Public Law 95–370

Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1979 for the conduct of the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the following departments, agencies, and other elements of the United States Government:

The classified annex to the joint explanatory statement prepared by the Committee of Conference to accompany the Conference Report on H.R. 12240 of the Ninety-fifth Congress shall be deemed to reflect the final action of the Congress with respect to the authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 1979 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, including specific amounts for activities specified in subsection (a). Copies of such annex shall be made available to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate and to the appropriate elements of the United States Government for which funds are authorized by this Act under subsection (a).

Nothing contained in this Act shall be deemed to constitute authority for the conduct of any intelligence activity which is prohibited by the Constitution or laws of the United States.

There is authorized to be appropriated for the Intelligence Community Staff for fiscal year 1979 the sum of $12,700,000 to provide the support necessary to permit the Director of Central Intelligence to fulfill his responsibility for directing the substantive functions and managing the resources for intelligence activities.

For fiscal year 1979 the Intelligence Community Staff is authorized an end strength ceiling of two hundred and sixty-nine full-time employees. Such personnel may be permanent employees or employees on detail from other elements of the United States Government so long as they are properly counted within the ceiling and there is a mix of positions to allow appropriate representation from elements of the United States Government engaged in intelligence and intelligence-related activities. Any employee who is detailed to the Intelligence Community Staff from another element of the United States Government shall be detailed on a reimbursable basis, except that an employee may be detailed on a nonreimbursable basis for a period of less than one year for performance of temporary functions as required by the Director of Central Intelligence.

Except as provided in subsection (b) and until otherwise provided by law, the activities of the Intelligence Community Staff shall be governed by the Director of Central Intelligence in accordance with the provisions of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) and the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 408a–403i).