Washington ? Republicans in the House of Representatives on Friday unveiled their version of legislation to reshape U.S. intelligence agencies, adding controversial provisions that would broaden the investigative powers of the government to fight terrorism.

The legislation goes beyond what the Senate is considering, and those differences must be resolved if lawmakers are to meet the Election Day deadline that President Bush imposed.

Congress has been under pressure to get the nation’s intelligence apparatus in better working order since the Sept. 11 commission said the FBI and CIA had failed to prevent the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. A report by the Senate Intelligence Committee also faulted the CIA for saying before the United States invaded Iraq that its leader, Saddam Hussein, possessed weapons of mass destruction.

Amid the pressure to get the legislation to Bush quickly, Republicans have included tough new powers for the FBI and the Justice Department. Some of them permit sharing secret grand-jury evidence with government officials and lessen restrictions on eavesdropping on individuals electronically.

The House lawmakers plan to discuss the bill next week in various committees while the full Senate debates its version.

“If we have it within our grasp, I think we should seize the moment,” said Rep. Christopher Cox, R-Calif., the chairman of the House Select Committee on Homeland Security.

Republican leadership aides said the measure was modeled after a White House proposal, sent to Congress last week, that would create the position of a director to oversee domestic and foreign intelligence agencies and a national counterterrorism center. The House bill also would beef up border security, increase the number of federal air marshals, order cargo inspections and make other changes that the Sept. 11 commission suggested.

Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., called the measure a comprehensive approach. “It will reform the government, to make it more effective in battling the terrorists,” he said.