SUBCHAPTER II—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
§3071. National Security Agency voluntary separation
(a) Short title
This section may be cited as the "National Security Agency Voluntary Separation Act".
(b) Definitions
For purposes of this section—
(1) the term "Director" means the Director of the National Security Agency; and
(2) the term "employee" means an employee of the National Security Agency, serving under an appointment without time limitation, who has been currently employed by the National Security Agency for a continuous period of at least 12 months prior to the effective date of the program established under subsection (c), except that such term does not include—
(A) a reemployed annuitant under subchapter III of
(B) an employee having a disability on the basis of which such employee is or would be eligible for disability retirement under any of the retirement systems referred to in subparagraph (A).
(c) Establishment of program
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director, in his sole discretion, may establish a program under which employees may, after October 1, 2000, be eligible for early retirement, offered separation pay to separate from service voluntarily, or both.
(d) Early retirement
An employee who—
(1) is at least 50 years of age and has completed 20 years of service; or
(2) has at least 25 years of service,
may, pursuant to regulations promulgated under this section, apply and be retired from the National Security Agency and receive benefits in accordance with
(e) Amount of separation pay and treatment for other purposes
(1) Amount
Separation pay shall be paid in a lump sum and shall be equal to the lesser of—
(A) an amount equal to the amount the employee would be entitled to receive under
(B) $25,000.
(2) Treatment
Separation pay shall not—
(A) be a basis for payment, and shall not be included in the computation, of any other type of Government benefit; and
(B) be taken into account for the purpose of determining the amount of any severance pay to which an individual may be entitled under
(f) Reemployment restrictions
An employee who receives separation pay under such program may not be reemployed by the National Security Agency for the 12-month period beginning on the effective date of the employee's separation. An employee who receives separation pay under this section on the basis of a separation occurring on or after March 30, 1994, and accepts employment with the Government of the United States within 5 years after the date of the separation on which payment of the separation pay is based shall be required to repay the entire amount of the separation pay to the National Security Agency. If the employment is with an Executive agency (as defined by
(g) Bar on certain employment
(1) Bar
An employee may not be separated from service under this section unless the employee agrees that the employee will not—
(A) act as agent or attorney for, or otherwise represent, any other person (except the United States) in any formal or informal appearance before, or, with the intent to influence, make any oral or written communication on behalf of any other person (except the United States) to the National Security Agency; or
(B) participate in any manner in the award, modification, or extension of any contract for property or services with the National Security Agency,
during the 12-month period beginning on the effective date of the employee's separation from service.
(2) Penalty
An employee who violates an agreement under this subsection shall be liable to the United States in the amount of the separation pay paid to the employee pursuant to this section multiplied by the proportion of the 12-month period during which the employee was in violation of the agreement.
(h) Limitations
Under this program, early retirement and separation pay may be offered only—
(1) with the prior approval of the Director;
(2) for the period specified by the Director; and
(3) to employees within such occupational groups or geographic locations, or subject to such other similar limitations or conditions, as the Director may require.
(i) Regulations
Before an employee may be eligible for early retirement, separation pay, or both, under this section, the Director shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section.
(j) Notification of exercise of authority
The Director may not make an offer of early retirement, separation pay, or both, pursuant to this section until 15 days after submitting to the congressional intelligence committees a report describing the occupational groups or geographic locations, or other similar limitations or conditions, required by the Director under subsection (h), and including the proposed regulations issued pursuant to subsection (i).
(k) Remittance of funds
In addition to any other payment that is required to be made under subchapter III of
(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title III, §301, as added
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Section 4(a) of the Federal Workforce Restructuring Act of 1994, referred to in subsec. (k), is section 4(a) of
Codification
Section was formerly classified to
Prior Provisions
A prior section 301 of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title III,
Amendments
2022—Subsec. (j).
2002—Subsec. (j).
"(2)
§3072. Authority of Federal Bureau of Investigation to award personal services contracts
(a) In general
The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation may enter into personal services contracts if the personal services to be provided under such contracts directly support the intelligence or counterintelligence missions of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(b) Inapplicability of certain requirements
Contracts under subsection (a) shall not be subject to the annuity offset requirements of
(c) Contract to be appropriate means of securing services
The Chief Contracting Officer of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall ensure that each personal services contract entered into by the Director under this section is the appropriate means of securing the services to be provided under such contract.
