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date of this order, unless extended by the President prior to that date.
 
Sec. 7. Interim Coordinating Mission.
 
    (a) While the Commission is conducting its analysis and until the
President has an opportunity to consider and act on its recommendations,
there is a need to increase coordination of existing infrastructure
protection efforts in order to better address, and prevent, crises that
would have a debilitating regional or national impact. There is hereby
established an Infrastructure Protection Task Force (``IPTF'') within
the Department of Justice, chaired by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, to undertake this interim coordinating mission.
 
    (b) The IPTF will not supplant any existing programs or
organizations.
 
    (c) The Steering Committee shall oversee the work of the IPTF.
 
    (d) The IPTF shall include at least one full-time member each from
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Defense, and the
National Security Agency. It shall also receive part-time assistance
from other executive branch departments and agencies. Members shall be
designated by their departments or agencies on the basis of their
expertise in the protection of critical infrastructures. IPTF members'
compensation shall be paid by their parent agency or department.
 
    (e) The IPTF's function is to identify and coordinate existing
expertise, inside and outside of the Federal Government, to:
 
        (i) provide, or facilitate and coordinate the provision of,
expert guidance to critical infrastructures to detect, prevent, halt, or
confine an attack and to recover and restore service;
 
        (ii) issue threat and warning notices in the event advance
information is obtained about a threat;
 
        (iii) provide training and education on methods of reducing
vulnerabilities and responding to attacks on critical infrastructures;
 
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        (iv) conduct after-action analysis to determine possible future
threats, targets, or methods of attack; and
 
        (v) coordinate with the pertinent law enforcement authorities
during or after an attack to facilitate any resulting criminal
investigation.
 
        (f) All executive departments and agencies shall cooperate with
the IPTF and provide such assistance, information, and advice as the
IPTF may request, to the extent permitted by law.
 
        (g) All executive departments and agencies shall share with the
IPTF information about threats and warning of attacks, and about actual
attacks on critical infrastructures, to the extent permitted by law.
 
        (h) The IPTF shall terminate no later than 180 days after the
termination of the Commission, unless extended by the President prior to
that date.
 
Sec. 8. General.
 
    (a) This order is not intended to change any existing statutes or
Executive orders.
 
    (b) This order is not intended to create any right, benefit, trust,
or responsibility, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or
equity by a party against the United States, its agencies, its officers,
or any person.
 
    (Presidential Sig.)
 
THE WHITE HOUSE,
 
     July 15, 1996.
 
[FR Doc. 96-18351
Filed 7-16-96; 11:24 am]
Billing code 3195-01-P
 
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