[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 38, Number 12 (Monday, March 25, 2002)]
[Pages 474-475]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13260--Establishing the President's Homeland Security 
Advisory Council and Senior Advisory Committees for Homeland Security

March 19, 2002

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as 
follows:
    Section 1. President's Homeland Security Advisory Council.
    (a) Establishment and Membership. I hereby establish the President's 
Homeland Security Advisory Council (PHSAC). The PHSAC shall be composed 
of not more than 21 members appointed by the President. In addition, the 
Chair and the Vice Chair of the National Infrastructure Advisory 
Council; the Chairman of the President's National Security 
Telecommunications Advisory Committee; and the Chair of the Panel on the 
Science and Technology of Combating Terrorism, President's Council of 
Advisors on Science and Technology, shall serve as ex officio members of 
the PHSAC. The appointed members of the PHSAC shall be selected from the 
private sector, academia, professional service associations, federally 
funded research and development centers, nongovernmental organizations, 
State and local governments, and other appropriate professions and 
communities.
    (b) Chair and Vice Chair. The President shall designate a Chair and 
Vice Chair from among the appointed members of the PHSAC.
    (c) Senior Advisory Committees. (i) Establishment and Membership. 
The following four Senior Advisory Committees for Homeland Security 
(SACs) are hereby established to advise the PHSAC: (1) State and Local 
Officials; (2) Academia and Policy Research; (3) Private Sector; and (4) 
Emergency Services, Law Enforcement, and Public Health and Hospitals. 
Each SAC shall generally be composed of not more than 17 members 
selected by the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security 
(Assistant). The President may establish additional SACs as appropriate, 
consistent with this order.
    (ii) Chairs and Vice Chairs. The Assistant shall from time to time 
designate a Chair and Vice Chair for each of the SACs from among the 
PHSAC's members.
    (iii) Subcommittees. The Chair of each SAC, in consultation with the 
PHSAC, may as appropriate establish subcommittees to advise the SAC.
    Sec. 2. Functions. The PHSAC shall meet periodically at the 
Assistant's request to:
    (a) provide advice to the President through the Assistant on 
developing and coordinating the implementation of a comprehensive 
national strategy to secure the United States from terrorist threats or 
attacks;

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    (b) recommend to the President through the Assistant ways to improve 
coordination, cooperation, and communication among Federal, State, and 
local officials and private and other entities, and provide a means to 
collect scholarly research, technological advice, and information 
concerning processes and organizational management practices both inside 
and outside of the Federal Government;
    (c) provide advice to the President through the Assistant regarding 
the feasibility of implementing specific measures to detect, prepare 
for, prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from terrorist 
threats or attacks within the United States;
    (d) examine, and advise the President through the Assistant on, the 
effectiveness of the implementation of specific strategies to detect, 
prepare for, prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from 
terrorist threats or attacks within the United States; and
    (e) report periodically, as appropriate, to the President through 
the Assistant on matters within the scope of the PHSAC's functions as 
described in paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section.
    Sec. 3. Administration. (a) Upon the request of the Chair of the 
PHSAC, through the Assistant, and to the extent permitted by law, the 
heads of executive departments and agencies shall provide the PHSAC with 
such information relating to homeland security matters as the PHSAC may 
need for the purpose of carrying out its functions.
    (b) The PHSAC shall have an Executive Director selected by the 
Assistant.
    (c) Members shall serve without compensation for their work on the 
PHSAC, the SACs, and any subcommittees thereof. However, members shall 
be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, 
as authorized by law for persons serving intermittently in Federal 
Government service (5 U.S.C. 5701-5707).
    (d) To the extent permitted by law, and subject to the availability 
of appropriations, the Office of Administration shall provide the PHSAC 
with administrative support and with such funds as may be necessary for 
the performance of the PHSAC's functions.
    Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Insofar as the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.) (Act), may apply to the 
administration of any portion of this order, any functions of the 
President under that Act, except that of reporting to the Congress, 
shall be performed by the Administrator of General Services in 
accordance with the guidelines that have been issued by the 
Administrator.
    (b) The PHSAC, any SACs, and any SAC subcommittees shall terminate 2 
years from the date of this order unless extended by the President.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 March 19, 2002.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 12:11 p.m., March 20, 
2002]

Note: This Executive order was released by the Office of the Press 
Secretary on March 21 and published in the Federal Register on March 21.