---
kind: "unit"
title: "50"
title_heading: "War and National Defense"
key: "ch15"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 15"
heading: "National Security"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/50/ch15"
sections_count: 161
---

# Chapter 15 — National Security

Title 50 — War and National Defense

## Sections

- [§401. Transferred](/usc/50/401.md)
- [§401a. Transferred](/usc/50/401a.md)

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — Coordination for National Security](/usc/50/ch15-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — Miscellaneous and Conforming Provisions](/usc/50/ch15-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — Accountability for Intelligence Activities](/usc/50/ch15-schIII.md)
- [Subchapter IV — Protection of Certain National Security Information](/usc/50/ch15-schIV.md)
- [Subchapter V — Protection of Operational Files](/usc/50/ch15-schV.md)
- [Subchapter VI — Access to Classified Information](/usc/50/ch15-schVI.md)
- [Subchapter VII — Application of Sanctions Laws to Intelligence Activities](/usc/50/ch15-schVII.md)
- [Subchapter VII–A — Education in Support of National Intelligence](/usc/50/ch15-schVII-A.md)
- [Subchapter VIII — Additional Miscellaneous Provisions](/usc/50/ch15-schVIII.md)