[House Report 112-353]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
112th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session 112-353
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Union Calendar No. 238
SEMIANNUAL REPORT ON THE ACTIVITY
of the
HOUSE PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE
for the
ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH CONGRESS
December 29, 2011.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on
the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
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House of Representatives,
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence,
Washington, DC, December 29, 2011.
Hon. Karen Haas,
Clerk, United States House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Dear Mrs. Haas: Pursuant to clause 1(d) of rule XI of the
Rules of the House of Representatives for the 112th Congress, I
present herewith a report entitled ``Semiannual Report on the
Activity of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence,
112th Congress.''
Sincerely,
Mike Rogers,
Chairman.
C O N T E N T S
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Letter of Transmittal............................................ III
Membership....................................................... 1
Jurisdiction..................................................... 2
Legislative and Oversight Activities............................. 3
Oversight Plan for the 112th Congress and Implementation and
Hearings Held Pursuant to Clause 2(n), (o), and (p) of House
Rule XI........................................................ 4
Appendix I--Part A: Committee Reports; Part B: Public Laws, Part
C: Committee Hearings and Briefings............................ 5
Union Calendar No. 238
112th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session 112-353
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SEMIANNUAL REPORT ON THE ACTIVITY OF THE PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON
INTELLIGENCE FOR THE ONE HUNDRED AND TWELFTH CONGRESS
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December 29, 2011.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on
the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Mr. Rogers of Michican, from the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence, submitted the following
R E P O R T
PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE
FULL COMMITTEE LIST
C.A. DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER, Maryland, MIKE ROGERS, Michigan,
Ranking Member Chairman
MIKE THOMPSON, California MAC THORNBERRY, Texas
JANICE SCHAKOWSKY, Illinois SUE MYRICK, North Carolina
JAMES R. LANGEVIN, Rhode Island JEFF MILLER, Florida
ADAM B. SCHIFF, California K. MICHAEL CONAWAY, Texas
DAN BOREN, Oklahoma PETER T. KING, New York
LUIS V. GUTIERREZ, Illinois FRANK A. LoBIONDO, New Jersey
BEN CHANDLER, Kentucky DEVIN NUNES, California
LYNN A. WESTMORELAND, Georgia
MICHELE BACHMANN, Minnesota
THOMAS J. ROONEY, Florida
JOSEPH J. HECK, Nevada
Michael Allen, Staff Director
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SUBCOMMITTEE LIST
Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis, and
Counterintelligence
MIKE THOMPSON, California SUE MYRICK, North Carolina,
Ranking Member Chairman
DAN BOREN, Oklahoma K. MICHAEL CONAWAY, Texas
LUIS V. GUTIERREZ, Illinois PETER T. KING, New York
FRANK A. LoBIONDO, New Jersey
THOMAS J. ROONEY, Florida
Subcommittee on Technical and Tactical Intelligence
ADAM B. SCHIFF, California JOSEPH J. HECK, Nevada,
Ranking Member Chairman
JAMES R. LANGEVIN, Rhode Island MAC THORNBERRY, Texas
BEN CHANDLER, Kentucky FRANK LoBIONDO, New Jersey
DEVIN NUNES, California
MICHELE BACHMANN, Minnesota
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
JANICE SCHAKOWSKY, Illinois LYNN A. WESTMORELAND, Georgia
Ranking Member Chairman
MIKE THOMPSON, California JEFF MILLER, Florida
DAN BOREN, Oklahoma DEVIN NUNES, California
MICHELE BACHMANN, Minnesota
THOMAS J. ROONEY, Florida
JURISDICTION AND SPECIAL OVERSIGHT FUNCTION
Clause 11(b)(1) of rule X of the Rules of the House of
Representatives for the 112th Congress sets forth the
jurisdiction of the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence--
(A) The Central Intelligence Agency, the Director of
National Intelligence, and the National Intelligence
Program as defined in section 3(6) of the National
Security Act of 1947.
(B) Intelligence and intelligence-related activities
of all other departments and agencies of the
Government, including the tactical intelligence and
intelligence-related activities of the Department of
Defense.
(C) The organization or reorganization of a
department or agency of the Government to the extent
that the organization or reorganization relates to a
function or activity involving intelligence or
intelligence-related activities.
(D) Authorities for appropriations, both direct and
indirect, for the following:
(i) The Central Intelligence Agency, the
Director of National Intelligence, and the
National Intelligence Program as defined in
section 3(6) of the National Security Act of
1947.
(ii) Intelligence and intelligence-related
activities of all other departments and
agencies of the Government, including the
tactical intelligence and intelligence-related
activities of the Department of Defense.
(iii) A department, agency, subdivision, or
program that is a successor to an agency or
program named or referred to in (i) or (ii).
