Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1986

Summary

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1986 - Title I: Intelligence Activities - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities in specified departments and agencies of the U.S. Government, including the Central Intelligence Agency (Agency) and the Department of Defense. Authorizes appropriations for the Federal Bureau of Investigation to conduct activities to counter terrorism in the United States. Authorizes the Director of Central Intelligence to employ civilian personnel in excess of the ceiling for such personnel when necessary to the performance of important intelligence functions. Prohibits any funds appropriated by this Act from being used for covert assistance for military or paramilitary operations in Nicaragua. Title II: Intelligence Community Staff - Authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Staff for FY 1986. Establishes an end strength ceiling of 233 full-time Intelligence Community Staff employees. Title III: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund. Title IV: Provisions Relating to Intelligence Agencies - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to require notice to the Intelligence and Appropriations Committees of the House of Representatives and of the Senate of expenditures for intelligence or intelligence-related activities in excess of authorized amounts. Requires that transfers by an intelligence agency of any items of military equipment or services worth more than $1,000,000 be reported in a similar fashion. Requires the Director of Central Intelligence to provide a report on the vulnerability of confidential United States Government activities abroad and the efforts by foreign powers to detect, monitor, or counter such activities. Title V: General Provisions - States that the authorization of appropriations by this Act shall not constitute authority for the conduct of any intelligence activity which is not otherwise authorized by the Constitution or laws of the United States. Allows increases in employee benefits as authorized by law.

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• Public Law (PDF)

  Public Law · EN · 5 December 1985

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• Conference report filed in House

  summary · EN · 14 November 1985

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• Passed Senate amended

  summary · EN · 26 September 1985

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 18 July 1985

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• Reported to House amended, Part I

  summary · EN · 15 May 1985

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 8 May 1985

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