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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2660 

To amend the National Security Act of 1947 to require notice to Congress 

of certain declassifications of intelligence information, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 26, 2006 

Mrs. FEINSTEIN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence 

A BILL 

To amend the National Security Act of 1947 to require 

notice to Congress of certain declassifications of intelligence information, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. NOTICE TO CONGRESS OF CERTAIN 

4 DECLASSIFICATIONS OF INTELLIGENCE IN5 FORMATION. 

6 (a) NOTICE REQUIRED.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Title V of the National Se8 curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 413 et seq.) is 

9 amended by adding at the end the following new sec10 tion: 


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1 ‘‘NOTICE TO CONGRESS ON CERTAIN DECLASSIFICATIONS

2 OF INTELLIGENCE

3 ‘‘SEC. 508. (a) NOTICE REQUIRED.—Not later than 

4 15 days after the date of the declassification of any intel5 ligence by the President, or Vice President if authorized 

6 by Executive Order or other delegation of authority from 

7 the President, the President shall submit to the congres8 sional intelligence committees notice on the declassifica9 tion of such intelligence. 

10 ‘‘(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ADDITIONAL NO11 TICE.—It is the sense of Congress that, in furtherance of 

12 the protection of intelligence sources and methods and to 

13 ensure appropriate handling and dissemination of intel14 ligence, any notice submitted to the congressional intel15 ligence committees under subsection (a) should also be 

16 submitted to— 

17 ‘‘(1) the Director of National Intelligence; 

18 ‘‘(2) the Archivist of the United States; and 

19 ‘‘(3) the heads of applicable elements of the in20 telligence community. 

21 ‘‘(c) EXCEPTION.—This section does not apply to the 

22 declassification of intelligence done as part of the manda23 tory or systematic declassification of information as de24 scribed by section 3 of Executive Order No. 13292, of 

25 March 25, 2003, or any successor Executive Order.’’. 


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1 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con2 tents for that Act is amended by inserting after the 

3 item relating to section 507 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 508. Notice to Congress on certain declassifications of intelligence.’’. 

4 (b) REPORTS TO CONGRESS ON CERTAIN OFFICIALS

5 AUTHORIZED TO DECLASSIFY INFORMATION.— 

6 (1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 15 days 

7 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

8 President shall submit to the congressional intel9 ligence committees a report setting forth a current 

10 list of each official of the Executive Office of the 

11 President, other than the President, who is author12 ized to declassify information other than information 

13 originally classified by such official. 

14 (2) UPDATES.—Not later than 15 days after 

15 adding or removing an official from the list required 

16 by paragraph (1), the President shall submit to the 

17 congressional intelligence committees an update of 

18 the list and a notice of the addition or removal of 

19 such official from the list. 

20 (3) CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE COMMIT21 TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘con22 gressional intelligence committees’’ means— 

23 (A) the Select Committee on Intelligence of 

24 the Senate; and 


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1 (B) the Permanent Select Committee on 

2 Intelligence of the House of Representatives. 

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