50 USC § 3601 - Short title

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identifier: "/us/usc/t50/s3601"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "50 USC § 3601 - Short title"
title_number: 50
title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE"
section_number: "3601"
section_name: "Short title"
chapter_number: 47
chapter_name: "NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 86–36, § 1, as added Pub. L. 96–450, title IV, § 402(a)(2), Oct. 14, 1980, 94 Stat. 1978.)"
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# § 3601. Short title

This chapter may be cited as the “National Security Agency Act of 1959”.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 86–36, § 1, as added Pub. L. 96–450, title IV, § 402(a)(2), Oct. 14, 1980, 94 Stat. 1978.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified in a note under  prior to editorial reclassification as this section.

### Prior Provisions

A prior , , , amended section 1082 of former Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees, prior to repeal by , , .