# 50 U.S.C. § 3332 **Entity class:** Federal statute **Domain:** Intelligence Community / entertainment engagement ## Definition **50 U.S.C. § 3332** governs significant engagement between Intelligence Community elements and entertainment-industry entities for publicly experienced entertainment products. It defines covered engagements and entities, requires ODNI guidance, and requires prior approval by the element head or designee. The statute documents a regulated institutional interface. It does not establish an operational or clandestine relationship for every covered engagement. ## Relationships - **applies to:** [[wiki/Intelligence Community|United States Intelligence Community]] elements. - **industry interface:** entertainment entities including theater, film, broadcast, podcasts, webcasts, recordings, music, dance, books, and other activities determined by the DNI. - **related topic:** [[wiki/CIA–entertainment collaboration|CIA–entertainment collaboration]] and [[wiki/Entertainment Liaison|entertainment liaison]]. - **source:** [[research/The Producer Function in Intelligence Tradecraft and Dramaturgy|The Producer Function in Intelligence Tradecraft and Dramaturgy]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [U.S. Code — 50 U.S.C. § 3332](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid%3AUSC-prelim-title50-section3332&num=0&edition=prelim)