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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · National Security Act of 1947 · Sec. 518

Sec. 518. NOTICE OF COUNTERINTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENTS AND INVESTIGATIONS OF FEDERAL CANDIDATES OR OFFICEHOLDERS

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## SEC. 518 NOTICE OF COUNTERINTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENTS AND INVESTIGATIONS OF FEDERAL CANDIDATES OR OFFICEHOLDERS **[**[50 U.S.C. 3117](/us/usc/t50/s3117)**]** ###
(a)Notice ####
(1)Notice required Except as provided in paragraph (3), the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall notify the chairmen and ranking minority members of the appropriate congressional committees, the Speaker and minority leader of the House of Representatives, and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate of each counterintelligence assessment or investigation of an individual who is— #####
(A)a candidate for Federal office; or #####
(B)a holder of Federal office. ####
(2)Contents The notice required under paragraph
(1)shall include— #####
(A)a summary of the relevant facts associated with the counterintelligence assessment or investigation; and #####
(B)the identity of such individual. ####
(3)Exception The Director may refrain from providing a notice under paragraph
(1)to an individual who is otherwise a recipient of notices under such paragraph if that individual is a target of the counterintelligence assessment or investigation covered by the notice. ###
(b)Timing The Director shall provide each notice under subsection
(a)not later than 15 days after the date of the commencement of the counterintelligence assessment or investigation that is the subject of such notice. With respect to counterintelligence assessments or investigations that commenced before the date of the enactment of this section and are ongoing as of such date of enactment, the Director shall provide each notice under subsection
(a)not later than 15 days after such date of enactment. ###
(c)Definitions In this section: ####
(1)The term “appropriate congressional committees” means— #####
(A)the congressional intelligence committees; and #####
(B)the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate. ####
(2)The terms “**candidate**” and “**Federal office**” have the meanings given those terms in section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101). # TITLE VI PROTECTION OF CERTAIN NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION
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