PR ¥g.10: 79 2 Fiscal Year 1993 BEST COPY AVAILABLE TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: As provided by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (Public Law 92-463; 5 U.S.C., App. 2, 6(c)), I am submitting my first Annual Report on Federal Advisory Committees for fiscal year 1993 for your consideration and action. Consistent with my efforts to create a Government that works better and costs less, I issued Executive Order No. 12838 on February 10, 1993, requiring the executive branch to conduct a comprehensive review of all advisory committees. Based upon this assessment, each department and agency was directed to reduce by at least one-third the number of committees not required by the Congress. I am pleased to advise that this initiative has resulted in a net reduction of 284 unproductive advisory committees, exceeding our elimination target of 267, by 6 percent, or 17 committees. In addition, we have identified approximately 30 unneeded statutory groups. While progress has been achieved in assuring that the work of advisory committees remains focused on national, rather than special interests, I am asking for your support in effecting other needed improvements. The Administration will forward to the Congress a legislative proposal to terminate 30 advisory committees required by statute, but for which compelling needs no longer exist. I urge the Congress to act quickly and favorably on this proposal, and I welcome any recommendations of the Congress regarding additional groups that may be eliminated through our joint efforts to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the Government. Toward this end, I hope the Congress will show increased restraint in the creation of new statutory committees. I have directed the executive branch to exercise continued restraint in the creation and management of advisory committees. This will allow us to obtain further savings recommended by the Vice President and the National Performance Review. Consistent with Executive Order No. 12838, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget will continue to approve new agency- sponsored committees when necessary and appropriate. In addition the General Services Administration, as part of its overall responsibilities under the Act, will periodically prepare legislation to propose the elimination of committees no longer required by the Government. We stand ready to work with the Congress to assure the appropriate use of advisory committees and to achieve the purposes for which this law was enacted. THE WHITE HOUSE, May 5, 1994. Administrator General Services Administration Washington, DC 20405 April 18, 1994 The President The White House Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: | am submitting the Twenty-second Annual Report on Federal Advisory Committees for your consideration and transmittal to the Congress as your first annual report. This report has been prepared in accordance with Section 2 of Executive Order 12024 to fulfill the requirements of Section 6(c) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended (Public Law 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App.). During fiscal years 1993 and 1994, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the General Services Administration (GSA) worked together to implement your policy aimed at substantially reducing the number of Federal advisory committees. In total, your one-third reduction target was achieved with a net reduction of 284 discretionary committees and estimated annual savings of over $17 million. An additional number of advisory committees required by statute, but for which compelling needs no longer exist, have also been identified for potential termination. GSA will annually submit legislation that identifies other statutory committees that are no longer needed. In accordance with recommendations developed by the Vice President as part of the National Performance Review, additional actions will be taken during fiscal years 1994 and 1995 to further reduce advisory committee costs. OMB and GSA will also complete efforts initiated under Executive Order 12838 to streamline advisory committee activities within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and among several agencies responsible for trade negotiations. These efforts, taken together, will assure that advisory committee resources are focused on high-priority Administration initiatives, resulting in less bureaucracy and more responsive government. Respectfully, AA, oa Johnson dministrator —_ Enclosure Federal Recycling room Grove Recycled Paper Contents Commission on Civil Rights.......... 60 Final Report Commodity Futures Trading on the Implementation of I oo el i ek del 62 Executive Order 12838 ............. l Consumer Product Safety Commission 63 EO 12838 Summary Table ........... IV Environmental Protection Agency ..... 63 Twenty-second Annual Report Export-Import Bank of the of the President on Ee 64 Federal Advisory Committees ...... 1 Federal Communications Commission . 64 Federal Council on the Arts Summary Tables ............--e.008: 9 and Humanities .................. 65 Key to Abbreviations of Federal Election Commission ........ 65 Sponsoring Agencies ............ 11 Federal Emergency Management Alphabetical Listing of Federal SEE sssbesbdbwaesedeneeesee’ 65 Advisory Committees by Sponsoring Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Department/Agency .............. 13 eeee e e eres Fee 65 Alphabetical Listing of Presidential General Services Administration ...... 65 Advisory Committees ............ 81 International Development Cooperation Agency .............. 66 Executive Office of the President ..... 15 National Aeronautics and Space Council on Environmental Quality .... 15 Administration ................... 66 National Space Council ............ 15 National Archives and Records Office of National Drug Control Policy . 15 ES 060 050000066606000004 67 Office of Policy Development ........ 15 National Endowment for the Arts ..... 67 Office of Science and Technology Policy 15 National Endowment for the Humanities 68 Office of the United States Trade National Science Foundation ........ 68 Representative .................. 16 Nuclear Regulatory Commission... .. . 73 DepartmentS ............0eeceeees 16 Office of Personnel Management ..... 73 _ — PPPPTTITTTTITTT ITT T 16 Railroad Retirement Board .......... 74 Dy sive boebeesieedeeeebes 19 Securities and Exchange Commission . 74 DD 266004006 0604600400000062 23 Small Business Administration ....... 74 Do? é6505005600000 0806808 27 Thrift Depositor Frotection ET 69066054 06000000600000008 27 Oversight Board ................. 77 Health and Human Services......... 29 Trade and Development Agency... ... 77 Housing and Urban Development .... 45 United States Information Agency .... . 77 EY 6.409244400000000000200008 45 Select Committees, Commissions, Pn 6666406004600006600060004 54 and Councils .........0ceeeeeeee 78 ST 0604606 6004-660006006000060 54 Architectural and Transportation PPT TTTETTTTTT TIT TTTT Tre 55 Barriers Compliance Board ......... 78 Transportation ..............2205. 56 Commission on Minority Business (PPP UTPTETIVITITTITS TTTT 58 a PTTTT TTTTTTT TTTe 78 Veterans Affairs .................. 58 Competitiveness Policy Council ...... 78 independent Agencies ............. 60 Federal Accounting Standards Administrative Conference of the Advisory Board .................. 78 DE £¢64000060606000004 60 Joint Board for the Enroliment African Development Foundation ..... 60 ff PPTTTP TT eTT rire 78 Arms Control and Disarmament Agency 60 Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday Commission ....... 78 National Advisory Council on the Ui 79 National Commission on American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Housing .......... 79 National Commission on Children .... 79 National Commission on Financial Institution Reform, Recovery i 79 National Commission on Manufactured Housing............ 79 National Commission on Severely Distressed Public Housing ......... 79 National Commission to Ensure a Strong Competitive Airline PE JhpeSid ukeS beiess ee ea 79 National Women’s Business Council .. 79 United States Commission on Improving the Effectiveness of the United Nations ............. 793 Agency Committee Management Officers and Staff Contact Persons ........ 83 Review of Federal Advisory Committees: Final Report on the Implementation of Executive Order 12838 BACKGROUND At the start of fiscal year OMB. As outlined by OMB 1993, 62 Executive Branch Bulletin 93-10, proposed agencies sponsored 801 terminations were approved On February 10, 1993, committees which are if the agency’s plan resulted President Clinton signed “discretionary” €.g., not in a net reduction of one-third Executive Order 12838 required by statute. As in the number of directing the elimination of at required by Executive Order discretionary committees. least one-third of all Federal 12838 and OMB Bulletin Agency plans resulting in a advisory committees not 93-10, each agency net one-third reduction sponsoring advisory i required by Congress. The through streamlined committees at the beginning President, in noting the repid of fiscal year 1993 was committee operations growth in the number of required to provide detailed (consolidations or mergers of unproductive and duplicative justifications for the like functions) were also commissions during previous continuation, termination, or approved where the agency Administrations, directed the merger of each group. The achieved an acceptable level Office of Management and established baseline of all of savings. Budget (OMB) to take discretionary Committees in OMB Bulletin 93-10 provided immediate steps to ster the existence at the beginning of that proposed committee creation of such groups fiscal year 1993, resulted in a reductions would not be within the Executive Branch. governmentwide reduction assessed against an In addition, requests for new target of 267. agency’s termination goal if groups were made subject to Agencies were also directed the results were purely OMB approval as part of the to review the need for the cosmetic, resulting in no governmentwide effort to 410 committees which are benefits to the Government in eliminate unneeded required by statute or, in terms of efficiency