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US CodeTitle 50Chapter 44

Chapter 44

NATIONAL SECURITY

Title 50 - War and National Defense

144 sections

Sections

§ 3001

Short title

Very short

§ 3002

Congressional declaration of purpose

Short

§ 3003

Definitions

Medium

§ 3004

Definitions of military departments

Short

§ 3005

Department of Defense

Very short

§ 3021

National Security Council

Long

§ 3022

Joint Intelligence Community Council

Medium

§ 3023

Director of National Intelligence

Short

§ 3024

Responsibilities and authorities of the Director of National Intelligence

Very long

§ 3025

Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Medium

§ 3026

Deputy Directors of National Intelligence

Medium

§ 3027

National Intelligence Council

Medium

§ 3028

General Counsel

Short

§ 3029

Civil Liberties Protection Officer

Medium

§ 3030

Director of Science and Technology

Short

§ 3031

Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center

Short

§ 3032

Chief Information Officer

Medium

§ 3033

Inspector General of the Intelligence Community

Very long

§ 3034

Chief Financial Officer of the Intelligence Community

Medium

§ 3034a

Functional Managers for the intelligence community

Short

§ 3034b

Intelligence Community Chief Data Officer

Short

§ 3034c

Intelligence Community Innovation Unit

Long

§ 3034d

National Intelligence Management Council

Medium

§ 3035

Central Intelligence Agency

Very short

§ 3036

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

Medium

§ 3037

Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

Short

§ 3038

Responsibilities of Secretary of Defense pertaining to National Intelligence Program

Long

§ 3039

Assistance to United States law enforcement agencies

Medium

§ 3040

Disclosure of foreign intelligence acquired in criminal investigations; notice of criminal investigations of foreign intelligence sources

Medium

§ 3040a

Prohibition on collection and maintenance of information of United States persons based on first amendment-protected activities

Very short

§ 3041

Appointment of officials responsible for intelligence-related activities

Medium

§ 3041a

Director of the National Reconnaissance Office

Medium

§ 3043

Annual national security strategy report

Medium

§ 3043a

National intelligence strategy

Medium

§ 3043b

Annual reports on worldwide threats

Short

§ 3044

Software licensing

Medium

§ 3045

National mission of National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Short

§ 3047

Restrictions on intelligence sharing with United Nations

Short

§ 3048

Detail of intelligence community personnel—Intelligence Community Assignment Program

Medium

§ 3049

Non-reimbursable detail of other personnel

Short

§ 3049a

Special pay authority for science, technology, engineering, or mathematics positions and positions requiring banking or financial services expertise

Long

§ 3049b

Enabling intelligence community integration

Short

§ 3050

Annual report on hiring and retention of minority employees

Short

§ 3052

Limitation on establishment or operation of diplomatic intelligence support centers

Short

§ 3053

Travel on any common carrier for certain intelligence collection personnel

Short

§ 3054

POW/MIA analytic capability

Short

§ 3055

Annual report on financial intelligence on terrorist assets

Medium

§ 3056

National Counterterrorism Center

Long

§ 3057

National Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center

Long

§ 3058

National Intelligence Centers

Medium

§ 3059

Foreign Malign Influence Center

Medium

§ 3060

Climate Security Advisory Council

Long

§ 3061

Counterintelligence and national security protections for intelligence community grant funding

Medium

§ 3062

Office of Engagement

Short

§ 3071

National Security Agency voluntary separation

Long

§ 3072

Authority of Federal Bureau of Investigation to award personal services contracts

Short

§ 3072a

Reports on exercise of authority

Short

§ 3073

Advisory committees; appointment; compensation of part-time personnel; applicability of other laws

Short

§ 3073a

Requirements for certain employment activities by former intelligence officers and employees

Long

§ 3074

Authorization of appropriations

Very short

§ 3075

“Function” and “Department of Defense” defined

Very short

§ 3076

Separability

Very short

§ 3077

Effective date

Very short

§ 3078

Repealed

Repealing and savings provisions

Short

§ 3079

Insider threat policy compliance and reporting

Very short

§ 3091

General congressional oversight provisions

Medium

§ 3091a

Congressional oversight of controlled access programs

Medium

§ 3092

Reporting of intelligence activities other than covert actions

Medium

§ 3093

Presidential approval and reporting of covert actions

Long

§ 3094

Funding of intelligence activities

Medium

§ 3095

Notice to Congress of certain transfers of defense articles and defense services

Medium

§ 3096

Specificity of National Intelligence Program budget amounts for counterterrorism, counterproliferation, counternarcotics, and counterintelligence

Short

§ 3097

Budget treatment of costs of acquisition of major systems by the intelligence community

Long

§ 3098

Annual personnel level assessments for the intelligence community

Medium

§ 3099

Vulnerability assessments of major systems

Medium

§ 3100

Repealed

Intelligence community business system transformation

Long

§ 3101

Reports on the acquisition of major systems

Long

§ 3102

Critical cost growth in major systems

Long

§ 3103

Future budget projections

Medium

§ 3104

Reports on security clearances

Medium

§ 3105

Summary of intelligence relating to terrorist recidivism of detainees held at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

Short

§ 3105a

Classified intelligence budget justification materials

Short

§ 3106

Dates for submittal of various annual and semiannual reports to the congressional intelligence committees

Medium

§ 3107

Certification of compliance with oversight requirements

Short

§ 3108

Auditability of certain elements of the intelligence community

Short

§ 3109

Significant interpretations of law concerning intelligence activities

Short

§ 3110

Annual report on violations of law or executive order

Short

§ 3111

Briefings and notifications on counterintelligence activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Short

§ 3112

Annual reports on the domestic activities of the intelligence community

Short

§ 3113

Unfunded priorities of the intelligence community: annual report

Medium

§ 3114

Submission of covered documents and classified annexes

Short

§ 3115

Submission of legislative proposals

Short

§ 3121

Protection of identities of certain United States undercover intelligence officers, agents, informants, and sources

Medium

§ 3122

Defenses and exceptions

Short

§ 3124

Extraterritorial jurisdiction

Very short

§ 3125

Providing information to Congress

Very short

§ 3126

Definitions

Medium

§ 3141

Operational files of the Central Intelligence Agency

Long

§ 3142

Operational files of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Long

§ 3143

Operational files of the National Reconnaissance Office

Long

§ 3144

Operational files of the National Security Agency

Long

§ 3146

Protection of certain files of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Long

§ 3161

Procedures

Medium

§ 3162

Requests by authorized investigative agencies

Long

§ 3162a

Security Executive Agent

Medium

§ 3163

Exceptions

Very short

§ 3164

Definitions

Medium

§ 3171

Stay of sanctions

Short

§ 3172

Extension of stay

Short

§ 3173

Reports

Short

§ 3174

Laws subject to stay

Short

§ 3191

Scholarships and work-study for pursuit of graduate degrees in science and technology

Short

§ 3192

Framework for cross-disciplinary education and training

Very short

§ 3201

Program on advancement of foreign languages critical to the intelligence community

Short

§ 3202

Education partnerships

Medium

§ 3203

Voluntary services

Medium

§ 3204

Regulations

Short

§ 3205

Definitions

Short

§ 3221

Assignment of intelligence community personnel as language students

Short

§ 3222

Program on recruitment and training

Medium

§ 3223

Educational scholarship program

Very short

§ 3224

Intelligence officer training program

Medium

§ 3224a

Authorization of support by Director of National Intelligence for certain workforce activities

Short

§ 3227

Transfer date

Very short

§ 3227a

Degree-granting authority

Short

§ 3227b

Reporting

Short

§ 3227c

Continued applicability of the Federal Advisory Committee Act to the Board of Visitors

Very short

§ 3227d

National Intelligence University acceptance of grants

Short

§ 3231

Applicability to United States intelligence activities of Federal laws implementing international treaties and agreements

Short

§ 3232

Counterintelligence initiatives

Short

§ 3232a

Measures to mitigate counterintelligence threats from proliferation and use of foreign commercial spyware

Long

§ 3233

Misuse of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence name, initials, or seal

Short

§ 3234

Prohibited personnel practices in the intelligence community

Long

§ 3235

Semiannual reports on investigations of unauthorized disclosures of classified information

Medium

§ 3235a

Notice and damage assessment with respect to significant unauthorized disclosure or compromise of classified national intelligence

Medium

§ 3236

Inspector General external review panel

Long

§ 3237

Annual reports on influence operations and campaigns in the United States by the Chinese Communist Party

Medium

§ 3238

Annual reports on influence operations and campaigns in the United States by the Russian Federation

Short

§ 3239

Requirement to buy certain satellite component from American sources

Short

§ 3240

Report on best practices to protect privacy, civil liberties, and civil rights of Chinese Americans

Medium

§ 3241

Biennial reports on foreign biological threats

Medium

§ 3242

Annual reports on certain cyber vulnerabilities procured by intelligence community and foreign commercial providers of cyber vulnerabilities

Medium

§ 3243

Periodic reports on technology strategy of intelligence community

Medium

§ 3244

Annual report on reporting requirements

Short