S.Amdt. 1680

SA 1680. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to
prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year,

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and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1065. DECLASSIFICATION AND PUBLIC RELEASE OF CERTAIN
REDACTED PORTIONS OF THE JOINT INQUIRY INTO
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES BEFORE AND
AFTER THE TERRORIST ATTACKS OF SEPTEMBER 2001.

(a) Declassification and Public Release of the Joint
Inquiry Into Intelligence Community Activities Before and
After the Terrorist Attacks of September 2001.--Not later
than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and
subject to subsection (b), the President shall declassify and
release to the public the previously redacted portions of the
report on the Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community
Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of
September 2001, filed in the Senate and the House of
Representatives on December 20, 2002, including all the
material under the heading ``Part Four--Findings, Discussion
and Narrative Regarding Certain Sensitive National Security
Matters''.
(b) Exception for Names and Information of Individuals and
Certain Methodologies.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), the
President is not required to declassify and release to the
public the names and identifying information of individuals
or specific methodologies described in the report referred to
in subsection (a) if such declassification and release would
result in imminent lawless action or compromise presently on-
going national security operations.
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