113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 3900
To amend the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 to
facilitate access by the Comptroller General of the United States to
information in the possession of the intelligence community, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 16, 2014
Mr. McCaul (for himself and Mr. Schiff) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence (Permanent
Select)
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A BILL
To amend the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 to
facilitate access by the Comptroller General of the United States to
information in the possession of the intelligence community, and for
other purposes.
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 Community Oversight Act
of 2014''.
SEC. 2. ACCESS TO INFORMATION BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED
STATES.
Section 348 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2010 (50 U.S.C. 3308) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsections:
``(e) Implementation of Directive.--In carrying out the directive
issued under subsection (a)(1), the head of each element of the
intelligence community shall--
``(1) provide the Comptroller General with timely access to
information concerning the programs and activities of the
intelligence community for any audit, investigation, program
evaluation, report, or review for which the Comptroller General
considers such information necessary; and
``(2) in providing such access--
``(A) cooperate with the Comptroller General to the
fullest extent possible and provide timely responses to
requests for information;
``(B) not categorically deny the Comptroller
General access to information requested in furtherance
of an audit or evaluation;
``(C) carefully consider requests for information
based on consultation with the Comptroller General;
``(D) work with the Comptroller General to explore
alternative means to accommodate a request for access
to specific information if the head of an element of
the intelligence community determines that such element
is unable to provide the Comptroller General with
access to the specific information requested; and
``(E) narrowly construe any limitation on access to
information by the Comptroller General described in
such directive.
``(f) Congressional Notification of Implementation.--
``(1) Denials of access.--If, after following the
requirements of this section and the directive issued under
subsection (a)(1), the head of an element of the intelligence
community determines that such element cannot comply with a
request by the Comptroller General for access to information,
the head of such element shall, in a timely manner and at the
same time as the head of such element notifies the Comptroller
General of the denial of access to such information, submit to
the Director of National Intelligence, the Comptroller General,
and Congress a written justification for denying such access.
``(2) Semiannual reports.--
``(A) Director of national intelligence.--The
Director of National Intelligence shall semiannually
submit to Congress and the Comptroller General in
electronic form a report describing any instances in
which the head of an element of the intelligence
community denied the Comptroller General access to
information that the Comptroller General requested,
including the written justification for such denial
submitted to the Comptroller General in accordance with
paragraph (1).
``(B) Comptroller general.--Not later than 30 days
after receiving a report in accordance with
subparagraph (A), the Comptroller General shall submit
to Congress in electronic form a report containing any
comments the Comptroller General considers appropriate
in response to such report.''.
