[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 122 (Monday, June 26, 1995)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 33095-33096]
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[FR Doc No: 95-15760]
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Part V
The President
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 Executive Order 12964--Commission on United States-Pacific Trade and
Investment Policy
                        Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 122 / Monday, June 26, 1995 /
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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                Executive Order 12964 of June 21, 1995
Commission on United States-Pacific Trade and
                Investment Policy
                By the authority vested in me as President by the
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of
                America, including the Federal Advisory Committee Act,
                as amended (5 U.S.C. App.) (the ``Act''), and in order
                to establish a Commission on United States-Pacific
                Trade and Investment Policy, it is hereby ordered as
                follows:
                Section 1. Establishment. (a) There is established the
                Commission on United States-Pacific Trade and
                Investment Policy (``Commission''). The Commission
                shall be composed of 15 members to be appointed by the
                President. Members shall (1) be chosen from the private
                sector (businesses, unions, academic institutions, and
                nonprofit corporations); and (2) have substantial
                experience with selling agricultural products,
                manufactured goods, or high-value-added services to
                Asian and Pacific markets or be knowledgeable from
                their personal or professional experience about the
                trade barriers or their industry and government
                policies and practices, formal and informal, that have
                restricted access by U.S. business to Asian and Pacific
                markets.
                    (b) The President shall designate a Chairperson and
                Vice Chairperson from among the members of the
                Commission.
                Sec. 2. Functions. (a) On or before February 1, 1996,
                the Commission shall report to the President on the
                steps the United States should take to achieve a
                significant opening of Japan, China, and other Asian
                and Pacific markets to U.S. business. The report also
                shall identify trade and investment impediments to U.S.
                business in Asian and Pacific markets and provide
                recommendations for reducing the impediments. The
                report's recommendations shall reflect the goal of
                securing increased access for U.S. business to Asian
                and Pacific markets, by the turn of the century, in
                such a way that a maximum number of high-wage jobs are
                created and maintained in the United States. The
                Commission also shall recommend to the President (1)
                measures to strengthen, if necessary, ongoing programs
                for regular monitoring of progress toward this goal,
                including the periodic assessment of the nature and
                scope of trade and investment impediments; and (2)
                realistic measurements of trade and investment activity
                in Asia and the Pacific, which consider all relevant
                factors, including the composition of trade and
                intracompany trade and investment patterns.
                    (b) The Commission shall decide by a three-fifths
                vote which recommendations to include in the report. At
                the request of any Commission member, the report will
                include that Commission member's dissenting views or
                opinions.
                    (c) The Commission may, for the purpose of carrying
                out its functions, hold meetings at such times and
                places as the Commission may find advisable.
                Sec. 3. Administration. (a) To the extent permitted by
                law, the heads of executive departments, agencies, and
                independent instrumentalities shall provide the
                Commission, upon request, with such information as it
                may require for the purposes of carrying out its
                functions.
                    (b) Upon request of the Chairperson of the
                Commission, the head of any Federal agency or
                instrumentality shall, to the extent permitted by law
                and subject to the discretion of such head, (1) make
                any of the facilities and services of such agency or
                instrumentality available to the Commission;
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                such agency or instrumentality to the Commission to
                assist the Commission in carrying out its duties.
                    (c) Members of the Commission shall serve without
                compensation for their work on the Commission. While
                engaged in the work of the Commission, members
                appointed from the private sector may 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) to the
                extent funds are available for such purposes.
                    (d) To the extent permitted by law and subject to
                the availability of appropriations, the Department of
                Commerce shall provide the Commission with
                administrative services, facilities, staff, and other
                support services necessary for performance of the
                Commission's functions.
                    (e) The United States Trade Representative shall
                perform the functions of the President under the Act,
                except that of reporting to the Congress, in accordance
                with the guidelines and procedures established by the
                Administrator of General Services.
                    (f) The Commission shall adhere to the requirements
                set forth in the Act. All executive branch officials
                assigned duties by the Act shall comply with its
                requirements with respect to the Commission.
                Sec. 4. General Provision. The Commission shall
                terminate 30 days after submitting its final report.
                    (Presidential Sig.)
                THE WHITE HOUSE,
                    June 21, 1995.
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