# 50 U.S.C. § 3507: Protection of nature of Agency’s functions

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## Section

- **Citation:** 50 U.S.C. § 3507
- **Heading:** Protection of nature of Agency’s functions
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 9, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE > CHAPTER 46—CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

## Text

In the interests of the security of the foreign intelligence activities of the United States and in order further to implement section 3024(h) of this title that the Director of National Intelligence shall be responsible for protecting intelligence sources and methods from unauthorized disclosure, the Agency shall be exempted from the provisions of sections 1 and 2 of the Act of August 28, 1935 ( 49 Stat. 956 , 957; 5 U.S.C. 654 ), and the provisions of any other law which require the publication or disclosure of the organization or functions of the Agency, or of the names, official titles, salaries, or numbers of personnel employed by the Agency: Provided , That in furtherance of this section, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall make no reports to the Congress in connection with the Agency under section 607 of the Act of June 30, 1945 , as amended ( 5 U.S.C. 947(b) ).

( June 20, 1949, ch. 227, § 6 , formerly § 7, 63 Stat. 211 ; renumbered § 6, Pub. L. 85–507, § 21(b)(2) , July 7, 1958 , 72 Stat. 337 ; amended Pub. L. 103–178, title V, § 501(2) , Dec. 3, 1993 , 107 Stat. 2038 ; Pub. L. 105–272, title IV, § 403(a)(2) , Oct. 20, 1998 , 112 Stat. 2404 ; Pub. L. 108–177, title III, § 377(b)(2) , Dec. 13, 2003 , 117 Stat. 2630 ; Pub. L. 108–458, title I , §§ 1071(b)(1)(A), 1072(b), Dec. 17, 2004 , 118 Stat. 3690 , 3692; Pub. L. 111–259, title VIII, § 806(a)(3) , Oct. 7, 2010 , 124 Stat. 2748 ; Pub. L. 117–263, div. F, title LXIV, § 6411 , Dec. 23, 2022 , 136 Stat. 3526 ; Pub. L. 118–31, div. G, title IX, § 7901(g)(2) , Dec. 22, 2023 , 137 Stat. 1107 ; Pub. L. 119–60, div. F, title LXIV, § 6402(c)(2)(B) , Dec. 18, 2025 , 139 Stat. 1616 .)

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