Summary of Amendment Submitted to the Rules Committee on
H.R. 5020 - INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007

(in alphabetical order)

SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS

(summaries derived from information provided by sponsors)

Andrews (NJ)	#24	(LATE)  Requires the Director of National Intelligence to provide the Congress with a quarterly classified intelligence report on insurgent forces in Iraq.  The report would contain intelligence on 1) the number of insurgent forces in Iraq, 2) the number of insurgent forces that are former members of the Ba’ath Party, 3) the number of insurgent forces that are members of al Qaeda or other known terrorist organizations, 4) a description of where the insurgent forces are located, their capabilities and sources of funding.
Baird (WA)	#10	Amendment directs the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with DOJ and other agencies in the intelligence community, to focus intelligence resources on addressing foreign and domestic production and trafficking of methamphetamine as well as tracking methamphetamine precursors, particularly ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine, that may be used in the production of methamphetamine domestically or smuggled in to the U.S.  It provides that the Director must report to Congress on these actions no later than one year after enactment.  It authorizes such funds as may be necessary.
Boswell (IA)	#17	Requires the Director of National Intelligence to submit reports to Congress on Iran Weapons of Mass Destruction every 90 days. Requires reports to include an assessment of Iran's nuclear programs, evaluation of intelligence sources, summary of new intelligence and any information that would reduce confidence in overall assessment.
Brown (OH)	#7	Requires the Central Intelligence Agency to: Coordinate with the Homeland Security Department, the Justice Department and the State Department on a security review of the Peru and Colombia free trade agreements; Analyze and report to Congress on any security issues raised by these agreements. Requires GAO to report on the completeness and accuracy of the CIA analysis.
Davis (VA)/Waxman (CA)	#21	(LATE)  Would enact whistleblower protections for national security personnel. Gives national security officials protection against retaliation for whistleblowing.
Davis (VA)/Waxman (CA)	#22	(LATE)  Eliminates the use of unregulated "psuedo-classifications" such as "sensitive but unclassified" or "for official use only." Requires the development of regulations and standards governing the use of any information control designations by federal agencies. Any use of administrative secrecy designations not covered by statute or the new regulations would be banned.
Davis (VA)/Waxman (CA)	#23	(WITHDRAWN)  (LATE)  Provides a process to national security whistleblowers who assert that they have been retaliated against for blowing the whistle by having their security clearance improperly revoked. Addresses only the revocation of security clearances and not other forms of retaliation.
Eshoo (CA)	#18	Provides Sense of Congress that all electronic surveillance conducted on U.S. persons inside the United States must comply with the 4th Amendment to the Constitution, and be conducted in accordance with Title 18 criminal electronic surveillance law or the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)
Fossella (NY)	#6	Authorizes $5 million for a study to be conducted by the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to identify the problems and the successes of terrorist-threat information sharing between the Federal, State, and local levels of government. Authorizes $10 million to establish centers of best practices. $3 million is authorized for the following five years to cover operational expenses of the centers.
Hoekstra (MI)	#14	Strikes a provision relating to the Freedom of Information Act in Section 421 of the Committee Amendment, relating to protection of intelligence sources and methods. Clarifies that the membership of the Drug Enforcement Administration on the intelligence community is limited to the Office of National Security Intelligence of the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Holt (NJ)	#20	Requires the President and Vice President to inform the Intelligence Committees and originating agencies of intent to declassify intelligence information. Exemption is provided for information sought pursuant to a FOIA request.
Holt (NJ)	#11	Ensures that any efforts by non-intelligence community executive branch officials to obtain information on intelligence community employees or contractors will be documented so that the propriety and necessity of such inquiries can, where necessary, be evaluated by the Department of Justice and the Congressional intelligence oversight committees and appropriate legal or oversight action taken as required.
Kucinich (OH)/Holt (NJ)	#16	Removes barriers to intelligence agency employees communicating with certain Committees of Congress. Provides intelligence employees a more appropriate outlet than the media and give Congress better oversight capabilities.
Lee (CA)	#8	Requires a report to House and Senate Intelligence committees describing any authorization granted during the past 10 years to engage in intelligence activities related to the overthrow of a democratically elected government.
Lee (CA)	#9	Prohibits funding for the purpose of overthrowing a democratically elected government.
