INTELLIGENCE AND INTELLIGENCE-RELATED ACTIVITIES AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1979 INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1979 Public Law 95–370, as amended INTELLIGENCE AND INTELLIGENCE-RELATED ACTIVITIES AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1979 370 95–370 Statute Compilation United States House of Representatives Office of the Legislative Counsel text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Statute Compilations USLM converter, version 20210527.1 2021-10-15 Intelligence and Intelligence-Related Activities Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1979 1453 95 1978-09-17 INTELLIGENCE AND INTELLIGENCE-RELATED ACTIVITIES AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1979 [Public Law 95–370, approved September 17, 1978] [As Amended Through P.L. 95–370, Enacted September 17, 1978] [Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Public Law 95–370. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/] [Note: While this publication does not represent an official version of any Federal statute, substantial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of its contents. The official version of Federal law is found in the United States Statutes at Large and in the United States Code. The legal effect to be given to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code is established by statute (1 U.S.C. 112, 204).]
AN ACTTo authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1979 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Intelligence Community Staff, the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That this Act may be cited as the “Intelligence and Intelligence-Related Activities Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1979”.
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="I">TITLE I—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES </heading> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/95/370/tI/s101" styleType="traditional-inline"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="101">Sec. 101. </num><subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/95/370/tI/s101/a" styleType="OLC" class="inline"><num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1979 for the conduct of the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the following departments, agencies, and other elements of the United States Government:</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/95/370/tI/s101/a/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Central Intelligence Agency and the Director of Central Intelligence.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/95/370/tI/s101/a/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Department of Defense.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/95/370/tI/s101/a/3" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Defense Intelligence Agency.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/95/370/tI/s101/a/4" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The National Security Agency.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/95/370/tI/s101/a/5" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">(5) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/95/370/tI/s101/a/6" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="6">(6) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Department of State.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/95/370/tI/s101/a/7" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="7">(7) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Department of the Treasury.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/95/370/tI/s101/a/8" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="8">(8) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Department of Energy.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/95/370/tI/s101/a/9" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="9">(9) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Federal Bureau of Investigation.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/95/370/tI/s101/a/10" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="10">(10) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Drug Enforcement Administration.</content> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/95/370/tI/s101/b" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The classified annex to the joint explanatory statement prepared by the Committee of Conference to accompany the Conference Report on H.R. 12240 of the Ninety-fifth Congress shall be deemed to reflect the final action of the Congress with respect to the authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 1979 for intelligence and intelligence related activities of the United States Government, including specific amounts for activities specified in subsection (a). Copies of such annex shall be made available to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate and to the appropriate elements of the United States Government for which funds are authorized by this Act under subsection (a).</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/95/370/tI/s101/c" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Nothing contained in this Act shall be deemed to constitute authority for the conduct of any intelligence activity which is prohibited by the Constitution or laws of the United States.</content> </subsection> </section> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="II">TITLE II—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY STAFF </heading> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/95/370/tII/s201" styleType="traditional-inline"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="201">Sec. 201. </num><subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/95/370/tII/s201/a" styleType="OLC" class="inline"><num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">There is authorized to be appropriated for the Intelligence Community Staff for fiscal year 1979 the sum of $12,700,000 to provide the support necessary to permit the Director of Central Intelligence to fulfill his responsibility for directing the substantive functions and managing the resources for intelligence activities.</content></subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/95/370/tII/s201/b" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">For fiscal year 1979 the Intelligence Community Staff is authorized an end strength ceiling of two hundred and sixty-nine full-time employees. Such personnel may be permanent employees or employees on detail from other elements of the United States Government so long as they are properly counted within the ceiling and there is a mix of positions to allow appropriate representation from elements of the United States Government engaged in intelligence and intelligence-related activities.</content> </subsection> </section> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="III">TITLE III—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM </heading> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/95/370/tIII/s301" styleType="traditional-inline"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="301">Sec. 301. </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">There is authorized to be appropriated for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System for the fiscal year 1979 the sum of $43,500,000.</content> </section> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="IV">TITLE IV—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">ADMISSION OF CERTAIN EXCLUDABLE ALIENS </heading> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/95/370/tIV/s401" styleType="traditional-inline"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="401">Sec. 401. </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">By October 30, 1979, the Attorney General shall report to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate regarding those cases during the period beginning on October 1, 1978, and ending on September 30, 1979, in which (1) the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation has notified the Attorney General that the Director knows or has reason to believe that an alien applying for admission into the United States is an excludable alien under the terms of section 212(a) (27), (28), or (29) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)), and (2) such alien is subsequently admitted into the United States.</content> </section>