[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 177 (Thursday, September 16, 2021)]
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                Executive Order 14044 of September 13, 2021

                
Amending Executive Order 14007

                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 the President's Council 
                of Advisors on Science and Technology, it is hereby 
                ordered as follows:

                Section 1. Amendment to Executive Order 14007. The 
                first sentence of section 2(b) of Executive Order 14007 
                of January 27, 2021 (President's Council of Advisors on 
                Science and Technology), is hereby amended to read as 
                follows: ``(b) The PCAST shall be composed of not more 
                than 32 members.''.

                Sec. 2. General Provisions. (a) 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.

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

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    September 13, 2021.

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