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    Executive Order — National Defense Resources Preparedness

    http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/03/16/executive-order-national-defense-resources-preparedness

    Executive Order — National Defense Resources Preparedness

    EXECUTIVE ORDER

    NATIONAL DEFENSE RESOURCES PREPAREDNESS

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:

    PART I – PURPOSE, POLICY, AND IMPLEMENTATION

    Section 101. Purpose. This order delegates authorities and addresses national defense resource policies and programs under the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (the ”Act”).

    Sec. 102. Policy. The United States must have an industrial and technological base capable of meeting national defense requirements and capable of contributing to the technological superiority of its national defense equipment in peacetime and in times of national emergency. The domestic industrial and technological base is the foundation for national defense preparedness. The authorities provided in the Act shall be used to strengthen this base and to ensure it is capable of responding to the national defense needs of the United States.

    Sec. 103. General Functions. Executive departments and agencies (agencies) responsible for plans and programs relating to national defense (as defined in section 801(j) of this order), or for resources and services needed to support such plans and programs, shall:

    (a) identify requirements for the full spectrum of emergencies, including essential military and civilian demand;

    (b) assess on an ongoing basis the capability of the domestic industrial and technological base to satisfy requirements in peacetime and times of national emergency, specifically evaluating the availability of the most critical resource and production sources, including subcontractors and suppliers, materials, skilled labor, and professional and technical personnel;

    (c) be prepared, in the event of a potential threat to the security of the United States, to take actions necessary to ensure the availability of adequate resources and production capability, including services and critical technology, for national defense requirements;

    (d) improve the efficiency and responsiveness of the domestic industrial base to support national defense requirements; and

    (e) foster cooperation between the defense and commercial sectors for research and development and for acquisition of materials, services, components, and equipment to enhance industrial base efficiency and responsiveness.

    Sec. 104. Implementation. (a) The National Security Council and Homeland Security Council, in conjunction with the National Economic Council, shall serve as the integrated policymaking forum for consideration and formulation of national defense resource preparedness policy and shall make recommendations to the President on the use of authorities under the Act.

    (b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall:

    (1) advise the President on issues of national defense resource preparedness and on the use of the authorities and functions delegated by this order;

    (2) provide for the central coordination of the plans and programs incident to authorities and functions delegated under this order, and provide guidance to agencies assigned functions under this order, developed in consultation with such agencies; and

    (3) report to the President periodically concerning all program activities conducted pursuant to this order.

    (c) The Defense Production Act Committee, described in section 701 of this order, shall:

    (1) in a manner consistent with section 2(b) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2062(b), advise the President through the Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor, the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, and the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy on the effective use of the authorities under the Act; and

    (2) prepare and coordinate an annual report to the Congress pursuant to section 722(d) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2171(d).

    (d) The Secretary of Commerce, in cooperation with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and other agencies, shall:

    (1) analyze potential effects of national emergencies on actual production capability, taking into account the entire production system, including shortages of resources, and develop recommended preparedness measures to strengthen capabilities for production increases in national emergencies; and

    (2) perform industry analyses to assess capabilities of the industrial base to support the national defense, and develop policy recommendations to improve the international competitiveness of specific domestic industries and their abilities to meet national defense program needs.

    PART II – PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATIONS

    Sec. 201. Priorities and Allocations Authorities. (a) The authority of the President conferred by section 101 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2071, to require acceptance and priority performance of contracts or orders (other than contracts of employment) to promote the national defense over performance of any other contracts or orders, and to allocate materials, services, and facilities as deemed necessary or appropriate to promote the national defense, is delegated to the following agency heads:

    (1) the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to food resources, food resource facilities, livestock resources, veterinary resources, plant health resources, and the domestic distribution of farm equipment and commercial fertilizer;

    (2) the Secretary of Energy with respect to all forms of energy;

    (3) the Secretary of Health and Human Services with respect to health resources;

    (4) the Secretary of Transportation with respect to all forms of civil transportation;

    (5) the Secretary of Defense with respect to water resources; and

    (6) the Secretary of Commerce with respect to all other materials, services, and facilities, including construction materials.

    (b) The Secretary of each agency delegated authority under subsection (a) of this section (resource departments) shall plan for and issue regulations to prioritize and allocate resources and establish standards and procedures by which the authority shall be used to promote the national defense, under both emergency and non-emergency conditions. Each Secretary shall authorize the heads of other agencies, as appropriate, to place priority ratings on contracts and orders for materials, services, and facilities needed in support of programs approved under section 202 of this order.

