Amending Executive Order 12137
Delegates authority over Peace Corps seal to Director
What it does
The order delegates to the Director of the Peace Corps the authority to adopt, alter, and use the agency's official seal or emblem.
Real-world impact
- Gives the Peace Corps Director control over adopting and using the agency seal.
- Deletes a prior subsection of the earlier executive order, changing internal rules.
- Implementation must follow law and available appropriations, possibly limiting changes.
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Summary
This order amends a prior executive order to add a new provision that gives the Director of the Peace Corps the power to adopt, change, and use the agency's official seal or emblem, and deletes a specific subsection of the earlier order.
The order makes clear it does not reduce any legal authority of other departments, must be carried out under existing law and available funding, and does not create new enforceable legal rights for outside parties.
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