10 U.S.C. § 437 — Congressional oversight

submitted 35 years ago by Pub. L. 102-88 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 124 words · no verdicts yet

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This law makes the Defense Department report to Congress on certain activities. Before new rules take effect, the Secretary must send them to Congress 30 days early. The Secretary must also keep Congress fully informed of what's happening.

(a) Proposed Regulations. Before any regulations proposed under section 436 of this title take effect — including any proposed changes to those regulations — the Secretary of Defense must send copies to the congressional defense committees and the congressional intelligence committees. This must happen at least 30 days before the regulations take effect. (b) Current Information. The Secretary of Defense must make sure those same committees stay fully and currently informed about actions taken under this subchapter. That includes telling them about any significant activity that is expected to be authorized under this subchapter, even before it happens. (c) Congressional Intelligence Committees Defined. For this section, "congressional intelligence committees" means whatever that term means under section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947, found at 50 U.S.C. § 3003.

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(a)Proposed Regulations.—

Copies of regulations proposed to be prescribed under section 436 of this title (including any proposed revision to such regulations) shall be submitted to congressional defense committees and the congressional intelligence committees not less than 30 days before they take effect.

(b)Current Information.—

The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that congressional defense committees and the congressional intelligence committees are kept fully and currently informed of actions taken pursuant to this subchapter, including any significant anticipated activity to be authorized pursuant to this subchapter.

(c)Congressional Intelligence Committees Defined.—

In this section, the term “congressional intelligence committees” has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003).

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 102–88, title V, § 504(a)(2), Aug. 14, 1991, 105 Stat. 440; amended Pub. L. 107–306, title VIII, § 811(b)(4)(A), Nov. 27, 2002, 116 Stat. 2423; Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title X, § 1031(a)(7), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1596; Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title X, § 1084(d)(3), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 2061; Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title X, § 1061(5), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1583; Pub. L. 113–66, div. A, title IX, § 921(c), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 827.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1991Enacted · Pub. L. 102-88 · 105 Stat. 440
2002Amended · Pub. L. 107-306 · 116 Stat. 2423
2003Amended · Pub. L. 108-136 · 117 Stat. 1596
2004Amended · Pub. L. 108-375 · 118 Stat. 2061
2011Amended · Pub. L. 112-81 · 125 Stat. 1583
2013Amended · Pub. L. 113-66 · 127 Stat. 827

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 102-88 on 1991-08-14.

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