[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 230 (Friday, December 3, 2021)]
[Presidential Documents]
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[FR Doc No: 2021-26459]


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                Executive Order 14056 of December 1, 2021

                
The National Space Council

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, it is hereby ordered as follows:

                Section 1. Purpose. The National Space Council 
                (Council), as authorized under Title V of Public Law 
                100-685, advises and assists the President regarding 
                national space policy and strategy. This order sets 
                forth the Council's membership, duties, and 
                responsibilities.

                Sec. 2. Membership of the National Space Council. The 
                Council shall be composed of:

                    (a) the Vice President, who shall be Chair of the 
                Council;
                    (b) the Secretary of State;
                    (c) the Secretary of Defense;
                    (d) the Secretary of the Interior;
                    (e) the Secretary of Agriculture;
                    (f) the Secretary of Commerce;
                    (g) the Secretary of Labor;
                    (h) the Secretary of Transportation;
                    (i) the Secretary of Energy;
                    (j) the Secretary of Education;
                    (k) the Secretary of Homeland Security;
                    (l) the Director of the Office of Management and 
                Budget;
                    (m) the Director of National Intelligence;
                    (n) the Director of the Office of Science and 
                Technology Policy;
                    (o) the Assistant to the President for National 
                Security Affairs;
                    (p) the Assistant to the President for Economic 
                Policy;
                    (q) the Assistant to the President for Domestic 
                Policy;
                    (r) the Assistant to the President and National 
                Climate Advisor;
                    (s) the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff;
                    (t) the Administrator of the National Aeronautics 
                and Space Administration; and
                    (u) 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 and Operations of the Council. (a) 
                The Council shall advise and assist the President on 
                space policy and strategy. In particular, it shall:

(i) review, develop, and provide recommendations to the President on space 
policy and strategy;

(ii) coordinate implementation of space policy and strategy;

(iii) synchronize the Nation's civil, commercial, and national security 
space activities in furtherance of the objectives of the President's 
national space policy and strategy;

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(iv) facilitate resolution of differences among agencies on space-related 
policy and strategy matters;

(v) enable interagency cooperation, coordination, and information exchange 
on space activities; and

(vi) perform such other duties as the President may, from time to time, 
prescribe.

                    (b) The operation of the Council shall not 
                interfere with the existing lines of authority in or 
                responsibilities of any agency.
                    (c) The Council shall have a staff, headed by a 
                civilian Executive Secretary appointed by the 
                President.
                    (d) The Council shall meet at least annually.
                    (e) The Council shall consider and provide 
                recommendations to the President on any space-related 
                issue as determined by the Chair.

                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 establish procedures and set 
                the agenda for Council sessions to address Presidential 
                priorities.
                    (c) The Chair may recommend to the President 
                candidates for the position of Executive Secretary.
                    (d) The Chair may invite the heads of other 
                agencies, other senior officials in the Executive 
                Office of the President, and other Federal employees to 
                participate in Council meetings.
                    (e) The Chair or, upon the Chair's direction, the 
                Executive Secretary, may develop budget recommendations 
                for submission to the Director of the Office of 
                Management and Budget that reflect the President's 
                space policy and strategy, as well as provide advice 
                concerning budget submissions by agencies related to 
                the President's space policies and strategies.

                Sec. 5. National Space Policy Planning Process. (a) The 
                Council shall establish a process for developing and 
                coordinating the implementation of national space 
                policy and strategy.

                    (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 matters relating primarily to national 
                security, the Council shall coordinate with the 
                National Security Council (NSC) to develop space policy 
                and strategy consistent with NSC priorities and 
                practices.

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

                    (b) Members of the Group shall serve without 
                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.
                    (d) The Group shall provide advice and 
                recommendations to the Council on matters related to 
                space policy and strategy, including Government 
                policies, laws, regulations, treaties, international 
                instruments, programs, and practices across the civil, 
                commercial, and national security space sectors.

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

(i) the Office of Administration in the Executive Office of the President 
shall provide administrative support to the Council, to the extent 
permitted by law and within existing appropriations; and

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

                    (b) To the extent practicable and permitted by law, 
                including the Economy Act (31 U.S.C. 1535), and within 
                existing appropriations, agencies serving on the 
                Council, components of the Executive Office of the 
                President, and interagency councils and committees that 
                affect space policy or strategy shall make resources, 
                including 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 
                through the Chair, or upon the Chair's request, the 
                Executive Secretary, and provide such information and 
                advice to the Council as it may reasonably request, to 
                the extent permitted by law, including information 
                regarding agencies' current and planned space 
                activities.
                    (d) This order supersedes Executive Order 13803 of 
                June 30, 2017 (Reviving the National Space Council), 
                and Executive Order 13906 of February 13, 2020 
                (Amending Executive Order 13803--Reviving the National 
                Space Council), and those orders are revoked. To the 
                extent this order is inconsistent with any provision of 
                any previous Executive Order or Presidential 
                Memorandum, this order shall control.
                    (e) 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.

                Sec. 8. 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.

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                    (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,

                    December 1, 2021.

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