Intelligence and Intelligence Related Activities Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1980
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Intelligence and Intelligence-Related Activities Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1980 - Title I: Intelligence Activities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1980 for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities in certain departments, agencies and other elements of the United States Government. Title II: Intelligence Community Staff - Authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Staff for fiscal year 1980 to provide the Director of Central Intelligence with necessary support staff. Establishes an end strength ceiling of 245 full-time employees. Title III: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1980 for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund. Title IV: Central Intelligence Agency Firearms Authority - Amends the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 to authorize Agency personnel to carry firearms while in the discharge of their official duties as prescribed by the Director. Sets forth the scope of official duties within the United States for purposes of this title. Title V: Technical Provisions - Provides for increased authorizations for benefits for Federal employees, should such increases be necessary. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on March 13, 1979. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on March 13, 1979: Referred to House Select Committee on Intelligence.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 96th Congress (1979-80), 613 of the 12,581 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 4.9 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
EDWARD BOLAND (D-MA) introduced it on March 13, 1979. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on March 13, 1979, 17348 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 17348 days ago, on March 13, 1979.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 96th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1981 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers