    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 43, Number 39 (Monday, October 1, 2007)]
    [Pages 1266-1268]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Executive Order 13446--Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory
    Committees and Amendments to and Revocation of Other Executive Orders

    September 28, 2007

        By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and
    the laws of the United States of America, and consistent with the
    provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C.
    App.), it is hereby ordered as follows:
        Section 1. Each advisory committee listed below is continued until
    September 30, 2009.
        (a) Committee for the Preservation of the White House; Executive
    Order 11145, as amended (Department of the Interior).
        (b) National Infrastructure Advisory Council; section 3 of Executive
    Order 13231, as amended (Department of Homeland Security).
        (c) Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health;
    Executive Order 12196, as amended (Department of Labor).
        (d) President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and
    Universities; Executive Order 13256 (Department of Education).
        (e) President's Board of Advisors on Tribal Colleges and
    Universities; Executive Order 13270 (Department of Education).
        (f) President's Commission on White House Fellowships; Executive
    Order 11183, as amended (Office of Personnel Management).
        (g) President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities;
    Executive Order 12994, as amended (Department of Health and Human
    Services).
        (h) President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities; Executive
    Order 12367, as amended (National Endowment for the Arts).
        (i) President's Committee on the International Labor Organization;
    Executive Order 12216, as amended (Department of Labor).
        (j) President's Committee on the National Medal of Science;
    Executive Order 11287, as amended (National Science Foundation).
        (k) President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology;
    Executive Order 13226, as amended (Office of Science and Technology
    Policy).
        (l) President's Council on Bioethics; Executive Order 13237
    (Department of Health and Human Services).
        (m) President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports; Executive
    Order 13265 (Department of Health and Human Services).
        (n) President's Export Council; Executive Order 12131, as amended
    (Department of Commerce).
        (o) President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory
    Committee; Executive Order 12382, as amended (Department of Homeland
    Security).
        (p) Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee; Executive Order
    12905 (Office of the United States Trade Representative).
        Sec. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other Executive Order,
    the functions of the President under the Federal Advisory Committee Act
    that are applicable to the committees listed in section 1 of this order
    shall be performed by the head of the department or agency designated
    after each committee, in accordance with the guidelines and procedures
    established by the Administrator of General Services.
        Sec. 3. The following Executive Order, which established a committee
    whose work has been completed, is revoked: Executive Order 13369, as
    amended by Executive Orders 13379 and 13386, establishing the
    President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform.
        Sec. 4. Sections 1 and 2 of Executive Order 13385 are superseded by
    sections 1 and 2 of this order.
        Sec. 5. Executive Order 12994, as amended (President's Committee for
    People with Intellectual Disabilities) is further amended to read as
    follows:
        ``By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and
    the laws of the United States of America, and in order to promote full
    participation of people with intellectual disabilities in their
    communities, it is hereby ordered as follows:
        ``Section 1. Committee Continued and Responsibilities Expanded. The
    President's

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    Committee on Mental Retardation, with expanded membership and expanded
    responsibilities, and renamed the President's Committee for People with
    Intellectual Disabilities (Committee), is hereby continued in operation.
        ``Sec. 2. Composition of Committee. (a) The Committee shall be
    composed of the following members:
    (1)          The Attorney General;
    (2)          The Secretary of the Interior;
    (3)          The Secretary of Commerce;
    (4)          The Secretary of Labor;
    (5)          The Secretary of Health and Human Services;
    (6)          The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development;
    (7)          The Secretary of Transportation;
    (8)          The Secretary of Education;
    (9)          The Secretary of Homeland Security;
    (10)         The Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National
                and Community Service;
    (11)         The Commissioner of Social Security;
    (12)         The Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity
                Commission;
    (13)         The Chairperson of the National Council on Disability; and
    (14)         No more than 21 other members who shall be appointed to the
                Committee by the President. These citizen members shall
                consist of individuals who represent a broad spectrum of
                perspectives, experience, and expertise on intellectual
                disabilities; persons with intellectual disabilities and
                members of families with a child or adult with intellectual
                disabilities; and persons employed in either the public or
                the private sector. Except as the President may from time to
                time otherwise direct, appointees under this paragraph shall
                serve for two-year terms, except that an appointment made to
                fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration of a term
                shall be made for the balance of the unexpired term.
        ``(b) The President shall designate the Chair of the Committee from
    the 21 citizen members. The Chair shall preside over meetings of the
    Committee and represent the Committee on appropriate occasions.
        ``Sec. 3. Functions of the Committee. (a) Consistent with subsection
    (c) of this section, the Committee shall:

    (1)          provide such advice concerning intellectual disabilities as
                the President or the Secretary of Health and Human Services
                may request; and
    (2)          provide advice to the President concerning the following
                for people with intellectual disabilities:
    (A)          expansion of educational opportunities;
    (B)          promotion of homeownership;
    (C)          assurance of workplace integration;
    (D)          improvement of transportation options;
    (E)          expansion of full access to community living; and
    (F)          increasing access to assistive and universally designed
                technologies.

        ``(b) The Committee shall provide an annual report to the President
    through the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Such additional
    reports may be made as the President may direct or as the Committee may
    deem appropriate.

        ``(c) The members shall advise the President and carry out their
    advisory role consistent with the requirements of the Federal Advisory
    Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.).

        ``Sec. 4. Cooperation by Agencies. The heads of Federal departments
    and agencies shall:

        ``(a) designate, when requested by the Secretary of Health and Human
    Services, an officer or employee of such department or agency to serve
    as a liaison with the Committee; and

        ``(b) furnish such information and assistance to the Committee, to
    the extent permitted by law, as the Secretary of Health and Human
    Services may request to assist the Committee in performing its functions
    under this order.

        ``Sec. 5. Administration. (a) The Department of Health and Human
    Services shall provide the Committee with necessary staff support,
    administrative services and facilities, and funding, to the extent
    permitted by law.

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        ``(b) Each member of the Committee, except any member who receives
    other compensation from the United States Government, may receive
    compensation for each day engaged in the work of the Committee, as
    authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 3109), and may also receive travel expenses,
    including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law (5
    U.S.C. 5701-5707), for persons employed intermittently in the Government
    service. Committee members with disabilities may be compensated for
    attendant expenses, consistent with Government procedures and practices.
        ``(c) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall perform such
    other functions with respect to the Committee as may be required by the
    Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), except that
    of reporting to the Congress.
        ``Sec. 6. General. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed as
    subjecting any Federal agency, or any function vested by law in, or
    assigned pursuant to law to, any Federal agency, to the authority of the
    Committee or as abrogating or restricting any such function in any
    manner.
        ``(b) This order 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,
    instrumentalities, or entities, its officers or employees, or any other
    person.''.
        Sec. 6. This order shall be effective September 30, 2007.
                                                    George W. Bush
     The White House,
     September 28, 2007.

     [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 9:47 a.m., October 1,
    2007]

    Note: This Executive order will be published in the Federal Register on
    October 2.