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Year In Review Summary: "A Year of Accomplishments"
In his first year in office, President Bush proved to be an effective and compassionate leader who
made great progress on enacting his domestic agenda while providing strong leadership in an
unprecedented national crisis.
President Bush made remarkable progress on key priorities:
Made our children a priority by enacting historic education reforms to strengthen public
schools;
Provided the largest tax relief for America's workers in twenty years;
Made America's national security an urgent priority by implementing a comprehensive,
principled foreign policy and rebuilding our nation's defenses;
Worked to remove federal barriers to effective faith- and community-based programs to help
Americans in need;
Established a bipartisan commission to more fully study the benefits and promise of
personal retirement accounts;
Made a strong case for expanding trade worldwide and gained House approval of Trade
Promotion Authority for the first time in more than six years, and
Created a drug discount card to lower the costs of prescription drugs for seniors and offered
a bipartisan Medicare reform proposal.
President Bush also worked to change the tone in our nation's Capital. He:
Assembled a strong cabinet, including a Democrat, to serve the American people;
Met with more members of Congress of the opposite party during his first year than any other
modern president;
Refused to engage in personal attacks or needless partisanship, and
Showed a willingness to work with Democrats and Republicans on a common agenda,
particularly on education and taxes, and compromising when necessary.
President and Mrs. Bush provided critical leadership when the nation needed it most in the
aftermath of September 11ᵗʰ. He declared the war his Administration's top priority and pursued
victory with tremendous focus and resolve.
The result is an unprecedented coalition against international terrorism. In the first 100 days of
the war, President George W. Bush:
Destroyed al-Qaeda's grip on Afghanistan by driving the Taliban from power.
Disrupted al-Qaeda's global operations and terrorist financing networks.
Wiped out key al-Qaeda terrorist training camps.
Helped the innocent people of Afghanistan recover from hunger and deprivation brought on
by the Taliban's reign of terror.
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PLURISUS
STATE OF THE UNION
ADDRESS TO THE 107TH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION
President George W. Bush
JANUARY 29, 2002 WASHINGTON, DC
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL
January 29, 2002
Thank you very much. Mr. Speaker, Vice President Cheney, Members of
Congress, distinguished guests, fellow citizens:
As we gather tonight, our nation is at war, our economy is in recession, and
the civilized world faces unprecedented dangers. Yet the state of our Union has
never been stronger.
We last met in an hour of shock and suffering. In four short months, our
nation has comforted the victims; begun to rebuild New York and the Pentagon;
rallied a great coalition; captured, arrested, and rid the world of thousands of
terrorists; destroyed Afghanistan's terrorist training camps; saved a people from
starvation; and freed a country from brutal oppression.
The American flag flies again over our embassy in Kabul. Terrorists who once
occupied Afghanistan now occupy cells at Guantanamo Bay. And terrorist leaders
who urged followers to sacrifice their lives are running for their own.
America and Afghanistan are now allies against terror. We'll be partners in
rebuilding that country. And this evening we welcome the distinguished interim
leader of a liberated Afghanistan: Chairman Hamid Karzai.
The last time we met in this chamber, the mothers and daughters of
Afghanistan were captives in their own homes, forbidden from working or going
to school. Today women are free, and are part of Afghanistan's new government.
And we welcome the new Minister of Women's Affairs, Doctor Sima Samar.
Our progress is a tribute to the spirit of the Afghan people, to the resolve of
our coalition, and to the might of the United States military. When I called our
troops into action, I did so with complete confidence in their courage and skill. And
tonight, thanks to them, we are winning the war on terror. The men and women
of our Armed Forces have delivered a message now clear to every enemy of the
United States: Even 7,000 miles away, across oceans and continents, on mountain-
tops and in caves-you will not escape the justice of this nation.
For many Americans, these four months have brought sorrow, and pain that
will never completely go away. Every day a retired firefighter returns to Ground
Zero, to feel closer to his two sons who died there. At a memorial in New York, a
little boy left his football with a note for his lost father: "Dear Daddy, please take this
to heaven. I don't want to play football until I can play with you again some day."
Last month, at the grave of her husband, Micheal, a CIA officer and Marine who
died in Mazar-e-Sharif, Shannon Spann said these words of farewell: "Semper Fi,
my love." Shannon is with us tonight.
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Shannon, I assure you and all who have lost a loved one that our cause is just,
and our country will never forget the debt we owe Micheal and all who gave their
lives for freedom.
Our cause is just, and it continues. Our discoveries in Afghanistan confirmed
our worst fears, and showed us the true scope of the task ahead. We have seen the
depth of our enemies' hatred in videos, where they laugh about the loss of inno-
cent life. And the depth of their hatred is equaled by the madness of the destruc-
tion they design. We have found diagrams of American nuclear power plants and
public water facilities, detailed instructions for making chemical weapons, surveil-
lance maps of American cities, and thorough descriptions of landmarks in America
and throughout the world.
What we have found in Afghanistan confirms that, far from ending there, our
war against terror is only beginning. Most of the 19 men who hijacked planes on
September the 11th were trained in Afghanistan's camps, and SO were tens of thou-
sands of others. Thousands of dangerous killers, schooled in the methods of
murder, often supported by outlaw regimes, are now spread throughout the world
like ticking time bombs, set to go off without warning.
Thanks to the work of our law enforcement officials and coalition partners,
hundreds of terrorists have been arrested-yet tens of thousands of trained terror-
ists are still at large. These enemies view the entire world as a battlefield, and we
must pursue them wherever they are. So long as training camps operate, so long as
nations harbor terrorists, freedom is at risk. And America and our allies must not,
and will not, allow it.
Our nation will continue to be steadfast and patient and persistent in the
pursuit of two great objectives. First, we will shut down terrorist camps, disrupt
terrorist plans, and bring terrorists to justice. And, second, we must prevent the
terrorists and regimes who seek chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons from
threatening the United States and the world.
Our military has put the terror training camps of Afghanistan out of business,
yet camps still exist in at least a dozen countries. A terrorist underworld-including
groups like Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, Jaish-i-Mohammed-operates in
remote jungles and deserts, and hides in the centers of large cities.
While the most visible military action is in Afghanistan, America is acting else-
where. We now have troops in the Philippines, helping to train that country's armed
forces to go after terrorist cells that have executed an American, and still hold
hostages. Our soldiers, working with the Bosnian government, seized terrorists who
were plotting to bomb our embassy. Our navy is patrolling the coast of Africa to
block the shipment of weapons and the establishment of terrorist camps in
Somalia.
My hope is that all nations will heed our call, and eliminate the terrorist para-
sites who threaten their countries and our own. Many nations are acting forcefully.
Pakistan is now cracking down on terror, and I admire the strong leadership of
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President Musharraf. But some governments will be timid in the face of terror. And
make no mistake about it: If they do not act, America will.
Our second goal is to prevent regimes that sponsor terror from threatening
America or our friends and allies with weapons of mass destruction.
Some of these regimes have been pretty quiet since September the 11th. But
we know their true nature. North Korea is a regime arming with missiles and
weapons of mass destruction, while starving its citizens.
Iran aggressively pursues these weapons and exports terror, while an
unelected few repress the Iranian people's hope for freedom.
Iraq continues to flaunt its hostility toward America and to support terror.
The Iraqi regime has plotted to develop anthrax, and nerve gas, and nuclear
weapons for over a decade. This is a regime that has already used poison gas to
murder thousands of its own citizens-leaving the bodies of mothers huddled over
their dead children. This is a regime that agreed to international inspections-then
kicked out the inspectors. This is a regime that has something to hide from the civi-
lized world.
States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to
threaten the peace of the world. By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these
regimes pose a grave and growing danger. They could provide these arms to terror-
ists, giving them the means to match their hatred. They could attack our allies or
attempt to blackmail the United States. In any of these cases, the price of indiffer-
ence would be catastrophic.
We will work closely with our coalition to deny terrorists and their state spon-
sors the materials, technology, and expertise to make and deliver weapons of mass
destruction. We will develop and deploy effective missile defenses to protect
America and our allies from sudden attack. And all nations should know: America
will do what is necessary to ensure our nation's security.
We'll be deliberate, yet time is not on our side. I will not wait on events, while
dangers gather. I will not stand by, as peril draws closer and closer. The United
States of America will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten
us with the world's most destructive weapons.
Our war on terror is well begun, but it is only begun. This campaign may not
be finished on our watch-yet it must be and it will be waged on our watch.
We can't stop short. If we stop now-leaving terror camps intact and terror
states unchecked-our sense of security would be false and temporary. History has
called America and our allies to action, and it is both our responsibility and our
privilege to fight freedom's fight.
Our first priority must always be the security of our nation, and that will be
reflected in the budget I send to Congress. My budget supports three great goals for
America: We will win this war; we'll protect our homeland; and we will revive our
economy.
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September the 11th brought out the best in America, and the best in this
Congress. And I join the American people in applauding your unity and resolve.
Now Americans deserve to have this same spirit directed toward addressing prob-
lems here at home. I'm a proud member of my party-yet as we act to win the war,
protect our people, and create jobs in America, we must act, first and foremost, not
as Republicans, not as Democrats, but as Americans.
It costs a lot to fight this war. We have spent more than a billion dollars a
month-over 30 million dollars a day-and we must be prepared for future oper-
ations. Afghanistan proved that expensive precision weapons defeat the enemy and
spare innocent lives, and we need more of them. We need to replace aging aircraft
and make our military more agile, to put our troops anywhere in the world quickly
and safely. Our men and women in uniform deserve the best weapons, the best
equipment, the best training-and they also deserve another pay raise. My budget
includes the largest increase in defense spending in two decades-because while the
price of freedom and security is high, it is never too high. Whatever it costs to
defend our country, we will pay.
