February 2, 1982
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States of America, and in
accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. I), in order to
expand the program for physical fitness and sports and to continue the President's Council on
Physical Fitness and Sports, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, in carrying out his responsibilities
for public health and human services, develop and coordinate a national program for physical
fitness and sports. The Secretary shall:
(a) Enlist the active support and assistance of individual citizens, civic groups, private enterprise,
voluntary organizations, and others in efforts to promote and improve the fitness of all Americans
through regular participation in physical fitness and sports activities.
(b) Initiate programs to inform the general public of the importance of exercise and the link which
exists between regular physical activity and such qualities as good health and effective
performance.
(c) Strengthen coordination of Federal services and programs relating to physical fitness and
sports participation and invite appropriate Federal agencies to participate in an interagency
committee to coordinate physical fitness and sports activities of the Federal establishment.
(d) Encourage State and local governments to emphasize the importance of regular physical
fitness and sports participation.
(e) Seek to advance the physical fitness of children, youth, adults, and senior citizens by
systematically encouraging the development of community recreation, physical fitness, and sports
participation programs.
(f) Develop cooperative programs with medical, dental, and other similar professional societies to
encourage the implementation of sound physical fitness practices and sports medicine
services.
(g) Stimulate and encourage research in the areas of sports medicine, physical fitness, and sports
performance.
(h) Assist educational agencies at all levels in developing high quality, innovative health and
physical education programs which emphasize the importance of exercise to good health.
(i) Assist recreation agencies and national sports governing bodies at all levels in developing
``sports for all'' programs which emphasize the value of sports to physical, mental, and emotional
fitness.
(j) Assist business, industry, government, and labor organizations in establishing sound physical
fitness programs to elevate employee fitness and to reduce the financial and human costs resulting
from physical inactivity.
Sec. 2. President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. (a) There is hereby continued the
President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.
(b) The Council shall be composed of fifteen members appointed by the President. The President
shall designate one of the members to be the Chairman.
Sec. 3. Functions of the Council. (a) The Council shall advise the President and the Secretary
concerning progress made in carrying out the provisions of this Order and shall recommend to the
President and the Secretary, as necessary, actions to accelerate progress.
(b) The Council shall advise the Secretary on matters pertaining to the ways and means of
enhancing opportunities for participation in physical fitness and sports activities.
(c) The Council shall also advise the Secretary on State, local, and private actions to extend and
improve physical activity programs and services.
Sec. 4. Administrative Provisions Concerning the Council. (a) The Secretary and the Council are
authorized to request from any Federal agency such information or assistance deemed necessary
to carry out their functions under this Order.
(b) Each Federal agency is authorized, to the extent permitted by law and within available funds,
to furnish such information and assistance to the Secretary and the Council as they may
request.
(c) The members of the Council shall serve without compensation for their work on the Council.
However, members of the Council may receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of
subsistence, as authorized by law for persons serving intermittently in government service (5
U.S.C. 5701 - 5707).
(d) To the extent permitted by law, the Secretary shall furnish the Council with necessary staff,
supplies, facilities, and other administrative services. The expenses of the Council shall be paid
from funds available to the Secretary.
(e) The Secretary shall appoint an Executive Director of the Council.
(f) The seal prescribed by Executive Order No. 10830 of July 24, 1959, as amended, shall
continue to be the seal of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports continued by this
Order.
Sec. 5. General Provisions Concerning the Council.
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other Executive Order, the functions of the President
under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. I), except that of
reporting annually to the Congress, shall be performed by the Secretary in accordance with
guidelines and procedures established by the Administrator of General Services.
(b) In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, the Council shall
terminate on December 31, 1982, unless sooner extended.
(c) Executive Order No. 11562, as amended, is revoked.
Ronald Reagan
The White House,
February 2, 1982.
[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 3:19 p.m., February 2, 1982]