Homeland Security Presidential Directives

Homeland Security Presidential Directives (HSPDs) are issued by the President on matters pertaining to Homeland Security. Directives that are used to promulgate Presidential decisions on national security matters are designated National Security Presidential Directives (NSPDs). Some HSPDs are jointly designated as NSPDs and are labeled accordingly.

• HSPD – 1: Organization and Operation of the Homeland Security Council (pdf)
  
• HSPD – 2: Combating Terrorism Through Immigration Policies (pdf)
  
• HSPD – 3: Homeland Security Advisory System (pdf)
  
• HSPD – 4: National Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction (NSPD – 17) (pdf)
  
• HSPD – 5: Management of Domestic Incidents (pdf)
  
• HSPD – 6: Integration and Use of Screening Information (pdf)
  
• HSPD – 7: Critical Infrastructure Identification, Prioritization, and Protection (pdf)
  
• HSPD – 8: National Preparedness (pdf)
  
• HSPD – 8 Annex 1: National Planning (pdf)
  
• HSPD – 9: Defense of United States Agriculture and Food (pdf)
  
• HSPD – 10: Biodefense for the 21st Century (pdf)
  
• HSPD – 11: Comprehensive Terrorist-Related Screening Procedures (pdf)
  
• HSPD – 12: Policy for a Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors (pdf)
  
• HSPD – 13: Maritime Security Policy (NSPD – 41) (pdf)
  
• HSPD – 14: Domestic Nuclear Detection (pdf)
  
• HSPD – 15: (CLASSIFIED) U.S. Strategy and Policy in the War on Terror
  
• HSPD - 16: National Strategy for Aviation Strategy (NSPD – 47) (pdf)
  
• HSPD – 17: (CLASSIFIED) Nuclear Materials Information Program (NSPD – 48)
  
• HSPD – 18: Medical Countermeasures against Weapons of Mass Destruction (pdf)
  
• HSPD – 19: Combating Terrorist Use of Explosives in the United States (pdf)
  
• HSPD – 20: National Continuity Policy (pdf)
  
• HSPD – 21: Public Health and Medical Preparedness (pdf)

• HSPD-22: (CLASSIFIED) Domestic Chemical Defense

• HSPD-23: (CLASSIFIED) Computer Network Monitoring and Cyber-Security

• HSPD-24: Biometrics for Identification and Screening to Enhance National Security (pdf)
  

• Compilation of all HSPDs (158 pages) (pdf)