The next priority of my budget is to do everything possible to protect our citi-
zens and strengthen our nation against the ongoing threat of another attack. Time
and distance from the events of September the 11th will not make us safer unless
we act on its lessons. America is no longer protected by vast oceans. We are
protected from attack only by vigorous action abroad, and increased vigilance at
home.
My budget nearly doubles funding for a sustained strategy of homeland secu-
rity, focused on four key areas: bioterrorism, emergency response, airport and
border security, and improved intelligence. We will develop vaccines to fight
anthrax and other deadly diseases. We'll increase funding to help states and
communities train and equip our heroic police and firefighters. We will improve
intelligence collection and sharing, expand patrols at our borders, strengthen the
security of air travel, and use technology to track the arrivals and departures of visi-
tors to the United States.
Homeland security will make America not only stronger, but, in many ways,
better. Knowledge gained from bioterrorism research will improve public health.
Stronger police and fire departments will mean safer neighborhoods. Stricter
border enforcement will help combat illegal drugs.
And as government works to better secure our homeland, America will
continue to depend on the eyes and ears of alert citizens. A few days before
Christmas, an airline flight attendant spotted a passenger lighting a match. The
crew and passengers quickly subdued the man, who had been trained by al-Qaida
and was armed with explosives. The people on that plane were alert and, as a result,
likely saved nearly 200 lives. And tonight we welcome and thank flight attendants
Hermis Moutardier and Christina Jones.
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Once we have funded our national security and our homeland security, the
final great priority of my budget is economic security for the American people. To
achieve these great national objectives-to win the war, protect the homeland, and
revitalize our economy-our budget will run a deficit that will be small and short-
term, so long as Congress restrains spending and acts in a fiscally responsible
manner. We have clear priorities and we must act at home with the same purpose
and resolve we have shown overseas: We'll prevail in the war, and we will defeat this
recession.
Americans who have lost their jobs need our help and I support extending
unemployment benefits and direct assistance for health care coverage. Yet
American workers want more than unemployment checks-they want a steady
paycheck. When America works, America prospers, so my economic security plan
can be summed up in one word: jobs.
Good jobs begin with good schools, and here we've made a fine start.
Republicans and Democrats worked together to achieve historic education reform
so that no child is left behind. I was proud to work with Members of both parties-
Chairman John Boehner and Congressman George Miller, Senator Judd Gregg-
and I was so proud of our work, I even had nice things to say about my friend, Ted
Kennedy. I know the folks at the Crawford coffee shop couldn't believe I'd say such
a thing, but our work on this bill shows what is possible if we set aside posturing
and focus on results.
There is more to do. We need to prepare our children to read and succeed in
school with improved Head Start and early childhood development programs. We
must upgrade our teacher colleges and teacher training and launch a major
recruiting drive with a great goal for America: a quality teacher in every classroom.
Good jobs also depend on reliable and affordable energy. This Congress must
act to encourage conservation, promote technology, build infrastructure, and it
must act to increase energy production at home so America is less dependent on
foreign oil.
Good jobs depend on expanded trade. Selling into new markets creates new
jobs, so I ask Congress to finally approve Trade Promotion Authority. On these two
key issues, trade and energy, the House of Representatives has acted to create jobs,
and I urge the Senate to pass this legislation.
Good jobs depend on sound tax policy. Last year, some in this hall thought my
tax relief plan was too small; some thought it was too big. But when the checks
arrived in the mail, most Americans thought tax relief was just about right.
Congress listened to the people and responded by reducing tax rates, doubling the
child credit, and ending the death tax. For the sake of long-term growth and to help
Americans plan for the future, let's make these tax cuts permanent.
The way out of this recession, the way to create jobs, is to grow the economy
by encouraging investment in factories and equipment, and by speeding up tax
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relief so people have more money to spend. For the sake of American workers, let's
pass a stimulus package.
Good jobs must be the aim of welfare reform. As we reauthorize these impor-
tant reforms, we must always remember the goal is to reduce dependency on
government and offer every American the dignity of a job.
Americans know economic security can vanish in an instant without health
security. I ask Congress to join me this year to enact a Patients' Bill of Rights, to give
uninsured workers credits to help buy health coverage, to approve an historic
increase in spending for veterans' health, and to give seniors a sound and modern
Medicare system that includes coverage for prescription drugs.
A good job should lead to security in retirement. I ask Congress to enact new
safeguards for 401 (k) and pension plans. Employees who have worked hard and
saved all their lives should not have to risk losing everything if their company fails.
Through stricter accounting standards and tougher disclosure requirements, corpo-
rate America must be made more accountable to employees and shareholders and
held to the highest standards of conduct.
Retirement security also depends upon keeping the commitments of Social
Security, and we will. We must make Social Security financially stable and allow
personal retirement accounts for younger workers who choose them.
Members, you and I will work together in the months ahead on other issues:
productive farm policy; a cleaner environment; broader home ownership, especially
among minorities; and ways to encourage the good work of charities and faith-
based groups. I ask you to join me on these important domestic issues in the same
spirit of cooperation we've applied to our war against terrorism.
During these last few months, I've been humbled and privileged to see the
true character of this country in a time of testing. Our enemies believed America
was weak and materialistic, that we would splinter in fear and selfishness. They were
as wrong as they are evil.
The American people have responded magnificently, with courage and
compassion, strength and resolve. As I have met the heroes, hugged the families, and
looked into the tired faces of rescuers, I have stood in awe of the American people.
And I hope you will join me in expressing thanks to one American for the
strength, and calm, and comfort she brings to our nation in crisis, our First Lady,
Laura Bush.
None of us would ever wish the evil that was done on September the 11th. Yet
after America was attacked, it was as if our entire country looked into a mirror and
saw our better selves. We were reminded that we are citizens, with obligations to
each other, to our country, and to history. We began to think less of the goods we
can accumulate, and more about the good we can do.
For too long our culture has said, "If it feels good, do it." Now America is
embracing a new ethic and a new creed: "Let's roll." In the sacrifice of soldiers, the
fierce brotherhood of firefighters, and the bravery and generosity of ordinary citi-
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zens, we have glimpsed what a new culture of responsibility could look like. We
want to be a nation that serves goals larger than self. We've been offered a unique
opportunity, and we must not let this moment pass.
My call tonight is for every American to commit at least two years-4,000
hours over the rest of your lifetime-to the service of your neighbors and your
nation.
Many are already serving, and I thank you. If you aren't sure how to help, I've
got a good place to start. To sustain and extend the best that has emerged in
America, I invite you to join the new USA Freedom Corps. The Freedom Corps will
focus on three areas of need: responding in case of crisis at home; rebuilding our
communities; and extending American compassion throughout the world.
One purpose of the USA Freedom Corps will be homeland security. America
needs retired doctors and nurses who can be mobilized in major emergencies;
volunteers to help police and fire departments; transportation and utility workers
well-trained in spotting danger.
Our country also needs citizens working to rebuild our communities. We need
mentors to love children, especially children whose parents are in prison. And we
need more talented teachers in troubled schools. USA Freedom Corps will expand
and improve the good efforts of AmeriCorps and Senior Corps to recruit more than
200,000 new volunteers.
And America needs citizens to extend the compassion of our country to every
part of the world. So we will renew the promise of the Peace Corps, double its
volunteers over the next five years, and ask it to join a new effort to encourage
development, and education, and opportunity in the Islamic world.
This time of adversity offers a unique moment of opportunity-a moment we
must seize to change our culture. Through the gathering momentum of millions
of acts of service and decency and kindness, I know we can overcome evil with
greater good.
And we have a great opportunity during this time of war to lead the world
toward the values that will bring lasting peace. All fathers and mothers, in all soci-
eties, want their children to be educated and live free from poverty and violence.
No people on earth yearn to be oppressed, or aspire to servitude, or eagerly await
the midnight knock of the secret police.
If anyone doubts this, let them look to Afghanistan, where the Islamic "street"
greeted the fall of tyranny with song and celebration. Let the skeptics look to Islam's
own rich history, with its centuries of learning, and tolerance, and progress.
America will lead by defending liberty and justice because they are right and
true and unchanging for all people everywhere. No nation owns these aspirations,
and no nation is exempt from them. We have no intention of imposing our culture.
But America will always stand firm for the non-negotiable demands of human
dignity: the rule of law; limits on the power of the state; respect for women; private
property; free speech; equal justice; and religious tolerance.
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America will take the side of brave men and women who advocate these
values around the world-including the Islamic world-because we have a greater
objective than eliminating threats and containing resentment. We seek a just and
peaceful world beyond the war on terror.
In this moment of opportunity, a common danger is erasing old rivalries.
America is working with Russia and China and India, in ways we have never before,
to achieve peace and prosperity. In every region, free markets and free trade and free
societies are proving their power to lift lives. Together with friends and allies from
Europe to Asia, and Africa to Latin America, we will demonstrate that the forces of
terror cannot stop the momentum of freedom.
The last time I spoke here, I expressed the hope that life would return to
normal. In some ways, it has. In others, it never will. Those of us who have lived
through these challenging times have been changed by them. We've come to know
truths that we will never question: Evil is real, and it must be opposed. Beyond all
differences of race or creed, we are one country, mourning together and facing
danger together. Deep in the American character, there is honor, and it is stronger
than cynicism. And many have discovered again that even in tragedy-especially in
tragedy-God is near.
In a single instant, we realized that this will be a decisive decade in the history
of liberty, that we've been called to a unique role in human events. Rarely has the
world faced a choice more clear or consequential.
Our enemies send other people's children on missions of suicide and murder.
