Congressional Record: July 14, 2003 (Senate)
Page S9339-S9354
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2004
SA 1217. Mr. STEVENS proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 2658,
making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as follows:
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Sec. 8120. (a) Limitation on Use of Funds for Research and
Development on Terrorism Information Awareness Program.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds
appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of
Defense, whether to an element of the Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency or any other element, or to any
other department, agency, or element of the Federal
Government, may be obligated or expended on research and
development on the Terrorism Information Awareness program.
(b) Limitation on Deployment of Terrorism Information
Awareness Program.--(1) Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, if and when research and development on the Terrorism
Information Awareness program, or any component of such
program, permits the deployment or implementation of such
program or component, no department, agency, or element of
the Federal Government may deploy or implement such program
or component, or transfer such program or component to
another department, agency, or element of the Federal
Government, until the Secretary of Defense--
(A) notifies Congress of that development, including a
specific and detailed description of--
(i) each element of such program or component intended to
be deployed or implemented; and
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(ii) the method and scope of the intended deployment or
implementation of such program or component (including the
data or information to be accessed or used); and
(B) has received specific authorization by law from
Congress for the deployment or implementation of such program
or component, including--
(i) a specific authorization by law for the deployment or
implementation of such program or component; and
(ii) a specific appropriation by law of funds for the
deployment or implementation of such program or component.
(2) The limitation in paragraph (1) shall not apply with
respect to the deployment or implementation of the Terrorism
Information Awareness program, or a component of such
program, in support of the following:
(A) Lawful military operations of the United States
conducted outside the United States.
(B) Lawful foreign intelligence activities conducted wholly
against non-United States persons.
(c) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the Terrorism Information Awareness program should not
be used to develop technologies for use in conducting
intelligence activities or law enforcement activities against
United States persons without appropriate consultation with
Congress or without clear adherence to principles to protect
civil liberties and privacy; and
(2) the primary purpose of the Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency is to support the lawful activities of the
Department of Defense and the national security programs
conducted pursuant to the laws assembled for codification
purposes in title 50, United States Code.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Terrorism information awareness program.--The term
"Terrorism Information Awareness program"--
(A) means the components of the program known either as
Terrorism Information Awareness or Total Information
Awareness, any related information awareness program, or any
successor program under the Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency or another element of the Department of
Defense; and
(B) includes a program referred to in subparagraph (1), or
a component of such program, that has been transferred from
the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency or another
element of the Department of Defense to any other department,
agency, or element of the Federal Government.
(2) Non-united states person.--The term "non-United States
person" means any person other than a United States person.
(3) United states person.--The term "United States
person" has the meaning given that term in section 101(i) of
the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C.
1801(i)).
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