[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 33, Number 51 (Monday, December 22, 1997)]
[Page 2047]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13070--The Intelligence Oversight Board, Amendment to 
Executive Order 12863

December 15, 1997

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, and in order to emphasize the 
role of the Intelligence Oversight Board in providing executive branch 
oversight, it is hereby ordered that Executive Order 12863 is amended as 
follows:
    Section 1. The text in section 2.1 is deleted and the following text 
is inserted in lieu thereof: ``The Intelligence Oversight Board (IOB) is 
hereby established as a standing committee of the PFIAB. The IOB shall 
consist of no more than four members designated by the President from 
among the membership of the PFIAB. The Chairman of the PFIAB may also 
serve as the Chairman or a member of the IOB if so designated by the 
President. The IOB shall utilize such full-time staff and consultants as 
authorized by the Chairman of the IOB with the concurrence of the 
Chairman of the PFIAB.''
    Sec. 2. The first sentence in section 2.3 is deleted and the 
following sentence is inserted in lieu thereof: ``The IOB shall report 
to the President.''
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
December 15, 1997.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 10:29 a.m., December 17, 
1997]

Note: This Executive order was released by the Office of the Press 
Secretary on December 16, and it was published in the Federal Register 
on December 18.