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tive on the select Committee. The select Committee shall 
only hire or appoint an employee chosen by the respective 
Member of the select Committee for whom the employee 
will serve as the designated representative on the select 
Committee. 
‘‘(b) The select Committee shall be afforded a supple-
ment to its budget, to be determined by the Committee 
on Rules and Administration, to allow for the hire of each 
employee who fills the position of designated representa-
tive to the select Committee. The designated representa-
tive shall have office space and appropriate office equip-
ment in the select Committee spaces, and shall have full 
access to select Committee staff, information, records, and 
databases. 
‘‘(c) The designated employee shall meet all the re-
quirements of relevant statutes, Senate rules, and com-
mittee clearance requirements for employment by the se-
lect Committee.’’. 
(h) NOMINEES.—S. Res. 400 is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 17. (a) The select Committee shall have juris-
diction for reviewing, holding hearings, and voting on civil-
ian persons nominated by the President to fill a position 
within the intelligence community that requires the advice 
and consent of the Senate. 
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‘‘(b) Other committees with jurisdiction over the 
nominees’ executive branch department may hold hearings 
and interviews with that person.’’. 
Subchapter C—Committee Status 
SEC. 251. COMMITTEE STATUS. 
(a) HOMELAND
SECURITY.—The Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs shall be 
treated as the Committee on Governmental Affairs listed 
under paragraph 2 of rule XXV of the Standing Rules 
of the Senate for purposes of the Standing Rules of the 
Senate. 
(b) INTELLIGENCE.—The Select Committee on Intel-
ligence shall be treated as a committee listed under para-
graph 2 of rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate 
for purposes of the Standing Rules of the Senate. 
Subchapter D—Intelligence-Related 
Subcommittees 
SEC. 261. SUBCOMMITTEE RELATED TO INTELLIGENCE 
OVERSIGHT. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Select Committee on Intelligence a Subcommittee on Over-
sight which shall be in addition to any other subcommittee 
established by the select Committee. 
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(b) RESPONSIBILITY.—The Subcommittee on Over-
sight shall be responsible for ongoing oversight of intel-
ligence activities. 
SEC. 262. SUBCOMMITTEE RELATED TO INTELLIGENCE AP-
PROPRIATIONS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Committee on Appropriations a Subcommittee on Intel-
ligence. The Subcommittee on Military Construction shall 
be combined with the Subcommittee on Defense into 1 
subcommittee. 
(b) JURISDICTION.—The Subcommittee on Intel-
ligence of the Committee on Appropriations shall have ju-
risdiction over funding for intelligence matters. 
CHAPTER 3—EFFECTIVE DATE 
SEC. 271. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This subtitle shall take effect on the convening of the 
110th Congress. 
Subtitle D—Declassification of 
Overall Intelligence Budget 
SEC. 281. AVAILABILITY TO PUBLIC OF CERTAIN INTEL-
LIGENCE FUNDING INFORMATION. 
(a) AMOUNTS REQUESTED EACH FISCAL YEAR.— 
The President shall disclose to the public for each fiscal 
year after fiscal year 2005— 
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(1) the aggregate amount of appropriations re-
quested in the budget of the President for the fiscal 
year concerned for the intelligence and intelligence- 
related activities of the United States Government; 
and 
(2) the aggregate amount of appropriations re-
quested in the budget of the President for the fiscal 
year concerned for each element or component of the 
intelligence community. 
(b) AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED EACH FISCAL YEAR.— 
Congress shall disclose to the public for each fiscal year 
after fiscal year 2005— 
(1) the aggregate amount of funds appropriated 
by Congress for the fiscal year concerned for the in-
telligence and intelligence-related activities of the 
United States Government; and 
(2) the aggregate amount of funds appropriated 
by Congress for the fiscal year concerned for each 
element or component of the intelligence community. 
Subtitle E—Standardize Security 
Clearances 
SEC. 282. STANDARDIZATION OF SECURITY CLEARANCES. 
(a) REPORT; CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 
30 days thereafter, the Director of the Office of Personnel 
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Management, in consultation with the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence, the Secretary of Defense, and the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, shall submit to the relevant 
congressional committees a report on the recommenda-
tions of the 9/11 Commission and the policy goals of sec-
tion 3001 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Pre-
vention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–458) with respect 
to security clearances, including with respect to uniform 
policies and procedures for the completion of security 
clearances and reciprocal recognition of such security 
clearances among agencies of the United States Govern-
ment. Such report shall include— 
(1) a certification by the Director of the Office 
of Personnel Management that such recommenda-
tions have been implemented and such policy goals 
have been achieved; or 
(2) if the Director of the Office of Personnel 
Management is unable to make the certification de-
scribed in paragraph (1), a description of— 
(A) the steps taken to implement such rec-
ommendations and achieve such policy goals; 
(B) when the Director of the Office of Per-
sonnel Management expects such recommenda-
tions to be implemented and such policy goals 
to be achieved; and 
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(C) any allocation of resources or other ac-
tions by Congress the Director considers nec-
essary to implement such recommendations and 
achieve such policy goals. 
(b) TERMINATION OF DUTY TO REPORT.—The duty 
to submit a report under subsection (a) shall terminate 
when the Director of the Office of Personnel Management 
submits a certification pursuant to subsection (a)(1). 
(c) GAO REVIEW OF CERTIFICATION.—If the Direc-
tor of the Office of Personnel Management submits a cer-
tification pursuant to subsection (a)(1), not later than 30 
days after the submission of such certification, the Comp-
troller General shall submit to the relevant congressional 
committees a report on whether the recommendations de-
scribed in subsection (a) have been implemented and 
whether the policy goals described in subsection (a) have 
been achieved. 
TITLE 
III—FOREIGN 
POLICY, 
PUBLIC 
DIPLOMACY, 
AND 
NONPROLIFERATION 
Subtitle A—Foreign Policy 
SEC. 301. ACTIONS TO ENSURE A LONG-TERM COMMIT-
MENT TO AFGHANISTAN. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Government of the United States— 
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