Presidential Documents

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Federal Register 

Vol. 77, No. 30 

Tuesday, February 14, 2012 

Title 3— 

The President 

Executive Order 13600 of February 9, 2012 

Establishing the President’s Global Development Council 

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. To help protect national security and further American 

economic, humanitarian, and strategic interests in the world, it is the policy 

of the Federal Government to promote and elevate development as a core 

pillar of American power and chart a course for development, diplomacy, 

and defense to reinforce and complement one another. As stated in the 

2010 National Security Strategy and the Presidential Policy Directive on 

Global Development, the successful pursuit of development is essential to 

advancing our national security objectives: security, prosperity, respect for 

universal values, and a just and sustainable international order. The effectiveness of this development policy will depend in large measure on how 

we engage with partners, beneficiaries of our development assistance, and 

stakeholders. We will use evidence-based decision-making in all areas of 

U.S. development policy and programs, and we commit to foster development 

expertise and learning worldwide. 

Sec. 2. Establishment. There is established the President’s Global Development Council (Council). The Council shall be established for administrative 

purposes within the United States Agency for International Development 

(USAID) subject to the foreign policy and budgetary guidance of the Secretary 

of State. 

Sec. 3. Membership. The membership of the Council shall be as follows: 

(a) The Council shall be composed of the officials described in paragraph 

(b) of this section and not more than 12 individuals from outside the 

Federal Government appointed by the President. Appointed members of 

the Council may serve as representatives of a variety of sectors, including, 

among others, institutions of higher education, non-profit and philanthropic 

organizations, civil society, and private industry. 

(b) The Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary 

of Defense, the USAID Administrator, and the Chief Executive Officer of 

the Millennium Challenge Corporation shall serve as non-voting members 

of the Council and may designate, to perform the Council functions of 

the member, a senior-level official who is part of the member’s department, 

agency, or office, and who is a full-time officer or employee of the Federal 

Government. 

(c) The President shall designate a member of the Council to serve as 

Chair and another member to serve as Vice Chair. The Chair shall convene 

and preside at meetings of the Council, determine meeting agendas, and 

direct its work. The Vice Chair shall perform the duties of the Chair in 

the absence of the Chair and shall perform such other functions as the 

Chair may assign. 

(d) The term of office of members appointed by the President from outside 

the Federal Government shall be 2 years, and such members shall be eligible 

for reappointment and may continue to serve after the expiration of their 

terms until the President appoints a successor. A member appointed to 

fill a vacancy shall serve only for the unexpired term of such vacancy. 

Sec. 4. Mission and Functions. The Council shall advise and support the 

President, through the National Security Staff and the National Economic 


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Council staff, in furtherance of the policy set forth in section 1 of this 

order. The Council shall meet regularly and shall: 

(a) inform the policy and practice of U.S. global development policy 

and programs by providing advice to the President and other senior officials 

on issues including: 

(i) innovative, scalable approaches to development with proven demonstrable impact, particularly on sustainable economic growth and good 

governance; 

(ii) areas for enhanced collaboration between the Federal Government 

and public and private sectors to advance development policy; 

(iii) best practices for and effectiveness of research and development in 

low and middle income economies; and 

(iv) long-term solutions to issues central to strategic planning for U.S. 

development efforts; 

(b) support new and existing public-private partnerships by: 

(i) identifying key areas for enhanced collaboration and any barriers to 

collaboration; and 

(ii) recommending concrete efforts that the private and public sectors 

together can take to promote economic development priorities and initiatives; and 

(c) increase awareness and action in support of development by soliciting 

public input on current and emerging issues in the field of global development as well as bringing to the President’s attention concerns and ideas 

that would inform policy options. 

Sec. 5. Administration of the Council. (a) The heads of executive departments 

and agencies shall assist and provide information to the Council, consistent 

with applicable law, as may be necessary to carry out the functions of 

the Council. 

(b) Funding and administrative support for the Council shall be provided 

by USAID to the extent permitted by law and within existing appropriations. 

(c) The USAID Administrator shall appoint an Executive Director who 

shall be a Federal officer or employee of USAID and serve as a liaison 

to the Administrator and the Executive Office of the President and consult 

with relevant executive departments, agencies, and offices on matters and 

activities pertaining to the Council. 

(d) The members of the Council who are appointed from outside the 

Federal Government shall serve without compensation for their work on 

the Council. Members of the Council may, however, receive travel expenses, 

including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law for persons 

serving intermittently in the Government service (5 U.S.C. 5701–5707). 

(e) Insofar as the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended 

(5 U.S.C. App.), may apply to the Council, any functions of the President 

under FACA, except that of reporting to the Congress, shall be performed 

by the USAID Administrator in accordance with the guidelines issued by 

the Administrator of General Services. 

Sec. 6. Termination. The Council shall terminate 2 years after the date 

of this order, unless renewed by the President. 

Sec. 7. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed 

to impair or otherwise affect: 

(i) authority granted by law to a department or agency, or the head 

thereof; or 

(ii) 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. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

February 9, 2012. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3616 

Filed 2–13–12; 11:15 am] 

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