Sec. 707. Ensuring the integrity of communications cooperation
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not later than 15 days after the date on which any Chief of Mission determines that communications equipment provided by the United States Government to a foreign government has been used for a purpose other than the purpose for which the equipment was authorized, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees— a notification, which shall be submitted in unclassified form, that indicates that such an incident occurred and the country in which it occurred; and a notification, which may be submitted in classified form, that describes the incident concerned, including a description of— the Federal department or agency that provided the equipment; the foreign entity or individual that used the equipment for unlawful purposes; and how the equipment was used in an unlawful manner.
In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.