Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024

Bill: 118-s-2103
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Asia
Assault and harassment offenses
Aviation and airports
Business records
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
China
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Defense
Detention of persons
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Employment and training programs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Europe
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal officials
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
Higher education
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Mental health
Nuclear power
Performance measurement
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Public utilities and utility rates
Russia
Student aid and college costs
Trade restrictions
U.S. and foreign investments
Ukraine
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024

This bill authorizes various intelligence-related activities for FY2024 and addresses related issues.

For example, the bill

modifies the requirements for a Department of Defense scholarship program for certain individuals pursuing cyber or digital technology degrees to allow scholarship recipients to fulfill their post-graduation employment obligation in the intelligence community;

expands eligibility to receive in-state tuition rates at public institutions of higher education to members of the intelligence community on active duty for more than 30 days and their spouses and dependent children;

requires the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to designate a senior official to serve as the intelligence community coordinator for accountability of China's atrocities (i.e., crimes against humanity, genocide, or war crimes);

requires the ODNI to produce a national intelligence estimate on the implications of the ongoing war in Ukraine with respect to a long-term U.S. and NATO confrontation with Russia;

requires the President to establish an office for analysis of global competition to carry out analysis and support policy development related to U.S. leadership in science, technology, and innovation relative to other countries;

requires intelligence community Inspectors General to appoint security officers to provide confidential, security-related guidance to employees and contract employees who intend to make a complaint or provide information to Congress;

defines circumstantial evidence that may be used in determining whether an adverse security clearance or access determination was a reprisal for the lawful disclosure of actions such as mismanagement, waste, abuse, or a violation of federal law;

revises statutory requirements regarding classification and declassification of national security information; and

defines the process whereby certain records of the President or Vice President may be designated as personal records in conjunction with the National Archives and Records Administration.


action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024

 
This bill authorizes various intelligence-related activities for FY2024 and addresses related issues.
 
For example, the bill
 
 
modifies the requirements for a Department of Defense scholarship program for certain individuals pursuing cyber or digital technology degrees to allow scholarship recipients to fulfill their post-graduation employment obligation in the intelligence community;
 
expands eligibility to receive in-state tuition rates at public institutions of higher education to members of the intelligence community on active duty for more than 30 days and their spouses and dependent children;
 
requires the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to designate a senior official to serve as the intelligence community coordinator for accountability of China's atrocities (i.e., crimes against humanity, genocide, or war crimes);
 
requires the ODNI to produce a national intelligence estimate on the implications of the ongoing war in Ukraine with respect to a long-term U.S. and NATO confrontation with Russia;
 
requires the President to establish an office for analysis of global competition to carry out analysis and support policy development related to U.S. leadership in science, technology, and innovation relative to other countries;
 
requires intelligence community Inspectors General to appoint security officers to provide confidential, security-related guidance to employees and contract employees who intend to make a complaint or provide information to Congress;
 
defines circumstantial evidence that may be used in determining whether an adverse security clearance or access determination was a reprisal for the lawful disclosure of actions such as mismanagement, waste, abuse, or a violation of federal law; 
 
revises statutory requirements regarding classification and declassification of national security information; and
 
defines the process whereby certain records of the President or Vice President may be designated as personal records in conjunction with the National Archives and Records Administration. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: By Senator Warner from Select Committee on Intelligence filed written report. Report No. 118-59. Additional views filed.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: By Senator Warner from Select Committee on Intelligence filed written report. Report No. 118-59. Additional views filed.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 106.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Select Committee on Intelligence. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Warner. Without written report.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Select Committee on Intelligence. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Warner. Without written report.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate