Sec. 353. DEFINITION OF CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEES IN NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947

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## SEC. 353 DEFINITION OF CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEES IN NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947 ###

(a)In General Section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: > > #### “(7) > > The term ‘**congressional intelligence committees**’ means— > > > ##### “(A) > > the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and > > > ##### “(B) > > the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.” > . ###

(b)Conforming Amendments ####

(1)That Act is further amended by striking “Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives” and inserting “congressional intelligence committees” in each of the following provisions: #####

(A)Section 104(d)(4) (50 U.S.C. 403–4(d)(4)). #####

(B)Section 603(a) (50 U.S.C. 423(a)). ####

(2)That Act is further amended by striking “Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate” and inserting “congressional intelligence committees” in each of the following provisions: #####

(A)Section 301(j) (50 U.S.C. 409a(j)). #####

(B)Section 801(b)(2) (50 U.S.C. 435(b)(2)). #####

(C)Section 903 (50 U.S.C. 441b). ####

(3)That Act is further amended by striking “intelligence committees” and inserting “congressional intelligence committees” each place it appears in each of the following provisions: #####

(A)Section 501 (50 U.S.C. 413). #####

(B)Section 502 (50 U.S.C. 413a). #####

(C)Section 503 (50 U.S.C. 413b). #####

(D)Section 504(d)(2) (50 U.S.C. 414(d)(2)). ####

(4)Section 104(d)(5) of that Act (50 U.S.C. 403–4(d)(5)) is amended by striking “Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives” and inserting “congressional intelligence committees”. ####

(5)Section 105C(a)(3)(C) of that Act (50 U.S.C. 403–5c(a)(3)(C)) is amended— #####

(A)by striking clauses

(i)and

(ii)and inserting the following new clause (i): > > ###### “(i) > > The congressional intelligence committees.” > ; and #####

(B)by redesignating clauses (iii), (iv), (v), and

(vi)as clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), and (v), respectively. ####

(6)Section 114 of that Act (50 U.S.C. 404i), as amended by section 324, is amended by striking subsection (d), as so redesignated, and inserting the following new subsection (d): > > ### “(d) Congressional Leadership Defined > > In this section, the term ‘**congressional leadership**’ means the Speaker and the minority leader of the House of Representatives and the majority leader and the minority leader of the Senate.” > . ####

(7)Section 501(a) of that Act (50 U.S.C. 413(a)), as amended by paragraph

(3)of this subsection, is further amended— #####

(A)by striking paragraph (2); and #####

(B)by redesignating paragraph

(3)as paragraph (2). ####

(8)Section 503(c)(4) of that Act (50 U.S.C. 413b(c)(4)) is amended by striking “intelligence committee” and inserting “congressional intelligence committee”. ####

(9)Section 602(c) of that Act (50 U.S.C. 422(c)) is amended by striking “the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate or to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives” and inserting “either congressional intelligence committee”. ####

(10)Section 701(c)(3) of that Act (50 U.S.C. 431(c)(3)) is amended by striking “intelligence committees of the Congress” and inserting “congressional intelligence committees”. # TITLE IV CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

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