,
2020.
10047................ May 29........... National 34947
Homeownership
Month, 2020.
10048................ May 29........... National Ocean 34949
Month, 2020.
10049................ June 5........... Modifying the 35793
Northeast
Canyons and
Seamounts Marine
National
Monument.
10050................ June 12.......... Flag Day and 36467
National Flag
Week, 2020.
10051................ June 19.......... Father's Day, 38029
2020.
10052................ June 22.......... Suspension of 38263
Entry of
Immigrants and
Nonimmigrants
Who Present a
Risk to the
United States
Labor Market
During the
Economic
Recovery
Following the
2019 Novel
Coronavirus
Outbreak.
10053................ June 29.......... To Take Certain 39821
Actions Under
the United
States-Mexico-
Canada Agreement
Implementation
Act and for
Other Purposes.
10054................ June 29.......... Amendment to 40085
Proclamation
10052.
10055................ June 30.......... Pledge to 40087
America's
Workers Month,
2020.
10056................ July 17.......... Captive Nations 44449
Week, 2020.
10057................ July 18.......... Death of John 44451
Lewis.
10058................ July 24.......... Anniversary of 45743
the Americans
With
Disabilities
Act, 2020.
10059................ July 24.......... National Korean 45745
War Veterans
Armistice Day,
2020.
10060................ Aug. 6........... Adjusting Imports 49921
of Aluminum Into
the United
States.
10061................ Aug. 14.......... National Employer 51295
Support of the
Guard and
Reserve Week,
2020.
10062................ Aug. 18.......... 100th Anniversary 51631
of the
Ratification of
the Nineteenth
Amendment.
10063................ Aug. 25.......... Women's Equality 53643
Day, 2020.
10064................ Aug. 28.......... Adjusting Imports 54877
of Steel Into
the United
States.
10065................ Aug. 31.......... National Alcohol 55161
and Drug
Addiction
Recovery Month,
2020.
10066................ Aug. 31.......... National 55163
Childhood Cancer
Awareness Month,
2020.
10067................ Aug. 31.......... National 55165
Preparedness
Month, 2020.
10068................ Aug. 31.......... National Sickle 55167
Cell Disease
Awareness Month,
2020.
10069................ Sept. 4.......... Labor Day, 2020.. 56463
10070................ Sept. 3.......... National Days of 57663
Prayer and
Remembrance,
2020.
10071................ Sept. 9.......... Revision to 59165
United States
Marine
Scientific
Research Policy.
10072................ Sept. 10......... Patriot Day, 2020 59167
10073................ Sept. 11......... Minority 59643
Enterprise
Development
Week, 2020.
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10074................ Sept. 11......... Prescription 59645
Opioid and
Heroin Epidemic
Awareness Week,
2020.
10075................ Sept. 11......... National 59647
Historically
Black Colleges
and Universities
Week, 2020.
10076................ Sept. 14......... National Hispanic 60041
Heritage Month,
2020.
10077................ Sept. 17......... Constitution Day, 60337
Citizenship Day,
and Constitution
Week, 2020.
10078................ Sept. 17......... National POW/MIA 60339
Recognition Day,
2020.
10079................ Sept. 18......... National Farm 60341
Safety and
Health Week,
2020.
10080................ Sept. 18......... National Gang 60343
Violence
Prevention Week,
2020.
10081................ Sept. 18......... Death of Ruth 60345
Bader Ginsburg.
10082................ Sept. 19......... National Small 60681
Business Week,
2020.
10083................ Sept. 25......... Gold Star 61569
Mother's and
Family's Day,
2020.
10084................ Sept. 25......... National Hunting 61803
and Fishing Day,
2020.
10085................ Sept. 30......... National Breast 62921
Cancer Awareness
Month, 2020.
10086................ Sept. 30......... National 62923
Cybersecurity
Awareness Month,
2020.
10087................ Sept. 30......... National 62925
Disability
Employment
Awareness Month,
2020.
10088................ Sept. 30......... National Domestic 62927
Violence
Awareness Month,
2020.
10089................ Sept. 30......... National Energy 62929
Awareness Month,
2020.
10090................ Sept. 30......... National 62931
Substance Abuse
Prevention
Month, 2020.
10091................ Oct. 1........... National 63187
Manufacturing
Day, 2020.
10092................ Oct. 3........... Fire Prevention 63969
Week, 2020.
10093................ Oct. 3........... Made in America 63971
Day and Made in
America Week,
2020.
10094................ Oct. 3........... Child Health Day, 63973
2020.
10095................ Oct. 5........... German-American 64373
Day, 2020.
10096................ Oct. 6........... Birthday of 65181
Founding Father
Caesar Rodney.
10097................ Oct. 8........... Leif Erikson Day, 65185
2020.
10098................ Oct. 9........... National School 65633
Lunch Week, 2020.
10099................ Oct. 9........... General Pulaski 65635
Memorial Day,
2020.
10100................ Oct. 9........... Columbus Day, 65637
2020.
10101................ Oct. 10.......... To Further 65639
Facilitate
Positive
Adjustment to
Competition From
Imports of
Certain
Crystalline
Silicon
Photovoltaic
Cells (Whether
or Not Partially
or Fully
Assembled Into
Other Products).
10102................ Oct. 14.......... Blind Americans 66467
Equality Day,
2020.
10103................ Oct. 16.......... National 67261
Character Counts
Week, 2020.
10104................ Oct. 16.......... National Forest 67263
Products Week,
2020.
10105................ Oct. 23.......... United Nations 68707
Day, 2020.
10106................ Oct. 27.......... Adjusting Imports 68709
of Aluminum Into
the United
States.
10107................ Oct. 30.......... To Modify Duty- 70027
Free Treatment
Under the
Generalized
System of
Preferences and
for Other
Purposes.
10108................ Oct. 30.......... Critical 70415
Infrastructure
Security and
Resilience
Month, 2020.
10109................ Oct. 30.......... National Adoption 70417
Month, 2020.
10110................ Oct. 30.......... National American 70419
History and
Founders Month,
2020.
10111................ Oct. 30.......... National 70421
Entrepreneurship
Month, 2020.
10112................ Oct. 30.......... National Family 70423
Caregivers
Month, 2020.
10113................ Oct. 30.......... National Native 70425
American
Heritage Month,
2020.
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10114................ Oct. 30.......... National Veterans 70427
and Military
Families Month,
2020.
10115................ Oct. 30.......... National Day of 70429
Remembrance for
Americans Killed
by Illegal
Aliens, 2020.
10116................ Nov. 6........... National 72547
Apprenticeship
Week, 2020.
10117................ Nov. 6........... World Freedom 72549
Day, 2020.
10118................ Nov. 10.......... Veterans Day, 73183
2020.
10119................ Nov. 13.......... American 73399
Education Week,
2020.
10120................ Nov. 20.......... National Family 75221
Week, 2020.
10121................ Nov. 25.......... Thanksgiving Day, 77343
2020.
10122................ Nov. 30.......... National Impaired 78193
Driving
Prevention
Month, 2020.
10123................ Nov. 30.......... World AIDS Day, 78195
2020.
10124................ Dec. 4........... Human Rights Day, 79375
Bill of Rights
Day, and Human
Rights Week,
2020.
10125................ Dec. 4........... National Pearl 79377
Harbor
Remembrance Day,
2020.
10126................ Dec. 4........... Recognizing the 81329
Sovereignty of
the Kingdom of
Morocco Over the
Western Sahara.
10127................ Dec. 16.......... Wright Brothers 82871
Day, 2020.
10128................ Dec. 22.......... To Take Certain 85491
Actions Under
the African
Growth and
Opportunity Act
and for Other
Purposes.
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No. Signature Date Subject 86 FR Page
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2020.............
10129................ Dec. 28.......... 850th Anniversary 215
of the Martyrdom
of Saint Thomas
Becket.
10130................ Dec. 31.......... National Slavery 413
and Human
Trafficking
Prevention
Month, 2021.
10131................ Dec. 31.......... Suspension of 417
Entry of
Immigrants and
Nonimmigrants
Who Continue To
Present a Risk
to the United
States Labor
Market During
the Economic
Recovery
Following the
2019 Novel
Coronavirus
Outbreak.
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Table 2--EXECUTIVE ORDERS
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No. Signature Date Subject 85 FR Page
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2020............
13902.............. Jan. 10......... Imposing Sanctions 2003
With Respect to
Additional Sectors
of Iran.
13903.............. Jan. 31......... Combating Human 6721
Trafficking and
Online Child
Exploitation in the
United States.
13904.............. Jan. 31......... Ensuring Safe and 6725
Lawful E-Commerce
for United States
Consumers,
Businesses,
Government Supply
Chains, and
Intellectual
Property Rights
Holders.
13905.............. Feb. 12......... Strengthening 9359
National Resilience
Through Responsible
Use of Positioning,
Navigation, and
Timing Services.
13906.............. Feb. 13......... Amending Executive 10031
Order 13803--
Reviving the
National Space
Council.
13907.............. Feb. 28......... Establishment of the 12977
Interagency
Environment
Committee for
Monitoring and
Enforcement Under
Section 811 of the
United States-
Mexico-Canada
Agreement
Implementation Act.
13908.............. Feb. 28......... Establishment of the 12983
Interagency
Committee on Trade
in Automotive Goods
Under Section 202A
of the United
States Mexico
Canada Agreement
Implementation Act.
13909.............. Mar. 18......... Prioritizing and 16227
Allocating Health
and Medical
Resources to
Respond to the
Spread of COVID-19.
13910.............. Mar. 23......... Preventing Hoarding 17001
of Health and
Medical Resources
To Respond to the
Spread of COVID-19.
13911.............. Mar. 27......... Delegating 18403
Additional
Authority Under the
Defense Production
Act With Respect to
Health and Medical
Resources To
Respond to the
Spread of COVID-19.
13912.............. Mar. 12......... National Emergency 18407
Authority To Order
the Selected
Reserve and Certain
Members of the
Individual Ready
Reserve of the
Armed Forces to
Active Duty.
13913.............. Apr. 4.......... Establishing the 19643
Committee for the
Assessment of
Foreign
Participation in
the United States
Telecommunications
Services Sector.
13914.............. Apr. 6.......... Encouraging 20381
International
Support for the
Recovery and Use of
Space Resources.
13915.............. Apr. 14......... Providing an Order 21733
of Succession
Within the
Department of the
Interior.
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13916.............. Apr. 18......... National Emergency 22951
Authority To
Temporarily Extend
Deadlines for
Certain Estimated
Payments.
13917.............. Apr. 28......... Delegating Authority 26313
Under the Defense
Production Act With
Respect to Food
Supply Chain
Resources During
the National
Emergency Caused by
the Outbreak of
COVID-19.
13918.............. Apr. 28......... Establishment of the 26315
Interagency Labor
Committee for
Monitoring and
Enforcement Under
Section 711 of the
United States-
Mexico-Canada
Agreement
Implementation Act.
13919.............. Apr. 30......... Ordering the 26591
Selected Reserve of
the Armed Forces to
Active Duty.
13920.............. May 1........... Securing the United 26595
States Bulk-Power
System.
13921.............. May 7........... Promoting American 28471
Seafood
Competitiveness and
Economic Growth.
13922.............. May 14.......... Delegating Authority 30583
Under the Defense
Production Act to
the Chief Executive
Officer of the
United States
International
Development Finance
Corporation To
Respond to the
COVID-19 Outbreak.
13923.............. May 15.......... Establishment of the 30587
Forced Labor
Enforcement Task
Force Under Section
741 of the United
States-Mexico-
Canada Agreement
Implementation Act.
13924.............. May 19.......... Regulatory Relief To 31353
Support Economic
Recovery.
13925.............. May 28.......... Preventing Online 34079
Censorship.
13926.............. June 2.......... Advancing 34951
International
Religious Freedom.
13927.............. June 4.......... Accelerating the 35165
Nation's Economic
Recovery From the
COVID-19 Emergency
by Expediting
Infrastructure
Investments and
Other Activities.
13928.............. June 11......... Blocking Property of 36139
Certain Persons
Associated With the
International
Criminal Court.
13929.............. June 16......... Safe Policing for 37325
Safe Communities.
13930.............. June 24......... Strengthening the 38741
Child Welfare
System for
America's Children.
13931.............. June 26......... Continuing the 39455
President's
National Council
for the American
Worker and the
American Workforce
Policy Advisory
Board.
13932.............. June 26......... Modernizing and 39457
Reforming the
Assessment and
Hiring of Federal
Job Candidates.
13933.............. June 26......... Protecting American 40081
Monuments,
Memorials, and
Statues and
Combating Recent
Criminal Violence.
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13934.............. July 3.......... Building and 41165
Rebuilding
Monuments to
American Heroes.
13935.............. July 9.......... White House Hispanic 42683
Prosperity
Initiative.
13936.............. July 14......... The President's 43413
Executive Order on
Hong Kong
Normalization.
13937.............. July 24......... Access to Affordable 45755
Life-Saving
Medications.
13938.............. July 24......... Increasing Drug 45757
Importation To
Lower Prices for
American Patients.
13939.............. July 24......... Lowering Prices for 45759
Patients by
Eliminating
Kickbacks to
Middlemen.
13940.............. Aug. 3.......... Aligning Federal 47879
Contracting and
Hiring Practices
With the Interests
of American Workers.
13941.............. Aug. 3.......... Improving Rural 47881
Health and
Telehealth Access.
13942.............. Aug. 6.......... Addressing the 48637
Threat Posed by
TikTok, and Taking
Additional Steps To
Address the
National Emergency
With Respect to the
Information and
Communications
Technology and
Services Supply
Chain.
13943.............. Aug. 6.......... Addressing the 48641
Threat Posed by
WeChat, and Taking
Additional Steps To
Address the
National Emergency
With Respect to the
Information and
Communications
Technology and
Services Supply
Chain.
13944.............. Aug. 6.......... Combating Public 49929
Health Emergencies
and Strengthening
National Security
by Ensuring
Essential
Medicines, Medical
Countermeasures,
and Critical Inputs
Are Made in the
United States.
13945.............. Aug. 8.......... Fighting the Spread 49935
of COVID-19 by
Providing
Assistance to
Renters and
Homeowners.
13946.............. Aug. 24......... Targeting 52879
Opportunity Zones
and Other
Distressed
Communities for
Federal Site
Locations.
13947.............. July 24......... Lowering Drug Prices 59171
by Putting America
First.
13948.............. Sept. 13........ Lowering Drug Prices 59649
by Putting America
First.
13949.............. Sept. 21........ Blocking Property of 60043
Certain Persons
With Respect to the
Conventional Arms
Activities of Iran.
13950.............. Sept. 22........ Combating Race and 60683
Sex Stereotyping.
13951.............. Sept. 24........ An America-First 62179
Healthcare Plan.
13952.............. Sept. 25........ Protecting 62187
Vulnerable Newborn
and Infant Children.
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13953.............. Sept. 30........ Addressing the 62539
Threat to the
Domestic Supply
Chain From Reliance
on Critical
Minerals From
Foreign Adversaries
and Supporting the
Domestic Mining and
Processing
Industries.
13954.............. Oct. 3.......... Saving Lives Through 63977
Increased Support
for Mental- and
Behavioral-Health
Needs.
13955.............. Oct. 13......... Establishing the One 65643
Trillion Trees
Interagency Council.
13956.............. Oct. 13......... Modernizing 65647
America's Water
Resource Management
and Water
Infrastructure.
13957.............. Oct. 21......... Creating Schedule F 67631
in the Excepted
Service.
13958.............. Nov. 2.......... Establishing the 70951
President's
Advisory 1776
Commission.
13959.............. Nov. 12......... Addressing the 73185
Threat From
Securities
Investments That
Finance Communist
Chinese Military
Companies.
13960.............. Dec. 3.......... Promoting the Use of 78939
Trustworthy
Artificial
Intelligence in the
Federal Government.
13961.............. Dec. 7.......... Governance and 79379
Integration of
Federal Mission
Resilience.
13962.............. Dec. 8.......... Ensuring Access to 79777
United States
Government COVID-19
Vaccines.
13963.............. Dec. 10......... Providing an Order 81331
of Succession
Within the
Department of
Defense.
13964.............. Dec. 10......... Rebranding United 81333
States Foreign
Assistance To
Advance American
Influence.
13965.............. Dec. 11......... Providing for the 81337
Closing of
Executive
Departments and
Agencies of the
Federal Government
on December 24,
2020.
13966.............. Dec. 14......... Increasing Economic 81777
and Geographic
Mobility.
13967.............. Dec. 18......... Promoting Beautiful 83739
Federal Civic
Architecture.
13968.............. Dec. 18......... Promoting Redemption 83745
of Savings Bonds.
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No. Signature Date Subject 86 FR Page
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2020............
13969.............. Dec. 28......... Expanding 219
Educational
Opportunity Through
School Choice.
13970.............. Dec. 31......... Adjustments of 421
Certain Rates of
Pay.
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Table 3--OTHER PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS
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85 FR
Signature Date Subject Page
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2020
Jan. 6................... Presidential Determination No. 6731
2020-05: Presidential
Determination on Waiving a
Restriction on United States
Assistance to Bolivia Under
Section 706 of the Foreign
Relations Authorization Act,
Fiscal Year 2003.
Jan. 29.................. Memorandum: Delegation of Certain 10033
Authority Under the Federal
Service Labor-Management
Relations Statute.
Feb. 10.................. Order: Sequestration Order for 8129
Fiscal Year 2021 Pursuant to
Section 251A of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act, as Amended.
Feb. 13.................. Notice: Continuation of the 8715
National Emergency With Respect
to the Southern Border of the
United States.
Feb. 19.................. Memorandum: Developing and 11273
Delivering More Water Supplies to
California.
Feb. 20.................. Notice: Continuation of the 10553
National Emergency With Respect
to Libya.
Feb. 21.................. Memorandum: Delegation of Certain 13717
Functions and Authorities Under
the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2020.
Feb. 25.................. Notice: Continuation of the 11825
National Emergency With Respect
to Cuba and of the Emergency
Authority Relating to the
Regulation of the Anchorage and
Movement of Vessels.
