Ensuring Sound Military and Intelligence Advice Act of 2017
Latest action · Feb 1, 2017 Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 1, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Ensuring Sound Military and Intelligence Advice Act of 2017
This bill amends the National Security Act of 1947 to require the President to designate the Director of National Intelligence and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as regular attendees of the meetings of the National Security Council (NSC), or of any body of the NSC (including the Principals Committee), if any individual whose responsibilities are primarily political is designated as a regular attendee of such meetings.
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 1, 2017 to Feb 27, 2017; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Denny Heck | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-HI | Colleen Hanabusa | Feb 3, 2017 | |
| D-NM | Michelle Lujan Grisham | Feb 3, 2017 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Feb 3, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | Feb 6, 2017 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Feb 6, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Feb 15, 2017 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Feb 15, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Feb 15, 2017 | |
| D-MD | John K. Delaney | Feb 27, 2017 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Feb 1, 2017 |
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Feb 1, 2017 |
| House | Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee | Referred Feb 1, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 1, 2017Introduced in House
- Feb 1, 2017Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 17, February 1, 2017, page H878.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the National Security Act of 1947 to provide for additional requirements relating to the regular attendees of meetings of the National Security Council and bodies thereof.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Ensuring Sound Military and Intelligence Advice Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Director of National Intelligence
- Executive Office of the President
- Federal officials
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
- Military command and structure
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 1, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
