Presidential DocumentExecutive Order 138262018-05113
Federal Interagency Council on Crime Prevention and Improving Reentry
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 48 (Monday, March 12, 2018)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 10771-10774]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2018-05113]
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Vol. 83
Monday,
No. 48
March 12, 2018
Part II
The President
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Executive Order 13826--Federal Interagency Council on Crime Prevention
and Improving Reentry
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 83 , No. 48 / Monday, March 12, 2018 /
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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Executive Order 13826 of March 7, 2018
Federal Interagency Council on Crime Prevention
and Improving Reentry
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, and in order to maximize the impact of Federal
Government resources to keep our communities safe, it
is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. The Federal Government must reduce
crime, enhance public safety, and increase opportunity,
thereby improving the lives of all Americans. In 2016,
the violent crime rate in the United States increased
by 3.4 percent, the largest single-year increase since
1991. Additionally, in 2016, there were more than
17,000 murders and nonnegligent manslaughters in the
United States, a more than 20 percent increase in just
2 years. The Department of Justice, alongside State,
local, and tribal law enforcement, has focused its
efforts on the most violent criminals. Preliminary
statistics indicate that, in the last year, the
increase in the murder rate slowed and the violent
crime rate decreased.
To further improve public safety, we should aim not
only to prevent crime in the first place, but also to
provide those who have engaged in criminal activity
with greater opportunities to lead productive lives.
The Federal Government can assist in breaking this
cycle of crime through a comprehensive strategy that
addresses a range of issues, including mental health,
vocational training, job creation, after-school
programming, substance abuse, and mentoring.
Incarceration is necessary to improve public safety,
but its effectiveness can be enhanced through evidence-
based rehabilitation programs. These efforts will lower
recidivism rates, ease incarcerated individuals'
reentry into the community, reduce future incarceration
costs, and promote positive social and economic
outcomes.
Sec. 2. Policy. It is the policy of the United States
to prioritize efforts to prevent youths and adults from
entering or reentering the criminal justice system.
While investigating crimes and prosecuting perpetrators
must remain the top priority of law enforcement, crime
reduction policy should also include efforts to prevent
crime in the first place and to lower recidivism rates.
These efforts should address a range of social and
economic factors, including poverty, lack of education
and employment opportunities, family dissolution, drug
use and addiction, mental illness, and behavioral
health conditions. The Federal Government must harness
and wisely direct its considerable resources and broad
expertise to identify and help implement improved crime
prevention strategies, including evidence-based
practices that reduce criminal activity among youths
and adults. Through effective coordination among
executive departments and agencies (agencies), the
Federal Government can have a constructive role in
preventing crime and in ensuring that the correctional
facilities in the United States prepare inmates to
successfully reenter communities as productive, law-
abiding members of society.
Sec. 3. Establishment of the Federal Interagency
Council on Crime Prevention and Improving Reentry. (a)
There is hereby established the Federal Interagency
Council on Crime Prevention and Improving Reentry
(Council), co-chaired by the Attorney General, the
Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, and the
Senior Advisor to the President in charge of the White
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House Office of American Innovation, or their
respective designees. In addition to the Co-Chairs, the
Council shall include the heads of the following
entities, or their designees:
(i) The Department of the Treasury;
(ii) The Department of the Interior;
(iii) The Department of Agriculture;
(iv) The Department of Commerce;
(v) The Department of Labor;
(vi) The Department of Health and Human Services;
(vii) The Department of Housing and Urban Development;
(viii) The Department of Education;
(ix) The Department of Veterans Affairs;
(x) The Office of Management and Budget; and
(xi) The Office of National Drug Control Policy.
(b) As appropriate, and consistent with applicable
law, the Co-Chairs may invite representatives of other
agencies and Federal entities to participate in the
activities of the Council.
(c) As appropriate, the Co-Chairs may invite
representatives of the judicial branch to attend and
participate in meetings of the Council.
(d) The Council shall engage with Federal, State,
local, and tribal officials, including correctional
officials, to carry out its objectives. The Council
shall also engage with key stakeholders, such as law
enforcement, faith-based and community groups,
businesses, associations, volunteers, and other
stakeholders that play a role in preventing youths and
adults from entering or reentering the criminal justice
system.
(e) The Attorney General, in consultation with the
Co-Chairs, shall designate an Executive Director, who
shall be a full-time officer or employee of the
Department of Justice, to coordinate the day-to-day
functions of the Council.
(f) The Co-Chairs shall convene a meeting of the
Council once per quarter.
(g) The Department of Justice shall provide such
funding and administrative support for the Council, to
the extent permitted by law and within existing
appropriations, as may be necessary for the performance
of its functions.
(h) To the extent permitted by law, including the
Economy Act (31 U.S.C. 1535), and within existing
appropriations, other agencies may detail staff to the
Council, or otherwise provide administrative support,
in order to advance the Council's functions.
(i) The heads of agencies shall provide, as
appropriate and to the extent permitted by law, such
assistance and information as the Council may request
to implement this order.
Sec. 4. Recommendations and Report. (a) The Council
shall develop recommendations for evidence-based
programmatic and other reforms, with consideration and
acknowledgment of potential resource limitations, to:
(i) help prevent, through programs that reduce unlawful behavior (such as
mental and behavioral health services), youths and adults from engaging in
criminal activity;
(ii) improve collaboration between Federal, State, local, and tribal
governments through dissemination of evidence-based best practices to
reduce the rate of recidivism. In identifying these practices, the Council
shall consider factors such as:
(A) inmates' access to education, educational testing, pre-
apprenticeships, apprenticeships, career and technical education training,
and work programs;
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(B) inmates' access to mentors and mentorship services during
incarceration and as they transition back into the community;
(C) inmates' access to mental and behavioral health services;
(D) treatment of substance abuse and addiction for inmates;
(E) documented trauma history assessments, victim services, violent crime
prevention, community-based trauma-informed programs, and domestic violence
and sexual violence support services;
(F) family support for inmates;
(G) available partnerships with law enforcement, faith-based and other
community organizations, businesses, associations, and other stakeholders,
especially through indirect funding mechanisms; and
(H) incentives for the private sector, small businesses, and other
nongovernmental entities to create job opportunities for individuals,
before and after they enter the criminal justice system, using existing tax
credit programs;
(iii) analyze effective ways to overcome barriers or disincentives to
participation in programs related to education, housing, job placement and
licensing, and other efforts to re-integrate offenders into society;
(iv) enhance coordination and reduce duplication of crime-prevention
efforts across the Federal Government in order to maximize effectiveness
and reduce costs to the taxpayer; and
(v) facilitate research in the areas described in this subsection,
including improved access to data for research and evaluation purposes.
(b) The Council shall develop and present to the
President, through the Assistant to the President for
Domestic Policy:
(i) an initial report, submitted within 90 days of the date of this order,
outlining a timeline and steps that will be taken to fulfill the
requirements of this order; and
(ii) a full report detailing the Council's recommendations, submitted
within 1 year of the date of this order, and status updates on their
implementation for each year this order is in effect. The Council shall
review and update its recommendations periodically, as appropriate, and
shall, through the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, present
to the President any updated findings.
Sec. 5. Revocation. The Presidential Memorandum of
April 29, 2016 (Promoting Rehabilitation and
Reintegration of Formerly Incarcerated Individuals), is
hereby revoked.
Sec. 6. Termination. This order (with the exceptions of
sections 5 and 7) and the Council it establishes shall
terminate 3 years after the date of this order.
Sec. 7. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order
shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of
appropriations.
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(c) 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, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any
other person.
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