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Federal Register 

Vol. 73, No. 16 

Thursday, January 24, 2008 

Title 3— 

The President 

Executive Order 13455 of January 22, 2008 

Establishing the President’s Advisory Council on Financial 

Literacy 

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

laws of the United States of America and to promote and enhance financial 

literacy among the American people, it is hereby ordered as follows: 

Section 1. Policy. To help keep America competitive and assist the American 

people in understanding and addressing financial matters, it is the policy 

of the Federal Government to encourage financial literacy among the American people. 

Sec. 2. Establishment of the Council. There is established within the Department of the Treasury the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Literacy 

(Council). 

Sec. 3. Membership and Operation of the Council. (a) The Council shall 

consist of 19 members appointed by the President from among individuals 

not employed by the Federal Government, consistent with subsection (b) 

of this section. 

(b) In selecting individuals for appointment to the Council, appropriate 

consideration should be given to selection of individuals with backgrounds 

as providers of, consumers of, promoters of access to, and educators with 

respect to financial education and financial services. Each individual member 

of the Council will serve as a representative of his or her industry, trade 

group, public interest group, or other organization or group. The composition 

of the Council will reflect the views of diverse stakeholders. 

(c) The President shall designate a Chair and a Vice Chair from among 

the members of the Council. 

(d) Subject to the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury (Secretary), 

the Chair shall convene and preside at meetings of the Council, determine 

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

matters, establish and direct the work of subgroups of the Council that 

shall consist exclusively of members of the Council. 

(e) The Vice Chair shall perform: 

(i) the duties of the Chair when the position of Chair is vacant; and 

(ii) such other functions as the Chair may from time to time assign. 

Sec. 4. Functions of the Council. To assist in implementing the policy 

set forth in section 1 of this order, the Council shall: 

(a) obtain information and advice concerning financial literacy as appropriate 

in the course of its work from: 

(i) officers and employees of executive departments and agencies (including 

members of the Financial Literacy and Education Commission), unless 

otherwise directed by the head of the department or agency; 

(ii) State, local, territorial, and tribal officials; 

(iii) providers of, consumers of, promoters of access to, and educators 

with respect to financial services; 

(iv) experts on matters relating to the policy set forth in section 1; and 

(v) such other individuals as the Secretary may direct; 

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(b) advise the President and the Secretary consistent with this order on 

means to implement effectively the policy set forth in section 1, including 

by providing advice on means to: 

(i) improve financial education efforts for youth in school and for adults 

in the workplace; 

(ii) promote effective access to financial services, especially for those 

without access to such services; 

(iii) establish effective measures of national financial literacy; 

(iv) conduct research on financial knowledge, including the collection 

of data on the extent of financial knowledge of individuals; and 

(v) strengthen and coordinate public and private sector financial education 

programs; and 

(c) periodically report to the President, through the Secretary, on: 

(i) the status of financial literacy in the United States; 

(ii) progress made in implementing the policy set forth in section 1 of 

this order; and 

(iii) recommendations on means to further implement the policy set forth 

in section 1 of this order, including with respect to the matters set forth 

in subsection (b)(i) through (v) of this section. 

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

the Department of the Treasury shall provide funding and administrative 

support for the Council, as determined by the Secretary, to implement this 

order. 

(b) The heads of executive departments and agencies shall provide, as appropriate and to the extent permitted by law, such assistance and information 

to the Council as the Secretary may request to implement this order. 

(c) Members of the Council: 

(i) shall serve without any compensation for their work on the Council; 

and 

(ii) while engaged in the work of the Council, may be allowed travel 

expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by 

law for persons serving intermittently in the Government (5 U.S.C. 5701–

5707), consistent with the availability of funds. 

(d) The Secretary shall designate an officer or employee of the United 

States within the Department of the Treasury to serve as an Executive 

Director to supervise the administrative support for the Council. 

Sec. 6. Termination of the Council. Unless extended by the President, the 

Council shall terminate 2 years from the date of this order. 

Sec. 7. General Provisions. (a) Insofar as the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.) (Act), may apply to the Council, any 

functions of the President under the Act, except for those in section 6 

of the Act, shall be performed by the Secretary in accordance with the 

guidelines issued by the Administrator of General Services. 

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

(i) authority granted by law to a department or agency or the head thereof; 

or 

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

relating to budget, administrative, or legislative proposals. 

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

subject to the availability of appropriations. 

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(d) 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, 

January 22, 2008. 

[FR Doc. 08–325 

Filed 1–23–08; 8:57 am] 

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