[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. 2202 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2202
To modify the responsibilities and authorities of the Director of
National Intelligence, to reform the Office of the Director of National
Intelligence, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 27 (legislative day, June 24), 2025
Mr. Cotton (for himself, Mr. Risch, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Budd, and Mr.
Lankford) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence
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A BILL
To modify the responsibilities and authorities of the Director of
National Intelligence, to reform the Office of the Director of National
Intelligence, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Intelligence
Community Efficiency and Effectiveness Act of 2025''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Modification of responsibilities and authorities of the
Director of National Intelligence.
Sec. 3. Reforms relating to the Office of the Director of National
Intelligence.
Sec. 4. Appointment of Deputy Director of National Intelligence and
Assistant Directors of National
Intelligence.
Sec. 5. Reform of the National Intelligence Council and National
Intelligence Officers.
Sec. 6. Transfer of National Counterintelligence and Security Center to
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Sec. 7. Redesignation and reform of National Counterterrorism Center.
Sec. 8. Transfer and reform of National Counterproliferation and
Biosecurity Center.
Sec. 9. National Intelligence Task Forces.
Sec. 10. Repeal of various positions, units, centers, councils, and
offices.
Sec. 11. Limitation on use of National Intelligence Program funds for
certain entities.
Sec. 12. Limitation on use of funds for facilities and property of
Office of the Director of National
Intelligence.
Sec. 13. Termination of National Intelligence University.
Sec. 14. Ending radical and wasteful government diversity, equity, and
inclusion programs and preferencing in the
intelligence community.
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITIES OF THE
DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE.
(a) Repeal of Sunsetted Requirement for Semi-Annual Report.--
Subsection (c) of section 102A of the National Security Act of 1947 (50
U.S.C. 3024) is amended by striking paragraph (7).
(b) Repeal of Authority To Transfer Personnel to New National
Intelligence Centers.--Such section is amended by striking subsection
(e).
(c) Tasking and Other Authorities.--
(1) Repeal of authority to oversee certain national
intelligence centers, to establish national intelligence
centers, and to prescribe personnel policies and programs.--
Subsection (f) of such section is amended--
(A) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3); and
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (11) as
paragraphs (2) through (9).
(2) Accountability reviews.--Paragraph (5) of such
subsection, as redesignated by paragraph (1)(B), is amended--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``conduct''
and inserting ``direct''; and
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``or with
respect to supervision of the Central Intelligence
Agency''.
(3) Independent assessments and audits of compliance with
minimum insider threat policies.--Paragraph (6)(A) of such
subsection, as redesignated by paragraph (1)(B), is amended by
striking ``conduct'' and inserting ``direct independent''.
(4) Independent evaluations of counterintelligence,
security, and insider threat program activities.--Paragraph
(6)(D) of such subsection, as redesignated by paragraph (1)(B),
is amended by striking ``carry out'' and inserting ``direct
independent''.
(5) Conforming amendment.--Subsection (m) of such section
is amended by striking ``In addition to authorities under
subsection (f)(3), the'' and inserting ``The''.
(d) Repeal of Requirement for Enhanced Personnel Management.--Such
section is further amended by striking subsection (l).
(e) Repeal of Requirement for Annual Report on Use of Other
Transaction Authority.--Subsection (n)(6) of such section is amended by
striking subparagraph (E).
(f) Analyses and Impact Statements Regarding Proposed Investment
Into the United States.--Subsection (z) of such section is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by inserting ``, or the head of an element of
the intelligence community to whom the Director has
delegated such review or investigation,'' after ``for
which the Director''; and
(B) by inserting ``or such head'' after
``materials, the Director''; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, or the head of an
element of the intelligence community to whom the Director has
delegated such review or investigation,'' after ``the
Director''.
(g) Plan for Reform of Intelligence Community Acquisition
Process.--
(1) Plan required.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National
Intelligence shall, in consultation with each head of an
element of the intelligence community, submit to the
congressional intelligence committees a plan to reform the
acquisition process of each element of the intelligence
community so that, to the maximum extent practicable, the
process uses existing authorities to expedite acquisitions and
includes a preference for acquisition of commercial solutions,
consistent with section 3453 of title 10, United States Code,
and Executive Order 14265 (90 Fed. Reg. 15621; relating to
modernizing defense acquisitions and spurring innovation in the
defense industrial base).
