# 119-hr-5167: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 119-hr-5167, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] (R-AR); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-30). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5167 - As of: 2026-09-30 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-hr-5167 - Congress: 119 - Title: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 - Status: in_committee - Introduced: 2025-09-08 - Sponsor: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] (R-AR) - Cosponsors: 0 - Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-09-30 ## Summary **Creates a Senate‑confirmed National Counterintelligence Center.** It would centralize counterintelligence authority and reshape how the intelligence community buys, audits, and trains on open‑source and commercial information. - Would give the new National Counterintelligence Center broad authorities to direct counterintelligence activities, access IC information, set doctrine and conduct damage assessments, and chair a multiagency Task Force. This affects intelligence operators and agency leaders who carry out counterintelligence missions. - Would tighten rules for open‑source intelligence, commercially available information, and publicly available information by requiring audits, mandatory training, prior approvals for transfers and reprogramming, and more public budget transparency. This affects DoD and IC buyers and commercial data vendors. - Would change workforce rules and benefits, add CIA authorities for limited unmanned aircraft system interception with notification and safeguards, and set specific FY2026 authorizations including $674.5 million for the Intelligence Community Management Account and $514.0 million for the CIA retirement fund. *Would authorize about $1.2 billion in named FY2026 accounts plus additional classified authorizations, increasing FY2026 intelligence spending authority.* ## Provisions PRIA read - VA coverage for some CIA injuries: benefit, high. If enacted, some CIA employees who are veterans would get VA benefits as if an injury happened on active duty. The covered service would be defined in a classified annex. This would apply to injuries or illnesses from before, on, or after the bill becomes law. - New checks on secret DoD vendors: benefit, medium. If enacted, DoD would build a secure system to oversee all commercial vendors and subcontractors that support clandestine work. DoD could withhold some vendor details for security, but must tell defense committees within 7 days and explain why. A plan would be due in 180 days, with full implementat… - Shared cartel intel and drug budget reports: benefit, medium. If enacted, the intelligence community and federal law enforcement would use a shared system to track cartel and transnational crime data, with twice‑yearly briefings through 2028. The DNI would also deliver a yearly, consolidated counternarcotics budget summary within 30 days after the classified… - New workplace rules for intel staff: mixed, medium. If enacted, intelligence agencies could not base hiring or promotions on political or ideological activism or on protected traits. The DIA would have to give employees unclassified comments and scores in performance reviews, and finish a review within 30 days for many who leave. DOE staff traveling… - CIA could stop dangerous drones: mixed, medium. If enacted, the CIA could detect, seize, or disable a drone over specially designated property when there is a credible threat. It could jam signals, take control, confiscate the drone, or destroy it if needed; seized drones could be forfeited. The CIA would follow FAA‑coordinated guidance, contact… - More alerts to Congress on intel moves: mixed, medium. If enacted, agencies would give Congress faster, fuller notices on key intelligence actions. The FBI would report counts of U.S. persons on the terrorist watchlist by January 31, 2026, and then yearly for two years; notify leaders within 5 days when it opens a counterintelligence probe of a federal… - Tighter AI and data rules for intel: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would tighten how the intelligence community uses AI and open‑source data. NSA would create an AI Security Playbook (first report in 180 days, final in one year). DNI would set shared metrics within 270 days and speed AI approvals, with notices if a review runs past 60 days. Th… - More NRO buying; NGA and NRO boards end: mixed, medium. If enacted, the NRO Director could use a higher deal threshold of $500 million (instead of $75 million) when delegated authority, after giving a 14‑day notice and certifying the deal is essential to national security. The NRO could also buy commercial remote‑sensing imagery and data (not analytics)… - Short-term authority to move intel funds: mixed, low. If enacted, for 180 days after passage the counterintelligence center could shift staff and reprogram National Intelligence Program funds to stand up new functions. The Director would have to notify the listed committees within 30 days after any transfer or reprogramming. ## Related bills - 119-hr-3816: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025 - 119-hr-9363: AI Security and Innovation Act - 119-hr-7613: ALERT Act - 119-hr-3898: PERMIT Act - 119-hr-3132: CHOICE for Veterans Act of 2025 - 119-hr-687: MERIT Act of 2025 ## Sources - [119-hr-5167 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5167) ## Related - [119-hr-3816: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3816) - [119-hr-9363: AI Security and Innovation Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9363) - [119-hr-7613: ALERT Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7613) - [119-hr-3898: PERMIT Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3898) - [119-hr-3132: CHOICE for Veterans Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3132) - [119-hr-687: MERIT Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-687) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5167 (as of 2026-09-30).