10 USC § 430c - Senior Intelligence Oversight Official

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title: "10 USC § 430c - Senior Intelligence Oversight Official"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "430c"
section_name: "Senior Intelligence Oversight Official"
chapter_number: 21
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE MATTERS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL MATTERS"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title IX, § 921(a), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2036; amended Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title XVII, § 1701(a)(8), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1208.)"
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# § 430c. Senior Intelligence Oversight Official

**(a)** **Establishment.—** The Secretary of Defense, or a designee of the Secretary determined by regulations prescribed by the Secretary, shall designate a civilian employee of the Department of Defense in the Senior Executive Service to serve as the Senior Intelligence Oversight Official.

**(b)** **Responsibilities.—** The Senior Intelligence Oversight Official shall conduct independent oversight of all intelligence, counterintelligence, and intelligence-related activities of the Department of Defense and shall have such other related responsibilities as may be determined by the Secretary.

**(c)** **Access.—** The Senior Intelligence Oversight Official shall have—

**(1)** access to all information necessary to carry out the responsibilities and functions of the Senior Intelligence Oversight Official, as determined by the Secretary; and

**(2)** direct access to the Secretary of Defense and the Deputy Secretary of Defense, as circumstances require in the determination of the Senior Intelligence Oversight Official.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title IX, § 921(a), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2036; amended Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title XVII, § 1701(a)(8), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1208.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2025— substituted “Intelligence Oversight Official” for “intelligence oversight official” in section catchline.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Review of Regulations

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