### Question
Can you define what Federal election cycle means?


### Answer
**Federal election cycle** is defined as the following in *50 U.S.C. § 3371*:

> the period which begins on the day after the date of a regularly scheduled general election for Federal office and which ends on the date of the first regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held after such date

#### Citation:
  - *50 U.S.C. § 3371*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 45-MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY AUTHORITIES > SUBCHAPTER IV-COLLECTION, ANALYSIS, AND SHARING OF INTELLIGENCE**

