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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8410 
To authorize certain expenditures relating to intelligence and 
counterintelligence activities of the Coast Guard, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 18, 2022 
Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture, and in addition to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 
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 authorize certain expenditures relating to intelligence and 
counterintelligence activities of the Coast Guard, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coast Guard Intel-
ligence Operations Improvement Act of 2022’’. 
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SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION RELATING TO CERTAIN INTEL-
LIGENCE AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AC-
TIVITIES OF COAST GUARD. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Subject to subsection (b), and 
consistent with the policies, procedures, and coordination 
required pursuant to section 811 of the Counterintel-
ligence and Security Enhancements Act of 1994 (50 
U.S.C. 3381) and section 902 of the Counterintelligence 
Enhancement Act of 2002 (50 U.S.C. 3382), the Com-
mandant of the Coast Guard may expend amounts made 
available for the intelligence and counterintelligence activi-
ties of the Coast Guard to conduct such an activity with-
out regard to any other provision of law or regulation re-
lating to the expenditure of Government funds, if— 
(1) the object of the activity is of a confidential, 
extraordinary, or emergency nature; and 
(2) following each such expenditure, the Com-
mandant submits to the congressional intelligence 
committees a certification that the object of the ac-
tivity conducted was of a nature described in para-
graph (1). 
(b) LIMITATION.—Of the funds made available for a 
fiscal year for the intelligence and counterintelligence ac-
tivities of the Coast Guard, not more than five percent 
may be expended during the fiscal year under subsection 
(a) to conduct such activities in accordance with such sub-
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section unless, for each intended expenditure in excess of 
such percentage— 
(1) the Commandant submits to the congres-
sional intelligence committees a notification of the 
intent to expend the amounts; and 
(2) a period of 30 days has elapsed following 
the date on which the Commandant submits such 
notification. 
(c) ANNUAL REPORT.— 
(1) SUBMISSION.—Not later than December 1 
of each year, the Commandant shall submit to the 
congressional intelligence committees a report on all 
expenditures during the preceding fiscal year under 
subsection (a). 
(2) MATTERS.—Each report under paragraph 
(1) shall include, for each individual expenditure cov-
ered by such report that is in excess of the percent-
age specified in subsection (b) for the relevant fiscal 
year, the following: 
(A) A detailed description of the purpose 
of such expenditure. 
(B) The amount of such expenditure. 
(C) An identification of the approving au-
thority for such expenditure. 
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