Sec. 716. Comptroller General of the United States compilation of unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena records
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Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall— commence a review of the records and documents of the intelligence community, oral history interviews, open source analytic analysis, interviews of current and former government officials, classified and unclassified national archives (including those records any third party obtained pursuant to section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Freedom of Information Act or FOIA )), and such other relevant historical sources as the Comptroller General considers appropriate; and for the period beginning on January 1, 1947, and ending on the date on which the Comptroller General completes activities under this subsection, compile and itemize a complete historical record of the intelligence community’s involvement with unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena, including successful or unsuccessful efforts to identify and track unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena, efforts to recover or transfer related technologies to United States-based industry or National Laboratories, and any intelligence community efforts to obfuscate, manipulate public opinion, hide, or otherwise provide unclassified or classified misinformation about unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena or related activities, based on the review conducted under paragraph (1).
Not later than 180 days after the date on which the Comptroller General completes the compilation and itemization required by subsection (a)(2), the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report summarizing the historical record described in such subsection. The report submitted under paragraph
(1)shall include citations to the resources relied upon and instructions as to how the resources can be accessed. The report submitted under paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex as necessary. The heads of elements of the intelligence community whose participation the Comptroller General determines necessary to carry out subsections
(a)and (b), including the Director of National Intelligence, the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, and the Director of the Unidentified Aerospace Undersea Phenomena Joint Program Office, shall fully cooperate with the Comptroller General and provide to the Comptroller General such information as the Comptroller General determines necessary to carry out such subsections. The Archivist of the United States shall make available to the Comptroller General such information maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration, including classified information, as the Comptroller General considers necessary to carry out subsections
(a)and (b).