Intelligence Budget Transparency Act of 2019

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2735 To amend section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, to require that the annual budget submissions of the Presidents include the total dollar amount requested for intelligence or intelligence-related activities of each element of the Government engaged in such activities. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 14, 2019 Mr. WELCH (for himself and Mr. SENSENBRENNER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget A BILL To amend section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, to require that the annual budget submissions of the Presidents include the total dollar amount requested for intelligence or intelligence-related activities of each ele- ment of the Government engaged in such activities. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Intelligence Budget 4 Transparency Act of 2019’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:20 May 30, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2735.IH H2735 jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2735 IH SEC. 2. FUNDING FOR INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES OF EACH 1 ELEMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT. 2 Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is 3 amended by adding at the end the following new para- 4 graph: 5 ‘‘(40)(A) the total dollar amount proposed in 6 the budget for intelligence or intelligence-related ac- 7 tivities of each element of the Government engaged 8 in such activities in the fiscal year for which the 9 budget is submitted and the estimated appropriation 10 required for each of the ensuing four fiscal years; 11 and 12 ‘‘(B) as used in subparagraph (A), the term 13 ‘element of the Government’ refers to each element 14 of the intelligence community as defined in section 15 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 16 U.S.C. 3003(4)).’’. 17 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:20 May 30, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2735.IH H2735 jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with BILLS