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§3107 Certification of compliance with oversight requirements

Title 50 › Chapter CHAPTER 44— - NATIONAL SECURITY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - ACCOUNTABILITY FOR INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES › § 3107

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Each head of an intelligence agency must each year tell Congress's intelligence committees either that, to the best of their knowledge, the agency is fully following the rules in this part and that any required reports due before that date were sent. If they cannot give that certification, they must explain why, list any required reports not yet sent, and promise to submit them as soon as possible.

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Title 50, §3107

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The head of each element of the intelligence community shall annually submit to the congressional intelligence committees—
(1)a certification that, to the best of the knowledge of the head of such element—
(A)the head of such element is in full compliance with the requirements of this subchapter; and
(B)any information required to be submitted by the head of such element under this chapter before the date of the submission of such certification has been properly submitted; or
(2)if the head of such element is unable to submit a certification under paragraph (1), a statement—
(A)of the reasons the head of such element is unable to submit such a certification;
(B)describing any information required to be submitted by the head of such element under this chapter before the date of the submission of such statement that has not been properly submitted; and
(C)that the head of such element will submit such information as soon as possible after the submission of such statement.

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This chapter, referred to in pars. (1)(B) and (2)(B), was in the original “this Act”, meaning act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, 61 Stat. 495, known as the National Security Act of 1947, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 415d of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Applicability Date Pub. L. 111–259, title III, § 332(b), Oct. 7, 2010, 124 Stat. 2687, provided that: “The first certification or statement required to be submitted by the head of each element of the intelligence community under section 508 of the National Security Act of 1947 [50 U.S.C. 3107], as added by subsection (a), shall be submitted not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 7, 2010].” [For definition of “intelligence community” as used in section 332(b) of Pub. L. 111–259, set out above, see section 2 of Pub. L. 111–259, set out as a note under section 3003 of this title.]

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50 U.S.C. § 3107

Title 50War and National Defense

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Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73