Sec. 1686. Reporting mechanism on use of consultants, informants, and other human sources to acquire intelligence information
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a mechanism for documenting and reporting to the congressional defense committees regarding the use of consultants, informants, or other human sources by any element of the Department of Defense, including any military department, to acquire intelligence information. The mechanism under subsection
(a)shall include, at a minimum, a requirement that the Secretary of Defense document and, on a quarterly basis, notify the congressional defense committees of any activity (other than an activity subject to regulation under a covered directive) that— is carried out during that quarter by the Secretary; and involves the use of a consultant, informant, or other human source to acquire intelligence information. In this section: The term covered directive means the following directives (or any such successor directives): Intelligence Community Directives 304 (relating to human intelligence). Intelligence Community Directive 310 (relating to the coordination of clandestine human source and human-enabled foreign intelligence collection and counterintelligence activities outside the United States). Intelligence Community Directive 311 (relating to the coordination of clandestine human source and human-enabled foreign intelligence collection and counterintelligence activities inside the United States). The term informant means any individual who furnishes information to the Department of Defense in the course of a confidential relationship with the Department under which the identity of such individual is protected from public disclosure.