NATIONAL SECURITY
PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE -1

NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE-1
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The White House
Washington

February 13, 2001

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 COMMERCE
THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION
THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY
ADMINISTRATOR, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
CHAIRMAN, COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS
DIRECTOR, NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY
CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE PRESIDENT
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
DIRECTOR, FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
AFFAIRS
ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR ECONOMIC POLICY
COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
CHIEF OF STAFF AND ASSISTANT TO THE VICE
PRESIDENT FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS
DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY
CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL
RESERVE
CHAIRMAN, COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
CHAIRMAN, EXPORT-IMPORT BANK
CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF
COMMANDANT, U.S. COAST GUARD
ADMINISTRATOR, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
ADMINISTRATION
CHAIRMAN, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
DIRECTOR, PEACE CORPS
DIRECTOR, FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
DIRECTOR, NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY
DIRECTOR, DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
PRESIDENT, OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT
CORPORATION
CHAIRMAN, FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
COMMISSIONER, U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE
ADMINISTRATOR, DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION
PRESIDENT'S FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY BOARD
ARCHIVIST OF THE UNITED STATES
DIRECTOR, INFORMATION SECURITY OVERSIGHT OFFICE

SUBJECT: Organization of the National Security
Council System


This document is the first in a series of
National Security Presidential Directives.
National Security Presidential Directives shall
replace both Presidential Decision Directives and
Presidential Review Directives as an instrument
for communicating presidential decisions about
the national security policies of the United
States.

National security includes the defense of the
United States of America, protection of our
constitutional system of government, and the
advancement of United States interests around the
globe. National security also depends on
America's opportunity to prosper in the world
economy. The National Security Act of 1947, as
amended, established the National Security
Council to advise the President with respect to
the integration of domestic, foreign, and
military policies relating to national security.
That remains its purpose. The NSC shall advise
and assist me in integrating all aspects of
national security policy as it affects the United
States - domestic, foreign, military,
intelligence, and economics (in conjunction with
the National Economic Council (NEC)). The
National Security Council system is a process to
coordinate executive departments and agencies in
the effective development and implementation of
those national security policies.


The National Security Council (NSC) shall have as
its 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, and the
Assistant to the President for National Security
Affairs. The Director of Central Intelligence and
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as
statutory advisors to the NSC, shall also attend
NSC meetings. The Chief of Staff to the President
and the Assistant to the President for Economic
Policy are invited to attend any NSC meeting. The
Counsel to the President shall be consulted
regarding the agenda of NSC meetings, and shall
attend any meeting when, in consultation with the
Assistant to the President for National Security
Affairs, he deems it appropriate. The Attorney
General and the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget shall be invited to attend
meetings pertaining to their responsibilities.
For the Attorney General, this includes both
those matters within the Justice Department's
jurisdiction and those matters implicating the
Attorney General's responsibility under 28 U.S.C.
511 to give his advice and opinion on questions
of law when required by the President. The heads
of other executive departments and agencies, as
well as other senior officials, shall be invited
to attend meetings of the NSC when appropriate.

The NSC shall meet at my direction. When I am
absent from a meeting of the NSC, at my direction
the Vice President may preside. The Assistant to
the President for National Security Affairs shall
be responsible, at my direction and in
consultation with the other regular attendees of
the NSC, for determining the agenda, ensuring
that necessary papers are prepared, and recording
NSC actions and Presidential decisions. When
international economic issues are on the agenda
of the NSC, the Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs and the Assistant to
the President for Economic Policy shall
performthese tasks in concert.

The NSC Principals Committee (NSC/PC) will
continue to be the senior interagency forum for
consideration of policy issues affecting national
security, as it has since 1989. The NSC/PC shall
have as its regular attendees the Secretary of
State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the
Secretary of Defense, the Chief of Staff to the
President, and the Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs (who shall serve as
chair). The Director of  Central Intelligence and
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall
attend where issues pertaining to their
responsibilities and expertise are to be
discussed. The Attorney General and the Director
of the Office of Management and Budget shall be
invited to attend meetings pertaining to their
responsibilities. For the Attorney General, this
includes both those matters within the Justice
Department's jurisdiction and those matters
implicating the Attorney General's responsibility
under 28 U.S.C. 511 to give his advice and
opinion on questions of law when required by the
President. The Counsel to the President shall be
consulted regarding the agenda of NSC/PC
meetings, and shall attend any meeting when, in
consultation with the Assistant to the President
for National Security Affairs, he deems it
appropriate. When international economic issues
are on the agenda of the NSC/PC, the Committee's
regular attendees will include the Secretary of
Commerce, the United States Trade Representative,
the Assistant to the President for Economic
Policy (who shall serve as chair for agenda items
that principally pertain to international
economics), and, when the issues pertain to her
responsibilities, the Secretary of Agriculture.
The Chief of Staff and National Security Adviser
to the Vice President shall attend all meetings
of the NSC/PC, as shall the Assistant to the
President and Deputy National Security Advisor
(who shall serve as Executive Secretary of the
NSC/PC). Other heads of departments and agencies,
along with additional senior officials, shall be
invited where appropriate.

