Executive Orders EO 13260 Executive Order 13260 of March 19, 2002 Establishing the President's Home]and Security Advisory Council and Senior Advisory Committees for Homeland Security 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. President's Homeland Security Advismy Council. (a) Estublishment und Membership. I hereby estab]ish the President's Homeland Security Advisory Council (PHSAC). The PHSAC shall be com- posed of not more than 21 members appointed by the President. In addi- tion, the Chair and the Vice Chair of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council; the Chairman of the President's National Security Telecommuni- cations Advisory Committee; and the Chair of the Panel on the Science and Technology of Combating Terrorism, President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, shall serve as ex officio members of the PHSAC. The appointed members of the PHSAC shall be selected from the private sector, academia, professional service associations, federally funded re- search and development centers, nongovernmental organizations, State and local governments, and other appropriate professions and communities. (b) Chair and Vice Chair. The President shall designate a Chair and Vice Chair from among the appointed members of the PHSAC. (c) Senior Advismy Committees. (i) Establishment and Membership. The following four Senior Advisory Committees for Homeland Security (SACs) are hereby established to advise the PHSAC: (1) State and Local Officials; (2) Academia and Policy Research; (3) Private Sector; and (4) Emergency Services, Law Enforcement, and Public Health and Hospitals. Each SAC shall generally be composed of not more than \1777 members selected by the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security (Assistant). The President may establish additional SACs as appropriate, consistent with this order. (ii) Chairs and Vice Chairs. The Assistant shall from time to time des- ignate a Chair and Vice Chair for each of the SACs from among the PHSAC's members. (iii) Subcommittees. The Chair of each SAC, in consultation with the PHSAC, may as appropriate establish subcommittees to advise the SAC. Sec. 2. Functions. The PHSAC shall meet periodically at the Assistant's re- quest to: (a) provide advice to the President through the Assistant on developing and coordinating the implementation of a comprehensive national strategy to secure the United States from terrorist threats or attacks; (b) recommend to the President through the Assistant ways to improve coordination, cooperation, and communication among Federal, State, and local officials and private and other entities, and provide a means to collect scholarly research, technological advice, and information concerning proc- esses and organizational management practices both inside and outside of the Federal Government; (c) provide advice to the President through the Assistant regarding the feasibility of implementing specific measures to detect, prepare for, pre- 207
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