115 STAT. 388 PUBLIC LAW 107-56 —OCT. 26, 2001 to Congress of any covered intelligence report under the jurisdiction of such official until February 1, 2002. (b) COVERED INTELLIGENCE REPORT.— Except as provided in subsection (c), for purposes of subsection (a), a covered intelligence report is as follows: (1) Any report on intelligence or intelligence-related activities of the United States Government that is required to be submitted to Congress by an element of the intelligence community during the effective period of this section. (2) Any report or other matter that is required to be submitted to the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives by the Department of Defense or the Department of Justice during the effective period of this section. (c) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN REPORTS. —For purposes of subsection (a), any report required by section 502 or 503 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 413a, 413b) is not a covered intelligence report. (d) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.— Upon deferring the date of submittal to Congress of a covered intelligence report under subsection (a), the official deferring the date of submittal of the covered intelligence report shall submit to Congress notice of the deferral. Notice of deferral of a report shall specify the provision of law, if any, under which the report would otherwise be submitted to Congress. Certification. (e) EXTENSION OF DEFERRAL. — (1) Each official specified in subsection (a) may defer the date of submittal to Congress of a covered intelligence report under the jurisdiction of such official to a date after February 1, 2002, if such official submits to the committees of Congress specified in subsection (b)(2) before February 1, 2002, a certification that preparation and submittal of the covered intelligence report on February 1, 2002, will impede the work of officers or employees who are engaged in counterterrorism activities. (2) A certification under paragraph (1) with respect to a covered intelligence report shall specify the date on which the covered intelligence report will be submitted to Congress. (f) EFFECTIVE PERIOD.— The effective period of this section is the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on February 1, 2002. (g) ELEMENT OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY DEFINED.— In this section, the term "element of the intelligence community" means any element of the intelligence community specified or designated under section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)). SEC. 905. DISCLOSURE TO DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE OF FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE-RELATED INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS. (a) IN GENERAL.— Title I of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 402 et seq.) is amended— 50 USC 403-5b, (1) by redesignating subsection 105B as section 105C; and 403-5C. (2) by inserting after section 105A the following new section 105B:
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