[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 40 (Monday, October 8, 2001)]
[Pages 1399-1400]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13226--President's Council of Advisors on Science and 
Technology

September 30, 2001

    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 an 
advisory committee on science and technology, it is hereby ordered as 
follows:
    Section 1. Establishment. There is established the President's 
Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). The PCAST shall 
be composed of not more than 25 members, one of whom shall be a Federal 
Government official designated by the President (the ``Official''), and 
24 of whom shall be nonfederal members appointed by the President and 
have diverse perspectives and expertise in science, technology, and the 
impact of science and technology on the Nation. The Official shall co-
chair PCAST with a nonfederal member designated by the President.
    Sec. 2. Functions. (a) The PCAST shall advise the President, through 
the Official, on matters involving science and technology policy.
    (b) In performance of its advisory duties, the PCAST shall assist 
the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) in securing private 
sector involvement in its activities.
    Sec. 3. Administration. (a) The heads of the executive departments 
and agencies shall, to the extent permitted by law, provide the PCAST 
with information concerning scientific and technological matters when 
requested by the PCAST co-chairs.
    (b) In consultation with the Official, the PCAST is authorized to 
convene ad hoc working groups to provide preliminary nonbinding 
information and advice directly to the PCAST.
    (c) Members shall serve without compensation for their work on the 
PCAST. However, members 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).
    (d) Any expenses of the PCAST shall be paid from the funds available 
for the expenses of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
    (e) The Office of Science and Technology Policy shall provide such 
administrative services as the PCAST may require, with the approval of 
the Official.
    Sec. 4. General. (a) Notwithstanding any other Executive Order, the 
functions of the President with respect to the PCAST under the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act, as amended, except that of reporting to the 
Congress, shall be performed by the Office

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of Science and Technology Policy in accordance with the guidelines and 
procedures established by the Administrator of General Services.
    (b) The PCAST shall terminate 2 years from the date of this order 
unless extended by the President prior to that date.
    (c) Executive Order 12882 of November 23, 1993; Executive Order 
12907 of April 14, 1994; and section 1(h) of Executive Order 13138 of 
September 30, 1999, are hereby revoked.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 September 30, 2001.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:58 a.m., October 2, 
2001]

Note: This Executive order was released by the Office of the Press 
Secretary on October 1, and it was published in the Federal Register on 
October 3.