Amending Executive Order 13803Reviving the National Space Council
Signed February 13, 2020·Donald Trump·85 FR 10031
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Amends Executive Order 13803, which established the National Space Council, by revising the list of members who make up the Council. The updated membership includes the Vice President as chair, the Secretaries of State, Defense, Commerce, Transportation, Energy, and Homeland Security, the Director of National Intelligence, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, several White House policy advisers, the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and other agency heads or senior officials chosen by the chair. The order also eliminates a prior requirement in Executive Order 13803 that the Council submit quarterly reports. It states that it does not alter existing legal authorities of agencies, affect the budgetary functions of the Office of Management and Budget, or create enforceable rights for any party.
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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered
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Disposition
Amends: EO 13803, June 30, 2017 Revoked by: EO 14056, December 1, 2021
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Executive Order 13906 of February 13, 2020
Amending Executive Order 13803--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, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Membership of the Council. Section 2(b) of
Executive Order 13803 of June 30, 2017 (Reviving the
National Space Council) is hereby amended to read as
follows:
“(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 Energy;
(vii) The Secretary of Homeland Security;
(viii) The Director of National Intelligence;
(ix) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget;
(x) The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs;
(xi) The Assistant to the President for Economic Policy;
(xii) The Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy;
(xiii) The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration;
(xiv) The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy;
(xv) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and
(xvi) 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. 2. Revocation of Quarterly Reporting Requirement.
The first sentence of section 4(c) of Executive Order
13803 is hereby revoked.
Sec. 3. 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
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,
February 13, 2020.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed February 13, 2020. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.