USC - Security Review Committees

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§ 4831. Security Review Committees

(a) In general

(1) Convening the Security Review Committee

(2) Committee composition

The Secretary shall designate a Chairperson and may designate additional personnel of commensurate seniority to serve on the Security Review Committee, which shall include—

(A) the Director of the Office of Management Strategy and Solutions;

(B) the Assistant Secretary responsible for the region where the incident occurred;

(D) the Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research;

(E) an Assistant Secretary-level representative from any involved United States Government department or agency; and

(F) other personnel determined to be necessary or appropriate.

(3) Exceptions to convening a Security Review Committee

(A) In general

The Secretary of State is not required to convene a Security Review Committee—

(i) if the Secretary determines that the incident involves only causes unrelated to security, such as when the security at issue is outside of the scope of the Secretary of State’s security responsibilities under section 4802 of this title;

(ii) if operational control of overseas security functions has been delegated to another agency in accordance with section 4805 of this title;

(iii) if the incident is a cybersecurity incident and is covered by other review mechanisms; or

(iv) in the case of an incident described in paragraph (1) that involves any facility, installation, or personnel of the Department of Defense with respect to which the Secretary has delegated operational control of overseas security functions to the Secretary of Defense pursuant to section 4805 of this title.

(B) Department of Defense investigations

(4) Facilities in Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria, and Iraq

(A) Limited exemptions from requirement to convene Board

The Secretary of State is not required to convene a Board in the case of an incident that—

(i) involves serious injury, loss of life, or significant destruction of property at, or related to, a United States Government mission in Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria, or Iraq; and

(ii) occurs during the period beginning on October 1, 2020, and ending on September 30, 2022.

(B) Reporting requirements

In the case of an incident described in subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall—

(i) promptly notify the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate of the incident;

(ii) conduct an inquiry of the incident; and

(iii) upon completion of the inquiry required by clause (ii), submit to each such Committee a report on the findings and recommendations related to such inquiry and the actions taken with respect to such recommendations.

(5) Rulemaking

(b) Deadlines for convening Security Review Committees

(1) In general

(2) Delay in cases involving intelligence activities

(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;

(2) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate;

(3) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;

(4) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives;

(5) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and

(6) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

(Pub. L. 99–399, title III, § 301, Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 859; Pub. L. 100–204, title I, § 156(a), Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1354; Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title VI, § 608], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–458; Pub. L. 109–140, § 3, Dec. 22, 2005, 119 Stat. 2650; Pub. L. 117–81, div. E, title LIII, § 5316, Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2366; Pub. L. 117–263, div. I, title XCIII, § 9302(d), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3884.)