[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 29, Number 47 (Monday, November 29, 1993)]
[Pages 2450-2452]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 12881--Establishment of the National Science and 
Technology Council

 November 23, 1993

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, including section 301

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of title 3, United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:
    Section 1. Establishment. There is established the National Science 
and Technology Council (``the Council'').
    Sec. 2. Membership. The Council shall comprise the:
    (a) President, who shall serve as Chairman of the Council;
    (b) Vice President;
    (c) Secretary of Commerce;
    (d) Secretary of Defense;
    (e) Secretary of Energy;
    (f) Secretary of Health and Human Services;
    (g) Secretary of State;
    (h) Secretary of the Interior;
    (i) Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration;
    (j) Director, National Science Foundation;
    (k) Director of the Office of Management and Budget;
    (l) Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency;
    (m) Assistant to the President for Science and Technology;
    (n) National Security Adviser;
    (o) Assistant to the President for Economic Policy;
    (p) Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy; and
    (q) Such other officials of executive departments and agencies as 
      the President may, from time to time, designate.
    Sec. 3. Meetings of the Council. The President or, upon his 
direction, the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology 
(``the Assistant''), may convene meetings of the Council. The President 
shall preside over the meetings of the Council, provided that in his 
absence the Vice President, and in his absence the Assistant, will 
preside.
    Sec. 4. Functions. (a) The principal functions of the Council are, 
to the extent permitted by law: (1) to coordinate the science and 
technology policy-making process; (2) to ensure science and technology 
policy decisions and programs are consistent with the President's stated 
goals; (3) to help integrate the President's science and technology 
policy agenda across the Federal Government; (4) to ensure science and 
technology are considered in development and implementation of Federal 
policies and programs; and (5) to further international cooperation in 
science and technology. The Assistant may take such actions, including 
drafting a Charter, as may be necessary or appropriate to implement such 
functions.
    (b) All executive departments and agencies, whether or not 
represented on the Council, shall coordinate science and technology 
policy through the Council and shall share information on research and 
development budget requests with the Council.
    (c) The Council shall develop for submission to the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget recommendations on research and 
development budgets that reflect national goals. In addition, the 
Council shall provide advice to the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget concerning the agencies' research and development budget 
submissions.
    (d) The Assistant will, when appropriate, work in conjunction with 
the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, the Assistant to the 
President for Domestic Policy, the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget, and the National Security Adviser.
    Sec. 5. Administration. (a) The Council will oversee the duties of 
the Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and 
Technology, the National Space Council, and the National Critical 
Materials Council.
    (b) The Council may function through established or ad hoc 
committees, task forces, or interagency groups.
    (c) To the extent practicable and permitted by law, executive 
departments and agencies shall make resources, including, but not 
limited to, personnel, office support, and printing, available to the 
Council as requested by the Assistant.
    (d) All executive departments and agencies shall cooperate with the 
Council and provide such assistance, information, and advice to the 
Council as the Council may request, to the extent permitted by law.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
November 23, 1993.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:50 a.m., November 24, 
1993]


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Note: This Executive order was published in the Federal Register on 
November 26.