QUADRENNIAL INTELLIGENCE REVIEW.

SEC. 308. QUADRENNIAL INTELLIGENCE REVIEW. (a) Sense of Congress.— It is the sense of Congress— (1) that the Director of Central Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense should jointly complete, in 1999 and every 4 years thereafter, a comprehensive review of United States intelligence programs and activities, with each such review— (A) to include assessments of intelligence policy, resources, manpower, organization, and related matters; and (B) to encompass the programs and activities funded under the National Foreign Intelligence Program (NFIP), the Joint Military Intelligence Program (JMIP), and the Tactical Intelligence and Related Activities (TIARA) accounts; (2) that the results of each review should be shared with the appropriate committees of Congress and the congressional leadership; and (3) that the Director, in conjunction with the Secretary, should establish a nonpartisan, independent panel (with members chosen in consultation with the appropriate committees 112 STAT. 2403of Congress and the congressional leadership from individuals in the private sector) in order to— (A) assess each review under paragraph (1); (B) conduct an assessment of alternative intelligence structures to meet the anticipated intelligence requirements for the national security and foreign policy of the United States through the year 2010; and (C) make recommendations to the Director and the Secretary regarding the optimal intelligence structure for the United States inlight of the assessment under subparagraph (B). (b) Report.— (1) Not later than December 1, 1998, the Director of Central Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense shall jointly submit to the committees specified in paragraph (2) the views of the Director and the Secretary regarding— (A) the potential value of conducting quadrennial intelligence reviews as described in subsection (a)(1); and (B) the potential value of assessments of such reviews as described in subsection (a)(3)(A). (2) The committees referred to in paragraph (1) are the following: (A) The Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. (B) The Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on National Security, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.