Public Law 80-253

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Public Law 80-253 is the formal designation of the landmark National Security Act of 1947, which reorganized the U.S. military and intelligence structure after World War II.

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Pub.L. 80–253 1
Public Law 80-253 canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
national security law ⓘ
affects Department of the Air Force ⓘ
Department of the Army ⓘ
Department of the Navy ⓘ
Joint Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
alsoKnownAs National Security Act of 1947 (Pub.L. 80–253) ⓘ
amendedBy National Security Act Amendments of 1949 ⓘ
branchAffected executive branch of the United States ⓘ
category 1947 in American law ⓘ
United States national security legislation ⓘ
component Title I – Coordination for National Security ⓘ
Title II – National Military Establishment ⓘ
Title III – Miscellaneous ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
created Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
Department of Defense ⓘ
National Military Establishment ⓘ
National Security Council ⓘ
Secretary of Defense position ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ
dateSigned 1947-07-26 ⓘ
enactedBy 80th United States Congress ⓘ
established civilian control over the Department of Defense ⓘ
framework for peacetime intelligence activities ⓘ
historicalContext early Cold War ⓘ
post–World War II reorganization ⓘ
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedInLegalCode Statutes at Large ⓘ
longTermImpact foundation of modern U.S. national security apparatus ⓘ
officialName National Security Act of 1947 ⓘ
publicLawNumber Pub.L. 80–253 ⓘ
linked to: Public Law 80-253
purpose to coordinate national security and foreign policy ⓘ
to establish a permanent intelligence agency ⓘ
to reorganize the U.S. military after World War II ⓘ
reorganized U.S. national security structure ⓘ
United States armed forces ⓘ
shortName National Security Act ⓘ
signedBy Harry S. Truman ⓘ
signingPresident Harry S. Truman ⓘ
statutesAtLargeCitation 61 Stat. 495 ⓘ
subjectMatter foreign policy coordination ⓘ
intelligence services ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
national security ⓘ
yearEnacted 1947 ⓘ

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Public Law 80-253 → publicLawNumber → Pub.L. 80–253 ⓘ
linked to: Public Law 80-253