National Security Council

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Federal decisionmaking. As required by

NEPA, CEQ evaluates, coordinates, and

mediates Federal activities. It advises and

assists the President on both national

and international environmental policy

matters. CEQ also oversees Federal

agency and department implementation

of NEPA.

For further information, contact the Information Off‌ice, Council on Environmental Quality, 722 Jackson

Place NW., Washington,DC 20503. Phone, 202–395–5750. Fax, 202–456–2710. Internet, http://www.

whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ceq.

National Security Council

Eisenhower Executive Off‌ice Building, Washington, DC 20504

Phone, 202–456–1414. Internet, http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc.

Members

The President BARACK OBAMA

The Vice President JOSEPH R. BIDEN,JR.

The Secretary of State HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

The Secretary of Defense LEON E. PANETTA

Statutory Advisers

Director of National Intelligence JAMES R. CLAPPER,JR.

Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff GEN.MARTIN E. DEMPSEY, USA

Standing Participants

The Secretary of the Treasury TIMOTHY F. GEITHNER

Chief of Staff to the President JACOB J. LEW

Counsel to the President KATHRYN H. RUEMMLER

National Security Adviser THOMAS E. DONILON

Assistant to the President for Economic Policy EUGENE B. SPERLING

Off‌icials

Assistant to the President for National Security

Affairs

THOMAS E. DONILON

Assistant to the President for National Security

Affairs and Deputy National Security

Adviser

DENIS R. MCDONOUGH

The National Security Council was

established by the National Security Act

of 1947, as amended (50 U.S.C. 402).

The Council was placed in the Executive

Off‌ice of the President by Reorganization

Plan No. 4 of 1949 (5 U.S.C. app.).

The National Security Council is

chaired by the President. Its statutory

members, in addition to the President,

are the Vice President and the Secretaries

of State and Defense. The Chairman of

the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the statutory

military adviser to the Council, and the

Director of National Intelligence is its

intelligence adviser. The Secretary of

the Treasury, the U.S. Representative to

the United Nations, the Assistant to the

President for National Security Affairs, the

Assistant to the President for Economic

Policy, and the Chief of Staff to the

President are invited to all meetings of

the Council. The Attorney General and

the Director of National Drug Control

Policy are invited to attend meetings

pertaining to their jurisdictions; other

off‌icials are invited, as appropriate.

The Council advises and assists the

President in integrating all aspects of

national security policy as it affects

the United States—domestic, foreign,

military, intelligence, and economic—in

conjunction with the National Economic

Council.

For further information, contact the National Security Council, Eisenhower Executive Off‌ice Building,

Washington, DC 20504. Phone, 202–456–1414. Internet, http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc.