Title 50 — War and National Defense
Chapter 44 — National Security
§ 3022. Joint Intelligence Community Council
Statutory text
Joint Intelligence Community Council
There is a Joint Intelligence Community Council.
Membership
The Joint Intelligence Community Council shall consist of the following:
The Director of National Intelligence, who shall chair the Council.
The Secretary of State.
The Secretary of the Treasury.
The Secretary of Defense.
The Attorney General.
The Secretary of Energy.
The Secretary of Homeland Security.
Such other officers of the United States Government as the President may designate from time to time.
Functions
The Joint Intelligence Community Council shall assist the Director of National Intelligence in developing and implementing a joint, unified national intelligence effort to protect national security by—
advising the Director on establishing requirements, developing budgets, financial management, and monitoring and evaluating the performance of the intelligence community, and on such other matters as the Director may request; and
ensuring the timely execution of programs, policies, and directives established or developed by the Director.
Meetings
The Director of National Intelligence shall convene meetings of the Joint Intelligence Community Council as the Director considers appropriate.
Advice and opinions of members other than Chairman
A member of the Joint Intelligence Community Council (other than the Chairman) may submit to the Chairman advice or an opinion in disagreement with, or advice or an opinion in addition to, the advice presented by the Director of National Intelligence to the President or the National Security Council, in the role of the Chairman as Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Community Council. If a member submits such advice or opinion, the Chairman shall present the advice or opinion of such member at the same time the Chairman presents the advice of the Chairman to the President or the National Security Council, as the case may be.
The Chairman shall establish procedures to ensure that the presentation of the advice of the Chairman to the President or the National Security Council is not unduly delayed by reason of the submission of the individual advice or opinion of another member of the Council.
Recommendations to Congress
Any member of the Joint Intelligence Community Council may make such recommendations to Congress relating to the intelligence community as such member considers appropriate.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
National Security Intelligence Reform Act of 2004
Pub. L. 108–458 title I § 1031 · 118 Stat. 3638
Enacted · 50 U.S.C. § 3022
July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title I, § 101A, as added Pub. L. 108–458, title I, § 1031, Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3677
Source evidence
Code source credit
July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title I, § 101A, as added Pub. L. 108–458, title I, § 1031, Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3677Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 1031. JOINT INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY COUNCIL. Title I of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 402 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 101 the following new section: “Sec. 101A. “joint intelligence community council (a) Joint Intelligence Community Council.— There is a Joint Intelligence Community Establishment. Council. “(b) Membership.— The Joint Intelligence Community Council shall consist of the following: “(1) The Director of National Intelligence, who shall chair the Council. “(2) The Secretary of State. “(3) The Secretary of the Treasury. “(4) The Secretary of Defense. “(5) The Attorney General. “(6) The Secretary of Energy. “(7) The Secretary of Homeland Security. “(8) Such other officers of the United States Government as the President may designate from time to time. “(c) Functions.— The Joint Intelligence Community Council shall assist the Director of National Intelligence in developing and implementing a joint, unified national intelligence effort to protect national security by— “(1) advising the Director on establishing requirements, developing budgets, financial management, and monitoring and evaluating the performance of the intelligence community, and on such other matters as the Director may request; and “(2) ensuring the timely execution of programs, policies, and directives established or developed by the Director. “(d) Meetings.— The Director of National Intelligence shall convene regular meetings of the Joint Intelligence Community Council. “(e) Advice and Opinions of Members Other Than Chairman.— (1) A member of the Joint Intelligence Community Council (other than the Chairman) may submit to the Chairman advice or an opinion in disagreement with, or advice or an opinion in addition to, the advice presented by the Director of National Intelligence to the President or the National Security Council, in the role of the Chairman as Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Community Council. If a member submits such advice or opinion, the Chairman shall present the advice or opinion of such member at the same time the Chairman presents the advice of the Chairman to the President or the National Security Council, as the case may be. “(2) Procedures. The Chairman shall establish procedures to ensure that the presentation of the advice of the Chairman to the President or the National Security Council is not unduly delayed by reason of the submission of the individual advice or opinion of another member of the Council. “(f) Recommendations to Congress.— Any member of the Joint Intelligence Community Council may make such recommendations to Congress relating to the intelligence community as such member considers appropriate.” .National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
Pub. L. 116–92 div. E title LXIII § 6311(a) · 133 Stat. 1198
Struck and inserted · 50 U.S.C. § 3022(d)
Pub. L. 116–92 struck out “regular” before “meetings” and inserted “as the Director considers appropriate” after “Council”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 116–92 struck out “regular” before “meetings” and inserted “as the Director considers appropriate” after “Council”.
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 402–1 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Amendments
2019—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 116–92 struck out “regular” before “meetings” and inserted “as the Director considers appropriate” after “Council”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
For Determination by President that section take effect on , see Memorandum of President of the United States, , 70 F.R. 23925, set out as a note under section 3001 of this title.
Section effective not later than six months after , except as otherwise expressly provided, see section 1097(a) of Pub. L. 108–458, set out in an Effective Date of 2004 Amendment; Transition Provisions note under section 3001 of this title.
Credits
1947–2019 · 2 acts
- 1947July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title I, § 101A, as added Pub. L. 108–458, title I, § 1031, , 118 Stat. 3677
- 2019amended Pub. L. 116–92, div. E, title LXIII, § 6311(a), , 133 Stat. 2191.
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(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title I, § 101A, as added Pub. L. 108–458, title I, § 1031, , 118 Stat. 3677; amended Pub. L. 116–92, div. E, title LXIII, § 6311(a), , 133 Stat. 2191.)