H5858 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 16, 2019 as President of the United States to ranking minority member of the Per- The bill also ensures that the men the manifest injury of the people of the manent Select Committee on Intel- and women of the IC have what they United States, and has committed a ligence. need to collect and analyze the intel- high misdemeanor in office. The gentleman from California (Mr. ligence that policymakers require. Therefore, Donald John Trump by SCHIFF) and the gentleman from Cali- At the same time, H.R. 3494 ensures causing such harm to the society of the fornia (Mr. NUNES) each will control 30 close oversight by Congress, rejecting United States is unfit to be President minutes. the funding of legacy IC programs with and warrants impeachment, trial, and The Chair recognizes the gentleman overseas contingency operation re- removal from office. from California (Mr. SCHIFF). sources, or OCO, funding; and requir- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Chairman, I yield ing, for the first time, the submission rule IX, a resolution offered from the myself as much time as I may con- to the intelligence committees of de- floor by a Member other than the ma- sume. tailed information on unfunded IC pro- jority leader or the minority leader as Along the wall in the upper lobby of grams. a question of the privileges of the the CIA headquarters building is a Another provision authored by Rep- House has immediate precedence only large picture of the head and torch of resentative WELCH calls for more infor- at a time designated by the Chair with- the Statue of Liberty accompanied by mation in the IC’s budget for counter- in 2 legislative days after the resolu- the following words: ‘‘We are the Na- terrorism matters to be released to the tion is properly noticed. tion’s first line of defense. We accom- public consistent with the protection Pending that designation, the form of plish what others cannot accomplish of national security. Still another au- the resolution noticed by the gen- and go where others cannot go.’’ thorizes the Public Interest Declas- tleman from Texas will appear in the These two sentences distill the es- sification Board, which plays a vital RECORD at this point. sence of America’s intelligence com- role in ensuring that historical docu- The Chair will not at this point de- munity and the quiet sense of mission ments about IC programs are declas- termine whether the resolution con- that tens of thousands of our fellow sified appropriately. stitutes a question of privilege. That citizens bring to their jobs every day. The legislation is especially strong in determination will be made at the time H.R. 3494, the Damon Paul Nelson three other areas. The first has to do designated for consideration of the res- and Matthew Young Pollard Intel- with foreign malign activities, includ- ing those by Russia. The bill calls for olution. ligence Authorization Act for Fiscal extensive IC reporting and creates new f Years 2018, 2019, and 2020, is our con- tribution to the work of the IC. notification requirements regarding DAMON PAUL NELSON AND MAT- This is a bipartisan bill, reported covert or overt efforts by foreign gov- THEW YOUNG POLLARD INTEL- unanimously out of the Intelligence ernments to undermine trusted institu- LIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT Committee and embodying the collec- tions or to interfere in the democratic FOR FISCAL YEARS 2018, 2019, tive efforts of Democratic and Repub- process, our own or those of other na- AND 2020 lican members. tions. This bill also strongly supports the GENERAL LEAVE Though H.R. 3494 contains many new initiatives authored during my chair- IC workforce. H.R. 3494 obliges the IC Mr. SCHIFF. Madam Speaker, I ask elements to offer their employees 12 manship, it also preserves provisions unanimous consent that all Members weeks of paid parental leave on top of developed during Ranking Member may have 5 legislative days within the unpaid leave already guaranteed to which to revise and extend their re- NUNES’ tenure as chairman as well. Despite disagreements over the Rus- them by law. Other language ensures marks and include extraneous material that the families of CIA personnel who on the Intelligence Authorization Act. sia investigation, the committee has come together to support our intel- are killed or injured as a result of wars, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there hostile acts, or other incidents can be objection to the request of the gen- ligence community. HPSCI oversees highly sensitive, appropriately compensated. tleman from California? The bill also bolsters the IC’s ability highly classified activities, and we col- There was no objection. to recruit, hire, retain, and promote a laborate with the IC to ensure that it The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- workforce that represents the diversity has the resources and