Presidential commission (United States)

{{Short description|Special task force ordained by the US President}}

In the United States, a presidential commission is a special task force ordained by the president to complete a specific, special investigation or research. They are often quasi-judicial in nature; that is, they include public or in-camera hearings.

List of presidential commissions

Commissioners to Confer with the Insurgents in the Western Counties of Pennsylvania (1794)
First Philippine Commission – "Schurman Commission" (1899)
Second Philippine Commission – "Taft Commission" (1900)
Commission on the Organization of Government Scientific Work (1903)
Committee on Department Methods – "Keep Commission" (1905–1909)
President's Commission on Economy and Efficiency (1910–1912)
President's Committee on Economic Security (1934)
President's Commission on Administrative Management – "Brownlow Committee" (1937)
Commission to Investigate the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor – a.k.a. "Roberts Commission" (1941)
President's Committee on Civil Rights (1946)
President's Scientific Research Board (1946)
Presidential Commission on Higher Education (1947)
Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government – Hoover Commission (1947)
President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services – a.k.a. "Fahy Committee" (1948)
President's Committee on Religious & Moral Welfare & Character Guidance in the Armed Forces (1948)
President's Water Resources Policy Commission (1950)
President's Communications Policy Board (1950)
President's Commission on Migratory Labor (1950)
President's Commission on Internal Security and Individual Rights (1951)
President's Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation (1951){{Cite news|last1=Furman |first1=Bess |date=1952-12-04|title=U. S. HEALTH PLAN READY FOR TRUMAN; Magnuson Report Will Say All Can Be Served Without Continuing Federal Subsidy TO ISSUE STUDY DEC. 18 Program's Aim Held Extension of Pre-Payment Projects 'Across the Board' U. S. HEALTH PLAN READY FOR TRUMAN|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1952/12/04/archives/u-s-health-plan-ready-for-truman-magnuson-report-will-say-all-can.html|access-date=2021-10-16|issn=0362-4331}}
President's Commission on Immigration and Naturalization (1952)
Commission on Intergovernmental Relations – a.k.a. "Kestenbaum Commission" (1953)
[https://digital.library.cornell.edu/collections/railroad President's Railroad Commission] (1960)
Presidential Commission on the Status of Women (1961)
Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee (1962){{USStatute|87|794|76|872|1962|10|11}}{{usc|19|1801}}
The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy – a.k.a. "Warren Commission" (1963)
President's Review Committee for Development Planning in Alaska (1964)
President's Commission on Crime in the District of Columbia (1965–1969)
President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice (1965–1969)
President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities (1966; formerly The President's Committee on Mental Retardation, 1963){{Cite web |url=https://www.costtree.net/sites/default/files/OMB_2-CFR-Part-200_Super_Circular_Desk_Reference_CostTree.pdf |title=2 CFR Part 200 Super Circular |access-date=2017-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306053300/https://www.costtree.net/sites/default/files/OMB_2-CFR-Part-200_Super_Circular_Desk_Reference_CostTree.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-06 |url-status=dead }}{{USPL|92|463}}
National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders – a.k.a. the "Kerner Commission" (1967–1968)
President's Commission on Budget Concepts (1967–1969)
National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence (1969)
President's Blue Ribbon Defense Panel (1969–1970) (urged 60% cuts in Pentagon staffs)
[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10472729 President's Commission on Campus Unrest (1970)]
President's Commission on Financial Structure and Regulation – a.k.a. the "Hunt Commission" (1970–1971)
National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control (1971)
President's Commission on Olympic Sports (1975)
National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year (1975)
U.S. President's Commission on CIA activities within the United States – a.k.a. Rockefeller Commission (1975)
President's Advisory Board on International Investment (1977)
Presidential Advisory Board on Ambassadorial Appointments (1977)
President's Commission on Mental Health (1977)
President's Commission on Military Compensation (1977)
President's Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies (1978)
[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10449194 President's Commission on the Coal Industry (1978)]
President's Commission on Pension Policy (1978)
Presidential Commission on World Hunger (1978)
President's Commission on the Holocaust (1978)
President's Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island (1979)
President's Advisory Committee for Women (1979)
President's Commission for a National Agenda for the Eighties (1979)
President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine & Biomedical & Behavioral Research (1979)
Advisory Committee on Small and Minority Business Ownership (1980)
President's Commission on United States–Liberian Relations (1980)
President's Committee on the International Labor Organization (1980)
President's Committee on Small Business Policy (1981)
President's Council on Spinal Cord Injury (1981)
President's Commission on Hostage Compensation (1981)
President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (1982)
President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control – a.k.a. "Grace Commission" (1982)
President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research (1982)
National Commission on Excellence in Education (1983)
Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident – a.k.a. "Rogers Commission" (1986)
