Newt Gingrichs Executive Orders (Newt Gingrichs Presidential Campaign (2012) Document)

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The Drill Here Drill Now Pay Less Executive Order 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. To help protect national security and further American economic interests, it is the policy of the Federal Government to responsibly develop domestic energy supplies, including those on Federal lands, in order to reduce American reliance on imported energy supplies, reduce energy costs, create jobs and strengthen the American economy. Section 2. (a) Under the authority vested in me as President of the United States, including section 12(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. 1341(a), I hereby rescind the prior memorandum of withdrawal from disposition by leasing of the United States Outer Continental Shelf issued on March 31, 2010. (b) Under the authority vested in me as President of the United States, including the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. 1341 et seq., I hereby order the Secretary of the Interior to prepare a new Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program for 2013-2018 that shall allow for leasing in the maximum number of OCS Regions possible consistent with protection of the environment. (c) Under the authority vested in me as President of the United States, I hereby order the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Commerce and the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality to coordinate with the Secretary of the Interior to develop an appropriate inter-agency plan for addressing Policy. 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 interests, it is the policy of the Federal Government to responsibly develop domestic energy supplies, including those on Federal lands, in order to reduce American reliance on imported energy supplies, reduce energy costs, create jobs and strengthen the American economy. Section 2. OCS Development

(a) Under the authority vested in me as President of the United States, including section 12(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. 1341(a), I hereby rescind the prior memorandum of withdrawal from disposition by leasing of the United States Outer Continental Shelf issued on March 31, 2010. (b) Under the authority vested in me as President of the United States, including the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. 1341 et seq., I hereby order the Secretary of the Interior to prepare a new Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program for 2013-2018 that shall allow for leasing in the maximum number of OCS Regions possible consistent with protection of the environment. (c) Under the authority vested in me as President of the United States, I hereby order the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Commerce and the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality to coordinate with the Secretary of the Interior to develop an appropriate inter-agency plan for addressing permit applications for OCS exploration and development that will facilitate timely resolution of permitting issues and increase efficiency in permitting. Section 3. Onshore Development (a) Under the authority vested in me as President of the United States, including the Minerals Leasing Act of 1920, 30 U.S.C. 131 et seq., I hereby order the Secretary of the Interior to develop and implement a leasing plan for Federal Lands that will foster energy development to the maximum extent possible with protection of the environment. (b) Under the authority vested in me as President of the United States, including the Federal Land Policy Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq., I hereby order the Secretary of the Interior to review the Oil Shale and Tar Sands Program and make such reforms to the program as are necessary to accelerate the development of oil shale deposits on federal lands. (c) Under the authority vested in me as President of the United States, including the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. 6501, as amended, I hereby order to Secretary of the Interior to review the National Petroleum Reserve Alaska leasing program and make such reforms as are necessary to accelerate the development of energy resources in the NPRA and to coordinate with the Secretary of the Army, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality to develop and implement an interagency addressing permit applications for OCS exploration and development that will facilitate timely resolution of permitting issues and increase efficiency in permitting. Section 4. General Provisions (a) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations (b) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right, benefit or privilege, 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.

Abolishing All White House Czars Home > Abolishing All White House Czars Executive Order Abolishing All White House Czars and Advisors Not Confirmed by the United States Senate DRAFT 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. History of the White House Czars (a) No official in the United States government has the official title, Czar. Rather, the term is used by the media and others to describe high-level officials appointed by the President, without Senate confirmation, and tasked with overseeing various policies of the Executive Branch of Government. (b) The earliest known use of the term occurred during President Franklin Roosevelts administration, which had eleven czars overseeing various aspects of Government. It has been used to describe similar officials in subsequent administrations down to the present time. (c) President Barack Obamas administration appointed more Czars than any previous president. Each of these Czars has had enormous government power and answered only to the President. Section 2. Constitutional Problems With the White House Czars (a) The United States Constitution provided for a clear separation of powers between the Executive Branch (the President), the Legislative Branch (the Congress), and the Judicial Branch (the Courts). This was intentional. The Founders did not want too much power to be vested in any one branch of government. Rather, they wanted a system of checks and balances to keep any one branch of government from becoming too powerful. (b) The Constitution specifically requires the President to obtain the Senates approval for high-level political appointments. There is considerable debate about whether the Czars qualify as the type of high-level official that needs Senate confirmation. Regardless, the rapid and easy accumulation of power by White House staff can threaten the Constitutional system of checks and balances. Czars can take control of programs that under both our Constitution and other applicable federal law are the responsibility of Senate-confirmed officials. The

