Browse Arkansas Code titles and sections
50 U.S.C. § 3041 — Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
**(a) Director of Central Intelligence Agency** There is a Director of the Central Intelligence Agency who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
**(b) Supervision** The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency shall report to the Director of National Intelligence regarding the activities of the Central Intelligence Agency.
**(c) Duties** The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency shall—
(1) serve as the head of the Central Intelligence Agency; and
(2) carry out the responsibilities specified in subsection (d).
**(d) Responsibilities** The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency shall—
(1) collect intelligence through human sources and by other appropriate means, except that the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency shall have no police, subpoena, or law enforcement powers or internal security functions;
(2) correlate and evaluate intelligence related to the national security and provide appropriate dissemination of such intelligence;
(3) provide overall direction for and coordination of the collection of national intelligence outside the United States through human sources by elements of the intelligence community authorized to undertake such collection and, in coordination with other departments, agencies, or elements of the United States Government which are authorized to undertake such collection, ensure that the most effective use is made of resources and that appropriate account is taken of the risks to the United States and those involved in such collection; and
(4) perform such other functions and duties related to intelligence affecting the national security as the President or the Director of National Intelligence may direct.
**(e) Termination of employment of CIA employees**
(1) Notw
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 50 U.S.C. § 3041
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. A text match is a research starting point; applicability is not established.
Original supplied file — preserved unchanged
Download original Markdown file
File SHA-256: 6bef9b9735aab6a3b61cba902662e344d79e697c2cf6815ce4384d2e391e1b63. The original may include catalog metadata, neighboring provisions, or embedded records outside this collection's scope. Search shows only the selected federal record. Historical editions and unverified snapshots are not a statement of current law.
Authority boundary: historical or unconfirmed source not current law verified.
Open the recorded source website ↗
Record provenance
Stable record: federal_law:legal_authorities:record_usc_2262554f313d96c0a0723793
Source file: Laws/federal/codes/united-states-code/title-50/section-3041-director-of-the-central-intelligence-agency--6abdc537fc.md
Pages: Not recorded – Not recorded
Passage SHA-256: 397aa34e349e93546a61bc9c7e626da0516c3c4dde76829494b4bfcc70207f31
Source location: Title 50, Chapter 44, § 3041; chapter-044-national-security.md
Stored source content
**(a) Director of Central Intelligence Agency** There is a Director of the Central Intelligence Agency who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
**(b) Supervision** The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency shall report to the Director of National Intelligence regarding the activities of the Central Intelligence Agency.
**(c) Duties** The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency shall—
(1) serve as the head of the Central Intelligence Agency; and
(2) carry out the responsibilities specified in subsection (d).
**(d) Responsibilities** The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency shall—
(1) collect intelligence through human sources and by other appropriate means, except that the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency shall have no police, subpoena, or law enforcement powers or internal security functions;
(2) correlate and evaluate intelligence related to the national security and provide appropriate dissemination of such intelligence;
(3) provide overall direction for and coordination of the collection of national intelligence outside the United States through human sources by elements of the intelligence community authorized to undertake such collection and, in coordination with other departments, agencies, or elements of the United States Government which are authorized to undertake such collection, ensure that the most effective use is made of resources and that appropriate account is taken of the risks to the United States and those involved in such collection; and
(4) perform such other functions and duties related to intelligence affecting the national security as the President or the Director of National Intelligence may direct.
**(e) Termination of employment of CIA employees**
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency may, in the discretion of the Director, terminate the employment of any officer or employee of the Central Intelligence Agency whenever the Director deems the termination of employment of such officer or employee necessary or advisable in the interests of the United States.
(2) Any termination of employment of an officer or employee under paragraph (1) shall not affect the right of the officer or employee to seek or accept employment in any other department, agency, or element of the United States Government if declared eligible for such employment by the Office of Personnel Management.
**(f) Coordination with foreign governments** Under the direction of the Director of National Intelligence and in a manner consistent with [section 3927 of title 22](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3927&num=0&edition=prelim), the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency shall coordinate the relationships between elements of the intelligence community and the intelligence or security services of foreign governments or international organizations on all matters involving intelligence related to the national security or involving intelligence acquired through clandestine means.
Cross-references
Connections may be documented source relationships, shared citations or nearby passages. Each explains its basis; a connection alone does not establish applicability to your situation.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
**(a) Reports** On a biennial basis until the date that is 10 years after March 15, 2022, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a comprehensive report on the activities, prioritization, and responsibilities of the intelligence community with respect to foreign biological threats emanating from the territory of, or sponsored by, a covered country.
**(b) Matters included** Each report under subsection (a) shall include, with respect to foreign biological threats emanating from the territory of, or sponsored by, a covered country, the following:
(1) A detailed description of all activities relating to such threats undertaken by each element of the intelligence community, and an assessment of any gaps in such activities.
(2) A detailed description of all duties and responsibilities relating to such threats explicitly authorized or otherwise assigned, exclusively or jointly, to each element of the intelligence community, and an assessment of any identified gaps in such duties or responsibilities.
(3) A description of the coordination among the relevant elements of the intelligence community with respect to the activities specified in paragraph (1) and the duties and responsibilities specified in paragraph (2).
(4) An inventory of the strategies, plans, policies, and interagency agreements of the intelligence community relating to the collection, monitoring, analysis, mitigation, and attribution of such threats, and an assessment of any identified gaps therein.