They embrace tyranny and death as a cause and a creed. We stand for a different
choice, made long ago, on the day of our founding. We affirm it again today. We
choose freedom and the dignity of every life.
Steadfast in our purpose, we now press on. We have known freedom's price.
We have shown freedom's power. And in this great conflict, my fellow Americans,
we will see freedom's victory.
Thank you all. May God bless.
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STATE OF THE UNION PREVIEW
America faces a unique moment in history: our nation is at war, our homeland
was attacked, and our economy is in recession. In the State of the Union speech,
President Bush will commit our nation to achieving three great goals of our time:
To Win the War on Terrorism;
Strengthen Protections of our Homeland; and
Revitalize Our Economy and Create Jobs.
National Security. Our fight against terrorism began in Afghanistan, but it
will not end there. President Bush will discuss the keys to ultimate victory by
rooting out global terrorism wherever it exists and protecting America and
our allies against chemical and biological attacks. Whatever it takes to win the
war on terrorism and defend our country, our nation must and will provide it.
Homeland Security. The President will outline plans to strengthen protections
against future attacks at home by improving intelligence activities, tightening
our borders, protecting our airports and airplanes and dramatically increasing
funding to equip and train firefighters, law enforcement, and emergency
medical personnel.
Economic Security. The President's economic agenda can be summed up in
one word: jobs. The president understands that a broad agenda to create jobs
and strong economy requires a good education, reliable and affordable health
care (including prescription drugs), a secure retirement, a comprehensive
energy policy, and new markets for America's products through expanded
trade.
There has been a broad and bipartisan commitment to winning the war on
terrorism. The President wants to bring the same focus and bipartisan
commitment to work to address America's needs here at home.
The President will also discuss how we can preserve and extend the great good
we've seen come out of the evil of September 11th - not only to extend and
strengthen our values throughout America, but throughout the world.
THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
USA FREEDOM CORPS
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
JANUARY 2002
Foreword by President George W. Bush
September 11 was a tragic day in our Nation's history and the history of the world. No
American, and no civilized person, would wish the evil of that day on anyone. So much grief
and sorrow were inflicted on so many of our fellow citizens, and people around the world. Yet
we also know that out of tragedy, strength and hope and even good can come. One of the best
ways to counter evil is through the gathering momentum of millions of acts of service and
decency and kindness.
Since September 11, Americans have responded magnificently, with courage and compassion,
unity and purpose, resolve and fierce determination. We have seen the true character of the
American people reveal itself in unity and generosity, patriotism and civic pride. The deep bonds
of affection that we have seen in people helping people in need have blessed our land. Our great
challenge now is to encourage this outpouring of service and civic pride - and to harness it to a
great national purpose. This is the underlying principle of the USA Freedom Corps.
The USA Freedom Corps will encourage and support those who want to serve their country.
Countless Americans now serve in countless ways to improve our Nation and our world. The
USA Freedom Corps values this spirit and seeks to build upon it. The USA Freedom Corps will
provide opportunities and create incentives for Americans to become even more involved in
serving their communities and country - and in serving the people of other nations.
Volunteerism and community service are central to the history of our Nation. Americans have
always been a decent and deeply generous people, willing to help those in need. That was true
before September 11. It is truer today. The Federal Government did not create this civic spirit;
but we do have a responsibility to help support and encourage it where we can. The USA
Freedom Corps is another way in which my Administration will work to contribute to that great
cause.
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Table of Contents
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Executive Summary
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Key Elements of USA Freedom Corps
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USA Freedom Corps Overview
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The Call To Service
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Establishing the USA Freedom Corps
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Establishing a Citizens Corps: Engaging Citizens in Homeland Security
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Enhancing National and Community Service
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Strengthening the Peace Corps
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USA Freedom Corps Executive Order
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Executive Summary
A commitment to serve our neighbors and our Nation is an essential part of the American
character. We have always believed in an ethic of citizenship that includes helping those in need
and promoting the common good. We know this makes America stronger and the world better.
The USA Freedom Corps builds on this great American ethic. The USA Freedom Corps will
promote a culture of responsibility, service, and citizenship. It will work with key service
agencies in government and the nonprofit sector to provide incentives and new opportunities to
serve at home and abroad. The USA Freedom Corps will draw on help from Americans of all
ages and of every background. It is an integrated citizen service initiative - and the
Administration believes it can and will do great good.
Americans serve their country in extraordinary and countless ways. Most of our Nation's civic
work is being done without the aid of the Federal Government. But we believe the Federal
Government can work to enhance opportunities for Americans to serve their neighbors and their
Nation. The Administration is therefore proposing to create and expand activities that will
enhance homeland security, provide additional community-based service and volunteer
opportunities, and assist people around the world.
President Bush is calling on all Americans to serve their country for the equivalent of two
years -- or 4,000 hours -- over a lifetime. Some Americans -- such as those just graduating
from high school or college or those beginning their retirement -- may want to perform one or
more years of uninterrupted service. Other Americans may wish to commit service hours over
many years. Some citizens will serve for many more than two years, others for less. This
initiative is not a Federal mandate - it is profound individual commitment and a worthy national
goal.
The tragic events of September 11 reminded Americans that, as citizens, we bear essential
obligations to each other, to our country, and to history. The USA Freedom Corps is one way
President Bush's Administration intends to help Americans fulfill these individual obligations.
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Key Elements of USA Freedom Corps
The USA Freedom Corps initially will have three major components:
A newly created Citizen Corps to engage citizens in homeland security: The new Citizen
Corps will consist of Citizen Corps Councils. It will engage Americans in specific homeland
security efforts in communities throughout the country. These initiatives include a Medical
Reserve Corps, a Volunteers in Police Service Program, a doubling of Neighborhood Watch,
a new Terrorist Information and Prevention System, and a tripling of Community Emergency
Response Team members.
An improved and enhanced AmeriCorps and Senior Corps: The Administration will
provide additional community-based service opportunities and will leverage hundreds of
thousands of additional volunteers through 25,000 new AmeriCorps participants, 100,000
new Senior Corps participants, and removing barriers to service. The 25,000 new
AmeriCorps participants will generate at least 75,000 additional volunteers.
A strengthened Peace Corps: The President's plan will double the number of Peace Corps
volunteers over the next 5 years, returning the number of volunteers to near its historic high,
which was 15,000 in June of 1966.
The President is requesting more than $550 million in new funds in Fiscal Year 2003 to
support this new citizen service initiative.
The citizen service initiative will be managed by a new USA Freedom Corps Council and
an Assistant to the President within the White House. The Council and White House Office
will make further policy recommendations to the President to enhance service, help agencies
recruit and mobilize volunteers, study how better to chart civic progress, and find ways to
recognize the participation of Americans in serving their communities, country, and nations
around the world.
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USA Freedom Corps Overview
SUPPORT FOR THE USA FREEDOM CORPS
The USA Freedom Corps will have a Council and Office within the Executive Office of
the President. The Council will be chaired by the President and include the heads of key
departments and agencies with public service programs and components. The Office will be
headed by an Assistant to the President, reporting directly to the President, and will include a
staff to help coordinate the service initiative;
The Council will make policy recommendations to the President on additional service
opportunities and ways in which Federal and community-based programs can provide
incentives and information to foster better citizenship and more service to the Nation and to
communities;
The USA Freedom Corps will work with appropriate Federal departments and agencies
to establish baseline data for measuring participation in service programs, identifying
serious needs, and tracking progress resulting from additional resources and opportunities
made possible through the USA Freedom Corps;
"USA Freedom Corps" awards and certificates will be issued to participants in the three
service programs; and
The USA Freedom Corps will coordinate this new service initiative with appropriate
federal departments and agencies, and help work with the Congress to secure the more
than $550 million in Fiscal Year 2003 to support this initiative.
CITIZEN CORPS - Engaging Citizens in Homeland Security
Establish Citizens Corps Councils representing citizens in local communities, provide
appropriate community designations, and encourage recruitment of Citizen Corps volunteers.
The Councils would include leaders from law enforcement, fire and emergency medical
services, businesses, community-based institutions, schools, places of worship, health care
institutions, public works, and other key sectors. The Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) will coordinate with states and local communities to support the
establishment of the Councils. The Administration is requesting $144 million for Fiscal Year
2003 in matching grants to help support Citizen Corps Councils through training, materials,
and certification. Certification will include responsibilities for maintaining the Councils and
programs. The Councils will coordinate the Citizen Corps programs at the local level, such
as:
Volunteers In Police Service Program: Building on successful local programs, in which
civilian volunteers help local police departments and free up police officers to perform
their front-line duties, the Department of Justice (DOJ) will coordinate with State and
local police departments on best practices, providing training and information on specific
non-sworn functions, and liability issues. The Administration has requested $3 million
for Fiscal Year 2003 to support this initiative;
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Double Neighborhood Watch Programs and Add a Terrorism Prevention
Component: The Department of Justice will work with the Neighborhood Watch.
