Executive Orders EO 13271 Board and the WHITCU each shall have a staff and shall be supported at appropriate levels commensurate with that of similar White House Initia- tive Offices. (d) General Provisions. Insofar as the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.) (the "Act"), may apply to the administration of any portion of this order, any functions of the President under the Act, except that of reporting to the Congress, shall be performed by the Sec- retary of Education in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Admin- istrator of General Services. Sec. 10. l\177evocatioiq. Executive Order 13021 of October 19, 1996, as amend- ed, is revoked. GEORGE W. BUSH THE WHITE HOUSE, July 3, 2002. Executive Order 13271 of July 9, 2002 Establishment of the Corporate Fraud Task Force By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to strengthen the efforts of the Department of lustice and Federal, State, and local agencies to inves- tigate and prosecute significant financial crimes, recover the proceeds of such crimes, and ensure just and effective punishment of those who per- petrate financial crimes, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Establishment. The Attorney General shall immediately establish within the Department of lustice a Corporate Fraud Task Force (Task Force). Without regard to any other provision of this order, the Task Force shall be subject to the authority of the Attorney General under applicable law. Sec. 2. Membership ai\177d Operatioi\177. Subject to section 4 of this order, the Task Force shall have the following members: (a) the Deputy Attorney General, who shall serve as Chair; (b) the Assistant Attorney General (Criminal Division); (c) the Assistant Attorney General (Tax Division); (d) the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; (e) the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; (f) the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York; (g) the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois; (h) the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; (i) the United States Attorney for the Central District of California; (j) the United States Attorney for the Northern District of California; (k) the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas; and 245
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