For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
January 27, 2005
Executive Order: Amendments to Executive Order 13285
Relating to the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, and in order to modify the
mission and functions of the President's Council on Service and Civic
Participation (Council) and to extend the Council, it is hereby ordered
that Executive Order 13285 of January 29, 2003, is amended as follows:
Section 1. (a) Sections 2(a) and 2(b) of Executive Order 13285 are
revised to read as follows: "(a) The mission and functions of the
Council shall be to:
(i) promote volunteer service and civic participation in American
society;
(ii) encourage the recognition of outstanding volunteer service
through the presentation of the President's Volunteer Service Award by
Council members and Certifying Organizations, thereby encouraging more
such activity;
(iii) promote the efforts and needs of local non-profits and
volunteer organizations, including volunteer centers;
(iv) promote greater public access to information about existing
volunteer opportunities, including via the Internet;
(v) assist with the promotion of Federally administered volunteer
programs and the link that they have to increasing and strengthening
community volunteer service; and
(vi) promote increased and sustained private sector sponsorship of
and engagement in volunteer service.
(b) In carrying out its mission, the Council shall:
(i) encourage broad participation in the President's Volunteer
Service Award program by qualified individuals and groups, especially
students in primary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of
higher learning;
(ii) exchange information and ideas with interested individuals
and organizations on ways to expand and improve volunteer service and
civic participation;
(iii) advise the Chief Executive Officer of the CNCS on broad
dissemination, especially among schools and youth organizations, of
information regarding recommended practices for the promotion of
volunteer service and civic participation, and other relevant
educational and promotional materials;
(iv) monitor and advise the Chief Executive Officer of the CNCS on
the need for the enhancement of materials disseminated pursuant to
subsection 2(b)(iii) of this order; and
(v) make recommendations from time to time to the President,
through the Director of the USA Freedom Corps, on ways to encourage
greater levels of volunteer service and civic participation by
individuals, schools, and organizations."
Sec. 2. Section 4(b) of Executive Order 13285 is revised to read
as follows: "(b) Unless further extended by the President, this order
shall expire on January 29, 2007."
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
January 27, 2005.
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