[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 40, Number 6 (Monday, February 9, 2004)]
[Pages 175-176]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13326--President's Commission on Implementation of 
United States Space Exploration Policy

January 27, 2004

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, and to obtain recommendations 
concerning implementation of the new vision for space exploration 
activities of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:
    Section 1. Establishment. There is hereby established the 
President's Commission on Implementation of United States Space 
Exploration Policy (the ``Commission'').
    Sec. 2. Membership. (a) The Commission shall be composed of not more 
than nine members appointed by the President, taking into account as 
appropriate the experience of such individuals with respect to 
governmental, scientific, and technical matters relating to space.
    (b) The President shall designate one member of the Commission to 
serve as Chairman of the Commission.
    Sec. 3. Mission. (a) The mission of the Commission shall be to 
provide recommendations to the President, in accordance with this order, 
on implementation of the vision outlined in the President's policy 
statement entitled ``A Renewed Spirit of Discovery'' and the President's 
Budget Submission for Fiscal Year 2005 (collectively, ``Policy'').
    (b) The Commission shall examine and make recommendations to the 
President regarding:
             (i) A science research agenda to be conducted on the Moon 
            and other destinations as well as human and robotic science 
            activities that advance our capacity to achieve the Policy;
             (ii) The exploration of technologies, demonstrations, and 
            strategies, including the use of lunar and other in situ 
            natural resources, that could be used for sustainable human 
            and robotic exploration;
             (iii) Criteria that could be used to select future 
            destinations for human exploration;
             (iv) Long-term organization options for managing 
            implementation of space exploration activities;
             (v) The most appropriate and effective roles for potential 
            private sector and international participants in 
            implementing the Policy;
             (vi) Methods for optimizing space exploration activities to 
            encourage the interest of America's youth in studying and 
            pursuing careers in mathematics, science, and engineering; 
            and
             (vii) Management of the implementation of the Policy within 
            available resources.
    Sec. 4. Administration. (a) The National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration (NASA) shall provide, to the extent permitted by law, 
administrative support and funding for the Commission. The Commission is 
established in NASA for administrative purposes only.
    (b) Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation for 
their work on the Commission. Members appointed from among private 
citizens of the United States, however, while engaged in the work of the 
Commission, may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu 
of subsistence, as authorized by law for persons serving intermittently 
in Government service (5 U.S.C. 5701-5707), to the extent funds are 
available.
    (c) Insofar as the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2) 
(the ``Act''), as amended, may apply to the Commission, any functions of 
the President under that Act, except for those in section 6 of that Act, 
shall be performed by the Administrator of NASA

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(the ``Administrator''), in accordance with the guidelines that have 
been issued by the Administrator of General Services.
    (d) The Commission shall conduct occasional meetings as appropriate, 
including at various locations throughout the United States, to solicit 
views and opinions from the public, academia, and industry.
    (e) The Commission shall not have access to information classified 
pursuant to Executive Order 12958 of April 17, 1995, as amended.
    Sec. 5. Report. The Commission shall submit its final report to the 
President through the Administrator within 120 days of the first meeting 
of the Commission.
    Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) This order is intended only to 
improve the internal management of the executive branch and it is not 
intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or 
procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by a party against the 
United States, its departments, agencies, instrumentalities or entities, 
its officers or employees, or any other person.
    (b) The Commission shall terminate within 60 days after submitting 
its final report.
                                                George W. Bush
The White House,
January 27, 2004.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:02 a.m., February 2, 
2004]

Note: This Executive order was released by the Office of the Press 
Secretary on January 30, and it was published in the Federal Register on 
February 3. This item was not received in time for publication in the 
appropriate issue.