authorities nec- ant to House Resolution 491 and rule of the Nation that it serves. XVIII, the Chair declares the House in essary to collect vital intelligence. Lastly, technology. Many have the Committee of the Whole House on That won’t work, however, unless the sounded alarms about the rise of so- the state of the Union for the consider- committee trusts the IC elements it called ‘‘deep fake’’ algorithms and the ation of the bill, H.R. 3494. oversees, and those same elements transition in our country and else- The Chair appoints the gentleman trust the committee. where to a fifth-generation tele- from California (Mr. HUFFMAN) to pre- At the same time, HPSCI must en- communications network. To help the side over the Committee of the Whole. sure that legal and policy constraints IC address both challenges, H.R. 3494 are vigorously enforced. That requires b 1900 instructs the DNI to hold competitions us to maintain both a professional dis- and to award prizes for cutting-edge re- IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE tance and a healthy skepticism about search into deep fake and 5G tech- Accordingly, the House resolved the activities we oversee. When war- nologies. itself into the Committee of the Whole ranted, the committee must impose ad- H.R. 3494 is not perfect; it is the re- House on the state of the Union for the ditional checks and limitations, at sult of negotiation and compromise. I consideration of the bill (H.R. 3494) to times over intelligence community ob- am pleased that, despite our public dif- authorize appropriations for fiscal year jections. ferences, we have once again been able 2020 for intelligence and intelligence- It is a delicate balance, which HPSCI to put those aside to focus on the im- related activities of the United States strikes through use of many different portant work of overseeing the intel- Government, the Community Manage- oversight tools. The most important by ligence community. The result is a ment Account, and the Central Intel- far is our annual Intelligence Author- strong, bipartisan bill, which I am ligence Agency Retirement and Dis- ization Act. proud to support. ability System, and for other purposes, H.R. 3494 gets the balance right. It Mr. Chair, let me conclude by thank- with Mr. HUFFMAN in the chair. authorizes funding for the IC at rough- ing Ranking Member NUNES, my com- The Clerk read the title of the bill. ly 1.4 percent above the President’s mittee colleagues, and the entire The CHAIR. Pursuant to the rule, the budget request for the coming year. It HPSCI staff for their collaborative ef- bill is considered read the first time. prioritizes the IC’s collection and ana- forts. General debate shall be confined to lytic capabilities against China, Rus- Mr. Chair, I urge all Members of the the bill and amendments specified in sia, Iran, and North Korea, while sus- House to join me in voting for H.R. the first section of House Resolution taining critical intelligence capabili- 3494. 491, and shall not exceed 1 hour equally ties that support counterterrorism and Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of divided and controlled by the chair and counterproliferation. my time. VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:03 Jul 17, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16JY7.054 H16JYPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with HOUSE July 16, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5859 Mr. NUNES. Mr. Chairman, I yield another nation has the audacity to these types of counterintelligence ac- myself such time as I may consume. prove that a culturally Chinese democ- tivities. This is good, accountable gov- Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support racy can thrive, will stop at nothing to ernance. of H.R. 3494, the Damon Paul Nelson degrade Taiwan’s political independ- Mr. Chair, I appreciate the chair and and Matthew Young Pollard Intel- ence. ranking member’s support in adding ligence Authorization Act for Fiscal This year’s Intelligence Authoriza- my legislation into this bill and urge Years 2018, 2019, and 2020. tion Act requires the Director of Na- my colleagues to vote ‘‘yes’’ on final Passing an annual intelligence au- tional Intelligence to report on influ- passage. thorization bill is the most important ence operations China conducts to Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Chairman, I am tool Congress has to conduct effective interfere in Taiwan’s upcoming 2020 proud to yield 3 minutes to the gen- oversight of the intelligence activities elections and find out what assistance tleman from Washington State (Mr. of the United States. the U.S. government provided to HECK). Today, Chairman SCHIFF and I are counter these operations and provide a Mr. HECK. Mr. Chairman, I thank bringing the tenth consecutive intel- comprehensive list of the specific orga- the chair of the committee for yield- ligence authorization bill to the floor.