Homeland Security Council Executive Order
13260
Executive Order Establishing the President's Homeland
Security Advisory Council and Senior Advisory Committees for Homeland
Security
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. President's Homeland Security Advisory Council.
(a) Establishment and Membership. I hereby establish the
President's Homeland Security Advisory Council (PHSAC). The PHSAC shall
be composed of not more than 21 members appointed by the President.
In addition, the Chair and the Vice Chair of the National Infrastructure
Advisory Council; the Chairman of the President's National Security
Telecommunications Advisory Committee; and the Chair of the Panel on
the Science and Technology of Combating Terrorism, President's Council
of Advisors on Science and Technology, shall serve as ex officio members
of the PHSAC. The appointed members of the PHSAC shall be selected from
the private sector, academia, professional service associations, federally
funded research and development centers, nongovernmental organizations,
State and local governments, and other appropriate professions and communities.
(b) Chair and Vice Chair. The President shall designate
a Chair and Vice Chair from among the appointed members of the PHSAC.
(c) Senior Advisory Committees. (i) Establishment and
Membership. The following four Senior Advisory Committees for Homeland
Security (SACs) are hereby established to advise the PHSAC: (1) State
and Local Officials; (2) Academia and Policy Research; (3) Private Sector;
and (4) Emergency Services, Law Enforcement, and Public Health and Hospitals.
Each SAC shall generally be composed of not more than 17 members selected
by the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security (Assistant).
The President may establish additional SACs as appropriate, consistent
with this order
(ii) Chairs and Vice Chairs. The Assistant shall from
time to time designate a Chair and Vice Chair for each of the SACs from
among the PHSAC's members.
(iii) Subcommittees. The Chair of each SAC, in consultation
with the PHSAC, may as appropriate establish subcommittees to advise
the SAC.
Sec. 2. Functions. The PHSAC shall meet periodically
at the Assistant's request to:
(a) provide advice to the President through the Assistant
on developing and coordinating the implementation of a comprehensive
national strategy to secure the United States from terrorist threats
or attacks;
(b) recommend to the President through the Assistant ways
to improve coordination, cooperation, and communication among Federal,
State, and local officials and private and other entities, and provide
a means to collect scholarly research, technological advice, and information
concerning processes and organizational management practices both inside
and outside of the Federal Government;
(c) provide advice to the President through the Assistant
regarding the feasibility of implementing specific measures to detect,
prepare for, prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from
terrorist threats or attacks within the United States;
(d) examine, and advise the President through the Assistant
on, the effectiveness of the implementation of specific strategies to
detect, prepare for, prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover
from terrorist threats or attacks within the United States; and
(e) report periodically, as appropriate, to the President
through the Assistant on matters within the scope of the PHSAC's functions
as described in paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section.
Sec. 3. Administration.
(a) Upon the request of the Chair of the PHSAC, through
the Assistant, and to the extent permitted by law, the heads of executive
departments and agencies shall provide the PHSAC with such information
relating to homeland security matters as the PHSAC may need for the
purpose of carrying out its functions.
(b) The PHSAC shall have an Executive Director selected
by the Assistant.
(c) Members shall serve without compensation for their
work on the PHSAC, the SACs, and any subcommittees thereof. However,
members shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu
of subsistence, as authorized by law for persons serving intermittently
in Federal Government service (5 U.S.C. 5701-5707).
(d) To the extent permitted by law, and subject to the
availability of appropriations, the Office of Administration shall provide
the PHSAC with administrative support and with such funds as may be
necessary for the performance of the PHSAC's functions.
Sec. 4. General Provisions.
(a) Insofar as the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended (5 U.S.C. App.) (Act), may apply to the administration of any
portion of this order, any functions of the President under that Act,
except that of reporting to the Congress, shall be performed by the
Administrator of General Services in accordance with the guidelines
that have been issued by the Administrator.
(b) The PHSAC, any SACs, and any SAC subcommittees shall
terminate 2 years from the date of this order unless extended by the
President.
George W. Bush,
The White House,
March 19, 2002.
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