(2) Itemization of major planned or pending acquisitions.--
The plan required by paragraph (1) shall include an itemization
of major planned or pending acquisitions for each element of
the intelligence community.
(h) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) In general.--Such section is further amended--
(A) by redesignating subsections (f) through (k) as
subsections (e) through (j), respectively;
(B) by redesignating subsections (m) through (z) as
subsections (k) through (x), respectively;
(C) in subsection (e), as redesignated by
subparagraph (A), in paragraph (5), as redesignated by
subsection (d)(1)(B), by striking ``under subsection
(m)'' and inserting ``under subsection (k)''; and
(D) in subsection (v)(3), as redesignated by
subparagraph (B), by striking ``under subsection
(f)(8)'' and inserting ``under subsection (e)(7)''.
(2) External.--
(A) National security act of 1947.--Section 313(1)
of such Act (50 U.S.C. 3079(1)) is amended by striking
``with section 102A(f)(8)'' and inserting ``with
section 102A(e)(6)''.
(B) Reducing over-classification act.--Section
7(a)(1)(A) of the Reducing Over-Classification Act (50
U.S.C. 3344(a)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ``of
section 102A(g)(1)'' and inserting ``of section
102A(f)(1)''.
(C) Intelligence reform and terrorism prevention
act of 2004.--Section 1019(a) of the Intelligence
Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C.
3364(a)) is amended by striking ``out section 102A(h)''
and inserting ``out section 102A(g)''.
SEC. 3. REFORMS RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL
INTELLIGENCE.
(a) Composition.--Subsection (c) of section 103 of the National
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3025) is amended--
(1) by striking paragraphs (3), (9), (12), and (13);
(2) in paragraph (15), by striking ``, including national
intelligence centers'';
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (8) as
paragraphs (3) through (7), respectively;
(4) by redesignating paragraphs (10) and (11) as paragraphs
(8) and (9), respectively; and
(5) by redesignating paragraphs (14) and (15) as paragraphs
(10) and (11), respectively.
(b) Limitation on Size of Staff.--Subsection (d) of such section is
amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
``(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the staff of the
Office shall not exceed 650 full-time equivalent employees and
detailees who are employed by, assigned to, or under a contract to
serve on, or otherwise serving or affiliated with the Office.
``(B) Service in a national intelligence task force under section
119B shall not be considered service as an employee or detailee for
purposes of subparagraph (A).''.
(c) Location of the Office.--Subsection (f) of such section is
amended by inserting ``, with facilities necessary to carry out the
core intelligence mission of the Office'' before the period at the end.
SEC. 4. APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND
ASSISTANT DIRECTORS OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE.
(a) Redesignation of Principal Deputy Director of National
Intelligence as Deputy Director of National Intelligence.--
(1) In general.--Subsection (a) of section 103A of the
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3026) is amended--
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking
``Principal''; and
(B) by striking ``Principal'' each place it
appears.
(2) Conforming amendments.--Subsection (c) of such section
is amended--
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking
``Principal''; and
(B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``Principal''.
(3) Additional conforming amendment.--
(A) National security act of 1947.--Such Act is
further amended--
(i) in section 103(c)(2) (50 U.S.C.
3025(c)(2)), by striking ``Principal'';
(ii) in section 103I(b)(1) (50 U.S.C.
3034(b)(1)), by striking ``Principal'';
(iii) in section 106(a)(2)(A) (50 U.S.C.
3041(a)(2)(A)), by striking ``Principal''; and
(iv) in section 116(b) (50 U.S.C. 3053(b)),
by striking ``Principal'';
(B) Damon paul nelson and matthew young pollard
intelligence authorization act for fiscal years 2018,
2019, and 2020.--Section 6310 of the Damon Paul Nelson
and Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization
Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020 (50 U.S.C.
3351b) is amended by striking ``Principal'' each place
it appears.
(C) National defense authorization act for fiscal
year 2022.--Section 1683(b)(3) of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (50 U.S.C.
3373(b)(3)) is amended by striking ``Principal'' both
places it appears.
