Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • Strengthening Oversight of National Security Act

    Uploaded by

    MarkWarner
    733 views4 pages
    The legislation addresses significant concerns following President Trump's reorganization of the NSC, which diminished the permanent roles of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Director of National Intelligence and extended NSC membership to a top campaign and political adviser.

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Report this Document
    The legislation addresses significant concerns following President Trump's reorganization of the NSC, which diminished the permanent roles of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Director of National Intelligence and extended NSC membership to a top campaign and political adviser.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    733 views4 pages

    Strengthening Oversight of National Security Act

    Uploaded by

    MarkWarner
    The legislation addresses significant concerns following President Trump's reorganization of the NSC, which diminished the permanent roles of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Director of National Intelligence and extended NSC membership to a top campaign and political adviser.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    of 4

    EAS17071 S.L.C.

    S. ll
    115TH CONGRESS
    1ST SESSION

    To amend the National Security Act of 1947 to modify the requirements


    for membership in the National Security Council and cabinet-level policy
    forum, and for other purposes.

    IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES


    llllllllll
    Mr. WARNER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
    to the Committee on llllllllll

    A BILL
    To amend the National Security Act of 1947 to modify
    the requirements for membership in the National Secu-
    rity Council and cabinet-level policy forum, and for other
    purposes.

    1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-


    2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
    3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    4 This Act may be cited as the Strengthening Over-


    5 sight of National Security Act of 2017.
    EAS17071 S.L.C.

    2
    1 SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS

    2 FOR NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND CAB-

    3 INET-LEVEL POLICY FORUM.

    4 (a) NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL.Section 101(c)


    5 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021(c))
    6 is amended
    7 (1) in paragraph (1)
    8 (A) by striking The Council and insert-
    9 ing Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
    10 Council;
    11 (B) by inserting the Director of National
    12 Intelligence and the Chairman of the Joint
    13 Chiefs of Staff, after the Secretary of En-
    14 ergy,; and
    15 (C) by striking and such other officers of
    16 the United States Government as the President
    17 may designate. and by inserting appointed by
    18 the President, by and with the advice and con-
    19 sent of the Senate.;
    20 (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the
    21 following:
    22 (2) LIMITATION ON MEMBERSHIP AND PAR-

    23 TICIPATION.

    24 (A) APPROVAL BY CONGRESS.The

    25 President may not designate as a member or


    26 attendee a covered individual under paragraph
    EAS17071 S.L.C.

    3
    1 (1) (excluding the National Security Advisor
    2 and Deputies, the Homeland Security Advisor
    3 and Deputies, the Assistant to the President
    4 and Chief of Staff, the Counsel to the Presi-
    5 dent, the Assistant to the President for Eco-
    6 nomic Policy, and Assistant to the Vice Presi-
    7 dent for National Security) unless a joint reso-
    8 lution or bill is enacted approving of the des-
    9 ignation of the covered individual by the Presi-
    10 dent.
    11 (B) COVERED INDIVIDUAL DEFINED.In

    12 this paragraph, the term covered individual


    13 means an individual in a position that is not
    14 subject to confirmation by the Senate..
    15 SEC. 3. INTERAGENCY FORUM FOR POLICY CONSIDER-

    16 ATION AND DECISIONMAKING.

    17 (a) CREATION.There is a cabinet-level interagency


    18 forum for policy consideration and decisionmaking to sup-
    19 port the National Security Council.
    20 (b) COMPOSITION.Except as provided in subsection
    21 (c), the composition of the interagency forum for policy
    22 consideration and decisionmaking to support the National
    23 Security Council shall reflect the membership of the Na-
    24 tional Security Council and any member of the Executive
    EAS17071 S.L.C.

    4
    1 Branch who is appointed by the President and confirmed
    2 by the Senate, as determined by the President.
    3 (c) EXCEPTIONS.
    4 (1) IN GENERAL.Any exception to the re-
    5 quirement of subsection (b) shall only be permitted
    6 for a one-time decisionmaking action.
    7 (2) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.The Presi-
    8 dent shall submit to Congress a notification of any
    9 exercise of an exception permitted by this subsection
    10 not later than 24 hours after the execution of such
    11 exception.

    You might also like