Holt Amendment to the Intelligence Authorization Act

An amendment to update the 2007 National Intelligence Estimate submitted by Representative Rush Holt (D-NJ) to the 2009 National Intelligence Act (H.R. 5959) was agreed to by voice vote during the debate on the bill. H.R. 5959 was agreed to and overwhelmingly passed by the House on July 16, 2008. The White House has threatened to veto the bill because it, in addition to other provisions, it "contains new requirements that the executive branch provide more complete briefings for all members of the intelligence oversight committees."

Below is the full text of the amendment.

At the end of subtitle A of title IV, add the following new section:

SEC. 418. MEMORANDUM TO HOLDERS OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE ON IRAN.

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall issue a memorandum to holders of the National Intelligence Estimate entitled `Iran: Nuclear Intentions and Capabilities' regarding any intelligence on the nuclear program of Iran that has been gathered or emerged since the publication of such National Intelligence Estimate in October, 2007.