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[CITE: 50USC404d]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                      CHAPTER 15--NATIONAL SECURITY
 
            SUBCHAPTER I--COORDINATION FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
 
Sec. 404d. Annual report on intelligence


(a) In general

    (1) Not later than January 31 each year, the President shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the requirements 
of the United States for intelligence and the activities of the 
intelligence community.
    (2) The purpose of the report is to facilitate an assessment of the 
activities of the intelligence community during the preceding fiscal 
year and to assist in the development of a mission and a budget for the 
intelligence community for the fiscal year beginning in the year in 
which the report is submitted.
    (3) The report shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
include a classified annex.

(b) Matters covered

    (1) Each report under subsection (a) of this section shall--
        (A) specify the intelligence required to meet the national 
    security interests of the United States, and set forth an order of 
    priority for the collection and analysis of intelligence required to 
    meet such interests, for the fiscal year beginning in the year in 
    which the report is submitted; and
        (B) evaluate the performance of the intelligence community in 
    collecting and analyzing intelligence required to meet such 
    interests during the fiscal year ending in the year preceding the 
    year in which the report is submitted, including a description of 
    the significant successes and significant failures of the 
    intelligence community in such collection and analysis during that 
    fiscal year.

    (2) The report shall specify matters under paragraph (1)(A) in 
sufficient detail to assist Congress in making decisions with respect to 
the allocation of resources for the matters specified.

(c) \1\ ``Appropriate congressional committees'' defined
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    \1\ So in original. Two subsecs. (c) have been enacted.
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    In this section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
means the following:
        (1) The Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on 
    Appropriations, and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate.
        (2) The Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the 
    Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Armed Services of 
    the House of Representatives.

(c) \1\ Time for submission

    The report under this section for any year shall be submitted at the 
same time that the President submits the budget for the next fiscal year 
pursuant to section 1105 of title 31.

(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title I, Sec. 109, as added Pub. L. 103-178, 
title III, Sec. 304(a), Dec. 3, 1993, 107 Stat. 2034; amended Pub. L. 
104-293, title VIII, Sec. 803(a), (b)(1), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3475, 
3476; Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title X, Sec. 1067(16), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 
Stat. 775.)


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 106-65 substituted ``Committee on 
Armed Services'' for ``Committee on National Security''.
    1996--Pub. L. 104-293, Sec. 803(b)(1), substituted ``intelligence'' 
for ``intelligence community activities'' in section catchline.
    Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 104-293, Sec. 803(a), added subsecs. (a) 
and (b) and struck out former subsecs. (a) and (b), which read as 
follows:
    ``(a) In General.--The Director of Central Intelligence shall submit 
to Congress an annual report on the activities of the intelligence 
community. The annual report under this section shall be unclassified.
    ``(b) Matters To Be Covered In Annual Report.--Each report under 
this section shall describe--
        ``(1) the activities of the intelligence community during the 
    preceding fiscal year, including significant successes and failures 
    that can be described in an unclassified manner; and
        ``(2) the areas of the world and the issues that the Director 
    expects will require increased or unusual attention from the 
    intelligence community during the next fiscal year.''
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-293, Sec. 803(a), added subsec. (c) 
providing definition.

                         Delegation of Authority

    Memorandum of President of the United States, Aug. 5, 1997, 62 F.R. 
51367, provided:
    Memorandum for Director of Central Intelligence
    By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws 
of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3 of the 
United States Code, I hereby delegate the functions conferred upon the 
President by section 803(a) of the Intelligence Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 1997, 50 U.S.C. section 404d, to the Director of Central 
Intelligence.
    You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the 
Federal Register.
                                                     William J. Clinton.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 403-5 of this title.
