82_FR_16946 82 FR 16881 - Organization of the National Security Council, the Homeland Security Council, and Subcommittees

82 FR 16881 - Organization of the National Security Council, the Homeland Security Council, and Subcommittees

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National Security Presidential Memorandum-4 of April 4, 2017--
Organization of the National Security Council, the Homeland Security 
Council, and Subcommittees


                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 82 , No. 65 / Thursday, April 6, 2017 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                National Security Presidential Memorandum-4 of April 4, 
                2017

                
Organization of the National Security Council, 
                the Homeland Security Council, and Subcommittees

                Memorandum for the Vice President[,] the Secretary of 
                State[,] the Secretary of the Treasury[,] the Secretary 
                of Defense[,] the Attorney General[,] the Secretary of 
                Agriculture[,] the Secretary of Health and Human 
                Services[,] the Secretary of Transportation[,] the 
                Secretary of Commerce[,] the Secretary of Energy[,] the 
                Secretary of Homeland Security[,] the Assistant to the 
                President and Chief of Staff[,] the Director of the 
                Office of Management and Budget[,] the Representative 
                of the United States to the United Nations[,] the 
                United States Trade Representative[,] the Chairman of 
                the Council of Economic Advisers[,] the Chairman of the 
                Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System[,] the 
                Director of National Intelligence[,] the Director of 
                the Central Intelligence Agency[,] the Chairman of the 
                Joint Chiefs of Staff[,] the Assistant to the President 
                for National Security Affairs[,] the Assistant to the 
                President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism 
                the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy[,] 
                the Assistant to the President for Trade and 
                Manufacturing Policy[,] the Assistant to the President 
                for Intragovernmental and Technology Initiatives[,] the 
                Counsel to the President[,] the Deputy Assistant to the 
                President and National Security Advisor to the Vice 
                President[,] the Administrator of the United States 
                Agency for International Development[,] the 
                Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 
                Administration[,] the Chairman of the Nuclear 
                Regulatory Commission[,] the Director of the Federal 
                Bureau of Investigation[,] the Director of the Office 
                of Science and Technology Policy[,] the Director of 
                National Drug Control Policy[,] the Chairman of the 
                President's Intelligence Advisory Board[,] the 
                Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
                Agency[, and] the Archivist of the United States

                As President, my highest priority is to ensure the 
                safety and security of the American people. In order to 
                advise and assist me in executing this solemn 
                responsibility, as well as to protect and advance the 
                national interests of the United States at home and 
                abroad, I hereby direct that my system for national 
                security policy development and decision making shall 
                be organized as follows:

                A. The National Security Council, the Homeland Security 
                Council, and Supporting Staff

                The National Security Act of 1947, as amended, 
                established the National Security Council (NSC) to 
                advise the President with respect to the integration of 
                domestic, foreign, and military policies relating to 
                the national security. There is also a Homeland 
                Security Council (HSC)--established through Executive 
                Order 13228 of October 8, 2001, and subsequently 
                codified in the Homeland Security Act of 2002--that has 
                the purpose of advising the President on matters 
                pertaining to homeland security. Each Council is also 
                responsible for the effective coordination of the 
                security-related activities and functions of the 
                executive departments and agencies.

                The security threats facing the United States in the 
                21st century transcend international boundaries. 
                Accordingly, the United States Government's decision-
                making structures and processes to address these 
                challenges must remain equally adaptive and 
                transformative. Both Councils are statutory bodies that

[[Page 16882]]

                the President will continue to chair. Invitations to 
                participate in specific Council meetings shall be 
                extended to those heads of executive departments and 
                agencies, and other senior officials, who are needed to 
                address the issue or issues under consideration. When 
                the President is absent from a meeting of either 
                Council, the Vice President may preside at the 
                President's direction.

                The Assistant to the President for National Security 
                Affairs (National Security Advisor) shall be 
                responsible, as appropriate and at the President's 
                direction, for determining the agenda for the NSC or 
                HSC, respectively, ensuring that the necessary papers 
                are prepared and recording Council actions and 
                Presidential decisions in a timely manner. The 
                Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and 
                Counterterrorism (Homeland Security Advisor) may, at 
                the sole discretion of the National Security Advisor, 
                perform those functions. When international economic 
                issues are on the agenda of the NSC, the Assistant to 
                the President for Economic Policy may, at the sole 
                discretion of the National Security Advisor, perform 
                those functions.

