50 U.S.C. § 3308 — Information access by the Comptroller General of the United States
submitted 16 years ago by Pub. L. 111-259 to r/title-50-WAR-AND-NATIONAL-DEFENSE · 386 words · no verdicts yet
The Director of National Intelligence must create, with the Comptroller General, a directive governing the Comptroller General’s access to intelligence-community information. The directive must protect confidentiality, be sent to Congress, and normally take effect after 60 days.
(a) DNI directive governing access. (1) The Director of National Intelligence, consulting the Comptroller General, must issue a written directive governing the Comptroller General’s access to information held by an intelligence-community element. (2) The Director, consulting the Comptroller General, may amend the directive whenever the Director finds an amendment appropriate. (3) The directive and amendments must be consistent with chapter 7 of title 31 and the National Security Act of 1947.
(b) Confidentiality. (1) The Comptroller General must ensure that information provided under the directive has at least the level of confidentiality required of the head of the intelligence-community element that provided it. (2) A Government Accountability Office officer or employee is subject to the same statutory penalties for unauthorized disclosure or use as an officer or employee of that intelligence-community element.
(c) Submission to Congress. (1) The Director must submit the directive, with any Comptroller General comments, to Congress by May 1, 2011. (2) The Director must submit every amendment, with any Comptroller General comments, to Congress.
(d) Effective date. The directive and each amendment takes effect 60 days after submission to Congress under subsection (c), unless the Director decides it should take effect sooner for national-security reasons.
The Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the Comptroller General of the United States, shall issue a written directive governing the access of the Comptroller General to information in the possession of an element of the intelligence community.
The Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the Comptroller General, may issue an amendment to the directive issued under paragraph (1) at any time the Director determines such an amendment is appropriate.
The directive issued under paragraph (1) and any amendment to such directive issued under paragraph (2) shall be consistent with the provisions of—
chapter 7 of title 31; and
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401 et seq.).
The Comptroller General of the United States shall ensure that the level of confidentiality of information made available to the Comptroller General pursuant to the directive issued under subsection (a)(1) or an amendment to such directive issued under subsection (a)(2) is not less than the level of confidentiality of such information required of the head of the element of the intelligence community from which such information was obtained.
An officer or employee of the Government Accountability Office shall be subject to the same statutory penalties for unauthorized disclosure or use of such information as an officer or employee of the element of the intelligence community from which such information was obtained.
The directive issued under subsection (a)(1) shall be submitted to Congress by the Director of National Intelligence, together with any comments of the Comptroller General of the United States, no later than May 1, 2011.
Any amendment to such directive issued under subsection (a)(2) shall be submitted to Congress by the Director, together with any comments of the Comptroller General.
The directive issued under subsection (a)(1) and any amendment to such directive issued under subsection (a)(2) shall take effect 60 days after the date such directive or amendment is submitted to Congress under subsection (c), unless the Director determines that for reasons of national security the directive or amendment should take effect sooner.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 111–259, title III, § 348, Oct. 7, 2010, 124 Stat. 2700.)
- 2010Enacted · Pub. L. 111-259 · 124 Stat. 2700
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 111-259 on 2010-10-07.
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