To provide for the establishment of a Joint Committee on Intelligence.

Establishes the Joint Committee on Intelligence. Declares that such committee has exclusive legislative jurisdiction with respect to any intelligence activity of the Federal Government and authorizations for appropriations for specified agencies and intelligence-related activities.

Directs the joint committee to review and study on a continuing basis any intelligence or counterintelligence activity conducted by any Federal agency or department.

Directs the joint committee to classify its information and records according to standards used generally by the executive branch. Directs the joint committee to establish and carry out rules and procedures necessary to prevent the unauthorized disclosure of information.

Prohibits any Member of Congress from disclosing information received from the joint committee without proper authorization, except in a closed session of the House of Representatives or the Senate.

 
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101st CONGRESS
1st Session
H. J. RES. 30
To provide for the establishment of a Joint Committee on Intelligence.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 3, 1989
Mr. SOLOMON introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred
to the Committee on Rules
JOINT RESOLUTION
To provide for the establishment of a Joint Committee on Intelligence.
  Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States
  of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT.
  There shall be established, at the beginning of the first Congress beginning
  after the date of the enactment of this joint resolution, a Joint Committee
  on Intelligence (hereafter in this resolution referred to as the `joint
  committee').
SEC. 2. MEMBERSHIP.
  (a) APPOINTMENT-
  (1) IN GENERAL- The joint committee shall be composed of seven Members
  of the Senate and seven Members of the House of Representatives to be
  appointed as follows:
  (A) Four members of the Senate from the majority party and three Members
  of the Senate from the minority party shall be appointed by the President
  pro tempore of the Senate, including at least one but not more than two
  members from each of the following committees: the Committee on Armed
  Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations.
  (B) Four members of the House of Representatives from the majority party
  and three Members of the House of Representatives from the minority party
  shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House, including at least one
  but not more than two members from each of the following committees:
  the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
  (2) EX OFFICIO MEMBERS- The majority leader and minority leader of the
  House of Representatives and the majority leader and minority leader of
  the Senate shall be ex officio members of the joint committee, but shall
  have no vote in the joint committee and shall not be counted for purposes
  of determining a quorum.
  (b) LENGTH OF SERVICE ON JOINT COMMITTEE-
  (1) GENERAL RULE- Members of the joint committee shall be appointed to
  six year terms.
  (2) EXCEPTIONS- (A) Of the members of the joint committee initially
  appointed, two Members from the Senate, one from each party, and two
  Members of the House of Representatives, one from each party, shall be
  appointed to a term of two years.
  (B) Of the members of the joint committee initially appointed, two Members
  from the Senate, one from each party, and two Members of the House of
  Representatives, one from each party, shall be appointed to a term of
  four years.
  (3) LIMITATIONS ON CONTINUOUS SERVICE- (A) Except as provided in subparagraph
  (B), the maximum period of continuous service for a Member of Congress on
  the joint committee shall be six years.
  (B)(i) A member who begins service on the joint committee as a replacement
  for a member who has more than three years remaining in his term may serve
  continuously only for the remainder of such term.
  (ii) A member who begins service on the joint committee as a replacement
  for a member who has less than three years remaining in his term may
  serve continuously for the remainder of such term plus one subsequent six
  year term.
  (iii) A member appointed to a term described in paragraph (2) may serve
  continuously only for the remainder of such term.
  (c) VACANCIES- Vacancies in the membership of the joint committee shall
  not affect the power of the remaining members to execute the functions of
  the joint committee, and shall be filled in the same manner as in the case
  of the original appointment, for terms as provided in subsection (b).
  (d) CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIRMAN- The joint committee shall have a chairman
  and a vice chairman. The vice chairman shall act in the place and stead of
  the chairman in the absence of the chairman. The chairmanship and the vice
  chairmanship of the joint committee shall alternate between the Senate and
  the House of Representatives with each session of a Congress. The chairman
  during each odd-numbered year shall be selected by the Members of the
  House of Representatives on the joint committee from among their number
  and the chairman during each even-numbered year shall be selected by the
