H.R. 5743 - Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013

Motion by Mr. Hastings of Florida to amend the rule to H.R. 5743 to make in order and provide the appropriate waivers for the following amendments to H.R. 5743, which would be en bloc 3: amendment #8, offered by Rep. Clarke,would require a threat assessment for cyber threats to critical infrastructure; amendment #6, offered by Rep. Cuellar (TX), would direct each agency that deals with classified documents to report back in 1 year potential security risks associated with the acquisition of computer hardware. Would require the agencies report to Congress with recommendations of what steps need to be taken to ensure computer hardware that is acquired for use with classified documents is not at risk being used to disclose information to outside sources; amendment #7, offered by Rep. Cuellar (TX), which would direct the Director on National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense to work together to develop and implement a combined National and Defense Intelligence Strategy in conjunction with existing strategies; amendment #11, offered by Rep. Hahn (CA), which would require the Civil Liberties Protection Officer to review on an ongoing basis, and prepare, as necessary, privacy impact assessments on, the cybersecurity policies, programs, and activities of the Intelligence Community for such purposes as ensuring compliance with all relevant constitutional and legal protections; amendment #13, offered by Rep. Hahn (CA), which would establish the the sense of Congress that the Intelligence community should prioritize the security of our nation’s ports as they play a crucial role to our nation’s supply chain and economy; amendment #16, offered by Rep. Hahn (CA), which would require the Director of Intelligence to ensure that each element of the intelligence community appropriately coordinates with Federal, State, and local officials responsible for the protection of United States ports to detect, prevent, and respond to potential terrorist activity; amendment #9, offered by Rep. Hinchey (NY), which would require the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to report to the House and Senate Intelligence panels on information it has regarding the human rights violations of the military government in Argentina that resulted in 30,000 disappearances between the mid-1970's and mid-1980's; amendment #19, offered by Rep. Holt (NJ), which would require the AG and DNI to reveal how many U.S. Persons had their domestic communications intercepted since the implementation of the FISA Amendments Act; amendment #20, offered by Rep. Holt (NJ), which would amend the National Security Act of 1947 to provide administrative penalties, up to and including termination, for any officer or employee of an intelligence community element who retaliates against an intelligence community employee or contractor who reports covered information (a violation of any law, rule, or regulation, or gross mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety) to an authorized member of Congress; amendment #21, offered by Rep. Holt (NJ), which would prohibit any Intelligence Community employee or contractor from engaging in the assassination/targeted killing of a U.S. person unless specific criteria are met; amendment #22, offered by Rep. Holt (NJ), which would require the Director of National Intelligence and Director of the CIA to publicly disclosure any legal opinions or memoranda used to justify the President’s target killing program against United States persons; amendment #2, offered by Rep. Jackson Lee (TX), which would prevent any of the funds authorized under this Act from being used to violate a person’s civil liberties; and amendment #15, offered by Rep. Thompson (CA) and Rep. Heck (NV), which would direct the National Reconnaissance Office to establish and implement a program to utilize, train and deploy SCI cleared undergraduate and graduate students from the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) areas of study. Defeated: 3–7.