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 Clinton Executive Order Establishing The National Economic Council
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   WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Following is the executive
order of President Clinton establishing the National Economic
Council:

   By the authority vested in me as President of the United States
by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America,
including sections 105, 107, and 301 of title 3, United States
Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:
   Section 1.  Establishment.  There is established the National
Economic Council ("the Council").
   Sec. 2.  Membership.  The Council shall comprise the:
   (a)  President, who shall serve as Chairman of the Council;
   (b)  Vice President;
   (c)  Secretary of State;
   (d)  Secretary of the Treasury;
   (e)  Secretary of Agriculture;
   (f)  Secretary of Commerce;
   (g)  Secretary of Labor;
   (h)  Secretary of Housing and Urban Development;
   (i)  Secretary of Transportation;
   (j)  Secretary of Energy;
   (k)  Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;
   (l)  Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers;
   (m)  Director of the Office of Management and Budget;
   (n)  United States Trade Representative;
   (o)  Assistant to the President for Economic Policy;
   (p)  Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy;
   (q)  National Security Adviser;
   (r)  Assistant to the President for Science and Technology Policy;
        and
   (s)  Such other officials of executive departments and agencies
        as the President may, from time to time, designate.
   Sec. 3.  Meetings of the Council.  The President, or upon his
direction, the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy
("the Assistant"), may convene meetings of the Council.  The
President shall preside over the meetings of the Council, provided
that in his absence the Vice President, and in his absence the
Assistant, will preside.
   Sec. 4.  Functions.  (a)  The principal functions of the
Council are:  (1) to coordinate the economic policy-making process
with respect to domestic and international economic issues; (2) to
coordinate economic policy advice to the President; (3) to ensure
that economic policy decisions and programs are consistent with
the President's stated goals, and to ensure that those goals are
being effectively pursued; and (4) to monitor implementation of
the President's economic policy agenda.  The Assistant may take
such actions, including drafting a Charter, as may be necessary
or appropriate to implement such functions.
   (b)  All executive departments and agencies, whether or not
represented on the Council, shall coordinate economic policy
through the Council.
   (c)  In performing the foregoing functions, the Assistant will,
when appropriate, work in conjunction with the Assistant to the
President for Domestic Policy and the Assistant to the President
for National Security.
   (d)  The Secretary of the Treasury will continue to be
the senior economic official in the executive branch and the
President's chief economic spokesperson.  The Director of the
Office of Management and Budget, as the President's principal
budget spokesperson, will continue to be the senior budget
official in the executive branch.  The Council of Economic
Advisers will continue its traditional analytic, forecasting
and advisory functions.
   Sec. 5.  Administration.  (a)  The Council may function through
established or ad hoc committees, task forces or interagency
groups.
   (b)  The Council shall have a staff to be headed by the
Assistant to the President for Economic Policy.  The Council shall
have such staff and other assistance as may be necessary to carry
out the provisions of this order.
   (c)  All executive departments and agencies shall cooperate
with the Council and provide such assistance, information, and
advice to the Council as the Council may request, to the extent
permitted by law.
   WILLIAM J. CLINTON
   THE WHITE HOUSE,
   January 25, 1993.
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Nigel Allen, Toronto, Ontario    ndallen@r-node.pci.on.ca