20 de enero de 2025

Memorando Presidencial de Seguridad Nacional/NSPM-1

ASUNTO: Organización del Consejo de Seguridad Nacional

y Subcomités

En virtud de la autoridad que me confieren como Presidente la Constitución y las leyes de los Estados Unidos de América, por la presente ordeno lo siguiente:

Como Presidente, mi máxima prioridad y responsabilidad es garantizar la seguridad de los Estados Unidos y de su pueblo. Las amenazas a la seguridad nacional y del territorio nacional que enfrenta Estados Unidos son complejas y evolucionan rápidamente. Estos problemas a menudo no encajan perfectamente en las categorías que los departamentos y organismos individuales están diseñados para abordar de manera óptima, un hecho que nuestros competidores y adversarios estratégicos reconocen y aprovechan al adoptar enfoques que involucran a todo el gobierno e incluso a toda la sociedad.

Por lo tanto, las estructuras y los procesos de toma de decisiones del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos para abordar los desafíos de seguridad nacional deben ser igualmente adaptables e integrales. Deben ser capaces de diseñar y ejecutar de manera competente soluciones interinstitucionales cooperativas e integradas para abordar estos problemas y proteger y promover los intereses nacionales de los Estados Unidos. Por lo tanto, para asesorarme y ayudarme en esta tarea, por la presente ordeno que mi sistema para el desarrollo, la toma de decisiones, la implementación y el monitoreo de políticas de seguridad nacional se organice como se establece en este Memorándum. Este Memorándum prevalece sobre cualquier orden, directiva, memorando u otra orientación presidencial anterior relacionada con la organización del Consejo de Seguridad Nacional (NSC o Consejo).

A. El Consejo de Seguridad Nacional y el personal de apoyo

1.   Funciones, responsabilidades y presidencias.

(a)   Funciones y responsabilidades.  La Ley de Seguridad Nacional de 1947, en su forma enmendada (la Ley), estableció el NSC para asesorar al Presidente con respecto a la integración de las políticas internas, externas y militares relacionadas con la seguridad nacional. El Consejo de Seguridad Nacional (HSC) tiene el propósito específico de asesorar al Presidente en asuntos relacionados con la seguridad nacional. El NSC se reunirá como HSC en áreas temáticas acordadas de antemano por el Asistente del Presidente para Asuntos de Seguridad Nacional (Asesor de Seguridad Nacional) y el Asistente del Presidente para Seguridad Nacional (Asesor de Seguridad Nacional). Junto con sus comités subordinados y su personal, el NSC será el principal medio del Presidente para coordinar los departamentos y agencias ejecutivas en el desarrollo e implementación de políticas, estrategias, actividades y funciones de seguridad nacional y nacional, su integración en todos los departamentos y agencias dentro de su ámbito de competencia, y para la planificación estratégica a largo plazo.

(b)  Chairs.  The President will chair the NSC.  When the President is absent from a meeting of the Council, he may appoint a Cabinet-level official to chair.

2.  NSC Staffing Responsibilities of the National Security Advisor.

(a)  Role of the National Security Advisor.  The National Security Advisor shall be responsible, as appropriate and at the President’s direction, for determining the agenda for the NSC, ensuring that the necessary papers are prepared, and recording and communicating Council actions and Presidential decisions in a timely manner.  

(b)  Role of the Homeland Security Advisor.  When convened as the HSC, the duties referenced in subsection (2)(a) shall be the responsibility of the Homeland Security Advisor. 

3.  Designating NSC Members, Attendees, and Invitees.

(a)  Membership.  The NSC membership consists of the statutory members set forth in section 101(c)(1) of the Act (50 U.S.C. 3021(c)(1)):

1. The President;

• The Vice President;
• The Secretary of State;

• The Secretary of the Treasury;

• The Secretary of Defense;

• The Secretary of Energy;

• The Director of the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy;

and additional members hereby designated by the President pursuant to section 101(c)(1) of the Act:

• The Attorney General;

• The Secretary of the Interior;

1. Chief of Staff to the President (White House Chief of Staff); and

1. The National Security Advisor.

When the NSC convenes as the HSC, members shall also include:

1. The Secretary of Homeland Security; and

13) The Homeland Security Advisor.

