Presidential DocumentExecutive Order 1318901-1813
Federal Interagency Task Force on the District of Columbia
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January 19, 2001
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January 15, 2001
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Executive Office of the President
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[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 13 (Friday, January 19, 2001)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 5421-5423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 01-1813]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 13 / Friday, January 19, 2001 /
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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Executive Order 13189 of January 15, 2001
Federal Interagency Task Force on the District of
Columbia
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, and in order to further the revitalization of,
and to improve prospects for the success of ``home
rule'' in the District of Columbia, the Nation's
Capital, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Background and Policy. The District of
Columbia is the Nation's Capital, and the Federal
Government is the largest employer, landholder, and
purchaser in the region. The Executive Office of the
President has established and maintained an interest in
fostering the Federal relationship with the District of
Columbia since 1963. This Administration has long
sought to strengthen the relationship between the
Federal Government and the District of Columbia by
initiating a historic restructuring of this
relationship. At the request of the President, in 1995,
the Federal D.C. Interagency Task Force, chaired by the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and
directed by the Special Advisor to the President and
Executive Director of the Federal D.C. Interagency Task
Force, was created to revitalize the District of
Columbia and improve prospects for ``home rule'' to
succeed in the Nation's Capital. The Federal D.C.
Interagency Task Force Office has worked with Federal
agencies, the Congress, and local officials to promote
long-term financial stability, economic growth, and
opportunity for self-government for the District of
Columbia. In 1997, the President signed into law the
National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government
Improvement Act of 1997, under which the Federal
Government undertook certain responsibilities and
governmental functions befitting a State or county
government. Also in 1997, the President signed into law
tax incentives designed to spur economic growth in the
District of Columbia.
It is the policy of this Administration, therefore, to
build on the momentum of the accomplishments over the
last 5 years by formally establishing the Federal D.C.
Interagency Task Force to further assist the District
of Columbia in achieving financial stability, economic
growth, and improvement in management and service
delivery.
Sec. 2. Establishment of the Federal Interagency Task
Force on the District of Columbia.
(a) There is established the ``Federal Interagency
Task Force on the District of Columbia'' (Task Force).
(b) The Task Force shall be composed of the
following members:
(1) The Attorney General;
(2) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development;
(3) The Secretary of Health and Human Services;
(4) The Secretary of Labor;
(5) The Secretary of Transportation;
(6) The Secretary of the Treasury;
(7) The Administrator of General Services;
(8) The Secretary of Education;
(9) The Secretary of the Interior;
(10) The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;
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(11) The Secretary of Commerce;
(12) The Secretary of Agriculture;
(13) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget;
(14) The Administrator of the Small Business Administration;
(15) The Commissioner of the Social Security;
(16) The Secretary of Energy;
(17) The Director of the Office of Personnel Management; and
(18) Such other members as the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget may provide (including the Director of the Court Services and
Offender Supervision Agency, which office is located in the Department of
Justice.)
(c) The Task Force shall be chaired by the Director
of the Office of Management and Budget (Director). The
Director may appoint an Assistant Director or other
senior official to assist in the management of the Task
Force.
(d) The Office of Management and Budget shall
provide administrative support for the Task Force. To
the extent permitted by law, other executive
departments and agencies may provide such staff,
resources, and information as may be required in
carrying out the provisions of this order.
(e) The Director shall develop, review, modify,
and, as appropriate, implement program recommendations,
in cooperation with the appropriate elected Federal and
local officials and agencies, to promote long-term
financial stability, economic growth, and opportunity
for self-government for the District of Columbia.
(f) To the extent permitted by law, the Task Force
staff shall communicate with Federal and local elected
officials as early in program planning cycles as
reasonably feasible, to develop and explain specific
Federal and local plans and program actions.
Sec. 3. Purpose. The purpose of the Interagency Task
Force will be to coordinate and better leverage
Administration efforts and initiatives for the District
of Columbia in concert with local and regional
initiatives to improve the long-term financial
stability of the Nation's Capital and to improve self-
governance. The Director's designee shall serve as
liaison between the executive branch and the executive,
legislative, and judicial branches of government of the
District of Columbia, as well as the private sector.
Sec. 4. Responsibilities. To the extent permitted by
law, the Interagency Task Force shall:
(a) formulate and recommend interagency compacts
and cooperative agreements between Federal agencies and
the District of Columbia;
(b) develop, on a continuing basis, a comprehensive
and coordinated plan to establish priorities to promote
long-term financial stability, economic growth, and
opportunity for self-government for the District of
Columbia;
(c) provide for an understanding by the public of
the needs and assets of the District of Columbia;
(d) support District efforts to encourage economic
growth in the District of Columbia;
(e) serve as the focal point and coordinating unit
for Federal programs, technical assistance, and other
support for the District of Columbia; and
(f) provide a forum for consideration of problems
within the District of Columbia and propose and
effectuate solutions.
Sec. 5. Assistance to Economically Distressed Areas.
Members of the Task Force, to the extent permitted by
law and within existing budgetary resources, shall
provide targeted assistance to economically distressed
areas within the District of Columbia and to projects
that require economic development
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assistance. To the extent permitted by law, members of
the Task Force shall also participate in comprehensive
neighborhood revitalization initiatives requiring
Federal assistance, including programs organized by the
government of the District of Columbia, and
collaborative efforts organized by private
organizations, such as the Anacostia Best Practices
initiative.
Sec. 6. Local Accommodation. To the extent permitted by
law, the Federal Interagency Task Force shall make
efforts to accommodate the concerns of local elected
officials in proposing Federal technical or other
assistance.
Sec. 7. Judicial Review. This order does not create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural,
enforceable by law against the United States, its
officers, its employees, or any other person.
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THE WHITE HOUSE,
January 15, 2001.
[FR Doc. 01-1813
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