[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 793 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 793

 To amend the National Security Act of 1947 to provide for additional 
   requirements relating to the regular attendees of meetings of the 
             National Security Council and bodies thereof.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 1, 2017

 Mr. Larsen of Washington (for himself, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. 
  Connolly, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Courtney, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. 
  Heck, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. O'Halleran, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Walz, and Mr. 
  McGovern) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on 
 Foreign Affairs, 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 provide for additional 
   requirements relating to the regular attendees of meetings of the 
             National Security Council and bodies thereof.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ensuring Sound Military and 
Intelligence Advice Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF REGULAR ATTENDEES OF MEETINGS OF NATIONAL 
              SECURITY COUNCIL AND BODIES THEREOF.

    Section 101(c)(2) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3021) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``If 
any individual whose responsibilities are primarily political is 
designated as a regular attendee of meetings of the National Security 
Council or of any body of the National Security Council, including the 
Principals Committee, then the Director of National Intelligence and 
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall also be designated as 
regular attendees of such Council or body.''.
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