[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 103 (Friday, May 28, 1999)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13825]
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Part IX
The President
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Executive Order 13122--Interagency Task Force on the Economic
Development of the Southwest Border
                        Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 64, No. 103 / Friday, May 28, 1999 /
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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                Executive Order 13122 of May 25, 1999
Interagency Task Force on the Economic
                Development of the Southwest Border
                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 member agencies
                related to the Southwest Border;
                    (6) integrate Administration initiatives and
                programs into the design of sustainable economic
                development actions for the Southwest Border; and
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                    (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.
                    (Presidential Sig.)
                THE WHITE HOUSE,
                    May 25, 1999.
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