[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 33, Number 26 (Monday, June 30, 1997)]
[Pages 958-960]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13051--Internal Revenue Service Management Board

June 24, 1997

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, including 31

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U.S.C. 301 and 26 U.S.C. 7801(a), and in order to establish a permanent 
oversight board to assist the Secretary of the Treasury (``Secretary'') 
in ensuring effective management of the Internal Revenue Service, it is 
hereby ordered as follows:
    Section 1. Establishment. (a) There is hereby established within the 
Department of the Treasury the Internal Revenue Service Management Board 
(``Board'').
(b)         The Board shall consist of:
(1)         the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, who shall serve as 
            Chair of the Board;
(2)         the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Management) and the 
            Chief Financial Officer, who shall serve as Vice Chairs;
(3)         the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Tax Policy);
(4)         the Under Secretary of the Treasury (Enforcement);
(5)         the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Departmental 
            Finance and Management);
(6)         the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Information 
            Systems)/Chief Information Officer;
(7)         the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Legislative Affairs 
            and Public Liaison);
(8)         the General Counsel for the Department of the Treasury;
(9)         the Director, Office of Security, Department of the 
            Treasury;
(10)        the Senior Procurement Executive for the Department of the 
            Treasury;
(11)        the Commissioner of Internal Revenue;
(12)        the Deputy Commissioner of Internal Revenue;
(13)        the Associate Commissioner of Internal Revenue for 
            Modernization/Chief Information Officer of the Internal 
            Revenue Service;
(14)        the Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and 
            Budget;
(15)         the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, Office of 
            Management and Budget;
(16)         a representative of the Office of the Vice President 
            designated by the Vice President;
(17)         a representative of the Office of Management and Budget 
            designated by the Director of such office;
(18)         a representative of the Office of Personnel Management 
            designated by the Director of such office;
(19)         representatives of such other Government agencies as may be 
            determined from time to time by the Secretary of the 
            Treasury, designated by the head of such agency; and
(20)         such other officers or employees of the Department of the 
            Treasury as may be designated by the Secretary.
    (c) A member of the Board described in paragraphs (16) through (20) 
of subsection (b) may be removed by the official who designated such 
member.
    (d) The Board may seek the views, consistent with 18 U.S.C. 205, of 
Internal Revenue Service employee representatives on matters considered 
by the Board under section 3 of this order.
    Sec. 2. Structure. There shall be an Executive Committee of the full 
Board, the members of which shall be appointed by the Secretary.
    Sec. 3. Functions. (a) The Board shall directly support the 
Secretary's oversight of the management and operation of the Internal 
Revenue Service. This includes:
    (1) working through the Deputy Secretary, assisting the Secretary on 
the full range of high-level management issues and concerns affecting 
the Internal Revenue Service, particularly those that have a significant 
impact on operations, modernization, and customer service.
    (2) acting through the Executive Committee, serving as the primary 
review for strategic decisions concerning modernization of the Internal 
Revenue Service, including modernization direction, strategy, 
significant reorganization plans, performance metrics, budgetary issues, 
major capital investments, and compensation of personnel.
    (b) The Board shall meet at least monthly and shall prescribe such 
bylaws or procedures as the Board deems appropriate.
    (c) The Board shall prepare semiannual reports to the President and 
to the Congress, which shall be transmitted by the Secretary of the 
Treasury.

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    Sec. 4. Administration. To the extent permitted by law and subject 
to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall provide the 
Board administrative services, facilities, staff, and such other 
financial support services as may be necessary for the performance of 
its functions under this order.
    Sec. 5. Judicial Review. This order is intended only to improve the 
internal management of the Internal Revenue Service and is not intended, 
and shall not be construed, to create any right or benefit, substantive 
or procedural, enforceable at law by a party against the United States, 
its agencies, its officers, or its employees.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
June 24, 1997.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., June 25, 
1997]

Note: This Executive order was published in the Federal Register on June 
26.