Amendments to Executive Order 12992, Expanding and Changing the Name of the President's Council on Counter-Narcotics
Renames and Expands Membership of President's Drug Policy Council
What it does
The order renames the council and requires specified department heads and the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy be permanent members.
Real-world impact
- Renames the President's Council on Counter-Narcotics to President's Drug Policy Council.
- Adds several department heads and the domestic policy assistant as permanent council members.
- Formalizes wider departmental involvement in federal drug policy discussions and decisions.
Topics
Summary
This order changes the name of the President's Council on Counter-Narcotics to the President's Drug Policy Council and updates its membership.
It makes the Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Education, and Veterans Affairs, plus the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, permanent members of the Council, and lists other officials who serve.
These changes formally bring additional departments into the council's work on drug policy, giving them permanent roles in discussions and decisions.
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