A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

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• Publication Date: March 16, 1948
• Content Type: REGULATION

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8O CONGRESS
2D SEssiox
MARCH 16,1948
Mr. ANDREWS of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Armed Services
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To provide for the administration of the Central Intelligence
Agency, established pursuant to section 102, National
Security Act of 1947, and for other purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 DEFINITIONS
4 SECTION 1. That when used in this Act, the term-
5 (a) "Agency" means the Central Intelligency Agency ;
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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6 (b) "Director" means the Director of Central Intelli-
gence;
8 (c) "Government agency" means any executive depart-
9 ment, commission, council, independent establishment,
10 corporation wholly or party owned by the United States
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which is an instrumentality of the United States, board,
bureau, division, service, office, officer, authority, administra-
tion, or other establishment, in the executive branch of the
4 Government; and
5 (d) "Continental United States" means the States and
6 the District of Columbia.
7 SEAL. OF OFFICE
8 SEC. 2. The Director of Central Intelligence shall cause
9 a seal of office to be made for the Central Intelligence Agency,
10 of such design as the President shall approve, and judicial
11 notice shall be taken thereof.
12 PROCUREMENT AUTHORITIES
13 SEC. 3. (a) In the performance of its functions the
14 Central Intelligence Agency is authorized to exercise the
15 authorities contained in sections 2 (c) (1) , (2), (3) , (4) ,
16 (5), (6), (10), (12), (15), (17), and sections 3, 4, 5,
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6, and 10 of the Armed Services Procurement Act of 1947
18 (Public Law 413, Eightieth Congress, second session).
19 (b) In the exercise of the authorities granted in sub-
20 section (a) of this section, the term "Agency head" shall
21 mean the Director, the Deputy Director, or the Executive
22 Director of the Agency.
23 (c) The determinations and decisions provided in sub-
24 section (a) of this section to be made by the Agency head
25 may be made with respect to individual purchases and con-
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2 and shall be final. Except as provided in subsection (d)
3 of this section, the Agency head is authorized to delegate his
4 powers provided in this section, including the making of such
5 determinations and decisions, in his discretion and subject
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the Agency.
(d) The power of the Agency head to make the de-
terminations or decisions specified in paragraphs (12) and
(15) of section 2 (c) and section 5 (a) of the Armed
Services Procurement Act of 1947 shall not be delegable.
Each determination or decision required by paragraphs (12)
and (15) of section 2 (c) , by section 4 or by section 5 (a)
of the Armed Services Procurement Act of 1947, shall be
based upon written findings made by the official making
such determinations, which findings shall be final and shall
be available within the Agency for a ,period of at least six
years following the date of the determination.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
SEC. 4. - (a) Any officer or employee of the Agency
may- be assigned or detailed for special instruction, research,
or training, at or with domestic or foreign public or private
institutions; trade, labor, agricultural, or scientific associa-
tions; courses or training programs under the National Mili-
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tary Establishment; or commercial firms.
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1 (b) The Agency shall, under such regulations as the
2 Director may prescribe, pay the tuition and other expenses of
3 officials and employees of the Agency assigned or detailed
4 in accordance with provisions of subsection (a) of this
5 section, in addition to the pay and allowances to which
6 such officials and employees may be otherwise entitled.
7 TRAVEL, ALLOWANCES, AND RELATED EXPENSES
8 SEC. 5. (A) Under such regulations as the Director
9 mqy prescribe, the Agency, with respect to its employees
10 assigned to permanent-duty stations outside the continental
11 United States, its territories and possessions, shall-
12 (1) (a) Pay the travel expenses of officers and
13 employees of the Agency, including expenses incurred
14 while traveling pursuant to orders issued by the Di-
15 rector in accordance with the provisions of section
16 5 (A) (2) with regard to the granting of home leave;
17 (b) Pay the travel expenses of the members of
18 the family of an officer or employee of the Agency when
19 proceeding to or returning from his post of duty; accom-
20 panying him on authorized home leave; or otherwise
21 traveling in accordance with authority granted pursuant
22 to;the terms of this or any other Act;.
