[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 27 (Monday, July 6, 1998)]
[Pages 1296-1297]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13090--President's Commission on the Celebration of 
Women in American History

June 29, 1998

    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.), and in order to celebrate the 
role of women in American history, it is hereby ordered as follows:
    Section 1. Establishment. There is established the President's 
Commission on the Celebration of Women in American History 
(``Commission''). The Commission shall be composed of not more than 11 
members appointed by the President from the public and private sectors. 
The public sector members shall include such persons as the President 
deems appropriate, including (a) the Assistant to the President and 
Director of Communications and (b) a person recommended by and who shall 
be the representative of the Administrator of General Services. The 
President may designate two members as Co-Chairs of the Commission. The 
private sector members shall represent entities interested in the 
Commission's work on American history, particularly the history of women 
in America. These entities may include, but need not be limited to, 
academic institutions, business entities, labor organizations, public 
interest organizations, arts and humanities institutions, State and 
local governments, athletic groups, and organizations devoted to civil 
rights and opportunities for minorities and women. The private sector 
members shall not be considered special Government employees.
    Sec. 2. Functions. (a) The Commission shall make recommendations to 
the President, through the Co-Chairs of the Commission, on ways to best 
acknowledge and celebrate the roles and accomplishments of women in 
American history. Recommendations may include, among other things, the 
feasibility of a focal point for women's history located in Washington, 
D.C., and the use of the latest technology to connect existing and 
planned women's history sites, museums, and libraries.
    (b) The Commission shall meet to carry out its work concerning the 
celebration of women in American history.
    (c) The Commission shall report its recommendations, through the Co-
Chairs of the Commission, in a final report to the President by March 1, 
1999.
    Sec. 3. Administration. (a) The heads of executive departments and 
agencies shall, to

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the extent permitted by law and where practicable, provide the Co-Chairs 
of the Commission with such information with respect to women's history 
in America as the Co-Chairs may request.
    (b) 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 Government 
service (5 U.S.C. 5701-5707).
    (c) To the extent permitted by law and subject to the availability 
of appropriations, the General Services Administration shall provide the 
Commission with funding, administrative services, facilities, staff, and 
other support services necessary for the performance of the functions of 
the Commission. With respect to the Commission, the Administrator of 
General Services shall perform the administrative functions of the 
President under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, except 
that of reporting to the Congress.
    (d) The Commission shall terminate 60 days after the submission of 
its final report.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
June 29, 1998.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 3:34 p.m., June 30, 
1998]

Note: This Executive order was released by the Office of the Press 
Secretary on July 2 and it was published in the Federal Register on July 
2.