NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY ACT OF 1959, 50 U.S.C. S402 NOTE (1976 & WEST SUPP. 1981), AS AMENDED BY INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1982, PUB. L. NO. 97-89, SS601-03, 95 STAT. 1150.

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, Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/01/10: CIA-RDP90-00530R000400660003-8 National Security Agency Act of 1959, 50 U.S.C. S402 note (1976 & West Supp. 1981), as amended by Intelligence Authorization Act of 1982, Pub. L. No. 97-89, SS601-03, 95 Stat. 1150. NATIONAL SECERITYAGaCyACF OF 1959 To provide certain administrative authorities for the National Security Agency, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Afferica in Congress assembled, That: This Act ffay be cited as the 'National Security Agency Act of 1959." Section 202 of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended (5 U.S.C. 1082), is amended by changing the period at the end thereof to a semicolon and adding the following new paragraph: "(32) the National Security Agency." [Repealed. See note.] SEC. 2. The Secretary of Defense (or his designee for the purpose) is authorized to establish such positions, and to appoint thereto, Without regard to the civil service laws, such officers and employees, in the National Security Agency, as may be necessary to carry out the functions of such agency. The rates of basic compensation for such positions shall be fixed by the Secretary of Defense (or his designee for the purpose) in relation to the rates of basic compensation contained in the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, for positions subject to such Act which have corresponding levels of duties and respon- sibilities. Except as provided in subsections (0 and (g) of section 303 of the Federal Executive Salary Act of 1964, no officer or employee of the National Security Agency shall be paid basic compensation at a rate in excess of the highest rate of basic compensation contained in such General Schedule. Not more than seventy such officers and employees shall be paid basic compensa- tion at rates equal to rates of basic compensation contained in grades 16, 17, and 18 of such General Schedule. SEC. 3. Section 1581(a) of title 10, United States Code, as ffodified by section 12(a) of the Federal Etployees Salary Increase Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 213), is amended by striking out ", and not mere than fifty civilian positions in the National Security Agency," and the words "and the National Security Agency, respec- tively,". SEC. 4. The Secretary of Defense (or his designee for the purpose) is authorized to-- Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/01/10: CIA-RDP90-00530R000400660003-8 , Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/01/10: CIA-RDP90-00530R000400660003-8 (1) establish in the National Security Agency (A) professional engineering positions primarily concerned with research and development and (B) professional positions in the physical and natural sciences, medicine, and cryptology; and (2) fix the respective rates of pay of such positions at rates equal to rates of basic pay obtained in grades 16, 17, and 18 of the General Schedule set forth in section 5332 of title 5, United States Code. Officers and employees appointed to positions estab- lished under this section shall be in addition to the number of officers and employees appointed to positions under section 2 of this Act who may be paid at rates equal to rates of basic pay contained in grades 16, 17, and 18 of the General Schedule. SEC. 5. Officers and employees of the National Security Agency who are citizens or nationals of the United States may be granted additional compensation, in accordance with regulations which shall be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, not in excess of additional compensation authorized by section 207 of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1949, as amended (5 U.S.C.. 118h), for employees whose rates of basic campensation are fixed by statute. SEC. 6. (a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, nothing in this Act or any other law (including, but not limited to, the first section and section 2 of the Act of August 28, 1935 (5 U.S.C. 654) shall be construed to require the disclosure of the organization or any function of the National Security Agency, of any information with respect to the activi- ties thereof, or of the names, titles, salaries, or number of the persons employed by such agency. (b) The reporting requirements of section 1582 of title 10, United States Code, shall apply to positions established in the National Security Agency in the manner provided by section 4 of this Act. SEC. 7. The total number of positions authorized by section 505(b) of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended (5 U.S.C. 1105(b)), to be placed in grades 16, 17, and 18 of the General Schedule of such Act at any time shall be deemed to have been reduced by the number of positions in such grades allocated to the National Security Agency immediately prior to the effective date of this section. [Repealed. See note.] SEC. 8. The foregoing provisions of this Act shall take effect on the first day of the first pay period which begins later than the thirtieth day following the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 9. (a) Notwithstanding section 322 of the Act of June 30, 1932 (40 U.S.C. 278a), section 5536 of title 5, United States Code, and section 2675 of title 10, United States Code, the 111-6 Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/01/10: CIA-RDP90-00530R000400660003-8 Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/01/10: CIA-RDP90-00530R000400660003-8 Director of the National Security Agency, on behalf of the Secretary of Defense, may lease real property outside the United States, for periods not exceeding ten years, for use of the National Security Agency for special cryptologic activities and for housing for personnel assigned to such activities. (b) The Director of the National Security