[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 31, Number 25 (Monday, June 26, 1995)]
[Pages 1095-1096]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 12964--Commission on United States-Pacific Trade and 
Investment Policy

June 21, 1995

    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.) (the ``Act''), and in order to 
establish a Commission on United States-Pacific Trade and Investment 
Policy, it is hereby ordered as follows:
    Section 1. Establishment. (a) There is established the Commission on 
United States-Pacific Trade and Investment Policy (``Commission''). The 
Commission shall be composed of 15 members to be appointed by the 
President. Members shall (1) be chosen from the private sector 
(businesses, unions, academic institutions, and nonprofit corporations); 
and (2) have substantial experience with selling agricultural products, 
manufactured goods, or high-value-added services to Asian and Pacific 
markets or be knowledgeable from their personal or professional 
experience about the trade barriers or their industry and government 
policies and practices, formal and informal, that have restricted access 
by U.S. business to Asian and Pacific markets.
    (b) The President shall designate a Chairperson and Vice Chairperson 
from among the members of the Commission.
    Sec. 2. Functions. (a) On or before February 1, 1996, the Commission 
shall report to the President on the steps the United States should take 
to achieve a significant opening of Japan, China, and other Asian and 
Pacific markets to U.S. business. The report also shall identify trade 
and investment impediments to U.S. business in Asian and Pacific markets 
and provide recommendations for reducing the impediments. The report's 
recommendations shall reflect the goal of securing increased access for 
U.S. business to Asian and Pacific markets, by the turn of the century, 
in such a way that a maximum number of high-wage jobs are created and 
maintained in the United States. The Commission also shall recommend to 
the President (1) measures to strengthen, if necessary, ongoing programs 
for regular monitoring of progress toward this goal, including the 
periodic assessment of the nature and scope of trade and investment 
impediments; and (2) realistic measurements of trade and investment 
activity in Asia and the Pacific, which consider all relevant factors, 
including the composition of trade and intracompany trade and investment 
patterns.
    (b) The Commission shall decide by a three-fifths vote which 
recommendations to include in the report. At the request of any 
Commission member, the report will include that Commission member's 
dissenting views or opinions.
    (c) The Commission may, for the purpose of carrying out its 
functions, hold meetings at such times and places as the Commission may 
find advisable.

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    Sec. 3. Administration. (a) To the extent permitted by law, the 
heads of executive departments, agencies, and independent 
instrumentalities shall provide the Commission, upon request, with such 
information as it may require for the purposes of carrying out its 
functions.
    (b) Upon request of the Chairperson of the Commission, the head of 
any Federal agency or instrumentality shall, to the extent permitted by 
law and subject to the discretion of such head, (1) make any of the 
facilities and services of such agency or instrumentality available to 
the Commission; and (2) detail any of the personnel of such agency or 
instrumentality to the Commission to assist the Commission in carrying 
out its duties.
    (c) Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation for 
their work on the Commission. While engaged in the work of the 
Commission, members appointed from the private sector may be allowed 
travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as 
authorized by law for persons serving intermittently in the Government 
service (5 U.S.C. 5701-5707) to the extent funds are available for such 
purposes.
    (d) To the extent permitted by law and subject to the availability 
of appropriations, the Department of Commerce shall provide the 
Commission with administrative services, facilities, staff, and other 
support services necessary for performance of the Commission's 
functions.
    (e) The United States Trade Representative shall perform the 
functions of the President under the Act, except that of reporting to 
the Congress, in accordance with the guidelines and procedures 
established by the Administrator of General Services.
    (f) The Commission shall adhere to the requirements set forth in the 
Act. All executive branch officials assigned duties by the Act shall 
comply with its requirements with respect to the Commission.
    Sec. 4. General Provision. The Commission shall terminate 30 days 
after submitting its final report.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
June 21, 1995.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 2:39 p.m., June 22, 
1995]

Note: This Executive order was released by the Office of the Press 
Secretary on June 22, and it was published in the Federal Register on 
June 26.