Act of July 26, 1947, ch. 343, tit. V, sec. 509 (as amended)
AUDITABILITY OF CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.
SEC. 509. [50 U.S.C. 3108] AUDITABILITY OF CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.
(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.
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