Program (NWP) to incorporate terrorism prevention into its mission. The goal would be
to double the number of NWPs over the next two years. DOJ will make grant funding
available to Neighborhood Watch for additional training and increased capacity through
the National Sheriffs' Association. The Administration has requested $6 million for
Fiscal Year 2003 to support this initiative;
Medical Reserve Corps: A community-based Medical Reserve Corps would be created
as part of the local Councils to recruit and train retired healthcare professionals to
augment local health care capacity during an emergency. The Department of Health and
Human Services will coordinate training, information, emergency procedures, and
communications. The Administration has requested $10 million for Fiscal Year 2003 for
this initiative;
Triple Community Emergency Response Team Members: The Federal Emergency
Management Agency's (FEMA) Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) is a
program conducted by a specially trained team of first responders. The training prepares
individuals in neighborhoods, workplaces, and schools to take a more active part in the
emergency management planning for their area and to prepare themselves and others for
disasters. CERT training includes: disaster preparedness; disaster fire suppression;
disaster medical operations; and light search and rescue operations. FEMA will work to
increase three-fold training capacity, equipment, and information dissemination. The
Administration has requested $61 million for Fiscal Year 2003 for this initiative;
Operation TIPS: Terrorist Information and Prevention System: Operation TIPS will
be a nationwide mechanism for reporting suspicious activity -- enlisting millions of
American transportation workers, truckers, letter carriers, train conductors, ship captains,
and utility employees in the effort to prevent terrorism and crime. Operation TIPS, a
project of the U.S. Department of Justice, will be initiated as a pilot program in ten cities
in America. DOJ will establish a 1-800 Hotline for participants in Operation TIPS to
report information. The Administration has requested $8 million for Fiscal Year 2003;
and
Citizens' Preparedness Guidebook and PSA Campaign: A national information
campaign will carry the President's message of citizen preparedness. Building on what is
effective in crime prevention and responding to natural disasters, the Guidebook will
provide information to citizens on how to prepare for potential terrorism, and a PSA
campaign will help Americans implement the suggestions in the Guidebook. The
Guidebook and PSA campaign will give Americans guidance on how best to prepare at
home, in the community, at work, at the airport, in places of worship, and in other public
places. DOJ is carrying out the initiative with existing resources.
More than $230 million has been requested in FY '03 for all of these initiatives.
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NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
AmeriCorps
Provide service opportunities for 25,000 new AmeriCorps participants (a 50 percent
increase), leveraging at least 75,000 additional volunteers;
Enhance opportunities for service in public health and safety and emergency
preparedness and broaden service opportunities more generally;
Reform Education Awards in AmeriCorps so the awards can be used for education,
down payment on a home, job training, and health care costs;
Permit Education Awards for seniors to include transferability of a $4,725 Silver
Scholarship to a grandchild or someone else for education;
Provide for more leveraging of volunteers as a part of evaluating and funding
programs;
Assure more accountability for results by ensuring that grantees meet performance
measures; and
Empower local community and faith-based organizations through service volunteers.
Greater Public and Private Support for Teaching and Other National Service
Programs. The FY 2003 budget will provide $10 million for the first-time use of challenge
grants to support the expansion of teaching and other national service programs. Under these
new challenge grants, private sources will provide at least 50 percent of the amount required
to expand existing effective national service programs. The Corporation for National and
Community Service has supported effective teacher programs in the past, such as Teach for
America, but has not used an authority that targets Federal funds to challenge the private
sector to help expand these efforts.
More than $230 million has been requested in FY '03 to support these initiatives.
Senior Corps
Provide service opportunities for 100,000 new Senior Corps Volunteers
Leverage additional volunteers;
Enhance service opportunities for seniors to participate in programs by changing
eligibility requirements, such as lowering the age to 55 for participating in all programs;
Increase service opportunities in public health, safety, and emergency preparedness;
and
Provide greater flexibility to local communities by easing burdensome requirements
governing the activities of volunteers.
More than $50 million has been requested in FY '03 to support these initiatives
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Greater Service Opportunities During College: Federal Work Study Program
Every college and university will be required to devote 50 percent of its Federal Work Study
funds to community service (currently it is only 7 percent) and specify that in any given year
at least 5 percent of the students would be expected to work in fields of public safety, public
health and emergency preparedness. This would mean that an additional 250,000 to
300,000 students would serve an average of 10 hours a week in non-profit organizations
across the country.
PEACE CORPS
Double the number of Peace Corps volunteers over the next 5 years; this would boost the
Peace Corps to near its historic high of 15,000 volunteers last achieved in June of 1966. The
Peace Corps currently has 7,000 volunteers in 70 countries, the majority of whom are
working in the areas of education, environment, and health.
Support Reconstruction Efforts in Afghanistan through the Crisis Corps. Part of the
Peace Corps, the "Crisis Corps" recruits former volunteers, who know the language, culture,
and traditions of the countries in which they work. The Crisis Corps will aim to assist in the
reconstruction of Afghanistan as quickly as possible, consistent with the safety and security
of volunteers.
Enter More Countries in 2002. The Administration is sending Peace Corps volunteers to
re-enter Peru. The Administration will also work to provide Peace Corps volunteers to more
Islamic countries and to other countries, such as East Timor, the first nation to be created in
the 21st century. All decisions will be made in a manner consistent with the safety and
security of volunteers.
More than $200 million has been requested in Fiscal Years 2003-2007 for these initiatives.
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The Call to Service
The President calls on all citizens to perform some form of service to the Nation for at least two
years of their lives. That service can be military or non-military; it can meet large national
purposes or local community needs; it can be domestic or international; and it can be done over
an uninterrupted period or by accumulating service hours over many years. The intent is to
promote civic ties and to foster a lifelong ethic of good citizenship and service among Americans
of all ages.
As part of that effort, the Administration will create, expand, and revise service opportunities
and will seek to strengthen the Nation's extensive volunteer and civic networks. The USA
Freedom Corps initially will have three principal components: 1) a newly created Citizen Corps
to engage citizens in homeland security; 2) an enhanced AmeriCorps and Seniors Corps; and 3)
a strengthened Peace Corps. The Administration is moving forward with these efforts
immediately and has requested support in its fiscal year 2003 budget. The Administration will
also propose legislation to the Congress, entitled the Citizen Service Act of 2002, which will do
the following:
Support the greater engagement of citizens in volunteering;
Provide greater support to organizations meeting the homeland security needs of the
Nation;
Provide greater assistance to secular and faith-based community organizations;
Make Federal support more accountable and effective; and
Make Federal funds more responsive to state and local needs.
A Strong Civic Sector
The strength of American democracy has long rested on the spirit of Americans and a foundation
of voluntary civic institutions. The formation of voluntary associations to deal with the various
needs of communities in our fledgling Nation was the aspect of American democracy that most
impressed the French observer Alexis de Tocqueville during his visit to America in the 1830s,
and it has distinguished our Nation in the years since.
There are troubling signs, however, that civic ties and social connectedness in America have
been on the wane. In his book Bowling Alone, the social scientist Robert Putnam points to a
decline in membership in service-oriented organizations such as churches, Rotary Clubs, and
PTAs. Moreover, the percentage of people who volunteer in their communities to help solve
social problems remains low. According to Independent Sector, only about 44 percent of
Americans volunteer. Professor Putnam recently noted that "in the aftermath of September's
tragedy, a window of opportunity has opened for a sort of civil renewal that occurs only once or
twice a century. But though the crisis revealed and replenished the wells of solidarity in
American communities, so far those wells remain untapped."
There is more that we can do to tap this spirit, and one key strategy is for individuals in
communities to seek greater involvement from fellow citizens. Data from Independent Sector
(2001 Giving and Volunteering in the United States) indicate that 50 percent of all adults in the
country were asked to volunteer. Those who were asked to volunteer were much more likely to
volunteer (63 percent) than were those who had not been asked (25 percent).
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For America to remain strong, more citizens need to be active, and the great majority of
Americans, especially the rising generation, must recognize that they are expected to contribute
to the well-being of our society through service. Every American should come to realize that
they are able, through service, to repay the debt they owe the country - a repayment, in the
words of William F. Buckley, Jr., that reflects a Nation's "gratitude" for the blessings of liberty.
Call to Service
Americans are generous people with a long tradition of service to one another, their communities
and their Nation. The President's call to service aims to further encourage that ethic of good
citizenship and a lifetime of service. Some social observers have called for the institution of a
national service draft, which would obligate every young American between the ages of 18 and
25 to put in a year or more of national or community service. As the Administration has noted
on several occasions, a draft is neither necessary nor appropriate, but the time is right to foster a
climate where the great majority of Americans engage in national and community service.
The President calls for all Americans to give at least two years of service to their country - a
period of time roughly equivalent to 4,000 hours over their lifetimes. Individuals can best
determine their unique contributions to family, community, and the country. A national service
goal is simply that - to inspire all Americans to ask once again what great service they can
perform to better the lives of others and to strengthen America.
Some individuals may be inspired to volunteer for full-time service in the military and serve their
country in a single uninterrupted period; other Americans may be interested in service
opportunities in full-time programs such as AmeriCorps or the Peace Corps. Many Americans
will want to continue to seek volunteer opportunities in their local communities over an extended
period of time.
The following provides examples of the types of service that Americans may wish to undertake.
These are examples only.
Military service, including the National Guard and Reserves
Volunteering at a hospital or health clinic
Volunteering through service clubs
AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, or other service programs
Peace Corps
Volunteering at charities or faith-based organizations
Volunteering at schools
Service-learning activities done as part of your school's curriculum
Coaching or serving as a mentor to youth
Participation in volunteer efforts can instill the ethic of service for a lifetime in a growing
proportion of Americans and add to the nation's civic connectedness. Americans can continue to
work together to strengthen our families, neighborhoods, and country.
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Establishing the USA Freedom Corps
The USA Freedom Corps is the President's tool for enlisting Americans in public service at
home and abroad. It will have a Coordinating Council and a White House Office to carry out its
specific functions. Initially, the USA Freedom Corps will support the work of, and recognize
participants in, three service efforts - the newly created Citizen Corps, AmeriCorps and Senior
Corps, and the Peace Corps. The Citizen Corps will be coordinated by FEMA; AmeriCorps and
Senior Corps will be run by the Corporation for National and Community Service; and the
Peace Corps will be run by its Director.
