[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 72 (Tuesday, May 21, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H5380-H5381]
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. Combest

       Amendment No. 12: In section 303--
       (1) insert ``(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--'' 
     before ``Section 307''; and
       (2) add at the end thereof the following:
       (b) Transfers.--The second sentence of section 307(a) of 
     the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 is 
     amended to read as follows: ``Within the amount authorized to 
     be used by this section, the Director, consistent with his 
     duty to protect intelligence sources and methods, may 
     transfer such amounts to the agencies within the National 
     Foreign Intelligence Program for the purpose of automatic 
     declassification of records over 25 years old.

                               H.R. 3259

                        Offered By: Mr. Combest

       Amendment No. 13: At the end of the bill, add the following 
     new title:

                   TITLE VI--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     SEC. 601. AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDING PROVIDED BY 1996 
                   SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT.

       Amounts obligated or expended for intelligence or 
     intelligence-related activities based on and otherwise in 
     accordance with the appropriations provided by the Omnibus 
     Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996 
     (Public Law 104-134), including any such obligations or 
     expenditures occurring before the enactment of this Act, 
     shall be deemed to have been specifically authorized by the 
     Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Security 
     Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) and are hereby ratified and 
     confirmed.

                               H.R. 3259

                        Offered By: Mr. Conyers

       Amendment No. 14: At the end of title III, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 306. DISCLOSURE OF THE AGGREGATE INTELLIGENCE BUDGET.

       As of October 1, 1996, and for fiscal year 1998, and in 
     each year thereafter, the aggregate amounts requested and 
     authorized for, and spent on, intelligence and intelligence-
     related activities shall be disclosed to the public in an 
     unclassified form and in an appropriate manner.

                               H.R. 3259

                 Offered By: Mr. Frank of Massachusetts

       Amendment No. 15: At the end of title I, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 105. REDUCTION IN AUTHORIZATIONS.

       (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the 
     aggregate amount authorized to be appropriated by this Act, 
     including the amounts specified in the classified Schedule of 
     Authorizations referred to in section 102, is reduced by 4.9 
     percent.
       (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) does not apply to amounts 
     authorized to be appropriated by section 201 for the Central 
     Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund.
       (c) Transfer and Reprogramming Authority.--(1) The 
     President, in consultation with the Director of Central 
     Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense, may apply the 
     reduction required by subsection (a) by transferring amounts 
     among the accounts or reprogramming amounts within an 
     account, as specified in the classified Schedule of 
     Authorizations referred to in section 102, so long as the 
     aggregate reduction in the amount authorized to be 
     appropriated by this Act, equals 4.9 percent.
       (2) Before carrying out paragraph (1), the President shall 
     submit a notification to the Permanent Select Committee on 
     Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select 
     Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, which notification 
     shall include the reasons for each proposed transfer or 
     reprogramming.

                               H.R. 3259

                        Offered By: Mr. McCollum

       Amendment No. 16: At the end of title III, insert the 
     following new section:

     SEC. 306. SEEKING ENFORCEMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT TO PROTECT 
                   THE IDENTITIES OF UNDERCOVER INTELLIGENCE 
                   OFFICERS, AGENTS, INFORMANTS, AND SOURCES.

       It is the sense of the Congress that title VI of the 
     National Security Act of 1947 (50

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     U.S.C. 421 et seq.) (relating to protection of the identities 
     of undercover intelligence officers, agents, informants, and 
     sources) should be enforced by the appropriate law 
     enforcement agencies.

                               H.R. 3259

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 17: At the end of title I, add the following 
     new section:

     SEC. 105. LIMITATION ON AMOUNTS AUTHORIZED TO BE 
                   APPROPRIATED.

       (a) Limitation.--Except as provided in subsection (b), 
     notwithstanding the total amount of the individual 
     authorizations of appropriations contained in this Act, 
     including the amounts specified in the classified Schedule of 
     Authorizations referred to in section 102, there is 
     authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1997 to carry 
     out this Act not more than 90 percent of the total amount 
     authorized to be appropriated by the Intelligence 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996.
       (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) does not apply to amounts 
     authorized to be appropriated for the Central Intelligence 
     Agency Retirement and Disability Fund by section 201.

