The Intelligence Oversight Board, Amendment to Executive Order 12863

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Part VII

The President

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Executive Order 13070--The Intelligence Oversight Board, Amendment to
Executive Order 12863

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Title 3--
The President

Executive Order 13070 of December 15, 1997

The Intelligence Oversight Board, Amendment to
Executive Order 12863

By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, and in order to emphasize the role of the
Intelligence Oversight Board in providing executive
branch oversight, it is hereby ordered that Executive
Order 12863 is amended as follows:

Section 1. The text in section 2.1 is deleted and the
following text is inserted in lieu thereof: ``The
Intelligence Oversight Board (IOB) is hereby
established as a standing committee of the PFIAB. The
IOB shall consist of no more than four members
designated by the President from among the membership
of the PFIAB. The Chairman of the PFIAB may also serve
as the Chairman or a member of the IOB if so designated
by the President. The IOB shall utilize such full-time
staff and consultants as authorized by the Chairman of
the IOB with the concurrence of the Chairman of the
PFIAB.''

Sec. 2. The first sentence in section 2.3 is deleted
and the following sentence is inserted in lieu thereof:
``The IOB shall report to the President.''

THE WHITE HOUSE,

December 15, 1997.