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<p><span class="fck_mw_template">{{Economic Policy (U.S.)|congress=110|bill=h2082}}</span> </p><p>The <b>Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008</b> (H.R.2082) was a bill in the <a _fcknotitle="true" href="110th Congress">110th Congress</a> "to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes." (Official title.)<ref name="OpenCongress info">OpenCongress’ info page on <a href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2082/show">Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (H.R. 2082)</a>.</ref> </p><p><span class="fck_mw_template">{{Article summary|fckLRfckLR*Authorizes classified dollar amounts to be appropriated for fiscal year 2008 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of Defense, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, the Department of the Air Force, the Coast Guard, the Department of State, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Energy, the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the National Reconnaissance Office, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and the Department of Homeland Security (Sec. 101).&lt;ref name=&quot;ProjectVoteSmart info&quot;&gt;Project Vote Smart’s info page on [http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?cs_id=17680 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (H.R. 2082)].&lt;/ref&gt;}}</span> </p> <h2> Current status </h2> <p><usbillinfo congress="110" bill="H.2082" /> </p> <ul><li>Requires $39.00 million to be transferred from the Director of National Intelligence to the Attorney General for the National Drug Intelligence Center (Sec. 104).<ref name="ProjectVoteSmart info" /> </li></ul> <ul><li>Authorizes $262.50 million for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund (Sec. 201).<ref name="ProjectVoteSmart info" /> </li></ul> <ul><li>Directs the Director of National Intelligence to implement a multi-level security clearance system for persons proficient in foreign languages or with cultural, linguistic, or other subject matter expertise "critical to national security," and to annually report to Congress regarding the foreign language proficiency of the intelligence community (Sec. 303, Sec. 414).<ref name="ProjectVoteSmart info" /> </li></ul> <ul><li>Requires the Director of National Intelligence to submit a report to Congress no later than March 31, 2008, regarding the use and impact of private contractors in the intelligence community, as well as the accountability mechanisms that govern their performance (Sec. 307).<ref name="ProjectVoteSmart info" /> </li></ul> <ul><li>Requires the Director of National Intelligence to submit a report to Congress no later than March 31, 2008, outlining plans to increase the recruiting, hiring, and retaining of diverse candidates (Sec. 309).<ref name="ProjectVoteSmart info" /> </li></ul> <ul><li>Directs the Director of National Intelligence to conduct vulnerability assessments for major systems, which are defined as significant programs of the intelligence community with projected total development and procurement costs exceeding $500.00 million (Sec. 311).<ref name="ProjectVoteSmart info" /> </li></ul> <ul><li>Directs the Director of National Intelligence to present annual reports to Congress regarding the acquisition of any major systems and to notify Congress within 60 days if development costs for any programs significantly exceed the baseline costs (Sec. 313, Sec. 314).<ref name="ProjectVoteSmart info" /> </li></ul> <ul><li>Increases the time of potential imprisonment for disclosing the identity of undercover intelligence officers and agents from 10 to 15 years (Sec. 324).<ref name="ProjectVoteSmart info" /> </li></ul> <ul><li>Requires the Director of National Intelligence to report to Congress within 45 days after the date of the enactment of this bill regarding the detention and interrogation methods used by the intelligence community (Sec. 326).<ref name="ProjectVoteSmart info" /> </li></ul> <ul><li>Mandates that no person in the custody or within the control of an element of the intelligence community, regardless of that individual's physical location or nationality, shall be "subject to any treatment or technique of interrogation not authorized by the United States Army Field Manual on Human Intelligence Collector Operations" (Sec. 327).<ref name="ProjectVoteSmart info" /> </li></ul> <ul><li>Requires all members of the Congressional intelligence committees to be fully updated on intelligence regarding the Israeli military action in Syria on September 6, 2007, before more than 30 percent of authorized appropriations may be expended (Sec. 328).