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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution
and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to
update the National Research Council, it is hereby ordered that
Executive Order No. 2859, as amended, is further amended to read
as follows:

"National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences" 

"WHEREAS (1) the congressional charter of the National Academy of
Sciences ('Academy') charges it, upon call from any U.S.
Government Department, to investigate, examine, experiment, and
report upon any subject of science or art and (2) the actual
expenses of the Academy for such investigations, examinations,
experiments, and reports shall be paid to the Academy through one
or more of the following: private gifts and bequests;
appropriations for the benefit of the Academy; grants-in-aid,
contracts, and other forms of financial agreement with executive
departments and agencies, provided that the Academy shall receive
no compensation whatever for any services to the Government of
the United States; and

"WHEREAS the National Research Council ('Council') was organized
in 1916 at the request of the President by the National Academy
of Sciences, under its congressional charter, as a measure of
national preparedness; and 

"WHEREAS the Council is the principal operating agency of the
National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of
Engineering, the latter having been established in 1964 under the
charter of the National Academy of Sciences; and

"WHEREAS the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of
Sciences, established in 1970 under the Academy's charter,
conducts its programs and activities under the approval,
operating, and review procedures of the Council; and 

"WHEREAS in recognition of the work accomplished through the
Council in organizing research, in furthering science, and in
securing cooperation of government and nongovernment agencies in
the solution in their problems, the Council has been perpetuated 
by the Academy as requested by the President in Executive Order
No. 2859 of May 11, 1918; and 

"WHEREAS the effective prosecution of the Council's work may
require the close cooperation of the scientific and technical
branches of the Government, both military and civil, and makes
participation by officers and employees of the Government in the
work of the Council desirable; and 

"NOW, THEREFORE, by the authority vested in me as President by
the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it
is ordered as follows:

     "1.  The functions of the Council shall be as follows:

          "(a) To stimulate research in the mathematical,
          physical, biological, environmental, and social
          sciences, and in the application of these sciences to
          engineering, agriculture, medicine, and other useful
          arts, with the object of increasing knowledge, of
          strengthening the national security including the
          contribution of science and engineering to economic
          growth, of ensuring the health of the American people,
          of aiding in the attainment of environmental goals, and
          of contributing in other ways to the public welfare.

          "(b) To survey the broad possibilities of science, to 
               formulate comprehensive projects of research, and
               to develop effective means of utilizing the
               scientific and technical resources of the country
               for dealing with such projects.

          "(c) To promote cooperation in research, at home and 
          abroad, in order to secure concentration of effort,
          minimize duplication, and stimulate progress; but in
          all cooperative undertaking to give encouragement to
          individual initiative, as fundamentally important to
          the advancement of science.

          "(d) To serve as a means of bringing American and 
          foreign investigators into active cooperation with the
          scientific and technical services of the Federal
          Government.

          "(e) To direct the attention of scientific and
          technical investigators to the importance of military
          and industrial problems in connection with national
          security, to the importance of environmental problems
          in connection with public health and the economy, and
          to aid in the solution of these problems by organizing
          specific research.

          "(f) To gather and collate scientific and technical 
          information, at home and abroad, in cooperation with
          governmental and other agencies, and to disseminate
          such information to duly accredited persons and the
          public.

     "2.  Scientists, engineers, and other technically qualified 
     professionals who are officers or employees of departments
     and agencies of the executive branch of the Government are
     encouraged to participate in the work of the Council as
     requested by the Council to the extent authorized by the
     head of the officer's or employee's agency or department and
     permitted by law.

     "3. To the extent permitted by law and regulation, and in
     accordance with the congressional charter of the Academy,
     the actual expense of investigations, examinations,
     experiments, and reports by the Academy for the executive
     branch of the Government shall be paid to the Academy
     through one or more of the following:  private gifts and
     bequests; appropriations for the benefit of the Academy;
     grants-in-aid, contracts, and other forms of financial
     agreement with executive departments and agencies.  The
     Academy shall receive no compensation whatever for any
     services to the Government of the United States.  Further,
     the Academy shall be subject to all provisions of OMB
     Circular A-122, "Cost Principles for Non-profit
     Organizations," and to such other requirements regarding or
     limiting the Academy's recovery of costs as the Director of
     the Office of Management and Budget may specify from time to
     time in writing to the Academy and to agencies and
     departments of the Government.

     "4.  When a department or agency of the executive branch of
          the Government determines that the Academy, because of
          its unique qualifications, is the only source that can 
          provide the measure of expertise, independence,
          objectivity, and audience acceptance necessary to meet
          the department's or agency's program requirements,
          acquisition of services by the Academy may be obtained
          on a noncompetitive basis if otherwise in accordance
          with applicable law and regulations."  

                                        /s/George Bush


THE WHITE HOUSE,
January 19, 1993.