Feb. 25.................. Notice: Continuation of the 11827
National Emergency With Respect
to Ukraine.
Mar. 3................... Memorandum: Delegation of 13469
Authority to Re-establish the
Presidential Advisory Council on
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant
Bacteria.
Mar. 4................... Notice: Continuation of the 12981
National Emergency With Respect
to Zimbabwe.
Mar. 5................... Notice: Continuation of the 13473
National Emergency With Respect
to Venezuela.
Mar. 6................... Order: Regarding the Acquisition 13719
of StayNTouch, Inc. by Beijing
Shiji Information Technology Co.,
Ltd..
Mar. 11.................. Memorandum: Making General Use 15049
Respirators Available.
Mar. 12.................. Notice: Continuation of the 14731
National Emergency With Respect
to Iran.
Mar. 13.................. Memorandum: Expanding State- 15335
Approved Diagnostic Tests.
Mar. 20.................. Memorandum: Delegation of 16995
Functions Under 31 U.S.C. 5302.
Mar. 22.................. Memorandum: Providing Federal 16997
Support for Governors' Use of the
National Guard To Respond to
COVID-19.
Mar. 28.................. Memorandum: Providing Federal 18409
Support for Governors' Use of the
National Guard To Respond to
COVID-19.
Mar. 30.................. Notice: Continuation of the 18103
National Emergency With Respect
to Significant Malicious Cyber-
Enabled Activities.
Mar. 30.................. Memorandum: Providing Federal 18411
Support for Governors' Use of the
National Guard To Respond to
COVID-19.
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Mar. 30.................. Memorandum: Extending the Wind- 18849
Down Period for Deferred Enforced
Departure for Liberians.
Mar. 31.................. Memorandum: Delegation of Certain 22343
Functions and Authorities Under
the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2020.
Apr. 1................... Notice: Continuation of the 18855
National Emergency With Respect
to South Sudan.
Apr. 2................... Memorandum: Providing an Order of 19637
Succession Within the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Apr. 2................... Memorandum: Providing Federal 19639
Support for Governors' Use of the
National Guard To Respond to
COVID-19.
Apr. 3................... Notice: Continuation of the 18855
National Emergency With Respect
to Somalia.
Apr. 7................... Memorandum: Providing Federal 20383
Support for Governors' Use of the
National Guard To Respond to
COVID-19.
Apr. 10.................. Memorandum: Authorizing the 21735
Exercise of Authority Under
Public Law 85-804.
Apr. 13.................. Memorandum: Providing Federal 21737
Support for Governors' Use of the
National Guard To Respond to
COVID-19.
Apr. 14.................. Memorandum: Delegation of 35797
Authorities Under the National
Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2020 and the Eastern
Mediterranean Security and Energy
Partnership Act of 2019.
Apr. 20.................. Memorandum: Providing Continued 23203
Federal Support for Governors'
Use of the National Guard To
Respond to COVID-19 and To
Facilitate Economic Recovery.
Apr. 28.................. Memorandum: Providing Continued 26317
Federal Support for Governors'
Use of the National Guard To
Respond to COVID-19 and To
Facilitate Economic Recovery.
May 7.................... Notice: Continuation of the 27639
National Emergency With Respect
to the Actions of the Government
of Syria.
May 7.................... Notice: Continuation of the 27641
National Emergency With Respect
to the Central African Republic.
May 7.................... Notice: Continuation of the 27643
National Emergency With Respect
to Yemen.
May 8.................... Memorandum: Providing Continued 28839
Federal Support for Governors'
Use of the National Guard To
Respond to COVID-19 and To
Facilitate Economic Recovery.
May 12................... Memorandum: Delegation of 29591
Functions and Authorities Under
Section 1260J of the National
Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2020.
May 13................... Notice: Continuation of the 29321
National Emergency With Respect
to Securing the Information and
Communications Technology and
Services Supply Chain.
May 20................... Notice: Continuation of the 31033
National Emergency With Respect
to the Stabilization of Iraq.
May 20................... Memorandum: Providing Continued 31665
Federal Support for Governors'
Use of the National Guard To
Respond to COVID-19 and To
Facilitate Economic Recovery.
June 2................... Memorandum: Providing Continued 34955
Federal Support for Governors'
Use of the National Guard To
Respond to COVID-19 and To
Facilitate Economic Recovery.
June 4................... Memorandum: Protecting United 35171
States Investors From Significant
Risks From Chinese Companies.
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June 5................... Presidential Determination No. 36995
2020-06: Presidential
Determination Pursuant to Section
1245(d)(4)(B) and (C) of the
National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2012.
June 11.................. Notice: Continuation of the 36137
National Emergency With Respect
to the Actions and Policies of
Certain Members of the Government
of Belarus and Other Persons To
Undermine Democratic Processes or
Institutions of Belarus.
June 17.................. Notice: Continuation of the 37329
National Emergency With Respect
to North Korea.
June 24.................. Notice: Continuation of the 38271
National Emergency With Respect
to the Western Balkans.
June 24.................. Presidential Determination No. 38747
2020-07: Presidential
Determination Pursuant to Section
303 of the Defense Production Act
of 1950, as Amended.
July 7................... Memorandum: Delegation of 45749
Authority Under the Better
Utilization of Investments
Leading to Development Act of
2018.
July 17.................. Presidential Determination No. 45751
2020-09: Continuation of U.S.
Drug Interdiction Assistance to
the Government of Colombia.
July 21.................. Memorandum: Excluding Illegal 44679
Aliens From the Apportionment
Base Following the 2020 Census.
July 22.................. Notice: Continuation of the 44683
National Emergency With Respect
to Transnational Criminal
Organizations.
July 23.................. Notice: Continuation of the 45055
National Emergency With Respect
to Mali.
July 29.................. Notice: Continuation of the 45965
National Emergency With Respect
to Lebanon.
July 29.................. Presidential Permit: Authorizing 46997
NuStar Logistics, L.P., To
Construct, Connect, Operate, and
Maintain Pipeline Facilities at
the International Boundary
Between the United States and
Mexico.
July 29.................. Presidential Permit: Authorizing 47001
NuStar Logistics, L.P., To
Operate and Maintain Existing
Pipeline Facilities at the
International Boundary Between
the United States and Mexico.
July 29.................. Presidential Permit: Authorizing 47005
TransCanada Keystone Pipeline,
L.P., To Operate and Maintain
Existing Pipeline Facilities at
the International Boundary
Between the United States and
Canada.
July 29.................. Presidential Permit: Authorizing 47009
the Kansas City Southern Railway
Company To Construct, Connect,
Operate, and Maintain Railway
Bridge Facilities at the
International Boundary Between
the United States and Mexico.
Aug. 3................... Memorandum: Extension of the Use 47885
of the National Guard To Respond
to COVID-19 and To Facilitate
Economic Recovery.
Aug. 3................... Memorandum: Extension of the Use 47887
of the National Guard To Respond
to COVID-19 and To Facilitate
Economic Recovery.
Aug. 3................... Memorandum: Extension of the Use 47889
of the National Guard To Respond
to COVID-19 and To Facilitate
Economic Recovery.
Aug. 7................... Memorandum: Extension of the Use 49223
of the National Guard To Respond
to COVID-19 and To Facilitate
Economic Recovery.
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Aug. 7................... Memorandum: Extension of the Use 49225
of the National Guard To Respond
to COVID-19 and To Facilitate
Economic Recovery.
Aug. 7................... Memorandum: Extension of the Use 49227
of the National Guard To Respond
to COVID-19 and To Facilitate
Economic Recovery.
Aug. 8................... Memorandum: Continued Student Loan 49585
Payment Relief During the COVID-
19 Pandemic.
Aug. 8................... Memorandum: Deferring Payroll Tax 49587
Obligations in Light of the
Ongoing COVID-19 Disaster.
Aug. 13.................. Notice: Continuation of the 49939
National Emergency With Respect
to Export Control Regulations.
Aug. 14.................. Order: Regarding the Acquisition 51297
of Musical.ly by ByteDance Ltd..
Aug. 29.................. Memorandum: Extension of the Use 54883
of the National Guard To Respond
to COVID-19 and To Facilitate
Economic Recovery.
Sept. 2.................. Memorandum: Providing an Order of 55585
Succession Within the General
Services Administration.
Sept. 2.................. Memorandum: Delegation of 60347
Authority To Submit to the
Congress the Notifications and
Explanations Specified in the
Resolution of Advice and Consent
to Ratification of the Agreement
Between the United States of
America and the International
Atomic Energy Agency for the
Application of Safeguards in the
United States of America.
Sept. 4.................. Space Policy Directive-5: 56155
Cybersecurity Principles for
Space Systems.
Sept. 4.................. Memorandum: Delegation of Certain 60349
Functions and Authorities Under
the Global Fragility Act of 2019.
Sept. 9.................. Presidential Determination No. 57075
2020-10: Continuation of the
Exercise of Certain Authorities
Under the Trading With the Enemy
Act.
Sept. 10................. Notice: Continuation of the 56467
National Emergency With Respect
to Certain Terrorist Attacks.
Sept. 10................. Notice: Continuation of the 56469
National Emergency With Respect
to Foreign Interference in or
Undermining Public Confidence in
the United States Elections.
Sept. 16................. Presidential Determination No. 60351
2020-11: Presidential
Determination on Major Drug
Transit or Major Illicit Drug
Producing Countries for Fiscal
Year 2021.
Sept. 18................. Notice: Continuation of the 59641
National Emergency With Respect
to Persons Who Commit, Threaten
To Commit, or Support Terrorism.
Sept. 28................. Presidential Permit: Authorizing 62191
the Alaska to Alberta Railway
Development Corporation To
Construct, Connect, Operate, and
Maintain Railway Facilities at
the International Boundary
Between the United States and
Canada.
Sept. 28................. Presidential Determination No. 71209
2020-12: Presidential
Determination With Respect to the
Efforts of Foreign Governments
Regarding Trafficking in Persons.
Oct. 3................... Presidential Permit: Authorizing 63981
Express Pipeline, LLC, To Operate
and Maintain Existing Pipeline
Facilities at the International
Boundary Between the United
States and Canada.
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Oct. 3................... Presidential Permit: Authorizing 63985
Front Range Pipeline, LLC, To
Operate and Maintain Existing
Pipeline Facilities at the
International Boundary Between
the United States and Canada.
Oct. 3................... Presidential Permit: Authorizing 63989
NuStar Logistics, L.P., To
Operate and Maintain Existing
Pipeline Facilities at the
International Boundary Between
the United States and Mexico.
Oct. 8................... Notice: Continuation of the 64941
National Emergency With Respect
to the Situation in and in
Relation to Syria.
Oct. 9................... Memorandum: Delegation of 65631
Authority Under 15 U.S.C.
634c(b)(3)(B).
Oct. 14.................. Memorandum: Delegation of 68715
Authority Under Section 404(c) of
the Child Soldiers Prevention Act
of 2008.
Oct. 14.................. Presidential Determination No. 69117
2021-01: Presidential
Determination and Certification
With Respect to the Child
Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008.
Oct. 19.................. Notice: Continuation of the 66871
National Emergency With Respect
to Significant Narcotics
Traffickers Centered in Colombia.
Oct. 23.................. Notice: Continuation of the 67963
National Emergency With Respect
to the Democratic Republic of the
Congo.
Oct. 26.................. Memorandum: Certification Pursuant 71213
to Section 6(E) of the
Comprehensive Peace in Sudan Act
of 2004 (Public Law 108-497), as
Amended by the Darfur Peace and
Accountability Act of 2006
(Public Law 109-344).
Oct. 27.................. Presidential Determination No. 71219
2021-02: Presidential
Determination on Refugee
Admissions for Fiscal Year 2021.
Oct. 30.................. Notice: Continuation of the 69463
National Emergency With Respect
to Sudan.
Oct. 31.................. Memorandum: Protecting Jobs, 70039
Economic Opportunities, and
National Security for All
Americans by Ensuring Appropriate
Support of Innovative
Technologies for Using Our
Domestic Natural Resources.
Nov. 7................... Memorandum: Delegation of 74255
Authority Under Section 506(a)(1)
of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, as Amended.
Nov. 9................... Memorandum: Delegation of 72889
Authority for Fiscal Year 2021
Cost Estimates and Annual Reports
to the Congress for the Land and
Water Conservation Fund.
Nov. 12.................. Notice: Continuation of the 72893
National Emergency With Respect
to Burundi.
Nov. 12.................. Notice: Continuation of the 72895
National Emergency With Respect
to Iran.
Nov. 12.................. Notice: Continuation of the 72897
National Emergency With Respect
to the Proliferation of Weapons
of Mass Destruction.
Nov. 24.................. Notice: Continuation of the 75831
National Emergency With Respect
to the Situation in Nicaragua.
Dec. 3................... Memorandum: Extension of 78945
Governors' Use of the National
Guard To Respond to COVID-19 and
To Facilitate Economic Recovery.
Dec. 3................... Memorandum: Extension of 78947
Governors' Use of the National
Guard To Respond to COVID-19 and
To Facilitate Economic Recovery.
Dec. 9................... Memorandum: The National Space 81755
Policy.
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Dec. 10.................. Memorandum: Providing an Order of 81775
Succession Within the Office of
Personnel Management.
Dec. 16.................. Notice: Continuation of the 82869
National Emergency With Respect
to Serious Human Rights Abuse and
Corruption.
Dec. 16.................. Space Policy Directive-6: National 82873
Strategy for Space Nuclear Power
and Propulsion.
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86 FR
Signature Date Subject Page
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2020
Dec. 31.................. Presidential Permit: Authorizing 435
the City of Pharr, Texas, To
Construct, Connect, Operate, and
Maintain Bridge Facilities at the
International Boundary Between
the United States and Mexico.
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Title 3--The President
Table 4--PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS AFFECTED DURING 2020
________________________________________________________________________
Editorial note: The following abbreviations are used in this table:
EO Executive Order
FR Federal Register
PLO Public Land Order (43 CFR, Appendix to Chapter II)
Proc. Proclamation
Pub. L. Public Law
Stat. U.S. Statutes at Large
DCPD Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents
________________________________________________________________________
Proclamations
Date or Number
Comment
5030.............See Proc. 10071........................................
6867.............See Notice of Feb. 25, p. 527..........................
7463.............See Notice of Sept. 10, p. 617.........................
7747.............See Proc. 10053........................................
7757.............See Notice of Feb. 25, p. 527..........................
7826.............See Proc. 10128........................................
8271.............See Notice of June 17, p. 573..........................
8334.............See Proc. 10128........................................
8467.............See Proc. 10128........................................
8618.............See Proc. 10128........................................
8693.............See EOs 13902, 13928, 13949............................
8770.............See Proc. 10128........................................
8783.............See Proc. 10053........................................
8818.............See Proc. 10053........................................
8894.............See Proc. 10053........................................
8921.............See Proc. 10128........................................
9072.............See Proc. 10128........................................
9223.............See Proc. 10128........................................
9383.............See Proc. 10128........................................
9398.............See Notice of Feb. 25, p. 527..........................
9549.............See Proc. 10053........................................
9555.............See Proc. 10128........................................
9645.............Amended by Proc. 9983..................................
9687.............See Proc. 10128........................................
9693.............See Proc. 10101........................................
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9694.............See Proc. 9979.........................................
9699.............See Notice of Feb. 25, p. 527..........................
9704.............See Procs. 9980, 10106; Amended by Proc. 10060.........
9705.............See Procs. 9980, 10064.................................
9711.............See Proc. 10064........................................
9723.............See Proc. 9983.........................................
9739.............See Proc. 9980.........................................
9740.............See Procs. 9980, 10064.................................
9758.............See Proc. 9980.........................................
9759.............See Procs. 9980, 10064.................................
9777.............See Proc. 10064........................................
9834.............See Proc. 10128........................................
9844.............See Notice of Feb. 13, p. 523..........................
9892.............Superseded by Proc. 10034..............................
9893.............See Procs. 10060, 10106................................
9955.............See Proc. 10053........................................
9974.............See Proc. 10128........................................
9984.............Amended by Proc. 9992; See Procs. 9993, 9996...........
9994.............See EOs 13910, 13911, 13912, 13916, 13922, 13924; Proc.
10041; Memorandum of Aug. 8, p. 602
10014............Continued by Procs. 10052, 10131.......................
10041............Amended by Proc. 10042.................................
10052............Amended by Proc. 10054; Continued by Proc. 10131.......
10060............See Proc. 10106........................................
Executive Orders
Date or Number
Comment
10789............See Memorandum of Apr. 10, p. 553......................
11246............See EO 13950...........................................
11582............See EO 13965...........................................
11651............See Proc. 10053........................................
11844............See Proc. 10107........................................
11935............See EO 13940...........................................
12072............Amended by EO 13946....................................
12170............See EO 13949; Notices of Mar. 12, p. 536; Nov. 12, p. .
652
12281............See EO 13949...........................................
12333............See EO 13913...........................................
12549............See EO 13904...........................................
12631............See Memorandum of June 4, p. 569.......................
12938............See Notice of Nov. 12, p. 653..........................
12957............See EOs 13902, 13949; Notices of Mar. 12, p. 536; Nov.
12, p. 652
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12978............See Notice of Oct. 19, p. 637..........................
13006............Amended by EO 13946....................................
13067............See Notice of Oct. 30, p. 645..........................
13094............See Notice of Nov. 12, p. 653..........................
13211............See Memorandum of Oct. 31, p. 646......................
13219............See Notice of June 24, p. 574..........................
13222............See Notice of Aug. 13, p. 605..........................
13224............See Notice of Sept. 18, p. 621.........................
13244............Revoked by EO 13915....................................
13288............See Notice of Mar. 4, p. 530...........................
13303............See Notice of May 20, p. 565...........................
13304............See Notice of June 24, p. 574..........................
13315............See Notice of May 20, p. 565...........................
13338............See Notice of May 7, p. 560............................
13350............See Notice of May 20, p. 565...........................
13364............See Notice of May 20, p. 565...........................
13382............See Notice of Nov. 12, p. 653..........................
