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H.R.753 / 105th Congress

Intelligence Budget Accountability Act of 1997

Referred to House Intelligence (Permanent)

Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in House · Feb 13, 1997

Intelligence Budget Accountability Act of 1997 - Directs the President to include in the annual budget submitted to the Congress a separate, unclassified statement of the appropriations and proposed appropriations for the current fiscal year, and the amount of appropriations requested for the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted, for national and tactical intelligence activities.

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Who introduced it

Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] · D–MI

Committees

  • Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee
  • Budget Committee
83 cosponsorship records, including any withdrawals

Actions

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  1. Referred to House Intelligence (Permanent)

  2. Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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.

  3. Referred to House Budget

  4. Introduced in House

  5. Introduced in House

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