Executive Order 13731-Global Entrepreneurship
Issued 2016-06-24 by Barack Obama
Plain-English Overview
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Executive Order 13731 creates the Presidential Ambassadors for Global Entrepreneurship Program, which selects accomplished American entrepreneurs to use their experience and networks to support aspiring entrepreneurs. The program is administered by the Secretary of Commerce, who appoints a Director and establishes an Advisory Board made up of representatives from Commerce, State, USAID, the Small Business Administration, and NASA. The goal is to connect American and foreign entrepreneurs with the federal government and help them access capital, networks, markets, skills, and training.
This executive order affects American entrepreneurs selected as program members, aspiring entrepreneurs both in the United States and internationally, and various federal agencies that participate in the advisory board. The program aims to share knowledge and experience to help develop the next generation of entrepreneurs globally.
The order states this work matters because entrepreneurship can address challenges like extremism, unemployment, and slow economic growth by creating opportunity, prosperity, and security. By helping global partners invest in infrastructure like business incubators, exchange programs, and technical assistance, the federal government seeks to drive economic growth and job creation. Like all executive orders, this one directs how executive branch agencies operate within their existing authority.
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Constitutional Analysis
How this action fits (or doesn't) within Article II authority and existing law
Executive Order 13731 addresses "Executive Order 13731-Global Entrepreneurship". The President's stated reasoning: "drive economic growth and job creation." Executive orders are a long-established exercise of presidential power, used by every President since George Washington. They are grounded in Article II of the Constitution, which vests executive power in the President and directs them to "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed."
Executive orders cannot create new law, contradict existing federal statutes, or exceed the President's constitutional authority. The legitimacy of any specific order depends on whether it operates within statutory authority Congress has delegated, directs the executive branch on matters within its constitutional purview, or attempts to substitute executive policy for legislative choices. Courts can and do review executive orders for conformity with the Constitution and federal law.
Official Summary
Administration of Barack Obama, 2016 Executive Order 13731—Global Entrepreneurship June 24, 2016 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 . The American spirit of entrepreneurship is one of our most admired values around the world, and the United States has produced many of the world's most respected businesses and inspiring business creators. At a time when many societies confront extremism, unemployment, and slow economic growth, entrepreneurship holds out the promise of opportunity, prosperity, and security. It is in the national interest for the Federal Government to support innovation, global entrepreneurship, and the American private sector. Linking entrepreneurs with capital, new networks, and markets and providing skills and training will allow them to grow their businesses and positively impact their communities. It is also necessary that we help enable our global partners to invest in the tools and infrastructure that make this possible, including high-speed broadband; business incubators and accelerators; regional economic development programs and extension services; international people-to-people exchange programs; and the technical, export,