    (c) Each resource department shall act, as necessary and appropriate, upon requests for special priorities assistance, as defined by section 801(l) of this order, in a time frame consistent with the urgency of the need at hand. In situations where there are competing program requirements for limited resources, the resource department shall consult with the Secretary who made the required determination under section 202 of this order. Such Secretary shall coordinate with and identify for the resource department which program requirements to prioritize on the basis of operational urgency. In situations involving more than one Secretary making such a required determination under section 202 of this order, the Secretaries shall coordinate with and identify for the resource department which program requirements should receive priority on the basis of operational urgency.

    (d) If agreement cannot be reached between two such Secretaries, then the issue shall be referred to the President through the Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor and the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism.

    (e) The Secretary of each resource department, when necessary, shall make the finding required under section 101(b) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2071(b). This finding shall be submitted for the President’s approval through the Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor and the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism. Upon such approval, the Secretary of the resource department that made the finding may use the authority of section 101(a) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2071(a), to control the general distribution of any material (including applicable services) in the civilian market.

    Sec. 202. Determinations. Except as provided in section 201(e) of this order, the authority delegated by section 201 of this order may be used only to support programs that have been determined in writing as necessary or appropriate to promote the national defense:

    (a) by the Secretary of Defense with respect to military production and construction, military assistance to foreign nations, military use of civil transportation, stockpiles managed by the Department of Defense, space, and directly related activities;

    (b) by the Secretary of Energy with respect to energy production and construction, distribution and use, and directly related activities; and

    (c) by the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to all other national defense programs, including civil defense and continuity of Government.

    Sec. 203. Maximizing Domestic Energy Supplies. The authorities of the President under section 101(c)(1) (2) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2071(c)(1) (2), are delegated to the Secretary of Commerce, with the exception that the authority to make findings that materials (including equipment), services, and facilities are critical and essential, as described in section 101(c)(2)(A) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2071(c)(2)(A), is delegated to the Secretary of Energy.

    Sec. 204. Chemical and Biological Warfare. The authority of the President conferred by section 104(b) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2074(b), is delegated to the Secretary of Defense. This authority may not be further delegated by the Secretary.

    PART III – EXPANSION OF PRODUCTIVE CAPACITY AND SUPPLY

    Sec. 301. Loan Guarantees. (a) To reduce current or projected shortfalls of resources, critical technology items, or materials essential for the national defense, the head of each agency engaged in procurement for the national defense, as defined in section 801(h) of this order, is authorized pursuant to section 301 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2091, to guarantee loans by private institutions.

    (b) Each guaranteeing agency is designated and authorized to: (1) act as fiscal agent in the making of its own guarantee contracts and in otherwise carrying out the purposes of section 301 of the Act; and (2) contract with any Federal Reserve Bank to assist the agency in serving as fiscal agent.

    (c) Terms and conditions of guarantees under this authority shall be determined in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The guaranteeing agency is authorized, following such consultation, to prescribe: (1) either specifically or by maximum limits or otherwise, rates of interest, guarantee and commitment fees, and other charges which may be made in connection with such guarantee contracts; and (2) regulations governing the forms and procedures (which shall be uniform to the extent practicable) to be utilized in connection therewith.

    Sec. 302. Loans. To reduce current or projected shortfalls of resources, critical technology items, or materials essential for the national defense, the head of each agency engaged in procurement for the national defense is delegated the authority of the President under section 302 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2092, to make loans thereunder. Terms and conditions of loans under this authority shall be determined in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Director of OMB.

    Sec. 303. Additional Authorities. (a) To create, maintain, protect, expand, or restore domestic industrial base capabilities essential for the national defense, the head of each agency engaged in procurement for the national defense is delegated the authority of the President under section 303 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2093, to make provision for purchases of, or commitments to purchase, an industrial resource or a critical technology item for Government use or resale, and to make provision for the development of production capabilities, and for the increased use of emerging technologies in security program applications, and to enable rapid transition of emerging technologies.

    (b) Materials acquired under section 303 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2093, that exceed the needs of the programs under the Act may be transferred to the National Defense Stockpile, if, in the judgment of the Secretary of Defense as the National Defense Stockpile Manager, such transfers are in the public interest.

    Sec. 304. Subsidy Payments. To ensure the supply of raw or nonprocessed materials from high cost sources, or to ensure maximum production or supply in any area at stable prices of any materials in light of a temporary increase in transportation cost, the head of each agency engaged in procurement for the national defense is delegated the authority of the President under section 303(c) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2093(c), to make subsidy payments, after consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Director of OMB.

