Sec. 416. Study on relationship between Central Intelligence Agency and Congress
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Congress finds the following: In 2008, the Center for the Study of Intelligence of the Central Intelligence Agency published an unclassified manuscript of a study titled The Agency and the Hill: CIA’s Relationship with Congress, 1946-2004 . The study, organized thematically, provides a valuable primer for officials of the Agency, members of Congress, congressional staff, and the general public about the necessarily secret business of intelligence oversight. Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, acting through the Center for the Study of Intelligence, shall prepare a study, in book form, describing the relationship between the Central Intelligence Agency and Congress between 2004 and 2022.
The Director shall ensure that the study is modeled on the manuscript described in subsection (a)(1), including with respect to the organizational structure. The study under paragraph
(1)shall document the following: Major legislation affecting the Agency. Programs and budget. Oversight of analysis. Oversight of collection. Oversight of covert action. Oversight of security and personnel matters. The process by which officials of the Agency are appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. For each of the elements specified in subparagraphs
(A)through (G), highlights of the principal issues before Congress and a discussion of how those issues were handled. Any other matters the Director determines appropriate. The Director shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees the study prepared under paragraph (1). The study under paragraph
(1)shall be made in unclassified form, but the Director may submit to the congressional intelligence committees a classified annex.