50 USC § 3117 - Notice of counterintelligence assessments and investigations of Federal candidates or officeholders

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title: "50 USC § 3117 - Notice of counterintelligence assessments and investigations of Federal candidates or officeholders"
title_number: 50
title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE"
section_number: "3117"
section_name: "Notice of counterintelligence assessments and investigations of Federal candidates or officeholders"
chapter_number: 44
chapter_name: "NATIONAL SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "ACCOUNTABILITY FOR INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title V, § 518, as added Pub. L. 119–60, div. F, title LXV, § 6521, Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1630.)"
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# § 3117. Notice of counterintelligence assessments and investigations of Federal candidates or officeholders

**(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** December 18, 2025December 18, 2025December 18, 2025

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  and are ongoing as of , the Director shall provide each notice under subsection (a) not later than 15 days after .

**(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 30101 of title 52.

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**Source Credit**: (July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title V, § 518, as added Pub. L. 119–60, div. F, title LXV, § 6521, Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1630.)