Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005
Latest action · Dec 23, 2004 Became Public Law No: 108-487.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 14, 2004
- Passed HouseJun 23, 2004
- Passed SenateOct 11, 2004
- To the PresidentDec 16, 2004
- Became lawDec 23, 2004Public Law 108-487
Summary
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 - Title I: Intelligence Activities - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2005 for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the: (1) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); (2) Department of Defense (DOD); (3) Defense Intelligence Agency; (4) National Security Agency (NSA); (5) Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; (6) Departments of State, the Treasury, Energy, and Justice; (7) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (8) National Reconnaissance Office; (9) National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; (10) Coast Guard; and (11) Department of Homeland Security.
(Sec. 102) Specifies that the amounts authorized and the authorized personnel ceilings as of September 30, 2005, for such activities are those specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations, which shall be made available to the Senate and House Appropriations Committees and the President.
(Sec. 103) Allows the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), with the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to authorize employment of civilian personnel in excess of the number authorized for FY 2005 (by not more than two percent) when necessary to the performance of important intelligence functions. Requires notification of the congressional intelligence committees.
(Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Management (ICM) Account of the DNI for FY 2005 as well as for full-time personnel for elements within such Account. Earmarks a specified amount of such funds for the National Drug Intelligence Center.
(Sec. 105) Incorporates into this Act each requirement to submit a report to the intelligence committees that is included in the joint explanatory statement to accompany the conference report on this bill, or in the classified annex to this Act.
(Sec. 106) Deems specifically authorized for such purposes, through FY 2005, any funds appropriated for an intelligence or intelligence-related activity for FY 2004 in excess of the amount specified for such activity in its classified Schedule of Authorizations.
(Sec. 107) Requires the DNI to ensure that any report, review, study, or plan required by this Act that involves the intelligence or intelligence-related activities of DOD or the Department of Energy is prepared or conducted in consultation with the Secretary of Defense or Energy, as appropriate. Requires any such report, review, study, or plan to be submitted, in addition to any other committee specified in the provision concerned, to the congressional armed services and intelligence committees and the subcommittees on defense of the appropriations committees.
Title II: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System - (Sec. 201) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2005 for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund.
Title III: General Provisions - (Sec. 301) Permits appropriations authorized by this Act for salary, pay, retirement, and other benefits for Federal employees to be increased by such additional or supplemental amounts as may be necessary for increases in such compensation or benefits authorized by law.
(Sec. 302) Specifies that the authorization of appropriations by this Act shall not be deemed to constitute authority for the conduct of any intelligence activity which is not otherwise authorized by the Constitution or laws of the United States.
(Sec. 303) Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to establish within the Office of the DNI a Chief Information Officer to assist the DNI and to serve as the Chief Information Officer of the intelligence community (IC).
(Sec. 304) Amends the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 to direct that the National Virtual Translation Center established under such Act provide for the timely and accurate translation of foreign intelligence for all IC elements. Provides for the location for the discharge of Center functions.
(Sec. 305) Requires the DNI to submit to Congress an assessment that identifies and describes each country or region that is a sanctuary for terrorists or terrorist organizations.
(Sec. 306) Expresses the sense of Congress that the head of each IC element, including the CIA, FBI, and appropriate officials in the Departments of Defense, State, and the Treasury, should make available upon appropriate congressional request any information and documents in connection with any congressional investigation of the Office of the Iraq Oil-for-Food Program of the United Nations.
Title IV: Central Intelligence Agency - (Sec. 401) Makes permanent (currently expires after September 30, 2003) the CIA voluntary separation incentive program.
Amends the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 to authorize the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) to take certain actions to: (1) protect from unauthorized disclosure intelligence operations, the identities of undercover intelligence officers, intelligence sources and methods, or intelligence cover mechanisms; or (2) meet special requirements of work related to the collection of foreign intelligence or other authorized activities. Authorizes the DCI, as part of such actions, to: (1) pay any designated employee under nonofficial cover (a designated employee) additional compensation; (2) establish and administer a nonofficial cover employee retirement system for designated employees, or allow designated employees to convert to coverage under the Federal retirement system; (3) establish and administer a nonofficial cover employee health insurance program, or allow a designated employee to convert to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program; (4) establish and administer a nonofficial cover employee life insurance program, or allow a designated employee to convert to the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Program; (5) exempt a designated employee from mandatory compliance with any Federal regulation, rule, standardized administrative policy, process, or procedure that the DCI determines would be inconsistent with the nonofficial cover of the employee and could expose that employee to detection as a Federal employee; or (6) allow a designated employee to file a Federal or State tax return as if that employee is not a Federal employee.