    Sec. 305. Determinations and Findings. (a) Pursuant to budget authority provided by an appropriations act in advance for credit assistance under section 301 or 302 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2091, 2092, and consistent with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, as amended (FCRA), 2 U.S.C. 661 et seq., the head of each agency engaged in procurement for the national defense is delegated the authority to make the determinations set forth in sections 301(a)(2) and 302(b)(2) of the Act, in consultation with the Secretary making the required determination under section 202 of this order; provided, that such determinations shall be made after due consideration of the provisions of OMB Circular A 129 and the credit subsidy score for the relevant loan or loan guarantee as approved by OMB pursuant to FCRA.

    (b) Other than any determination by the President under section 303(a)(7)(b) of the Act, the head of each agency engaged in procurement for the national defense is delegated the authority to make the required determinations, judgments, certifications, findings, and notifications defined under section 303 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2093, in consultation with the Secretary making the required determination under section 202 of this order.

    Sec. 306. Strategic and Critical Materials. The Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of the Interior in consultation with the Secretary of Defense as the National Defense Stockpile Manager, are each delegated the authority of the President under section 303(a)(1)(B) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2093(a)(1)(B), to encourage the exploration, development, and mining of strategic and critical materials and other materials.

    Sec. 307. Substitutes. The head of each agency engaged in procurement for the national defense is delegated the authority of the President under section 303(g) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2093(g), to make provision for the development of substitutes for strategic and critical materials, critical components, critical technology items, and other resources to aid the national defense.

    Sec. 308. Government-Owned Equipment. The head of each agency engaged in procurement for the national defense is delegated the authority of the President under section 303(e) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2093(e), to:

    (a) procure and install additional equipment, facilities, processes, or improvements to plants, factories, and other industrial facilities owned by the Federal Government and to procure and install Government owned equipment in plants, factories, or other industrial facilities owned by private persons;

    (b) provide for the modification or expansion of privately owned facilities, including the modification or improvement of production processes, when taking actions under sections 301, 302, or 303 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2091, 2092, 2093; and

    (c) sell or otherwise transfer equipment owned by the Federal Government and installed under section 303(e) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2093(e), to the owners of such plants, factories, or other industrial facilities.

    Sec. 309. Defense Production Act Fund. The Secretary of Defense is designated the Defense Production Act Fund Manager, in accordance with section 304(f) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2094(f), and shall carry out the duties specified in section 304 of the Act, in consultation with the agency heads having approved, and appropriated funds for, projects under title III of the Act.

    Sec. 310. Critical Items. The head of each agency engaged in procurement for the national defense is delegated the authority of the President under section 107(b)(1) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2077(b)(1), to take appropriate action to ensure that critical components, critical technology items, essential materials, and industrial resources are available from reliable sources when needed to meet defense requirements during peacetime, graduated mobilization, and national emergency. Appropriate action may include restricting contract solicitations to reliable sources, restricting contract solicitations to domestic sources (pursuant to statutory authority), stockpiling critical components, and developing substitutes for critical components or critical technology items.

    Sec. 311. Strengthening Domestic Capability. The head of each agency engaged in procurement for the national defense is delegated the authority of the President under section 107(a) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2077(a), to utilize the authority of title III of the Act or any other provision of law to provide appropriate incentives to develop, maintain, modernize, restore, and expand the productive capacities of domestic sources for critical components, critical technology items, materials, and industrial resources essential for the execution of the national security strategy of the United States.

    Sec. 312. Modernization of Equipment. The head of each agency engaged in procurement for the national defense, in accordance with section 108(b) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2078(b), may utilize the authority of title III of the Act to guarantee the purchase or lease of advance manufacturing equipment, and any related services with respect to any such equipment for purposes of the Act. In considering title III projects, the head of each agency engaged in procurement for the national defense shall provide a strong preference for proposals submitted by a small business supplier or subcontractor in accordance with section 108(b)(2) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2078(b)(2).

    PART IV – VOLUNTARY AGREEMENTS AND ADVISORY COMMITTEES

    Sec. 401. Delegations. The authority of the President under sections 708(c) and (d) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2158(c), (d), is delegated to the heads of agencies otherwise delegated authority under this order. The status of the use of such delegations shall be furnished to the Secretary of Homeland Security.

    Sec. 402. Advisory Committees. The authority of the President under section 708(d) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2158(d), and delegated in section 401 of this order (relating to establishment of advisory committees) shall be exercised only after consultation with, and in accordance with, guidelines and procedures established by the Administrator of General Services.