Each of these service components will benefit from a serious, focused effort to recruit and
mobilize volunteers into various service efforts, track and measure progress in meeting service
goals (e.g., doubling Neighborhood Watch programs and adding 100,000 Senior Corps
participants), and work together to make policy recommendations to enhance service. The USA
Freedom Corps will support the President's call for all Americans to serve their country for at
least 2 years (4,000 hours) and help design ways to measure civic participation.
Americans serving in any of the three service efforts will be recognized appropriately as
members of the USA Freedom Corps.
Mission
The mission of the USA Freedom Corps is to enlist Americans in service to their country at the
national, state, or community level at home or abroad.
Functions
1) Provide a mechanism to coordinate efforts to enlist Americans in service to their country and
give priority to these efforts within the Administration.
2) Work with agencies to recruit and mobilize volunteers and provide information on service
opportunities.
3) Recognize volunteers and participants in USA Freedom Corps programs.
4) Track and measure progress in public service programs.
5) Make policy recommendations on how Departments and programs can provide incentives
and break down barriers to increase service in the United States:
USA Freedom Corps Council
The USA Freedom Corps Council will be created by executive order. The President will chair
the Council. The Council will include the following as members:
(i)
Vice President;
(ii)
Attorney General;
(iii)
Secretary of State;
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(iv)
Secretary of Commerce;
(v)
Secretary of Health and Human Services;
(vi)
Secretary of Education;
(vii)
Secretary of Veterans Affairs;
(viii)
Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency;
(ix)
Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service;
(x)
Director of the Peace Corps;
(xi)
Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development;
(xii)
Assistant to the President for Homeland Security;
(xiii)
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs;
(xiv)
Counselor to the President;
(xv)
Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy;
(xvi) Director, USA Freedom Corps Office; and
(xvii) Director, Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.
The heads of each of the participating agencies are accountable for their specific programs and
responsibilities within this integrated citizens service initiative.
Office of the USA Freedom Corps
An Office of the USA Freedom Corps will be created by executive order and funded by the
Executive Office of the President. The Office will support the functions of the USA Freedom
Corps. The Director will have authority to manage this effort and will report directly to the
President.
Funding
The Administration is requesting $2.6 million for FY 2003 to support the offices and staff of the
USA Freedom Corps.
Initial Volunteer Recruitment
Volunteer recruitment by the USA Freedom Corps will initially include:
Website: The website, www.usafreedomcorps.gov, will be available to the public. The site
will link potential volunteers to all the service options that are part of the USA Freedom
Corps and will provide information on local service options outside the USA Freedom Corps.
1-800 Number: For information about the USA Freedom Corps, Americans can call 1-877-
USA-CORPS.
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Establishing a Citizen Corps: Engaging Citizens in Homeland Security
The Citizen Corps will harness the power of citizens to help prepare their local communities for
the threats of terrorism. The Citizen Corps will be a locally-driven initiative managed by the
newly created Citizen Corps Councils (Councils), supported at the state level by Governors, and
coordinated nationally by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). FEMA will
coordinate with Governors and Mayors and their Emergency Management Offices to spur the
creation of the Councils and distribute matching funds. The Citizen Corps builds on existing
crime prevention, natural disaster preparedness, and public health response networks.
The Citizen Corps will initially consist of members of the Councils and participants in the local
programs, including: the Volunteers in Police Service Program; an expanded Neighborhood
Watch Program; the Medical Reserve Corps; and Community Emergency Response Teams.
Additional programs created by the local Citizen Corps Councils will be considered by FEMA
for recognition as components of the Citizen Corps. FEMA will recognize citizens in these
programs as Citizen Corps members.
FEMA will coordinate with the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS), the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the Corporation for
National and Community Service, and other Federal departments and agencies to provide
additional support, including special training programs and materials.
At the local level, the Citizen Corps will be organized by pursuing the following actions:
Establish Citizen Corps Councils
Citizen Corps Councils (Councils) will be created at the local level throughout the country.
Councils will have flexibility to determine the jurisdictions they cover, and FEMA will
coordinate with the Governors and their state Emergency Management Offices and, where
applicable, state homeland security offices, to ensure councils represent citizens throughout the
state. Mayors, Members of Congress, County Administrators, or other officials working at the
local level would help lead the Councils. In areas where similar efforts are already underway,
the Councils would build on these existing local homeland security efforts.
Other members of the Councils would include leaders from law enforcement, state, and local fire
and emergency offices, businesses (especially security firms), school officials, faith-based
groups, public health organizations, mental health and educational groups, veterans groups, and
neighborhood watch organizations. Other participants may include representatives from non-
profit organizations, community foundations, and other institutions with local presence and the
ability to build capacity. The Citizen Corps Councils are intended to reach all segments of
American society and should represent the diversity of each local community. Federal
representatives from key agencies with local and regional offices, especially FEMA, DOJ, HHS,
VA, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA), Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS),
and the U.S. Postal Service will also be involved as appropriate and work with their state and
local counterparts to help support the work of the Councils.
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The Councils will be responsible for developing a community action plan, including a local
assessment of infrastructure vulnerabilities and possible threats, available local resources, and
how to best organize and expand local efforts. The community action plan will coordinate the
community-based prevention and preparedness efforts, such as Volunteers in Police Service,
Neighborhood Watch (with a new terrorism prevention focus), Medical Reserve Corps, and
Community Emergency Response Teams.
FEMA will provide $144 million in matching funds in Fiscal Year 2003 to help create and
maintain the efforts of the Councils. Funds can be used for staff, training, and equipment,
program materials and other costs. The funds will be drawn down by the Governors to use for
the creation of the Citizen Corps and the Councils and programs that support it.
Each Council will appoint a coordinator who will serve as executive director of the Council or
design other ways to ensure Council efforts are strongly supported over time. FEMA, in
coordination with the U.S. Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services, will provide
materials and training to the Councils on how to organize such efforts, to recruit and train
volunteers, and to create the following programs.
Develop a Volunteers In Police Service Program (VIPS)
Since September 11, the demands on state and local law enforcement have immeasurably
increased. Resources are being stretched further than ever at a time when the country needs
every available officer out on the beat. Some local police departments are turning to civilian
volunteers to supplement their forces. These programs draw on the time and considerable talents
of civilian volunteers and allow law enforcement professionals to better perform their front-line
duties.
For example, Anne Arundel County, Maryland has a local initiative in which volunteers serve in
the following capacities appropriate for non-sworn officers: taking police reports; making
follow-up phone calls to victims; doing finger printing; helping with neighborhood watch;
engaging in crowd/parking control at special events; acting as crossing guards; and performing
other administrative tasks that free officers to do front line work.
In Henderson County, North Carolina, the sheriff's office actively recruits volunteers
(particularly senior citizens) who serve subpoenas, serve in courthouses in uniform as volunteers
to run metal detectors and give tours of the Police Academy, perform search and rescue
missions, do mounted patrols in parking lots at high school football games, and work with local
communities on crime prevention measures.
The VIPS Program will include a tool kit developed to assist local law enforcement in
incorporating community volunteers into the activities of the law enforcement agency. This tool
kit would outline a series of "best practices" to help state and local law enforcement design
strategies to recruit, train, and deploy citizen volunteers in their departments. The U.S.
Department of Justice will provide $3 million in Fiscal Year 2003 to support the VIPS program.
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Double the Number of Neighborhood Watch Programs and Add a Terrorism
Prevention Component
The Neighborhood Watch Program (NWP) will incorporate terrorism prevention into its routine
mission and operate as a distribution mechanism for anti-terrorism information circulated by the
Councils and other agencies. The goal is to double the number of NWPs over the next two years.
In existence for 30 years, the NWP is a highly successful program that has played an important
role in preventing crime. The National Sheriffs' Association estimates that approximately 7,500
communities representing nearly 30 million people around the country participate in grassroots
crime prevention under Neighborhood Watch. As the "eyes and ears" of local communities, the
NWP is a unique infrastructure that brings together local law enforcement and citizens for the
protection of communities.
The Citizen Corps Councils will encourage the creation of NWPs in communities that do not
have them and enhance the capacity and relevance of NWPs for those that do. The NWPs would
receive materials from the Department of Justice, working in conjunction with the National
Sheriffs' Association, on how to incorporate the new focus. To ensure that existing NWPs are
incorporated into these new efforts, Neighborhood Watch Program Coordinators or their
designees will organize the efforts of the local NWPs and would be appointed to sit on the
Citizen Corps Councils.
DOJ will provide $6 million in Fiscal Year 2003 for the expanded Neighborhood Watch
Program.
Create a Medical Reserve Corps
A Community-based volunteer Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) will be created as part of local
Council efforts throughout the United States and supported by the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Veterans Affairs. The objective of the
community-based Medical Reserve Corps will be to harness the strength of retired healthcare
professionals to augment local health care capacity during an emergency. At present, no
structured, coordinated system exists at the national level to incorporate the talent and knowledge
of inactive physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals who are eager to volunteer during
emergency situations. HHS will work with state and local jurisdictions to address issues of
licensing and liability.
The MRC will provide state and local public health officials with a corps of volunteers to help
expand capacity for the delivery of care and remove some of the burdens placed upon physicians,
nurses, and others responding to a large-scale emergency affecting local communities. The
MRC will assist communities in the delivery of necessary public health services during a crisis.
The Department of Health and Human Services will provide guidance on how to create the MRC
at the local level, and Veterans' Affairs Hospitals in local communities will provide additional
support, such as training, for the MRC. HHS will provide $10 million in Fiscal Year 2003 to
support the initiative.
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MRC members could assist emergency response teams in triaging patients - sending the most
seriously affected to hospitals and emergency rooms and providing care directly to those with
less serious injuries. The MRC could also become another resource that could be deployed to
other areas within states or regions in cases of extreme emergencies.
