EXECUTIVE
ORDER
EO 12881
Effective Date: November 23, 1993

Responsible Office: Office of Policy Coordination and International Relations
Subject: ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL

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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution
and the laws of the United States of America, including section
301 of title 3, United States Code, it is hereby ordered as
follows:

Section 1. Established. There is established the National Science
and Technology Council ("the Council").

Sec. 2. Membership.  The Council shall comprise the:

     (a) President, who shall serve as Chairman of the Council;
     (b) Vice President;
     (c) Secretary of Commerce;
     (d) Secretary of Defense;
     (e) Secretary of Energy;
     (f) Secretary of Health and Human Services;
     (g) Secretary of State;
     (h) Secretary of the Interior;
     (i) Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space
         Administration
     (j) Director, National Science Foundation;
     (k) Director of the Office of Management and Budget;
     (l) Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency;
     (m) Assistant to the President for Science and Technology;
     (n) National Security Adviser;
     (o) Assistant to the President for Economic Policy;
     (p) Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy; and
     (q) Such other officials of executive departments and
         agencies as the President may, from time to time,
         designate.

Sec. 3. Meetings of the Council. The President or, upon his
direction, the Assistant to the President for Science and
Technology ("the Assistant"), may convene meetings of the
Council.  The President shall preside over the meetings of the
Council, provided that in his absence the Vice President, and in
his absence the Assistant, will preside.

Sec. 4. Functions. (a)The principal functions of the Council are,
to the extent permitted by law: (1) to coordinate the science and
technology policy-making process; (2) to ensure science and
technology policy decisions and programs are consistent with the
President's stated goals; (3) to help integrate the President's
science and technology policy agenda across the Federal
Government; (4) to ensure science and technology are considered
in development and implementation of Federal policies and
programs; and (5) to further international cooperation in science
and technology.  The Assistant may take such actions, including
drafting a Charter, as may be necessary or appropriate to
implement such functions.

(b) All executive departments and agencies, whether or not
represented on the Council, shall coordinate science technology
policy through the Council and shall share information on
research and development budget requests with the Council.

(c) The Council shall develop for submission to the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget recommendations on research
and development budgets that reflect national goals.  In
addition, the Council shall provide advice to the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget concerning the agencies' research
and development budget submissions.

(d) The Assistant will, when appropriate, work in conjunction
with the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, the
Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget, and the National Security
Adviser.

Sec. 5. Administration. (a) The Council will oversee the duties
of the Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and
Technology, the National Space Council, and the National Critical
Materials Council.
 (b) The Council may function through established or ad hoc
committees, task forces, or interagency groups.

 (c) To the extent practicable and permitted by law, executive
departments and agencies shall make resources, including, but not
limited to, personnel, office support, and printing, available to
the Council as requested by the Assistant.

 (d) All executive departments and agencies shall cooperate with
the Council and provide such assistance, information, and advice
to the Council as the Council may request, to the extent
permitted by law.

                                        /s/William J. Clinton


THE WHITE HOUSE,
November 23, 1993.

			

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