Interagency Security Committee

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Title 3--
The President

Executive Order 12977 of October 19, 1995

Interagency Security Committee

By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, and in order to enhance the quality and
effectiveness of security in and protection of
buildings and facilities in the United States occupied
by Federal employees for nonmilitary activities
(``Federal facilities''), and to provide a permanent
body to address continuing government-wide security for
Federal facilities, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Establishment. There is hereby established
within the executive branch the Interagency Security
Committee (``Committee''). The Committee shall consist
of: (a) the Administrator of General Services
(``Administrator'');

(b) representatives from the following agencies,
appointed by the agency heads:

(1) Department of State;
(2) Department of the Treasury;
(3) Department of Defense;
(4) Department of Justice;
(5) Department of the Interior;
(6) Department of Agriculture;
(7) Department of Commerce;
(8) Department of Labor;
(9) Department of Health and Human Services;
(10) Department of Housing and Urban Development;
(11) Department of Transportation;
(12) Department of Energy;
(13) Department of Education;
(14) Department of Veterans Affairs;
(15) Environmental Protection Agency;
(16) Central Intelligence Agency; and
(17) Office of Management and Budget;

(c) the following individuals or their designees:

(1) the Director, United States Marshals Service;
(2) the Assistant Commissioner of the Federal
Protective Service of the Public Buildings Service,
General Services Administration (``Assistant
Commissioner'');
(3) the Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs; and
(4) the Director, Security Policy Board; and

(d) such other Federal employees as the President shall
appoint.

Sec. 2. Chair. The Committee shall be chaired by the
Administrator, or the designee of the Administrator.

Sec. 3. Working Groups. The Committee is authorized to
establish interagency working groups to perform such
tasks as may be directed by the Committee.

Sec. 4. Consultation. The Committee may consult with
other parties, including the Administrative Office of
the United States Courts, to perform its
responsibilities under this order, and, at the
discretion of the Committee, such other parties may
participate in the working groups.

Sec. 5. Duties and Responsibilities. (a) The Committee
shall: (1) establish policies for security in and
protection of Federal facilities;

(2) develop and evaluate security standards for
Federal facilities, develop a strategy for ensuring
compliance with such standards, and oversee the
implementation of appropriate security measures in
Federal facilities; and
(3) take such actions as may be necessary to
enhance the quality and effectiveness of security and
protection of Federal facilities, including but not
limited to:
(A) encouraging agencies with security
responsibilities to share security-related intelligence
in a timely and cooperative manner;
(B) assessing technology and information systems as
a means of providing cost-effective improvements to
security in Federal facilities;
(C) developing long-term construction standards for
those locations with threat levels or missions that
require blast resistant structures or other specialized
security requirements;
(D) evaluating standards for the location of, and
special security related to, day care centers in
Federal facilities; and
(E) assisting the Administrator in developing and
maintaining a centralized security data base of all
Federal facilities.

Sec. 6. Agency Support and Cooperation. (a)
Administrative Support. To the extent permitted by law
and subject to the availability of appropriations, the
Administrator, acting by and through the Assistant
Commissioner, shall provide the Committee such
administrative services, funds, facilities, staff and
other support services as may be necessary for the
performance of its functions under this order.

(b) Cooperation. Each executive agency and department
shall cooperate and comply with the policies and
recommendations of the Committee issued pursuant to
this order, except where the Director of Central
Intelligence determines that compliance would
jeopardize intelligence sources and methods. To the
extent permitted by law and subject to the availability
of appropriations, executive agencies and departments
shall provide such support as may be necessary to
enable the Committee to perform its duties and
responsibilities under this order.

(c) Compliance. The Administrator, acting by and
through the Assistant Commissioner, shall be
responsible for monitoring Federal agency compliance
with the policies and recommendations of the Committee.

Sec. 7. Judicial Review. This order is intended only to
improve the internal management of the Federal
Government, and is not intended, and should not be
construed, to create any right or benefit, substantive
or procedural, enforceable at law by a party against
the United States, its agencies, its officers, or its
employees.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

October 19, 1995.