113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 3855
To amend section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, to require that
the annual budget submissions of the Presidents include the total
dollar amount requested for intelligence or intelligence related
activities of each element of the Government engaged in such
activities.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 13, 2014
Mrs. Lummis (for herself, Mr. Welch, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Price of
North Carolina, Mr. Gutierrez, and Mr. Jordan) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget
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A BILL
To amend section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, to require that
the annual budget submissions of the Presidents include the total
dollar amount requested for intelligence or intelligence related
activities of each element of the Government engaged in such
activities.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Intelligence Budget Transparency Act
of 2014''.
SEC. 2. FUNDING FOR INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES OF EACH ELEMENT OF THE
GOVERNMENT.
Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by
redesignating the second paragraph (37) as paragraph (39) and by adding
at the end the following new paragraph:
``(40)(A) the total dollar amount proposed in the budget
for intelligence or intelligence related activities of each
element of the Government engaged in such activities in the
fiscal year for which the budget is submitted and the estimated
appropriation required for each of the ensuing four fiscal
years; and
``(B) as used in subparagraph (A), the term `element of the
Government' refers to each element of the intelligence
community as defined in section 3(4) of the National Security
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)).''.