or savings. committees. other words, are considered to be “non-discretionary." RESULTS The Director of the Office of The results of these Management and Budget evaluations have been The General Services issued OMB Bulletin 93-10 incorporated into an initiative on April 9, 1993, requiring Administration (GSA) to reduce the number of each department to submit a assisted OMB in preparing committees mandated by plan to reduce the number of responses to agency heads Congress. committees not required by suggesting improvements Statute by the end of fiscal and, ultimately, approving year 1993. The Bulletin AGENCY PLANS committee reduction established a formalized strategies. Based upon plans process for the review and Based upon the total submitted by the Executive approval of agency plans; number of discretionary Branch in response to the required the evaluation of committees - those President's initiative, a net Statutory committees for established under general total of 284 Federal advisory possible elimination; and, agency authority or committees have been maridated substantive reductions in the number and authorized, but not required, approved for elimination. costs of existing by statute - each agency Estimated annual savings discretionary advisory head prepared a plan for related to these decisions committees. approval by the Director of total $17.1 million. Chart | majority of the identified terminations were effected by Distribution of Federal Advisory Committees by Type September 30, 1993 (217), all recommendations were Non-Discretionary implemented by /(410) December 31, 1993, or ( scheduled for completion in conjunction with required regulatory actions. In measuring the agencies’ 7 performance in achieving | reductions, termination plans approved are net of new discretionary and statutory committees created during fiscal year 1993 (69) and/or contemplated for fiscal year 1994 (99). Discretionary (801) Presidential (25) aaeae ny ne chap reviewed every two years under separate authority. Accordingly, these groups were not subject to evaluation under E.O. 12838. Another 63 committees, achieved, 284, represents including 36 groups involved 106 percent of the goal with international trade established by Executive issues, have been identified Order 12838. While the for further in-depth review during fiscal year 1994 for potential streamlining and/or Chart J reduction opportunities. Executive Order 12838 Net Reductions In addition, the Department (Excluding Pending Legislation) of Health and Human Services (HHS) will work with OMB and GSA to complete its efforts to streamline the use of peer review committees. Specifically, the National Institutes of Heaith (NIH) will examine the possibility of further applying models developed by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to more effectively manage advisory committees according to special emphasis areas. As measured against the 30 established governmentwide (80) 0) an reduction target of 267, the net number of terminations NEXT STEPS Chart lil Executive Order 12838: Estimated Fiscal Year 1994 The Vice President and the Savings by Executive Branch Agency National Performance Review (NPR) have recommended additional actions to stabilize HHS oe DOD ($4,1 00,919) ga ($1,018,939) the use of Federal advisory committees and achieve cost Savings of five percent over and above those resulting from Executive Order 12838. NSF In addition, results achieved | ($1,200,000) through the implementation of the President’s initiative will require other sustained actions by the Executive Branch to assure that advisory committee ALL OTHER VA resources are continually ($9,294 303) ($1,447,713) focused on high-priority areas. As a follow-up to the committee reduction initiative, the President has legislative proposal to As part of its continuing instructed OMB and GSA to terminate 31 advisory responsibilities for the continue working with each committees required by Federal Advisory Committee agency to achieve additional statute, but for which Act, the General Services management improvements. compelling needs no longer Administration (GSA) will These efforts will include exist. Similar legislation will continue to evaluate the actions to streamline the use be introduced periodically by effectiveness of individual of advisory committees, the Administration to committees. The results of reduce the number of recapture scarce resources these evaluations will be committees required by for other uses. In addition, as reported each year in the Statute, and improve part of efforts to implement Annual Report of the oversight of remaining NPR recommendations, President on Federal groups. agencies will be instructed to Advisory Committees. The limit their support for new Office of Management and To achieve additional statutory committees to Budget will continue to work committee reductions, the Director of the Office of those which are essential closely with GSA and each Management and Budget and for which a maximum agency to assure that the two-year sunset limitation President’s policy is fully has transmitted to the Congress an omnibus has been included. implemented.