09/09/11 10:07 AM
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 392, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hunter Part B amendment No. 6.
Amendment offered by Mr. Hunter.
09/09/11 10:07 AM
An amendment numbered 6 printed in Part B of House Report 112-200 to require the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense to establish a coordinated strategy utilizing all available personnel and assets for intelligence collection and analysis to identify and counter network activity and operations in Pakistan and Afghanistan relating to the development and use of improvised explosive devices.
By unanimous consent, the Holt amendment was withdrawn.
09/09/11 10:02 AM
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 392, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Holt Part B amendment No. 5.
09/09/11 10:01 AM
Amendment offered by Mr. Holt.
09/09/11 10:01 AM
An amendment numbered 5 printed in Part B of House Report 112-200 to direct the Director of National Intelligence to submit to Congress not more than 180 days after enactment a National Intelligence Estimate on the impact of the recent revolutions in North Africa and the Middle East on the security of the State of Israel.
09/09/11 10:00 AM
On agreeing to the Wolf amendment as modified Agreed to by voice vote.
09/09/11 9:56 AM
An amendment numbered 2 printed in Part B of House Report 112-200 to create a `Team B'--a counterterrorism competitive analysis council of outside experts--to continuously advise the Director of National Intelligence and the Congress on how best to revise plans, operations, concepts, organizations, and capabilities across the intelligence community in response to the evolving threat of terrorism and domestic radicalization.
09/09/11 9:56 AM
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 392, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Wolf Part B amendment No. 2, as modified.
Wolf amendment modified by unanimous consent.
Amendment offered by Mr. Wolf.
09/09/11 9:55 AM
On agreeing to the Rogers (MI) amendment as modified Agreed to by voice vote.
09/09/11 9:51 AM
An amendment numbered 1 printed in Part B of House Report 112-200 to make various modifications and technical corrections including: 1) clarifies the language contained in section 102 that would limit distribution of the classified annex to ensure that the Executive Branch may distribute within the Executive Branch as necessary to implement the budget; 2) strikes section 307 concerning amendments to provisions requiring certain information be provided to Congress prior to transfer of detainees so as to maintain the process in current law; 3) strikes section 309 concerning a requirement that the DNI provide certain State Department documents related to detainees; 4) clarifies that decisions made pursuant to the authority in section 310 may not be delegated to an official below the level of the service acquisition executive for the agency concerned; 5) adds a new section that would permit the President to make temporary appointments to fill vacancies in offices within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence that require Senate confirmation (except the DNI, for whom by Section 103A(a)(6) of the National Security Act of 1947 the Principal Deputy DNI is next in line) with a senior official who serves in another element of the Intelligence Community; and 6) strikes section 421, which requires confirmation of the Director of the National Security Agency.
