50 USC § 3028 - General Counsel

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identifier: "/us/usc/t50/s3028"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "50 USC § 3028 - General Counsel"
title_number: 50
title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE"
section_number: "3028"
section_name: "General Counsel"
chapter_number: 44
chapter_name: "NATIONAL SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "COORDINATION FOR NATIONAL SECURITY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title I, § 103C, as added Pub. L. 108–458, title I, § 1011(a), Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3658.)"
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# § 3028. General Counsel

**(a)** **General Counsel** There is a General Counsel of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

**(b)** **Prohibition on dual service as General Counsel of another agency** The individual serving in the position of General Counsel may not, while so serving, also serve as the General Counsel of any other department, agency, or element of the United States Government.

**(c)** **Scope of position** The General Counsel is the chief legal officer of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

**(d)** **Functions** The General Counsel shall perform such functions as the Director of National Intelligence may prescribe.

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**Source Credit**: (July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title I, § 103C, as added Pub. L. 108–458, title I, § 1011(a), Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3658.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to  prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

For Determination by President that section take effect on , see Memorandum of President of the United States, , 70 F.R. 23925, set out as a note under .

Section effective not later than six months after , except as otherwise expressly provided, see , set out in an Effective Date of 2004 Amendment; Transition Provisions note under .