Agency, on behalf of the Secretary of Defense, may provide to certain civilian and military personnel of the Department of Defense who are assigned to special cryptologic activities outside the United States and who are designated by the Secretary of Defense for the purposes of this subsection-- (1) allowances and benefits- (A) comparable to those provided by the Secretary of State to members of the Foreign Service under chapter 9 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081 et seq.) or any other provision of law; and (B) in the case of selected personnel serving in circumstances similar to those in which personnel of the Central Intelligence Agency serve, compar- able to those provided by the Director of Central Intelligence to personnel of the Central Intelligence Agency; "and (2) housing (including heat, light, and household equipment) without cost to such personnel, if the Director of the National Security Agency on behalf of the Secretary of Defense determines that it would be in the public interest to provide such housing. (c) The authority of the Director of the National Security Agency, on behalf of the Secretary of Defense, to make payments under subsections (a) and (b), and under contracts for leases entered into under subsection (a), is effective for any fiscal year only to the extent that appropriated funds are available for such purpose. (d) Members of the Armed Forces may not receive benefits under both subsection (b)(1) and title 37, United States Code, for the same purpose. The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this subsection. (e) Regulations issued pursuant to subsection (b)(1) shall be submitted to the Penmanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Commdttee on Intelligence of the Senate before such regulations take effect. III-7 Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/01/10: CIA-RDP90-00530R000400660003-8 Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/01/10: CIA-RDP90-00530R000400660003-8 SBC. 10(a) The Director of the National Security Agency shall arrange for, and shall prescribe regulations concerning, language and language-related training programs for military and civilian cryptologic personnel. In establishing programs under this sec- tion for language and language-related training, the Director-- (1) may provide for the training and instruction to be furnished, including functional and geographic area specializations; (2) may arrange for training and instruction through other Government agencies and, in any case in which appropriate training or instruction is unavailable through Government facilities, through nongovernmental facilities that furnish training and instruction useful in the fields of language and foreign affairs; (3) may support programs that furnish necessary language and language-related skills, including, in any case in which appropriate programs are unavail- able at Government facilities, support through contracts, grants, or cooperation with nongovernmental educational institutions; and (4) may obtain by appoint- ment or contract the services of individuals to serve as language instructors, linguists, or special language project personnel. (b)(1) In order to maintain necessary capability in foreign language skills and related abilities needed by the National Security Agency, the Director, without regard to subchapter Iv of chapter 55 of title 5, United States Code, may provide special monetary or other incentives to encourage civilian cryptologic personnel of the Agency to acquire or retain proficiency in foreign languages or special related abilities needed by the Agency. (2) In order to provide linguistic training and support for cryptologic personnel, the Director-- (A) may pay all or part of the tuition and other expenses related to the training of personnel who are assigned or detailed for language and language-related training, orientation, or instruction; and (B) may pay benefits and allowances to civilian personnel in accordance with chapters 57 and 59 of title 5, United States Code, and to military personnel in accordance with chapter 7 of title 37, United States Code, and applicable provisions of title 10, United States Code, when Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/01/10: CIA-RDP90-00530R000400660003-8 Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/01/10: CIA-RDP90-00530R000400660003-8 such personnel are assigned to training at sites away fram their designated duty station. (c)(1) To the extent not incon- sistent, in the opinion of the Secretary of Defense, with the operation of military cryptologic reserve units and in order to maintain necessary capability in foreign language skills and related abilities needed by the National Security Agency, the Director may establish a cryptologic linguist reserve. The cryptologic linguist reserve may consist of former or retired civilian or military cryptologic personnel of the National Security Agency and of other qualified individuals, as determined by the Director of the Agency. Each member of the cryptologic linguist reserve shall agree that, during any period of emergency (as determined by the Director), the ffeffber shall return to active civilian status with the National Security Agency and shall perform such linguistic or linguistic-related duties as the Director may assign. (2) In order to attract individuals to became ffembers of the cryptologic linguist reserve, the Director, without regard to subchapter Inv of chapter 55 of title 5, United States Code, may provide special monetary incen- tives to individuals eligible to became members of the reserve who agree to became members of the cryptologic linguist reserve and to acquire or retain proficiency in foreign languages or special related abilities. (3) In order to provide training and support for meffbers of the cryptologic linguist reserve, the Director-- (A) may pay all or part of the tuition and other expenses related to the training of individuals in the cryptologic linguist reserve who are assigned or detailed for language and language-related