                The NSC and HSC shall have as their regular attendees 
                (both statutory and non-statutory) the President, the 
                Vice President, the Secretary of State, the Secretary 
                of the Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney 
                General, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of 
                Homeland Security, the National Security Advisor, the 
                Homeland Security Advisor, and the Representative of 
                the United States to the United Nations. The Director 
                of National Intelligence and the Chairman of the Joint 
                Chiefs of Staff, as statutory advisors to the NSC, 
                shall also be regular attendees, as will the Director 
                of the Central Intelligence Agency.

                When international economic issues are on the agenda of 
                the NSC, the NSC's regular attendees will include the 
                Secretary of Commerce, the United States Trade 
                Representative, and the Assistant to the President for 
                Economic Policy.

                The Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff 
                (Chief of Staff to the President), the Counsel to the 
                President, the Deputy Counsel to the President for 
                National Security Affairs, and the Director of the 
                Office of Management and Budget are invited as 
                attendees to any NSC meeting.

                In addition to the NSC and HSC, there is also a single 
                NSC staff within the Executive Office of the President 
                that serves both the NSC and HSC. The staff is composed 
                of regional, issue-focused, and functional directorates 
                and headed by a single civilian Executive Secretary, 
                pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 3021, who is also the Chief of 
                Staff. All policy and staff activity decisions will be 
                transmitted to the Executive Secretary for appropriate 
                distribution and awareness. The purpose of the staff is 
                to advise the President, the National Security Advisor, 
                the Homeland Security Advisor, the NSC members, the HSC 
                members, and others in the White House; to facilitate 
                the implementation of Administration policy; and to 
                help coordinate the national-security-related 
                activities of the executive departments and agencies.

                B. The Principals Committee

                The Principals Committee (PC) shall continue to serve 
                as the Cabinet-level senior interagency forum for 
                considering policy issues that affect the national 
                security interests of the United States. The PC shall 
                be convened and chaired by the National Security 
                Advisor. The Homeland Security Advisor may, at the sole 
                discretion of the National Security Advisor, also 
                convene and chair the PC. The Chair shall determine the 
                agenda in consultation with the appropriate committee 
                members, and the Executive Secretary shall ensure that 
                necessary papers are prepared, and that conclusions and 
                decisions are communicated in a timely manner. 
                Invitations to participate in or attend a specific PC 
                shall be extended at the discretion of the Chair, and 
                may include those Cabinet-level heads of executive 
                departments and agencies, and other senior officials, 
                who are needed to address any issue under 
                consideration.

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                The PC shall have as its regular attendees the 
                Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the 
                Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, the 
                Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Homeland 
                Security, the Chief of Staff to the President, the 
                Director of National Intelligence, the Chairman of the 
                Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Director of the Central 
                Intelligence Agency, the National Security Advisor, the 
                Homeland Security Advisor, and the Representative of 
                the United States to the United Nations. The Counsel to 
                the President, the Deputy Counsel to the President for 
                National Security Affairs, and the Director of the 
                Office of Management and Budget may attend all PC 
                meetings.

                The Assistant to the President and Deputy National 
                Security Advisor (Deputy National Security Advisor), 
                the Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy, the 
                Deputy Assistant to the President and National Security 
                Advisor to the Vice President, and the Executive 
                Secretary (who shall serve as the Executive Secretary 
                of the PC) shall attend all of the meetings of the PC, 
                and the Assistant to the President for 
                Intragovernmental and Technology Initiatives may attend 
                as appropriate.

                When international economic issues are on the agenda of 
                the PC, the Committee's regular attendees will include 
                the Secretary of Commerce, the United States Trade 
                Representative, and the Assistant to the President for 
                Economic Policy (who shall serve as Chair for agenda 
                items that principally pertain to international 
                economics).

                C. The Deputies Committee

                The Deputies Committee (DC) shall continue to serve as 
                the senior sub-Cabinet interagency forum for 
                consideration of, and where appropriate, decision 
                making on, policy issues that affect the national 
                security interests of the United States. The DC shall 
                be convened and chaired by the Deputy National Security 
                Advisor. The Deputy Homeland Security Advisor may, at 
                the sole discretion of the National Security Advisor, 
                also convene and Chair the DC. The Chair shall 
                determine the agenda in consultation with the regular 
                DC attendees, and the Executive Secretary shall ensure 
                that necessary papers are prepared and that conclusions 
                and decisions are communicated in a timely manner. 
                Invitations to participate in or attend a specific DC 
                meeting shall be extended by the Chair to those at the 
                Deputy Secretary or Under Secretary level of executive 
                departments and agencies, and to other senior 
                officials, who are needed to address any issue under 
                consideration.

