Presidential Documents

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Federal Register

Vol. 62, No. 49

Thursday, March 13, 1997

Title 3—

The President

Executive Order 13038 of March 11, 1997

Advisory Committee on Public Interest Obligations of Digital

Television Broadcasters

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.) (the ‘‘Act’’), and in order to establish

an advisory committee on the public interest obligations of digital television

broadcasters, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Establishment. There is established the ‘‘Advisory Committee

on the Public Interest Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters’’ (‘‘Committee’’). The Committee shall consist of not more than 15 members appointed by the President. Members shall be chosen from the private sector,

including members of the commercial and noncommercial broadcasting industry, computer industries, producers, academic institutions, public interest

organizations, and the advertising community. The President shall designate

a Chair from among the members of the Committee.

Sec. 2. Functions. On or before June 1, 1998, the Committee shall report

to the Vice President on the public interest obligations digital television

broadcasters should assume. For the purpose of carrying out its functions

the Committee may, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary of Commerce

for Communications and Information, hold meetings at such times and places

as the Committee may find advisable.

Sec. 3. Administration. (a) To the extent permitted by law, the heads of

executive departments, agencies, and independent instrumentalities shall

provide the Committee, upon request, with such information as it may

require for the purpose of carrying out its functions.

(b) Upon request of the Chair of the Committee, the head of any executive

department, agency, or instrumentality shall, to the extent permitted by

law and subject to the discretion of such head, (1) make any of the facilities

and services of such department, agency, or instrumentality available to

the Committee; and (2) detail any of the personnel of such department,

agency, or instrumentality to the Committee to assist the Committee in

carrying out its duties.

(c) Members of the Committee shall serve without compensation for their

work on the Committee. While engaged in the work of the Committee,

members appointed from the private sector may be allowed travel expenses,

including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law and as

the Chair, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for

Communications and Information, may allow as needed, for persons serving

intermittently in the Government service (5 U.S.C. 5701–5707), to the extent

funds are available for such purposes.

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

appropriations, the Department of Commerce shall provide the Committee

with administrative services, staff, and other support services necessary for

performance of the Committee’s functions.
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(e) The Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, or his designee, shall perform the functions of the President under

the Act, except that of reporting to the Congress, in accordance with the

guidelines and procedures established by the Administrator of General Services.

Sec. 4. General. The Committee shall terminate 30 days after submitting

[FR Doc. 97–6571

its report, unless extended by the President.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

March 11, 1997.

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