50 U.S.C. § 3005 — Department of Defense

Page 562 TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE § 3005 renumbered §§ 205(b), 206, 207, Pub. L. 116–92, div. E, title LXVII, § 6742(b)(7)–(9), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2240.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original ‘‘this Act’’, meaning act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, 61 Stat. 495, known as the National Security Act of 1947, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. CODIFICATION A former section 205(b) of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501, which deemed laws, orders, and regulations applicable to the Department of War to be applicable to the newly designated Department of the Army, was classified to section 181–1(b) of former Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees, prior to being omitted from the Code upon the enactment of Title 10, Armed Forces, by act Aug. 10, 1956. Section 205(b) of act July 26, 1947, was subse- quently redesignated as section 205(a) of that Act by Pub. L. 116–92, div. E, title LXVII, § 6742(b)(7), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2240. Section was formerly classified to section 409 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section, and to section 171–2 of Title 5 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Govern- ment Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89–554, § 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378. Prior to the enactment of Title 10, Armed Forces, by act Aug. 10, 1956, subsecs. (a), (b), and (c) of this section were classified to sections 181–1(c), 411a(a), and 626(c), respectively, of former Title 5. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relat- ing thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Secu- rity, and the Department of Homeland Security Reor- ganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6. § 3005. Department of Defense Except to the extent inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter or other provisions of law, the provisions of title 5 shall be applicable to the Department of Defense. (July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 201, as added Pub. L. 116–92, div. E, title LXVII, § 6742(b)(6), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2240.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original ‘‘this Act’’, meaning act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, 61 Stat. 495, known as the National Security Act of 1947, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. CODIFICATION Section 6742(b)(6) of Pub. L. 116–92, which directed the general amendment of section 201 of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, was executed by adding a new section 201 to the Act and classifying it to this section, in light of the re- peal of former section 201 by Pub. L. 87–651, § 307, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 526. PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 3005, act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 201(d), as added Aug. 10, 1949, ch. 412, § 4, 63 Stat. 579, which applied the provisions of title 4 of the Revised Statutes to the Department of Defense, except to the extent inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, was technically repealed by Pub. L. 87–651, § 307, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 526, but continued to be set out as this section prior to the enactment of Pub. L. 116–92. A prior section 201 of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, as added Aug. 10, 1949, ch. 412, § 4, 63 Stat. 579, which established the Department of Defense as an Executive Department and established within it the various mili- tary departments, consisted of subsecs. (a) and (b), clas- sified to section 171 of former Title 5, Executive De- partments and Government Officers and Employees; subsec. (c), classified to section 1 of former Title 5; and subsec. (d), classified first to section 171–1 of former Title 5, then to section 408 of this title, and finally to this section (see note above). Section 201 was repealed by Pub. L. 87–651, § 307, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 526. § 3006. Transferred Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section, act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title III, § 312, for- merly title IV, § 411, as added Aug. 10, 1949, ch. 412, § 11, 63 Stat. 590; renumbered title III, § 312, Pub. L. 116–92, div. E, title LXVII, § 6742(b)(11), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2240, which related to repealing and savings provisions, was transferred to section 3078 of this title. SUBCHAPTER I—COORDINATION FOR NATIONAL SECURITY § 3021. National Security Council (a) National Security Council There is a council known as the National Se- curity Council (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Council’’). (b) Functions Consistent with the direction of the President, the functions of the Council shall be to— (1) advise the President with respect to the integration of domestic, foreign, and military policies relating to the national security so as to enable the Armed Forces and the other de- partments and agencies of the United States Government to cooperate more effectively in matters involving the national security; (2) assess and appraise the objectives, com- mitments, and risks of the United States in re- lation to the actual and potential military power of the United States, and make rec- ommendations thereon to the President; (3) make recommendations to the President concerning policies on matters of common in- terest to the departments and agencies of the United States Government concerned with the national security; and (4) coordinate, without assuming operational authority, the United States Government re- sponse to malign foreign influence operations and campaigns. (c) Membership (1) In general The Council consists of the President, the Vice President, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of