EXECUTIVE ORDER :AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES WITH RESPECT TO FAITH-BASED AND COMMUNITY INITIATIVES
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Perry pmar...@mindspring.com
Now this is the kind of Excutive order that makes sense.
http://www.usnewswire.com/topnews/Current_Releases/0129-123.html WH: Agency Responsibilities with Respect to OFBCI U.S. Newswire 29 Jan 14:37 White House Executive Order: Agency Responsibilities With Respect To Faith-Based And Community Initiatives To: National Desk Contact: White House Press Office, 202-456-2580 WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released today by the White House: EXECUTIVE ORDER
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AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES WITH RESPECT TO FAITH-BASED AND COMMUNITY INITIATIVES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to help the Federal Government coordinate a national effort to expand opportunities for faith-based and other community organizations and to strengthen their capacity to better meet social needs in America's communities, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Establishment of Executive Department Centers for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. (a) The Attorney General, the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall each establish within their respective departments a Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (Center).
(b) Each executive department Center shall be supervised by a Director, appointed by the department head in consultation with the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (White House OFBCI).
(c) Each department shall provide its Center with appropriate staff, administrative support, and other resources to meet its responsibilities under this order.
(d) Each department's Center shall begin operations no later than 45 days from the date of this order.
Sec. 2. Purpose of Executive Department Centers for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. The purpose of the executive department Centers will be to coordinate department efforts to eliminate regulatory, contracting, and other programmatic obstacles to the participation of faith-based and other community organizations in the provision of social services.
Sec. 3. Responsibilities of Executive Department Centers for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. Each Center shall, to the extent permitted by law: (a) conduct, in coordination with the White House OFBCI, a department-wide audit to identify all existing barriers to the participation of faith-based and other community organizations in the delivery of social services by the department, including but not limited to regulations, rules, orders, procurement, and other internal policies and practices, and outreach activities that either facially discriminate against or otherwise discourage or disadvantage the participation of faith-based and other community organizations in Federal programs; (b) coordinate a comprehensive departmental effort to incorporate faith-based and other community organizations in department programs and initiatives to the greatest extent possible; (c) propose initiatives to remove barriers identified pursuant to section 3(a) of this order, including but not limited to reform of regulations, procurement, and other internal policies and practices, and outreach activities; (d) propose the development of innovative pilot and demonstration programs to increase the participation of faith-based and other community organizations in Federal as well as State and local initiatives; and (e) develop and coordinate department outreach efforts to disseminate information more effectively to faith-based and other community organizations with respect to programming changes, contracting opportunities, and other department initiatives, including but not limited to Web and Internet resources.
Sec. 4. Additional Responsibilities of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Labor Centers.
In addition to those responsibilities described in section 3 of this order, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Labor Centers shall, to the extent permitted by law: (a) conduct a comprehensive review of policies and practices affecting existing funding streams governed by so-called "Charitable Choice" legislation to ***ess the department's compliance with the requirements of Charitable Choice; and (b) promote and ensure compliance with existing Charitable Choice legislation by the department, as well as its partners in State and local government, and their contractors.
Sec. 5. Reporting Requirements. (a) Report. Not later than 180 days after the date of this order and annually thereafter, each of the five executive department Centers described in section 1 of this order shall prepare and submit a report to the White House OFBCI.
(b) Contents. The report shall include a description of the department's efforts in carrying out its responsibilities under this order, including but not limited to: (1) a comprehensive analysis of the barriers to the full participation of faith-based and other community organizations in the delivery of social services identified pursuant to section 3(a) of this order and the proposed strategies to eliminate those barriers; and (2) a summary of the technical ***istance and other information that will be available to faith-based and other community organizations regarding the program activities of the department and the preparation of applications or proposals for grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and procurement.
(c) Performance Indicators. The first report, filed 180 days after the date of this order, shall include annual performance indicators and measurable objectives for department action. Each report filed thereafter shall measure the department's performance against the objectives set forth in the initial report.
Sec. 6. Responsibilities of All Executive Departments and Agencies. All executive departments and agencies (agencies) shall: (a) designate an agency employee to serve as the liaison and point of contact with the White House OFBCI; and (b) Cooperate with the White House OFBCI and provide such information, support, and ***istance to the White House OFBCI as it may request, to the extent permitted by law.
