Executive Order
No. 12852
June 29, 1993
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3, United
States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section
1. Establishment
There is established the
"President's Council on Sustainable
Development"("Council"). The Council shall consist of not more
than 25 members to be appointed by the President from the public and private
sectors and who represent industrial, environmental, governmental, and
not-for-profit organizations with experience relating to matters of
sustainable development. The President shall designate from among the Council
members such official or officials to be chairperson, chairpersons, vice-chairperson,
or vice-chairpersons of the council as he shall deem appropriate. The Council
shall coordinate with and report to such officials of the executive branch as
the President or Director of the White House Office on Environmental Policy
shall from time to time determine.
Section
2. Functions
(a)
The Council shall advise the President on matters involving sustainable
development. "Sustainable development" is broadly defined as
economic growth that will benefit present and future generations without detrimentally
affecting the resources or biological systems of the planet.
(b) The council
shall develop and recommend to the President a national sustainable
development action strategy that will foster economic vitality.
(c) The chairperson
or chairpersons may, from time to time, invite experts to submit information
to the Council and may form subcommittees of the Council to review and report
to the Council on the development of national and local sustainable
development plans.
Section
3. Administration
(a)
The heads of executive agencies shall, to the extent permitted by law,
provide to the Council such information with respect to sustainable
development as the Council requires to carry out its functions.
(b) Members of the
Council shall serve without compensation, but shall be allowed travel
expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law for
persons serving intermittently in the Government service (5 U.S.C.
5701-5707).
(c) The White
House Office on Environmental Policy shall obtain funding for the Council
from the Department of the Interior or such other sources (including other
Federal agencies) as may lawfully contribute to such activities. The funding
received shall provide for the administration and financial support of the
Council.
(d) The Office of
Administration in the Executive Office of the President shall, on a
reimbursable basis, provide such administrative services for the Council as
may be required.
Section
4. General.
(a)
I have determined that the Council shall be established in compliance with
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, except that of reporting to
the Congress, which are applicable to the Council, shall be performed by the
Office of the Administration in the Executive Office of the President in
accord with the guidelines and procedures established by the Administrator of
General Services.
(b) The Council
shall exist for a period of 2 years from the date of this order, unless the
Council's charter is subsequently extended.
(c) Executive
order No. 12737, which established the President's Commission on
Environmental Quality, is revoked.
William J. Clinton
The White House
AMENDMENT
TO EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 12852
July 19, 1993
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of
the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3, United States
Code, and in order to amend Executive Order No. 12852, it is hereby ordered
that Executive Order No. 12852, is amended by deleting the text of section
3(d) of the order and inserting in lieu thereof the following text: "The
Department of the Interior shall, on a reimbursable basis, provide such
administrative services for the Council as may be required" and by
deleting the words "Office of Administration in the Executive Office of
the President" in Section 4 of that order and inserting the
"Department of the Interior" in lieu thereof.
FURTHER AMENDMENT TO
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 12852
June 27, 1995
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States and in order to extend the
President's Council on Sustainable Development, it is hereby ordered that
section 4(b) of Executive Order No. 12852, as amended, is further amended by
deleting "for a period of two years from the date of this order, unless
the council's charter is subsequently extended" and inserting in lieu
thereof "until June 29, 1997, unless otherwise extended."
FURTHER AMENDMENT TO
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 12852, AS AMENDED
November 17, 1995
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States, and in order toadd four more
members to the President's Council on Sustainable Development, it is hereby
ordered that Executive Order No. 12852, as amended, is further amended by
deleting the number "25" in section 1 of the order and inserting
the number "29" in lieu thereof.
FURTHER AMENDMENT TO
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 12852, AS AMENDED
June 30, 1997
ADDING MEMBERS TO AND EXTENDING THE PRESIDENT'S
COUNCIL ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States of America, and in order to amend Executive Order 12852
for various purposes, it is hereby ordered that Executive Order 12852, as
amended, is further amended by deleting the number "29" from
section 1 and inserting the number "35" in lieu thereof; by
deleting from section 3(d) and 4(a) the text "Department of the
Interior" and inserting in lieu thereof the following text:
"Department of Energy"; and by deleting from section 4(b) the text
"June 29, 1997" and inserting in lieu thereof the following text:
"February 28, 1999."
FURTHER AMENDMENT TO
EXECUTIVE ORDER 12852, AS AMENDED, EXTENDING THE PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL ON
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT February 25, 1999
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to
further amend Executive Order 12852, as amended, to extend the life of the
President's Council on Sustainable Development, it is hereby ordered that
Executive Order 12852, as amended, is further amended by deleting from
section 4(b) of the order the text "February 28, 1999" and inserting
in lieu thereof "June 30, 1999".
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