Intelligence Authorization Legislation: Status and Challenges

Grimmett, Richard F.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Legislation;    Intelligence services;    Intelligence officers;   

RP-ID  :  R40240
RP-ID  :  R40240_2012Feb13

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Since President Bush signed the FY2005 Intelligence Authorization bill in December 2004, no subsequent intelligence authorization legislation was enacted until the FY2010 bill was signed by President Obama in October 2010 (after the end of FY2010), becoming P.L. 111-259. Although the National Security Act requires intelligence activities to be specifically authorized, this requirement has been satisfied in recent years by one-sentence catchall provisions in defense appropriations acts authorizing intelligence activities. This procedure meets the statutory requirement but has, according to some observers, weakened the ability of Congress to oversee intelligence activities.