ed, shall not limit the functions of the Council under this order. The provisions of this order shall not limit the functions of any Federal agency or officer under Executive Order No. 10521, as hereby amended. (d) The Council shall be advisory to the President and to the heads of Federal agencies represented on the Council; accordingly, this order shall not be construed as subjecting any agency, officer, or function to control by the Council.

THE WHITE HOUSE,
March 13, 1959.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER.

PRESIDENTIAL AND NATIONAL COMMITTEES

PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL ON PHYSICAL FITNESS AND

SPORTS

Executive Order 11398

[33 Fed. Reg. 4169]

Whereas studies, both private and public, have revealed that, despite progress, there are disturbing deficiencies in the physical fitness of American citizens, particularly the disadvantaged; and

Whereas physical fitness and sports participation can significantly enhance an individual's sense of well-being, health status and performance as a responsible member of his community; and

Whereas urbanization of this Nation's population and changes in our rural areas have not been accompanied by a commensurate growth in the opportunities available for participation in sports and other physical fitness activities; and

Whereas, to keep our Nation moving forward as a vigorous, dynamic people, it is necessary to expand our efforts both public and private to foster and encourage participation by youth and adults in physical fitness and sports activities:

Now, therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:

SECTION 1. President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. There is hereby established the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (hereinafter referred to as the Council), which shall be composed of the Vice President, who shall be the Chairman, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Laber, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity, and the Consultant to the President for Physical Fitness. When matters which affect the interests of Federal agencies not represented on the Council are to be considered by the Council, the Chairman shall invite the heads of such agencies to participate in the business of the Council. SEC. 2. Functions of the Council. The Council shall develop policies designed to:

(1) Enlist the active support and assistance of individual citizens, civic groups, professional associations, amateur and professional sport groups, private enterprise, voluntary organizations, and others in efforts to promote and improve physical fitness and sports participation programs for all Americans;

(2) Stimulate, improve, and strengthen coordination of Federal services and programs relating to physical fitness and sports participation;

(3) Encourage State and local governments in efforts to enhance physical fitness and sports participation;

(4) Strengthen the physical fitness of American children, youth, and adults by systematically encouraging the development of community-centered and other physical fitness and sports participation programs;

(5) Improve school health and physical education programs for all pupils, including the handicapped and the physically underdeveloped, by assisting educational agencies in developing quality programs, encouraging innovation, improving teacher preparation, and strengthening State and local leadership;

(6) Develop cooperative programs with medical, dental, and other similar professional societies to encourage and implement sound physical fitness practices; and

(7) Stimulate and encourage research in the areas of physical fitness and sports performance.

SEC. 3. Citizens Advisory Committee on Physical Fitness and Sports. (a) There is hereby established the Citizens Advisory Committee on Physical Fitness and Sports (hereinafter referred to as the Committee), which shall be composed of not more than fifteen members appointed by the President. The President shall designate the Chairman of the Committee from among its members, and the Committee shall meet on the call of the Chairman.

(b) The members of the Committee shall receive no compensation from the United States by reason of their service on the Committee, but they shall be reimbursed for travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons in the Government service employed intermittently.

SEC. 4. Functions of the Committee. (a) The Committee shall advise and assist the Council in evaluating progress made in carrying out the provisions of this order and shall recommend to the Council, as necessary, steps to accelerate progress.

(b) The Committee shall further advise the Council on matters pertaining to ways and means of enhancing opportunities for participation in physical fitness and sports activities and on State, local, and private action to extend and improve physical activity programs and services.

SEC. 5. Federal agencies. (a) The Council and the Committee are authorized to request from any Federal department or agency any information deemed necessary to carry out their functions under this order and to utilize the services and facilities of such departments and agencies to the maximum extent possible; and each department and agency is authorized, to the extent permitted by law and within

the limits of available funds, to furnish such information, services, and facilities to the Council and the Committee.

(b) Each department or agency the head of which is referred to in section 1 of this order shall, as may be necessary for the purpose of effectuating the provisions of this order, furnish assistance to the Council in accordance with the provisions of section 214 of the Act of May 3, 1945 (59 Stat. 134; 31 U.S.C. 691), or as otherwise permitted by law. Expenses of the Committee shall be met from funds available to the Council.

(c) The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare shall furnish necessary administrative services for the Council.

SEO. 6. Construction. Nothing in this order shall be construed to abrogate, modify, or restrict any function vested by law in, or assigned pursuant to law to, any Federal department or agency or any officer thereof.

SEC. 7. Continuity. The Council established by this order shall be deemed to be a continuation of the President's Council on Physical Fitness.

SEC. 8. Seal. Executive Order 10830 of July 24, 1959, prescribing a seal for the President's Council on Youth Fitness, as amended by Executive Order 11074 of January 8, 1963, is further amended by adding the words "and Sports" after the word "Fitness" wherever it appears in said order.

