Amending Executive Order 12866 on Regulatory Planning and Review
Amends Regulatory Review Order to Reassign Vice President Duties
What it does
The order directs executive branch offices to transfer regulatory review duties from the Vice President to named directors and the Chief of Staff.
Real-world impact
- Shifts regulatory review leadership from the Vice President to the Director.
- Updates White House job titles and alters who reports to whom.
- Adds Assistant to the President for Homeland Security to membership list.
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Summary
This order changes a previous regulatory planning order (Executive Order 12866). It removes references to the Vice President, gives many duties to a "Director" or to the Chief of Staff, and updates several job titles (for science, intergovernmental, and environmental policy roles).
The changes affect White House advisors, the Vice President's staff, and named presidential assistants, including a new Assistant for Homeland Security; they shift who convenes and leads regulatory review. It matters because it reorganizes who runs the government's regulatory review process inside the White House.
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