Establishment of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, 6309-6310 [2011-2577]

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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 23 (Thursday, February 3, 2011)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 6309-6310]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2577]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 23 / Thursday, February 3, 2011 / 
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                Executive Order 13564 of January 31, 2011

                
Establishment of the President's Council on Jobs 
                and Competitiveness

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, and in order to continue to strengthen the 
                Nation's economy and ensure the competitiveness of the 
                United States and to create jobs, opportunity, and 
                prosperity for the American people by ensuring the 
                availability of non-partisan advice to the President 
                from participants in and experts on the economy, it is 
                hereby ordered as follows:

                Section 1. There is hereby established within the 
                Department of the Treasury the President's Council on 
                Jobs and Competitiveness (PCJC). The PCJC shall consist 
                of members appointed by the President from among 
                distinguished citizens outside the Federal Government 
                and shall include citizens chosen to serve as 
                representatives of the various sectors of the economy 
                to offer the diverse perspectives of the private 
                sector, employers, and workers on how the Federal 
                Government can best foster growth, competitiveness, 
                innovation, and job creation. The members may also 
                include citizens selected based on their expertise and 
                experience to offer independent advice. The President 
                shall designate a Chair from among the members. A Co-
                Chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science 
                and Technology who is not serving in the Federal 
                Government and the Chair and Vice Chair of the 
                President's Export Council shall serve as ex-officio 
                members. The Treasury may provide the PCJC with a 
                staff, as necessary.

                Sec. 2. The functions of the PCJC are advisory only. 
                The PCJC shall meet regularly and shall:

                    (a) solicit ideas from across the country about how 
                to bolster the economy and the prosperity of the 
                American people that can inform the decisionmaking of 
                the President, and with respect to matters deemed 
                appropriate by the President, provide information and 
                recommendations to any executive department or agency 
                (agency) with responsibilities related to the economy, 
                growth, innovation, American competitiveness, or job 
                creation;
                    (b) report directly to the President on the design, 
                implementation, and evaluation of policies to promote 
                the growth of the American economy, enhance the skills 
                and education of Americans, maintain a stable and sound 
                financial and banking system, create stable jobs for 
                American workers, and improve the long-term prosperity 
                and competitiveness of the American people; and
                    (c) provide analysis and information with respect 
                to the operation, regulation, and healthy functioning 
                of the economy and other factors that may contribute to 
                the sustainable growth and competitiveness of American 
                industry and the American labor force. As deemed 
                appropriate by the President, this analysis and 
                information shall be provided to the Chairman of the 
                Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the 
                National Economic Council, or any agency with 
                responsibilities related to the economy, growth, 
                innovation, American competitiveness, or job creation.

                Sec. 3. Administration of the PCJC. (a) All agencies 
                and all offices within the Executive Office of the 
                President shall cooperate with the PCJC and provide 
                such information and assistance to the PCJC as the 
                Chair of the PCJC may request, to the extent permitted 
                by law.

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                    (b) The Department of the Treasury shall provide 
                funding and administrative support for the PCJC to the 
                extent permitted by law and within existing 
                appropriations.
                    (c) Members of the PCJC shall serve without 
                compensation but may receive transportation 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.

                Sec. 4. Termination. The PCJC shall terminate 2 years 
                after the date of this order unless extended by the 
                President.

                Sec. 5. Revocation of Executive Order 13501. Executive 
                Order 13501 of February 6, 2009 (Establishing the 
                President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board), is 
                hereby revoked.

                Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) Insofar as the Federal 
                Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.) (the 
                ``Act''), may apply to the PCJC, any functions of the 
                President under the Act, except for those in section 6 
                of the Act, shall be performed by the Secretary of the 
                Treasury in accordance with the guidelines that have 
                been 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 budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

                    (c) This order shall be implemented consistent with 
                applicable law and subject to the availability of 
                appropriations.
                    (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.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    January 31, 2011.

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