Executive Order - Establishment of the White House Rural Council (#13575)

The White House ^ | June 9, 2011 | Barack H. Obama

[SatinDoll]

The White House

Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release June 09, 2011 Executive Order - Establishment of the White House Rural Council

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America and in order to enhance Federal engagement with rural communities, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Policy. Sixteen percent of the American population lives in rural counties. Strong, sustainable rural communities are essential to winning the future and ensuring American competitiveness in the years ahead. These communities supply our food, fiber, and energy, safeguard our natural resources, and are essential in the development of science and innovation. Though rural communities face numerous challenges, they also present enormous economic potential. The Federal Government has an important role to play in order to expand access to the capital necessary for economic growth, promote innovation, improve access to health care and education, and expand outdoor recreational activities on public lands.

To enhance the Federal Government's efforts to address the needs of rural America, this order establishes a council to better coordinate Federal programs and maximize the impact of Federal investment to promote economic prosperity and quality of life in our rural communities.

Sec. 2. Establishment. There is established a White House Rural Council (Council).

Sec. 3. Membership. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall serve as the Chair of the Council, which shall also include the heads of the following executive branch departments, agencies, and offices:

(1) the Department of the Treasury;

(2) the Department of Defense;

(3) the Department of Justice;

(4) the Department of the Interior;

(5) the Department of Commerce;

(6) the Department of Labor;

(7) the Department of Health and Human Services;

(8) the Department of Housing and Urban Development;

(9) the Department of Transportation;

(10) the Department of Energy;

(11) the Department of Education;

(12) the Department of Veterans Affairs;

(13) the Department of Homeland Security;

(14) the Environmental Protection Agency;

(15) the Federal Communications Commission;

(16) the Office of Management and Budget;

(17) the Office of Science and Technology Policy;

(18) the Office of National Drug Control Policy;

(19) the Council of Economic Advisers;

(20) the Domestic Policy Council;

(21) the National Economic Council;

(22) the Small Business Administration;

(23) the Council on Environmental Quality;

(24) the White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs;

(25) the White House Office of Cabinet Affairs; and such other executive branch departments, agencies, and offices as the President or the Secretary of Agriculture may, from time to time, designate.

(b) A member of the Council may designate, to perform the Council functions of the member, a senior-level official who is part of the member's department, agency, or office, and who is a full-time officer or employee of the Federal Government.

(c) The Department of Agriculture shall provide funding and administrative support for the Council to the extent permitted by law and within existing appropriations.

(d) The Council shall coordinate its policy development through the Domestic Policy Council and the National Economic Council.

Sec. 4. Mission and Function of the Council. The Council shall work across executive departments, agencies, and offices to coordinate development of policy recommendations to promote economic prosperity and quality of life in rural America, and shall coordinate my Administration's engagement with rural communities. The Council shall:

(a) make recommendations to the President, through the Director of the Domestic Policy Council and the Director of the National Economic Council, on streamlining and leveraging Federal investments in rural areas, where appropriate, to increase the impact of Federal dollars and create economic opportunities to improve the quality of life in rural America;

(b) coordinate and increase the effectiveness of Federal engagement with rural stakeholders, including agricultural organizations, small businesses, education and training institutions, health-care providers, telecommunications services providers, research and land grant institutions, law enforcement, State, local, and tribal governments, and nongovernmental organizations regarding the needs of rural America;

(c) coordinate Federal efforts directed toward the growth and development of geographic regions that encompass both urban and rural areas; and

(d) identify and facilitate rural economic opportunities associated with energy development, outdoor recreation, and other conservation related activities.

Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) The heads of executive departments and agencies shall assist and provide information to the Council, consistent with applicable law, as may be necessary to carry out the functions of the Council. Each executive department and agency shall bear its own expense for participating in the Council.

(b) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) authority granted by law to an executive department, agency, or the head thereof; or

(ii) functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(c) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.

(d) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

BARACK OBAMA

THE WHITE HOUSE, June 9, 2011.

[SatinDoll]

When the government controls food and who owns the means of production thereof, liberty no longer exists.

With so-called net neutrality the government will control the sources of information. We are already not getting pertinent information concerning our nation.

So, how much longer will we tolerate this situation?

[Red Badger]

Mao did the same thing...........as did Stalin..............

[silverleaf]

provides offices from which a thug force of obamaites can recruit and train and deploy yoots in voting booths throughout flyover country....and bring illegals to vote at selected polling places in flyover country

This is one of the strategies for subverting and controlling rural areas, described in Alinsky’s rules for radicals.

All our base are belong to them

[SatinDoll]

I know.

But does Obama have the authority to do this? I believe, if this were to be done via the Constitution, it would have to be Congress.

[tutstar]

bump

[depressed in 06]

...essential to winning the future...

I hope this means the ZerO campaign is going to pay for it.

[Pecos]

“The Federal Government has an important role to play in order to expand access to the capital necessary for economic growth, promote innovation, improve access to health care and education, and expand outdoor recreational activities on public lands.”

Translating this from WhiteHouse-ese: The Federal Government has the power to force farmers to agree to loans that will make them do our bidding, require that all farmers use wasteful expensive “green” equipment and utilities, force them into government health control, and steal their land for the purpose of prohibiting the human use thereof.

[mrmeyer]

Just prepping the kulaks for collectivization while weeding out counterrevolutionaries comrades. All is well. /sarc.

[Sprite518]

President Ronald Reagan warned us about this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_juUVKKBw-k

[defconw]

My husband is going to flip out. These liberal urban dwellers need to stay away from us. We don’t need their “help”.

[Iron Munro]

Agenda 21

How dare these country people choose to live off the plantations!

[SMARTY]

“If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.” Winston Churchill

Yup...More unnecessary, worthless AND expensive government

[defconw]

PING!

[Veritas_et_libertas]

And, at who’s request was this initiated? I would venture to guess that rural America did not ask for govt intervention in their affairs..

[SatinDoll]

Just a wild guess on my part - but slum lord Valerie Jarrett comes to mind.

She is a Marxist, and this sounds like something totally unnecessary and inappropriate she would initiate.

[bunkerhill7]

Over my Sharp Pitchfork, you revenooers!!!

[autumnraine]

Obama doesn’t have the authority to do half of what he’s done. But to mention it here, and mention my frustration with Republicans in letting him get away with it gets me an invitation from Freepers to head over to moveon.org.

[IWONDR]

Is this a job being created for Shirley Sherrod, the USDA employee in the news a while back?

[Rudder]

To enhance the Federal Government's efforts to address the needs of rural America...

Hey Bozobama, everything you touch turns to crap. Keep your cotton-picking hands out of rural America.

[fishtank]

He told us to eat our peas as well.