The President's Disability Employment Partnership Board

Executive Order 13187 of January 10, 2001

The President's Disability Employment Partnership
Board

By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including the Federal Advisory Committee Act,
as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), and in order to promote the
employment of people with disabilities, it is hereby
ordered as follows:

Section 1. Establishment and Composition of the Board.
(a) There is hereby established the President's
Disability Employment Partnership Board (Board).

    (b) The Board shall be composed of not more than 15
members who shall be appointed by the President for
terms of 2 years. The membership shall include
individuals who are representatives of business
(including small business), labor organizations, State
or local government, disabled veterans, people with
disabilities, organizations serving people with
disabilities, and researchers or academicians focusing
on issues relating to the employment of people with
disabilities, and may include other individuals
representing entities involved in issues relating to
the employment of people with disabilities as the
President finds appropriate.
    (c) The President shall designate a Chairperson
from among the members of the Board to serve a term of
two years.
    (d) Members and the Chairperson may be reappointed
for subsequent terms and may continue to serve until
their successors have been appointed.

Sec. 2. Functions. (a) The Board shall provide advice
and information to the President, the Vice President,
the Secretary of Labor, and other appropriate Federal
officials with respect to facilitating the employment
of people with disabilities, and shall assist in other
activities that promote the formation of public-private
partnerships, the use of economic incentives, the
provision of technical assistance regarding
entrepreneurship, and other actions that may enhance
employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

    (b) In carrying out paragraph (a) of this section,
the Board shall:

(i) develop and submit to the Office of Disability Employment Policy in
the Department of Labor a comprehensive written plan for joint public-
private efforts to promote employment opportunities for people with
disabilities and improve their access to financial institutions and
commercial and business enterprises;

(ii) identify strategies that may be used by employers, labor unions,
national and international organizations, and Federal, State, and local
officials to increase employment opportunities for people with
disabilities; and

(iii) coordinate with the Office of Disability Employment Policy in the
Department of Labor in promoting the collaborative use of public and
private resources to assist people with disabilities in forming and
expanding small business concerns and in enhancing their access to Federal
procurement and other relevant business opportunities. Public resources
include those of the Department of Labor, the Small Business
Administration, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Education,
the Department of Defense, the Department of Treasury, the Department of
Veterans Affairs, the Federal Communications Commission, and of executive
departments and agency offices responsible for small, disadvantaged
businesses utilization.

    (c) The Board shall submit annual written reports
to the President, who may apprise the Congress and
other interested organizations and individuals

on its activities, progress, and problems relating to
maximizing employment opportunities for people with
disabilities.
    (d) The Chairperson of the Board shall serve as a
member and Vice Chair of the National Task Force on
Employment of Adults with Disabilities established
under Executive Order 13078 of March 13, 1998.

Sec. 3. Administration. (a) The Board shall meet when
called by the Chairperson, at a time and place
designated by the Chairperson. The Chairperson shall
call at least two meetings per calendar year. The
Chairperson may form subcommittees or working groups
within the Board to address particular matters.

    (b) The Chairperson may from time to time prescribe
such rules, procedures, and policies relating to the
activities of the Board as are not inconsistent with
law or with the provisions of this order.
    (c) Members of the Board shall serve without
compensation but shall be allowed travel expenses,
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as
authorized by law for persons serving intermittently in
Federal service (5 U.S.C. 5701-5707).
    (d) The Department of Labor shall provide funding
and appropriate support to assist the Board in carrying
out the activities described in section 2 of this
order, including necessary office space, equipment,
supplies, services, and staff. The functions of the
President under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended, except that of reporting to the Congress, that
are applicable to the Commission, shall be performed by
the Department of Labor in accordance with guidelines
that have been issued by the Administrator of General
Services.
    (e) The heads of executive departments and agencies
shall, to the extent permitted by law, provide the
Board such information as it may need for purposes of
carrying out the functions described in section 2 of
this order.

Sec. 4. Prior Orders and Transition. (a) Executive
Order 12640 of May 10, 1988, as amended, relating to
the establishment of the President's Committee on
Employment of People with Disabilities, is hereby
revoked. The employees, records, property, and funds of
the Committee shall become the employees, records,
property, and funds of the Department of Labor.

    (b) Executive Order 13078 of March 13, 1998, is
amended in sections 1(a) and (b) by striking “Chair of
the President's Committee on Employment of People with
Disabilities” and inserting “Chairperson of the
President's Disability Employment Partnership Board.”

    (Presidential Sig.)

THE WHITE HOUSE,

     January 10, 2001.