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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 488 

To amend title VI of the National Security Act of 1947 to require reports 

to be submitted to the Attorney General and the congressional intelligence committees regarding requests for information about an officer, 

employee, or agent of an element of the intelligence community and 

to amend the definition of covert agent to include agents that have 

served outside the United States at any time. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 16, 2007 

Mr. HOLT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Select 

Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select) 

A BILL 

To amend title VI of the National Security Act of 1947 

to require reports to be submitted to the Attorney General and the congressional intelligence committees regarding requests for information about an officer, employee, or agent of an element of the intelligence community and to amend the definition of covert agent to 

include agents that have served outside the United States 

at any time. 

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. REPORT ON REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION RE2 LATING TO OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND 

3 AGENTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. 

4 Section 603 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

5 U.S.C. 423) is amended— 

6 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘REPORT’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘REPORTS’’; and 

8 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub9 section: 

10 ‘‘(c)(1) Not later than 24 hours after an element of 

11 the intelligence community receives a request for informa12 tion regarding an officer, employee, or agent of such ele13 ment from a department, agency, or office of the executive 

14 branch that is not an element of the intelligence commu15 nity, the head of the element of the intelligence community 

16 receiving such request shall submit to the Attorney Gen17 eral, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of 

18 the House of Representatives, and the Select Committee 

19 on Intelligence of the Senate a report on such request in 

20 both written and electronic form, including— 

21 ‘‘(A) the name of the person making the re22 quest; 

23 ‘‘(B) the department, agency, or office making 

24 the request; 

25 ‘‘(C) the name of the officer, employee, or agent 

26 about whom information is requested; 


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1 ‘‘(D) the type of information sought; 

2 ‘‘(E) the cover status of the officer, employee, 

3 or agent; and 

4 ‘‘(F) the date of the request. 

5 ‘‘(2) A report submitted under this section is exempt 

6 from disclosure under section 552 of title 5, United States 

7 Code. 

8 ‘‘(3) Routine administrative requests relating to pay9 roll adjustments, status of insurance, or other areas of 

10 human resources shall not be subject to the reporting re11 quirements of this subsection. 

12 ‘‘(4) In this subsection, the term ‘information’ in13 cludes any information of a personal or professional na14 ture, including the name, cover status, clearance status, 

15 and areas of expertise of a person.’’. 

16 SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF COVERT AGENT. 

17 Section 606(4)(A)(ii) of the National Security Act of 

18 1947 (50 U.S.C. 426(4)(A)(ii)) is amended— 

19 (1) by inserting ‘‘or has served’’ after ‘‘is serv20 ing’’; and 

21 (2) by striking ‘‘or has within the last five years 

22 served outside the United States’’. 

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