(5) A description of the coordination and interactions among the relevant elements of the intelligence community and non-intelligence community partners.
(6) An assessment of foreign malign influence efforts relating to such threats, including any foreign
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 50 U.S.C. § 3003
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Covered element of the intelligence community** — The term “covered element of the intelligence community” means an element of the intelligence community that is not an element of the Department of Defense.
(2) **National security satellite** — The term “national security satellite” means a satellite weighing over 400 pounds whose principle purpose is to support the national security or intelligence needs of the United States Government.
(3) **United States** — The term “United States” means the several States, the District of Columbia, and the territories and possessions of the United States.
**(b) Requirement** Beginning January 1, 2021, except as provided in subsection (c), a covered element of the intelligence community may not award a contract for a national security satellite if the satellite uses a star tracker that is not produced in the United States, including with respect to both the software and the hardware of the star tracker.
**(c) Exception** The head of a covered element of the intelligence community may waive the requirement under subsection (b) if, on a case-by-case basis, the head certifies in writing to the congressional intelligence committees that—
(1) there is no available star tracker produced in the United States that meets the mission and design requirements of the national security satellite for which the star tracker will be used;
(2) the cost of a star tracker produced in the United States is unreasonable, based on a market survey; or
(3) such waiver is necessary for the national security interests of the United States based on an urgent and compelling need.
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 50 U.S.C. § 3001
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
**(a) Duties** Under the direction of the President, the chief of mission to a foreign country—
(1) shall have full responsibility for the direction, coordination, and supervision of all Government executive branch employees in that country (except for Voice of America correspondents on official assignment and employees under the command of a United States area military commander); and
(2) shall keep fully and currently informed with respect to all activities and operations of the Government within that country, and shall insure that all Government executive branch employees in that country (except for Voice of America correspondents on official assignment and employees under the command of a United States area military commander) comply fully with all applicable directives of the chief of mission.
**(b) Duties of agencies with employees in foreign countries** Any executive branch agency having employees in a foreign country shall keep the chief of mission to that country fully and currently informed with respect to all activities and operations of its employees in that country, and shall insure that all of its employees in that country (except for Voice of America correspondents on official assignment and employees under the command of a United States area military commander) comply fully with all applicable directives of the chief of mission.
**(c) Promotion of United States goods and services** Each chief of mission to a foreign country shall have as a principal duty the promotion of United States goods and services for export to such country.
**(d) Promotion of United States economic interests** Each chief of mission to a foreign country shall have as a principal duty the promotion of United States economic and commercial interests in such country.
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 22 U.S.C. § 3927
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
**(a) Office of Inspector General of the Intelligence Community** There is within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence an Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community.
**(b) Purpose** The purpose of the Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community is—
(1) to create an objective and effective office, appropriately accountable to Congress, to initiate and conduct independent investigations, inspections, audits, and reviews on programs and activities within the responsibility and authority of the Director of National Intelligence;
(2) to provide leadership and coordination and recommend policies for activities designed—
(A) to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in the administration and implementation of such programs and activities; and
(B) to prevent and detect fraud and abuse in such programs and activities;
(3) to provide a means for keeping the Director of National Intelligence fully and currently informed about—
(A) problems and deficiencies relating to the administration of programs and activities within the responsibility and authority of the Director of National Intelligence; and
(B) the necessity for, and the progress of, corrective actions; and
(4) in the manner prescribed by this section, to ensure that the congressional intelligence committees are kept similarly informed of—
(A) significant problems and deficiencies relating to programs and activities within the responsibility and authority of the Director of National Intelligence; and
(B) the necessity for, and the progress of, corrective actions.
**(c) Inspector General of the Intelligence Community**
(1) There is an Inspector General of the Intelligence Community, who shall be the head of the Office of the Inspector Genera
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 50 U.S.C. § 3035
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Incoming connection: Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 403–6, comprising section 106 of the National Security Act of 1947, act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, was editorially reclassified as [section 3041 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3041&num=0&edition=prelim).
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 50 U.S.C. § 403–8
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Incoming connection: Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
Page 631
TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
§ 3041
Agency, was renumbered by subsequent acts and trans-
ferred. See section 3142 of this title.
AMENDMENTS
2004—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 108–458, § 1071(a)(1)(G),
substituted ‘‘Director of National Intelligence’’ for ‘‘Di-
rector of Central Intelligence’’.
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 108–458, § 1071(a)(2)(B), struck
out ‘‘of Central Intelligence’’ after ‘‘Director’’.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–458, § 1071(a)(2)(C), struck out
‘‘of Central Intelligence’’ after ‘‘notice to the Direc-
tor’’.
Pub. L. 108–458, § 1071(a)(1)(H), substituted ‘‘with the
Director of National Intelligence’’ for ‘‘with the Direc-
tor of Central Intelligence’’.
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.
§ 3040a. Prohibition on collection and mainte-
nance of information of United States per-
sons based on first amendment-protected ac-
tivities
No element of the intelligence community
may collect or maintain information concerning
a United States person (as defined in section
3039 of this title) solely for the purpose of moni-
toring an activity protected by the first amend-
ment to the Constitution of the United States.
(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title I, § 105C, as added
Pub. L. 117–103, div. X, title III, § 3
Source: Supplied 2024 U.S. Code historical extraction · 50 U.S.C. § 3041
Stored review status: historical_2024_not_currentness_verified. Same stored citation; legal effect and authority still require review.