Amendments to Executive Orders 13183 and 13494

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Title 3--
The President

Executive Order 13517 of October 30, 2009

Amendments to Executive Orders 13183 and 13494

By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including 40 U.S.C. 101, it is hereby ordered
as follows:

Section 1. Executive Order 13183 of December 23, 2000,
as amended, is further amended as follows:

(a) The preamble is amended by deleting ``,
including Public Law 106-346.''
(b) Section 1 is amended by adding the following
sentence after the second sentence: ``It is also the
policy of the executive branch to improve the treatment
of Puerto Rico in Federal programs and to promote job
creation, education, health care, clean energy, and
economic development on the islands.''
(c) Section 3 is amended by deleting the second,
third, and fourth sentences and inserting in lieu
thereof the following: ``The Task Force shall ensure
official attention to and facilitate action on matters
related to proposals for Puerto Rico's status and
provide advice and recommendations on such matters to
the President and the Congress. The Task Force shall
also identify and promote existing Federal initiatives
that benefit Puerto Rico; provide advice and
recommendations to the President and the Congress on
the treatment of Puerto Rico in Federal programs; and
provide advice and recommendations to the President and
the Congress on policies and initiatives that promote
job creation, education, health care, clean energy, and
economic development on the islands.''
(d) Section 4 is amended by deleting the first
sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
``The Task Force shall submit to the President a report
on the actions it has taken to perform the functions
set forth in section 3 no later than 1 year from the
date of this order. The Task Force shall also report to
the President, as appropriate, on other matters
relating to the Task Force's responsibilities under
this order.''

Sec. 2. In furtherance of the policy set forth in
section 1 of Executive Order 13494 of January 30, 2009,
section 3 of that order is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 3. Contracting departments and agencies shall
treat as allowable costs incurred in maintaining
satisfactory relations between the contractor and its
employees (other than the costs of any activities
undertaken to persuade employees to exercise or not to
exercise, or concerning the manner of exercising, the
right to organize and bargain collectively), including
costs of labor management committees, employee
publications, and other related activities. See 48
C.F.R. 31.205-21.''

Sec. 3. 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,

October 30, 2009.