[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.