United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

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The United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence is dedicated to overseeing the United States Intelligence Community—the agencies and bureaus of the Federal government of the United States who provide information and analysis for leaders of the executive and legislative branches. The committee was established in 1975 by the 94th Congress.

As part of its oversight responsibilities, the Committee performs an annual review of the intelligence budget submitted by the President and prepares legislation authorizing appropriations for the various civilian and military agencies and departments comprising the Intelligence Community. These entities include the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency, National Security Agency, National Imagery and Mapping Agency, National Reconnaissance Office, as well as the intelligence-related components of Department of State, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of the Treasury, and Department of Energy. The Committee makes recommendations to the Senate Armed Services Committee on authorizations for the intelligence-related components of the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, and U.S. Marine Corps. The Committee also conducts periodic investigations, audits, and inspections of intelligence activities and programs.

Contents

1 History
2 Members,

2.1 Republicans
2.2 Democrats
2.3 Ex-Officio Members

3 External links

History

Hosted the historic Church Committee.

Members,

Republicans

Senator

State |- |bgcolor=|

C. Patrick Roberts, Chairman

Kansas |- |bgcolor=|

Orrin Hatch

Utah |- |bgcolor=|

Mike DeWine

Ohio |- |bgcolor=|

Kit Bond

Missouri |- |bgcolor=|

Trent Lott

Mississippi |- |bgcolor=|

Olympia Snowe

Maine |- |bgcolor=|

Chuck Hagel

Nebraska |- |bgcolor=|

Saxby Chambliss

Georgia

Democrats

Senator

State |- |bgcolor=|

John D. "Jay" Rockefeller IV, Vice Chairman

West Virginia |- |bgcolor=|

Carl Levin

Michigan |- |bgcolor=|

Dianne Feinstein

California |- |bgcolor=|

Ron Wyden

Oregon |- |bgcolor=|

Evan Bayh

Indiana |- |bgcolor=|

Barbara Mikulski

Maryland |- |bgcolor=|

Russ Feingold

Wisconsin

Ex-Officio Members

Office		Officer	Party
Senate Majority Leader	Bill Frist	Republican	Tennessee
Senate Minority Leader	Harry Reid	Democratic	Nevada
Armed Services Committee Chairman	John Warner	Republican	Virginia

External links

[U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Official Website]

Current United States Congressional committees
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Senate (list)	Aging (Special) • Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry • Appropriations • Armed Services • Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs • Budget • Commerce, Science and Transportation • Energy and Natural Resources • Ethics (Select) • Environment and Public Works • Finance • Foreign Relations • Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions • Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs • Indian Affairs • Intelligence (Select) • Judiciary • Rules and Administration • Small Business and Entrepreneurship • Veterans' Affairs
Joint	(Conference) • Economic • Library • Printing • Taxation	Defunct committees

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