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

This National Security Presidential Memorandum reorganizes the National Security Council (NSC) and Homeland Security Council (HSC) structures under the Trump administration, establishing clear membership rules for the NSC, HSC, Principals Committee, Deputies Committee, and Policy Coordination Committees. It revokes the prior NSC organization memo (NSPM-2) from January 2017 and consolidates decision-making authority under the National Security Advisor while formally integrating the HSC into a unified staff structure.

Federal Register Open PDF 82 FR 16881

Impact dates

  1. Revoke NSPM-2 (January 28, 2017)

Key directives

  • Establish unified NSC staff serving both NSC and HSC under single Executive Secretary
  • Define regular attendees for NSC and HSC meetings
  • Define Principals Committee membership and chairing authority
  • Define Deputies Committee membership and chairing authority
  • Establish Policy Coordination Committees at Assistant Secretary level
  • Revoke NSPM-2 (January 28, 2017)
  • Supersede all existing Presidential directives on NSC/HSC organization
  • Direct Secretary of Defense to publish in Federal Register

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • NSPM-2 revoked effective immediately
  • New NSC/HSC membership and structure takes effect
  • Unified NSC staff serving both councils established

Near term (90d)

  • PCC establishment and staffing at Assistant Secretary level
  • Implementation of new interagency coordination procedures

Long term

  • Structural precedent for national security decision-making through remainder of administration
  • Potential lasting changes to economic policy integration into NSC process

Risks & tensions

  • Centralization of agenda-setting power in National Security Advisor with discretionary delegation to Homeland Security Advisor may create friction between security and counterterrorism priorities
  • Integration of international economic issues into NSC process via Commerce, USTR, and NEC representation may blur traditional foreign/domestic policy boundaries
  • Revocation of NSPM-2 after only ~10 weeks suggests rapid internal reorganization or conflict over initial structure
  • Vague 'as appropriate' and 'sole discretion' language creates uncertainty about actual decision-making authority
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