Note: This compilation of the National Security Act of 1947 re- flects amendments enacted into law through Public Law 111–259 (October 7, 2010). These materials are not official evidence of the laws set forth herein. Sections 112 and 204 of title 1 of the United States Code establish the rules governing which text serves as legal evidence of the laws of the United States. For changes, after the closing date of this publication, to provi- sions of law in this publication, see the United States Code Classi- fication Tables published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives at http://uscode.house.gov/classification/tables.shtml. 1 NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947 (Chapter 343; 61 Stat. 496; approved July 26, 1947) [As Amended Through P.L. 111–259, Enacted October 7, 2010] AN ACT To promote the national security by providing for a Secretary of Defense; for a National Military Establishment; for a Department of the Army, a Depart- ment of the Navy, and a Department of the Air Force; and for the coordination of the activities of the National Military Establishment with other departments and agencies of the Government concerned with the national security. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SHORT TITLE That ø50 U.S.C. 401 note¿ this Act may be cited as the ‘‘Na- tional Security Act of 1947’’. TABLE OF CONTENTS Sec. 2. Declaration of policy. Sec. 3. Definitions. 1 TITLE I—COORDINATION FOR NATIONAL SECURITY Sec. 101. National Security Council. Sec. 101A. Joint Intelligence Community Council. Sec. 102. Director of National Intelligence. Sec. 102A. Responsibilities and authorities of the Director of National Intelligence. Sec. 103. Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Sec. 103A. Deputy Directors of National Intelligence. Sec. 103B. National Intelligence Council. Sec. 103C. General Counsel. Sec. 103D. Civil Liberties Protection Officer. Sec. 103E. Director of Science and Technology. Sec. 103F. National Counterintelligence Executive. Sec. 103G. Chief Information Officer. Sec. 103H. Inspector General of the Intelligence Community. Sec. 103I. Chief Financial Officer of the Intelligence Community. Sec. 104. Central Intelligence Agency. Sec. 104A. Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Sec. 104B. Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Sec. 105. Responsibilities of the Secretary of Defense pertaining to the National Intelligence Program. Sec. 105A. Assistance to United States law enforcement agencies. Sec. 105B. Disclosure of foreign intelligence acquired in criminal investigations; no- tice of criminal investigations of foreign intelligence sources. Sec. 106. Appointment of officials responsible for intelligence-related activities. Sec. 107. National Security Resources Board. Sec. 108. Annual National Security Strategy Report. Sec. 104. Annual national security strategy report. 2 Sec. 110. National mission of National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 3 Sec. 112. Restrictions on intelligence sharing with the United Nations. 1 Item editorially inserted. 2 This section was redesignated as section 108 by section 705(a)(2) of P.L. 102–496, but this entry in the table of contents was not repealed. 3 The item for section 109 was repealed by section 347(i)(1)(A) of Public Law 111–259. 3 UNOFFICIAL VERSION 4 Sec. 113. Detail of intelligence community personnel—intelligence community as- signment program. Sec. 113A. Detail of other personnel. Sec. 114. Additional annual reports from the Director of National Intelligence. Sec. 115. Limitation on establishment or operation of diplomatic intelligence sup- port centers. Sec. 116. Travel on any common carrier for certain intelligence collection personnel. Sec. 117. POW/MIA analytic capability. Sec. 118. Annual report on financial intelligence on terrorist assets. Sec. 119. National Counterterrorism Center. Sec. 119A. National Counter Proliferation Center. Sec. 119B. National intelligence centers. TITLE II—THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Sec. 201. Department of Defense. Sec. 202. Secretary of Defense. 1 Sec. 203. Military Assistants to the Secretary. 1 Sec. 204. Civilian personnel. 1 Sec. 205. Department of the Army. Sec. 206. Department of the Navy. Sec. 207. Department of the Air Force. Sec. 208. United States Air Force. 1 Sec. 209. Effective date of transfers. 1 Sec. 210. War Council. 1 Sec. 211. Joint Chiefs of Staff. 1 Sec. 212. Joint Staff. 1 Sec. 213. Munitions Board. 1 Sec. 214. Research and Development Board. 1 TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS Sec. 301. National Security Agency voluntary separation. Sec. 301. Compensation of Secretaries. 1 Sec. 302. Authority of Federal Bureau of Investigation to award personal services contracts. Sec. 302. Under Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries. 1 Sec. 303. Advisory committees and personnel. Sec. 304. Status of transferred civilian personnel. 