50 U.S.C. § 404d : US Code - Section 404D: Annual report on intelligence

Search 50 U.S.C. § 404d : US Code - Section 404D: Annual report on intelligence

(a) In general
(1)(A) Not later each year than the date provided in section 415b
of this title, the President shall submit to the congressional
intelligence committees a report on the requirements of the United
States for intelligence and the activities of the intelligence
community.
(B) Not later than January 31 each year, and included with the
budget of the President for the next fiscal year under section
1105(a) of title 31, the President shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees the report described in subparagraph (A).
(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) "Appropriate congressional committees" defined
In this section, the term "appropriate congressional committees"
means the following:
(1) The Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Armed
Services of the Senate.
(2) The Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Armed
Services of the House of Representatives.