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 EO 13389 Title 3--The President (xvi) Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers; (xvii) Administrator of the Small t\177usiness Administration; (xviii) Director of the Office of Management and t\177udget; (xix) Coordinator of Federal Support for the Recovery and Rebuilding of the Gulf Coast Region; (xx) Assistant to the President for Economic Policy; (xxi) Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy; (xxii) Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism; and (xxiii) Such other officers and employees of the executive branch as the Chairman may from time to time designate. (b) The Chairman, in consultation with the Coordinator, shall convene and preside over meetings of the Council, determine its agenda, direct its work, and, as appropriate to particular subiect matters, establish and direct subgroups of the Council, which shall consist of Council members or their designees under subsection 2(a) of this order, and including those officers and employees of the executive branch as designated by the Chairman. Sec. :\177. Funciioi\177s of Council. The Council shall: (a) at the request of the Chairman, the Coordinator of Federal Support for the Recovery and Rebuilding of the Gulf Coast Region, or any agency head who is a member of the Council (subiect to the approval of the Chair- man), promptly review and provide advice and guidance, for the purpose of furthering the policy set forth in section 1 of this order, regarding any issue relating to the implementation of that policy; (b) make recommendations to the President, as appropriate, regarding any issue considered by the Council pursuant to section 3(a) of this order; and (c) give no vote or veto over the activities or advice of the Council to any individual to whom subsection (b) of this section refers. Sec. 4. General. (a) To the extent permitted by law: (i) agencies shall assist and provide information to the Council for the performance of its functions under this order; and (ii) the Director of the Office of Administration shall provide or ar- range for the provision of administrative support to the Council. (b) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and t\177udget relat- ing to budget, administrative, or legislative proposals. (c) This order shall be implemented in a manner consistent with applica- ble law and subiect to the availability of appropriations. (d) This order is intended only to improve the internal management of the executive branch and is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by a party against the United States, its departments, agencies, instrumentalities, or entities, its officers or employees, or any other person. 204

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