; and (B) the aggregate number of vulnerabilities disclosed to vendors or the public pursuant to the Vulnerabilities Equities Process known to have been patched. (3) Nonduplication The Director of National Intelligence may forgo submission of an annual report required under this subsection for a calendar year, if the Director notifies the congressional intelligence committees in writing that, with respect to the same calendar year, an annual report required by paragraph 4.3 of the Vulnerabilities Equities Policy and Process document already has been submitted to Congress, and such annual report contains the information that would otherwise be required to be included in an annual report under this subsection. (c) Definitions In this section: (1) Vulnerabilities Equities Policy and Process document The term Vulnerabilities Equities Policy and Process document means the executive branch document entitled Vulnerabilities Equities Policy and Process dated November 15, 2017. (2) Vulnerabilities Equities Process The term Vulnerabilities Equities Process means the interagency review of vulnerabilities, pursuant to the Vulnerabilities Equities Policy and Process document or any successor document. (3) Vulnerability The term vulnerability means a weakness in an information system or its components (for example, system security procedures, hardware design, and internal controls) that could be exploited or could affect confidentiality, integrity, or availability of information. 1511. Sense of Congress on notifications of certain disclosures of classified information (a) Findings Congress finds that section 502 of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3092 ) requires elements of the intelligence community to keep the congressional intelligence committees fully and currently informed about all intelligence activities of the United States, and to furnish to the congressional intelligence committees any information or material concerning intelligence activities * * * which is requested by either of the congressional