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Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73

§1614 Definitions

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART II— - PERSONNEL › Chapter CHAPTER 83— - CIVILIAN DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE EMPLOYEES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - DEFENSE-WIDE INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL POLICY › § 1614

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines key words used in this subchapter. "Defense intelligence position" is any civilian job in the Department of Defense that is an intelligence officer or intelligence employee. "Intelligence component of the Department of Defense" includes the National Security Agency (NSA), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), any other DoD unit the Secretary of Defense names as an intelligence component, and any successor to those units. "Congressional oversight committees" means the Senate Armed Services Committee and Select Committee on Intelligence, and the House Armed Services Committee and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The terms "excepted service," "preference eligible," "Senior Executive Service position," and "collective bargaining agreement" have the meanings given in 5 U.S.C. 2103, 2108(3), 3132(a)(2), and 7103(8), respectively.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §1614

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In this subchapter:
(1)The term “defense intelligence position” means a civilian position as an intelligence officer or intelligence employee of the Department of Defense.
(2)The term “intelligence component of the Department of Defense” means any of the following:
(A)The National Security Agency.
(B)The Defense Intelligence Agency.
(C)The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
(D)Any other component of the Department of Defense that performs intelligence functions and is designated by the Secretary of Defense as an intelligence component of the Department of Defense.
(E)Any successor to a component specified in, or designated pursuant to, this paragraph.
(3)The term “congressional oversight committees” means—
(A)the Committee on Armed Services and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
(B)the Committee on Armed Services and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
(4)The term “excepted service” has the meaning given such term in section 2103 of title 5.
(5)The term “preference eligible” has the meaning given such term in section 2108(3) of title 5.
(6)The term “Senior Executive Service position” has the meaning given such term in section 3132(a)(2) of title 5.
(7)The term “collective bargaining agreement” has the meaning given such term in section 7103(8) of title 5.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2003—Par. (2)(C). Pub. L. 108–136 substituted “National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency” for “National Imagery and Mapping Agency”. 2000—Par. (1). Pub. L. 106–398 substituted “of the Department of Defense” for “of an intelligence component of the Department of Defense or of a military department”. 1999—Par. (3)(B). Pub. L. 106–65 substituted “Committee on Armed Services” for “Committee on National Security”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1996, see section 1635 of Pub. L. 104–201, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1996 Amendment note under section 1593 of this title.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 1614

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73