[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 645 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 645

  Requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Defense to 
    transmit to the House of Representatives all information in the 
possession of the President or the Secretary of Defense relating to the 
collection of intelligence information pertaining to persons inside the 
United States without obtaining court-ordered warrants authorizing the 
collection of such information and relating to the policy of the United 
 States with respect to the gathering of counterterrorism intelligence 
                       within the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 22, 2005

 Mr. Wexler submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Armed Services

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Defense to 
    transmit to the House of Representatives all information in the 
possession of the President or the Secretary of Defense relating to the 
collection of intelligence information pertaining to persons inside the 
United States without obtaining court-ordered warrants authorizing the 
collection of such information and relating to the policy of the United 
 States with respect to the gathering of counterterrorism intelligence 
                       within the United States.

    Resolved, That--
            (1) the President is requested to transmit to the House of 
        Representatives, not later than 14 days after the date of the 
        adoption of this resolution, all documents, including telephone 
        and electronic mail records, logs, calendars, minutes, and 
        memos, in the possession of the President relating to--
                    (A) the scope of the activities undertaken by the 
                Department of Defense, the Counterintelligence Field 
                Activity, or any related agency with regard to Threat 
                and Local Observation Notice reports (TALONs); and
                    (B) the legal authority upon which surveillance by 
                the National Security Agency or the Department of 
                Defense of persons inside the United States and the 
                gathering of counterterrorism intelligence within the 
                United States without obtaining court-ordered warrants 
                is based; and
            (2) the Secretary of Defense is directed to transmit to the 
        House of Representatives, not later than 14 days after the date 
        of the adoption of this resolution, all documents, including 
        telephone and electronic mail records, logs, calendars, 
        minutes, memos, and records of internal discussions, in the 
        possession of the Secretary relating to--
                    (A) the scope of the activities undertaken by the 
                Department of Defense, the Counterintelligence Field 
                Activity, or any related agency with regard to Threat 
                and Local Observation Notice reports; and
                    (B) the legal authority upon which surveillance by 
                the National Security Agency or the Department of 
                Defense of persons inside the United States and the 
                gathering of counterterrorism intelligence within the 
                United States without obtaining court-ordered warrants 
                is based.
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