---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 U.S.C. § 3113"
title: "50"
title_heading: "War and National Defense"
number: "3113"
heading: "Unfunded priorities of the intelligence community: annual report"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/50/3113"
units:
  - "Chapter 44 — National Security"
  - "Subchapter III — Accountability for Intelligence Activities"
---

# §3113. Unfunded priorities of the intelligence community: annual report

- (a) **Annual report—** Not later than 10 days after the date on which the budget of the President for a fiscal year is submitted to Congress pursuant to [section 1105 of title 31](/usc/31/1105.md), the head of each element of the [intelligence community](/usc/50/3003.md?p=4) shall prepare and submit to the Director of [National Intelligence](/usc/50/3003.md?p=5), the [congressional intelligence committees](/usc/50/3003.md?p=7), 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 a report on the unfunded priorities of the programs under the jurisdiction of such head.
- (b) **Elements—**
  - (1) **In general—** Each report under [subsection (a)](#a) shall specify, for each unfunded priority covered by such report, the following:
    - (A) A summary description of such priority, including the objectives to be achieved if such priority is funded (whether in whole or in part).
    - (B) Whether such priority will satisfy a covert action or support collection against requirements identified in the [National Intelligence](/usc/50/3003.md?p=5) Priorities Framework of the Office of the Director of [National Intelligence](/usc/50/3003.md?p=5) (or any successor mechanism established for the prioritization of programs and activities), including a description of such requirements and the related prioritization level.
    - (C) The additional amount of funds recommended in connection with the objectives under [subparagraph (A)](#b-1-A).
    - (D) Budget information with respect to the unfunded priority, including—
      - (i) the appropriation account;
      - (ii) the expenditure center; and
      - (iii) the project and, if applicable, subproject.
  - (2) **Prioritization of priorities—** Each report shall present the unfunded priorities covered by such report in overall order of urgency of priority among unfunded priorities.
- (c) **Unfunded priority defined—** In this section, the term “unfunded priority”, in the case of a fiscal year, means a program, activity, or mission requirement of an element of the [intelligence community](/usc/50/3003.md?p=4) that—
  - (1) is not funded in the budget of the President for the fiscal year as submitted to Congress pursuant to [section 1105 of title 31](/usc/31/1105.md);
  - (2) is necessary to fulfill a covert action or to satisfy an information requirement associated with the collection, analysis, or dissemination of [intelligence](/usc/50/3003.md?p=1) that has been documented within the [National Intelligence](/usc/50/3003.md?p=5) Priorities Framework; and
  - (3) would have been recommended for funding by the head of the element of the [intelligence community](/usc/50/3003.md?p=4) if—
    - (A) additional resources had been available for the budget to fund the program, activity, or mission requirement; or
    - (B) the program, activity, or mission requirement has emerged since the budget was formulated.

## Source credit

(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title V, § 514, as added Pub. L. 117–263, div. F, title LXIII, § 6315, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3512; amended Pub. L. 118–31, div. G, title III, § 7312, Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 1030.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2023—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 118–31 inserted “prepare and” after “each element of the intelligence community shall”.