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HR 1555 - 106

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000

Became Public Law No: 106-120.

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48 Conference report filed in House Feb 25, 2000

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 - Title I: Intelligence Activities - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the: (1) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); (2) Department of Defense; (3) Defense Intelligence Agency; (4) National Security Agency (NSA); (5) Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; (6) Departments of State, the Treasury, and Energy; (7) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (8) National Reconnaissance Office (NRO); and (9) National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA). (Sec. 102) Specifies that the amounts authorized to be appropriated and the authorized personnel ceilings as of September 30, 2000, for such activities are those specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations, which shall be made available to the Senate and House Appropriations Committees and the President. (Sec. 103) Allows the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), with the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to authorize employment of civilian personnel in excess of the number authorized for FY 2000 when the DCI determines that such action is necessary to the performance of important intelligence functions, subject to specified limitations. Requires notification of the Senate and House Intelligence Committees whenever such authority is exercised. (Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Management Account of the DCI for FY 2000. Authorizes full-time personnel for elements within such Account as of September 30, 2000. Provides for the reimbursement of any U.S. officer or employee, or member of the armed forces, who is detailed to such staff. Earmarks funds authorized under this Act for the National Drug Intelligence Center. Requires a transfer of funds from the DCI to the Attorney General (AG) to operate the Center. (Sec. 105) Increases amounts authorized to be appropriated under the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 by the amount by which appropriations pursuant to such authorization were increased by the 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act and designated as emergency funding. Title II: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund. Title III: General Provisions - Permits appropriations authorized by this Act for salary, pay, retirement, and other benefits for Federal employees to be increased by such additional amounts as may be necessary for increases in such compensation or benefits authorized by law. (Sec. 302) Specifies that the authorization of appropriations by this Act shall not be deemed to constitute authority for the conduct of any intelligence activity which is not otherwise authorized by the Constitution or laws of the United States. (Sec. 303) Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to prohibit a diplomatic intelligence support center from being established, operated, or maintained without prior approval of the DCI. Allows the DCI to approve such center only when required to provide necessary intelligence support in furtherance of U.S. national security interests. Prohibits amounts appropriated for intelligence-related activities from being obligated for such center that is not so approved. (Sec. 304) Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to: (1) include retired officers and employees within provisions concerning the identity protection of intelligence community officers and employees; (2) require any prison term imposed for violation of such protection requirements to be consecutive to any other imprisonment sentence; and (3) permit authorized Federal investigative agencies to access computers used by Federal employees in the performance of government duties. (Sec. 306) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow the naturalization of a person affiliated with a Communist or similar party if such person: (1) is otherwise eligible; (2) is within a proscribed category solely because of past membership in, or affiliation with, such party or organization; (3) does not fall within any other excluded category; and (4) is determined by the DCI to have made a contribution to the U.S. national security or national intelligence mission. (Sec. 308) Requires the DCI to review for declassification: (1) a specified national intelligence estimate concerning Vietnamese cooperation with the POW-MIA issue; and (2) an assessment of such estimate by the U.S. Chairman of the Vietnam War Working Group. Provides limitations. Requires review completion within 30 days after enactment of this Act. (Sec. 309) Requires the DCI, the NSA Director, and the AG to jointly prepare, and the NSA Director to submit to the appropriate congressional committees, a report describing the legal standards employed by elements of the intelligence community in conducting signals intelligence activities, including electronic surveillance. (Sec. 310) Requires the DCI to report to Congress describing the effects of espionage against the United States on U.S. trade secrets, patents, and technology development. (Sec. 311) Requires the DCI to report to the appropriate congressional committees describing all activities of intelligence community officers, covert agents, and employees with respect to the following events in the Republic of Chile: (1) the assassination of President Allende in 1973; (2) the succession of General Pinochet to such presidency; and (3) human rights violations committed by officers or agents of former President Pinochet. (Sec. 312) Directs the DCI to report to the appropriate congressional committees on the organized resistance in Kosovo known as the Kosova Liberation Army. (Sec. 313) Requires any intelligence community employee having knowledge that an intelligence employee, agent, or asset is involved in the illegal manufacture, purchase, sale, transport, or distribution of drugs to report such knowledge to an appropriate official. (Sec. 314) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the systematic declassification of records of permanent historical value is in the public interest and that management of the classification and declassification of such records by executive agencies requires comprehensive reform and additional resources; and (2) the DCI should continue to direct that elements of the intelligence community should competitively award contracts in a manner that maximizes the procurement of products properly designated as having been made in the United States. Title IV: Central Intelligence Agency - Amends the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 to: (1) extend to nonappropriated fund entities or instrumentalities associated or affiliated with the CIA the provision of items and services under the CIA central services program; (2) provide for additional deposits into the Central Services Working Capital Fund; and (3) extend such program through March 31, 2002. (Sec. 402) Amends the Central Intelligence Agency Voluntary Separation Pay Act to extend such Act through FY 2002. Title V: Department of Defense Intelligence Activities - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to authorize the NIMA Director to exempt NIMA operational files from provisions of the Freedom of Information Act which require publication, disclosure, search, or review. Outlines exceptions, including for investigatory purposes by specified congressional committees and Federal entities. Provides for judicial review whenever any person who has requested NIMA records alleges that such records have been improperly withheld. Requires ex parte, in camera court examination whenever records authorized by executive order to be kept secret for national defense or foreign relations purposes are requested for production. Provides exceptions to such judicial review. Requires the NIMA Director and the DCI, at least once every ten years, to examine any exemptions currently in force to determine whether they should be removed. Provides for judicial review of NIMA's alleged failure to conduct such examinations. (Sec. 502) Amends the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 to extend through FY 2001 funding for infrastructure and quality of life improvements at the Menwith Hill and Bad Aibling Stations. Title VI: Foreign Counterintelligence and International Terrorism Investigations - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to include within the definition of "agent of a foreign power" for purposes of coverage under such Act a person who knowingly enters the United States under a false or fraudulent identity for or on behalf of a foreign power or, while in the United States, knowingly assumes a false or fraudulent identity for or on behalf of a foreign power. (Sec. 602) Amends the Counterintelligence and Security Enhancements Act of 1994 to require the FBI to pass on to the appropriate Federal agency information obtained by the FBI concerning the possible disclosure of classified information by an individual within that agency. (Currently, the FBI must pass on such information only after receiving a report from the head of such agency concerning the possibility of such disclosure.) Title VII: National Commission For the Review of the National Reconnaissance Office - Establishes the National Commission for the Review of the National Reconnaissance Office to review and report to the intelligence committees, the DCI, and the Secretary of Defense on the current organization, practices, and authorities of the NRO, particularly with respect to: (1) roles and missions; (2) organizational structure; (3) technical skills; (4) contractor relationships; (5) use of commercial imagery; (6) acquisition of launch vehicles, launch services, and launch infrastructure, and mission assurance; (7) acquisition authorities; and (8) relationship with other Federal agencies and departments. Requires the DCI and Secretary of Defense to each submit to the intelligence committees an assessment of such final report. Provides Commission funding from appropriations authorized for the NRO under this Act. Title VIII: International Narcotics Trafficking - Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, the AG, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, and the DCI to consult and provide the appropriate and necessary information to enable the President to submit annually to specified congressional committees a report: (1) identifying publicly the foreign persons appropriate for sanctions pursuant to this title; and (2) detailing publicly the President's intent to impose sanctions upon such significant foreign narcotics traffickers (traffickers). Requires a classified annual report to the intelligence committees on the status of such sanctions. Requires exclusion from such reports of: (1) information the disclosure of which the DCI determines could compromise a U.S. intelligence operation, activity, source, or method; and (2) the names of any person that the AG determines could compromise the identity of a confidential source, jeopardize the integrity or success of an ongoing criminal investigation or prosecution, endanger the life or physical safety of any person, or cause substantial harm to physical property. Requires notification to the intelligence committees of such excluded information or names. Authorizes the President to waive the application of a sanction authorized by this title with respect to a trafficker when such application would significantly harm U.S. national security (requiring notification to specified congressional committees of such determination). Authorizes the President to add or delete designated traffickers in subsequent reports (requiring appropriate congressional notification). (Sec. 805) Subjects a trafficker identified by the President to any and all sanctions authorized by this title until revoked or waived. Blocks all U.S. property and interests which are owned or controlled by: (1) any trafficker; (2) any foreign person that the Secretary of the Treasury designates as materially assisting the international narcotics trafficking activities of a trafficker; (3) any foreign person that such Secretary designates as owned, controlled, or directed by a trafficker; and (4) any foreign person that such Secretary designates as playing a significant role in international narcotics trafficking. Prohibits certain transactions or dealings with such traffickers by U.S. persons. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to implement this title. Provides that determinations, findings, and designations made under this Act shall not be subject to judicial review. (Sec. 806) Authorizes the Secretary, to carry out this title, to: (1) investigate, regulate, or prohibit transactions in foreign exchange, currency, or securities and transfers of credit or payments by banking institutions involving foreign interests; (2) investigate, block, or regulate transactions involving foreign interests; and (3) impose record keeping and reporting requirements. (Sec. 807) Provides criminal and civil penalties for the willful violation of this title. (Sec. 809) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to deny or suspend admission into the United States for such traffickers, persons who have aided, abetted, or acted in collusion with such traffickers, or spouses or children of such traffickers who receive a financial or other benefit from illegal activities of such trafficker while knowing that the benefit was the product of the illegal activity. (Sec. 810) Establishes the Judicial Review Commission on Foreign Asset Control to review and report to specified congressional committees on the current judicial, regulatory, and administrative authorities relating to the blocking of assets of foreign persons by the U.S. Government and the remedies available to U.S. persons affected by the blocking of such assets.

