The Senate Intelligence Committee's Intelligence Authorization Act for FY 2027 contains a series of provisions aimed at strengthening intelligence cooperation with U.S. partners. One of them, known as Section 622, goes further than the others and would amend the National Security Act of 1947 itself by adding Section 1115 to govern intelligence sharing with Israel. The legislation was advanced by the Senate Intelligence Committee helmed by Rep. Tom Cotton, (R-Ark.), the committee's chair, and was eventually approved in May. The amendment directs the president, acting through the director of national intelligence and, when necessary, the secretary of defense, to “expand and enhance intelligence sharing” with Israel. It identifies terrorism, cybersecurity threats, sanctions evasion, adversarial technology proliferation, missile threats, unmanned systems, air and space domain awareness, and other regional security concerns as subjects for expanded intelligence cooperation. The amendment also limits when intelligence sharing can be reduced. Intelligence sharing with Israel “shall not be suspended, reduced, or otherwise materially limited” unless the President determines that a “specific and identifiable national security concern” justifies doing so.