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 PUBLIC LAW 102-88—AUG. 14, 1991 105 STAT. 441 TITLE VI—OVERSIGHT OF INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES SEC. 601. REPEAL OF HUGHES-RYAN AMENDMENT. Section 662 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2422) is repealed. SEC. 602. OVERSIGHT OF INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES. (a) IN GENERAL. —Title V of the National Security Act of 1947 is amended— (1) by redesignating sections 502 and 503 as sections 504 and 50 USC 414, 415. 505, respectively; and (2) by striking out section 501 (50 U.S.C. 413) and inserting in lieu thereof the following new sections: "GENERAL CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT PROVISIONS "SEC. 501. (a)(1) The President shall ensure that the intelligence President, committees are kept fully and currently informed of the intelligence ^^ ^°^ ^^^• activities of the United States, including any significant anticipated intelligence activity as required by this title. "(2) As used in this title, the term 'intelligence committees' means the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. "(3) Nothing in this title shall be construed as requiring the approval of the intelligence committees as a condition precedent to the initiation of any significant anticipated intelligence activity. "(b) The President shall ensure that any illegal intelligence activity is reported promptly to the intelligence committees, as well as any corrective action that has been t£^en or is planned in connection with such illegal activity. "(c) The President and the intelligence committees shall each establish such procedures as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. "(d) The House of Representatives and the Senate shall each establish, by rule or resolution of such House, procedures to protect from unauthorized disclosure all classified information, and all information relating to intelligence sources and methods, that is furnished to the intelligence committees or to Members of Congress under this title. Such procedures shall be established in consultation with the Director of Central Intelligence. In accordance with such procedures, each of the intelligence committees shall promptly call to the attention of its respective House, or to any appropriate committee or committees of its respective House, any matter relating to intelligence activities requiring the attention of such House or such committee or committees. "(e) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as authority to withhold information from the intelligence committees on the grounds that providing the information to the intelligence committees would constitute the unauthorized disclosure of classified information or information relating to intelligence sources and methods. "(f) As used in this section, the term 'intelligence activities' includes covert actions as defined in section 503(e).

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