Establishing the Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health

Executive Order 13699 of June 26, 2015

Establishing the Advisory Board on Toxic
Substances and Worker Health

By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including the Carl Levin and Howard P.
``Buck'' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291), and to allocate
the responsibilities imposed by that Act, it is hereby
ordered as follows:

Section 1. Establishment. There is established within
the Department of Labor the Advisory Board on Toxic
Substances and Worker Health (Advisory Board).

Sec. 2. Membership. (a) The Advisory Board shall
reflect a proper balance of perspectives from the
scientific, medical, and claimant communities.

(b) The Advisory Board shall consist of no more
than 15 members to be appointed by the Secretary of
Labor in consultation with organizations with expertise
on worker health issues. Members shall serve without
compensation as Special Government Employees, but shall
be allowed travel and meal 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).
(c) The Secretary of Labor shall designate a Chair
of the Board from among its members.

Sec. 3. Functions. (a) The Advisory Board shall advise
the Secretary of Labor with respect to:

(i) the site exposure matrices of the Department of Labor;

(ii) medical guidance for claims examiners for claims under subtitle E of
the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000
(EEOICPA) with respect to the weighing of the medical evidence of
claimants;

(iii) evidentiary requirements for claims under EEOICPA subtitle B related
to lung disease; and

(iv) the work of industrial hygienists, staff physicians, and consulting
physicians of the Department of Labor and reports of such hygienists and
physicians to ensure quality, objectivity, and consistency.

(b) To the extent necessary, the Advisory Board
also shall coordinate exchanges of data and findings
with the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health,
which was authorized by EEOICPA and established by
Executive Order 13179 of December 7, 2000.

Sec. 4. Administration. (a) The Secretary of Labor
shall provide the Advisory Board with funding and
administrative support, including the appointment of
staff and, as the Secretary determines appropriate,
authorization for the detail of Federal employees from
within the Department of Labor and employment of
outside contractors and specialists, to the extent
permitted by law and within existing appropriations.
The Secretary also shall perform the administrative
functions of the President under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 2), with
respect to the Advisory Board.

(b) The Secretary of Labor shall designate a senior
officer of the Department of Labor to serve as the
Director of the staff of the Advisory Board.

Sec. 5. Termination. The Advisory Board shall terminate
on the date that is 5 years after the enactment of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2015.

Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order
shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an 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.

(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of
appropriations.
(c) 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.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

June 26, 2015.