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Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73not60

§3333 Joint Facilities Certification

Title 50 › Chapter 45— MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY AUTHORITIES › Subchapter II— PERSONNEL AND ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES › § 3333

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Before buying, leasing, or building any new facility of 20,000 square feet or more, the head of an intelligence element must notify the Director of National Intelligence. They must send a written certification that, to their knowledge, they considered nearby joint facilities and could not find one that meets their operational needs, and a written explanation listing why they will not join each joint facility they reviewed. Congress found that the Director of National Intelligence set a goal to use joint facilities to save money by combining administrative and support work, and that joint facilities help agencies work together and share information.

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Title 50, §3333

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(a)Congress finds the following:
(1)The Director of National Intelligence set a strategic goal to use joint facilities as a means to save costs by consolidating administrative and support functions across multiple elements of the intelligence community.
(2)The use of joint facilities provides more opportunities for operational collaboration and information sharing among elements of the intelligence community.
(b)Before an element of the intelligence community purchases, leases, or constructs a new facility that is 20,000 square feet or larger, the head of that element of the intelligence community shall submit to the Director of National Intelligence—
(1)a written certification that, to the best of the knowledge of the head of such element, all prospective joint facilities in the vicinity have been considered and the element is unable to identify a joint facility that meets the operational requirements of such element; and
(2)a written statement listing the reasons for not participating in the prospective joint facilities considered by the element.

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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Definitions For definition of “intelligence community”, referred to in text, see section 2 of div. N of Pub. L. 115–31, set out as a note under section 3003 of this title.

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Citation

50 U.S.C. § 3333

Title 50 — War and National Defense

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60