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Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73not60

§430c Senior Intelligence Oversight Official 11 So in Original. Appears in Text Capitalized as “senior Intelligence Oversight Official”.

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— General Military Law › Part I— ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS › Chapter 21— DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE MATTERS › Subchapter I— GENERAL MATTERS › § 430c

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Defense must pick a civilian who is in the Department of Defense’s Senior Executive Service to serve as the Senior Intelligence Oversight Official. The Secretary may also let a designee, chosen under rules the Secretary sets, make the appointment. That official must independently watch over all intelligence, counterintelligence, and related activities in the Department of Defense. The official must have access to any information needed to do the job, as the Secretary decides, and must be able to go directly to the Secretary of Defense and the Deputy Secretary when the official thinks it is needed.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §430c

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(a)The Secretary of Defense, or a designee of the Secretary determined by regulations prescribed by the Secretary, shall designate a civilian employee of the Department of Defense in the Senior Executive Service to serve as the Senior Intelligence Oversight Official.
(b)The Senior Intelligence Oversight Official shall conduct independent oversight of all intelligence, counterintelligence, and intelligence-related activities of the Department of Defense and shall have such other related responsibilities as may be determined by the Secretary.
(c)The Senior Intelligence Oversight Official shall have—
(1)access to all information necessary to carry out the responsibilities and functions of the Senior Intelligence Oversight Official, as determined by the Secretary; and
(2)direct access to the Secretary of Defense and the Deputy Secretary of Defense, as circumstances require in the determination of the Senior Intelligence Oversight Official.

Legislative History

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Regulations

Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title IX, § 921(b), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2036, provided that: “The Secretary of Defense shall review and update, as appropriate, Department of Defense Directive 5148.13, and any associated or successor regulation or directive, to conform to section 430c of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a).”

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 430c

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

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