EO 13371 Title 3--The President Executive Order 13371 of January 27, 2005 Amendments to Executive Order 13285, Re]ating 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 sea'vice and civic participation in American soci- ety; (ii) encourage the recognition of outstanding volunteer sea'vice through the presentation of the President's Volunteer Sea'vice Award by Council members and Certifying Organizations, thereby encouraging more such ac- tivity; (iii) promote the efforts and needs of local non-profits and volunteer or- ganizations, 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 pro- grams and the link that they have to increasing and strengthening commu- nity volunteer sea'vice; 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 orga- nizations on ways to expand and improve volunteer sea'vice and civic par- ticipation; (iii) advise the Chief Executive Officer of the CNCS on broad dissemina- tion, especially among schools and youth organizations, of information re- garding recommended practices for the promotion of volunteer sea'vice and civic participation, and other relevant educational and promotional mate- rials; (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 lev- els of volunteer se\177wice and civic participation by individuals, schools, and organizations."
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