[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 41, Number 44 (Monday, November 7, 2005)]
[Pages 1634-1635]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13390--Establishment of a Coordinator of Federal Support 
for the Recovery and Rebuilding of the Gulf Coast Region

November 1, 2005

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, including the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) and the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
5121-5206) (the ``Stafford Act''), and to further strengthen Federal 
support for the recovery and rebuilding of the Gulf Coast region 
affected by Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita, it is hereby ordered 
as follows:
    Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of the United States to provide 
effective, integrated, and fiscally responsible support from across the 
Federal Government to support State, local, and tribal governments, the 
private sector, and faith-based and other community humanitarian relief 
organizations in the recovery and rebuilding of the Gulf Coast region 
affected by Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita (the ``Federal 
Response'').
    Sec. 2. Establishment of Coordinator. The Secretary of Homeland 
Security (Secretary) shall establish in the Department of Homeland 
Security the position of Coordinator of Federal Support for the Recovery 
and Rebuilding of the Gulf Coast Region (Coordinator). The Coordinator 
shall be selected by the President and shall be appointed by and report 
directly to the Secretary. The Secretary shall make available to the 
Coordinator such personnel, funds, and other resources as may be 
appropriate to enable the Coordinator to carry out the Coordinator's 
mission.
    Sec. 3. Mission and Functions of Coordinator. (a) The Coordinator's 
mission shall be to work with executive departments and agencies to 
ensure the proper implementation of the policy set forth in section 1 of 
this order by coordinating the Federal Response. The Coordinator shall 
be the principal point of contact for the President and his senior 
advisors with respect to the Federal Response.
    (b) Working with the input of all appropriate heads of executive 
departments and agencies, the Coordinator shall lead the process to 
develop the principles governing and define the goals of the Federal 
Response. The Coordinator shall communicate those principles and goals 
to all Federal officials involved in the Federal Response.
    (c) Working with the input of all appropriate heads of executive 
departments and agencies, the Coordinator shall lead the development and 
monitor the implementation of the specific policies and programs that 
constitute the Federal Response, and ensure that those polices and 
programs are consistent with the principles and goals of the Federal 
Response.
    (d) The Coordinator shall serve as the primary point of contact 
within the executive branch with the Congress, State and local 
governments, the private sector, and community leaders regarding the 
Federal Response. Working with the input of all appropriate heads of 
executive departments and agencies, the Coordinator shall be responsible 
for managing information flow, requests for actions, and discussions 
regarding the Federal Response with the Congress, State and local 
governments, the private sector, and community leaders.
    Sec. 4. Duties of Heads of Departments and Agencies. Heads of 
executive departments and agencies shall respond promptly to any request 
by the Coordinator, and shall, consistent with applicable law, provide 
such information as the Coordinator deems necessary to carry out the 
Coordinator's mission, and shall otherwise cooperate with the 
Coordinator to the greatest extent practicable to facilitate the 
performance of the Coordinator's mission.
    Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be 
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
    (i) authority granted by law to an agency or the head thereof;
    (ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget relating to budget, administrative, or legislative proposals; or
    (iii) the chain of command over the Armed Forces provided in section 
162(b) of title 10, United States Code.

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    (b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law, 
subject to the availability of appropriations, and shall terminate 3 
years from the date of this order.
    (c) As used in this order, the term ``agency'' has the meaning set 
forth for the term ``executive agency'' in section 105 of title 5, 
United States Code, excluding the Government Accountability Office.
    (d) This order is intended only to improve the internal management 
of the executive branch and is not intended to, and does not, create any 
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in 
equity by a party against the United States, its departments, agencies, 
entities, officers, employees or agents, or any other person.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 November 1, 2005.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., November 3, 
2005]

Note: This Executive order was published in the Federal Register on 
November 4.