S. 2610: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022

117th Congress · introduced 2021-08-04 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: By Senator Warner from Select Committee on Intelligence filed written report. Report No. 117-37. Additional views filed.

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Where it came from: introduced 2021-08-04 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: By Senator Warner from Select Committee on Intelligence filed written report. Report No. 117-37. Additional 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 2022

Plain summary

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 This bill authorizes various intelligence-related activities for FY2022 and addresses related issues. For example, the bill requires the National Counterintelligence and Security Center to periodically report to Congress and certain agencies; authorizes the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to support intelligence community activities related to personnel recruitment and retention, diversity, equity, and inclusion; establishes the position of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer of the Intelligence Community within the ODNI; prohibits transferring any National Reconnaissance Office element to the Space Force; establishes within the Central Intelligence Agency the Chaplain Corps to provide pastoral services; establishes a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of offering student loan repayment as a recruitment tool for certain Office of Intelligence and Analysis positions; prohibits any intelligence community element from collecting or analyzing a U.S. person's information based solely on activity protected by the First Amendment; modifies provisions related to submitting whistleblower complaints to Congress; requires intelligence community elements to immediately provide data relating to unidentified aerial phenomena to the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force and the National Air and Space Intelligence Center; requires each executive agency to establish an appeals process for individuals whose access to classified information has been denied or revoked; and requires a policy for the federal government on sharing derogatory information (generally information that may be relevant to the suitability of a federal contractor employee to have access to certain federal facilities) with an individual's employer.

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Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022

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Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] · 0 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 2610, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (2021-10-05)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] reported raising $20.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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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.
Securities: Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117s2610.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/s>

Record fed-us-cong117-s2610 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117