[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 16 (Friday, January 24, 2014)]
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The President





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Executive Order 13656--Establishment of Afghanistan and Pakistan 
Strategic Partnership Office and Amendment to Executive Order 12163
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                Executive Order 13656 of January 17, 2014

                
Establishment of Afghanistan and Pakistan 
                Strategic Partnership Office and Amendment to Executive 
                Order 12163

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, including section 202 of the Revised Statutes 
                (22 U.S.C. 2656) and section 3161 of title 5, United 
                States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:

                Section 1. Establishment. There is established within 
                the Department of State, in accordance with section 
                3161 of title 5, United States Code, a temporary 
                organization to be known as the Afghanistan and 
                Pakistan Strategic Partnership Office (APSPO).

                Sec. 2. Purpose of the Temporary Organization. The 
                purposes of the APSPO shall be to perform the specific 
                project of supporting executive departments and 
                agencies (agencies) in facilitating a strategic 
                partnership between the U.S. Government and the 
                governments of Afghanistan and Pakistan, promoting 
                further security and stabilization, and transitioning 
                to a normalized diplomatic presence in both countries.

                Sec. 3. Functions of the Temporary Organization. In 
                carrying out the purposes set forth in section 2 of 
                this order, the APSPO shall:

                    (a) support agencies in transitioning to a 
                strategic partnership with the governments of 
                Afghanistan and Pakistan in the economic, diplomatic, 
                cultural, technology, and security fields, particularly 
                in the areas of program management, rule of law, and 
                program oversight;
                    (b) coordinate the final drawdown of the Department 
                of State's civilian field operations and staff in 
                Afghanistan;
                    (c) coordinate and oversee the administration of 
                certain State Department assistance funds; and
                    (d) perform such other functions related to the 
                specific project set forth in section 2 of this order 
                as the Secretary of State (Secretary) may assign.

                Sec. 4. Personnel and Administration. The APSPO shall 
                be headed by a Director appointed by the Secretary. The 
                APSPO shall be based in Washington, DC, Pakistan, and 
                Afghanistan.

                Sec. 5. Termination of the Temporary Organization. The 
                APSPO shall terminate at the end of the maximum period 
                permitted by section 3161(a)(1) of title 5, United 
                States Code, unless terminated sooner by the Secretary.

                Sec. 6. Delegation of Certain Determination Functions. 
                Executive Order 12163 of September 29, 1979, as 
                amended, is further amended, in section 1-701(c), by 
                striking the semicolon and all subsequent text before 
                the period.

                Sec. 7. General Provisions. (a) This order shall be 
                implemented in accordance 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 a 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.

                    (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,

                    January 17, 2014.

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