United States Code (Last Updated: May 24, 2014) |
Title 50. WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE |
Chapter 46. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY |
§ 3501. Definitions
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When used in this chapter, the term— (1) “Agency” means the Central Intelligence Agency; (2) “Director” means the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency; and (3) “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.
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 403a of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Amendments
2004—Pub. L. 108–458 redesignated subsecs. (a) to (c) as pars. (1) to (3), respectively, and amended par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (2) read as follows: “ ‘Director’ means the Director of Central Intelligence;”.
1960—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 86–707, § 511(c)(1), substituted “Government.” for “Government; and”.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 86–707, § 511(a)(3), repealed subsec. (d) which defined “continental United States”. See section 5921 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Effective Date Of Amendment
For Determination by President that amendment by Pub. L. 108–458 take effect on
Amendment by Pub. L. 108–458 effective not later than six months after
Short Title
Act June 20, 1949, ch. 227, § 10, formerly § 12, 63 Stat. 213; renumbered § 10,
Separability
Act June 20, 1949, ch. 227, § 9, formerly § 11, 63 Stat. 213; renumbered § 9,
Miscellaneous
Pub. L. 105–272, title III, § 309,