Triple the Capacity of Community Emergency Respose Teams (CERT)
The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) provides training in emergency
preparedness and in disaster response techniques. The training prepares members of
neighborhoods, workplaces and schools to take a more active part in the emergency management
planning for their areas and to prepare themselves and others for disasters. The CERT course is
taught in the community by a trained team of first responders who have completed a CERT
Train-the-Trainer (TTT) course conducted by their State Training Office for Emergency
Management or FEMA's Emergency Management Institute. CERT training includes: disaster
preparedness; disaster fire suppression; disaster medical operations; and light search and rescue
operations.
Responding to terrorism will be incorporated into the training for the CERT Teams, and the
number of participants will be tripled over next two years, representing an additional 400,000
trained individuals across the country. Nationwide, approximately 200,000 individuals have
completed the 18-plus hours of training. Communities in 28 States have initiated CERT training.
FEMA will provide $61 million in Fiscal Year 2003 to support this CERT initiative.
Create Community Designation Program
Although no community can protect against all threats, we can provide incentives for local
communities to take comprehensive steps and to maintain those efforts over time. The "USA
Freedom Communities" program will be a voluntary initiative that will give a special designation
to communities meeting certain criteria related to preventing and responding to terrorist threats.
The criteria can include, among other things, the following measures: creation of a Citizen Corps
Council; operation of VIPS, Neighborhood Watch, Medical Reserve Corps, and CERT training;
strengthening all-hazard community planning; improving public awareness and education; and
persuading citizens to support local first responders. Governors, working in cooperation with
Mayors, other local officials, and FEMA, will determine whether or not a community has met the
criteria for designation.
FEMA, DOJ, and HHS will jointly create criteria for this voluntary recognition within six
months. The criteria will be adjusted based on coordination with organizations such as the
National Governors Association, the National Conference of State Legislators, the National
Association of Counties, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, the National League of Cities, the
International City Managers Association, and the Council of State Governments.
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Create Operation TIPS: Terrorist Information and Prevention System
As part of the Citizen Corps, Operation TIPS - the Terrorist Information and Prevention System
- will be a nationwide mechanism for reporting suspicious terrorist activity - enlisting millions
of American transportation workers, truckers, letter carriers, train conductors, ship captains and
utility employees. Operation TIPS, a project of the U.S. Department of Justice, will start first as
a pilot program in ten cities in America, affecting more than 1 million workers. Applications
from cities will be accepted in Fall 2002 for inclusion as one of the pilot programs.
Operation TIPS will establish a national reporting system that would allow these workers, who
have routines and are well positioned to recognize unusual events, to report suspicious activity to
the appropriate authorities. Every participant in this new program will be given a Citizen Corps:
Operation TIPS information sticker that could be affixed to the cab of the vehicle or placed in
some other public location SO that the toll free reporting number would be readily available to
report any suspicious activity.
Everywhere in America a concerned worker will be able to call the 1-800 Hotline that can route
calls immediately to law enforcement or a responder organization when appropriate.
Importantly, this number will not supplant the existing 911 emergency system. Instead, it will
take the stress off already burdened local systems needed for emergencies. The U.S. Department
of Justice will provide $2 million in Fiscal Year 2003 to establish the hotline and assist with
training and $6 million for the pilot programs and outreach materials.
Operation TIPS builds on the success of programs such as Highway Watch, which is a crime
prevention partnership among the American Trucking Association and six states, and security
training at the Global Maritime and Transportation School, which includes enhancing the ability
of mariners aboard American vessels in island waterways and the Great Lakes to track and
record potential threats.
Develop a "Citizens' Preparedness Guidebook" and PSA Campaign
Preparing People in their Homes, Neighborhoods, Schools, Workplaces, Places of Worship,
on Airlines, in Public Places
A national information campaign will carry the President's message of citizen preparedness and
public education. One of the resources of the Citizen Corps will be a Guidebook with tips on
how to prepare for potential terrorism and a PSA campaign to encourage Americans to
implement the suggestions in the Guidebook. The Guidebook and PSAs merge what is effective
in crime prevention and in responding to natural disasters with the latest information on terrorism
to give Americans guidance on how to prepare at home, in the community, at work, at the
airport, in places of worship, and in public places.
The Citizens' Preparedness Guidebook will be released by the Attorney General, and the related
PSA campaign will run on the weeks following the release of this Guidebook.
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Enhancing National and Community Service
Enhancing Service Opportunities through an Improved AmeriCorps
The Corporation for National and Community Service will revise and strengthen its AmeriCorps
programs, starting with an increase of 25,000 members in 2003. CNCS will be asked to leverage
government funds to produce more volunteerism, which will allow more people to contribute
even more to their communities in a meaningful way.
The Administration will submit legislation -- the Citizen Service Act of 2002 -- that will enable
AmeriCorps to be more responsive to community needs, focus the activities of AmeriCorps
members to organize and support part-time volunteers, and revise post-service benefits to make
national service more attractive.
The Citizen Service Act of 2002
In support of the challenge to every American to serve, the Administration will submit proposed
legislation, the Citizen Service Act of 2002, with the following objectives:
To support and encourage the greater engagement of citizens in volunteering;
To provide greater assistance to secular and faith-based community organizations,
including those that address the homeland security needs of the nation;
To make Federal support more accountable and effective; and
To make Federal funds more responsive to state and local needs.
The principal mechanism for achieving those objectives is reauthorizing the Corporation for
National and Community Service and updating its programs and procedures. Changes to other
legislation, including the Higher Education Act, are also proposed.
Background
Created in 1993, but incorporating programs that date back to the 1960s, the Corporation for
National and Community Service oversees three major programs that engage 1.5 million
Americans in meeting community needs each year - AmeriCorps, National Senior Service
Corps, and Learn and Serve America. In every corner of the country, Americans are engaged in
service supported through these programs.
AmeriCorps, its members, and the programs in which they serve provide a solid foundation upon
which to build an expanded system of Federal support for service. By incorporating the program
within the USA Freedom Corps, and by making the improvements identified below, there will be
greater opportunities for Americans to serve.
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AmeriCorps engages Americans in intensive, results-driven service each year. AmeriCorps
members mobilize, manage, and train volunteers. The members, and the volunteers they help
organize, teach children to read, make neighborhoods safer, mentor children, and help build
affordable homes for low-income families.
Most AmeriCorps members are selected by and serve with projects such as Habitat for
Humanity, Neighborhood Watch organizations, the American Red Cross, Boys and Girls Clubs,
local faith-based organizations, and many more local community organizations. State service
commissions, appointed by the Nation's governors, allocate resources to these organizations
within their respective states. After their term of service, AmeriCorps members receive
education awards to help finance college or pay back student loans.
There are three main components to AmeriCorps: 1) AmeriCorps*State and National, which
provides grants to states and national organizations to support members in local nonprofit
organizations across the country; 2) AmeriCorps*VISTA, in which members focus their
activities on supporting community and faith-based organizations in meeting the needs of low-
income communities; and 3) AmeriCorps*National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC),
which is a ten-month, full-time residential service program for men and women that combines
the best practices of civilian service with the best aspects of military service, including
leadership and team building. Slightly more than 50 percent of AmeriCorps members serve full-
time and receive a small stipend, generally at the poverty level, in order to be able to serve. The
other one-half serve part-time; they generally do not receive any living allowance but do receive
an education award at the end of service.
In 2002, 50,000 AmeriCorps members will serve their country, including providing support for
homeland security in programs that promote public safety, public health, and emergency
preparedness. Current activities in support of homeland security include:
Public Safety. Public safety is one of the four primary service activities for AmeriCorps.
Members carry out vital tasks including organizing neighborhood watch groups,
community policing, victim assistance, fingerprinting, and other administrative tasks that
free officers to do front line work. In five years, AmeriCorps has organized 46,000 safety
patrols, and last year alone senior volunteers carried out 131,000 patrols that freed up
540,000 hours of police time.
Public Health. AmeriCorps members provide a variety of public health services
including immunizing children and adults, serving as case managers, distributing health
information, and providing health screenings. Last year alone, AmeriCorps members
distributed health information to 500,000 people and conducted health screenings of
181,000 individuals, while Senior Corps volunteers assisted in immunizing 270,000
children and adults.
Disaster Preparedness and Relief. AmeriCorps members and Senior Corps volunteers
specially trained in disaster relief have responded to disasters in more than 30 states. The
Corporation has a long track record of working with FEMA and other relief agencies in
helping run emergency shelters, assisting law enforcement, providing food and shelter,
managing donations, and helping families and communities rebuild. Hundreds of
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national service volunteers have directly assisted victims of the September 11 terrorist
attacks by providing family services, organizing blood drives, and raising funds and
counseling victims families.
The New AmeriCorps
The strengthened AmeriCorps will be one key component of the USA Freedom Corps. The
President proposes to provide community-based service opportunities through the AmeriCorps
program, which has a current enrollment of 50,000, by an additional 25,000 members (+50
percent) in FY 2003. In turn, these members will leverage an additional 75,000 volunteers by
using the AmeriCorps members to help recruit and manage volunteers for nonprofit
organizations.
The new AmeriCorps will support:
Public safety. Under this proposal more members will serve with and in support of
police departments and land management agencies. They will not be armed, or make
arrests, but they will carry out vital tasks including organizing neighborhood watch
groups, community policing, victim assistance, fingerprinting, and other tasks that free
officers and other professionals to do front line work.
Public Health. Additional members will serve in public health organizations, primarily
in low-income communities, to provide outreach to community members to make sure
that adequate and accurate health information and support is available.
