50 U.S.C. § 3063 — Designation of senior officials for biotechnology

(a) Designation. The head of each element listed in subsection (b) must designate a senior official to coordinate that element’s biotechnology activities, as the element head determines and directs. (b) The elements are (1) the Office of the Director of National Intelligence^*; (2) the CIA; (3) the NSA; (4) the Defense Intelligence Agency; (5) the FBI’s intelligence elements; and (6) the Energy Department’s Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence^*. (c) Notice. Within 15 days after a designation, the designating head must notify the congressional intelligence committees^* and the Senate and House Appropriations Committees. For an FBI designation, the notice must also go to the Senate and House Judiciary Committees.