President's Council on Counter-Narcotics
Signed March 15, 1996·William J. Clinton·61 FR 11287
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Establishes the President's Council on Counter-Narcotics, chaired by the President with the Vice President presiding in his absence, to meet at least quarterly. Members include the Vice President and the Secretaries of State, Treasury, Defense, and Transportation; the Attorney General; the U.S. Representative to the United Nations; the Director of the Office of Management and Budget; the White House Chief of Staff; the Director of National Drug Control Policy; the Director of Central Intelligence; the national security advisers to the President and Vice President; the Counsel to the President; the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and, as applicable, additional officials such as the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Education. The Council is to advise the President on national drug control strategy, coordinate implementation across agencies, and may use committees or task forces chaired by the Director of National Drug Control Policy. The Office of National Drug Control Policy will provide staff support, and all executive departments and agencies must cooperate with and assist the Council as permitted by law.
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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, it is hereby ordered
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Disposition
Amended by: EO 13023, November 6, 1996; EO 13284, January 23, 2003
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The order, in full
Executive Order 12992 of March 15, 1996
President's Council on Counter-Narcotics
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including section 301 of title 3, United
States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Establishment. There is established the
President's Council on Counter-Narcotics (“Council”).
Sec. 2. Membership. The Council shall comprise the:
(a) President, who shall serve as Chairman of the
Council;
(b) Vice President;
(c) Secretary of State;
(d) Secretary of the Treasury;
(e) Secretary of Defense;
(f) Attorney General;
(g) Secretary of Transportation;
(h) Representative of the United States of America
to the United Nations;
(i) Director of the Office of Management and
Budget;
(j) Chief of Staff to the President;
(k) Director of National Drug Control Policy;
(l) Director of Central Intelligence;
(m) Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs;
(n) Counsel to the President;
(o) Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; and
(p) National Security Advisor for the Vice
President.
As applicable, the Council shall also comprise the
Secretary of Health and Human Services; the Secretary
of Education; and the Assistant to the President for
Domestic Policy and such other officials of the
departments and agencies as the President may, from
time to time, designate.
Sec. 3. Meetings of the Council. The President, or upon
his direction, the Vice President, may convene meetings
of the Council. The President shall preside over
meetings of the Council, provided that in his absence,
the Vice President will preside. The Council will meet
at least quarterly.
Sec. 4. Functions. (a) The functions of the Council are
to advise and assist the President in: (1) providing
direction and oversight for the national drug control
strategy, including relating drug control policy to
other national security interests and establishing
priorities; and (2) ensuring coordination among
departments and agencies concerning implementation of
the President's national drug control strategy.
(b) The Director of National Drug Control Policy
will continue to be the senior drug control policy
official in the executive branch and the President's
chief drug control policy spokesman.
(c) In matters affecting national security
interests, the Director of National Drug Control Policy
shall work in conjunction with the Assistant to the
President for National Security Affairs.
Sec. 5. Administration. (a) The Council may utilize
established or ad hoc committees, task forces, or
interagency groups chaired by the Director of National
Drug Control Policy or his representative, in carrying
out its functions under this order.
(b) The staff of the Office of National Drug
Control Policy, in coordination with the staffs of the
Vice President and the Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs, shall act as staff for the
Council.
(c) All executive departments and agencies shall
cooperate with the Council and provide such assistance,
information, and advice as the Council may request, to
the extent permitted by law.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
March 15, 1996.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed March 15, 1996. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.