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50 U.S.C. § 3091a — “Function” and “Department of Defense” defined
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**(a)** As used in sections 3002, 3021, 3023, 3025, and 3073 of this title, the term “function” includes functions, powers, and duties.
**(b)** As used in this Act, the term “Department of Defense” shall be deemed to include the military departments of the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force, and all agencies created under title II of this Act.
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**(a)** As used in sections 3002, 3021, 3023, 3025, and 3073 of this title, the term “function” includes functions, powers, and duties.
**(b)** As used in this Act, the term “Department of Defense” shall be deemed to include the military departments of the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force, and all agencies created under title II of this Act.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 409b, comprising section 302 of the National Security Act of 1947, act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, was editorially reclassified as [section 3072 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3072&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Annual reports** On an annual basis through 2026, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and the Director of the National Security Agency, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, shall jointly submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report containing information on foreign commercial providers and the cyber vulnerabilities procured by the intelligence community through foreign commercial providers.
**(b) Elements** Each report under subsection (a) shall include, with respect to the period covered by the report, the following:
(1) A description of each cyber vulnerability procured through a foreign commercial provider, including—
(A) a description of the vulnerability;
(B) the date of the procurement;
(C) whether the procurement consisted of only that vulnerability or included other vulnerabilities;
(D) the cost of the procurement;
(E) the identity of the commercial provider and, if the commercial provider was not the original supplier of the vulnerability, a description of the original supplier;
(F) the country of origin of the vulnerability; and
(G) an assessment of the ability of the intelligence community to use the vulnerability, including whether such use will be operational or for research and development, and the approximate timeline for such use.
(2) An assessment of foreign commercial providers that—
(A) pose a significant threat to the national security of the United States; or
(B) have provided cyber vulnerabilities to any foreign government that—
(i) has used the cyber vulnerabilities to target United States persons, the United States Government, journalists, or dissidents; or
(ii) has an established pattern or practice of violating human rights or suppressing dissent.
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**(a) Reports** On a basis that is not less frequent than once every 4 years, the Director of National Intelligence, in coordination with the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Secretary of Commerce, and the heads of such other agencies as the Director considers appropriate, shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a comprehensive report on the technology strategy of the intelligence community, which shall be designed to support the maintenance of the leadership of the United States in critical and emerging technologies essential to the national security of the United States.
**(b) Elements** Each report submitted under subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) An assessment of technologies critical to the national security of the United States, particularly those technologies with respect to which foreign countries that are adversarial to the United States have or are poised to match or surpass the technology leadership of the United States.
(2) A review of current technology policies of the intelligence community, including long-term goals.
(3) An identification of sectors and supply chains the Director determines to be of the greatest strategic importance to national security.
(4) An identification of opportunities to protect the leadership of the United States, and the allies and partners of the United States, in critical technologies, including through targeted export controls, investment screening, and counterintelligence activities.
(5) An identification of research and development areas the Director determines critical to the national security of the United States, including areas in which the private sector does not focus.
(6) Recommendations for growing talent in key critical and emerging technologies and
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 407, comprising section 1602 of the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1959, Pub. L. 85–766, was editorially reclassified as [section 3328 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3328&num=0&edition=prelim).
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 406, comprising act June 24, 1948, ch. 632, 62 Stat. 648, was editorially reclassified as a note under [section 3073 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3073&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Periodic briefings**
(1) **Requirement** — Not less frequently than semiannually or upon request by one of the appropriate congressional committees or a member of congressional leadership, the Director of National Intelligence shall provide to such committees and congressional leadership a briefing on each controlled access program in effect.
(2) **Contents** — Each briefing provided under paragraph (1) shall include, at a minimum, the following:
(A) A description of the activity of the controlled access programs during the period covered by the briefing.
(B) Documentation with respect to how the controlled access programs have achieved outcomes consistent with requirements documented by the Director and, as applicable, the Secretary of Defense.
**(b) Limitations**
(1) **Establishment** — A head of an element of the intelligence community may not establish a controlled access program, or a compartment or subcompartment therein, until the head notifies the appropriate congressional committees and congressional leadership of such controlled access program, compartment, or subcompartment, as the case may be.
(2) **Transfers**
(A) *Limitation* — Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a head of an element of the intelligence community may not transfer a capability from a controlled access program, including from a compartment or subcompartment therein to a compartment or subcompartment of another controlled access program, to a special access program (as defined in [section 3348(g) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3348/g&num=0&edition=prelim)), or to anything else outside the controlled access program, until the head submits to the appropriate congressional committees and congressional leadership
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TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
§ 3091a
‘congressional intelligence committees’ means the Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the
House of Representatives.’’
Subsecs. (b) to (e). Pub. L. 107–306, § 353(b)(3)(A), sub-
stituted ‘‘congressional intelligence committees’’ for
‘‘intelligence committees’’ wherever appearing.
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 107–306, § 342(b), inserted ‘‘, and in-
cludes financial intelligence activities’’ before period
at end.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2004 AMENDMENT
For Determination by President that amendment by
Pub. L. 108–458 take effect on Apr. 21, 2005, see Memo-
randum of President of the United States, Apr. 21, 2005,
70 F.R. 23925, set out as a note under section 3001 of this
title.
Amendment by Pub. L. 108–458 effective not later
than six months after Dec. 17, 2004, 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.
§ 3091a. Congressional oversight of controlled ac-
cess programs
(a) Periodic briefings
(1) Requirement
Not less frequently than semiannually or
upon request by one of the appropriate con-
gressional committees or a member of con-
gressional leadership, the Director of National
Intelligence shall provide to such committees
and congressional leadership a briefing on
each controlled access program in effect.
(2) Contents
Each briefing provided under paragraph (1)
shall include, at a minimum, the following:
(A) A description of the activity of the
controlled access programs during the period
covered by the briefing.
(B) Documentation with respect to how
the
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