US Congress Senate Bill 3905 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on June 8 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-06-17 - By Senator Rubio from Select Committee on Intelligence filed written report. Report No. 116-233. Minority views filed.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021

Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-06-17	Senate	By Senator Rubio from Select Committee on Intelligence filed written report. Report No. 116-233. Minority views filed.
2020-06-08	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 477.
2020-06-08	Senate	Select Committee on Intelligence. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Rubio. Without written report.

SB838 (Related) 2019-03-14 - Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.
SB2242 (Related) 2019-07-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3905/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s3905/BILLS-116s3905rs.pdf