I 
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. 
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 ‘‘Intelligence Commu-
nity Oversight Act of 2014’’. 
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SEC. 2. ACCESS TO INFORMATION BY THE COMPTROLLER 
GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES. 
Section 348 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2010 (50 U.S.C. 3308) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsections: 
‘‘(e) IMPLEMENTATION OF DIRECTIVE.—In carrying 
out the directive issued under subsection (a)(1), the head 
of each element of the intelligence community shall— 
‘‘(1) provide the Comptroller General with time-
ly access to information concerning the programs 
and activities of the intelligence community for any 
audit, investigation, program evaluation, report, or 
review for which the Comptroller General considers 
such information necessary; and 
‘‘(2) in providing such access— 
‘‘(A) cooperate with the Comptroller Gen-
eral to the fullest extent possible and provide 
timely responses to requests for information; 
‘‘(B) not categorically deny the Comp-
troller General access to information requested 
in furtherance of an audit or evaluation; 
‘‘(C) carefully consider requests for infor-
mation based on consultation with the Comp-
troller General; 
‘‘(D) work with the Comptroller General to 
explore alternative means to accommodate a re-
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quest for access to specific information if the 
head of an element of the intelligence commu-
nity determines that such element is unable to 
provide the Comptroller General with access to 
the specific information requested; and 
‘‘(E) narrowly construe any limitation on 
access to information by the Comptroller Gen-
eral described in such directive. 
‘‘(f) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF IMPLEMEN-
TATION.— 
‘‘(1) DENIALS OF ACCESS.—If, after following 
the requirements of this section and the directive 
issued under subsection (a)(1), the head of an ele-
ment of the intelligence community determines that 
such element cannot comply with a request by the 
Comptroller General for access to information, the 
head of such element shall, in a timely manner and 
at the same time as the head of such element noti-
fies the Comptroller General of the denial of access 
to such information, submit to the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence, the Comptroller General, and 
Congress a written justification for denying such ac-
cess. 
‘‘(2) SEMIANNUAL REPORTS.— 
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‘‘(A) DIRECTOR
OF
NATIONAL
INTEL-
LIGENCE.—The Director of National Intel-
ligence shall semiannually submit to Congress 
and the Comptroller General in electronic form 
a report describing any instances in which the 
head of an element of the intelligence commu-
nity denied the Comptroller General access to 
information that the Comptroller General re-
quested, including the written justification for 
such denial submitted to the Comptroller Gen-
eral in accordance with paragraph (1). 
‘‘(B) COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—Not later 
than 30 days after receiving a report in accord-
ance with subparagraph (A), the Comptroller 
General shall submit to Congress in electronic 
form a report containing any comments the 
Comptroller General considers appropriate in 
response to such report.’’. 
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