50 U.S.C. § 3507 — Protection of nature of Agency’s functions

Page 887 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. 227, § 6, formerly § 7, 63 Stat. 211; renumbered § 6, Pub. L. 85–507, § 21(b)(2), July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 337; amended Pub. L. 103–178, title V, § 501(2), Dec. 3, 1993, 107 Stat. 2038; Pub. L. 105–272, title IV, § 403(a)(2), Oct. 20, 1998, 112 Stat. 2404; Pub. L. 108–177, title III, § 377(b)(2), Dec. 13, 2003, 117 Stat. 2630; Pub. L. 108–458, title I, §§ 1071(b)(1)(A), 1072(b), Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3690, 3692; Pub. L. 111–259, title VIII, § 806(a)(3), Oct. 7, 2010, 124 Stat. 2748; Pub. L. 117–263, div. F, title LXIV, § 6411, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3526; Pub. L. 118–31, div. G, title IX, § 7901(g)(2), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 1107.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Act of August 28, 1935, referred to in text, which pro- vided for the yearly publication of the Official Register of the United States, was repealed by Pub. L. 86–626, title I, § 101, July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 427. Section 607 of the Act of June 30, 1945, referred to in text, was repealed by act Sept. 12, 1950, ch. 946, title III, § 301(85), 64 Stat. 843. CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 403g of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Some section numbers of this title ref- erenced in amendment notes below reflect the classi- fication of such sections prior to their editorial reclas- sification. PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 6 of act June 20, 1949, was renumbered section 5 and is classified to section 3506 of this title. AMENDMENTS 2023—Pub. L. 118–31 substituted ‘‘or of the names’’ for ‘‘or of the, names’’. 2022—Pub. L. 117–263 substituted ‘‘or functions of the Agency, or of the’’ for ‘‘, functions’’. 2010—Pub. L. 111–259 made technical amendment to directory language of Pub. L. 108–458, § 1072(b). See 2004 Amendment note below. 2004—Pub. L. 108–458, § 1072(b), as amended by Pub. L. 111–259, substituted ‘‘section 403–1(i)’’ for ‘‘section 403–3(c)(7)’’. Reference appears in text as ‘‘section 3024(i)’’ pursuant to the editorial reclassification of sec- tion 403–1 of this title as section 3024. See Codification note above. Pub. L. 108–458, § 1071(b)(1)(A), substituted ‘‘Director of National Intelligence’’ for ‘‘Director of Central Intel- ligence’’. 2003—Pub. L. 108–177 substituted ‘‘section 403–3(c)(7) of this title’’ for ‘‘section 403–3(c)(6) of this title’’. 1998—Pub. L. 105–272 substituted ‘‘403–3(c)(6)’’ for ‘‘403–3(c)(5)’’. 1993—Pub. L. 103–178 substituted ‘‘section 403–3(c)(5) of this title’’ for ‘‘the proviso of section 403(d)(3) of this title’’ and ‘‘Office of Management and Budget’’ for ‘‘Bu- reau of the Budget’’. 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. § 3508. Admission of essential aliens; limitation on number Whenever the Director, the Attorney General, and the Commissioner of Immigration and Natu- ralization shall determine that the admission of a particular alien into the United States for per- manent 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 immi- gration or any other laws and regulations, or to the failure to comply with such laws and regula- tions pertaining to admissibility: Provided, That the number of aliens and members of their im- mediate families admitted to the United States under the authority of this section shall in no case exceed one hundred persons in any one fis- cal year. (June 20, 1949, ch. 227, § 7, formerly § 8, 63 Stat. 212; renumbered § 7, Pub. L. 85–507, § 21(b)(2), July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 337; Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III, § 308(f)(6), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–622.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 403h of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 7 of act June 20, 1949, was renumbered section 6 and is classified to section 3507 of this title.