92 STAT. 626
PUBLIC LAW 95-370—SEPT. 17, 1978
Public Law 95-370 95th Congress An Act Sept. 17, 1978 [H.R. 12240]
Intelligence and IntelligenceRelated Activities Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1979.
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1979 for intelligence and intelligencerelated activities of the United States Government, the Intelligence Community Staff, the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Intelligence and Intelligence-Related Activities Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1979". TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE ACT IV I T I E S SEC. 101. (a) Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1979 for the conduct of the intelligence and intelligencerelated activities of the following departments, agencies, and other elements of the United States Government: (1) The Central Intelligence Agency and the Director of Central Intelligence. (2) The Department of Defense. (3) The Defense Intelligence Agency. (4^ The National Security Agency. (5) The Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force. (6) The Department of State. (7) The Department of the Treasury. (8) The Department of Energy. (^9) The Federal Bureau of Investigation. (10) The Drug Enforcement Administration. (b) The classified annex to the joint explanatory statement prepared by the Committee of Conference to accompany the Conference Report on H.R. 12240 of the Ninety-fifth Congress shall be deemed to reflect the final action of the Congress with respect to the authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 1979 for intelligence and intelligencerelated activities of the United States Government, including specific amounts for activities specified in subsection (a). Copies of such annex shall be made available to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate and to the appropriate elements of the United States Government for which funds are authorized by this Act under subsection (a). (c) Nothing contained in this Act shall be deemed to constitute authority for the conduct of any intelligence activity which is prohibited by the Constitution or laws of the United States. TITLE II—INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY S T A F F SEC. 201. (a) There is authorized to be appropriated for the Intelligence Community Staff for fiscal year 1979 the sum of $12,700,000 to I)rovide the support necessary to permit the Director of Central Intelligence to fulfill his responsibility for directing the substantive functions and managing the resources for intelligence activities. (b) For fiscal year 1979 the Intelligence Community Staff is authorized an end strength ceiling of two hundred and sixty-nine full-time
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