[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 27, 2011)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 80725-80726]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-33335]


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 The President

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                Executive Order 13596 of December 19, 2011

                
Amendments to Executive Orders 12131 and 13539

                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:

                Section1. Section 1-102 of Executive Order 12131 of May 
                4, 1979, as amended (President's Export Council), is 
                further amended to read as follows:

                ``The membership of the Council shall be as follows:

                    (a) The heads of the following executive 
                departments, agencies, or offices, or their 
                representatives:

(1) Department of State.

(2) Department of the Treasury.

(3) Department of Agriculture.

(4) Department of Commerce.

(5) Department of Labor.

(6) Department of Energy.

(7) Department of Transportation.

(8) Department of Homeland Security.

(9) Office of United States Trade Representative.

(10) Export-Import Bank of the United States.

(11) Small Business Administration.

(12) United States Trade and Development Agency.

(13) Overseas Private Investment Corporation.

(14) Council of Economic Advisers.

(15) Office of Management and Budget.

(16) National Economic Council.

(17) National Security Staff.

                    (b) In their discretion, the heads of the following 
                organizations or their designees:

(1) National Governors Association.

(2) United States Conference of Mayors.

                    (c) Five members of the United States Senate, 
                designated by the President of the Senate, and five 
                members of the United States House of Representatives, 
                designated by the Speaker of the House, to serve for a 
                two-year term.
                    (d) Not to exceed 28 citizens appointed by the 
                President. These individuals shall be selected from 
                those who are not full-time Federal officers or 
                employees. They shall include representatives of 
                business and industry, agriculture, and labor.''.

                Sec. 2. (a) Section 3(d) of Executive Order 13539 of 
                April 21, 2010, as amended (President's Council of 
                Advisors on Science and Technology), is further amended 
                to read as follows: ``The Department of Energy shall 
                provide such funding and administrative and technical 
                support as the PCAST may require.''.

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                    (b) Section 5(a) of Executive Order 13539, as 
                amended, is further amended to read as follows: 
                ``Insofar as the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 
                amended (5 U.S.C. App.) (FACA), may apply to the PCAST, 
                any functions of the President under the FACA, except 
                that of reporting to the Congress, shall be performed 
                by the Secretary of Energy in accordance with the 
                guidelines and procedures established by the 
                Administrator of General Services.''.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    December 19, 2011.

[FR Doc. 2011-33335
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