Executive Order 13198

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to help the Federal Government coordinate a national effort to expand opportunities for faithbased and other community organizations and to strengthen their capacity to better meet social needs in America's communities, it is hereby ordered as follows:

.Establishment of Executive Department Centers for FaithBased and Community Initiatives.

.Purpose of Executive Department Centers for FaithBased and Community Initiatives.


 * The purpose of the executive department Centers will be to coordinate department efforts to eliminate regulatory, contracting, and other programmatic obstacles to the participation of faithbased and other community organizations in the provision of social services.

.Responsibilities of Executive Department Centers for FaithBased and Community Initiatives.


 * Each Center shall, to the extent permitted by law:

.Additional Responsibilities of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Labor Centers.


 * In addition to those responsibilities described in section 3 of this order, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Labor Centers shall, to the extent permitted by law:

.Reporting Requirements.

.Responsibilities of All Executive Departments and Agencies.


 * All executive departments and agencies (agencies) shall:

.Administration and Judicial Review.

, January 29, 2001. [FR Doc. 01–2851 Filed 1–30–01; 11:45 am] Billing Code 3195–01–P