[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 91 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 91

       To restrict intelligence sharing with the United Nations.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 19, 1999

   Ms. Snowe introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
       To restrict intelligence sharing with the United Nations.

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

SECTION 1. RESTRICTIONS ON INTELLIGENCE SHARING WITH THE UNITED 
              NATIONS.

    The United Nations Participation Act of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 13. RESTRICTIONS ON INTELLIGENCE SHARING WITH THE UNITED 
              NATIONS.

    ``(a) Provision of Intelligence Information to the United 
Nations.--
            ``(1) No United States intelligence information may be 
        provided to the United Nations or any organization affiliated 
        with the United Nations, or to any official or employee 
        thereof, unless the President certifies to the Committee on 
        Foreign Relations and the Select Committee on Intelligence of 
        the Senate and the Committee on International Relations and the 
        Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
        Representatives that the Director of Central Intelligence (in 
        this section referred to as the `DCI'), in consultation with 
        the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense, has 
        required, and such organization has established and 
        implemented, procedures for protecting intelligence sources and 
        methods (including protection from release to nations and 
        foreign nationals that are otherwise not eligible to receive 
        such information) no less stringent than procedures maintained 
        by nations with which the United States regularly shares 
        similar types of intelligence information. Such certification 
        shall include a description of the procedures in effect at such 
        organization.
            ``(2) Paragraph (1) may be waived upon written 
        certification by the President to the appropriate committees of 
        Congress that providing such information to the United Nations 
        or an organization affiliated with the United Nations, or to 
        any official or employee thereof, is in the direct national 
        security interest of the United States and that all possible 
        measures protecting such information have been taken, except 
        that such waiver must be made for each instance such 
        information is provided, or for each such document provided.
    ``(b) Periodic and Special Reports.--
            ``(1) The President shall periodically report, but not less 
        frequently than quarterly, to the Committee on Foreign 
        Relations and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
        Senate and the Committee on International Relations and the 
        Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
        Representatives on the types and volume of intelligence 
        provided to the United Nations and the purposes for which it 
        was provided during the period covered by the report. Such 
        periodic reports shall be submitted to the Select Committee on 
        Intelligence of the Senate and the Permanent Select Committee 
        on Intelligence of the House of Representatives with an annex 
        containing a counterintelligence and security assessment of all 
        risks, including an evaluation of any potential adverse impact 
        on national collection systems, of providing intelligence to 
        the United Nations, together with information on how such risks 
        have been addressed.
            ``(2) The President shall submit a special report to the 
        Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select Committee on 
        Intelligence of the Senate and the Committee on International 
        Relations and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of 
        the House of Representatives within 15 days after the United 
        States Government becomes aware of any unauthorized disclosure 
        of intelligence provided to the United Nations by the United 
        States.
    ``(c) Limitation.--The restrictions of subsection (a) and the 
requirement for periodic reports under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) 
shall not apply to the provision of intelligence that is provided only 
to, and for the use of, appropriately cleared United States Government 
personnel serving with the United Nations.
    ``(d) Delegation of Duties.--The President may not delegate or 
assign the duties of the President under subsection (a).
    ``(e) Relationship to Existing Law.--Nothing in this section shall 
be construed to--
            ``(1) impair or otherwise affect the authority of the 
        Director of Central Intelligence to protect intelligence 
        sources and methods from unauthorized disclosure pursuant to 
        section 103(c)(5) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
        U.S.C. 403-3(c)(5)); or
            ``(2) supersede or otherwise affect the provisions of title 
        V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 413 et 
        seq.).''.
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