PUBLIC LAW 104-293—OCT. 11, 1996 110 STAT. 3487 TITLE IX—FINANCIAL MATTERS / SEC. 901. AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDING PROVIDED BY 1996 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT. Amounts obligated or expended for intelligence or intelligencerelated activities based on and otherwise in accordance with the appropriations provided by the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-134), including any such obligations or expenditures occurring before the enactment of this Act, shall be deemed to have been specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) and are hereby ratified and confirmed. Approved October 11, 1996. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3259 (S. 1718): HOUSE REPORTS: Nos. 104-578, Pt. 1 (Permanent Select Comm. on Intelligence) and 104-832 (Comm. of Conference). SENATE REPORTS: Nos. 104-258 (Select Comm. on Intelligence), 104-277 (Comm. on Armed Services), and 104-337 (Comm. on Governmental Affairs) all accompanying S. 1718. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 142 (1996): May 22, considered and passed House. Sept. 17, considered and passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 1718. Sept. 25, House and Senate agreed to conference report. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 32 (1996): Oct. 11, Presidential statement.
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