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Executive Order President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform
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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
January 7, 2005

Executive Order President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform




By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States of America, and to assist in reforming the Federal
Internal Revenue Code to benefit all Americans, it is hereby ordered as
follows:

Section 1. Establishment. There is established the President's Advisory
Panel on Federal Tax Reform (Advisory Panel).

Sec. 2. Membership. (a) The Advisory Panel shall be composed of up to nine
members appointed by the President.

(b) The President shall designate one member of the Advisory Panel to serve
as Chair and one member to serve as Vice Chair.

Sec. 3. Purpose. The purpose of the Advisory Panel shall be to submit to
the Secretary of the Treasury in accordance with this order a report with
revenue neutral policy options for reforming the Federal Internal Revenue
Code. These options should:

(a) simplify Federal tax laws to reduce the costs and administrative

burdens of compliance with such laws;

(b) share the burdens and benefits of the Federal tax structure in an

appropriately progressive manner while recognizing the importance of

homeownership and charity in American society; and

(c) promote long-run economic growth and job creation, and better

encourage work effort, saving, and investment, so as to strengthen

the competitiveness of the United States in the global marketplace.

At least one option submitted by the Advisory Panel should use the Federal
income tax as the base for its recommended reforms.

Sec. 4. Administration. (a) The Department of the Treasury shall provide,
to the extent permitted by law, administrative support and funding for the
Advisory Panel. The Advisory Panel is established within the Department of
the Treasury for administrative purposes only.

(b) The Chair of the Advisory Panel shall convene and preside at the
meetings of the Advisory Panel, determine its agenda after consultation
with the Vice Chair, and direct its work. The Advisory Panel shall have a
staff headed by an Executive Director who shall be selected by the
President and report to the Chair.

(c) Members of the Advisory Panel shall serve without compensation for
their work on the Advisory Panel. Members of the Advisory Panel who are not
officers or employees in the executive branch, while engaged in the work of
the Advisory Panel, may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in
lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law for persons serving
intermittently in Government service (5 U.S.C. 5701 through 5707),
consistent with the availability of funds.

(d) Consistent with applicable law, heads of executive departments and
agencies shall provide to the Advisory Panel such assistance, including
assignment or detail of personnel, and information as may be necessary for
the Advisory Panel to perform its functions.

(e) The Advisory Panel may conduct meetings in appropriate locations
throughout the United States to obtain information and advice from
Americans of diverse backgrounds and experience and from a diverse range of
American entities, including large and small for-profit and non-profit
organizations, State, local, and tribal governments, and from other
individuals and entities as appropriate. Public hearings shall be held at
the call of the Chair.

(f) Insofar as the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C.
App.) (the "Act"), may apply to the Advisory Panel, any functions of the
President under that Act, except for those in section 6 of that Act, shall
be performed by the Secretary of the Treasury in accordance with the
guidelines that have been issued by the Administrator of General Services.

Sec. 5. Report. The Advisory Panel shall submit to the Secretary of the
Treasury a report containing policy options in accordance with section 3 of
this order as soon as practicable, but not later than July 31, 2005.

Sec. 6. Provisions. (a) 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.

(b) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity,
against the United States, its departments, agencies, entities, officers,
employees or agents, or any other person.

Sec. 7. Termination. The Advisory Panel shall terminate 30 days after
submitting its report pursuant to section 5 of this order.

GEORGE W. BUSH

THE WHITE HOUSE,

January 7, 2005.

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