Promoting Agriculture and Rural Prosperity in America
Record date: 2017-04-28
( printed page 20237) Executive Order 13790 of April 25, 2017 Promoting Agriculture and Rural Prosperity in America By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to ensure the informed exercise of regulatory authority that affects agriculture and rural communities, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1 . Policy. A reliable, safe, and affordable food, fiber, and forestry supply is critical to America's national security, stability, and prosperity. It is in the national interest
What this record contains
- Federal Register document
- 2017-08818
- Publication date
- 2017-04-28
- Citation
- 82 FR 20237
- Issuing office
- Executive Office of the President
Official record excerpt
( printed page 20237) Executive Order 13790 of April 25, 2017 Promoting Agriculture and Rural Prosperity in America By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to ensure the informed exercise of regulatory authority that affects agriculture and rural communities, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1 . Policy. A reliable, safe, and affordable food, fiber, and forestry supply is critical to America's national security, stability, and prosperity. It is in the national interest to promote American agriculture and protect the rural communities where food, fiber, forestry, and many of our renewable fuels are cultivated. It is further in the national interest to ensure that regulatory burdens do not unnecessarily encumber agricultural production, harm rural communities, constrain economic growth, hamper job creation, or increase the cost of food for Americans and our customers around the world. Sec. 2 . Establishment of the Interagency Task Force on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity. There is hereby established the Interagency Task Force on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity (Task Force). The Department of Agriculture shall provide administrative support and funding for the Task Force to the extent permitted by law and within existing appropriations. Sec. 3 . Membership. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall serve as Chair of the Task Force, which shall also include: (i) the Secretary of the Treasury; (ii) the Secretary of Defense; (iii) the Attorney General; (iv) the Secretary of the Interior; (v) the Secretary of Commerce; (vi) the Secretary of Labor; (vii) the Secretary of Health and Human Services; (viii) the Secretary of Transportation; (ix) the Secretary of Energy; (x) the Secretary of Education; (xi) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; (xii) the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission; (xiii) the Director of the Office of Management and Budget; (xiv) the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy; (xv) the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy; (xvi) the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers; (xvii) the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy; (xviii) the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy; (xix) the Administrator of the Small Business Administration; (xx) the United States Trade Representative; (xxi) the Director of the National Science Foundation; and ( printed page 20238) (xxii) the heads of such other executive departments, agencies, and offices as the President or the Secretary of Agriculture may, from time to time, designate. (b) A member of the Task Force may designate a senior-level official who is a full-time officer or employee of the member's department, agency, or office to perform the member's functions on the Task Force. Sec. 4 . Purpose and Functions of the Task Force. (a) The Task Force shall identify legislative, regulatory, and policy changes to promote in rural America agriculture, economic development, job growth, infrastructure improvements, technological innovation, energy security, and quality of life, including changes that: (i) remove barriers to economic prosperity and quality of life in rural America; (ii) advance the adoption of innovations and technology for agricultural production and long-term, sustainable rural development; (iii) strengthen and expand educational opportunities for students in rural communities, particularly in agricultural education, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; (iv) empower the State, local, and tribal agencies that implement rural economic development, agricultural, and environmental programs to tailor those programs to relevant regional circumstances; (v) respect the unique circumstances of small businesses that serve rural communities and the unique business structures and regional diversity of farms and ranches; (vi) require executive departments and agencies to rely upon the best available science when reviewing or approving crop protection tools; (vii) ensure access to a reliable workforce and increase employment opportunities in agriculture-related and rural-focused businesses; (viii) promote the preservation of family farms and other agribusiness operations as they are passed from one generation to the next, including changes to the estate tax and the tax valuation of family or cooperatively held businesses; (ix) ensure that water users' private property rights are not encumbered when they attempt to secure permits to operate on public lands; (x) improve food safety and ensure that regulations and policies implementing Federal food safety laws are based on science and account
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