Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73
§3303 Construction of intelligence community facilities; Presidential authorization
Title 50 › Chapter CHAPTER 45— - MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY AUTHORITIES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - BUDGET AND OVERSIGHT › § 3303
Summary
You cannot start any construction or major improvement that will cost more than $300,000 in a fiscal year for a facility mainly used by intelligence community personnel unless the project is listed as a separate item in the President’s yearly budget request or is specifically approved and funded by law. "Intelligence community" means the agencies and personnel defined in section 3003(4) of this title.
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Title 50, §3303
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(a)No project for the construction of any facility, or improvement to any facility, having an estimated Federal cost in excess of $300,000, may be undertaken in any fiscal year unless specifically identified as a separate item in the President’s annual fiscal year budget request or otherwise specifically authorized and appropriated if such facility or improvement would be used primarily by personnel of the intelligence community.
(b)As used in this section, the term “intelligence community” has the same meaning given that term in section 3003(4) of this title.
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Codification Section was formerly classified to section 403–2a of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
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50 U.S.C. § 3303
Title 50 — War and National Defense
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73