(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title III, §302, as added
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to
Prior Provisions
A prior section 302 of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title III,
§3072a. Reports on exercise of authority
(1) Not later than one year after December 13, 2003, and annually thereafter, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the exercise of the authority in
(2) Each report under this section shall include, for the one-year period ending on the date of such report, the following:
(A) The number of contracts entered into during the period.
(B) The cost of each such contract.
(C) The length of each such contract.
(D) The types of services to be provided under each such contract.
(E) The availability, if any, of United States Government personnel to perform functions similar to the services to be provided under each such contract.
(F) The efforts of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to fill available personnel vacancies, or request additional personnel positions, in areas relating to the intelligence or counterintelligence mission of the Bureau.
(3) Each report under this section shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
(4) In this section—
(A) for purposes of the submittal of the classified annex to any report under this section, the term "appropriate committees of Congress" means—
(i) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
(ii) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and
(B) for purposes of the submittal of the unclassified portion of any report under this section, the term "appropriate committees of Congress" means—
(i) the committees specified in subparagraph (A);
(ii) the Committees on Appropriations, Governmental Affairs, and the Judiciary of the Senate; and
(iii) the Committees on Appropriations, Government Reform and Oversight, and the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.
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Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to
Section was enacted as part of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004, and not as part of the National Security Act of 1947 which comprises this chapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Government Reform of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Jan. 6, 1999. Committee on Government Reform of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Tenth Congress, Jan. 5, 2007. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Oversight and Reform of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, Jan. 9, 2019. Committee on Oversight and Reform of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Oversight and Accountability of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, Jan. 9, 2023.
§3073. Advisory committees; appointment; compensation of part-time personnel; applicability of other laws
(a) The Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization, the Director of National Intelligence, and the National Security Council, acting through its Executive Secretary, are authorized to appoint such advisory committees and to employ, consistent with other provisions of this chapter, such part-time advisory personnel as they may deem necessary in carrying out their respective functions and the functions of agencies under their control. Persons holding other offices or positions under the United States for which they receive compensation, while serving as members of such committees, shall receive no additional compensation for such service. Retired members of the uniformed services employed by the Director of National Intelligence who hold no other office or position under the United States for which they receive compensation, other members of such committees and other part-time advisory personnel so employed may serve without compensation or may receive compensation at a daily rate not to exceed the daily equivalent of the rate of pay in effect for grade GS–18 of the General Schedule established by
(b) Service of an individual as a member of any such advisory committee, or in any other part-time capacity for a department or agency hereunder, shall not be considered as service bringing such individual within the provisions of
(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title III, §303,
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original "this Act", meaning act July 26, 1947, ch. 343,
Codification
Section was formerly classified to
Amendments
2004—Subsec. (a).
1988—Subsec. (a).
1981—Subsec. (a).
Subsec. (b).
1956—Subsec. (a). Act Aug. 10, 1956, struck out "Secretary of Defense, the" after "The".
1954—Act Sept. 3, 1954, amended section generally, substituting the "Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization" for "Chairman of the National Security Resources Board" in subsec. (a), and substituting "
1949—Subsec. (a). Act Aug. 10, 1949, inserted reference to National Security Council, and increased per diem payable to consultants from $35 to $50.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2004 Amendment
For Determination by President that amendment by
Amendment by
Effective Date of 1981 Amendment
Amendment by
Transfer of Functions
For abolition of Office of Defense Mobilization and its Director and transfers and delegations of their functions to Office of Emergency Planning, Office of Emergency Preparedness, President, Federal Preparedness Agency, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Secretary of Homeland Security, see Transfer of Functions notes set out under former
Termination of Advisory Committees
Advisory committees in existence on Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period following Jan. 5, 1973, unless, in the case of a committee established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such committee is renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a committee established by the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided by law. Advisory committees established after Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of their establishment, unless, in the case of a committee established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such committee is renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a committee established by the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided by law. See
Advisory Committee Members and Personnel; Per Diem Compensation
Act June 24, 1948, ch. 632,
References in Other Laws to GS–16, 17, or 18 Pay Rates
References in laws to the rates of pay for GS–16, 17, or 18, or to maximum rates of pay under the General Schedule, to be considered references to rates payable under specified sections of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, see section 529 [title I, §101(c)(1)] of
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
National Security Council transferred to Executive Office of President by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1949, eff. Aug. 19, 1949, 14 F.R. 5227,
§3073a. Requirements for certain employment activities by former intelligence officers and employees
(a) Post-employment restrictions
(1) Covered post-service position
(A) Permanent restriction
Except as provided by paragraph (2)(A)(i), an employee of an element of the intelligence community who occupies a covered intelligence position may not occupy a covered post-service position for a designated prohibited foreign country following the date on which the employee ceases to occupy a covered intelligence position.