1 Sec. 305. Saving provisions. 1 Sec. 306. Transfer of funds. 1 Sec. 307. Authorization for appropriations. Sec. 308. Definitions. Sec. 309. Separability. Sec. 310. Effective date. Sec. 311. Succession to the Presidency. Sec. 411. Repealing and saving provisions. 2 TITLE V—ACCOUNTABILITY FOR INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES Sec. 501. General congressional oversight provisions. Sec. 502. Reporting of intelligence activities other than covert actions. Sec. 503. Presidential approval and reporting of covert actions. Sec. 504. Funding of intelligence activities. Sec. 505. Notice to Congress of certain transfers of defense articles and defense services. Sec. 506. Specificity of National Intelligence Program budget amounts for counter- terrorism, counterproliferation, counternarcotics, and counterintel- ligence. Sec. 506A. Budget treatment of costs of acquisition of major systems by the intel- ligence community. Sec. 506B. Annual personnel level assessments for the intelligence community. Sec. 506C. Vulnerability assessments of major systems. Sec. 506D. Intelligence community business system transformation. Sec. 506E. Reports on the acquisition of major systems. Sec. 506F. Critical cost growth in major systems. 1 Section repealed without amending table of contents. 2 Item editorially inserted. 5 UNOFFICIAL VERSION Sec. 506G. Future budget projections. Sec. 506H. Reports on security clearances. Sec. 507. Dates for submittal of various annual and semiannual reports to the con- gressional intelligence committees. Sec. 508. Certification of compliance with oversight requirements. TITLE VI—PROTECTION OF CERTAIN NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Sec. 601. Protection of identities of certain United States undercover intelligence of- ficers, agents, informants, and sources. Sec. 602. Defenses and exceptions. Sec. 603. Report. Sec. 604. Extraterritorial jurisdiction. Sec. 605. Providing information to Congress. Sec. 606. Definitions. TITLE VII—PROTECTION OF OPERATIONAL FILES Sec. 701. Operational files of the Central Intelligence Agency. Sec. 702. Operational files of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Sec. 703. Operational files of the National Reconnaissance Office. Sec. 704. Operational files of the National Security Agency. Sec. 705. Operational files of the Defense Intelligence Agency. Sec. 706. Protection of certain files of the Office of the Director of National Intel- ligence. TITLE VIII—ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION Sec. 801. Procedures. Sec. 802. Requests by authorized investigative agencies. Sec. 803. Exceptions. Sec. 804. Definitions. TITLE IX—APPLICATION OF SANCTIONS LAWS TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES Sec. 901. Stay of sanctions. Sec. 902. Extension of stay. Sec. 903. Reports. Sec. 904. Laws subject to stay. TITLE X—EDUCATION IN SUPPORT OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE Subtitle A—Science and Technology Sec. 1001. Scholarships and work-study for pursuit of graduate degrees in science and technology. Sec. 1002. Framework for cross-disciplinary education and training. Subtitle B—Foreign Languages Program Sec. 1011. Program on advancement of foreign languages critical to the intelligence community. Sec. 1012. Education partnerships. Sec. 1013. Voluntary services. Sec. 1014. Regulations. Sec. 1015. Definitions. Subtitle C—Additional Education Provisions Sec. 1021. Assignment of intelligence community personnel as language students. Sec. 1022. Program on recruitment and training. Sec. 1023. Educational scholarship program. Sec. 1024. Intelligence officer training program. TITLE XI—OTHER PROVISIONS Sec. 1101. Applicability to United States intelligence activities of Federal laws im- plementing international treaties and agreements. Sec. 1102. Counterintelligence initiatives. Sec. 1103. Misuse of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence name, ini- tials, or seal. Sec. 2 UNOFFICIAL VERSION 6 DECLARATION OF POLICY SEC. 2. ø50 U.S.C. 401¿ In enacting this legislation, it is the intent of Congress to provide a comprehensive program for the fu- ture security of the United States; to provide for the establishment of integrated policies and procedures for the departments, agencies, and functions of the Government relating to the national security; to provide a Department of Defense, including the three military Departments of the Army, the Navy (including naval aviation and the United States Marine Corps), and the Air Force under the di- rection, authority, and control of the Secretary of Defense; to pro- vide that each military department shall be separately organized under its own Secretary and shall function under the direction, au- thority, and control of the Secretary of Defense; to provide for their unified