[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 35, Number 39 (Monday, October 4, 1999)]
[Pages 1873-1875]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13138--Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory 
Committees

September 30, 1999

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, and in accordance with the 
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 
App.), it is hereby ordered as follows:
    Section 1. Each advisory committee listed below is continued until 
September 30, 2001.
    (a) Committee for the Preservation of the White House; Executive 
Order 11145, as amended (Department of the Interior).
    (b) Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health; 
Executive Order 12196, as amended (Department of Labor).
    (c) National Partnership Council; Executive Order 12871, as amended 
(Office of Personnel Management).
    (d) President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for 
Hispanic Americans; Executive Order 12900 (Department of Education).
    (e) President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and 
Universities; Executive Order 12876 (Department of Education).
    (f) President's Board of Advisors on Tribal Colleges and 
Universities; Executive Order 13021, as amended (Department of 
Education).

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    (g) President's Commission on White House Fellowships; Executive 
Order 11183, as amended (Office of Personnel Management).
    (h) President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology; 
Executive Order 12882 (Office of Science and Technology Policy).
    (i) President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities; Executive 
Order 12367, as amended (National Endowment for the Arts).
    (j) President's Committee on the International Labor Organization; 
Executive Order 12216, as amended (Department of Labor).
    (k) President's Committee on the National Medal of Science; 
Executive Order 11287, as amended (National Science Foundation).
    (l) President's Committee on Mental Retardation, Executive Order 
12994 (Department of Health and Human Services).
    (m) President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports; Executive 
Order 12345, as amended (Department of Health and Human Services).
    (n) President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory 
Committee, Executive Order 12382, as amended (Department of Defense).
    (o) Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee; Executive Order 
12905 (Office of the United States Trade Representative).
    (p) President's Export Council; Executive Order 12131, as amended 
(Department of Commerce).
    Sec. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other Executive order, 
the functions of the President under the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
that are applicable to the committees listed in section 1 of this order, 
except that of reporting annually to the Congress, shall be performed by 
the head of the department or agency designated after each committee, in 
accordance with the guidelines and procedures established by the 
Administrator of General Services.
    Sec. 3. The following Executive orders, or sections thereof, which 
established committees that have terminated and whose work is completed, 
are revoked:
    (a) Executive Order 13017, as amended by Executive Orders 13040 and 
13056, establishing the Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and 
Quality in the Health Care Industry;
    (b) Executive Order 13038, establishing the Advisory Committee on 
Public Interest Obligation of Digital Television Broadcasters, as 
amended by section 5 of Executive Order 13062, and Executive Orders 
13065, 13081, and 13102;
    (c) Section 5 and that part of section 6(f) of Executive Order 
13010, as amended by section 3 of Executive Order 13025, Executive Order 
13041, sections 1, 2, and that part of section 3 of Executive Order 
13064, and Executive Order 13077, establishing the Advisory Committee to 
the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection;
    (d) Executive Order 13037, as amended by Executive Orders 13066 and 
13108, establishing the Commission to Study Capital Budgeting;
    (e) Executive Order 13050, establishing the President's Advisory 
Board on Race;
    (f) Executive Order 12852, as amended by Executive Orders 12855, 
12965, 12980, 13053, and 13114, establishing the President's Council on 
Sustainable Development; and
    (g) Executive Order 12961, as amended by Executive Order 13034, 
establishing the Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' 
Illnesses.
    Sec. 4. Sections 1 through 4 of Executive Order 13062 are 
superseded.
    Sec. 5. Executive Order 12131, as amended, is further amended by 
adding in section 1-102(a) a new paragraph as follows: ``(9) Department 
of Energy.''
    Sec. 6. Executive Order 13115 is amended by adding the Department of 
the Treasury and the Office of National Drug Control Policy to the 
Interagency Task Force on the Roles and Mission of the United States 
Coast Guard, so that the list in section 1(b) of that order shall read 
as follows:
``(1)       Department of State;
(2)         Department of the Treasury;
(3)         Department of Defense;
(4)         Department of Justice;
(5)         Department of Commerce;
(6)         Department of Labor;

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(7)         Department of Transportation;
(8)         Environmental Protection Agency;
(9)         Office of Management and Budget;
(10)        National Security Council;
(11)        Office of National Drug Control Policy;
(12)        Council on Environmental Quality;
(13)        Office of Cabinet Affairs;
(14)        National Economic Council;
(15)        Domestic Policy Council; and
(16)        United States Coast Guard.''
    Sec. 7. Executive Order 12367, as amended, is further amended as 
follows:
    (a) in section 1, the text ``the director of the International 
Communication Agency,'' is deleted;
    (b) in section 2, delete the first sentence and insert in lieu 
thereof ``The Committee shall advise, provide recommendations to, and 
assist the President, the National Endowment of the Arts, the National 
Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute of Museum and Library 
Services on matters relating to the arts and the humanities. The 
Committee shall initiate and assist in the development of (i) ways to 
promote public understanding and appreciation of the arts and the 
humanities; (ii) ways to promote private sector support for the arts and 
humanities; (iii) ways to evaluate the effectiveness of Federal support 
for the arts and humanities and their relationship with the private 
sector; (iv) the planning and coordination of appropriate participation 
(including productions and projects) in major national cultural events, 
including the Millennium; (v) activities that incorporate the arts and 
the humanities in government objectives; and (vi) ways to promote the 
recognition of excellence in the fields of the arts and the 
humanities.''; and
    (c) in section 3(b), add the following sentence after the first 
sentence: ``Private funds accepted under the National Endowment for the 
Arts' or the National Endowment for the Humanities' gift authority may 
also be used to pay expenses of the Committee.''
    Sec. 8. Executive Order 12345, as amended, is further amended by 
deleting the first sentence of section 2(b) and inserting in lieu 
thereof the following three sentences. ``The council shall be composed 
of twenty members appointed by the President. Each member shall serve a 
term of 2 years and may continue to serve after the expiration of their 
term until a successor is appointed. A member appointed to fill an 
unexpired term will be appointed for the remainder of such term.''
    Sec. 9. This order shall be effective September 30, 1999.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
September 30, 1999.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 9:23 a.m., October 1, 
1999]

Note: This Executive order was published in the Federal Register on 
October 4.