(B) Temporary restriction
Except as provided by paragraph (2)(A)(ii), an employee of an element of the intelligence community who occupies a covered intelligence position may not occupy a covered post-service position during the 30-month period following the date on which the employee ceases to occupy a covered intelligence position.
(2) Waiver
(A) Authority to grant temporary waiver
(i) Waivers of permanent restriction
On a case-by-case basis, the Director of National Intelligence may temporarily waive the restriction in paragraph (1)(A) with respect to an employee or former employee who is subject to that restriction only after—
(I) the employee or former employee submits to the Director a written application for such waiver in such form and manner as the Director determines appropriate;
(II) the Director determines that not granting such waiver would result in a grave detrimental impact to current or future intelligence operations of the United States; and
(III) the Director provides the congressional intelligence committees with a detailed justification stating why not granting such waiver would result in a grave detrimental impact to current or future intelligence operations of the United States.
(ii) Waivers of temporary restriction
On a case-by-case basis, the Director may temporarily waive the restriction in paragraph (1)(B) with respect to an employee or former employee who is subject to that restriction only after—
(I) the employee or former employee submits to the Director a written application for such waiver in such form and manner as the Director determines appropriate; and
(II) the Director determines that such waiver is necessary to advance the national security interests of the United States.
(B) Period of waiver
A waiver issued under subparagraph (A) shall apply for a period not exceeding 5 years. The Director may renew such a waiver.
(C) Revocation
The Director may revoke a waiver issued under subparagraph (A) to an employee or former employee, effective on the date that is 60 days after the date on which the Director provides the employee or former employee written notice of such revocation.
(D) Tolling
The 30-month restriction in paragraph (1)(B) shall be tolled for an employee or former employee during the period beginning on the date on which a waiver is issued under subparagraph (A) and ending on the date on which the waiver expires or on the effective date of a revocation under subparagraph (C), as the case may be.
(E) Notification
Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Director issues a waiver under subparagraph (A) or a revocation of a waiver under subparagraph (C), the Director shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees written notification of the waiver or revocation, as the case may be. Such notification shall include the following:
(i) With respect to a waiver issued to an employee or former employee—
(I) the details of the application, including the covered intelligence position held or formerly held by the employee or former employee;
(II) the nature of the activities of the employee or former employee after ceasing to occupy a covered intelligence position;
(III) a description of the national security interests that will be advanced by reason of issuing such waiver; and
(IV) the specific reasons why the Director determines that issuing such waiver will advance such interests.
(ii) With respect to a revocation of a waiver issued to an employee or former employee—
(I) the details of the waiver, including any renewals of such waiver, and the dates of such waiver and renewals; and
(II) the specific reasons why the Director determined that such revocation is warranted.
(b) Covered post-service employment reporting
(1) Requirement
During the period described in paragraph (2), an employee who ceases to occupy a covered intelligence position shall—
(A) report covered post-service employment to the head of the element of the intelligence community that employed such employee in such covered intelligence position upon accepting such covered post-service employment; and
(B) annually (or more frequently if the head of such element considers it appropriate) report covered post-service employment to the head of such element.
(2) Period described
The period described in this paragraph is the period beginning on the date on which an employee ceases to occupy a covered intelligence position.
(3) Regulations
The head of each element of the intelligence community shall issue regulations requiring, as a condition of employment, each employee of such element occupying a covered intelligence position to sign a written agreement requiring the regular reporting of covered post-service employment to the head of such element pursuant to paragraph (1).
(c) Penalties
(1) Criminal penalties
A former employee who knowingly and willfully violates subsection (a) or who knowingly and willfully fails to make a required report under subsection (b) shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both. Each report under subsection (b) shall be subject to
(2) Security clearances
The head of an element of the intelligence community shall revoke the security clearance of a former employee if the former employee knowingly and willfully fails to make a required report under subsection (b) or knowingly and willfully makes a false report under such subsection.
(d) Provision of information
(1) Training
The head of each element of the intelligence community shall regularly provide training on the restrictions under subsection (a) and the reporting requirements under subsection (b) to employees of that element who occupy a covered intelligence position.
(2) Written notice about reporting requirements
The head of each element of the intelligence community shall provide written notice of the reporting requirements under subsection (b) to an employee when the employee occupies a covered intelligence position.
