Presidential Documents

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Federal Register 

Vol. 80, No. 126 

Wednesday, July 1, 2015 

Title 3— 

The President 

Executive Order 13699 of June 26, 2015 

Establishing the Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and 

Worker Health 

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

laws of the United States of America, including the Carl Levin and Howard 

P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 

(Public Law 113–291), and to allocate the responsibilities imposed by that 

Act, it is hereby ordered as follows: 

Section 1. Establishment. There is established within the Department of 

Labor the Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health (Advisory 

Board). 

Sec. 2. Membership. (a) The Advisory Board shall reflect a proper balance 

of perspectives from the scientific, medical, and claimant communities. 

(b) The Advisory Board shall consist of no more than 15 members to 

be appointed by the Secretary of Labor in consultation with organizations 

with expertise on worker health issues. Members shall serve without compensation as Special Government Employees, but shall be allowed travel 

and meal 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. 5701–5707). 

(c) The Secretary of Labor shall designate a Chair of the Board from 

among its members. 

Sec. 3. Functions. (a) The Advisory Board shall advise the Secretary of 

Labor with respect to: 

(i) the site exposure matrices of the Department of Labor; 

(ii) medical guidance for claims examiners for claims under subtitle E 

of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act 

of 2000 (EEOICPA) with respect to the weighing of the medical evidence 

of claimants; 

(iii) evidentiary requirements for claims under EEOICPA subtitle B related 

to lung disease; and 

(iv) the work of industrial hygienists, staff physicians, and consulting 

physicians of the Department of Labor and reports of such hygienists 

and physicians to ensure quality, objectivity, and consistency. 

(b) To the extent necessary, the Advisory Board also shall coordinate 

exchanges of data and findings with the Advisory Board on Radiation and 

Worker Health, which was authorized by EEOICPA and established by Executive Order 13179 of December 7, 2000. 

Sec. 4. Administration. (a) The Secretary of Labor shall provide the Advisory 

Board with funding and administrative support, including the appointment 

of staff and, as the Secretary determines appropriate, authorization for the 

detail of Federal employees from within the Department of Labor and employment of outside contractors and specialists, to the extent permitted by law 

and within existing appropriations. The Secretary also shall perform the 

administrative functions of the President under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 2), with respect to the Advisory 

Board. 

(b) The Secretary of Labor shall designate a senior officer of the Department 

of Labor to serve as the Director of the staff of the Advisory Board. 


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Sec. 5. Termination. The Advisory Board shall terminate on the date that 

is 5 years after the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act 

for Fiscal Year 2015. 

Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed 

to impair or otherwise affect: 

(i) the authority granted by law to an agency, or the head thereof; or 

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 

relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals. 

(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and 

subject to the availability of appropriations. 

(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, 

substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party 

against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, 

employees, or agents, or any other person. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

June 26, 2015. 

[FR Doc. 2015–16334 

Filed 6–30–15; 08:45 am] 

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