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Under clause 6 of rule XXIII, proposed amendments were submitted as follows:
Amendment No. 6: At the end of title III insert the following new section:
SEC. 306. RESTRICTIONS ON INTELLIGENCE SHARING WITH THE UNITED NATIONS.
(a) In General.--The National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end of title I the following new section:
`Sec. 110. (a) Provision of Intelligence Information to the United Nations.--(1) No United States intelligence information may be provided to the United Nations or any organization affiliated with the United Nations, or to any official or employee thereof, unless the President certifies to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives that the Director of Central Intelligence (in this section referred to as the `DCT'), in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense, has required, and such organization has established and implemented, procedures for protecting intelligence sources and methods (including protection from release to nations and foreign nationals that are otherwise not eligible to receive such information) no less stringent than procedures maintained by nations with which the United States regularly shares similar types of intelligence information. Such certification shall include a description of the procedures in effect at such organization.
`(2) Paragraph (1) may be waived upon written certification by the President to the appropriate committees of Congress that providing such information to the United Nations or an organization affiliated with the United Nations, or to any official or employee thereof, is in the national security interest of the United States and that all possible measures protecting such information has been taken, except that such waiver must be made for each instance such information is provided, or for each such document provided.
`(b) Periodic and Special Reports.--(1) The President shall periodically report but not less frequently than quarterly, to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives on the types and volume of intelligence provided to the United Nations and the purposes for which it was provided during the period covered by the report. Such periodic reports shall be submitted to the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives with an annex containing a counterintelligence and security assessment of all risks, including an evaluation of any potential adverse impact on national collection systems, of providing intelligence to the United Nations, together with the information on how such risks have been addressed.
`(2) The President shall submit a special report to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives within 15 days after the United States Government becomes aware of any unauthorized disclosure of intelligence provided to the United Nations by the United States.
`(c) Limitation: The restrictions of subsection (a) and the requirement for periodic reports under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) shall not apply to the provision of intelligence that is provided only to, and for the use of, appropriately cleared United States Government personnel serving with the United Nations.
`(d) Delegation of Duties: The President may not delegate or assign the duties of the President under subsection (a).
`(e) Relationship to Existing Law: Nothing in this section shall be construed to--
`(1) impair or otherwise affect the authority of the Director of Central Intelligence to protect intelligence sources and methods from unauthorized disclosure pursuant to section 103(c)(5) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 403-3(c)(5)); or
`(2) supersede or otherwise affect the provisions of title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 413 et seq.).'.
(b) Clinical Amendment: The table of contents for the National Security Act of 1947 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 109 the following:
`Sec. 110. Restrictions on intelligence sharing with the United Nations.'.
Amendment No. 7: At the end of title V, add the following:
SEC 502. TIER III MINUS UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE.
In addition to the amounts authorized to be appropriated by title I, there is authorized to be appropriated an additional $22,000,000 for the tier III minus unmanned aerial vehicle.
Amendment No. 8: At the end of title V, add the following:
SEC. 502. TIER III MINUS UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE.
(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--In addition to the amounts authorized to be appropriated by title I, there is authorized to be appropriated an additional $22,000,000 for the tier III minus unmanned aerial vehicle.
(b) Procurement.--The Secretary of Defense shall procure sufficient vehicles to conduct the approved advanced concept technology demonstration of the tier III minus unmanned aerial vehicle.
Amendment No. 9: At the end of title V, add the following:
SEC. 502. TIER III MINUS UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE.
In addition to the amounts authorized to be appropriated by title I, there is authorized to be appropriated an additional $25,500,000 for the tier III minus unmanned aerial vehicle.
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Amendment No. 10: At the end of title V, add the following:
SEC. 502. TIER III MINUS UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE.
(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--In addition to the amounts authorized to be appropriated by title I, there is authorized to be appropriated an additional $25,500,000 for the tier III minus unmanned aerial vehicle.
(b) Procurement: The Secretary of Defense shall procure sufficient vehicles to conduct the approved advanced concept technology demonstration of the tier III minus unmanned aerial vehicle.
Amendment No. 11: At the end of title III, insert the following new section:
SEC. 306. PROHIBITION ON USING JOURNALISTS AS AGENTS OR ASSETS.
An element of the Intelligence Community may not use as an agent or asset for the purposes of collecting intelligence any individual who--
(1) is authorized by contract or by the issuance of press credentials to represent himself or herself, either in the United States or abroad, as a correspondent of a United States news media organization; or
(2) is officially recognized by a foreign government as a representative of a United States media organization.