[Title 3 CFR 13366]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - January 1, 2005 Edition]
[Title 3 - Presidential Documents]
[Executive Order 13366 - Executive Order 13366 of December 17, 2004]
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Executive Order 13366 of December 17, 2004

Committee on Ocean Policy

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. It shall be the policy of the United States to:
    (a) coordinate the activities of executive departments and agencies 
regarding ocean-related matters in an integrated and effective manner to 
advance the environmental, economic, and security interests of present 
and future generations of Americans; and
    (b) facilitate, as appropriate, coordination and consultation 
regarding ocean-related matters among Federal, State, tribal, local 
governments, the private sector, foreign governments, and international 
organizations.
Sec. 2. Definition. For purposes of this order the term ``ocean-related 
matters'' means matters involving the oceans, the Great Lakes, the 
coasts of the United States (including its territories and possessions), 
and related seabed, subsoil, and natural resources.
Sec. 3. Establishment of Committee on Ocean Policy.
    (a) There is hereby established, as a part of the Council on 
Environmental Quality and for administrative purposes only, the 
Committee on Ocean Policy (Committee).
    (b) The Committee shall consist exclusively of the following:

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(i) the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality, who shall be the 
Chairman of the Committee;

(ii) the Secretaries of State, Defense, the Interior, Agriculture, Health 
and Human Services, Commerce, Labor, Transportation, Energy, and Homeland 
Security, the Attorney General, the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the 
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the 
Director of National Intelligence, the Director of the Office of Science 
and Technology Policy, the Director of the National Science Foundation, and 
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff;

(iii) the Assistants to the President for National Security Affairs, 
Homeland Security, Domestic Policy, and Economic Policy;

(iv) an employee of the United States designated by the Vice President; and

(v) such other officers or employees of the United States as the Chairman 
of the Committee may from time to time designate.

    (c) The Chairman of the Committee, after coordination with the 
Assistants to the President for National Security Affairs and Homeland 
Security, shall regularly convene and preside at meetings of the 
Committee, determine its agenda, direct its work, and, as appropriate to 
deal with particular subject matters, establish and direct subcommittees 
of the Committee that shall consist exclusively of members of the 
Committee. The Committee shall coordinate its advice in a timely 
fashion.
    (d) A member of the Committee may designate, to perform the 
Committee or subcommittee functions of the member, any person who is 
within such member's department, agency, or office and who is (i) an 
officer of the United States appointed by the President, (ii) a member 
of the Senior Executive Service or the Senior Intelligence Service, 
(iii) an officer or employee within the Executive Office of the 
President, or (iv) an employee of the Vice President.
    (e) Consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability 
of appropriations, the Council on Environmental Quality shall provide 
the funding, including through the Office of Environmental Quality as 
permitted by law and as appropriate, and administrative support for the 
Committee necessary to implement this order.
Sec. 4. Functions of the Committee. To implement the policy set forth in 
section 1 of this order, the Committee shall:
    (a) provide advice on establishment or implementation of policies 
concerning ocean-related matters to:

(i) the President; and

(ii) the heads of executive departments and agencies from time to time as 
appropriate;

    (b) obtain information and advice concerning ocean-related matters 
from:

(i) State, local, and tribal elected and appointed officials in a manner 
that seeks their individual advice and does not involve collective judgment 
or consensus advice or deliberation; and

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(ii) representatives of private entities or other individuals in a manner 
that seeks their individual advice and does not involve collective judgment 
or consensus advice or deliberation;

    (c) at the request of the head of any department or agency who is a 
member of the Committee, unless the Chairman of the Committee declines 
the request, promptly review and provide advice on a policy or policy 
implementation action on ocean-related matters proposed by that 
department or agency;
    (d) provide and obtain information and advice to facilitate:

(i) development and implementation of common principles and goals for the 
conduct of governmental activities on ocean-related matters;

(ii) voluntary regional approaches with respect to ocean-related matters;

(iii) use of science in establishment of policy on ocean-related matters; 
and

(iv) collection, development, dissemination, and exchange of information on 
ocean-related matters; and

    (e) ensure coordinated government development and implementation of 
the ocean component of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems.
Sec. 5. Cooperation. To the extent permitted by law and applicable 
presidential guidance, executive departments and agencies shall provide 
the Committee such information, support, and assistance as the 
Committee, through the Chairman, may request.
Sec. 6. Coordination. The Chairman of the Council on Environmental 
Quality, the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, 
the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security, and, with respect 
to the interagency task force established by Executive Order 13340 of 
May 18, 2004, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, 
shall ensure appropriate coordination of the activities of the Committee 
under this order and other policy coordination structures relating to 
ocean or maritime issues pursuant to Presidential guidance.
Sec. 7. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed 
to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) authority granted by law to a executive department or agency or the 
head thereof; or

(ii) functions assigned by the President to the National Security Council 
or Homeland Security Council (including subordinate bodies) relating to 
matters affecting foreign affairs, national security, homeland security, or 
intelligence.

    (b) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise 
affect the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget relating to budget, administrative, or legislative proposals.
    (c) This order is intended only to improve the internal management 
of the Federal Government and is not intended to, and does not, create 
any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or 
in equity

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by a party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or 
entities, its officers or employees, or any other person.
George W. Bush
The White House,
    December 17, 2004.