President's Special Review Board (Iran-Contra) – a.k.a. "Tower Commission" (1986)
President's Commission on Organized Crime (1986)
President's Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management – a.k.a. "Packard Commission" (1986)
President's Commission on the HIV Epidemic (1987)
President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics (1990){{cite news|last1=Office of the Press Secretary|author-link=White House Office of the Press Secretary|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2011/05/26/president-s-advisory-commission-educational-excellence-hispanics-next-step-improving|title=President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics: The Next Step in Improving the Academic Achievement of Latino Students|location=Washington, D.C.|date=May 26, 2011|via=National Archives|work=whitehouse.gov|access-date=October 9, 2017}}{{cite news|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2001/10/17/01-26339/presidents-advisory-commission-on-educational-excellence-for-hispanic-americans|title=President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans|work=Federal Register|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration|location=Washington, D.C.|date=October 12, 2001|access-date=October 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122020712/https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2001/10/17/01-26339/presidents-advisory-commission-on-educational-excellence-for-hispanic-americans|archive-date=November 22, 2016}} [https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2001-10-17/pdf/01-26339.pdf Alt URL]{{cite news|last1=Office of the Press Secretary|author-link=White House Office of the Press Secretary|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/09/29/presidential-executive-order-continuance-certain-federal-advisory|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929231510/https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/09/29/presidential-executive-order-continuance-certain-federal-advisory|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 29, 2017|title=Presidential Executive Order on the Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees|work=whitehouse.gov|publisher=White House|location=Washington, D.C.|date=September 29, 2017|access-date=October 8, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hiv.gov/blog/president-trump-continues-pacha|title=President Trump Continues PACHA|first=B. Kaye|last=Hayes|work=AIDS.gov|publisher=U. S. Department of Health and Human Services|location=Washington, D.C.|date=October 2, 2017|access-date=October 8, 2017}}{{cite news|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/10/04/2017-21555/continuance-of-certain-federal-advisory-committees|title=Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees|work=Federal Register|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration|location=Washington, D.C.|date=September 29, 2017|access-date=October 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009042053/https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/10/04/2017-21555/continuance-of-certain-federal-advisory-committees|archive-date=October 9, 2017|url-status=live}} [https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-10-04/pdf/2017-21555.pdf Alt URL]
Good Neighbor Environmental Board (1992){{usc|7|5404}}
President's commission on aviation security and terrorism (1990)
National Industrial Security Program Policy Advisory Committee (1993)5 U.S.C. App. II{{USStatute|89|554|80|378|1966|09|06}}
National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Advisory Board (1995; recharted 2004) AKA:PDD-39{{cite news|url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/pubs/8519.htm|title=History of the Department of State During the Clinton Presidency (1993–2001)|work=United States Department of State|publisher=United States Government|location=Washington, D.C.|access-date=October 9, 2017}}
Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (1995){{usc|42|217a}}{{USPL|92|LI63}}
President's Commission on Veterans Education (1996)
Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United States (1998)
Invasive Species Advisory Committee (1999){{usc|42|4321}} et seq.{{usc|16|4701}} et seq.{{usc|18|42}}{{usc|7|150aa}} et seq.{{usc|7|2801}} et seq{{usc|16|1531}} et seq.
Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (2000){{USPL|106|398}} section 3624{{usc|42|73480}}{{USPL|106|398}}
Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee (2000){{usc|5|5701}}
President's Commission To Strengthen Social Security (2001)
President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education (2001)
Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry (2001)
National Infrastructure Advisory Council (2001){{usc|44|35}}
9/11 Commission (2002)
President's Commission on the United States Postal Service (2002)
Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee (2004){{cite news|last1=Office of the Press Secretary|author-link=White House Office of the Press Secretary|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=110919|title=681 – Executive Order 13708—Continuance or Reestablishment of Certain Federal Advisory Committees|work=UCSB|publisher=University of California|location=Santa Barbara, California|date=September 30, 2015|access-date=October 9, 2017}}{{cite news|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/10/05/2015-25489/continuance-or-reestablishment-of-certain-federal-advisory-committees|title=Continuance or Reestablishment of Certain Federal Advisory Committees|work=Federal Register|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration|location=Washington, D.C.|date=September 30, 2015|access-date=October 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122005812/https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/10/05/2015-25489/continuance-or-reestablishment-of-certain-federal-advisory-committees|archive-date=November 22, 2016|url-status=live}} [https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-10-05/pdf/2015-25489.pdf Alt URL]
