CHAPTER 44—NATIONAL SECURITY

Sec.
3001.
Short title.
3002.
Congressional declaration of purpose.
3003.
Definitions.
3004.
Definitions of military departments.
3005.
Department of Defense.
3006.
Transferred.

        

SUBCHAPTER I—COORDINATION FOR NATIONAL SECURITY

3021.
National Security Council.
3022.
Joint Intelligence Community Council.
3023.
Director of National Intelligence.
3024.
Responsibilities and authorities of the Director of National Intelligence.
3025.
Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
3026.
Deputy Directors of National Intelligence.
3027.
National Intelligence Council.
3028.
General Counsel.
3029.
Civil Liberties Protection Officer.
3030.
Director of Science and Technology.
3031.
Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center.
3032.
Chief Information Officer.
3033.
Inspector General of the Intelligence Community.
3034.
Chief Financial Officer of the Intelligence Community.
3034a.
Functional Managers for the intelligence community.
3034b.
Intelligence Community Chief Data Officer.
3034c.
Intelligence Community Innovation Unit.
3034d.
National Intelligence Management Council.
3035.
Central Intelligence Agency.
3036.
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
3037.
Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
3038.
Responsibilities of Secretary of Defense pertaining to National Intelligence Program.
3039.
Assistance to United States law enforcement agencies.
3040.
Disclosure of foreign intelligence acquired in criminal investigations; notice of criminal investigations of foreign intelligence sources.
3040a.
Prohibition on collection and maintenance of information of United States persons based on first amendment-protected activities.
3041.
Appointment of officials responsible for intelligence-related activities.
3041a.
Director of the National Reconnaissance Office.
3042.
Repealed.
3043.
Annual national security strategy report.
3043a.
National intelligence strategy.
3043b.
Annual reports on worldwide threats.
3044.
Software licensing.
3045.
National mission of National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
3046.
Repealed.
3047.
Restrictions on intelligence sharing with United Nations.
3048.
Detail of intelligence community personnel—Intelligence Community Assignment Program.
3049.
Non-reimbursable detail of other personnel.
3049a.
Special pay authority for science, technology, engineering, or mathematics positions and positions requiring banking or financial services expertise.
3049b.
Enabling intelligence community integration.
3050.
Annual report on hiring and retention of minority employees.
3051.
Repealed.
3052.
Limitation on establishment or operation of diplomatic intelligence support centers.
3053.
Travel on any common carrier for certain intelligence collection personnel.
3054.
POW/MIA analytic capability.
3055.
Annual report on financial intelligence on terrorist assets.
3056.
National Counterterrorism Center.
3057.
National Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center.
3058.
National Intelligence Centers.
3059.
Foreign Malign Influence Center.
3060.
Climate Security Advisory Council.
3061.
Counterintelligence and national security protections for intelligence community grant funding.
3062.
Office of Engagement.

        

SUBCHAPTER II—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

3071.
National Security Agency voluntary separation.
3072.
Authority of Federal Bureau of Investigation to award personal services contracts.
3072a.
Reports on exercise of authority.
3073.
Advisory committees; appointment; compensation of part-time personnel; applicability of other laws.
3073a.
Requirements for certain employment activities by former intelligence officers and employees.
3074.
Authorization of appropriations.
3075.
"Function" and "Department of Defense" defined.
3076.
Separability.
3077.
Effective date.
3078.
Repealing and savings provisions.
3079.
Insider threat policy compliance and reporting.

        

SUBCHAPTER III—ACCOUNTABILITY FOR INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES

3091.
General congressional oversight provisions.
3091a.
Congressional oversight of controlled access programs.
3092.
Reporting of intelligence activities other than covert actions.
3093.
Presidential approval and reporting of covert actions.
3094.
Funding of intelligence activities.
3095.
Notice to Congress of certain transfers of defense articles and defense services.
3096.
Specificity of National Intelligence Program budget amounts for counterterrorism, counterproliferation, counternarcotics, and counterintelligence.
3097.
Budget treatment of costs of acquisition of major systems by the intelligence community.
3098.
Annual personnel level assessments for the intelligence community.
3099.
Vulnerability assessments of major systems.
3100.
Intelligence community business system transformation.
3101.
Reports on the acquisition of major systems.
3102.
Critical cost growth in major systems.
3103.
Future budget projections.
3104.
Reports on security clearances.
3105.
Summary of intelligence relating to terrorist recidivism of detainees held at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
3105a.
Classified intelligence budget justification materials.
3106.
Dates for submittal of various annual and semiannual reports to the congressional intelligence committees.
3107.
Certification of compliance with oversight requirements.
3108.
Auditability of certain elements of the intelligence community.
3109.
Significant interpretations of law concerning intelligence activities.
3110.
Annual report on violations of law or executive order.
3111.
Briefings and notifications on counterintelligence activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
3112.
Annual reports on the domestic activities of the intelligence community.
3113.
Unfunded priorities of the intelligence community: annual report.
3114.
Submission of covered documents and classified annexes.
3115.
Submission of legislative proposals.

