Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019
Latest action. By Senator Burr from select committeeA committee created for a specific purpose or period, usually to investigate something, rather than to hold permanent jurisdiction over a subject.Read the full definition (opens a new tab) on Intelligence filed written report. Report No. 115-298. Additional views filed.
Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019
This bill reauthorizes appropriations for FY2018-FY2019 for intelligence community programs and activities and adjusts personnel limits. It also authorizes appropriations for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund for FY2018-FY2019.
The intelligence community agencies are authorized to provide higher pay for positions requiring expertise in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and for cyber-related positions.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) shall: (1) assist the Department of Homeland Security in sharing classified information regarding threats to state election systems to certain senior state election officials, who will receive top secret security clearances; and (2) designate a national counterintelligence officer within the National Counterintelligence and Security Center to lead, manage, and coordinate matters relating to election security.
The bill sets forth provisions regarding security clearances.
The bill contains several directives for the ODNI related to Russia, including to: (1) assess Russian threat finance (which includes the financing of cyber operations and sanctions evasion), and (2) provide notice of travel by diplomatic and consular personnel of Russia.
The Department of Energy shall establish a two-year pilot program for securing energy infrastructure.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in Senate" stage on June 28, 2018. 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 July 11, 2018: By Senator Burr from Select Committee on Intelligence filed written report. Report No. 115-298. Additional views filed.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the Senate
- Passage by the House
- 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 115th Congress (2017-18), 442 of the 11,421 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 3.9 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?
Richard Burr (R-NC) introduced it on June 28, 2018. 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 June 28, 2018, 2996 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 2983 days ago, on July 11, 2018.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 115th Congress has not finished by January 3, 2019 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
- SenateIn committee, no floor vote yet
- HouseAwaits Senate passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers