[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 18, 2025)]
[Presidential Documents]
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[FR Doc No: 2025-02841]
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Executive Order 14211 of February 12, 2025
One Voice for America's Foreign Relations
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, it is hereby ordered:
Section 1. Purpose. Article II of the United States
Constitution vests the power to conduct foreign policy
in the President of the United States. Presidents rely
on their Secretaries of State and their subordinate
officials to ensure that the United States is served
and protected at home and abroad. As the principal
steward of the President's foreign policy, the
Secretary must maintain an exceptional workforce of
patriots to implement this policy effectively.
Sec. 2. Policy. All officers or employees charged with
implementing the foreign policy of the United States
must under Article II do so under the direction and
authority of the President. Failure to faithfully
implement the President's policy is grounds for
professional discipline, including separation. The
personnel procedures of executive departments and
agencies (agencies) charged with implementing the
President's foreign policy must therefore provide an
effective and efficient means for ensuring that
officers and employees faithfully implement the
President's policies.
Sec. 3. Definitions. For the purposes of this order:
(a) the terms ``Department,'' ``Foreign Service,''
``Service,'' and ``Secretary'' shall have the meaning
given those terms by section 3902 of title 22, United
States Code; and
(b) the term ``members of the Foreign Service''
shall have the same meaning as ``members of the
Service'' under section 3903 of title 22, United States
Code.
(c) the term ``Civil Service employee'' shall mean
an employee of the Department holding United States
citizenship, except for a member of the Foreign
Service, as defined in section 2664a of title 22,
United States Code.
(d) the term ``other staff'' shall mean locally
employed staff and agents under the authority of
sections 202(a)(4)(A) (22 U.S.C. 3922(a)(4)(A)) and 303
(22 U.S.C. 3943) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, or
special Government employees of the Department as
defined in section 202(a) of title 18, United States
Code.
Sec. 4. Election of Procedures. When the Secretary
concludes that a member of the Foreign Service, a Civil
Service employee, or other staff has demonstrated
performance or conduct that warrants a personnel
action, the Secretary shall, with respect to officials
appointed by the Secretary or others within the
Department, take appropriate action, subject to the
supervision of the President, and shall, with respect
to officials appointed by the President, preliminarily
determine whether to refer such a matter for the
President's consideration. Such preliminary
determination shall be made in the Secretary's sole and
exclusive discretion.
Sec. 5. Foreign Service Reform. (a) The Secretary
shall, consistent with applicable law, reform the
Foreign Service and the administration of foreign
relations to ensure faithful and effective
implementation of the President's foreign policy
agenda.
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(b) The Secretary shall, consistent with applicable
law, implement reforms in recruiting, performance,
evaluation, and retention standards, and the programs
of the Foreign Service Institute, to ensure a workforce
that is committed to faithful implementation of the
President's foreign policy.
(c) In implementing the reforms identified in this
section, the Secretary shall, consistent with
applicable law, revise or replace the Foreign Affairs
Manual and direct subordinate agencies to remove,
amend, or replace any handbooks, procedures, or
guidance.
(d) The Secretary shall have sole and exclusive
discretion in the exercise or delegation of the
responsibilities enumerated in this order, and, as the
Secretary deems necessary or appropriate, may prescribe
additional procedures that subordinate officials shall
follow in the performance of such responsibilities.
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.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
February 12, 2025.
[FR Doc. 2025-02841
Filed 2-14-25; 11:15 am]
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