S.Amdt. 2974Senate118th Congress (2023-2025)
S.Amdt. 2974
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Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA)
Submitted July 23, 2024
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July 23, 2024
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SA 2974. Ms. ERNST (for herself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. Cotton) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for [[Page S5245]] fiscal year 2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place, insert the following: SEC. ___. AUTHORITY OF ARMY COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AGENTS. (a) Authority To Execute Warrants and Make Arrests.-- Section 7377 of title 10, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in the section heading, by inserting ``and Army Counterintelligence Command'' before the colon; and (2) in subsection (b)-- (A) by striking ``who is a special agent'' and inserting the following: ``who is-- ``(1) a special agent''; (B) in paragraph (1) (as so designated) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; or''; and (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ``(2) a special agent of the Army Counterintelligence Command (or a successor to that command) whose duties include conducting, supervising, or coordinating counterintelligence investigations in programs and operations of the Department of the Army.''. (b) Annual Report and Briefing.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act and not less frequently than once each year thereafter until the date that is four years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees, the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives an annual report and provide to such committees an annual briefing on the administration of section 7377 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a). (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 747 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 7377 and inserting the following new item: ``7377. Civilian special agents of the Criminal Investigation Command and Army Counterintelligence Command: authority to execute warrants and make arrests.''. (d) Sunset and Snapback.--On the date that is four years after the date of the enactment of this Act-- (1) subsection (b) of section 7377 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as it read on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act; (2) the section heading for such section is amended to read as it read on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act; and (3) the item for such section in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 747 of such title is amended to read as it read on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act. ______