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 Executive Orders EO 13433 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, or the amendments made by such title, or when otherwise appropriate or required by law. (b) To implement this order, the heads of the agencies acting iointly may allocate as appropriate among the agencies administrative responsibilities relating to regulatory actions to which section 3 refers, such as publication of notices in the Federal Register and receipt of comments in response to notices. Sec. 5. Duties of the Director of the Of]\177'ce of Management and Budget and the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality. (a) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget, with such assistance from the Chair- man of the Council on Environmental Quality as the Director may require, shall monitor the implementation of this order by the heads of the agencies and shall report thereon to the President from time to time, and not ]ess often than semiannually, with any recommendations of the Director for strengthening the implementation of this order. (b) To implement this order and further the policy set forth in section 1, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget may require the heads of the agencies to submit reports to, and coordinate with, such Office on matters related to this order. Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) This order shall be implemented in accord- ance with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations. (b) This order shall not be construed to impair or otherwise affect the func- tions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budget, administrative, and legislative proposals. (c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right, benefit or privilege, substantive or procedural enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, instrumenta]ities, or entities, its officers or employees, or any other person. GEORGE W. BUSH The White House, May 14, 2007. Executive Order 13433 of May 16, 2007 Protecting American Taxpayers From Payment of Contingency Fees By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. To help ensure the integrity and effective supervision of the legal and expert witness services provided to or on behalf of the United States, it is the policy of the United States that organizations or individuals that provide such services to or on behalf of the United States shall be 217

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