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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · H.R. 2810 (Reported in House) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for militar... · Sec. 1031

Sec. 1031. Limitation on expenditure of funds for emergency and extraordinary expenses for intelligence and counter-intelligence activities and representation allowances

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The first sentence of subsection
(a)of section 127 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: , and is not a recurring expense . Subsection
(c)of such section is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: Funds may not be obligated or expended in an amount in excess of $25,000 under the authority of subsection
(a)or
(b)for intelligence or counter-intelligence activities or representation allowances until the Secretary of Defense has notified the congressional defense committees and the congressional intelligence committees of the intent to obligate or expend the funds, and— in the case of an obligation or expenditure in excess of $100,000, 15 days have elapsed since the date of the notification; or in the case of an obligation or expenditure in excess of $25,000, but not in excess of $100,000, five days have elapsed since the date of the notification. . Subsection
(d)of such section is amended— by striking to the congressional defense committees and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting an em dash; and by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: to the congressional defense committees a report on all expenditures during the preceding fiscal year under subsections
(a)and (b); and to the congressional intelligence committees a report on expenditures relating to intelligence and counter-intelligence during the preceding fiscal year under subsections
(a)and (b). . Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: In this section, the term congressional intelligence committees means the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. .
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