50 USC § 3605 - Disclosure of Agency’s organization, function, activities, or personnel

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title: "50 USC § 3605 - Disclosure of Agency’s organization, function, activities, or personnel"
title_number: 50
title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE"
section_number: "3605"
section_name: "Disclosure of Agency’s organization, function, activities, or personnel"
chapter_number: 47
chapter_name: "NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 86–36, § 6, May 29, 1959, 73 Stat. 64.)"
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# § 3605. Disclosure of Agency’s organization, function, activities, or personnel

**1** Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, nothing in this chapter or any other law (including, but not limited to, the first section and section 2 of the Act of August 28, 1935) [^1] shall be construed to require the disclosure of the organization or any function of the National Security Agency, or any information with respect to the activities thereof, or of the names, titles, salaries, or number of the persons employed by such agency.

See References in Text note below.

**(b)** The reporting requirements of section 1582 of title 10<sup>1</sup> shall apply to positions established in the National Security Agency in the manner provided by section 3603 <sup>1</sup> of this title.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 86–36, § 6, May 29, 1959, 73 Stat. 64.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The first section and , referred to in subsec. (a), are sections 1 and 2 of , , 957, which were classified to section 654 of former Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees, prior to repeal by , , .

, referred to in subsec. (b), was repealed by , , , and a new section 1582, relating to assistive technology, was subsequently added by , title XI, § 1102(a)], , , 1654A–311.

Section 3603, referred to in subsec. (b), was repealed by , , .

### Codification

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

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective on the first day of the first pay period which begins later than the thirtieth day following , see , set out as a note under .