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50 U.S.C. § 3043a — Disclosure of foreign intelligence acquired in criminal investigations; notice of criminal investigations of foreign intelligence sources
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**(a) Disclosure of foreign intelligence**
(1) Except as otherwise provided by law and subject to paragraph (2), the Attorney General, or the head of any other department or agency of the Federal Government with law enforcement responsibilities, shall expeditiously disclose to the Director of National Intelligence, pursuant to guidelines developed by the Attorney General in consultation with the Director, foreign intelligence acquired by an element of the Department of Justice or an element of such department or agency, as the case may be, in the course of a criminal investigation.
(2) The Attorney General by regulation and in consultation with the Director may provide for exceptions to the applicability of paragraph (1) for one or more classes of foreign intelligence, or foreign intelligence with respect to one or more targets or matters, if the Attorney General determines that disclosure of such foreign intelligence under that paragraph would jeopardize an ongoing law enforcement investigation or impair other significant law enforcement interests.
**(b) Procedures for notice of criminal investigations** Not later than 180 days after October 26, 2001, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall develop guidelines to ensure that after receipt of a report from an element of the intelligence community of activity of a foreign intelligence source or potential foreign intelligence source that may warrant investigation as criminal activity, the Attorney General provides notice to the Director, within a reasonable period of time, of his intention to commence, or decline to commence, a criminal investigation of such activity.
**(c) Procedures** The Attorney General shall develop procedures for the administration of this section,
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**(a) Disclosure of foreign intelligence**
(1) Except as otherwise provided by law and subject to paragraph (2), the Attorney General, or the head of any other department or agency of the Federal Government with law enforcement responsibilities, shall expeditiously disclose to the Director of National Intelligence, pursuant to guidelines developed by the Attorney General in consultation with the Director, foreign intelligence acquired by an element of the Department of Justice or an element of such department or agency, as the case may be, in the course of a criminal investigation.
(2) The Attorney General by regulation and in consultation with the Director may provide for exceptions to the applicability of paragraph (1) for one or more classes of foreign intelligence, or foreign intelligence with respect to one or more targets or matters, if the Attorney General determines that disclosure of such foreign intelligence under that paragraph would jeopardize an ongoing law enforcement investigation or impair other significant law enforcement interests.
**(b) Procedures for notice of criminal investigations** Not later than 180 days after October 26, 2001, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall develop guidelines to ensure that after receipt of a report from an element of the intelligence community of activity of a foreign intelligence source or potential foreign intelligence source that may warrant investigation as criminal activity, the Attorney General provides notice to the Director, within a reasonable period of time, of his intention to commence, or decline to commence, a criminal investigation of such activity.
**(c) Procedures** The Attorney General shall develop procedures for the administration of this section, including the disclosure of foreign intelligence by elements of the Department of Justice, and elements of other departments and agencies of the Federal Government, under subsection (a) and the provision of notice with respect to criminal investigations under subsection (b).
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**(a) Disclosure by United States of identity of covert agent** It is a defense to a prosecution under [section 3121 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3121&num=0&edition=prelim) that before the commission of the offense with which the defendant is charged, the United States had publicly acknowledged or revealed the intelligence relationship to the United States of the individual the disclosure of whose intelligence relationship to the United States is the basis for the prosecution.
**(b) Conspiracy, misprision of felony, aiding and abetting, etc.**
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), no person other than a person committing an offense under [section 3121 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3121&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be subject to prosecution under such section by virtue of section 2 or 4 of title 18 or shall be subject to prosecution for conspiracy to commit an offense under such section.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply (A) in the case of a person who acted in the course of a pattern of activities intended to identify and expose covert agents and with reason to believe that such activities would impair or impede the foreign intelligence activities of the United States, or (B) in the case of a person who has authorized access to classified information.
**(c) Disclosure to select congressional committees on intelligence** It shall not be an offense under [section 3121 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3121&num=0&edition=prelim) to transmit information described in such section directly to either congressional intelligence committee.