Title V: Department of Defense Intelligence Matters - (Sec. 501) Amends the National Security Agency Act of 1959 to establish the National Security Agency Emerging Technologies Panel to study, assess, and advise the NSA Director on the research, development, and application of existing and emerging science and technology advances, advances in encryption, and other topics.
(Sec. 502) Allows funds designated for FY 2005 or 2006 for assistance to the Government of Colombia for counterdrug activities to be used: (1) to support a campaign against narcotics trafficking and against activities by organizations designated as terrorist organizations; and (2) to protect human health and welfare in emergency circumstances, including rescue operations. Prohibits, under such authority, the participation of any U.S. Armed Forces personnel or U.S. civilian contractor employed by the Armed Forces in any combat operation in connection with such assistance, except for acting in self defense or during the course of search and rescue operations for U.S. citizens.
Title VI: Education - Subtitle A: National Security Education Program - (Sec. 601) Amends the David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 to require the DNI to transfer specified amounts to the Secretary of Education, from amounts appropriated for the ICM Account for each fiscal year beginning with 2005, to carry out national security education scholarship, fellowship, and grant programs authorized under such Act. Requires students receiving such scholarship, fellowship, or grant assistance to enter into a service agreement with the head of the IC element providing the assistance to serve two years for each year of assistance provided, and to reimburse the United States with respect to obligated service not completed. Authorizes the appropriate IC head to release an employee from the reimbursement obligation when equity or the interests of the United States so require. Directs the Secretary of Defense to take appropriate steps to increase the number of qualified educational institutions that receive grants under the National Flagship Language Initiative to establish, operate, or improve activities designed to train such students.
(Sec. 603) Authorizes the Secretary of Defense, as part of the national security education program, to award scholarships to U.S. citizens who: (1) are native speakers of a foreign language identified as critical to U.S. national security; and (2) are not proficient at a professional level in the English language, in order to enable such students to pursue English studies at U.S. institutions of higher education to attain professional proficiency. Requires such students to enter into a service agreement to work in an appropriate national security position thereafter. Requires the DNI to transfer funds from the ICM Account to the Secretary of Defense, beginning with the 2005 fiscal year, to carry out such student training program.
Subtitle B: Improvements in Intelligence Community Foreign Language Skills - (Sec. 611) Prohibits an individual from being appointed to a position in the Senior Intelligence Service in the Directorate of Intelligence or Directorate of Operations of the CIA unless the DCI determines that such individual is: (1) certified as having a professional speaking and reading proficiency in a foreign language; and (2) able to communicate the priorities of the United States and exercise influence in that foreign language. Requires the DCI to report to Congress on any appointments that should be exempt from such language requirement.
(Sec. 612) Authorizes the Secretary of Defense and DNI to jointly carry out a program to advance foreign language skills in languages that are critical to the capability of the IC to carry out U.S. national security objectives. Requires the Secretary and DNI to determine actions required to improve the education of IC personnel in such critical foreign languages. Authorizes the head of an IC element to enter into one or more educational partnerships with educational institutions to enhance such language study, with assistance provided to institutions providing such education. Outlines program and partnership requirements and limitations. Authorizes the DNI to assign IC employees in analyst positions requiring foreign language expertise as students at accredited professional, technical, or other institutions for training at the graduate or undergraduate level in foreign languages required to conduct the duties and responsibilities of such positions. Authorizes the DNI to reimburse students for education and training costs.
(Sec. 613) Directs the DNI to conduct a three-year pilot project to assess the feasibility and advisability of establishing a Civilian Linguist Reserve Corps comprised of U.S. citizens with advanced levels of proficiency in foreign languages who would be available upon the call of the DNI to perform in the IC such service or duties with respect to such languages as the DNI may specify. Requires the DNI to submit to Congress an initial and final report on the pilot project. Authorizes appropriations.
(Sec. 614) Requires the DNI to report to Congress on the status, consolidation, and improvement of intelligence education programs.
