PUBLIC LAW 102-496—OCT. 24, 1992 106 STAT. 3191 "(B) to the heads of departments and agencies of the executive branch; "(C) to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and senior military commanders; and "(D) where appropriate, to the Senate and House of Representatives and the committees thereof. "(2) Such national intelligence should be timely, objective, independent of political considerations, and based upon all sources available to the intelligence community. "(b) NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE COUNCIL.— (I)(A) There is estab- Establishment, lished within the Office of the Director of Central Intelligence the National Intelligence Council (hereafter in this section referred to as the 'Council'). The Council shall be composed of senior analysts Reports. within the intelligence community and substantive experts from the public and private sector, who shall be appointed by, report to, and serve at the pleasure of, the Director of Central Intelligence. "(B) The Director shall prescribe appropriate security requirements for personnel appointed from the private sector as a condition of service on the Council to ensure the protection of intelligence sources and methods while avoiding, wherever possible, unduly intrusive requirements which the Director considers to be unnecessary for this purpose. "(2) The Council shall— "(A) produce national intelligence estimates for the Government, including, whenever the Council considers appropriate, alternative views held by elements of the intelligence community; and "(B) otherwise assist the Director in carrying out the responsibilities described in subsection (a). "(3) Within their respective areas of expertise and under the direction of the Director, the members of the Council shall constitute the senior intelligence advisers of the intelligence community for purposes of representing the views of the intelligence community within the Government. "(4) The Director shall make available to the Council such staff as may be necessary to permit the Council to carry out its responsibilities under this subsection and shall take appropriate measures to ensure that the Council and its staff satisfy the needs of policymaking officials and other consumers of intelligence. "(5) The heads of elements within the intelligence community shall, as appropriate, furnish such support to the Council, including the preparation of intelligence tinalyses, as may be required by the Director. "(c) HEAD OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. —In the Director's capacity as head of the intelligence community, the Director shall— "(1) develop and present to the President an annual budget for the National Foreign Intelligence Program of the United States; "(2) establish the requirements and priorities to govern the collection of national intelligence by elements of the intelligence community; "(3) promote and evaluate the utility of national intelligence to consumers within the Government; "(4) eliminate waste and unnecessary duplication within the intelligence community; "(5) protect intelligence sources and methods from unauthorized disclosure; and
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