    Sec. 403. Regulations. The Secretary of Homeland Security, after approval of the Attorney General, and after consultation by the Attorney General with the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, shall promulgate rules pursuant to section 708(e) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2158(e), incorporating standards and procedures by which voluntary agreements and plans of action may be developed and carried out. Such rules may be adopted by other agencies to fulfill the rulemaking requirement of section 708(e) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2158(e).

    PART V – EMPLOYMENT OF PERSONNEL

    Sec. 501. National Defense Executive Reserve. (a) In accordance with section 710(e) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2160(e), there is established in the executive branch a National Defense Executive Reserve (NDER) composed of persons of recognized expertise from various segments of the private sector and from Government (except full time Federal employees) for training for employment in executive positions in the Federal Government in the event of a national defense emergency.

    (b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall issue necessary guidance for the NDER program, including appropriate guidance for establishment, recruitment, training, monitoring, and activation of NDER units and shall be responsible for the overall coordination of the NDER program. The authority of the President under section 710(e) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2160(e), to determine periods of national defense emergency is delegated to the Secretary of Homeland Security.

    (c) The head of any agency may implement section 501(a) of this order with respect to NDER operations in such agency.

    (d) The head of each agency with an NDER unit may exercise the authority under section 703 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2153, to employ civilian personnel when activating all or a part of its NDER unit. The exercise of this authority shall be subject to the provisions of sections 501(e) and (f) of this order and shall not be redelegated.

    (e) The head of an agency may activate an NDER unit, in whole or in part, upon the written determination of the Secretary of Homeland Security that an emergency affecting the national defense exists and that the activation of the unit is necessary to carry out the emergency program functions of the agency.

    (f) Prior to activating the NDER unit, the head of the agency shall notify, in writing, the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism of the impending activation.

    Sec. 502. Consultants. The head of each agency otherwise delegated functions under this order is delegated the authority of the President under sections 710(b) and (c) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2160(b), (c), to employ persons of outstanding experience and ability without compensation and to employ experts, consultants, or organizations. The authority delegated by this section may not be redelegated.

    PART VI – LABOR REQUIREMENTS

    Sec. 601. Secretary of Labor. (a) The Secretary of Labor, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense and the heads of other agencies, as deemed appropriate by the Secretary of Labor, shall:

    (1) collect and maintain data necessary to make a continuing appraisal of the Nation’s workforce needs for purposes of national defense;

    (2) upon request by the Director of Selective Service, and in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, assist the Director of Selective Service in development of policies regulating the induction and deferment of persons for duty in the armed services;

    (3) upon request from the head of an agency with authority under this order, consult with that agency with respect to: (i) the effect of contemplated actions on labor demand and utilization; (ii) the relation of labor demand to materials and facilities requirements; and (iii) such other matters as will assist in making the exercise of priority and allocations functions consistent with effective utilization and distribution of labor;

    (4) upon request from the head of an agency with authority under this order: (i) formulate plans, programs, and policies for meeting the labor requirements of actions to be taken for national defense purposes; and (ii) estimate training needs to help address national defense requirements and promote necessary and appropriate training programs; and

    (5) develop and implement an effective labor management relations policy to support the activities and programs under this order, with the cooperation of other agencies as deemed appropriate by the Secretary of Labor, including the National Labor Relations Board, the Federal Labor Relations Authority, the National Mediation Board, and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.

    (b) All agencies shall cooperate with the Secretary of Labor, upon request, for the purposes of this section, to the extent permitted by law.

    PART VII – DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT COMMITTEE

    Sec. 701. The Defense Production Act Committee. (a) The Defense Production Act Committee (Committee) shall be composed of the following members, in accordance with section 722(b) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2171(b):

    (1) The Secretary of State;

    (2) The Secretary of the Treasury;

    (3) The Secretary of Defense;

    (4) The Attorney General;

    (5) The Secretary of the Interior;

    (6) The Secretary of Agriculture;

    (7) The Secretary of Commerce;

    (8) The Secretary of Labor;

    (9) The Secretary of Health and Human Services;

    (10) The Secretary of Transportation;

    (11) The Secretary of Energy;

    (12) The Secretary of Homeland Security;

    (13) The Director of National Intelligence;

    (14) The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency;

    (15) The Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers;

    (16) The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and

    (17) The Administrator of General Services.

    (b) The Director of OMB and the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall be invited to participate in all Committee meetings and activities in an advisory role. The Chairperson, as designated by the President pursuant to section 722 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2171, may invite the heads of other agencies or offices to participate in Committee meetings and activities in an advisory role, as appropriate.