(Sec. 615) Directs the Secretary of Defense to: (1) study methods to improve the recruitment and retention of qualified foreign language instructors at the Foreign Language Center of the Defense Language Institute (including expediting lawful admission status for alien instructors); and (2) report study results to the intelligence and defense committees.
Title VII: Terrorism Matters - (Sec. 701) Amends the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 to require the inclusion, in annual State Department reports on terrorism, of information on terrorist groups that have or seek weapons of mass destruction as well as groups that have been designated as foreign terrorist organizations.
Title VIII: Other Matters - (Sec. 803) Provides transitional provisions relating to the discharge of certain functions and authorities between the enactment of this Act and the date of appointment of the DNI under provisions of the National Security Act of 1947.
Recorded votes 10
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 300 | On Passage | Passed360–61 | Jun 23, 2004 |
| House 299 | On Motion to Recommit with Instructions | Failed197–224 | Jun 23, 2004 |
| House 298 | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Agreed to304–116 | Jun 23, 2004 |
| House 297 | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Failed149–270 | Jun 23, 2004 |
| House 296 | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Agreed to417–1 | Jun 23, 2004 |
| House 295 | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Agreed to343–76 | Jun 23, 2004 |
| House 294 | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Agreed to419–0 | Jun 23, 2004 |
| House 293 | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Agreed to222–195 | Jun 23, 2004 |
| House 292 | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Agreed to366–51 | Jun 23, 2004 |
| House 291 | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Agreed to335–83 | Jun 23, 2004 |
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee | Referred Jun 14, 2004Markup Jun 16, 2004Reported Jun 21, 2004 |
| Senate | Intelligence (Select) Committee | Referred Jun 24, 2004Discharged Oct 11, 2004 |
Actions 65
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 23, 2004Signed by President.
- Dec 23, 2004Became Public Law No: 108-487.
- Dec 16, 2004Presented to President.
- Dec 9, 2004Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 8, 2004Conference papers: Senate report and manager's statement and message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
In the Congressional Record 7
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S11957, S12020 | John D. Rockefeller IV D-WV, Ron Wyden D-OR, William H. Frist R-TN | Dec 8, 2004 |
| House | Debate and remarks H10930, H11016, H11039Text printed H11030–H11039Conferees appointed H10930Conference report H11030–H11039 | Alcee L. Hastings D-FL (conferee), Anna G. Eshoo D-CA (conferee), C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD (conferee), Collin C. Peterson D-MN (conferee), Curt Weldon R-PA (conferee), Duncan Hunter R-CA (conferee), Elton Gallegly R-CA (conferee), Ike Skelton D-MO (conferee), Jane Harman D-CA (conferee), Jim Gibbons R-NV (conferee), Jo Ann Davis R-VA (conferee), Leonard L. Boswell D-IA (conferee), Mac Collins R-GA (conferee), Mac Thornberry R-TX (conferee), Peter Hoekstra R-MI (conferee), Randy (Duke) Cunningham R-CA (conferee), Ray LaHood R-IL (conferee), Richard Burr R-NC (conferee), Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL (conferee), Rush Holt D-NJ (conferee), Sherwood Boehlert R-NY (conferee), Silvestre Reyes D-TX (conferee), Terry Everett R-AL (conferee) | Dec 7, 2004 |
| Senate · Extensions | Debate and remarks E1873, S11331, S11332Conferees appointed S11332 | Barbara A. Mikulski D-MD (conferee), Carl Levin D-MI (conferee), Christopher S. Bond R-MO (conferee), Chuck Hagel R-NE (conferee), Dianne Feinstein D-CA (conferee), Evan Bayh D-IN (conferee), John D. Rockefeller IV D-WV (conferee), John Edwards D-NC (conferee), John Warner R-VA (conferee), Mark Kirk R-IL, Mike DeWine R-OH (conferee), Olympia J. Snowe R-ME (conferee), Orrin G. Hatch R-UT (conferee), Pat Roberts R-KS (conferee), Richard J. Durbin D-IL (conferee), Ron Wyden D-OR (conferee), Saxby Chambliss R-GA (conferee), Trent Lott R-MS (conferee), William H. Frist R-TN | Oct 11, 2004 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1319 | Alcee L. Hastings D-FL | Jul 8, 2004 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1258, E1266 | Christopher Shays R-CT, Rush Holt D-NJ | Jun 25, 2004 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee reports
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 4
- Dec 23, 2004H.R. 4548, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005<p>Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 8, 2004</p>
- Dec 23, 2004H.R. 4548, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 8, 2004
- Jun 21, 2004H.R. 4548, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on June 16, 2004</p>
