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# Legislative Bulletin.............................................\................April 26, 2006

**Contents:**

**Amendments to** **H.R. 5020**---Intelligence Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2007

H.R. 5020, the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007
(sponsored by Rep. Hoekstra, R-MI), is scheduled to be considered on the
House floor on Wednesday, April 26^th^, subject to a structured rule
(H.Res. 774). Below are the summaries of the six amendments made in
order under the rule. All amendments are debatable for 10 minutes each,
unless otherwise noted. [Note]{.underline}: summaries are based on RSC
staff's review of actual amendment text. For a summary of the underlying
bill, see a separate RSC document circulated yesterday.

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| **1.) Hoekstra (R-MI)**\                                              |
| Clarifies that the membership of the Drug Enforcement Administration  |
| in the intelligence community is limited to the Office of National    |
| Security Intelligence of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Strikes |
| a provision relating to a rule of construction for the CIA's          |
| protection of intelligence sources and methods.                       |
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| **2.) Fossella (R-NY)**\                                              |
| Authorizes **\$5 million in FY2007** for a study to be conducted by   |
| the Homeland Security Secretary and the Director of National          |
| Intelligence (DNI) to identify the best practices for the             |
| communication of terrorist threat information and the related         |
| information-sharing among federal, state, and local levels of         |
| government. The results of the study, including the necessary         |
| recommendations for action, would have to be reported to Congress     |
| within six months of this bill's enactment.                           |
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| Authorizes **\$25 million over six years** to **establish and         |
| maintain three new centers** of best terrorist-threat-communication   |
| practices---one center in New York City, one in Detroit, and one in   |
| Los Angeles.                                                          |
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| **3.) *Lee (D-CA)***\                                                 |
| Instructs the President, within 120 days of this bill's enactment, to |
| report to Congress on any authorization granted during the past 10    |
| years to engage in intelligence activities related to the overthrow   |
| of a democratically elected government.                               |
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| **4.) *Price (D-NC)***\                                               |
| Requires:                                                             |
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| -   the DNI to report to Congress on regulations issued by agencies   |
|     within the intelligence community regarding minimum standards for |
|     hiring and training of contractors, functions appropriate for     |
|     private sector contractors, and procedures for preventing waste,  |
|     fraud, and abuse;                                                 |
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| -   contractors awarded intelligence community contracts over \$1     |
|     million to provide, within five days of being awarded the         |
|     contract, an accounting of their work (including how many people  |
|     they'll use, what functions they'll undertake, and cost estimates |
|     for materials, insurance, salaries, administration, etc.) to      |
|     their contracting officers within intelligence community          |
|     agencies;                                                         |
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| -   contractors awarded intelligence community contracts over \$1     |
|     million to provide, after the contract is complete, actual        |
|     expenditures for materials, insurance, salaries, administration,  |
|     etc., to their contracting officers within intelligence community |
|     agencies;                                                         |
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| -   the DNI to submit a detailed (using similar metrics to those      |
|     above) annual report to Congress on the contracts awarded by      |
|     intelligence community agencies; and                              |
|                                                                       |
| -   the DNI to make recommendations to Congress on enhancing the      |
|     intelligence community's ability to hire, promote, and retain     |
|     highly qualified and experienced professional staff.              |
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| **5.) *Andrews (D-NJ)***\                                             |
| Requires the DNI to provide Congress with a quarterly classified      |
| intelligence report on insurgent forces in Iraq, containing           |
| intelligence on:                                                      |
|                                                                       |
| -   the estimated number of insurgent forces in Iraq;                 |
|                                                                       |
| -   the estimated number of insurgent forces that are former members  |
|     of the Ba'ath Party;                                              |
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| -   the estimated number of insurgent forces that are members of al   |
|     Qaeda or other terrorist organizations; and                       |
|                                                                       |
| -   a description of where the insurgent forces are located, their    |
|     capabilities, and their sources of funding.                       |
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| **6.) Renzi (R-AZ)**\                                                 |
| States several findings regarding the protection of national security |
| information, including:                                               |
|                                                                       |
| -   "The Supreme Court has recognized a compelling government         |
|     interest in withholding national security information from        |
|     unauthorized persons;                                             |
|                                                                       |
| -   "Potential unauthorized disclosures of classified information     |
|     have impeded relationships with foreign intelligence services and |
|     the effectiveness of the Global War on Terrorism; and             |
|                                                                       |
| -   "Media corporations and journalists have improperly profited      |
|     financially from publishing purported unauthorized disclosures of |
|     classified information."                                          |
|                                                                       |
| Expresses a sense of Congress that the President should utilize his   |
| constitutional authority to the fullest extent practicable (where     |
| warranted) to classify and protect national security information      |
| relating to intelligence activities and information and to take       |
| effective action against persons who commit unauthorized disclosures  |
| of classified information and information contrary to law and         |
| voluntary secrecy agreements. *(20 minutes)*                          |
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**[RSC Staff Contact]{.underline}:** Paul Teller,
<paul.teller@mail.house.gov>