50 U.S.C. § 3501 — Definitions

Page 878 TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE § 3501 curity Center and the Defense Intelligence Agency, and implement a baseline certifi- cation course for all counterintelligence ca- reer professionals that aligns the minimum certification requirements of the course and the Defense Counterintelligence Agent Course of the Joint Counterintelligence Training Ac- tivity. (2) Availability of course The baseline certification course developed under paragraph (1) shall be made available, on a space-available basis, to all intelligence community professionals and appropriate per- sonnel with appropriate security clearance from any other agency, committee, commis- sion, office, or other establishment in the ex- ecutive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Federal Government. (Pub. L. 118–31, div. G, title III, § 7334, Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 1046.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries DEFINITIONS For definition of ‘‘intelligence community’’ as used in this section, see section 7002 of Pub. L. 118–31, set out as a note under section 3003 of this title. CHAPTER 46—CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Sec. 3501. Definitions. 3502. Seal of office. 3503. Procurement authorities. 3504. Repealed. 3505. Personnel allowances and benefits. 3506. General authorities. 3506a. Transformation of Central Intelligence Agen- cy. 3507. Protection of nature of Agency’s functions. 3508. Admission of essential aliens; limitation on number. 3509. Repealed. 3510. Appropriations. 3510a. Availability of appropriations for construc- tion projects. 3510b. Acquisition of critical skills. 3511. Benefits available in event of the death of personnel. 3512. Gifts, devises, and bequests. 3513. Misuse of Agency name, initials, or seal. 3514. Retirement equity for spouses of certain em- ployees. 3515. Security personnel at Agency installations. 3516. Health benefits for certain former spouses of Central Intelligence Agency employees. 3517. Inspector General for Agency. 3518. Special annuity computation rules for certain employees’ service abroad. 3518a. Portability of overseas service retirement benefit. 3519. Special rules for disability retirement and death-in-service benefits with respect to certain employees. 3519a. Separation pay program for voluntary separa- tion from service. 3519b. Special rules for certain individuals injured by reason of war, insurgency, hostile act, terrorist activities, or incidents designated by the Director. 3520. General Counsel of Central Intelligence Agen- cy. 3521. Central services program. 3522. Detail of employees. 3523. Intelligence operations and cover enhance- ment authority. Sec. 3524. Support for the Associate Director of the Cen- tral Intelligence Agency for Military Af- fairs. 3525. Office of the Ombudsman for Analytic Objec- tivity. 3526. Improvement of education in science, tech- nology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. 3527. Chaplain Corps and Chief of Chaplains. 3528. Compensation and professional standards for certain medical officers. 3529. Medical advisory board. 3530. Office of wellness and workforce support. 3531. Sexual assault and sexual harassment within the Agency. 3532. Reporting and investigation of allegations of sexual assault and sexual harassment. 3533. Special Victim Investigator. § 3501. Definitions When used in this chapter, the term— (1) ‘‘Agency’’ means the Central Intelligence Agency; (2) ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency; and (3) ‘‘Government agency’’ means any execu- tive department, commission, council, inde- pendent establishment, corporation wholly or partly owned by the United States which is an instrumentality of the United States, board, bureau, division, service, office, officer, au- thority, administration, or other establish- ment, in the executive branch of the Govern- ment. (June 20, 1949, ch. 227, § 1, 63 Stat. 208; Pub. L. 86–707, title V, § 511(a)(3), (c)(1), Sept. 6, 1960, 74 Stat. 800, 801; Pub. L. 108–458, title I, § 1077, Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3695.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 403a of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. AMENDMENTS 2004—Pub. L. 108–458 redesignated subsecs. (a) to (c) as pars. (1) to (3), respectively, and amended par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (2) read as follows: ‘‘ ‘Director’ means the Director of Central Intel- ligence;’’. 1960—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 86–707, § 511(c)(1), sub- stituted ‘‘Government.’’ for ‘‘Government; and’’. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 86–707, § 511(a)(3), repealed subsec. (d) which defined ‘‘continental United States’’. See sec- tion 5921 of Title 5, Government Organization and Em- ployees. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2004 AMENDMENT For Determination by President that amendment by Pub. L. 108–458 take effect on Apr. 21, 2005, see Memo- randum of President of the United States, Apr. 21, 2005, 70 F.R. 23925, set out as a note under section 3001 of this title. Amendment by Pub. L. 108–458 effective not later than six months after Dec. 17, 2004, except as otherwise expressly provided, see section 1097(a) of Pub. L. 108–458, set out in an Effective Date of 2004 Amendment; Transition Provisions note under section 3001 of this title. SHORT TITLE Act June 20, 1949, ch. 227, § 10, formerly § 12, 63 Stat. 213; renumbered § 10, July 7, 1958, Pub. L. 85–507, Page 879 TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE § 3503 § 21(b)(2), 72 Stat. 337, provided that: ‘‘This Act [see Ta- bles for classification] may be cited as the ‘Central In- telligence Agency Act of 1949’.’’ SEPARABILITY Act June 20, 1949, ch. 227, § 9, formerly § 11, 63 Stat. 213; renumbered § 9, July 7, 1958, Pub. L. 85–507, § 21(b)(2), 72 Stat. 337, provided that: ‘‘If any provision of this Act [see Tables for classification], or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of this Act or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be af- fected thereby.’’ DESIGNATION OF HEADQUARTERS COMPOUND OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY AS THE GEORGE BUSH CENTER FOR INTELLIGENCE Pub. L. 105–272, title III, § 309, Oct. 20, 1998, 112 Stat. 2403, provided that: ‘‘(a) DESIGNATION.—The headquarters compound of the Central Intelligence Agency located in Langley, Virginia, shall be known and designated as the ‘George Bush Center for Intelligence’. ‘‘(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regu- lation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the headquarters compound referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘George Bush Center for Intelligence’.’’ § 3502. Seal of office The Director shall cause a seal of office to be made for the Central Intelligence Agency, of such design as the President shall approve, and judicial notice shall be taken thereof. (June 20, 1949, ch. 227, § 2, 63 Stat. 208; Pub. L. 108–458, title I, § 1071(b)(2)(A), Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3690.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 403b of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. AMENDMENTS 2004—Pub. L. 108–458 struck out ‘‘of Central Intel- ligence’’ after ‘‘Director’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2004 AMENDMENT For Determination by President that amendment by Pub. L. 108–458 take effect on Apr. 21, 2005, see Memo- randum of President of the United States, Apr. 21, 2005, 70 F.R. 23925, set out as a note under section 3001 of this title. Amendment by Pub. L. 108–458 effective not later than six months after Dec. 17, 2004, except as otherwise expressly provided, see section 1097(a) of Pub. L. 108–458, set out in an Effective Date of 2004 Amendment; Transition Provisions note under section 3001 of this title. § 3503. Procurement authorities (a) Purchases and contracts for supplies and services In the performance of its functions the Central Intelligence Agency is authorized to exercise the authorities contained in sections 3201, 3203, 3204, 3206, 3207, 3302 through 3306, 3321 through 3323, 3801 through 3808, 3069, 3134, 3841, and 4752 of title 10. (b) ‘‘Agency head’’ defined In the exercise of the authorities granted in subsection (a) of this section, the term ‘‘Agency head’’ shall mean the Director, the Deputy Di- rector, or the Executive of the Agency. (c) Classes of purchases and contracts; finality of decision; powers delegable The determinations and decisions provided in subsection (a) of this section to be made by the Agency head may be made with respect to indi- vidual purchases and contracts or with respect to classes of purchases or contracts, and shall be final. Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, the Agency head is authorized to dele- gate his powers provided in this section, includ- ing the making of such determinations and deci- sions, in his discretion and subject to his direc- tion, to any other officer or officers or officials of the Agency. (d) Powers not delegable; written findings The power of the Agency head to make the de- terminations or decisions specified in sections 3201 through 3204 of title 10 shall not be dele- gable. Each determination or decision required by sections 3201 through 3204, 3321 through 3323, and 3841 of title 10 shall be based upon written findings made by the official making such deter- minations, which findings shall be final and shall be available within the Agency for a period of at least six years following the date of the de- termination. (June 20, 1949, ch. 227, § 3, 63 Stat. 208; Pub. L. 97–269, title V, § 502(a), Sept. 27, 1982, 96 Stat. 1145; Pub. L. 104–106, div. E, title LVI, § 5607(f), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 702; Pub. L. 118–31, div. G, title III, § 7332, Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 1045.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 403c of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. AMENDMENTS 2023—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 118–31, § 7332(1), substituted ‘‘sections 3201, 3203, 3204, 3206, 3207, 3302 through 3306, 3321 through 3323, 3801 through 3808, 3069, 3134, 3841, and 4752 of title 10’’ for ‘‘sections 2304(a)(1) to (6), (10), (12), (15), (17), and sections 2305(a) to (c), 2306, 2307, 2308, 2309, 2312, and 2313 of title 10’’. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 118–31, § 7332(2), which directed substitution of ‘‘in sections 3201 through 3204 of title 10 shall not be delegable. Each determination or decision required by sections 3201 through 3204, 3321 through 3323, and 3841 of title 10’’ for ‘‘ ‘in paragraphs’ and all that follows through ‘1947’ ’’, was executed by making the substitution for ‘‘in paragraphs (12) and (15) of sec- tion 2304(a) and section 2307(a) of title 10 shall not be delegable. Each determination or decision required by paragraphs (12) and (15) of section 2304(a), by sections 2306 and 2313, or by section 2307(a) of title 10’’, which had read in the original ‘‘in paragraphs (12) and (15) of section 2(c) and section 5(a) of the Armed Services Pro- curement Act of 1947 shall not be delegable. Each deter- mination or decision required by paragraphs (12) and (15) of section 2(c), by section 4 or by section 5(a) of the Armed Services Procurement Act of 1947’’, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. In the original text, ‘‘1947’’ appeared twice, and amendment was executed as if striking out text through ‘‘1947’’ the second time ap- pearing.