[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 71 (Monday, May 20, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H5299-H5300]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               AMENDMENTS

  Under clause 6 of rule XXIII, proposed amendments were submitted as 
follows:

                               H.R. 3259

                       Offered By: Mr. Brownback

       Amendment No. 6: At the end of title III insert the 
     following new section:

     SEC. 306. RESTRICTIONS ON INTELLIGENCE SHARING WITH THE 
                   UNITED NATIONS.

       (a) In General.--The National Security Act of 1947 (50 
     U.S.C. 401 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end of title 
     I the following new section:


     ``restrictions on intelligence sharing with the united nations

       ``Sec. 110. (a) Provision of Intelligence Information to 
     the United Nations.--(1) No United States intelligence 
     information may be provided to the United Nations or any 
     organization affiliated with the United Nations, or to any 
     official or employee thereof, unless the President certifies 
     to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select 
     Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Committee on 
     International Relations and the Permanent Select Committee on 
     Intelligence of the House of Representatives that the 
     Director of Central Intelligence (in this section referred to 
     as the `DCT'), in consultation with the Secretary of State 
     and the Secretary of Defense, has required, and such 
     organization has established and implemented, procedures for 
     protecting intelligence sources and methods (including 
     protection from release to nations and foreign nationals that 
     are otherwise not eligible to receive such information) no 
     less stringent than procedures maintained by nations with 
     which the United States regularly shares similar types of 
     intelligence information. Such certification shall include a 
     description of the procedures in effect at such organization.
       ``(2) Paragraph (1) may be waived upon written 
     certification by the President to the appropriate committees 
     of Congress that providing such information to the United 
     Nations or an organization affiliated with the United 
     Nations, or to any official or employee thereof, is in the 
     national security interest of the United States and that all 
     possible measures protecting such information has been taken, 
     except that such waiver must be made for each instance such 
     information is provided, or for each such document provided.
       ``(b) Periodic and Special Reports.--(1) The President 
     shall periodically report but not less frequently than 
     quarterly, to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
     Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the 
     Committee on International Relations and the Permanent Select 
     Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives on 
     the types and volume of intelligence provided to the United 
     Nations and the purposes for which it was provided during 
     the period covered by the report. Such periodic reports 
     shall be submitted to the Select Committee on Intelligence 
     of the Senate and the Permanent Select Committee on 
     Intelligence of the House of Representatives with an annex 
     containing a counterintelligence and security assessment 
     of all risks, including an evaluation of any potential 
     adverse impact on national collection systems, of 
     providing intelligence to the United Nations, together 
     with the information on how such risks have been 
     addressed.
       ``(2) The President shall submit a special report to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select Committee on 
     Intelligence of the Senate and the Committee on International 
     Relations and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
     of the House of Representatives within 15 days after the 
     United States Government becomes aware of any unauthorized 
     disclosure of intelligence provided to the United Nations by 
     the United States.
       ``(c) Limitation.--The restrictions of subsection (a) and 
     the requirement for periodic reports under paragraph (1) of 
     subsection (a) shall not apply to the provision of 
     intelligence that is provided only to, and for the use of, 
     appropriately cleared United States Government personnel 
     serving with the United Nations.
       ``(d) Delegation of Duties.--The President may not delegate 
     or assign the duties of the President under subsection (a).
       ``(e) Relationship to Existing Law.--Nothing in this 
     section shall be construed to--
       ``(1) impair or otherwise affect the authority of the 
     Director of Central Intelligence to protect intelligence 
     sources and methods from unauthorized disclosure pursuant to 
     section 103(c)(5) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
     U.S.C. 403-3(c)(5)); or
       ``(2) supersede or otherwise affect the provisions of title 
     V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 413 et 
     seq.).''.
       (b) Clinical Amendment.--The table of contents for the 
     National Security Act of 1947 is amended by inserting after 
     the item relating to section 109 the following:

``Sec. 110. Restrictions on intelligence sharing with the United 
              Nations.''.

                               H.R. 3259

                         Offered By: Mr. Dicks

       Amendment No. 7: At the end of title V, add the following:

     SEC 502. TIER III MINUS UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE.

       In addition to the amounts authorized to be appropriated by 
     title I, there is authorized to be appropriated an additional 
     $22,000,000 for the tier III minus unmanned aerial vehicle.

                               H.R. 3259

                         Offered By: Mr. Dicks

       Amendment No. 8: At the end of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 502. TIER MINUS UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE.

       (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--In addition to the 
     amounts authorized to be appropriated by title I, there is 
     authorized to be appropriated an additional $22,000,000 for 
     the tier III minus unmanned aerial vehicle.
       (b) Procurement.--The Secretary of Defense shall procure 
     sufficient vehicles to conduct the approved advanced concept 
     technology demonstration of the tier III minus unmanned 
     aerial vehicle.

                               H.R. 3259

                         Offered By: Mr. Dicks

       Amendment No. 9: At the end of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 502. TIER III MINUS UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE.

       In addition to the amounts authorized to be appropriated by 
     title I, there is authorized

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     to be appropriated an additional $25,500,000 for the tier III 
     minus unmanned aerial vehicle.

                               H.R. 3259

                         Offered By: Mr. Dicks

       Amendment No. 10: At the end of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 502. TIER III MINUS UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE.

       (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--In addition to the 
     amounts authorized to be appropriated by title I, there is 
     authorized to be appropriated an additional $25,500,000 for 
     the tier III minus unmanned aerial vehicle.
       (b) Procurement.--The Secretary of Defense shall procure 
     sufficient vehicles to conduct the approved advanced concept 
     technology demonstration of the tier III minus unmanned 
     aerial vehicle.

                               H.R. 3259

                       Offered By: Mr. Richardson

       Amendment No. 11: At the end of title III, insert the 
     following new section:

     SEC. 306. PROHIBITION ON USING JOURNALISTS AS AGENTS OR 
                   ASSETS.

       An element of the Intelligence Community may not use as an 
     agent or asset for the purposes of collecting intelligence 
     any individual who--
       (1) is authorized by contract or by the issuance of press 
     credentials to represent himself or herself, either in the 
     United States or abroad, as a correspondent of a United 
     States news media organization; or
       (2) is officially recognized by a foreign government as a 
     representative of a United States media organization.