For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 21, 2002
Homeland Security Council Executive Order
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
compre-hensive 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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