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Federal Register 

Vol. 69, No. 244

Tuesday, December 21, 2004

Title 3— 

The President 

Executive Order 13366 of December 17, 2004

Committee on Ocean Policy 

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the 

laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: 

Section 1. Policy. It shall be the policy of the United States to: 

(a) coordinate the activities of executive departments and agencies regarding ocean-related matters in an integrated and effective manner to advance 

the environmental, economic, and security interests of present and future 

generations of Americans; and 

(b) facilitate, as appropriate, coordination and consultation regarding oceanrelated matters among Federal, State, tribal, local governments, the private 

sector, foreign governments, and international organizations. 

Sec. 2. Definition. For purposes of this order the term ‘‘ocean-related matters’’ 

means matters involving the oceans, the Great Lakes, the coasts of the 

United States (including its territories and possessions), and related seabed, 

subsoil, and natural resources. 

Sec. 3. Establishment of Committee on Ocean Policy.

(a) There is hereby established, as a part of the Council on Environmental 

Quality and for administrative purposes only, the Committee on Ocean 

Policy (Committee). 

(b) The Committee shall consist exclusively of the following: 

(i) the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality, who shall 

be the Chairman of the Committee; 

(ii) the Secretaries of State, Defense, the Interior, Agriculture, Health and 

Human Services, Commerce, Labor, Transportation, Energy, and Homeland 

Security, the Attorney General, the Administrator of the Environmental 

Protection Agency, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 

the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 

the Director of National Intelligence, the Director of the Office of Science 

and Technology Policy, the Director of the National Science Foundation, 

and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; 

(iii) the Assistants to the President for National Security Affairs, Homeland 

Security, Domestic Policy, and Economic Policy; 

(iv) an employee of the United States designated by the Vice President; 

and 

(v) such other officers or employees of the United States as the Chairman 

of the Committee may from time to time designate. 

(c) The Chairman of the Committee, after coordination with the Assistants 

to the President for National Security Affairs and Homeland Security, shall 

regularly convene and preside at meetings of the Committee, determine 

its agenda, direct its work, and, as appropriate to deal with particular subject 

matters, establish and direct subcommittees of the Committee that shall 

consist exclusively of members of the Committee. The Committee shall 

coordinate its advice in a timely fashion. 

(d) A member of the Committee may designate, to perform the Committee 

or subcommittee functions of the member, any person who is within such 

member’s department, agency, or office and who is (i) an officer of the 

United States appointed by the President, (ii) a member of the Senior Executive Service or the Senior Intelligence Service, (iii) an officer or employee 

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within the Executive Office of the President, or (iv) an employee of the 

Vice President. 

(e) Consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations, the Council on Environmental Quality shall provide the funding, 

including through the Office of Environmental Quality as permitted by law 

and as appropriate, and administrative support for the Committee necessary 

to implement this order. 

Sec. 4. Functions of the Committee. To implement the policy set forth 

in section 1 of this order, the Committee shall: 

(a) provide advice on establishment or implementation of policies concerning ocean-related matters to: 

(i) the President; and 

(ii) the heads of executive departments and agencies from time to time 

as appropriate; 

(b) obtain information and advice concerning ocean-related matters from: 

(i) State, local, and tribal elected and appointed officials in a manner 

that seeks their individual advice and does not involve collective judgment 

or consensus advice or deliberation; and 

(ii) representatives of private entities or other individuals in a manner 

that seeks their individual advice and does not involve collective judgment 

or consensus advice or deliberation; 

(c) at the request of the head of any department or agency who is a 

member of the Committee, unless the Chairman of the Committee declines 

the request, promptly review and provide advice on a policy or policy 

implementation action on ocean-related matters proposed by that department 

or agency; 

(d) provide and obtain information and advice to facilitate: 

(i) development and implementation of common principles and goals for 

the conduct of governmental activities on ocean-related matters; 

(ii) voluntary regional approaches with respect to ocean-related matters; 

(iii) use of science in establishment of policy on ocean-related matters; 

and 

(iv) collection, development, dissemination, and exchange of information 

on ocean-related matters; and 

(e) ensure coordinated government development and implementation of 

the ocean component of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems. 

Sec. 5. Cooperation. To the extent permitted by law and applicable presidential guidance, executive departments and agencies shall provide the Committee such information, support, and assistance as the Committee, through 

the Chairman, may request. 

Sec. 6. Coordination. The Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality, 

the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, the Assistant 

to the President for Homeland Security, and, with respect to the interagency 

task force established by Executive Order 13340 of May 18, 2004, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall ensure appropriate 

coordination of the activities of the Committee under this order and other 

policy coordination structures relating to ocean or maritime issues pursuant 

to Presidential guidance. 

Sec. 7. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed 

to impair or otherwise affect: 

(i) authority granted by law to a executive department or agency or the 

head thereof; or 

(ii) functions assigned by the President to the National Security Council 

or Homeland Security Council (including subordinate bodies) relating to 

matters affecting foreign affairs, national security, homeland security, or 

intelligence. 

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(b) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect 

the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating 

to budget, administrative, or legislative proposals. 

(c) This order is intended only to improve the internal management of 

the Federal Government and is not intended to, and does not, create any 

right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity 

by a party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, 

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its officers or employees, or any other person.

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

December 17, 2004. 

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