[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 22 (Monday, June 4, 2001)]
[Pages 835-836]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13215--President's Information Technology Advisory 
Committee, Further Amendment to Executive Order 13035, as Amended

May 31, 2001

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, including the High-Performance 
Computing Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-194), as amended by the Next 
Generation Internet Research Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-305), and in 
order to extend the life of the President's Information Technology 
Advisory Committee so that it may continue to carry out its 
responsibilities, it is hereby ordered that Executive Order 13035 of 
February 11, 1997, as amended by Executive Orders 13092, 13113, and 
13200 (Executive Order 13035, as amended), is further amended as 
follows:
    Section 1. Section 1 of Executive Order 13035, as amended, is 
further amended by deleting the last sentence and inserting in lieu 
thereof: ``Members appointed prior to June 1, 2001, shall serve until 
December 1, 2001, unless reappointed by the President. Members appointed 
or reappointed on or after June 1, 2001, shall serve for no more than 2 
years from the date of their appointment, unless their period of service 
is extended by the President. The President shall designate two co-
chairs from among the members of the Committee. A co-chair may serve for 
a term of 2 years or until the end of his or her service as a member of 
the Committee, whichever is the shorter period.''
    Sec. 2. Section 4(b) of Executive Order 13035, as amended, is 
further amended by deleting ``June 1, 2001,'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof: ``June 1, 2003.''
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 May 31, 2001.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., June 4, 
2001]

Note: This Executive order was released by the Office of the Press 
Secretary on June 1, and it

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will be published in the Federal Register on June 5.