Us Code § 3316c - Development of definitions for certain terms relating to intelligence
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§ 3316c. Development of definitions for certain terms relating to intelligence
(a) Development
Not later than September 30, 2023, the Director of National Intelligence and the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, in consultation with the heads of the elements of the intelligence community, shall jointly develop and publish definitions for the following terms:
(1) Acoustic intelligence.
(2) All-source intelligence.
(3) Communications intelligence.
(4) Critical intelligence.
(5) Cyber-threat intelligence.
(6) Electronic intelligence.
(7) Explosive ordnance intelligence.
(8) General military intelligence.
(9) Imagery intelligence.
(10) Geospatial intelligence.
(11) Instrumentation signals intelligence.
(12) Intelligence-related activity.
(13) Joint intelligence.
(14) Measurement and signature intelligence.
(15) Medical intelligence.
(16) Open-source intelligence.
(17) Operational intelligence.
(18) Scientific and technical intelligence.
(19) Signals intelligence.
(20) Strategic intelligence.
(21) Tactical intelligence.
(22) Target intelligence.
(23) Technical intelligence.
(24) Such others terms as may be jointly determined necessary by the Director of National Intelligence and the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security.
(b) Application to activities of intelligence community
The Director of National Intelligence shall ensure that the definitions developed under subsection (a) are used uniformly across activities of the intelligence community with respect to the corresponding terms specified in such subsection.
(c) Notice of modifications
The Director of National Intelligence and the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees notification of any modification by the Director and Under Secretary to a definition of a term specified in subsection (a) following the initial publication of the definition under such subsection.
(d) Appropriate congressional committees defined
In this section, the term "appropriate congressional committees" means—
(1) the congressional intelligence committees; and
(2) the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
(Pub. L. 117–103, div. X, title III, §309, Mar. 15, 2022, 136 Stat. 971.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Requirement to Develop Lexicon for Terms Relating to Gray Zone Activities
Pub. L. 117–103, div. X, title VIII, §825(b)(5), (c), Mar. 15, 2022, 136 Stat. 1028, 1029, provided that:
["(b)
"(5)
"(A)
"(i) falls between ordinary statecraft and open warfare;
"(ii) is carried out with an intent to maximize the advancement of interests of the state without provoking a kinetic military response by the United States; and
"(iii) falls on a spectrum that ranges from covert adversary operations, to detectible covert adversary operations, to unattributable adversary operations, to deniable adversary operations, to open adversary operations.
"(B)
"(i) the adversary intends to remain below the threshold at which the United States detects the operation; and
"(ii) does stay below such threshold.
"(C)
"(i) the adversary intends to remain below the threshold at which the United States detects the operation; but
"(ii) is ultimately detected by the United States at a level below the level at which the United States will publicly attribute the operation to the adversary.
"(D)
"(E)
"(i) the adversary intends to be detected and publicly or privately attributed by the United States; and
"(ii) the adversary intends to deny, to limit the response by the United States, and any allies of the United States.
"(F)
"(c)
"(1)
"(2)
"(A) more accurately describes a concept associated with gray zone activities; or
"(B) is preferable for any other reason.
"(3)
"(A)
"(B)
Definitions
For definitions of "congressional intelligence committees" and "intelligence community", referred to in text, see section 2 of div. X of Pub. L. 117–103, set out as a note under section 3003 of this title.
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