President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform

Executive Order 13369 of January 7, 2005

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.

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THE WHITE HOUSE,

     January 7, 2005.