    Sec. 702. Offsets. The Secretary of Commerce shall prepare and submit to the Congress the annual report required by section 723 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2172, in consultation with the Secretaries of State, the Treasury, Defense, and Labor, the United States Trade Representative, the Director of National Intelligence, and the heads of other agencies as appropriate. The heads of agencies shall provide the Secretary of Commerce with such information as may be necessary for the effective performance of this function.

    PART VIII – GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 801. Definitions. In addition to the definitions in section 702 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2152, the following definitions apply throughout this order:

    (a) ”Civil transportation” includes movement of persons and property by all modes of transportation in interstate, intrastate, or foreign commerce within the United States, its territories and possessions, and the District of Columbia, and related public storage and warehousing, ports, services, equipment and facilities, such as transportation carrier shop and repair facilities. ”Civil transportation” also shall include direction, control, and coordination of civil transportation capacity regardless of ownership. ”Civil transportation” shall not include transportation owned or controlled by the Department of Defense, use of petroleum and gas pipelines, and coal slurry pipelines used only to supply energy production facilities directly.

    (b) ”Energy” means all forms of energy including petroleum, gas (both natural and manufactured), electricity, solid fuels (including all forms of coal, coke, coal chemicals, coal liquification, and coal gasification), solar, wind, other types of renewable energy, atomic energy, and the production, conservation, use, control, and distribution (including pipelines) of all of these forms of energy.

    (c) ”Farm equipment” means equipment, machinery, and repair parts manufactured for use on farms in connection with the production or preparation for market use of food resources.

    (d) ”Fertilizer” means any product or combination of products that contain one or more of the elements nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium for use as a plant nutrient.

    (e) ”Food resources” means all commodities and products, (simple, mixed, or compound), or complements to such commodities or products, that are capable of being ingested by either human beings or animals, irrespective of other uses to which such commodities or products may be put, at all stages of processing from the raw commodity to the products thereof in vendible form for human or animal consumption. ”Food resources” also means potable water packaged in commercially marketable containers, all starches, sugars, vegetable and animal or marine fats and oils, seed, cotton, hemp, and flax fiber, but does not mean any such material after it loses its identity as an agricultural commodity or agricultural product.

    (f) ”Food resource facilities” means plants, machinery, vehicles (including on farm), and other facilities required for the production, processing, distribution, and storage (including cold storage) of food resources, and for the domestic distribution of farm equipment and fertilizer (excluding transportation thereof).

    (g) ”Functions” include powers, duties, authority, responsibilities, and discretion.

    (h) ”Head of each agency engaged in procurement for the national defense” means the heads of the Departments of State, Justice, the Interior, and Homeland Security, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the General Services Administration, and all other agencies with authority delegated under section 201 of this order.

    (i) ”Health resources” means drugs, biological products, medical devices, materials, facilities, health supplies, services and equipment required to diagnose, mitigate or prevent the impairment of, improve, treat, cure, or restore the physical or mental health conditions of the population.

    (j) ”National defense” means programs for military and energy production or construction, military or critical infrastructure assistance to any foreign nation, homeland security, stockpiling, space, and any directly related activity. Such term includes emergency preparedness activities conducted pursuant to title VI of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5195 et seq., and critical infrastructure protection and restoration.

    (k) ”Offsets” means compensation practices required as a condition of purchase in either government to government or commercial sales of defense articles and/or defense services as defined by the Arms Export Control Act, 22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq., and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, 22 C.F.R. 120.1 130.17.

    (l) ”Special priorities assistance” means action by resource departments to assist with expediting deliveries, placing rated orders, locating suppliers, resolving production or delivery conflicts between various rated orders, addressing problems that arise in the fulfillment of a rated order or other action authorized by a delegated agency, and determining the validity of rated orders.

    (m) ”Strategic and critical materials” means materials (including energy) that (1) would be needed to supply the military, industrial, and essential civilian needs of the United States during a national emergency, and (2) are not found or produced in the United States in sufficient quantities to meet such need and are vulnerable to the termination or reduction of the availability of the material.

    (n) ”Water resources” means all usable water, from all sources, within the jurisdiction of the United States, that can be managed, controlled, and allocated to meet emergency requirements, except ”water resources” does not include usable water that qualifies as ”food resources.”

