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50 U.S.C. 4812: Authority of the President
Created in 2018 by the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232). Changed by 1 later law. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.
3 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 50 U.S.C. 4813, 50 U.S.C. 4815, 50 U.S.C. 4819.
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This Congress
No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.
How it got here
2022
- Pub. L. 117–263 inserted ", security, or" before "intelligence". (James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023) Law text · (a)
Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.