INTELLIGENCE SERVICES related term(s) Espionage

Amendments

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: declassify information relative to origin of coronavirus (S. 619), consideration (H. Res. 199), H1162, H1171 [8MR]

Bills and resolutions

Appropriations: authorizing (see S. 2103), S2221 [22JN] (see H.R. 3932), H2779 [7JN]

Atrocities Prevention Board: modify and expand annual report and require additional review of U.S. assistance provided to certain countries identified as being at risk of atrocities by such report (see H.R. 4871), H3949 [25JY]

China: condemn violation of U.S. airspace by high-altitude surveillance balloon (see S. Res. 49), S313 [9FE] (see S. Res. 66), S426 [15FE] (see H. Res. 104), H781 [8FE]

——— hold accountable for violation of U.S. airspace and sovereignty with high-altitude surveillance balloon (see H.R. 1151), H873 [24FE]

——— outline effective U.S. sanctions strategy in event of Taiwan invasion and issue report on strategic vulnerabilities and leverage China could exploit against U.S. economy (see S. 1074), S1088 [30MR] (see H.R. 2449), H1692 [30MR]

CIA: award payments to employees of Air America (see S. 3047), S5048 [17OC] (see H.R. 6049), H5104 [25OC]

——— submit to Congress intelligence assessment on Sinaloa Cartel and Jalisco Cartel (see H.R. 6767), H6941 [13DE]

Classified information: improve classification and declassification of national security information (see S. 1518), S1602 [10MY] (see S. 3495), S5961 [13DE] (see H.R. 5977), H5020 [17OC]

Colleges and universities: require FBI to create list of foreign intelligence threats to higher education and require reporting to Dept. of Education of certain gifts from such entities (see S. 360), S312 [9FE] (see H.R. 1146), H866 [21FE]

Committee on Afghanistan (Joint, Select): establish (see S. 170), S172 [31JA]

Courts: ensure that politically derived information is not used in applications for certain orders to Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (see H.R. 4454), H3159 [30JN]

Cuba: condemn discussion and implementation of agreement with China to build spy base in Cuba (see H. Con. Res. 52), H2884 [13JN]

Dept. of Commerce: require continuation of export controls relative to Huawei Technologies Co. (see H.R. 686), H576 [31JA]

Dept. of Defense: establish Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer Governing Council (see S. 3004), S4916 [3OC]

——— establish working group to develop and coordinate artificial intelligence initiative among certain allied nations known as Five Eyes countries (see H.R. 6425), H5892 [15NO]

——— submit report on effects on national security of surveillance conducted by China via high-altitude surveillance balloon shot down in U.S. airspace (see H.R. 6625), H6207 [6DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: engage in cybersecurity cooperation with Abraham Accords countries (see S. 1777), S1843 [31MY]

——— implement standardized training program for Office of Intelligence and Analysis employees (see H.R. 4429), H3158 [30JN]

——— improve collection of intelligence relative to activities by drug trafficking organizations in certain foreign countries (see H.R. 597), H489 [27JA]

——— prohibit funding to establish Homeland Intelligence Experts Group (see H.R. 5729), H4498 [26SE]

——— provide for remediation of cybersecurity vulnerabilities (see H.R. 285), H202 [11JA]

Dept. of Justice: appoint Special Counsel to investigate and prosecute charges arising from letter entitled ‘‘Public Statement on Hunter Biden Emails’’ involving election interference (see H.R. 4807), H3888 [20JY]

——— report to Congress on activities relative to countering Chinese national security threats (see H.R. 5404), H4263 [12SE]

Dept. of State: assess U.S. capacity to effectively marshal disparate elements of national power to counter adversary political warfare campaigns (see H.R. 4690), H3640 [17JY]

——— provide greater transparency relative to China’s bilateral security agreements and joint police initiatives (see S. 520), S457 [16FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: amend start date of Financial Crimes Enforcement Network pilot program on sharing with foreign branches, subsidiaries and affiliates (see H.R. 5524), H4379 [18SE]

Drugs: strengthen imposition of sanctions on associates and facilitators of fentanyl traffickers (see H.R. 6505), H5982 [29NO]

