US Congress House Bill 4261 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)
Status: Introduced on December 10 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-12-10 - Referred to House Rules
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to direct the President to provide to the congressional intelligence committees all information necessary to assess the lawfulness, effectiveness, cost, benefit, intelligence gain, budgetary authority, and risk of an intelligence activity. Requires information or material concerning covert actions and actions other than covert actions to be made available to each member of such committees, unless the President requests in writing that access be limited to meet extraordinary circumstances affecting vital U.S. interests. Allows the chair and ranking member of each committee to jointly determine whether and how to limit such access. Requires information or material so limited to be made fully available to each committee member at the earliest possible time, and to include the reasons for not providing prior access.

To amend the National Security Act of 1947 to provide additional procedures for congressional oversight.

Rep. Sue Myrick [R-NC]

Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]

Rep. Mac Thornberry [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-12-10		Referred to House Rules
2009-12-10		Referred to House Intelligence (Permanent Select)
2009-12-10		Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/4261/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr4261/BILLS-111hr4261ih.pdf