Source: http://www.uhuh.com/laws/eo13122.htm
==> NOTE: Watch toward the end of the Executive Order for the new
definition:
....(b) The "Southwest Border" or "Southwest Border region" is defined as
including the areas up to 150 miles north of the United States-Mexican
border in the States of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and California. .......
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Executive Order 13122
Interagency Task Force on the Economic
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[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents]
From the 1999 Presidential Documents Online via GPO Access
[frwais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:pd31my99_txt-17]
[Page 988-989]
Monday, May 31, 1999
Volume 35--Number 21
Pages 961-1001
Week Ending Friday, May 28, 1999
Executive Order 13122--Interagency Task Force on the Economic
Development of the Southwest Border
May 25, 1999
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States of America, and in order to provide a more rapid and
integrated Federal response to the economic development challenges of the
Southwest Border region, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Establishment of an Interagency Task Force on the Economic
Development of the Southwest Border. (a) There is established the
"Interagency Task Force on the Economic Development of the Southwest
Border" (Task Force) that reports to the Vice President, as Chair of the
President's Community Empowerment Board (PCEB), and to the Assistant to the
President for Economic Policy, as Vice Chair of the PCEB.
(b) The Task Force shall comprise the Secretary of State, Secretary of
Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Defense, the Attorney
General, Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of Education, Secretary of
Health and Human Services, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development,
Secretary of Energy, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of Transportation,
Secretary of the Treasury, Director of the Office of Management and Budget,
Director of National Drug Control Policy, Administrator of General
Services, Administrator of the Small Business Administration, Administrator
of the Environmental Protection Agency, or their designees, and such other
senior executive branch officials as may be determined by the Co-Chairs of
the Task Force. The Secretaries of the Treasury, Agriculture, and Labor
shall Co-Chair the Task Force, rotating annually. The agency chairing the
Task Force will provide administrative support for the Task Force.
(c) The purpose of the Task Force is to coordinate and better leverage
existing Administration efforts for the Southwest Border, in concert with
locally led efforts, in order to increase the living standards and the
overall economic profile of the Southwest Border so that it may achieve the
average of the Nation. Specifically, the Task Force shall:
(1) analyze the existing programs and policies of Task Force members that
relate to the Southwest Border to determine what changes, modifications,
and innovations should be considered;
(2) consider statistical and data analysis, research, and policy studies
related to the Southwest Border;
(3) develop and recommend short-term and long-term options for promoting
sustainable economic development;
(4) consult and coordinate activities with State, tribal, and local
governments, community leaders, Members of Congress, the private sector,
and other interested parties, paying particular attention to maintaining
existing authorities of the States, tribes, and local governments, and
preserving their existing working relationships with other agencies,
organizations, or individuals;
(5) coordinate and collaborate on research and demonstration priorities of
Task Force members agencies related to the Southwest Border;
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(6) integrate Administration initiatives and programs into the design of
sustainable economic development actions for the Southwest Border; and
(7) focus initial efforts on pilot communities for implementing a
coordinated and expedited Federal response to local economic development
and other needs.
(d) The Task Force shall issue an interim report to the Vice President by
November 15, 1999. The Task Force shall issue its first annual report to
the Vice President by April 15, 2000, with subsequent reports to follow
yearly and a final report on April 15, 2002. The reports shall describe the
actions taken by, and progress of, each member of the Task Force in
carrying out this order. The Task Force shall terminate 30 days after
submitting its final report unless a Task Force consensus recommends
continuation of activities.
Sec. 2. Specific Activities by Task Force Members and Other Agencies. The
agencies represented on the Task Force shall work together and report their
actions and progress in carrying out this order to the Task Force Chair 1
month before the reports are due to the Vice President under section 1(d)
of this order.
Sec. 3. Cooperation. All efforts taken by agencies under sections 1 and 2
of this order shall, as appropriate, further partnerships and cooperation
with organizations that represent the Southwest Border and with State and
local governments.
Sec. 4. (a) "Agency" means an executive agency as defined in 5 U.S.C. 105.
(b) The "Southwest Border" or "Southwest Border region" is defined as
including the areas up to 150 miles north of the United States-Mexican
border in the States of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and California.
Sec. 5. Judicial Review. This order does not create any right or benefit,
substantive or procedural, enforceable at law by a party against the United
States, its agencies, its officers, or any person.
William J. Clinton
The White House
May 25, 1999.
[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., May 27, 1999]
Note: This Executive order was published in the Federal Register on May 28.
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