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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 248 (Friday, December 27, 2024)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 105377-105379]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31355]



                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 248 / Friday, December 27, 2024 / 
Presidential Documents

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                Executive Order 14131 of December 20, 2024

                
Amendments to Executive Orders Relating to 
                Certain Certificates and Badges

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

                Section 1. Amendments to Executive Order 12793, as 
                Amended. Executive Order 12793 of March 20, 1992 
                (Continuing the Presidential Service Certificate and 
                the Presidential Service Badge), as amended by 
                Executive Order 13286 of February 28, 2003 (Amendment 
                of Executive Orders, and Other Actions, in Connection 
                With the Transfer of Certain Functions to the Secretary 
                of Homeland Security), is further amended by:

                    (a) Amending section 1 to read as follows:

``Section 1. Presidential Service Certificate. The Presidential Service 
Certificate (Certificate) is hereby continued, the design of which 
accompanies and is hereby made a part of this order. The Certificate shall 
be awarded in the name of the President of the United States to members of 
the United States Uniformed Services who have been assigned to the White 
House Office; to military units and support facilities under the 
administration of the White House Military Office; or to other direct 
support positions within the Executive Office of the President (EOP). The 
Certificate shall be awarded by the Secretary of the military department 
concerned, or, when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the 
Navy, by the Secretary of Homeland Security, and, in the case of members of 
the Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration or the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service, by 
the Secretary of Commerce or the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
respectively. The Certificate shall not be issued to any member who is 
issued a Vice Presidential Certificate, or similar EOP Certificate, for the 
same period of service. Such assignment must be for a period of at least 1 
year, subsequent to January 21, 1989.''; and

                    (b) Amending section 2 to read as follows:

``Sec. 2. Presidential Service Badge. The Presidential Service Badge 
(Badge) is hereby continued, the design of which accompanies and is hereby 
made a part of this order. The Badge shall be awarded to those members of 
the United States Uniformed Services who have been granted the Certificate 
and shall be awarded in the same manner in which the Certificate has been 
given. The Badge shall be worn as a part of the uniform of those 
individuals under such regulations as their respective Secretaries may 
severally prescribe.''.

                Sec. 2. Amendments to Executive Order 11926, as 
                Amended. Executive Order 11926 of July 19, 1976 (The 
                Vice Presidential Service Badge), as amended by 
                Executive Order 13286 and by Executive Order 13373 of 
                March 10, 2005 (Amendments to Executive Order 11926 
                Relating to the Vice Presidential Service Badge), is 
                further amended by:

                    (a) Amending section 1 to read as follows:

``Section 1. There is established a Vice Presidential Service Badge to be 
awarded in the name of the Vice President of the United States of America 
to members of the United States Uniformed Services who have been assigned 
to duty in the Office of the Vice President for a period of at least 1 year 
subsequent to December 19, 1974, or who have been

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assigned to perform duties predominantly for the Vice President for a 
period of at least 1 year subsequent to January 20, 2001, in the 
implementation of Public Law 93-346, as amended, or in military units and 
support facilities to which section 1 of Executive Order 12793 of March 20, 
1992, as amended, refers.'';

                    (b) Amending section 2 to read as follows:

``Sec. 2. The Vice Presidential Service Badge may be awarded, upon 
recommendation of the Vice President's designee (with the concurrence of 
the Director of the White House Military Office in the case of personnel in 
military units or support facilities to which section 1 of Executive Order 
12793, as amended, refers), by the Secretary of the military department 
concerned, or, when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the 
Navy, by the Secretary of Homeland Security, to military personnel of their 
respective services who have been assigned to duty in the Office of the 
Vice President and, in the case of members of the Commissioned Corps of the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or the Commissioned Corps 
of the Public Health Service so assigned, by the Secretary of Commerce or 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, respectively.'';

                    (c) Amending section 4 to read as follows:

``Sec. 4. Upon award, the Vice Presidential Service Badge may be worn as a 
part of the uniform of an individual both during and after their assignment 
to duty in the Office of the Vice President.''; and

                    (d) Amending section 6 to read as follows:

``Sec. 6. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 1 and 2 of this order, 
any member of the United States Uniformed Services, who has been assigned 
to duty in the Office of the Vice President, or who has been assigned to 
perform duties predominantly for the Vice President, in the implementation 
of Public Law 93-346, as amended, or in military units and support 
facilities to which section 1 of Executive Order 12793, as amended, refers, 
is authorized, unless otherwise directed by the Director of the White House 
Military Office in the case of personnel in military units and support 
facilities to which section 1 of Executive Order 12793, as amended, refers, 
to wear the Vice Presidential Service Badge on their uniform commencing on 
the first day of such duty and thereafter while assigned to such duty.''.

                Sec. 3. 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,

                    December 20, 2024.

[FR Doc. 2024-31355
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