S. 4615 · 119th Congress

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027

Introduced on May 20, 2026 by Tom Cotton (R-AR). Latest action (Aug 5, 2026): By Senator Cotton from Select Committee on Intelligence filed written report. Report No. 119-133. Additional and Minority views filed.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
May 20, 2026
Cosponsors
0
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Intelligence Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Accounting and auditing
  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Advanced technology and technological innovations
  • Advisory bodies
  • Africa
  • Appropriations
  • Arab-Israeli relations
  • Asia
  • Aviation and airports
  • Biological and life sciences
  • Central America
  • Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
  • China
  • Coast guard
  • Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
  • Computer security and identity theft
  • Computers and information technology
  • Conflicts and wars
  • Congressional officers and employees
  • Congressional oversight
  • Congressional-executive branch relations
  • Criminal procedure and sentencing
  • Data collection, sharing, protection
  • Department of Defense
  • Department of Energy
  • Department of Homeland Security
  • Department of Transportation
  • Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
  • Director of National Intelligence
  • Drug trafficking and controlled substances
  • Earth sciences
  • Egypt
  • El Salvador
  • Electric power generation and transmission
  • Employee benefits and pensions
  • Employee hiring
  • Employee performance
  • Employment and training programs
  • Employment discrimination and employee rights
  • Energy storage, supplies, demand
  • Espionage and treason
  • Europe
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
  • Federal officials
  • Government buildings, facilities, and property
  • Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
  • Government information and archives
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Guatemala
  • Honduras
  • Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
  • Intergovernmental relations
  • Internet, web applications, social media
  • Iran
  • Israel
  • Latin America
  • Mexico
  • Middle East
  • Military personnel and dependents
  • North America
  • North Korea
  • Oceania
  • Organized crime
  • Personnel records
  • Political parties and affiliation
  • Public contracts and procurement
  • Public-private cooperation
  • Research administration and funding
  • Research and development
  • Russia
  • Smuggling and trafficking
  • South Asia
  • Strategic materials and reserves
  • Subversive activities
  • Terrorism
  • Trade secrets and economic espionage
  • Travel and tourism
  • U.S. territories and protectorates
  • Ukraine
  • Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
  • Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Tom CottonR-ARSponsor

No cosponsors.

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. May 20, 2026Select Committee on Intelligence. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Cotton. Without written report.
  2. May 20, 2026 · SenateSelect Committee on Intelligence. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Cotton. Without written report.
  3. May 20, 2026 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 420.
  4. Aug 5, 2026By Senator Cotton from Select Committee on Intelligence filed written report. Report No. 119-133. Additional and Minority views filed.
  5. Aug 5, 2026 · SenateBy Senator Cotton from Select Committee on Intelligence filed written report. Report No. 119-133. Additional and Minority views filed.

Committees

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Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.