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Alternate.

Duties of President.

Ennployees. Condensation.

63 Stat. 954. 5 USC 1071 note. Security check.

PUBLIC LAW 85-568-JULY 29, 1958

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(2) the Secretary of State; (3) the Secretary of Defense; (4) the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; (5) the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission; (6) not more than one additional member appointed by the President from the departments and agencies of the Federal Government; and (7) not more than three other members appointed by the President, solely on the basis of established records of distinguished achievement, from among individuals in private life who are eminent in science, engineering, technology, education, administration, or public affairs. (b) Each member of the Council from a department or agency of the Federal Government may designate another officer of his department or agency to serve on the Council as his alternate in his unavoidable absence. (c) Each member of the Council appointed or designated under paragraphs (6) and (7) of subsection (a), and each alternate member designated under subsection (b), shall be appointed or designated to serve as such by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless at the time of such appointment or designation he holds an office in the Federal Government to which he was appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. (id) I t shall be the function of the Council to advise the President with respect to the performance of the duties prescribed in subsection (e) of this section. (e) I n conformity with the provisions of section 102 of this Act, it shall be the duty of the President to— (1) survey all significant aeronautical and space activities, including the policies, plans, programs, and accomplishments of all agencies of the United States engaged in such activities; (2) develop a comprehensive program of aeronautical and space activities to be conducted by agencies of the United States; (3) designate and fix responsibility for the direction of major aeronautical and space activities; (4) provide for effective cooperation between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Department of Defense in all such activities, and specify which of such activities may be carried on concurrently by both such agencies notwithstanding the assignment of primary responsibility therefor to one or the other of such agencies; and (5) resolve differences arising among departments and agencies of the United States with respect to aeronautical and space activities under this Act, including differences as to whether a particular project is an aeronautical and space activity. (f) The Council may employ a staff to be headed by a civilian executive secretary who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and shall receive compensation at the rate of $20,000 a year. The executive secretary, subject to the direction of the Council, is authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel, including not more than three persons who may be appointed without regard to the civil service laws or the Classification Act of 1949 and compensated at the rate of not more than $19,000 a year, as may be necessary to perform such duties as may be prescribed by the Council in connection with the performance of its functions. Each appointment under this subsection shall be subject to the same security requirements as those established for personnel of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration appointed under section 203(b)(2) of this Act.

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