.23 (c) Pay the cost of transporting the furniture and
24 household and personal effects of an officer or employee
25 of the Agency to his successive posts of duty and, on the
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1 termination of his services, to the place where he will
2 reside;
3 (d) Pay the cost of storing the furniture and household
4 and personal effects of an officer or employee of the Agency
5 who is absent under orders from his usual post of duty, or
6 who is assigned to a post to which, because of emergency
7 conditions, he cannot take or at which he is unable to use
8 his furniture and household and personal effects;
9 (e) Pay the cost of storing the furniture and household
10 and personal effects of an officer or employee of the Agency
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on first arrival at a post for a period not in excess of three
months after such first arrival at such post or until the
establishment of residence quarters, whichever shall be
shorter;
(f) Pay the travel expenses and transportation costs
incident to the removal of the members of the family of an
officer or employee of the Agency and his furniture and
household and personal effects, including automobiles, from
a post at which, because of the prevalence of disturbed con-
ditions, there is imminent danger to life and property, and
the return of such persons, furniture, and effects to such
post upon the cessation of such conditions; or to such other
post as may in the meantime have become the post to which
such officer or employee has been assigned.
(2) Order-to the continental United States on statutory
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1 leave of absence every officer and employee of the Agency
2 who is a citizen of the United States upon completion of
3 two years' continuous service abroad or as soon as possible
4 thereafter.
5 (a) While in the continental United States 'on leave,
6 the service of any officer or employee shall be available for
7 work or duties in the Agency or elsewhere, but the time of
8 such work or duties shall not be counted as leave.
9 (b) Where an officer or employee on leave returns
10 to the continental United States, leave of absence granted
11 shall be exclusive of the time actually and necessarily
12 occupied in going to and from the continental United States,
and such time as may be necessarily occupied in awaiting
sailing or flight.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law,
transport for or on behalf of an officer or employee of the
Agency, a privately owned automobile in any case where
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19 of the automobile is necessary or expedient for any part
or of all the distance between points of origin and
21 destination.
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the hospitalization of an officer or -employee of the Agency
who is a citizen of the United States, not the result of
vicious habits, intemperance, or misconduct on his part,
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1 incurred while on assignment abroad, in a locality where
2 there does not exist a suitable hospital or clinic, pay the
3. travel expenses of such officer or employee by whatever
4 means he shall deem appropriate and without regard to
5 the Standardized Government Travel Regulations and section
6 10 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (47 Stat. 1516; 5 U. S. C.
7 73b) , to the nearest locality where a suitable hospital or
8 clinic exists and -on, his recovery pay for the travel expenses
9 of his return to his post of duty. If the officer or employee
10 is too ill to travel unattended, the Director may also pay
11. the travel expenses of an attendant;
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(b) Establish a first-aid station and provide for the
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cient personnel is employed to warrant such a station;
?(c) In the event of illness or injury requiring hospitali-
zation of an officer or employee of the Agency who is a
citizen of the United States, not the result of vicious habits,
intemperance, or misconduct on his part, incurred in the
line of duty while such person is assigned abroad, pay for
the cost of the treatment of such illness or injury at a suit-
able hospital or clinic.
(d) -Provide for the periodic physical examination of
officers and employees of the Agency and for the cost of
administering inoculations or vaccinations to such officers or
employees.
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1 (B) In accordance with such regulations as the Presi-
2 dent may prescribe and notwithstanding the provisions of
3 section 1765 of the Revised Statutes (5,U. S. C. 70), the
4 Director is authorized to grant to any officer or employee of
the Agency who is a citizen of the United States allowances
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GENERAL AUTHORITIES
SEC. 6. In the performance of its functions, the Central
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(a) transfer to and receive from other Government
agencies such sums as may be approved by the Bureau
of the Budget, for the performance of any of the func-
tions or activities authorized under sections 102 and 303
of the National Security Act of 1947 (Public Law 253,
Eightieth Congress), and any other Government agency
is authorized to transfer to or receive from the Agency
such sums without regard to any provisions of law limit-
ing or prohibiting transfeis between appropriations.
