[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 213 (Thursday, November 5, 2009)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 57239-57240]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-26834]


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 Title 3--
 The President

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                Executive Order 13517 of October 30, 2009

                
Amendments to Executive Orders 13183 and 13494

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, including 40 U.S.C. 101, it is hereby ordered 
                as follows:

                Section 1. Executive Order 13183 of December 23, 2000, 
                as amended, is further amended as follows:

                    (a) The preamble is amended by deleting ``, 
                including Public Law 106-346.''
                    (b) Section 1 is amended by adding the following 
                sentence after the second sentence: ``It is also the 
                policy of the executive branch to improve the treatment 
                of Puerto Rico in Federal programs and to promote job 
                creation, education, health care, clean energy, and 
                economic development on the islands.''
                    (c) Section 3 is amended by deleting the second, 
                third, and fourth sentences and inserting in lieu 
                thereof the following: ``The Task Force shall ensure 
                official attention to and facilitate action on matters 
                related to proposals for Puerto Rico's status and 
                provide advice and recommendations on such matters to 
                the President and the Congress. The Task Force shall 
                also identify and promote existing Federal initiatives 
                that benefit Puerto Rico; provide advice and 
                recommendations to the President and the Congress on 
                the treatment of Puerto Rico in Federal programs; and 
                provide advice and recommendations to the President and 
                the Congress on policies and initiatives that promote 
                job creation, education, health care, clean energy, and 
                economic development on the islands.''
                    (d) Section 4 is amended by deleting the first 
                sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
                ``The Task Force shall submit to the President a report 
                on the actions it has taken to perform the functions 
                set forth in section 3 no later than 1 year from the 
                date of this order. The Task Force shall also report to 
                the President, as appropriate, on other matters 
                relating to the Task Force's responsibilities under 
                this order.''

                Sec. 2. In furtherance of the policy set forth in 
                section 1 of Executive Order 13494 of January 30, 2009, 
                section 3 of that order is amended to read as follows: 
                ``Sec. 3. Contracting departments and agencies shall 
                treat as allowable costs incurred in maintaining 
                satisfactory relations between the contractor and its 
                employees (other than the costs of any activities 
                undertaken to persuade employees to exercise or not to 
                exercise, or concerning the manner of exercising, the 
                right to organize and bargain collectively), including 
                costs of labor management committees, employee 
                publications, and other related activities. See 48 
                C.F.R. 31.205-21.''

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                Sec. 3. 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.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    October 30, 2009.

[FR Doc. E9-26834
Filed 11-4-09; 8:45 am]
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