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105th Congress > House > Vote 251
Clerk session vote number: 253
Sponsor: GOSS, Porter J. (R-FL)
Description: Sanders of Vermont Amendment, as Modified
Bill summary: 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: Miscellaneous Community Program Adjustments
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 -
Title I: Intelligence Activities
- Authorizes appropriations for FY 1998 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 (FBI); (8) Drug Enforcement Administration; (9) National Reconnaissance Office; and (10) National Imagery and Mapping Agency.
Specifies that the amounts authorized to be appropriated and the authorized personnel ceilings as of September 30, 1998, 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 1998 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 Community Management Account of the DCI for FY 1998. Authorizes full-time personnel for the Community Management Staff of the DCI as of September 30, 1998. Provides for the reimbursement of any U.S. officer or employee, or member of the armed forces, who is detailed to such Staff. Earmarks Account funds for the National Drug Intelligence Center.
Title II: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System
- Authorizes appropriations for FY 1998 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.
(Sec. 304) Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to authorize the detail of employees within the intelligence community to positions in the Intelligence Community Assignment Program, for a maximum of three years with an additional one-year extension in the public interest. Requires an annual report from the DCI to the intelligence committees. Terminates the detail program on September 30, 2002.
(Sec. 305) Extends through January 6, 1999, the authority of the President to stay the application of certain sanctions against a foreign country, organization, or person upon a determination of an adverse effect of such sanction on the conduct of ongoing intelligence activities.
(Sec. 306) Requires entities receiving funds pursuant to this Act to comply with the Buy American Act. Expresses the sense of the Congress that such entities should purchase only American-made equipment and products. Requires notice to such entities of such requirement.
(Sec. 308) Makes ineligible for the receipt of any funds provided under this Act any person found to have intentionally affixed a fraudulent "Made in America" label to any product sold in or shipped into the United States.
(Sec. 309) Requires the DCI and the FBI Director to jointly submit to the Congress an annual report on those intelligence activities of the People's Republic of China which affect U.S. interests.
(Sec. 310) Directs the CIA Inspector General to conduct a review of, and report to the intelligence committees on, any CIA knowledge concerning the presence or use of chemical weapons in the Persian Gulf theater during the Persian Gulf War.
Title IV: Central Intelligence Agency
- Amends the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 to authorize the DCI to enter into multiyear leases for periods of up to 15 years, subject to the availability of appropriations.
(Sec. 402) Authorizes the DCI to: (1) establish a program to provide CIA central services (equipment, salaries, maintenance, operation and other services); and (2) make transfers to and expenditures from the central services working capital fund (established by this section) for central services payments and expenditures. Provides for: (1) fund assets and reimbursement; (2) DCI imposition of a fee for central services provided from the fund; (3) fund audits by the CIA Inspector General; (4) the authorization of appropriations to the fund; and (5) fund termination on March 31, 2000, unless reauthorized by an Act of Congress.
(Sec. 403) Extends to the streets, sidewalks, and open areas within 500 feet of the CIA compound the area authorized to be protected for security purposes by CIA employees. (Currently, such area includes only the CIA installations.) Requires the DCI to report annually to the intelligence committees on the exercise of such authority.
Title V: Department of Defense Intelligence Activities
- Authorizes the award of the degree of Bachelor of Science in Intelligence by the president of the Joint Military Intelligence College.
(Sec. 502) Prohibits the unauthorized use of the name, initials, or seal of the Defense Intelligence Agency, National Reconnaissance Office, National Imagery and Mapping Agency, or Defense Mapping Agency.
(Sec. 503) Amends the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 to extend through FY 1999 the authority for the use of Army operation and maintenance funds to enhance the capabilities of the Bad Aibling and Menwith Hill Army Stations.
Title VI: Miscellaneous Community Program Adjustments
- Prohibits the Secretary of a military department or the head of a defense agency from obligating or expending funds for any information security program without the concurrence of the Director of the National Security Agency.
(Sec. 602) Allows amounts appropriated for intelligence information data broadcast systems to be obligated or expended by a DOD intelligence element only with the concurrence of the DOD official designated as the executive agent of the Integrated Broadcast Service.
(Sec. 603) Transfers to the Secretary of the Air Force, as of the beginning of FY 1997, all functions related to the Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.
(Sec. 604) Requires the Secretary to ensure that at least 11 U-2 aircraft are equipped with certain sensor suites and appropriately maintained to counter available threat technologies until their retirement or replacement.
(Sec. 605) Outlines information to be included in the congressional budget justification books for any element of the intelligence community submitted to the Congress in support of a presidential budget for a fiscal year.
(Sec. 606) Prohibits the Secretary of the Air Force from modifying, amending, or altering an Air Force joint airborne signals program without appropriate coordination with the Secretary of any affected military department. Prohibits such Secretary from entering into a contract for development under such program without such coordination.
(Sec. 607) Directs the Secretary, no later than October 1, 1999, to: (1) discontinue the Defense Space Reconnaissance Program; and (2) close the Defense Space Program Office.
(Sec. 608) Terminates the Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office. Transfers specified Office functions to the Defense Intelligence Agency. Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense and intelligence committees concerning the plans for such termination and transfer of functions.
Bill titles: To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1998 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.
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