Continuance or Reestablishment of Certain Federal Advisory Committees and Amendments to Other Executive Orders, 55465-55468 [2021-21908]

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 5, 2021)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 55465-55468]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-21908]




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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 190 / Tuesday, October 5, 2021 / 
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                Executive Order 14048 of September 30, 2021

                
Continuance or Reestablishment of Certain Federal 
                Advisory Committees and Amendments to Other Executive 
                Orders

                By the authority vested in me as President, by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, and consistent with the provisions of the 
                Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 
                App.), it is hereby ordered as follows:

                Section 1. Each advisory committee listed below is 
                continued or, to the extent necessary, reestablished 
                until September 30, 2023.

                    (a) Committee for the Preservation of the White 
                House; Executive Order 11145, as amended (Department of 
                the Interior).
                    (b) President's Commission on White House 
                Fellowships; Executive Order 11183, as amended (Office 
                of Personnel Management).
                    (c) President's Committee on the National Medal of 
                Science; Executive Order 11287, as amended (National 
                Science Foundation).
                    (d) Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety 
                and Health; Executive Order 11612, as amended 
                (Department of Labor).
                    (e) President's Export Council; Executive Order 
                12131, as amended (Department of Commerce).
                    (f) President's Committee on the International 
                Labor Organization; Executive Order 12216, as amended 
                (Department of Labor).
                    (g) President's National Security 
                Telecommunications Advisory Committee; Executive Order 
                12382, as amended (Department of Homeland Security).
                    (h) National Industrial Security Program Policy 
                Advisory Committee; Executive Order 12829, as amended 
                (National Archives and Records Administration).
                    (i) Trade and Environment Policy Advisory 
                Committee; Executive Order 12905 (Office of the United 
                States Trade Representative).
                    (j) Governmental Advisory Committee to the United 
                States Representative to the North American Commission 
                for Environmental Cooperation; Executive Order 12915 
                (Environmental Protection Agency).
                    (k) National Advisory Committee to the United 
                States Representative to the North American Commission 
                for Environmental Cooperation; Executive Order 12915 
                (Environmental Protection Agency).
                    (l) Good Neighbor Environmental Board; Executive 
                Order 12916, as amended (Environmental Protection 
                Agency).
                    (m) Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS; 
                Executive Order 12963, as amended (Department of Health 
                and Human Services).
                    (n) President's Committee for People with 
                Intellectual Disabilities; Executive Order 12994, as 
                amended (Department of Health and Human Services).
                    (o) Invasive Species Advisory Committee; Executive 
                Order 13112, as amended (Department of the Interior).
                    (p) Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health; 
                Executive Order 13179 (Department of Health and Human 
                Services).
                    (q) National Infrastructure Advisory Council; 
                Executive Order 13231, as amended (Department of 
                Homeland Security).

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                    (r) President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and 
                Nutrition; Executive Order 13265, as amended 
                (Department of Health and Human Services).
                    (s) Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small 
                Business Development; Executive Order 13540 (Small 
                Business Administration).
                    (t) State, Local, Tribal, and Private Sector 
                (SLTPS) Policy Advisory Committee; Executive Order 
                13549 (National Archives and Records Administration).
                    (u) President's Advisory Commission on Educational 
                Excellence for African Americans; Executive Order 13621 
                (Department of Education).
                    (v) President's Advisory Council on Doing Business 
                in Africa; Executive Order 13675, as amended 
                (Department of Commerce).
                    (w) Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory 
                Committee; initially established pursuant to 
                Presidential Memorandum on Improving Spectrum 
                Management for the 21st Century (November 29, 2004) 
                (Department of Commerce).
                    (x) National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, 
                and Timing Advisory Board; National Security 
                Presidential Directive-39, ``U.S. National Space-Based 
                Position, Navigation, and Timing Policy'' (December 8, 
                2004) (National Aeronautics and Space Administration).
                    (y) Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument 
                Advisory Committee; Proclamation 6920 of September 18, 
                1996, as amended (Department of the Interior).
                    (z) San Juan Islands National Monument Advisory 
                Committee; Proclamation 8947 of March 25, 2013 
                (Department of the Interior).
                    (aa) Bears Ears National Monument Advisory 
                Committee; Proclamation 9558 of December 28, 2016, as 
                amended (Department of the Interior).
                    (bb) Gold Butte National Monument Advisory 
                Committee; Proclamation 9559 of December 28, 2016 
                (Department of the Interior).
                    (cc) President's Council of Advisors on Science and 
                Technology; Executive Order 14007, as amended 
                (Department of Energy).
                    (dd) White House Environmental Justice Advisory 
                Council; Executive Order 14008 (Environmental 
                Protection Agency).
                    (ee) President's Advisory Commission on Asian 
                Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders; 
                Executive Order 14031 (Department of Health and Human 
                Services).
                    (ff) President's Board of Advisors on Historically 
                Black Colleges and Universities; Executive Order 14041 
                (Department of Education).
                    (gg) Presidential Advisory Commission on Advancing 
                Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic 
                Opportunity for Hispanics; Executive Order 14045 
                (Department of Education).

