A presidential task force or White House task force is a board of advisors appointed by the president of the United States whose main purpose is to enact policies in relation to responding to either national emergencies, crises, or general policy initiatives. Presidential task force members are part of the Executive Office of the President of the United States who don't require United States Senate confirmation and can be dismissed at the discretion of the president. This is granted by the Constitution of the United States under Article Two, Section Two, Clause One, stating, "require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices."[1]
List of presidential task forces
editRichard Nixon
editRonald Reagan
edit- President's Task Force on Private Sector Initiatives (1981–1982)[3]
- President's Task Force on Victims of Crime (1982)[4]
- Presidential Task Force on Market Mechanisms (1987–1988)[5]
Bill Clinton
edit- Climate Change Task Force (1997–2000)[6]
- President's Task Force on Puerto Rico's Status (2000–2011)[7]
George W. Bush
edit- Energy Task Force (2001)
- Corporate Fraud Task Force (2002–2009)[8]
- Task Force on New Americans (2006–)[9]
Barack Obama
edit- Middle Class Working Families Task Force (2009–2010)[10]
- Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry (2009)[11]
- Task Force on Childhood Obesity (2010–2017)[12]
- Task Force on Space Industry WorkForce and Economic Development (2010)[13]
- President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing (2014–2015)[14]
- White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault (2014–2017)[15]
Donald Trump
edit- Presidential Task Force on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives (2020)[16]
- White House Coronavirus Task Force (2020–2021)[17]
- White House Economic Task Force/Great American Economic Revival Industry Groups (2020–2021)[20]
Joe Biden
edit- White House COVID-19 Response Team (2021–2023)
- National Climate Task Force (2021–)[23]
- Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families (2021–)[24]
- White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment (2021–)[25]
- Scientific Integrity Task Force (2021–)[26]
- National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Task Force (2021–)[27]
- Buy Clean Task Force (2022–)[28]
- Interagency Task Force on Reproductive Healthcare Access (2022–)[29]
- White House Task Force to Address Online Harassment and Abuse (2022–)[30]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "ArtII.S2.C1.2 Presidential Advisors". Library of Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
- ^ "A Matter of Simple Justice". Richard Nixon Foundation. September 1, 2015. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
- ^ "Executive Order 12329—President's Task Force on Private Sector Initiatives". The American Presidency Project. October 14, 1981. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
- ^ "Executive Order 12360—President's Task Force on Victims of Crime". The American Presidency Project. April 23, 1982. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
- ^ "Executive Order 12614—Presidential Task Force on Market Mechanisms". The American Presidency Project. November 5, 1987. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
- ^ "Climate Change Task Force". Clinton White House. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
- ^ "Executive Order 13183—Establishment of the Presidents Task Force on Puerto Ricos Status". The American Presidency Project. December 23, 2000. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
- ^ "Executive Order Establishment of the Corporate Fraud Task Force". George W. Bush White House. July 9, 2002. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
- ^ "Executive Order: Task Force on New Americans". George W. Bush White House. June 7, 2006. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
- ^ "Press Release - White House Announces Middle Class Task Force". The American Presidency Project. January 30, 2009. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
- ^ "Geithner, Summers Convene Official Designees to Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry". Obama White House. February 20, 2009. Archived from the original on 2021-01-26. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
- ^ "Presidential Memorandum -- Establishing a Task Force on Childhood Obesity". Obama White House. February 9, 2010. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
- ^ "Presidential Memoranda-- Task Force on Space Industry WorkForce and Economic Development". Obama White House. May 3, 2010. Archived from the original on 2021-03-21. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
- ^ "Executive Order 13684—Establishment of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing". The American Presidency Project. December 18, 2014. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
- ^ "Memorandum -- Establishing a White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault". Obama White House. January 22, 2014. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
- ^ "Establishing the Task Force on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives". Federal Register. December 2, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
- ^ "Statement from the Press Secretary Regarding the President's Coronavirus Task Force". Trump White House. January 29, 2020. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
- ^ "Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: Supply Chain Stabilization Task Force". FEMA. March 30, 2020. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
- ^ "Letter to VP Pence - Coronavirus Medical Supply Chain" (PDF). United States Senate. March 26, 2020. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
- ^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Great American Economic Revival Industry Groups". Trump White House. April 14, 2020. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
- ^ "President Biden Announces Members of the Biden-Harris Administration COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force". White House. February 10, 2021. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
- ^ "FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force to Address Short-Term Supply Chain Discontinuities". White House. June 8, 2021. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
- ^ "Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad". White House. January 27, 2021. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
- ^ "Executive Order on the Establishment of Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families". White House. February 2, 2021. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
- ^ "Executive Order on Worker Organizing and Empowerment". White House. April 26, 2021. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
- ^ "The White House Announces Scientific Integrity Task Force Formal Launch and Co-Chairs". White House. May 10, 2021. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
- ^ "The Biden Administration Launches the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Task Force". White House. June 10, 2021. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
- ^ "Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Advances Cleaner Industrial Sector to Reduce Emissions and Reinvigorate American Manufacturing". White House. February 15, 2022. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
- ^ "FACT SHEET: President Biden Issues Executive Order at the First Meeting of the Task Force on Reproductive Healthcare Access". White House. August 3, 2022. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
- ^ "Kamala Harris launches new national task force on preventing online harassment and abuse". CNN. June 16, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2023.