§403j. Central Intelligence Agency; appropriations; expenditures

(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, sums made available to the Agency by appropriation or otherwise may be expended for purposes necessary to carry out its functions, including-

(1) personal services, including personal services without regard to limitations on types of persons to be employed, and rent at the seat of government and elsewhere; health-service program as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 7901); rental of news-reporting services; purchase or rental and operation of photographic, reproduction, cryptographic, duplication, and printing machines, equipment, and devices, and radio-receiving and radio-sending equipment and devices, including telegraph and teletype equipment; purchase, maintenance, operation, repair, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and aircraft, and vessels of all kinds; subject to policies established by the Director, transportation of officers and employees of the Agency in Government-owned automotive equipment between their domiciles and places of employment, where such personnel are engaged in work which makes such transportation necessary, and transportation in such equipment, to and from school, of children of Agency personnel who have quarters for themselves and their families at isolated stations outside the continental United States where adequate public or private transportation is not available; printing and binding; purchase, maintenance, and cleaning of firearms, including purchase, storage, and maintenance of ammunition; subject to policies established by the Director, expenses of travel in connection with, and expenses incident to attendance at meetings of professional, technical, scientific, and other similar organizations when such attendance would be a benefit in the conduct of the work of the Agency; association and library dues; payment of premiums or costs of surety bonds for officers or employees without regard to the provisions of section 14 ¹ of title 6; payment of claims pursuant to title 28; acquisition of necessary land and the clearing of such land; construction of buildings and facilities without regard to sections 259 and 267 ¹ of title 40; repair, rental, operation, and maintenance of buildings, utilities, facilities, and appurtenances; and

(2) supplies, equipment, and personnel and contractual services otherwise authorized by law and regulations, when approved by the Director.

(b) The sums made available to the Agency may be expended without regard to the provisions of law and regulations relating to the expenditure of Government funds; and for objects of a confidential, extraordinary, or emergency nature, such expenditures to be accounted for solely on the certificate of the Director and every such certificate shall be deemed a sufficient voucher for the amount therein certified.

(June 20, 1949, ch. 227, §8, formerly §10, 63 Stat. 212 ; renumbered §8, Pub. L. 85–507, §21(b)(2), July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 337 .)

References in Text

Section 14 of title 6, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), was repealed by Pub. L. 93–310, title II, §203(1), June 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 202 .

Sections 259 and 267 of title 40, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), were repealed by Pub. L. 86–249, §17(12), Sept. 9, 1959, 73 Stat. 485 . See section 601 et seq. of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.

Codification

In subsec. (a)(1), "(5 U.S.C. 7901)" substituted for "(5 U.S.C. 150)" on authority of Pub. L. 89–554, §7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631 , the first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Section was enacted as part of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949, and not as part of the National Security Act of 1947 which comprises this chapter.

Availability of Appropriations for Construction Projects

Pub. L. 103–139, title VIII, §8104, Nov. 11, 1993, 107 Stat. 1463 , provided that: "During the current fiscal year and thereafter, funds appropriated for construction projects of the Central Intelligence Agency, which are transferred to another Agency for execution, shall remain available until expended." Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:

Pub. L. 102–396, title IX, §9030, Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1907 .

Pub. L. 102–172, title VIII, §8030, Nov. 26, 1991, 105 Stat. 1177 .

Pub. L. 101–511, title VIII, §8031, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1881 .

Pub. L. 101–165, title IX, §9042, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1137 .

Pub. L. 100–463, title VIII, §8074, Oct. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2270–29 .

Pub. L. 100–202, §101(b) [title VIII, §8095], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–43 , 1329-79.

Pub. L. 99–500, §101(c) [title IX, §9130], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–82 , 1783-128; Pub. L. 99–591, §101(c) [title IX, §9130], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–82 , 3341-128.

Acquisition of Critical Skills

Pub. L. 99–569, title V, §506, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3202 , provided that: "Pursuant to the authority granted in section 8 of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 403j), the Director of Central Intelligence shall establish an undergraduate training program with respect to civilian employees of the Central Intelligence Agency similar in purpose, conditions, content, and administration to the program which the Secretary of Defense is authorized to establish under section 16 of the National Security Act of 1959 (50 U.S.C. 402 note) for civilian employees of the National Security Agency."

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in sections 403a, 403e, 403f of this title; title 5 section 5948; title 31 sections 1344, 3524.

¹ See References in Text note below.