                Sec. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other 
                Executive Order, the functions of the President under 
                the Federal Advisory Committee Act that are applicable 
                to the committees listed in section 1 of this order 
                shall be performed by the head of the department or 
                agency designated after each committee, in accordance 
                with the regulations, guidelines, and procedures 
                established by the Administrator of General Services.

                Sec. 3. Sections 1 and 2 of Executive Order 13889 of 
                September 27, 2019, are hereby superseded by sections 1 
                and 2 of this order.

                Sec. 4. Executive Order 11287 of June 28, 1966, as 
                amended, is further amended in section 2(a) by striking 
                ``twelve'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``fourteen.''

                Sec. 5. Executive Order 12382 of September 13, 1982, as 
                amended, is further amended as follows:

                    (a) by striking section 1, except subsection (c), 
                and inserting before subsection (c) the following:

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``Section 1. Establishment. (a) There is established the President's 
National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee, which shall be 
composed of no more than 30 members. These members shall have particular 
knowledge and expertise in the fields of cybersecurity and of information 
and communications technology (ICT) and shall represent various elements of 
the Nation's telecommunications industry. Members of the Committee shall be 
appointed by the President.

  (b) The President shall designate a Chair and Vice Chair from among the 
members of the Committee, each for a term of up to 2 years.''

                    (b) by striking sections 2 and 3, and inserting in 
                lieu thereof the following new sections 2 and 3:

``Sec. 2. Functions. (a) The Committee shall provide to the President, 
through the Secretary of Homeland Security, information and advice from the 
perspective of relevant cybersecurity, ICT, and telecommunications 
industries on information assurance, cybersecurity, and the ICT ecosystem 
with respect to national security and emergency preparedness (NS/EP) 
concerns.

  (b) The Committee shall provide information and advice to the President, 
through the Secretary of Homeland Security, regarding the feasibility of 
implementing specific measures to improve the resiliency and security of 
the digital and communications infrastructure of the United States.

  (c) The Committee shall provide technical information, advice, and 
recommendations as it relates to NS/EP policy issues concerning 
cybersecurity, ICT, and telecommunications matters.

  (d) The Committee shall periodically report on matters in this section to 
the President, through the Secretary of Homeland Security.

Sec. 3. Administration. (a) The heads of Executive agencies shall, to the 
extent permitted by law, provide the Committee with information concerning 
NS/EP policy issues specific to cybersecurity, ICT, and telecommunications 
matters in order for it to carry out its functions and mission. Information 
supplied to the Committee shall not, to the extent permitted by law, be 
available for public inspection.

  (b) Members of the Committee shall serve without any compensation for 
their work on the Committee. However, to the extent permitted by law, they 
shall be entitled to travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 
subsistence.

  (c) Any expenses of the Committee shall, to the extent permitted by law, 
be paid from funds available to the Secretary of Homeland Security.''

                    (c) by striking section 4, except subsection (b) 
                thereof, and inserting immediately preceding subsection 
                (b) the following:

``Sec. 4. General. (a) Notwithstanding any other Executive Order, the 
functions of the President under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. App.), which are applicable to the Committee, except that 
of reporting annually to the Congress, shall be performed by the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, in accord with guidelines and procedures established 
by the Administrator of General Services.''

                Sec. 6. Executive Order 13231 of October 16, 2001, as 
                amended, is further amended in section 3(a) by striking 
                ``The President shall designate from among the members 
                of the NIAC a Chair and a Vice Chair, who shall perform 
                the functions of the Chair if the Chair is absent or 
                disabled, or in the instance of a vacancy in the 
                Chair'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``The President 
                shall designate from among the members of the NIAC a 
                Chair and a Vice Chair, who shall perform the functions 
                of the Chair if the Chair is absent or disabled, or in 
                the instance of a vacancy in the Chair, each for a term 
                of up to two years.''

                Sec. 7. Executive Order 13265 of June 6, 2002, as 
                amended, is further amended as follows:

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                    (a) in section 2(a), by striking ``develop a 
                national strategy'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
                ``continue to promulgate a national strategy (the 
                National Youth Sports Strategy).''
                    (b) in section 2, by striking the ``and'' at the 
                end of subsection (a)(iii); striking the period at the 
                end of subsection (a)(iv) and inserting in lieu thereof 
                a semicolon; and inserting the following new 
                subsections:

``(v) expand national awareness of the importance of mental health as it 
pertains to physical fitness and nutrition; and

(vi) share information about the positive effects of physical activity on 
mental health, particularly as it relates to children and adolescents, to 
combat the negative mental health impacts of the coronavirus disease 2019 
(COVID-19) pandemic.''

                    (c) in section 4, by inserting after subsection (c) 
                the following new subsection:

  ``(d) The Council members shall function as liaisons and spokespersons on 
behalf of the Council to relevant State, local, and private entities, and 
share information about the work of the Council in order to advise the 
Secretary regarding opportunities to extend and improve physical activity, 
fitness, sports, and nutrition programs and services at the State, local, 
and national levels.''

                Sec. 8. This order shall be effective September 30, 
                2021.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    September 30, 2021.

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