[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 42 (Friday, March 2, 2018)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 8923-8925]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-04414]


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 The President

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                Executive Order 13824 of February 26, 2018

                
President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and 
                Nutrition

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, and to promote the economic, academic, and 
                social benefits of youth sports, fitness, and 
                nutrition, it is hereby ordered as follows:

                Section 1. Revocation. Executive Order 13545 of June 
                22, 2010, is hereby revoked.

                Sec. 2. Amendment. Executive Order 13265 of June 6, 
                2002, is hereby amended as follows:

                    (a) The title is revised to read as follows: 
                ``President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and 
                Nutrition.''
                    (b) The preamble is revised to replace the phrase, 
                ``President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports'' 
                with ``President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and 
                Nutrition.''
                    (c) Sections 1 through 5 are revised to read as 
                follows:

                ``Section 1. Purpose. My Administration recognizes the 
                benefits of youth sports participation, physical 
                activity, and a nutritious diet in helping create 
                habits that support a healthy lifestyle and improve the 
                overall health of the American people. My 
                Administration therefore aims to expand and encourage 
                youth sports participation, and to promote the overall 
                physical fitness, health, and nutrition of all 
                Americans.

                Good health, including physical activity and proper 
                nutrition, supports Americans', particularly 
                children's, well-being, growth, and development. 
                Participating in sports allows children to experience 
                the connection between effort and success, and it 
                enhances their academic, economic, and social 
                prospects. Many of America's leaders attribute their 
                lifetime achievements to lessons learned through sports 
                participation and athletic activity. Additionally, 
                youth sports help working parents and guardians by 
                providing their children opportunities to engage in 
                productive, positive activities outside of school. 
                Unfortunately, during the past decade youth 
                participation in team sports has declined. As of 2016, 
                only 37 percent of children played team sports on a 
                regular basis, down from 45 percent in 2008. 
                Particularly troubling is that sports participation 
                disproportionately lags among young girls and children 
                who are from economically distressed areas.

                Sec. 2. Policy. (a) The Secretary of Health and Human 
                Services (Secretary), in carrying out the Secretary's 
                responsibilities for public health and human services, 
                shall develop a national strategy to expand children's 
                participation in youth sports, encourage regular 
                physical activity, including active play, and promote 
                good nutrition for all Americans. This national 
                strategy shall focus on children and youth in 
                communities with below-average sports participation and 
                communities with limited access to athletic facilities 
                or recreational areas. Through this national strategy, 
                the Secretary shall seek to:

(i) increase awareness of the benefits of participation in sports and 
regular physical activity, as well as the importance of good nutrition;

(ii) promote private and public sector strategies to increase participation 
in sports, encourage regular physical activity, and improve nutrition;

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(iii) develop metrics that gauge youth sports participation and physical 
activity to inform efforts that will improve participation in sports and 
regular physical activity among young Americans; and

(iv) establish a national and local strategy to recruit volunteers who will 
encourage and support youth participation in sports and regular physical 
activity, through coaching, mentoring, teaching, or administering athletic 
and nutritional programs.

                Sec. 3. The President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and 
                Nutrition. (a) There is hereby established the 
                President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition 
                (Council).

                    (b) The Council shall be composed of up to 30 
                members recommended by the Secretary and appointed by 
                the President. Members shall serve for a term of 2 
                years, shall be eligible for reappointment, and may 
                continue to serve after the expiration of their terms 
                until the appointment of a successor. The President may 
                designate one or more of the members as Chair or Vice 
                Chair.

                Sec. 4. 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 such progress.

                    (b) The Council shall recommend to the Secretary 
                actions to expand opportunities at the national, State, 
                and local levels for participation in sports and 
                engagement in physical fitness and activity.
                    (c) The Council's performance of these functions 
                shall take into account the Department of Health and 
                Human Services' Physical Activity Guidelines for 
                Americans, including consideration for youth with 
                disabilities.

                Sec. 5. Administration. (a) Each executive department 
                and agency shall, to the extent permitted by law and 
                subject to the availability of 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 
                Government service (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 Advisor to the President on 
                matters and activities pertaining to the Council.
                    (e) The Council may, with the approval of the 
                Secretary, establish subcommittees as appropriate to 
                aid in its work.
                    (f) The seal prescribed by Executive Order 10830 of 
                July 24, 1959, as amended, shall be modified to reflect 
                the name of the Council as established by this order.''
                    (d) Section 5 is relabeled as Section 6 and amended 
                as follows:
                    (a) A new subsection (d) is added to read: 
                ``Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or 
                otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or 
the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.''

                    (b) A new subsection (e) is added to read: ``This 
                order shall be implemented consistent with applicable 
                law and subject to the availability of 
                appropriations.''

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                    (c) A new subsection (f) is added to read: ``This 
                order is not intended to, and does not, create any 
                right or benefit, substantive or procedural, 
                enforceable at law or in equity by any party against 
                the United States, its departments, agencies, or 
                entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any 
                other person.''
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    February 26, 2018.

[FR Doc. 2018-04414
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