An amendment numbered 1 printed in Part B of House Report 112-200 to make various modifications and technical corrections including: 1) clarifies the language contained in section 102 that would limit distribution of the classified annex to ensure that the Executive Branch may distribute within the Executive Branch as necessary to implement the budget; 2) strikes section 307 concerning amendments to provisions requiring certain information be provided to Congress prior to transfer of detainees so as to maintain the process in current law; 3) strikes section 309 concerning a requirement that the DNI provide certain State Department documents related to detainees; 4) clarifies that decisions made pursuant to the authority in section 310 may not be delegated to an official below the level of the service acquisition executive for the agency concerned; 5) adds a new section that would permit the President to make temporary appointments to fill vacancies in offices within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence that require Senate confirmation (except the DNI, for whom by Section 103A(a)(6) of the National Security Act of 1947 the Principal Deputy DNI is next in line) with a senior official who serves in another element of the Intelligence Community; and 6) strikes section 421, which requires confirmation of the Director of the Natio.al Security Agency.

1. 1

   Change 1: Rewrites page 5, lines 9–14

   ReplacesPrinted page

   Removes page 5, lines 9–14 of the printed bill. See that page

   Inserted: (3) Limits on disclosure.--The President shall not publicly disclose the classified Schedule of Authorizations or any portion of such Schedule except--

   Inserted: (A) as provided in section 601(a) of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (50 U.S.C. 415c)

   Inserted: (B) to the extent necessary to implement the budget; or

   Inserted: (C) as otherwise required by law.

   Original wording

   Page 5, strike lines 9 through 14 and insert the following:

2. 2

   Change 2: Inserts “the Director of” before “the Federal Bureau of Investigation”

   InsertsPage 5, line 17Printed page

   …[inserted: the Director of ]the Federal Bureau of Investigation…

   Original wording

   Page 5, line 17, insert “the Director of” before “the Federal Bureau of Investigation”.

3. 3

   Change 3: Strikes section 307

   Strikes

   Removes section 307.

   Original wording

   Strike section 307 (page 15, line 1 through page 16, line 18).

4. 4

   Change 4: Strikes section 309

   Strikes

   Removes section 309.

   Original wording

   Strike section 309 (page 18, line 17 through page 19, line 16).

5. 5

   Change 5: Inserts new text on page 24, line 15

   InsertsPrinted page

   Inserted: (d) Delegation.--The head of a covered agency may not delegate the authority provided in subsection (b) or the responsibility to make a determination under subsection (c) to an official below the level of the service acquisition executive for the agency concerned.

   Original wording

   Page 24, after line 15 insert the following:

6. 6

   Change 6: Adds SEC. 405. TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT TO FILL VACANCIES WITHIN OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE at the end of subtitle A of title IV

   Adds a section

   Inserted: SEC. 405. TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT TO FILL VACANCIES WITHIN OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE.

   Inserted: Section 103 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 403-3) is amended--

   Inserted: (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and

   Inserted: (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new subsection:

   Inserted: "(e) Temporary Filling of Vacancies.--With respect to filling temporarily a vacancy in an office within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (other than that of the Director of National Intelligence), section 3345(a)(3) of title 5, United States Code, may be applied--

   Inserted: "(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by substituting 'an element of the intelligence community, as that term is defined in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)),' for 'such Executive agency'; and

   Inserted: "(2) in subparagraph (A), by substituting 'the intelligence community' for 'such agency'.".

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle A of title IV (page 30, after line 18), add the following new section:

7. 7

   Change 7: Strikes section 421

   Strikes

   Removes section 421.

   Original wording

   Strike section 421 (page 43, line 14 through page 45, line 9).

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