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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1613 

To require the Director of National Intelligence to submit to Congress an 

unclassified report on energy security and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 13, 2007 

Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. CHAMBLISS) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence 

A BILL 

To require the Director of National Intelligence to submit 

to Congress an unclassified report on energy security 

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 ‘‘Weighing Intelligence 

5 for Smarter Energy Act of 2007’’ or the ‘‘WISE Act of 

6 2007’’. 

7 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

8 Congress makes the following findings: 

9 (1) The members of the intelligence community 

10 in the United States, most notably the National InVerDate Aug 31 2005 04:12 Jun 15, 2007 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1613.IS S1613

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1 telligence Council, the Office of Intelligence and 

2 Counterintelligence of the Department of Energy, 

3 and the Office of Transnational Issues of the Cen4 tral Intelligence Agency, possess substantial analytic 

5 expertise with regard to global energy issues. 

6 (2) Energy policy debates generally do not use, 

7 to the fullest extent possible, the expertise available 

8 in the intelligence community. 

9 SEC. 3. REPORT ON ENERGY SECURITY. 

10 (a) REQUIREMENT.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

12 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Di13 rector of National Intelligence shall submit to Con14 gress a report on the long-term energy security of 

15 the United States. 

16 (2) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by 

17 subsection (a) shall be submitted in an unclassified 

18 form and may include a classified annex. 

19 (b) CONTENT.—The report submitted pursuant to 

20 subsection (a) shall include the following: 

21 (1) An assessment of key energy issues that 

22 have national security or foreign policy implications 

23 for the United States. 


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1 (2) An assessment of the future of world energy 

2 supplies, including the impact likely and unlikely 

3 scenarios may have on world energy supply. 

4 (3) A description of— 

5 (A) the policies being pursued, or expected 

6 to be pursued, by the major energy producing 

7 countries or by the major energy consuming 

8 countries, including developing countries, to in9 clude policies that utilize renewable resources 

10 for electrical and biofuel production; 

11 (B) an evaluation of the probable outcomes 

12 of carrying out such policy options, including— 

13 (i) the economic and geopolitical im14 pact of the energy policy strategies likely 

15 to be pursued by such countries; 

16 (ii) the likely impact of such strate17 gies on the decisionmaking processes on 

18 major energy cartels; and 

19 (iii) the impact of policies that utilize 

20 renewable resources for electrical and 

21 biofuel production, including an assessment 

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1 crease in biofuels production in both devel2 oped and developing countries, and the im3 pact of an increase in biofuels production 

4 on global food supplies; and 

5 (C) the potential impact of such outcomes 

6 on the energy security and national security of 

7 the United States. 

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