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> Back to the Table of Contents < (Public Law 235 of July 26, 1947; 61 STAT. 496) 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 Department 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 this Act may be cited as the “National Security Act of 1947”. Table of Contents Sec. 2. Declaration of policy. Sec. 3. Definitions. 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; notice of criminal investigations of foreign intelligence sources. Sec. 106. Appointment of officials responsible for intelligence-related activities. Sec. 107. Emergency Preparedness. Sec. 108. Annual National Security Strategy Report. Sec. 109. [Repealed] Annual report on intelligence. Sec. 110. National mission of National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Sec. 112. Restrictions on intelligence sharing with the United Nations. Sec. 113. Detail of intelligence community personnel—intelligence community assignment program. Sec. 113A. Non-reimbursable detail of other personnel. Sec. 114. Additional annual reports from the Director of National Intelligence. Sec. 114A. [Repealed] Annual report on improvement of financial statements for auditing purposes. Sec. 115. Limitation on establishment or operation of diplomatic intelligence support 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. 205. Department of the Army. Sec. 206. Department of the Navy. Sec. 207. Department of the Air Force. Title III—Miscellaneous Sec. 301. National Security Agency voluntary separation. Sec. 302. Authority of Federal Bureau of Investigation to award personal services contracts. Sec. 303. Advisory committees and personnel. Sec. 307. Authorization for appropriations. Sec. 308. Definitions. Sec. 309. Separabillity. Sec. 310. Effective date. Sec. 311. Succession to the Presidency. Sec. 411. Repealing and saving provisions. 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 counterterrorism, counterproliferation, counternarcotics, and counterintelligence. Sec. 506A. Budget treatment of costs of acquisition of major systems by the intelligence 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. Sec. 506G. Future budget projections. Sec. 506H. Reports on security clearances. Sec. 506I. Summary of intelligence relating to terrorist recidivism of detainees held at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Sec. 507. Dates for submittal of various annual and semiannual reports to the congressional 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 officers, agents, informants, and sources. Sec. 602. Defenses and exceptions. 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 Intelligence. 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 implementing international treaties and agreements. Sec. 1102. Counterintelligence initiatives. Sec. 1103. Misuse of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence name, initials, or seal.. Declaration of Policy Sec. 2. [50 U.S.C. §401] In enacting this legislation, it is the intent of Congress to provide a comprehensive program for the future 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 direction, authority, and control of the Secretary of Defense; to provide that each military department shall be separately organized under its own Secretary and shall function under the direction, authority, and control of the Secretary of Defense; to provide for their unified direction under civilian control of the Secretary of Defense but not to merge these departments or services; to provide for the establishment of unified or specified combatant commands, and a clear and direct line of command to such commands; to eliminate unnecessary duplication in the Department of Defense, and particularly in the field of research and engineering by vesting its overall direction and control in the Secretary of Defense; to provide more effective, efficient, and economical administration in the Department of Defense; to provide for the unified strategic direction of the combatant forces, for their operation under unified command, and for their integration into an efficient team of land, naval, and air forces but not to establish a single Chief of Staff over the armed forces nor an overall armed forces general staff. Definitions Sec. 3. [50 U.S.C. §401a] As used in this Act: (1) The term “intelligence” includes foreign intelligence and counterintelligence. (2) The term “foreign intelligence” means information relating to the capabilities, intentions, or activities of foreign governments or elements thereof, foreign organizations, or foreign persons, or international terrorist activities. (3) The term “counterintelligence” means information gathered and activities conducted to protect against espionage, other intelligence activities, sabotage, or assassinations conducted by or on behalf of foreign governments or elements thereof, foreign organizations, or foreign persons, or international terrorist activities. (4) The term “intelligence community” includes the following: (A) The Office of the Director of National Intelligence. (B) The Central Intelligence Agency. (C) The National Security Agency. (D) The Defense Intelligence Agency. (E) The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. (F) The National Reconnaissance Office. (G) Other offices within the Department of Defense for the collection of specialized national intelligence through reconnaissance programs. (H) The intelligence elements of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marine Corps, the Coast Guard, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Department of Energy. (I) The Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the Department of State. (J) The Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of the Treasury. (K) The Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security. (L) Such other elements of any department or agency as may be designated by the President, or designated jointly by the Director of