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mittee lost that role when the Senate established the Senate Select

Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) in May 1976. Since the terrorist

attacks of 11 September 2001, the SFRC has assumed a secondary

role to that of the SSCI and the Senate Armed Services Committee

(SASC) on matters pertaining to counterterrorism and intelligence.

See alsoHOUSE INTERNATIONALRELATIONS COMMITTEE.

SENATE RESOLUTION 400.Aresolution of the U.S. Senate passed in

May 1976 that established the Senate Select Committee on Intelli-

gence (SSCI) to oversee the activities of U.S. intelligence agencies.

The resolution empowered the SSCI to conduct studies of intelligence

activities and programs of the U.S. government, submit to the Senate

appropriate proposals for legislation, and report to the Senate concern-

ing intelligence activities and programs. See alsoCHURCH COM-

MITTEE; RULE X; SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE

TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGATIONS OF ILLEGALOR IMPROPER

ACTIVITIES OF FEDERALINTELLIGENCE AGENCIES.

SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE (SSCI).

The SSCI was established in 1976 by Senate Resolution 400to pro-

vide congressional oversightof the programs and activities of U.S. in-

telligence agencies. The SSCI evolved from the Church Committee,

which in the mid-1970s investigated the activities of the U.S. intelli-

gence, particularly the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The SSCI

performs an annual review of the intelligence budgetsubmitted by the

president and prepares legislation authorizing appropriations for

the various civilian and military agencies and departments comprising

the intelligence community (IC). The committee makes recommen-

dations to the Senate Armed Services Committee(SASC) on author-

izations for the intelligence-related components of the army, navy, air

force, and marines. The committee also conducts periodic investiga-

tions, audits, and inspections of intelligence activities and programs.

In February 2002, the SSCI and the House Permanent Select

Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) agreed to conduct a joint in-

quiry into the activities of the U.S. intelligence community in con-

nection with the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001.

SENIOR BOWL (OPERATION).SeeTAGBOARD (OPERATION).

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