        

SUBCHAPTER IV—PROTECTION OF CERTAIN NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION

3121.
Protection of identities of certain United States undercover intelligence officers, agents, informants, and sources.
3122.
Defenses and exceptions.
3123.
Repealed.
3124.
Extraterritorial jurisdiction.
3125.
Providing information to Congress.
3126.
Definitions.

        

SUBCHAPTER V—PROTECTION OF OPERATIONAL FILES

3141.
Operational files of the Central Intelligence Agency.
3142.
Operational files of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
3143.
Operational files of the National Reconnaissance Office.
3144.
Operational files of the National Security Agency.
3145.
Omitted.
3146.
Protection of certain files of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

        

SUBCHAPTER VI—ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION

3161.
Procedures.
3162.
Requests by authorized investigative agencies.
3162a.
Security Executive Agent.
3163.
Exceptions.
3164.
Definitions.

        

SUBCHAPTER VII—APPLICATION OF SANCTIONS LAWS TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES

3171.
Stay of sanctions.
3172.
Extension of stay.
3173.
Reports.
3174.
Laws subject to stay.
3175.
Repealed.

        

SUBCHAPTER VIII—EDUCATION IN SUPPORT OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE

Part A—Science and Technology

3191.
Scholarships and work-study for pursuit of graduate degrees in science and technology.
3192.
Framework for cross-disciplinary education and training.
3193.
Repealed.

        

Part B—Foreign Languages Program

3201.
Program on advancement of foreign languages critical to the intelligence community.
3202.
Education partnerships.
3203.
Voluntary services.
3204.
Regulations.
3205.
Definitions.

        

Part C—Additional Education Provisions

3221.
Assignment of intelligence community personnel as language students.
3222.
Program on recruitment and training.
3223.
Educational scholarship program.
3224.
Intelligence officer training program.
3224a.
Authorization of support by Director of National Intelligence for certain workforce activities.

        

Part D—National Intelligence University

3227.
Transfer date.
3227a.
Degree-granting authority.
3227b.
Reporting.
3227c.
Continued applicability of the Federal Advisory Committee Act to the Board of Visitors.
3227d.
National Intelligence University acceptance of grants.

        

SUBCHAPTER IX—ADDITIONAL MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

3231.
Applicability to United States intelligence activities of Federal laws implementing international treaties and agreements.
3232.
Counterintelligence initiatives.
3232a.
Measures to mitigate counterintelligence threats from proliferation and use of foreign commercial spyware.
3233.
Misuse of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence name, initials, or seal.
3234.
Prohibited personnel practices in the intelligence community.
3235.
Semiannual reports on investigations of unauthorized disclosures of classified information.
3235a.
Notice and damage assessment with respect to significant unauthorized disclosure or compromise of classified national intelligence.
3236.
Inspector General external review panel.
3237.
Annual reports on influence operations and campaigns in the United States by the Chinese Communist Party.
3237a.
Repealed.
3238.
Annual reports on influence operations and campaigns in the United States by the Russian Federation.
3239.
Requirement to buy certain satellite component from American sources.
3240.
Report on best practices to protect privacy, civil liberties, and civil rights of Chinese Americans.
3241.
Biennial reports on foreign biological threats.
3242.
Annual reports on certain cyber vulnerabilities procured by intelligence community and foreign commercial providers of cyber vulnerabilities.
3243.
Periodic reports on technology strategy of intelligence community.
3244.
Annual report on reporting requirements.

        

Editorial Notes

Codification

Chapter is comprised of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, 61 Stat. 495, the National Security Act of 1947, which was formerly classified principally as part of chapter 15 of this title, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as chapter 44 of this title. For complete classification of the National Security Act of 1947, see Tables.