35 Passed Senate amended Feb 3, 2000

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Intelligence Activities Title II: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Title III: General Provisions Title IV: Central Intelligence Agency Title V: Department of Energy Intelligence Activities Title VI: Foreign Counterintelligence and International Terrorism Investigations Title VII: Blocking Assets of Major Narcotics Traffickers Title VIII: Commission to Assess the Ballistic Missile Threat to the Russian Federation Title IX: Agency for Nuclear Stewardship Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 - Title I: Intelligence Activities - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the: (1) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); (2) Department of Defense; (3) Defense Intelligence Agency; (4) National Security Agency (NSA); (5) Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; (6) Departments of State, the Treasury, and Energy; (7) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (8) National Reconnaissance Office; and (9) National Imagery and Mapping Agency. (Sec. 102) Specifies that the amounts authorized to be appropriated and the authorized personnel ceilings as of September 30, 2000, for such activities are those specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations, which shall be made available to the Senate and House Appropriations Committees and the President. (Sec. 103) Allows the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), with the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to authorize employment of civilian personnel in excess of the number authorized for FY 2000 when the DCI determines that such action is necessary to the performance of important intelligence functions, subject to specified limitations. Requires notification of the Senate and House Intelligence Committees when such authority is exercised. (Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Management Account of the DCI for FY 2000. Earmarks a specified amount of such funds for the Information Security Oversight Office for administering classification and declassification programs. Authorizes full-time personnel for elements within such Account as of September 30, 2000. Provides for the reimbursement of any U.S. officer or employee, or member of the armed forces, who is detailed to such staff. Earmarks funds authorized under this Act for the National Drug Intelligence Center. Requires a transfer of funds from the DCI to the Attorney General (AG) to operate the Center. Title II: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund. Title III: General Provisions - Permits appropriations authorized by this Act for salary, pay, retirement, and other benefits for Federal employees to be increased by such additional amounts as may be necessary for increases in such compensation or benefits authorized by law. (Sec. 302) Specifies that the authorization of appropriations by this Act shall not be deemed to constitute authority for the conduct of any intelligence activity which is not otherwise authorized by the Constitution or laws of the United States. (Sec. 303) Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to: (1) extend through January 6, 2001, the authority of the President to stay the application of certain sanctions against a foreign country when such application would undermine U.S. intelligence activities or sources; and (2) permit authorized Federal investigative agencies to access computers used by Federal employees in the performance of government duties. (Sec. 305) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow the naturalization of a person affiliated with a Communist or similar party if such person: (1) is otherwise eligible; (2) is within a proscribed category solely because of past membership in, or affiliation with, such party or organization; (3) does not fall within any other excluded category; and (4) is jointly determined by the DCI, the AG, and the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization to have made a contribution to the U.S. national security or national intelligence mission. (Sec. 306) Amends the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 to extend through FY 2001 funding for infrastructure and quality of life improvements at the Menwith Hill and Bad Aibling Stations. (Sec. 308) Expresses the sense of Congress that the systematic declassification of records of permanent historic value is in the public interest and that management of the classification and declassification of such records by executive agencies requires comprehensive reform and additional resources. (Sec. 309) Requires the DCI to declassify: (1) a specified national intelligence estimate concerning Vietnamese cooperation with the POW-MIA issue; and (2) an assessment of such estimate by the U.S. Chairman of the Vietnam War Working Group. Provides limitations. Requires such declassification within 30 days after enactment of this Act. (Sec. 310) Directs the head of each Government entity for which appropriations are authorized under title I to submit to the defense and intelligence committees a list of all classified documents, files, and other materials under its control that pertain to U.S. prisoners of war, missing in action personnel, or killed in action personnel whose remains have not been recovered and identified. (Sec. 311) Directs the Secretary of Energy to conduct a study comparing procedures used by the Department of Energy (DOE) for conducting background checks of employees seeking access to classified information with procedures used by the CIA, NSA, FBI, and other departments and agencies. Requires a report to Congress. (Sec. 312) Requires the DCI, the NSA Director, and the AG to jointly prepare and submit to the intelligence and judiciary committees a report describing the legal standards employed by elements of the intelligence community in conducting signals intelligence activities, including electronic surveillance. Title IV: Central Intelligence Agency - Amends the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 to: (1) extend to nonappropriated fund entities or instrumentalities associated or affiliated with the CIA the provision of items and services under the CIA central services program; (2) provide for additional deposits into the Central Services Working Capital