§3313 — Title 50 War and National Defense | U.S. Code

Summary

Each year, at the same time the President sends the annual budget request to Congress, the head of every intelligence agency must send the congressional intelligence committees a report. The report must list any written agreement (for example, memorandums of understanding) about major operations or policy that the agency made in the most recently completed fiscal year with any other U.S. government entity. If the Senate Intelligence Committee or the House Intelligence Committee asks for a copy of any listed agreement, the agency head must give the copy as soon as possible. Agreements that are only administrative, like those about joint duty or routine personnel assignments, do not have to be included.

Title 50, §3313

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(a)Each year, concurrent with the annual budget request submitted by the President to Congress under section 1105 of title 31, each head of an element of the intelligence community shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report that lists each memorandum of understanding or other agreement regarding significant operational activities or policy entered into during the most recently completed fiscal year between or among such element and any other entity of the United States Government.

(b)Each head of an element of an intelligence community who receives a request from the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate or the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives for a copy of a memorandum of understanding or other document listed in a report submitted by the head under subsection (a) shall submit to such committee the requested copy as soon as practicable after receiving such request.

(c)Nothing in this section may be construed to require an element of the intelligence community to submit to the congressional intelligence committees any memorandum or agreement that is solely administrative in nature, including a memorandum or agreement regarding joint duty or other routine personnel assignments.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2019—Pub. L. 116–92 added subsecs. (a) and (b), redesignated former subsec. (b) as (c) and struck out former subsec. (a). Text read as follows: “The head of each element of the intelligence community shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a copy of each memorandum of understanding or other agreement regarding significant operational activities or policy between or among such element and any other entity or entities of the United States Government— “(1) for such a memorandum or agreement that is in effect on May 5, 2017, not later than 60 days after such date; and “(2) for such a memorandum or agreement entered into after such date, in a timely manner and not more than 60 days after the date such memorandum or other agreement is entered into.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Definitions For definitions of “intelligence community” and “congressional intelligence committees”, referred to in text, see section 2 of div. N of Pub. L. 115–31, set out as a note under section 3003 of this title.

§3313 Notification of Memoranda of Understanding