Submission of covered documents and classified annexes

In this section, the term “covered document” means any executive order, memorandum, or policy directive issued by the President, including national security Presidential memoranda and Presidential policy directives, or such successor memoranda and directives. Not later than 7 days after the date on which the President issues or amends a covered document, the President, acting through the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees, the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives the covered document and any classified annex accompanying that document if such covered document or annex contains a direction to, establishes a requirement for, or includes a restriction on any element of the intelligence community. (Source: (July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title V, § 515, as added Pub. L. 117–263, div. F, title LXIII, § 6316(a), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3513.))