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Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSEChapter 44 - NATIONAL SECURITY
Subchapter III - ACCOUNTABILITY FOR INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
Section 3091a - Congressional oversight of controlled access programs

50 U.S.C. § 3091a

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Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)
Section 3091a - Congressional oversight of controlled access programs
(a) Periodic briefings
(1) Requirement

Not less frequently than semiannually or upon request by one of the appropriate congressional committees or a member of congressional leadership, the Director of National Intelligence shall provide to such committees and congressional leadership a briefing on each controlled access program in effect.

(2) Contents

Each briefing provided under paragraph (1) shall include, at a minimum, the following:

(A) A description of the activity of the controlled access programs during the period covered by the briefing.
(B) Documentation with respect to how the controlled access programs have achieved outcomes consistent with requirements documented by the Director and, as applicable, the Secretary of Defense.
(b) Limitation on establishment

A head of an element of the intelligence community may not establish a controlled access program, or a compartment or subcompartment therein, until the head notifies the appropriate congressional committees and congressional leadership of such controlled access program, compartment, or subcompartment, as the case may be.

(c) Annual reports
(1) Requirement

On an annual basis, the head of each element of the intelligence community shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and congressional leadership a report on controlled access programs administered by the head.

(2) Matters included

Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall include, with respect to the period covered by the report, the following:

(A) A list of all compartments and subcompartments of controlled access programs active as of the date of the report.
(B) A list of all compartments and subcompartments of controlled access programs terminated during the period covered by the report.
(C) With respect to the report submitted by the Director of National Intelligence, in addition to the matters specified in clauses (A) and (B)-
(i) a certification regarding whether the creation, validation, or substantial modification, including termination, for all existing and proposed controlled access programs, and the compartments and subcompartments within each, are substantiated and justified based on the information required by clause (ii); and
(ii) for each certification-
(I) the rationale for the revalidation, validation, or substantial modification, including termination, of each controlled access program, compartment, and subcompartment;
(II) the identification of a control officer for each controlled access program; and
(III) a statement of protection requirements for each controlled access program.
(d) Definitions

In this section:

(1) Appropriate congressional committees

The term "appropriate congressional committees" means-

(A) the congressional intelligence committees;
(B) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
(C) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
(2) Congressional leadership

The term "congressional leadership" means-

(A) the majority leader of the Senate;
(B) the minority leader of the Senate;
(C) the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and
(D) the minority leader of the House of Representatives.
(3) Controlled access program

The term "controlled access program" means a program created or managed pursuant to Intelligence Community Directive 906, or successor directive.

50 U.S.C. § 3091a

July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title V, §501A, as added Pub. L. 117-103, §504, 136 Stat. 986.

EDITORIAL NOTES

REFERENCES IN TEXTIntelligence Community Directive 906, referred to in subsec. (d)(3), is located at https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICD/ICD906.pdf.

appropriate congressional committees
The term "appropriate congressional committees" means-(A) the congressional intelligence committees;(B) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;(C) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;(D) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate;(E) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives;(F) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives;(G) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives; and(H) the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of Representatives.
congressional intelligence committees
The term "congressional intelligence committees" means-(A) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and(B) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
intelligence community
The term "intelligence community" includes the following:(A) The Office of the Director of National Intelligence.(B) The Central Intelligence Agency.(C) The National Security Agency.(D) The Defense Intelligence Agency.(E) The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.(F) The National Reconnaissance Office.(G) Other offices within the Department of Defense for the collection of specialized national intelligence through reconnaissance programs.(H) The intelligence elements of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marine Corps, the Space Force, the Coast Guard, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Department of Energy.(I) The Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the Department of State.(J) The Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of the Treasury.(K) The Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security.(L) Such other elements of any department or agency as may be designated by the President, or designated jointly by the Director of National Intelligence and the head of the department or agency concerned, as an element of the intelligence community.
national intelligence
The terms "national intelligence" and "intelligence related to national security" refer to all intelligence, regardless of the source from which derived and including information gathered within or outside the United States, that-(A) pertains, as determined consistent with any guidance issued by the President, to more than one United States Government agency; and(B) that involves-(i) threats to the United States, its people, property, or interests;(ii) the development, proliferation, or use of weapons of mass destruction; or(iii) any other matter bearing on United States national or homeland security.