Disaster Preparedness and Relief. Additional AmeriCorps members and the volunteers
they support, will help run emergency shelters, provide food and shelter, manage
donations, assess and repair damage, and help families and communities rebuild
following disasters.
Greater Public and Private Support for Teaching and Other National Service
Programs. The FY 2003 budget will provide $10 million for the first-time use of
challenge grants to support the expansion of teaching and other national service
programs. Under these new challenge grants, private sources will provide at least 50
percent of the amount required to expand existing effective national service programs.
The Corporation for National and Community Service has supported effective teacher
programs in the past, such as Teach for America, but has not used an authority that
targets federal funds to challenge the private sector to help expand these efforts.
Civilian Community Corps. The FY 2003 budget expands the National Civilian
Community Corps, a residential national service program modeled after the Civilian
Conservation Corps, by 40 percent.
Community and Faith-Based Organizations. Additional AmeriCorps members will
provide full-time or intensive service in support of small community and faith-based
organizations, which often operate with limited resources. In particular, this
Administration will expand and reshape AmeriCorps*VISTA, a component of
AmeriCorps, for this purpose.
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Legislative Changes That Will Strengthen AmeriCorps
In addition to expanding the number of service opportunities, the Administration will propose
legislation to strengthen national service. The bill makes a number of changes that are intended
to strengthen the roles of states and communities and achieve greater accountability in the use of
public funds, including:
Strengthening the role of states consistent with principles of new federalism. This
bill will strengthen the role of states and seeks to provide state commissions and other
partners within the state with greater flexibility to coordinate the federal, state, and local
resources, both public and private, that are available to promote service and volunteerism.
Providing for volunteer generation and mobilization as an explicit criterion for
evaluating and funding programs. Federal resources will be targeted to support
volunteer efforts within the community.
Assuring accountability for results. Grantees must meet accountability measures
established by the Corporation. The Chief Executive Officer is given authority to
terminate or reduce funding for those organizations not meeting the standards.
Promoting greater sustainability of programs. The Chief Executive Officer of the
Corporation is given authority to take additional measures to assure the sustainability of
programs with non-Federal resources.
The bill will also propose:
Making resource mobilization a fundamental purpose of AmeriCorps. Currently,
many AmeriCorps members focus on providing direct service and do not link adequately
with volunteer programs in the communities. Further, members are limited by statute in
carrying out resource mobilization activities, such as organizational capacity building and
fundraising. This provision will set resource mobilization as a fundamental purpose of
AmeriCorps and increase the types of support AmeriCorps members can provide to the
nonprofit organization in which they serve.
Expanding residential programs and creating "reserve" service corps, in
conjunction with states, to support homeland security throughout the country. The
activities of these residential corps and reserves will include support for public safety,
public health, and disaster relief and preparedness.
Allowing seniors to earn scholarships that can be given to their grandchildren or
designated individuals.
Enhance uses of current postservice benefits to allow a volunteer to have not only
education awards but also options to use the funds for a downpayment on a home, job
training, or health care costs.
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Working with Congress to eliminate the taxation of the education award to make it
comparable to other programs, such as the GI Bill, where financial aid for education is
provided in exchange for service to the Nation.
Using more cost-effective approaches, the Corporation for National and Community
Service will provide a range of support to nonprofit organizations depending upon their
needs and financial capacities. Currently, some low-cost approaches are limited to
demonstration projects.
Empowering local community and faith-based organizations through better
utilization of and changes to AmeriCorps* VISTA, a component of AmeriCorps that
focuses on antipoverty strategies. Local organizations will recruit, select, place, and
provide benefits to AmeriCorps' VISTA members, thereby providing greater authority to
nonprofit organizations in program design and delivery.
Pilot alternative approaches to the delivery of AmeriCorps. Innovative and flexible
programs need to be created which will allow more people to volunteer in more
organizations. To date, the Corporation has employed a limited number of strategies and
models for national service. In order to make service a common expectation and to
support more types of nonprofit organizations, there is a need to explore additional
models and approaches.
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Supporting Senior Corps
The Corporation for National and Community Service will expand senior service opportunities
by an additional 100,000 members in 2003 so that more seniors will have more opportunities to
participate in volunteer activities within their communities.
As part of the Citizen Service Act of 2002, the Administration will propose to revise and
strengthen the senior service programs administered by the Federal Government so that older
Americans will have expanded opportunities to serve in their communities, including supporting
the efforts of public organizations charged with public safety, health, and emergency
preparedness.
Expanding Senior Service by 100,000 Members
The Corporation for National and Community Service administers the National Senior Service
Corps, which provides opportunities today for approximately 500,000 older Americans to serve
their communities. The Senior Corps is comprised of three major programs: the Retired and
Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP); the Foster Grandparent Program (FGP); and the
Senior Companion Program (SCP). The Corporation makes grants to nonprofit organizations
and public entities to support these programs.
RSVP matches older Americans who are willing to help with local problems in their
communities. RSVP volunteers choose how and where they want to serve, and they
determine how many hours a week they serve. RSVP volunteers provide a wide range of
important services, such as tutoring youth, responding to natural disasters, serving as
citizen patrols for local police departments, teaching parenting skills to teen parents,
getting children immunized, and mentoring troubled youth. RSVP volunteers serve
without stipend for an average of four hours per week.
Foster Grandparents provide valuable aid to children and youth with exceptional needs.
Foster Grandparents serve in schools, hospitals, drug treatment centers, correctional
institutions, and Head Start and day care centers. Foster Grandparents help abused and
neglected children, mentor troubled teenagers and young mothers, and care for premature
infants and children with physical disabilities.
Senior Companions provide assistance to frail, homebound individuals, most of them
elderly. These clients have difficulties with daily living tasks, and Senior Companions
help them retain their dignity and independence.
In both the Foster Grandparent and Senior Companion programs, members are low-income,
serve 20 hours per week, and receive a modest stipend of $2.65 per hour.
In addition, if we create new roles, opportunities, and institutions built on the best from our past
experience and incorporating emerging knowledge about the preferences of coming waves of
retirees, we will enable communities to meet some of their most pressing needs.
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The approach being proposed includes engaging seniors in high-impact service activities, an
emphasis on the use of teams, opportunities for combining learning and service, development of
leadership among the participants, flexible options for involvement, and low unit cost.
The FY 2003 budget will call for providing senior service opportunities for more than 100,000
volunteers. These individuals will support the following efforts:
Public safety. Seniors will volunteer part-time with and for police departments and
nonprofit organizations supporting public safety. They will carry out vital tasks
including organizing neighborhood watch groups, community policing, victim assistance,
fingerprinting and other tasks that free officers and other professionals to do front line
work.
Public Health. Seniors will volunteer in hospitals and public health clinics, expanding
the capacity of these entities to provide for healthy communities.
Disaster Preparedness and Relief. Veterans and senior volunteers will provide food
and shelter and help families and communities rebuild following disasters.
Other Community Needs. An expanded number of senior volunteers will provide a
wide range of important services in communities such as tutoring youth, teaching
parenting skills to teen parents, mentoring troubled youth, helping other seniors complete
income tax forms, conducting groundwater protection surveys, providing in-home respite
care with the frail elderly, providing support services to youth ex-offenders, teaching
computer classes at elementary schools, reading to hospitalized children, managing grief
counseling groups, bringing meals to the terminally ill, testing water for pollutants and
tracking down their sources, driving the blind to doctors appointments, and providing a
human touch to AIDS babies.
Strengthening Senior Service
In addition to expanding service opportunities, the Bush Administration will propose a series of
changes to strengthen opportunities for senior service, including:
Lowering the age for participation from 60 to 55 in the National Senior Service
Corps.
Introducing new incentives for participation by seniors in AmeriCorps, including
earning scholarships through service that may be transferred to grandchildren or another
designated individual, as well as piloting the use of awards for prescription drugs.
Expanding training. The Administration will support additional training for projects
and senior volunteers in areas such as homeland security.
Authorizing new research. The Administration will support new research on the best
practices for, and benefits of, engaging seniors in service to their community.
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Providing greater flexibility to local communities in the use of Federal resources. The
Administration will ease requirements that govern the activities of volunteers, such as
making more flexible the number of hours per week that individuals must serve in the
stipended programs under the National Senior Service Corps.
Reducing the administrative burden placed on projects for carrying out volunteer
programs. The Administration will support streamlined grants that eliminate
administrative requirements and tie support to outcomes.
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Providing Greater Service Opportunities for College Students
The Administration will submit legislation to amend the Higher Education Act to require every
college and university to devote 50 percent of its Federal Work Study funds to community
service, commonly known as Serve Study. In any given year, at least five percent of the students
will be expected to work in the homeland security fields of public safety, public health, and
emergency preparedness.
Currently, in addition to allowing students to finance their education through on-campus jobs
such as working in college libraries, cafeterias, and administrative offices, the Federal Work
Study Program offers opportunities for students to serve in nonprofit and public organizations,
and more than 100,000 students do so. They tutor children, work in public health clinics, help
staff homeless shelters, and provide valuable assistance to nonprofit organizations.
The Higher Education Act currently mandates that institutions of higher education devote at least
7 percent of their Federal Work Study funds to community service, though the average devoted
to community service across the country is approximately 14 percent. Many institutions devote
an even higher percentage.
The recommended increase to a minimum of 50 percent of Work Study resources for community
service will mean that 250,000 to 300,000 additional students will serve an average of 10 hours a
week in nonprofit organizations across the country. A portion of these additional students will
help provide homeland security by serving in the areas of public safety, public health, and
emergency preparedness.
The proposal will include incentives for institutions of higher education to implement these
changes, which will occur over time.
