An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1980 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, for the Intelligence Community Staff, and for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, to authorize supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1979 for the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, and for other purposes.
Public Law 96-100 · S. 975 · 96th Congress · began in the Senate
Signed by Jimmy Carter (D) on Nov 2, 1979 · Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsor: Sen. Birch Bayh (D-IN)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votes
- HouseMethod not stated
- SenateMethod not stated
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Intelligence and Intelligence-Related Activities Authorization Act for Fiscal year 1980 - =Title I: Intelligence Activities= - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1980 for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities in certain departments, agencies, and other elements of the United States Government. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1980 for the conduct of activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to counter terrorism in the United States.
=Title II: Intelligence Community Staff= - Authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Staff for fiscal year 1980.
Establishes an end strength ceiling of 245 full-time Intelligence Community Staff employees.
=Title III: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System= - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1980 for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund.
=Title IV: Supplemental Authorization, Fiscal year 1979= - Authorizes supplemental appropriations for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States for fiscal year 1979.
=Title V: Technical Provisions= - Provides that appropriations authorized by this Act for Federal employee benefits may be increased by such additional or supplemental amounts as may be necessary for increases in such benefits authorized by law.
Extends annual dependents' educational travel benefits to employees of the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Data notes
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 21 actions.
- Nov 2, 1979Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- PresidentPresident · Public Law 96-100.
- Oct 25, 1979PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
- Oct 24, 1979PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in Senate.
- PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in House.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · House agreed to conference report.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in House: House agreed to conference report.
- Oct 17, 1979Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to conference report.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report.
- Oct 12, 1979Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 96-512.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed: Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 96-512.
- Jul 31, 1979Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in Senate.
- Jul 10, 1979Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in House.
- FloorFloor · Measure passed House, amended, in lieu of H. R. 3821.
- FloorFloor · Measure called up by unanimous consent in House.
- Jun 20, 1979FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate, amended.
- FloorFloor · Measure called up by unanimous consent in Senate.
- Jun 11, 1979CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Armed Services Committee
- Apr 23, 1979CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Armed Services Committee
- Apr 18, 1979CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Intelligence (Select) Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate
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Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.