Executive Order 12074—Urban and Community Impact Analyses

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution of the United States of America, and in order to establish an internal management procedure for identifying aspects of proposed Federal policies that may adversely impact cities, counties, and other communities, it is hereby ordered as follows:

1-1. Urban and Community Impact Analyses.

1-101. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall: (a) develop criteria for identifying major policy proposals to be analyzed; (b) formulate standards regarding the content and format of impact analyses; and (c) establish procedures for the submission and review of such analyses.

1-102. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs and Policy shall review the analyses.

1-2. Agency Responsibilities.

1-201. Executive agencies shall prepare urban and community impact analyses for major policy initiatives identified by the Office of Management and Budget, the Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs and Policy, or the agencies themselves.

1-202. Each Executive agency shall, to the extent permitted by law, cooperate with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs and Policy in the performance of their functions under this Order, furnish them with the information they request, and comply with the procedures prescribed pursuant to this Order.

JIMMY CARTER

The White House,

August 16, 1978.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:51 a.m., August 17, 1978]