[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 127 (Thursday, July 2, 1998)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 36151-36152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17828]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 127 / Thursday, July 2, 1998 /
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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Executive Order 13090 of June 29, 1998
President's Commission on the Celebration of
Women in American History
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including the Federal Advisory Committee Act,
as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), and in order to celebrate
the role of women in American history, it is hereby
ordered as follows:
Section 1. Establishment. There is established the
President's Commission on the Celebration of Women in
American History (``Commission''). The Commission shall
be composed of not more than 11 members appointed by
the President from the public and private sectors. The
public sector members shall include such persons as the
President deems appropriate, including (a) the
Assistant to the President and Director of
Communications and (b) a person recommended by and who
shall be the representative of the Administrator of
General Services. The President may designate two
members as Co-Chairs of the Commission. The private
sector members shall represent entities interested in
the Commission's work on American history, particularly
the history of women in America. These entities may
include, but need not be limited to, academic
institutions, business entities, labor organizations,
public interest organizations, arts and humanities
institutions, State and local governments, athletic
groups, and organizations devoted to civil rights and
opportunities for minorities and women. The private
sector members shall not be considered special
Government employees.
Sec. 2. Functions. (a) The Commission shall make
recommendations to the President, through the Co-Chairs
of the Commission, on ways to best acknowledge and
celebrate the roles and accomplishments of women in
American history. Recommendations may include, among
other things, the feasibility of a focal point for
women's history located in Washington, D.C., and the
use of the latest technology to connect existing and
planned women's history sites, museums, and libraries.
(b) The Commission shall meet to carry out its work
concerning the celebration of women in American
history.
(c) The Commission shall report its
recommendations, through the Co-Chairs of the
Commission, in a final report to the President by March
1, 1999.
Sec. 3. Administration. (a) The heads of executive
departments and agencies shall, to the extent permitted
by law and where practicable, provide the Co-Chairs of
the Commission with such information with respect to
women's history in America as the Co-Chairs may
request.
(b) Members of the Commission shall serve without
compensation for their work on the Commission. While
engaged in the work of the Commission, members
appointed from the private sector may be allowed travel
expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as
authorized by law for persons serving intermittently in
Government service (5 U.S.C. 5701-5707).
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(c) To the extent permitted by law and subject to
the availability of appropriations, the General
Services Administration shall provide the Commission
with funding, administrative services, facilities,
staff, and other support services necessary for the
performance of the functions of the Commission. With
respect to the Commission, the Administrator of General
Services shall perform the administrative functions of
the President under the Federal Advisory Committee Act,
as amended, except that of reporting to the Congress.
(d) The Commission shall terminate 60 days after
the submission of its final report.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
June 29, 1998.
[FR Doc. 98-17828
Filed 6-30-98; 3:34 pm]
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