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Title 50 — War and National Defense

Chapter 47 — National Security Agency

§ 3601. Short title

Statutory text

This chapter may be cited as the “National Security Agency Act of 1959”.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 86–36 § 1 · 73 Stat. 63

    Enacted · 50 U.S.C. § 3601

    (Pub. L. 86–36, § 1, as added Pub. L. 96–450, title IV, § 402(a)(2), Oct. 14, 1980, 94 Stat. 1978.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 86–36, § 1, as added Pub. L. 96–450, title IV, § 402(a)(2), Oct. 14, 1980, 94 Stat. 1978.)

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Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified in a note under section 402 of this title prior to editorial reclassification as this section.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 1 of Pub. L. 86–36, , 73 Stat. 63, amended section 1082 of former Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), , 80 Stat. 660.

Credits

(Pub. L. 86–36, § 1, as added Pub. L. 96–450, title IV, § 402(a)(2), , 94 Stat. 1978.)

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