50 U.S.C. § 403f : US Code - Section 403F: General authorities of Agency

Search 50 U.S.C. § 403f : US Code - Section 403F: General authorities of Agency

(a) In general
In the performance of its functions, the Central Intelligence
Agency is authorized to -
(1) Transfer to and receive from other Government agencies such
sums as may be approved by the Office of Management and Budget,
for the performance of any of the functions or activities
authorized under paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 403(a) of this
title,(!1) subsections (c)(7) and (d) of section 403-3 of this
title,(!1) subsections (a) and (g) of section 403-4 of this
title,(!1) and section 405 of this title, and any other
Government agency is authorized to transfer to or receive from
the Agency such sums without regard to any provisions of law
limiting or prohibiting transfers between appropriations. Sums
transferred to the Agency in accordance with this paragraph may
be expended for the purposes and under the authority of sections
403a to 403s of this title without regard to limitations of
appropriations from which transferred;
(2) Exchange funds without regard to section 3651 of the
Revised Statutes;
(3) Reimburse other Government agencies for services of
personnel assigned to the Agency, and such other Government
agencies are authorized, without regard to provisions of law to
the contrary, so to assign or detail any officer or employee for
duty with the Agency;
(4) Authorize personnel designated by the Director to carry
firearms to the extent necessary for the performance of the
Agency's authorized functions, except that, within the United
States, such authority shall be limited to the purposes of
protection of classified materials and information, the training
of Agency personnel and other authorized persons in the use of
firearms, the protection of Agency installations and property,
and the protection of current and former Agency personnel and
their immediate families, defectors and their immediate families,
and other persons in the United States under Agency auspices;
(5) Make alterations, improvements, and repairs on premises
rented by the Agency, and pay rent therefor;
(6) Determine and fix the minimum and maximum limits of age
within which an original appointment may be made to an
operational position within the Agency, notwithstanding the
provision of any other law, in accordance with such criteria as
the Director, in his discretion, may prescribe; and
(7) Notwithstanding section 1341(a)(1) of title 31, enter into
multiyear leases for up to 15 years.
(b) Scope of authority for expenditure
(1) The authority to enter into a multiyear lease under
subsection (a)(7) of this section shall be subject to
appropriations provided in advance for -
(A) the entire lease; or
(B) the first 12 months of the lease and the Government's
estimated termination liability.
(2) In the case of any such lease entered into under subparagraph
(B) of paragraph (1) -
(A) such lease shall include a clause that provides that the
contract shall be terminated if budget authority (as defined by
section 622(2) of title 2) is not provided specifically for that
project in an appropriations Act in advance of an obligation of
funds in respect thereto;
(B) notwithstanding section 1552 of title 31, amounts obligated
for paying termination costs with respect to such lease shall
remain available until the costs associated with termination of
such lease are paid;
(C) funds available for termination liability shall remain
available to satisfy rental obligations with respect to such
lease in subsequent fiscal years in the event such lease is not
terminated early, but only to the extent those funds are in
excess of the amount of termination liability at the time of
their use to satisfy such rental obligations; and
(D) funds appropriated for a fiscal year may be used to make
payments on such lease, for a maximum of 12 months, beginning any
time during such fiscal year.
(c) Transfers for acquisition of land
(1) Sums appropriated or otherwise made available to the Agency
for the acquisition of land that are transferred to another
department or agency for that purpose shall remain available for 3
years.
(2) The Director shall submit to the Select Committee on
Intelligence of the Senate and the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence of the House of Representatives a report on the
transfer of sums described in paragraph (1) each time that
authority is exercised.