    Sec. 802. General. (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 802(c) of this order, the authorities vested in the President by title VII of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2151 et seq., are delegated to the head of each agency in carrying out the delegated authorities under the Act and this order, by the Secretary of Labor in carrying out part VI of this order, and by the Secretary of the Treasury in exercising the functions assigned in Executive Order 11858, as amended.

    (b) The authorities that may be exercised and performed pursuant to section 802(a) of this order shall include:

    (1) the power to redelegate authorities, and to authorize the successive redelegation of authorities to agencies, officers, and employees of the Government; and

    (2) the power of subpoena under section 705 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2155, with respect to (i) authorities delegated in parts II, III, and section 702 of this order, and (ii) the functions assigned to the Secretary of the Treasury in Executive Order 11858, as amended, provided that the subpoena power referenced in subsections (i) and (ii) shall be utilized only after the scope and purpose of the investigation, inspection, or inquiry to which the subpoena relates have been defined either by the appropriate officer identified in section 802(a) of this order or by such other person or persons as the officer shall designate.

    (c) Excluded from the authorities delegated by section 802(a) of this order are authorities delegated by parts IV and V of this order, authorities in section 721 and 722 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2170 2171, and the authority with respect to fixing compensation under section 703 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2153.

    Sec. 803. Authority. (a) Executive Order 12919 of June 3, 1994, and sections 401(3) (4) of Executive Order 12656 of November 18, 1988, are revoked. All other previously issued orders, regulations, rulings, certificates, directives, and other actions relating to any function affected by this order shall remain in effect except as they are inconsistent with this order or are subsequently amended or revoked under proper authority. Nothing in this order shall affect the validity or force of anything done under previous delegations or other assignment of authority under the Act.

    (b) Nothing in this order shall affect the authorities assigned under Executive Order 11858 of May 7, 1975, as amended, except as provided in section 802 of this order.

    (c) Nothing in this order shall affect the authorities assigned under Executive Order 12472 of April 3, 1984, as amended.

    Sec. 804. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect functions of the Director of OMB relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

    (b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.

    (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.

    BARACK OBAMA

    THE WHITE HOUSE,
    March 16, 2012.

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      adoration · 1 month, 3 weeks ago

      This National Defense Resources Preparedness document, signed by President Obama, as an ”Executive Order” is most important to what was known in the 1950s as Civil Defense. The most immediate matters of concern to ordinary civilians; i.e., food, water, and health are addressed here. That is to say, the authority is given to do what needs to be done if the proverbial shit hits the proverbial fan, which is unlikely to happen unless provocateurs or renegade bureaucrats from the top down, or anarchist wannabes and street gang arms and drug dealers from the bottom up cause shit to happen and it spills over into our daily lives. It seems that in this document all of the bases are covered, including provisions for necessary extra hirings and their pay in case of local or national non-weather-related emergencies.

      As a follow up on this outline to nationalize food, water and health care, I would like to see the rest of ”the plan” published; naming the names of the privately-owned companies to be ”nationalized” or confiscated by ”the government” agencies, and naming the names of who the government intends to replace them with. For example, if the Mormons are tasked with the food chores – from field to kitchen table, and Monsanto, Big Farm, and the top 100 food manufacturers, processors and packagers are to be ”nationalized” or confiscated, then let the government say so, and as a training exercise give the system adequate time to make the transition from Wal-Mart’s national distribution scheme to food distribution through local worker-owned and operated PXs, as is more or less covered in the President’s Executive Order, signed March 16, 2012. Ditto, water, energy, and has anyone mentioned banking? See Wall Street’s ”Too Big to Fail and jail banks and bankers, and shutting down, confiscating and then nationalizing the privately-owned Federal Reserve.

      Thanks @irmug, for posting this that somehow I missed as a front page item in the New York Times, and that up ’til now I had only dreamed of and hoped for. This, and all of the above is how we get from where we’re at to where and how ”the government” of We the People end the .01%’s financial stranglehold over the 99%. We’ve got a long way to go, but this is good a starting point as any I’ve heard all day مع السلام — dxm

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      michael ronquillo · 1 month, 3 weeks ago

      hi mug every time the feds charter has come up ever since hamilton got the f irst one started they throw the country in a depression to force the politicians into giving them another charter they need to go ahead and put their asses in jail .if a lttle country like iceland can do it why can’t we?

