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Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73not60

§3321 National Intelligence Reserve Corps

Title 50 › Chapter 45— MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY AUTHORITIES › Subchapter II— PERSONNEL AND ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES › § 3321

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director of National Intelligence can create and train a National Intelligence Reserve Corps — a group to temporarily rehire former full‑time intelligence community employees on a voluntary basis during emergencies the Director decides. Only people who previously worked full time for an element of the intelligence community may join, and the Director must set the rules for participation. The Director can pay travel and per diem for training related to the Reserve Corps. A person drawing an annuity from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund can be rehired without losing that annuity and is not treated as an employee under chapter 83 or 84 of title 5. Temporary rehires in the Reserve Corps do not count against any staffing limit for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

Full Legal Text

Title 50, §3321

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(a)The Director of National Intelligence may provide for the establishment and training of a National Intelligence Reserve Corps (in this section referred to as “National Intelligence Reserve Corps”) for the temporary reemployment on a voluntary basis of former employees of elements of the intelligence community during periods of emergency, as determined by the Director.
(b)An individual may participate in the National Intelligence Reserve Corps only if the individual previously served as a full time employee of an element of the intelligence community.
(c)The Director of National Intelligence shall prescribe the terms and conditions under which eligible individuals may participate in the National Intelligence Reserve Corps.
(d)The Director of National Intelligence may provide members of the National Intelligence Reserve Corps transportation and per diem in lieu of subsistence for purposes of participating in any training that relates to service as a member of the Reserve Corps.
(e)(1)If an annuitant receiving an annuity from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund becomes temporarily reemployed pursuant to this section, such annuity shall not be discontinued thereby.
(2)An annuitant so reemployed shall not be considered an employee for the purposes of chapter 83 or 84 of title 5.
(f)A member of the National Intelligence Reserve Corps who is reemployed on a temporary basis pursuant to this section shall not count against any personnel ceiling applicable to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 403–1c of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

For Determination by President that section take effect on Apr. 21, 2005, see Memorandum of President of the United States, Apr. 21, 2005, 70 F.R. 23925, set out as a note under section 3001 of this title. Section effective not later than six months after Dec. 17, 2004, except as otherwise expressly provided, see section 1097(a) of Pub. L. 108–458, set out in an

Effective Date

of 2004 Amendment; Transition Provisions note under section 3001 of this title.

Reference

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Citation

50 U.S.C. § 3321

Title 50 — War and National Defense

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60