**(d) Disclosure by agent of own identity** It shall not be an offe
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Covered element of the intelligence community** — The term “covered element of the intelligence community” means an element of the intelligence community that is not an element of the Department of Defense.
(2) **National security satellite** — The term “national security satellite” means a satellite weighing over 400 pounds whose principle purpose is to support the national security or intelligence needs of the United States Government.
(3) **United States** — The term “United States” means the several States, the District of Columbia, and the territories and possessions of the United States.
**(b) Requirement** Beginning January 1, 2021, except as provided in subsection (c), a covered element of the intelligence community may not award a contract for a national security satellite if the satellite uses a star tracker that is not produced in the United States, including with respect to both the software and the hardware of the star tracker.
**(c) Exception** The head of a covered element of the intelligence community may waive the requirement under subsection (b) if, on a case-by-case basis, the head certifies in writing to the congressional intelligence committees that—
(1) there is no available star tracker produced in the United States that meets the mission and design requirements of the national security satellite for which the star tracker will be used;
(2) the cost of a star tracker produced in the United States is unreasonable, based on a market survey; or
(3) such waiver is necessary for the national security interests of the United States based on an urgent and compelling need.
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**(a) Provision of intelligence**
(1) The Director of National Intelligence shall be responsible for ensuring that national intelligence is provided—
(A) to the President;
(B) to the heads of departments and agencies of the executive branch;
(C) to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and senior military commanders;
(D) to the Senate and House of Representatives and the committees thereof; and
(E) to such other persons as the Director of National Intelligence determines to be appropriate.
(2) Such national intelligence should be timely, objective, independent of political considerations, and based upon all sources available to the intelligence community and other appropriate entities.
**(b) Access to intelligence** Unless otherwise directed by the President, the Director of National Intelligence shall have access to all national intelligence and intelligence related to the national security which is collected by any Federal department, agency, or other entity, except as otherwise provided by law or, as appropriate, under guidelines agreed upon by the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence.
**(c) Budget authorities**
(1) With respect to budget requests and appropriations for the National Intelligence Program, the Director of National Intelligence shall—
(A) based on intelligence priorities set by the President, provide to the heads of departments containing agencies or organizations within the intelligence community, and to the heads of such agencies and organizations, guidance for developing the National Intelligence Program budget pertaining to such agencies and organizations;
(B) based on budget proposals provided to the Director of National Intelligence by the heads of agencies and organizations within the intelligen
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TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
§ 3043a
‘‘(2) The term ‘Executive agency’ has the meaning
given that term by section 105 of title 5, United
States Code.’’
NATIONAL
COMMISSION
ON
THE
FUTURE
ROLE
OF
UNITED
STATES
NUCLEAR
WEAPONS, PROBLEMS
OF
COMMAND, CONTROL, AND
SAFETY
OF
SOVIET
NU-
CLEAR WEAPONS, AND REDUCTION OF NUCLEAR WEAP-
ONS
Pub. L. 102–172, title VIII, § 8132, Nov. 26, 1991, 105
Stat. 1208, provided for establishment of a National
Commission which was to submit to Congress, not later
than May 1, 1993, a final report containing an assess-
ment and recommendations regarding role of, and re-
quirements for, nuclear weapons in security strategy of
United States as result of significant changes in former
Warsaw Pact, former Soviet Union, and Third World,
including possibilities for international cooperation
with former Soviet Union regarding such problems, and
safeguards to protect against accidental or unauthor-
ized use of nuclear weapons, further directed Commis-
sion to obtain study from National Academy of
Sciences on these matters, further authorized estab-
lishment of joint working group comprised of experts
from governments of United States and former Soviet
Union which was to meet on regular basis and provide
recommendations regarding these matters, and further
provided for composition of Commission as well as pow-
ers, procedures, personnel matters, appropriations, and
termination of Commission upon submission of its final
report.
§ 3043a. National intelligence strategy
(a) In general
Beginning in 2017, and once every 4 years
thereafter, the Director of National Intelligence
shall develop a comprehensive national intel-
ligence strategy to meet national security ob-
jectives for the following 4-year period, or a
longer p
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