    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1998, Book I)]
    [March 3, 1998]
    [Page 324]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Memorandum on the President's Community Empowerment Board
    March 3, 1998

    Memorandum for the Vice President, the Secretary of the Treasury, the
    Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, the Secretary of the
    Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, the
    Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the
    Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of
    Transportation, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Veterans
    Affairs, the Secretary of Education, the Chair of the Council of
    Economic Advisors, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
    Agency, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the
    Administrator of the Small Business Administration, the Director of
    National Drug Control Policy, the Director of the Federal Emergency
    Management Agency, the Administrator of the General Services
    Administration, the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
    Administration, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for
    National and Community Service, the Chair of the Council on
    Environmental Quality, the Assistant to the President for Domestic
    Policy, the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy

    Subject: President's Community Empowerment Board

        In order to advance the efforts of the President's Community
    Empowerment Board (CEB) and to facilitate interagency coordination and
    cooperation, I hereby order the following:
          The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary
            of Veterans Affairs, the Director of the Federal Emergency
            Management Administration, the Administrator of the National
            Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Chair of the
            Council on Environmental Quality will become members of the CEB.
        With these additional members, I am confident that we will be able
    to better provide distressed communities with a single Federal forum
    dedicated to helping them address their economic and community needs.

                                                          William J. Clinton

    Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary
    on March 4.