,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bia  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #b1 #bjag 
,mr4 ,warner 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,leahy1 
,mr4 ,merkley1 ,mr4 ,heinrich1 ,mrs4    
,feinstein1 and ,ms4 ,harris7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was read     
twice and referred to the ,select       
,committee on ,intelligence  ,a ,,bill  
,to amend the ,national ,security ,act  
of #aidg to modify the requirements for 
membership in the ,national ,security   
,council and cabinet-level policy forum1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title  ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,strengthening ,oversight of ,national  
,security ,act of #bjag4  #b4           
,modification of membership requirements
 for ,national ,security ,council and   
,cabinet-,level ,policy ,forum  7a7     
,national ,security ,council ,section   
#aja7;c7 of the ,national ,security ,act
 of #aidg 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #cjba7;c77 is  
amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph 7#a7--  7,a7
 by striking ,the ,council and inserting

 ,except as provided in paragraph 7#b71 
the ,council2  7,b7 by inserting the    
,director of ,national ,intelligence and
 the ,chairman of the ,joint ,chiefs of 
,staff1 after the ,secretary of         
,energy12 and  7,c7 by striking and such
 other officers of the ,united ,states  
,government as the ,president may       
designate4 and inserting appointed by   
the ,president1 by and with the advice  
and consent of the ,senate42 and  7#b7  
by striking paragraph 7#b7 and inserting
 the following3  7#b7 ,limitation on    
membership and participation  7,a7      
,approval by ,congress ,the ,president  
may not designate as a member or        
attendee a covered individual under     
paragraph 7#a7 7excluding the ,national 
,security ,advisor and ,deputies1 the   
,homeland ,security ,advisor and        
,deputies1 the ,assistant to the        
,president and ,chief of ,staff1 the    
,counsel to the ,president1 the         
,assistant to the ,president for        
,economic ,policy1 and the ,assistant to

 the ,vice ,president for ,national     
,security7 unless a joint resolution or 
bill is enacted approving of the        
designation of the covered individual by
 the ,president4  7,b7 ,covered         
individual defined ,in this paragraph1  
the term covered individual means an    
individual in a position that is not    
subject to confirmation by the ,senate4 
4  #c4 ,interagency forum for policy    
consideration and decisionmaking  7a7   
,creation ,there is a cabinet-level     
interagency forum for policy            
consideration and decisionmaking to     
support the ,national ,security         
,council4  7b7 ,composition ,except as  
provided in subsection 7c71 the         
composition of the interagency forum for
 policy consideration and decisionmaking
 to support the ,national ,security     
,council shall reflect the membership of
 the ,national ,security ,council and   
any member of the executive branch who  
is appointed by the ,president and      
confirmed by the ,senate1 as determined 

by the ,president4  7c7 ,exceptions     
7#a7 ,in general ,any exception to the  
requirement of subsection 7b7 shall only
 be permitted for a one-time            
decisionmaking action4  7#b7            
,notification to ,congress ,the         
,president shall submit to ,congress a  
notification of any exercise of an      
exception permitted by this subsection  
not later than #bd hours after the      
execution of such exception4