PCAP - Presidential Climate Action Project

The ATA is a private entity, and as such, cannot be ordered to participate in this effort.However, there is no legal barrier to the voluntary participation by the industry. Thus, thedirective should ask the agencies to solicit the information and/or advice from the truckingindustry.Executive Orders. There are no executive orders published in the Federal Register thatspecifically include the ATA but many contemplate public private partnerships, that is, havingrepresentatives of the private sector work with federal agencies to provide advice on policyproposals or plans. This includes developing and drafting the proposals. The following are someexamples of executive orders that establish committees or commissions with public and privatemembers: E.O. 12216, the President’s Committee on the International Labor Organization; E.O.13230, the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for HispanicAmericans; and E.O. 13177, the National Commission on the Use of Offsets in Defense Trade.Conclusion. The President has the authority to direct the agencies to investigate and report onthis proposal. The ATA cannot be ordered to participate in this effort so the agencies should beasked to solicit the ATA’s participation, whether it is to provide advice (FACA implications) oronly information. In terms of convention, a presidential memorandum should be considered as analternative to an executive order. 226 As part of the directive, the President should considerrequiring the agencies to identify those incentives that can be implemented under currentauthority and those that will need statutory changes.Good candidate to implement by executive order. Improvements suggested.226 Boundaries Report, Chapter II.CEES 55 | P age