(b)  NSC Meeting Attendees.  The National Security Advisor retains the discretion to determine the attendee list for all meetings of the NSC, including by requesting the attendance of any senior official of the Executive Branch.  The Homeland Security Advisor retains this same discretion when the NSC convenes as the HSC.  This discretion shall be exercised based on the policy relevance of attendees to the issues being considered, the need for secrecy on sensitive matters, staffing requirements, and other considerations.

As regular practice, the National Security Advisor and Homeland Security Advisor shall include as additional non-voting attendees:

1. The Director of National Intelligence (non-voting advisor);

• The Assistant to the President and Principal Deputy National Security Advisor (non-voting advisor and principal notetaker) or, when convening as the HSC, the Deputy Homeland Security Advisor (non-voting advisor and principal notetaker);

• The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (non-voting advisor); and

• The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (non-voting advisor).

(c)  NSC Regular Invitees.  Unless specifically restricted, these officials are invited to attend any NSC and HSC meeting as non-voting advisors:

1. The Assistant to the President and Counsel to the President;

• The Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy;

• The Assistant to the President for Policy; and

• The Deputy Counsel to the President for National Security Affairs and Legal Counsel to the National Security Advisor.

4.  Right to Propose Agenda Items.

Any NSC member attending a meeting in a voting capacity may propose, in advance and in accordance with a timeline set by the National Security Advisor or his designee, agenda items for their consideration.^[1]  The National Security Advisor will determine whether to include these items on the agenda.  The Homeland Security Advisor shall have this same discretion when the Council is convened as the HSC.

5.  The National Security Council Staff.

(a)  Staff Fusion.  There is a single NSC staff within the Executive Office of the President (EOP) that serves both the NSC on national security matters and the HSC when the Council is considering homeland security matters.  The staff is headed by a single Executive Secretary, in accordance with section 101(e)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021(e)(1)) and section 905 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 495).

(b)  Purpose.  The purposes of the National Security Advisor and subordinate staff are to

(i)    advise and assist the President in the course of conducting activities that relate to or affect the carrying out of the President’s constitutional, statutory, or other official or ceremonial duties pertaining to national or homeland security, pursuant to the Presidential Records Act of 1978, as amended;^[2]

(ii)   advise and assist the other members of the NSC (and the NSC when convening as the HSC), and others in the White House;

(iii)  help the President plan and set priorities, in accordance with section II of the Message of the President in the Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977;

(iv)   advise and make recommendations to the President with respect to, and establish, integrated domestic, foreign, and military policies and procedures for the departments, agencies, and functions of the Government relating to national and homeland security, pursuant to sections 2 and 101(b)(1) of the Act (50 U.S.C. 3002, 3021(b)(1));

(v)    coordinate, facilitate, monitor, oversee, and review Administration policies and their implementation with respect to national security, and make resulting recommendations to the President;

(vi)   help the President resolve major conflicts among departments and agencies with regard to national security, in accordance with section II of the Message of the President in the Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977.

(c)  Fair, Balanced, and Thorough Processes.  In accordance with sections I and II of the Message of the President in the Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977, the NSC staff shall ensure that the processes it organizes, coordinates, and manages fairly and thoroughly gather the facts, intelligence, and other relevant information necessary to NSC decisions; fully analyze the issues; consider a full range of views and options; assess the prospects, risks, costs, and implications of each option; and distill these options for the President, other NSC principals, and senior officials participating in the subsidiary committees of the NSC or HSC, in a fair, balanced, and organized way.  The National Security Advisor and subordinate NSC staff shall represent the views and differences of NSC principals and other senior officials to the President with accuracy and fidelity.

