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22 July 2007
[Federal Register: July 20, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 139)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Page 40051-40055]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr20jy07-126]
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Part IV
The President
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Executive Order 13439--Establishing an Interagency Working Group on
Import Safety
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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Executive Order 13439 of July 18, 2007
Establishing an Interagency Working Group on
Import Safety
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, and to ensure that the executive branch takes
all appropriate steps to promote the safety of imported
products, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Establishment of Interagency Working Group
on Import Safety. The Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall establish within the Department of
Health and Human Services for administrative purposes
only an Interagency Working Group on Import Safety
(Working Group).
Sec. 2. Membership and Operation of Working Group.
(a) The Working Group shall consist exclusively of the
following members, or their designees who shall be
officers of the United States appointed by the
President or members of the Senior Executive Service:
(i) the Secretary of Health and Human Services, who shall serve as Chair;
(ii) the Secretary of State;
(iii) the Secretary of the Treasury;
(iv) the Attorney General;
(v) the Secretary of Agriculture;
(vi) the Secretary of Commerce;
(vii) the Secretary of Transportation;
(viii) the Secretary of Homeland Security;
(ix) the Director of the Office of Management and Budget;
(x) the United States Trade Representative;
(xi) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;
(xii) the Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission; and
(xiii) other officers or full-time or permanent part-time employees of the
United States, as determined by the Chair, with the concurrence of the head
of the department or agency concerned.
(b) The Chair shall convene and preside at meetings of
the Working Group, determine its agenda, and direct its
work. The Chair may establish and direct subgroups of
the Working Group, as appropriate to deal with
particular subject matters, that shall consist
exclusively of members of the Working Group. The Chair
shall designate an officer or employee of the
Department of Health and Human Services to serve as the
Executive Secretary of the Working Group. The Executive
Secretary shall head any staff assigned to the Working
Group and any subgroups thereof, and such staff shall
consist exclusively of full-time or permanent part-time
Federal employees.
Sec. 3. Mission of Working Group. The mission of the
Working Group shall be to identify actions and
appropriate steps that can be pursued, within existing
resources, to promote the safety of imported products,
including the following:
(a) reviewing or assessing current procedures and
methods aimed at ensuring the safety of products
exported to the United States, including reviewing
existing cooperation with foreign governments, foreign
manufacturers, and
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others in the exporting country's private sector
regarding their inspection and certification of
exported goods and factories producing exported goods
and considering whether additional initiatives should
be undertaken with respect to exporting countries or
companies;
(b) identifying potential means to promote all
appropriate steps by U.S. importers to enhance the
safety of imported products, including identifying best
practices by U.S. importers in selection of foreign
manufacturers, inspecting manufacturing facilities,
inspecting goods produced on their behalf either before
export or before distribution in the United States,
identifying origin of products, and safeguarding the
supply chain; and
(c) surveying authorities and practices of Federal,
State, and local government agencies regarding the
safety of imports to identify best practices and
enhance coordination among agencies.
Sec. 4. Administration of Working Group. The Chair
shall, to the extent permitted by law, provide
administrative support and funding for the Working
Group.
Sec. 5. Recommendations of Working Group. The Working
Group shall provide recommendations to the President,
through the Assistant to the President for Economic
Policy, on the matters set forth in section 3 within 60
days of the date of this order, unless the Chair
determines that an extension is necessary. The Working
Group may take other actions it considers appropriate
to promote the safety of imported products.
Sec. 6. Termination of Working Group. Following
consultation with the Assistant to the President for
Economic Policy, the Chair shall terminate the Working
Group upon the completion of its duties.
Sec. 7. General Provisions.
(a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair
or otherwise affect (i) authority granted by law to a
department, agency, or the head thereof, or (ii)
functions of the Director of the Office of Management
and Budget relating to budget, administrative, or
legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of
appropriations.
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(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create
any right, benefit, or privilege, substantive or
procedural, enforceable at law or in equity, by any
party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or
agents, or any other person.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 18, 2007.
[FR Doc. 07-3593 Filed 07-19-07; 10:46 am]
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