Fund; and (3) extend such program through March 31, 2005. (Sec. 402) Amends the Central Intelligence Agency Voluntary Separation Pay Act to extend such Act through FY 2000. Title V: Department of Energy Intelligence Activities - Department of Energy Sensitive Country Foreign Visitors Moratorium Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Energy from admitting to any classified facility of a national laboratory any citizen of a nation that is named on the current DOE sensitive countries list. Authorizes the waiver of such prohibition on a case-by-case basis in the national security interest, requiring a report to specified congressional committees when such waiver is exercised. (Sec. 503) States that before a citizen of any foreign nation is allowed to enter a national laboratory, the Secretary of Energy shall require a security background check on such individual. (Sec. 504) Requires the Directors of the CIA and FBI to report to specified congressional committees on counterintelligence activities at national laboratories, including facilities and areas at which unclassified work is performed. Title VI: Foreign Counterintelligence and International Terrorism Investigations - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to include within the definition of "agent of a foreign power" for purposes of coverage under such Act a person who knowingly enters the United States under a false or fraudulent identity for or on behalf of a foreign power or, while in the United States, knowingly assumes a false or fraudulent identity for or on behalf of a foreign power. (Sec. 602) Amends the Counterintelligence and Security Enhancements Act of 1994 to require the FBI to pass on to the appropriate Federal agency information obtained by the FBI concerning the possible disclosure of classified information by an individual within that agency. (Currently, the FBI must pass on such information only after receiving a report from the head of such agency concerning the possibility of such disclosure). Title VII: Blocking Assets of Major Narcotics Traffickers - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, by January 1, 2000, and annually thereafter, to transmit to the President and the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy a list of those individuals who play a significant role in international narcotics trafficking. Requires the exclusion from such lists of an individual if the DCI determines that the disclosure of such person's role could compromise U.S. intelligence sources or methods (requiring a report to the intelligence committees explaining any such determination). Requires the President to annually determine whether to designate any persons on such list as constituting an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States (naming any such person a specially designated narcotics trafficker). Requires a report from the President to Congress concerning individuals on such lists who are not so designated. Authorizes the removal of individuals designated, as well as the addition of newly designated individuals. (Sec. 704) Blocks all U.S.-located property and property interests of: (1) specially designated narcotics traffickers; (2) any person who assists or supports such trafficker; and (3) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury to be owned or controlled by, or to act for, such trafficker. Prohibits certain transactions or dealings with such persons. Provides the same civil or criminal penalties for violations of this title as provided under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. (Sec. 705) Directs the Secretary of State to deny a visa to, and prohibits the AG from admitting to the United States: (1) any specially designated narcotics trafficker; (2) any alien spouse or minor child of such trafficker; or (3) any alien who assists such trafficker or is owned or controlled by, or acts for, such trafficker. Provides exceptions. Title VIII: Commission to Assess the Ballistic Missile Threat to the Russian Federation - Establishes the Commission to Assess the Ballistic Missile Threat to the Russian Federation to assess the nature and magnitude of the existing and emerging ballistic missile threat to the Russian Federation. Requires a Commission report. Title IX: Agency for Nuclear Stewardship - Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to designate the position of Under Secretary for Nuclear Stewardship. Establishes within DOE the Agency for Nuclear Stewardship, to be headed by such Under Secretary. Makes the Under Secretary responsible for: (1) all DOE programs and activities related to its national security functions; and (2) all activities at DOE national laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilities. Provides related DOE nuclear oversight responsibilities. Designates within such Agency three Deputy Directors, one each for: (1) defense programs; (2) nonproliferation and fissile materials disposition; and (3) naval reactors. Designates a Chief of Nuclear Stewardship: (1) Counterintelligence; (2) Security; and (3) Intelligence. Directs the Under Secretary to report annually to the DCI, the FBI Director, and Congress on the status and effectiveness of Agency security and counterintelligence programs. Requires each director of a DOE national security laboratory and nuclear weapons production facility to certify annually to the Under Secretary whether such laboratory or facility is in full compliance with all national security information protection requirements. Requires the Under Secretary to keep specified congressional committees fully and currently informed regarding any actual or potential significant threat to, or loss of, national security information, unless such information has already been reported to the intelligence committees pursuant to the National Security Act of 1947. Requires Agency personnel to report any known or suspected deficiency in the management of DOE national security information to the Under Secretary. Directs the Under Secretary to develop and implement all DOE counterintelligence, security, and intelligence policies. Directs the Secretary of Energy to report to Congress on the adequacy of DOE's procedures and policies for protecting national security information, including such information at DOE laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilities.