National Intelligence and the head of the department or agency concerned, as an element of the intelligence community. (5) The terms “national intelligence” and “intelligence related to national security” refer to all intelligence, regardless of the source from which derived and including information gathered within or outside the United States, that— (A) pertains, as determined consistent with any guidance issued by the President, to more than one United States Government agency; and (B) that involves— (i) threats to the United States, its people, property, or interests; (ii) the development, proliferation, or use of weapons of mass destruction; or (iii) any other matter bearing on United States national or homeland security. (6) The term “National Intelligence Program” refers to all programs, projects, and activities of the intelligence community, as well as any other programs of the intelligence community designated jointly by the Director of National Intelligence and the head of a United States department or agency or by the President. Such term does not include programs, projects, or activities of the military departments to acquire intelligence solely for the planning and conduct of tactical military operations by United States Armed Forces. (7) The term “congressional intelligence committees” means— (A) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and (B) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. TITLE I—COORDINATION FOR NATIONAL SECURITY National Security Council Sec. 101. [50 U.S.C. §402] (a) There is here established a council to be known as the National Security Council (thereinafter in this section referred to as the “Council”). The President of the United States shall preside over meetings of the Council: Provided, That in his absence he may designate a member of the Council to preside in his place. The function of the Council shall be to advise the President with respect to the integration of domestic, foreign, and military policies relating to the national security so as to enable the military services and the other departments and agencies of the Government to cooperate more effectively in matters involving the national security. The Council shall be composed of— (1) the President; (2) the Vice President; (3) the Secretary of State; (4) the Secretary of Defense; (5) the Secretary of Energy; (6) the Director for Mutual Security; (7) the Chairman of the National Security Resources Board; and (8) the Secretaries and Under Secretaries of other executive departments and of the military departments, the Chairman of the Munitions Board, and the Chairman of the Research and Development Board, when appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to serve at his pleasure. (b) In addition to performing such other functions as the President may direct, for the purpose of more effectively coordinating the policies and functions of the departments and agencies of the Government relating to the national security, it shall, subject to the direction of the President, be the duty of the Council— (1) to assess and appraise the objectives, commitments, and risks of the United States in relation to our actual and potential military power, in the interest of national security, for the purpose of making recommendations to the President in connection therewith; and (2) to consider policies on matters of common interest to the departments and agencies of the Government concerned with the national security, and to make recommendations to the President in connection therewith. (c) The Council shall have a staff to be headed by a civilian executive secretary who shall be appointed by the President. The executive secretary, subject to the direction of the Council, is authorized, subject to the civil-service laws and the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, to appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel as may be necessary to perform such duties as may be prescribed by the Council in connection with the performance of its functions. (d) The Council shall, from time to time, make such recommendations, and such other reports to the President as it deems appropriate or as the President may require. (e) The Chairman (or in his absence the Vice Chairman) of the Joint Chiefs of Staff may, in his role as principal military adviser to the National Security Council and subject to the direction of the President, attend and participate in meetings of the National Security Council. (f) The Director of National Drug Control Policy may, in the role of the Director as principal adviser to the National Security Council on national drug control policy, and subject to the direction of the President, attend and participate in meetings of the National Security Council. (g) The President shall establish within the National Security Council a board to be known as the “Board for Low Intensity Conflict”. The principal function of the board shall be to coordinate the policies of the United States for low intensity conflict. (h)(1) There is established within the National Security Council a committee to be known as the Committee on Foreign Intelligence (in this subsection referred to as the “Committee”). (2) The Committee shall be composed of the following: (A) The Director of National Intelligence. (B) The Secretary of State. (C) The Secretary of Defense. (D) The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, who shall serve as the chairperson of the Committee. (E) Such other members as the President may designate. (3) The function of the Committee shall be to assist the Council in its activities by— (A) identifying the intelligence required to address the national security interests of the United States as specified by the President; (B) establishing priorities (including funding priorities) among the programs, projects, and activities that address such interests and requirements; and (C) establishing policies relating to the conduct of intelligence