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
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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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Security and Science.
Cosponsors
1