Clause 3(m) of rule X of the Rules of the House of
Representatives for the 112th Congress sets forth the Special
Oversight Function of Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence as follows--``The Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence shall review and study on a continuing basis laws,
programs, and activities of the intelligence community and
shall review and study on an exclusive basis the sources and
methods of entities described in clause 11(b)(1)(A).''
LEGISLATIVE AND OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES
During the second half of the first session of the 112th
Congress, 10 bills or resolutions were referred to the
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The Full Committee
reported to the House or was discharged from the further
consideration of 2 measures, not including conference reports,
and has ordered a third measure to be reported. No measures
regarding matters within the Committee's jurisdiction were
enacted into law.
The following is a summary of the legislative and oversight
activities of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
during the second quarter of the 112th Congress. In addition,
this report includes a summary on hearings held pursuant to
clauses 2(n), (o), and (p) under House rule XI.
Legislative Activities
Full Committee
INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012
(H.R. 1892)
Summary
H.R. 1892 authorizes funds for appropriations for fiscal
year 2012 for the conduct of the intelligence and intelligence-
related activities of the following elements of the United
States Government: (1) the Office of the Director of National
Intelligence; the Central Intelligence Agency; the Department
of Defense; the Defense Intelligence Agency; the National
Security Agency; the Department of the Army, the Department of
the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force; the Coast Guard;
the Department of State; the Department of Treasury; the
Department of Energy; The Department of Justice; the Federal
Bureau of Investigation; the Drug Enforcement Administration;
the National Reconnaissance Office; the National Geospatial-
Intelligence Agency; and the Department of Homeland Security.
The amounts authorized to be appropriated and the authorized
personnel ceilings for the conduct of intelligence activities
of the elements listed above are specified in a classified
Schedule of Authorizations prepared to accompany the bill.
Legislative History
H.R. 1892 was introduced by Representative Mike J. Rogers
on May 13, 2011. The bill was referred to the Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence on May 13, 2011.
On May 26, 2011, the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence held a business meeting to consider H.R. 1892 and
ordered the bill reported with amendments to the House by voice
vote.
On September 2, 2011, the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence reported the bill to the House.
On September 9, 2011, the House considered H.R. 1892 and
passed the bill by recorded vote, 384 ayes and 14 noes.
On December 14, 2011, the Senate passed H.R. 1892, as
amended, by unanimous consent.
On December 16, 2011, the House considered H.R. 1892, as
amended by the Senate, and passed by recorded vote, 396 ayes
and 23 noes.
CYBER INTELLIGENCE SHARING AND PROTECTION ACT OF 2011
(H.R. 3523)
Summary
H.R. 3523 provides for the sharing of certain cyber threat
intelligence and cyber threat information between the
intelligence community and cybersecurity entities, and for
other purposes.
Legislative History
H.R. 3523 was introduced by Representative Mike J. Rogers
(for himself and Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. King of New York, Mr.
Upton, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Miller of
Florida, Mr. Boren, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Chandler, Mr. Nunes, Mr.
Gutierrez, Mr. Westmoreland, Mrs. Bachmann, Mr. Rooney, Mr.
Heck, Mr. Dicks, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Walden, Mr. Calvert, Mr.
Shimkus, Mr. Terry, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Gingrey of Georgia, Mr.
Thompson of California, Mr. Kinzinger of Illinois, Mr. Amodei,
and Mr. Pompeo) on November 30, 2011. The bill was referred to
the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on November 30,
2011.
On December 1, 2011, the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence Committee held a business meeting to consider H.R.
3523 and ordered the bill reported with amendments to the House
by voice vote.
THE MIDDLE CLASS TAX RELIEF AND JOB CREATION ACT OF 2011
(H.R. 3630)
Summary
H.R. 3630 provides incentives for the creation of jobs, and
for other purposes.
Legislative History
H.R. 3630 was introduced by Representative Dave Camp on
December 9, 2011. The bill was referred to the Committee on
Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and
Commerce, Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, Transportation
and Infrastructure, Agriculture, Oversight and Government
Reform, House Administration, the Budget, Natural Resources,
Rules, and the Permanent Select Intelligence.
On December 13, the House considered and passed H.R. 3630
by recorded vote, 234 ayes and 193 noes.
OVERSIGHT PLAN FOR THE 112TH CONGRESS
Clause 1(d)(2)(E) of rule XI also requires that each
committee provide a delineation of any hearings held pursuant
to clauses 2(n), (o), or (p) of rule XI. Those clauses require
the committee, or a subcommittee thereof, to hold at least one
hearing on egregious instances of agency waste, fraud, and
abuse, at least one hearing on agency financial statements, and
one hearing on examples of waste, fraud, and abuse raised by
the Comptroller General of the United States.
