10 U.S.C. § 427 : US Code - Section 427: Intelligence oversight activities of Department of Defense: annual reports

Search 10 U.S.C. § 427 : US Code - Section 427: Intelligence oversight activities of Department of Defense: annual reports

(a) Annual Reports Required. - (1) Not later than March 1 of each
year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit -
(A) to the congressional committees specified in subparagraph
(A) of paragraph (2) a report on the intelligence oversight
activities of the Department of Defense during the previous
calendar year insofar as such oversight activities relate to
tactical intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the
Department; and
(B) to the congressional committees specified in subparagraph
(B) of paragraph (2) a report on the intelligence oversight
activities of the Department of Defense during the previous
calendar year insofar as such oversight activities relate to
intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the
Department other than those specified in subparagraph (A).
(2)(A) The committees specified in this subparagraph are the
following:
(i) The Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate.
(ii) The Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the
Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives.
(B) The committees specified in this subparagraph are the
following:
(i) The Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on
Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate.
(ii) The Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
(b) Elements. - Each report under subsection (a) shall include,
for the calendar year covered by such report and with respect to
oversight activities subject to coverage in that report, the
following:
(1) A description of any violation of law or of any Executive
order or Presidential directive (including Executive Order No.
12333) that comes to the attention of any General Counsel or
Inspector General within the Department of Defense, or the Under
Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, and a description of the
actions taken by such official with respect to such activity.
(2) A description of the results of intelligence oversight
inspections undertaken by each of the following:
(A) The Office of the Secretary of Defense.
(B) Each military department.
(C) Each combat support agency.
(D) Each field operating agency.
(3) A description of any changes made in any program for the
intelligence oversight activities of the Department of Defense,
including any training program.
(4) A description of any changes made in any published
directive or policy memoranda on the intelligence or intelligence-
related activities of -
(A) any military department;
(B) any combat support agency; or
(C) any field operating agency.
(c) Definitions. - In this section:
(1) The term "intelligence oversight activities of the
Department of Defense" refers to any activity undertaken by an
agency, element, or component of the Department of Defense to
ensure compliance with regard to requirements or instructions on
the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the
Department under law or any Executive order or Presidential
directive (including Executive Order No. 12333).
(2) The term "combat support agency" has the meaning given that
term in section 193(f) of this title.
(3) The term "field operating agency" means a specialized
subdivision of the Department of Defense that carries out
activities under the operational control of the Department.