Intelligence and Intelligence Related Program Authorization Act
PL 95-370 (H.R.12240), enacted 09/17/1978

92 STAT. 626 
PUBLIC LAW 95-370—SEPT. 17, 1978 
Public Law 95-370 
95th Congress 
Sept. 17, 1978 
[H.R. 12240] 
Intelligence and 
Intelligence-
Related Activities 
Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 
1979. 
An Act 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1979 for intelligence and intelligence-
related activities of the United States Government, the Intelligence Community 
Staff, the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress a^ssemhled^ That this Act may 
be cited as the "Intelligence and Intelligence-Related Activities 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1979". 
TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 101. (a) Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 1979 for the conduct of the intelligence and intelligence-
related activities of the following departments, agencies, and other 
elements of the United States Government: 
(1) The Central Intelligence Agency and the Director of Cen-
tral Intelligence. 
(2) The Department of Defense. 
(3) The Defense Intelligence Agency. 
(4^ The National Security Agency. 
(5) The Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, 
and the Department of the Air Force. 
(6) The Department of State. 
(7) The Department of the Treasury. 
(8) The Department of Energy. 
(^9) The Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
(10) The Drug Enforcement Administration. 
(b) The classified annex to the joint explanatory statement prepared 
by the Committee of Conference to accompany the Conference Report 
on H.R. 12240 of the Ninety-fifth Congress shall be deemed to reflect 
the final action of the Congress with respect to the authorization of 
appropriations for fiscal year 1979 for intelligence and intelligence-
related activities of the United States Government, including specific 
amounts for activities specified in subsection (a). Copies of such annex 
shall be made available to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate and to the appropriate ele-
ments of the United States Government for which funds are author-
ized by this Act under subsection (a). 
(c) Nothing contained in this Act shall be deemed to constitute 
authority for the conduct of any intelligence activity which is pro-
hibited by the Constitution or laws of the L^nited States. 
TITLE II—INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY STAFF 
SEC. 201. (a) There is authorized to be appropriated for the Intel-
ligence Community Staff for fiscal year 1979 the sum of $12,700,000 to 
I)rovide the support necessary to permit the Director of Central Intel-
ligence to fulfill his responsibility for directing the substantive func-
tions and managing the resources for intelligence activities. 
(b) For fiscal year 1979 the Intelligence Community Staff is author-
ized an end strength ceiling of two hundred and sixty-nine full-time 
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92 STAT. 627 
employees. Such personnel may be permanent employees or employees 
on detail from other elements of the United States Government so long 
as they are properly counted within the ceiling and there is a mix oi 
positions to allow appropriate representation from elements of the 
United States Government engaged in intelligence and intelligence-
related activities. Any employee who is detailed to the Intelligence 
Community Staff from another element of the United States Govern-
ment shall be detailed on a reimbursable basis, except that an employee 
may be detailed on a nonreimbursable basis for a period of less than 
one year for performance of temporary functions as required by the 
Director of Central Intelligence. 
(c) Except as provided in subsection (b) and until otherwise pro-
vided by law, the activities of the Intelligence Community Staff shall 
be governed by the Director of Central Intelligence in accordance 
with the provisions of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
401 et seq.) and the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 
U.S.C. 403a-403j). 
TITLE III—CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIRE-
MENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM 
SEC. 301. There is authorized to be appropriated for the Central 
Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System for the fiscal 
year 1979 the sum of $43,500,000. 
TITLE IV—ADMISSION OF CERTAIN EXCLUDABLE 
ALIENS 
SEC. 401. By October 30, 1979, the Attorney General shall report 
to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee 
on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
Senate regarding those cases during the period beginning on October 1, 
1978, and ending on September 30, 1979, in which (1) the Director 
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation has notified the Attorney Gen-
eral that the Director knows or has reason to believe that an alien 
applying for admission into the United States is an excludable alien 
under the terms of section 212 (a) (27), (28), or (29) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)), and (2) such alien is 
subsequently admitted into the United States. 
Approved September 17, 1978. 
Report to 
congressional 
committees. 
8 u s e 1182 note. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 95-1075, Pt. 1 (Select Coram, on Intelligence) and Pt. 2 
(Comm. on Armed Services) and No. 95-1420 (Coram, of Confer-
ence). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 95-744 accompanying S. 2939 (Select Comm. on Intelligence) 
and No. 95-1028 (Coram, on Armed Services). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 124 (1978): 
June 6, considered and passed House. 
July 20, considered and passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 2939. 
Aug. 17, House agreed to conference report. 
Aug. 22, Senate agreed to conference report. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 14, No. 38: 
Sept. 18, Presidential statement.