[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 29, Number 6 (Monday, February 15, 1993)]
[Pages 166-167]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 12838--Termination and Limitation of Federal Advisory 
Committees

 February 10, 1993

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (``FACA''), as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), it is hereby 
ordered as follows:
    Section 1. Each executive department and agency shall terminate not 
less than one-third of the advisory committees subject to FACA (and not 
required by statute) that are sponsored by the department or agency by 
no later than the end of fiscal year 1993.
    Sec. 2. Within 90 days, the head of each executive department and 
agency shall submit to the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget, for each advisory committee subject to FACA sponsored by that 
department or agency: (a) a detailed justification for the continued 
existence, or a brief description in support of the termination, of any 
advisory committee not required by statute; and (b) a detailed 
recommendation for submission to the Congress to continue or to 
terminate any advisory committee required by statute. The Administrator 
of General Services shall prepare such justifications and 
recommendations for each advisory committee subject to FACA and not 
sponsored by a department or agency.
    Sec. 3. Effective immediately, executive departments and agencies 
shall not create or sponsor a new advisory committee subject to FACA 
unless the committee is required by statute or the agency head (a) finds 
that compelling considerations necessitate creation of such a committee, 
and (b) receives the approval of the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget. Such approval shall be granted only sparingly and 
only if compelled by considerations of national security, health or 
safety, or similar national interests. These

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requirements shall apply in addition to the notice and other approval 
requirements of FACA.
    Sec. 4. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 
issue detailed instructions regarding the implementation of this order, 
including exemptions necessary for the delivery of essential services 
and compliance with applicable law.
    Sec. 5. All independent regulatory commissions and agencies are 
requested to comply with the provisions of this order.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
February 10, 1993.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 4:34 p.m., February 10, 
1993]

Note: This Executive order was published in the Federal Register on 
February 12.