Executive Orders EO 13439 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 De- partment 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 di- rect subgroups of the Working Group, as appropriate to deal with particular subiect 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 ex- isting resources, to promote the safety of imported products, including the following: 227
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