Coast Guard Intelligence Operations Improvement Act of 2022

Coast Guard Intelligence Operations Improvement Act of 2022

This bill authorizes the Coast Guard, with limitations, to expend funds appropriated for intelligence and counterintelligence activities without regard to other expenditure-related law or regulation, if it is spent on emergency, confidential, or extraordinary activities and the Coast Guard notifies the congressional intelligence committees. This authorization applies for three years after enactment.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8410 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8410

    To authorize certain expenditures relating to intelligence and 
   counterintelligence activities of the Coast Guard, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 18, 2022

  Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
 Infrastructure, and in addition to the Permanent Select Committee on 
    Intelligence, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
    To authorize certain expenditures relating to intelligence and 
   counterintelligence activities of the Coast Guard, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Coast Guard Intelligence Operations 
Improvement Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION RELATING TO CERTAIN INTELLIGENCE AND 
              COUNTERINTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES OF COAST GUARD.

    (a) Authorization.--Subject to subsection (b), and consistent with 
the policies, procedures, and coordination required pursuant to section 
811 of the Counterintelligence and Security Enhancements Act of 1994 
(50 U.S.C. 3381) and section 902 of the Counterintelligence Enhancement 
Act of 2002 (50 U.S.C. 3382), the Commandant of the Coast Guard may 
expend amounts made available for the intelligence and 
counterintelligence activities of the Coast Guard to conduct such an 
activity without regard to any other provision of law or regulation 
relating to the expenditure of Government funds, if--
            (1) the object of the activity is of a confidential, 
        extraordinary, or emergency nature; and
            (2) following each such expenditure, the Commandant submits 
        to the congressional intelligence committees a certification 
        that the object of the activity conducted was of a nature 
        described in paragraph (1).
    (b) Limitation.--Of the funds made available for a fiscal year for 
the intelligence and counterintelligence activities of the Coast Guard, 
not more than five percent may be expended during the fiscal year under 
subsection (a) to conduct such activities in accordance with such 
subsection unless, for each intended expenditure in excess of such 
percentage--
            (1) the Commandant submits to the congressional 
        intelligence committees a notification of the intent to expend 
        the amounts; and
            (2) a period of 30 days has elapsed following the date on 
        which the Commandant submits such notification.
    (c) Annual Report.--
            (1) Submission.--Not later than December 1 of each year, 
        the Commandant shall submit to the congressional intelligence 
        committees a report on all expenditures during the preceding 
        fiscal year under subsection (a).
            (2) Matters.--Each report under paragraph (1) shall 
        include, for each individual expenditure covered by such report 
        that is in excess of the percentage specified in subsection (b) 
        for the relevant fiscal year, the following:
                    (A) A detailed description of the purpose of such 
                expenditure.
                    (B) The amount of such expenditure.
                    (C) An identification of the approving authority 
                for such expenditure.
                    (D) A justification as to why other authorities 
                available to the Coast Guard could not be used for such 
                expenditure.
                    (E) Any other matters the Commandant considers 
                appropriate.
    (d) Congressional Intelligence Committees Defined.--In this 
section, the term ``congressional intelligence committees'' has the 
meaning given such term in section 3 of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003).
    (e) Sunset.--This section shall cease to have effect on the date 
that is 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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