For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
February 26, 2001
Memorandum
February 26, 2001
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
SUBJECT: Interagency
Working Group on Federalism
It is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Establishment. There is established
the Interagency Working Group on Federalism (the "Working Group").
Section 2. Membership.
(a) The Working Group shall comprise the following
officials:
(1) Assistant to the President for
Domestic Policy, who shall serve
as Chairman
of the Working Group;
(2) Director,
Domestic Policy Council, who shall serve as Vice
Chairman of
the Working Group;
(3) Secretary of
the Treasury, or an appropriate designee thereof;
(4) Attorney General, or an
appropriate designee thereof;
(5) Secretary of the Interior, or an appropriate designee
thereof;
(6) Secretary of
Agriculture, or an appropriate designee thereof;
(7) Secretary of Commerce, or an
appropriate designee thereof;
(8) Secretary of Labor, or an appropriate designee thereof;
(9) Secretary of Health and Human
Services, or an appropriate
designee
thereof;
(10) Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development, or an appropriate
designee
thereof;
(11) Secretary of Transportation, or
an appropriate designee thereof;
(12)
Secretary of Energy, or an appropriate designee thereof;
(13) Secretary of Education, or an appropriate
designee thereof;
(14) Secretary of Veterans
Affairs, or an appropriate designee
thereof;
(15) Director of the Office of Management and
Budget, or an
appropriate
designee thereof;
(16) Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency, or an
appropriate designee thereof;
(17) Counsel to the
President;
(18) Assistant to the President for
Economic Policy;
(19) Assistant to the
President, Office of Faith-Based and Community
Initiatives, or an appropriate designee thereof;
(20) Assistant to the President and Chief of
Staff to the Vice
President, or an appropriate designee thereof;
(21)
Deputy Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs;
and
(22) Such other officials of executive
departments and agencies as the
President
may, from time to time, designate.
Section 2. Meetings of the Working Group. The
Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy or the Director,
Domestic Policy Council, may convene and preside over meetings of the
Working Group.
Section 3. Functions. The principal functions of
the Working Group are to:
(a) Identify initiatives that promote principles of
Federalism, such as:
(1) Federal endeavors which may
more appropriately be carried out by
State or
local authorities;
(2) Opportunities for flexible funding streams, regulatory
waivers,
and other
opportunities that increase State and local
flexibility,
innovation, and accountability;
(3) Measures for improving Federal responsiveness to State
and local
concerns;
and
(4) Enforcement of rules,
orders, and procedures that advance
Federalism.
(b) Draft a new Executive Order on Federalism, which will
require departments and agencies in the
executive branch to adhere to principles of
Federalism;
(c) Consult, as appropriate, with State and local officials
on issues pertaining to Federalism, including,
but not limited to, the issuance of the new
Executive Order on Federalism; and
(d) Produce a report to the President on recommendations for
promoting principles of Federalism no later
than 6 months after the issuance of this
directive.
GEORGE W. BUSH
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