Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73
§3034a Functional Managers for the intelligence community
Title 50 › Chapter CHAPTER 44— - NATIONAL SECURITY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - COORDINATION FOR NATIONAL SECURITY › § 3034a
Summary
The Director of National Intelligence can create one or more manager jobs for specific intelligence functions. Those jobs may be called "Functional Manager," and the Director must pick people from the intelligence community to fill them. A Functional Manager is the person who runs that function. Each must be the Director's main adviser on the function and do any other tasks the Director assigns.
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Title 50, §3034a
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(a)The Director of National Intelligence may establish within the intelligence community one or more positions of manager of an intelligence function. Any position so established may be known as the “Functional Manager” of the intelligence function concerned.
(b)The Director shall designate individuals to serve as manager of intelligence functions established under subsection (a) from among officers and employees of elements of the intelligence community.
(c)Each manager of an intelligence function established under subsection (a) shall have the duties as follows:
(1)To act as principal advisor to the Director on the intelligence function.
(2)To carry out such other responsibilities with respect to the intelligence function as the Director may specify for purposes of this section.
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50 U.S.C. § 3034a
Title 50 — War and National Defense
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73