116 STAT. 2388 PUBLIC LAW 107-306—NOV. 27, 2002 designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)). (b) RATIFICATION.— For purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414), any obligation or expenditure of those amounts deemed to have been specifically authorized by the Acts referred to in subsection (a) is hereby ratified and confirmed. SEC. 106. ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR INTELLIGENCE FOR THE WAR ON TERRORISM. (a) IN GENERAL. —Subject to subsection (b), the amounts requested in the letter dated July 3, 2002, of the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, related to the Defense Emergency Response Fund and that are designated for the incremental costs of intelligence and intelligence-related activities for the war on terrorism are authorized. (b) LIMITATIONS.— The amounts referred to in subsection (a)— (1) are authorized only for activities directly related to identifying, responding to, or protecting against acts or threatened acts of terrorism; (2) are not authorized to correct programmatic or fiscal deficiencies in major acquisition programs which will not achieve initial operational capabilities within two years of the date of the enactment of this Act; and (3) are not available until the end of the 10-day period that begins on the date written notice is provided to the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. SEC. 107. SPECIFIC AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDS FOR INTELLIGENCE OR INTELLIGENCE-RELATED ACTIVITIES FOR WHICH FISCAL YEAR 2003 APPROPRIATIONS EXCEED AMOUNTS AUTHORIZED. Funds appropriated for an intelligence or intelligence-related activity for fiscal year 2003 in excess of the amount specified for such activity in the classified Schedule of Authorizations prepared to accompany this Act shall be deemed to be specifically authorized by Congress for purposes of section 504(a)(3) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414(a)(3)). SEC. 108. INCORPORATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. (a) IN GENERAL. — Each requirement to submit a report to the congressional intelligence committees that is included in the joint explanatory statement to accompany the conference report on the bill H.R. 4628 of the One Hundred Seventh Congress, or in the classified annex to this Act, is hereby incorporated into this Act, and is hereby made a requirement in law. (b) CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEES DEFINED. — In this section, the term "congressional intelligence committees" means— (1) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and (2) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
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