Intelligence Budget Transparency Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-3855
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2014-01-13
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations

Budget process

Congressional oversight

Executive agency funding and structure

Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Latest action: action_date: 2014-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-01-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Intelligence Budget Transparency Act of 2014 - Requires the President's annual federal budget submission to include the total dollar amount proposed for intelligence or intelligence related activities of each element of the government engaged in such activities in the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted and the estimated appropriation required for each of the ensuing four fiscal years.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 3855 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 13, 2014 Mrs. Lummis (for herself, Mr. Welch , Mr. Sensenbrenner , Mr. Price of North Carolina , Mr. Gutiérrez , and Mr. Jordan ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget A BILL To amend section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, to require that the annual budget submissions of the Presidents include the total dollar amount requested for intelligence or intelligence related activities of each element of the Government engaged in such activities.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Intelligence Budget Transparency Act of 2014 . 2. Funding for intelligence activities of each element of the Government Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by redesignating the second paragraph (37) as paragraph (39) and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (40) (A) the total dollar amount proposed in the budget for intelligence or intelligence related activities of each element of the Government engaged in such activities in the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted and the estimated appropriation required for each of the ensuing four fiscal years; and (B) as used in subparagraph (A), the term element of the Government refers to each element of the intelligence community as defined in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3003(4) ). .