13391............See Notice of Mar. 4, p. 530...........................
13399............See Notice of May 7, p. 560............................
13400............See Notice of Oct. 30, p. 645..........................
13405............See Notice of June 11, p. 572..........................
13412............See Notice of Oct. 30, p. 645..........................
13413............See Notice of Oct. 23, p. 638..........................
13438............See Notice of May 20, p. 565...........................
13441............See Notice of July 29, p. 581..........................
13460............See Notice of May 7, p. 560............................
13466............See Notice of June 17, p. 573..........................
13469............See Notice of Mar. 4, p. 530...........................
13533............Revoked by EO 13963....................................
13536............See Notice of Apr. 3, p. 551...........................
13551............See Notice of June 17, p. 573..........................
13555............Superseded by EO 13935.................................
13566............See Notice of Feb. 20, p. 525..........................
13570............See Notice of June 17, p. 573..........................
13572............See Notice of May 7, p. 560............................
13573............See Notice of May 7, p. 560............................
13581............See Notice of July 22, p. 579..........................
13582............See Notice of May 7, p. 560............................
13603............See EOs 13909, 13911, 13917, 13922, 13944, 13953.......
13606............See Notice of May 7, p. 560............................
13608............See Notice of May 7, p. 560............................
13611............See EO 13922; Notice of May 7, p. 562..................
13618............Revoked in part and amended by EO 13961................
13620............See Notice of Apr. 3, p. 551...........................
13660............See Notice of Feb. 25, p. 528..........................
13661............See Notice of Feb. 25, p. 528..........................
13662............See Notice of Feb. 25, p. 528..........................
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13664............See Notice of Apr. 1, p. 547...........................
13667............See Notice of May 7, p. 561............................
13668............See Notice of May 20, p. 565...........................
13671............See Notice of Oct. 23, p. 638..........................
13685............See Notice of Feb. 25, p. 528..........................
13687............See Notice of June 17, p. 573..........................
13692............See Notice of Mar. 5, p. 531...........................
13694............See Notice of Mar. 30, p. 542..........................
13712............See Notice of Nov. 12, p. 652..........................
13722............See Notice of June 17, p. 573..........................
13757............See Notice of Mar. 30, p. 542..........................
13761............See Notice of Oct. 30, p. 645..........................
13771............See Proc. 10064........................................
13777............See EO 13966...........................................
13780............See Proc. 9983.........................................
13783............See Memorandum of Oct. 31, p. 646......................
13803............Amended by EO 13906; Revoked in part by EO 13906; See .
National Space Policy of Dec. 9, p. 658
13804............See Notice of Oct. 30, p. 645..........................
13807............See EO 13921...........................................
13808............See Notice of Mar. 5, p. 531...........................
13810............See Notice of June 17, p. 573..........................
13813............See EO 13951...........................................
13817............Amended by EO 13953....................................
13818............See EO 13926; Notice of Dec. 16, p. 680................
13827............See Notice of Mar. 5, p. 531...........................
13835............See Notice of Mar. 5, p. 531...........................
13840............See EO 13971...........................................
13845............Amended by EO 13931....................................
13848............See Notice of Sept. 10, p. 617.........................
13849............See Notice of Feb. 25, p. 528..........................
13850............See Notice of Mar. 5, p. 531...........................
13851............See Notice of Nov. 24, p. 654..........................
13855............See EO 13955...........................................
13857............See Notice of Mar. 5, p. 531...........................
13859............See EO 13960...........................................
13863............See Notice of July 22, p. 579..........................
13873............See EOs 13942, 13943; Notice of May 13, p. 565.........
13877............See EO 13951...........................................
13879............See EO 13951...........................................
13880............See Memorandum of July 21, p. 577......................
13882............See Notice of July 23, p. 580..........................
13884............See Notice of Mar. 5, p. 531...........................
13886............See Notice of Sept. 18, p. 621.........................
13887............See EO 13951...........................................
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13889............Amended by EO 13935....................................
13890............See EO 13951...........................................
13892............See EO 13924...........................................
13894............See Notice of Oct. 8, p. 635...........................
13898............See EO 13903...........................................
13901............Superseded by EO 13970.................................
13905............See National Space Policy of Dec. 9, p. 658............
13906............See National Space Policy of Dec. 9, p. 658............
13909............See EOs 13910, 13911...................................
13910............See EO 13911...........................................
13914............See National Space Policy of Dec. 9, p. 658............
13933............See EO 13934...........................................
13937............See EO 13951...........................................
13941............See EO 13951...........................................
13942............See EO 13943...........................................
13947............Revoked by EO 13948....................................
13948............See EO 13951...........................................
Other Presidential Documents
Date or Number
Comment
Presidential PermSuperseded and Revoked by Presidential Permit of July .
29, p. 585
Presidential PermSuperseded and Revoked by Presidential Permit of July .
29, p. 588
Presidential PoliSee Space Policy Directive-6 of December 16, p. 681....
Memorandum of FebRevoked by Memorandum of April 2, p. 548...............
Presidential MemoRevoked by Memorandum of December 10, p. 679...........
Presidential PermSuperseded and Revoked by Presidential Permit of July .
29, p. 585
Presidential PermSuperseded and Revoked by Presidential Permit of July .
29, p. 582
Space Policy DireSee National Space Policy of December 9, p. 658; Space
Policy Directive-6 of December 16, p. 681
83 FR 5525 (Feb. See Memorandum of July 21, p. 577......................
National Space StSee National Space Policy of December 9, p. 658........
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Memorandum of MarSee Memorandum of March 30, p. 544.....................
Space Policy DireSee National Space Policy of December 9, p. 658........
Space Policy DireSee National Space Policy of December 9, p. 658........
Space Policy DireSee National Space Policy of December 9, p. 658........
Memorandum of MarSee Memorandum of March 30, p. 544.....................
Presidential DeteSee Presidential Determination No. 2020-10, p. 616.....
National SecuritySee National Space Policy of December 9, p. 658; Space
Policy Directive-6 of December 16, p. 681
Space Policy DireSee National Space Policy of December 9, p. 658........
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Title 3--The President
Table 5--STATUTES CITED AS AUTHORITY FOR PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS
________________________________________________________________________
Editorial note: Statutes which were cited as authority for the issuance
of Presidential documents contained in this volume are listed under one
of these headings. For authority cites for hortatory proclamations, see
the text of each proclamation:
United States Code
United States Statutes at Large
Public Laws
Short Title of Act
Citations have been set forth in the style in which they appear in the
documents. Since the form of citations varies from document to document,
users of this table should search under all headings for pertinent
references.
________________________________________________________________________
United States Code
U.S. Code Citation Presidential Document
1 U.S.C. 8................... EO 13952
2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.......... EO 13922
2 U.S.C. 901a................ Order of Feb. 10, p. 523
3 U.S.C. 301................. EOs 13902, 13907, 13908, 13910, 13911,
13913, 13917, 13918, 13920, 13923,
13928, 13932, 13936, 13942, 13943,
13949, 13953, 13959, 13964, 13966;
Procs. 9980, 9983, 9984, 9992, 9993,
10014, 10042, 10043, 10052, 10054,
10060, 10064, 10106, 10131; Memorandums
of Jan. 29, p. 522; Feb. 21, p. 526;
Mar. 3, p. 529; Mar. 20, p. 537; Mar.
31, p. 546; Apr. 14, p. 556; May 12, p.
564; July 7, p. 576; Sept. 2, p. 611;
Sept. 4, p. 616; Oct. 9, p. 635; Oct.
14, p. 636; Nov. 7, p. 650; Nov. 9, p.
651
5 U.S.C. 305................. EO 13966
5 U.S.C. 1104(a), 3301 and EO 13932
7301.
5 U.S.C. 3301, 3302, and 7511 EO 13957
5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq......... EOs 13915, 13963; Memorandums of Apr. 2,
p. 548; Sept. 2, p. 610; Dec. 10, p. 679
5 U.S.C. 4115-4118........... EO 13950
5 U.S.C. 5302, 5303, 5304, EO 13970
5312-5318, 5332(a), 5372,
and 5382.
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5 U.S.C. 5546 and 6103(b).... EO 13965
5 U.S.C. 5701-5707........... EO 13935
6 U.S.C. 301a................ Permit of Dec. 31, p. 688
8 U.S.C. 1101(a)............. Presidential Determination No. 2021-02,
p. 643
8 U.S.C. 1101(b)............. Proc. 10052
8 U.S.C. 1152 note........... EO 13936
8 U.S.C. 1153(c), 1182(l) and EO 13936
1201(c).
8 U.S.C. 1157................ Presidential Determination No. 2021-02,
p. 643
8 U.S.C. 1182(f)............. EOs 13902, 13928, 13936, 13949; Procs.
9983, 9984, 9992, 9993, 9996, 10014,
10041, 10042, 10043, 10052, 10054, 10131
8 U.S.C. 1182(n)............. EO 13940
8 U.S.C. 1185(a)............. Procs. 9983, 9984, 9992, 9993, 9996,
10014, 10041, 10042, 10043, 10052,
10054, 10131
8 U.S.C. 1522(a)............. Presidential Determination No. 2021-02,
p. 643
10 U.S.C. 333................ Presidential Determination No. 2021-01,
p. 636
10 U.S.C. 12302 (a).......... EO 13912
10 U.S.C. 12304 (a).......... EO 13919
13 U.S.C. 141(b)............. Memorandum of July 21, p. 577
14 U.S.C. 2127, 2308, 2314, EO 13912
and 3735.
15 U.S.C. 634c............... Memorandum of Oct. 9, p. 635
15 U.S.C. 717b............... Permits of July 29, p. 582; July 29, p.
585; July 29, p. 588; Oct. 3, p. 627;
Oct. 3, p. 630; Oct. 3, p. 632
16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq........ EO 13921
16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq........ EOs 13921, 13927
16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq........ EO 13921
16 U.S.C. 1852(f)............ EO 13921
16 U.S.C. 2801 et seq........ EO 13921
16 U.S.C. 2803(b)(c)(d)...... EO 13921
19 U.S.C. 1304............... EO 13936
19 U.S.C. 1307............... EO 13923
19 U.S.C. 1318............... EO 13916
19 U.S.C. 1641 (a)........... EO 13904
19 U.S.C. 1862............... Procs. 9980, 10064
19 U.S.C. 2112 note.......... Proc. 10128
19 U.S.C. 2466a.............. Proc. 10128
19 U.S.C. 2483............... Proc. 9980
19 U.S.C. 4322............... EO 13904
20 U.S.C. 1087e.............. Memorandum of Aug. 8, p. 602
21 U.S.C. 360bbb-3........... Memorandum of Mar. 11, p. 635
22 U.S.C. 2151et seq......... EO 13964
22 U.S.C. 2291-4............. Presidential Determination No. 2020-09,
p. 576
22 U.S.C. 2370c-1............ Presidential Determination No. 2021-01,
p. 636
22 U.S.C. 2601(b)............ Presidential Determination No. 2021-02,
p. 643
22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq........ EO 13936
22 U.S.C. 3963............... EO 13970
22 U.S.C. 5722............... EO 13936
22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq........ EO 13903
22 U.S.C. 7107............... Presidential Determination No. 2020-12,
p. 625
26 U.S.C. 1400Z-1............ EO 13946
26 U.S.C. 3101(a)............ Memorandum of Aug. 8, p. 604
26 U.S.C. 3201............... Memorandum of Aug. 8, p. 604
26 U.S.C. 7508A.............. Memorandum of Aug. 8, p. 604
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28 U.S.C. 5, 44(d), 135, 152, EO 13970
and 461(a).
29 U.S.C. 794................ EO 13952
31 U.S.C. 5302............... Memorandum of Mar. 20, p. 537
32 U.S.C. 502................ Memorandums of Mar. 22, p. 538; Mar. 28,
p. 540; Mar. 30, p. 542; Apr. 2, p. 549;
Apr. 7, p. 551; Apr. 13, p. 554; Apr.
20, p. 557; Apr. 28, p. 558; May 8, p.
562; May 20, p. 566; June 2, p. 568;
Aug. 3, p. 593; Aug. 3, p. 595; Aug. 3,
p. 596; Aug. 7, p. 598; Aug. 7, p. 599;
Aug. 7, p. 601; Aug. 29, p. 608; Dec. 3,
p. 654; Dec. 3, p. 656
33 U.S.C. 403................ EO 13927
33 U.S.C. 1344............... EO 13927
33 U.S.C. 1413............... EO 13927
37 U.S.C. 203(c) and 1009.... EO 13970
38 U.S.C. 7306 and 7404...... EO 13970
40 U.S.C. 101 et seq......... EO 13950
42 U.S.C. 247d............... EO 13944
42 U.S.C. 247d-6d............ Memorandum of Mar. 11, p. 635; Proc. 9994
42 U.S.C. 670 et seq......... EO 13930
42 U.S.C. 1320a-2a(b) et seq. EO 13930
42 U.S.C. 1320b-5............ Proc. 9994
42 U.S.C. 1395dd............. EO 13952
42 U.S.C. 5106(b)(2) et seq.. EO 13930
42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq........ EO 13944
42 U.S.C. 5121-5207.......... Memorandums of Mar. 22, p. 538; Mar. 28,
p. 540; Mar. 30, p. 542; Apr. 2, p. 549;
Apr. 7, p. 551; Apr. 13, p. 554; Apr.
20, p. 557; Apr. 28, p. 558; May 8, p.
562; May 20, p. 566; June 2, p. 568;
Aug. 3, p. 593; Aug. 3, p. 595; Aug. 3,
p. 596; Aug. 7, p. 598; Aug. 7, p. 599;
Aug. 7. p. 601; Aug. 8, p. 604; Aug. 29,
p. 608; Dec. 3, p. 654; Dec. 3, p. 656
42 U.S.C. 5170............... Memorandums of Mar. 22, p. 538; Mar. 28,
p. 540; Mar. 30, p. 542; Apr. 2, p. 549;
Apr. 7, p. 551; Apr. 13, p. 554; Apr.
20, p. 557; Apr. 28, p. 558; May 8, p.
562; Aug. 3, p. 593; Aug, 7, p. 598;
Aug. 7, p. 599; Aug. 7, p. 601; Aug. 29,
p. 608; Dec. 3, p. 654; Dec. 3, p. 656
42 U.S.C. 5191(b)............ EO 13927; Memorandums of Mar. 22, p. 538;
Mar. 30, p. 542; Apr. 2, p. 549; Apr. 7,
p. 551; Apr. 10, p. 553; Apr. 20, p.
557; Apr. 28, p. 558; May 8, p. 562;
Aug. 8, p. 602
42 U.S.C. 5193............... Memorandums of Mar. 22, p. 538; Mar. 28,
p. 540; Mar. 30, p. 542; Apr. 2, p 549;
Apr. 7, p. 551; Apr. 13, p. 554; Apr.
20, p. 557; Apr. 28, p. 558; May 8, p.
562; Aug. 3, p. 593; Aug. 7, p. 598;
Aug. 7, p. 599; Aug. 7, p. 601; Aug. 29,
p. 608; Dec. 3, p. 654; Dec. 3, p. 656
42 U.S.C. 16511 et seq....... EO 13953
42 U.S.C. 17013.............. EO 13953
44 U.S.C. 3502(1)............ EO 13927
49 U.S.C. 80302(a)........... EO 13904
50 U.S.C. App................ Memorandum of Mar. 3, p. 529
50 U.S.C. 1431 et seq........ Memorandum of Apr. 10, p. 553
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50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq........ EOs 13902, 13911, 13912, 13916, 13920,
13928, 13936, 13942, 13943, 13944,
13949, 13953, 13959; Proc. 9994;
Memorandum of Aug. 8, p. 602
50 U.S.C. 1622(d)............ Notices of Feb. 13, p. 523; Feb. 20, p.
525; Feb. 25, p.527; Feb. 25, p. 528;
Mar. 4, p. 530; Mar. 5, p. 531; Mar. 12,
p. 536; Mar. 30, p. 542; Apr. 1, p. 647;
Apr. 3, p. 551; May 7, p. 560; May 7, p.
561; May 7, p. 562; May 13, p. 565; May
20, p. 565; June 11, p. 572; June 17, p.
573; June 24, p. 574; July 22, p. 579;
July 23, p. 580; July 29, p. 581; Aug.
13, p. 605; Sept. 10, p. 617; Sept. 10,
p. 617; Sept. 18, p. 621; Oct. 8, p.
635; Oct. 19, p. 637; Oct. 23, p. 638;
Nov. 12, p. 652; Nov. 12, p. 652; Nov.
24, p. 654; Dec. 16, p. 680
50 U.S.C. 1641(c)............ EOs 13920, 13928, 13936, 13953, 13959
50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq........ EOs 13902, 13920, 13928, 13936, 13942,
13943, 13949, 13953, 13959; Notices of
May 20, p. 565; Aug. 13, p. 605; Sept.
10, p. 617; Order of Aug. 14, p. 606
50 U.S.C. 1701-1706.......... Notices of Feb. 20, p. 525; Feb. 25, p.
528; May 7, p. 560; May 7, p. 562; June
11, p. 572; June 17, p. 573; June 24, p.
574; July 22, p. 579; July 23, p. 580;
July 29, p. 581; Sept. 18, p. 621; Oct.
8, p. 635; Oct. 19, p. 637; Oct. 23, p.
