Kennedy 0 #1 December 3, 2004 H.R.10 Title: To provide for reform of the intelligence community, terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination, and for other purposes. Latest Major Action: 10/8/2004 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 282 - 134 (Roll no. 523). Note: Per H.Res. 827, the House shall be considered to have inserted H.R. 10 - as passed House - in S. 2845, insisted on its amendment to S. 2845, and requested a conference with the Senate. For further action, see S. 2845. The texts of H.R. 10 / S. 2845 as passed House and as passed Senate are not yet available from the Government Printing Office. SUMMARY AS OF: 9/24/2004--Introduced. 9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act - National Security Intelligence Improvement Act of 2004 - Establishes a National Intelligence Director (Director) to, among other things: (1) serve as the head of the intelligence community (IC); (2) act as principal adviser for intelligence matters related to national security; and (3) manage, oversee, and direct the execution of the National Intelligence Program (formerly the National Foreign Intelligence Program). Establishes a National Intelligence Council to produce national intelligence estimates for the U.S. Government and evaluate the collection and production of intelligence by the IC. Establishes a National Counterterrorism Center to: (1) analyze and integrate all U.S. intelligence pertaining to terrorism and counterterrorism; (2) conduct strategic operational planning for counterterrorism activities; and (3) ensure that intelligence agencies have access to and receive all intelligence needed to accomplish their missions. Establishes a: (1) Civil Liberties Protection Officer; and (2) Joint Intelligence Community Council. Authorizes the: (1) Secretary of Defense and the Director to jointly establish a program to advance foreign languages skills in languages critical to the capability of the IC to carry out U.S. national security objectives; and (2) assignment of IC personnel as language students. Requires the Director to conduct a pilot project to establish a Civilian Linguist Reserve Corps. Establishes the National Security Agency Emerging Technologies Panel to advise the Director on the research, development, and application of existing and emerging science and technology advances, advances in encryption, and other topics. Stop Terrorist and Military Hoaxes Act of 2004 - Provides criminal and civil penalties for false information concerning terrorist activities and military hoaxes. Material Support to Terrorism Prohibition Enhancement Act of 2004 - Provides criminal penalties for: (1) receiving military-type training from a foreign terrorist organization; and (2) providing material support to terrorism. Weapons of Mass Destruction Prohibition Improvement Act of 2004 - Expands the jurisdictional bases and scope of the prohibition against weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). Includes chemical weapons within the definition of WMDs. Provides criminal liability for participation in nuclear and WMD threats against the United States. Money Laundering Abatement and Financial Antiterrorism Technical Corrections Act of 2004 - Provides additional funding to combat crimes involving terrorist financing. Criminal History Access Means Protection of Infrastructures and Our Nation - Requires the Attorney General to establish and maintain criminal history information checks for use by employers. Provides for the use of biometric technology in airport access control systems. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to prepare and update a transportation security strategic plan for defending aviation assets. Provides for: (1) next-generation airline passenger screening systems; (2) the deployment and use of explosive detection equipment at airport screening checkpoints; and (3) a pilot program to evaluate the use of blast-resistant cargo and baggage containers. Requires the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to establish a: (1) comprehensive intelligence program for FBI intelligence analysts and intelligence production, sources, and operations; and (2) national security workforce of agents, analysts, linguists, and surveillance specialists. Increases the number of full-time border patrol agents and immigration and customs enforcement investigators. Provides: (1) for expedited deportation of alien terrorists and supporters of terrorism; (2) minimum documentation requirements and issuance standards, for Federal recognition purposes, for driver's licenses, identification cards, and birth certificates; and (3) measures to enhance the privacy and integrity of social security numbers. Establishes within the State Department an Office of Visa and Passport Security. Requires specified reports concerning terrorist sanctuaries, including a priority list of countries providing such sanctuaries. Afghanistan Freedom Support Act Amendments of 2004 - Provides for the coordination of assistance to Afghanistan for various freedom support activities, and requires a long-term U.S. strategy with respect to such country. Authorizes assistance for counternarcotics efforts in Afghanistan. Outlines provisions concerning appropriate U.S. relations with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. Requires the President to pursue international diplomatic and cooperative efforts to limit the availability, proliferation, and transfer of man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS) (individual-fired surface-to-air missiles). Commends the use of multilateral organizations for fighting terrorist financing. Establishes an International Terrorist Finance Coordinating Council. Faster and Smarter Funding for First Responders Act of 2004 - Authorizes grants to improve first responder capabilities and to establish essential capabilities for emergency preparedness. Provides for congressional oversight over the Department of Homeland Security. Establishes an Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement. Requires public financial disclosure with respect to certain IC employees. Authorizes the FBI Director to establish an FBI Reserve Service for the temporary reemployment of former FBI employees during periods of emergencies. Revises security clearance requirements and procedures. Federal Agency Protection of Privacy Act of 2004 - Requires Federal agency rulemakings to take into consideration rule impacts on individual privacy. Requires the establishment of chief privacy officers for agencies with law enforcement or antiterrorism functions. Mutual Aid and Litigation Management Authorization Act of 2004 - Authorizes: (1) mutual aid agreements for utilities and services support during an emergency or public service event; and (2) litigation management agreements for limiting legal action against emergency response providers. Calls for adoption of the National Incident Management System. Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense should regularly assess the adequacy of the United States Northern Command to respond to all military and paramilitary threats within the United States. http://news.google.com/news?q=HR%2010&hl=en&lr=&sa=N&tab=wnwitty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdhill 0 #2 December 3, 2004 Not knowing what has happened in the conference committee its hard to say where things are now... HR-10, as passed and forwarded to the Senate, looks like a much better bill than S.2845... I still do not it provides enough protection for battlefield use of national assets, or clearly separates the levels of intelligence assets with DoD that would be under the NID's purview. Reform for reform's sake is not good... it took over 40 years to fix the National Security Act of 1947... take the time to get it right... Again we don't know what has been done to HR.10 or S.2845 in committee, but if what went in from the senate side prevails, we have the potential of being in a worse position than we are now. JAll that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. - Edmund Burke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kennedy 0 #3 December 3, 2004 QuoteReform for reform's sake is not good... Hear, hear! What do you think about the National ID cards provision? (inserting RFID chips is not included yet, but not out of the quesiton either) Who here is comforatble with beigntracked through airports, toll plazas, roadside checkpoints, etc, with nothingmore then a chip reader? I'm sure as hell not.witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdhill 0 #4 December 3, 2004 QuoteWhat do you think about the National ID cards provision? Do you mean the minimum standards for recognition and issuance? Or is there a true National ID proposed? If the later, which section is it in, because I did not see it in the version of the bill I have. If its the former, I think the minimum standards are appropriate. JAll that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. - Edmund Burke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #5 December 4, 2004 QuoteQuoteReform for reform's sake is not good... Hear, hear! What do you think about the National ID cards provision? (inserting RFID chips is not included yet, but not out of the quesiton either) Who here is comforatble with beigntracked through airports, toll plazas, roadside checkpoints, etc, with nothingmore then a chip reader? I'm sure as hell not. We already have a "national" ID card. The state's respective driver's license is the "Gold Standard" to do anything in the country: Travel, buy a gun, car, get insurance, services, et al. We don't need a stinking national card.So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChasingBlueSky 0 #6 December 4, 2004 QuoteQuoteReform for reform's sake is not good... Hear, hear! What do you think about the National ID cards provision? (inserting RFID chips is not included yet, but not out of the quesiton either) Who here is comforatble with beigntracked through airports, toll plazas, roadside checkpoints, etc, with nothingmore then a chip reader? I'm sure as hell not. I'm not. Wow, did we just agree?_________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron 10 #7 December 6, 2004 QuoteWhat do you think about the National ID cards provision? I don't mind ID cards. A picture ID with maybe your SS number on it. I would not want them to be "smart" cards that could track you. But I don't mind a natl' picture ID. Of course I don't see much need for it either. A DL works just as well."No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,150 #8 December 6, 2004 QuoteQuoteWhat do you think about the National ID cards provision? I don't mind ID cards. A picture ID with maybe your SS number on it. I would not want them to be "smart" cards that could track you. But I don't mind a natl' picture ID. Of course I don't see much need for it either. A DL works just as well. What about your Pilots' Certificate (license)? Issued by the Feds, so classy and indestructible. An appropriate reminder of the $thousands you invest to obtain one.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kennedy 0 #9 December 6, 2004 QuoteI don't mind ID cards. A picture ID with maybe your SS number on it. You know, they ought to change them from SSN to SIN - Social Security Number to Social Identification Number. (the nutjobs will love that name) Really, we all know the number is who we are to the government, not just some convenient way for them to give us back our own money.witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron 10 #10 December 6, 2004 QuoteWhat about your Pilots' Certificate (license)? Issued by the Feds, so classy and indestructible. An appropriate reminder of the $thousands you invest to obtain one. speaking of investing money for no reason....Right now I am looking into learning to fly a Helicopter. Looks to be about 6 grand to add that on...And I am sure I will use it just as much as my PPL...."No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChasingBlueSky 0 #11 December 7, 2004 QuoteQuoteI don't mind ID cards. A picture ID with maybe your SS number on it. You know, they ought to change them from SSN to SIN - Social Security Number to Social Identification Number. (the nutjobs will love that name) Really, we all know the number is who we are to the government, not just some convenient way for them to give us back our own money. Due to identity theft they removed the SSN from the IL drivers license a few years ago._________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