(d)  Policy Development.  In accordance with sections I and II of the Message of the President in the Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977,^[8] the NSC staff shall facilitate the development and refinement of interagency policy options, and develop additional options besides those proposed by departments and agencies as necessary, both to complement, supplement, and enhance their work, and to offer the President and other NSC principals and other senior officials a sufficiently broad menu of operationally feasible options for consideration, deliberation, and decision.

B.  The Principals Committee

1.  Principals Committee Establishment.

(a)  (i)  Functions and Responsibilities.  The Principals Committee (PC) shall continue to serve as the Cabinet-level senior interagency forum for considering policy issues that affect the national security interests of the United States.  The PC shall develop options and recommendations for the President on national security and homeland security matters requiring the President’s attention, and with the Committee’s full consensus shall set priorities, issue policy guidance, and facilitate coordination and integration on national security policy and implementation issues as appropriate that do not require Presidential attention.^[9]  Issues involving matters that are statutorily authorized for decision by a principal, or delegated to a principal by the President, can be coordinated and decided by the principals without requiring Presidential attention.

(ii)  Voting and NSC Referral.  Consensus is reached when all voting (i.e., non-advisory) attendees present either vote affirmatively for the same decisional option or formally abstain, and all such votes shall be recorded and minuted.  Issues for which the Committee fails to reach consensus shall be referred to the NSC for decision, with a formal nonconcurrence required by at least one non-advisory attendee present for such a referral.  Whether an issue requires Presidential attention, and the Committee attendees’ positions on the issue itself, shall be separately polled.  If a voting attendee does not concur with the determination that Presidential consideration is not required, the issue shall be referred, along with the results of the PC’s deliberation on the issue itself and its recommendations, to deliberation by the NSC.

(b)  Role of the National Security Advisor.  The PC shall be convened and chaired by the National Security Advisor.  The Chair shall determine the agenda, location, and meeting materials, in consultation with the appropriate attendees.

(c)  Substitute Chairs.  At his sole discretion, the National Security Advisor may delegate authority to convene and chair or co-chair the PC to an appropriate attendee of the NSC or EOP policy council senior official.  The Homeland Security Advisor, who is Chair when the PC considers matters that would be raised to the NSC convening as the HSC, may similarly delegate such duties.

(d)  Right to Propose Agenda Items.  Any PC member attending in a voting capacity may propose, in advance and in accordance with a timeline set by the Chair, agenda items for consideration by the PC.  The Chair will determine which, if any, shall be included.

2.  Executive Secretary Responsibilities and Process.

(a)  Responsibilities.  The Executive Secretary shall ensure that the necessary papers are prepared, serve as executive secretary of the PC, and shall record and communicate accurately, and in a timely manner, the Committee’s conclusions and decisions, what was not decided, and any responsibilities for implementation by departments and agencies or taskings to the Deputies Committee or subsidiary policy coordination committees that have been agreed or assigned, if appropriate.^[10]  The Executive Secretary shall generally be assisted in these tasks by the senior directors and other NSC staff by the senior directors and other NSC staff.

(b)  Dispute Resolution Process.  If a PC voting attendee disputes that the conclusions or decisions of the PC were correctly minuted, this must be communicated in writing to the Executive Secretary and the National Security Advisor (and any substitute Chair if appropriate) within three business days, although those officials may allow additional time if exigent or extenuating circumstances require it.  If resolution of the dispute cannot be achieved, and any necessary amended report of the PC proceedings was issued within a week of the dispute being communicated, the disputing attendee may appeal the matter to the White House Chief of Staff or, should that official so designate, to the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, whose decision shall be final.

3.  Principals Committee Attendees and Invitees.

(a)  Principals Committee Attendees.

