Title 50 — War and National Defense
Chapter 44 — National Security
§ 3114. Submission of covered documents and classified annexes
Statutory text
Covered document defined
In this section, the term “covered document” means any executive order, memorandum, or policy directive issued by the President, including national security Presidential memoranda and Presidential policy directives, or such successor memoranda and directives.
Requirement
Not later than 7 days after the date on which the President issues or amends a covered document, the President, acting through the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees, the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives the covered document and any classified annex accompanying that document if such covered document or annex contains a direction to, establishes a requirement for, or includes a restriction on any element of the intelligence community.
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.
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
Pub. L. 117–263 div. F title LXIII § 6316(a) · 136 Stat. 2395
Enacted · 50 U.S.C. § 3114
(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title V, § 515, as added Pub. L. 117–263, div. F, title LXIII, § 6316(a), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3513.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title V, § 515, as added Pub. L. 117–263, div. F, title LXIII, § 6316(a), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3513.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) Requirement.— Title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.), as amended by section 6315, is further amended by adding at the end the following new section (and conforming the table of contents at the beginning of such Act accordingly): “SEC. 515. SUBMISSION OF COVERED DOCUMENTS AND CLASSIFIED ANNEXES. “(a) Covered Document Defined.— In this section, the term ‘covered document’ means any executive order, memorandum, or policy directive issued by the President, including national security Presidential memoranda and Presidential policy directives, or such successor memoranda and directives. “(b) Requirement.— Not later than 7 days after the date on which the President issues or amends a covered document, the President, acting through the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees, the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives the covered document and any classified annex accompanying that document if such covered document or annex contains a direction to, establishes a requirement for, or includes a restriction on any element of the intelligence community.” .
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Initial Submission
Pub. L. 117–263, div. F, title LXIII, § 6316(b), , 136 Stat. 3513, provided that: “Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [], the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees, the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives each covered document and classified annex required under section 515 of the National Security Act of 1947 [50 U.S.C. 3114], as added by subsection (a), in effect as of the date of enactment of this Act.”
[For definition of “congressional intelligence committees” as used in section 6316(b) of Pub. L. 117–263, set out above, see section 6002 of Pub. L. 117–263, set out as a note under section 3003 of this title.]
Credits
(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title V, § 515, as added Pub. L. 117–263, div. F, title LXIII, § 6316(a), , 136 Stat. 3513.)