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HR 1371 100th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Central Intelligence Agency Congress and Members of Congress Congressional oversight Covert operations Government Operations and Politics National Security and Intelligence Operations

Covert Action Notification Act of 1987

Introduced: March 3, 1987 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 16, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Security and Science.
Mar 3, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Mar 3, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent).
Mar 3, 1987
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Covert Action Notification Act of 1987 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require the President to make a written finding that a Central Intelligence Agency operation in a foreign country (other than an intelligence gathering operation) is important to the national security and to furnish a copy of that finding, before the start of such operation, to specified members of the Congress and to the Vice President, the Secretaries of State and Defense, and the Director of Central Intelligence.

Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to delete the provision that authorizes deferral of notice to the Congress of such intelligence activity.

What's happening now March 16, 1987

Referred to Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Security and Science.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
D
Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · Mar 17, 1987
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1371: Covert Action Notification Act of 1987. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-1371/
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"H.R. 1371: Covert Action Notification Act of 1987." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-1371/.
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H.R. 1371, 100th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-1371/.
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