[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 36, Number 10 (Monday, March 13, 2000)]
[Pages 484-485]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13147--White House Commission on Complementary and 
Alternative Medicine Policy

March 7, 2000

    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 establish the 
White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy, 
it is hereby ordered as follows:
    Section 1. Establishment. There is established in the Department of 
Health and Human Services (Department) the White House Commission on 
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy (Commission). The 
Commission shall be composed of not more than 15 members appointed by 
the President from knowledgeable representatives in health care practice 
and complementary and alternative medicine. The President shall 
designate a Chair from among the members of the Commission. The 
Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) shall appoint an 
Executive Director for the Commission.
    Sec. 2. Functions. The Commission shall provide a report, through 
the Secretary, to the President on legislative and administrative 
recommendations for assuring that public policy maximizes the benefits 
to Americans of complementary and alternative medicine. The 
recommendations shall address the following:
    (a) the education and training of health care practitioners in 
complementary and alternative medicine;
    (b) coordinated research to increase knowledge about complementary 
and alternative medicine practices and products;
    (c) the provision to health care professionals of reliable and 
useful information about complementary and alternative medicine that can 
be made readily accessible and understandable to the general public; and
    (d) guidance for appropriate access to and delivery of complementary 
and alternative medicine.
    Sec. 3. Administration. (a) To the extent permitted by law, the 
heads of executive departments and agencies shall provide the 
Commission, upon request, with such information and assistance as it may 
require for the purpose of carrying out its functions.
    (b) Each member of the Commission shall receive compensation at a 
rate equal to the daily equivalent of the annual rate specified for 
Level 1V of the Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5315) for each day during 
which the member is engaged in the performance of the duties of the 
Commission. While away from their homes or regular places of business in 
the performance of the duties of the Commission, members shall 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) The Department shall provide the Commission with funding and 
with administrative services, facilities, staff, and other support 
services necessary for the performance of the Assay Commission's 
functions.
    (d) In accordance with guidelines issued by the Administrator of 
General Services, the Secretary shall perform the functions of the 
President under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 
App.), with respect to the Commission, except that of reporting to the 
Congress.
    (e) The Commission shall terminate 2 years from the date of this 
order unless extended by the President prior to such date.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
March 7, 2000.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 9:57 a.m., March 9, 
2000]

Note: This Executive order was released by the Office of the Press 
Secretary on March 8, and it was published in the Federal Register on 
March 10.

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