Presidential Documents

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Federal Register 

Vol. 79, No. 246 

Tuesday, December 23, 2014 

Title 3— 

The President 

Executive Order 13684 of December 18, 2014 

Establishment of the President’s Task Force on 21st Century 

Policing 

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the 

laws of the United States of America, and in order to identify the best 

means to provide an effective partnership between law enforcement and 

local communities that reduces crime and increases trust, it is hereby ordered 

as follows: 

Section 1. Establishment. There is established a President’s Task Force on 

21st Century Policing (Task Force). 

Sec. 2. Membership. (a) The Task Force shall be composed of not more 

than eleven members appointed by the President. The members shall include 

distinguished individuals with relevant experience or subject-matter expertise 

in law enforcement, civil rights, and civil liberties. 

(b) The President shall designate two members of the Task Force to serve 

as Co-Chairs. 

Sec. 3. Mission. (a) The Task Force shall, consistent with applicable law, 

identify best practices and otherwise make recommendations to the President 

on how policing practices can promote effective crime reduction while building public trust. 

(b) The Task Force shall be solely advisory and shall submit a report 

to the President by March 2, 2015. 

Sec. 4. Administration. (a) The Task Force shall hold public meetings and 

engage with Federal, State, tribal, and local officials, technical advisors, 

and nongovernmental organizations, among others, as necessary to carry 

out its mission. 

(b) The Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services 

shall serve as Executive Director of the Task Force and shall, as directed 

by the Co-Chairs, convene regular meetings of the Task Force and supervise 

its work. 

(c) In carrying out its mission, the Task Force shall be informed by, 

and shall strive to avoid duplicating, the efforts of other governmental entities. 

(d) The Department of Justice shall provide administrative services, funds, 

facilities, staff, equipment, and other support services as may be necessary 

for the Task Force to carry out its mission to the extent permitted by 

law and subject to the availability of appropriations. 

(e) Members of the Task Force shall serve without any additional compensation for their work on the Task Force, but shall be allowed travel 

expenses, including per diem, to the extent permitted by law for persons 

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

Sec. 5. Termination. The Task Force shall terminate 30 days after the President requests a final report from the Task Force. 

Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed 

to impair or otherwise affect: 

(i) the authority granted by law to a department, 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. 


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(b) 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. 

(c) Insofar as the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 

App.) (the ‘‘Act’’) may apply to the Task Force, any functions of the President 

under the Act, except for those in section 6 of the Act, shall be performed 

by the Attorney General. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

December 18, 2014. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30195 

Filed 12–22–14; 8:45 am] 

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