Title 50War and National DefenseRelease 119-73

§3049 Non-reimbursable detail of other personnel

Title 50 › Chapter CHAPTER 44— - NATIONAL SECURITY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - COORDINATION FOR NATIONAL SECURITY › § 3049

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

A U.S. officer, employee, or service member may be temporarily assigned without reimbursement from another office to work for an intelligence unit funded by the National Intelligence Program. Both offices' leaders must agree. The assignment can last up to three years, does not increase the receiving unit's budget and does not limit other authorities.

Full Legal Text

Title 50, §3049

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An officer or employee of the United States or member of the Armed Forces may be detailed to the staff of an element of the intelligence community funded through the National Intelligence Program from another element of the intelligence community or from another element of the United States Government on a non-reimbursable basis, as jointly agreed to by the heads of the receiving and detailing elements, for a period not to exceed three years. This section does not limit any other source of authority for reimbursable or non-reimbursable details. A non-reimbursable detail made under this section shall not be considered an augmentation of the appropriations of the receiving element of the intelligence community.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 404h–1 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Some section numbers of this title referenced in amendment notes below reflect the classification of such sections prior to their editorial reclassification.

Amendments

2013—Pub. L. 112–277 substituted “three years.” for “two years.” and inserted at end “A non-reimbursable detail made under this section shall not be considered an augmentation of the appropriations of the receiving element of the intelligence community.” 2011—Pub. L. 112–18 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Except as provided in section 402c(g)(2) of this title and section 404h of this title, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, an officer or employee of the United States or member of the Armed Forces may be detailed to the staff of an element of the intelligence community funded through the National Intelligence Program from another element of the intelligence community or from another element of the United States Government on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis, as jointly agreed to by the head of the receiving element and the head of the detailing element, for a period not to exceed 2 years.”

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Citation

50 U.S.C. § 3049

Title 50War and National Defense

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73