As part of the Committee's oversight and authorization of
the intelligence community budget, the Committee conducts
numerous classified hearings and briefings that focus on issues
of potential waste, fraud, and abuse in federal agencies. These
Committee efforts resulted in the Intelligence Community
Authorization Act of 2012, which has passed Congress and has
been forwarded to the President for signature. This bill
contained a detailed classified annex on all intelligence
community programs and budgets. A review of potential waste,
fraud, and abuse within these programs is an inextricable part
of the development of the classified annex.
APPENDIX I
PART A--COMMITTEE REPORTS
Reports filed by the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence with the House:
112-197: To Accompany H.R. 1892, a bill to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for intelligence and
intelligence-related activities of the United States
Government.
PART B--PUBLIC LAWS
No bills that contained matters within the jurisdiction of
the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence were enacted
into law during the second six months of 112th Congress.
PART C--COMMITTEE HEARINGS AND BRIEFINGS
On Thursday, June 2, 2011, the Full Committee held a closed
hearing on Israel/Palestinian Authority Update.
On Monday, June 13, 2011, the Full Committee held a closed
briefing.
On Thursday, June 16, 2011, the Full Committee held a
closed hearing on United States involvement in Libya.
On Tuesday, June 21, 2011, the Full Committee held a closed
briefing.
On Thursday, June 23, 2011, the Full Committee held a
closed briefing and an open business meeting to consider
Adoption of the Semiannual Committee Activity Report.
On Friday, June 24, 2011, the Subcommittee on Terrorism,
HUMINT, Analysis and Counterintelligence held a closed
briefing.
On Wednesday, July 6, 2011, the Full Committee held a
closed briefing.
On Thursday, July 14, 2011, the Full Committee held a
closed hearing on China.
On Tuesday, July 19, 2011, the Full Committee held a closed
hearing on Ongoing Intelligence Activities.
On Monday, July 25, 2011, the Full Committee held a closed
briefing.
On Wednesday, July 27, 2011, the Subcommittee on Terrorism,
HUMINT, Analysis and Counterintelligence held an open hearing
on Preventing Violent Extremism in America: A Report from the
Bipartisan Policy Center.
On Thursday, July 28, 2011, the Full Committee held a
closed hearing on Ongoing Intelligence Activities.
On Wednesday, September 7, 2011, the Full Committee held a
closed briefing.
On Tuesday, September 13, 2011, the Full Committee held a
joint open hearing with the Senate Select Committee on
Intelligence on The State of Intelligence Reform 10 Years after
9/11.
On Wednesday, September 14, 2011, the Full Committee held a
closed briefing.
On Wednesday, September 21, 2011, the Subcommittee on
Terrorism, HUMINT, Analysis and Counterintelligence held a
closed briefing.
On Thursday, September 22, the Full Committee held a closed
hearing on Ongoing Intelligence Activities.
On Friday, September 23, 2011, the Full Committee held a
closed briefing.
On Tuesday, October 4, 2011, the Full Committee held an
open hearing on Cyber Threats and Ongoing Efforts to Protect
the Nation.
On Thursday, October 6, 2011, the Full Committee held an
open hearing on Domestic Threat Intelligence.
On Tuesday, October 11, 2011, the Full Committee held a
closed briefing and a closed business meeting to consider an
Access Request.
On Monday, October 24, 2011, the Full Committee held a
closed briefing.
On Tuesday, October 25, 2011, the Full Committee held a
closed briefing.
On Thursday, October 27, 2011, the Full Committee held a
closed hearing on Ongoing Intelligence Activities.
On Monday, November 14, 2011, the Full Committee held a
closed briefing.
On Wednesday, November 16, 2011, the Subcommittee on
Terrorism, HUMINT, Analysis and Counterintelligence held a
closed briefing.
On Thursday, November 17, 2011, the Full Committee held a
closed hearing on Ongoing Intelligence Activities.
On Friday, November 18, 2011, the Subcommittee on Technical
and Tactical Intelligence held a closed briefing.
On Tuesday, November 29, 2011, the Full Committee held a
closed briefing.
On Thursday, December 1, 2011, the Full Committee held an
open business meeting to consider H.R. 3523, the Cyber
Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011, which was
ordered reported, as amended.
On Monday, December 5, 2011, the Full Committee held a
closed briefing.
On Wednesday, December 7, 2011, the Subcommittee on
Terrorism, HUMINT, Analysis and Counterintelligence held a
closed briefing.
On Thursday, December 8, 2011, the Full Committee held a
closed hearing on Ongoing Intelligence Activities.
On Monday, December 12, 2011, the Full Committee held a
closed briefing.