[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 17, 2001)]
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                Executive Order 13187 of January 10, 2001

                
The President's Disability Employment Partnership 
                Board

                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 promote the 
                employment of people with disabilities, it is hereby 
                ordered as follows:

                Section 1. Establishment and Composition of the Board. 
                (a) There is hereby established the President's 
                Disability Employment Partnership Board (Board).

                    (b) The Board shall be composed of not more than 15 
                members who shall be appointed by the President for 
                terms of 2 years. The membership shall include 
                individuals who are representatives of business 
                (including small business), labor organizations, State 
                or local government, disabled veterans, people with 
                disabilities, organizations serving people with 
                disabilities, and researchers or academicians focusing 
                on issues relating to the employment of people with 
                disabilities, and may include other individuals 
                representing entities involved in issues relating to 
                the employment of people with disabilities as the 
                President finds appropriate.
                    (c) The President shall designate a Chairperson 
                from among the members of the Board to serve a term of 
                two years.
                    (d) Members and the Chairperson may be reappointed 
                for subsequent terms and may continue to serve until 
                their successors have been appointed.

                Sec. 2. Functions. (a) The Board shall provide advice 
                and information to the President, the Vice President, 
                the Secretary of Labor, and other appropriate Federal 
                officials with respect to facilitating the employment 
                of people with disabilities, and shall assist in other 
                activities that promote the formation of public-private 
                partnerships, the use of economic incentives, the 
                provision of technical assistance regarding 
                entrepreneurship, and other actions that may enhance 
                employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

                    (b) In carrying out paragraph (a) of this section, 
                the Board shall:

 (i) develop and submit to the Office of Disability Employment Policy in 
the Department of Labor a comprehensive written plan for joint public-
private efforts to promote employment opportunities for people with 
disabilities and improve their access to financial institutions and 
commercial and business enterprises;

 (ii) identify strategies that may be used by employers, labor unions, 
national and international organizations, and Federal, State, and local 
officials to increase employment opportunities for people with 
disabilities; and

 (iii) coordinate with the Office of Disability Employment Policy in the 
Department of Labor in promoting the collaborative use of public and 
private resources to assist people with disabilities in forming and 
expanding small business concerns and in enhancing their access to Federal 
procurement and other relevant business opportunities. Public resources 
include those of the Department of Labor, the Small Business 
Administration, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Education, 
the Department of Defense, the Department of Treasury, the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, the Federal Communications Commission, and of executive 
departments and agency offices responsible for small, disadvantaged 
businesses utilization.

                    (c) The Board shall submit annual written reports 
                to the President, who may apprise the Congress and 
                other interested organizations and individuals

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                on its activities, progress, and problems relating to 
                maximizing employment opportunities for people with 
                disabilities.
                    (d) The Chairperson of the Board shall serve as a 
                member and Vice Chair of the National Task Force on 
                Employment of Adults with Disabilities established 
                under Executive Order 13078 of March 13, 1998.

                Sec. 3. Administration. (a) The Board shall meet when 
                called by the Chairperson, at a time and place 
                designated by the Chairperson. The Chairperson shall 
                call at least two meetings per calendar year. The 
                Chairperson may form subcommittees or working groups 
                within the Board to address particular matters.

                    (b) The Chairperson may from time to time prescribe 
                such rules, procedures, and policies relating to the 
                activities of the Board as are not inconsistent with 
                law or with the provisions of this order.
                    (c) Members of the Board shall serve without 
                compensation but shall be allowed travel expenses, 
                including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as 
                authorized by law for persons serving intermittently in 
                Federal service (5 U.S.C. 5701-5707).
                    (d) The Department of Labor shall provide funding 
                and appropriate support to assist the Board in carrying 
                out the activities described in section 2 of this 
                order, including necessary office space, equipment, 
                supplies, services, and staff. The functions of the 
                President under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 
                amended, except that of reporting to the Congress, that 
                are applicable to the Commission, shall be performed by 
                the Department of Labor in accordance with guidelines 
                that have been issued by the Administrator of General 
                Services.
                    (e) The heads of executive departments and agencies 
                shall, to the extent permitted by law, provide the 
                Board such information as it may need for purposes of 
                carrying out the functions described in section 2 of 
                this order.

                Sec. 4. Prior Orders and Transition. (a) Executive 
                Order 12640 of May 10, 1988, as amended, relating to 
                the establishment of the President's Committee on 
                Employment of People with Disabilities, is hereby 
                revoked. The employees, records, property, and funds of 
                the Committee shall become the employees, records, 
                property, and funds of the Department of Labor.

                    (b) Executive Order 13078 of March 13, 1998, is 
                amended in sections 1(a) and (b) by striking ``Chair of 
                the President's Committee on Employment of People with 
                Disabilities'' and inserting ``Chairperson of the 
                President's Disability Employment Partnership Board.''

                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                     January 10, 2001.

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