S.Amdt. 2203

1. Adds SEC. _. CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY wherever appropriate

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   Inserted: SEC. _. CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY.

   Inserted: (a) Director of the National Security Agency.--Section 2 of the National Security Agency Act of 1959 (50 U.S.C. 3602) is amended--

   Inserted: (1) by inserting "(b)" before "There"; and

   Inserted: (2) by inserting before subsection (b), as so designated by paragraph (1), the following:

   Inserted: "(a)(1) There is a Director of the National Security Agency.

   Inserted: "(2) The Director of the National Security Agency shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

   Inserted: "(3) The Director of the National Security Agency shall be the head of the National Security Agency and shall discharge such functions and duties as are provided by this Act or otherwise by law or executive order.".

   Inserted: (b) Position of Importance and Responsibility.--The President may designate the Director of the National Security Agency as a position of importance and responsibility under section 601 of title 10, United States Code.

   Inserted: (c) Effective Date and Applicability.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply upon the earlier of--

   Inserted: (A) the date of the nomination by the President of an individual to serve as the Director of the National Security Agency, except that the individual serving as such Director as of the date of the enactment of this Act may continue to perform such duties after such date of nomination and until the individual appointed as such Director, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, assumes the duties of such Director; or

   Inserted: (B) the date of the cessation of the performance of the duties of such Director by the individual performing such duties as of the date of the enactment of this Act.

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   Inserted: (2) Positions of importance and responsibility.--Subsection (b) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

   Inserted: SEC. _. PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENT AND SENATE CONFIRMATION OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY.

   Inserted: (a) In General.--The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended--

   Inserted: (1) in section 8G(a)(2), by striking "the National Security Agency,"; and

   Inserted: (2) in section 12--

   Inserted: (A) in paragraph (1), by striking "or the Federal Cochairpersons of the Commissions established under section 15301 of title 40, United States Code" and inserting "the Federal Cochairpersons of the Commissions established under section 15301 of title 40, United States Code; or the Director of the National Security Agency"; and

   Inserted: (B) in paragraph (2), by striking "or the Commissions established under section 15301 of title 40, United States Code" and inserting "the Commissions established under section 15301 of title 40, United States Code, or the National Security Agency".

   Inserted: (b) Effective Date; Incumbent.--

   Inserted: (1) Effective date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date on which the first Director of the National Security Agency takes office on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

   Inserted: (2) Incumbent.--The individual serving as Inspector General of the National Security Agency on the date of the enactment of this Act shall be eligible to be appointed by the President to a new term of service under section 3 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

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