[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 33, Number 5 (Monday, February 3, 1997)]
[Pages 123-124]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

<R04>
Executive Order 13034--Extension of Presidential Advisory Committee on 
Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses

January 30, 1997

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as 
follows:
    Section 1. Extension. The Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf 
War Veterans' Illnesses (the ``Committee''), established pursuant to 
Executive Order 12961 of May 26, 1995, is hereby extended for the 
purposes set forth herein. All provisions of that order relating to 
membership and administration shall remain in effect. All Committee 
appointments, as well as the President's designation of a Chairperson, 
shall remain in effect. The limitations set forth in section 2(c)-(e) 
and section 4(a) of Executive Order 12961 shall also remain in effect. 
The Committee shall remain subject to the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. App. 2.
    Sec. 2. Functions. (a) The Committee shall report to the President 
through the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
    (b) The Committee shall have two principal roles:
    (1) Oversight of the ongoing investigation being conducted by the 
Department of Defense with the assistance, as appropriate, of other 
executive departments and agencies into possible chemical or biological 
warfare agent exposures during the Gulf War; and
    (2) Evaluation of the Federal Government's plan for and progress 
towards the implementation of the Committee's recommendations contained 
in its Final Report submitted on December 31, 1996.
    (c) The Committee shall provide advice and recommendations related 
to its oversight and evaluation responsibilities.
    (d) The Committee may also provide additional advice and 
recommendations prompted by any new developments related to its original 
functions as set forth in section 2(b) of Executive Order 12961.

[[Page 124]]

    (e) The Committee shall submit by letter a status report by April 
30, 1997, and a final supplemental report by October 31, 1997, unless 
otherwise directed by the President.
    Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) The Committee shall terminate 30 
days after submitting its final supplemental report.
    (b) This order is intended only to improve the internal management 
of the executive branch and it is not intended to create any right, 
benefit or trust responsibility, substantive or procedural, enforceable 
at law or equity by a party against the United States, its agencies, its 
officers, or any person.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
January 30, 1997.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 10:55 a.m., January 31, 
1997]

Note: This Executive order was published in the Federal Register on 
February 3.