[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1494 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1494

 To amend the National Security Act of 1947 to establish the positions 
  of Director, Deputy Director, and Senior Directors of the National 
 Security Council and to require that their appointments be subject to 
          confirmation by the Senate, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 7, 1995

Mr. Diaz-Balart (for himself, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, 
 and Mr. Funderburk) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on National Security and in addition to the Committees 
on International Relations, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the National Security Act of 1947 to establish the positions 
  of Director, Deputy Director, and Senior Directors of the National 
 Security Council and to require that their appointments be subject to 
          confirmation by the Senate, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF POSITIONS OF DIRECTOR, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, AND 
              SENIOR DIRECTORS OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (c) of section 101 of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 402) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(c)(1) The Council shall have a director and a deputy director, 
both of whom shall be appointed by the President, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate.
    ``(2) The Council may have such additional senior directors as the 
President determines necessary. Such senior directors shall be 
appointed by the President, by and with the consent of the Senate.
    ``(3) The director may appoint and fix the compensation of such 
additional personnel as may be necessary to perform such duties as may 
be prescribed by the Council in connection with the performance of its 
functions.
    ``(4) The director, deputy director, senior directors, and such 
additional personnel shall be appointed subject to the provisions of 
title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive 
service, and shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of chapter 
51 and subchapters III and VIII of chapter 53 of that title relating to 
classification and General Schedule and Senior Executive Service pay 
rates.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply with 
respect to any individual serving on such date in one of the following 
positions: the Assistant to the President for National Security 
Affairs, the Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security 
Affairs, and any Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director 
of the National Security Council.
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