Further Amendments to Executive Order 11478, Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government, and Executive Order 11246, Equal Employment Opportunity, 42971-42972 [2014-17522]

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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 141 (Wednesday, July 23, 2014)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 42971-42972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-17522]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 141 / Wednesday, July 23, 2014 / 
Presidential Documents

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                Executive Order 13672 of July 21, 2014

                
Further Amendments to Executive Order 11478, 
                Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government, 
                and Executive Order 11246, Equal Employment Opportunity

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, including 40 U.S.C. 121, and in order to 
                provide for a uniform policy for the Federal Government 
                to prohibit discrimination and take further steps to 
                promote economy and efficiency in Federal Government 
                procurement by prohibiting discrimination based on 
                sexual orientation and gender identity, it is hereby 
                ordered as follows:

                Section 1. Amending Executive Order 11478. The first 
                sentence of section 1 of Executive Order 11478 of 
                August 8, 1969, as amended, is revised by substituting 
                ``sexual orientation, gender identity'' for ``sexual 
                orientation''.

                Sec. 2. Amending Executive Order 11246. Executive Order 
                11246 of September 24, 1965, as amended, is hereby 
                further amended as follows:

                    (a) The first sentence of numbered paragraph (1) of 
                section 202 is revised by substituting ``sex, sexual 
                orientation, gender identity, or national origin'' for 
                ``sex, or national origin''.
                    (b) The second sentence of numbered paragraph (1) 
                of section 202 is revised by substituting ``sex, sexual 
                orientation, gender identity, or national origin'' for 
                ``sex or national origin''.
                    (c) Numbered paragraph (2) of section 202 is 
                revised by substituting ``sex, sexual orientation, 
                gender identity, or national origin'' for ``sex or 
                national origin''.
                    (d) Paragraph (d) of section 203 is revised by 
                substituting ``sex, sexual orientation, gender 
                identity, or national origin'' for ``sex or national 
                origin''.

                Sec. 3. Regulations. Within 90 days of the date of this 
                order, the Secretary of Labor shall prepare regulations 
                to implement the requirements of section 2 of this 
                order.

                Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order 
                shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

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

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

                    (b) 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.

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                Sec. 5. Effective Date. This order shall become 
                effective immediately, and section 2 of this order 
                shall apply to contracts entered into on or after the 
                effective date of the rules promulgated by the 
                Department of Labor under section 3 of this order.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    July 21, 2014.

[FR Doc. 2014-17522
Filed 7-22-14; 11:15 am]
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