*Administration of Barack H. Obama, 2010 *

**Memorandum on Designation of the National Science and Technology Council To Coordinate Certain Activities Under the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 **

*July 22, 2010 *

*Memorandum for the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy *

*Subject:* Designation of the National Science and Technology Council To Coordinate Certain Activities Under the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 (Title I of Public Law 98–373) (the "Act"), I hereby assign to the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) responsibility to coordinate activities assigned in sections 107 and 108 of the Act to the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee, including through committees of the NSTC.

The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy is authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the *Federal Register*.

BARACK OBAMA

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., July 27, 2010]

NOTE: This memorandum was published in the *Federal Register* on July 28.

*Categories:* Communications to Federal Agencies : National Science and Technology Council, coordination of activities under the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984, memorandum designating.

*Subjects:* Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984; White House Office : Science and Technology Council, National.

*DCPD Number:* DCPD201000625.