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.
Actions
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).