The NSC/PC shall meet at the call of the
Assistant to the President for National Security
Affairs, in consultation with the regular
attendees of the NSC/PC. The Assistant to the
President for National Security Affairs shall
determine the agenda in consultation with the
foregoing, and ensure that necessary papers are
prepared. When international economic issues are
on the agenda of the NSC/PC, the Assistant to the
President for National Security Affairs and the
Assistant to the President for Economic Policy
shall perform these tasks in concert.

The NSC Deputies Committee (NSC/DC) will also
continue to serve as the senior sub- Cabinet
interagency forum for consideration of policy
issues affecting national security. The NSC/DC
can prescribe and review the work of the NSC
interagency groups discussed later in this
directive. The NSC/DC shall also help ensure that
issues being brought before the NSC/PC or the NSC
have been properly analyzed and prepared for
decision. The NSC/DC shall have as its regular
members the Deputy Secretary of State or Under
Secretary of the Treasury or Under Secretary of
the Treasury for International Affairs, the
Deputy Secretary of Defense or Under Secretary of
Defense for Policy, the Deputy Attorney General,
the Deputy Director of the Office of Management
and Budget, the Deputy Director of Central
Intelligence, the Vice Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, the Deputy Chief of Staff to the
President for Policy, the Chief of Staff and
National Security Adviser to the Vice President,
the Deputy Assistant to the President for
International Economic Affairs, and the Assistant
to the President and Deputy National Security
Advisor (who shall serve as chair). When
international economic issues are on the agenda,
the NSC/DC's regular membership will include the
Deputy Secretary of Commerce, a Deputy United
States Trade Representative, and, when the issues
pertain to his responsibilities, the Deputy
Secretary of Agriculture, and the NSC/DC shall be
chaired by the Deputy Assistant to the President
for International Economic Affairs for agenda
items that principally pertain to international
economics. Other senior officials shall be
invited where appropriate.

The NSC/DC shall meet at the call of its chair,
in consultation with the other regular members of
the NSC/DC. Any regular member of the NSC/DC may
also request a meeting of the Committee for
prompt crisis management. For all meetings the
chair shall determine the agenda in consultation
with the foregoing, and ensure that necessary
papers are prepared.

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

Management of the development and implementation
of national security policies by multiple
agencies of the United States Government shall
usually be accomplished by the NSC Policy
Coordination Committees (NSC/PCCs). The NSC/PCCs
shall be the main day-to-day fora for interagency
coordination of national security policy. They
shall provide policy analysis for consideration
by the more senior committees of the NSC system
and ensure timely responses to decisions made by
the President. Each NSC/PCC shall include
representatives from the executive departments,
offices, and agencies represented in the NSC/DC.

Six NSC/PCCs are hereby established for the
following regions: Europe and Eurasia, Western
Hemisphere, East Asia, South Asia, Near East and
North Africa, and Africa. Each of the NSC/PCCs
shall be chaired by an official of Under
Secretary or Assistant Secretary rank to be
designated by the Secretary of State.

Eleven NSC/PCCs are hereby also established for
the following functional topics, each to be
chaired by a person of Under Secretary or
Assistant Secretary rank designated by the
indicated authority:

Democracy, Human Rights, and International
Operations (by the Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs);

International Development and Humanitarian
Assistance (by the Secretary of State);

Global Environment (by the Assistant to the
President for National Security Affairs and the
Assistant to the President for Economic Policy in
concert);

International Finance (by the Secretary of the
Treasury);

Transnational Economic Issues (by the Assistant
to the President for Economic Policy);

Counter-Terrorism and National Preparedness (by
the Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs);

Defense Strategy, Force Structure, and Planning
(by the Secretary of Defense);

Arms Control (by the Assistant to the President
for National Security Affairs);

Proliferation, Counterproliferation, and Homeland
Defense (by the Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs);

Intelligence and Counterintelligence (by the
Assistant to the President for  NationalSecurity
Affairs); and

Records Access and Information Security (by the
Assistant to the President for National Security
Affairs).