638; Nov. 24, p. 654
50 U.S.C. 1702(a)............ EO 13953
50 U.S.C. 1703(c)............ EOs 13920, 13928, 13936, 13953, 13959
50 U.S.C. 4305 note.......... Presidential Determination No. 2020-10,
p. 616
50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq........ EOs 13909, 13910, 13911, 13917
50 U.S.C. 4511............... EOs 13909, 13911, 13944; Memorandum of
Apr. 10, p. 553
50 U.S.C. 4512............... EOs 13910, 13911
50 U.S.C. 4517............... EO 13911
50 U.S.C. 4531............... EO 13911
50 U.S.C. 4532............... EOs 13911, 13922
50 U.S.C. 4533............... EOs 13911, 13922; Presidential
Determination No. 2020-07, p. 575
50 U.S.C. 4554............... EOs 13910, 13911, 13917, 13922
50 U.S.C. 4555............... EOs 13910, 13911, 13922
50 U.S.C. 4556............... EOs 13910, 13911, 13922
50 U.S.C. 4558(c)............ EO 13911
50 U.S.C. 4560............... EOs 13910, 13911, 13922
50 U.S.C. 4565............... EO 13936; Orders of Mar. 6, p. 432; Aug.
14, p. 606
50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq........ EO 13936
54 U.S.C. 200303(c).......... Memorandum of Nov. 9, p. 651
Public Laws
Law Number Presidential Document
85-804....................... Memorandum of Apr. 10, p. 553
87-20........................ Proc. 10018
87-195....................... Memorandum of Nov. 7, p. 650
93-205....................... Memorandum of Feb. 19, p. 524
101-246...................... EO 13936
102-393...................... EO 13936
106-200 (Title I)............ Proc. 10128
107-228...................... Presidential Determination Nos. 2020-05,
p. 521; 2020-11, p. 618
108-175...................... Notice of May 7, p. 560
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108-497...................... Memorandum of Oct. 26, p. 639
109-344...................... Memorandum of Oct. 26, p. 639
112-81....................... Notice of June 5, p. 571
113-76 (Title V, Division F). Permit of Dec. 31, p. 688
114-26 (Title I)............. Proc. 10128
114-90....................... EO 13914
114-322...................... Memorandum of Feb. 19, p. 524
115-44....................... EO 13949
115-254 (Title I, Div. F).... Memorandum of July 7, p. 576
116-76....................... EO 13936
116-92....................... Memorandums of Feb. 21, p. 526; Mar. 30,
p. 544; Mar. 31, p. 546; Apr. 14, p.
556; May 12, p. 564
116-93....................... EO 13940
116-94....................... Memorandums of Apr. 14, p. 556; Sept. 4,
p. 616
116-113...................... EOs 13908, 13918, 13923
116-136 (Title III, Div. B).. EO 13922
Short Title of Act
Title Presidential Document
Africa Investment Incentive Act Proc. 10128
of 2006.
African Growth and Opportunity Proc. 10128
Act.
Bipartisan Congressional Trade Proc. 10128
Priorities and Accountability
Act of 2015.
Carribean Basin Economic Proc. 10128
Recovery Act.
Child Soldiers Prevention Act of Memorandum of Oct. 14, p. 636
2008.
Defense Production Act of 1950 Order of Mar. 6, p. 532
(Sec. 721).
Foreign Relations Authorization Presidential Determination No. 2020-
Act, FY 2003. 11, p. 618
Hong Kong Autonomy Act of 2020.. EO 13936
Immigration and Nationality Act. Procs. 9983, 9984, 10041, 10042, 10043
National Defense Authorization Presidential Determination No. 2020-
Act for FY 2012. 06, p. 571
Trade Act of 1962............... Procs. 10060, 10064, 10106
Trade Act of 1974............... Procs. 9979, 9980, 10060, 10064,
10101, 10106, 10107, 10128
Trade Expansion Act of 1962..... Proc. 9980
United States-Israel Free Trade Proc. 10128
Area Implementation Act of 1985.
United States-Mexico-Canada EOs 13907, 13908, 13923
Agreement Implementation Act.
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LIST OF CFR SECTIONS AFFECTED
________________________________________________________________________
Editorial note: All changes in this volume of the Code of Federal
Regulations which were made by documents published in the Federal
Register since January 1, 2001, are enumerated in the following list.
Entries indicate the nature of the changes effected. Page numbers refer
to Federal Register pages. The user should consult the entries for
chapters and parts as well as sections for revisions.
For the period before January 1, 2001, see the ``List of CFR Sections
Affected, 1949-1963, 1964-1972, 1973-1985, and 1986-2000,'' published in
11 separate volumes.
Presidential documents affected during 2020 are set forth in Table 4
on page 721.
________________________________________________________________________
2001-2014
3 CFR
(No regulations issued)
2015
3 CFR
80 FR
Page
Chapter I
101.3
Removed
13758
2016-2020
3 CFR
(No regulations issued)
INDEX
A
[[Page 735]]
Alaska to Alberta Railway Development Corp.; Authorization To Construct,
Connect, Operate, and Maintain Railway Facilities at Canada-U.S.
International Boundary (Presidential Permit of September 28, p. 622)
Apportionment Base Following the 2020 Census, Exclusion of Illegal Aliens
(Memorandum of July 21, p. 577)
Armed Forces, U.S.:
Ordering Selected Reserve and Certain Ready Reserve Members to Active
Duty (EO 13912)
Ordering the Selected Reserve to Active Duty (EO 13919)
Artificial Intelligence in Federal Government, Use of Trustworthy;
Promotion Efforts (EO 13960)
B
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act; Sequestration Order
for Fiscal Year 2021 (Order of February 10, p. 523)
Belarus; Continuation of National Emergency (Notice of June 11, p. 572)
Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development Act of 2018;
Delegation of Authority (Memorandum of July 7, p. 576)
Bolivia; Waiver of Restriction on U.S. Assistance Under the Foreign
Relations Authorization Act, FY 2003 (Presidential Determination No.
2020-05 of January 6, p. 521)
Bulk-Power System, U.S.; Efforts to Secure (EO 13920)
Burundi; Continuation of National Emergency (Notice of November 12, p.
652)
C
California, Water Supplies; Development and Delivery, Strengthening Efforts
(Memorandum of February 19, p. 524)
Central African Republic; Continuation of National Emergency (Notice of
May 7, p. 561)
Children and Youth:
Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008; Delegation of Authority
(Memorandum of October 14, p. 636)
Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008; Determination and Certification
(Presidential Determination 2021-01 of October 14, p. 636)
Child Welfare System; Effort to Strengthen (EO 13930)
Newborn and Infant Children; Protection Efforts (EO 13952)
China; Suspension of Entry Into U.S. as Nonimmigrants Certain Students
and Researchers (Proc. 10043)
City of Pharr, TX; Authorization To Construct, Connect, Operate, and
Maintain Bridge Facilities at Mexico-U.S. International Boundary (Permit
of December 31, p. 688)
Civic Architecture, Federal; Improvement Efforts (EO 13967)
Colombia; Continuation of National Emergency With Respect to Narcotics
Traffickers (Notice of October 19, p. 637)
Colombia; Continuation of U.S. Drug Interdiction Assistance (Presidential
Determination No. 2020-09 of July 17, p. p. 576)
Combating Public Health Emergencies and Strengthening National Security
by Ensuring Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and Critical
Inputs Are Made in U.S. (EO 13944)
Committees; Establishment, Renewal, Termination, etc.:
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American Worker and the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board,
President's National Council for the; Continuation (EO 13931)
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, Presidential Advisory Council
on; Delegation of Authority to Re-establish (Memorandum of March 3, p. 529)
Interagency Committee on Trade in Automotive Goods; Establishment Under
Section 202A of the U. S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act (EO
13908)
Interagency Environment Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement;
Establishment Under Section 811 of the U. S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement
Implementation Act (EO 13907)
National Space Council, Effort To Revive; Amendment to Executive Order
13803 (EO 13906)
One Trillion Trees Interagency Council; Establishment (EO 13955)
President's Advisory 1776 Commission; Establishment (EO 13958)
U.S. Telecommunications Services Sector, Committee for the Assessment of
Foreign Participation in the; Establishment (EO 13913)
U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act; Forced Labor
Enforcement Task Force, Establishment (EO 13923)
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act, Interagency
Labor Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement Under Section 711;
Establishment (EO 13918)
Communist Chinese Military Companies; U.S. Efforts To Address Threat From
Securities Investments That Finance (EO 13959)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the; Continuation of National Emergency
(Notice of October 23, p. 638)
COVID-19 Response and Economic Recovery Facilitation in Alabama, Alaska,
and Delaware; Continued Federal Support for Governors' Use of National
Guard (Memorandum of April 20, p. 557)
COVID-19 Response and Economic Recovery Facilitation in Arizona;
Extension of Use of National Guard (Memorandum of August 7, p. 598)
COVID-19 Response and Economic Recovery Facilitation in California;
Extension of Use of National Guard (Memorandum of August 7, p. 599)
COVID-19 Response and Economic Recovery Facilitation in Connecticut;
Extension of Use of National Guard (Memorandum of August 7, p. 601)
COVID-19 Response and Economic Recovery Facilitation in Florida;
Extension of Use of National Guard (Memorandum of August 3, p. 596)
COVID-19 Response and Economic Recovery Facilitation in Iowa; Extension
of Governor's Use of National Guard (Memorandum of December 3, p. 656)
COVID-19 Response and Economic Recovery Facilitation in Louisiana;
Extension of Use of National Guard (Memorandum of August 29, p. 608)
COVID-19 Response and Economic Recovery Facilitation in South Dakota;
Continued Federal Support for Governors' Use of National Guard
(Memorandum of May 8, p. 562)
COVID-19 Response and Economic Recovery Facilitation in Texas; Extension
of Use of National Guard (Memorandum of August 3, p. 595)
COVID-19 Response and Economic Recovery Facilitation in Utah; Continued
Federal Support for Governors' Use of National Guard (Memorandum of May
20, p. 566)
COVID-19 Response and Economic Recovery Facilitation in Various States
and Territories; Extension of Governors' Use of National Guard
(Memorandum of December 3, p. 654)
COVID-19 Response and Economic Recovery Facilitation; Continued Federal
Support for Governors' Use of National Guard (Memorandum of June 2, p.
568)
COVID-19 Response and Economic Recovery Facilitation; Extension of Use of
National Guard (Memorandum of August 3, p. 593)
COVID-19 Response in Arizona, Colorado, Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana,
Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia,
Wisconsin, and West Virginia; Federal Support for Governors' Use of
National Guard (Memorandum of April 7, p. 551)
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Critical Minerals; Policy To Address Threat to Domestic Supply Chain From
Reliance on Foreign Adversaries and To Support U.S. Mining and Processing
Industries (EO 13953)
Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells; Facilitating Positive Adjustment
to Competition From Imports (Proc. 10101)
Cuba; Continuation of National Emergency and the Emergency Authority
Relating to the Regulating of the Anchorage and Movement of Vessels
(Notice of February 25, p. 527)
Cybersecurity; Space Systems Principles (Space Policy Directive-5 of
September 4, p. 612)
D
Defense and National Security:
Cyber-Enabled Malicious Activities; Continuation of National Emergency
(Notice of March 30, p. 542)
Defense Production Act of 1950; Delegation of Authority Respecting Food
Supply Chain Resources During National Emergency Caused by COVID-19 Outbreak
(EO 13917)
Defense Production Act of 1950; Delegation of Authority Respecting
Health and Medical Resources To Respond to COVID-19 Transmission (EO 13911)
Defense Production Act of 1950; Determination (Presidential
Determination No. 2020-07 of June 24, p. 575)
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Presidential
Determination No. 2020-06 of June 5, p. 571)
Resilience, U.S.; Strengthening Efforts Through Responsible Use of
Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Services (EO 13905)
Terrorists or Other Public-Safety Threats; Enhancement of Vetting
Capabilities and Processes for Detecting Attempted Entry Into the U.S.
(Proc. 9983)
Defense Production Act of 1950; COVID-19 Outbreak Response, Delegation of
Authority to U.S. International Development Finance Corporation Chief
Executive Officer (EO 13922)
Domestic Natural Resources, Appropriate Support of Innovative
Technologies; Jobs, Economic Opportunities, and National Security,
Protection Efforts (Memorandum of October 31, p. 646)
E
E-Commerce for U.S. Consumers, Businesses, Government Supply Chains, and
Intellectual Property Rights Holders; Efforts To Ensure Safe and Lawful
(EO 13904)
Economic and Geographic Mobility; Effort to Increase (EO 13966)
Economic Recovery Following 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak; Suspension
of Entry of Immigrants and Nonimmigrants Who Continue To Present Risk to
U.S. Labor Market (Proc. 10131)
Economic Recovery; Regulatory Relief Efforts To Support (EO 13924)
Education:
Educational Opportunity; Effort to Expand Through School Choice (EO
13969)
Federal Student Loans; Continuation of Payment Relief During COVID-19
Pandemic (Memorandum of August 8, p. 602)
Export Control Regulations; Continuation of National Emergency (Notice of
August 13, p. 605)
F
Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute; Delegation of Certain
Authority (Memorandum of January 29, p. 522)
Federal Site Locations; Efforts To Target Opportunity Zones and Other
Distressed Communities (EO 13946)
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as Amended; Delegation of Authority
(Memorandum of November 7, p. 650)
Foreign Relations:
Foreign Assistance, U.S.; Rebranding To Advance Influence (EO 13964)
G
Global Fragility Act of 2019; Delegation of Functions and Authorities
(Memorandum of September 4, p. 616)
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Government Agencies and Employees:
Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies on December 24, 2020 (EO
13965)
Department of Defense; Order of Succession (EO 13963)
Excepted Service, Schedule F; Establishment (EO 13957)
General Services Administration; Order of Succession (Memorandum of
September 2, p. 610)
Interior, Department of the; Providing an Order of Succession (EO 13915)
Mission Resilience, Federal; Governance and Integration, Enhancement
Efforts (EO 13961)
Office of Personnel Management; Order of Succession (Memorandum of
December 10, p. 679)
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; Order of Succession (Memorandum of
April 2, p. 548)
Veterans Affairs, Department of; Authorization To Exercise Authority
Under Public Law 85-804 (Memorandum of April 10, p. 553)
Government Organization and Employees:
Trade Representative, Office of the U.S.; Delegation of Authority
(Memorandum of October 9, p. 635)
Government Organizations and Employees:
Certain Rates of Pay; Adjustments (EO 13970)
Federal Contracting and Hiring Practices; Alignment Efforts With
Interests of U.S. Workers (EO 13940)
Federal Employment; Candidate Assessment and Hiring Process,
Modernization and Reform Efforts (EO 13932)
H
Health and Human Services
COVID-19 Response Efforts
Diagnostic Tests, State Approved; Expansion Efforts (Memorandum of March 13,
p. 537)
Federal Support for Governors' Use of National Guard in California, New York
and Washington(Memorandum of March 22, p. 538)
Federal Support for Governors' Use of National Guard in Connecticut,
Illinois and Michigan (Memorandum of March 30, p. 542)
Federal Support for Governors' Use of National Guard in Florida, Louisiana,
Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Guam and Puerto Rico (Memorandum of
March 28, p. 540)
Federal Support for Governors' Use of National Guard in Georgia, Hawaii,
Indiana, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee,
Texas and the U.S. Virgin Islands (Memorandum of April 2, p. 549)
Federal Support for Governors' Use of National Guard in Iowa, Kansas, Maine,
Nebraska, Oklahoma and Vermont (Memorandum of April 13, p. 554)
Health and Medical Resources; Efforts to Prevent Hoarding to Respond to the
Spread of COVID-19 (EO 13910)
Health and Medical Resources; Efforts to Prioritize and Allocate to Respond
to the Spread of COVID-19 (EO 13909)
Government Vaccines, U.S.; Efforts To Ensure Access (EO 13962)
Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19); Amendment to Proclamation 10041,
Suspension of Entry Into U.S. as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Certain
Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting (Proc. 10042)
Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), Measures To Address; Suspension of
Entry Into U.S. as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Persons Who Pose a Risk
of Transmitting (Proc. 9984)
Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak; Declaration of National
Emergency (Proc. 9994)
Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19); Suspension of Entry Into U.S. as
Immigrants and Nonimmigrants Certain Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting
(Procs. 9992, 9993, 9996)
Respirators for General Use; Efforts To Increase Availability (Memorandum of
March 11, p. 535)
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Response and Economic Recovery Facilitation in North Dakota; Federal Support
for Governors' Use of National Guard (Memorandum of April 28, p. 558)
Health and Medical Care:
Affordable Lifesaving Medications; Access Improvement Efforts (EO 13937)
Drug Importation To Lower Prices for American Patients; Expansion
Efforts (EO 13938)
Health Care System, U.S.; Improvement Efforts (EO 13951)
Lowering Prices for Patients by Eliminating Kickbacks to Middlemen (EO
13939)
Mental and Behavioral Health Support To Save Lives; Improvement Efforts
(EO 13954)
Prescription Drug Prices; Reduction Efforts (EO 13947)
Prescription Drug Prices; Reduction Efforts (EO 13948)
Rural Health and Telehealth; Access Improvement Efforts (EO 13941)
Hong Kong, U.S. Policy; Normalization Efforts (EO 13936)
Housing; Fighting COVID-19 Spread by Providing Assistance to Renters and
Homeowners (EO 13945)
Human Rights Abuse and Corruption; Continuation of National Emergency
(Notice of December 16, p. 680)
Human Trafficking and Online Child Exploitation in the U.S.; Efforts To
Combat (EO 13903)
I
Immigration and Naturalization:
Immigrants; Suspension of Entry Into U.S. Who Present a Risk to U.S.
