[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H.R. 6545 Referred in Senate (RFS)]
2d Session
H. R. 6545
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 24 (legislative day, July 23), 2008
Received; read twice and referred to the Select Committee on
Intelligence
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AN ACT
To require the Director of National Intelligence to conduct a national
intelligence assessment on national security and energy security
issues.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Energy Security
Intelligence Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT ON ENERGY PRICES AND SECURITY.
Not later than January 1, 2009, the Director of National
Intelligence shall submit to Congress a national intelligence
assessment on national security and energy security issues relating to
rapidly escalating energy costs. Such assessment shall include an
assessment of--
(1) the short-term and long-term outlook for prices,
supply, and demand for key forms of energy, including crude oil
and natural gas, and alternative fuels;
(2) the plans and intentions of key energy-producing and
exporting nations with respect to energy production and supply;
(3) the national security implications of rapidly
escalating energy costs;
(4) the national security implications of potential use of
energy resources as leverage against the United States by
Venezuela, Iran, or other potential adversaries of the United
States as a result of increased energy prices;
(5) the national security implications of increases in
funding to current or potential adversaries of the United
States as a result of increased energy prices;
(6) an assessment of the likelihood that increased energy
prices will directly or indirectly increase financial support
for terrorist organizations;
(7) the national security implications of extreme
fluctuations in energy prices; and
(8) the national security implications of continued
dependence on international energy supplies.
Passed the House of Representatives July 23, 2008.
Attest:
LORRAINE C. MILLER,
Clerk.