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Presidential Memorandum

Designation of the National Science and Technology Council to Coordinate Certain Activities Under the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984

This memorandum assigns the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) responsibility for coordinating activities previously assigned to the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee under sections 107 and 108 of the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984. The Director of OSTP is directed to publish the memorandum in the Federal Register.

Federal Register Open PDF 75 FR 44063

Impact dates

  1. Publication of memorandum in Federal Register

Key directives

  • Assign NSTC responsibility to coordinate activities under sections 107 and 108 of the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984
  • Authorize and direct OSTP Director to publish memorandum in Federal Register

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • NSTC assumes coordination responsibility for sections 107 and 108 activities
  • OSTP Director directed to publish in Federal Register

Near term (90d)

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Long term

  • Potential restructuring of federal Arctic research coordination from IARPC to NSTC committee framework

Risks & tensions

  • Potential tension between NSTC and existing Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee structures; text does not clarify whether IARPC is supplanted or supplemented
  • Vague scope of 'including through committees of the NSTC' leaves implementation details unspecified
Presidential Memorandum: Designation of the National Science and Technology Council to Coordinate Certain Activities Under the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 · Executive Orders