Labor Market During Economic Recovery Following 2019 Novel Coronavirus
Outbreak (Proc. 10014)
Liberians; Deferred Enforced Departure, Extension of Wind-Down Period
(Memorandum of March 30, p. 544)
Suspension of Entry Into U.S. Immigrants and Nonimmigrants Who Present a
Risk to U.S. Labor Market During Economic Recovery Following the 2019 Novel
Coronavirus Outbreak (Proc. 10052)
Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain
Security; Continuation of National Emergency (Notice of May 13, p. 565)
Infrastructure Investments and Other Activities; Economic Recovery From
COVID-19 Emergency, Efforts To Expedite (EO 13927)
International Atomic Energy Agency, Agreement With U.S. for the
Application of Safeguards; Delegation of Authority To Submit to Congress
Notifications and Explanations Specified in the Resolution of Advice and
Consent to Ratification (Memorandum of September 2, p. 611)
International Criminal Court; Blocking Property of Certain Associates (EO
13928)
Iran; Blocking Property of Certain Persons With Respect to Conventional
Arms Activities (EO 13949)
Iran; Continuation of National Emergency (Notice of March 12, p. 536)
Iran; Continuation of National Emergency (Notice of November 12, p. 652)
Iran; Imposition of U.S. Sanctions Respecting Additional Sectors (EO
13902)
Iraq; Continuation of National Emergency (Notice of May 20, p. 565)
L
Land and Water Conservation Fund, Cost Estimates and Annual Reports to
Congress; Delegation of Authority for Fiscal Year 2021 (Memorandum of
November 9, p. 651)
Law Enforcement and Crime:
Community Safety and Policing Practices; Improvement Efforts (EO 13929)
Lebanon; Continuation of National Emergency (Notice of July 29, p. 581)
Libya; Continuation of National Emergency (Notice of February 20, p. 525)
M
Mali; Continuation of National Emergency (Notice of July 23, p. 580)
Marine Scientific Research, U.S.; Revised Policy (Proc. 10071)
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Monuments to U.S. Heroes; Steps To Build and Rebuild (EO 13934)
Monuments, Memorials, and Statues; Efforts To Protect and Combat Recent
Criminal Violence (EO 13933)
Morocco; U.S. Recognition of Sovereignty Over Western Sahara (Proc.
10126)
Musical.ly; Acquisition by ByteDance Ltd. (Order of August 14, p. 606)
N
Narcotics and Drugs:
Major Drug Transit or Major Illicit Drug Producing Countries for Fiscal
Year 2021 (Presidential Determination No. 2020-11 of September 16, p. 618)
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 and Eastern
Mediterranean Security and Energy Partnership Act of 2019; Delegation of
Authorities (Memorandum of April 14, p. 556)
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020; Delegation of
Certain Functions and Authorities (Memorandums of February 21, p. 526;
March 31, p. 546)
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020; Delegation of
Functions and Authorities (Memorandum of May 12, p. 564)
National Space Policy (Memorandum of December 9, p. 658)
Nicaragua; Continuation of National Emergency (Notice of November 24, p.
p. 654)
North Korea; Continuation of National Emergency (Notice of June 17, p.
573)
Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument; Modification
(Proc. 10049)
Novel Coronavirus; Suspension of Entry Into U.S. as Immigrants and
Nonimmigrants Certain Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting (Proc.
10041)
Nuclear Power and Propulsion; National Strategy for Space (Space Policy
Directive-6 of December 16, p. 681)
O
Online Censorship; Prevention Efforts (EO 13925)
P
Presidential Permits:
TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P.; Authorization To Operate and
Maintain Existing Pipeline Facilities at the U.S.-Canada International
Boundary (Permit of July 29, p. 588)
Express Pipeline, LLC; Authorization To Operate and Maintain Existing
Pipeline Facilities at the Canada-U.S. International Boundary (Presidential
Permit of October 3, p. 627)
Front Range Pipeline, LLC; Authorization To Operate and Maintain
Existing Pipeline Facilities at the Mexico-U.S. International Boundary
(Presidential Permit of October 3, p. 630)
Kansas City Southern Railway Company; Authorization To Construct,
Connect, Operate, and Maintain Railway Bridge Facilities at the U.S.-Mexico
International Boundary (Permit of July 29, p. 590)
NuStar Logistics, L.P.; Authorization To Construct, Connect, Operate,
and Maintain Pipeline Facilities at the U.S.-Mexico International Boundary
(Permit of July 29, p. 582)
NuStar Logistics, L.P.; Authorization To Operate and Maintain Existing
Pipeline Facilities at the U.S.-Mexico International Boundary (Presidential
Permits of July 29, p. 585; October 3, p. 632)
Proclamation 10052 Amendment (Proc. 10054)
R
Race and Sex Stereotyping; Efforts To Combat (EO 13950)
Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2021 (Presidential Determination No.
2021-02 of October 27, p. 643)
Religious Freedom, International; Efforts To Advance (EO 13926)
S
Savings Bonds, U.S.; Efforts To Promote Redemption (EO 13968)
Seafood Industry, U.S., Competitiveness and Economic Growth; Promotion
Efforts (EO 13921)
Somalia; Continuation of National Emergency (Notice of April 3, p. 551)
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South Sudan; Continuation of National Emergency (Notice of April 1, p.
547)
Southern Border, U. S.; Continuation of the National Emergency (Notice of
February 13, p. 523)
Space Resources; International Support for Recovery and Use, Promotion
Efforts (EO 13914)
Special Observances:
19th Amendment Ratification; 100th Anniversary (Proc. 10062)
African-American Music Appreciation Month (Proc. 10044)
American Education Week (Proc. 10119)
American Heart Month (Proc. 9985)
American Red Cross Month (Proc. 9988)
Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (Proc. 10058)
Armed Forces Day (Proc. 10034)
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (Proc. 10016)
Birthday of Founding Father Caesar Rodney (Proc. 10096)
Blind Americans Equality Day (Proc. 10102)
Cancer Control Month (Proc. 10001)
Captive Nations Week (Proc. 10056)
Career and Technical Education Month (Proc. 9986)
Child Health Day (Proc. 10094)
Columbus Day (Proc. 10100)
Constitution Day, Citizenship Day, and Constitution Week (Proc. 10077)
Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month (Proc. 10108)
Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust (Proc. 10013)
Death of John R. Lewis (Proc. 10057)
Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Proc. 10081)
Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A. (Proc. 10007)
Emergency Medical Services Week (Proc. 10036)
Father's Day (Proc. 10051)
Fire Prevention Week (Proc. 10092)
Flag Day and National Flag Week (Proc. 10050)
General Pulaski Memorial Day (Proc. 10099)
German-American Day (Proc. 10095)
Gold Star Mother's and Family's Day (Proc. 10083)
Great Outdoors Month (Proc. 10045)
Greek Independence Day; A National Day of Celebration of Greek and
American Democracy (Proc. 9999)
Honoring the Victims of the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic (Proc. 10039)
Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human Rights Week (Proc.
10124)
Irish-American Heritage Month (Proc. 9989)
Jewish American Heritage Month (Proc. 10017)
Labor Day (Proc. 10069)
Law Day, U.S.A. (Proc. 10018)
Leif Erikson Day (Proc. 10097)
Loyalty Day (Proc. 10023)
Made In America Day and Made in America Week (Proc. 10093)
Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday (Proc. 9977)
Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket; 850th Anniversary (Proc. 10129)
Military Spouse Day (Proc. 10029)
Minority Enterprise Development Week (Proc. 10073)
Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives Awareness Day
(Proc. 10026)
Mother's Day (Proc. 10033)
National Adoption Month (Proc. 10109)
National African American History Month (Proc. 9987)
National Agriculture Day (Proc. 9998)
National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month (Proc. 10065)
National American History and Founders Month (Proc. 10110)
National Apprenticeship Week (Proc. 10116)
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (Proc. 10085)
National Caribbean-American Heritage Month (Proc. 10046)
National Character Counts Week (Proc. 10103)
National Charter Schools Week (Proc. 10030)
National Child Abuse Prevention Month (Proc. 10002)
National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month (Proc. 10066)
National Consumer Protection Week (Proc. 9991)
National Crime Victims' Rights Week (Proc. 10010)
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (Proc. 10086)
National Day of Prayer (Proc. 10027)
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National Day of Prayer for All Americans Affected by the Coronavirus
Pandemic and for Our National Response Efforts (Proc. 9997)
National Day of Remembrance for Americans Killed by Illegal Aliens
(Proc. 10115)
National Day of Remembrance of the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of
Auschwitz (Proc. 9981)
National Days of Prayer and Remembrance (Proc. 10070)
National Defense Transportation Day and National Transportation Week
(Proc. 10031)
National Disability Employment Awareness Month (Proc. 10087)
National Doctors Day (Proc. 10000)
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month (Proc. 10088)
National Donate Life Month (Proc. 10003)
National Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Week (Proc. 10061)
National Energy Awareness Month (Proc. 10089)
National Entrepreneurship Month (Proc. 10111)
National Family Caregivers Month (Proc. 10112)
National Family Week (Proc. 10120)
National Farm Safety and Health Week (Proc. 10079)
National Forest Products Week (Proc. 10104)
National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day (Proc. 10008)
National Foster Care Month (Proc. 10019)
National Gang Violence Prevention Week (Proc. 10080)
National Hispanic Heritage Month (Proc. 10076)
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week (Proc. 10075)
National Homeownership Month (Proc. 10047)
National Hunting and Fishing Day (Proc. 10084)
National Hurricane Preparedness Week (Proc. 10024)
National Impaired Driving Prevention Month (Proc. 10122)
National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day (Proc. 10059)
National Manufacturing Day (Proc. 10091)
National Maritime Day (Proc. 10038)
National Mental Health Awareness Month (Proc. 10020)
National Native American Heritage Month (Proc. 10113)
National Nurses Day (Proc. 10028)
National Ocean Month (Proc. 10048)
National Park Week (Proc. 10011)
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (Proc. 10125)
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month (Proc. 10021)
National Poison Prevention Week (Proc. 9995)
National POW/MIA Recognition Day (Proc. 10078)
National Preparedness Month (Proc. 10067)
National Safe Boating Week (Proc. 10035)
National Sanctity of Human Life Day (Proc. 9978)
National School Choice Week (Proc. 9982)
National School Lunch Week (Proc. 10098)
National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month (Proc. 10004)
National Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month (Proc. 10068)
National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month (Proc. 10130)
National Small Business Week (Proc. 10082)
National Substance Abuse Prevention Month (Proc. 10090)
National Veterans and Military Families Month (Proc. 10114)
National Volunteer Week (Proc. 10012)
Older Americans Month (Proc. 10022)
Pan American Day and Pan American Week (Proc. 10009)
Patriot Day (Proc. 10072)
Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week (Proc. 10032)
Pledge to America's Workers Month (Proc. 10055)
Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day (Proc. 10040)
Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week (Proc. 10074)
Public Service Recognition Week (Proc. 10025)
Religious Freedom Day (Proc. 9976)
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Second Chance Month (Proc. 10005)
Thanksgiving Day (Proc. 10121)
United Nations Day (Proc. 10105)
Veterans Day (Proc. 10118)
Women's Equality Day (Proc. 10063)
Women's History Month (Proc. 9990)
World AIDS Day (Proc. 10123)
World Autism Awareness Day (Proc. 10006)
World Freedom Day (Proc. 10117)
World Intellectual Property Day (Proc. 10015)
World Trade Week (Proc. 10037)
Wright Brothers Day (Proc. 10127)
StayNTouch, Inc.; Acquisition by Beijing Shiji Information Technology
Co., Ltd. (Order of March 6, p. 532)
Sudan; Certification Pursuant to Section 6(E) of the Comprehensive Peace
in Sudan Act of 2004, as Amended by Darfur Peace and Accountability Act
of 2006 (Memorandum of October 26, p. 639)
Sudan; Continuation of National Emergency (Notice of October 30, p. 645)
Syria; Continuation of National Emergency (Notice of May 7, p. 560)
Syria; Continuation of National Emergency (Notice of October 8, p. 635)
T
Taxation:
Payroll Tax Obligations; Deferment Due to COVID-19 Pandemic (Memorandum
of August 8, p. 602)
Terrorism; Continuation of National Emergency Respecting Persons Who
Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support (Notice of September 18, p. 621)
Terrorist Attacks; Continuation of National Emergency (Notice of
September 10, p. 617)
TikTok; Steps To Address the Threat and National Emergency With Respect
to Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain
(EO 13942)
Trade:
African Growth and Opportunity Act; Beneficiary Country Designations and
Modifications (Proc. 10128)
Aluminum; Adjustment of Imports Into the U.S. (Proc. 10060)
Aluminum; Adjustment of Imports Into the U.S. (Proc. 10106)
Derivative Aluminum and Steel Articles; Adjustment of Imports Into the
U.S. (Proc. 9980)
Generalized System of Preferences, Duty-Free Treatment; Modifications
(Proc. 10107)
Large Residential Washers; Effort To Further Facilitate Positive
Adjustment to Competition From Imports (Proc. 9979)
Steel, Imports Into U.S.; Adjustment (Proc. 10064)
U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act; Certain Actions (Proc.
10053)
Trading With the Enemy Act; Continuation of Certain Authorities
(Presidential Determination No. 2020-10 of September 9, p. 616)
Trafficking in Persons; Foreign Governments' Efforts To Combat
(Presidential Determination No. 2020-12 of September 28, p. 625)
Transnational Criminal Organizations; Continuation of National Emergency
(Notice of July 22, p. 579)
Treasury, Department of the; National Emergency Authorization To
Temporarily Extend Certain Estimated Payment Deadlines (EO 13916)
Treasury, Secretary of the; Delegation of Functions Under 31 U.S.C. 5302
(Memorandum of March 20, p. 537)
U
U.S. Elections, Foreign Interference and Undermining of Public
Confidence; Continuation of National Emergency (Notice of September 10,
p. 617)
U.S. Investors, Significant Risks From Chinese Companies; Protection
Efforts (Memorandum of June 4, p. 569)
Ukraine; Continuation of National Emergency (Notice of February 25, p.
528)
V
Venezuela; Continuation of National Emergency (Notice of March 5, p. 531)
W
Water Resource Management and Water Infrastructure; Modernization Efforts
(EO 13956)
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Weapons of Mass Destruction, Proliferation; Continuation of National
Emergency (Notice of November 12, p. 653)
WeChat; Steps To Address the Threat and National Emergency With Respect
to Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain
(EO 13943)
Western Balkans; Continuation of National Emergency (Notice of June 24,
p. 574)
White House Hispanic Prosperity Initiative (EO 13935)
Y
Yemen; Continuation of National Emergency (Notice of May 7, p. 562)
Z
Zimbabwe; Continuation of National Emergency (Notice of March 4, p. 530)
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CFR FINDING AIDS
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Editorial note: A list of CFR titles, subtitles, chapters, subchapters,
and parts, and an alphabetical list of agencies publishing in the CFR
are included in the CFR Index and Finding Aids volume to the Code of
Federal Regulations, which is published separately and revised annually
as of January 1.
The two finding aids on the following pages, the ``Table of CFR Titles
and Chapters'' and the ``Alphabetical List of Agencies Appearing in the
CFR'' apply to all 50 titles of the Code of Federal Regulations.
Reference aids specific to this volume appear in the section entitled
``Title 3 Finding Aids,'' found on page 703.
