Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007: report together with additional views (to accompany S. 3237)

LC Number: KF31.5 .I5 2006 OCLC Number: (OCoLC)70068661 Subject: Intelligence service -- Law and legislation -- United States. Excerpt: ...ary for increases in such compensation or benefits authorized by law. Section 302. Restriction on conduct of intelligence activities Section 302 provides that the authorization of appropriations by the Act shall not be deemed to constitute authority for the conduct of any intelligence activity that is not otherwise authorized by the Constitution or laws of the United States. Section 303. Clarification of definition of Intelligence Community under the National Security Act of 1947 Section 303 amends Section 3(4)(L) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)(L)) to permit the designation as ``elements of the intelligence community' of other elements of departments and agencies of the United States government not listed in Section 3(4). Section 304. Improvement of notification of Congress regarding intelligence activities of the United States Government Section 304 amends the requirements for notifications to Congress under Sections 502 and 503 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 413a & 413b). First, Section 304 amends the definition of ``congressional intelligence committees' in Section 3(7) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(7)), specifically including ``each member' of the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives within such definition. Second, Section 304 requires that, in the event that the DNI or the head of an Intelligence Community element does not provide to all Members of the ``congressional intelligence committees' the notification required by Section 502 (relating to intelligence activities other than covert actions) or Section 503 (relating to covert actions) of the National Security Act of 1947, that all Members will be p...