36 Passed House amended Feb 3, 2000

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Intelligence Activities Title II: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Title III: General Provisions Title IV: Central Intelligence Agency Title V: Department of Defense Intelligence Activities Title VI: Prohibition on Drug Trafficking by Employees of the Intelligence Community Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 - Title I: Intelligence Activities - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the: (1) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); (2) Department of Defense; (3) Defense Intelligence Agency; (4) National Security Agency (NSA); (5) Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; (6) Departments of State, the Treasury, and Energy; (7) Federal Bureau of Investigation; (8) National Reconnaissance Office; and (9) National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA). Specifies that the amounts authorized to be appropriated and the authorized personnel ceilings as of September 30, 2000, for such activities are those specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations, which shall be made available to the Senate and House Appropriations Committees and the President. Allows the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), with the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to authorize employment of civilian personnel in excess of the number authorized for FY 2000 when the DCI determines that such action is necessary to the performance of important intelligence functions, subject to specified limitations. Requires notification of the Senate and House Intelligence Committees whenever such authority is exercised. Authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Management Account of the DCI for FY 2000. Authorizes full-time personnel for elements within such Account as of September 30, 2000. Provides for the reimbursement of any U.S. officer of employee, or member of the armed forces, who is detailed to such staff. Earmarks funds authorized under this Act for the National Drug Intelligence Center. Requires a transfer of funds from the DCI to the Attorney General (AG) to operate the Center. Increases amounts authorized to be appropriated under the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 by the amount by which appropriations pursuant to such authorization are increased in an emergency supplemental appropriations Act for FY 1999 that is enacted after May 1, 1999, for such amounts as are designated as an emergency requirement under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). Title II: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund. Title III: General Provisions - Permits appropriations authorized by this Act for salary, pay, retirement, and other benefits for Federal employees to be increased by such additional amounts as may be necessary for increases in such compensation or benefits authorized by law. Specifies that the authorization of appropriations by this Act shall not be deemed to constitute authority for the conduct of any intelligence activity which is not otherwise authorized by the Constitution or laws of the United States. Expresses the sense of Congress that the DCI should continue to direct that elements of the intelligence community should competitively award contracts in a manner that maximizes the procurement of products properly designated as having been made in the United States. (Sec. 304) Requires the DCI to report to Congress describing the effects of espionage against the United States on U.S. trade secrets, patents, technology development, the trade deficit, and the employment rate. (Sec. 305) Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to: (1) include retired officers and employees within provisions concerning the identity protection of intelligence community officers and employees; and (2) provide minimum sentences for the unauthorized disclosure of such identification information. (Sec. 306) Requires the DCI to report to the appropriate congressional committees describing all activities of intelligence community officers, covert agents, and employees with respect to the following events in the Republic of Chile: (1) the assassination of President Allende in 1973; (2) the succession of General Pinochet to such presidency; and (3) human rights violations committed by officers or agents of former President Pinochet. (Sec. 307) Requires the DCI, the NSA Director, and the AG to jointly prepare and submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report describing the legal standards employed by elements of the intelligence community in conducting signals intelligence activities, including electronic surveillance. (Sec. 308) Directs the DCI to report to the appropriate congressional committees on the organized resistance in Kosovo known as the Kosovo Liberation Army. Title IV: Central Intelligence Agency - Amends the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 to extend through March 31, 2002, the CIA central services program. Title V: Department of Defense Intelligence Activities - Authorizes the NIMA Director to exempt NIMA operational files from provisions of the Freedom of Information Act which require publication, disclosure, search, or review. Outlines exceptions, including for investigatory purposes by specified congressional committees and Federal entities. Provides for judicial review whenever any person who has requested NIMA records alleges that such records have been improperly withheld. Requires ex parte, in camera court examination whenever records authorized by Executive Order to be kept secret for national defense or foreign relations purposes are requested for production. Provides exceptions to such judicial review. Requires the NIMA Director, at least once every ten years, to examine any exemptions currently in force to determine whether they should be removed. Provides for judicial review of NIMA's alleged failure to conduct such examinations. Title VI: Prohibition on Drug Trafficking by Employees of the Intelligence Community - Prohibits an element of the intelligence community, or any employee of such an element, from knowingly encouraging or participating in drug trafficking activities. Requires any employee having knowledge of facts or circumstances that reasonably indicate that an employee is involved in such activities or other violations of U.S. drug laws to report such information to the AG, the Inspector General of the appropriate element, or the head of such element.