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Table of CFR Titles and Chapters
(Revised as of January 1, 2021)
Title 1--General Provisions
I Administrative Committee of the Federal Register
(Parts 1--49)
II Office of the Federal Register (Parts 50--299)
III Administrative Conference of the United States (Parts
300--399)
IV Miscellaneous Agencies (Parts 400--599)
VI National Capital Planning Commission (Parts 600--699)
Title 2--Grants and Agreements
Subtitle A--Office of Management and Budget Guidance
for Grants and Agreements
I Office of Management and Budget Governmentwide
Guidance for Grants and Agreements (Parts 2--199)
II Office of Management and Budget Guidance (Parts 200--
299)
Subtitle B--Federal Agency Regulations for Grants and
Agreements
III Department of Health and Human Services (Parts 300--
399)
IV Department of Agriculture (Parts 400--499)
VI Department of State (Parts 600--699)
VII Agency for International Development (Parts 700--799)
VIII Department of Veterans Affairs (Parts 800--899)
IX Department of Energy (Parts 900--999)
X Department of the Treasury (Parts 1000--1099)
XI Department of Defense (Parts 1100--1199)
XII Department of Transportation (Parts 1200--1299)
XIII Department of Commerce (Parts 1300--1399)
XIV Department of the Interior (Parts 1400--1499)
XV Environmental Protection Agency (Parts 1500--1599)
XVIII National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Parts
1800--1899)
XX United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Parts
2000--2099)
XXII Corporation for National and Community Service (Parts
2200--2299)
XXIII Social Security Administration (Parts 2300--2399)
XXIV Department of Housing and Urban Development (Parts
2400--2499)
XXV National Science Foundation (Parts 2500--2599)
XXVI National Archives and Records Administration (Parts
2600--2699)
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XXVII Small Business Administration (Parts 2700--2799)
XXVIII Department of Justice (Parts 2800--2899)
XXIX Department of Labor (Parts 2900--2999)
XXX Department of Homeland Security (Parts 3000--3099)
XXXI Institute of Museum and Library Services (Parts 3100--
3199)
XXXII National Endowment for the Arts (Parts 3200--3299)
XXXIII National Endowment for the Humanities (Parts 3300--
3399)
XXXIV Department of Education (Parts 3400--3499)
XXXV Export-Import Bank of the United States (Parts 3500--
3599)
XXXVI Office of National Drug Control Policy, Executive
Office of the President (Parts 3600--3699)
XXXVII Peace Corps (Parts 3700--3799)
LVIII Election Assistance Commission (Parts 5800--5899)
LIX Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (Parts 5900--
5999)
Title 3--The President
I Executive Office of the President (Parts 100--199)
Title 4--Accounts
I Government Accountability Office (Parts 1--199)
Title 5--Administrative Personnel
I Office of Personnel Management (Parts 1--1199)
II Merit Systems Protection Board (Parts 1200--1299)
III Office of Management and Budget (Parts 1300--1399)
IV Office of Personnel Management and Office of the
Director of National Intelligence (Parts 1400--
1499)
V The International Organizations Employees Loyalty
Board (Parts 1500--1599)
VI Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (Parts
1600--1699)
VIII Office of Special Counsel (Parts 1800--1899)
IX Appalachian Regional Commission (Parts 1900--1999)
XI Armed Forces Retirement Home (Parts 2100--2199)
XIV Federal Labor Relations Authority, General Counsel of
the Federal Labor Relations Authority and Federal
Service Impasses Panel (Parts 2400--2499)
XVI Office of Government Ethics (Parts 2600--2699)
XXI Department of the Treasury (Parts 3100--3199)
XXII Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (Parts 3200--
3299)
XXIII Department of Energy (Parts 3300--3399)
XXIV Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Parts 3400--
3499)
XXV Department of the Interior (Parts 3500--3599)
XXVI Department of Defense (Parts 3600--3699)
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XXVIII Department of Justice (Parts 3800--3899)
XXIX Federal Communications Commission (Parts 3900--3999)
XXX Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation (Parts 4000--
4099)
XXXI Farm Credit Administration (Parts 4100--4199)
XXXIII U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
(Parts 4300--4399)
XXXIV Securities and Exchange Commission (Parts 4400--4499)
XXXV Office of Personnel Management (Parts 4500--4599)
XXXVI Department of Homeland Security (Parts 4600--4699)
XXXVII Federal Election Commission (Parts 4700--4799)
XL Interstate Commerce Commission (Parts 5000--5099)
XLI Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Parts 5100--
5199)
XLII Department of Labor (Parts 5200--5299)
XLIII National Science Foundation (Parts 5300--5399)
XLV Department of Health and Human Services (Parts 5500--
5599)
XLVI Postal Rate Commission (Parts 5600--5699)
XLVII Federal Trade Commission (Parts 5700--5799)
XLVIII Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Parts 5800--5899)
XLIX Federal Labor Relations Authority (Parts 5900--5999)
L Department of Transportation (Parts 6000--6099)
LII Export-Import Bank of the United States (Parts 6200--
6299)
LIII Department of Education (Parts 6300--6399)
LIV Environmental Protection Agency (Parts 6400--6499)
LV National Endowment for the Arts (Parts 6500--6599)
LVI National Endowment for the Humanities (Parts 6600--
6699)
LVII General Services Administration (Parts 6700--6799)
LVIII Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
(Parts 6800--6899)
LIX National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Parts
6900--6999)
LX United States Postal Service (Parts 7000--7099)
LXI National Labor Relations Board (Parts 7100--7199)
LXII Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Parts 7200--
7299)
LXIII Inter-American Foundation (Parts 7300--7399)
LXIV Merit Systems Protection Board (Parts 7400--7499)
LXV Department of Housing and Urban Development (Parts
7500--7599)
LXVI National Archives and Records Administration (Parts
7600--7699)
LXVII Institute of Museum and Library Services (Parts 7700--
7799)
LXVIII Commission on Civil Rights (Parts 7800--7899)
LXIX Tennessee Valley Authority (Parts 7900--7999)
LXX Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the
District of Columbia (Parts 8000--8099)
LXXI Consumer Product Safety Commission (Parts 8100--8199)
LXXIII Department of Agriculture (Parts 8300--8399)
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LXXIV Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
(Parts 8400--8499)
LXXVI Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (Parts
8600--8699)
LXXVII Office of Management and Budget (Parts 8700--8799)
LXXX Federal Housing Finance Agency (Parts 9000--9099)
LXXXIII Special Inspector General for Afghanistan
Reconstruction (Parts 9300--9399)
LXXXIV Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Parts 9400--
9499)
LXXXVI National Credit Union Administration (Parts 9600--
9699)
XCVII Department of Homeland Security Human Resources
Management System (Department of Homeland
Security--Office of Personnel Management) (Parts
9700--9799)
XCVIII Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and
Efficiency (Parts 9800--9899)
XCIX Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization
Commission (Parts 9900--9999)
C National Council on Disability (Parts 10000--10049)
CI National Mediation Board (Part 10101)
Title 6--Domestic Security
I Department of Homeland Security, Office of the
Secretary (Parts 1--199)
X Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (Parts
1000--1099)
Title 7--Agriculture
Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Agriculture
(Parts 0--26)
Subtitle B--Regulations of the Department of
Agriculture
I Agricultural Marketing Service (Standards,
Inspections, Marketing Practices), Department of
Agriculture (Parts 27--209)
II Food and Nutrition Service, Department of Agriculture
(Parts 210--299)
III Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Department
of Agriculture (Parts 300--399)
IV Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, Department of
Agriculture (Parts 400--499)
V Agricultural Research Service, Department of
Agriculture (Parts 500--599)
VI Natural Resources Conservation Service, Department of
Agriculture (Parts 600--699)
VII Farm Service Agency, Department of Agriculture (Parts
700--799)
VIII Agricultural Marketing Service (Federal Grain
Inspection Service, Fair Trade Practices Program),
Department of Agriculture (Parts 800--899)
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IX Agricultural Marketing Service (Marketing Agreements
and Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), Department
of Agriculture (Parts 900--999)
X Agricultural Marketing Service (Marketing Agreements
and Orders; Milk), Department of Agriculture
(Parts 1000--1199)
XI Agricultural Marketing Service (Marketing Agreements
and Orders; Miscellaneous Commodities), Department
of Agriculture (Parts 1200--1299)
XIV Commodity Credit Corporation, Department of
Agriculture (Parts 1400--1499)
XV Foreign Agricultural Service, Department of
Agriculture (Parts 1500--1599)
XVI [Reserved]
XVII Rural Utilities Service, Department of Agriculture
(Parts 1700--1799)
XVIII Rural Housing Service, Rural Business-Cooperative
Service, Rural Utilities Service, and Farm Service
Agency, Department of Agriculture (Parts 1800--
2099)
XX [Reserved]
XXV Office of Advocacy and Outreach, Department of
Agriculture (Parts 2500--2599)
XXVI Office of Inspector General, Department of Agriculture
(Parts 2600--2699)
XXVII Office of Information Resources Management, Department
of Agriculture (Parts 2700--2799)
XXVIII Office of Operations, Department of Agriculture (Parts
2800--2899)
XXIX Office of Energy Policy and New Uses, Department of
Agriculture (Parts 2900--2999)
XXX Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Department of
Agriculture (Parts 3000--3099)
XXXI Office of Environmental Quality, Department of
Agriculture (Parts 3100--3199)
XXXII Office of Procurement and Property Management,
Department of Agriculture (Parts 3200--3299)
XXXIII Office of Transportation, Department of Agriculture
(Parts 3300--3399)
XXXIV National Institute of Food and Agriculture (Parts
3400--3499)
XXXV Rural Housing Service, Department of Agriculture
(Parts 3500--3599)
XXXVI National Agricultural Statistics Service, Department
of Agriculture (Parts 3600--3699)
XXXVII Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture
(Parts 3700--3799)
XXXVIII World Agricultural Outlook Board, Department of
Agriculture (Parts 3800--3899)
XLI [Reserved]
XLII Rural Business-Cooperative Service and Rural Utilities
Service, Department of Agriculture (Parts 4200--
4299)
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L Rural Business-Cooperative Service, Rural Housing
Service, and Rural Utilities Service, Department
of Agriculture (Parts 5001--5099)
Title 8--Aliens and Nationality
I Department of Homeland Security (Parts 1--499)
V Executive Office for Immigration Review, Department of
Justice (Parts 1000--1399)
Title 9--Animals and Animal Products
I Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Department
of Agriculture (Parts 1--199)
II Agricultural Marketing Service (Federal Grain
Inspection Service, Fair Trade Practices Program),
Department of Agriculture (Parts 200--299)
III Food Safety and Inspection Service, Department of
Agriculture (Parts 300--599)
Title 10--Energy
I Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Parts 0--199)
II Department of Energy (Parts 200--699)
III Department of Energy (Parts 700--999)
X Department of Energy (General Provisions) (Parts
1000--1099)
XIII Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (Parts 1300--
1399)
XVII Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (Parts 1700--
1799)
XVIII Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste
Commission (Parts 1800--1899)
Title 11--Federal Elections
I Federal Election Commission (Parts 1--9099)
II Election Assistance Commission (Parts 9400--9499)
Title 12--Banks and Banking
I Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the
Treasury (Parts 1--199)
II Federal Reserve System (Parts 200--299)
III Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (Parts 300--399)
IV Export-Import Bank of the United States (Parts 400--
499)
V (Parts 500--599) [Reserved]
VI Farm Credit Administration (Parts 600--699)
VII National Credit Union Administration (Parts 700--799)
VIII Federal Financing Bank (Parts 800--899)
IX (Parts 900--999) [Reserved]
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X Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Parts 1000--
1099)
XI Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
(Parts 1100--1199)
XII Federal Housing Finance Agency (Parts 1200--1299)
XIII Financial Stability Oversight Council (Parts 1300--
1399)
XIV Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation (Parts 1400--
1499)
XV Department of the Treasury (Parts 1500--1599)
XVI Office of Financial Research (Parts 1600--1699)
XVII Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight,
Department of Housing and Urban Development (Parts
1700--1799)
XVIII Community Development Financial Institutions Fund,
Department of the Treasury (Parts 1800--1899)
Title 13--Business Credit and Assistance
I Small Business Administration (Parts 1--199)
III Economic Development Administration, Department of
Commerce (Parts 300--399)
IV Emergency Steel Guarantee Loan Board (Parts 400--499)
V Emergency Oil and Gas Guaranteed Loan Board (Parts
500--599)
Title 14--Aeronautics and Space
I Federal Aviation Administration, Department of
Transportation (Parts 1--199)
II Office of the Secretary, Department of Transportation
(Aviation Proceedings) (Parts 200--399)
III Commercial Space Transportation, Federal Aviation
Administration, Department of Transportation
(Parts 400--1199)
V National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Parts
1200--1299)
VI Air Transportation System Stabilization (Parts 1300--
1399)
Title 15--Commerce and Foreign Trade
Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Commerce (Parts
0--29)
Subtitle B--Regulations Relating to Commerce and
Foreign Trade
I Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce (Parts
30--199)
II National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Department of Commerce (Parts 200--299)
III International Trade Administration, Department of
Commerce (Parts 300--399)
IV Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Department of Commerce
(Parts 400--499)
VII Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of
Commerce (Parts 700--799)
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VIII Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce
(Parts 800--899)
IX National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Department of Commerce (Parts 900--999)
XI National Technical Information Service, Department of
Commerce (Parts 1100--1199)
XIII East-West Foreign Trade Board (Parts 1300--1399)
XIV Minority Business Development Agency (Parts 1400--
1499)
Subtitle C--Regulations Relating to Foreign Trade
Agreements
XX Office of the United States Trade Representative
(Parts 2000--2099)
Subtitle D--Regulations Relating to Telecommunications
and Information
XXIII National Telecommunications and Information
Administration, Department of Commerce (Parts
2300--2399) [Reserved]
Title 16--Commercial Practices
I Federal Trade Commission (Parts 0--999)
II Consumer Product Safety Commission (Parts 1000--1799)
Title 17--Commodity and Securities Exchanges
I Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Parts 1--199)
II Securities and Exchange Commission (Parts 200--399)
IV Department of the Treasury (Parts 400--499)
Title 18--Conservation of Power and Water Resources
I Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of
Energy (Parts 1--399)
III Delaware River Basin Commission (Parts 400--499)
VI Water Resources Council (Parts 700--799)
VIII Susquehanna River Basin Commission (Parts 800--899)
XIII Tennessee Valley Authority (Parts 1300--1399)
Title 19--Customs Duties
I U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of
Homeland Security; Department of the Treasury
(Parts 0--199)
II United States International Trade Commission (Parts
200--299)
III International Trade Administration, Department of
Commerce (Parts 300--399)
IV U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department
of Homeland Security (Parts 400--599) [Reserved]
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Title 20--Employees' Benefits
I Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Department
of Labor (Parts 1--199)
II Railroad Retirement Board (Parts 200--399)
III Social Security Administration (Parts 400--499)
IV Employees' Compensation Appeals Board, Department of
Labor (Parts 500--599)
V Employment and Training Administration, Department of
Labor (Parts 600--699)
VI Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Department
of Labor (Parts 700--799)
VII Benefits Review Board, Department of Labor (Parts
800--899)
VIII Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries (Parts
900--999)
IX Office of the Assistant Secretary for Veterans'
Employment and Training Service, Department of
Labor (Parts 1000--1099)
Title 21--Food and Drugs
I Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and
Human Services (Parts 1--1299)
II Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice
(Parts 1300--1399)
III Office of National Drug Control Policy (Parts 1400--
1499)
Title 22--Foreign Relations
I Department of State (Parts 1--199)
II Agency for International Development (Parts 200--299)
III Peace Corps (Parts 300--399)
IV International Joint Commission, United States and
Canada (Parts 400--499)
V Broadcasting Board of Governors (Parts 500--599)
VII Overseas Private Investment Corporation (Parts 700--
799)
IX Foreign Service Grievance Board (Parts 900--999)
X Inter-American Foundation (Parts 1000--1099)
XI International Boundary and Water Commission, United
States and Mexico, United States Section (Parts
1100--1199)
XII United States International Development Cooperation
Agency (Parts 1200--1299)
XIII Millennium Challenge Corporation (Parts 1300--1399)
XIV Foreign Service Labor Relations Board; Federal Labor
Relations Authority; General Counsel of the
Federal Labor Relations Authority; and the Foreign
Service Impasse Disputes Panel (Parts 1400--1499)
XV African Development Foundation (Parts 1500--1599)
XVI Japan-United States Friendship Commission (Parts
1600--1699)
XVII United States Institute of Peace (Parts 1700--1799)
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Title 23--Highways
I Federal Highway Administration, Department of
Transportation (Parts 1--999)
II National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and
Federal Highway Administration, Department of
Transportation (Parts 1200--1299)
III National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
Department of Transportation (Parts 1300--1399)
Title 24--Housing and Urban Development
Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary, Department of
Housing and Urban Development (Parts 0--99)
Subtitle B--Regulations Relating to Housing and Urban
Development
I Office of Assistant Secretary for Equal Opportunity,
Department of Housing and Urban Development (Parts
100--199)
II Office of Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal
Housing Commissioner, Department of Housing and
Urban Development (Parts 200--299)
III Government National Mortgage Association, Department
of Housing and Urban Development (Parts 300--399)
IV Office of Housing and Office of Multifamily Housing
Assistance Restructuring, Department of Housing
and Urban Development (Parts 400--499)
V Office of Assistant Secretary for Community Planning
and Development, Department of Housing and Urban
Development (Parts 500--599)
VI Office of Assistant Secretary for Community Planning
and Development, Department of Housing and Urban
Development (Parts 600--699) [Reserved]
VII Office of the Secretary, Department of Housing and
Urban Development (Housing Assistance Programs and
Public and Indian Housing Programs) (Parts 700--
799)
VIII Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal
Housing Commissioner, Department of Housing and
Urban Development (Section 8 Housing Assistance
Programs, Section 202 Direct Loan Program, Section
202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program and
Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons With
Disabilities Program) (Parts 800--899)
IX Office of Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, Department of Housing and Urban
Development (Parts 900--1699)
XII Office of Inspector General, Department of Housing and
Urban Development (Parts 2000--2099)
XV Emergency Mortgage Insurance and Loan Programs,
Department of Housing and Urban Development (Parts
2700--2799) [Reserved]
XX Office of Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal
Housing Commissioner, Department of Housing and
Urban Development (Parts 3200--3899)
XXIV Board of Directors of the HOPE for Homeowners Program
(Parts 4000--4099) [Reserved]
XXV Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation (Parts 4100--
4199)
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Title 25--Indians
I Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior
(Parts 1--299)
II Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the
Interior (Parts 300--399)
III National Indian Gaming Commission, Department of the
Interior (Parts 500--599)
IV Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation (Parts
700--899)
V Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior,
and Indian Health Service, Department of Health
and Human Services (Part 900--999)
VI Office of the Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs,
Department of the Interior (Parts 1000--1199)
VII Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians,
Department of the Interior (Parts 1200--1299)
Title 26--Internal Revenue
I Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury
(Parts 1--End)
Title 27--Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms
I Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, Department
of the Treasury (Parts 1--399)
II Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives,
