Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020

Bill: 116-s-1589
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2019-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Appropriations
Asia
Budget process
California
Caribbean area
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Chemical and biological weapons
China
Coal
Coast guard
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Cuba
Currency
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice
Department of State
Department of the Treasury
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Director of National Intelligence
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Electric power generation and transmission
Employee hiring
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Espionage and treason
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal officials
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign and international banking
Foreign labor
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Immigration status and procedures
Industrial facilities
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intellectual property
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Intergovernmental relations
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Iran
Israel
Latin America
Lebanon
Manufacturing
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Maryland
Metals
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Mining
Minority employment
National Security Agency
New York State
North Korea
Nuclear weapons
Organized crime
Performance measurement
Personnel records
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Right of privacy
Russia
Sanctions
Science and engineering education
State and local government operations
Student records
Subversive activities
Syria
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Technology assessment
Technology transfer and commercialization
Telephone and wireless communication
Terrorism
Trade secrets and economic espionage
Travel and tourism
U.S. and foreign investments
United Nations
Visas and passports
Water use and supply
World health
Yemen

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: 

Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020

 
This bill authorizes various intelligence-related activities for FY2018-FY2020 and contains other intelligence-related provisions.
 
The bill's provisions include
 
 
increasing the maximum amount of voluntary separation pay for Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employees; 
 
providing 12 weeks of paid parental leave for civilian intelligence community employees for the birth or adoption of a child, subject to various limitations; 
 
allowing an intelligence community employee who has been subjected to a possible prohibited personnel action to submit a claim to the inspector general of the intelligence community and authorizing the inspector general to convene an external review panel to review the claim; 
 
allowing a married, retiring CIA employee to elect to receive a reduced annuity in exchange for the employee's surviving spouse to continue receiving payments after the employee's death; 
 
authorizing each intelligence community element to establish higher pay rates for certain positions that require expertise in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics; 
 
requiring the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to establish the Supply Chain and Counterintelligence Risk Management Task Force; 
 
removing the foreign language requirement for certain senior CIA positions; 
 
establishing the Energy Infrastructure Security Center in the Department of Energy; 
 
requiring the ODNI to assess security vulnerabilities in state election systems before any regularly scheduled federal election and to brief Congress about detected foreign attempts to influence an upcoming federal election; and
 
requiring reports on various topics, such as Iranian support for proxy forces in Syria and Lebanon and Russian financing for global influence campaigns. 


action_date: 2019-05-22
text: 

Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020

 
This bill authorizes various intelligence-related activities for FY2018-FY2020 and contains other intelligence-related provisions.
 
The bill's provisions include
 
 
increasing the maximum amount of voluntary separation pay for Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employees; 
 
providing 12 weeks of paid parental leave for civilian intelligence community employees for the birth or adoption of a child, subject to various limitations; 
 
allowing an intelligence community employee who has been subjected to a possible prohibited personnel action to submit a claim to the inspector general of the intelligence community and authorizing the inspector general to convene an external review panel to review the claim; 
 
allowing a married, retiring CIA employee to elect to receive a reduced annuity in exchange for the employee's surviving spouse to continue receiving payments after the employee's death; 
 
authorizing each intelligence community element to establish higher pay rates for certain positions that require expertise in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics; 
 
requiring the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to establish the Supply Chain and Counterintelligence Risk Management Task Force; 
 
removing the foreign language requirement for certain senior CIA positions; 
 
establishing the Energy Infrastructure Security Center in the Department of Energy; 
 
requiring the ODNI to assess security vulnerabilities in state election systems before any regularly scheduled federal election and to brief Congress about detected foreign attempts to influence an upcoming federal election; and
 
requiring reports on various topics, such as Iranian support for proxy forces in Syria and Lebanon and Russian financing for global influence campaigns. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: By Senator Burr from Select Committee on Intelligence filed written report. Report No. 116-47. Additional views filed.
action_date: 2019-06-11
text: By Senator Burr from Select Committee on Intelligence filed written report. Report No. 116-47. Additional views filed.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 97.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Select Committee on Intelligence. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Burr. Without written report.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Select Committee on Intelligence. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Burr. Without written report.
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate