    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 30, Number 12 (Monday, March 28, 1994)]
    [Pages 639-640]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Executive Order 12905--Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee

    March 25, 1994

        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, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), and section 135(c)(1) of the
    Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2155(c)(1)) (``Act''), it is
    hereby ordered as follows:
        Section 1. Establishment. There is established in the Office of the
    United States Trade Representative (``Trade Representative'') the
    ``Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee'' (``Committee'').
        Sec. 2. Membership. (a) The Committee shall consist of not more than
    35 members, including, but not limited to, representatives from
    environmental interest groups, industry (including the environmental
    technology and environmental services industries), agriculture,
    services, non-Federal government, and consumer interests. The Committee
    should be broadly representative of the key sectors and groups of the
    economy with an interest in trade and environmental policy issues.
        (b) The Chairman of the Committee shall be elected by the Committee
    from among its members. Members of the Committee shall be appointed by
    the Trade Representative, in consultation with the Cabinet secretaries
    described in section 2155(c)(1) of title 19, United States Code, for a
    term of 2 years and may be reappointed for any number of terms.
    Appointments to the Committee shall be made without regard to political
    affiliation. Any member may be removed at the discretion of the Trade
    Representative.
        Sec. 3. Functions. (a) The Committee shall provide the Trade
    Representative with policy advice on issues involving trade and the
    environment.
        (b) The Committee shall submit a report to the President, to the
    Congress, and to the Trade Representative at the conclusion of
    negotiations for each trade agreement referred to in section 102 of the
    Act. The report shall include an advisory opinion on whether and to what
    extent the agreement promotes the interests of the United States.
        (c) The Committee may establish such subcommittees of its members as
    it deems necessary, subject to the provisions of the Federal Advisory
    Committee Act and the approval of the Trade Representative, or his
    designee.

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        (d) The Committee shall report its activities to the Trade
    Representative, or his designee.

        Sec. 4. Administration. (a) The Trade Representative, or his
    designee, with the advice of the Chairman, shall be responsible for
    prior approval of the agendas for all Committee meetings.

        (b) The Trade Representative, or his designee, shall be responsible
    for determinations, filings, and other administrative requirements of
    the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

        (c)(1) The Trade Representative shall provide funding and
    administrative and staff support for the Committee.

        (2) The Committee shall have an Executive Director who shall be a
    Federal officer or employee designated by the Trade Representative.

        (d) Members of the Committee shall serve without either compensation
    or reimbursement of expenses.

        (e) The Committee shall meet as needed at the call of the Trade
    Representative or his designee, depending on various factors such as the
    level of activity of trade negotiations and the needs of the Trade
    Representative, or at the call of two-thirds of the members of the
    Committee.

        Sec. 5. General. The Committee shall function for such period as may
    be necessary. In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the
    Committee shall terminate after 2 years from the date of this order
    unless otherwise extended.

                                                William J. Clinton
    The White House,
    March 25, 1994.

    [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 10:52 a.m., March 28,
    1994]

    Note: This Executive order will be published in the Federal Register on
    March 29.