Department of Justice (Parts 400--799)
Title 28--Judicial Administration
I Department of Justice (Parts 0--299)
III Federal Prison Industries, Inc., Department of Justice
(Parts 300--399)
V Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice (Parts 500--
599)
VI Offices of Independent Counsel, Department of Justice
(Parts 600--699)
VII Office of Independent Counsel (Parts 700--799)
VIII Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the
District of Columbia (Parts 800--899)
IX National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Council
(Parts 900--999)
XI Department of Justice and Department of State (Parts
1100--1199)
Title 29--Labor
Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Labor (Parts
0--99)
Subtitle B--Regulations Relating to Labor
I National Labor Relations Board (Parts 100--199)
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II Office of Labor-Management Standards, Department of
Labor (Parts 200--299)
III National Railroad Adjustment Board (Parts 300--399)
IV Office of Labor-Management Standards, Department of
Labor (Parts 400--499)
V Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor (Parts
500--899)
IX Construction Industry Collective Bargaining Commission
(Parts 900--999)
X National Mediation Board (Parts 1200--1299)
XII Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (Parts
1400--1499)
XIV Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Parts 1600--
1699)
XVII Occupational Safety and Health Administration,
Department of Labor (Parts 1900--1999)
XX Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
(Parts 2200--2499)
XXV Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department
of Labor (Parts 2500--2599)
XXVII Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
(Parts 2700--2799)
XL Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (Parts 4000--
4999)
Title 30--Mineral Resources
I Mine Safety and Health Administration, Department of
Labor (Parts 1--199)
II Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement,
Department of the Interior (Parts 200--299)
IV Geological Survey, Department of the Interior (Parts
400--499)
V Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of the
Interior (Parts 500--599)
VII Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement,
Department of the Interior (Parts 700--999)
XII Office of Natural Resources Revenue, Department of the
Interior (Parts 1200--1299)
Title 31--Money and Finance: Treasury
Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of the Treasury
(Parts 0--50)
Subtitle B--Regulations Relating to Money and Finance
I Monetary Offices, Department of the Treasury (Parts
51--199)
II Fiscal Service, Department of the Treasury (Parts
200--399)
IV Secret Service, Department of the Treasury (Parts
400--499)
V Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the
Treasury (Parts 500--599)
VI Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Department of the
Treasury (Parts 600--699)
VII Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Department of
the Treasury (Parts 700--799)
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VIII Office of Investment Security, Department of the
Treasury (Parts 800--899)
IX Federal Claims Collection Standards (Department of the
Treasury--Department of Justice) (Parts 900--999)
X Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Department of
the Treasury (Parts 1000--1099)
Title 32--National Defense
Subtitle A--Department of Defense
I Office of the Secretary of Defense (Parts 1--399)
V Department of the Army (Parts 400--699)
VI Department of the Navy (Parts 700--799)
VII Department of the Air Force (Parts 800--1099)
Subtitle B--Other Regulations Relating to National
Defense
XII Department of Defense, Defense Logistics Agency (Parts
1200--1299)
XVI Selective Service System (Parts 1600--1699)
XVII Office of the Director of National Intelligence (Parts
1700--1799)
XVIII National Counterintelligence Center (Parts 1800--1899)
XIX Central Intelligence Agency (Parts 1900--1999)
XX Information Security Oversight Office, National
Archives and Records Administration (Parts 2000--
2099)
XXI National Security Council (Parts 2100--2199)
XXIV Office of Science and Technology Policy (Parts 2400--
2499)
XXVII Office for Micronesian Status Negotiations (Parts
2700--2799)
XXVIII Office of the Vice President of the United States
(Parts 2800--2899)
Title 33--Navigation and Navigable Waters
I Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security (Parts
1--199)
II Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army, Department
of Defense (Parts 200--399)
IV Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation,
Department of Transportation (Parts 400--499)
Title 34--Education
Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary, Department of
Education (Parts 1--99)
Subtitle B--Regulations of the Offices of the
Department of Education
I Office for Civil Rights, Department of Education
(Parts 100--199)
II Office of Elementary and Secondary Education,
Department of Education (Parts 200--299)
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III Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative
Services, Department of Education (Parts 300--399)
IV Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education,
Department of Education (Parts 400--499)
V Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages
Affairs, Department of Education (Parts 500--599)
[Reserved]
VI Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of
Education (Parts 600--699)
VII Office of Educational Research and Improvement,
Department of Education (Parts 700--799)
[Reserved]
Subtitle C--Regulations Relating to Education
XI (Parts 1100--1199) [Reserved]
XII National Council on Disability (Parts 1200--1299)
Title 35 [Reserved]
Title 36--Parks, Forests, and Public Property
I National Park Service, Department of the Interior
(Parts 1--199)
II Forest Service, Department of Agriculture (Parts 200--
299)
III Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army (Parts
300--399)
IV American Battle Monuments Commission (Parts 400--499)
V Smithsonian Institution (Parts 500--599)
VI [Reserved]
VII Library of Congress (Parts 700--799)
VIII Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (Parts 800--
899)
IX Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation (Parts
900--999)
X Presidio Trust (Parts 1000--1099)
XI Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance
Board (Parts 1100--1199)
XII National Archives and Records Administration (Parts
1200--1299)
XV Oklahoma City National Memorial Trust (Parts 1500--
1599)
XVI Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National
Environmental Policy Foundation (Parts 1600--1699)
Title 37--Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights
I United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department
of Commerce (Parts 1--199)
II U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress (Parts
200--299)
III Copyright Royalty Board, Library of Congress (Parts
300--399)
IV National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Department of Commerce (Parts 400--599)
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Title 38--Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief
I Department of Veterans Affairs (Parts 0--199)
II Armed Forces Retirement Home (Parts 200--299)
Title 39--Postal Service
I United States Postal Service (Parts 1--999)
III Postal Regulatory Commission (Parts 3000--3099)
Title 40--Protection of Environment
I Environmental Protection Agency (Parts 1--1099)
IV Environmental Protection Agency and Department of
Justice (Parts 1400--1499)
V Council on Environmental Quality (Parts 1500--1599)
VI Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (Parts
1600--1699)
VII Environmental Protection Agency and Department of
Defense; Uniform National Discharge Standards for
Vessels of the Armed Forces (Parts 1700--1799)
VIII Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (Parts 1800--
1899)
Title 41--Public Contracts and Property Management
Subtitle A--Federal Procurement Regulations System
[Note]
Subtitle B--Other Provisions Relating to Public
Contracts
50 Public Contracts, Department of Labor (Parts 50-1--50-
999)
51 Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or
Severely Disabled (Parts 51-1--51-99)
60 Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Equal
Employment Opportunity, Department of Labor (Parts
60-1--60-999)
61 Office of the Assistant Secretary for Veterans'
Employment and Training Service, Department of
Labor (Parts 61-1--61-999)
62--100 [Reserved]
Subtitle C--Federal Property Management Regulations
System
101 Federal Property Management Regulations (Parts 101-1--
101-99)
102 Federal Management Regulation (Parts 102-1--102-299)
103--104 (Parts 103-001--104-099) [Reserved]
105 General Services Administration (Parts 105-1--105-999)
109 Department of Energy Property Management Regulations
(Parts 109-1--109-99)
114 Department of the Interior (Parts 114-1--114-99)
115 Environmental Protection Agency (Parts 115-1--115-99)
128 Department of Justice (Parts 128-1--128-99)
129--200 [Reserved]
Subtitle D--Other Provisions Relating to Property
Management [Reserved]
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Subtitle E--Federal Information Resources Management
Regulations System [Reserved]
Subtitle F--Federal Travel Regulation System
300 General (Parts 300-1--300-99)
301 Temporary Duty (TDY) Travel Allowances (Parts 301-1--
301-99)
302 Relocation Allowances (Parts 302-1--302-99)
303 Payment of Expenses Connected with the Death of
Certain Employees (Part 303-1--303-99)
304 Payment of Travel Expenses from a Non-Federal Source
(Parts 304-1--304-99)
Title 42--Public Health
I Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human
Services (Parts 1--199)
II--III [Reserved]
IV Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department
of Health and Human Services (Parts 400--699)
V Office of Inspector General-Health Care, Department of
Health and Human Services (Parts 1000--1099)
Title 43--Public Lands: Interior
Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of the Interior
(Parts 1--199)
Subtitle B--Regulations Relating to Public Lands
I Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior
(Parts 400--999)
II Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior
(Parts 1000--9999)
III Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation
Commission (Parts 10000--10099)
Title 44--Emergency Management and Assistance
I Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security (Parts 0--399)
IV Department of Commerce and Department of
Transportation (Parts 400--499)
Title 45--Public Welfare
Subtitle A--Department of Health and Human Services
(Parts 1--199)
Subtitle B--Regulations Relating to Public Welfare
II Office of Family Assistance (Assistance Programs),
Administration for Children and Families,
Department of Health and Human Services (Parts
200--299)
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III Office of Child Support Enforcement (Child Support
Enforcement Program), Administration for Children
and Families, Department of Health and Human
Services (Parts 300--399)
IV Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for
Children and Families, Department of Health and
Human Services (Parts 400--499)
V Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United
States, Department of Justice (Parts 500--599)
VI National Science Foundation (Parts 600--699)
VII Commission on Civil Rights (Parts 700--799)
VIII Office of Personnel Management (Parts 800--899)
IX Denali Commission (Parts 900--999)
X Office of Community Services, Administration for
Children and Families, Department of Health and
Human Services (Parts 1000--1099)
XI National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
(Parts 1100--1199)
XII Corporation for National and Community Service (Parts
1200--1299)
XIII Administration for Children and Families, Department
of Health and Human Services (Parts 1300--1399)
XVI Legal Services Corporation (Parts 1600--1699)
XVII National Commission on Libraries and Information
Science (Parts 1700--1799)
XVIII Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation (Parts 1800--
1899)
XXI Commission of Fine Arts (Parts 2100--2199)
XXIII Arctic Research Commission (Parts 2300--2399)
XXIV James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation (Parts
2400--2499)
XXV Corporation for National and Community Service (Parts
2500--2599)
Title 46--Shipping
I Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security (Parts
1--199)
II Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation
(Parts 200--399)
III Coast Guard (Great Lakes Pilotage), Department of
Homeland Security (Parts 400--499)
IV Federal Maritime Commission (Parts 500--599)
Title 47--Telecommunication
I Federal Communications Commission (Parts 0--199)
II Office of Science and Technology Policy and National
Security Council (Parts 200--299)
III National Telecommunications and Information
Administration, Department of Commerce (Parts
300--399)
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IV National Telecommunications and Information
Administration, Department of Commerce, and
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
Department of Transportation (Parts 400--499)
V The First Responder Network Authority (Parts 500--599)
Title 48--Federal Acquisition Regulations System
1 Federal Acquisition Regulation (Parts 1--99)
2 Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of
Defense (Parts 200--299)
3 Department of Health and Human Services (Parts 300--
399)
4 Department of Agriculture (Parts 400--499)
5 General Services Administration (Parts 500--599)
6 Department of State (Parts 600--699)
7 Agency for International Development (Parts 700--799)
8 Department of Veterans Affairs (Parts 800--899)
9 Department of Energy (Parts 900--999)
10 Department of the Treasury (Parts 1000--1099)
12 Department of Transportation (Parts 1200--1299)
13 Department of Commerce (Parts 1300--1399)
14 Department of the Interior (Parts 1400--1499)
15 Environmental Protection Agency (Parts 1500--1599)
16 Office of Personnel Management, Federal Employees
Health Benefits Acquisition Regulation (Parts
1600--1699)
17 Office of Personnel Management (Parts 1700--1799)
18 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Parts
1800--1899)
19 Broadcasting Board of Governors (Parts 1900--1999)
20 Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Parts 2000--2099)
21 Office of Personnel Management, Federal Employees
Group Life Insurance Federal Acquisition
Regulation (Parts 2100--2199)
23 Social Security Administration (Parts 2300--2399)
24 Department of Housing and Urban Development (Parts
2400--2499)
25 National Science Foundation (Parts 2500--2599)
28 Department of Justice (Parts 2800--2899)
29 Department of Labor (Parts 2900--2999)
30 Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security
Acquisition Regulation (HSAR) (Parts 3000--3099)
34 Department of Education Acquisition Regulation (Parts
3400--3499)
51 Department of the Army Acquisition Regulations (Parts
5100--5199) [Reserved]
52 Department of the Navy Acquisition Regulations (Parts
5200--5299)
53 Department of the Air Force Federal Acquisition
Regulation Supplement (Parts 5300--5399)
[Reserved]
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54 Defense Logistics Agency, Department of Defense (Parts
5400--5499)
57 African Development Foundation (Parts 5700--5799)
61 Civilian Board of Contract Appeals, General Services
Administration (Parts 6100--6199)
99 Cost Accounting Standards Board, Office of Federal
Procurement Policy, Office of Management and
Budget (Parts 9900--9999)
Title 49--Transportation
Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation
(Parts 1--99)
Subtitle B--Other Regulations Relating to
Transportation
I Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration, Department of Transportation
(Parts 100--199)
II Federal Railroad Administration, Department of
Transportation (Parts 200--299)
III Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration,
Department of Transportation (Parts 300--399)
IV Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security (Parts
400--499)
V National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
Department of Transportation (Parts 500--599)
VI Federal Transit Administration, Department of
Transportation (Parts 600--699)
VII National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK)
(Parts 700--799)
VIII National Transportation Safety Board (Parts 800--999)
X Surface Transportation Board (Parts 1000--1399)
XI Research and Innovative Technology Administration,
Department of Transportation (Parts 1400--1499)
[Reserved]
XII Transportation Security Administration, Department of
Homeland Security (Parts 1500--1699)
Title 50--Wildlife and Fisheries
I United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of
the Interior (Parts 1--199)
II National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration, Department of
Commerce (Parts 200--299)
III International Fishing and Related Activities (Parts
300--399)
IV Joint Regulations (United States Fish and Wildlife
Service, Department of the Interior and National
Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, Department of
Commerce); Endangered Species Committee
Regulations (Parts 400--499)
V Marine Mammal Commission (Parts 500--599)
[[Page 766]]
VI Fishery Conservation and Management, National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration, Department of
Commerce (Parts 600--699)
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Alphabetical List of Agencies Appearing in the CFR
(Revised as of January 1, 2021)
CFR Title, Subtitle or
Agency Chapter
Administrative Conference of the United States 1, III
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation 36, VIII
Advocacy and Outreach, Office of 7, XXV
Afghanistan Reconstruction, Special Inspector 5, LXXXIII
General for
African Development Foundation 22, XV
Federal Acquisition Regulation 48, 57
Agency for International Development 2, VII; 22, II
Federal Acquisition Regulation 48, 7
Agricultural Marketing Service 7, I, VIII, IX, X, XI; 9,
II
Agricultural Research Service 7, V
Agriculture, Department of 2, IV; 5, LXXIII
Advocacy and Outreach, Office of 7, XXV
Agricultural Marketing Service 7, I, VIII, IX, X, XI; 9,
II
Agricultural Research Service 7, V
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 7, III; 9, I
Chief Financial Officer, Office of 7, XXX
Commodity Credit Corporation 7, XIV
Economic Research Service 7, XXXVII
Energy Policy and New Uses, Office of 2, IX; 7, XXIX
Environmental Quality, Office of 7, XXXI
Farm Service Agency 7, VII, XVIII
Federal Acquisition Regulation 48, 4
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation 7, IV
Food and Nutrition Service 7, II
Food Safety and Inspection Service 9, III
Foreign Agricultural Service 7, XV
Forest Service 36, II
Information Resources Management, Office of 7, XXVII
Inspector General, Office of 7, XXVI
National Agricultural Library 7, XLI
National Agricultural Statistics Service 7, XXXVI
National Institute of Food and Agriculture 7, XXXIV
Natural Resources Conservation Service 7, VI
Operations, Office of 7, XXVIII
Procurement and Property Management, Office of 7, XXXII
Rural Business-Cooperative Service 7, XVIII, XLII
Rural Development Administration 7, XLII
Rural Housing Service 7, XVIII, XXXV
Rural Utilities Service 7, XVII, XVIII, XLII
Secretary of Agriculture, Office of 7, Subtitle A
Transportation, Office of 7, XXXIII
World Agricultural Outlook Board 7, XXXVIII
Air Force, Department of 32, VII
Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement 48, 53
Air Transportation Stabilization Board 14, VI
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau 27, I
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, 27, II
Bureau of
AMTRAK 49, VII
American Battle Monuments Commission 36, IV
American Indians, Office of the Special Trustee 25, VII
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 7, III; 9, I
Appalachian Regional Commission 5, IX
Architectural and Transportation Barriers 36, XI
Compliance Board
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Arctic Research Commission 45, XXIII
Armed Forces Retirement Home 5, XI; 38, II
Army, Department of 32, V
Engineers, Corps of 33, II; 36, III
Federal Acquisition Regulation 48, 51
Benefits Review Board 20, VII
Bilingual Education and Minority Languages 34, V
Affairs, Office of
Blind or Severely Disabled, Committee for 41, 51
Purchase from People Who Are
Broadcasting Board of Governors 22, V
Federal Acquisition Regulation 48, 19
Career, Technical, and Adult Education, Office 34, IV
of
Census Bureau 15, I
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 42, IV
Central Intelligence Agency 32, XIX
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board 40, VI
Chief Financial Officer, Office of 7, XXX
Child Support Enforcement, Office of 45, III
Children and Families, Administration for 45, II, III, IV, X, XIII
Civil Rights, Commission on 5, LXVIII; 45, VII
Civil Rights, Office for 34, I
Coast Guard 33, I; 46, I; 49, IV
Coast Guard (Great Lakes Pilotage) 46, III
Commerce, Department of 2, XIII; 44, IV; 50, VI
Census Bureau 15, I
Economic Analysis, Bureau of 15, VIII
Economic Development Administration 13, III
Emergency Management and Assistance 44, IV
Federal Acquisition Regulation 48, 13
Foreign-Trade Zones Board 15, IV
Industry and Security, Bureau of 15, VII
International Trade Administration 15, III; 19, III
National Institute of Standards and Technology 15, II; 37, IV
National Marine Fisheries Service 50, II, IV
National Oceanic and Atmospheric 15, IX; 50, II, III, IV,
Administration VI
National Technical Information Service 15, XI
National Telecommunications and Information 15, XXIII; 47, III, IV
Administration
National Weather Service 15, IX
Patent and Trademark Office, United States 37, I
Secretary of Commerce, Office of 15, Subtitle A
Commercial Space Transportation 14, III
Commodity Credit Corporation 7, XIV
Commodity Futures Trading Commission 5, XLI; 17, I
Community Planning and Development, Office of 24, V, VI
Assistant Secretary for
Community Services, Office of 45, X
