§3307 Communications with the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives

Summary

Directors of the National Counterterrorism Center, directors of national intelligence centers, and heads of intelligence agencies must give the Senate or House Armed Services Committee any existing intelligence assessment, report, estimate, or legal opinion they ask for in writing. If the Chair or the ranking minority member of either Committee makes the request, the material must be provided within 45 days. They must turn over the documents unless the President claims a constitutional privilege to stop release. If the President does that, the White House Counsel must send a written notice to Congress. Definitions: Intelligence community — the group of U.S. intelligence agencies named elsewhere in law. Intelligence assessment — an analytic study on a policy issue (not raw notes or basic research). Intelligence estimate — an appraisal of intelligence about a situation to show possible enemy actions and their likely order.