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[CITE: 50USC403a]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                      CHAPTER 15--NATIONAL SECURITY
 
            SUBCHAPTER I--COORDINATION FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
 
Sec. 403a. Definitions relating to Central Intelligence Agency

    When used in sections 403a to 403s of this title, the term--
    (a) ``Agency'' means the Central Intelligence Agency;
    (b) ``Director'' means the Director of Central Intelligence;
    (c) ``Government agency'' means any executive department, 
commission, council, independent establishment, corporation wholly or 
partly owned by the United States which is an instrumentality of the 
United States, board, bureau, division, service, office, officer, 
authority, administration, or other establishment, in the executive 
branch of the Government.

(June 20, 1949, ch. 227, Sec. 1, 63 Stat. 208; Pub. L. 86-707, title V, 
Sec. 511(a)(3), (c)(1), Sept. 6, 1960, 74 Stat. 800, 801.)

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Central Intelligence Agency Act 
of 1949, and not as part of the National Security Act of 1947 which 
comprises this chapter.


                               Amendments

    1960--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 86-707, Sec. 511(c)(1), substituted 
``Government.'' for ``Government; and''.
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 86-707, Sec. 511(a)(3), repealed subsec. (d) 
which defined ``continental United States''. See section 5921 of Title 
5, Government Organization and Employees.


                               Short Title

    Act June 20, 1949, ch. 227, Sec. 10, formerly Sec. 12, 63 Stat. 212; 
renumbered Sec. 10, July 7, 1958, Pub. L. 85-507, Sec. 21(b)(2), 72 
Stat. 337, provided that: ``This Act [enacting section 403a et seq. of 
this title] may be cited as the `Central Intelligence Agency Act of 
1949'.''


                              Separability

    Act June 20, 1949, Sec. 9, formerly Sec. 11, 63 Stat. 212; 
renumbered Sec. 9, July 7, 1958, Pub. L. 85-507, Sec. 21(b)(2), 72 Stat. 
337, provided that: ``If any provision of this Act [enacting sections 
403a et seq. of this title], or the application of such provision to any 
person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of this Act or 
the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than 
those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.''

                    Act Referred to in Other Sections

    The Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 is referred to in title 
5 sections 2305, 5373; title 10 section 444.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 403e, 403f of this title.
