Continuing To Expand Opportunity for All Young People

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 12 (Thursday, January 19, 2017)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 7623-7624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-01492]

Memorandum of January 13, 2017

Continuing To Expand Opportunity for All Young
People

Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and
Agencies

By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, I hereby direct the following:

Section 1. The Presidential Memorandum issued on
February 27, 2014 (Creating and Expanding Ladders of
Opportunity for Boys and Young Men of Color), is
amended:

(a) in the preamble, by striking the phrase ``My
Brother's Keeper initiative'' and replacing it with
``Task Force on Improving the Lives of Boys and Young
Men of Color and Underserved Youth'';
(b) in the preamble, by striking the phrase ``The
initiative'' and replacing it with ``The Task Force'';
(c) in section 1, by striking the phrase ``My
Brother's Keeper Task Force'' throughout and replacing
it with ``Task Force on Improving the Lives of Boys and
Young Men of Color and Underserved Youth'';
(d) in section 1(a), by striking everything that
follows ``In addition to the Chair, the Task Force
shall consist of the following members:'' in subsection
(a) and inserting the following:

``(i) the Attorney General;

(ii) the Secretary of Agriculture;

(iii) the Secretary of Commerce;

(iv) the Secretary of Defense;

(v) the Secretary of Education;

(vi) the Secretary of Energy;

(vii) the Secretary of Health and Human Services;

(viii) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development;

(ix) the Secretary of the Interior;

(x) the Secretary of Labor;

(xi) the Secretary of Transportation;

(xii) the Director of the Office of Management and Budget;

(xiii) the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers;

(xiv) the Director of the Office of Personnel Management;

(xv) the Administrator of the Small Business Administration;

(xvi) the Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission;

(xvii) the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and
Community Service;

(xviii) the Director of the National Science Foundation;

(xix) the Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and
Public Engagement;

(xx) the Director of the Domestic Policy Council;

(xxi) the Director of the National Economic Council;

(xxii) the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy; and

(xxiii) the heads of such other executive departments, agencies, and
offices as the Chair may, from time to time, designate.'';

(e) in section 2(a)(i), by inserting ``as
appropriate'' after ``to be maintained by the
Department of Education'';
(f) in section 2(a)(i), by inserting ``and in
consultation with the Office of Management and Budget,
including the Office of the Chief Statistician of the
United States, as appropriate'' after ``on an ongoing
basis'';
(g) by adding, as section 2(f): ``The Task Force
shall also provide a status report to the President
regarding the implementation of this memorandum at
least once each calendar year. In addition, every 2
years, the Task Force shall review the recommendations
from the 90-day report, determine whether updated
recommendations should be sent to the President, and
evaluate whether the set of critical indicators of life
outcomes should be updated.''; and
(h) in section 2(v) and section 2(vii), by
inserting ``and underserved youth'' after ``boys and
young men of color''.

Sec. 2. The Secretary of Education is authorized and
directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal
Register.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

Washington, January 13, 2017