Revocation of Executive Order Creating Labor- Management Forums

Executive Order 13812 of September 29, 2017

Revocation of Executive Order Creating Labor-
Management Forums

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. The United States Government should
spend tax dollars responsibly, efficiently, and in the
public interest. The National Council on Federal Labor-
Management Relations (Council) and related agency-level
labor-management forums have consumed considerable
managerial time and taxpayer resources, but they have
not fulfilled their goal of promoting collaboration in
the Federal workforce. Public expenditures on the
Council and related forums have produced few benefits
to the public, and they should, therefore, be
discontinued.

Sec. 2. Revocations. (a) Executive Order 13522 of
December 9, 2009 (Creating Labor-Management Forums to
Improve Delivery of Government Services), as extended
by Executive Order 13708 of September 30, 2015
(Continuance or Reestablishment of Certain Federal
Advisory Committees), which established the Council and
implemented labor-management forums throughout the
executive branch, is hereby revoked.

(b) The Director of the Office of Personnel
Management and heads of executive departments and
agencies shall, consistent with law, promptly move to
rescind any orders, rules, regulations, guidelines,
programs, or policies implementing or enforcing
Executive Order 13522.

Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order
shall abrogate any collective bargaining agreements in
effect on the date of this order.

(b) Nothing in this order shall be construed to
impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or 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.

(c) This order shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of
appropriations.

(d) 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.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

September 29, 2017.