Section 480 - Reports to Congress: submission in electronic form(a) REQUIREMENT.-Whenever the Secretary of Defense or any other official of the Department of Defense submits to Congress (or any committee of either House of Congress) a report that the Secretary (or other official) is required by law to submit, the Secretary (or other official) shall provide to Congress (or such committee) a copy of the report in an electronic medium.(b) EXCEPTION.-Subsection (a) does not apply to a report submitted in classified form.(c) DEFINITION.-In this section, the term "report" includes any certification, notification, or other communication in writing.Added Pub. L. 107-107, div. A, title X, §1042(a), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1218; amended Pub. L. 107-314, div. A, title X, §1042, Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2646.EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS2002-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107-314 substituted "shall provide to Congress (or" for "shall, upon request by any committee of Congress to which the report is submitted or referred, provide to Congress (or each".
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