Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004

S 1025 RS

108th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1025
[Report No. 108-44]

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 8, 2003

Mr. ROBERTS, from the Select Committee on Intelligence, reported the following original bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services pursuant to Section 3(b) of S. Res. 400, 94th Congress, for a period of not to exceed 30 days of session

A BILL

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) SHORT TITLE- This Act may be cited as the `Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004'.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS- The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

SEC. 355. COORDINATION OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RESEARCH ON SECURITY EVALUATIONS.

(a) WORKSHOPS FOR COORDINATION OF RESEARCH- The National Science Foundation and the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall jointly sponsor not less than two workshops on the coordination of Federal Government research on the use of behavioral, psychological, and physiological assessments of individuals in the conduct of security evaluations.
(b) DEADLINE FOR COMPLETION OF ACTIVITIES- The activities of the workshops sponsored under subsection (a) shall be completed not later than March 1, 2004.
(c) PURPOSES- The purposes of the workshops sponsored under subsection (a) are as follows:
        (1) To provide a forum for cataloging and coordinating Federally-funded research activities relating to the development of new techniques in the behavioral, psychological, or physiological assessment of individuals to be used in security evaluations.
        (2) To develop a research agenda for the Federal Government on behavioral, psychological, and physiological assessments of individuals, including an identification of the research most likely to advance the understanding of the use of such assessments of individuals in security evaluations.
        (3) To distinguish between short-term and long-term areas of research on behavioral, psychological, and physiological assessments of             individuals in order maximize the utility of short-term and long-term research on such assessments.
        (4) To identify the Federal agencies best suited to support research on behavioral, psychological, and physiological assessments of individuals.
        (5) To develop recommendations for coordinating future Federally-funded research for the development, improvement, or enhancement of security evaluations.
(d) ADVISORY GROUP- (1) In order to assist the National Science Foundation and the Office of Science and Technology Policy in carrying out the activities of the workshops sponsored under subsection (a), there is hereby established an interagency advisory group with respect to such workshops.
(2) The advisory group shall be composed of the following:

(A) A representative of the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Directorate of the National Science Foundation.
(B) A representative of the Office of Science, and Technology Policy.
(C) The Secretary of Defense, or a designee of the Secretary.
(D) The Secretary of State, or a designee of the Secretary.
(E) The Attorney General, or a designee of the Attorney General.
(F) The Secretary of Energy, or a designee of the Secretary.
(G) The Secretary of Homeland Security, or a designee of the Secretary.
(H) The Director of Central Intelligence, or a designee of the Director.
(I) The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or a designee of the Director.
(J) The National Counterintelligence Executive, or a designee of the National Counterintelligence Executive.
(K) Any other official assigned to the advisory group by the President for purposes of this section.

(3) The members of the advisory group under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2) shall jointly head the advisory group.
(4) The advisory group shall provide the Foundation and the Office such information, advice, and assistance with respect to the workshops sponsored under subsection (a) as the advisory group considers appropriate.
(5) The advisory group shall not be treated as an advisory committee for purposes of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).
(e) REPORT- Not later than March 1, 2004, the National Science Foundation and the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall jointly submit Congress a report on the results of activities of the workshops sponsored under subsection (a), including the findings and recommendations of the Foundation and the Office as a result of such activities.
(f) FUNDING- (1) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the Intelligence Community Management Account by section 104(a), $500,000 shall be available to the National Science Foundation and the Office of Science and Technology Policy to carry out this section.
(2) The amount authorized to be appropriated by paragraph (1) shall remain available until expended.