(3) Written notice about restrictions
The head of each element of the intelligence community shall provide written notice of the restrictions under subsection (a) to any person who may be subject to such restrictions on or after December 23, 2022—
(A) when the head of the element determines that such person may become subject to such covered intelligence position restrictions; and
(B) when the person occupies a covered intelligence position.
(e) Annual reports
(1) Requirement
Not later than March 31 of each year, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report on covered post-service employment occurring during the year covered by the report.
(2) Elements
Each report under paragraph (1) shall include the following:
(A) The number of former employees who occupy a covered post-service position, broken down by—
(i) the name of the employer;
(ii) the foreign government, including by the specific foreign individual, agency, or entity, for whom the covered post-service employment is being performed; and
(iii) the nature of the services provided as part of the covered post-service employment.
(B) A certification by the Director that—
(i) each element of the intelligence community maintains adequate systems and processes for ensuring that former employees are submitting reports required under subsection (b);
(ii) to the knowledge of the heads of the elements of the intelligence community, all former employees who occupy a covered post-service position are in compliance with this section;
(iii) the services provided by former employees who occupy a covered post-service position do not—
(I) pose a current or future threat to the national security of the United States; or
(II) pose a counterintelligence risk; and
(iv) the Director and the heads of such elements are not aware of any credible information or reporting that any former employee who occupies a covered post-service position has engaged in activities that violate Federal law, infringe upon the privacy rights of United States persons, or constitute abuses of human rights.
(3) Form
Each report under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
(f) Notification
In addition to the annual reports under subsection (e), if a head of an element of the intelligence community determines that the services provided by a former employee who occupies a covered post-service position pose a threat or risk described in clause (iii) of paragraph (2)(B) of such subsection, or include activities described in clause (iv) of such paragraph, the head shall notify the congressional intelligence committees of such determination by not later than 7 days after making such determination. The notification shall include the following:
(1) The name of the former employee.
(2) The name of the employer.
(3) The foreign government, including the specific foreign individual, agency, or entity, for whom the covered post-service employment is being performed.
(4) As applicable, a description of—
(A) the risk to national security, the counterintelligence risk, or both; and
(B) the activities that may violate Federal law, infringe upon the privacy rights of United States persons, or constitute abuses of human rights.
(g) Definitions
In this section:
(1) Covered intelligence position
The term "covered intelligence position" means a position within an element of the intelligence community that, based on the level of access of a person occupying such position to information regarding sensitive intelligence sources or methods or other exceptionally sensitive matters, the head of such element determines should be subject to the requirements of this section.
(2) Covered post-service employment
The term "covered post-service employment" means direct or indirect employment by, representation of, or any provision of advice or services relating to national security, intelligence, the military, or internal security to, the government of a foreign country or any company, entity, or other person whose activities are directly or indirectly supervised, directed, controlled, financed, or subsidized, in whole or in major part, by any government of a foreign country.
(3) Covered post-service position
The term "covered post-service position" means a position of employment described in paragraph (2).
(4) Designated prohibited foreign country
The term "designated prohibited foreign country" means the following:
(A) The People's Republic of China.
(B) The Russian Federation.
(C) The Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
(D) The Islamic Republic of Iran.
(E) The Republic of Cuba.
(F) The Syrian Arab Republic.
(5) Employee
The term "employee", with respect to an employee occupying a covered intelligence position, includes an officer or official of an element of the intelligence community, a contractor of such an element, a detailee to such an element, or a member of the Armed Forces assigned to such an element.
(6) Former employee
The term "former employee" means an individual—
(A) who was an employee occupying a covered intelligence position; and
(B) who is subject to the requirements under subsection (a) or (b).
(7) Government of a foreign country
The term "government of a foreign country" has the meaning given the term in
(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title III, §304, as added
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 304 of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title III,
Amendments
2023—Subsec. (d)(1).
Subsec. (d)(2).
Subsec. (d)(3)(B).
2022—
Subsecs. (a), (b).
Subsec. (d)(2).
Subsec. (d)(3).
Subsec. (g)(4) to (7).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2022 Amendment
Revised Regulations
"(1)
"(2)
"(3)
"(A) include provisions that advise personnel of the intelligence community of the appropriate manner in which such personnel may opt out of positions that—
"(i) have been designated as covered intelligence positions before the effective date established in subsection (e) of this section; or
"(ii) may be designated as covered intelligence provisions before such designation becomes final; and
"(B) establish a period of not fewer than 30 days and not more than 60 days after receipt of the written notice required under paragraph (3) of subsection (d) of such section 304 [
"(4)
"(A) a written certification for each head of an element of the intelligence community who has issued new or updated regulations pursuant to paragraph (2); and
"(B) for each head of an element of the intelligence community who has not issued such new or updated regulations, an explanation for the failure to issue such new or updated regulations."