                The DC shall have as its regular attendees the Deputy 
                Secretary of State, the Deputy Secretary of the 
                Treasury, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, the Deputy 
                Attorney General, the Deputy Secretary of Energy, the 
                Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, the Deputy 
                Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the 
                Deputy Director of National Intelligence, the Vice 
                Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Deputy 
                Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Deputy 
                National Security Advisor, the Deputy National Security 
                Advisor for Strategy, the Deputy Homeland Security 
                Advisor, the Deputy Assistant to the President and 
                National Security Advisor to the Vice President, and 
                the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
                International Development.

                The Executive Secretary shall attend the DC meetings. 
                The Deputy Counsel to the President for National 
                Security Affairs may attend all DC meetings. Other 
                senior officials, including the Deputy Representative 
                of the United States to the United Nations, may be 
                invited when appropriate.

                The DC shall review and monitor the work of the 
                interagency national security process, including the 
                interagency groups established pursuant to section D 
                below. The DC shall help to ensure that issues brought 
                before the NSC, HSC, and PC have been properly analyzed 
                and prepared for decision. The DC shall also focus 
                significant attention on monitoring the implementation 
                of policies and decisions and shall conduct periodic 
                reviews of the Administration's major national security 
                and foreign policy initiatives.

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                The DC is responsible for establishing Policy 
                Coordination Committees (PCCs) and for providing 
                objectives and clear guidance.

                D. Policy Coordination Committees

                Management of the development and implementation of 
                national security policies by multiple executive 
                departments and agencies typically shall be 
                accomplished by the PCCs, with participation primarily 
                occurring at the Assistant Secretary level. As the main 
                day-to-day fora for interagency coordination of 
                national security policies, the PCCs shall provide 
                policy analysis for consideration by the more senior 
                committees of the national security system and ensure 
                timely responses to the President's decisions.

                Regional and issue-related PCCs shall be established at 
                the direction of the DC. Members of the NSC staff (or 
                National Economic Council staff, as appropriate) will 
                chair the PCCs; the DC, at its discretion, may add co-
                chairs to any PCC. The PCCs shall review and coordinate 
                the implementation of Presidential decisions in their 
                respective policy areas. The Chair of each PCC, in 
                consultation with the Executive Secretary, shall invite 
                representatives of other executive departments and 
                agencies to attend meetings of the PCC where 
                appropriate. The Chair of each PCC, with the agreement 
                of the Executive Secretary, may establish subordinate 
                working groups to assist that PCC in the performance of 
                its duties.

                E. General

                The President and the Vice President may attend any and 
                all meetings of any entity established by or under this 
                memorandum.

                This document is part of a series of National Security 
                Presidential Memoranda, which have replaced both 
                Presidential Policy Directives and Presidential Study 
                Directives as the instrument for communicating relevant 
                Presidential decisions. This memorandum shall supersede 
                all other existing Presidential directives and guidance 
                on the organization or support of the NSC and the HSC, 
                including National Security Presidential Memorandum--2 
                (January 28, 2017), which is hereby revoked. With 
                regard to its application to economic matters, this 
                document shall be interpreted in concert with any 
                Executive Order governing the National Economic Council 
                and with Presidential Memoranda signed hereafter that 
                implement it or those Executive Orders.

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                The Secretary of Defense is hereby authorized and 
                directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal 
                Register.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, April 4, 2017

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                                             Title 3—                                            National Security Presidential Memorandum–4 of April 4, 2017

                                             The President                                       Organization of the National Security Council, the Homeland
                                                                                                 Security Council, and Subcommittees

