Senate Intelligence Committee Advances FY 2027 Intelligence Authorization Act with New Notification Rules for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan

Section 620 requires continued intelligence support for Ukraine during its conflict with Russia, terminated 120 days after an agreement with Russia. The director of national intelligence, in coordination with the CIA director and DIA director, can identify the national-security concern necessary to suspend support.

The section lists compromise by a foreign adversary, voluntary requests from Ukraine, human rights violations, atrocities, and violations of the law of armed conflict as examples of circumstances that can justify suspension.

Section 621 amends the National Security Act of 1947 to create a notification regime covering Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan, and any other country designated by the president as a country of significant concern. The director of national intelligence must notify the congressional intelligence committees within 48 hours whenever support or activities provided to any designated country are paused, terminated, restricted, or materially downgraded.

Neither Section 622 nor Section 224 requires Israel to provide reciprocal access to technology, software, source code, or intelligence as a condition of expanded cooperation.

The amendment contains no new counterintelligence conditions beyond general references to protecting sources and methods. U.S. Army purchased two Iron Dome batteries and requested the system’s source code for integration into the Army’s air-defense architecture.

Army officials concluded the batteries could not be fully integrated, abandoned plans to purchase additional batteries, and scrapped a project expected to cost more than $1 billion. U.S. Navy intelligence analyst, served 30 years in prison for spying for Israel.

After release he moved to Israel, where he was publicly celebrated by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and has announced plans to seek election to Israel’s parliament, the Knesset. The Washington Post reported in 1991 on allegations that intelligence obtained through Pollard was later passed to the Soviet Union.

The Defense Intelligence Agency recently elevated Israel’s threat designation in its assessment of foreign intelligence threats to the United States. com contacted the office of the committee chair and inquired about the amendment’s effect on presidential flexibility, the absence of reciprocity requirements, the Jonathan Pollard case, disputes involving Iron Dome software access, and the decision to amend the National Security Act directly rather than create a temporary program.

The office did not respond.