[For definitions of "intelligence community" and "congressional intelligence committees" as used in section 6301(d) of
"(A)
"(B)
"(i) a written certification for each head of an element of the intelligence community who has issued the updated regulations under such section 304, as amended by paragraph (1); and
"(ii) for each head of an element of the intelligence community who has not issued such updated regulations, an explanation for the failure to issue such updated regulations."
[For definitions of "congressional intelligence committees" and "intelligence community" as used in section 308(a)(3) of div. X of
Regulations and Certification
"(1)
"(2)
"(A) a certification that each head of an element of the intelligence community has prescribed the regulations required under section 304 of the National Security Act of 1947, as added by subsection (a) of this section; or
"(B) if the Director is unable to submit the certification described under subparagraph (A), an explanation as to why the Director is unable to submit such certification, including a designation of which heads of an element of the intelligence community have prescribed the regulations required under such section 304 and which have not."
[For definitions of terms used in section 305(b) of
Initial Report
§3074. Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary and appropriate to carry out the provisions and purposes of this chapter (other than the provisions and purposes of
(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title III, §307,
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original "this Act", meaning act July 26, 1947, ch. 343,
Codification
Section was formerly classified to
Amendments
1993—
§3075. "Function" and "Department of Defense" defined
(a) As used in
(b) As used in this Act, the term "Department of Defense" shall be deemed to include the military departments of the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force, and all agencies created under title II of this Act.
(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title III, §308,
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Title II of this Act, referred to in subsec. (b), means title II of the National Security Act of 1947, act July 26, 1947, ch. 343,
Codification
Section was formerly classified to
Amendments
2019—Subsec. (a).
1949—Subsec. (b). Act Aug. 10, 1949, substituted definition of "Department of Defense" for definition of "budget program".
§3076. Separability
If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the chapter and of the application of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title III, §309,
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original "this Act", meaning act July 26, 1947, ch. 343,
Codification
Section was formerly classified as a note under
§3077. Effective date
(a) The first sentence of section 202(a),1 this section, and
(b) Except as provided in subsection (a), the provisions of this chapter shall take effect on whichever of the following days is the earlier: The day after the day upon which the Secretary of Defense first appointed takes office, or the sixtieth day after July 26, 1947.
(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title III, §310,
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The first sentence of section 202(a), referred to in subsec. (a), means the first sentence of section 202(a) of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, which was classified to section 171a of former Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees, prior to the enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by
This chapter, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original "this Act", meaning act July 26, 1947, ch. 343,
Codification
Section was formerly classified as a note under
1 See References in Text note below.
§3078. Repealing and savings provisions
All laws, orders, and regulations inconsistent with the provisions of this title 1 are repealed insofar as they are inconsistent with the powers, duties, and responsibilities enacted hereby: Provided, That the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Secretary of Defense under this title 1 shall be administered in conformance with the policy and requirements for administration of budgetary and fiscal matters in the Government generally, including accounting and financial reporting, and that nothing in this title 1 shall be construed as eliminating or modifying the powers, duties, and responsibilities of any other department, agency, or officer of the Government in connection with such matters, but no such department, agency, or officer shall exercise any such powers, duties, or responsibilities in a manner that will render ineffective the provisions of this title.1
(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title III, §312, formerly title IV, §411, as added Aug. 10, 1949, ch. 412, §11,
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This title, referred to in text, meant, when enacted, title IV of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, which was added by section 11 of act Aug. 10, 1949, ch. 412,
Codification
When originally enacted, this section was section 411 of title IV of the National Security Act of 1947, act July 26, 1947, ch. 343 ("the Act"). Title IV of the Act, consisting of sections 401 to 411, was added by section 11 of act Aug. 10, 1949, ch. 412,
Section was classified to
Section was formerly classified to
1 See References in Text note below.
§3079. Insider threat policy compliance and reporting
The head of each element of the intelligence community shall—
(1) implement the policy established in accordance with
(2) concurrent with the submission to Congress of budget justification materials in support of the budget of the President for a fiscal year that is submitted to Congress under
(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title III, §313, as added