Executive
Order 12382 - President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory
Committee (amended by E.O.
13286 of February 28, 2003)
Source:The provisions of Executive
Order 12382 of Sept. 13, 1982, appear at 47 FR 40531, 3 CFR, 1982
Comp., p. 208, unless otherwise noted.
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution of the United States of America, and in order to establish,
in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. I), an advisory committee on National
Security Telecommunications, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Establishment.
(a) There is established the President's National
Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee which shall be composed
of no more than 30 members. These members shall have particular
knowledge and expertise in the field of telecommunications and represent
elements of the Nation's telecommunications industry. Members of
the Committee shall be appointed by the President
(b)The President shall annually designate a Chairman and a Vice
Chairman from among the members of the Committee.
(c) To assist the Committee in carrying out its functions, the Committee
may establish appropriate subcommittees or working groups composed,
in whole or in part, of individuals who are not members of the Committee.
Sec. 2. Functions.
(a) The Committee shall provide to the President,
through the Secretary of Homeland Security, among other things,
information and advice from the perspective of the telecommunications
industry with respect to the implementation of Presidential Directive
53 (PD/NSC-53), National Security Telecommunications Policy.
(b) The Committee shall provide information and advice to the President,
through the Secretary of Homeland Security, regarding the feasibility
of implementing specific measures to improve the telecommunications
aspects of our national security posture.
(c )The Committee shall provide technical information
and advice in the identification and solution of problems which
the Committee considers will affect national security telecommunications
capability
(d) In the performance of its advisory duties, the
Committee shall conduct reviews and assessments of the effectiveness
of the implementation of PD/NSC-53, National Security Telecommunications
Policy.
(e) The Committee shall periodically report on matters
in this Section to the President and to the Secretary of Homeland
Security in his capacity as Executive Agent for the National Communications
System.
Sec. 3. Administration.
(a) The heads of Executive agencies shall, to the
extent permitted by law, provide the Committee such information
with respect to national security telecommunications matters as
it may require for the purpose of carrying out its functions. Information
supplied to the Committee shall not, to the extent permitted by
law, be available for public inspection.
(b) Members of the Committee shall serve without any compensation
for their work on the Committee. However, to the extent permitted
by law, they shall be entitled to travel expenses, including per
diem in lieu of subsistence.
(c) Any expenses of the Committee shall, to the extent permitted
by law, be paid from funds available to the Secretary of Homeland
Security.
Sec. 4. General.
(a) Notwithstanding any other Executive Order,
the functions of the President under the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. I), except that of reporting annually
to the Congress, which are applicable to the Committee, shall be
performed by the Secretary of Homeland Security, in accord with
guidelines and procedures established by the Administrator of General
Services.
(b) In accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, as amended, the Committee shall terminate on December
31, 1982, unless sooner extended.
Editorial note: The President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee was continued until Sept. 30, 2013, by Executive Order 13585 dated Sept. 30, 2011. Executive Order 13585 also provides that, notwithstanding the provisions of any other Executive order, the functions of the President under the Federal Advisory Committee Act which are applicable to the Committee, except that of reporting annually to Congress, shall be performed by the Secretary of Homeland Security (Executive Order 13286) in accordance with guidelines and procedures established by the Administrator of General Services.
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