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      adoration · 1 month, 3 weeks ago

      Besides this well produced (sez-it-all in 2 minutes) movie, the World Alternative Media website names (the) names of those responsible for where we’re at; where they’ve taken us to, and who it is we arrange to have their funding cut off. The most humiliating facet of their scam is that the 1% is using the resources gleaned through the financial transactions of the 99% to bankroll the corporations that are literally killing us with the GMO foods we eat that are laden with sugar and salt and fat-based pink slime, while they are killing the Earth’s soil and water resources – a direct result of their industrial way of doing business; the ”business” of generating profits for the 1%; rinse and repeat. Then see China as Wal-Mart’s number one vendor-client and source of labor, and workers in the United States as Wal-Mart’s number one customer base. It should also be noted that Wal-Mart as a retail grocer is number one in USDA Food Stamp transactions. And could someone show me the stats on how much Wal-Mart contributes to the problem of obesity and child starvation – speaking of GMO foods laden with sugar and salt and fat-based pink slime.

      Thanks, and cc: @irmug

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    Waking up for Dummies part 1

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      Poet Parzival · 2 months ago

      Thanks for posting these reminders Mug. I think it’s useful even though its a bit like preaching to the choir. We keep hearing the same thing over and over, but there aren’t any organizers preparing for when the internet plug gets pulled. There aren’t any organizers directing those of us in our little electronic sand boxes where to go to meet and organize when the plug gets pulled. There aren’t any of these slick videos in Spanish with the latest Latino music in the background informing our Latino brothers and Latina sisters where to go to organize when the banks fail and they can’t get their money out of their accounts.
      I don’t see any anonymous videos talking about what to do in case martial law gets instituted. I don’t see any anonymous videos instructing people on how to be autonomous for 60-90 days for when the banks fail and the trucks stop rolling in from across the country to stock the grocery stores.
      I’ve been watching the same damn stuff for 3 years now, all made by different anonymous individuals who probably think, wow how cool am I? I’m going to show everyone who watches this how smart I am about how stupid the mass of people are, and use all this cool technology to wow them with the newest theme music and random u-tube cuts. Nothing practical mind you, like:

      or

      In the event of a breakdown Anonymous doesn’t mention
      Anything about how to find water, and purify it.
      Nothing about health and hygiene.
      Nothing about public safety.
      It’s not a put down on you Mug. I appreciate what you bring here. It’s just that is well past time to actually bring people together to be the organizers for the bewildered herd. For that you need to act locally, and anonymous needs to address this and encouraging people to meet in planning groups, broken down in cities and towns in 1 mile square radius. Otherwise its just talk and entertainment, and I’m sure as hell done with being entertained.

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        Alison · 2 months ago

        That’s what the SAS survival guide is for. I will say that one of the anonymous sites did have such resources on the site. It had a huge collection of very useful pdf files. I will see if I can find the site and share it.

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      adoration · 2 months ago

      succinct

      Waking up for Dummies Part I is the nicest Anonymous-type movie ever posted hereabouts.

      There is a lot of water that will have to pass under the bridge between Awakening Day and the announcement of Utopia.

      The trick will be for We the People to make the Revolution on our terms; that while we’re working it out, we keep order in the lives of children, old people, family pets, and the animals in zoos; that in an orderly manner, we nationalize the banks and put all companies that receive money from the government into a kind of bankruptcy-like receivership; to keep businesses that are on the up-and-up secure and safe from any unnecessary disruption; the uninterrupted free flow of goods and services will continue. The assets of those companies will be frozen for as long as it takes to determine the company’s innocence or guilt. The management of firms found guilty will be sent to jail, and replaced by qualified government bureaucrats. Workers show up to their jobs as usual and get paid on time.

      Food, water, housing, drugs, transportation and toilet paper will fall under the control a bureaucracy that will make sure everyone’s needs are met – block by block in the cities, and all along Main Street in rural America. Anyone caught stealing or hoarding will be shot at dawn. hehe

      Thanks, and cc: @mug and @PoetParzival

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        Poet Parzival · 2 months ago

        Now that reads about the most sensible and rational way to conduct ourselves in an orderly fashion that I have ever read here. Thanks Adoration for presenting a level headed way to continue on continuing on. Since we’re creatures of habit, it makes perfect sense to attempt to maintain domestic tranquility. But for my own piece of mind, I’m starting a few self watering containers, setting aside some 20 gallon blue containers of water, and some medical supplies just for my own piece of mind.