(i)    The National Security Advisor retains the discretion to determine the attendee list for all PC meetings on national security.  The Homeland Security Advisor retains this same discretion when chairing the PC.  This discretion shall be exercised based on the policy relevance of attendees to the issues being considered, the need for secrecy on sensitive matters, staffing needs, and other considerations.  As regular practice, the National Security Advisor and Homeland Security Advisor shall include as additional non-voting attendees:

1)  The Director of National Intelligence;

2)  The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff;

3)  The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency;

4)  The Principal Deputy National Security Advisor;

5)  the National Security Advisor to the Vice President; and

6)  The Executive Secretary (principal notetaker).

(ii)   PC Regular Invitees.  Unless specifically restricted, these officials are invited to attend any PC meeting as non-voting advisors:

1.  The Assistant to the President and Counselor to the President;

•  The Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy;

•  The Assistant to the President for Policy; and

•  The Deputy Counsel to the President for National Security Affairs and Legal Counsel to the National Security Advisor.

(iii)  Staffing Invitees.  At the discretion of the Chair, staff members of the NSC or other appropriate EOP policy councils may be invited to attend specific PC meetings to assist the Executive Secretary in the performance of their executive secretary duties.

C.  The Deputies Committee

1.  Deputies Committee Establishment.

(a)  Functions and Responsibilities.  The Deputies Committee (DC) shall continue to serve as the senior sub-Cabinet interagency forum for consideration of and, where appropriate, decision making on, policy issues that affect the national security interests of the United States.  The DC shall review and monitor the work of the interagency national security process, including the interagency groups established pursuant to section D below.  The DC shall work to ensure that issues brought before the NSC, the NSC when convening as the HSC, and the PC have been properly analyzed and prepared for decision.  The DC shall also focus significant attention on monitoring the implementation of these policies and decisions and shall conduct periodic reviews of the Administration’s major national security and foreign policy initiatives.

(b)  Role of the Principal Deputy National Security Advisor.  The DC shall be convened and chaired by the Principal Deputy National Security Advisor.  The Chair shall determine the location, agenda, and meeting materials in consultation with the DC attendees.

(c)  Substitute Chairs.  At his sole discretion, the Principal Deputy National Security Advisor may delegate authority to convene and chair or co-chair the DC to an appropriate regular attendee of the DC or other appropriate EOP official.  The Deputy Assistant to the President for Homeland Security (Deputy Homeland Security Advisor) shall chair meetings when considering issues that would be raised when the NSC is convened as the HSC.  The Deputy Homeland Security Advisor has similar delegatory authority.

(d)  Right to Propose Agenda Items.  Any DC member attending in a voting capacity may propose, in advance and in accordance with a timeline set by the Chair, agenda items for consideration by the DC.  The Chair will determine which, if any, shall be included.

2.  Executive Secretary Responsibilities and Process.

(a)  General.  The Executive Secretary shall ensure that the necessary papers are prepared, and shall record and communicate accurately, and in a timely manner, the Committee’s conclusions and decisions, what was not decided, and any responsibilities for implementation by departments and agencies or taskings to subsidiary policy coordination committees that have been agreed or assigned, if appropriate.  The Executive Secretary shall generally be assisted in this task by the senior directors and other NSC staff.

(b)  Dispute Resolution Process.  If a DC voting attendee disputes that the conclusions or decisions of the DC were correctly minuted, this must be communicated in writing to the Executive Secretary and the Principal Deputy National Security Advisor or the Deputy Homeland Security Advisor, as relevant, within three business days, although those officials may allow additional time if exigent or extenuating circumstances require it.  If resolution of the dispute cannot be achieved, and any necessary amended report of the PC proceedings issued within a week of the dispute being communicated, the disputing attendee may appeal the matter to the White House Chief of Staff, or should that official so designate, the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, whose decision shall be final.

3.  Designating Deputies Committee Regular Attendees and Invitees.

(a)  Deputies Committee Attendees.  The Principal Deputy National Security Advisor retains the discretion to determine the attendee list for all DC meetings.  

