[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 191 (Monday, October 4, 1999)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 53879-53881]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25958]
Presidential Documents
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Executive Order 13138 of September 30, 1999
Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory
Committees
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, and in accordance with the provisions of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C.
App.), it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Each advisory committee listed below is
continued until September 30, 2001.
(a) Committee for the Preservation of the White
House; Executive Order 11145, as amended (Department of
the Interior).
(b) Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety
and Health; Executive Order 12196, as amended
(Department of Labor).
(c) National Partnership Council; Executive Order
12871, as amended (Office of Personnel Management).
(d) President's Advisory Commission on Educational
Excellence for Hispanic Americans; Executive Order
12900 (Department of Education).
(e) President's Board of Advisors on Historically
Black Colleges and Universities; Executive Order 12876
(Department of Education).
(f) President's Board of Advisors on Tribal
Colleges and Universities; Executive Order 13021, as
amended (Department of Education).
(g) President's Commission on White House
Fellowships; Executive Order 11183, as amended (Office
of Personnel Management).
(h) President's Committee of Advisors on Science
and Technology; Executive Order 12882 (Office of
Science and Technology Policy).
(i) President's Committee on the Arts and the
Humanities; Executive Order 12367, as amended (National
Endowment for the Arts).
(j) President's Committee on the International
Labor Organization; Executive Order 12216, as amended
(Department of Labor).
(k) President's Committee on the National Medal of
Science; Executive Order 11287, as amended (National
Science Foundation).
(l) President's Committee on Mental Retardation,
Executive Order 12994 (Department of Health and Human
Services).
(m) President's Council on Physical Fitness and
Sports; Executive Order 12345, as amended (Department
of Health and Human Services).
(n) President's National Security
Telecommunications Advisory Committee, Executive Order
12382, as amended (Department of Defense).
(o) Trade and Environment Policy Advisory
Committee; Executive Order 12905 (Office of the United
States Trade Representative).
(p) President's Export Council; Executive Order
12131, as amended (Department of Commerce).
Sec. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
Executive order, the functions of the President under
the Federal Advisory Committee Act that are applicable
to the committees listed in section 1 of this order,
except that of reporting annually to the Congress,
shall be performed by the head of the department or
agency designated after each committee, in accordance
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with the guidelines and procedures established by the
Administrator of General Services.
Sec. 3. The following Executive orders, or sections
thereof, which established committees that have
terminated and whose work is completed, are revoked:
(a) Executive Order 13017, as amended by Executive
Orders 13040 and 13056, establishing the Advisory
Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the
Health Care Industry;
(b) Executive Order 13038, establishing the
Advisory Committee on Public Interest Obligation of
Digital Television Broadcasters, as amended by section
5 of Executive Order 13062, and Executive Orders 13065,
13081, and 13102;
(c) Section 5 and that part of section 6(f) of
Executive Order 13010, as amended by section 3 of
Executive Order 13025, Executive Order 13041, sections
1, 2, and that part of section 3 of Executive Order
13064, and Executive Order 13077, establishing the
Advisory Committee to the President's Commission on
Critical Infrastructure Protection;
(d) Executive Order 13037, as amended by Executive
Orders 13066 and 13108, establishing the Commission to
Study Capital Budgeting;
(e) Executive Order 13050, establishing the
President's Advisory Board on Race;
(f) Executive Order 12852, as amended by Executive
Orders 12855, 12965, 12980, 13053, and 13114,
establishing the President's Council on Sustainable
Development; and
(g) Executive Order 12961, as amended by Executive
Order 13034, establishing the Presidential Advisory
Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses.
Sec. 4. Sections 1 through 4 of Executive Order 13062
are superseded.
Sec. 5. Executive Order 12131, as amended, is further
amended by adding in section 1-102(a) a new paragraph
as follows: ``(9) Department of Energy.''
Sec. 6. Executive Order 13115 is amended by adding the
Department of the Treasury and the Office of National
Drug Control Policy to the Interagency Task Force on
the Roles and Mission of the United States Coast Guard,
so that the list in section 1(b) of that order shall
read as follows:
``(1) Department of State;
(2) Department of the Treasury;
(3) Department of Defense;
(4) Department of Justice;
(5) Department of Commerce;
(6) Department of Labor;
(7) Department of Transportation;
(8) Environmental Protection Agency;
(9) Office of Management and Budget;
(10) National Security Council;
(11) Office of National Drug Control Policy;
(12) Council on Environmental Quality;
(13) Office of Cabinet Affairs;
(14) National Economic Council;
(15) Domestic Policy Council; and
(16) United States Coast Guard.''
Sec. 7. Executive Order 12367, as amended, is further
amended as follows:
(a) in section 1, the text ``the director of the
International Communication Agency,'' is deleted;
(b) in section 2, delete the first sentence and
insert in lieu thereof ``The Committee shall advise,
provide recommendations to, and assist the Presi
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dent, the National Endowment of the Arts, the National
Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute of
Museum and Library Services on matters relating to the
arts and the humanities. The Committee shall initiate
and assist in the development of (i) ways to promote
public understanding and appreciation of the arts and
the humanities; (ii) ways to promote private sector
support for the arts and humanities; (iii) ways to
evaluate the effectiveness of Federal support for the
arts and humanities and their relationship with the
private sector; (iv) the planning and coordination of
appropriate participation (including productions and
projects) in major national cultural events, including
the Millennium; (v) activities that incorporate the
arts and the humanities in government objectives; and
(vi) ways to promote the recognition of excellence in
the fields of the arts and the humanities.''; and
(c) in section 3(b), add the following sentence
after the first sentence: ``Private funds accepted
under the National Endowment for the Arts' or the
National Endowment for the Humanities' gift authority
may also be used to pay expenses of the Committee.''
Sec. 8. Executive Order 12345, as amended, is further
amended by deleting the first sentence of section 2(b)
and inserting in lieu thereof the following three
sentences. ``The council shall be composed of twenty
members appointed by the President. Each member shall
serve a term of 2 years and may continue to serve after
the expiration of their term until a successor is
appointed. A member appointed to fill an unexpired term
will be appointed for the remainder of such term.''
Sec. 9. This order shall be effective September 30,
1999.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
September 30, 1999.
[FR Doc. 99-25958
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