[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 41, Number 19 (Monday, May 16, 2005)]
[Pages 792-793]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13378--Amendments to Executive Order 12788 Relating to 
the Defense Economic Adjustment Program

May 12, 2005

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, including 10 U.S.C. 2391 and 
the Defense Economic Adjustment, Diversification, Conversion, and 
Stabilization Act of 1990, enacted as Division D, section 4001 et seq., 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991, Public 
Law 101-510, and in order to update the Defense Economic Adjustment 
Program, it is hereby ordered that Executive Order 12788 of January 15, 
1992, as amended, is further amended as follows:
    Section 1. The text of section 2 of Executive Order 12788 is revised 
to read as follows: ``The Defense Economic Adjustment Program shall (1) 
assist substantially and seriously affected communities, businesses, and 
workers from the effects of major Defense base closures, realignments, 
and Defense contract-related adjustments, and (2) assist State and local 
governments in preventing the encroachment of civilian communities from 
impairing the operational utility of military installations.''

    Sec. 2. (a) The text of section 3(c) is amended by deleting ``and 
communities'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``communities, and 
businesses'';

    (b) The text of section 3(l) is amended by deleting ``and'' after 
the semicolon;

    (c) The text of section 3(m) is amended by adding ``and'' after 
``diminish;'' and

    (d) A new section 3(n) is added to read: ``(n) Encourage resolution 
of regulatory issues that impede encroachment prevention and local 
economic adjustment efforts.''

    Sec. 3. (a) Section 4(a) is amended by: (i) deleting ``(19) Director 
of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency;'' (ii) 
deleting ``(21) Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency;'' 
and (iii) renumbering the remaining subsections listing the officials on 
the Economic Adjustment Committee (the ``Committee'') accordingly;

    (b) The text of section 4(b) is revised to read as follows: ``The 
Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary's designee, shall chair the 
Committee.''; and

    (c) The text of section 4(c) is revised to read as follows: ``The 
Secretaries of Labor and Commerce shall serve as Vice Chairmen of the 
Committee. The Vice Chairmen shall co-chair the Committee in the absence 
of both the Chairman and the Chairman's designee and may also preside 
over meetings of designated representatives of the concerned executive 
agencies.''

    Sec. 4. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any 
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable by any party at 
law or in equity against the United

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States, its departments, agencies, entities, officers, employees, 
agents, or any other person.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 May 12, 2005.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:31 a.m., May 13, 
2005]

Note: This Executive order will be published in the Federal Register on 
May 17.