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[CITE: 50USC413]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                      CHAPTER 15--NATIONAL SECURITY
 
       SUBCHAPTER III--ACCOUNTABILITY FOR INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
 
Sec. 413. General Congressional oversight provisions


(a) Reports to Congressional committees of intelligence activities and 
        anticipated activities

    (1) The President shall ensure that the intelligence committees are 
kept fully and currently informed of the intelligence activities of the 
United States, including any significant anticipated intelligence 
activity as required by this subchapter.
    (2) As used in this subchapter, the term ``intelligence committees'' 
means the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
Representatives.
    (3) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as requiring the 
approval of the intelligence committees as a condition precedent to the 
initiation of any significant anticipated intelligence activity.

(b) Reports concerning illegal intelligence activities

    The President shall ensure that any illegal intelligence activity is 
reported promptly to the intelligence committees, as well as any 
corrective action that has been taken or is planned in connection with 
such illegal activity.

(c) Procedures for reporting information

    The President and the intelligence committees shall each establish 
such procedures as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this 
subchapter.

(d) Procedures to protect from unauthorized disclosure

    The House of Representatives and the Senate shall each establish, by 
rule or resolution of such House, procedures to protect from 
unauthorized disclosure all classified information, and all information 
relating to intelligence sources and methods, that is furnished to the 
intelligence committees or to Members of Congress under this subchapter. 
Such procedures shall be established in consultation with the Director 
of Central Intelligence. In accordance with such procedures, each of the 
intelligence committees shall promptly call to the attention of its 
respective House, or to any appropriate committee or committees of its 
respective House, any matter relating to intelligence activities 
requiring the attention of such House or such committee or committees.

(e) Construction of authority conferred

    Nothing in this Act shall be construed as authority to withhold 
information from the intelligence committees on the grounds that 
providing the information to the intelligence committees would 
constitute the unauthorized disclosure of classified information or 
information relating to intelligence sources and methods.

(f) ``Intelligence activities'' defined

    As used in this section, the term ``intelligence activities'' 
includes covert actions as defined in section 413b(e) of this title.

(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title V, Sec. 501, as added Pub. L. 102-88, 
title VI, Sec. 602(a)(2), Aug. 14, 1991, 105 Stat. 441.)

                       References in Text

    This Act, referred to in subsec. (e), means act July 26, 1947, ch. 
343, 61 Stat. 495, as amended, known as the National Security Act of 
1947. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short 
Title note set out under section 401 of this title and Tables.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 413, act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title V, Sec. 501, 
as added Oct. 14, 1980, Pub. L. 96-450, title IV, Sec. 407(b)(1), 94 
Stat. 1981, related to Congressional oversight of intelligence 
activities, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102-88, Sec. 602(a)(2).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 10 section 2723; title 42 
section 7383d.