18 Reported to House amended, Part I Feb 3, 2000

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Intelligence Activities Title II: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Title III: General Provisions Title IV: Central Intelligence Agency Title V: Department of Defense Intelligence Activities Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 - Title I: Intelligence Activities - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the: (1) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); (2) Department of Defense; (3) Defense Intelligence Agency; (4) National Security Agency; (5) Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; (6) Departments of State, the Treasury, and Energy; (7) Federal Bureau of Investigation; (8) National Reconnaissance Office; and (9) National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA). Specifies that the amounts authorized to be appropriated and the authorized personnel ceilings as of September 30, 2000, for such activities are those specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations, which shall be made available to the Senate and House Appropriations Committees and the President. Allows the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), with the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to authorize employment of civilian personnel in excess of the number authorized for FY 2000 when the DCI determines that such action is necessary to the performance of important intelligence functions, subject to specified limitations. Requires notification of the Senate and House Intelligence Committees whenever such authority is exercised. Authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Management Account of the DCI for FY 2000. Authorizes full-time personnel for elements within such Account as of September 30, 2000. Provides for the reimbursement of any U.S. officer of employee, or member of the armed forces, who is detailed to such staff. Earmarks funds authorized under this Act for the National Drug Intelligence Center. Requires a transfer of funds from the DCI to the Attorney General to operate the Center. Increases amounts authorized to be appropriated under the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 by the amount by which appropriations pursuant to such authorization are increased in an emergency supplemental appropriations Act for FY 1999 that is enacted after May 1, 1999, for such amounts as are designated as an emergency requirement under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). Title II: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund. Title III: General Provisions - Permits appropriations authorized by this Act for salary, pay, retirement, and other benefits for Federal employees to be increased by such additional amounts as may be necessary for increases in such compensation or benefits authorized by law. Specifies that the authorization of appropriations by this Act shall not be deemed to constitute authority for the conduct of any intelligence activity which is not otherwise authorized by the Constitution or laws of the United States. Expresses the sense of Congress that the DCI should continue to direct that elements of the intelligence community should competitively award contracts in a manner that maximizes the procurement of products properly designated as having been made in the United States. Title IV: Central Intelligence Agency - Amends the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 to extend through March 31, 2002, the CIA central services program. Title V: Department of Defense Intelligence Activities - Authorizes the NIMA Director to exempt NIMA operational files from provisions of the Freedom of Information Act which require publication, disclosure, search, or review. Outlines exceptions, including for investigatory purposes by specified congressional committees and Federal entities. Provides for judicial review whenever any person who has requested NIMA records alleges that such records have been improperly withheld. Requires ex parte, in camera court examination whenever records authorized by executive order to be kept secret for national defense or foreign relations purposes are requested for production. Provides exceptions to such judicial review. Requires the NIMA Director, at least once every ten years, to examine any exemptions currently in force to determine whether they should be removed. Provides for judicial review of NIMA's alleged failure to conduct such examinations.

00 Introduced in House Feb 3, 2000

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Intelligence Activities Title II: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Title III: General Provisions Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 - Title I: I: Intelligence Activities - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities the: (1) Central Intelligence Agency; (2) Department of Defense; (3) Defense Intelligence Agency; (4) National Security Agency; (5) Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; (6) Departments of State, the Treasury, and Energy; (7) Federal Bureau of Investigation; (8) National Reconnaissance Office; and (9) National Imagery and Mapping Agency. Specifies that the amounts authorized to be appropriated and the authorized personnel ceilings as of September 30, 2000, for such activities are those specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations, which shall be made available to the Senate and House Appropriations Committees and the President. Allows the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), with the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to authorize employment of civilian personnel in excess of the number authorized for FY 2000 when the DCI determines that such action is necessary to the performance of important intelligence functions, subject to specified limitations. Requires notification of the Senate and House Intelligence Committees whenever such authority is exercised. Authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Management Account of the DCI for FY 2000. Authorizes full-time personnel for elements within such Account as of September 30, 2000. Provides for the reimbursement of any U.S. officer of employee, or member of the armed forces, who is detailed to such staff. Title II: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund. Title III: General Provisions - Permits appropriations authorized by this Act for salary, pay, retirement, and other benefits for Federal employees to be increased by such additional amounts as may be necessary for increases in such compensation or benefits authorized by law. Specifies that the authorization of appropriations by this Act shall not be deemed to constitute authority for the conduct of any intelligence activity which is not otherwise authorized by the Constitution or laws of the United States. Expresses the sense of Congress that the DCI should continue to direct that elements of the intelligence community should competitively award contracts in a manner that maximizes the procurement of products properly designated as having been made in the United States.