President's Commission on Implementation of United States Space Exploration Policy (2004)
Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction (2005)
State, Local, Tribal, and Private Sector (SLTPS) Policy Advisory Committee (2009)3 CFR 13549{{usc|50|1801}}{{usc|42|2011}} et seq.{{usc|6|42|e}}{{usc|5|105}}{{usc|5|102}}
National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (2010)
Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future (2010)
Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development (2010){{USPL|110|186}}
National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling (2010)
President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (Orig, 2001; recharted 2010){{usc|5|5701|5707}}
President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition (Orig. 1944 National Committee on Physical Fitness; recharted 2010)
President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for African Americans (2012){{cite news|last1=Office of the Press Secretary|author-link=White House Office of the Press Secretary|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/07/26/executive-order-white-house-initiative-educational-excellence-african-am|title=Executive Order – White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans|location=Washington, D.C.|date=July 26, 2012|via=National Archives|work=whitehouse.gov|access-date=October 9, 2017}}{{cite news|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/08/01/2012-18868/white-house-initiative-on-educational-excellence-for-african-americans|title=White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans|work=Federal Register|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration|location=Washington, D.C.|date=July 26, 2012|access-date=October 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122010858/https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/08/01/2012-18868/white-house-initiative-on-educational-excellence-for-african-americans|archive-date=November 22, 2016|url-status=live}} [https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-08-01/pdf/2012-18868.pdf Alt URL]
San Juan Islands National Monument Advisory Committee (2013){{cite news|last1=Office of the Press Secretary|author-link=White House Office of the Press Secretary|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=103401|title=187 – Proclamation 8947—Establishment of the San Juan Islands National Monument|work=UCSB|publisher=University of California|location=Santa Barbara, California|date=March 25, 2013|access-date=October 9, 2017}}{{cite news|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/08/08/2014-18998/establishing-the-presidents-advisory-council-on-doing-business-in-africa|title=Establishment of the San Juan Islands National Monument|work=Federal Register|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration|location=Washington, D.C.|date=March 25, 2013|access-date=October 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122010220/https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/08/08/2014-18998/establishing-the-presidents-advisory-council-on-doing-business-in-africa|archive-date=November 22, 2016|url-status=live}} [https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-08-08/pdf/2014-18998.pdf Alt URL]
Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (2014){{cite news|last1=Office of the Press Secretary|author-link=White House Office of the Press Secretary|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/09/18/executive-order-combating-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria|title=Executive Order – Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria|location=Washington, D.C.|date=September 18, 2014|via=National Archives|work=whitehouse.gov|access-date=October 9, 2017}}{{cite news|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/09/23/2014-22805/combating-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria|title=Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterias|work=Federal Register|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration|location=Washington, D.C.|date=September 18, 2014|access-date=October 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122010213/https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/09/23/2014-22805/combating-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria|archive-date=November 22, 2016|url-status=live}} [https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-09-23/pdf/2014-22805.pdf Alt URL]
President's Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa (2014){{cite news|last1=Office of the Press Secretary|author-link=White House Office of the Press Secretary|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=106618|title=594 – Executive Order 13675—Establishing the President's Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa|work=UCSB|publisher=University of California|location=Santa Barbara, California|date=August 5, 2014|access-date=October 9, 2017}}{{cite news|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/08/08/2014-18998/establishing-the-presidents-advisory-council-on-doing-business-in-africa|title=Establishing the President's Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa|work=Federal Register|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration|location=Washington, D.C.|date=August 5, 2014|access-date=October 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122010220/https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/08/08/2014-18998/establishing-the-presidents-advisory-council-on-doing-business-in-africa|archive-date=November 22, 2016|url-status=live}} [https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-08-08/pdf/2014-18998.pdf Alt URL]
