Amendments to Executive Order 12788 Relating to the Defense Economic Adjustment Program
Amends Defense Adjustment Program to Aid Affected Communities, Businesses
What it does
The order directs agencies to update the Defense Economic Adjustment Program to assist affected communities, businesses, and workers, resolve encroachment issues, and revise committee leadership.
Real-world impact
- Helps communities, businesses, and workers affected by base closures and contract changes.
- Encourages resolving regulatory obstacles that block encroachment prevention efforts.
- Changes committee leadership: Defense secretary chairs; Labor and Commerce vice chairs.
Topics
Summary
This order updates the Defense Economic Adjustment Program to help places and people harmed by major military base closures, realignments, and defense contract changes.
It directs help for communities, businesses, and workers, and tells State and local governments to prevent civilian development from interfering with military bases. It also adds a duty to resolve regulatory obstacles that impede encroachment prevention and local economic adjustment efforts.
The order revises who sits on and leads the program's Economic Adjustment Committee, naming the Secretary of Defense as chair and the Secretaries of Labor and Commerce as vice chairs.
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