CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84B00049R001403400051-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 24, 2007
• Sequence Number: 51
• Publication Date: April 24, 1981
• Content Type: REGULATION

which such person is advising or in which such department or agency is
directly interested.
Congressional Oversight
50 U.S.C.A. 413. [?501 of Nat. Sec. Act]
(a) To the extent consistent with all applicable authorities and duties,
- including those conferred by the Constitution upon the executive and
legislative branches of the Government, and to the extent consistent
with due regard for the protection from unauthorized disclosure of
classified information and information relating to intelligence sources
and methods, the Director of Central Intelligence and the heads of all
departments, agencies, and other entities of the United States involved
in intelligence activities shall-
(1) keep the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and
the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of
Representatives (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "intelli-
gence committees") fully and currently informed of all intelligence
activities which are the responsibility of, are engaged in by, or are
carried out for or on behalf of, any department, agency, or entity of
the United States, including any significant anticipated intelligence
activity, except that (A) the foregoing provision shall not require
approval of the intelligence committees as a condition precedent to
the initiation of any such anticipated intelligence activity, and (B) if
the President determines it is essential to limit prior notice to meet
extraordinary circumstances affecting vital interests of the United
States, such notice shall be limited to the chairman and ranking
minority members of the intelligence committees, the Speaker and
minority leader of the House of Representatives, and the majority
and minority leaders of the Senate;
(2) furnish any information or material concerning intelligence ac-
tivities which is in the possession, custody, or control of any depart-
ment, agency, or entity of the United States and which is requested
- by either of the intelligence committees in order to carry out its
authorized responsibilities; and
(3) report in a timely fashion to the intelligence committees any
illegal intelligence activity or significant intelligence failure and any
corrective action that has been taken or is planned to be taken in
connection with such illegal activity or failure.
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 (b) The President shall fully inform the intelligence committees in a
timely fashion of intelligence operations in foreign countries, other than
activities intended solely for obtaining necessary intelligence, for which
prior notice was not given under subsection (a) and shall provide a
statement of the reasons for not giving prior notice.
(c) The President and the intelligence committees shall each establish
such procedures as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of
subsections (a) and (b).
(d) The House of Representatives and the Senate, in consultation
with the Director of Central Intelligence, shall each establish, by rule
or resolution of such House, procedures to protect from unauthorized
disclosure all classified information and all information relating to in-
telligence sources and methods furnished to the intelligence committees
or to Members of the Congress under this section. In accordance with
such procedures, each of the intelligence committees shall promptly
call to the attention of its respective House, or to any appropriate com-
mittee or committees of its respective House, any matter relating to
intelligence activities requiring the attention of such House or such
committee or committees.
(e) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as authority to withhold
information from the intelligence committees on the grounds that pro-
viding the information to the intelligence committees would constitute
the unauthorized disclosure of classified information or information
relating tontelligence sources and methods."
24 April 1981
Legislative history materic
Sen. Rep. No. 80-239 1
H.R. Rep. No. 80-961
H.R. Rep. No. 80-1051
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