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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 241 / Monday, December 20 2021 / Presidential Documents
- (e) develop and deploy new technologies to identify and disrupt existing and newly emerging TOC threats.
Sec. 3. Establishments. (a) There shall be established a United States Council on Transnational Organized Crime (USCTOC), which shall report to the President through the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. The USCTOC shall monitor the production and implementation of coordinated strategic plans for whole-of-government counter-TOC efforts in support of and in alignment with policy priorities established by the President through the National Security Council.
- (i) The USCTOC shall replace the Threat Mitigation Working Group, previously directed to lead whole-of-government efforts on TOC under Executive Order 13773 of February 9, 2017 (Enforcing Federal Law With Respect to Transnational Criminal Organizations and Preventing International Trafficking). Accordingly, section 3 of Executive Order 13773 is hereby revoked.
- (ii) The USCTOC shall consist of the following members or their designees:
- (A) the Secretary of State;
- (B) the Secretary of the Treasury;
- (C) the Secretary of Defense;
- (D) the Attorney General;
- (E) the Secretary of Homeland Security; and
- (F) the Director of National Intelligence.
- (iii) The USCTOC may request other agencies to contribute to the USCTOC’s efforts as necessary, including by detail or assignment of personnel consistent with subsection (b)(v) of this section.
- (iv) The USCTOC shall meet not later than 60 days from the date of this order and periodically thereafter.
- (b) There shall be established a USCTOC Strategic Division (Division), an interagency working group housed at the Department of Justice, comprising personnel from agencies designated in subsection (a)(ii) of this section.
- (i) The Division shall produce coordinated strategic plans for whole-of government counter-TOC efforts in support of and in alignment with policy priorities established by the President through the National Security Council. These strategic plans shall be informed by intelligence assessments, be developed in coordination with agencies, and include recommendations for actions by agencies. The Division shall submit its completed strategic plans to the USCTOC.
- (ii) The Division shall be chaired by a senior official from the Department of Justice or the Department of Homeland Security. The Chairperson shall serve a 2 year term. The Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security, or their designees, shall alternate every 2 years selecting the Chairperson.
- (iii) The Division shall be established for administrative purposes within the Department of Justice, and the Department of Justice shall, to the extent permitted by law and subject to the availability of appropriations, provide administrative support and funding for the Division.
- (iv) Agencies designated in subsection (a)(ii) of this section are hereby directed, consistent with their authorities, budget priorities, and mission constraints, and to the extent permitted by law and consistent with the need to protect intelligence and law enforcement sources, methods, operations, and investigations, to provide to the Division:
- (A) details or assignments of personnel, who shall be qualified subject matter experts and strategic planners, and who shall serve on full-time assignments of not less than 1 year;
- (B) relevant information, research, intelligence, and analysis; and
