§3620 — Title 50 War and National Defense | U.S. Code

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Within 30 days after the Director of the National Security Agency decides a covered intelligence collection or sharing adjustment happened, the Director must send the congressional intelligence committees and the Senate and House Appropriations Committees a short report. The report must explain what changed and why it changed. congressional intelligence committees — the committees identified in section 3003. covered intelligence collection or sharing adjustment — something the NSA does or fails to do that causes a big change in either the amount of intelligence collected about a foreign country, foreign group, or senior foreign leader, or in NSA rules or practices for sharing intelligence with foreign governments or international organizations.

Title 50, §3620

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(a)Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Director of the National Security Agency determines that a covered intelligence collection or sharing adjustment has occurred, the Director shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees, the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a summary of such adjustment and the cause of such adjustment.

(b)In this section:

(1)The term “congressional intelligence committees” has the meaning given that term in section 3003 of this title.

(2)The term “covered intelligence collection or sharing adjustment” means an action or inaction by the National Security Agency that results in a significant change to—

(A)the quantity of intelligence collected by the National Security Agency with respect to a foreign country, foreign organization, or senior leader of a foreign country or foreign organization; or

(B)policies or practices of the National Security Agency with respect to the sharing of intelligence with a foreign country, organization of foreign countries, or organization of countries of which the United States is a member.

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2025—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 119–60, § 6802(1), substituted “that a covered intelligence collection or sharing adjustment has occurred” for “the occurrence of an intelligence collection adjustment” and “summary of such adjustment and the cause of such adjustment” for “notification of the intelligence collection adjustment”. Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 119–60, § 6802(2), amended par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The term ‘intelligence collection adjustment’ includes a change by the United States Government to a policy on intelligence collection or the prioritization thereof that results in a significant loss of intelligence.”

§3620 Congressional Notification of Intelligence Collection Adjustments

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Title 50, §3620

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