[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 118 (Monday, June 20, 2011)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 35715-35717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-15443]


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                Executive Order 13577 of June 15, 2011

                
Establishment of the SelectUSA 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 support private-sector job 
                creation and enhance economic growth by encouraging and 
                supporting business investment in the United States, it 
                is hereby ordered as follows:

                Section 1. Policy. Business investment in the United 
                States by both domestic and foreign firms, whether in 
                the form of new equipment or facilities or the 
                expansion of existing facilities, is a major engine of 
                economic growth and job creation. In an era of global 
                capital mobility, the United States faces increasing 
                competition for retaining and attracting industries of 
                the future and the jobs they create. My Administration 
                is committed to enhancing the efforts of the United 
                States to win the growing global competition for 
                business investment by leveraging our advantages as the 
                premier business location in the world.

                As a place to do business, the United States offers a 
                hardworking, diverse, and educated workforce, strong 
                protection of intellectual property rights, a 
                predictable and transparent legal system, relatively 
                low taxes, highly developed infrastructure, and access 
                to the world's most lucrative consumer market. We 
                welcome both domestic and foreign businesses to invest 
                across the broad spectrum of the U.S. market.

                The Federal Government lacks the centralized investment 
                promotion infrastructure and resources to attract 
                business investment that is often found in other 
                industrialized countries. Currently, States and cities 
                are competing against foreign governments to attract 
                business investment. Our Nation needs to retain 
                business investment and pursue and win new investment 
                in the United States by better marketing our strengths, 
                providing clear, complete, and consistent information, 
                and removing unnecessary obstacles to investment.

                Sec. 2. SelectUSA Initiative. (a) Establishment. There 
                is established the SelectUSA Initiative (Initiative), a 
                Government-wide initiative to attract and retain 
                investment in the American economy. The Initiative is 
                to be housed in the Department of Commerce. The mission 
                of this Initiative shall be to facilitate business 
                investment in the United States in order to create 
                jobs, spur economic growth, and promote American 
                competitiveness. The Initiative will provide enhanced 
                coordination of Federal activities in order to increase 
                the impact of Federal resources that support both 
                domestic and foreign investment in the United States. 
                In providing assistance, the Initiative shall work to 
                maximize impact on business investment, job creation, 
                and economic growth. The Initiative shall work on 
                behalf of the entire Nation and shall exercise strict 
                neutrality with regard to specific locations within the 
                United States.

                    (b) Functions.

(i) The Initiative shall coordinate outreach and engagement by the Federal 
Government to promote the United States as the premier location to operate 
a business.

(ii) The Initiative shall serve as an ombudsman that facilitates the 
resolution of issues involving Federal programs or activities related to 
pending investments.

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(iii) The Initiative shall provide information to domestic and foreign 
firms on: the investment climate in the United States; Federal programs and 
incentives available to investors; and State and local economic development 
organizations.

(iv) The Initiative shall report quarterly to the President through the 
National Economic Council, the Domestic Policy Council, and the National 
Security Staff, describing its outreach activities, requests for 
information received, and efforts to resolve issues.

                    (c) Administration. The Department of Commerce 
                shall provide funding and administrative support for 
                the Initiative through resources and staff assigned to 
                work on the Initiative, to the extent permitted by law 
                and within existing appropriations. The Secretary of 
                Commerce shall designate a senior staff member as the 
                Executive Director to lead the Initiative. The 
                Executive Director shall coordinate activities both 
                within the Department of Commerce and with other 
                executive departments and agencies that have activities 
                relating to business investment decisions.
                    (d) Federal Interagency Investment Working Group.

(i) There is established the Federal Interagency Investment Working Group 
(Working Group), which will be convened and chaired by the Initiative's 
Executive Director, in coordination with the Director of the National 
Economic Council.

(ii) The Working Group shall consist of senior officials from the 
Departments of State, the Treasury, Defense, Justice, the Interior, 
Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, Veterans Affairs, Health and Human Services, 
Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, Energy, Education, and 
Homeland Security, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Small Business 
Administration, the Export-Import Bank of the United States, the Office of 
the United States Trade Representative, the Domestic Policy Council, the 
National Economic Council, the National Security Staff, the Office of 
Management and Budget, and the Council of Economic Advisers, as well as 
such additional executive departments, agencies, and offices as the 
Secretary of Commerce may designate. Senior officials shall be designated 
by and report to the Deputy Secretary or official at the equivalent level 
of their respective offices, departments, and agencies.

(iii) The Working Group shall coordinate activities to promote business 
investment and respond to specific issues that affect business investment 
decisions.

(iv) The Department of Commerce shall provide funding and administrative 
support for the Working Group to the extent permitted by law and within 
existing appropriations.

                    (e) Department and Agency Participation. All 
                executive departments and agencies that have activities 
                relating to business investment decisions shall 
                cooperate with the Initiative, as requested by the 
                Initiative's Executive Director, to support its 
                objectives.

                Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order 
                shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) authority granted by law to an executive department, agency, or the 
head thereof, or the status of that department or agency within the Federal 
Government; or

(ii) 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.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    June 15, 2011.

[FR Doc. 2011-15443
Filed 6-17-11; 8:45 am]
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