105th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 753
To require a separate, unclassified statement of the aggregate amount
of budget outlays for intelligence activities.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 13, 1997
Mr. Conyers (for himself, Mr. Miller of California, Mr. Dellums, Mr.
Oberstar, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Farr of California, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Stark,
Ms. Rivers, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Filner, Mr.
DeFazio, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Nadler, Ms. McKinney, Mr. Watt of North
Carolina, Mr. Yates, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Olver, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Pastor, and
Ms. Velazquez) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on
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
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A BILL
To require a separate, unclassified statement of the aggregate amount
of budget outlays for intelligence activities.
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 Budget Accountability
Act of 1997".
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
It is the purpose of this Act to require the publication of the
aggregate intelligence budget figure to provide a more thorough
accounting of Government expenditures as required by article I, section
9, clause 7 of the Constitution.
SEC. 3. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) article I, section 9, clause 7 of the Constitution
states that "No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in
Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular
Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all
public Money shall be published from time to time.";
(2) during the Cold War the United States did not provide
to the American people a "regular Statement and Account of the
. . . Expenditures" for intelligence activities;
(3) the failure to provide to the American people a
statement of the total amount of expenditures on intelligence
activities prevents them from participating in an informed,
democratic decision concerning the appropriate level for such
expenditures; and
(4) the Report of the Commission on the Roles and
Capabilities of the United States Intelligence Community
recommended the disclosure of "the total amount of money
appropriated for intelligence activities during the current
fiscal year and the total amount being requested for the next
fiscal year".
SEC. 4. ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF INTELLIGENCE
EXPENDITURES FOR THE PRECEDING FISCAL YEAR.
Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph:
"(31) a separate, unclassified statement of the
appropriations and proposed appropriations for the current
fiscal year, and the amount of appropriations requested for the
fiscal year for which the budget is submitted, for national and
tactical intelligence activities, including activities carried
out under the budget of the Department of Defense to collect,
analyze, produce, disseminate, or support the collection of
intelligence."