[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 38 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
H. RES. 38

              To enhance intelligence oversight authority.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2007

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

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                               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 14 Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner 
appointed by the Speaker (in consultation with the minority leader), of 
whom not more than seven 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 four 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.''.
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