training, orientation, or instruction; and (B) may pay benefits and allowances in accordance with chapters 57 and 59 of title 5, United States Code, to individuals in the cryptologic linguist reserve who are assigned to training at sites away fram their homes or regular places of business. (d)(1) The Director, before providing training under this section to any individual, may obtain an agreement with that individual that-- (A) in the case of current employees, pertains to continuation of service of the employee, and repayment of the expenses of such training for III-9 Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/01/10: CIA-RDP90-00530R000400660003-8 Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/01/10: CIA-RDP90-00530R000400660003-8 failure to fulfill the agreement consistent with the provisions of section 4108 of title 5, United States Code; and (B) in the case of individuals accepted for membership in the cryptologic linguist reserve, pertains to return to service when requested, and repay- ment of the expenses of such training for failure to fulfill the agreement, consistent with the provisions of section 4108 of title 5, United States Code. (2) The Director, under regulations prescribed under this section, may waive, in whole or in part, a right of recovery under an agreement made under this subsection if it is shown that the recovery would be against equity and good conscience or against the public interest. (e)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Director may provide to family members of military and civilian cryptologic personnel assigned to representational duties outside the United States, in anticipation of the assignment of such personnel outside the United States or while outside the United States, appropriate orientation and language training that is directly related to the assignment abroad. (2) Language training under paragraph (1) may not be provided to any individual through pay- ment of the expenses of tuition or other cost of instruction at a non-Government educational institution unless appropriate instruction is not available at a Government facility. (0 The Director may waive the applicability of any provision of chapter 41 of title 5, United States Code, to any provision of this section if he finds that such waiver is important to the perfonmance of cryptologic func- tions. (g) The authority of the Director to enter into contracts or to make grants under this section is effective for any fiscal year only to the extent that appropriated funds are available for such purpose. (h) Regulitt jai;issued pursuant to' this 1.4"*W4t-40%.1100.0"k spqftonstial 17 be submd tted to the PermanentOelect4amma t tee, o Intellience of thelklibilge-Of ReOrei:6070 Select .- Ca1m1tteeOnr. Intelligence of the Senate efore such regulations 'takilifeat44*"' ' ,- an (0 The Director of the National Security Agency, on behalf of the Secretary of Defense may, without regard to section 4109(a)(2)(B) of title 5, United States Code, pay travel, transportation, storage, and subsistence expenses under chapter 57 of such title to civilian and military personnel of Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/01/10: CIA-RDP90-00530R000400660003-8 Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/01/10: CIA-RDP90-00530R000400660003-8 the Department of Defense who are assigned to duty outside the United States for a period of one year or longer which involves cryptologic training, language training, or related disciplines. SEC. 11. The Administrator of General Services, upon the application of the Director of the National Security Agency, may provide for the protection in accordance with section 3 of the Act of June 1, 1948 (40 U.S.C. 318b), of certain facilities (as designated by the Director of such Agency) which are under the administration and control of, or are used by the National Security Agency in the same manner as if such facilities were property of the United States over which the United States has acquired exclu- sive or concurrent criminal jurisdiction. SBC. 12. (a)(1) The Secretary of Defense (or his designee) may by regulation establish a personnel system for senior civilian cryptologic personnel in the National Security Agency to be known as the Senior Cryptologic Executive Service. The regulations establishing the Senior Cryptologic Executive Service shall-- (AL) meet the require- ments set forth in section 3131 of title 5, United States Code, for the Senior Executive Service; (B) provide that positions in the Senior Cryptologic Executive Service meet require- ments that are consistent with the provisions of section 3132(a)(2) of such title; (C) provide, without regard to section 2, rates of pay for the Senior Cryptologic Executive Service that are not in excess of the maxim= rate or less than the minimum rate of basic pay established for the Senior Executive Service under section 5382 of such title, and that are adjusted at the same time and to the same extent as rates of basic pay for the Senior Executive Service are adjusted; (E) provide a perfor- mance appraisal system for the Senior Cryptologic Executive Service that conforms to the provisions of subchapter II of chapter 43 of such title; (E) provide for removal consistent with section 3592 of such title, and removal or suspension consistent with subsections (a), (b), and (c) of section 7543 of such title (except that any hearing or appeal to which a member of the Senior Cryptologic Executive Service is entitled shall be held or decided pursuant to procedures established by regula- tions of the Secretary of Defense or his designee); (F) permit the payment of performance awards to members of the Senior Cryptologic Executive Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/01/10: CIA-RDP90-00530R000400660003-8 Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/01/10: CIA-RDP90-00530R000400660003-8 Service consistent with the provisions applicable to performance awards under section 5384 of such title; and (C) provide that members of the Senior Cryptologic Executive Service may be granted