National Security Act of 1947 Law and Legal Definition
The National Security Act of 1947 was signed by United States President on July 26, 1947, and realigned and reorganized the U.S. Armed Forces, foreign policy, and Intelligence Community apparatus in the aftermath of World War II. The Act merged the Department of War and the Department of the Navy into the National Military Establishment, headed by the Secretary of Defense. It was also responsible for the creation of a separate Department of the Air Force from the existing Army Air Forces.
Legal Definition list
- National Security
- National Securities Exchange
- National Sea Grant College Program
- National Science Foundation
- National Science Board
- National Security Act of 1947
- National Security Agency
- National Security Classified [Patents]
- National Security Classified Information
- National Security Council (NSC)
- National Security Decision Directive
