Title 50, War and National DefenseRelease 119-110

§3311 Submittal to Congress by Heads of Elements of Intelligence Community of Plans for Orderly Shutdown in Event of Absence of Appropriations

Title 50 › CHAPTER 45 — MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY AUTHORITIES › SUBCHAPTER I — BUDGET AND OVERSIGHT › § 3311

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

When an agency leader files a plan with the Office of Management and Budget Director under OMB Circular A‑11, section 124 (or a later version) about how to shut down if Congress does not pass funding, they must also send copies to the congressional intelligence committees, the Senate and House Defense Appropriations Subcommittees, and—if the plan covers an intelligence unit inside the Department of Defense—also to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees. "Head of an applicable agency" means the Director of National Intelligence, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and the heads of intelligence elements inside the Department of Defense.

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Title 50, §3311

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(a)In general
Whenever the head of an applicable agency submits a plan to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget in accordance with section 124 of Office of Management and Budget Circular A–11, pertaining to agency operations in the absence of appropriations, or any successor circular of the Office that requires the head of an applicable agency to submit to the Director a plan for an orderly shutdown in the event of the absence of appropriations, such head shall submit a copy of such plan to the following:
(1)The congressional intelligence committees.
(2)The Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
(3)The Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
(4)In the case of a plan for an element of the intelligence community that is within the Department of Defense, to—
(A)the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; and
(B)the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives.
(b)Head of an applicable agency defined
In this section, the term “head of an applicable agency” includes the following:
(1)The Director of National Intelligence.
(2)The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
(3)Each head of each element of the intelligence community that is within the Department of Defense.

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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Definition For definition of “congressional intelligence committees” as used in this section, see section 2 of Pub. L. 113–126, set out as a note under section 3003 of this title.

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50 U.S.C. § 3311

Title 50, War and National Defense

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110