2002 U.S. Code
Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
CHAPTER 15 - NATIONAL SECURITY
SUBCHAPTER I - COORDINATION FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
Sec. 403a - Definitions relating to Central Intelligence Agency

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§403a. Definitions relating to Central Intelligence Agency

When used in sections 403a to 403s of this title, the term—

(a) “Agency” means the Central Intelligence Agency;

(b) “Director” means the Director of Central Intelligence;

(c) “Government agency” means any executive department, commission, council, independent establishment, corporation wholly or partly owned by the United States which is an instrumentality of the United States, board, bureau, division, service, office, officer, authority, administration, or other establishment, in the executive branch of the Government.

(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.)

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949, and not as part of the National Security Act of 1947 which comprises this chapter.

Amendments

1960—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 86–707, §511(c)(1), substituted “Government.” for “Government; and”.

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 86–707, §511(a)(3), repealed subsec. (d) which defined “continental United States”. See section 5921 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Short Title

Act June 20, 1949, ch. 227, §10, formerly §12, 63 Stat. 212; renumbered §10, July 7, 1958, Pub. L. 85–507, §21(b)(2), 72 Stat. 337, provided that: “This Act [enacting section 403a et seq. of this title] may be cited as the ‘Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949’.”

Separability

Act June 20, 1949, §9, formerly §11, 63 Stat. 212; renumbered §9, July 7, 1958, Pub. L. 85–507, §21(b)(2), 72 Stat. 337, provided that: “If any provision of this Act [enacting sections 403a et seq. of this title], 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 affected thereby.”

Act Referred to in Other Sections

The Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 is referred to in title 5 sections 2305, 5373; title 10 section 444.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in sections 403e, 403f of this title.