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10 U.S.C. § 424 — Disclosure of organizational and personnel information: exemption for specified intelligence agencies
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**(a) Exemption From Disclosure.—** Except as required by the President or as provided in subsection (c), no provision of law shall be construed to require the disclosure of—
(1) the organization or any function of an organization of the Department of Defense named in subsection (b); or
(2) the number of persons employed by or assigned or detailed to any such organization or the name, official title, occupational series, grade, or salary of any such person.
**(b) Covered Organizations.—** This section applies to the following organizations of the Department of Defense:
(1) The Defense Intelligence Agency.
(2) The National Reconnaissance Office.
(3) The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
**(c) Provision of Information to Congress.—** Subsection (a) does not apply with respect to the provision of information to Congress.
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**(a) Exemption From Disclosure.—** Except as required by the President or as provided in subsection (c), no provision of law shall be construed to require the disclosure of—
(1) the organization or any function of an organization of the Department of Defense named in subsection (b); or
(2) the number of persons employed by or assigned or detailed to any such organization or the name, official title, occupational series, grade, or salary of any such person.
**(b) Covered Organizations.—** This section applies to the following organizations of the Department of Defense:
(1) The Defense Intelligence Agency.
(2) The National Reconnaissance Office.
(3) The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
**(c) Provision of Information to Congress.—** Subsection (a) does not apply with respect to the provision of information to Congress.
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**(a) Prohibition.—** Except with the written permission of both the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence, no person may knowingly use, in connection with any merchandise, retail product, impersonation, solicitation, or commercial activity in a manner reasonably calculated to convey the impression that such use is approved, endorsed, or authorized by the Secretary and the Director, any of the following (or any colorable imitation thereof):
(1) The words “Defense Intelligence Agency”, the initials “DIA”, or the seal of the Defense Intelligence Agency.
(2) The words “National Reconnaissance Office”, the initials “NRO”, or the seal of the National Reconnaissance Office.
(3) The words “National Imagery and Mapping Agency”, the initials “NIMA”, or the seal of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency.
(4) The words “Defense Mapping Agency”, the initials “DMA”, or the seal of the Defense Mapping Agency.
(5) The words “National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency”, the initials “NGA,” or the seal of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
**(b) Authority To Enjoin Violations.—** Whenever it appears to the Attorney General that any person is engaged or is about to engage in an act or practice which constitutes or will constitute conduct prohibited by subsection (a), the Attorney General may initiate a civil proceeding in a district court of the United States to enjoin such act or practice. Such court shall proceed as soon as practicable to the hearing and determination of such action and may, at any time before final determination, enter such restraining orders or prohibitions, or take such other actions as is warranted, to prevent injury to the United States or to any person or class of persons for whose protection the action is brought.
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**(a) Combat Readiness.—**
(1) Periodically (and not less often than every two years), the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall submit to the Secretary of Defense and the congressional defense committees a report on the combat support agencies. Each such report shall include—
(A) a determination with respect to the responsiveness and readiness of each such agency to support operating forces in the event of a war or threat to national security; and
(B) any recommendations that the Chairman considers appropriate.
(2) In preparing each such report, the Chairman shall review the plans of each such agency with respect to its support of operating forces in the event of a war or threat to national security. After consultation with the Secretaries of the military departments and the commanders of the unified and specified combatant commands, as appropriate, the Chairman may, with the approval of the Secretary of Defense, take steps to provide for any revision of those plans that the Chairman considers appropriate.
**(b) Participation in Joint Training Exercises.—** The Chairman shall—
(1) provide for the participation of the combat support agencies in joint training exercises to the extent necessary to ensure that those agencies are capable of performing their support missions with respect to a war or threat to national security; and
(2) assess the performance in joint training exercises of each such agency and, in accordance with guidelines established by the Secretary of Defense, take steps to provide for any change that the Chairman considers appropriate to improve that performance.
**(c) Readiness Reporting System.—** The Chairman shall develop, in consultation with the director of each combat support agency, a uniform system for reporting to the Secretar
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**(a) Designation of Positions.—** The Secretary of Defense may designate as an Intelligence Senior Level position any defense intelligence position that, as determined by the Secretary—
(1) is classifiable above grade GS–15 of the General Schedule;
(2) does not satisfy functional or program management criteria for being designated a Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service position; and
(3) has no more than minimal supervisory responsibilities.
**(b) Regulations.—** Subsection (a) shall be carried out in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.
**(c) Award of Rank to Employees in Intelligence Senior Level Positions.—** The President, based on the recommendations of the Secretary of Defense, may award a rank referred to in [section 4507a of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section4507a&num=0&edition=prelim) to employees in Intelligence Senior Level positions designated under subsection (a). The award of such rank shall be made in a manner consistent with the provisions of that section.
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**(a) Establishment.—** The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is a combat support agency of the Department of Defense and has significant national missions.
**(b) Director.—**
(1) The Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is the head of the agency.
(2) Upon a vacancy in the position of Director, the Secretary of Defense shall recommend to the President an individual for appointment to the position.
(3) If an officer of the armed forces on active duty is appointed to the position of Director, the position shall be treated as having been designated by the President as a position of importance and responsibility for purposes of [section 601 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section601&num=0&edition=prelim) and shall carry the grade of lieutenant general, or, in the case of an officer of the Navy, vice admiral.
**(c) Director of National Intelligence Collection Tasking Authority.—** Unless otherwise directed by the President, the Director of National Intelligence shall have authority (except as otherwise agreed by the Director and the Secretary of Defense) to—
(1) approve collection requirements levied on national imagery collection assets;
(2) determine priorities for such requirements; and
(3) resolve conflicts in such priorities.
**(d) Availability and Continued Improvement of Imagery Intelligence Support to All-Source Analysis and Production Function.—** The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall take all necessary steps to ensure the full availability and continued improvement of imagery intelligence support for all-source analysis and production.
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 422
(§ 3091 et seq.) of chapter 44 of Title 50, War and Na-
tional Defense. For complete classification of this Act
to the Code, see Tables.
AMENDMENTS
2014—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 113–291 substituted ‘‘(50
U.S.C. 3091 et seq.)’’ for ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 413 et seq.)’’.
1989—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101–189 substituted ‘‘House
of Representatives pursuant to the provisions of title V
of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 413 et
seq.). Funds’’ for ‘‘House pursuant to the provisions of
title V of the National Security Act of 1947, as amend-
ed, and funds’’.
1988—Pub. L. 100–453 struck out ‘‘transfers’’ after
‘‘Funds’’ in section catchline and amended text gen-
erally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: ‘‘The
Secretary of Defense may use funds available to the De-
partment of Defense for intelligence and communica-
tions purposes to pay for the expenses of arrangements
with foreign countries for cryptologic support.’’
1987—Pub. L. 100–26 renumbered section 128 of this
title as this section.
1986—Pub. L. 99–433 renumbered section 140a of this
title as section 128 of this title and substituted
‘‘Funds’’ for ‘‘Secretary of Defense: funds’’ in section
catchline.
1982—Pub. L. 97–258 struck out provision that pay-
ments under this section could be made without regard
to section 3651 of the Revised Statutes of the United
States (31 U.S.C. 543).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
COMPREHENSIVE INDEPENDENT STUDY OF NATIONAL
CRYPTOGRAPHY POLICY
Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title II, § 267, Nov. 30, 1993, 107
Stat. 1611, directed Secretary of Defense, not later than
90 days after Nov. 30, 1993, to request National Research
Council of National Academy of Sciences to conduct a
comprehensive study to assess effect of crypto
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