The National Space Council

The order reconstitutes the National Space Council, designating the Vice President as Chair and naming a broad membership including secretaries from eleven cabinet departments, senior White House advisers, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the NASA Administrator. It directs the Council to review and develop space policy recommendations, coordinate interagency implementation, synchronize civil, commercial, and national security space activities, and resolve differences among agencies. A civilian Executive Secretary appointed by the President heads the Council staff, and the Council must meet at least annually. It also establishes a Users' Advisory Group of non-federal industry and space-sector representatives to advise the Council.

The order explicitly prohibits Council operations from interfering with existing agency authority and states that it creates no enforceable rights or benefits. It is subject to available appropriations and supersedes Executive Orders 13803 (2017) and 13906 (2020), both of which are revoked.

Senior officials across eleven federal cabinet departments, the Office of Management and Budget, the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the National Security Council, and NASA. Non-federal industry representatives and other persons involved in aeronautical and space activities who may serve on the Users' Advisory Group.

Federal agencies conducting space-related activities must now align those activities with the President's national space policy. The Users' Advisory Group gives private-sector space and aeronautics industry representatives a formal, direct advisory channel to the White House on regulations, programs, and treaties affecting their sector.

The Vice President as Chair sets the agenda and procedures, recommends the Executive Secretary, and can invite additional agency heads or federal employees to meetings. The Council meets at least annually and coordinates with the National Security Council on security-related space matters. The Office of Administration provides administrative support, and agencies are required to share personnel, resources, and information with the Council as reasonably requested. Budget recommendations may flow from the Chair or Executive Secretary to OMB.