[Executive Orders]

                Executive Order 13064 of October 11, 1997

 
                Further Amendment to Executive Order 13010, as 
                Amended, Critical Infrastructure Protection

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, and in order to provide for the review of the 
                report by the President's Commission on Critical 
                Infrastructure Protection, it is hereby ordered that 
                Executive Order 13010, as amended, is further amended 
                as follows:

                Section 1. Section 5(a), as amended, shall be further 
                amended by deleting "15" and inserting "20" in lieu 
                thereof and by deleting "sector" and inserting "and 
                public sectors" in lieu thereof. Section 5(b) shall be 
                amended by inserting "or Co-Chairs" after "Chair".

                Sec. 2. Section 6(f), as amended, shall be further 
                amended by deleting ", the Principals Committee, the 
                Steering Committee, and the Advisory Committee" and by 
                inserting a second sentence, which shall read: "The 
                Principals Committee, the Steering Committee, and the 
                Advisory Committee shall terminate no later than March 
                15, 1998, and, upon submission of the Commission's 
                report, shall review the report and prepare appropriate 
                recommendations to the President." Section 6, as 
                amended, shall be further amended by inserting the 
                following:

                    "(g) The person who served as Chair of the 
                Commission may continue to be a member of the Steering 
                Committee after termination of the Commission."

                Sec. 3. A new section 7 shall be inserted, which reads:

                    "Sec. 7. Review of Commission's Report. (a) Upon 
                the termination of the Commission as set out in section 
                6(f) of this order, certain of the Commission's staff 
                may be retained no later than March 15, 1998, solely to 
                assist the Principals, Steering, and Advisory 
                Committees in reviewing the Commission's report and 
                preparing recommendations to the President. They shall 
                act under the direction of the Steering Committee or 
                its designated agent. The Department of Defense shall 
                continue to provide funding and administrative support 
                for the retained Commission staff.
                    (b) Pursuant to Executive Order 12958, I hereby 
                designate the Executive Secretary of the National 
                Security Council to exercise the authority to classify 
                information originally as "Top Secret" with respect 
                to the work of the Commission staff, the Principals 
                Committee, the Steering Committee, the Advisory 
                Committee, and the Infrastructure Protection Task 
                Force."

                Sec. 4. Sections 7 and 8 of Executive Order 13010, as 
                amended, shall be renumbered sections 8 and 9, 
                respectively.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    October 11, 1997.

[FR Doc. 97-27644