Bears Ears National Monument Advisory Committee (2016){{cite news|url=https://www.fs.fed.us/sites/default/files/bear-ears-fact-sheet.pdf|title=Bear Ears National Monument Questions & Answers|author=|work=United States Forest Service|publisher=United States Department of Agriculture|location=Washington, D.C.|date=|access-date=October 9, 2017}}{{cite news|last1=Office of the Press Secretary|author-link=White House Office of the Press Secretary|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=119941|title=875 – Proclamation 9558—Establishment of the Bears Ears National Monument|work=UCSB|publisher=University of California|location=Santa Barbara, California|date=December 28, 2016|access-date=October 9, 2017}}{{cite news|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/01/05/2017-00038/establishment-of-the-bears-ears-national-monument|title=Establishment of the Bears Ears National Monument|work=Federal Register|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration|location=Washington, D.C.|date=December 28, 2016|access-date=October 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106151215/https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/01/05/2017-00038/establishment-of-the-bears-ears-national-monument|archive-date=January 6, 2017|url-status=live}} [https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-01-05/pdf/2017-00038.pdf Alt URL]
Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity (2016)
Gold Butte National Monument Advisory Committee (2016){{cite magazine|url=http://www.hcn.org/articles/the-many-questions-of-gold-butte|title=The many questions of Gold Butte|first=Tay|last=Wiles|magazine=High Country News|publisher=High Country News, LLC|location=Paonia, Colorado|date=February 23, 2017|access-date=October 9, 2017}}{{cite news|last1=Office of the Press Secretary|author-link=White House Office of the Press Secretary|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/12/28/presidential-proclamation-establishment-gold-butte-national-monument|title=Presidential Proclamation – Establishment of the Gold Butte National Monument|location=Washington, D.C.|date=December 28, 2016|via=National Archives|work=whitehouse.gov|access-date=October 9, 2017}}{{cite news|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/01/05/2017-00039/establishment-of-the-gold-butte-national-monument|title=Establishment of the Gold Butte National Monument|work=Federal Register|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration|location=Washington, D.C.|date=December 28, 2016|access-date=October 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106161130/https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/01/05/2017-00039/establishment-of-the-gold-butte-national-monument|archive-date=January 6, 2017|url-status=live}} [https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-01-05/pdf/2017-00039.pdf Alt URL]
Governmental Advisory Committee to the United States Representative to the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (2016)
National Advisory Committee to the United States Representative to the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (2016)
President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis (2017){{Cite web|title=Executive Order 13784 of March 29, 2017 "Establishing the President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis"|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2017-04-03/pdf/2017-06716.pdf}}
Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity (2017)
President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (2017){{cite news|last1=Office of the Press Secretary|author-link=White House Office of the Press Secretary|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2017/02/28/presidential-executive-order-white-house-initiative-promote-excellence|title=Presidential Executive Order on The White House Initiative to Promote Excellence and Innovation at Historically Black Colleges and Universities|location=Washington, D.C.|date=February 28, 2017|via=National Archives|work=whitehouse.gov|access-date=October 9, 2017}}{{cite news|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/03/03/2017-04357/white-house-initiative-to-promote-excellence-and-innovation-at-historically-black-colleges-and|title=The White House Initiative to Promote Excellence and Innovation at Historically Black Colleges and Universities|work=Federal Register|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration|location=Washington, D.C.|date=March 3, 2017|access-date=October 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303101901/https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/03/03/2017-04357/white-house-initiative-to-promote-excellence-and-innovation-at-historically-black-colleges-and|archive-date=March 3, 2017}} [https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-03-03/pdf/2017-04357.pdf Alt URL]{{cite news|first=Jacqueline|last=Alemany|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-issues-executive-orders-on-hbcus-environmental-regulations/|title=Trump issues executive orders on HBCUs, environmental regulations|work=CBS News|publisher=CBS|location=United States|date=February 28, 2017|access-date=October 9, 2017}}{{cite news|first=Andrew V.|last=Pestano|url=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2017/03/01/Donald-Trump-signs-executive-orders-on-clean-water-rule-HBCUs/8791488366877/|title=Donald Trump signs executive orders on clean water rule, HBCUs|work=UPI|publisher=News World Communications|location=Washington, D.C.|date=March 1, 2017|access-date=October 9, 2017}}
Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States (2021){{Cite web|url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/04/09/president-biden-to-sign-executive-order-creating-the-presidential-commission-on-the-supreme-court-of-the-united-states/|title = President Biden to Sign Executive Order Creating the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States|date = 9 April 2021}}
President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (reinstituted) (2022)
Department of Government Efficiency (2025)

Presidential commission (United States)

List of presidential commissions

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