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10 USC § 1614 - Definitions 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s1614"
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title: "10 USC § 1614 - Definitions"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "1614"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 83
chapter_name: "CIVILIAN DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE EMPLOYEES"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "DEFENSE-WIDE INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL POLICY"
part_number: "II"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XVI, § 1632(d), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2750; amended Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title X, § 1067(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 774; Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title XI, § 1141(c)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–319; Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title IX, § 921(d)(7), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1569.)"
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# § 1614. Definitions

In this subchapter:

**(1)** The term “defense intelligence position” means a civilian position as an intelligence officer or intelligence employee of the Department of Defense.

**(2)** The term “intelligence component of the Department of Defense” means any of the following:

**(A)** The National Security Agency.

**(B)** The Defense Intelligence Agency.

**(C)** The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

**(D)** Any other component of the Department of Defense that performs intelligence functions and is designated by the Secretary of Defense as an intelligence component of the Department of Defense.

**(E)** Any successor to a component specified in, or designated pursuant to, this paragraph.

**(3)** The term “congressional oversight committees” means—

**(A)** the Committee on Armed Services and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and

**(B)** the Committee on Armed Services and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.

**(4)** The term “excepted service” has the meaning given such term in section 2103 of title 5.

**(5)** The term “preference eligible” has the meaning given such term in section 2108(3) of title 5.

**(6)** The term “Senior Executive Service position” has the meaning given such term in section 3132(a)(2) of title 5.

**(7)** The term “collective bargaining agreement” has the meaning given such term in section 7103(8) of title 5.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XVI, § 1632(d), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2750; amended Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title X, § 1067(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 774; Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title XI, § 1141(c)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–319; Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title IX, § 921(d)(7), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1569.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2003—Par. (2)(C).  substituted “National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency” for “National Imagery and Mapping Agency”.

2000—Par. (1).  substituted “of the Department of Defense” for “of an intelligence component of the Department of Defense or of a military department”.

1999—Par. (3)(B).  substituted “Committee on Armed Services” for “Committee on National Security”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1996 Amendment note under .