[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 5 (Monday, February 3, 2003)]
[Pages 123-125]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13285--President's Council on Service and Civic 
Participation

January 29, 2003

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the

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United States of America, and in order to encourage the recognition of 
volunteer service and civic participation by all Americans, and 
especially America's youth, it is hereby ordered as follows:
    Section 1. The President's Council on Service and Civic 
Participation. (a) There is hereby established within the Corporation 
for National and Community Services (CNCS) the President's Council on 
Service and Civic Participation (Council).
    (b) The Council shall be composed of up to 25 members, including 
representatives of America's youth, appointed by the President. Each 
member shall serve for a term of 2 years and may continue to serve after 
the expiration of their term until a successor is appointed. The 
President shall designate one member to serve as Chair and one member to 
serve as Vice Chair. Subject to the direction of the Chief Executive 
Officer of the CNCS, the Chair, and in the Chair's absence the Vice 
Chair, shall convene and preside at the meetings of the Council, 
determine its agenda, and direct its work.
    Sec. 2. Mission and Functions of the Council.
    (a) The mission of the Council shall be to:
 (i)         encourage the recognition of outstanding volunteer service 
            and civic participation by individuals, schools, and 
            organizations and thereby encourage more such activity, 
            especially on the part of America's youth; and
 (ii)        facilitate awareness of the ways in which Americans 
            throughout our history have helped to meet the vital needs 
            of their communities and Nation through volunteer service 
            and civic participation.
    (b) In carrying out its mission, the Council shall:
 (i)         design and recommend programs to recognize individuals, 
            schools, and organizations that excel in their efforts to 
            support volunteer service and civic participation, 
            especially with respect to students in primary schools, 
            secondary schools, and institutions of higher learning;
 (ii)        exchange information and ideas with interested individuals 
            and organizations on ways to expand and improve programs 
            developed pursuant to subsection 2(b)(i) of this order;
 (iii)       advise the Chief Executive Officer of the CNCS on broad 
            dissemination, especially among schools and youth 
            organizations, of information regarding recommended 
            practices for the promotion of volunteer service and civic 
            participation, and other relevant educational and 
            promotional materials;
 (iv)        monitor and advise the Chief Executive Officer of the CNCS 
            on the need for the enhancement of materials disseminated 
            pursuant to subsection 2(b)(iii) of this order; and
 (v)         make recommendations from time to time to the President, 
            through the Director of the USA Freedom Corps, on ways to 
            promote and recognize outstanding volunteer service and 
            civic participation by individuals, schools, and 
            organizations and to promote awareness of the ways in which 
            Americans throughout our history have helped to meet the 
            vital needs of their communities and Nation through 
            volunteer service and civic participation.
    Sec. 3. Administration. (a) Each Federal agency, to the extent 
permitted by law and subject to the availability of appropriations, 
shall furnish such information and assistance to the Council as the 
Council may, with the approval of the Director of the USA Freedom Corps, 
request.
    (b) The members of the Council shall serve without compensation for 
their work on the Council. Members of the Council who are not officers 
or employees of the United States may 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 Chief Executive Officer of 
the CNCS shall furnish the Council with necessary staff, supplies, 
facilities, and other administrative services and shall pay the expenses 
of the Council.
    (d) The Chief Executive Officer of the CNCS shall appoint an 
Executive Director to head the staff of the Council.

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    (e) The Council, with the approval of the Chief Executive Officer of 
the CNCS, may establish subcommittees of the Council, consisting 
exclusively of members of the Council, as appropriate to aid the Council 
in carrying out its mission under this order.
    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 the Act, except that of reporting to the Congress, shall 
be performed by the Chief Executive Officer of CNCS in accordance with 
the guidelines and procedures issued by the Administrator of General 
Services.
    (b) Unless extended by the President, this order shall expire 2 
years from the date of this order.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 January 29, 2003.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., January 31, 
2003]

Note: This Executive order was released by the Office of the Press 
Secretary on January 30, and it was published in the Federal Register on 
February 3.