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Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73

§3238 Annual reports on influence operations and campaigns in the United States by the Russian Federation

Title 50 › Chapter CHAPTER 44— - NATIONAL SECURITY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IX— - ADDITIONAL MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › § 3238

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center must send the congressional intelligence committees a yearly report on Russian influence operations and campaigns in the United States. Each report must name the Russian people and groups involved as of the report date; assess organizations tied to or funded by them; describe how they try to target, pressure, or influence people in the United States; evaluate efforts to sway U.S. elected officials or candidates; and, after the first report, assess changes in goals, tactics, techniques, and procedures. The Director must work with the FBI, CIA, NSA, and other relevant intelligence leaders. Reports must be unclassified but may include a classified annex.

Full Legal Text

Title 50, §3238

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(a)On an annual basis, the Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report on the influence operations and campaigns in the United States conducted by the Russian Federation.
(b)Each report under subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1)A description and listing of the Russian organizations and persons involved in influence operations and campaigns operating in the United States as of the date of the report.
(2)An assessment of organizations that are associated with or receive funding from organizations and persons identified in paragraph (1), particularly such entities operating in the United States.
(3)A description of the efforts by the organizations and persons identified in paragraph (1) to target, coerce, and influence populations within the United States.
(4)An assessment of the activities of the organizations and persons identified in paragraph (1) designed to influence the opinions of elected leaders of the United States or candidates for election in the United States.
(5)With respect to reports submitted after the first report, an assessment of the change in goals, tactics, techniques, and procedures of the influence operations and campaigns conducted by the organizations and persons identified in paragraph (1).
(c)In carrying out subsection (a), the Director shall coordinate with the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Director of the National Security Agency, and any other relevant head of an element of the intelligence community.
(d)Each report submitted under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Initial Report Pub. L. 116–92, div. E, title LV, § 5501(c), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2144, provided that: “The Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees the first report under section 1108 of the National Security Act of 1947 [50 U.S.C. 3238], as added by subsection (a), by not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 20, 2019].” [For definition of “congressional intelligence committees” as used in section 5501(c) of Pub. L. 116–92, set out above, see section 5003 of div. E of Pub. L. 116–92, set out as a note under section 3003 of this title.]

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50 U.S.C. § 3238

Title 50 — War and National Defense

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73