# Executive Order 12963

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Signed by President William J. Clinton Wednesday, June 14, 1995
Federal Register page & date: 60 FR 31905, Friday, June 16, 1995
Executive Order 12963 of June 14, 1995
Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to exercise her discretion as follows:

#### Section 1. Establishment.

| (a) | The Secretary of Health and Human Services (the “Secretary”) shall establish an HIV/AIDS Advisory Council (the “Advisory Council” or the “Council”), to be known as the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. The Advisory Council shall be composed of not more than 30 members to be appointed or designated by the Secretary. The Advisory Council shall comply with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.). |
| (b) | The Secretary shall designate a Chairperson from among the members of the Advisory Council. |

#### Sec. 2. Functions.

The Advisory Council shall provide advice, information, and recommendations to the Secretary regarding programs and policies intended to (a) promote effective prevention of HIV disease, (b) advance research on HIV and AIDS, and (c) promote quality services to persons living with HIV disease and AIDS. The functions of the Advisory Council shall be solely advisory in nature. The Secretary shall provide the President with copies of all written reports provided to the Secretary by the Advisory Council.

#### Sec. 3. Administration.

| (a) | The heads of executive departments and agencies shall, to the extent permitted by law, provide the Advisory Council with such information as it may require for purposes of carrying out its functions. |
| (b) | Any members of the Advisory Council that receive compensation shall be compensated in accordance with Federal law. Committee members may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, to the extent permitted by law for persons serving intermittently in the Government service (5 U.S.C. section 5701-5707). |
| (c) | To the extent permitted by law, and subject to the availability of appropriations, the Department of Health and Human Services shall provide the Advisory Council with such funds and support as may be necessary for the performance of its functions. |

#### Sec. 4. General Provisions.

| (a) | Notwithstanding the provisions of any other Executive order, any functions of the President under the Federal Advisory Committee Act that are applicable to the Advisory Council, except that of reporting annually to the Congress, shall be performed by the Department of Health and Human Services, in accordance with the guidelines and procedures established by the Administrator of General Services. |
| (b) | This order is intended only to improve the internal management of the executive branch, and it is not intended to create any right, benefit, or trust responsibility, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or equity by a party against the United States, its agencies, it officers, or any person. |

## Notes

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### Amended by

* Executive Order 13009, June 14, 1996

### See Related

* Executive Order 12601, June 24, 1987;
* Presidential Memorandum of July 13, 2010, ( 75 FR 41687 );
* Executive Order 13649, July 15, 2013;
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