Comptroller of the Currency 12, I
Construction Industry Collective Bargaining 29, IX
Commission
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 5, LXXXIV; 12, X
Consumer Product Safety Commission 5, LXXI; 16, II
Copyright Royalty Board 37, III
Corporation for National and Community Service 2, XXII; 45, XII, XXV
Cost Accounting Standards Board 48, 99
Council on Environmental Quality 40, V
Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity 5, XCVIII
and Efficiency
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency 5, LXX; 28, VIII
for the District of Columbia
Customs and Border Protection 19, I
Defense, Department of 2, XI; 5, XXVI; 32,
Subtitle A; 40, VII
Advanced Research Projects Agency 32, I
Air Force Department 32, VII
Army Department 32, V; 33, II; 36, III;
48, 51
Defense Acquisition Regulations System 48, 2
Defense Intelligence Agency 32, I
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Defense Logistics Agency 32, I, XII; 48, 54
Engineers, Corps of 33, II; 36, III
National Imagery and Mapping Agency 32, I
Navy, Department of 32, VI; 48, 52
Secretary of Defense, Office of 2, XI; 32, I
Defense Contract Audit Agency 32, I
Defense Intelligence Agency 32, I
Defense Logistics Agency 32, XII; 48, 54
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board 10, XVII
Delaware River Basin Commission 18, III
Denali Commission 45, IX
Disability, National Council on 5, C; 34, XII
District of Columbia, Court Services and 5, LXX; 28, VIII
Offender Supervision Agency for the
Drug Enforcement Administration 21, II
East-West Foreign Trade Board 15, XIII
Economic Analysis, Bureau of 15, VIII
Economic Development Administration 13, III
Economic Research Service 7, XXXVII
Education, Department of 2, XXXIV; 5, LIII
Bilingual Education and Minority Languages 34, V
Affairs, Office of
Career, Technical, and Adult Education, Office 34, IV
of
Civil Rights, Office for 34, I
Educational Research and Improvement, Office 34, VII
of
Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of 34, II
Federal Acquisition Regulation 48, 34
Postsecondary Education, Office of 34, VI
Secretary of Education, Office of 34, Subtitle A
Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, 34, III
Office of
Educational Research and Improvement, Office of 34, VII
Election Assistance Commission 2, LVIII; 11, II
Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of 34, II
Emergency Oil and Gas Guaranteed Loan Board 13, V
Emergency Steel Guarantee Loan Board 13, IV
Employee Benefits Security Administration 29, XXV
Employees' Compensation Appeals Board 20, IV
Employees Loyalty Board 5, V
Employment and Training Administration 20, V
Employment Policy, National Commission for 1, IV
Employment Standards Administration 20, VI
Endangered Species Committee 50, IV
Energy, Department of 2, IX; 5, XXIII; 10, II,
III, X
Federal Acquisition Regulation 48, 9
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 5, XXIV; 18, I
Property Management Regulations 41, 109
Energy, Office of 7, XXIX
Engineers, Corps of 33, II; 36, III
Engraving and Printing, Bureau of 31, VI
Environmental Protection Agency 2, XV; 5, LIV; 40, I, IV,
VII
Federal Acquisition Regulation 48, 15
Property Management Regulations 41, 115
Environmental Quality, Office of 7, XXXI
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 5, LXII; 29, XIV
Equal Opportunity, Office of Assistant Secretary 24, I
for
Executive Office of the President 3, I
Environmental Quality, Council on 40, V
Management and Budget, Office of 2, Subtitle A; 5, III,
LXXVII; 14, VI; 48, 99
National Drug Control Policy, Office of 2, XXXVI; 21, III
National Security Council 32, XXI; 47, II
Presidential Documents 3
Science and Technology Policy, Office of 32, XXIV; 47, II
Trade Representative, Office of the United 15, XX
States
Export-Import Bank of the United States 2, XXXV; 5, LII; 12, IV
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Family Assistance, Office of 45, II
Farm Credit Administration 5, XXXI; 12, VI
Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation 5, XXX; 12, XIV
Farm Service Agency 7, VII, XVIII
Federal Acquisition Regulation 48, 1
Federal Aviation Administration 14, I
Commercial Space Transportation 14, III
Federal Claims Collection Standards 31, IX
Federal Communications Commission 5, XXIX; 47, I
Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Office of 41, 60
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation 7, IV
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 5, XXII; 12, III
Federal Election Commission 5, XXXVII; 11, I
Federal Emergency Management Agency 44, I
Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Federal 48, 21
Acquisition Regulation
Federal Employees Health Benefits Acquisition 48, 16
Regulation
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 5, XXIV; 18, I
Federal Financial Institutions Examination 12, XI
Council
Federal Financing Bank 12, VIII
Federal Highway Administration 23, I, II
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation 1, IV
Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Office 12, XVII
Federal Housing Finance Agency 5, LXXX; 12, XII
Federal Labor Relations Authority 5, XIV, XLIX; 22, XIV
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center 31, VII
Federal Management Regulation 41, 102
Federal Maritime Commission 46, IV
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service 29, XII
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission 5, LXXIV; 29, XXVII
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 49, III
Federal Prison Industries, Inc. 28, III
Federal Procurement Policy Office 48, 99
Federal Property Management Regulations 41, 101
Federal Railroad Administration 49, II
Federal Register, Administrative Committee of 1, I
Federal Register, Office of 1, II
Federal Reserve System 12, II
Board of Governors 5, LVIII
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board 5, VI, LXXVI
Federal Service Impasses Panel 5, XIV
Federal Trade Commission 5, XLVII; 16, I
Federal Transit Administration 49, VI
Federal Travel Regulation System 41, Subtitle F
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network 31, X
Financial Research Office 12, XVI
Financial Stability Oversight Council 12, XIII
Fine Arts, Commission of 45, XXI
Fiscal Service 31, II
Fish and Wildlife Service, United States 50, I, IV
Food and Drug Administration 21, I
Food and Nutrition Service 7, II
Food Safety and Inspection Service 9, III
Foreign Agricultural Service 7, XV
Foreign Assets Control, Office of 31, V
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the 45, V
United States
Foreign Service Grievance Board 22, IX
Foreign Service Impasse Disputes Panel 22, XIV
Foreign Service Labor Relations Board 22, XIV
Foreign-Trade Zones Board 15, IV
Forest Service 36, II
General Services Administration 5, LVII; 41, 105
Contract Appeals, Board of 48, 61
Federal Acquisition Regulation 48, 5
Federal Management Regulation 41, 102
Federal Property Management Regulations 41, 101
Federal Travel Regulation System 41, Subtitle F
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General 41, 300
Payment From a Non-Federal Source for Travel 41, 304
Expenses
Payment of Expenses Connected With the Death 41, 303
of Certain Employees
Relocation Allowances 41, 302
Temporary Duty (TDY) Travel Allowances 41, 301
Geological Survey 30, IV
Government Accountability Office 4, I
Government Ethics, Office of 5, XVI
Government National Mortgage Association 24, III
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 7, VIII; 9, II
Administration
Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council 2, LIX; 40, VIII
Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation 45, XVIII
Health and Human Services, Department of 2, III; 5, XLV; 45,
Subtitle A
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 42, IV
Child Support Enforcement, Office of 45, III
Children and Families, Administration for 45, II, III, IV, X, XIII
Community Services, Office of 45, X
Family Assistance, Office of 45, II
Federal Acquisition Regulation 48, 3
Food and Drug Administration 21, I
Indian Health Service 25, V
Inspector General (Health Care), Office of 42, V
Public Health Service 42, I
Refugee Resettlement, Office of 45, IV
Homeland Security, Department of 2, XXX; 5, XXXVI; 6, I; 8,
I
Coast Guard 33, I; 46, I; 49, IV
Coast Guard (Great Lakes Pilotage) 46, III
Customs and Border Protection 19, I
Federal Emergency Management Agency 44, I
Human Resources Management and Labor Relations 5, XCVII
Systems
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Bureau 19, IV
Transportation Security Administration 49, XII
HOPE for Homeowners Program, Board of Directors 24, XXIV
of
Housing, Office of, and Multifamily Housing 24, IV
Assistance Restructuring, Office of
Housing and Urban Development, Department of 2, XXIV; 5, LXV; 24,
Subtitle B
Community Planning and Development, Office of 24, V, VI
Assistant Secretary for
Equal Opportunity, Office of Assistant 24, I
Secretary for
Federal Acquisition Regulation 48, 24
Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, Office 12, XVII
of
Government National Mortgage Association 24, III
Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner, Office 24, II, VIII, X, XX
of Assistant Secretary for
Housing, Office of, and Multifamily Housing 24, IV
Assistance Restructuring, Office of
Inspector General, Office of 24, XII
Public and Indian Housing, Office of Assistant 24, IX
Secretary for
Secretary, Office of 24, Subtitle A, VII
Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner, Office of 24, II, VIII, X, XX
Assistant Secretary for
Housing, Office of, and Multifamily Housing 24, IV
Assistance Restructuring, Office of
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Bureau 19, IV
Immigration Review, Executive Office for 8, V
Independent Counsel, Office of 28, VII
Independent Counsel, Offices of 28, VI
Indian Affairs, Bureau of 25, I, V
Indian Affairs, Office of the Assistant 25, VI
Secretary
Indian Arts and Crafts Board 25, II
Indian Health Service 25, V
Industry and Security, Bureau of 15, VII
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Information Resources Management, Office of 7, XXVII
Information Security Oversight Office, National 32, XX
Archives and Records Administration
Inspector General
Agriculture Department 7, XXVI
Health and Human Services Department 42, V
Housing and Urban Development Department 24, XII, XV
Institute of Peace, United States 22, XVII
Inter-American Foundation 5, LXIII; 22, X
Interior, Department of 2, XIV
American Indians, Office of the Special 25, VII
Trustee
Endangered Species Committee 50, IV
Federal Acquisition Regulation 48, 14
Federal Property Management Regulations System 41, 114
Fish and Wildlife Service, United States 50, I, IV
Geological Survey 30, IV
Indian Affairs, Bureau of 25, I, V
Indian Affairs, Office of the Assistant 25, VI
Secretary
Indian Arts and Crafts Board 25, II
Land Management, Bureau of 43, II
National Indian Gaming Commission 25, III
National Park Service 36, I
Natural Resource Revenue, Office of 30, XII
Ocean Energy Management, Bureau of 30, V
Reclamation, Bureau of 43, I
Safety and Enforcement Bureau, Bureau of 30, II
Secretary of the Interior, Office of 2, XIV; 43, Subtitle A
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 30, VII
Office of
Internal Revenue Service 26, I
International Boundary and Water Commission, 22, XI
United States and Mexico, United States
Section
International Development, United States Agency 22, II
for
Federal Acquisition Regulation 48, 7
International Development Cooperation Agency, 22, XII
United States
International Development Finance Corporation, 5, XXXIII; 22, VII
U.S.
International Joint Commission, United States 22, IV
and Canada
International Organizations Employees Loyalty 5, V
Board
International Trade Administration 15, III; 19, III
International Trade Commission, United States 19, II
Interstate Commerce Commission 5, XL
Investment Security, Office of 31, VIII
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation 45, XXIV
Japan-United States Friendship Commission 22, XVI
Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries 20, VIII
Justice, Department of 2, XXVIII; 5, XXVIII; 28,
I, XI; 40, IV
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, 27, II
Bureau of
Drug Enforcement Administration 21, II
Federal Acquisition Regulation 48, 28
Federal Claims Collection Standards 31, IX
Federal Prison Industries, Inc. 28, III
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the 45, V
United States
Immigration Review, Executive Office for 8, V
Independent Counsel, Offices of 28, VI
Prisons, Bureau of 28, V
Property Management Regulations 41, 128
Labor, Department of 2, XXIX; 5, XLII
Benefits Review Board 20, VII
Employee Benefits Security Administration 29, XXV
Employees' Compensation Appeals Board 20, IV
Employment Standards Administration 20, VI
Employment and Training Administration 20, V
Federal Acquisition Regulation 48, 29
Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Office 41, 60
of
Federal Procurement Regulations System 41, 50
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Labor-Management Standards, Office of 29, II, IV
Mine Safety and Health Administration 30, I
Occupational Safety and Health Administration 29, XVII
Public Contracts 41, 50
Secretary of Labor, Office of 29, Subtitle A
Veterans' Employment and Training Service, 41, 61; 20, IX
Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Wage and Hour Division 29, V
Workers' Compensation Programs, Office of 20, I, VI
Labor-Management Standards, Office of 29, II, IV
Land Management, Bureau of 43, II
Legal Services Corporation 45, XVI
Libraries and Information Science, National 45, XVII
Commission on
Library of Congress 36, VII
Copyright Royalty Board 37, III
U.S. Copyright Office 37, II
Management and Budget, Office of 5, III, LXXVII; 14, VI;
48, 99
Marine Mammal Commission 50, V
Maritime Administration 46, II
Merit Systems Protection Board 5, II, LXIV
Micronesian Status Negotiations, Office for 32, XXVII
Military Compensation and Retirement 5, XCIX
Modernization Commission
Millennium Challenge Corporation 22, XIII
Mine Safety and Health Administration 30, I
Minority Business Development Agency 15, XIV
Miscellaneous Agencies 1, IV
Monetary Offices 31, I
Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in 36, XVI
National Environmental Policy Foundation
Museum and Library Services, Institute of 2, XXXI
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2, XVIII; 5, LIX; 14, V
Federal Acquisition Regulation 48, 18
National Agricultural Library 7, XLI
National Agricultural Statistics Service 7, XXXVI
National and Community Service, Corporation for 2, XXII; 45, XII, XXV
National Archives and Records Administration 2, XXVI; 5, LXVI; 36, XII
Information Security Oversight Office 32, XX
National Capital Planning Commission 1, IV, VI
National Counterintelligence Center 32, XVIII
National Credit Union Administration 5, LXXXVI; 12, VII
National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact 28, IX
Council
National Drug Control Policy, Office of 2, XXXVI; 21, III
National Endowment for the Arts 2, XXXII
National Endowment for the Humanities 2, XXXIII
National Foundation on the Arts and the 45, XI
Humanities
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency 32, I
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 23, II, III; 47, VI; 49, V
National Imagery and Mapping Agency 32, I
National Indian Gaming Commission 25, III
National Institute of Food and Agriculture 7, XXXIV
National Institute of Standards and Technology 15, II; 37, IV
National Intelligence, Office of Director of 5, IV; 32, XVII
National Labor Relations Board 5, LXI; 29, I
National Marine Fisheries Service 50, II, IV
National Mediation Board 5, CI; 29, X
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 15, IX; 50, II, III, IV,
VI
National Park Service 36, I
National Railroad Adjustment Board 29, III
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK) 49, VII
National Science Foundation 2, XXV; 5, XLIII; 45, VI
Federal Acquisition Regulation 48, 25
National Security Council 32, XXI; 47, II
National Security Council and Office of Science 47, II
and Technology Policy
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National Technical Information Service 15, XI
National Telecommunications and Information 15, XXIII; 47, III, IV, V
Administration
National Transportation Safety Board 49, VIII
Natural Resource Revenue, Office of 30, XII
Natural Resources Conservation Service 7, VI
Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation, Office of 25, IV
Navy, Department of 32, VI
Federal Acquisition Regulation 48, 52
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation 24, XXV
Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste 10, XVIII
Commission
Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2, XX; 5, XLVIII; 10, I
Federal Acquisition Regulation 48, 20
Occupational Safety and Health Administration 29, XVII
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission 29, XX
Ocean Energy Management, Bureau of 30, V
Oklahoma City National Memorial Trust 36, XV
Operations Office 7, XXVIII
Patent and Trademark Office, United States 37, I
Payment From a Non-Federal Source for Travel 41, 304
Expenses
Payment of Expenses Connected With the Death of 41, 303
Certain Employees
Peace Corps 2, XXXVII; 22, III
Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation 36, IX
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation 29, XL
Personnel Management, Office of 5, I, IV, XXXV; 45, VIII
Federal Acquisition Regulation 48, 17
Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Federal 48, 21
Acquisition Regulation
Federal Employees Health Benefits Acquisition 48, 16
Regulation
Human Resources Management and Labor Relations 5, XCVII
Systems, Department of Homeland Security
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 49, I
Administration
Postal Regulatory Commission 5, XLVI; 39, III
Postal Service, United States 5, LX; 39, I
Postsecondary Education, Office of 34, VI
President's Commission on White House 1, IV
Fellowships
Presidential Documents 3
Presidio Trust 36, X
Prisons, Bureau of 28, V
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board 6, X
Procurement and Property Management, Office of 7, XXXII
Public and Indian Housing, Office of Assistant 24, IX
Secretary for
Public Contracts, Department of Labor 41, 50
Public Health Service 42, I
Railroad Retirement Board 20, II
Reclamation, Bureau of 43, I
Refugee Resettlement, Office of 45, IV
Relocation Allowances 41, 302
Research and Innovative Technology 49, XI
Administration
Rural Business-Cooperative Service 7, XVIII, XLII
Rural Development Administration 7, XLII
Rural Housing Service 7, XVIII, XXXV
Rural Utilities Service 7, XVII, XVIII, XLII
Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Bureau of 30, II
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation 33, IV
Science and Technology Policy, Office of 32, XXIV
Science and Technology Policy, Office of, and 47, II
National Security Council
Secret Service 31, IV
Securities and Exchange Commission 5, XXXIV; 17, II
Selective Service System 32, XVI
Small Business Administration 2, XXVII; 13, I
Smithsonian Institution 36, V
Social Security Administration 2, XXIII; 20, III; 48, 23
Soldiers' and Airmen's Home, United States 5, XI
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Special Counsel, Office of 5, VIII
Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, 34, III
Office of
State, Department of 2, VI; 22, I; 28, XI
Federal Acquisition Regulation 48, 6
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 30, VII
Office of
Surface Transportation Board 49, X
Susquehanna River Basin Commission 18, VIII
Tennessee Valley Authority 5, LXIX; 18, XIII
Trade Representative, United States, Office of 15, XX
Transportation, Department of 2, XII; 5, L
Commercial Space Transportation 14, III
Emergency Management and Assistance 44, IV
Federal Acquisition Regulation 48, 12
Federal Aviation Administration 14, I
Federal Highway Administration 23, I, II
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 49, III
Federal Railroad Administration 49, II
Federal Transit Administration 49, VI
Maritime Administration 46, II
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 23, II, III; 47, IV; 49, V
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 49, I
Administration
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation 33, IV
Secretary of Transportation, Office of 14, II; 49, Subtitle A
Transportation Statistics Bureau 49, XI
Transportation, Office of 7, XXXIII
Transportation Security Administration 49, XII
Transportation Statistics Bureau 49, XI
Travel Allowances, Temporary Duty (TDY) 41, 301
Treasury, Department of the 2, X; 5, XXI; 12, XV; 17,
IV; 31, IX
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau 27, I
Community Development Financial Institutions 12, XVIII
Fund
Comptroller of the Currency 12, I
Customs and Border Protection 19, I
Engraving and Printing, Bureau of 31, VI
Federal Acquisition Regulation 48, 10
Federal Claims Collection Standards 31, IX
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center 31, VII
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network 31, X
Fiscal Service 31, II
Foreign Assets Control, Office of 31, V
Internal Revenue Service 26, I
Investment Security, Office of 31, VIII
Monetary Offices 31, I
Secret Service 31, IV
Secretary of the Treasury, Office of 31, Subtitle A
Truman, Harry S. Scholarship Foundation 45, XVIII
United States and Canada, International Joint 22, IV
Commission
United States and Mexico, International Boundary 22, XI
and Water Commission, United States Section
U.S. Copyright Office 37, II
Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation 43, III
Commission
Veterans Affairs, Department of 2, VIII; 38, I
Federal Acquisition Regulation 48, 8
Veterans' Employment and Training Service, 41, 61; 20, IX
Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Vice President of the United States, Office of 32, XXVIII
Wage and Hour Division 29, V
Water Resources Council 18, VI
Workers' Compensation Programs, Office of 20, I, VII
World Agricultural Outlook Board 7, XXXVIII