President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition, and the Reestablishment of the Presidential Fitness Test

Signed July 31, 2025, printed at 90 FR 37993. 5 sections of substance, 1,568 words.

In plain English

This order revives a council on sport and health. It last ran in an earlier term.

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Sec. 1. Revocation

Executive Order 13824 of February 26, 2018 (President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition), is hereby revoked.

In plain English

This cancels a 2018 order. That order set up a sports and fitness council.

Sec. 2. Amendment

Executive Order 13265 of June 6, 2002 (President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports), is hereby amended as follows: (a) The title is revised to read as follows: ``President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition, and the Reestablishment of the Presidential Fitness Test''. (b) The preamble is revised to read as follows: ``By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to establish the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition, and to reestablish the Presidential Fitness Test, it is hereby ordered:''. (c) Sections 1 through 5 are revised to read as follows: ``Section 1. Purpose. As the United States prepares to celebrate its semiquincentennial anniversary in 2026, we must address the threat to the vitality and longevity of our country that is posed by America's declining health and physical fitness.

In plain English

This changes a 2002 order. That order set up a fitness council. The title now adds sports and nutrition. It also brings back the school fitness test. The opening lines are rewritten. The first five sections are replaced. The new purpose points to the country's 250th year in 2026. It cites falling health and fitness.

Sec. 3. President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition

(a) There is hereby established the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition (Council). (b) The Council shall consist of up to 30 members appointed by the President. Members shall serve for a term of 2 years, shall be eligible for reappointment, and may continue to serve after the expiration of their terms until the appointment of a successor. The President may designate one or more of the members as Chair or Vice Chair. (c) The President shall designate an Executive Director of the Council who shall manage day-to-day operations; serve as a liaison to the President on matters and activities pertaining to the Council; and oversee engagement with executive departments and agencies, athletic institutions, and community partners.

In plain English

This sets up the council. It may have up to 30 members. The President names them. Each serves two years. Each may be named again. A member may stay on until a new one comes. The President may name a chair. A vice chair may be named too. A director runs the daily work.

Sec. 4. Functions of the Council

(a) The Council shall advise the President concerning progress made in carrying out the provisions of this order and shall recommend to the President actions to accelerate such progress. (b) In advising the President pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the Council shall recommend: (i) strategies for reestablishing the Presidential Fitness Test, with any appropriate improvements, as the main assessment tool for a Presidential Fitness Award; (ii) strategies for the development and promotion of Presidential challenges and school-based programs that reward excellence in physical education; (iii) actions to expand opportunities at the global, national, State, and local levels for participation in sports and engagement in physical fitness; (iv) bold and innovative fitness goals for American youth with the aim of fostering a new generation of healthy, active citizens; (v) campaigns and

In plain English

This says what the council does. It advises the President on progress. It suggests ways to move faster. It must plan how to bring back the fitness test. That test drives a fitness award. It must promote school programs in gym class. It must widen the chance to play sports. It must set bold goals for young people.

Sec. 5. Administration

(a) Each executive department and agency shall, to the extent permitted by law and subject to the availability of funds, furnish such information and assistance to the Council as it may request. (b) Members of the Council shall serve without compensation but may receive travel reimbursement, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as allowed under applicable law (5 U.S.C. 5701-5707), consistent with the availability of funds. (c) The Department of Health and Human Services shall provide such funding and administrative and technical support as the Council may require, to the extent permitted by law and as authorized by existing appropriations. (d) The Council may, with the approval of the President, establish subcommittees as appropriate to aid in its work. [[Page 37995]] (e) The seal prescribed by Executive Order 10830 of July 24, 1959 (Establishing a Seal for the President's Council

In plain English

This covers the housekeeping. Agencies must give the council help and facts. Members are not paid. Travel costs may be repaid. Health and Human Services funds the council. It gives staff and technical help. The council may form small groups. The President must approve those. An old seal still applies.

Sec. 6. General Provisions

Every order carries this. It is not what the order does.

(a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect: (i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or (ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals. (b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations. (c) 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, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.''. Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect: (i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head

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This is the closing clause that nearly every order carries. It says the order does not change what the law already allows. It also says no one can sue to enforce it.

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