                               H.R. 3259

                       Offered By: Mrs. Schroeder

       Amendment No. 18: At the end of title I, insert the 
     following new section:

     SEC. 105. LIMITATION ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 
                   THE NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE.

       (a) Limitation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     this Act and the amounts specified in the classified Schedule 
     of Authorizations referred to in section 102, the total 
     amount authorized to be appropriated by this Act for the 
     National Reconnaissance Office is the aggregate amount 
     appropriated or otherwise made available for the National 
     Reconnaissance Office for fiscal year 1995.
       (b) Transfer and Reprogramming Authority.--(1) Within the 
     amount authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a), the 
     President, in consultation with the Director of Central 
     Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense, may transfer 
     amounts among the accounts, or reprogram amounts within an 
     account, of the National Reconnaissance Office.
       (2) Before carrying out paragraph (1), the President shall 
     submit a notification to the Permanent Select Committee on 
     Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select 
     Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, which notification 
     shall include the reasons for each proposed transfer or 
     reprogramming.
       (c) Reduction of Aggregate Amount.--The aggregate amount 
     authorized to be appropriated by this Act (including the 
     amounts specified in the classified Schedule of 
     Authorizations referred to in section 102) is reduced by the 
     amount equal to the excess of--
       (1) the amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
     for the National Reconnaissance Office (other than by 
     subsection (a)), over
       (2) the amount authorized to be appropriated by subsection 
     (a) for the National Reconnaissance Office.

                               H.R. 3259

                       Offered By: Mrs. Schroeder

       Amendment No. 19: At the end of title I, insert the 
     following new section:

     SEC. 105. LIMITATION ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 
                   THE NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act and the 
     amounts specified in the classified Schedule of 
     Authorizations referred to in section 102, the total amount 
     authorized to be appropriated by this Act for the National 
     Reconnaissance Office is the aggregate amount appropriated or 
     otherwise made available for the National Reconnaissance 
     Office for fiscal year 1995.

                               H.R. 3259

                       Offered By: Mrs. Schroeder

       Amendment No. 20: At the end of title I, insert the 
     following new section:

     SEC. 105. LIMITATION ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 
                   THE NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act and the 
     amounts specified in the classified Schedule of 
     Authorizations referred to in section 102, the total amount 
     authorized to be appropriated by this Act for the National 
     Reconnaissance Office is the aggregate amount appropriated or 
     otherwise made available for the National Reconnaissance 
     Office for fiscal year 1996.

                               H.R. 3259

                       Offered By: Mr. Traficant

       Amendment No. 21: At the end of title III, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 306. COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN ACT.

       No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may be expended 
     by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the 
     assistance the entity will comply with sections 2 through 4 
     of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c, popularly 
     known as the ``Buy American Act'').

     SEC. 307. SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARDING NOTICE.

       (a) Purchase of American-Made Equipment and Products.--In 
     the case of any equipment or products that may be authorized 
     to be purchased with financial assistance provided under this 
     Act, it is the sense of the Congress that entities receiving 
     such assistance should, in expending the assistance, purchase 
     only American-made equipment and products.
       (b) Notice to Recipients of Assistance.--In providing 
     financial assistance under this Act, the head of the 
     appropriate element of the Intelligence Community shall 
     provide to each recipient of the assistance a notice 
     describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the 
     Congress.

     SEC. 308. PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS.

       If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal 
     agency that any person intentionally affixed a fraudulent 
     label bearing a ``Made in America'' inscription, or any 
     inscription with the same meaning, to any product sold in or 
     shipped to the United States that was not made in the United 
     States, such person shall be ineligible to receive any 
     contract or subcontract made with funds provided pursuant to 
     this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and 
     ineligibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through 
     9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.

                               H.R. 3259

                 Offered by: Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania

       Amendment No. 22: In section 104--
       (1) in subsection (d), strike ``$25,000,000'' and insert in 
     lieu thereof ``$12,500,000''; and
       (2) in subsection (f), strike ``$6,000,000'' and insert in 
     lieu thereof ``$18,500,000''.