Sponsor
Rick Crawford
Representative · R-AR
The bill authorizes and funds FY2027 intelligence operations and provides targeted support for employees and retirees while clarifying legal scope, but it does so with limited public transparency, concentrated executive control over classified budget details, and added short‑term spending that could increase deficit pressures and create future funding or oversight risks.
Federal intelligence activities are authorized to continue in FY2027, preserving intelligence collection and national security operations.
Federal employees can receive legally authorized pay, retirement, or benefit increases without delay because the Act allows appropriations to be topped up to cover those increases.
CIA retirees and surviving beneficiaries receive $514 million in FY2027 funding for retirement and disability benefits, supporting their incomes and health coverage eligibility.
Much of the intelligence budget details remain classified and the public cannot see total authorized intelligence appropriations in the public text, limiting transparency and public accountability for taxpayer funds.
The President controls distribution of classified budget details within the executive branch, concentrating access and potentially reducing independent oversight by Congress and others with a need to know.
Adds at least $514 million in FY2027 spending (plus potential supplemental pay/benefit top-ups), increasing federal outlays and potentially contributing to the deficit unless offsets are identified.
Based on analysis of 4 sections of legislative text.
Authorizes FY2027 appropriations for intelligence activities, sets ICMA funding at $591M, funds CIA retirement with $514M, and requires a classified Schedule of Authorizations be shared with appropriations committees and the President.
Representative · R-AR
Official title: 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.
Introduced July 9, 2026 by Rick Crawford · Last progress July 9, 2026
Authorizes and provides funding measures for U.S. intelligence activities in fiscal year 2027, including a classified Schedule of Authorizations, funding for the Intelligence Community Management Account (ICMA), and a one-time payment to the CIA Retirement and Disability Fund. It also clarifies that the bill's authorization does not create new legal authorities for intelligence activities and allows pay/benefit increases for federal employees where already authorized by law. The bill requires the classified Schedule of Authorizations to be supplied to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees and the President, limits public disclosure of that schedule, and permits the President to distribute the classified schedule within the executive branch as needed to implement the budget.