        ”A mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work if it isn’t open” Frank Zappa

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        j dailey · 2 months ago

        sounds nice , except the bureaucracy part. i think @parzival is on the correct path with self watering gardening containers. it will take us a lot longer to get there though. bureaucratic/ system dependance is a big part of the problem. the more independent structural systems we can create the more control WE have. as counter intuitive as it sounds propagation of such systems will actually strengthen community. i’ll compromise for a combination of popularizing/ instituting independent systems while transitioning out of a more bureaucratic structure. the obvious problem will be getting the NEW BOSSES to let go of their new found power. power corrupting and all. we don’t come close to utilizing our renewable resource potential. why aren’t we building homes with greenhouses for roofs and cisterns in the underground back yards for example? not all solutions will work in all areas. that model won’t work in large cities of coarse. i know ”free energy” designs aren’t being practically released, but that doesn’t mean they don’t exist. maybe they are being released this way to ensure failure, and spread disbelief. that’s another argument. the key point is let us take on responsibility for ourselves and each-other instead of hiring some bureaucrat to harbor that responsibility for us. that’s the paradigm shift needed. if we want accountability we must be willing to take responsibility. i know many would like to see those responsible to hang, be jailed or worse, but perhaps in an effort to free our selves from oppression (that of our own oppression and that that has been inflicted upon us) we might explore UBUNTU as a way of thought. many low level oppressors i believe would switch sides or abandon their duties under such a national mind frame. think of the implications of change spawned from love, hope and forgiveness vs.hate, despair and aggression.
        http://www.history.ukzn.ac.za/files/theses/bernhard-honours.pdf

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          Alison · 2 months ago

          If only it were as simple as laid out Adoration. I tend to agree with JDailey and Poet on this one.

          I have been utilizing the self watering containers shown above and I can attest to the ease and EXCELLENT growth of plants grown this way. I have 20 going so far – Once they are set up, no muss, no fuss. Water them occasionally using the tube and they take off like magic. You can even grow corn using this method.

          PERFECT for renters or others that do not have a lot of time.

          My question is since we are talking about HUMANS in these bureaucratic positions, how can we ensure we do not end up with ”same as the old boss?”

          The county I live in will not consider house plans that utilize ”green” building materials and forget alternative materials – straw, tires, etc – items that have been used successfully in the SW. THEY refuse to even consider such an idea.

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        adoration · 2 months ago

        In public service or the common liberation theology of the streets: ”[T]he key point is let us take on [the] responsibility for ourselves and each-other.”

        Confucianist civil service (the bureaucracy of ”the government”) has been given a bad name of late, and namely due to the bureaucrats! So, back to ”the secular as sacred” drawing board! The Ayatolljahso in offering up advice for the establishment of a more perfect union (révolution) interprets Wikipedia as saying some variation of ”reanimating the old (collective memory for communal self-identification) is the best way to attain the new.”

        Seriously, these are the kinds of discussions that should be taking place on that transition between ”Awakening Day (our Declaration of Independence from the usury-driven financial system)” and the announcement of Mission Accomplished! In any case, it can’t be left to the local militias or FEMA. It is matter between empowering individual neighborhoods and our elected officials; locally, and all the way to the state houses, and the Congress.

        Certainly I find no fault with @parzival or the FLOTUS planting any variations of Victory Gardens, and finding clever ways of keeping them watered, or keeping a few chickens and a rooster around for fresh eggs. Fun can be had in thinking about how the White House lawn could be divided up into planting patches. Corn. Watermelons. Strawberries. Large pots near the kitchen for herbs (and medicinal herbs) and spices, tomatoes, lettuce, and a few pigs running around the place for bacon and tomato sandwiches. Almost anyone can do this and more (onions, garlic, carrots, peas and snap peas), wherever they live. Some can’t, because of where they live, or if they’re really just too old or physically incapable of the turning of the soil, even in patio pots. Then there’s the matter of even only the few extra hours it takes to do the gardening chores that some people really don’t have time for. For some ”dependence on the system” is no problem at all, except for those who are dependent on the system and the system is undependable. I reject the ”new bosses” idea. In order to be a public servant, as a worker in any part of the food delivery system, or giving bedside manner health care, or as a ”renewable resource potential” or ”free energy” agent. One must have the aptitude; starting with really loving what they do. And come the revolución, chickenshittedness would be outlawed. Public servants would no longer be able to get away with treating the citizenry in a chickenshit way, as we saw the other day at the DMV for example, when someone whose never had an accident or a traffic ticket was given a hard time when reapplying for a drivers license. Never mind the applicant is 94 years old; she passed the parallel parking and eye test OK. Perhaps DMV workers should be required to pass the acid (LSD-25) or Ubuntu test before even landing the gig.

        Thanks, and cc: @mug, @PoetParzival and @Jdailey

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    War Is A Racket (updated for the 21st century)

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