United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, August 29, 2008 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), 44:1160-1161

Author: George W. Bush  | Date: August 28, 2008

Executive Order 13471—Further Amendments to Executive Order 13285, President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation,
August 28, 2008

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, and in order to increase the membership and extend the duration of the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation, it is hereby ordered that Executive Order 13285 of January 29, 2003, as amended, is further amended as follows:

Section 1. Section 1 is amended by adding at the end of section 1 the following new subsection: "(c) To conduct and vote on official business during meetings, the Council must convene a quorum of at least 10 Council members."

Sec. 2. Section 4(b) is amended to read: "(b) Unless further extended by the President, this order shall expire on June 30, 2009."

Sec. 3. Section 4 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection:

"(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."

George W. Bush

The White House,
August 28, 2008.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., August 29, 2008]

Note: This Executive order will be published in the Federal Register on September 2.

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Chicago: George W. Bush, United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, August 29, 2008 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), 44:1160-1161 in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, August 29, 2008 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), 44:1160-1161 Original Sources, accessed March 29, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8621TLC8KQDLXY9.

MLA: Bush, George W. United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, August 29, 2008 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), 44:1160-1161, in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, August 29, 2008 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), 44:1160-1161, Original Sources. 29 Mar. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8621TLC8KQDLXY9.

Harvard: Bush, GW, United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, August 29, 2008 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), 44:1160-1161. cited in , United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, August 29, 2008 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), 44:1160-1161. Original Sources, retrieved 29 March 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8621TLC8KQDLXY9.