[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 170 (Wednesday, September 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52401-52402]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22367]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


President's Committee on Mental Retardation; Name Change to 
President's Committee for People With Intellectual Disabilities; 
Membership Addition

AGENCY: President's Committee on Mental Retardation (PCMR), HHS.

ACTION: Notice of Amendments to Executive Order 12994, renaming the 
President's Committee on Mental Retardation, the addition of four 
members to the Committee and continuation of the Committee until 
September 30, 2005.

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DATES: Friday, July 25, 2003.
    In conjunction with the 13th Anniversary of the Americans with 
Disabilities Act, on Friday, July 25, 2003, President Bush amended 
Executive Order 12994 of March 21, 1996, to change the name of the 
President's Committee on Mental Retardation to the ``President's 
Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities.'' The name change 
was recommended to the President by the Committee members after a 
majority vote during the Committee's Third Quarterly Meeting held on 
May 12, 2003. The name change reflects efforts to promote equality for 
people with intellectual disabilities.
    The President also amended the executive order by adding four 
additional members to the Committee: The Secretary of Commerce; The 
Secretary of Transportation; The Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Homeland Security.
    The Amendment continues the Committee until September 30, 2005.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sally Atwater, Executive Director, 
President's Committee on Mental Retardation, Aerospace Center Building, 
Suite 701, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447, 
Telephone--(202) 619-0634, Fax--(202) 205-9519, e-mail--satwater 
@acf.hhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The President's Committee for People with 
Intellectual Disabilities acts in an advisory capacity to the President 
and the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 
on a broad range of topics relating to programs, services, and supports 
for persons with mental retardation. The Committee, by Executive Order, 
is responsible for evaluating the adequacy of current practices in 
programs, services and supports for persons with mental retardation, 
and for reviewing legislative proposals that impact on the quality of 
life that is experienced by citizens with mental retardation and their 
families.

    Dated: August 6, 2003.
Sally Atwater,
Executive Director, President's Committee for People With Intellectual 
Disabilities.
[FR Doc. 03-22367 Filed 9-2-03; 8:45 am]
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