50 U.S.C. § 3620: Congressional notification…

Summary

Requires the Director of the National Security Agency to send, within 30 days after the Director decides a covered intelligence collection or sharing adjustment happened, a summary to the congressional intelligence committees, the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives explaining the change and why it happened. Definitions: "congressional intelligence committees" means the committees named in section 3003 of this title. "Covered intelligence collection or sharing adjustment" means an NSA action or inaction that causes a major change in how much intelligence is collected about a foreign country, foreign organization, or their senior leaders, or a major change in NSA policies or practices for sharing intelligence with foreign countries or groups of countries the United States is part of.

Title 50, §3620

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(a)Notification

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)Definitions

In this section: (1) Congressional intelligence committees

(2)Covered intelligence collection or sharing adjustment

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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Amendments

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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