§3316b Continuity of Operations Plans for Certain Elements of the Intelligence Community in the Case of a National Emergency

Summary

When one of four kinds of national emergencies happens (a President-declared major disaster under 42 U.S.C. 5170; a President-declared emergency under 42 U.S.C. 5191; a national emergency under the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); or a public health emergency under 42 U.S.C. 247d), the Directors of the intelligence agencies named below must make continuity-of-operations plans for their part of the intelligence community: the Director of National Intelligence, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Director of the National Reconnaissance Office, the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Director of the National Security Agency, and the Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Within 7 days after such an emergency is declared, the Director of National Intelligence and the CIA Director must send their plan to the congressional intelligence committees. The Directors of the NRO, DIA, NSA, and NGA must, within 7 days, send their plans to the congressional intelligence committees and to both the Senate and House Committees on Armed Services. During the emergency, each director must send plan updates the same way and in a timely manner consistent with section 3091 of this title.