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Executive Order 13446

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

This executive order continues 16 federal advisory committees until September 30, 2009, revokes the tax reform advisory panel (EO 13369), supersedes parts of EO 13385, and substantially amends EO 12994 to expand and rename the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities with new membership requirements and advisory functions.

Federal Register Open PDF 72 FR 56175

Impact dates

  1. Annual report to President through HHS Secretary due

  2. Advisory committees continued until this date

  3. Order effective date; committee continuations take effect

Key directives

  • Continue 16 advisory committees until September 30, 2009
  • Revoke EO 13369 (President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform)
  • Supersede sections 1-2 of EO 13385
  • Amend EO 12994: rename committee, expand membership to 21 citizen members plus 14 ex officio members, add advisory functions on education, homeownership, workplace integration, transportation, community living, assistive technologies
  • Require annual reports to President through HHS Secretary
  • Order effective September 30, 2007

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • Committee continuations take effect September 30, 2007
  • EO 13369 revocation takes effect
  • EO 13385 sections 1-2 superseded

Near term (90d)

  • Agency heads must designate liaisons upon request by HHS Secretary for expanded intellectual disabilities committee
  • HHS must provide staff support and administrative services for renamed committee

Long term

  • Advisory committees operate until September 30, 2009
  • Annual reporting cycle begins for expanded intellectual disabilities committee
  • Two-year terms begin for new citizen appointees to intellectual disabilities committee

Risks & tensions

  • No funding appropriation guaranteed—EO states 'to the extent permitted by law'
  • Vague whether existing committee members must be reappointed under new EO 12994 structure
  • Potential coordination burden across 14 federal agencies for intellectual disabilities committee liaisons
  • Short 2-day gap between signing and effective date may create administrative confusion
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