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January  20,    1977 
Presidential  Directive/NSC-2 
TO: 
The   Vice  President 
The  Secretary  of  State 
The  Secretary  of  Defense 
ALSO: 
SUBJECT 
The  Secretary  of  the  Treasury 
The  Attorney  General 
The  United  States  Representative  to  the 
United  Nations 
The  Director,    Office  of  Management  and  Budget 
The  Assistant  to  the  President  for  National 
Security  Affairs 
The  Chairman,    Council  of  Economic  Advisers 
The  Administrator,   Agency  for  International 
Development 
The  Director,    Arms  Control  and  Disarmament 
Agency 
The  Director,    United  States  Information  Agency 
The  Chairman,    Joint  Chiefs  of  Staff 
The  Director  of  Central  Intelligence 
The  Administrator,    Energy  Research  and 
Development  Administration 
The  National  Security  Council  System 
To  assist  me  in  carrying  out  my  responsibilities  for  the  conduct  of 
national  security  affairs,    I  hereby  direct  the  reorganization  of  the 
National  Security  Council  system.      The  reorganization  is  intended  to 
place  more   responsibility  in  the  departments  and  agencies  while  in- 
suring that  the  NSC,    with  my  Assistant,  for  National  Security  Affairs, 
continues  to  integrate  and  facilitate  foreign  and  defense  policy  decisions. 
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a.  The   National  Security  Council   (NSC) 
The  functions,   membership,    and  responsibilities  of  the  National 
Security  Council  shall  be  as  set  forth  in  the  National  Security  Act  of 
1947,    as  amended.     In  addition,    other  senior  officials,    including  the 
Secretary  of  the  Treasury,    the  Attorney  General,   the  United  States 
Representative  to  the  United  Nations,    the  Director  of  the  Office  of 
Management  and  Budget,    the  Assistant  to  the  President  for  National 
Security  Affairs,    the   Chairman  of  the   Council  of  Economic  Advisers, 
the  Director  of  the  Arms  Control  and  Disarmament  Agency,    the   Chair- 
man of  the  Joint  Chiefs  of  Staff,    the   Director  of  Central  Intelligence,    and 
the  Administrator  of  the  Energy  Research  and  Development  Administration, 
shall  attend  appropriate  NSC  meetings. 
The  National  Security  Council  shall  be  the  principal  forum  for 
international  security  issues  requiring  Presidential  consideration.      The 
NSC  shall  assist  me  in  analyzing,    integrating  and  facilitating  foreign, 
defense,   and  intelligence  policy  decisions.     International  economic  and 
other  interdependence  issues  which  are  pertinent  to  national  security 
shall  also  be  considered  by  the  NSC* 
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The  Council  shall  meet  regularly.      The  Assistant  to  the  President 
for  National  Security  Affairs,    at  my  direction  and  in  consultation  with 
the  Secretaries  of  State  and  Defense  and,    when  appropriate,   the  Secretary 
of  the  Treasury  and  the  Chairman,    Council  of  Economic  Advisers,    shall 
be  responsible  for  determining  the  agenda  and  insuring  that  the  necessary 
papers  are  prepared.     Other  members  of  the  NSC  may  propose  items  for 
inclusion  on  the  agenda.     The  Assistant  to  the  President  shall  be  assisted 
by  a  National  Security  Council  staff,    as  provided  by  law. 
b.  NSC  Policy  Review  Committee 
An  NSC  Policy  Review  Committee  is  hereby  established  to  develop 
national  security  policy  for  Presidential  decision  in  those  cases  where 
the  basic  responsibilities  fall  primarily,  within  a  given  department  but 
where  the  subject  also  has  important  implications  for  other  departments 
and  agencies.     Tins  Committee  shall  deal  with  such  matters  as: 
--  foreign  policy  issues  that  contain  significant  military 
or  other  interagency  aspects; 
--  defense  policy  issues  having  international  implications 
and  the   coordination  of  the  annual    Defense  budget   wilh  foreign 
policy   objectives;
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--  those   international  economic  issues  pertinent  to   U.S. 
foreign  policy  and   security,    with   staffing  of  the   underlying 
economic   issues  through  the   Economic   Policy  Group. 
1   shall  designate   for  each  meeting   the  appropriate   Chairman  of 
the   Policy  Ileview  Committee   and  attendance,    depending   on  the    subject 
matter  being  considered.      Membership,    in  addition  to  the   statutory 
members   of  the   NSC  and  the  Assistant  for  National  Security  Affairs, 
shall  include,    as  aDorcoriate,    other   senior  officials. 
c.  The   NSC  Special   Coordination   Committee 
A  second  ?\SC   Committee,    the   Special  Coordination   Committee, 
is  hereby  established  to  deal  with  specific   cros  s  -  cutting   issues    requiring 
coordination  in  the  development  ot  options   and  the   implementation  of 
Presidential  decisions?'     The   Committee   shall  deal  with  such  matters 
as:     the  oversight  of  sensitive   intelligence  activities,    such  as   covert 
operations,    which  are  undertaken  on  Presidential  authority;  arm 
control  evaluation;  and  it  will  assist  me  in  crisis  management. 
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The  Special  Coordination  Committee  shall  be   chaired  by  the 
Assistant  for  National  Security  Affairs.      Membership  shall  include  the 
statutory  members   of  the  NSC,    or  their   representatives,    and  other 
senior  officials,    as  appropriate. 
d. 
NSC  InterdcDartmentai  Groups 
Existing  NSC  Interdepartmental  Groups,    chaired  by  a  designated 
senior  departmental  official,    are   to  continue  as   needed  under  the  direction 
of  the   NSC  Policy  Review  Committee. 
The  membership  of  the  Interdepartmental  Groups   shall  include 
the  agencies    represented  on  the   NSC  Policy  Review  Committee. 
Depending  on  the   issue  under   consideration,    other  agencies   shall  be 
represented  at  the  discretion  of  the   Policy  Review  Committee* 
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