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Intelligence Authorization Act
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<p>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. The first act was passed along with the <a href="/facts/Intelligence_Oversight_Act/KDrN9JqS">Intelligence Oversight Act</a> of 1980, which allowed <a href="/facts/United_States_Congress/mJlU46K7">Congress</a> and members of the agency to be included in important decisions and operations carried out by the <a href="/facts/Central_Intelligence_Agency/U7urmQYL">Central Intelligence Agency</a> (CIA). The first Intelligence Authorization Act was also an attempt to limit the authority and secrecy within the CIA regarding foreign and domestic affairs, though its applications extends to each of the intelligence agencies, not just to the CIA. </p>