NDAA 2023: UAP Reporting and the Congress's Oversight Framework for Intelligence, Defense, and Government Operations

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Sponsored by James M. Inhofe, the 2023 defense law creates a process for executive-branch whistleblowers to report UAP observations and defines the House committees that oversee intelligence (CIA, DNI, and national programs), defense and military matters (DoD and related research and pay), and federal oversight (civil service, procurement, records, postal service, and state relations), noting that each committee provides both majority and minority websites.

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Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Whistleblowing under the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023

Under the FY 2023 NDAA, unidentified anomalous phenomena reporting procedures are codified at 50 U.S.C. § 3373b, while the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the House Armed Services Committee, and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee are identified as the primary forums for jurisdiction over intelligence, defense, military research and development, procurement, and related national security and government operations (including interoceanic canals, naval petroleum reserves, and merchant marine security), with framework material presented via both majority and minority committee websites.