Sec. 405. Special access programs: congressional oversight
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Section 119 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— by striking subsection
(g)and inserting the following new subsection: In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means the following: The Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations, and the Defense Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, of the Senate. The Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations, and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations, of the House of Representatives. With respect to a special access program or a new special access program covered by a report or notification under this section that the Secretary of Defense determines to be an intelligence or intelligence-related special access program, and with respect to any other special access program or new special access program covered by a report or notification under this section or any other matters that the Secretary determines appropriate, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. ; and by striking defense committees each place it appears and inserting appropriate congressional committees .