Sec. 609. Audits of expenditures for publicly available information and commercially available information
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The chief financial officer of each element of the intelligence community shall— audit all expenditures under the National Intelligence Program for publicly available information, commercially available information, or any other open-source information for intelligence purposes; and submit an accounting of such expenditures to the Chief Financial Officer of the Intelligence Community. The chief financial officer of each component of the Department of Defense that uses funds available under the Military Intelligence Program shall— audit all expenditures under the Military Intelligence Program for publicly available information, commercially available information, or any other open-source information for intelligence purposes; and submit an accounting of such expenditures to the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller).
Each audit required under this section shall account for all expenditures relating to the collection, acquisition, or procurement for intelligence purposes of publicly available information, including commercially available information, or any other open-source information using funds available under the National Intelligence Program or the Military Intelligence Program. The Chief Financial Officer of the Intelligence Community and the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) shall each provide to the congressional intelligence committees and the congressional defense committees (as defined in section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code) a briefing on the audits required by subsection (a)— not later than June 30, 2026, with respect to expenditures occurring during fiscal year 2024; not later than June 30, 2027, with respect to expenditures occurring during fiscal year 2025; not later than June 30, 2028, with respect to expenditures occurring during fiscal year 2026; not later than June 30, 2029, with respect to expenditures occurring during fiscal year 2027; not later than June 30, 2030, with respect to expenditures occurring during fiscal year 2028; and not later than June 30, 2031, with respect to expenditures occurring during fiscal year 2029.