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Timeline

Dec 3, 1999

Signed by President.

Dec 3, 1999

Signed by President.

Dec 3, 1999

Became Public Law No: 106-120.

Dec 3, 1999

Became Public Law No: 106-120.

Nov 23, 1999

Presented to President.

Nov 23, 1999

Presented to President.

Nov 22, 1999

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Nov 19, 1999

Conference report considered in Senate.

Nov 19, 1999

Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.

Nov 19, 1999

Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.

Nov 9, 1999

Mr. Dreier asked unanimous consent that it be in order at any time to consider the conference report to accompany H.R. 1555; that all points of order against the conference report and against its consideration be waived; that the conference report be considered as read when called up; and that H. Res. 364 be laid on the table. Agreed to without objection.

Nov 9, 1999

Mr. Goss brought up conference report H. Rept. 106-457 by previously agreed to special order.

Nov 9, 1999

DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the conference report.

Nov 9, 1999

DEBATE - The House resumed debate on the conference report.

Nov 9, 1999

Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by voice vote.(consideration: CR H11755-11762)

Nov 9, 1999

Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Nov 9, 1999

On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by voice vote. (consideration: CR H11755-11762)

Nov 9, 1999

Conference papers: message on House action held at the desk in Senate.

Nov 8, 1999

Conference papers: Senate report and managers' statement and official papers held at the desk in Senate.

Nov 8, 1999

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 364 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of the conference report to H.R. 1555 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions.

Nov 5, 1999

Mr. Gutknecht asked unanimous consent that managers on the part of the House have until midnight on Nov. 5 to file a conference report on H.R. 1555. Agreed to without objection.

Nov 5, 1999

Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.

Nov 5, 1999

Conferees agreed to file conference report.

Nov 5, 1999

Conference report filed: Conference report H. Rept. 106-457 filed. Filed late, pursuant to previous special order.(text of conference report: CR H11630-11638)

Nov 5, 1999

Conference report H. Rept. 106-457 filed. Filed late, pursuant to previous special order. (text of conference report: CR H11630-11638)

Sep 22, 1999

Mr. Goss asked unanimous consent that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference. (consideration: CR S8939)

Sep 22, 1999

On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference Agreed to without objection. (consideration: CR H8523)

Sep 22, 1999

The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence for consideration of the House bill, and the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Goss, Lewis (CA), McCollum, Castle, Boehlert, Bass, Gibbons, LaHood, Wilson, Dixon, Pelosi, Bishop, Sisisky, Condit, Roemer, and Hastings (FL).

Sep 22, 1999

The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Armed Services for consideration of defense tactical intelligence and related activities: Spence, Stump, and Andrews.

Jul 22, 1999

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Jul 21, 1999

Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S8906-8931, S8933-8939)

Jul 21, 1999

Amendment SP 1260 proposed by Senator Bingaman to Amendment SP 1258.

Jul 21, 1999

Amendment SP 1260 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

Jul 21, 1999

Amendment SP 1261 proposed by Senator Levin to Amendment SP 1258.

Jul 21, 1999

Amendment SP 1262 proposed by Senator Bingaman to Amendment SP 1258.

Jul 21, 1999

Amendment SP 1262 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

Jul 21, 1999

Amendment SP 1261 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 44-54. Record Vote No: 215.

Jul 21, 1999

Amendment SP 1263 proposed by Senator Domenici to Amendment SP 1258.

Jul 21, 1999

Amendment SP 1263 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

Jul 21, 1999

Amendment SP 1264 proposed by Senator Moynihan.

Jul 21, 1999

Amendment SP 1265 proposed by Senator Moynihan.

Jul 21, 1999

Amendment SP 1264 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

Jul 21, 1999

Amendment SP 1265 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

Jul 21, 1999

Amendment SP 1266 proposed by Senator Kerrey to Amendment SP 1258.

Jul 21, 1999

Amendment SP 1267 proposed by Senator Kerrey for Senator Feinstein to Amendment SP 1258.

Jul 21, 1999

Amendment SP 1266 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

Jul 21, 1999

Amendment SP 1267 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

Jul 21, 1999

Amendment SP 1268 proposed by Senator Levin to Amendment SP 1258.

Jul 21, 1999

Amendment SP 1268 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

Jul 21, 1999

Amendment SP 1269 proposed by Senator Bryan.

Jul 21, 1999

Proposed amendment SP 1269 withdrawn in Senate.

Jul 21, 1999

Amendment SP 1258 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 96-1. Record Vote No: 216.

Jul 21, 1999

Amendment SP 1270 proposed by Senator Shelby.

