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[CITE: 50USC401a]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                      CHAPTER 15--NATIONAL SECURITY
 
Sec. 401a. Definitions

    As used in this Act:
        (1) The term ``intelligence'' includes foreign intelligence and 
    counterintelligence.
        (2) The term ``foreign intelligence'' means information relating 
    to the capabilities, intentions, or activities of foreign 
    governments or elements thereof, foreign organizations, or foreign 
    persons.
        (3) The term ``counterintelligence'' means information gathered 
    and activities conducted to protect against espionage, other 
    intelligence activities, sabotage, or assassinations conducted by or 
    on behalf of foreign governments or elements thereof, foreign 
    organizations, or foreign persons, or international terrorist 
    activities.
        (4) The term ``intelligence community'' includes--
            (A) the Office of the Director of Central Intelligence, 
        which shall include the Office of the Deputy Director of Central 
        Intelligence, the National Intelligence Council (as provided for 
        in section 403-5(b)(3) \1\ of this title), and such other 
        offices as the Director may designate;
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should be section ``403-3(b)(3)''.
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            (B) the Central Intelligence Agency;
            (C) the National Security Agency;
            (D) the Defense Intelligence Agency;
            (E) the National Imagery and Mapping Agency;
            (F) the National Reconnaissance Office;
            (G) other offices within the Department of Defense for the 
        collection of specialized national intelligence through 
        reconnaissance programs;
            (H) the intelligence elements of the Army, the Navy, the Air 
        Force, the Marine Corps, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
        the Department of the Treasury, and the Department of Energy;
            (I) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the 
        Department of State; and
            (J) such other elements of any other department or agency as 
        may be designated by the President, or designated jointly by the 
        Director of Central Intelligence and the head of the department 
        or agency concerned, as an element of the intelligence 
        community.

        (5) The terms ``national intelligence'' and ``intelligence 
    related to the national security''--
            (A) each refer to intelligence which pertains to the 
        interests of more than one department or agency of the 
        Government; and
            (B) do not refer to counterintelligence or law enforcement 
        activities conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
        except to the extent provided for in procedures agreed to by the 
        Director of Central Intelligence and the Attorney General, or 
        otherwise as expressly provided for in this title.\2\
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        (6) The term ``National Foreign Intelligence Program'' refers to 
    all programs, projects, and activities of the intelligence 
    community, as well as any other programs of the intelligence 
    community designated jointly by the Director of Central Intelligence 
    and the head of a United States department or agency or by the 
    President. Such term does not include programs, projects, or 
    activities of the military departments to acquire intelligence 
    solely for the planning and conduct of tactical military operations 
    by United States Armed Forces.

(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, Sec. 3, as added Pub. L. 102-496, title VII, 
Sec. 702, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3188; amended Pub. L. 103-359, title 
V, Sec. 501(a)(1), Oct. 14, 1994, 108 Stat. 3428; Pub. L. 104-201, div. 
A, title XI, Sec. 1122(b)(1), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2687.)

                       References in Text

    This Act, referred to in text, means act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, 61 
Stat. 495, as amended, known as the National Security Act of 1947. For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note 
set out under section 401 of this title and Tables.
    This title, referred to in par. (5)(B), probably should be ``this 
Act'', meaning act July 26, 1947, see above, because this section is not 
a part of any title of act of July 26, 1947.


                               Amendments

    1996--Par. (4)(E). Pub. L. 104-201 substituted ``National Imagery 
and Mapping Agency'' for ``Central Imagery Office''.
    1994--Par. (4)(E). Pub. L. 103-359 substituted ``the Central Imagery 
Office'' for ``the central imagery authority within the Department of 
Defense''.


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 104-201 effective Oct. 1, 1996, see section 
1124 of Pub. L. 104-201, set out as a note under section 193 of Title 
10, Armed Forces.

                     Authority of Secretary of State

    Except as otherwise provided, Secretary of State to have and 
exercise any authority vested by law in any official or office of 
Department of State and references to such officials or offices deemed 
to refer to Secretary of State or Department of State, as appropriate, 
see section 2651a of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse, and 
section 161(d) of Pub. L. 103-236, set out as a note under section 2651a 
of Title 22.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 403-2a, 403-8, 404j of this 
title; title 22 section 1442a.
