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US bill on intelligence reform passed

AFP, Washington
The House of Representatives approved landmark legislation to revamp America’s intelligence network, clearing the way for major reforms aimed at preventing a repeat of theSeptember 11 attacks.
The historic bill, approved by a vote of 336-75, by and large adopts the recommendations of the September 11 Commission on ways to stop future terror strikes against the United States, and comes after months of meetings, hearings and contentious bargaining.
The White House said President George W. Bush was "very pleased" by the bill's passage and expected the Senate to follow suit.
"The president is very pleased with House passage. He knows that this bill will make America safer," White House spokesman Trent Duffy said.
Republican Senator Susan Collins, who led the effort in the US Senate to draft the bill, said the legislation gives America’s half-century-old security apparatus a much-needed overhaul.
"This legislation is going to make a real difference to the security of our country," Collins said.
"It is going to improve the quality of intelligence provided to our military and it will help to keep civilians safer here at home? she said.
Fhe lop Democrat on the reform bill effort, Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman, acknowledged that although there was almost universal agreement in Congress that intelligence reform was sorely needed, crafting a bill that lawmakers in both houses and both parties could agree on was anything but easy.
”We have walked a long and winding road to gel to this day, but ultimately we've gotten to exactly where we wanted to be," Lieberman said.
He added that the bill "will reform America's intelligence assets so that to the best extent possible we can feel that we arc ready to prevent another September 11 from happening."
Members of the September 11 Commission, in a statement after the vote, said they were "deeply grateful" for the bill’s passage.
The measure heads to the US Senate for a vote and expected passage Wednesday, and then goes to President Bush's desk for signing
into law.
Tlie bill is an overhaul of US intelligence, from beefing up border security to enhancing information sharing between intelligence agencies and enacting standards.
The bill had been blocked for several days by a handful of Republicans voicing last minute objections, forcing Bush to step up pressure to pass it
The bill was approved after lawmakers reached a compromise over the power exercised by the soon-to-be-created national intelligencedirector.
The deal ensures that the new director gets budget authority over America's 15 spy agencies, while the Department of Defence retains control of data from spy satellites for use on the battlefield.