Revocation of Certain Presidential Actions and Technical Amendment, 27025-27026 [2021-10691]

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 19, 2021)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 27025-27026]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-10691]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 95 / Wednesday, May 19, 2021 / 
Presidential Documents

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                Executive Order 14029 of May 14, 2021

                
Revocation of Certain Presidential Actions and 
                Technical Amendment

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, including sections 3301 and 3302 of title 5, 
                United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:

                Section 1. Revocation of Presidential Actions. The 
                following Presidential actions are revoked: Executive 
                Order 13925 of May 28, 2020 (Preventing Online 
                Censorship), Executive Order 13933 of June 26, 2020 
                (Protecting American Monuments, Memorials, and Statues 
                and Combating Recent Criminal Violence), Executive 
                Order 13934 of July 3, 2020 (Building and Rebuilding 
                Monuments to American Heroes), Executive Order 13964 of 
                December 10, 2020 (Rebranding United States Foreign 
                Assistance To Advance American Influence), Executive 
                Order 13978 of January 18, 2021 (Building the National 
                Garden of American Heroes), and Executive Order 13980 
                of January 18, 2021 (Protecting Americans From 
                Overcriminalization Through Regulatory Reform).

                Sec. 2. Implementation. The Director of the Office of 
                Management and Budget and the heads of executive 
                departments and agencies shall promptly consider taking 
                steps to rescind any orders, rules, regulations, 
                guidelines, or policies, or portions thereof, 
                implementing or enforcing the Presidential actions 
                identified in section 1 of this order, as appropriate 
                and consistent with applicable law, including the 
                Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 551 et seq. In 
                addition, any personnel positions, committees, task 
                forces, or other entities established pursuant to the 
                Presidential actions identified in section 1 of this 
                order shall be abolished, as appropriate and consistent 
                with applicable law.

                Sec. 3. Technical Amendment. To enhance the efficiency 
                of the civil service and to promote good administration 
                and systematic application of merit system principles, 
                Executive Order 14003 of January 22, 2021 (Protecting 
                the Federal Workforce), revoked Executive Order 13957 
                of October 21, 2020 (Creating Schedule F in the 
                Excepted Service), thereby eliminating Schedule F in 
                the excepted service. In order to update the civil 
                service rules to reflect the action taken in Executive 
                Order 14003, Civil Service Rule VI is amended as 
                follows:

                    (a) 5 CFR 6.2 is amended to read:
                    OPM shall list positions that it excepts from the 
                competitive service in Schedules A, B, C, and D, and it 
                shall list the position of administrative law judge in 
                Schedule E, which schedules shall constitute parts of 
                this rule, as follows:

Schedule A. Positions other than those of a confidential or policy-
determining character for which it is not practicable to examine shall be 
listed in Schedule A.

Schedule B. Positions other than those of a confidential or policy-
determining character for which it is not practicable to hold a competitive 
examination shall be listed in Schedule B. Appointments to these positions 
shall be subject to such noncompetitive examination as may be prescribed by 
OPM.

Schedule C. Positions of a confidential or policy-determining character 
shall be listed in Schedule C.

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Schedule D. Positions other than those of a confidential or policy-
determining character for which the competitive service requirements make 
impracticable the adequate recruitment of sufficient numbers of students 
attending qualifying educational institutions or individuals who have 
recently completed qualifying educational programs shall be listed in 
Schedule D. These positions are temporarily placed in the excepted service 
to enable more effective recruitment from all segments of society by using 
means of recruiting and assessing candidates that diverge from the rules 
generally applicable to the competitive service.

Schedule E. Positions of administrative law judge appointed under 5 U.S.C. 
3105 shall be listed in Schedule E. Conditions of good administration 
warrant placing the position of administrative law judge in the excepted 
service and exempting appointment to this position from the requirements of 
5 CFR, part 302, including examination and rating requirements, though each 
agency shall follow the principle of veteran preference as far as 
administratively feasible.

                    (b) 5 CFR 6.4 is amended to read:
                    ``Except as required by statute, the Civil Service 
                Rules and Regulations shall not apply to removals from 
                positions listed in Schedules A, C, D, or E, or from 
                positions excepted from the competitive service by 
                statute. The Civil Service Rules and Regulations shall 
                apply to removals from positions listed in Schedule B 
                of persons who have competitive status.''

                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 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.
                    (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 14, 2021.

[FR Doc. 2021-10691
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