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[CITE: 50USC403t]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                      CHAPTER 15--NATIONAL SECURITY
 
            SUBCHAPTER I--COORDINATION FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
 
Sec. 403t. General Counsel of Central Intelligence Agency


(a) Appointment

    There is a General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency, 
appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with the advice 
and consent of the Senate.

(b) Chief legal officer

    The General Counsel is the chief legal officer of the Central 
Intelligence Agency.

(c) Functions

    The General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency shall perform 
such functions as the Director of Central Intelligence may prescribe.

(June 20, 1949, ch. 227, Sec. 20, as added Pub. L. 104-293, title VIII, 
Sec. 813(a), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3483.)

                          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.


                Applicability of Appointment Requirements

    Section 813(b) of Pub. L. 104-293 provided that: ``The requirement 
established by section 20 of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 
[50 U.S.C. 403t], as added by subsection (a), for the appointment by the 
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, of an 
individual to the position of General Counsel of the Central 
Intelligence Agency shall apply as follows:
        ``(1) To any vacancy in such position that occurs after the date 
    of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 11, 1996].
        ``(2) To the incumbent serving in such position on the date of 
    the enactment of this Act as of the date that is six months after 
    such date of enactment, if such incumbent has served in such 
    position continuously between such date of enactment and the date 
    that is six months after such date of enactment.''
