Amending Executive Order 13462

This executive order makes technical amendments to Executive Order 13462, which established the President's Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB) and Intelligence Oversight Board (IOB). The changes update definitions, expand PIAB membership from an unspecified number to 16 members, clarify leadership structure, add a reporting requirement to the Attorney General, and update references to other executive orders.

Federal Register Open PDF 74 FR 56521

Key directives

Update definition of 'intelligence activities' to reference EO 12333 section 3.5
Cap PIAB membership at 16 non-federal-government members
Authorize President to designate Chair or Co-Chairs of PIAB
Require PIAB/IOB to forward to Attorney General information on intelligence activities involving possible federal criminal violations
Update information access provision to include DNI and department heads
Replace references to EO 12333 section 1.7(d) with section 1.6(c)
Require nondisclosure agreements for PIAB/IOB members and cleared personnel, consistent with EO 12958 and EO 12968

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

EO takes effect upon signing; all amendments to EO 13462 are operative

Near term (90d)

PIAB membership may expand to up to 16 members as President appoints

Long term

Ongoing intelligence oversight procedures updated; Attorney General receives new intelligence activity referrals

Risks & tensions

No calendar dates or relative deadlines specified in text; all changes effective immediately upon signing
Expansion to 16 PIAB members is permissive ('not more than 16'), not mandatory
New Attorney General reporting channel (section 6(c)) creates inter-branch information flow whose scope depends on interpretation of 'possible violations' and 'otherwise implicate'
Vague: 'as a condition of access' in section 11(b) leaves implementation details to unspecified agreements