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Strengthening the Peace Corps
Established in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy, the Peace Corps has mobilized more
than 160,000 volunteers in 135 countries to "promote world peace and friendship. Over the
past 40 years, Americans of all ages have given two or more years of service to help meet the
need for trained men and women in developing countries and to promote a better understanding
between Americans and citizens of other nations. President Kennedy's idea captivated the
Nation and continues to instill in new generations of Americans the importance of serving
citizens throughout the world.
In June of 1966, the Peace Corps had more than 15,000 volunteers working in the field,
the largest number in its history. Today, the number of volunteers is less than half that. We have
an obligation to carry on this noble mission, to provide more service opportunities, and to inspire
a new generation of Americans to serve abroad.
The Peace Corps has also launched innovative new programs to address important needs.
One example is the Crisis Corps, which allows returning volunteers to provide short-term
assistance during natural disasters and humanitarian crises. Crisis Corps volunteers have worked
on reconstruction efforts in the Caribbean and Central American countries devastated by
Hurricanes Georges and Mitch, provided assistance to refugees in Guinea, and are working today
in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Former volunteers can be rapidly deployed to meet urgent needs
because they know the language, culture, and traditions of the areas in which they serve.
In order to strengthen the Peace Corps, continue its Crisis Corps mission of serving
urgent needs, and provide new opportunities in other countries, the Administration is proposing
the following initiatives as part of the USA Freedom Corps:
Double the number of Peace Corps volunteers within 5 years, returning the number of
volunteers to near its historically high level of 15,000.
Support Reconstruction Efforts in Afghanistan through the Crisis Corps. The Peace
Corps will soon send an assessment team to Afghanistan to determine the type of
assistance volunteers can provide to help in the reconstruction of Afghanistan. The goal
will be to deploy Crisis Corps volunteers to Afghanistan as quickly as possible, consistent
with the safety and security of Crisis Corps volunteers.
Enter More Countries in 2002. The Administration is sending Peace Corps volunteers
to re-enter Peru. The Administration will work with other countries that do not have
Peace Corps volunteers, including more Islamic countries and East Timor, the first nation
to be created in the 21st Century. All decisions will be made in a manner consistent with
the safety and security of volunteers.
The Administration is requesting more than $200 million in Fiscal Years 2003 -
2007 for these initiatives.
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EXECUTIVE ORDER
ESTABLISHING THE USA FREEDOM CORPS
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. Building on our Nation's rich tradition of citizen service, this
Administration's policy is to foster a culture of responsibility, service, and citizenship by
promoting, expanding, and enhancing public service opportunities for all Americans and by
making these opportunities readily available to citizens from all geographic areas, professions,
and walks of life. More specifically, this Administration encourages all Americans to serve their
country for the equivalent of at least 2 years (4,000 hours) over their lifetimes. Toward those
ends, the executive departments, agencies, and offices constituting the USA Freedom Corps shall
coordinate and strengthen Federal and other service opportunities, including opportunities for
participation in homeland security preparedness and response, other areas of public and social
service, and international service. The executive branch departments, agencies, and offices also
will work with State and local governments and private entities to foster and encourage
participation in public and social service programs, as appropriate.
Sec. 2. USA Freedom Corps. The USA Freedom Corps shall be an interagency
initiative, bringing together executive branch departments, agencies, and offices with public
service programs and components, including but not limited to programs and components with
the following functions:
(i)
recruiting, mobilizing, and encouraging all Americans to engage in public service;
(ii)
providing concrete opportunities to engage in public service;
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(iii)
providing the public with access to information about public service opportunities
through Federal programs and elsewhere; and
(iv)
providing recognition and awards to volunteers and other participants in public
service programs.
Sec. 3. USA Freedom Corps Council. (a) Establishment and Mission. There shall be a
USA Freedom Corps Council (Council) chaired by the President and composed of heads of
executive branch departments, agencies, and offices, which shall have the following functions:
(i)
serving as a forum for Federal officials responsible for public service programs to
coordinate and improve public service programs and activities administered by
the executive branch;
(ii)
working to encourage all Americans to engage in public service, whether through
Federal programs or otherwise;
(iii)
advising the President and heads of executive branch departments, agencies, and
offices concerning the optimization of current Federal programs to enhance public
service opportunities;
(iv)
coordinating public outreach and publicity of citizen service opportunities
provided by Federal programs;
(v)
encouraging schools, universities, private public service organizations, and other
non-Federal entities to foster and reward public service;
(vi)
studying the availability of public service opportunities provided by the Federal
Government and elsewhere; and
(vii)
tracking progress in participation in public service programs.
(b) Membership. In addition to the Chair, the members of the Council shall be the heads
of the executive branch departments, agencies, and offices listed below, or their designees, and
such other officers of the executive branch as the President may from time to time designate.
Every member of the Council or designee shall be a full-time or permanent part-time officer or
employee of the Federal Government. Members shall not be compensated for their service on
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the Council in addition to the salaries they receive as employees or officers of the Federal
Government.
(i)
Vice President;
(ii)
Attorney General;
(iii)
Secretary of State;
(iv)
Secretary of Health and Human Services;
(v)
Secretary of Commerce;
(vi)
Secretary of Education;
(vii)
Secretary of Veterans Affairs;
(viii)
Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency;
(ix)
Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service;
(x)
Director of the Peace Corps;
(xi)
Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development;
(xii) Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs;
(xiii) Assistant to the President for Homeland Security;
(xiv) Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy;
(xv)
Counselor to the President;
(xvi) Director of the USA Freedom Corps Office; and
(xvii) Director of the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.
(c) Chair. The President shall be the Chair of the USA Freedom Corps Council, and in
his absence, the Vice President shall serve as Chair. The Director of the USA Freedom Corps
Office may, at the President's direction, preside over meetings of the Council in the President's
and Vice President's absence.
(d) Honorary Co-Chair. The President may, from time to time, designate an Honorary
Co-Chair or Co-Chairs, who shall serve in an advisory role to the Council and to the President on
matters considered by the Council. Any Honorary Co-Chair shall be a full-time or permanent
part-time employee or officer of the Federal Government.
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(e) Meetings. The Council shall meet at the President's direction. The Director of the
USA Freedom Corps Office shall be responsible, at the President's direction, for determining
the agenda, ensuring that necessary papers are prepared, and recording Council actions and
Presidential decisions.
(f) Responsibilities of Executive Branch Departments, Agencies, and Offices.
(i)
Members of the Council shall remain responsible for overseeing the programs
administered by their respective departments, agencies, and offices. Each such
department, agency, and office will retain its authority and responsibility to
administer those programs according to law;
(ii)
Each executive branch department, agency, or office with responsibility for
programs relating to the functions and missions of the USA Freedom Corps as
described in section 2 of this order shall be responsible for identifying those
public service opportunities and coordinating with the USA Freedom Corps
Council to ensure that such programs are, if appropriate, publicized and
encouraged by the Council; and
(iii)
Upon the request of the Chair, and to the extent permitted by law, the heads of
executive branch departments and agencies shall provide the Council with
relevant information.
Sec. 4. USA Freedom Corps Office (a) General. The USA Freedom Corps also shall
be supported by a USA Freedom Corps Office (Office), which shall be a component of the
White House Office. The USA Freedom Corps Office shall have a Director who shall be
appointed by the President. The Director shall be assisted by an appropriate staff within the
White House Office.
(b) Presidential Recognition to Participants in USA Freedom Corps Programs. In
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BY THE NUMBERS
January 28, 2002
From the Office of Strategic Initiatives
THE WHILL HOUSE
The State of the Presidency, Nation is Strong
"Bush's approval translates into a huge 2-1 advantage over the Democrats in trust to handle
the nation's problems. Sixty-two percent say they trust Bush to do a better job with the main
problems the nation faces; only 31 percent pick the Democrats in Congress."
ABC News/Washington Post Poll Analysis, January 28, 2002
New polls from USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup and ABC/Washington Post show:
Americans overwhelmingly endorse the President's agenda to win the war on
terrorism, protect our homeland, and revitalize our economy and create jobs
84% approve of the overall job the President is doing, the highest approval
after one year in office of any president in polling history (Gallup)
71% approve of the President's handling of education (ABC/WP)
64% approve of the President's handling of the economy (Gallup)
89% approve of the U.S. military action in Afghanistan (Gallup)
90% are confident the U.S. economy will prosper in the long term (Gallup)
Americans have more confidence in President Bush than Congressional
Democrats to handle important issues
Issue (Gallup)
President
Democrats
Advantage
Bush
Jhinkyaked
Terrorism
79
14
+65
National Defense
76
17
+59
Tomithely
Foreign Affairs
70
21
+49
Education
58
31
+27
-oyeds Stelliting
Taxes
58
34
+24
Economy
55
36
+19
Budget Deficit
49
38
+11
Energy
49
39
+10
1
Creating Jobs
47
39
+8
Unemployment
47
41
+6
Social Security
45
40
+5
Health Care
41
43
-2
Environment
40
48
-8
Sources: USA Today /CNN/Gallup Poll, 1/25-27/02 (N=1,011 Adults)
ABC News/Washington Post, 1/24-27/02 (N=1,057 Adults)
Wednesday, January 30, 2002
1:35 pm
Arrive Greensboro, NC
Visits to Winston-Salem Center for Community Safety (roundtable) and Lawrence Joel
Veterans Memorial Coliseum (remarks on citizen preparedness,
(b)(6)
(b)(6)
6:20 pm
Arrive Daytona Beach, FL
Thursday, January 31, 2002
Visit to Volusia County Fire Services Training Center (roundtable)
11:35 am
Arrive Atlants, GA
Visit to Booker T. Washington High School (meeting with Teach for America's
Teachers)
4:45 pm
Arrive White House