Calendar No. 214
107th Congress Report
SENATE
1st Session 107-92
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INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FY 2002
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November 1, 2001.--Ordered to be printed
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Mr. Levin, from the Committee on Armed Services, submitted the
following
R E P O R T
[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.