  Members of the Senate on the joint committee from among their number. The
  vice chairman during each session of a Congress shall be chosen in the
  same manner from that House of Congress other than the House of Congress
  of which the chairman is a Member.
  (e) QUORUM- Eight members of the joint committee shall constitute a quorum
  for reporting any recommendation.
SEC. 3. DUTIES.
  (a) JURISDICTION- The joint committee shall exercise exclusive legislative
  jurisdiction with respect to--
  (1) any intelligence or counterintelligence activity conducted by any
  intelligence-gathering agency or department of the Federal Government; and
  (2) authorizations for appropriations, both direct and indirect, for--
  (A) the Central Intelligence Agency and Director of Central Intelligence;
  (B) the Defense Intelligence Agency;
  (C) the National Security Agency; and
  (D) the intelligence, counterintelligence, and intelligence-related
  activities of other agencies and departments of the Federal Government,
  including the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the
  Federal Bureau of Investigation.
  (b) OVERSIGHT OF INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES- The joint committee shall review
  and study on a continuing basis any intelligence or counterintelligence
  activity conducted by any agency or department of the Federal Government.
SEC. 4. POWERS.
  (a) GENERAL POWERS- The joint committee, or any duly authorized subcommittee
  thereof, is authorized to sit and act at such places and times during
  the sessions, recesses, and adjourned periods of the Congress, to require
  by subpoena the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such
  books, papers, and documents, to administer such oaths and affirmations,
  to take such testimony, to procure such printing and binding, and to make
  such expenditures, as it considers advisable.
  (b) SUBPOENAS- Subpoenas may be issued over the signature of the chairman
  of the joint committee or of any member designated by the chairman or by
  the joint committee to the extent the chairman or such member is authorized
  by a majority of the joint committee to issue such subpoenas, and may be
  served by any person designated by such chairman or member.
  (c) OATHS OR AFFIRMATIONS- The chairman of the joint committee or any
  member thereof may administer oaths or affirmations to witnesses.
SEC. 5. RULES OF JOINT COMMITTEE.
  The joint committee shall establish and carry out such rules and procedures
  as it considers necessary and appropriate--
  (1) respecting its organization and procedures;
  (2) to classify information originating within the joint committee, and the
  records of the joint committee, in accordance with standards used generally
  by the executive branch of the Federal Government for the classification
  of information;
  (3) to prevent the unauthorized disclosure, outside the joint committee,
  of any information in the possession of the joint committee;
  (4) to censure or expel from the joint committee a member of the joint
  committee found to be responsible for the unauthorized disclosure of any
  information in the possession of the joint committee, with adequate time
  for appeal by such member to the House of Congress of which such member
  is a Member;
  (5) to recommend to the Senate or the House of Representatives, as the
  case may be, that a member of the joint committee found to be responsible
  for the unauthorized disclosure of any information in the possession of
  the joint committee be censured or expelled by the Senate or the House
  of Representatives;
  (6) to make any information in the possession of the joint committee
  available to any other committee or Member of the Congress;
  (7) to seek authority, after written notification to the President and a one
  week period for the President to respond to the Congress, from the Senate
  and the House of Representatives for the disclosure of sensitive information
  if the joint committee finds such disclosure to be in the National interest;
  (8) to appoint, prescribe the duties and responsibilities of, fix the pay of,
  require appropriate security clearances for, and establish conditions for
  the termination of employment of, professional staff members and clerical
  staff members; and
  (9) to govern the manner in which information and records of the joint
  committee shall be used by the staff.
SEC. 6. PROHIBITION AGAINST DISCLOSURE BY MEMBER.
  No Member of Congress who, and no committee which, receives any information
  from the joint committee shall disclose such information without proper
  authorization, except in a closed session of the House of Representatives
  or the Senate.
SEC. 7. EXPENSES.
  The expenses of the joint committee shall be paid one-half from the
  contingent fund of the House of Representatives and one-half from the
  contingent fund of the Senate, from funds appropriated for the joint
  committee, upon vouchers approved by the chairman of the joint committee.
SEC. 8. REFERENCES TO INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEES.
  Any reference in law to the Select Committee on Intelligence of the
  Senate or to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House
  of Representatives shall, after the establishment of the joint committee,
  be considered to be a reference to the joint committee.