                                                                                                 Memorandum for the Vice President[,] the Secretary of State[,] the Sec-
                                                                                                 retary of the Treasury[,] the Secretary of Defense[,] the Attorney
                                                                                                 General[,] the Secretary of Agriculture[,] the Secretary of Health and
                                                                                                 Human Services[,] the Secretary of Transportation[,] the Secretary of
                                                                                                 Commerce[,] the Secretary of Energy[,] the Secretary of Homeland
                                                                                                 Security[,] the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff[,] the Director
                                                                                                 of the Office of Management and Budget[,] the Representative of the
                                                                                                 United States to the United Nations[,] the United States Trade
                                                                                                 Representative[,] the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers[,] the
                                                                                                 Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System[,]
                                                                                                 the Director of National Intelligence[,] the Director of the Central Intel-
                                                                                                 ligence Agency[,] the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff[,] the Assistant
                                                                                                 to the President for National Security Affairs[,] the Assistant to the Presi-
                                                                                                 dent for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism the Assistant to the
                                                                                                 President for Economic Policy[,] the Assistant to the President for Trade
                                                                                                 and Manufacturing Policy[,] the Assistant to the President for
                                                                                                 Intragovernmental and Technology Initiatives[,] the Counsel to the
                                                                                                 President[,] the Deputy Assistant to the President and National Security
                                                                                                 Advisor to the Vice President[,] the Administrator of the United States
                                                                                                 Agency for International Development[,] the Administrator of the Na-
                                                                                                 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration[,] the Chairman of the Nu-
                                                                                                 clear Regulatory Commission[,] the Director of the Federal Bureau of
                                                                                                 Investigation[,] the Director of the Office of Science and Technology
                                                                                                 Policy[,] the Director of National Drug Control Policy[,] the Chairman of
                                                                                                 the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board[,] the Administrator of the
                                                                                                 Federal Emergency Management Agency[, and] the Archivist of the
                                                                                                 United States

                                                                                                 As President, my highest priority is to ensure the safety and security of
                                                                                                 the American people. In order to advise and assist me in executing this
                                                                                                 solemn responsibility, as well as to protect and advance the national interests
                                                                                                 of the United States at home and abroad, I hereby direct that my system
                                                                                                 for national security policy development and decision making shall be orga-
                                                                                                 nized as follows:
                                                                                                 A. The National Security Council, the Homeland Security Council, and
                                                                                                 Supporting Staff
                                                                                                 The National Security Act of 1947, as amended, established the National
                                                                                                 Security Council (NSC) to advise the President with respect to the integration
                                                                                                 of domestic, foreign, and military policies relating to the national security.
                                                                                                 There is also a Homeland Security Council (HSC)—established through Exec-
                                                                                                 utive Order 13228 of October 8, 2001, and subsequently codified in the
                                                                                                 Homeland Security Act of 2002—that has the purpose of advising the Presi-
                                                                                                 dent on matters pertaining to homeland security. Each Council is also respon-
                                                                                                 sible for the effective coordination of the security-related activities and func-
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                                                                                                 tions of the executive departments and agencies.
                                                                                                 The security threats facing the United States in the 21st century transcend
                                                                                                 international boundaries. Accordingly, the United States Government’s deci-
                                                                                                 sion-making structures and processes to address these challenges must remain
                                                                                                 equally adaptive and transformative. Both Councils are statutory bodies that


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                                                                                                 the President will continue to chair. Invitations to participate in specific
                                                                                                 Council meetings shall be extended to those heads of executive departments
                                                                                                 and agencies, and other senior officials, who are needed to address the
                                                                                                 issue or issues under consideration. When the President is absent from
                                                                                                 a meeting of either Council, the Vice President may preside at the President’s
                                                                                                 direction.
                                                                                                 The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (National Security
                                                                                                 Advisor) shall be responsible, as appropriate and at the President’s direction,
                                                                                                 for determining the agenda for the NSC or HSC, respectively, ensuring
                                                                                                 that the necessary papers are prepared and recording Council actions and
                                                                                                 Presidential decisions in a timely manner. The Assistant to the President
                                                                                                 for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (Homeland Security Advisor)
                                                                                                 may, at the sole discretion of the National Security Advisor, perform those
                                                                                                 functions. When international economic issues are on the agenda of the
                                                                                                 NSC, the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy may, at the sole
                                                                                                 discretion of the National Security Advisor, perform those functions.
                                                                                                 The NSC and HSC shall have as their regular attendees (both statutory
                                                                                                 and non-statutory) the President, the Vice President, the Secretary of State,
                                                                                                 the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General,
                                                                                                 the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the National
                                                                                                 Security Advisor, the Homeland Security Advisor, and the Representative
                                                                                                 of the United States to the United Nations. The Director of National Intel-
                                                                                                 ligence and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as statutory advisors
                                                                                                 to the NSC, shall also be regular attendees, as will the Director of the
                                                                                                 Central Intelligence Agency.
                                                                                                 When international economic issues are on the agenda of the NSC, the
                                                                                                 NSC’s regular attendees will include the Secretary of Commerce, the United
                                                                                                 States Trade Representative, and the Assistant to the President for Economic
                                                                                                 Policy.
                                                                                                 The Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff (Chief of Staff to the
                                                                                                 President), the Counsel to the President, the Deputy Counsel to the President
                                                                                                 for National Security Affairs, and the Director of the Office of Management
                                                                                                 and Budget are invited as attendees to any NSC meeting.
                                                                                                 In addition to the NSC and HSC, there is also a single NSC staff within
                                                                                                 the Executive Office of the President that serves both the NSC and HSC.
                                                                                                 The staff is composed of regional, issue-focused, and functional directorates
                                                                                                 and headed by a single civilian Executive Secretary, pursuant to 50 U.S.C.
                                                                                                 3021, who is also the Chief of Staff. All policy and staff activity decisions
                                                                                                 will be transmitted to the Executive Secretary for appropriate distribution
                                                                                                 and awareness. The purpose of the staff is to advise the President, the
                                                                                                 National Security Advisor, the Homeland Security Advisor, the NSC mem-
                                                                                                 bers, the HSC members, and others in the White House; to facilitate the
                                                                                                 implementation of Administration policy; and to help coordinate the na-
                                                                                                 tional-security-related activities of the executive departments and agencies.
                                                                                                 B. The Principals Committee
                                                                                                 The Principals Committee (PC) shall continue to serve as the Cabinet-level
                                                                                                 senior interagency forum for considering policy issues that affect the national
                                                                                                 security interests of the United States. The PC shall be convened and chaired
                                                                                                 by the National Security Advisor. The Homeland Security Advisor may,
                                                                                                 at the sole discretion of the National Security Advisor, also convene and
                                                                                                 chair the PC. The Chair shall determine the agenda in consultation with
                                                                                                 the appropriate committee members, and the Executive Secretary shall ensure
                                                                                                 that necessary papers are prepared, and that conclusions and decisions
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                                                                                                 are communicated in a timely manner. Invitations to participate in or attend
                                                                                                 a specific PC shall be extended at the discretion of the Chair, and may
                                                                                                 include those Cabinet-level heads of executive departments and agencies,
                                                                                                 and other senior officials, who are needed to address any issue under consid-
                                                                                                 eration.


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                                                                                                 The PC shall have as its regular attendees the Secretary of State, the Secretary
                                                                                                 of the Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, the Secretary
                                                                                                 of Energy, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Chief of Staff to the
                                                                                                 President, the Director of National Intelligence, the Chairman of the Joint
                                                                                                 Chiefs of Staff, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the National
                                                                                                 Security Advisor, the Homeland Security Advisor, and the Representative
                                                                                                 of the United States to the United Nations. The Counsel to the President,
                                                                                                 the Deputy Counsel to the President for National Security Affairs, and the
                                                                                                 Director of the Office of Management and Budget may attend all PC meetings.
                                                                                                 The Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor (Deputy
                                                                                                 National Security Advisor), the Deputy National Security Advisor for Strat-
                                                                                                 egy, the Deputy Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor
                                                                                                 to the Vice President, and the Executive Secretary (who shall serve as
                                                                                                 the Executive Secretary of the PC) shall attend all of the meetings of the
                                                                                                 PC, and the Assistant to the President for Intragovernmental and Technology
                                                                                                 Initiatives may attend as appropriate.
                                                                                                 When international economic issues are on the agenda of the PC, the Commit-
                                                                                                 tee’s regular attendees will include the Secretary of Commerce, the United
                                                                                                 States Trade Representative, and the Assistant to the President for Economic
                                                                                                 Policy (who shall serve as Chair for agenda items that principally pertain
                                                                                                 to international economics).
                                                                                                 C. The Deputies Committee
                                                                                                 The Deputies Committee (DC) shall continue to serve as the senior sub-
                                                                                                 Cabinet interagency forum for consideration of, and where appropriate, deci-
                                                                                                 sion making on, policy issues that affect the national security interests
                                                                                                 of the United States. The DC shall be convened and chaired by the Deputy
                                                                                                 National Security Advisor. The Deputy Homeland Security Advisor may,
                                                                                                 at the sole discretion of the National Security Advisor, also convene and
                                                                                                 Chair the DC. The Chair shall determine the agenda in consultation with
                                                                                                 the regular DC attendees, and the Executive Secretary shall ensure that
                                                                                                 necessary papers are prepared and that conclusions and decisions are commu-
                                                                                                 nicated in a timely manner. Invitations to participate in or attend a specific
                                                                                                 DC meeting shall be extended by the Chair to those at the Deputy Secretary
                                                                                                 or Under Secretary level of executive departments and agencies, and to
                                                                                                 other senior officials, who are needed to address any issue under consider-
                                                                                                 ation.
                                                                                                 The DC shall have as its regular attendees the Deputy Secretary of State,
                                                                                                 the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, the Deputy Secretary of Defense,
                                                                                                 the Deputy Attorney General, the Deputy Secretary of Energy, the Deputy
                                                                                                 Secretary of Homeland Security, the Deputy Director of the Office of Manage-
                                                                                                 ment and Budget, the Deputy Director of National Intelligence, the Vice
                                                                                                 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Deputy Director of the Central
                                                                                                 Intelligence Agency, the Deputy National Security Advisor, the Deputy Na-
                                                                                                 tional Security Advisor for Strategy, the Deputy Homeland Security Advisor,
                                                                                                 the Deputy Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor to
                                                                                                 the Vice President, and the Administrator of the United States Agency
                                                                                                 for International Development.
                                                                                                 The Executive Secretary shall attend the DC meetings. The Deputy Counsel
                                                                                                 to the President for National Security Affairs may attend all DC meetings.
                                                                                                 Other senior officials, including the Deputy Representative of the United
                                                                                                 States to the United Nations, may be invited when appropriate.
                                                                                                 The DC shall review and monitor the work of the interagency national
                                                                                                 security process, including the interagency groups established pursuant to
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                                                                                                 section D below. The DC shall help to ensure that issues brought before
                                                                                                 the NSC, HSC, and PC have been properly analyzed and prepared for deci-
                                                                                                 sion. The DC shall also focus significant attention on monitoring the imple-
                                                                                                 mentation of policies and decisions and shall conduct periodic reviews
                                                                                                 of the Administration’s major national security and foreign policy initiatives.


