[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 38, Number 25 (Monday, June 24, 2002)]
[Pages 1054-1055]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13265--President's Council on Physical Fitness and 
Sports

June 6, 2002

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, and to expand the executive 
branch's program for physical fitness and sports and establish the 
President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (the ``Council''), it 
is hereby ordered as follows:
    Section 1. Purpose. The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
(Secretary) shall, in carrying out his responsibilities for public 
health and human services, develop and coordinate a national program to 
enhance physical activity and sports participation. Through this 
program, the Secretary shall seek to:
 (a)        expand national interest in and awareness of the benefits of 
            regular physical activity and active sports participation;
 (b)        stimulate and enhance coordination of programs within and 
            among the private and public sectors that promote 
            participation in, and safe and easy access to, physical 
            activity and sports;
 (c)        expand availability of quality information and guidance 
            regarding physical activity and sports participation;
 (d)        integrate physical activity into a broader health-promotion 
            and disease-prevention effort through Federal agencies and 
            the private sector; and
 (e)        target all Americans, with particular emphasis on children 
            and adolescents, as well as populations or communities in 
            which specific risks or disparities in participation in, 
            access to, or knowledge about the benefits of physical 
            activity have been identified.
    Sec. 2. The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.
    (a) There is hereby established the President's Council on Physical 
Fitness and Sports.
    (b) The Council shall be composed of up to 20 members appointed by 
the President. The President may designate one or more members to be 
Chair or Vice Chair. Each member shall serve for a term of 2 years and 
may continue to serve after the expiration of that term until a 
successor is appointed.
    Sec. 3. Functions of the Council.
    (a) The Council shall advise the President, through the Secretary, 
concerning progress made in carrying out the provisions of this order 
and shall recommend to the President, through the Secretary, actions to 
accelerate progress.
    (b) The Council shall advise the Secretary on ways to enhance 
opportunities for participation in physical fitness and sports. 
Recommendations may address, but are not necessarily limited to, public 
awareness campaigns, Federal, State, and local physical activity 
initiatives, and partnership opportunities between public- and private-
sector health-promotion entities.
    (c) The Council shall function as a liaison to relevant State, 
local, and private entities in order to advise the Secretary regarding 
opportunities to extend and improve physical activity programs and 
services at both the local and national levels.
    (d) The Council shall monitor the need for the enhancement of 
programs and educational and promotional materials sponsored, overseen, 
or disseminated by the Council, and shall advise the Secretary as 
necessary concerning such need.
    Sec. 4. Administration.
    (a) Each Federal agency shall, to the extent permitted by law and 
subject to available funds, furnish such information and assistance to 
the Secretary and the Council as they may request.
    (b) The members of the Council shall serve without compensation for 
their work on the Council. Members of the Council may, however, receive 
travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as 
authorized by law for persons serving intermittently in the Government 
(5 U.S.C. 5701-5707).
    (c) To the extent permitted by law, the Secretary shall furnish the 
Council with necessary staff, supplies, facilities, and other 
administrative services. The expenses of the Council shall be paid from 
funds available to the Secretary.

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    (d) The Secretary shall appoint an Executive Director of the Council 
who shall serve as a liaison to the Secretary and the White House on 
matters and activities pertaining to the Council.
    (e) The Council may establish subcommittees as appropriate to aid in 
its work. Such subcommittees shall meet on a voluntary basis and be 
defined by objectives established in coordination with and agreed upon 
by the Secretary and the President.
    (f) The seal prescribed by Executive Order 10830 of July 24, 1959, 
as amended, shall be the seal of the President's Council on Physical 
Fitness and Sports established by this order.
    Sec. 5. 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 the Act, except that of 
reporting to the Congress, shall be performed by the Secretary in 
accordance with the guidelines and procedures issued by the 
Administrator of General Services.
    (b) In accordance with the Act, the Council shall terminate 2 years 
from the date of this order, unless extended by the President.
    (c) Executive Order 12345 of February 2, 1982, as amended, is 
revoked.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 June 6, 2002.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., June 10, 
2002]

Note: This Executive order was released by the Office of the Press 
Secretary on June 20, and it was published in the Federal Register on 
June 11.