I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: After section 501 (page 21, after line 14), insert the following new section: SEC. 502. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE NEED FOR THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY TO PROTECT CIVIL LIBERTIES OF RELIGIOUS AND ETHNIC MINORITIES. It is the sense of Congress that the intelligence community should take all appropriate actions necessary to protect the civil liberties of religious and ethnic minorities. The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 667, the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Texas.
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