Intelligence Authorization Act

Intelligence Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1991

Long title	To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1991 for intelligence activities of the United States Government, the Intelligence Community Staff, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.
Enacted by	the 102nd United States Congress
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 1455 by Dave McCurdy (D–OK) on March 18, 1991 Committee consideration by United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Passed the House on May 1, 1991 (Voice vote) Passed the Senate on June 28, 1991 (Voice vote) Signed into law by President George H. W. Bush on August 14, 1991

The Intelligence Authorization Act is a yearly bill implemented in order to codify covert, clandestine operations and defines requirements for reporting such operations to the Congress.^[1] The first act was passed along with the Intelligence Oversight Act of 1980, which allowed Congress and members of the agency to be included in important decisions and operations carried out by the Central Intelligence Agency.^[2] The first Intelligence Authorization Act was also an attempt to limit the authority and secrecy within the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) regarding foreign and domestic affairs, though its applications extends to each of the intelligence agencies, not just to the CIA.