§3524 — Title 50 War and National Defense | U.S. Code

Summary

Requires the Secretary of Defense, with the CIA Director’s agreement, to pick the Associate Director for Military Affairs from the armed forces’ generals or admirals. The Secretary and the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence must give that Associate Director the access and help they need inside the Department of Defense. The Associate Director must do two main things: arrange and oversee DoD help for the CIA when the CIA asks and the Secretary approves (including supervising military and civilian personnel assigned to the CIA), and organize DoD requests for and the CIA’s support to DoD, including help for combatant commanders and their task forces. The Under Secretary must make and run the policies that bring these requests and supports together.

Title 50, §3524

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(a)The Associate Director of the Central Intelligence Agency for Military Affairs shall be selected by the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, from among commissioned officers of the Armed Forces who are general or flag officers.

(b)(1)In order to improve the provision of support to, and the receipt of support from, the Central Intelligence Agency, and to improve deconfliction of the activities of the Central Intelligence Agency and the Department of Defense, the Secretary of Defense and the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence 11 See Change of Name note below. shall ensure that the Associate Director of the Central Intelligence Agency for Military Affairs has access to, and support from, offices, agencies, and programs of the Department necessary for the purposes of the Associate Director as follows:

(A)To facilitate and coordinate Department of Defense support for the Central Intelligence Agency requested by the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and approved by the Secretary, including oversight of Department of Defense military and civilian personnel detailed or assigned to the Central Intelligence Agency.

(B)To prioritize, communicate, and coordinate Department of Defense requests for, and the provision of support to, the Department of Defense from the Central Intelligence Agency, including support requested by and provided to the commanders of the combatant commands and subordinate task forces and commands.

(2)The Under Secretary shall develop and supervise the implementation of policies to integrate and communicate Department of Defense requirements and requests for support from the Central Intelligence Agency that are coordinated by the Associate Director pursuant to paragraph (1)(B).

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, and not as part of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence redesignated and references deemed to refer to Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, see section 1621(a) of Pub. L. 116–92, set out as a note under section 137 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

§3524 Support for the Associate Director of the Central Intelligence Agency for Military Affairs