[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7226 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7226

To amend the National Security Act of 1947 to clarify the authority of 
the intelligence community to conduct domestic intelligence activities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 24, 2022

 Mr. Stewart (for himself and Mr. Kelly of Mississippi) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Permanent Select Committee on 
                              Intelligence

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the National Security Act of 1947 to clarify the authority of 
the intelligence community to conduct domestic intelligence activities.

    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 ``Intelligence Community Authorities 
Clarification Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES BY THE 
              INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.

    Title I of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021 et 
seq.) is amended by inserting before section 101 the following new 
section (and conforming the table of contents accordingly):

``SEC. 100. PROHIBITION ON DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES BY THE 
              INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.

    ``(a) Prohibition.--Except as provided by subsections (b) and (c), 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, an element of the 
intelligence community may not conduct any intelligence or 
intelligence-related activity unless such activity has a nexus to 
foreign intelligence or counterintelligence.
    ``(b) Exception.--The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 
with respect to the administrative and human resources functions of an 
element of the intelligence community.
    ``(c) Waiver.--The President may waive the prohibition in 
subsection (a) for a period not exceeding 1 year if, prior to such 
waiver, the President submits to the congressional intelligence 
committees--
            ``(1) a written determination that the waiver is important 
        to the national security interests of the United States; and
            ``(2) a detailed explanation of how the waiver furthers 
        such interests.''.

SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION OF SCOPE REGARDING CERTAIN TERMS RELATING TO 
              INTELLIGENCE.

    Section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``includes'' and 
        inserting ``means''; and
            (2) in paragraph (5), by inserting ``(as defined in 
        paragraph (1))'' after ``all intelligence''.
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