[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 112 (Tuesday, June 11, 2002)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 39841-39842]
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 The President

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                Executive Order 13265 of June 6, 2002

                
President's Council on Physical Fitness and 
                Sports

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, and to expand the executive branch's program 
                for physical fitness and sports and establish the 
                President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (the 
                ``Council''), it is hereby ordered as follows:

                Section 1. Purpose. The Secretary of Health and Human 
                Services (Secretary) shall, in carrying out his 
                responsibilities for public health and human services, 
                develop and coordinate a national program to enhance 
                physical activity and sports participation. Through 
                this program, the Secretary shall seek to:

                    (a) expand national interest in and awareness of 
                the benefits of regular physical activity and active 
                sports participation;
                    (b) stimulate and enhance coordination of programs 
                within and among the private and public sectors that 
                promote participation in, and safe and easy access to, 
                physical activity and sports;
                    (c) expand availability of quality information and 
                guidance regarding physical activity and sports 
                participation;
                    (d) integrate physical activity into a broader 
                health-promotion and disease-prevention effort through 
                Federal agencies and the private sector; and
                    (e) target all Americans, with particular emphasis 
                on children and adolescents, as well as populations or 
                communities in which specific risks or disparities in 
                participation in, access to, or knowledge about the 
                benefits of physical activity have been identified.

                Sec. 2. The President's Council on Physical Fitness and 
                Sports.

                    (a) There is hereby established the President's 
                Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.
                    (b) The Council shall be composed of up to 20 
                members appointed by the President. The President may 
                designate one or more members to be Chair or Vice 
                Chair. Each member shall serve for a term of 2 years 
                and may continue to serve after the expiration of that 
                term until a successor is appointed.

                Sec. 3. Functions of the Council.

                    (a) The Council shall advise the President, through 
                the Secretary, concerning progress made in carrying out 
                the provisions of this order and shall recommend to the 
                President, through the Secretary, actions to accelerate 
                progress.
                    (b) The Council shall advise the Secretary on ways 
                to enhance opportunities for participation in physical 
                fitness and sports. Recommendations may address, but 
                are not necessarily limited to, public awareness 
                campaigns, Federal, State, and local physical activity 
                initiatives, and partnership opportunities between 
                public- and private-sector health-promotion entities.
                    (c) The Council shall function as a liaison to 
                relevant State, local, and private entities in order to 
                advise the Secretary regarding opportunities to extend 
                and improve physical activity programs and services at 
                both the local and national levels.

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                    (d) The Council shall monitor the need for the 
                enhancement of programs and educational and promotional 
                materials sponsored, overseen, or disseminated by the 
                Council, and shall advise the Secretary as necessary 
                concerning such need.

                Sec. 4. Administration.

                    (a) Each Federal agency shall, to the extent 
                permitted by law and subject to available funds, 
                furnish such information and assistance to the 
                Secretary and the Council as they may request.
                    (b) The members of the Council shall serve without 
                compensation for their work on the Council. Members of 
                the Council may, however, receive travel expenses, 
                including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as 
                authorized by law for persons serving intermittently in 
                the Government (5 U.S.C. 5701-5707).
                    (c) To the extent permitted by law, the Secretary 
                shall furnish the Council with necessary staff, 
                supplies, facilities, and other administrative 
                services. The expenses of the Council shall be paid 
                from funds available to the Secretary.
                    (d) The Secretary shall appoint an Executive 
                Director of the Council who shall serve as a liaison to 
                the Secretary and the White House on matters and 
                activities pertaining to the Council.
                    (e) The Council may establish subcommittees as 
                appropriate to aid in its work. Such subcommittees 
                shall meet on a voluntary basis and be defined by 
                objectives established in coordination with and agreed 
                upon by the Secretary and the President.
                    (f) The seal prescribed by Executive Order 10830 of 
                July 24, 1959, as amended, shall be the seal of the 
                President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports 
                established by this order.

                Sec. 5. 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 the Act, except that 
                of reporting to the Congress, shall be performed by the 
                Secretary in accordance with the guidelines and 
                procedures issued by the Administrator of General 
                Services.
                    (b) In accordance with the Act, the Council shall 
                terminate 2 years from the date of this order, unless 
                extended by the President.
                    (c) Executive Order 12345 of February 2, 1982, as 
                amended, is revoked.

                    (Presidential Sig.)B

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                     June 6, 2002.

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