Intelligence Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989

Summary

Intelligence Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 - Title I: Intelligence Activities - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities in specified departments and agencies of the Government, including the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Department of Defense (DOD). Places certain restrictions on the use of funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act with respect to: (1) the purchase of Guardrail RC-12K aircraft and sensor suites; and (2) foreign counterintelligence activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Declares that the authorized amounts and personnel ceilings for such intelligence activities are those specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations prepared by the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. 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. Restricts support for military and paramilitary operations in Nicaragua. Title II: Intelligence Community Staff - Authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Staff for FY 1989. Establishes an end strength ceiling of 244 full-time Intelligence Community Staff employees. Provides that such staff shall be administered in the same manner as the CIA. Title III: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System - Authorizes appropriations for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund for FY 1989. Title IV: General Provisions - Provides 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. Permits appropriations authorized by this Act for employee benefits to be increased to meet increases in such benefits authorized by law. Title V: Central Intelligence Agency Administrative Provisions - Allows the Director of Central Intelligence to grant appropriate relief to former CIA employees who have unfairly had their CIA careers adversely affected as a result of allegations concerning their loyalty to the United States. Requires the Director to submit reports to specified congressional committees regarding the use of such authority. Title VI: FBI Enhanced Counterintelligence Authorities - Requires the Directors of the FBI and the Office of Personnel Management to conduct a demonstration project on the effect of providing payments to personnel upon directed assignment to the New York Field Division from another geographical location (and to New York Field Division employees who are subject to directed geographical transfer or reassignment) on the recruitment and retention of personnel and on field operations in the New York Field Division of the FBI. Requires the Directors to submit annual reports to the President and the Congress concerning the results of such project. Title VII: Department of Defense - Allows the Secretary of Defense, with certain restrictions, to use funds other than appropriated funds for foreign cryptologic support. Establishes the position of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, who shall be responsible for the overall supervision of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the DOD.

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• Public Law (PDF)

  Public Law · EN · 30 September 1988

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• Conference report filed in House

  summary · EN · 10 August 1988

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• Passed Senate amended

  summary · EN · 5 August 1988

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 26 May 1988

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• Reported to House amended, Part I

  summary · EN · 29 April 1988

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 14 April 1988

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