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Calendar No. 214
107 th Congress
Report
SENATE
1st Session
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INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FY 2002
November 1, 2001.--Ordered to be printed
Mr. Levin , from the Committee on Armed Services, submitted the
following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 1428]
The Committee on Armed Services, to which was referred the bill (S.
1428) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for intelligence
and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the
Community Management Account of the Director of Central Intelligence,
and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System,
and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably
thereon with amendments and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
S. 1428 would authorize appropriations and other matters for Fiscal
Year 2002 for intelligence activities of the United States, including
certain Department of Defense intelligence-related activities within the
jurisdiction of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence reported the bill on
September 14, 2001, and it was referred to the Committee on Armed
Services in accordance with section 3(b) of Senate Resolution 400, 94th
Congress.
SCOPE OF THE COMMITTEE REVIEW
The committee has carefully reviewed the report of the Select
Committee on Intelligence (S. Rept. 107 63) and has incorporated the
relevant budget recommendations of the Senate Select Committee on
Intelligence into S. 1438, the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2002, which the Senate passed on October 2, 2001.
Recognizing that the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence drafted
this legislation prior to September 11, 2001, the committee review was
influenced by the changed environment within which the Department of
Defense intelligence-related activities must operate following the
horrific terrorist attacks on the United States, and the subsequent,
ongoing military operations and related national security efforts of the
United States government.
The following explains the committee's proposed amendment to the bill
as reported by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, as well as
the committee's clarification to the report issued by the Senate Select
Committee on Intelligence.
General Defense Intelligence and National Reconnaissance Programs
The report of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence recommends
reductions to the budget request for several important programs within
the General Defense Intelligence Program (GDIP) and National
Reconnaissance Program (NRP). Given the events that have transpired
since the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence marked up S. 1428, the
committee believes that these proposed reductions must be viewed from a
significantly changed perspective. The committee's particular concerns
about a number of the proposed reductions to the budget request are
reflected in the classified annex to this report.
The committee urges the conferees on the Intelligence Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2002 to restore funding for these important GDIP and
NRP programs that will support the war on terrorism and other critical
defense intelligence activities.
Preparation and submittal of reports, reviews, studies and
plans relating to Department of Defense intelligence activities
S. 1428, with its associated report (S. Rept. 107 63) and classified
annex, contains numerous provisions requiring the preparation and
submission of various reports, reviews, studies and plans concerning all
facets of U.S. intelligence activities. Many of these reporting
requirements include all, or elements of, Department of Defense
intelligence-related activities over which the Senate Select Committee
on Intelligence and Armed Services Committee share oversight. The
committee believes that all relevant oversight committees should receive
these important reports, and that the Department of Defense should be
consulted in the conduct and preparation of such reports, reviews,
studies and plans that involve Department of Defense
intelligence-related activities. The committee proposes an amendment to
S. 1428, as reported by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence,
that would clarify the requirement for consultation with appropriate
defense officials and ensure that all relevant oversight committees are
recipients of information on activities within their respective
jurisdictions.
COMMITTEE ACTION
In accordance with the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as
amended by the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970, the committee
approved a motion to report favorably to the Senate S. 1428, with
amendments.
FISCAL DATA
The committee will publish in the Congressional Record information on
five-year cost projections when such information is received from the
Congressional Budget Office.
REGULATORY IMPACT
Paragraph 11(b) of rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate
requires that a report on the regulatory impact of a bill be included in
the report on the bill. The committee finds that there is no regulatory
impact in the cost of S. 1428.
CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW
Pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 12 of rule XXVI of the
Standing Rules of the Senate, the changes in existing law made by
certain portions of the bill have not been shown in this section of the
report because, in the opinion of the Committee, it is necessary to
dispense with showing such changes in order to expedite the business of
the Senate and reduce the expenditure of funds.
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