---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 U.S.C. § 3601"
title: "50"
title_heading: "War and National Defense"
number: "3601"
heading: "Short title"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/50/3601"
units:
  - "Chapter 47 — National Security Agency"
---

# §3601. Short title


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


## Source credit

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

## Notes

### 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, May 29, 1959, 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), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 660.