Calendar No. 164 104th Congress Report SENATE 1st Session 104-127 _______________________________________________________________________ TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996 FOR INTELLIGENCE AND INTELLIGENCE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES _______ August 4 (legislative day, July 10), 1995.--Ordered to be printed _______________________________________________________________________ Mr. Thurmond, from the Committee on Armed Services, submitted the following R E P O R T [To accompany S. 922] The Committee on Armed Services, to which was referred the bill (S. 922) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. PURPOSE OF THE BILL S. 922 would authorize appropriations and other matters for fiscal year 1996 for intelligence activities of the United States, including certain Department of Defense intelligence- related activities within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Armed Services. The Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) reported the bill on June 14, 1995, and it was referred to the Committee on Armed Services in accordance with section 3(b) of Senate Resolution 400, 94th Congress. SCOPE OF COMMITTEE REVIEW The Committee conducted a detailed review of the intelligence community authorization request for fiscal year 1996. The Committee conducted hearings and met with the chairman and vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. The Committee has carefully reviewed the report of the Select Committee on Intelligence (Sen. Rep. 104-97) and has incorporated the relevant budget decisions of that Committee into S. 1026, the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 1996, which was reported to the Senate on July 10, 1995. The following explains the Committee's amendment to the bill as reported by the Select Committee on Intelligence, as well as the Committee's clarification to the report issued by the Select Committee. Scope of schedule Section 102 provides that the amounts authorized to be appropriated are those specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations. Unfortunately that Schedule of Authorizations contained two subparts; one relating to the National Foreign Intelligence Program (NFIP) and one relating to the Joint Military Intelligence Program (JMIP). The JMIP is a new budget and organizational category of the Department of Defense. The JMIP consists of four component programs, each of which was formerly funded in the Tactical Intelligence and Related Activities (TIARA) aggregation. The Senate Armed Services Committee has sole authorization jurisdiction over TIARA and hence over the JMIP which is an aggregation of TIARA activities. Accordingly, the Armed Services Committee recommends an amendment to section 102 that clarifies that the Schedule of Authorizations is only the Schedule of Authorizations for the National Foreign Intelligence Program (NFIP). COMMITTEE ACTION In accordance with the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended by the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970, there is set forth below the Committee vote to report favorably S. 922 with an amendment. The Committee conducted two votes. First, the Committee adopted the Committee amendment by voice vote. Second, the Committee adopted the underlying bill with an amendment by voice vote. After both votes, Senators Glenn and Bryan requested to be recorded in the negative. 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. 922. 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. <greek-d>