HPSCI Passes FY2027 Intelligence Authorization Act With AI Expansion and Counterintelligence Reforms

The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence passed the fiscal year 2027 Intelligence Authorization Act out of committee on Monday, according to a committee announcement 1. Chairman Crawford said the bill increases funding for frontier AI models across intelligence and cyber missions, creates a Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer within ODNI to coordinate AI strategy, and codifies and expands NSA's Artificial Intelligence Security Center, tasking it with benchmarking and testing US and foreign AI models and evaluating risks including data poisoning, deception, and sleeper-agent behavior 12. The bill also directs the president to issue policy within six months maximizing use of classified data at the most sensitive levels for training or refining AI models, grants the IC Inspector General expanded law enforcement authorities, restricts National Labs funding tied to countries of concern including China, Russia, and Iran, and bars intelligence funding to universities linked to specified PRC entities 12. The Senate Intelligence Committee reported its own version on a 14-3 vote in May 1. Punchbowl News reported that Democrats used the closed-door markup to push amendments on election security, the Iran war, and U.S. strikes on suspected drug boats 3.