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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


                                                                    Page
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


------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Title 3 Compilations           Proclamations     Executive Orders
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 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 
Presidential documents are published in the Codification of Presidential 
 Proclamations and Executive Orders (April 13, 1945--January 20, 1989). 
Other public Presidential documents not required to be published in the 
          Federal Register, such as speeches, messages to Congress, and 
  statements, can be found in the Compilation of Presidential Documents 
   and the Public Papers of the Presidents series. A selection of these 
Office of the Federal Register publications are available for sale from 
         the Superintendent of Documents, Government Publishing Office, 
                                                   Washington, DC 20402.

     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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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) 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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, 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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.
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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 
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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 
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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.
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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, 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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) 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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), 
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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, 
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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, 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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.
DONALD J. TRUMP

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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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. 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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.
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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.
DONALD J. TRUMP

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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 
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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 
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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.
DONALD J. TRUMP

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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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.
DONALD J. TRUMP

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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 
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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.
DONALD J. TRUMP

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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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.
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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, 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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, 
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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 
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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 
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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-
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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) 
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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 
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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, 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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.

(ii) Collecting needed data to preserve sibling connections.

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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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), 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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. 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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) 
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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 
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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 
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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:

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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. 
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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 
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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

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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.

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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, 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:

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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:

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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.

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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; 
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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) 
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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 
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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.

[[Page 585]]

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.

[[Page 588]]

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.

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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.

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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 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 
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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 
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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 
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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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              CHAPTER I--EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT




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Part                                                                Page
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

------------------------------------------------------------------------
         No.             Signature Date        Subject        85 FR Page
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       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.
------------------------------------------------------------------------


------------------------------------------------------------------------
         No.             Signature Date        Subject        86 FR Page
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       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

------------------------------------------------------------------------
        No.           Signature Date          Subject         85 FR Page
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     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.
------------------------------------------------------------------------


------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                 86 FR
      Signature Date                     Subject                  Page
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.


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A

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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


________________________________________________________________________


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)

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        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