10 U.S.C. § 2723 — Notice to congressional committees of certain security and counterintelligence failures within defense programs

(a) Required notice. The Secretary of Defense must notify the Senate and House Armed Services Committees of each security or counterintelligence failure, or compromise of classified information, involving a United States defense operation, system, or technology that the Secretary believes is likely to significantly harm United States national-security interests. Before notifying them, the Secretary must consult the Director of National Intelligence and FBI Director when appropriate. (b) Method and deadline. Under the procedures in subsection (c), notice must be given no later than 30 days after the Department determines that the failure or compromise occurred. (c) Procedures. The Secretary and each Armed Services Committee must establish procedures needed to protect classified information, information about intelligence sources and methods, and sensitive law-enforcement information submitted under this section, and otherwise needed to carry it out. (d) Construction. (1) This section does not authorize withholding information from the committees on the ground that giving it to them would unlawfully disclose classified information, intelligence sources or methods, or sensitive law-enforcement information. (2) It does not change or replace another requirement to report intelligence-activity information to Congress, including section 501 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091).