Public Law 80-253

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United States federal statute national security law

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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All labels observed (2)

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

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ national security law ⓘ
affects	Department of the Air Force ⓘ United States Department of the Army ⓘ surface form: Department of the Army Department of the Navy ⓘ Joint Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	National Security Act of 1947 ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ National Military Establishment ⓘ surface form: 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 of the United States ⓘ surface form: 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 of America ⓘ surface form: United States
language	English ⓘ
locatedInLegalCode	United States Statutes at Large ⓘ surface form: Statutes at Large
longTermImpact	foundation of modern U.S. national security apparatus ⓘ
officialName	National Security Act of 1947 ⓘ
publicLawNumber	Public Law 80-253 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Pub.L. 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 ⓘ surface form: United States armed forces
shortName	National Security Act of 1947 ⓘ surface form: National Security Act
signedBy	President Harry S. Truman ⓘ surface form: Harry S. Truman
signingPresident	President Harry S. Truman ⓘ surface form: Harry S. Truman
statutesAtLargeCitation	61 Stat. 495 ⓘ
subjectMatter	foreign policy coordination ⓘ intelligence services ⓘ military organization ⓘ national security ⓘ
yearEnacted	1947 ⓘ

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National Security Act of 1947 → publicLawNumber → Public Law 80-253 ⓘ

Public Law 80-253 → publicLawNumber → Public Law 80-253 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pub.L. 80–253