[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 31, Number 24 (Monday, June 19, 1995)]
[Pages 1061-1062]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 12963--Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS

June 14, 1995

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, I hereby direct the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services to exercise her discretion as follows:
    Section 1. Establishment. (a) The Secretary of Health and Human 
Services (the ``Secretary'') shall establish an HIV/AIDS Advisory 
Council (the ``Advisory Council'' or the ``Council''), to be known as 
the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. The Advisory Council 
shall be composed of not more than 30 members to be appointed or 
designated by the Secretary. The Advisory Council shall comply with the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.).
    (b) The Secretary shall designate a Chairperson from among the 
members of the Advisory Council.
    Sec. 2. Functions. The Advisory Council shall provide advice, 
information, and recommendations to the Secretary regarding programs and 
policies intended to (a) promote effective prevention of HIV disease, 
(b) advance research on HIV and AIDS, and (c) promote quality services 
to persons living with HIV disease and AIDS. The functions of the 
Advisory Council shall be solely advisory in nature. The Secretary shall 
provide the President with copies of all written reports provided to the 
Secretary by the Advisory Council.
    Sec. 3. Administration. (a) The heads of executive departments and 
agencies shall, to the extent permitted by law, provide the Advisory 
Council with such information as it may require for purposes of carrying 
out its functions.
    (b) Any members of the Advisory Council that receive compensation 
shall be compensated in accordance with Federal law. Committee members 
may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 
subsistence, to the extent permitted by law for persons serving 
intermittently in the Government service (5 U.S.C. section 5701-5707).
    (c) To the extent permitted by law, and subject to the availability 
of appropriations, the Department of Health and Human Services shall 
provide the Advisory Council with such funds and support as may be 
necessary for the performance of its functions.
    Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of 
any other Executive order, any functions of the President under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act that are applicable to the Advisory 
Council, except that of reporting annually to the Congress, shall be 
performed by the Department of Health and Human Services, in accordance 
with the guidelines and procedures established by the Administrator of 
General Services.
    (b) This order is intended only to improve the internal management 
of the executive branch, and it is not intended to create any

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right, benefit, or trust responsibility, substantive or procedural, 
enforceable at law or equity by a party against the United States, its 
agencies, it officers, or any person.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
June 14, 1995.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 4:45 p.m., June 14, 
1995]

Note: This Executive order was published in the Federal Register on June 
16.