Jul 21, 1999

Amendment SP 1270 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

Jul 21, 1999

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.(text: CR S8933-8939)

Jul 21, 1999

Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (text: CR S8933-8939)

Jul 21, 1999

Senate insists on its amendment asks for a conference, appoints conferees Shelby; Chafee; Lugar; Dewine; Kyl; Inhofe; Hatch; Roberts; Allard; Kerrey; Bryan; Graham; Kerry; Baucus; Robb; Lautenberg; Levin from the Select Committee on Intelligence.

Jul 21, 1999

Senate appointed conferee Warner from the Committee on Armed Services.

Jul 20, 1999

Cloture on the motion to proceed invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 99-0. Record Vote No: 212. (consideration: CR S8825)

Jul 20, 1999

Motion to proceed considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S8818-8824)

Jul 20, 1999

Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S8852-8862, S8864-8868)

Jul 20, 1999

Amendment SP 1258 proposed by Senator Kyl.

Jul 20, 1999

Amendment SP 1259 proposed by Senator Coverdell.

Jul 20, 1999

Amendment SP 1259 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

Jul 16, 1999

Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S8707)

Jul 16, 1999

Cloture motion on the motion to proceed presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S8707)

Jul 16, 1999

Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S8707)

May 18, 1999

Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 119.

May 13, 1999

Rule H. Res. 167 passed House.

May 13, 1999

Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 167. (consideration: CR H3112-3141; text of Title I as reported in House: CR H3121; text of Title II as reported in House: CR H3121; text of Title III as reported in House: CR H3121; text of Title IV as reported in House: CR H3130; text of Title V as reported in House: CR H3130-3131; text of Title VI as reported in House: CR H3137-3138)

May 13, 1999

Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1555 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Permanent Committee on Intelligence now printed in the bill. No amendment to this amendment shall be in order except those printed in the Congressional Record designated for that purpose. Each amendment may be offered only by the Member who caused it to be printed or his designee and shall be considered as read. Measure will be considered read. Bill is open to amendments.

May 13, 1999

House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 167 and Rule XXIII.

May 13, 1999

The Speaker designated the Honorable Steven C. LaTourette to act as Chairman of the Committee.

May 13, 1999

GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 1555.

May 13, 1999

DEBATE - The Committee is proceeding with debate on the amendment offered by Mr. Traficant.

May 13, 1999

DEBATE - The Committee is proceeding with debate on the amendment offered by Mr. Sweeney.

May 13, 1999

DEBATE - The Committee is proceeding with debate on the amendment offered by Mr. Hinchey.

May 13, 1999

DEBATE - The Committee is proceeding with debate on the amendment offered by Mr. Barr.

May 13, 1999

DEBATE - The Committee is proceeding with debate on the amendment offered by Mr. Sanders.

May 13, 1999

VOTE POSTPONED - The Chair put the question on agreeing to the amendment offered by Mr. Sanders, as amended, and announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Sanders objected to the voice vote pending the absence of a quorum. the Chair postponed further proceedings on the amendment, and the point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.

May 13, 1999

DEBATE - The Committee is proceeding with debate on the amendment offered by Ms. Waters.

May 13, 1999

DEBATE - The Committee is proceeding with debate on the amendment offered by Mr. Engels.

May 13, 1999

UNFINSIHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinshed business is the request for a recorded vote on the Sanders amendment, as amended, that was postponed earlier today.

May 13, 1999

The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 1555.

May 13, 1999

The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

May 13, 1999

The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

May 13, 1999

Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by voice vote.

May 13, 1999

On passage Passed by voice vote.

May 13, 1999

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

May 13, 1999

The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 1555.

May 12, 1999

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 167 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1555 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Permanent Committee on Intelligence now printed in the bill. No amendment to this amendment shall be in order except those printed in the Congressional Record designated for that purpose. Each amendment may be offered only by the Member who caused it to be printed or his designee and shall be considered as read. Measure will be considered read. Bill is open to amendments.

May 11, 1999

Committee on Armed Services discharged.

May 11, 1999

Committee on Armed Services discharged.

May 11, 1999

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 74.

May 7, 1999

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

May 7, 1999

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent). H. Rept. 106-130, Part I. Filed late, pursuant to previous special order.

May 7, 1999

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent). H. Rept. 106-130, Part I. Filed late, pursuant to previous special order.

May 7, 1999

Referred sequentially to the House Committee on Armed Services for a period ending not later than May 11, 1999 for consideration of such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(c), rule X.

May 6, 1999

Mr. Goss asked unanimous consent that the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent) have until midnight on May 7 to file a report on H.R. 1555. Agreed to without objection.

Apr 26, 1999

Introduced in House

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