- Jun 21, 2004H.R. 4548, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on June 16, 2004
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 108-52 | INFORMATION SHARING AFTER SEPTEMBER 11: PERSPECTIVES ON THE FUTURE57 pages | Homeland Security Committee | Jun 24, 2004 |
CRS reports 4
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 4
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF10710 | State Department Country Reports on Terrorism: 2001–2021 Archived | Resource | Jul 21, 2023 |
| R45008 | Ukraine: Background, Conflict with Russia, and U.S. Policy Archived | Report | Oct 5, 2021 |
| R42741 | Laws Affecting the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program Archived | Report | Jul 22, 2015 |
| RL32635 | H.R. 10 (9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act) and S. 2845 (National Intelligence Reform Act of 2004): A Comparative Analysis Archived | Report | Oct 21, 2004 |
Amendments 10
Amendments offered to this bill.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HRES 686 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4548) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes. | Procedurally related | Jun 23, 2004 |
| S 2386 | Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 | Related document | Oct 11, 2004 |
Titles 6
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005
- Short Titles as Enacted
- Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Administrative procedure
- Advice and consent of the Senate
- Afghanistan
- Agriculture and Food
- Airline passenger traffic
- Armed forces abroad
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Arms control verification
- Arrest
- Auditing
- Authorization
- Ballistic missiles
- Bombings
- Central Intelligence Agency
- Chemical warfare
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Civil service retirement
- Classified defense information
- Coast guard
- College costs
- Colombia
- Commercial aircraft
- Confidential funding (Federal budgets)
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Congressional-executive relations
- Counterintelligence
- Covert operations
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal investigation
- Defense budgets
- Democracy
- Department of Defense
- Department of Energy
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Justice
- Department of State
- Department of the Treasury
- Detention of persons
- Drug abuse
- Drug law enforcement
- Early retirement
- East Asia
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Electronic surveillance
- Embassies
- Emergency Management
- Employee training
- Energy
- English language
- Europe
- Evidence (Law)
- Federal aid to education
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- Federal employees
- Federal law enforcement officers
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fissionable materials
- Food relief
- Foreign agents
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Germany
- Government employees' health insurance
- Government employees' life insurance
- Government liability (International law)
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government trust funds
- Graduate education
- Guided missiles
- Health
- Higher education
- Hostages
- Housing and Community Development
- Human rights
- Income tax
- Information technology
- Intelligence community staff
- Intelligence officers
- International Affairs
- International claims
- International education
- Iran
- Iraq
- Iraq compilation
- Labor and Employment
- Language and languages
- Latin America
- Law
- Libya
- Middle East and North Africa
- Military and naval offenses
- Military assistance
- Military education
- Military housing
- Military intelligence
- Military personnel
- Murder
- Names
- Nightclubs and cabarets
- Nongovernmental organizations
- North Korea
- Nuclear exports
- Nuclear nonproliferation
- Nuclear terrorism
- Pakistan
- Petroleum
- Presidential appointments
- Prisoners of war
- Prisoners' rights
- Prisons
- Recruiting of employees
- Reporters and reporting
- Rescue work
- Research and development
- Rule of law
- Salaries
- Sanctions (International law)
- Saudi Arabia
- Scholarships
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Scotland
- Searches and seizures
- Security classification (Government documents)
- September 11, 2001
- Severance pay
- Social Welfare
- South Asia
- State-sponsored terrorism
- Surplus government property
- Suspects' rights
- Syria
- Tax returns
- Taxation
- Teachers
- Technological innovations
- Terrorism
- Torture
- Transfer of employees
- Translating and interpreting
- Transportation and Public Works
- Undercover operations
- United Kingdom
- United Nations
- Uranium enrichment
- Volunteer workers
- Weapons of mass destruction
- Wiretapping
Text 6
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Oct 11, 2004Engrossed Amendment Senate
- Jun 24, 2004Referred in Senate
- Jun 23, 2004Engrossed in House
- Jun 21, 2004Reported in House
- Jun 14, 2004Introduced in House
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