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[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 488 Introduced in House (IH)]

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.

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                    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)

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                                 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.

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

SECTION 1. REPORT ON REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION RELATING TO OFFICERS, 
              EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.

    Section 603 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 423) is 
amended--
            (1) in the heading, by striking ``report'' and inserting 
        ``reports''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c)(1) Not later than 24 hours after an element of the 
intelligence community receives a request for information regarding an 
officer, employee, or agent of such element from a department, agency, 
or office of the executive branch that is not an element of the 
intelligence community, the head of the element of the intelligence 
community receiving such request shall submit to the Attorney General, 
the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
Representatives, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate 
a report on such request in both written and electronic form, 
including--
            ``(A) the name of the person making the request;
            ``(B) the department, agency, or office making the request;
            ``(C) the name of the officer, employee, or agent about 
        whom information is requested;
            ``(D) the type of information sought;
            ``(E) the cover status of the officer, employee, or agent; 
        and
            ``(F) the date of the request.
    ``(2) A report submitted under this section is exempt from 
disclosure under section 552 of title 5, United States Code.
    ``(3) Routine administrative requests relating to payroll 
adjustments, status of insurance, or other areas of human resources 
shall not be subject to the reporting requirements of this subsection.
    ``(4) In this subsection, the term `information' includes any 
information of a personal or professional nature, including the name, 
cover status, clearance status, and areas of expertise of a person.''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF COVERT AGENT.

    Section 606(4)(A)(ii) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 426(4)(A)(ii)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``or has served'' after ``is serving''; 
        and
            (2) by striking ``or has within the last five years served 
        outside the United States''.
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