Amending Executive Orders 13389 and 13390
Headline: Amends Two Executive Orders, Changes Office Name and Deadline
What it does: The order amends two prior executive orders by changing a named office, adjusting wording, and setting expiration dates to February 28, 2009.
- Renames the office from 'Economic Policy' to 'Homeland Security and Counterterrorism'.
- Replaces three-year language with a fixed February 28, 2009 expiration date.
- Edits wording and punctuation in a subsection, slightly altering the text.
Summary
This order amends two earlier executive orders issued November 1, 2005. It replaces the phrase "Economic Policy" with "Homeland Security and Counterterrorism" in one order.
It also changes language that set a three-year term so the orders instead specify the date February 28, 2009, and it replaces a punctuation mark with the word "and" in one subsection. These changes update the named office and set a specific expiration date.
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