50 U.S.C. § 403-3a : US Code - Section 403-3A: Deputy Directors of National Intelligence

Search 50 U.S.C. § 403-3a : US Code - Section 403-3A: Deputy Directors of National Intelligence

(a) Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence
(1) There is a Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence
who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate.
(2) In the event of a vacancy in the position of Principal Deputy
Director of National Intelligence, the Director of National
Intelligence shall recommend to the President an individual for
appointment as Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence.
(3) Any individual nominated for appointment as Principal Deputy
Director of National Intelligence shall have extensive national
security experience and management expertise.
(4) The individual serving as Principal Deputy Director of
National Intelligence shall not, while so serving, serve in any
capacity in any other element of the intelligence community.
(5) The Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence shall
assist the Director of National Intelligence in carrying out the
duties and responsibilities of the Director.
(6) The Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence shall
act for, and exercise the powers of, the Director of National
Intelligence during the absence or disability of the Director of
National Intelligence or during a vacancy in the position of
Director of National Intelligence.
(b) Deputy Directors of National Intelligence
(1) There may be not more than four Deputy Directors of National
Intelligence who shall be appointed by the Director of National
Intelligence.
(2) Each Deputy Director of National Intelligence appointed under
this subsection shall have such duties, responsibilities, and
authorities as the Director of National Intelligence may assign or
are specified by law.
(c) Military status of Director of National Intelligence and
Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence
(1) Not more than one of the individuals serving in the positions
specified in paragraph (2) may be a commissioned officer of the
Armed Forces in active status.
(2) The positions referred to in this paragraph are the
following:
(A) The Director of National Intelligence.
(B) The Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence.
(3) It is the sense of Congress that, under ordinary
circumstances, it is desirable that one of the individuals serving
in the positions specified in paragraph (2) -
(A) be a commissioned officer of the Armed Forces, in active
status; or
(B) have, by training or experience, an appreciation of
military intelligence activities and requirements.
(4) A commissioned officer of the Armed Forces, while serving in
a position specified in paragraph (2) -
(A) shall not be subject to supervision or control by the
Secretary of Defense or by any officer or employee of the
Department of Defense;
(B) shall not exercise, by reason of the officer's status as a
commissioned officer, any supervision or control with respect to
any of the military or civilian personnel of the Department of
Defense except as otherwise authorized by law; and
(C) shall not be counted against the numbers and percentages of
commissioned officers of the rank and grade of such officer
authorized for the military department of that officer.
(5) Except as provided in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph
(4), the appointment of an officer of the Armed Forces to a
position specified in paragraph (2) shall not affect the status,
position, rank, or grade of such officer in the Armed Forces, or
any emolument, perquisite, right, privilege, or benefit incident to
or arising out of such status, position, rank, or grade.
(6) A commissioned officer of the Armed Forces on active duty who
is appointed to a position specified in paragraph (2), while
serving in such position and while remaining on active duty, shall
continue to receive military pay and allowances and shall not
receive the pay prescribed for such position. Funds from which such
pay and allowances are paid shall be reimbursed from funds
available to the Director of National Intelligence.