Sec. 3. Membership.
(a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall serve as the Chair of the Council, which shall also include the heads of the following executive branch departments, agencies, and offices:
(1) the Department of the Treasury; [created by Congress 1789]
(2) the Department of Defense; [created by merging War and Navy Depts in 1945 - constituents were created 1789]
(3) the Department of Justice; [1870]
(4) the Department of the Interior; [1849]
(5) the Department of Commerce; [1903]
(6) the Department of Labor; [1913]
(7) the Department of Health and Human Services; [1953]
(8) the Department of Housing and Urban Development; [1965]
(9) the Department of Transportation; [1966]
(10) the Department of Energy; [1977]
(11) the Department of Education; [1980]
(12) the Department of Veterans Affairs;[1989 - formerly an independant agence the Veterans Administration]
(13) the Department of Homeland Security; [2002] -
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(14) the Environmental Protection Agency; [1970]
(15) the Federal Communications Commission;[1934]
(16) the Office of Management and Budget;[1921]
(17) the Office of Science and Technology Policy;
(18) the Office of National Drug Control Policy; [1976]
(19) the Council of Economic Advisers; [1946]
(20) the Domestic Policy Council;[1993]
(21) the National Economic Council;[1993]
(22) the Small Business Administration;[1953]
(23) the Council on Environmental Quality;
(24) the White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs; [1974]
(25) the White House Office of Cabinet Affairs; and such other executive branch departments, agencies, and offices as the President or the Secretary of Agriculture may, from time to time, designate.