Presidential Documents

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Federal Register

Vol. 65, No. 188

Wednesday, September 27, 2000

Title 3—

The President

Executive Order 13168 of September 22, 2000

President’s Commission on Improving Economic Opportunity

in Communities Dependent on Tobacco Production While

Protecting Public Health

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

laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Establishment. (a) There is established the ‘‘President’s Commission on Improving Economic Opportunity in Communities Dependent on

Tobacco Production while Protecting Public Health’’ (the ‘‘Commission’’).

The Commission shall be composed of not more than 10 members to be

selected by the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the President.

The members may include tobacco producers and quota holders; public

health experts; Federal, State, and local government representatives; and

experts in agricultural economics and economic development.

(b) Two co-chairs shall be selected by the Secretary of Agriculture from

the membership of the Commission. The co-chairs shall report to the President through the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and

Human Services.

Sec. 2. Purpose. The Commission shall advise the President on changes

occurring in the tobacco farming economy and recommend such measures

as may be necessary to improve economic opportunity and development

in communities that are dependent on tobacco production, while protecting

consumers, particularly children, from hazards associated with smoking.

Sec. 3. Functions. (a) The Commission shall collect and review information

about changes in the tobacco farming economy and Federal, State, and

local initiatives intended to help tobacco growers, tobacco quota holders,

and communities dependent on tobacco production pursue new economic

opportunities. The Commission may make recommendations concerning

these, and any other, changes and initiatives that may be necessary to

improve economic opportunity in communities dependent on tobacco production. It shall also consider the public health implications of such changes

and initiatives, including the efforts to reduce youth smoking and tobaccorelated health consequences in the United States and abroad.

(b) For the purpose of carrying out its functions, the Commission may

hold hearings, establish subcommittees, and convene and act at such times

and places as the Commission may find advisable.

Sec. 4. Reports. The Commission shall make a preliminary report to the

President by December 31, 2000. A final report shall be submitted to the

President 6 months after the Commission’s first meeting.

Sec. 5. Administration. (a) To the extent permitted by law, the heads of

executive departments and agencies shall provide the Commission, upon

request, with such information as it may require for the purposes of carrying

out its functions.

(b) While engaged in the work of the Commission, members appointed

from among private citizens of the United States may 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) to the extent funds are available for such purposes.

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(c) To the extent permitted by law and subject to the availability of

appropriations, the Department of Agriculture shall provide the Commission

with administrative services, funds, facilities, staff, and other support services

necessary for the performance of the Commission’s functions. 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 are applicable to the Committee shall be performed

by the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with guidelines that have

been issued by the Administration of General Services.

Sec. 6. General. The Commission shall terminate 30 days after submitting

its final report, but not later than 2 years from the date of this order,

unless extended by the President.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

September 22, 2000.

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[FR Doc. 00–24978

Filed 9–26–00; 8:45 am]

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