Title 50 — War and National Defense
Chapter 47 — National Security Agency
§ 3620. Congressional notification of intelligence collection adjustments
Statutory text
Notification
Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Director of the National Security Agency determines that a covered intelligence collection or sharing adjustment has occurred, the Director shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees, the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a summary of such adjustment and the cause of such adjustment.
Definitions
In this section:
Congressional intelligence committees
The term “congressional intelligence committees” has the meaning given that term in section 3003 of this title.
Covered intelligence collection or sharing adjustment
The term “covered intelligence collection or sharing adjustment” means an action or inaction by the National Security Agency that results in a significant change to—
the quantity of intelligence collected by the National Security Agency with respect to a foreign country, foreign organization, or senior leader of a foreign country or foreign organization; or
policies or practices of the National Security Agency with respect to the sharing of intelligence with a foreign country, organization of foreign countries, or organization of countries of which the United States is a member.
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.
Pub. L. 86–36 § 22 · 73 Stat. 63
Enacted · 50 U.S.C. § 3620
Pub. L. 86–36, § 22, as added Pub. L. 118–31, div. G, title III, § 7351, Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 1064
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 86–36, § 22, as added Pub. L. 118–31, div. G, title III, § 7351, Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 1064Pub. L. 119–60 § 6802(1) · 139 Stat. 1654
Substituted · 50 U.S.C. § 3620(a)
Pub. L. 119–60, § 6802(1), substituted “that a covered intelligence collection or sharing adjustment has occurred” for “the occurrence of an intelligence collection adjustment”
Substituted · 50 U.S.C. § 3620(a)
Pub. L. 119–60, § 6802(1), substituted “summary of such adjustment and the cause of such adjustment” for “notification of the intelligence collection adjustment”
Unresolved: Pub. L. 119–60 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 119–60, § 6802(1), substituted “that a covered intelligence collection or sharing adjustment has occurred” for “the occurrence of an intelligence collection adjustment” and “summary of such adjustment and the cause of such adjustment” for “notification of the intelligence collection adjustment”.Pub. L. 119–60 § 6802(2) · 139 Stat. 1654
Amended · 50 U.S.C. § 3620(b)(2)
Pub. L. 119–60, § 6802(2), amended par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The term ‘intelligence collection adjustment’ includes a change by the United States Government to a policy on intelligence collection or the prioritization thereof that results in a significant loss of intelligence.”
Unresolved: Pub. L. 119–60 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 119–60, § 6802(2), amended par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The term ‘intelligence collection adjustment’ includes a change by the United States Government to a policy on intelligence collection or the prioritization thereof that results in a significant loss of intelligence.”
0 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial · 3 unresolved
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2025—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 119–60, § 6802(1), substituted “that a covered intelligence collection or sharing adjustment has occurred” for “the occurrence of an intelligence collection adjustment” and “summary of such adjustment and the cause of such adjustment” for “notification of the intelligence collection adjustment”.
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 119–60, § 6802(2), amended par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The term ‘intelligence collection adjustment’ includes a change by the United States Government to a policy on intelligence collection or the prioritization thereof that results in a significant loss of intelligence.”
Credits
2023–2025 · 2 acts
- 2023Pub. L. 86–36, § 22, as added Pub. L. 118–31, div. G, title III, § 7351, , 137 Stat. 1064
- 2025amended Pub. L. 119–60, div. F, title LXVIII, § 6802, , 139 Stat. 1654.
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(Pub. L. 86–36, § 22, as added Pub. L. 118–31, div. G, title III, § 7351, , 137 Stat. 1064; amended Pub. L. 119–60, div. F, title LXVIII, § 6802, , 139 Stat. 1654.)