For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
June 20, 2002
Executive Order President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States of America, and to expand the executive
branch's program for physical fitness and sports and establish the
President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (the "Council"), it
is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. The Secretary of Health and Human Services
(Secretary) shall, in carrying out his responsibilities for public
health and human services, develop and coordinate a national program to
enhance physical activity and sports participation. Through this
program, the Secretary shall seek to:
(a) expand national interest in and awareness of the benefits of regular physical activity and active sports participation;
(b) stimulate and enhance coordination of programs within and
among
the private and public sectors that promote participation in, and
safe
and easy access to, physical activity and sports;
(c) expand availability of quality information and guidance
regarding
physical activity and sports participation;
(d) integrate physical activity into a broader health-promotion
and
disease-prevention effort through Federal agencies and the private
sector; and
(e) target all Americans, with particular emphasis on children and
adolescents, as well as populations or communities in which
specific
risks or disparities in participation in, access to, or knowledge
about the benefits of physical activity have been identified.
Sec. 2. The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.
(a) There is hereby established the President's Council on
Physical Fitness and Sports.
(b) The Council shall be composed of up to 20 members appointed by
the President. The President may designate one or more members to be
Chair or Vice Chair. Each member shall serve for a term of 2 years and
may continue to serve after the expiration of that term until a
successor is appointed.
Sec. 3. Functions of the Council.
(a) The Council shall advise the President, through the Secretary,
concerning progress made in carrying out the provisions of this order
and shall recommend to the President, through the Secretary, actions to
accelerate progress.
(b) The Council shall advise the Secretary on ways to enhance
opportunities for participation in physical fitness and sports.
Recommendations may address, but are not necessarily limited to, public
awareness campaigns, Federal, State, and local physical activity
initiatives, and partnership opportunities between public- and
private-sector health-promotion entities.
(c) The Council shall function as a liaison to relevant State,
local, and private entities in order to advise the Secretary regarding
opportunities to extend and improve physical activity programs and
services at both the local and national levels.
(d) The Council shall monitor the need for the enhancement of
programs and educational and promotional materials spon-sored,
overseen, or disseminated by the Council, and shall advise the
Secretary as necessary concerning such need.
Sec. 4. Administration.
(a) Each Federal agency shall, to the extent permitted by law and
subject to available funds, furnish such information and assistance to
the Secretary and the Council as they may request.
(b) The members of the Council shall serve without compensation
for their work on the Council. Members of the Council may, however,
receive 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).
(c) To the extent permitted by law, the Secretary shall furnish
the Council with necessary staff, supplies, facilities, and other
administrative services. The expenses of the Council shall be paid
from funds available to the Secretary.
(d) The Secretary shall appoint an Executive Director of the
Council who shall serve as a liaison to the Secretary and the White
House on matters and activities pertaining to the Council.
(e) The Council may establish subcommittees as appropriate to aid
in its work. Such subcommittees shall meet on a voluntary basis and be
defined by objectives established in coordination with and agreed upon
by the Secretary and the President.
(f) The seal prescribed by Executive Order 10830 of July 24, 1959,
as amended, shall be the seal of the President's Council on Physical
Fitness and Sports established by this order.
Sec. 5. 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 the Act, except that
of reporting to the Congress, shall be performed by the Secretary in
accordance with the guidelines and procedures issued by the
Administrator of General Services.
(b) In accordance with the Act, the Council shall terminate 2
years from the date of this order, unless extended by the President.
(c) Executive Order 12345 of February 2, 1982, as amended, is
revoked.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
June 6, 2002.
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