An Act to amend the National Security Act of 1947 to authorize the appointment of a Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, and for other purposes
PL 83-15 (S.1110), enacted 04/04/1953

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PUBLIC LAW 15-APR. 4, 1953 
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Reorganization Plan Numbered 1 of 1953, submitted to the Congress 
on March 12,1953, shall take effect ten days after the date of the enact-
ment of this joint resolution, and its approval by the President, not-
withstanding the provisions of the Reorganization Act of 1949, as 
amended, except that section 9 of such Act shall apply to such reorgan-
ization plan and to the reorganization made thereby. 
Approved April 1, 1953. 
63 Stat. 203. 
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Public Law 14 
CHAPTER 15 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Authorizing the Architect of the Capitol to permit certain temporary construction 
work on the Capitol Grounds in connection with the erection of a building on 
privately owned property adjacent thereto. 
^ r U 1, 1953 
[H. J. Rea. 229] 
Resolved hy the Senate and Hou^e of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Architect of the 
Capitol is hereby authorized to permit the performance within the 
United States Capitol Grounds of any excavation, temporary construc-
tion, or other work that may be necessary for construction of a national 
headquarters building for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 
Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers, American Federation of 
Labor, at the northwest corner of D Street and Louisiana Avenue 
Northwest: Provided, That no permanent construction shall extend 
within the United States Capitol Grounds. 
SEC. 2. The United States shall not incur any expense or liability 
whatsoever, under or by reason of this joint resolution, or be liable un-
der any claim of any nature or kind that may arise from anything that 
may be connected with or grow out of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 3. No work shall be performed within the Capitol Grounds 
pursuant to this joint resolution until the Architect of the Capitol shall 
have been furnished with such assurances as he may deem necessary 
that all areas within such grounds, disturbed by reason of such con-
struction, shall be restored to their original condition without expense 
to the United States; and all work within the Capitol Grounds herein 
authorized shall be performed under conditions satisfactory to the 
Architect of the Capitol. 
Approved April 1, 1953. 
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Public Law 15 
CHAPTER 16 
AN ACT 
To amend the National Security Act of 1947 to authorize the appointment of a 
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, and for other purjjoses. 
AprU 4, 1953 
[S.1110] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsections (a) ti^^^]^]^^ 1947 
and (b) of section 102 of the National Security Act of 1947, as amendment, 
amended, is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 102. (a) There is hereby established under the National 
Security Council a Central Intelligence Agency with a Director of 
Central Intelligence who shall be the head thereof, and with a Deputy 
Director of Central Intelligence who shall act for, and exercise the 
])owers of, the Director during his absence or disability. 
The Director 
and the Deputy Director shall be appointed by the President, by and 
Avith the advice and consent of the Senate, from among the commis-
61 Stat. 497. 
so u s e 403. 
CIA. 
D i r e c t o r 
a n d 
Deputy Director. 
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C o m tn i • sioned 
officer as Director 
or Deputy Director. 
Military status, 
etc. 
sioned officers of the armed services, whether in an active or retired 
status, or from among individuals in civilian life: Provided^ however, 
That at no time shall the two positions of the Director and Deputy 
Director be occupied simultaneously by commissioned officers of the 
armed services, whether in an active or retired status. 
"(b) (1) If a commissioned officer of the armed services is appointed 
as Director, or Deputy Director, then— 
"(A) in the performance of his duties as Director, or Deputy 
Director, he shall be subject to no supervision, control, restriction, 
or prohibition (military or otherwise) other than Mould be oper-
ative with respect to him if he were a civilian in no way connected 
with the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, 
the Department of the Air Force, or the armed services or any 
component thereof; and 
"(B) he shall not possess or exercise any supervision, control, 
powers, or functions (other than such as he possesses, or is author-
ized or directed to exercise, as Director, or Deputy Director) with 
respect to the armed services or any component thereof, the 
Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, or the 
Department of the Air Force, or any branch, bureau, unit, or 
division thereof, or with respect to any of the personnel (military 
or civilian) of any of the foregoing. 
"(2) Except as provided in paragraph (1), the appointment to the 
office of Director, or Deputy Director, of a commissioned officer of the 
armed services, and his acceptance of and service in such office, shall 
in no way affect any status, office, rank, or grade he may occupy or hold 
in the armed services, or any emolument, perquisite, right, privilege, or 
benefit incident to or arising out of any such status, office, rank, or 
grade. 
Any such commissioned officer shall, while serving in the office 
of Director, or Deputy Director, continue to liold rank and grade not 
lower than that in which serving at the time of his appointment and to 
receive the military pay and allowances (active or retired, as the case 
may be, including personal money allowance) payable to a commis-
sioned officer of his grade and length of service for which the appro-
priate department shall be reimbursed from any funds available to 
defray the expenses of the Central Intelligence Agency. 
He also shall 
be paid by the Central Intelligence Agency from such funds an annual 
compensation at a rate equal to the amount by Avhich the compensation 
established for such position exceeds the amount of his annual military 
pay and allowances. 
"(3) The rank or grade of any such connnissioned officer shall, 
during the period in which such commissioned officer occupies the 
office of Director of Central Intelligence, or Deputy Director of Central 
Intelligence, be in addition to the numbers and percentages otherwise 
authorized and appropriated for the armed service of which he is a 
member." 
Approved April 4, 1953. 
AprU 4, 1953 
[S. 1229] 
Public Law 16 
CHAPTER 17 
AN ACT 
To continue the effectiveness of the Missing Persons Act, as amended and 
extended, until February 1, 1954. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
A^"^nd^*e'nt"! United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Missing 
io5i-i^il.^ «pp- Persons Act (ch. 166, sees. 1-12, 14, and 15; 56 Stat. 143-147), as