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Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13285
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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
January 27, 2005

Executive Order Amendments to Executive Order 13285
Relating to the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation



By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States of America, and in order to modify the mission and
functions of the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation
(Council) and to extend the Council, it is hereby ordered that Executive
Order 13285 of January 29, 2003, is amended as follows:

Section 1. (a) Sections 2(a) and 2(b) of Executive Order 13285 are revised
to read as follows: "(a) The mission and functions of the Council shall be
to:

(i) promote volunteer service and civic participation in American society;

(ii) encourage the recognition of outstanding volunteer service through the
presentation of the President's Volunteer Service Award by Council members
and Certifying Organizations, thereby encouraging more such activity;

(iii) promote the efforts and needs of local non-profits and volunteer
organizations, including volunteer centers;

(iv) promote greater public access to information about existing volunteer
opportunities, including via the Internet;

(v) assist with the promotion of Federally administered volunteer programs
and the link that they have to increasing and strengthening community
volunteer service; and

(vi) promote increased and sustained private sector sponsorship of and
engagement in volunteer service.

(b) In carrying out its mission, the Council shall:

(i) encourage broad participation in the President's Volunteer Service
Award program by qualified individuals and groups, especially students in
primary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher learning;

(ii) exchange information and ideas with interested individuals and
organizations on ways to expand and improve volunteer service and civic
participation;

(iii) advise the Chief Executive Officer of the CNCS on broad
dissemination, especially among schools and youth organizations, of
information regarding recommended practices for the promotion of volunteer
service and civic participation, and other relevant educational and
promotional materials;

(iv) monitor and advise the Chief Executive Officer of the CNCS on the need
for the enhancement of materials disseminated pursuant to subsection
2(b)(iii) of this order; and

(v) make recommendations from time to time to the President, through the
Director of the USA Freedom Corps, on ways to encourage greater levels of
volunteer service and civic participation by individuals, schools, and
organizations."

Sec. 2. Section 4(b) of Executive Order 13285 is revised to read as
follows: "(b) Unless further extended by the President, this order shall
expire on January 29, 2007."

GEORGE W. BUSH

THE WHITE HOUSE,

January 27, 2005.

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