Title 50, War and National DefenseRelease 119-102
§3173 Reports
Title 50 › CHAPTER 44 — NATIONAL SECURITY › SUBCHAPTER VII — APPLICATION OF SANCTIONS LAWS TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES › § 3173
Summary
Officials must promptly send reports to the House Committee on International Relations and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; also send to congressional intelligence committees for intelligence-source/methods and to House and Senate Judiciary Committees for ongoing criminal investigations.
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Title 50, §3173
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Reports to Congress pursuant to section 3171 and 3172 of this title shall be submitted promptly upon determinations under this subchapter. Such reports shall be submitted to the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. With respect to determinations relating to intelligence sources and methods, reports shall also be submitted to the congressional intelligence committees. With respect to determinations relating to ongoing criminal investigations, reports shall also be submitted to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 441b of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Amendments
2002—Pub. L. 107–306 substituted “congressional intelligence committees” for “Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Committee on International Relations of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Foreign Affairs of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Tenth Congress, Jan. 5, 2007.
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Citation
50 U.S.C. § 3173
Title 50, War and National Defense
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102