Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949

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The Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 is a U.S. federal law that provided the CIA with administrative and financial authorities, including special procedures for secrecy and funding, enabling it to operate as the nation’s primary foreign intelligence agency.

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Generate an image of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (The Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 is a U.S. federal law that provided the CIA with administrative and financial authorities, including special procedures for secrecy and funding, enabling it to operate as the nation’s primary foreign intelligence agency.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
intelligence law ⓘ
affects U.S. foreign intelligence activities ⓘ
alsoKnownAs An Act to provide for the administration of the Central Intelligence Agency, and for other purposes ⓘ
appliesTo Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
authorityScope administrative ⓘ
financial ⓘ
organizational ⓘ
codifiedIn Title 50 of the United States Code ⓘ
congressNumber 81st United States Congress ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateEnacted 1949-06-20 ⓘ
enables CIA to maintain secrecy over its organization and functions ⓘ
CIA to spend funds without detailed public accounting ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
grantsAuthorityFor confidential fiscal and administrative procedures ⓘ
expenditure of funds without regard to typical federal limitations ⓘ
protection of intelligence sources and methods in administrative and financial matters ⓘ
special procedures for CIA funding ⓘ
special procedures for secrecy of CIA activities ⓘ
use of confidential funds ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalEffect supplemented the National Security Act of 1947 with detailed CIA authorities ⓘ
primaryPurpose to enable the CIA to function as the primary U.S. foreign intelligence agency ⓘ
to provide administrative authorities for the Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
to provide financial authorities for the Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
providesFor acquisition and disposal of property for intelligence purposes ⓘ
cover arrangements and protection of CIA organizational details ⓘ
employment and separation of CIA personnel under special rules ⓘ
travel and subsistence allowances for CIA employees and sources ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 81-110 ⓘ
regulates administrative structure of the Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
financial management of the Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
personnel management of the Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
relatedTo National Security Act of 1947 ⓘ
shortName CIA Act of 1949 ⓘ
signedBy Harry S. Truman ⓘ
signingPresident Harry S. Truman ⓘ
status in force ⓘ
subjectMatter funding and budgeting of the Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
organization of the Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
personnel authorities of the Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
secrecy and security of intelligence operations ⓘ
typeOfLaw national security legislation ⓘ
yearEnacted 1949 ⓘ

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National Security Act of 1947 → relatedTo → Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 ⓘ
Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 → shortName → CIA Act of 1949 ⓘ
linked to: Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949
Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 → alsoKnownAs → An Act to provide for the administration of the Central Intelligence Agency, and for other purposes ⓘ
linked to: Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949
Public Law 81-110 → relatedTo → Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 ⓘ