110 STAT. 3486 PUBLIC LAW 104-293—OCT. 11, 1996 (3) Establishing a single agency— (A) to serve as the sole agent within the Intelligence Community for the conduct of research, development, test, and evaluation, for procurement, and for launch of satellite reconnaissance systems that may be required to satisfy the intelligence collection requirements of the Intelligence Community; and (B) to serve as the primary agent within the Intelligence Community for the conduct of research, development, test, evaluation and for procurement of reconnaissance, surveillance, and sensor systems, including airborne and maritime reconnaissance capabilities within the National Foreign Intelligence Program and the Joint Military Intelligence Program. (b) CRITERIA.— The study under subsection (a) shall— (1) take into account current and future technological capabilities and intelligence requirements; (2) take into account the costs and benefits associated with establishing each of the agencies described in paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (a) as well as the costs and benefits of maintaining the current system of distinct "collection stovepipes"; and (3) examine establishing each of the agencies described in paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (a) both on their individual merits and also with a view toward having such agencies co-exist as an entire new organizational structure. (c) REPORT,—Not later than April 15, 1997, the Director of Central Intelligence shall submit a report on the study to the following: (1) The President. (2) The Secretary of Defense. (3) The Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. (4) The Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on National Security of the House of Representatives. SEC. 817. INTELLIGENCE RESERVE CORPS. (a) REPORT ON CORPS.— Not later than four months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of Central Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the Surge Augmentation Program to provide for an Intelligence Reserve Corps to serve as a surge or augmentation resource for the Intelligence Community. The report shall include such recommendations for legislation as the Director considers appropriate. (b) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES DEFINED. —In this section, the term "appropriate committees of Congress" means the following: (1) The Committee on Governmental Affairs and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. (2) The Committee on Government Reform and Oversight and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
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