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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3436 

To require the Director of the National Security Agency and the Inspector 

General of the National Security Agency to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 30, 2013 

Mr. SANFORD (for himself, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, Mr. MULVANEY, Mr. 

GRAYSON, Mr. BENTIVOLIO, Mr. RICE of South Carolina, Ms. NORTON, 

Mr. MASSIE, Mr. AMASH, Mr. GOWDY, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, and Mr. WILSON of South Carolina) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To require the Director of the National Security Agency 

and the Inspector General of the National Security Agency to be appointed by the President, by and with the 

advice and consent of the Senate, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGEN2 CY. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The National Security Agen4 cy Act of 1959 (50 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) is amended— 

5 (1) by striking section 3; 

6 (2) by redesignating section 2 as section 3; and 

7 (3) by inserting before section 3 (as so redesig8 nated) the following new section: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 2. There is a Director of the National Security 

10 Agency, who shall be appointed by the President, by and 

11 with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall serve 

12 as the head of the National Security Agency.’’. 

13 (b) TRANSITION RULE.—An individual serving as Di14 rector of the National Security Agency on the date of the 

15 enactment of this Act may continue so serving until the 

16 President makes an appointment under section 2 of the 

17 National Security Agency Act of 1959, as amended by 

18 subsection (a) of this section. 

19 SEC. 2. INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY 

20 AGENCY. 

21 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Inspector General Act of 

22 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 

23 (1) in section 8G(a)(2), by striking ‘‘the Na24 tional Security Agency,’’; and 

25 (2) in section 12— 


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1 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘the 

2 National Security Agency,’’ after ‘‘the Federal 

3 Emergency Management Agency,’’; and 

4 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘the 

5 National Security Agency,’’ after ‘‘the National 

6 Aeronautics and Space Administration,’’. 

7 (b) TRANSITION RULE.—An individual serving as In8 spector General of the National Security Agency on the 

9 date of the enactment of this Act pursuant to an appoint10 ment made under section 8G of the Inspector General Act 

11 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)— 

12 (1) may continue so serving until the President 

13 makes an appointment under section 3(a) of such 

14 Act with respect to the National Security Agency 

15 consistent with the amendments made by subsection 

16 (a); and 

17 (2) shall, while serving under paragraph (1), re18 main subject to the provisions of section 8G of such 

19 Act that, immediately before the date of the enact20 ment of this Act, applied with respect to the Inspec21 tor General of the National Security Agency and 

22 suffer no reduction in pay. 

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