Presidential DocumentExecutive Order 1319801-2851
Agency Responsibilities With Respect to Faith- Based and Community Initiatives
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January 31, 2001
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January 29, 2001
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Executive Office of the President
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[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 21 (Wednesday, January 31, 2001)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
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Part III
The President
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Executive Order 13198--Agency Responsibilities With Respect to Faith-
Based and Community Initiatives
Executive Order 13199--Establishment of White House Office of Faith-
Based and Community Initiatives
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 21 / Wednesday, January 31, 2001 /
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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Executive Order 13198 of January 29, 2001
Agency Responsibilities With Respect to Faith-
Based and Community Initiatives
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, and in order to help the Federal Government
coordinate a national effort to expand opportunities
for faith-based and other community organizations and
to strengthen their capacity to better meet social
needs in America's communities, it is hereby ordered as
follows:
Section 1. Establishment of Executive Department
Centers for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. (a)
The Attorney General, the Secretary of Education, the
Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services, and the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development shall each establish within their
respective departments a Center for Faith-Based and
Community Initiatives (Center).
(b) Each executive department Center shall be
supervised by a Director, appointed by the department
head in consultation with the White House Office of
Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (White House
OFBCI).
(c) Each department shall provide its Center with
appropriate staff, administrative support, and other
resources to meet its responsibilities under this
order.
(d) Each department's Center shall begin operations
no later than 45 days from the date of this order.
Sec. 2. Purpose of Executive Department Centers for
Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. The purpose of
the executive department Centers will be to coordinate
department efforts to eliminate regulatory,
contracting, and other programmatic obstacles to the
participation of faith-based and other community
organizations in the provision of social services.
Sec. 3. Responsibilities of Executive Department
Centers for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. Each
Center shall, to the extent permitted by law: (a)
conduct, in coordination with the White House OFBCI, a
department-wide audit to identify all existing barriers
to the participation of faith-based and other community
organizations in the delivery of social services by the
department, including but not limited to regulations,
rules, orders, procurement, and other internal policies
and practices, and outreach activities that either
facially discriminate against or otherwise discourage
or disadvantage the participation of faith-based and
other community organizations in Federal programs;
(b) coordinate a comprehensive departmental effort
to incorporate faith-based and other community
organizations in department programs and initiatives to
the greatest extent possible;
(c) propose initiatives to remove barriers
identified pursuant to section 3(a) of this order,
including but not limited to reform of regulations,
procurement, and other internal policies and practices,
and outreach activities;
(d) propose the development of innovative pilot and
demonstration programs to increase the participation of
faith-based and other community organizations in
Federal as well as State and local initiatives; and
(e) develop and coordinate department outreach
efforts to disseminate information more effectively to
faith-based and other community organizations with
respect to programming changes, contracting
opportunities, and
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other department initiatives, including but not limited
to Web and Internet resources.
Sec. 4. Additional Responsibilities of the Department
of Health and Human Services and the Department of
Labor Centers. In addition to those responsibilities
described in section 3 of this order, the Department of
Health and Human Services and the Department of Labor
Centers shall, to the extent permitted by law: (a)
conduct a comprehensive review of policies and
practices affecting existing funding streams governed
by so-called ``Charitable Choice'' legislation to
assess the department's compliance with the
requirements of Charitable Choice; and (b) promote and
ensure compliance with existing Charitable Choice
legislation by the department, as well as its partners
in State and local government, and their contractors.
Sec. 5. Reporting Requirements. (a) Report. Not later
than 180 days after the date of this order and annually
thereafter, each of the five executive department
Centers described in section 1 of this order shall
prepare and submit a report to the White House OFBCI.
(b) Contents. The report shall include a
description of the department's efforts in carrying out
its responsibilities under this order, including but
not limited to:
(1) a comprehensive analysis of the barriers to
the full participation of faith-based and other
community organizations in the delivery of social
services identified pursuant to section 3(a) of this
order and the proposed strategies to eliminate those
barriers; and
(2) a summary of the technical assistance and
other information that will be available to faith-based
and other community organizations regarding the program
activities of the department and the preparation of
applications or proposals for grants, cooperative
agreements, contracts, and procurement.
(c) Performance Indicators. The first report, filed
180 days after the date of this order, shall include
annual performance indicators and measurable objectives
for department action. Each report filed thereafter
shall measure the department's performance against the
objectives set forth in the initial report.
Sec. 6. Responsibilities of All Executive Departments
and Agencies. All executive departments and agencies
(agencies) shall: (a) designate an agency employee to
serve as the liaison and point of contact with the
White House OFBCI; and
(b) cooperate with the White House OFBCI and
provide such information, support, and assistance to
the White House OFBCI as it may request, to the extent
permitted by law.
Sec. 7. Administration and Judicial Review. (a) The
agencies' actions directed by this Executive Order
shall be carried out subject to the availability of
appropriations and to the extent permitted by law.
(b) This order does not create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law
or equity against the United States, its agencies or
instrumentalities, its officers or employees, or any
other person.
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THE WHITE HOUSE,
January 29, 2001.
[FR Doc. 01-2851
Filed 1-30-01; 11:45 am]
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