SEC. 9. Revocation. Executive Order 11074 of January 8, 1963, is hereby revoked.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

LYNDON B. JOHNSON.

March 4, 1968.

PRESIDENTIAL AND NATIONAL COMMITTEES

NATIONAL COUNCIL ON INDIAN OPPORTUNITY

Executive Order 11399

[33 Fed. Reg. 4245]

Whereas the United States has initiated a number of programs in various Departments that should be made available for the development and benefit of the Indian population; and

Whereas these programs should be adapted and coordinated in such manner that Indians will participate in and be benefited by them: Now, therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows:

SECTION 1. Establishment of Council. There is hereby established The National Council on Indian Opportunity (hereinafter referred to as the "Council"). The Council shall have membership as follows: The Vice President of the United States who shall be the chairman of the Council, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Director of the Office of Economic Oppor

tunity, and six Indian leaders appointed by the President of the United States for terms of two years.

SEC. 2. Functions of the Council. The Council shall:

(a) Encourage full use of Federal programs to benefit the Indian population, adapting them where necessary to be available to Indians on reservations in a meaningful way.

(b) Encourage interagency coordination and cooperation in carrying out Federal programs as they relate to Indians.

(c) Appraise the impact and progress of Federal programs for Indians.

(d) Suggest ways to improve such programs.

SEC. 3. Compensation and per diem. Members of the Council who are officers of the Federal government shall receive no additional compensation by reason of this order. Other members of the Council shall be entitled to receive compensation and travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law for persons in the government service employed intermittently (5 U.S.C., §§ 3109, 5703).

SEC. 4. Assistance to the Council. (a) Each Federal department and agency represented on the Council shall furnish such necessary assistance to the Council as may be authorized by section 214 of the Act of May 3, 1945, 59 Stat. 134 (31 U.S.C. 691), or other law. The Department of the Interior shall furnish necessary administrative services for the Council.

(b) The staff of the Council shall include an Executive Director, who shall be appointed by the chairman of the Council, and such other employees as may be necessary, who shall be assigned by the departments and agencies represented on the Council.

SEC. 5. Meetings. The Council shall meet on call of the chairman. LYNDON B. JOHNSON.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

March 6, 1968.

PRESIDENTIAL AND NATIONAL COMMITTEES

COOPERATIVE AREA MANPOWER PLANNING SYSTEM

Executive Order 11422

[33 Fed. Reg. 11739]

Whereas Federal legislation enacted in recent years has established numerous manpower programs to improve the employability of disadvantaged, unemployed, and underemployed persons; and

Whereas administration of these manpower and related service programs requires extensive participation of State and local governments and nongovernment agencies; and

Whereas experience has demonstrated that close coordination of the operating programs at the local, State, and Federal levels is essential to their successful, effective, and economical implementation:

Now, therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 637 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2979), and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows:

SECTION 1. Policy. (a) Cooperative planning and execution of manpower training and supportive manpower service programs is hereby established as the policy of the Federal Government.

(b) Each Federal executive department or agency administering manpower training or supportive manpower service programs shall, to the extent consistent with law, carry out its programs and exercise its functions so as to further the policy herein enunciated.

SEC. 2. The Cooperative Area Manpower Planning System. (a) The Cooperative Area Manpower Planning System (hereinafter referred to as CAMPS) is hereby recognized as a primary instrument for carrying out the policy stated in section 1 above.

(b) The Departments of Labor; Health, Education, and Welfare; Commerce; Housing and Urban Development; Agriculture; and the Interior; the Office of Economic Opportunity; and the Civil Service Commission, together with their affiliated organizations and such additional Federal executive departments and agencies as may be mutually agreed upon by them, shall participate in CAMPS for the purposes of cooperatively planning and executing manpower programs and supportive manpower service programs in urban and rural areas. (c) Each department and agency included in CAMPS shall participate in manpower coordinating committees at the national and regional levels. The Secretary of Labor shall designate the chairmen of such committees. To the extent practical and necessary, each such department and agency shall also participate, either directly or through affiliated State, local, or nongovernmental organizations with which it maintains grant-in-aid or contractual relationships, in cooperative manpower planning at State and area levels.

(d) To the extent consistent with law, each department or agency included in CAMPS shall carry out its responsibilities with respect to Federal assistance, State and local planning, and utilization of resources so as to further the purposes of this order.

SEC. 3. Administrative services. In compliance with provisions of applicable law, and as necessary to effectuate the purposes of this order, the Department of Labor shall provide or arrange for administrative services and staff support for all CAMPS coordinating committees, and each Federal department or agency participating in CAMPS shall furnish such information and other assistance as may be necessary and available.

SEO. 4. Construction. Nothing in this order shall be construed as subjecting any Federal department or agency or the head thereof, or any function vested by law in or assigned pursuant to law to any such department, agency, or head, to the authority of any other department, agency, or head.

THE WHITE HOUSE,
August 15, 1968.

LYNDON B. JOHNSON.

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