Executive Order 10668

Executive Order No. 2859 of May 11, 1918, relating to the National Research Council, is hereby amended to read as follows:

 "The functions of the Council shall be as follows:

"The Government shall be represented on the Council by members who are officers or employees of specified departments and agencies of the executive branch of the Government. The National Academy of Sciences shall specify, from time to time, the departments and agencies from which Government members shall be designated, and shall determine, from time to time, the number of Government members who shall be designated from each such department and agency. The head of each such specified department or agency shall designate the officers and employees from his department or agency, in such numbers as the National Academy of Sciences shall determine, who shall be members of the Council, but shall designate only those persons who are acceptable to the Academy.

This order shall not be construed as terminating the tenure of any person who has heretofore been designated as a member of the Council.
 * May 10, 1956
 * May 10, 1956