US HB7856 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on July 30 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-10-30 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 463.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on July 30 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-10-30 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 463.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Authorizes various intelligence-related activities for FY2021 and contains other related provisions. The bill's provisions include those requiring each intelligence community element to notify Congress before conducting certain activities, including providing support to a government response to a domestic civil disturbance, with some exceptions, or engaging in an activity pursuant to a presidential emergency action document; generally prohibiting the intelligence community from awarding a contract for a national security satellite that uses a star tracker not produced in the United States; providing for paid leave for a civilian intelligence community employee to address a serious health condition; establishing the Office of the Ombudsman for Analytic Objectivity; requiring the Department of Homeland Security to establish an intelligence and cybersecurity diversity fellowship program, which may provide an eligible individual with a paid internship or employment offer upon graduation; imposing certain protections related to intelligence community inspectors general, such as by limiting when the President may remove such an inspector general and limiting who may serve as an acting inspector general; providing for criminal penalties in certain instances for a federal government employee or officer who knowingly and willfully discloses the identity of an intelligence community whistleblower; requiring a political committee to report certain foreign contacts and establishing criminal penalties for violations of such requirements in certain instances; and prohibiting the use of funds made available to the intelligence community for FY2021 to enable or assist air strikes in Yemen by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition.
Title
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
Sponsors
Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
---|---|---|
2020-10-30 | House | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 463. |
2020-10-30 | House | Reported by the Committee on Intelligence. H. Rept. 116-565. |
2020-07-31 | House | Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 11 - 8. |
2020-07-31 | House | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. |
2020-07-30 | House | Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select). |
2020-07-30 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
HB6624 (Related) 2020-11-18 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
HB7225 (Related) 2020-06-15 - Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
HB8763 (Related) 2020-11-17 - Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
HB7225 (Related) 2020-06-15 - Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
HB8763 (Related) 2020-11-17 - Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
Subjects
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Afghanistan
Air quality
Alliances
Armed forces and national security
Armenia
Arms control and nonproliferation
Art, artists, authorship
Asia
Aviation and airports
Azerbaijan
Buy American requirements
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
China
Civil actions and liability
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coast guard
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice
Department of State
Department of the Treasury
Detention of persons
Director of National Intelligence
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Economic performance and conditions
Education programs funding
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Employee leave
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal officials
Foreign aid and international relief
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Hate crimes
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Higher education
Homeland security
Hong Kong
Human rights
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Infrastructure development
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Law enforcement administration and funding
Marine and inland water transportation
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military civil functions
Military education and training
Military facilities and property
Military operations and strategy
Militias and paramilitary groups
Minority education
Minority employment
National Security Agency
News media and reporting
Nuclear power
Nuclear weapons
Pacific Ocean
Policy sciences
Political movements and philosophies
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Protest and dissent
Public contracts and procurement
Public participation and lobbying
Public-private cooperation
Qatar
Racial and ethnic relations
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Right of privacy
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Science and engineering education
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Spacecraft and satellites
Student aid and college costs
Subversive activities
Telephone and wireless communication
Terrorism
Trade agreements and negotiations
United Arab Emirates
Violent crime
War and emergency powers
Women's rights
Worker safety and health
World health
Yemen
Administrative remedies
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Afghanistan
Air quality
Alliances
Armed forces and national security
Armenia
Arms control and nonproliferation
Art, artists, authorship
Asia
Aviation and airports
Azerbaijan
Buy American requirements
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
China
Civil actions and liability
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coast guard
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice
Department of State
Department of the Treasury
Detention of persons
Director of National Intelligence
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Economic performance and conditions
Education programs funding
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Employee leave
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal officials
Foreign aid and international relief
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Hate crimes
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Higher education
Homeland security
Hong Kong
Human rights
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Infrastructure development
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Law enforcement administration and funding
Marine and inland water transportation
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military civil functions
Military education and training
Military facilities and property
Military operations and strategy
Militias and paramilitary groups
Minority education
Minority employment
National Security Agency
News media and reporting
Nuclear power
Nuclear weapons
Pacific Ocean
Policy sciences
Political movements and philosophies
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Protest and dissent
Public contracts and procurement
Public participation and lobbying
Public-private cooperation
Qatar
Racial and ethnic relations
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Right of privacy
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Science and engineering education
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Spacecraft and satellites
Student aid and college costs
Subversive activities
Telephone and wireless communication
Terrorism
Trade agreements and negotiations
United Arab Emirates
Violent crime
War and emergency powers
Women's rights
Worker safety and health
World health
Yemen