activities of the United States, including appropriate roles and missions for the elements of the intelligence community and appropriate targets of intelligence collection activities. (4) In carrying out its function, the Committee shall— (A) conduct an annual review of the national security interests of the United States; (B) identify on an annual basis, and at such other times as the Council may require, the intelligence required to meet such interests and establish an order of priority for the collection and analysis of such intelligence; and (C) conduct an annual review of the elements of the intelligence community in order to determine the success of such elements in collecting, analyzing, and disseminating the intelligence identified under subparagraph (B). (5) The Committee shall submit each year to the Council and to the Director of National Intelligence a comprehensive report on its activities during the preceding year, including its activities under paragraphs (3) and (4). (i)(1) There is established within the National Security Council a committee to be known as the Committee on Transnational Threats (in this subsection referred to as the “Committee”). (2) The Committee shall include the following members: (A) The Director of National Intelligence. (B) The Secretary of State. (C) The Secretary of Defense. (D) The Attorney General. (E) The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, who shall serve as the chairperson of the Committee. (F) Such other members as the President may designate. (3) The function of the Committee shall be to coordinate and direct the activities of the United States Government relating to combating transnational threats. (4) In carrying out its function, the Committee shall— (A) identify transnational threats; (B) develop strategies to enable the United States Government to respond to transnational threats identified under subparagraph (A); (C) monitor implementation of such strategies; (D) make recommendations as to appropriate responses to specific transnational threats; (E) assist in the resolution of operational and policy differences among Federal departments and agencies in their responses to transnational threats; (F) develop policies and procedures to ensure the effective sharing of information about transnational threats among Federal departments and agencies, including law enforcement agencies and the elements of the intelligence community; and (G) develop guidelines to enhance and improve the coordination of activities of Federal law enforcement agencies and elements of the intelligence community outside the United States with respect to transnational threats. (5) For purposes of this subsection, the term “transnational threat” means the following: (A) Any transnational activity (including international terrorism, narcotics trafficking, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the delivery systems for such weapons, and organized crime) that threatens the national security of the United States. (B) Any individual or group that engages in an activity referred to in subparagraph (A). (j) The Director of National Intelligence (or, in the Director’s absence, the Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence) may, in the performance of the Director’s duties under this Act and subject to the direction of the President, attend and participate in meetings of the National Security Council. (k) It is the sense of the Congress that there should be within the staff of the National Security Council a Special Adviser to the President on International Religious Freedom, whose position should be comparable to that of a director within the Executive Office of the President. The Special Adviser should serve as a resource for executive branch officials, compiling and maintaining information on the facts and circumstances of violations of religious freedom (as defined in section 3 of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998), and making policy recommendations. The Special Adviser should serve as liaison with the Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, Congress and, as advisable, religious nongovernmental organizations. (l) Participation of Coordinator for the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism.—The United States Coordinator for the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism (or, in the Coordinator’s absence, the Deputy United States Coordinator) may, in the performance of the Coordinator’s duty as principal advisor to the President on all matters relating to the prevention of weapons of mass destruction proliferation and terrorism, and, subject to the direction of the President, attend and participate in meetings of the National Security Council and the Homeland Security Council. Joint Intelligence Community Council Sec. 101A. [50 U.S.C. §402-1] (a) Joint Intelligence Community Council.—There is a Joint Intelligence Community Council. (b) Membership.—The Joint Intelligence Community Council shall consist of the following: (1) The Director of National Intelligence, who shall chair the Council. (2) The Secretary of State. (3) The Secretary of the Treasury. (4) The Secretary of Defense. (5) The Attorney General. (6) The Secretary of Energy. (7) The Secretary of Homeland Security. (8) Such other officers of the United States Government as the President may designate from time to time. (c) Functions.—The Joint Intelligence Community Council shall assist the Director of National Intelligence in developing and implementing a joint, unified national intelligence effort to protect national security by— (1) advising the Director on establishing requirements, developing budgets, financial management, and monitoring and evaluating the performance of the intelligence community, and on such other matters as the Director may request; and (2) ensuring the timely execution of programs, policies, and directives established or developed by the Director. (d) Meetings.