Sums transferred to the Agency in accordance with this
paragraph may be expended for the purposes and under
the authority of this Act without regard to limitations
of appropriations from which transferred;
(b) exchange funds without regard to section 3651-
Revised Statutes (31 U. S. C. 543) ;
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1 (c) reimburse other Government agencies for serv-
2 ices of personnel assigned to the Agency, and such other
3 Government agencies are hereby authorized, without
4 regard to provisions of law to the contrary, so to assign
5 or detail any officer or employee for duty with the
6 Agency;
7 (d) authorize couriers designated by the Director
8 to carry firearms when engaged in transportation of con-
9 fidential documents and materials affecting the national
10 defense and security;
11 (e) make alterations, improvenients, and repairs on
12 premises rented by the Agency and pay rent therefor
13 without regard to limitations on expenditures contained
14 in the Act of June 30, 1932, as amended : Provided,
1.5 That in each case the Director shall certify that exception
16 from such limitations is necessary to the ' successful per-
17 formance of the Agency's functions or to the security of
18 its activities;
19 (f) in the interests of the security of the foreign
20 intelligence activities of the United States and in order
21 further to implement the proviso of section 102 (d) (3)
22 of the National Security Act.of 1947 (Public Law 253,'
23 Eightieth Congress, first session) that the Director of
24 Central Intelligence shall be responsible for protecting
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August 28, 1935 (49 Stat. 956, 957; .5 U.~ S. C. A.
4 654) and the provisions of any other law which require
5 the -publication. or disclosure of the -organization, func-
6 tions, names, official titles, salaries, or . numbers of per-
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11 - chapter 212, of the Act of 30 June 1945, as amended
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13: APPROPRIATIONS
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sions of sections, 1 and. 2, chapter 795, of the Act of
furtherance of this section,'the Director of the Bureau
law, sums made available : to the Agency by appropriation
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. ; officers , and,. employees :-who die abroad or j in transit,'
while .in - performance of their official duties, to their
former. homes in this country or to a place not. more:
;,:distant' for :interment, ; .and- for ',ordinary- expenses of
such -:interment; penalty , mail; . health-service 'program
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1 as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 150) ; rental of news-
2 reporting services; purchase or rental and operation of
3 photographic, reproduction, cryptographic, duplication
4 and printing machines, equipment and devices, and
5 radio-receiving and radio-sending equipment and de-
6 vices, including telegraph and teletype equipment;
7 purchase, maintenance, operation, repair and hire of
8 passenger motor vehicles and aircraft, and vessels of
9 all kinds; printing and binding; purchase, maintenance,
and cleaning of firearms; 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 or-
ga.nizations when such attendance would be of benefit
in the conduct of the work of. the Agency; association
and library clues; payment of claims pursuant to section
40.E of the Federal Tort Claims Act of 1946 (60 Stat.
843; 28 U. S. C. 921) ; repair, rental, operation, and
maintenance of buildings, utilities, facilities, and ap-
purtenances.
(b) Of the sums made available to the Agency, such
amounts as may be approved by the Bureau of the Budget
may be expended-
(1) without regard to the provisions of law and
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1 regulations relating to the expenditure of Government
2 funds; and
3 (2) for objects of a confidential, extraordinary or.
4 emergency nature, such expenditures to be accounted
5 for solely on the certificate of the Director and every
6 such certificate shall be deemed a sufficient voucher
7 for the amount therein certified.
SEPARABILITY OF PROVISIONS
SEC. 8. If any provision of this Act, or the application
of such provision to any person or circumstances, is held
invalid, the remainder of this Act or the application of such
provision to persons or circumstances other than those as
to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
SHORT TITLE
SEC. 9. This Act may be cited as the "Central In-
telligence Agency Act of 1948".
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