EO 13407 Title 3--The President Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subiect to the availability of appropriations. (b) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect: (i) authority granted by law to a department or agency or the head there- of; or (ii) functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget re- lating to budget, administrative, or legislative proposals. (c) This order shall be implemented in a manner consistent with Execu- tive Order 12630 of March 15, 1988. (d) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or ben- efit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity against the United States, its departments, agencies, entities, officers, employees, or agents, or any other person. GEORGE W. BUSH The White House, June 23, 2006. Executive Order 13407 of June 26, 2006 Public Alert and Warning System By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), and the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as amended (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of the United States to have an effective, reliable, integrated, flexible, and comprehensive system to alert and warn the American people in situations of war, terrorist attack, natural disaster, or other hazards to public safety and well-being (public alert and warning system), taking appropriate account of the functions, capabilities, and needs of the private sector and of all levels of government in our Federal system, and to ensure that under all conditions the President can commu- nicate with the American people. Sec. 2. Functions of the Secretmy of Homelund Security. (a) To implement the policy set forth in section 1 of this order, the Sec- retary of Homeland Security shall: (i) inventory, evaluate, and assess the capabilities and integration with the public alert and warning system of Federal, State, territorial, tribal, and local public alert and warning resources; (ii) establish or adopt, as appropriate, common alerting and warning pro- tocols, standards, terminology, and operating procedures for the public alert and warning system to enable interoperability and the secure delivery of coordinated messages to the American people through as many commu- nication pathways as practicable, taking account of Federal Communica- tions Commission rules as provided by law; 236
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