Title 50, War and National DefenseRelease 119-110

§3325 Reaffirmation of Longstanding Prohibition Against Drug Trafficking by Employees of the Intelligence Community

Title 50 › CHAPTER 45 — MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY AUTHORITIES › SUBCHAPTER II — PERSONNEL AND ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES › § 3325

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Employees, agents, and assets of the intelligence community and of every other federal department or agency are forbidden from making, buying, selling, moving, or distributing illegal drugs. If someone who works for the intelligence community learns something that reasonably suggests an intelligence community employee, agent, or asset is doing those illegal activities, they must report it to the right official. The term "intelligence community" has the meaning given in section 3003(4) of this title.

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Title 50, §3325

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(a)Finding

Congress finds that longstanding statutes, regulations, and policies of the United States prohibit employees, agents, and assets of the elements of the intelligence community, and of every other Federal department and agency, from engaging in the illegal manufacture, purchase, sale, transport, and distribution of drugs.

(b)Obligation of employees of intelligence community

Any employee of the intelligence community having knowledge of a fact or circumstance that reasonably indicates that an employee, agent, or asset of an element of the intelligence community is involved in any activity that violates a statute, regulation, or policy described in subsection (a) shall report such knowledge to an appropriate official.

(c)Intelligence community defined

In this section, the term “intelligence community” has the meaning given that term in section 3003(4) of this title.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 403–8 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

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Citation

50 U.S.C. § 3325

Title 50, War and National Defense

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110