[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.