Sec. 7. Administration and Judicial Review. (a) The agencies?
actions directed by this Executive Order shall be carried out subject to the availability of appropriations and to the extent permitted by law.
(b) This order does not create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or equity against the United States, its agencies or instrumentalities, its officers or employees, or any other person.
GEORGE W. BUSH THE WHITE HOUSE, January 29, 2001.
KEYWORDS: WHITE HOUSE, GOVERNMENT, RELIGION
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"Edward Combs Jr." edco...@earthlink.net
If any other president did this you would be up-in-arms about separation of church and State.
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Perry pmar...@mindspring.com
It just pisses you off that Bush has balls.
On Mon, 29 Jan 2001 20:53:12 GMT, "Edward Combs Jr."
The Lone Haranguer escop...@tabletoptelephone.com
Contrary to what the liberals claim there is no such prohibition.
The 1st amendment simply says that there will be no ESTABLISHED religion. Since ALL religions are included in "faith-based" institutions, the first is not being stepped on. I'm sure atheists will be pissy though.
LZ
First ...@tricare.org (1st Pvt Moore)
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Terry says, That is correct.
A religious group in Danbury, CT wrote a letter to Jefferson. In Jefferson's answer to that, he said that the intent of the constitution was to provide a wall of separation between church and state. A later Supreme Court decision quoted that letter in a context that made it the law of the land.
Check it out.
Terry <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> If you like Tall Tales - You'll love the stories at: http://www.io.com/~jvaughn/tmoore.htm <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> The following Senators are disappointments to the men and women serving in the US Armed Services: Bryan(NV); Domenici(NM); Feingold(WI); Graham(FL); Gramm(TX); Gregg(NH); Kerrey(NE); Mack(FL); Nickles(OK) <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
"DAV Headman" d_head...@hotmail.com
this is one that the courts will get.
"1st Pvt Moore" <First...@tricare.org> wrote in message ...
escop...@tabletoptelephone.com says...
First ...@tricare.org (1st Pvt Moore)
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Terry says, I have a book titled "The Constitution of The United States of America - Analysis and Interpretation".
It was prepared by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress. It is for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, US Government Printing Office, Stock Number 5271-00308 (Quote) In 1802, President Jefferson wrote a letter to a group of Baptists in Danbury, Connecticut, in which he declared that it was the purpose of the First Amendment to build "a wall of separation between Church and State." In Reynolds vs United States, Chief Justice Waite for the Court characterized the phrase as "almost an authoritative declaration of the scope and effect of the amendment." In its first encounters with challenges to state programs on religious grounds, the Court looked in Jefferson's metaphor for substantial guidance But a metaphor may obscure as well as illuminate and the Court soon began to emphasize neutrality and voluntarism as the standard of restraint on governmental action. The concept of neutrality , though, is a coat of many colors and three standards which could be stated in objective fashion emerged. The first two standards were part of the same formulation. "The test may be stated as follows: what are the purpose and the primary effect of the enactment? If either is the advancement or inhibition of religion then the enactment exceeds the scope of the legislative power as circumscribed by the Constitution. That is to say that to withstand the strictures of the Establishment Clause there must be a secular legislative purpose and a primary effect that neither advances nor inhibits religion." The third test is whether the governmental program results in "an excessive government entanglement with religion. The test is inescapably one of degree - - - The questions are whether the involvement is excessive and whether it is a continuing one calling for official and continuing surveillance leading to an impermissible degree of entanglement." The Justices disagree among themselves on the results of the applications of these tests and the fact that the tests have evolved over time means that the cases do not follow a consistent line of development. Nonetheless, evaluation of the results of each case and of its continuing vitality in the light of later decisions is somewhat easier with the tests in mind. Finally, the Court has established on distinct difference between establishment cases and free exercise cases; in the latter but not in the former, a challenger must demonstrate the coercive effect of a policy or enactment in order to prevail.
(Unquote) Terry <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> If you like Tall Tales - You'll love the stories at: http://www.io.com/~jvaughn/tmoore.htm <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> The following Senators are disappointments to the men and women serving in the US Armed Services: Bryan(NV); Domenici(NM); Feingold(WI); Graham(FL); Gramm(TX); Gregg(NH); Kerrey(NE); Mack(FL); Nickles(OK) <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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