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Goldsmith, known as one of the most innovative mayors in America, who 
pioneered ways to promote community efforts. He will continue to advise 
me on these issues.
    And I have asked Steve to serve on the board of the Corporation for 
National Service. This organization has done some good work in 
mobilizing volunteers of all ages. I've asked Steve to report to me on 
how we can make the Corporation do better and to get help where it's 
most needed.
    And secondly, Professor John DiIulio will head the new office I am 
announcing today. He is one of the most influential social entrepreneurs 
in America. I can't tell you how honored I am for him to leave his post 
in academia to join us. He is the author of a respected textbook on 
American Government. He has a servant's heart on the issues that we will 
confront. He's worked with disadvantaged children. He has been a major 
force in mobilizing the city of Philadelphia to support faith-based and 
community groups.
    It's a fantastic team. I'm honored to have them on my team. I look 
forward to hearing from them, as well as I look forward to working with 
the people in this room and the social entrepreneurs all across America 
who've heard the universal call to love a neighbor like they'd like to 
be loved themselves, to exist and work hard, not out of the love of 
money but out of the love of their fellow human beings. I'm absolutely 
convinced the great fabric of the Nation exists in neighborhoods, 
amongst unsung heroes who do heroic acts on a daily and hourly basis. 
It's the fabric of the country that makes America unique. It is the 
power of promise that makes the future so promising--is the power of the 
missions that stand behind me.
    This is an effort that will be an effort from now, the second week 
of my administration, to the last week of my administration, because I 
am confident that this initiative when fully implemented will help us 
realize the dream that America--its hopes, its promise, its greatness--
will extend its reach throughout every single neighborhood all across 
the land.
    And now it is my honor to sign the two Executive orders.

Note: The President spoke at 10:55 a.m. in the Indian Treaty Room at the 
Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building.


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Volume 37--Number 5
Pages 231-255
 
Week Ending Friday, February 2, 2001
 
Executive Order 13198--Agency Responsibilities With Respect to Faith-
Based and Community Initiatives

January 29, 2001

    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.

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    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 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.

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    (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.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 January 29, 2001.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:45 a.m., January 30, 
2001]

Note: This Executive order was published in the Federal Register on 
January 31.


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Pages 231-255
 
Week Ending Friday, February 2, 2001
 
Executive Order 13199--Establishment of White House Office of Faith-
Based and Community Initiatives

January 29, 2001

    By the authority vested in me as President of the United States 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. Policy. Faith-based and other community organizations are 
indispensable in meeting the needs of poor Americans and distressed 
neighborhoods. Government cannot be replaced by such organizations, but 
it can and should welcome them as partners. The paramount goal is 
compassionate results, and private and charitable community groups, 
including religious ones, should have the fullest opportunity permitted 
by law to compete on a level playing field, so long as they achieve 
valid public purposes, such as curbing crime, conquering addiction, 
strengthening families and neighborhoods, and overcoming poverty. This 
delivery of social services must be results oriented and should value 
the bedrock principles of pluralism, nondiscrimination, evenhandedness, 
and neutrality.
    Sec. 2. Establishment. There is established a White House Office of 
Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (White House OFBCI) within the 
Executive Office of the President that will have lead responsibility in 
the executive branch to establish policies, priorities, and objectives 
for the Federal Government's comprehensive effort to enlist, equip, 
enable, empower, and expand the work of faith-based and other community 
organizations to the extent permitted by law.
    Sec. 3. Functions. The principal functions of the White House OFBCI 
are, to the extent permitted by law: (a) to develop, lead, and 
coordinate the Administration's policy agenda affecting faith-based and 
other community programs and initiatives, expand the role of such 
efforts in communities, and increase their capacity through executive 
action, legislation, Federal and private funding, and regulatory relief;
    (b) to ensure that Administration and Federal Government policy 
decisions and programs are consistent with the President's stated goals 
with respect to faith-based and other community initiatives;
    (c) to help integrate the President's policy agenda affecting faith-
based and other community organizations across the Federal Government;
    (d) to coordinate public education activities designed to mobilize 
public support for faith-based and community nonprofit initiatives 
through volunteerism, special projects, demonstration pilots, and 
public-private partnerships;
    (e) to encourage private charitable giving to support faith-based 
and community initiatives;
    (f) to bring concerns, ideas, and policy options to the President 
for assisting, strengthening, and replicating successful faith-based and 
other community programs;
    (g) to provide policy and legal education to State, local, and 
community policymakers and public officials seeking ways to empower 
faith-based and other community organizations and to improve the 
opportunities, capacity, and expertise of such groups;
    (h) to develop and implement strategic initiatives under the 
President's agenda to strengthen the institutions of civil society and 
America's families and communities;
    (i) to showcase and herald innovative grassroots nonprofit 
organizations and civic initiatives;

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    (j) to eliminate unnecessary legislative, regulatory, and other 
bureaucratic barriers that impede effective faith-based and other 
community efforts to solve social problems;
    (k) to monitor implementation of the President's agenda affecting 
faith-based and other community organizations; and
    (l) to ensure that the efforts of faith-based and other community 
organizations meet high standards of excellence and accountability.
    Sec. 4. Administration. (a) The White House OFBCI may function 
through established or ad hoc committees, task forces, or interagency 
groups.
    (b) The White House OFBCI shall have a staff to be headed by the 
Assistant to the President for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. 
The White House OFBCI shall have such staff and other assistance, to the 
extent permitted by law, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions 
of this order. The White House OFBCI operations shall begin no later 
than 30 days from the date of this order.
    (c) The White House OFBCI shall coordinate with the liaison and 
point of contact designated by each executive department and agency with 
respect to this initiative.
    (d) All executive departments and agencies (agencies) shall 
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.
    (e) 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.
    Sec. 5. Judicial Review. This order does not create any right or 
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or equity by a 
party against the United States, its agencies or instrumentalities, its 
officers or employees, or any other person.
                                                George W. Bush
The White House,
January 29, 2001.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:45 a.m., January 30, 
2001]

Note: This Executive order was published in the Federal Register on 
January 31.


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