Central Intelligence Agency Act
United States Law creating the CIA / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Central Intelligence Agency Act, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 81–110, is a United States federal law enacted in 1949.
Other short titles | CIA Act of 1949 |
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Long title | An Act to provide for the administration of the Central Intelligence Agency, established pursuant to section 102, National Security Act of 1947, and for other purposes. |
Nicknames | Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 |
Enacted by | the 81st United States Congress |
Effective | June 20, 1949 |
Citations | |
Public law | Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 81–110 |
Statutes at Large | 63 Stat. 208 |
Codification | |
Titles amended | 50 U.S.C.: War and National Defense |
U.S.C. sections created | 50 U.S.C. ch. 15, subch. I § 403a |
Legislative history | |
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The Act, also called the "CIA Act of 1949" or "Public Law 110" permitted the Central Intelligence Agency to use confidential fiscal and administrative procedures and exempting it from many of the usual limitations on the use of federal funds. The act (Section 7) also exempted the CIA from having to disclose its "organization, functions, officials, titles, salaries, or numbers of personnel employed." It also created a program called "PL-110" to handle defectors and other "essential aliens" outside normal immigration procedures, as well as give those persons cover stories and economic support. It was passed by the United States Congress on May 27.