[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 48 (Friday, March 10, 2000)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 13233-13234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-6126]



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Part VII





The President





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Executive Order 13147--White House Commission on Complementary and 
Alternative Medicine Policy
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                Executive Order 13147 of March 7, 2000

                
White House Commission on Complementary and 
                Alternative Medicine Policy

                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 establish 
                the White House Commission on Complementary and 
                Alternative Medicine Policy, it is hereby ordered as 
                follows:

                Section 1. Establishment. There is established in the 
                Department of Health and Human Services (Department) 
                the White House Commission on Complementary and 
                Alternative Medicine Policy (Commission). The 
                Commission shall be composed of not more than 15 
                members appointed by the President from knowledgeable 
                representatives in health care practice and 
                complementary and alternative medicine. The President 
                shall designate a Chair from among the members of the 
                Commission. The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
                (Secretary) shall appoint an Executive Director for the 
                Commission.

                Sec. 2. Functions. The Commission shall provide a 
                report, through the Secretary, to the President on 
                legislative and administrative recommendations for 
                assuring that public policy maximizes the benefits to 
                Americans of complementary and alternative medicine. 
                The recommendations shall address the following:

                    (a) the education and training of health care 
                practitioners in complementary and alternative 
                medicine;
                    (b) coordinated research to increase knowledge 
                about complementary and alternative medicine practices 
                and products;
                    (c) the provision to health care professionals of 
                reliable and useful information about complementary and 
                alternative medicine that can be made readily 
                accessible and understandable to the general public; 
                and
                    (d) guidance for appropriate access to and delivery 
                of complementary and alternative medicine.

                Sec. 3. Administration. (a) To the extent permitted by 
                law, the heads of executive departments and agencies 
                shall provide the Commission, upon request, with such 
                information and assistance as it may require for the 
                purpose of carrying out its functions.

                    (b) Each member of the Commission shall receive 
                compensation at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of 
                the annual rate specified for Level 1V of the Executive 
                Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5315) for each day during which the 
                member is engaged in the performance of the duties of 
                the Commission. While away from their homes or regular 
                places of business in the performance of the duties of 
                the Commission, members shall 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).
                    (c) The Department shall provide the Commission 
                with funding and with administrative services, 
                facilities, staff, and other support services necessary 
                for the performance of the Commission's functions.
                    (d) In accordance with guidelines issued by the 
                Administrator of General Services, the Secretary shall 
                perform the functions of the President under the 
                Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 
                App.), with respect to the Commission, except that of 
                reporting to the Congress.

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                    (e) The Commission shall terminate 2 years from the 
                date of this order unless extended by the President 
                prior to such date.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    March 7, 2000.

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