[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 12 (Thursday, January 19, 2017)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 7623-7624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-01492]


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                Memorandum of January 13, 2017

                
Continuing To Expand Opportunity for All Young 
                People

                Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and 
                Agencies

                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. The Presidential Memorandum issued on 
                February 27, 2014 (Creating and Expanding Ladders of 
                Opportunity for Boys and Young Men of Color), is 
                amended:

                    (a) in the preamble, by striking the phrase ``My 
                Brother's Keeper initiative'' and replacing it with 
                ``Task Force on Improving the Lives of Boys and Young 
                Men of Color and Underserved Youth'';
                    (b) in the preamble, by striking the phrase ``The 
                initiative'' and replacing it with ``The Task Force'';
                    (c) in section 1, by striking the phrase ``My 
                Brother's Keeper Task Force'' throughout and replacing 
                it with ``Task Force on Improving the Lives of Boys and 
                Young Men of Color and Underserved Youth'';
                    (d) in section 1(a), by striking everything that 
                follows ``In addition to the Chair, the Task Force 
                shall consist of the following members:'' in subsection 
                (a) and inserting the following:

``(i) the Attorney General;

(ii) the Secretary of Agriculture;

(iii) the Secretary of Commerce;

(iv) the Secretary of Defense;

(v) the Secretary of Education;

(vi) the Secretary of Energy;

(vii) the Secretary of Health and Human Services;

(viii) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development;

(ix) the Secretary of the Interior;

(x) the Secretary of Labor;

(xi) the Secretary of Transportation;

(xii) the Director of the Office of Management and Budget;

(xiii) the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers;

(xiv) the Director of the Office of Personnel Management;

(xv) the Administrator of the Small Business Administration;

(xvi) the Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission;

(xvii) the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and 
Community Service;

(xviii) the Director of the National Science Foundation;

(xix) the Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and 
Public Engagement;

(xx) the Director of the Domestic Policy Council;

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(xxi) the Director of the National Economic Council;

(xxii) the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy; and

(xxiii) the heads of such other executive departments, agencies, and 
offices as the Chair may, from time to time, designate.'';

                    (e) in section 2(a)(i), by inserting ``as 
                appropriate'' after ``to be maintained by the 
                Department of Education'';
                    (f) in section 2(a)(i), by inserting ``and in 
                consultation with the Office of Management and Budget, 
                including the Office of the Chief Statistician of the 
                United States, as appropriate'' after ``on an ongoing 
                basis'';
                    (g) by adding, as section 2(f): ``The Task Force 
                shall also provide a status report to the President 
                regarding the implementation of this memorandum at 
                least once each calendar year. In addition, every 2 
                years, the Task Force shall review the recommendations 
                from the 90-day report, determine whether updated 
                recommendations should be sent to the President, and 
                evaluate whether the set of critical indicators of life 
                outcomes should be updated.''; and
                    (h) in section 2(v) and section 2(vii), by 
                inserting ``and underserved youth'' after ``boys and 
                young men of color''.

                Sec. 2. The Secretary of Education is authorized and 
                directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal 
                Register.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, January 13, 2017

[FR Doc. 2017-01492
Filed 1-18-17; 11:15 am]
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