---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 U.S.C. § 494"
title: "50"
title_heading: "War and National Defense"
number: "494"
heading: "Supervision and control of project"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/50/494"
units:
  - "Chapter 18 — Air-Warning Screen"
---

# §494. Supervision and control of project


The provisions of this chapter shall be subject to the duties and authority of the Secretary of Defense and the departments and agencies of the Department of Defense as provided in the National Security Act of 1947.


## Source credit

(Mar. 30, 1949, ch. 41, § 4, 63 Stat. 18; Aug. 10, 1949, ch. 412, § 12(a), 63 Stat. 591.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The National Security Act of 1947, referred to in text, is act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, 61 Stat. 495, which is classified principally to chapter 44 (§ 3001 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

“Department of Defense” substituted in text for “National Military Establishment” on authority of act Aug. 10, 1949, ch. 412, § 12(a), 63 Stat. 591.