Markey (MA)	#25	(LATE)  Restricts funds authorized under the bill from being used to carry out the rendition, transfer, or return of any prisoner or detainee to a country if the DNI determines that: 1) there are substantial grounds to believe that the person being transferred to that country would be subject to torture, 2) torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment are commonly used in that country, or 3) the person is likely to be transferred to another country which is likely to torture them or subject them to other forms of cruel or inuman treatment. Generally restricts the use of reliance on diplomatic assurances as the basis for such renditions, transfers, or returns of persons to such countries.
Price (NC)	#13	(REVISED)  Requires:  (1) the DNI to report to Congress on regulations issued by agencies within the Intelligence Community regarding minimum standards for hiring and training of contractors, functions appropriate for private sector contractors, and procedures for preventing waste, fraud, and abuse; (2) contractors awarded Intelligence Community contracts to provide a transparent accounting of their work to their contracting officers within Intelligence Community agencies; (3) the DNI to submit an annual report to Congress on the contracts awarded by Intelligence Community agencies; and (4) the DNI to make recommendations to Congress on enhancing the Intelligence Community’s ability to hire, promote, and retain highly qualified and experienced professional staff.
Renzi (AZ)	#12	(REVISED)  Makes findings with respect to the President’s authority to protect national security information and the harm from unauthorized disclosures of classified information, and express the Sense of Congress that the President should utilize his constitutional authority to the fullest extent practicable (where warranted) to classify and protect national security information and take action against persons who commit unauthorized disclosures.
Reyes (TX)	#19	Provides an annual authorization of $3 million for purposes of carrying out the operations of the President's Privacy and Civil Liberties Board created in the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004.
Schiff (CA)/Flake (AZ)/Inglis (SC)/Harman (CA)	#15	Requires classified disclosure to the members of the two committees (Jud and HPSCI) with oversight over FISA about U.S. persons who have been the subject of NSA electronic surveillance, and what criteria was used to target them. Will provide Congress with the opportunity to understand the program and whether current law should be amended to either grant the President the power he seeks, or make any other modifications to current law that Congress deems appropriate. Until such action occurs, the amendment states that FISA continues to be the exclusive means by which domestic electronic surveillance may be conducted. Also makes clear that the Authorization for Use of Military Force does not provide an exception to FISA and the federal criminal wiretap statutes.
Shays (CT)/Maloney (NY)	#1	(REVISED)  Establishes in the Committee on Appropriations a Subcommittee on Intelligence.
Shays (CT)/Maloney (NY)	#2	Requires the President to disclose the aggregate amount of funds requested and appropriated for intelligence and intelligence related activities for each fiscal year.
Shays (CT)/Maloney (NY)	#4	Makes changes to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board established by the Intelligence Reform Act (P.L. 108-458).  Would give the Privacy and Civil Liberties Board subpoena power; create the Board as an independent agency in the executive branch; require that all 5 members of the Board be confirmed by the Senate; require that no more than 3 members can be from the same political party; set a term for Board members at 6 years; create the chairman as a full-time member of the Board; restore the qualifications of Board members that were originally included in the Senate bill, restore reporting requirements to Congress; require each executive department or agency with law enforcement or antiterrorism functions should designate a privacy and civil liberties officer; require that the President’s annual budget contain a specific funding line for the Board.
Shays (CT)/Maloney (NY)	#5	Requires executive branch agencies to report on their progress in implementing the 9/11 Commission recommendations and the policy goals of Public Law 108-458, the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevent Act with regard to reforming the Intelligence Community. Relevant agencies would have 30 days to certify that the Commission’s recommendations and the policy goals of P.L 108-458 have been implemented.  Should the agency not be able to certify proper implementation, it would have to explain why and what, if any, resources are needed to complete implementation.  The report would have to be updated every 30 days until the agency can certify its implementation.  Following the submission to Congress, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) would review the certification.
Shays (CT)/Maloney (NY)	#3	Requires Office of Personnel Management, in consultation with the DNI, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Homeland Security to certify to the relevant Congressional Committees that the 9/11 Commission recommendations and the policy goals of PL 108-458 with regard to security clearances have been implemented. If no certification can be made, OPM is asked to re-report every 30 days until certification can be made, stating what steps are being taken to achieve such policy goals and if additional resources are required. Once certification is made, GAO is tasked to evaluate the proper implementation of said policy goals.