20 December 1997
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Subject: 1997-12-16 Executive Order on Intelligence Oversight Board Amendment
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release December 16, 1997
EXECUTIVE ORDER
THE INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT BOARD,
AMENDMENT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER 12863
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States of America, and in order to emphasize
the role of the Intelligence Oversight Board in providing executive
branch oversight, it is hereby ordered that Executive Order 12863 is
amended as follows:
Section 1. The text in section 2.1 is deleted and the following
text is inserted in lieu thereof: "The Intelligence Oversight Board
(IOB) is hereby established as a standing committee of the PFIAB.
The IOB shall consist of no more than four members designated by the
President from among the membership of the PFIAB. The Chairman of the
PFIAB may also serve as the Chairman or a member of the IOB if so
designated by the President. The IOB shall utilize such full-time
staff and consultants as authorized by the Chairman of the IOB with
the concurrence of the Chairman of the PFIAB."
Sec. 2. The first sentence in section 2.3 is deleted and the
following sentence is inserted in lieu thereof: "The IOB shall
report to the President."
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 15, 1997.
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