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Federal Register Vol. 90, No. 15 Friday, January 24, 2025 |
Presidential Documents |
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Title 3— The President
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Executive Order 14145 of January 19, 2025 Helping Left-Behind Communities Make a Comeback By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. Well-designed programs that support local and Tribal leaders in left-behind communities can lead to stronger economic outcomes, strengthen regional assets, and reduce regional inequality. It is the policy of my Administration to take a whole-of-government approach to defining, coordinating, and increasing the accessibility of existing and future programs that help left-behind communities. Sec. 2. Definitions. For purposes of this order: (a) The term ‘‘covered communities’’ means: (i) municipalities or other local areas within an economically distressed region;
(ii) communities in Community Disaster Resiliency Zones;
(iii) regions served by any of the following Federal programs: the Energy Communities Interagency Working Group Priority Energy Communities, the Economic Development Administration Regional Technology and Innovation Hubs, the National Science Foundation Regional Innovation Engines, the Department of Housing and Urban Development Distressed Cities and Persistent Poverty Technical Assistance Program, or the Economic Development Administration Recompete Pilot Program; or
(iv) rural communities identified by the Secretary of Agriculture and Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
(b) ‘‘Economically distressed region’’ means a region described by section 301 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3161), section 29(j) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722b(j)(1)), or 49 U.S.C. 6702(a)(1), or that meets the definition of ‘‘persistent poverty county’’ in section 736 of Division A of Public Law 117–328. (c) ‘‘Implementing agencies’’ means the Department of the Treasury, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Energy, the Department of Homeland Security, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Small Business Administration. (d) ‘‘Place-based economic development’’ means policies and programs administered by the Federal Government that target defined regions, including Tribal lands, and use a coordinated approach that represents the interests of community members and community-based organizations in covered communities to: (i) improve physical infrastructure;
(ii) support workforce development to fill locally and regionally demanded well-paying jobs;
(iii) connect regions to new economic opportunities;
(iv) increase the capacity of unions, labor organizations, community organizations, and the general public to negotiate legally binding agreements
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