50 U.S.C. § 3524 — Support for the Associate Director of the

Page 915 TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE § 3525 1 See Change of Name note below. this subsection. The procedures shall be sub- ject to periodic review by the Internal Rev- enue Service. (i) Regulations The Director of the Central Intelligence Agen- cy shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section. The regulations shall ensure that the combination of salary, allowances, and benefits that an employee designated under this section may retain does not significantly exceed, except to the extent determined by the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency to be necessary to exercise the authority in subsection (b), the combination of salary, allowances, and benefits otherwise received by Federal employees not designated under this section. (j) Finality of decisions Any determinations authorized by this section to be made by the Director of the Central Intel- ligence Agency or the Director’s designee shall be final and conclusive and shall not be subject to review by any court. (k) Subsequently enacted laws No law enacted after the effective date of this section shall affect the authorities and provi- sions of this section unless such law specifically refers to this section. (June 20, 1949, ch. 227, § 23, as added Pub. L. 108–487, title IV, § 402, Dec. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 3946.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT The effective date of this section, referred to in sub- sec. (k), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 108–487, which was approved December 23, 2004. See section 801 of Pub. L. 108–487, set out as an Effective Date of 2004 Amendments note under section 2656f of Title 22, For- eign Relations and Intercourse. CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 403w of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. § 3524. Support for the Associate Director of the Central Intelligence Agency for Military Af- fairs (a) Selection of Associate Director The Associate Director of the Central Intel- ligence Agency for Military Affairs shall be se- lected by the Secretary of Defense, with the con- currence of the Director of the Central Intel- ligence Agency, from among commissioned offi- cers of the Armed Forces who are general or flag officers. (b) Support for activities (1) In general In order to improve the provision of support to, and the receipt of support from, the Cen- tral Intelligence Agency, and to improve deconfliction of the activities of the Central Intelligence Agency and the Department of Defense, the Secretary of Defense and the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence 1 shall ensure that the Associate Director of the Central Intelligence Agency for Military Af- fairs has access to, and support from, offices, agencies, and programs of the Department necessary for the purposes of the Associate Di- rector as follows: (A) To facilitate and coordinate Depart- ment of Defense support for the Central In- telligence Agency requested by the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and ap- proved by the Secretary, including oversight of Department of Defense military and civil- ian personnel detailed or assigned to the Central Intelligence Agency. (B) To prioritize, communicate, and co- ordinate Department of Defense requests for, and the provision of support to, the Depart- ment of Defense from the Central Intel- ligence Agency, including support requested by and provided to the commanders of the combatant commands and subordinate task forces and commands. (2) Policies The Under Secretary shall develop and su- pervise the implementation of policies to inte- grate and communicate Department of De- fense requirements and requests for support from the Central Intelligence Agency that are coordinated by the Associate Director pursu- ant to paragraph (1)(B). (Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title X, § 1054, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2398.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was enacted as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, and not as part of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 which comprises this chapter. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence redesig- nated and references deemed to refer to Under Sec- retary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, see sec- tion 1621(a) of Pub. L. 116–92, set out as a note under section 137 of Title 10, Armed Forces. § 3525. Office of the Ombudsman for Analytic Ob- jectivity (a) Establishment (1) In general There is established in the Agency an Office of the Ombudsman for Analytic Objectivity (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Office’’). (2) Appointment of Ombudsman The Office shall be headed by an Ombuds- man, who shall be appointed by the Director from among current or former senior staff offi- cers of the Agency. (b) Duties and responsibilities The Ombudsman shall— (1) on an annual basis, conduct a survey of analytic objectivity among officers and em- ployees of the Agency; (2) implement a procedure by which any offi- cer or employee of the Agency may submit to