[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8962]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AUTHORIZATIONS AND 
CLASSIFIED ANNEX ACCOMPANYING INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL 
                          YEARS 2014 AND 2015

  Mr. ROGERS of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I wish to announce to all 
Members of the House that the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence has ordered the bill H.R. 4681, the Intelligence 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015, reported favorably to 
the House today with an amendment, and will file its report on the bill 
in the House next week. The bill is currently expected to be considered 
in the House next week.
  Mr. Speaker, the classified schedules of authorizations and the 
classified annexes accompanying the bill are available for review by 
Members at the offices of the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence in Room HVC-304 of the Capitol Visitors Center. The 
committee office will be open during regular business hours for the 
convenience of any Member who wishes to review this material prior to 
its consideration of the House.
  I recommend that Members wishing to review the classified annex 
contact the committee's director of security to arrange a time and date 
for that viewing. This will assure the availability of committee staff 
to assist Members who desire assistance during their review of these 
classified materials.
  I urge interested Members to review these materials in order to 
better understand the committee's recommendations. The classified 
annexes to the committee's report contain the committee's 
recommendations on the intelligence budget for fiscal years 2014 and 
2015 and related classified information that cannot be disclosed 
publicly.
  It is important that Members keep in mind the requirements of clause 
13 of House rule XXIII, which only permits access to classified 
information by those Members of the House who have signed the oath 
provided for in the rules.
  If a Member has not yet signed that oath but wishes to review the 
classified annexes and schedules of authorizations, the committee staff 
can administer the oath and see to it that the executed form is sent to 
the Clerk's office. In addition, the committee's rules require that 
Members agree in writing to a nondisclosure agreement. The agreement 
indicates that the Member has been granted access to the classified 
annexes and that they are familiar with the rules of the House and the 
committee with respect to the classified nature of that information and 
the limitations on the disclosure of that information.

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