HIS Homeland Security Presidential Directives (HSPD)

HSPD - 1: Organization and Operation of the Homeland Security Council. (White House) Ensures coordination of all homeland security-related activities among executive departments and agencies and promote the effective development and implementation of all homeland security policies.

HSPD - 2: Combating Terrorism Through Immigration Policies. (White House) Provides for the creation of a task force which will work aggressively to prevent aliens who engage in or support terrorist activity from entering the United States and to detain, prosecute, or deport any such aliens who are within the United States.

HSPD - 3: Homeland Security Advisory System. (White House) Establishes a comprehensive and effective means to disseminate information regarding the risk of terrorist acts to Federal, State, and local authorities and to the American people.

HSPD - 6: Integration and Use of Screening Information. (White House) Provides for the establishment of the Terrorist Threat Integration Center.

HSPD - 7: Critical Infrastructure Identification, Prioritization, and Protection. (White House) Establishes a national policy for Federal departments and agencies to identify and prioritize United States critical infrastructure and key resources and to protect them from terrorist attacks.

HSPD - 8: National Preparedness. (White House) Identifies steps for improved coordination in response to incidents. This directive describes the way Federal departments and agencies will prepare for such a response, including prevention activities during the early stages of a terrorism incident. This directive is a companion to HSPD-5.

HSPD - 8 Annex 1: National Planning. Further enhances the preparedness of the United States by formally establishing a standard and comprehensive approach to national planning.

HSPD - 9: Defense of United States Agriculture and Food. (White House) Establishes a national policy to defend the agriculture and food system against terrorist attacks, major disasters, and other emergencies.

HSPD - 11: Comprehensive Terrorist-Related Screening Procedures. (White House) Implements a coordinated and comprehensive approach to terrorist-related screening that supports homeland security, at home and abroad. This directive builds upon HSPD - 6.

HSPD - 12: Policy for a Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors. (White House) Establishes a mandatory, Government-wide standard for secure and reliable forms of identification issued by the Federal Government to its employees and contractors (including contractor employees).

HSPD - 13: Maritime Security Policy. Establishes policy guidelines to enhance national and homeland security by protecting U.S. maritime interests.

HSPD - 16: Aviation Strategy. Details a strategic vision for aviation security while recognizing ongoing efforts, and directs the production of a National Strategy for Aviation Security and supporting plans.

HSPD - 19: Combating Terrorist Use of Explosives in the United States. (White House) Establishes a national policy, and calls for the development of a national strategy and implementation plan, on the prevention and detection of, protection against, and response to terrorist use of explosives in the United States.