[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 55 (Thursday, March 21, 2002)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 13241-13242]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-07086]


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                Executive Order 13260 of March 19, 2002

                
Establishing the President's Homeland Security 
                Advisory Council and Senior Advisory Committees for 
                Homeland

                Security

                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. President's Homeland Security Advisory 
                Council.

                    (a) Establishment and Membership. I hereby 
                establish the President's Homeland Security Advisory 
                Council (PHSAC). The PHSAC shall be composed of not 
                more than 21 members appointed by the President. In 
                addition, the Chair and the Vice Chair of the National 
                Infrastructure Advisory Council; the Chairman of the 
                President's National Security Telecommunications 
                Advisory Committee; and the Chair of the Panel on the 
                Science and Technology of Combating Terrorism, 
                President's Council of Advisors on Science and 
                Technology, shall serve as ex officio members of the 
                PHSAC. The appointed members of the PHSAC shall be 
                selected from the private sector, academia, 
                professional service associations, federally funded 
                research and development centers, nongovernmental 
                organizations, State and local governments, and other 
                appropriate professions and communities.
                    (b) Chair and Vice Chair. The President shall 
                designate a Chair and Vice Chair from among the 
                appointed members of the PHSAC.
                    (c) Senior Advisory Committees. (i) Establishment 
                and Membership. The following four Senior Advisory 
                Committees for Homeland Security (SACs) are hereby 
                established to advise the PHSAC: (1) State and Local 
                Officials; (2) Academia and Policy Research; (3) 
                Private Sector; and (4) Emergency Services, Law 
                Enforcement, and Public Health and Hospitals. Each SAC 
                shall generally be composed of not more than 17 members 
                selected by the Assistant to the President for Homeland 
                Security (Assistant). The President may establish 
                additional SACs as appropriate, consistent with this 
                order.
                    (ii) Chairs and Vice Chairs. The Assistant shall 
                from time to time designate a Chair and Vice Chair for 
                each of the SACs from among the PHSAC's members.
                    (iii) Subcommittees. The Chair of each SAC, in 
                consultation with the PHSAC, may as appropriate 
                establish subcommittees to advise the SAC.

                Sec. 2. Functions. The PHSAC shall meet periodically at 
                the Assistant's request to:

                    (a) provide advice to the President through the 
                Assistant on developing and coordinating the 
                implementation of a comprehensive national strategy to 
                secure the United States from terrorist threats or 
                attacks;
                    (b) recommend to the President through the 
                Assistant ways to improve coordination, cooperation, 
                and communication among Federal, State, and local 
                officials and private and other entities, and provide a 
                means to collect scholarly research, technological 
                advice, and information concerning processes and 
                organizational management practices both inside and 
                outside of the Federal Government;
                    (c) provide advice to the President through the 
                Assistant regarding the feasibility of implementing 
                specific measures to detect, prepare for, prevent, 
                protect against, respond to, and recover from terrorist 
                threats or attacks within the United States;

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                    (d) examine, and advise the President through the 
                Assistant on, the effectiveness of the implementation 
                of specific strategies to detect, prepare for, prevent, 
                protect against, respond to, and recover from terrorist 
                threats or attacks within the United States; and
                    (e) report periodically, as appropriate, to the 
                President through the Assistant on matters within the 
                scope of the PHSAC's functions as described in 
                paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section.

                Sec. 3. Administration. (a) Upon the request of the 
                Chair of the PHSAC, through the Assistant, and to the 
                extent permitted by law, the heads of executive 
                departments and agencies shall provide the PHSAC with 
                such information relating to homeland security matters 
                as the PHSAC may need for the purpose of carrying out 
                its functions.

                    (b) The PHSAC shall have an Executive Director 
                selected by the Assistant.
                    (c) Members shall serve without compensation for 
                their work on the PHSAC, the SACs, and any 
                subcommittees thereof. However, members shall be 
                allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 
                subsistence, as authorized by law for persons serving 
                intermittently in Federal Government service (5 U.S.C. 
                5701-5707).
                    (d) To the extent permitted by law, and subject to 
                the availability of appropriations, the Office of 
                Administration shall provide the PHSAC with 
                administrative support and with such funds as may be 
                necessary for the performance of the PHSAC's functions.

                Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Insofar as the Federal 
                Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.) 
                (Act), may apply to the administration of any portion 
                of this order, any functions of the President under 
                that Act, except that of reporting to the Congress, 
                shall be performed by the Administrator of General 
                Services in accordance with the guidelines that have 
                been issued by the Administrator.

                    (b) The PHSAC, any SACs, and any SAC subcommittees 
                shall terminate 2 years from the date of this order 
                unless extended by the President.

                    (Presidential Sig.)B

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                     March 19, 2002.

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