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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution
and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to
expand membership and ensure broad-based representation for the
Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the
Health Care Industry and to revise the deadlines for the
Commission's submission to the President of interim and final
reports, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1.  Section 1(a) of Executive Order 13017 is amended by
deleting the number "20" in the second sentence and inserting the
number "32" in lieu thereof.

Sec. 2. Section 3 of Executive Order 13017 is amended to read as
follows:

     "Sec. 3. Reports.  The Commission shall make a preliminary
     report to the President by January 31, 1998.  A final report
     shall be submitted to the President by March 30, 1998."

                         /s/William J. Clinton



THE WHITE HOUSE,
March 25, 1997.