Amending Executive Order 13803Reviving the National Space Council
Updates National Space Council Membership and Ends Quarterly Reports
What it does
The order changes the National Space Council's membership and revokes the Council's quarterly reporting requirement.
Real-world impact
- Changes who serves on the National Space Council, listing cabinet and senior officials.
- Removes the Council's previously required quarterly report, eliminating that regular reporting duty.
- States that departments' legal authorities and OMB budget functions stay unchanged.
Topics
Summary
This executive order updates the National Space Council by changing who sits on the council and by revoking a quarterly reporting requirement.
It names the Vice President as Chair and specifies members including 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; senior White House advisers; the NASA Administrator; the science adviser; the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs; and other agency heads as determined by the Chair.
The order preserves agencies' existing legal authorities and says implementation depends on available funding.
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