Ensuring Sound Military and Intelligence Advice Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-793
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
Introduced: 2017-02-01
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Director of National Intelligence

Executive Office of the President

Federal officials

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Military command and structure

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Latest action: action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and 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.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-02-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Ensuring Sound Military and Intelligence Advice Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill amends the National Security Act of 1947 to require the President to designate the Director of National Intelligence and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as regular attendees of the meetings of the National Security Council (NSC), or of any body of the NSC (including the Principals Committee), if any individual whose responsibilities are primarily political is designated as a regular attendee of such meetings.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 793 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 1, 2017 Mr. Larsen of Washington (for himself, Mr. Aguilar , Mr. Carbajal , Mr. Connolly , Mr. Cooper , Mr. Courtney , Ms. DelBene , Mr. Garamendi , Mr. Heck , Mr. Kilmer , Mr. O'Halleran , Mr. Perlmutter , Mr. Walz , and Mr. McGovern ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services , and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs , and 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 amend the National Security Act of 1947 to provide for additional requirements relating to the regular attendees of meetings of the National Security Council and bodies thereof.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ensuring Sound Military and Intelligence Advice Act of 2017 . 2. Designation of regular attendees of meetings of National Security Council and bodies thereof Section 101(c)(2) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3021 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: If any individual whose responsibilities are primarily political is designated as a regular attendee of meetings of the National Security Council or of any body of the National Security Council, including the Principals Committee, then the Director of National Intelligence and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall also be designated as regular attendees of such Council or body. .