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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3900 

To amend the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 to facilitate 

access by the Comptroller General of the United States to information 

in the possession of the intelligence community, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 16, 2014 

Mr. MCCAUL (for himself and Mr. SCHIFF) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select) 

A BILL 

To amend the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

2010 to facilitate access by the Comptroller General of 

the United States to information in the possession of 

the intelligence community, 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. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Intelligence Commu5 nity Oversight Act of 2014’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ACCESS TO INFORMATION BY THE COMPTROLLER 

2 GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES. 

3 Section 348 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for 

4 Fiscal Year 2010 (50 U.S.C. 3308) is amended by adding 

5 at the end the following new subsections: 

6 ‘‘(e) IMPLEMENTATION OF DIRECTIVE.—In carrying 

7 out the directive issued under subsection (a)(1), the head 

8 of each element of the intelligence community shall— 

9 ‘‘(1) provide the Comptroller General with time10 ly access to information concerning the programs 

11 and activities of the intelligence community for any 

12 audit, investigation, program evaluation, report, or 

13 review for which the Comptroller General considers 

14 such information necessary; and 

15 ‘‘(2) in providing such access— 

16 ‘‘(A) cooperate with the Comptroller Gen17 eral to the fullest extent possible and provide 

18 timely responses to requests for information; 

19 ‘‘(B) not categorically deny the Comp20 troller General access to information requested 

21 in furtherance of an audit or evaluation; 

22 ‘‘(C) carefully consider requests for infor23 mation based on consultation with the Comp24 troller General; 

25 ‘‘(D) work with the Comptroller General to 

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1 quest for access to specific information if the 

2 head of an element of the intelligence commu3 nity determines that such element is unable to 

4 provide the Comptroller General with access to 

5 the specific information requested; and 

6 ‘‘(E) narrowly construe any limitation on 

7 access to information by the Comptroller Gen8 eral described in such directive. 

9 ‘‘(f) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF IMPLEMEN10 TATION.— 

11 ‘‘(1) DENIALS OF ACCESS.—If, after following 

12 the requirements of this section and the directive 

13 issued under subsection (a)(1), the head of an ele14 ment of the intelligence community determines that 

15 such element cannot comply with a request by the 

16 Comptroller General for access to information, the 

17 head of such element shall, in a timely manner and 

18 at the same time as the head of such element noti19 fies the Comptroller General of the denial of access 

20 to such information, submit to the Director of Na21 tional Intelligence, the Comptroller General, and 

22 Congress a written justification for denying such ac23 cess. 

24 ‘‘(2) SEMIANNUAL REPORTS.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTEL2 LIGENCE.—The Director of National Intel3 ligence shall semiannually submit to Congress 

4 and the Comptroller General in electronic form 

5 a report describing any instances in which the 

6 head of an element of the intelligence commu7 nity denied the Comptroller General access to 

8 information that the Comptroller General re9 quested, including the written justification for 

10 such denial submitted to the Comptroller Gen11 eral in accordance with paragraph (1). 

12 ‘‘(B) COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—Not later 

13 than 30 days after receiving a report in accord14 ance with subparagraph (A), the Comptroller 

15 General shall submit to Congress in electronic 

16 form a report containing any comments the 

17 Comptroller General considers appropriate in 

18 response to such report.’’. 

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