[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1578 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1578

 To make technical corrections to section 504 of the National Security 
  Act of 1947 and to conform law and practice with respect to use of 
               certain funds for intelligence activities.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             October 21 (legislative day, October 13), 1993

  Mr. Warner introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
            referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence

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                                 A BILL


 
 To make technical corrections to section 504 of the National Security 
  Act of 1947 and to conform law and practice with respect to use of 
               certain funds for intelligence activities.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Intelligence Authorization Process 
Adjustment Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 504 OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947.

    (a) Amendments Relating to Intelligence Funding.--The National 
Security Act of 1947 is amended as follows--
            (1) in subsection 504(a)--
                    (A) redesignate paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as 
                subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively;
                    (B) insert ``(1)'' after ``(a)'';
                    (C) in subparagraph (1)(C) as so redesignated, 
                redesignate sub-subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) as sub-
                subparagraphs (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively;
                    (D) at the end of subparagraph (1)(A) as so 
                redesignated, strike ``or'';
                    (E) at the end of subparagraph (1)(B) as so 
                redesignated, strike ``or'';
                    (F) in subparagraph (1)(C) as so redesignated, 
                after ``different activity'' insert ``, or in the case 
                of funds appropriated for such different activity in 
                the absence of such authorization'';
                    (G) in subsection (a)(1)(C)(ii) as so redesignated, 
                strike ``unforseen'' and insert in lieu thereof 
                ``unforeseen'';
                    (H) at the end of subsection (a)(1)(C) as so 
                redesignated, insert after the semicolon ``or''; and
                    (I) strike paragraph (4) and insert in lieu thereof 
                the following--
            ``(D) in the case of funds appropriated for an intelligence 
        or intelligence-related activity either in excess of the amount 
        specifically authorized by the Congress for that activity, or 
        in the absence of an amount specifically authorized by the 
        Congress for that activity, the Director of Central 
        Intelligence, the Secretary of Defense, or the Attorney 
        General, as appropriate, has notified the appropriate 
        congressional committees of the intent to make such funds 
        available for such activity.
    ``(2) Notifications received by the appropriate congressional 
committees under subsections (a)(1)(C)(iii) and (a)(1)(D) shall be 
acted upon in accordance with the respective applicable committee 
procedures.''; and
            (2) at the end of section 504, insert--
    ``(f) Nothing in subsection (a) prohibits obligation or expenditure 
of funds available to an intelligence agency in accordance with 
sections 1535 and 1536 of title 31, United States Code.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as of October 1, 1993.

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