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105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 753

To require a separate, unclassified statement of the aggregate amount of

budget outlays for intelligence activities.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 13, 1997

Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Mr. MILLER of California, Mr. DELLUMS, Mr.

OBERSTAR, Mr. BONIOR, Mr. FARR of California, Ms. PELOSI, Mr.

STARK, Ms. RIVERS, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. BLUMENAUER,

Mr. FILNER, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. NADLER, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. WATT of North Carolina, Mr. YATES, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. OLVER,

Ms. ESHOO, Mr. PASTOR, and Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ) introduced the following

bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition

to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be

subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration

of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To require a separate, unclassified statement of the

aggregate amount of budget outlays 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 Budget

5 Accountability Act of 1997’’.
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1 SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

2 It is the purpose of this Act to require the publication

3 of the aggregate intelligence budget figure to provide a

4 more thorough accounting of Government expenditures as

5 required by article I, section 9, clause 7 of the Constitu6 tion.

7 SEC. 3. FINDINGS.

8 The Congress finds that—

9 (1) article I, section 9, clause 7 of the Constitu10 tion states that ‘‘No Money shall be drawn from the

11 Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations

12 made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account

13 of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public

14 Money shall be published from time to time.’’;

15 (2) during the Cold War the United States did

16 not provide to the American people a ‘‘regular State17 ment and Account of the . . . Expenditures’’ for

18 intelligence activities;

19 (3) the failure to provide to the American peo20 ple a statement of the total amount of expenditures

21 on intelligence activities prevents them from partici22 pating in an informed, democratic decision concern23 ing the appropriate level for such expenditures; and

24 (4) the Report of the Commission on the Roles

25 and Capabilities of the United States Intelligence

26 Community recommended the disclosure of ‘‘the
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1 total amount of money appropriated for intelligence

2 activities during the current fiscal year and the total

3 amount being requested for the next fiscal year’’.

4 SEC. 4. ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF

5 INTELLIGENCE EXPENDITURES FOR THE

6 PRECEDING FISCAL YEAR.

7 Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is

8 amended by adding at the end thereof the following new

9 paragraph:

10 ‘‘(31) a separate, unclassified statement of the

11 appropriations and proposed appropriations for the

12 current fiscal year, and the amount of appropria13 tions requested for the fiscal year for which the

14 budget is submitted, for national and tactical intel15 ligence activities, including activities carried out

16 under the budget of the Department of Defense to

17 collect, analyze, produce, disseminate, or support the

18 collection of intelligence.’’.

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