[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 16 (Monday, April 21, 2003)]
[Page 452]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13296--Amendments to Executive Order 13296, Protection 
of Children From Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks

April 18, 2003

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, and in order to extend the 
Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children, 
and for other purposes, it is hereby ordered that Executive Order 13045 
of April 21, 1997, as amended, is further amended as follows:
    Section 1. Subsection 3-303(o) is amended by striking ``Assistant to 
the President and''.
    Sec. 2. Section 3-305 is amended by:
    (a) striking ``cabinet agencies and other agencies identified'' and 
inserting in lieu thereof ``executive departments, the Environmental 
Protection Agency, and other agencies identified''; and
    (b) inserting the following new language after the second sentence: 
``Each report shall also detail the accomplishments of the Task Force 
from the date of the preceding report.''
    Sec. 3. Section 3-306 is amended by:
    (a) striking ``6 years'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``8 years''; 
and
    (b) striking the second sentence.
    Sec. 4. Section 6-601, the second sentence, is amended by deleting 
``an annual'' and inserting ``a biennial'' in lieu thereof.
    Sec. 5. Section 6-603, the third sentence, is amended by deleting 
``submitted annually'' and inserting ``published biennially'' in lieu 
thereof.
    Sec. 6. Section 7 is amended by adding new section 7-703 as follows: 
``7-703. Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise 
affect the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget relating to budget, administrative, or legislative proposals.''
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 April 18, 2003.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., April 22, 
2003]

Note: This Executive order will be published in the Federal Register on 
April 23.