[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 41, Number 24 (Monday, June 20, 2005)]
[Pages 1020-1021]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13380--Implementing Amendments to Agreement on Border 
Environment Cooperation Commission and North American Development Bank

June 17, 2005

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, including section 533 of the 
North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3473), 
it is hereby ordered as follows:
    Section 1. Executive Order 12916 of May 13, 1994, is amended as 
follows:
(a)          in section 1, by inserting ``, as amended by the Protocol 
            of Amendment done at Washington and Mexico City, November 25 
            and 26, 2002'' after ``North American Development Bank'';
(b)          by striking section 2 and inserting in lieu thereof the 
            following:
        ``Sec. 2. (a) The Secretary of State, the Secretary of the 
            Treasury, and the Administrator of the Environmental 
            Protection Agency shall be members of the Board of Directors 
            of the Border Environment Cooperation Commission and the 
            North American Development Bank (''Board'') as provided in 
            clauses (1), (3), and (5) of article II in chapter III of 
            the Agreement.
        (b) Appointments to the Board under clauses (7) and (9) of 
            article II in chapter III of the Agreement shall be made by 
            the President. Individuals so appointed shall serve at the 
            pleasure of the President.
        (c) The Secretary of the Treasury is selected to be the 
            Chairperson of the Board during any period in which the 
            United States is to select the Chairperson under article III 
            in chapter III of the Agreement.
        (d) Except with respect to functions assigned by section 4, 5, 
            6, or 7 of

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            this order, the Secretary of the Treasury shall coordinate 
            with the Secretary of State, the Administrator of the 
            Environmental Protection Agency, such other agencies and 
            officers as may be appropriate, and the individuals 
            appointed under subsection 2(b) as may be appropriate, the 
            development of the policies and positions of the United 
            States with respect to matters coming before the Board.'';
(c)          in section 3, by striking subsections (a), (b), and (c), 
            striking ``(d)'', and striking ``representatives'' and 
            inserting in lieu thereof ``members of the Board listed in 
            subsections 2(a) and (b)'';
(d)          in section 6, by striking ``Advisory Committee'' and 
            inserting in lieu thereof ``Community Adjustment and 
            Investment Program Advisory Committee (''Advisory 
            Committee'') established pursuant to section 543(b) of the 
            NAFTA Implementation Act''; and
(e)          in section 7(c), by striking ``Members'' and inserting in 
            lieu thereof ``members''.
    Sec. 2. This order is intended only to improve the internal 
management of the executive branch and is not intended to, and does not, 
create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at 
law or in equity by any party against the United States, its 
departments, agencies, entities, officers, employees, or agents, or any 
other person.
                                                George W. Bush
The White House,
June 17, 2005.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., June 20, 
2005]

Note: This Executive order will be published in the Federal Register on 
June 21.