Czars are not accountable for their actions to the Congress, to cabinet officials, or to virtually anyone but the president. Section 3. Presidential Directive to Abolish White House Czars and Advisors Not Confirmed by the United States Senate (a) Effective immediately, the following Czar and advisory positions are abolished: (1) Afghanistan and Pakistan Czar (Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan) (2) AIDS Czar (Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy) (3) Asian Carp Czar (Director of Office of Economic Opportunity) (4) Auto/Car Czars (Senior Advisor Presidents Automotive Task Force, Treasury Advisor, Head of the Auto Task Force) (5) Auto Recovery/ Autoworker Czar (Member Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry, Director of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers) (6) Border Czar (Special Representative for Border Affairs, Dept of Homeland Security) (7) Climate Czar (Special Envoy for Climate Change) (8) Consumer Czar (Head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) (9) Copyright Czar (Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator) (10) Cybersecurity Czar (Director of the White House Office of Cybersecurity / Cybersecurity Coordinator) (11) Ethics Czar (White House Counsel) (12) Faith-based Czar (Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships) (13) Global Warming Czar (Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change) (14) Great Lakes Czar (Special Advisor to the EPA Administrator) (15) Guantanamo Base Closure Czar (US Department of State Special Envoy) (16) Information Czar (Chief Information Office at the White House) (17) Iran Czar (Special Advisor for the Persian Gulf and Southwest Asia)

(18) Health Czar (Director of the White House Office of Health Reform and Counselor to the President) (19) Manufacturing Czar (Senior Counselor for Manufacturing Policy) (20) Middle East Czar (Special Envoy for Middle East Peace) (21) Nonproliferation Czar (Special Assistant to the President and White House Coordinator for Arms Control and Weapons of Mass Destruction, Proliferation, and Terrorism) (22) Pay Czar (Special Master for TARP Executive Compensation) (23) Urban Affairs Czar (Director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs Policy) (24) Health IT Czar (National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Dept of HHS) (25) Cyber Security Czar (Director of the White House Office of Cybersecurity) (26) Domestic Violence Czar (Advisor to the President and Vice President on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Issues) (27) Economic Czar (Chairman, Economic Recovery Advisory Board) (28) Green Jobs Czar (Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the White House) (29) Stimulus Accountability/Oversight Czar (Chairman, Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board) (30) Terrorism Czar (Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism) (31) Weatherization Czar (Program Manager, Office of Weatherization and intergovernmental Program) (b) Should the President determine that such officials are necessary or useful to the Executive Branch, the President shall seek the advice and consent of the Senate as provided for in the United States Constitution. (c) This list is not all-inclusive; all other Czar or Advisory positions not previously confirmed by the United States Senate are hereby abolished. Section 4. General Provisions. (a) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.

(b) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right, benefit or privilege, 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. ************************************************************************* MEMORANDUM FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUBJECT: Restoration of the Mexico City Policy The Mexico City Policy announced by President Reagan in 1984 required nongovernmental organizations to agree as a condition of their receipt of Federal funds that such organizations would neither perform nor actively promote abortion as a method of family planning in other nations. This policy was in effect until it was rescinded on January 22, 1993. It was then restored on January 22, 2001 and was in effect until rescinded on January 23, 2009. It is my conviction that taxpayer funds should not be used to pay for abortions or advocate or actively promote abortion, either here or abroad. It is therefore my belief that the Mexico City Policy should be restored. Accordingly, I hereby rescind the Memorandum for the Administrator of the Agency for International Development, Subject: Mexico City Policy and Assistance for Voluntary Population Planning, dated January 23, 2009, and I direct the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to reinstate in full all of the requirements of the Mexico City Policy in effect on January 20, 2009. NEWT GINGRICH Executive Order Protecting Every Citizens Right to Religious Freedom under the First Amendment DRAFT By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order all the Heads and Acting Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies to take the following immediate actions: 1. Immediately suspend the implementation and enforcement of any existing regulation that is suspected of being in violation of the First Amendments absolute prohibition on Congress from enacting any law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. 2. Each executive department and agency shall refer any such suspended regulations to the Attorney General for additional review.

