---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 U.S.C. § 3227a"
title: "50"
title_heading: "War and National Defense"
number: "3227a"
heading: "Degree-granting authority"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/50/3227a"
units:
  - "Chapter 44 — National Security"
  - "Subchapter VIII — Education in Support of National Intelligence"
  - "Part D — National Intelligence University"
---

# §3227a. Degree-granting authority

- (a) **In general—** Beginning on the transfer date, under regulations prescribed by the Director of [National Intelligence](/usc/50/3003.md?p=5), the President of the [National Intelligence](/usc/50/3003.md?p=5) University may, upon the recommendation of the faculty of the University, confer appropriate degrees upon graduates who meet the degree requirements.
- (b) **Limitation—** A degree may not be conferred under this section unless—
  - (1) the Secretary of Education has recommended approval of the degree in accordance with the Federal Policy Governing Granting of Academic Degrees by Federal Agencies; and
  - (2) the University is accredited by the appropriate academic accrediting agency or organization to award the degree, as determined by the Secretary of Education.

## Source credit

(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title X, § 1032, as added Pub. L. 116–260, div. W, title III, § 305(a), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2366; amended Pub. L. 118–31, div. G, title III, § 7327(c), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 1045.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2023—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 118–31 struck out subsec. (c) which related to congressional notification requirements.