[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 41, Number 10 (Monday, March 14, 2005)]
[Pages 413-414]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13373--Amendments to Executive Order 11926 Relating to 
the Vice Presidential Service Badge

March 10, 2005

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as 
follows:
    Section 1. Amendments to Executive Order 11926. Executive Order 
11926 of July 19, 1976, as amended by Executive Order 13286 of February 
28, 2003, is further amended as follows:
 (a)        in section 1, by striking ``and Coast Guard'' and inserting 
            in lieu thereof ``Coast Guard, commissioned corps of the 
            National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and 
            commissioned corps of the Public Health Service'';
 (b)        in section 1, by inserting ``, or who have been assigned to 
            perform duties predominantly for the Vice President for a 
            period of at least one year subsequent to January 20, 2001, 
            in the implementation of Public Law 93-346, as amended, or 
            in military units and support facilities to which section 1 
            of Executive Order 12793 of March 20, 1992, as amended, 
            refers'' immediately preceding the period;
 (c)        in section 2, by striking ``Military Assistant to the Vice 
            President'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``Vice President's 
            designee (with the concurrence of the Director of the White 
            House Military Office in the case of personnel in military 
            units or support facilities to which section 1 of Executive 
            Order 12793, as amended, refers)'';
 (d)        in section 2, by inserting ``and, in the case of members of 
            the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and 
            Atmospheric Administration or the commissioned corps of the 
            Public Health Service so assigned, by the Secretary of 
            Commerce or the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
            respectively'' immediately preceding the period;
 (e)        in section 5, by adding at the end of the section ``No award 
            shall be made to an individual under this Order based on a 
            period of service with respect to which, in whole or in 
            part, the individual was awarded the Presidential Service 
            Badge.'';
 (f)        in section 6, by striking ``and Coast Guard,'' and inserting 
            in lieu thereof ``Coast Guard, commissioned corps of the 
            National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and 
            commissioned corps of the Public Health Service,'';

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 (g)        in section 6, by inserting ``, or who has been assigned to 
            perform duties predominantly for the Vice President, in the 
            implementation of Public Law 93-346, as amended, or in 
            military units and support facilities to which section 1 of 
            Executive Order 12793, as amended, refers,'' after ``Office 
            of the Vice President'';
 (h)        in section 6, by inserting ``, unless otherwise directed by 
            the Director of the White House Military Office in the case 
            of personnel in military units or support facilities to 
            which section 1 of Executive Order 12793, as amended, 
            refers,'' after ``is authorized'';
 (i)        in section 6, by inserting ``or her'' after ``his''; and
 (j)        in section 6, by striking ``first day of duty in the Office 
            of the Vice President'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
            ``first day of such duty''.
    Sec. 2.  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, entities, officers, employees or agents, or any other person.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 March 10, 2005.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., March 11, 
2005]

Note: This Executive order was published in the Federal Register on 
March 14.