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Federal Register 

Vol. 69, No. 22

Tuesday, February 3, 2004

Title 3— 

The President 

Executive Order 13326 of January 27, 2004

President’s Commission on Implementation of United States 

Space Exploration Policy 

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the 

laws of the United States of America, and to obtain recommendations concerning implementation of the new vision for space exploration activities 

of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows: 

Section 1. Establishment. There is hereby established the President’s Commission on Implementation of United States Space Exploration Policy (the 

‘‘Commission’’). 

Sec. 2. Membership. (a) The Commission shall be composed of not more 

than nine members appointed by the President, taking into account as appropriate the experience of such individuals with respect to governmental, 

scientific, and technical matters relating to space. 

(b) The President shall designate one member of the Commission to serve 

as Chairman of the Commission. 

Sec. 3. Mission. (a) The mission of the Commission shall be to provide 

recommendations to the President, in accordance with this order, on implementation of the vision outlined in the President’s policy statement entitled 

‘‘A Renewed Spirit of Discovery’’ and the President’s Budget Submission 

for Fiscal Year 2005 (collectively, ‘‘Policy’’). 

(b) The Commission shall examine and make recommendations to the 

President regarding:

(i) A science research agenda to be conducted on the Moon and other 

destinations as well as human and robotic science activities that advance 

our capacity to achieve the Policy;

(ii) The exploration of technologies, demonstrations, and strategies, 

including the use of lunar and other in situ natural resources, that could 

be used for sustainable human and robotic exploration;

(iii) Criteria that could be used to select future destinations for human 

exploration;

(iv) Long-term organization options for managing implementation of 

space exploration activities;

(v) The most appropriate and effective roles for potential private sector 

and international participants in implementing the Policy;

(vi) Methods for optimizing space exploration activities to encourage 

the interest of America’s youth in studying and pursuing careers in mathematics, science, and engineering; and

(vii) Management of the implementation of the Policy within available 

resources. 

Sec. 4. Administration. (a) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shall provide, to the extent permitted by law, administrative 

support and funding for the Commission. The Commission is established 

in NASA for administrative purposes only. 

(b) Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation for 

their work on the Commission. Members appointed from among private 

citizens of the United States, however, while engaged in the work of the 

Commission, may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu 

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of subsistence, as authorized by law for persons serving intermittently in 

Government service (5 U.S.C. 5701–5707), to the extent funds are available. 

(c) Insofar as the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2) 

(the ‘‘Act’’), as amended, may apply to the Commission, any functions 

of the President under that Act, except for those in section 6 of that Act, 

shall be performed by the Administrator of NASA (the ‘‘Administrator’’), 

in accordance with the guidelines that have been issued by the Administrator 

of General Services. 

(d) The Commission shall conduct occasional meetings as appropriate, 

including at various locations throughout the United States, to solicit views 

and opinions from the public, academia, and industry. 

(e) The Commission shall not have access to information classified pursuant 

to Executive Order 12958 of April 17, 1995, as amended. 

Sec. 5. Report. The Commission shall submit its final report to the President 

through the Administrator within 120 days of the first meeting of the Commission. 

Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) This order is intended only to improve the 

internal management of the executive branch and it is not intended to, 

and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by a party against the United States, its departments, 

agencies, instrumentalities or entities, its officers or employees, or any other 

person. 

(b) The Commission shall terminate within 60 days after submitting its 

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