Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949

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United States federal statute intelligence law

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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 canonical	2
An Act to provide for the administration of the Central Intelligence Agency, and for other purposes	1
CIA Act of 1949	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ intelligence law ⓘ
affects	U.S. foreign intelligence activities ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 ⓘ surface form: 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 of America ⓘ surface form: 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	United States government ⓘ surface form: 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	Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: CIA Act of 1949
signedBy	President Harry S. Truman ⓘ surface form: Harry S. Truman
signingPresident	President Harry S. Truman ⓘ surface form: 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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Instruction

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Input

Subject: Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949
Description of subject: 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.

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Security Act of 1947 → relatedTo → Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 ⓘ

Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 → shortName → Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: CIA Act of 1949

Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 → alsoKnownAs → Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 ⓘ

this entity surface form: An Act to provide for the administration of the Central Intelligence Agency, and for other purposes

Public Law 81-110 → relatedTo → Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 ⓘ