United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
The United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence ( HPSCI ) is a committee established by the United States House in 1977 . Its name could be translated as follows: Secret Service Committee; longer with Standing Committee on Secret Service Tasks. It works with its counterpart in the Senate , the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence . The two committees of the two houses of the United States Congress are designed to provide legislative oversight over the United States Intelligence Community .
founding
On July 14, 1977, the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence was founded on the basis of House Resolution 658. The forerunner was the Select Committee on Intelligence, founded in February 1975 under the chairmanship of Lucien N. Nedzi . After Nedzi resigned, Otis G. Pike took over the committee that existed until January 1976. The final report, which proposed budget cuts for the secret service, among other things, was not published by a decision of Congress (but later revealed by journalists).
Affected policy areas
The committee is responsible for various parts of government administration, the military and federal agencies, as far as intelligence activities can be concerned (American expression: the intelligence community ). Occasionally, it also meets as a committee of inquiry together with the relevant Senate committee . In some cases, its legislative functions overlap with those of other committees. The following ministries and federal agencies are under his supervision:
- Office of the Director of National Intelligence
- Central Intelligence Agency
- Defense Intelligence Agency
- Department of Defense
- Department of Energy
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Justice
- Department of State
- Department of Treasury
- Drug Enforcement Administration
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
- National Reconnaissance Office
- National Security Agency
- Office of Naval Intelligence
- US Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance
- US Army Intelligence and Security Command
- US Coast Guard
- US Marine Corps Intelligence Activity
Subcommittees
The following sub-committees were formed:
- Subcommittee on Terrorism / HUMINT, Analysis and Counterintelligence
- Subcommittee on Technical and Tactical Intelligence
- Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy
- Subcommittee on Oversight
Web links
- Official website (English)