    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1997, Book I)]
    [January 30, 1997]
    [Pages 100-101]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Executive Order 13034--Extension of Presidential Advisory Committee on
    Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses
    January 30, 1997

        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. Extension. The Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf
    War Veterans' Illnesses (the ``Committee''), established pursuant to
    Executive Order 12961 of May 26, 1995, is hereby extended for the
    purposes set forth herein. All provisions of that order relating to
    membership and administration shall remain in effect. All Committee
    appointments, as well as the President's designation of a Chairperson,
    shall remain in effect. The limitations set forth in section 2(c)-(e)
    and section 4(a) of Executive Order 12961 shall also remain in effect.
    The Committee shall remain subject to the Federal Advisory Committee
    Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. App. 2.
        Sec. 2. Functions. (a) The Committee shall report to the President
    through the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and
    the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
        (b) The Committee shall have two principal roles:
        (1) Oversight of the ongoing investigation being conducted by the
    Department of Defense with the assistance, as appropriate, of other
    executive departments and agencies into possible chemical or biological
    warfare agent exposures during the Gulf War; and
        (2) Evaluation of the Federal Government's plan for and progress
    towards the implementation of the Committee's recommendations contained
    in its Final Report submitted on December 31, 1996.
        (c) The Committee shall provide advice and recommendations related
    to its oversight and evaluation responsibilities.
        (d) The Committee may also provide additional advice and
    recommendations prompted by any new developments related to its original
    functions as set forth in section 2(b) of Executive Order 12961.
        (e) The Committee shall submit by letter a status report by April
    30, 1997, and a final supplemental report by October 31, 1997, unless
    otherwise directed by the President.
        Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) The Committee shall terminate 30
    days after submitting its final supplemental report.
        (b) This order is intended only to improve the internal management
    of the executive branch and it is not intended to create any right,
    benefit or trust responsibility, substantive or procedural, enforceable
    at law or equity by a party against the United States, its agencies, its
    officers, or any person.

                                                          William J. Clinton

    The White House,

    January 30, 1997.

    [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 10:55 a.m., January 31,
    1997]

    Note: This Executive order was published in the Federal Register on
    February 3. It is included here as an example of the numbered Executive
    orders which are listed in Appendix D at the end of this volume and
    compiled annually in title 3 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

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