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Title 3—The President

(a) The term ‘‘United States national’’ has the same meaning as ‘‘national
of the United States’’ in section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22)), but also includes any entity organized
under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United
States (including foreign branches).
(b) The term ‘‘foreign national’’ means any person other than a United
States national.
(c) The term ‘‘person’’ means any individual or entity, including both
natural and juridical persons.
(d) The term ‘‘entity’’ means a partnership, association, trust, joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization.
Sec. 3. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party
against the United States, its departments, agencies, instrumentalities, or
entities, its officers or employees, or any other person.
GEORGE W. BUSH
The White House,
October 31, 2008.

Executive Order 13478 of November 18, 2008

Amendments To Executive Order 9397 Relating To Federal
Agency Use of Social Security Numbers
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws
of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of the United States that Federal agencies
should conduct agency activities that involve personal identifiers in a manner consistent with protection of such identifiers against unlawful use.
Sec. 2. Amendments to Executive Order 9397. Executive Order 9397 of November 22, 1943, is amended:
(a) in paragraph 1 by:
(i) striking ‘‘shall’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘may’’;
(ii) striking ‘‘exclusively’’;
(iii) striking ‘‘Title 26, section 402.502’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘title 20, section 422.103’’; and
(iv) striking ‘‘the 1940 Supplement to’’;
(b) by striking ‘‘Bureau of the Budget’’ in paragraph 5 and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘Office of Management and Budget’’;

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(c) by renumbering paragraph 6 as paragraph 8;
(d) by inserting immediately following paragraph 5 the following new
paragraphs:
‘‘6. This order shall be implemented in accordance with applicable
law and subject to the availability of appropriations.

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Executive Orders

EO 13479

‘‘7. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity, by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, instrumentalities, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.’’; and
(e) by striking ‘‘Board’’ each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof
in each such place ‘‘Administration’’.
Sec. 3. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity, by any party
against the United States, its departments, agencies, instrumentalities, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
GEORGE W. BUSH
The White House,
November 18, 2008.

Executive Order 13479 of November 18, 2008

Transformation of the National Air Transportation System
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. It is the policy of the United States to establish and maintain a national air transportation system that meets the present and future
civil aviation, homeland security, economic, environmental protection, and
national defense needs of the United States, including through effective implementation of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen).
Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this order the term ‘‘Next Generation Air
Transportation System’’ means the system to which section 709 of the Vision 100—Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act (Public Law 108–176)
(Act) refers.
Sec. 3. Functions of the Secretary of Transportation. Consistent with sections 709 and 710 of the Act and the policy set forth in section 1 of this
order, the Secretary of Transportation shall:
(a) take such action within the authority of the Secretary, and recommend as appropriate to the President such action as is within the authority of the President, to implement the policy set forth in section 1 of
this order and in particular to implement the NextGen in a safe, secure,
timely, environmentally sound, efficient, and effective manner;

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(b) convene quarterly, unless the Secretary determines that meeting less
often is consistent with effective implementation of the policy set forth in
section 1 of this order, the Senior Policy Committee established pursuant
to section 710 of the Act (Committee);
(c) not later than 60 days after the date of this order, establish within
the Department of Transportation a support staff (Staff), including employees from departments and agencies assigned pursuant to subsection 4(e) of
this order, to support, as directed by the Secretary, the Secretary and the
Committee in the performance of their duties relating to the policy set forth
in section 1 of this order; and

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