[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 81 (Monday, May 23, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3058]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4076. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1097. DECLASSIFICATION AND PUBLIC RELEASE OF CERTAIN 
                   REDACTED PORTIONS OF THE JOINT INQUIRY INTO 
                   INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES BEFORE AND 
                   AFTER THE TERRORIST ATTACKS OF SEPTEMBER 2001.

       (a) Declassification and Public Release of the Joint 
     Inquiry Into Intelligence Community Activities Before and 
     After the Terrorist Attacks of September 2001.--Not later 
     than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and 
     subject to subsection (b), the President shall declassify and 
     release to the public the previously redacted portions of the 
     report on the Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community 
     Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of 
     September 2001, filed in the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives on December 20, 2002, including all the 
     material under the heading ``Part Four--Findings, Discussion 
     and Narrative Regarding Certain Sensitive National Security 
     Matters''.
       (b) Exception for Names and Information of Individuals and 
     Certain Methodologies.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), the 
     President is not required to declassify and release to the 
     public the names and identifying information of individuals 
     or specific methodologies described in the report referred to 
     in subsection (a) if such declassification and release would 
     result in imminent lawless action or compromise presently on-
     going national security operations.
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