2020 US Code
Title 50 - War and National Defense
Chapter 44 - National Security
Subchapter III - Accountability for Intelligence Activities
Sec. 3108 - Auditability of certain elements of the intelligence community

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Citation 50 U.S.C. § 3108 (2020)
Section Name §3108. Auditability of certain elements of the intelligence community
Section Text (a) Requirement for annual audits

The head of each covered entity shall ensure that there is a full financial audit of such covered entity each year beginning with fiscal year 2014. Such audits may be conducted by an internal or external independent accounting or auditing organization.

(b) Requirement for unqualified opinion

Beginning as early as practicable, but in no event later than the audit required under subsection (a) for fiscal year 2016, the head of each covered entity shall take all reasonable steps necessary to ensure that each audit required under subsection (a) contains an unqualified opinion on the financial statements of such covered entity for the fiscal year covered by such audit.

(c) Reports to Congress

The chief financial officer of each covered entity shall provide to the congressional intelligence committees an annual audit report from an accounting or auditing organization on each audit of the covered entity conducted pursuant to subsection (a).

(d) Covered entity defined

In this section, the term "covered entity" means the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office, and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

Source Credit

(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title V, §509, as added Pub. L. 113–126, title III, §309(a), July 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 1398.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
CHAPTER 44 - NATIONAL SECURITY
SUBCHAPTER III - ACCOUNTABILITY FOR INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
Sec. 3108 - Auditability of certain elements of the intelligence community
Contains section 3108
Date 2020
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 13, 2021
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 128 Stat. 1398
Public Law References Public Law 113-126
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