82 FR 22389 - Establishment of Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity

Executive Office of the President

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 93 (May 16, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 93 (Tuesday, May 16, 2017)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 22389-22390]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-10003]




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Federal Register / Vol. 82 , No. 93 / Tuesday, May 16, 2017 / 
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Title 3--
The President

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                Executive Order 13799 of May 11, 2017

                
Establishment of Presidential Advisory Commission 
                on Election Integrity

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, and in order to promote fair and honest 
                Federal elections, it is hereby ordered as follows:

                Section 1. Establishment. The Presidential Advisory 
                Commission on Election Integrity (Commission) is hereby 
                established.

                Sec. 2. Membership. The Vice President shall chair the 
                Commission, which shall be composed of not more than 15 
                additional members. The President shall appoint the 
                additional members, who shall include individuals with 
                knowledge and experience in elections, election 
                management, election fraud detection, and voter 
                integrity efforts, and any other individuals with 
                knowledge or experience that the President determines 
                to be of value to the Commission. The Vice President 
                may select a Vice Chair of the Commission from among 
                the members appointed by the President.

                Sec. 3. Mission. The Commission shall, consistent with 
                applicable law, study the registration and voting 
                processes used in Federal elections. The Commission 
                shall be solely advisory and shall submit a report to 
                the President that identifies the following:

                    (a) those laws, rules, policies, activities, 
                strategies, and practices that enhance the American 
                people's confidence in the integrity of the voting 
                processes used in Federal elections;
                    (b) those laws, rules, policies, activities, 
                strategies, and practices that undermine the American 
                people's confidence in the integrity of the voting 
                processes used in Federal elections; and
                    (c) those vulnerabilities in voting systems and 
                practices used for Federal elections that could lead to 
                improper voter registrations and improper voting, 
                including fraudulent voter registrations and fraudulent 
                voting.

                Sec. 4. Definitions. For purposes of this order:

                    (a) The term ``improper voter registration'' means 
                any situation where an individual who does not possess 
                the legal right to vote in a jurisdiction is included 
                as an eligible voter on that jurisdiction's voter list, 
                regardless of the state of mind or intent of such 
                individual.
                    (b) The term ``improper voting'' means the act of 
                an individual casting a non-provisional ballot in a 
                jurisdiction in which that individual is ineligible to 
                vote, or the act of an individual casting a ballot in 
                multiple jurisdictions, regardless of the state of mind 
                or intent of that individual.
                    (c) The term ``fraudulent voter registration'' 
                means any situation where an individual knowingly and 
                intentionally takes steps to add ineligible individuals 
                to voter lists.
                    (d) The term ``fraudulent voting'' means the act of 
                casting a non-provisional ballot or multiple ballots 
                with knowledge that casting the ballot or ballots is 
                illegal.

                Sec. 5. Administration. The Commission shall hold 
                public meetings and engage with Federal, State, and 
                local officials, and election law experts, as 
                necessary, to carry out its mission. The Commission 
                shall be informed by, and shall strive to avoid 
                duplicating, the efforts of existing government 
                entities. The Commission shall have staff to provide 
                support for its functions.

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                Sec. 6. Termination. The Commission shall terminate 30 
                days after it submits its report to the President.

                Sec. 7. General Provisions. (a) To the extent permitted 
                by law, and subject to the availability of 
                appropriations, the General Services Administration 
                shall provide the Commission with such administrative 
                services, funds, facilities, staff, equipment, and 
                other support services as may be necessary to carry out 
                its mission on a reimbursable basis.

                    (b) Relevant executive departments and agencies 
                shall endeavor to cooperate with the Commission.
                    (c) Insofar as the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 
                as amended (5 U.S.C. App.) (the ``Act''), may apply to 
                the Commission, any functions of the President under 
                that Act, except for those in section 6 of the Act, 
                shall be performed by the Administrator of General 
                Services.
                    (d) Members of the Commission shall serve without 
                any additional compensation for their work on the 
                Commission, but shall be allowed travel expenses, 
                including per diem in lieu of subsistence, to the 
                extent permitted by law for persons serving 
                intermittently in the Government service (5 U.S.C. 
                5701-5707).
                    (e) Nothing in this order shall be construed to 
                impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or 
the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

                    (f) This order shall be implemented consistent with 
                applicable law and subject to the availability of 
                appropriations.
                    (g) This order is not intended to, and does not, 
                create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, 
                enforceable at law or in equity by any party against 
                the United States, its departments, agencies, or 
                entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any 
                other person.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    May 11, 2017.

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