[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 129 (Friday, July 7, 2017)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-14378]


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 The President

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                Executive Order 13803 of June 30, 2017

                
Reviving the National Space Council

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, and in order to provide a coordinated process 
                for developing and monitoring the implementation of 
                national space policy and strategy, it is hereby 
                ordered as follows:

                Section 1. Purpose. The National Space Council 
                (Council) was established by Title V of Public Law 100-
                685 and Executive Order 12675 of April 20, 1989 
                (Establishing the National Space Council). The Council 
                was tasked with advising and assisting the President 
                regarding national space policy and strategy. The 
                Council was never formally disestablished, but it 
                effectively ceased operation in 1993. This order 
                revives the Council and provides additional details 
                regarding its duties and responsibilities.

                Sec. 2. Revival and Composition of the National Space 
                Council. (a) The Council is hereby revived and shall 
                resume operations.

                    (b) The Council shall be composed of the following 
                members:

(i) The Vice President, who shall be Chair of the Council;

 (ii) The Secretary of State;

 (iii) The Secretary of Defense;

 (iv) The Secretary of Commerce;

 (v) The Secretary of Transportation;

 (vi) The Secretary of Homeland Security;

 (vii) The Director of National Intelligence;

 (viii) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget;

 (ix) The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs;

 (x) The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration;

 (xi) The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy;

 (xii) The Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and 
Counterterrorism;

 (xiii) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and

 (xiv) The heads of other executive departments and agencies (agencies) and 
other senior officials within the Executive Office of the President, as 
determined by the Chair.

                Sec. 3. Functions of the Council. (a) The Council shall 
                advise and assist the President regarding national 
                space policy and strategy, and perform such other 
                duties as the President may, from time to time, 
                prescribe.

                    (b) In particular, the Council is directed to:

 (i) review United States Government space policy, including long-range 
goals, and develop a strategy for national space activities;

 (ii) develop recommendations for the President on space policy and space-
related issues;

 (iii) monitor and coordinate implementation of the objectives of the 
President's national space policy and strategy;

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 (iv) foster close coordination, cooperation, and technology and 
information exchange among the civil, national security, and commercial 
space sectors;

 (v) advise on participation in international space activities conducted by 
the United States Government; and

 (vi) facilitate the resolution of differences concerning major space and 
space-related policy matters.

                    (c) The Council shall meet at least annually.
                     (d) The revival and operation of the Council shall 
                not interfere with the existing lines of authority in 
                or responsibilities of any agencies.
                     (e) The Council shall have a staff, headed by a 
                civilian Executive Secretary appointed by the 
                President.

                Sec. 4. Responsibilities of the Chair. (a) The Chair 
                shall serve as the President's principal advisor on 
                national space policy and strategy.

                     (b) The Chair shall, in consultation with the 
                members of the Council, establish procedures for the 
                Council and establish the agenda for Council 
                activities.
                     (c) The Chair shall report to the President 
                quarterly on the Council's activities and 
                recommendations. The Chair shall advise the Council, as 
                appropriate, regarding the President's directions with 
                respect to the Council's activities and national space 
                policy and strategy.
                     (d) The Chair may recommend to the President 
                candidates for the position of Executive Secretary.
                     (e) The Chair, or upon the Chair's direction, the 
                Executive Secretary, may invite the heads of other 
                agencies, other senior officials in the Executive 
                Office of the President, or other Federal employees to 
                participate in Council meetings.
                     (f) The Chair shall authorize the establishment of 
                committees of the Council, including an executive 
                committee, and of working groups, composed of senior 
                designees of the Council members and of other Federal 
                officials invited to participate in Council meetings, 
                as he deems necessary or appropriate for the efficient 
                conduct of Council functions.

                Sec. 5. National Space Policy and Strategy Planning 
                Process. (a) Each agency represented on the Council 
                shall provide such information to the Chair regarding 
                its current and planned space activities as the Chair 
                shall request.

                     (b) The head of each agency that conducts space-
                related activities shall, to the extent permitted by 
                law, conform such activities to the President's 
                national space policy and strategy.
                     (c) On space policy and strategy matters relating 
                primarily to national security, the Council shall 
                coordinate with the National Security Council (NSC) to 
                create policies and procedures for the Council that 
                respect the responsibilities and authorities of the NSC 
                under existing law.

                Sec. 6. Users' Advisory Group. (a) The Council shall 
                convene a Users' Advisory Group (Group) pursuant to 
                Public Law 101-611, section 121, composed of non-
                Federal representatives of industries and other persons 
                involved in aeronautical and space activities.

                     (b) Members of the Group shall serve without any 
                compensation for their work for the Group. Members of 
                the Group, while engaged in the work of the Group, may 
                be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu 
                of subsistence, to the extent permitted by law for 
                persons serving intermittently in Government service (5 
                U.S.C. 5701-5707), consistent with the availability of 
                funds.
                     (c) The Group shall report directly to the Council 
                and shall provide advice or work product solely to the 
                Council.

                Sec. 7. Administrative Provisions. (a) To aid in the 
                performance of the functions of the Council:

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 (i) The Office of Administration in the Executive Office of the President 
shall provide the Council with administrative support on a reimbursable 
basis; and

 (ii) Legal advice to the Council itself with respect to its work and 
functions shall be provided exclusively by the Office of the Counsel to the 
President.

                     (b) To the extent practicable and permitted by 
                law, including the Economy Act, and within existing 
                appropriations, agencies serving on the Council and 
                interagency councils and committees that affect space 
                policy or strategy shall make resources, including, but 
                not limited to, personnel, office support, and 
                printing, available to the Council as reasonably 
                requested by the Chair or, upon the Chair's direction, 
                the Executive Secretary.
                     (c) Agencies shall cooperate with the Council and 
                provide such information and advice to the Council as 
                it may reasonably request, to the extent permitted by 
                law.

                Sec. 8. Report. Within 1 year of the date of this 
                order, and annually thereafter, the Council shall 
                submit a report to the President setting forth its 
                assessment of, and recommendations for, the space 
                policy and strategy of the United States Government.

                Sec. 9. General Provisions. (a) This order supersedes 
                Executive Order 12675 of April 20, 1989 (Establishing 
                the National Space Council). To the extent this order 
                is inconsistent with any provision of any earlier 
                Executive Order or Presidential Memorandum, this order 
                shall control.

                     (b) If any provision of this order or the 
                application of such provision is held to be invalid, 
                the remainder of this order and other dissimilar 
                applications of such provision shall not be affected.
                     (c) This order is not intended to, and does not, 
                create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, 
                enforceable at law or in equity by any party against 
                the United States, its departments, agencies, or 
                entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any 
                other person.
                     (d) Nothing in this order shall be construed to 
                impair or otherwise affect:

 (i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or 
the head thereof; or

 (ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

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                     (e) This order shall be implemented consistent 
                with applicable law and subject to the availability of 
                appropriations.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    June 30, 2017.

[FR Doc. 2017-14378
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