FAA: extend prohibition on Airport Improvement Program funds from being provided to entities that have violated U.S. intellectual property rights, and therefore pose threat to national security (see S. 3473), S5919 [12DE]

Federal agencies and departments: increase availability of unclassified open-source intelligence products in Federal Government (see H.R. 6329), H5667 [9NO]

——— prevent agencies from using unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) to conduct surveillance of U.S. citizens (see H.R. 84), H101 [9JA]

——— prohibit use of foreign adversarial blockchain networks (see H.R. 6307), H5651 [8NO]

——— provide joint reports by relevant Federal agencies to Congress relative to incidents of terrorism (see S. 945), S910 [22MR] (see H.R. 1693), H1325 [22MR]

Foreign countries: prohibit assistance to foreign governments that engage in use of foreign commercial spyware to target U.S. persons (see H.R. 5440), H4296 [13SE]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: extend certain expiring authorities, restore certain expired authorities, and institute reforms to protect civil liberties of U.S. persons (see S. 3351), S5639 [28NO]

——— implement reforms relating to foreign intelligence surveillance authorities (see S. 3234), S5402 [7NO] (see H.R. 6262), H5543 [7NO]

——— prohibit surveillance of U.S. persons and prohibit use of information acquired under such Act in any criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding or as part of any investigation (see S. 3372), S5692 [30NO]

——— reform certain authorities and provide greater transparency and oversight (see H.R. 6570), H6109 [4DE]

——— reform certain authorities and reauthorize authorities on searching of certain collections of communications (see H.R. 6611), H6206 [6DE]

——— repeal (see H.R. 237), H149 [10JA]

——— require Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court appointment of amicus curiae to assist in consideration of each application for order or review for U.S. citizens (see H.R. 6577), H6110 [4DE]

Foreign policy: address transnational repression by foreign governments against private individuals (see S. 831), S825 [16MR] (see H.R. 3654), H2596 [24MY]

Foreign Service Families Act: extend provisions to intelligence community (see H.R. 6796), H6983 [14DE]

Law enforcement: prohibit use of cell-site simulators by Federal, State and local law enforcement agencies without probable cause warrants (see H.R. 6194), H5362 [2NO]

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency: issue direct loans to certain small businesses (see H.R. 5515), H4346 [14SE]

National security: impose sanctions against certain persons engaged in proliferation or use of foreign commercial spyware (see H.R. 5522), H4379 [18SE] (see H.R. 5557), H4406 [19SE]

——— revoke security clearances of certain former members of intelligence community (see H.R. 4205), H2989 [20JN]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: declassify information relative to origin of coronavirus (see S. 619), S569 [1MR] (see H.R. 1346), H1112 (see H.R. 1376), H1113 [3MR]

——— declassify information relative to origin of coronavirus (S. 619), consideration (see H. Res. 199), H1147 [7MR]

——— produce national intelligence estimates on certain effects of climate change (see H.R. 2903), H2048 [26AP]

——— reform joint duty requirements in intelligence community (see H.R. 6799), H6983 [14DE]

——— submit to Congress annual reports on civilian casualties caused by certain operations of foreign governments (see H.R. 6517), H6048 [30NO]

——— take certain actions to evaluate attack by Hamas (terrorist organization) against Israel and related intelligence sharing efforts (see H.R. 6694), H6813 [11DE]

Postal Service: prohibit funding to implement Postal Inspection Service Internet Covert Operations Program (see H.R. 5211), H4186 [15AU]

Privacy: allow certain authorities relative to warrantless searching of collections of communications for U.S. persons to expire (see H. Res. 577), H3206 [11JY]

——— prevent law enforcement and intelligence agencies from obtaining subscriber or customer records in exchange for anything of value and address communications and records in possession of intermediary Internet providers (see S. 2576), S3753 [27JY] (see H.R. 4639), H3611 [14JY]

Saudi Arabia: protect Saudi dissidents in the U.S. (see H.R. 5833), H4909 [29SE]

Schiff, Representative: condemn and censure relative to whistleblower complaint against Donald J. Trump and alleged collusion between Trump Campaign and Russia (see H. Res. 437), H2546 [23MY] (see H. Res. 489), H2788 [9JN] (see H. Res. 512), H2959 [15JN] (see H. Res. 521), H2964 [16JN]

