118 STAT. 3699 PUBLIC LAW 108–458—DEC. 17, 2004 regulations, policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines required under section 102A of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended by section 1011(a) of this Act. Subtitle I—Other Matters SEC. 1101. STUDY OF PROMOTION AND PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION SCHOOL SELECTION RATES FOR MILITARY INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS. (a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study of the promotion selection rates, and the selection rates for attend- ance at professional military education schools, of intelligence offi- cers of the Armed Forces, particularly in comparison to the rates for other officers of the same Armed Force who are in the same grade and competitive category. (b) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report providing the Secretary’s findings resulting from the study under subsection (a) and the Secretary’s recommendations (if any) for such changes in law as the Secretary considers needed to ensure that intelligence officers, as a group, are selected for promotion, and for attendance at professional military education schools, at rates not less than the rates for all line (or the equivalent) officers of the same Armed Force (both in the zone and below the zone) in the same grade. The report shall be submitted not later than April 1, 2005. SEC. 1102. EXTENSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF AUTHORITIES OF PUBLIC INTEREST DECLASSIFICATION BOARD. (a) DIRECTION.—Section 703(a) of the Public Interest Declas- sification Act of 2000 (title VII of Public Law 106–567; 114 Stat. 2856; 50 U.S.C. 435 note) is amended— (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘ESTABLISHMENT.—’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ‘‘(2) The Board shall report directly to the President or, upon designation by the President, the Vice President, the Attorney Gen- eral, or other designee of the President. The other designee of the President under this paragraph may not be an agency head or official authorized to classify information under Executive Order 12958, or any successor order.’’. (b) PURPOSES.—Section 703(b) of that Act (114 Stat. 2856) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ‘‘(5) To review and make recommendations to the President in a timely manner with respect to any congressional request, made by the committee of jurisdiction, to declassify certain records or to reconsider a declination to declassify specific records.’’. (c) RECOMMENDATIONS ON SPECIAL SEARCHES.—Section 704(c)(2)(A) of that Act (114 Stat. 2860) is amended by inserting before the period the following: ‘‘, and also including specific requests for the declassification of certain records or for the reconsideration of declinations to declassify specific records’’. (d) DECLASSIFICATION REVIEWS.—Section 704 of that Act (114 Stat. 2859) is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: VerDate 11-MAY-2000 13:54 Nov 10, 2005 Jkt 029194 PO 00000 Frm 00233 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 C:\STATUTES\2004\29194PT4.001 APPS10 PsN: 29194PT4
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