Establishment of the Climate Change Support Office, 25947-25948 [2021-10139]

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 12, 2021)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 25947-25948]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-10139]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 86 , No. 90 / Wednesday, May 12, 2021 / 
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                Executive Order 14027 of May 7, 2021

                
Establishment of the Climate Change Support 
                Office

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, including section 202 of the Revised Statutes 
                (22 U.S.C. 2656) and section 3161 of title 5, United 
                States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:

                Section 1. Establishment of the Climate Change Support 
                Office. (a) There is established within the Department 
                of State, in accordance with section 3161 of title 5, 
                United States Code, a temporary organization to be 
                known as the Climate Change Support Office (CCSO).

                    (b) The CCSO shall be headed by a Director selected 
                by the Secretary of State (Secretary). In addition to a 
                Director, the CCSO may be staffed by persons in such 
                numbers and with such skills as are necessary for the 
                performance of CCSO functions.
                    (c) The purpose of the CCSO shall be to perform the 
                specific project of supporting bilateral and 
                multilateral engagement to advance the United States 
                initiative to address the global climate crisis, led by 
                the Department of State and in coordination with other 
                executive departments and agencies, consistent with 
                Executive Order 14008 of January 27, 2021 (Tackling the 
                Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad). The CCSO shall 
                support the Department of State, including the Special 
                Presidential Envoy for Climate, in United States 
                efforts to elevate and underscore the commitment my 
                Administration will make towards addressing the global 
                climate crisis.
                    (d) In carrying out its purpose as set forth in 
                subsection 1(c) of this order, the CCSO shall:

(i) support the Department of State and other executive departments and 
agencies, as appropriate, in leading diplomatic engagement on climate 
change, exercising climate leadership in international fora, increasing 
international climate ambition, and ensuring that climate change is 
integrated into all elements of United States foreign policy-making 
decision processes;

(ii) support efforts that go beyond the climate work currently carried out 
by the Department of State across a wide range of international fora that 
address clean energy, aviation, shipping, the Artic, the ocean, sustainable 
development, and migration; and

(iii) perform such other functions related to the specific project set 
forth in subsection 1(c) of this order as the Secretary may assign.

                    (e) The CCSO shall terminate at the end of the 
                maximum period permitted by section 3161(a)(1) of title 
                5, United States Code, unless sooner terminated by the 
                Secretary.

                Sec. 2. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order 
                shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or 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 shall be implemented consistent with 
                applicable law and subject to the availability of 
                appropriations.

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                    (c) 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.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    May 7, 2021.

[FR Doc. 2021-10139
Filed 5-11-21; 8:45 am]
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