Taxation: expand treatment of moving expenses to employees and new appointees in intelligence community who move pursuant to change in assignment that requires relocation (see S. 2967), S4759 [28SE] (see H.R. 6778), H6941 [13DE]

U.S.-Israel Future of Warfare Research and Development Fund: establish to increase defense cooperation in areas of emerging technologies (see S. 1862), S2005 [7JN]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to those trained at Camp Ritchie, MD, known as ‘‘Ritchie Boys’’ (see H.R. 3545), H2455 [18MY]

Letters

Upholding Sovereignty of Airspace (USA) Act: Representative Jordan, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H1737 [17AP]

——— Representative McCaul, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), H1737 [17AP]

——— Representative Mike Rogers, Committee on Armed Services (House), H1737 [17AP]

Motions

Schiff, Representative: condemn and censure relative to whistleblower complaint against Donald J. Trump and alleged collusion between Trump Campaign and Russia (H. Res. 489), H2925 [14JN]

——— condemn and censure relative to whistleblower complaint against Donald J. Trump and alleged collusion between Trump Campaign and Russia (H. Res. 521), H3013 [21JN]

Notices

Intention to object to nomination of Timothy D. Haugh to be NSA Director and U.S. Cyber Command Chief, S5696 [30NO]

Remarks in House

China: condemn violation of U.S. airspace by high-altitude surveillance balloon, H698 [6FE]

——— condemn violation of U.S. airspace by high-altitude surveillance balloon (H. Res. 104), H794–H799 [9FE], E121 [14FE]

——— hold accountable for violation of U.S. airspace and sovereignty with high-altitude surveillance balloon (H.R. 1151), H1735–H1738 [17AP]

Cuba: condemn discussion and implementation of agreement with China to build spy base in Cuba (H. Con. Res. 52), H2955 [15JN]

Dept. of Defense: allow classification or facilitation of any communications by U.S. persons as misinformation, disinformation, or malinformation, H4600, H4601 [27SE]

——— prohibit from purchasing data that would otherwise require search warrant, court order, or subpoena, H3584, H3585 [14JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: improve collection of intelligence relative to activities by drug trafficking organizations in certain foreign countries, H2278 [11MY]

——— prohibit funding for Homeland Intelligence Experts Group, H4706, H4707 [27SE]

Dept. of Justice: release of report on special counsel investigation of origins of 2016 investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, H2333 [15MY]

Dept. of State: allow classification of communications by U.S. persons as misinformation, disinformation, or malinformation, H4768, H4769 [28SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: amend start date of Financial Crimes Enforcement Network pilot program on sharing with foreign branches, subsidiaries and affiliates (H.R. 5524), H6753, H6754 [11DE]

FBI: leak of internal memo relative to surveillance of Catholics, H1686 [30MR], H1795 [18AP]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: extend certain expiring authorities relative to collection of online communications from non-U.S. persons abroad, H6936–H6939 [13DE]

——— reauthorize certain provisions, H6200, H6201, H6202 [6DE]

——— reform certain authorities and reauthorize authorities on searching of certain collections of communications, H6955–H6958 [14DE]

——— reform certain authorities and reauthorize authorities on searching of certain collections of communications (H.R. 6611), H6824 [12DE]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: declassify information relative to origin of coronavirus (S. 619), H1123 [7MR], H1255–H1260 [10MR]

——— declassify information relative to origin of coronavirus (S. 619), consideration (H. Res. 199), H1161–H1173 [8MR]

Schiff, Representative: condemn and censure relative to whistleblower complaint against Donald J. Trump and alleged collusion between Trump Campaign and Russia (H. Res. 489), H2821 [13JN], H2924 [14JN]

——— condemn and censure relative to whistleblower complaint against Donald J. Trump and alleged collusion between Trump Campaign and Russia (H. Res. 521), H2980 [20JN], H3013–H3021, H3048 [21JN]

Trump, Donald J.: relationship between campaign and Russian officials, H3085 [22JN]

Remarks in Senate

Biden, President: address violation of U.S. airspace by Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon and other foreign airborne objects, S334, S338, S339, S342 [13FE], S371 [14FE], S414 [15FE]

Casey, Michael C.: confirmation as National Counterintelligence and Security Center Director, S4511 [14SE]

