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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 21 (Monday, February 3, 2025)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 8849-8851]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02231]



                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 90 , No. 21 / Monday, February 3, 2025 / 
Presidential Documents

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                Executive Order 14189 of January 29, 2025

                
Celebrating America's 250th Birthday

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, and in anticipation of the 250th anniversary 
                of American Independence on July 4, 2026, it is hereby 
                ordered:

                Section 1. Purpose. It is the policy of the United 
                States, and a purpose of this order, to provide a grand 
                celebration worthy of the momentous occasion of the 
                250th anniversary of American Independence on July 4, 
                2026. It is also the purpose of this order to take 
                other actions to honor the history of our great Nation.

                Sec. 2. Establishing the White House Task Force on 
                Celebrating America's 250th Birthday. (a) There is 
                hereby established the White House Task Force on 
                Celebrating America's 250th Birthday (Task Force 250).

                    (b) The President shall be the Chair of Task Force 
                250 and the Vice President will serve as Vice Chair. 
                The Chair shall appoint an Executive Director, who 
                shall administer and execute the day-to-day operations 
                of Task Force 250, and who shall report through the 
                Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy. The 
                Chair, the Vice Chair, or a member of Task Force 250 
                designated by the Chair, shall convene regular meetings 
                of Task Force 250, determine its agenda, and direct its 
                work, consistent with this order. The Executive 
                Director and the Assistant to the President for 
                Domestic Policy shall assist in the performance of 
                these duties. The Chair may designate any member of the 
                Task Force to preside over meetings of the Task Force.
                    (c) In addition to the Chair and Vice Chair, Task 
                Force 250 shall consist of the following members:

(i) the Secretary of State;

(ii) the Secretary of the Treasury;

(iii) the Secretary of Defense;

(iv) the Secretary of the Interior;

(v) the Secretary of Agriculture;

(vi) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development;

(vii) the Secretary of Education;

(viii) the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy;

(ix) the Deputy Chief of Staff for Legislative Affairs;

(x) the Cabinet Secretary and Deputy Chief of Staff;

(xi) the Director of Speechwriting;

(xii) the Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities;

(xiii) the Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts;

(xiv) the Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services; and

(xv) the heads of such other executive departments, agencies, and offices 
that the Chair or the Vice Chair may, from time to time, designate or 
invite to participate.

                    (d) The Chair and the Vice Chair, as they deem 
                appropriate, shall invite the Executive Director of the 
                United States Semiquincentennial Commission to provide 
                recommendations and advice to Task Force 250.

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                    (e) Task Force 250 shall coordinate with the 
                executive departments and agencies (agencies) to plan, 
                organize, and execute an extraordinary celebration of 
                the 250th Anniversary of American Independence and 
                shall coordinate agencies' communications with the 
                United States Semiquincentennial Commission. In 
                addition, the Executive Director may seek information 
                or advice from such other agencies as Task Force 250 
                shall direct.
                    (f) For administrative purposes, the Task Force 
                shall be housed in the Department of Defense, which 
                shall provide funding and administrative support for 
                Task Force 250, to the extent permitted by law and 
                subject to the availability of appropriations.
                    (g) Agencies shall provide a report to Task Force 
                250 regarding their respective planning and activities 
                with respect to the celebration of the 250th 
                Anniversary of American Independence. These reports 
                should be submitted to the Executive Director of Task 
                Force 250 no later than March 1, 2025.
                    (h) Task Force 250 shall terminate on December 31, 
                2026, unless extended by the President.

                Sec. 3. National Garden of American Heroes. (a) 
                Executive Order 13934 of July 3, 2020 (Building and 
                Rebuilding Monuments to American Heroes) and Executive 
                Order 13978 of January 18, 2021 (Building the National 
                Garden of American Heroes) are reinstated as they were 
                prior to issuance of Executive Order 14029 of May 14, 
                2021.

                    (b) The Assistant to the President for Domestic 
                Policy shall recommend to the President additional 
                historically significant Americans for inclusion in the 
                National Garden of American Heroes, to bring the total 
                number of heroes to 250.
                    (c) Section 3(c)(ii) of Executive Order 13934 is 
                amended by striking ``prior to the 250th anniversary of 
                the proclamation of the Declaration of Independence on 
                July 4, 2026'' and inserting in its place ``as 
                expeditiously as possible''.

                Sec. 4. Protecting America's Monuments from Vandalism. 
                Executive Order 13933 of June 26, 2020 (Protecting 
                American Monuments, Memorials, and Statues and 
                Combatting Recent Criminal Violence) is hereby 
                reinstated as it was prior to the issuance of Executive 
                Order 14029 of May 14, 2021. Recent examples of conduct 
                necessitating reinstatement of this order include pro-
                Hamas-related vandalism of historically significant 
                public monuments and related assaults on Federal 
                officers and employees following October 7, 2023, 
                including the vandalism of the exterior of the 
                Department of the Treasury and of statues in Lafayette 
                Square in Washington, DC on June 8, 2024, and the 
                assaults on Federal officers and vandalism of the 
                Christopher Columbus Memorial Fountain and Freedom Bell 
                at Union Station in Washington, DC on July 24, 2024.

                Sec. 5. 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,

                    January 29, 2025.

[FR Doc. 2025-02231
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