3. The Attorney General shall make a final determination whether any such suspended regulation is in violation of the First Amendment. 4. If the Attorney General shall determine that any such suspended regulation is in violation of the First Amendment, every executive department and agency shall immediately discontinue enforcement and implementation of such unconstitutional regulation. 5. If a regulation shall be determined to be unconstitutional and its enforcement or implementation shall be discontinued pursuant to this Executive Order, the executive department and agency within which such regulation originated shall recommence, if necessary, rule making procedures to replace the unconstitutional regulation with a constitutional regulation that respects the First Amendments protection of the free exercise of religion. Executive Order Implementing the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 DRAFT 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. History of the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995. (a) The Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 (the Act), Pub. Law 104-45, 109 Stat. 398, S 1322, provided that: (1) the rights of every ethnic and religious group are protected; (2) Jerusalem should be recognized as the capital of the State of Israel; and (3) the United States Embassy in Israel should be established in Jerusalem no later than May 31, 1999. (b) The Act further provided that the Secretary of State must determine and report to Congress that the United States embassy in Jerusalem had officially opened before more than 50 percent of funds appropriated to the Department of State for Acquisition and Maintenance of Buildings Abroad may be obligated. (c) The Act further provided a Presidential Waiver, allowing the President to suspend the funding limitation imposed on the Department of State if the President determined and reported to Congress that doing so is necessary to protect the national security interests of the United States.

(d) The Act was passed overwhelmingly by both Houses of Congress. The Senate voted 93-5 in favor of passage, while the House voted 374-37 in favor of passage. (e) Despite overwhelming Congressional support for the Act, former President Clinton sent it to the Archivist of the United States unsigned. It was thus never entered in the United States Code. (f) Every President from Mr. Clinton forward has invoked the Presidential Waiver. Consequently, the funding limitation prescribed by the Act has never been imposed on the Department of State and the United States of America still does not have an embassy in Jerusalem. Section 2. Presidential Directive to the Archivist of the United States Code to Enter the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995. (a) The Archivist is hereby directed to enter the Jerusalem Embassy Act, Pub. Law 104-45, 109 Stat. 398, S 1322, into the official edition of the United States Code. (b) In following this directive, the Archivist shall follow all other applicable law. Section 3. Presidential Directive to Recognize Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel and Transfer the Embassy of the United States to Jerusalem. (a) Effective immediately, the Government of the United States shall recognize Jerusalem as the legitimate capital of the State of Israel as promulgated by the Act. Further, it is the policy of the United States that Jerusalem should remain an undivided city in which the rights of every ethnic and religious group are protected. (b) The Secretary of State shall develop a plan to open the embassy of the United States in Jerusalem and shall present it to the President of the United States within thirty days from today. The President shall either approve the plan as written or shall direct the Secretary to make appropriate changes and resubmit the plan. (c) Once the President has approved the Secretarys plan, the Department of State shall implement the plan with all possible speed. In no event shall the Department of State take longer than two years from the date the President approves the Secretarys plan to transfer the embassy of the United States from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Section 4. General Provisions. (a) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations. (b) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right, benefit or privilege, 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.

Keystone Pipeline Executive Order 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. Presidential Permit for Keystone XL Pipeline (a) The Secretary of State shall reconsider the determination regarding whether theKeystone XL pipeline serves the national interest made on January 18, 2012. (b) In making the determination required by Section 1(a), the Secretary of State shall abide by subsection 501(c) of the Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011, which declared the final environmental impact statement issued by theSecretary of State on August 26, 2011, satisfies all requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and section 106 of the National Historical Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470f) and that no further Federal environmental review shall be required. (c) If, following the review required by Subsection 1(a), the Secretary of State determines that the Keystone XL pipeline is in the national interest, she shall grant a Presidential Permit for the project. Section 2. General Provisions (a) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations (b) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right, benefit or privilege, 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.