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50 USC § 3035 - Central Intelligence Agency 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t50/s3035"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "50 USC § 3035 - Central Intelligence Agency"
title_number: 50
title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE"
section_number: "3035"
section_name: "Central Intelligence Agency"
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, § 104, as added Pub. L. 108–458, title I, § 1011(a), Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3660.)"
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# § 3035. Central Intelligence Agency

**(a)** **Central Intelligence Agency** There is a Central Intelligence Agency.

**(b)** **Function** section 3036(c) of this title

The function of the Central Intelligence Agency is to assist the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency in carrying out the responsibilities specified in .

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**Source Credit**: (July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title I, § 104, as added Pub. L. 108–458, title I, § 1011(a), Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3660.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 104 of , as added , , ; amended , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , §§ 321, 353(b)(1)(A), (4), , , 2402, related to authorities of Director of Central Intelligence, prior to repeal by , §§ 1011(a), 1097(a), , , 3698, effective not later than six months after , except as otherwise expressly provided. See sections 3024 and 3036 of this title.

Another prior section 104 of act , was renumbered section 108 and is classified to .

## 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 .

## Executive Documents

### Communication of Restricted Data

Authorization for the communication of Restricted Data by the Central Intelligence Agency, see Ex. Ord. No. 10899, eff. , 25 F.R. 12729, set out as a note under , The Public Health and Welfare.