50 U.S.C. § 3034 — Chief Financial Officer of the Intelligence Community

submitted 79 years ago by Pub. L. 111-259 to r/title-50-WAR-AND-NATIONAL-DEFENSE · 511 words · no verdicts yet

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This section creates a Chief Financial Officer of the Intelligence Community inside the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The officer advises on, coordinates, and oversees intelligence-community budget resources and cannot simultaneously be another federal agency’s chief financial officer.

(a) A Chief Financial Officer of the Intelligence Community is established within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to help the Director carry out legal responsibilities. The Director appoints the officer, who reports directly to the Director. (b) Under the Director’s direction, the officer must (1) advise the Director and Principal Deputy Director on managing and allocating intelligence-community budget resources; (2) participate in comprehensive, integrated resource-management strategy; (3) ensure the Director’s strategic plan reflects the budget limits in the required Future Year Intelligence Plans and Long-term Budget Projections and has goals supporting performance-based budgeting; (4) before funds are committed or spent for a major system after a Milestone A or B decision, obtain verification that national requirements have been established and prioritized under those budget limits; (5) ensure the Director’s collection architectures reflect those limits; (6) coordinate or approve the intelligence community’s statements to Congress about National Intelligence Program budget resources; (7) participate in key mission, acquisition, and architecture boards formed within or by the Office; and (8) perform other duties the Director assigns. (c) The officer is the intelligence community’s chief financial officer and, as applicable, has the duties, responsibilities, and authority specified in chapter 9 of title 31. (d) While serving in this position, a person may not serve as chief financial officer of another federal department, agency, or component. (e) “Major system” has the meaning in section 3097(e) of this title. “Milestone A” has the meaning in section 3103(f) of this title. “Milestone B” has the meaning in section 3099(e) of this title.

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(a) Chief Financial Officer of the Intelligence Community

To assist the Director of National Intelligence in carrying out the responsibilities of the Director under this chapter and other applicable provisions of law, there is within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence a Chief Financial Officer of the Intelligence Community who shall be appointed by the Director. The Chief Financial Officer shall report directly to the Director of National Intelligence.

(b) Duties and responsibilities

Subject to the direction of the Director of National Intelligence, the Chief Financial Officer of the Intelligence Community shall—

(1)

serve as the principal advisor to the Director of National Intelligence and the Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence on the management and allocation of intelligence community budgetary resources;

(2)

participate in overseeing a comprehensive and integrated strategic process for resource management within the intelligence community;

(3)

ensure that the strategic plan of the Director of National Intelligence—

(A)

is based on budgetary constraints as specified in the Future Year Intelligence Plans and Long-term Budget Projections required under section 3103 of this title; and

(B)

contains specific goals and objectives to support a performance-based budget;

(4)

prior to the obligation or expenditure of funds for the acquisition of any major system pursuant to a Milestone A or Milestone B decision, receive verification from appropriate authorities that the national requirements for meeting the strategic plan of the Director have been established, and that such requirements are prioritized based on budgetary constraints as specified in the Future Year Intelligence Plans and the Long-term Budget Projections for such major system required under section 3103 of this title;

(5)

ensure that the collection architectures of the Director are based on budgetary constraints as specified in the Future Year Intelligence Plans and the Long-term Budget Projections required under section 3103 of this title;

(6)

coordinate or approve representations made to Congress by the intelligence community regarding National Intelligence Program budgetary resources;

(7)

participate in key mission requirements, acquisitions, or architectural boards formed within or by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; and

(8)

perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Director of National Intelligence.

The Chief Financial Officer of the Intelligence Community shall serve as the Chief Financial Officer of the intelligence community and, to the extent applicable, shall have the duties, responsibilities, and authorities specified in chapter 9 of title 31.

(d) Prohibition on simultaneous service as other Chief Financial Officer

An individual serving in the position of Chief Financial Officer of the Intelligence Community may not, while so serving, serve as the chief financial officer of any other department or agency, or component thereof, of the United States Government.

(e) Definitions

In this section:

(1)

The term “major system” has the meaning given that term in section 3097(e) of this title.

(2)

The term “Milestone A” has the meaning given that term in section 3103(f) 1 of this title.

(3)

The term “Milestone B” has the meaning given that term in section 3099(e) of this title.

Source credit: (July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title I, § 103I, as added Pub. L. 111–259, title IV, § 406(a), Oct. 7, 2010, 124 Stat. 2720; amended Pub. L. 116–92, div. E, title LXIV, § 6404, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2196.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1947Enacted · Pub. L. 111-259 · 124 Stat. 2720
2019Amended · Pub. L. 116-92 · 133 Stat. 2196

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 111-259 on 1947-07-26.

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