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50 U.S.C. § 3507 — Protection of nature of Agency’s functions
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In the interests of the security of the foreign intelligence activities of the United States and in order further to implement [section 3024(h) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3024/h&num=0&edition=prelim) that the Director of National Intelligence shall be responsible for protecting intelligence sources and methods from unauthorized disclosure, the Agency shall be exempted from the provisions of sections 1 and 2 of the Act of August 28, 1935 (49 Stat. 956, 957; [5 U.S.C. 654](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section654&num=0&edition=prelim)), and the provisions of any other law which require the publication or disclosure of the organization or functions of the Agency, or of the names, official titles, salaries, or numbers of personnel employed by the Agency: Provided, That in furtherance of this section, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall make no reports to the Congress in connection with the Agency under section 607 of the Act of June 30, 1945, as amended ([5 U.S.C. 947(b)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section947/b&num=0&edition=prelim)).
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In the interests of the security of the foreign intelligence activities of the United States and in order further to implement [section 3024(h) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3024/h&num=0&edition=prelim) that the Director of National Intelligence shall be responsible for protecting intelligence sources and methods from unauthorized disclosure, the Agency shall be exempted from the provisions of sections 1 and 2 of the Act of August 28, 1935 (49 Stat. 956, 957; [5 U.S.C. 654](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section654&num=0&edition=prelim)), and the provisions of any other law which require the publication or disclosure of the organization or functions of the Agency, or of the names, official titles, salaries, or numbers of personnel employed by the Agency: Provided, That in furtherance of this section, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall make no reports to the Congress in connection with the Agency under section 607 of the Act of June 30, 1945, as amended ([5 U.S.C. 947(b)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section947/b&num=0&edition=prelim)).
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 403e–1, comprising section 402 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1984, Pub. L. 98–215, was editorially reclassified as [section 3323 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3323&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) In general** In the performance of its functions, the Central Intelligence Agency is authorized to—
(1) Transfer to and receive from other Government agencies such sums as may be approved by the Office of Management and Budget, for the performance of any of the functions or activities authorized under [section 3036 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3036&num=0&edition=prelim), and any other Government agency is authorized to transfer to or receive from the Agency such sums without regard to any provisions of law limiting or prohibiting transfers between appropriations. Sums transferred to the Agency in accordance with this paragraph may be expended for the purposes and under the authority of this chapter without regard to limitations of appropriations from which transferred;
(2) Exchange funds without regard to section 3651 of the Revised Statutes;
(3) Reimburse other Government agencies for services of personnel assigned to the Agency, and such other Government agencies are authorized, without regard to provisions of law to the contrary, so to assign or detail any officer or employee for duty with the Agency;
(4) Authorize personnel designated by the Director to carry firearms to the extent necessary for the performance of the Agency’s authorized functions, except that, within the United States, such authority shall be limited to the purposes of—
(A) the training of Agency personnel and other authorized persons in the use of firearms;
(B) the protection of classified materials and information;
(C) the protection of installations and property of the Agency;
(D) the protection of—
(i) current and former Agency personnel and their immediate families;
(ii) individuals nominated by the P
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**(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.
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Whenever the Director, the Attorney General, and the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization shall determine that the admission of a particular alien into the United States for permanent residence is in the interest of national security or essential to the furtherance of the national intelligence mission, such alien and his immediate family shall be admitted to the United States for permanent residence without regard to their inadmissibility under the immigration or any other laws and regulations, or to the failure to comply with such laws and regulations pertaining to admissibility: Provided, That the number of aliens and members of their immediate families admitted to the United States under the authority of this section shall in no case exceed one hundred persons in any one fiscal year.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 403g, comprising section 6 of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949, act June 20, 1949, ch. 227, was editorially reclassified as [section 3507 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3507&num=0&edition=prelim).
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TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
§ 3508
United States have not received the necessary and
commensurate priorities;
‘‘(3) human intelligence is becoming an increas-
ingly important capability to provide information on
the asymmetric threats to the national security of
the United States;
‘‘(4) the continued development and improvement
of a robust and empowered and flexible human intel-
ligence work force is critical to identifying, under-
standing, and countering the plans and intentions of
the adversaries of the United States; and
‘‘(5) an increased emphasis on, and resources ap-
plied to, enhancing the depth and breadth of human
intelligence capabilities of the United States intel-
ligence community must be among the top priorities
of the Director of National Intelligence.’’
§ 3507. Protection of nature of Agency’s functions
In the interests of the security of the foreign
intelligence activities of the United States and
in order further to implement section 3024(i) of
this title that the Director of National Intel-
ligence shall be responsible for protecting intel-
ligence sources and methods from unauthorized
disclosure, the Agency shall be exempted from
the provisions of sections 1 and 2 of the Act of
August 28, 1935 (49 Stat. 956, 957; 5 U.S.C. 654),
and the provisions of any other law which re-
quire the publication or disclosure of the organi-
zation or functions of the Agency, or of the
names, official titles, salaries, or numbers of
personnel employed by the Agency: Provided,
That in furtherance of this section, the Director
of the Office of Management and Budget shall
make no reports to the Congress in connection
with the Agency under section 607 of the Act of
June 30, 1945, as amended (5 U.S.C. 947(b)).
(June 20, 1949, ch. 22
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