Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Standard Guidelines for Intelligence Community To Report and Document Anomalous Health Incidents

Pub. L. 119–60, div. F, title LXVIII, § 6806, Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1657, provided that:

“(a)
Standard Guidelines.—
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 18, 2025], the Director of National Intelligence shall, in coordination with such heads of elements of the intelligence community as the Director considers appropriate, develop and issue standard guidelines for personnel of the intelligence community to report and properly document anomalous health incidents.
“(b)
Conformity With Department of Defense Guidelines.—
In developing the standard guidelines required by subsection (a), the Director shall ensure that such standard guidelines are as similar as practicable to guidelines issued by the Secretary of Defense for personnel of the Department of Defense to report and properly document anomalous health incidents.
“(c)
Submission.—
Not later than 10 days after the date on which the Director issues the standard guidelines required by subsection (a), the Director shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees the standard guidelines, including a statement describing the implementation of such standard guidelines, how the standard guidelines differ from those issued by the Secretary, and the justifications for such differences.”

[For definitions of “intelligence community” and “congressional intelligence committees” as used in section 6806 of Pub. L. 119–60, set out above, see section 6002 of Pub. L. 119–60, set out as a note under section 3003 of this title.]

Definitions

For definitions of “congressional intelligence committees” and “intelligence community” as used in this section, see section 2 of div. X of Pub. L. 117–103, set out as a note under section 3003 of this title.