[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 35 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
H. RES. 35

              To enhance intelligence oversight authority.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 2007

Mr. Obey submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                           Committee on Rules

_______________________________________________________________________

                               RESOLUTION



              To enhance intelligence oversight authority.

    Resolved, That in clause 4(a) of rule X of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives, add the following new paragraph at the end:
    ``(5)(A) There is established a Select Intelligence Oversight Panel 
of the Committee on Appropriations (hereinafter in this paragraph 
referred to as the `select panel'). The select panel shall be composed 
of not more than 13 Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner 
appointed by the Speaker, of whom not more than eight may be from the 
same political party. The select panel shall include the chairman and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations, the 
chairman and ranking minority member of its Subcommittee on Defense, 
six additional members of the Committee on Appropriations, and three 
members of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
    ``(B) The Speaker shall designate one member of the select panel as 
its chairman and one member as its ranking minority member.
    ``(C) Each member on the select panel shall be treated as though a 
member of the Committee on Appropriations for purposes of the select 
panel.
    ``(D) The select panel shall review and study on a continuing basis 
budget requests for and execution of intelligence activities; make 
recommendations to relevant subcommittees of the Committee on 
Appropriations; and, on an annual basis, prepare a report to the 
Defense Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations containing 
budgetary and oversight observations and recommendations for use by 
such subcommittee in preparation of the classified annex to the bill 
making appropriations for the Department of Defense.
    ``(E) Rule XI shall apply to the select panel in the same manner as 
a subcommittee (except for clause 2(m)(1)(B) of that rule).
    ``(F) A subpoena of the Committee on Appropriations or its 
Subcommittee on Defense may specify terms of return to the select 
panel.''.
                                 <all>