---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 430c"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "430c"
heading: "Senior Intelligence Oversight Official"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/430c"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part I — Organization and General Military Powers"
  - "Chapter 21 — Department of Defense Intelligence Matters"
  - "Subchapter I — General Matters"
---

# §430c. Senior Intelligence Oversight Official

- (a) **Establishment.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense, or a designee of the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) determined by regulations prescribed by the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3), shall designate a civilian employee of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense in the Senior Executive Service to serve as the Senior Intelligence Oversight Official.
- (b) **Responsibilities.—** The Senior Intelligence Oversight Official shall conduct independent oversight of all intelligence, counterintelligence, and intelligence-related activities of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense and shall have such other related responsibilities as may be determined by the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3).
- (c) **Access.—** The Senior Intelligence Oversight Official shall have—
  - (1) access to all information necessary to carry out the responsibilities and [functions](/usc/10/467.md?p=1) of the Senior Intelligence Oversight Official, as determined by the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3); and
  - (2) direct access to the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense and the Deputy [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense, as circumstances require in the determination of the Senior Intelligence Oversight Official.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title IX, § 921(a), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2036; amended Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title XVII, § 1701(a)(8), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1208.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2025—Pub. L. 119–60 substituted “Intelligence Oversight Official” for “intelligence oversight official” in section catchline.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Review of Regulations

Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title IX, § 921(b), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2036, provided that: “The Secretary of Defense shall review and update, as appropriate, Department of Defense Directive 5148.13, and any associated or successor regulation or directive, to conform to section 430c of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a).”