Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Oversees the CIA, the Director of National Intelligence and the intelligence work of agencies such as the NSA and FBI. It writes the yearly intelligence authorization bill, works on surveillance laws and reviews nominees for top intelligence jobs.
Oversees the CIA and other intelligence agencies, writes the yearly intelligence bill and reviews intelligence nominees.
WHAT IT DECIDES
The CIAIntelligence funding billSurveillance law (FISA)Covert action oversightIntelligence nominees
The CIAIntelligence funding billSurveillance law (FISA)Covert action oversightIntelligence nominees
ITS RECORD THIS CONGRESS
24 bills sent here. 2 came out.24 bills in. 2 came out.
REFERRED24
CAME OUT8.3%2
PASSED THE SENATE0%0
BECAME LAW—0
8.3% came out, against a Senate average of 12%.
REFERRED
24
THIS CONGRESS
CAME OUT
2
8.3% OF PREVIOUS
PASSED THE SENATE
0
0% OF PREVIOUS
BECAME LAW
0
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Bills can be sent to more than one committee. “Came out” means this committee voted to report it or was discharged from it, or the full Senate passed it.
AFTER THEY LEFT COMMITTEEON THE FLOOR
None of the bills that came out has had a floor vote yet.
BILLS WAITING HERE · 21
What the chair hasn’t taken up yetNot taken up yet
S. 5009 · SENT JUL 160 COSPONSORSS. 5009SENT JUL 16MERIT Act of 2026TL;DR The Director of National Intelligence has a national security expertise requirement. The bill would extend that requirement to acting directors and officials performing the director’s duties.Elissa SlotkinD-MIElissa SlotkinD-MI0 COSPONSORSS. 4764 · SENT JUN 110 COSPONSORSS. 4764SENT JUN 11Extend Title VII surveillance authoritiesTL;DR Federal law sets an expiration date for certain foreign-intelligence surveillance authorities. This bill would extend the listed Title VII authorities’ expiration date to July 2, 2026. It would not change the authorities’ terms in the text provided.Tom CottonR-ARTom CottonR-AR0 COSPONSORSS. 4760 · SENT JUN 110 COSPONSORSS. 4760SENT JUN 11Extend surveillance authorities under FISA Title VIITL;DR Federal law sets end dates for certain foreign-intelligence surveillance authorities. This bill would extend specified authorities under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act through June 19, 2026, with the change taking effect on the earlier of enactment or June 11, 2026.Tom CottonR-ARTom CottonR-AR0 COSPONSORSS. 4740 · SENT JUN 100 COSPONSORSS. 4740SENT JUN 10Amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to improve transparencyTL;DR Federal surveillance law sets rules for collecting foreign-intelligence information and reporting on its use. The bill would require public release of certain surveillance court decisions and reports, and add reporting to Congress about sensitive queries and searches. It would also extend the specified Section 702 expiration dates to July 17, 2026.Ron WydenD-ORRon WydenD-OR0 COSPONSORSS. 4739 · SENT JUN 100 COSPONSORSS. 4739SENT JUN 10Prohibit reverse targeting under foreign intelligence surveillanceTL;DR Foreign-intelligence surveillance can collect information connected to people in the United States while agencies seek information about people abroad. The bill would require court authorization for certain intelligence collection directly targeting people in the United States and prohibit using foreign targets to obtain information about particular people here, with emergency and consent exceptions. It would also extend Section 702’s repeal date to September 18, 2026.Ron WydenD-ORRon WydenD-OR0 COSPONSORS
MEMBERS · 17
In seniority order, so you can see who’s next in lineBy seniority, so you see who’s next in line
REPUBLICANS9 SEATS
1Tom CottonARCHAIR2James E. RischID3Susan M. CollinsME4John CornynTXLOST PRIMARY5Jerry MoranKS6James LankfordOK7Mike RoundsSD8Todd YoungIN9Ted BuddNCDEMOCRATS AND INDEPENDENTS8 SEATS
1Mark R. WarnerVAVICE CHAIR2Ron WydenOR3Martin HeinrichNM4Angus S. King, Jr.ME5Michael F. BennetCO6Kirsten E. GillibrandNY7Jon OssoffGA8Mark KellyAZWHERE THEY’RE FROM16 STATES
AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFL
Darker means more members. Maine has the most, with 2.
WHAT IT HANDLES
Mostly military and national security
Military and national security2292%
Foreign affairs28.3%
HEARINGS AND MARKUPS
When it meets
16
hearings this Congress
0
markups
A markup is where members amend a bill and vote to send it to the floor.
Nothing scheduled yet. Committees post meetings about a week ahead.
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