S. 3905: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021

116th Congress · introduced 2020-06-08 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: By Senator Rubio from Select Committee on Intelligence filed written report. Report No. 116-233. Minority views filed.

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Where it came from: introduced 2020-06-08 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: By Senator Rubio from Select Committee on Intelligence filed written report. Report No. 116-233. Minority views filed. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021

Plain summary

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 This bill authorizes various intelligence-related activities for FY2021 and contains other related provisions. The bill's provisions include requiring the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and other intelligence agencies to establish continuity of operations plans; requiring the ODNI to establish the Social Media Data and Threat Analysis Center; establishing that disclosure of a whistleblower's personally identifiable information may constitute a personnel action and giving the whistleblower a right to sue if such a personnel action was a reprisal against whistleblowing activity; establishing that it is unlawful for a federal government employee to share a whistleblower complaint submitted to the intelligence community inspector general with the subject of the complaint, with limited exceptions; establishing that a qualifying individual shall have a statutory right to appeal a decision related to that individual's access to classified information; establishing funds for grants to promote U.S. competitiveness in fifth-generation wireless technology supply chains and to support the adoption of secure and trusted telecommunications technologies in key markets globally; and requiring a presidential campaign to notify the Federal Bureau of Investigation of certain foreign contacts. The bill also requires reports on topics including (1) signals intelligence collection priorities, (2) use of student loan repayment benefits by intelligence community personnel, (3) a plan for establishing an intelligence community element in the U.S. Space Force, (4) the corrupt activities of Chinese Communist Party officials and Eastern European oligarchs, and (5) the effect of lifting the United Nations arms embargo on Iran.

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Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021

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Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] · 0 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 3905, the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (2020-11-04)

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Words on this page, explained (4)

Authorization: A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Fiscal year: The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.
Statute: A written law passed by a legislature. A statute can be changed by a later law; changing a constitution needs an amendment.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s3905.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>

Record fed-us-cong116-s3905 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116