The Deputy Homeland Security Advisor retains this same discretion when chairing DC meetings.  This discretion shall be exercised based on the policy relevance of attendees to the issues being considered, the need for secrecy on sensitive matters, staffing needs, and other considerations.

As regular practice, the Principal Deputy National Security Advisor shall include as DC attendees:

1. The Deputy Secretary of State;

• The Deputy Secretary of the Treasury;

• The Deputy Secretary of Defense;

• The Deputy Attorney General;

• The Deputy Secretary of Energy;

• The Deputy Director of National Intelligence (non-voting advisor);

• The Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (non-voting advisor);

• The Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (non-voting advisor);

• The Executive Secretary of the NSC (non-voting advisor and principal notetaker); and

1. The National Security Advisor to the Vice President.

When homeland security issues are on the DC agenda, the DC’s regular attendees will also include:

11)  The Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security; and

12) The Deputy Homeland Security Advisor (chair).

(b)  DC Regular Invitees.  These officials are invited to attend any DC meeting:

1. The Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget; and

• The Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Policy Strategist.

D.  Policy Coordination Committees

La gestión del desarrollo y la implementación de políticas de seguridad nacional por parte de múltiples departamentos y agencias ejecutivas normalmente estará a cargo de los Comités de Coordinación de Políticas (CCP), en los que participará principalmente el subsecretario. Como principales foros cotidianos para la coordinación e integración interinstitucional de políticas de seguridad nacional, los CCP desarrollarán y proporcionarán opciones y análisis de políticas para su consideración por parte de comités de niveles superiores del sistema de seguridad nacional. Los CCP garantizarán respuestas oportunas a las decisiones, directivas, objetivos, instrucciones, consultas, asignaciones de tareas y orientación política del Presidente, el Asesor de Seguridad Nacional y los comités de niveles superiores del sistema de seguridad nacional, y su implementación y monitoreo.

Los comités de política exterior se establecerán por orden del asesor de seguridad nacional o del asesor de seguridad nacional, en consulta con el jefe de gabinete de la Casa Blanca o la persona que éste designe. Los comités de política exterior estarán presididos por miembros del personal del NSC.

Los comités de política exterior examinarán, coordinarán, integrarán y supervisarán la aplicación de las decisiones presidenciales en sus respectivas áreas de política de seguridad nacional y seguridad interior. El presidente de cada comité de política exterior, en consulta con el Secretario Ejecutivo, invitará a los representantes de los departamentos y organismos a asistir a las reuniones del comité, cuando corresponda. El presidente de cada comité de política exterior, con el acuerdo del Secretario Ejecutivo, podrá establecer grupos de trabajo subordinados para ayudar a dicho comité en el desempeño de sus funciones.

Los Comités de Políticas Interinstitucionales (IPC) creados bajo los auspicios del proceso establecido por el Memorando de Seguridad Nacional-2 (NSM-2) pueden seguir siendo operados como PCC por el personal del NSC hasta que el Asesor de Seguridad Nacional los renueve o los descontinúe.

E. General

(a) El Presidente y el Vicepresidente podrán asistir a cualquier reunión de cualquier entidad establecida por o en virtud de esta directiva.

(b) Este documento es parte de una serie de Memorandos de Política de Seguridad Nacional, que han reemplazado tanto a los Memorandos de Seguridad Nacional como a los Memorandos de Estudio de Seguridad Nacional como el instrumento para comunicar decisiones presidenciales relevantes. Esta directiva reemplazará todas las demás directivas y orientaciones presidenciales existentes sobre la organización o el apoyo del NSC y el HSC cuando entren en conflicto, incluido el Memorando de Seguridad Nacional-2 del 4 de febrero de 2021 (Memorando sobre la renovación del sistema del Consejo de Seguridad Nacional), que por la presente se revoca. Este documento se interpretará en conjunto con cualquier directiva presidencial que rija otros consejos y oficinas de políticas en el EOP mencionado en este documento, y con cualquier directiva presidencial firmada posteriormente que implemente este documento o esas directivas presidenciales.