[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 36, Number 44 (Monday, November 6, 2000)]
[Pages 2657-2658]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13174--Commission on Workers, Communities, and Economic 
Change in the New Economy

October 27, 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. There is established the ``Commission on 
Workers, Communities, and Economic Change in the New Economy'' 
(Commission). The Commission shall be composed of up to 14 persons to be 
appointed by the President from individuals who represent State or local 
agencies relating to workforce or community development, economists or 
other workforce development experts, labor organizations, business 
leaders, and Members of Congress. The President shall designate a 
Chairperson from among the members of the Commission.
    Sec. 2. Functions. The Commission shall conduct a study of matters 
relating to economic dislocation, and worker and community adjustment to 
such dislocations. In carrying out this study, the Commission shall 
examine:
    (a) the impact of international trade, technology, globalization, 
      and the changing nature of work on both workers and their 
      communities;
    (b) the effectiveness of existing Federal programs in assisting 
      workers and communities in adjusting to economic change, including 
      the adequacy of the design of such programs;
    (c) the strategies for providing workplace education and training to 
      assist workers in acquiring new skills;
    (d) the strategies for assisting communities to adjust to changing 
      economic conditions and changes in the mix of employment 
      opportunities in those communities;
    (e) the role of public-private partnerships in implementing job 
      training and community assistance; and
    (f) the role of income support and economic security programs in 
      facilitating worker adjustment to rapidly changing economic 
      circumstances.
    Sec. 3. Report. Not later than 12 months after the first meeting of 
the Commission, the Commission shall prepare and submit to the President 
and the Congress a report that contains a detailed statement of the 
findings and conclusions of the Commission's study carried out under 
section 2 of this order, and includes:
    (1) a summary of best practices and policies carried out by 
      employers and public-private partnerships in providing workers 
      with the education and training needed to effectively adjust to 
      economic change;
    (2) a summary of best practices and policies carried out by or on 
      behalf of communities in responding to large-scale economic 
      changes; and
    (3) any recommendations relating to legislative and administrative 
      actions that the

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      Commission determines to be appropriate.
    Sec. 4. Administration. (a) 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 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).
    (b) The Department of Labor shall provide the Commission with 
funding and administrative support. The Commission may have paid staff. 
In addition, appropriate Federal agencies may be requested to designate 
staff to assist with the work of the Commission. The Secretary of Labor 
shall perform the functions of the President under the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), except that of reporting to 
the Congress, in accordance with the guidelines and procedures 
established by the Administrator of General Services.
    Sec. 5. General Provisions. The Commission shall terminate 30 days 
after submitting its report.
                                            William J. Clinton
 The White House,
 October 27, 2000

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., November 1, 
2000]

 Note:  This Executive order was published in the  Federal Register  on 
November 2. This item was not received in time for publication in the 
appropriate issue.