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Reformatted version of Executive Order signed by President Clinton (2/11/97)

For Immediate Release
February 11, 1997
Executive Order 13035
Advisory Committee on High Performance Computing and Communications,
Information Technology, and the Next Generation Internet
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of theUnited States of America, including the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991
(Public Law 102-194) ("Act"), and in order to establish an advisory committee on highperformance computing and communications, information technology, and the Next
Generation Internet, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Establishment. There is established the "Advisory Committee on HighPerformance Computing and Communications, Information Technology, and the Next
Generation Internet" ("Committee"). The Committee shall consist of not more than 25
non-federal members appointed by the President, including representatives of theresearch, education, and library communities, network providers, and representatives
from critical industries. The President shall designate co-chairs from among themembers of the Committee.
Sec. 2. Functions. The Committee shall provide the National Science and Technology
Council (NSTC), through the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy("Director"), with advice and information on high-performance computing andcommunications, information technology, and the Next Generation Internet. TheCommittee shall provide an independent assessment of:(1) progress made in implementing the High-Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC)
Program;(2) progress in designing and implementing the Next Generation Internet initiative;(3) the need to revise the HPCC Program;(4) balance among components of the HPCC Program;(5) whether the research and development undertaken pursuant to the HPCC Program is helping tomaintain United States leadership in advanced computing and communications technologies andtheir applications; and(6) other issues as specified by the Director.
Sec. 3. Administration. To the extent permitted by law and subject to the availabilityof appropriations, the Department of Defense shall provide the financial andadministrative support for the Committee. Further, the Director of the National
Coordination Office for Computing Information, and Communications ("Director of theNCO") shall provide such coordination and technical assistance to the Committee as theco-chairs of the Committee may request.

(a) The heads of executive agencies shall, to the extent permitted by law, provide to the Committee
such information as it may require for the purpose of carrying out its functions.
(b) The co-chairs may, from time to time, invite experts to submit information to the Committee
and may form subcommittees or working groups within the Committee to review specificissues.
(c) Members of the Committee shall serve without compensation but shall be allowed travel
expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law for persons serving
intermittently in the Government service (5 U.S.C. 5701-5707).
Sec. 4. General.

(a) Notwithstanding any other Executive order, the functions of the President under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, as amended, except that of reporting to the Congress, that areapplicable to the Committee shall be performed by the Director of the NCO in accordance withguidelines that have been issued by the Administrator of General Services.
(b) The committee shall terminate two years from the date of this order unless extended by thePresident prior to such date.
William J. Clinton
The White House,February 11, 1997.