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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1578

To make technical corrections to section 504 of the National Security Act

of 1947 and to conform law and practice with respect to use of certain

funds for intelligence activities.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

OCTOBER 21 (legislative day, OCTOBER 13), 1993

Mr. WARNER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Select Committee on Intelligence

A BILL

To make technical corrections to section 504 of the National

Security Act of 1947 and to conform law and practice

with respect to use of certain funds for intelligence activities.

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Intelligence Authoriza5 tion Process Adjustment Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 504 OF THE NATIONAL

2 SECURITY ACT OF 1947.

3 (a) AMENDMENTS RELATING TO INTELLIGENCE

4 FUNDING.—The National Security Act of 1947 is amend5 ed as follows—

6 (1) in subsection 504(a)—

7 (A) redesignate paragraphs (1), (2), and

8 (3) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respec9 tively;

10 (B) insert ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(a)’’;

11 (C) in subparagraph (1)(C) as so redesig12 nated, redesignate sub-subparagraphs (A), (B),

13 and (C) as sub-subparagraphs (i), (ii), and (iii),

14 respectively;

15 (D) at the end of subparagraph (1)(A) as

16 so redesignated, strike ‘‘or’’;

17 (E) at the end of subparagraph (1)(B) as

18 so redesignated, strike ‘‘or’’;

19 (F) in subparagraph (1)(C) as so redesig20 nated, after ‘‘different activity’’ insert ‘‘, or in

21 the case of funds appropriated for such dif22 ferent activity in the absence of such authoriza23 tion’’;

24 (G) in subsection (a)(1)(C)(ii) as so redes25 ignated, strike ‘‘unforseen’’ and insert in lieu

26 thereof ‘‘unforeseen’’;
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1 (H) at the end of subsection (a)(1)(C) as

2 so redesignated, insert after the semicolon ‘‘or’’;

3 and

4 (I) strike paragraph (4) and insert in lieu

5 thereof the following—

6 ‘‘(D) in the case of funds appropriated for an

7 intelligence or intelligence-related activity either in

8 excess of the amount specifically authorized by the

9 Congress for that activity, or in the absence of an

10 amount specifically authorized by the Congress for

11 that activity, the Director of Central Intelligence,

12 the Secretary of Defense, or the Attorney General,

13 as appropriate, has notified the appropriate congres14 sional committees of the intent to make such funds

15 available for such activity.

16 ‘‘(2) Notifications received by the appropriate con17 gressional committees under subsections (a)(1)(C)(iii) and

18 (a)(1)(D) shall be acted upon in accordance with the re19 spective applicable committee procedures.’’; and

20 (2) at the end of section 504, insert—

21 ‘‘(f) Nothing in subsection (a) prohibits obligation or

22 expenditure of funds available to an intelligence agency

23 in accordance with sections 1535 and 1536 of title 31,

24 United States Code.’’.
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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

2 subsection (a) shall take effect as of October 1, 1993.

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