[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 36, Number 39 (Monday, October 2, 2000)]
[Pages 2172-2173]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13168--President's Commission on Improving Economic 
Opportunity in Communities Dependent on Tobacco Production While 
Protecting Public Health

September 22, 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.), it is hereby ordered as 
follows:
    Section 1. Establishment. (a) There is established the ``President's 
Commission on Improving Economic Opportunity in Communities Dependent on 
Tobacco Production while Protecting Public Health'' (the 
``Commission''). The Commission shall be composed of not more than 10 
members to be selected by the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation 
with the President. The members may include tobacco producers and quota 
holders; public health experts; Federal, State, and local government 
representatives; and experts in agricultural economics and economic 
development.
    (b) Two co-chairs shall be selected by the Secretary of Agriculture 
from the membership of the Commission. The co-chairs shall report to the 
President through the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services.
    Sec. 2. Purpose. The Commission shall advise the President on 
changes occurring in the tobacco farming economy and recommend such 
measures as may be necessary to improve economic opportunity and 
development in communities that are dependent on tobacco production, 
while protecting consumers, particularly children, from hazards 
associated with smoking.
    Sec. 3. Functions. (a) The Commission shall collect and review 
information about changes in the tobacco farming economy and Federal, 
State, and local initiatives intended to help tobacco growers, tobacco 
quota holders, and communities dependent on tobacco production pursue 
new economic opportunities. The Commission may make recommendations 
concerning these, and any other, changes and initiatives that may be 
necessary to improve economic opportunity in communities dependent on 
tobacco production. It shall also consider the public health 
implications of such changes and initiatives, including the efforts to 
reduce youth smoking and tobacco-related health consequences in the 
United States and abroad.
    (b) For the purpose of carrying out its functions, the Commission 
may hold hearings, establish subcommittees, and convene and act at such 
times and places as the Commission may find advisable.
    Sec. 4. Reports. The Commission shall make a preliminary report to 
the President

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by December 31, 2000. A final report shall be submitted to the President 
6 months after the Commission's first meeting.
    Sec. 5. Administration. (a) To the extent permitted by law, the 
heads of executive departments and agencies shall provide the 
Commission, upon request, with such information as it may require for 
the purposes of carrying out its functions.
    (b) While engaged in the work of the Commission, members appointed 
from among private citizens of the United States may be allowed travel 
expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by 
law for persons serving intermittently in the Government service (5 
U.S.C. 5701-5707) to the extent funds are available for such purposes.
    (c) To the extent permitted by law and subject to the availability 
of appropriations, the Department of Agriculture shall provide the 
Commission with administrative services, funds, facilities, staff, and 
other support services necessary for the performance of the Commission's 
functions. Notwithstanding any other Executive Order, the functions of 
the President under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 
except that of reporting to the Congress, that are applicable to the 
Committee shall be performed by the Secretary of Agriculture in 
accordance with guidelines that have been issued by the Administration 
of General Services.
    Sec. 6. General. The Commission shall terminate 30 days after 
submitting its final report, but not later than 2 years from the date of 
this order, unless extended by the President.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
September 22, 2000.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., September 26, 
2000]

Note: This Executive order was published in the Federal Register on 
September 27. This item was not received in time for publication in the 
appropriate issue.