COVID-19 and Public Health Preparedness and Response, 27355-27356 [2024-08332]

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 17, 2024)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 27355-27356]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08332]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 75 / Wednesday, April 17, 2024 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Executive Order 14122 of April 12, 2024

                
COVID-19 and Public Health Preparedness and 
                Response

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, it is hereby ordered as follows:

                Section 1. Policy. The Office of Pandemic Preparedness 
                and Response Policy (OPPR), established by the Congress 
                in December 2022 under section 2104 of Public Law 117-
                328, is playing a critical role in the Federal 
                Government's pandemic preparedness efforts. The OPPR is 
                providing advice, within the Executive Office of the 
                President, on policy related to preparedness for, and 
                response to, pandemic and other biological threats that 
                may impact national security. The OPPR is also 
                supporting my Administration's continued work to 
                address COVID-19 and other public health threats, 
                facilitating coordination and communication among 
                executive departments and agencies to ensure that the 
                United States can quickly detect, identify, and respond 
                to such threats as necessary. At this stage of my 
                Administration's response to COVID-19, I have 
                determined that certain Executive Orders are no longer 
                necessary and that certain roles and responsibilities 
                established by other Executive Orders related to COVID-
                19 should be transferred to the OPPR.

                Sec. 2. Revocations. Executive Order 13910 of March 23, 
                2020 (Preventing Hoarding of Health and Medical 
                Resources to Respond to the Spread of COVID-19), 
                Executive Order 13991 of January 20, 2021 (Protecting 
                the Federal Workforce and Requiring Mask-Wearing), and 
                Executive Order 13998 of January 21, 2021 (Promoting 
                COVID-19 Safety in Domestic and International Travel), 
                are hereby revoked.

                Sec. 3. Transfer of Responsibilities. Responsibilities 
                and duties of the Coordinator of the COVID-19 Response 
                and Counselor to the President (COVID-19 Response 
                Coordinator), including responsibilities and duties 
                specified in Executive Order 13987 of January 20, 2021 
                (Organizing and Mobilizing the United States Government 
                to Provide a Unified and Effective Response to Combat 
                COVID-19 and to Provide United States Leadership on 
                Global Health and Security), Executive Order 13994 of 
                January 21, 2021 (Ensuring a Data-Driven Response to 
                COVID-19 and Future High-Consequence Public Health 
                Threats), and Executive Order 13996 of January 21, 2021 
                (Establishing the COVID-19 Pandemic Testing Board and 
                Ensuring a Sustainable Public Health Workforce for 
                COVID-19 and Other Biological Threats), are transferred 
                to the Director of the OPPR. The positions of COVID-19 
                Response Coordinator and Deputy Coordinator of the 
                COVID-19 Response, as established by section 2 of 
                Executive Order 13987, are hereby terminated.

                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.

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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,

                    April 12, 2024.

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