United States · Law · HR
H.R. 4759 (99th)
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987
Introduced
7 May 1986
Last action
27 October 1986 · President
Status
Became Public Law No: 99-569.
Sponsors
Rep. Hamilton, Lee H. [D-IN-9]
Subjects
Defence, Taxation
Source updated
6 June 2025
Summary
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987 - Title I: Intelligence Authorization - Authorizes appropriations for intelligence and intelligence-related activities in specified departments and agencies of the U.S. Government, including the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Department of Defense. 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 and Angola. Title II: Intelligence Community Staff - Authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Staff for FY 1987. Establishes an end strength ceiling of 235 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 Related Matters - Authorizes appropriations for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund for FY 1987. Amends the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act of 1964 for Certain Employees to provide that certain former spouses of CIA employees are entitled to a survivor annuity. Amends the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 to provide that certain former spouses of CIA employees are eligible for coverage under a health benefits plan. Title IV: Counterintelligence and Security - Allows the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Secretary of the Department of Defense to use funds for hosting counterintelligence consultations with foreign officials. Allows the FBI access to State and local criminal records for security clearances. Allows the Secretary of Defense to use the proceeds from counterintelligence operations conducted by components of the military departments to offset necessary and reasonable expenses. Grants the FBI access to the financial records of suspected foreign agents. Requires the Attorney General to inform specified congressional committees of all such requests. Title V: Administrative Authorities Relating to Intelligence Personnel - Grants Defense Intelligence Agency employees medical evacuation benefits. Extends through FY 1987 the Secretary's special authority to terminate the employment of Defense Intelligence Agency employees. Allows the Director of Central Intelligence to pay cash awards to members of the armed forces assigned to foreign intelligence duties for the performance of a special service in the public interest. Allows the Secretary of Defense to establish positions for civilian intelligence officers and employees of the military department to carry out necessary intelligence functions. Allows the Secretary to terminate the employment of any such employee whenever such action is in the interest of the United States. Authorizes the Secretary and the Director of Central Intelligence to establish undergraduate training programs for civilian employees of the National Security Agency and the CIA to develop skills critical to the mission of such agencies. Title VI: Miscellaneous - Allows the Secretary to authorize the Defense Mapping Agency to furnish data, supplies, and services to a foreign country or international organization. Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to consider the transfer of a defense article or service exceeding $1,000,000 in value by an intelligence agency to a recipient outside that agency as a significant anticipated intelligence activity for the purposes of such Act. Prohibits the transfer of any defense articles or services outside the agency where funds for the intelligence or intelligence-related activity were denied by the Congress.
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Timeline
7 May 1986
Introduced
Referred to House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent).
Source: IntroReferral
7 May 1986
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
7 May 1986
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
8 May 1986
Reported
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Source: Committee
8 May 1986
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
17 July 1986
Introduced
Referred to House Committee on Armed Services Sequentially, for a Period Ending not Later than Jul 30, 86.
Source: IntroReferral
17 July 1986
Reported
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent). Report No: 99-690 (Part I).
Source: Committee
17 July 1986
Reported
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent). Report No: 99-690 (Part I).
Source: Committee
17 July 1986
Reported
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Source: Committee
17 July 1986
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
23 July 1986
Reported
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Source: Committee
23 July 1986
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
24 July 1986
Reported
Ordered to be Reported.
Source: Committee
24 July 1986
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
28 July 1986
Reported
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Report No: 99-690 (Part II).
Source: Committee
28 July 1986
Reported
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Report No: 99-690 (Part II).
Source: Committee
30 July 1986
Calendars
Placed on Union Calendar No: 431.
Source: Calendars
30 July 1986
Discharge
House Committee on The Judiciary Discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Source: Discharge
30 July 1986
Committee
House Committee on The Judiciary Discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Source: Committee
10 September 1986
Reported
Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.545 Reported to House.
Source: Floor
10 September 1986
Floor
Committee on Rules Granted a Modified Open Rule Providing One Hour of General Debate.
Source: Floor
16 September 1986
Floor
Considered by House Unfinished Business.
Source: Floor
16 September 1986
Passed
Rule Passed House.
Source: Floor
17 September 1986
Passed
Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Source: Floor
17 September 1986
Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Source: Floor
17 September 1986
Passed
House Agreed to Amendments Adopted by the Committee of the Whole.
Source: Floor
19 September 1986
Introduced
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 931.
Source: Calendars
24 September 1986
ResolvingDifferences
Senate insists on its amendments, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Durenberger; Roth; Cohen; Hatch; Murkowski; Specter; Hecht; McConnell; Leahy; Bentsen; Nunn; Eagleton; Hollings; Boren; Bradley.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
24 September 1986
Floor
Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S. 2477 amended.
Source: Floor
24 September 1986
Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Source: Floor
25 September 1986
Passed
House Agreed to Request for Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Hamilton, Stokes, McCurdy, Beilenson, Kastenmeier, Daniel, Roe, Brown (CA), McHugh, Dwyer (NJ), Stump, Ireland, Hyde, Cheney, Livingston, McEwen.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
25 September 1986
Passed
House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
25 September 1986
Passed
Resolving differences -- House actions: House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Source: NotUsed
1 October 1986
Passed
Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
1 October 1986
ResolvingDifferences
Conference Report 99-952 Filed in House.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
1 October 1986
ResolvingDifferences
Conference report filed: Conference Report 99-952 Filed in House.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
1 October 1986
Passed
Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
2 October 1986
ResolvingDifferences
Conference papers, message on House action held at the desk.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
2 October 1986
Passed
House Agreed to Conference Report by Voice Vote.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
2 October 1986
Passed
Conference report agreed to in House: House Agreed to Conference Report by Voice Vote.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
6 October 1986
ResolvingDifferences
Conference report considered in Senate.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
6 October 1986
Passed
Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
14 October 1986
Floor
Measure Signed in Senate.
Source: Floor
15 October 1986
Floor
Presented to President.
Source: Floor
15 October 1986
President
Presented to President.
Source: President
27 October 1986
Became law
Became Public Law No: 99-569.
Source: President
27 October 1986
Became law
Signed by President.
Source: BecameLaw
27 October 1986
President
Signed by President.
Source: President
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
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Documents
7 official files
Public Law (PDF)
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Public Law (PDF)
Public Law · EN · 28 October 1986
Conference report filed in House
summary · EN · 1 October 1986
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Passed Senate amended
summary · EN · 24 September 1986
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Passed House amended
summary · EN · 17 September 1986
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Reported to House amended, Part II
summary · EN · 28 July 1986
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Reported to House amended, Part I
summary · EN · 17 July 1986
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Introduced in House
summary · EN · 7 May 1986
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Related records
- related to → A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 4759) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1987 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Intelligence Community Staff, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.
- related to ← Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987
- amends ← An amendment to reduce the authorization level in the bill to reflect the lower defense authorization level included in 1987 DOD authorization as passed by the House.
- amends ← An amendment to limit the extent to which the U.S. Government can exchange intelligence information with the Government of South Africa.
- amends ← Amendments to make technical changes.
- amends ← An amendment to require the implementation of a controlled substances testing program for any employee of the CIA, the Department of Defense, Defense Intelligence Agency, NSA, the Army, Navy Air Force, Department of State, Department of the Treasury, Department of Energy, the FBI, and the Drug Enforcement Administration.
- amends ← An amendment to delete the prohibition on the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of Defense, or any other agency involved in intelligence activities to obligate or expend funds to conduct, directly or indirectly, military or paramilitary operations in Angola, or provide assistance, directly or indirectly, to any group engaged in military or paramilitary operations in Angola.
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