——— nomination to be National Counterintelligence and Security Center Director, S4418 [12SE]

China: condemn violation of U.S. airspace by high-altitude surveillance balloon, S246, S247 [7FE], S407 [15FE]

——— condemn violation of U.S. airspace by high-altitude surveillance balloon (S. Res. 49), S431 [15FE]

——— condemn violation of U.S. airspace by high-altitude surveillance balloon (S. Res. 66), S431 [15FE], S433 [16FE]

Classified information: improve classification and declassification of national security information, S5889 [11DE]

——— improve classification and declassification of national security information (S. 1518), S1989–S1991 [7JN]

Committee on Afghanistan (Joint, Select): establish, S987 [28MR]

Dept. of Defense: call for end of U.S. support to Saudi Arabia-led intervention in Yemen, S1068 [30MR]

——— close detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, S557 [1MR], S1861 [1JN]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: implement reforms relating to foreign and domestic intelligence surveillance authorities, S5950–S5955 [13DE]

——— reauthorize certain provisions, S4426 [13SE], S5591 [27NO]

Haugh, Timothy D.: nomination to be NSA Director and U.S. Cyber Command Chief, S5301 [1NO], S5690 [30NO], S6056 [19DE]

——— nomination to be NSA Director and U.S. Cyber Command Chief, unanimous-consent request, S5301 [1NO]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: declassify information relative to origin of coronavirus (S. 619), S612 [1MR]

——— designate Director as Executive Agent for Declassification to promote programs, processes, and systems and for directing resources relating to declassification in the Federal Government, S1454 [2MY]

Reports filed

Consideration of S. 619, COVID–19 Origin Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 199) (H. Rept. 118–7), H1147 [7MR]

COVID–19 Origin Act: Committee on Intelligence (House, Select) (H.R. 1376) (H. Rept. 118–32), H1689 [30MR]

Foreign Affiliates Sharing Pilot Program Extension Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 5524) (H. Rept. 118–304), H6813 [11DE]

Intelligence Services Appropriations: Committee on Intelligence (House, Select) (H.R. 3932) (H. Rept. 118–162), H4191 [18AU]

——— Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. 2103), S2221 [22JN]

——— Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. 2103) (S. Rept. 118–59), S2458 [13JY]

Nomination of Michael C. Casey To Be National Counterintelligence and Security Center Director: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select), S3618 [26JY]

Nomination of Timothy D. Haugh To Be NSA Director and U.S. Cyber Command Chief: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select), S2459 [13JY]

Protect Liberty and End Warrantless Surveillance Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 6570) (H. Rept. 118–307), H6813 [11DE]

Reform Certain Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Authorities and Reauthorize Authorities on Searching of Certain Collections of Communications: Committee on Intelligence (House, Select) (H.R. 6611) (H. Rept. 118–302), H6813 [11DE]

Reporting Efficiently to Proper Officials in Response to Terrorism (REPORT) Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 945) (S. Rept. 118–46), S2221 [22JN]

Taiwan Protection and National Resilience Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 1074), S2068 [13JN]

Statements

Intelligence Services Appropriations, S5990 [14DE], H6981 [14DE]

Texts of

H. Res. 104, condemn violation of U.S. airspace by Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon, H794 [9FE]

H. Res. 199, consideration of S. 619, COVID–19 Origin Act, H1161 [8MR]

H. Res. 489, condemn and censure Representative Schiff relative to whistleblower complaint against Donald J. Trump and alleged collusion between Trump Campaign and Russia, H2924 [14JN]

H. Res. 521, condemn and censure Representative Schiff relative to whistleblower complaint against Donald J. Trump and alleged collusion between Trump Campaign and Russia, H3013 [21JN]

H.R. 1151, Upholding Sovereignty of Airspace (USA) Act, H1735 [17AP]

H.R. 5524, Foreign Affiliates Sharing Pilot Program Extension Act, H6753 [11DE]

S. 619, COVID–19 Origin Act, S612 [1MR], H1255 [10MR]

S. Res. 49, condemn violation of U.S. airspace by high-altitude Chinese surveillance balloon, S329 [9FE]

S. Res. 66, condemn violation of U.S. airspace by high-altitude Chinese surveillance balloon, S429 [15FE]