Executive Order Integrity Act of 2009 - Requires revocations, modifications, waivers, and suspensions of presidential proclamations and executive orders to be published in the Federal Register within 30 days after such actions.
Requires any such information which is classified to be provided to Congress, using the security procedures established under the National Security Act of 1947, in the form of a classified annex delivered to: (1) the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate; (2) the Speaker, and Majority and Minority Leaders of the House of Representatives; (3) the congressional judiciary committees; and (4) if the information pertains to national security matters, the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House.
[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2929 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2929
To prohibit secret modifications and revocations of the law, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
December 23, 2009
Mr. Feingold (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs
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A BILL
To prohibit secret modifications and revocations of the law, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Executive Order Integrity Act of
2009''.
SEC. 2. REVOCATIONS, MODIFICATIONS, WAIVERS, AND SUSPENSIONS OF
PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATIONS AND EXECUTIVE ORDERS.
Section 1505 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following:
``(d) Revocations, Modifications, Waivers, and Suspensions of
Presidential Proclamations and Executive Orders.--
``(1) Notice required.--If the President, whether formally
or informally, and whether through express order, conduct, or
other means--
``(A) revokes, modifies, waives, or suspends any
portion of a Presidential proclamation, Executive
Order, or other Presidential directive that was
published in the Federal Register; or
``(B) authorizes the revocation, modification,
waiver, or suspension of any portion of such
Presidential proclamation, Executive Order, or other
Presidential directive;
notice of such revocation, modification, waiver, or suspension
shall be published in the Federal Register within 30 days after
the revocation, modification, waiver, or suspension, in
accordance with the terms under paragraph (2).
``(2) Content of notice.--
``(A) In general.--Except as provided under
subparagraph (B), the notice required under paragraph
(1) shall specify--
``(i) the Presidential proclamation,
Executive Order, or other Presidential
directive, and any particular portion thereof
that is affected;
``(ii) for each affected directive or
portion thereof, whether that directive or
portion thereof was revoked, modified, waived,
or suspended; and
``(iii) except where such information is
classified, the specific nature and
circumstances of the revocation, modification,
waiver, or suspension.
``(B) Revised executive order.--Where the
revocation, modification, waiver, or suspension of a
Presidential proclamation, Executive Order, or other
Presidential directive is accomplished through the
publication in the Federal Register of a revised
Presidential proclamation, Executive Order, or other
Presidential directive that replaces or amends the one
that was revoked, modified, waived, or suspended, that
revised Presidential proclamation, Executive Order, or
other Presidential directive shall constitute notice
for purposes of paragraph (1).
``(3) Classified information.--If the information specified
under paragraph (2)(A)(iii) is classified, such information
shall be provided to Congress, using the security procedures
established under section 501(d) of the National Security Act
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 413(d)), in the form of a classified annex
delivered to--
``(A) the majority and minority leader of the
Senate;
``(B) the Speaker, majority leader, and minority
leader of the House of Representatives;
``(C) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate
and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of
Representatives; and
``(D) if the information pertains to national
security matters, the Select Committee on Intelligence
of the Senate and the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
``(4) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection
shall be construed as either authorizing or prohibiting the
revocation, modification, waiver, or suspension of any
Presidential proclamation, Executive Order, or other
Presidential directive that was published in the Federal
Register through means other than a formal directive issued by
the President and published in the Federal Register.''.
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Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13884)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13885)
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