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§ 3021. National Security Council
(a) National Security Council
There is a council known as the National Se-
curity Council (in this section referred to as the
‘‘Council’’).
(b) Functions
Consistent with the direction of the President,
the functions of the Council shall be to—
(1) advise the President with respect to the
integration of domestic, foreign, and military
policies relating to the national security so as
to enable the Armed Forces and the other de-
partments and agencies of the United States
Government to cooperate more effectively in
matters involving the national security;
(2) assess and appraise the objectives, com-
mitments, and risks of the United States in re-
lation to the actual and potential military
power of the United States, and make rec-
ommendations thereon to the President;
(3) make recommendations to the President
concerning policies on matters of common in-
terest to the departments and agencies of the
United States Government concerned with the
national security; and
(4) coordinate, without assuming operational
authority, the United States Government re-
sponse to malign foreign influence operations
and campaigns.
(c) Membership
(1) In general
The Council consists of the President, the
Vice President, the Secretary of State, the
Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy,
the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of
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the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Re-
sponse Policy and such other officers of the
United States Government as the President
may designate.
(2) Attendance and participation in meetings
The President may designate such other offi-
cers of the United States Government as the
President considers appropriate, including the
Director of Nati