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§ 2656. Notice to congressional committees of certain security and counterintelligence failures within atomic energy defense programs
(a) Required notification
(b) Significant atomic energy defense intelligence losses
(c) Manner of notification
(d) Procedures
(e) Statutory construction
(1) Nothing in this section shall be construed as authority to withhold any information from the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives on the grounds that providing the information to those committees would constitute the unauthorized disclosure of classified information, information relating to intelligence sources and methods, or sensitive law enforcement information.
(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to modify or supersede any other requirement to report information on intelligence activities to Congress, including the requirement under section 3091 of this title for the President to ensure that the congressional intelligence committees are kept fully informed of the intelligence activities of the United States and for those committees to notify promptly other congressional committees of any matter relating to intelligence activities requiring the attention of those committees.
(Pub. L. 107–314, div. D, title XLV, § 4505, formerly Pub. L. 106–65, div. C, title XXXI, § 3150, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 939; renumbered Pub. L. 107–314, div. D, title XLV, § 4505, by Pub. L. 108–136, div. C, title XXXI, § 3141(h)(6), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1773; Pub. L. 112–239, div. C, title XXXI, § 3131(m)(1), (bb)(1)(D), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2182, 2185; Pub. L. 113–66, div. C, title XXXI, § 3146(f)(3), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 1079; Pub. L. 113–291, div. C, title XXXI, § 3142(k), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3901.)