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Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022

Introduced: September 29, 2021 Introduced by: Schiff, Adam B. Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Oct 28, 2021
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 114.
Oct 28, 2021
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Intelligence. H. Rept. 117-156.
Sep 30, 2021
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Sep 30, 2021
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Sep 29, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
Sep 29, 2021
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022

This bill authorizes various intelligence-related activities for FY2022 and addresses related issues.

For example, the bill

  • authorizes the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to support activities related to personnel recruitment and retention, diversity, equity, and inclusion;
  • prohibits certain former intelligence community personnel from accepting certain employment, such as providing intelligence services to a foreign country, for 30 months after leaving intelligence community employment;
  • provides the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with the authorities available to the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice to take actions to protect against unmanned aircraft;
  • requires the Counterintelligence Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to conduct a security assessment of a product (or service) from an entity connected to China's government before the FBI may procure that product;
  • requires the FBI to establish counterintelligence units in the Department of Agriculture;
  • authorizes the Air Force to establish the National Space Intelligence Center as a field operating agency of the Space Force;
  • statutorily establishes the Office of Medical Services within the CIA and requirements concerning compensation and qualifications for CIA medical officers;
  • requires the President to develop for the intelligence community various protocols pertaining to medical testing, treatment, information collection, and reporting;
  • requires the ODNI to produce a National Intelligence Estimate on the situation in Afghanistan and specified other countries; and
  • authorizes a pilot program to identify risks associated with individuals performing Department of Defense-funded unclassified research who would not otherwise undergo federal personnel vetting.
What's happening now October 28, 2021

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 114.

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