§9412. Report and annual briefing on Iranian expenditures supporting foreign military and terrorist activities
(a) Report
(1) Report required
Not later than 90 days after December 20, 2019, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report, and not less frequently than once each year thereafter provide a briefing to Congress, describing Iranian expenditures in the previous calendar year on military and terrorist activities outside the country, including each of the following:
(A) The amount spent in such calendar year on activities by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including activities providing support for-
(i) Hizballah;
(ii) Houthi rebels in Yemen;
(iii) Hamas;
(iv) proxy forces in Iraq and Syria; or
(v) any other entity or country the Director determines to be relevant.
(B) The amount spent in such calendar year for ballistic missile research and testing or other activities that the Director determines are destabilizing to the Middle East region.
(2) Form
The report required under subsection (a) 1 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
(b) Annual briefing
Following the submission of the report under subsection (a), the Director shall annually provide a briefing to the congressional intelligence committees on the information described in such subsection.
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Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020, and also as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, and not as part of the Countering Iran's Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017 which comprises this chapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Definitions
"Congressional intelligence committees" means the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, see section 5003 of