PUBLIC LAW 107-306—NOV. 27, 2002 116 STAT. 2405 (d) APPLICATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF LAW. — Sections 556, 567, and 568 of Public Law 107-115, section 8093 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2002, and the numerical limitations on the number of United States military personnel and United States individual civilian contractors in section 3204(b)(1) of Public Law 106-246 shall be applicable to funds made available pursuant to the authority contained in subsection (a). (e) LIMITATION ON PARTICIPATION OF UNITED STATES PER- SONNEL.—No United States Armed Forces personnel or United States civilian contractor employed by the United States will participate in any combat operation in connection with assistance made available under this section, except for the purpose of acting in self defense or rescuing any United States citizen to include United States Armed Forces personnel. United States civilian employees, and civilian contractors employed by the United States. SEC. 502. PROTECTION OF OPERATIONAL FILES OF THE NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE. (a) IN GENERAL. —Title I of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 402 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 105C (50 U.S.C. 403-5c) the following new section: "PROTECTION OF OPERATIONAL FILES OF THE NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE "SEC. 105D. (a) EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN OPERATIONAL FILES 50 USC 403-5e. FROM SEARCH, REVIEW, PUBLICATION, OR DISCLOSURE.— (1) The Director of the National Reconnaissance Office, with the coordination of the Director of Central Intelligence, may exempt operational files of the National Reconnaissance Office from the provisions of section 552 of title 5, United States Code, which require publication, disclosure, search, or review in connection therewith. "(2)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), for the purposes of this section, the term 'operational files' means files of the National Reconnaissance Office (hereafter in this section referred to as 'NRO') that document the means by which foreign intelligence or counterintelligence is collected through scientific and technical systems. "(B) Files which are the sole repository of disseminated intelligence are not operational files. "(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), exempted operational files shall continue to be subject to search and review for information concerning— "(A) United States citizens or aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence who have requested information on themselves pursuant to the provisions of section 552 or 552a of title 5, United States Code; "(B) any special activity the existence of which is not exempt from disclosure under the provisions of section 552 of title 5, United States Code; or "(C) the specific subject matter of an investigation by any of the following for any impropriety, or violation of law, Executive order, or Presidential directive, in the conduct of an intelligence activity: "(i) The Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. "(ii) The Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. "(iii) The Intelligence Oversight Board.
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