sabbatical leaves consistent with the provisions of section 3396(c) of such title. (2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense (or his designee) may-- (A) make applicable to the Senior Cryptologic Executive Service any of the provisions of title 5, United States Code, applicable to applicants for or members of the Senior Executive Service; and (B) appoint, promote, and assign individuals to positions established within the Senior Cryptologic Executive Service without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments and other personnel actions in the competitive service. (3) The President, based on the recommendations of the Secretary of Defense, may award ranks to members of the Senior Cryptologic Executive Service in a manner consistent with the provisions of section 4507 of title 5, United States Code. (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Director of the National Security Agency may detail or assign any member of the Senior Cryptologic Executive Service to serve in a position outside the National Security Agency in which the member's expertise and experience may be of benefit to the National Security Agency or another Government agency. Any such member shall not by reason of such detail or assignment lose any entitlement or status associated with membership in the Senior Cryptologic Executive Service. (5) The Director of the National Security Agency shall each year submit to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, at the time the Budget is submitted by the President to the Congress for the next fiscal year, a report on executive personnel in the National Security Agency. The report shall include-- (A) the total number of positions added to or deleted frau the Senior Cryptologic - Executive Service during the preceding fiscal year; Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/01/10: CIA-RDP90-00530R000400660003-8 Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/01/10: CIA-RDP90-00530R000400660003-8 (B) the number of executive personnel (including all members of the Senior Cryptologic Executive Service) being paid at each grade level and pay rate in effect at the end of the preceding fiscal year; (C) the number, distribution, and amount of awards paid to members of the Senior Cryptologic Executive Service during the preceding fiscal year; and (D) the number of individuals removed fram the Senior Cryptologic Executive Service during the preceding fiscal year for less than fully successful perfonmance. (b) The Secretary of Defense (or his designee) may by regulation establish a merit pay system for such employees of the National Security Agency as the Secretary of Defense (or his designee) considers appropriate. The merit pay system shall be designed to carry out purposes consistent with those set forth in section 5401(a) of title 5, United States Code. (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow the aggregate amount payable to a merrber of the Senior Cryptologic Executive Service under this section during any fiscal year to exceed the annual rate payable for positions at level I of the Executive Schedule in effect at the end of such year. SEC.- 13. (a) The Director of the National Security Agency may make grants to private individuals and institutions for the con- duct of cryptologic research. An application for a grant under this section may not be approved unless the Director determines that the award of the grant would be clearly consistent with the national security. (b) The grant program established by subsection (a) shall be conducted in accordance with the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act of 1977 (41 U.S.C. 501 et seq.) to the extent that such Act is consistent with and in accordance with section 6 of this Act. (c) The authority of the Director to make grants under this section is effective for any fiscal year only to the extent that appropriated funds are available for such purpose. SBC. 14. Funds appropriated to an entity of the Federal Govern- ment other than an element of the Department of Defense that have_been specifically appropriated for the purchase of crypto- logic equipment, materials, or services with respect to which Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/01/10: CIA-RDP90-00530R000400660003-8 Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/01/10: CIA-RDP90-00530R000400660003-8 the National Security Agency has been designated as the central source of procurement for the Government shall remain available for a period of three fiscal years. SEC. 15. (a) No person may, except with the written permission of the Director of the National Security Agency, knowingly use the words "National Security Agency," the initials "NSA," the seal of the National Security Agency, or any colorable imitation of such words, initials, or seal in connection with any merchandise, impersonation, solicitation, or commercial activity in a manner reasonably calculated to convey the impression that such use is approved, endorsed, or authorized by the National Security Agency. (b) Whenever it appears to the Attorney General that any person is engaged or is about to engage in an act or practice which constitutes or will constitute conduct prohibited by subsection (a), the Attorney General may initiate a civil proceeding in a district court of the United States to enjoin such act or practice. Such court shall proceed as soon as practicable to the hearing and determination of such action and may, at any time before final determination, enter such re- straining orders or prohibitions, or take such other action as is warranted, to prevent injury to the United_States or to any person or class of persons for whose protection the action is brought. SEC. 16. (a) The purpose of this section is to establish an undergraduate training program, which may lead to the baccalaureate degree, to facilitate the recruitment of individnAlc, particularly minority high school students, with a demonstrated capability to develop skills critical to the mission of the National Security Agency, including mathematics, computer science, engineering, and foreign languages. (b) The Secretary of Defense is authorized, in his discretion, to assign civilian employees of the National Security Agency as students at accredited professional, technical, and other institutions of higher learning for training at the undergraduate level in skills critical to effective performance of the mission of the Agency. (c.7) The National Security Agency may pay, directly or by reimbursement to employees, expenses incident to assignments under subsection (lb), in any fiscal year only to the extent that appropriated funds are available for such purpose. Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/01/10: CIA-RDP90-00530R000400660003-8 Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/01/10: CIA-RDP90-00530R000400660003-8 (d) 00 TO be eligible for assignment under subsection (b), an employee of the Agency must agree in writing-- (A) to continue in the service of the Agency for the period of the assign- ment and to complete the educational course of training for which the employee is assigned; a? to continue in the service of the Agency following completion of the assignment for a period of one-and-a-half years for each year of the assignment or part thereof; (C) to reimburse the United States for the total cost of education (excluding the employee's pay and allowances) provided under this section to the employee if, prior to the employee's complet- ing the educational course of training for which the employee is assigned, the assignment or the employee's employment with the Agency is terminated either by the Agency due to misconduct by the employee or by the employee voluntarily; and (D) to reimburse the United States if, after completing the educational course of training for which the employee is assigned, the employee's employment with the Agency is terminated either by the Agency due to misconduct by the employee or by the employee voluntarily, prior to the employee's com- pletion of the service obligation period described in subparagraph (B), in an amount that bears the same ratio to the total cost of the education (excluding the employee's pay and allowances) provided to the employee as the unserved portion of the service obligation period described in subparagraph (B) bears to the total period of the service obligation described in subparagraph (B). (2) Subject to paragraph (3), the obligation to reimburse the United States under an agreement described in paragraph (1), including interest due on such obligation, is for all purposes a debt owing the United States. (3)(A) A discharge in bankruptcy under title 11, United States Code, shall not release a person from an obligation to reimburse the United Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/01/10: CIA-RDP90-00530R000400660003-8 Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/01/10: CIA-RDP90-00530R000400660003-8 States required under an agreement described in paragraph (1) if the final decree of the discharge in bankruptcy is issued within five years after the last day of the com- bined period of service obligation described in subpara- graphs (A) and m of paragraph (1). m The Secretary of Defense may release a person, in whole or in part, from the obligation to reimburse the United States under an agreement described in paragraph (1) when, in his dis- cretion, the Secretary determines that equity or the interests of the United States so require. (C) The Secretary of Defense shall permit an employee assigned under this section who, prior to commencing a second academic year of such assignment, voluntarily terminates the assignment or the employee's employment with the Agency, to satisfy his obligation under an agreement described in paragraph (1) to reimburse the United States by reimbursement according to a schedule of monthly payments which results in completion of reimbursement by a.date five years after the date of termination of the assignment or employment or earlier at the option of the employee. (e)(1) When an employee is assigned under this section to an institution, the Agency shall disclose to the institution to which the employee is assigned that the Agency employs the employee and that the Agency funds the employee's education. Pi. Agency efforts to recruit individuals at educational institutions for participation in the undergraduate training program established by this section shall be made openly and according to the common practices of universities and employers recruiting at such institutions. (f) Chapter 41 of title 5 and subsections (a) and (b) of section 3324 of title 31, United States Code, shall not apply with respect to this section. (g) The Secretary of Defense may issue such regulations as may be necessary to implement this section. ? Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/01/10: CIA-RDP90-00530R000400660003-8 Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/01/10: CIA-RDP90-00530R000400660003-8 NOTE Approved May 29, 1959 as Public Law 86-36. Sections 1 and 7 were repealed and their provisions were incorporated, respectively, in sections 305(a) (8) and 5102(a)(1)(viii) of title 5, United States Code and in section 5108(a) of title 5, United States Code by Public Law 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 660, an Act which revised, codified, and enacted as title 5 of the United States Code the laws relating to the organization of the Government of the United States and to its civilian officers and employees. Sections 9(a)-(c), 10(1), 11 and the title were added by the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1981, Pub. L. No. 96-450, 3402, 94 Stat. 1975. Sections 9(d) and (e), 10(a)-(h), 12, 13, 14 and 15 were added and section 9(b)(1) was amended by the Intel- ligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1982, H60l- 603, Pub. L. No. 97-89, 95 Stat. 1150. Section 16 was added by the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987, Pub. L. No. 99-569, 100 Stat. 3200. ^ Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/01/10: CIA-RDP90-00530R000400660003-8