[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 32, Number 34 (Monday, August 26, 1996)]
[Pages 1489-1490]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13015--White House Commission on Aviation Safety and 
Security

August 22, 1996

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States, including section 301 of title 3, United 
States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:
    Section 1. Establishment. There is established the White House 
Commission on Aviation Safety and Security (the ``Commission''). The 
Commission shall consist of not more than 25 members, to be appointed by 
the President from the public and private sectors, each of whom shall 
have experience or expertise in some aspect of aviation safety or 
security. The Vice President shall serve as the Chair of the Commission.
    Sec. 2. Functions. (a) The Commission shall advise the President on 
matters involving aviation safety and security, including air traffic 
control.
    (b) The Commission shall develop and recommend to the President a 
strategy designed to improve aviation safety and security, both 
domestically and internationally.
    (c) The Chair may, from time to time, invite experts to submit 
information to the Commission; hold hearings on relevant issues; and 
form committees and teams to assist the Commission in accomplishing its 
objectives and duties, which may include individuals other than members 
of the Commission.
    Sec. 3. Administration. (a) The heads of executive departments and 
agencies shall, to the extent permitted by law, provide the Commission 
such information with respect to aviation safety and security as the 
Commission requires to fulfill its functions.
    (b) The Commission shall be supported, both administratively and 
financially, by the Department of Transportation and such other sources 
(including other Federal agencies) as may lawfully contribute to 
Commission activities.
    Sec. 4. General. (a) I have determined that the Commission shall be 
established in com- 

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pliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 
App. 2). Notwithstanding any other Executive order, the functions of the 
President under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, shall be 
performed by the Secretary of Transportation in accordance with the 
guidelines and procedures established by the Administrator of General 
Services, except that of reporting to the Congress.

    (b) The Commission shall exist for a period of 6 months from the 
date of this order, unless extended by the President.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
August 22, 1996.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., August 26, 
1996]

Note: This Executive order will be published in the Federal Register on 
August 27.