<ref name="ProjectVoteSmart info" /> </li></ul> <ul><li>Requires the Director of National Intelligence to report to Congress regarding the nuclear intentions and capabilities of Iran and North Korea (Sec. 407).<ref name="ProjectVoteSmart info" /> </li></ul> <ul><li>Establishes an Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community to objectively investigate and audit the conduct of the intelligence community (Sec. 413).<ref name="ProjectVoteSmart info" /> </li></ul> <h2> Key votes </h2> <p><usvoteinfo year="2007" chamber="house" rollcall="339" /> </p><p><br /> </p><p>The House passed the bill on May 11, 2007, by a vote of 225-197.<ref name="OpenCongressh">OpenCongess' info page on <a href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2082/show">Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008</a></ref> </p><p><usvoteinfo year="2007" chamber="house" rollcall="341" /> </p><p><usvoteinfo year="2007" chamber="house" rollcall="1125" /> <span class="fck_mw_template">{{Record vote display|U.S. House of Representatives record vote 1125, 110th Congress, Session 1}}</span> </p><p><br> Following a conference report, the House approved the amended bill for the Senate on December 13, 2007, by a vote of 222-199. </p><p><usvoteinfo year="2007" chamber="house" rollcall="1160" /> Americans for Democratic Action, which supported the approval of the conference report, selected the vote for their <a href="Americans for Democratic Action 2007 House Scorecard">2007 House scorecard</a>, where they gave it the following description: <blockquote>Adoption of the conference report on a bill that would authorize classified (unspecified) amounts to be spent in fiscal 2008 for 17 U.S. intelligence activities and agencies, including the CIA, the Office of the National Intelligence Director and the National Security Agency, including the intelligence portion of the emergency supplemental funds for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It would prohibit the use of any interrogation treatment not authorized by the U.S. Army Field Manual against any individual in the custody of the intelligence community. It would also authorize increased investment in U.S. human intelligence activities, including training, infrastructure and global capabilities.<ref><a href="http://www.adaction.org/media/votingrecords/2007.pdf"><i>ADA Today</i></a>, February 2008.</ref></blockquote> <br> </p><p>The Senate passed the bill on February 13, 2008, by a vote of 51-45. <usvoteinfo year="2008" chamber="senate" rollcall="22" /> </p><p>Americans for Democratic Action, which supported passage, selected the vote for their <a href="Americans for Democratic Action 2008 Senate Scorecard">2008 Senate scorecard</a>, where they gave it the following description: <blockquote>Adoption of the conference report on a bill to authorize classified amounts in fiscal 2008 for 17 U.S. intelligence activities and agencies, including the CIA, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the National Security Agency and for the intelligence portion of the fiscal 2008 emergency supplemental for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It would prohibit the use of any interrogation treatment not authorized by the U.S. Army Field Manual on Human Intelligence Collection Operations against any individual in the intelligence community’s custody.<ref><a href="http://www.adaction.org/media/votingrecords/2008.pdf"><i>ADA Today</i></a>, Spring 2009.</ref></blockquote> <br> However, President George W. Bush vetoed the bill in March. The House attempted to override the veto, but that motion failed on March 11, 2008.<ref name="OpenCongressh">OpenCongess' info page on <a href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2082/show">Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008</a></ref> </p><p><usvoteinfo year="2008" chamber="house" rollcall="117" /> </p><p><span class="fck_mw_template">{{Record vote display|U.S. House of Representatives record vote 117, 110th Congress, Session 2}}</span> </p> <h2> Articles and resources </h2> <ul><li>Security Sweep's article <a href="http://www.securitysweepblog.org/2007/10/10/dangerous-climate-and-the-push-for-an-nie-on-global-warming/">Climate change as a security threat</a> 10 Oct 2007. </li><li>San Francisco Chronicle's article <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/06/EDG1DQ9GPA1.DTL&hw=Intelligence+Authorization+Act+for+Fiscal+Year+20">Intelligence needed on climate change</a> 6 Jun 2007. </li></ul> <h3> See also </h3> <h3> References </h3> <p><references /> </p>

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