Sec. 413. Notice and damage assessment with respect to significant unauthorized disclosure of classified national intelligence
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Title XI of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3231 et seq. ) is amended by inserting after section 1105 the following new section (and conforming the table of contents at the beginning of such Act accordingly): If the Director of National Intelligence becomes aware of an actual or potential significant unauthorized disclosure of classified national intelligence— as soon as practicable, but not later than 7 days after the date on which the Director becomes so aware, the Director shall notify the congressional intelligence committees of such actual or potential disclosure; and in the case of an actual disclosure, not later than 7 days after the date on which the Director becomes so aware, the Director or the head of any element of the intelligence community from which the significant unauthorized disclosure originated shall initiate a damage assessment consistent with the procedures set forth in Intelligence Community Directive 732 (relating to the conduct of damage assessments), or successor directive, with respect to such disclosure.
A notification submitted to the congressional intelligence committees under paragraph (1)(A) with respect to an actual or potential significant unauthorized disclosure of classified national intelligence shall include— a summary of the facts and circumstances of such disclosure; a summary of the contents of the national intelligence revealed or potentially revealed, as the case may be, by such disclosure; an initial appraisal of the level of actual or potential damage, as the case may be, to the national security of the United States as a result of such disclosure; and in the case of an actual disclosure, which elements of the intelligence community will be involved in the damage assessment conducted with respect to such disclosure pursuant to paragraph (1)(B).
Not later than 30 days after the date of the initiation of a damage assessment pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(B), and every 90 days thereafter until the completion of the damage assessment or upon the request of the congressional intelligence committees, the Director of National Intelligence shall— submit to the congressional intelligence committees copies of any documents or materials disclosed as a result of the significant unauthorized disclosure of the classified national intelligence that is the subject of the damage assessment; and provide to the congressional intelligence committees a briefing on such documents and materials and a status of the damage assessment.
As soon as practicable after completing a damage assessment pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(B), the Director of National Intelligence shall submit the final damage assessment to the congressional intelligence committees. If a referral is made to the Department of Justice from any element of the intelligence community regarding a significant unauthorized disclosure of classified national intelligence under this section, the Director of National Intelligence shall notify the congressional intelligence committees of the referral on the date such referral is made. .
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Notice and damage assessment with respect to significant unauthorized disclosure of classified national intelligence
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