—The Director of National Intelligence shall convene regular meetings of the Joint Intelligence Community Council. (e) Advice and Opinions of Members Other than Chairman.— (1) A member of the Joint Intelligence Community Council (other than the Chairman) may submit to the Chairman advice or an opinion in disagreement with, or advice or an opinion in addition to, the advice presented by the Director of National Intelligence to the President or the National Security Council, in the role of the Chairman as Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Community Council. If a member submits such advice or opinion, the Chairman shall present the advice or opinion of such member at the same time the Chairman presents the advice of the Chairman to the President or the National Security Council, as the case may be. (2) The Chairman shall establish procedures to ensure that the presentation of the advice of the Chairman to the President or the National Security Council is not unduly delayed by reason of the submission of the individual advice or opinion of another member of the Council. (f) Recommendations to Congress.—Any member of the Joint Intelligence Community Council may make such recommendations to Congress relating to the intelligence community as such member considers appropriate. Director of National Intelligence Sec. 102. [50 U.S.C. §403] (a) Director of National Intelligence.— (1) There is a Director of National Intelligence who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Any individual nominated for appointment as Director of National Intelligence shall have extensive national security expertise. (2) The Director of National Intelligence shall not be located within the Executive Office of the President. (b) Principal Responsibility.—Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the President, the Director of National Intelligence shall— (1) serve as head of the intelligence community; (2) act as the principal adviser to the President, to the National Security Council, and the Homeland Security Council for intelligence matters related to the national security; and (3) consistent with section 1018 of the National Security Intelligence Reform Act of 2004, oversee and direct the implementation of the National Intelligence Program. (c) Prohibition on Dual Service.—The individual serving in the position of Director of National Intelligence shall not, while so serving, also serve as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency or as the head of any other element of the intelligence community. Responsibilities and Authorities of the Director of National Intelligence Sec. 102A. [50 U.S.C. §403-1] (a) Provision of Intelligence.— (1) The Director of National Intelligence shall be responsible for ensuring that national intelligence is provided— (A) to the President; (B) to the heads of departments and agencies of the executive branch; (C) to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and senior military commanders; (D) to the Senate and House of Representatives and the committees thereof; and (E) to such other persons as the Director of National Intelligence determines to be appropriate. (2) Such national intelligence should be timely, objective, independent of political considerations, and based upon all sources available to the intelligence community and other appropriate entities. (b) Access to Intelligence.—Unless otherwise directed by the President, the Director of National Intelligence shall have access to all national intelligence and intelligence related to the national security which is collected by any Federal department, agency, or other entity, except as otherwise provided by law or, as appropriate, under guidelines agreed upon by the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence. (c) Budget Authorities.— (1) With respect to budget requests and appropriations for the National Intelligence Program, the Director of National Intelligence shall— (A) based on intelligence priorities set by the President, provide to the heads of departments containing agencies or organizations within the intelligence community, and to the heads of such agencies and organizations, guidance for developing the National Intelligence Program budget pertaining to such agencies and organizations; (B) based on budget proposals provided to the Director of National Intelligence by the heads of agencies and organizations within the intelligence community and the heads of their respective departments and, as appropriate, after obtaining the advice of the Joint Intelligence Community Council, develop and determine an annual consolidated National Intelligence Program budget; and (C) present such consolidated National Intelligence Program budget, together with any comments from the heads of departments containing agencies or organizations within the intelligence community, to the President for approval. (2) In addition to the information provided under paragraph (1)(B), the heads of agencies and organizations within the intelligence community shall provide the Director of National Intelligence such other information as the Director shall request for the purpose of determining the annual consolidated National Intelligence Program budget under that paragraph. (3)(A) The Director of National Intelligence shall participate in the development by the Secretary of Defense of the annual budget for the Military Intelligence Program or any successor program or programs. (B) The Director of National Intelligence shall provide guidance for the development of the annual budget for each element of the intelligence community that is not within the National Intelligence Program. (4) The Director of National Intelligence shall ensure the effective execution of the annual budget for intelligence and intelligence-related activities. (5)(A) The Director of National Intelligence shall be responsible for managing appropriations for the National Intelligence Program by directing the allotment or allocation of