[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 19, 1996)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 11287-11288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6803]
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Part VII
The President
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Executive Order 12992--President's Council on Counter-Narcotics
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Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 54 / Tuesday, March 19, 1996 /
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Title 3--
The President
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                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.
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                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.
[FR Doc. 96-6803
Filed 3-18-96; 11:06 am]
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