The Trade Policy Review Group (TPRG) will
continue to function as an interagency
coordinator of trade policy. Issues considered
within the TPRG, as with the PCCs, will flow
through the NSC and/or NEC process, as
appropriate.

Each NSC/PCC shall also have an Executive
Secretary from the staff of the NSC, to be
designated by the Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs. The Executive
Secretary shall assist the Chairman in scheduling
the meetings of the NSC/PCC, determining the
agenda, recording the actions taken and tasks
assigned, and ensuring timely responses to the
central policymaking committees of the NSC
system. The Chairman of each NSC/PCC, in
consultation with the Executive Secretary, may
invite representatives of other executive
departments and agencies to attend meetings of
the NSC/PCC where appropriate.

The Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs, at my direction and in
consultation with the Vice President and the
Secretaries of State, Treasury, and Defense, may
establish additional NSC/PCCs as appropriate.

The Chairman of each NSC/PCC, with the agreement
of the Executive Secretary, may establish
subordinate working groups to assist the PCC in
the performance of its duties.

The existing system of Interagency Working Groups
is abolished.

The oversight of ongoing operations assigned in
PDD/NSC-56 to Executive Committees of the
Deputies Committee will be performed by the
appropriate regional NSC/PCCs, which may create
subordinate working groups to provide
coordination for ongoing operations.

The Counter-Terrorism Security Group, Critical
Infrastructure Coordination Group, Weapons of
Mass Destruction Preparedness, Consequences
Management and Protection Group, and the
interagency working group on Enduring
Constitutional Government are reconstituted as
various forms of the NSC/PCC on Counter-Terrorism
and National Preparedness.

The duties assigned in PDD/NSC-75 to the National
Counterintelligence Policy Group will be
performed in the NSC/PCC on Intelligence and
Counterintelligence, meeting with appropriate
attendees.

The duties assigned to the Security Policy Board
and other entities established in PDD/NSC-29 will
be transferred to various NSC/PCCs, depending on
the particular security problem being addressed.

The duties assigned in PDD/NSC-41 to the Standing
Committee on Nonproliferation will be transferred
to the PCC on Proliferation,
Counterproliferation, and Homeland Defense.

The duties assigned in PDD/NSC-35 to the
Interagency Working Group for Intelligence
Priorities will be transferred to the PCC on
Intelligence and Counterintelligence.

The duties of the Human Rights Treaties
Interagency Working Group established in E.O.
13107 are transferred to the PCC on Democracy,
Human Rights, and International Operations

The Nazi War Criminal Records Interagency Working
Group established in E.O. 13110 shall be
reconstituted, under the terms of that order and
until its work ends in January 2002, as a Working
Group of the NSC/PCC for Records Access and
Information Security.

Except for those established by statute, other
existing NSC interagency groups, ad hoc bodies,
and executive committees are also abolished as of
March 1, 2001, unless they are specifically
reestablished as subordinate working groups
within the new NSC system as of that date.
Cabinet officers, the heads of other executive
agencies, and the directors of offices within the
Executive Office of the President shall advise
the Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs of those specific NSC
interagency groups chaired by their respective
departments or agencies that are either mandated
by statute or are otherwise of sufficient
importance and vitality as to warrant being
reestablished. In each case the Cabinet officer,
agency head, or office director should describe
the scope of the activities proposed for or now
carried out by the interagency group, the
relevant statutory mandate if any, and the
particular NSC/PCC that should coordinate this
work. The Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee
established in E.O. 12870 shall continue its
work, however, in the manner specified in that
order. As to those committees expressly
established in the National Security Act, the
NSC/PC and/or NSC/DC shall serve as those
committees and perform the functions assigned to
those committees by the Act.

To further clarify responsibilities and effective
accountability within the NSC system, those
positions relating to foreign policy that are
designated as special presidential emissaries,
special envoys for the President, senior advisors
to the President and the Secretary of State, and
special advisors to the President and the
Secretary of State are also abolished as of March
1, 2001, unless they are specifically
redesignated or reestablished by the Secretary of
State as positions in that Department.

This Directive shall supersede all other existing
presidential guidance on the organization of the
National Security Council system. With regard to
application of this document to economic matters,
this document shall be interpreted in concert
with any Executive Order governing the National
Economic Council and with presidential decision
documents signed hereafter that implement either
this directive or that Executive Order.

[signed: George W. Bush]

cc: The Executive Clerk

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