Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees and Amendments to and Revocation of Other Executive Orders
Headline: Continues and Amends Several Federal Advisory Committees to 2009
What it does: Heads of designated departments and agencies must perform the President's advisory committee responsibilities and continue the listed committees until September 30, 2009.
- Keeps listed advisory committees operating through September 30, 2009.
- Designated agency heads take on presidential advisory duties under the law.
- Revokes the President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform, ending its work.
Summary
This order continues the listed federal advisory committees in operation through September 30, 2009, and assigns the responsibilities that the President has under the Federal Advisory Committee Act to the heads of the designated departments and agencies.
It revokes a tax reform advisory panel whose work is complete, supersedes parts of a prior order, and specifically expands and renames the committee on intellectual disabilities, increasing membership and duties to advise on education, housing, employment, and community access.
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