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                                                                                                 The DC is responsible for establishing Policy Coordination Committees (PCCs)
                                                                                                 and for providing objectives and clear guidance.
                                                                                                 D. Policy Coordination Committees
                                                                                                 Management of the development and implementation of national security
                                                                                                 policies by multiple executive departments and agencies typically shall be
                                                                                                 accomplished by the PCCs, with participation primarily occurring at the
                                                                                                 Assistant Secretary level. As the main day-to-day fora for interagency coordi-
                                                                                                 nation of national security policies, the PCCs shall provide policy analysis
                                                                                                 for consideration by the more senior committees of the national security
                                                                                                 system and ensure timely responses to the President’s decisions.
                                                                                                 Regional and issue-related PCCs shall be established at the direction of
                                                                                                 the DC. Members of the NSC staff (or National Economic Council staff,
                                                                                                 as appropriate) will chair the PCCs; the DC, at its discretion, may add
                                                                                                 co-chairs to any PCC. The PCCs shall review and coordinate the implementa-
                                                                                                 tion of Presidential decisions in their respective policy areas. The Chair
                                                                                                 of each PCC, in consultation with the Executive Secretary, shall invite rep-
                                                                                                 resentatives of other executive departments and agencies to attend meetings
                                                                                                 of the PCC where appropriate. The Chair of each PCC, with the agreement
                                                                                                 of the Executive Secretary, may establish subordinate working groups to
                                                                                                 assist that PCC in the performance of its duties.
                                                                                                 E. General
                                                                                                 The President and the Vice President may attend any and all meetings
                                                                                                 of any entity established by or under this memorandum.
                                                                                                 This document is part of a series of National Security Presidential Memo-
                                                                                                 randa, which have replaced both Presidential Policy Directives and Presi-
                                                                                                 dential Study Directives as the instrument for communicating relevant Presi-
                                                                                                 dential decisions. This memorandum shall supersede all other existing Presi-
                                                                                                 dential directives and guidance on the organization or support of the NSC
                                                                                                 and the HSC, including National Security Presidential Memorandum—2 (Jan-
                                                                                                 uary 28, 2017), which is hereby revoked. With regard to its application
                                                                                                 to economic matters, this document shall be interpreted in concert with
                                                                                                 any Executive Order governing the National Economic Council and with
                                                                                                 Presidential Memoranda signed hereafter that implement it or those Executive
                                                                                                 Orders.
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                                                                                                 The Secretary of Defense is hereby authorized and directed to publish this
                                                                                                 memorandum in the Federal Register.




                                                                                                 THE WHITE HOUSE,
                                                                                                 Washington, April 4, 2017


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
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FR Citation82 FR 16881 

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