---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 130g"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "130g"
heading: "Oversight of sensitive activities of the Department of Defense."
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/130g"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part I — Organization and General Military Powers"
  - "Chapter 3 — General Powers and Functions"
---

# §130g. Oversight of sensitive activities of the Department of Defense.

- (a) **Requirement.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense shall keep the [congressional defense committees](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-16) fully and currently informed of [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense sensitive activities.
- (b) **Notification.—** In addition to the requirement under [subsection (a)](#a), the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) shall submit to the [congressional defense committees](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-16) a written notification of any compromise or failure of a sensitive activity of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense by not later than 48 hours after the date on which the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) determines that such a compromise or failure has occurred.
- (c) **Procedures.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3), in consultation with the [congressional defense committees](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-16), shall establish and submit to such committees procedures for complying with the requirements of subsections [(a)](#a) and [(b)](#b), including clearly established reporting thresholds and timelines for the prompt delivery of written notifications consistent with the [national security](/usc/10/801.md?p=16) of the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) and the protection of operational security. The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) shall promptly notify the [congressional defense committees](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-16) in writing of any changes to such procedures at least 14 days prior to the adoption of any such changes.
- (d) **Sensitive Activities Defined.—** In this section, the term “[Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense sensitive activities” means operations, actions, activities, or [programs](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense that if compromised, could have enduring adverse effects on [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) foreign policy, [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense activities, or [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) operations, or cause significant embarrassment to the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1), its allies, or the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense. Such activities are generally handled through special access, compartmented, or other sensitive control mechanisms.

## Footnotes

[^1]: Another section 130g is set out after this section.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title XVI, § 1622(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1182.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 130g was renumbered section 394 of this title.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Application of Notifications

Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title XVI, § 1622(b), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1182, provided that: “The Secretary of Defense shall— not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 18, 2025], establish the procedures under subsection (c) of section 130g of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a) of this section; and not later than 90 days after the date of such establishment, begin making notifications under subsection (b) of such section 130g.”