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Executive Order: Committee on Ocean Policy
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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
December 17, 2004

Executive Order: Committee on Ocean Policy




By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Policy. It shall be the policy of the United States to:

(a) coordinate the activities of executive departments and agencies
regarding ocean-related matters in an integrated and effective manner to
advance the environmental, economic, and security interests of present and
future generations of Americans; and

(b) facilitate, as appropriate, coordination and consultation regarding
ocean-related matters among Federal, State, tribal, local governments, the
private sector, foreign governments, and international organizations.

Sec. 2. Definition. For purposes of this order the term "ocean-related
matters" means matters involving the oceans, the Great Lakes, the coasts of
the United States (including its territories and possessions), and related
seabed, subsoil, and natural resources.

Sec. 3. Establishment of Committee on Ocean Policy.

(a) There is hereby established, as a part of the Council on Environmental
Quality and for administrative purposes only, the Committee on Ocean Policy
(Committee).

(b) The Committee shall consist exclusively of the following:

(i) the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality, who shall be the
Chairman of the Committee;

(ii) the Secretaries of State, Defense, the Interior, Agriculture, Health
and Human Services, Commerce, Labor, Transportation, Energy, and Homeland
Security, the Attorney General, the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the
Director of National Intelligence, the Director of the Office of Science
and Technology Policy, the Director of the National Science Foundation, and
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff;

(iii) the Assistants to the President for National Security Affairs,
Homeland Security, Domestic Policy, and Economic Policy;

(iv) an employee of the United States designated by the Vice President; and

(v) such other officers or employees of the United States as the Chairman
of the Committee may from time to time designate.

(c) The Chairman of the Committee, after coordination with the Assistants
to the President for National Security Affairs and Homeland Security, shall
regularly convene and preside at meetings of the Committee, determine its
agenda, direct its work, and, as appropriate to deal with particular
subject matters, establish and direct subcommittees of the Committee that
shall consist exclusively of members of the Committee. The Committee shall
coordinate its advice in a timely fashion.

(d) A member of the Committee may designate, to perform the Committee or
subcommittee functions of the member, any person who is within such
member's department, agency, or office and who is (i) an officer of the
United States appointed by the President, (ii) a member of the Senior
Executive Service or the Senior Intelligence Service, (iii) an officer or
employee within the Executive Office of the President, or (iv) an employee
of the Vice President.

(e) Consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of
appropriations, the Council on Environmental Quality shall provide the
funding, including through the Office of Environmental Quality as permitted
by law and as appropriate, and administrative support for the Committee
necessary to implement this order.

Sec. 4. Functions of the Committee. To implement the policy set forth in
section 1 of this order, the Committee shall:

(a) provide advice on establishment or implementation of policies
concerning ocean-related matters to:

(i) the President; and

(ii) the heads of executive departments and agencies from time to time as
appropriate;

(b) obtain information and advice concerning ocean-related matters from:

(i) State, local, and tribal elected and appointed officials in a manner
that seeks their individual advice and does not involve collective judgment
or consensus advice or deliberation; and

(ii) representatives of private entities or other individuals in a manner
that seeks their individual advice and does not involve collective judgment
or consensus advice or deliberation;

(c) at the request of the head of any department or agency who is a member
of the Committee, unless the Chairman of the Committee declines the
request, promptly review and provide advice on a policy or policy
implementation action on ocean-related matters proposed by that department
or agency;

(d) provide and obtain information and advice to facilitate:

(i) development and implementation of common principles and goals for the
conduct of governmental activities on ocean-related matters;

(ii) voluntary regional approaches with respect to ocean-related matters;

(iii) use of science in establishment of policy on ocean-related matters;
and

(iv) collection, development, dissemination, and exchange of information on
ocean-related matters; and

(e) ensure coordinated government development and implementation of the
ocean component of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems.

Sec. 5. Cooperation. To the extent permitted by law and applicable
presidential guidance, executive departments and agencies shall provide the
Committee such information, support, and assistance as the Committee,
through the Chairman, may request.

Sec. 6. Coordination. The Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality,
the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, the Assistant
to the President for Homeland Security, and, with respect to the
interagency task force established by Executive Order 13340 of May 18,
2004, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall
ensure appropriate coordination of the activities of the Committee under
this order and other policy coordination structures relating to ocean or
maritime issues pursuant to Presidential guidance.

Sec. 7. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to
impair or otherwise affect:

(i) authority granted by law to a executive department or agency or the
head thereof; or

(ii) functions assigned by the President to the National Security Council
or Homeland Security Council (including subordinate bodies)relating to
matters affecting foreign affairs, national security, homeland security, or
intelligence.

(b) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect
the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budget, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(c) This order is intended only to improve the internal management of the
Federal Government and is not intended to, and does not, create any right
or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by a
party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities,
its officers or employees, or any other person.

GEORGE W. BUSH

THE WHITE HOUSE,

December 17, 2004.

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