Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy
Headline: Orders Elimination of Certain Federal Agency Functions and Staff
What it does: Agencies must eliminate non-statutory functions, reduce staff and functions to the legal minimum, and report compliance to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget within seven days.
- Eliminates non-statutory components and functions of listed agencies.
- Reduces statutory functions and associated personnel to the legal minimum.
- Requires agency heads to report compliance to the OMB Director within seven days.
Summary
This order continues the reduction of parts of the federal bureaucracy the President has found unnecessary. It directs that non-statutory components and functions of seven named governmental entities be eliminated, and requires those entities to reduce statutory functions and staff to the minimum required by law.
Heads of the listed entities must, within seven days, report to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget confirming compliance and explaining which parts are legally required. The Office of Management and Budget is instructed to reject funding requests inconsistent with the order, and implementation is subject to law and available appropriations.
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