(b) Elimination of Deputy Directors of National Intelligence and
Establishment of Assistant Directors of National Intelligence.--
(1) In general.--Section 103A(b) of the National Security
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3026(b)) is amended--
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking
``Deputy'' and inserting ``Assistant'';
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``may'' and all
that follows through the period at the end and
inserting the following: ``is an Assistant Director of
National Intelligence for Mission Integration and an
Assistant Director of National Intelligence for Policy
and Capabilities, who shall be appointed by the
Director of National Intelligence.''; and
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Deputy'' and
inserting ``Assistant''.
(2) Conforming amendment.--Section 102A(l)(4)(F) of such
Act (50 U.S.C. 3024(l)(4)(F)), as redesignated by section
2(i)(1)(B), is amended by striking ``a Deputy'' and inserting
``an Assistant''.
(c) References to Principal Deputy Director of National
Intelligence in Law.--Any reference in law to the Principal Deputy
Director of National Intelligence shall be treated as a reference to
the Deputy Director of National Intelligence.
(d) Clerical Amendments.--
(1) Section heading.--Such section is further amended, in
the section heading, by striking ``deputy directors of national
intelligence'' and inserting ``deputy director of national
intelligence and assistant directors of national
intelligence''.
(2) Table of contents.--The table of contents for such Act
in the matter preceding section 2 of such Act is amended by
striking the item relating to section 103A and inserting the
following:
``Sec. 103A. Deputy Director of National Intelligence and Assistant
Directors of National Intelligence.''.
SEC. 5. REFORM OF THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE COUNCIL AND NATIONAL
INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS.
(a) National Intelligence Council.--
(1) Duties and responsibilities.--Subsection (c)(1) of
section 103B of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C.
3027) is amended--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``produce''
and inserting ``coordinate the production of''; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and the
requirements and resources of such collection and
production''.
(2) Staff.--Subsection (f) of such section is amended by
striking ``The'' and inserting ``Subject to section 103(d)(1),
the''.
(b) National Intelligence Officers.--The Director of National
Intelligence shall--
(1) transfer the functions, duties, and responsibilities of
the National Intelligence Managers, as in effect on the day
before the date of the enactment of this Act, to the National
Intelligence Officers; and
(2) terminate the position of National Intelligence
Manager.
SEC. 6. TRANSFER OF NATIONAL COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY CENTER TO
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.
(a) Transfers.--
(1) Transfer of center, staff, and resources.--Not later
than the date specified in subsection (e), the Director of
National Intelligence shall transfer the National
Counterintelligence and Security Center to the
Counterintelligence Division of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, including such staff and resources of the Center
as the Director of National Intelligence, in coordination with
the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, determines
appropriate and as is consistent with the provisions of this
section.
(2) Transfer of duties of director of the center.--Not
later than the date specified in subsection (e), the Director
of National Intelligence shall transfer to the Assistant
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for
Counterintelligence such duties of the Director of the National
Counterintelligence and Security Center as the Director of
National Intelligence, in coordination with the Director of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, determines appropriate and as
is consistent with the provisions of this section.
(b) Repeal.--
(1) In general.--Section 103F of the National Security Act
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3031) is repealed.
(2) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents for such
Act, in the matter preceding section 2 of such Act, is amended
by striking the item relating to section 103F.
(c) Conforming Amendments to Counterintelligence Enhancement Act of
2002.--
(1) Head of center.--Section 902 of the Counterintelligence
Enhancement Act of 2002 (50 U.S.C. 3382) is amended--
(A) in the section heading, by striking
``director'' and inserting ``head'';
(B) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the
following:
``(a) Head of Center.--The head of the National Counterintelligence
and Security Center shall be the Assistant Director of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation for Counterintelligence or the Assistant
Director's designee.'';
(C) in subsection (b), by striking ``the Director''
and inserting ``the individual serving as the head of
the National Counterintelligence and Security Center'';
and
(D) in subsection (c)--
(i) in the matter before paragraph (1), by
striking ``Subject to the direction and control
of the Director of National Intelligence, the
duties of the Director'' and inserting ``The
duties of the head of the National
Counterintelligence and Security Center''; and
(ii) in paragraph (4), by striking
``Director of National Intelligence'' and
inserting ``Director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation''.
(2) National counterintelligence and security center.--
Section 904 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 3383) is amended--
(A) in subsection (a), by inserting ``in the
Counterintelligence Division of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation'' before the period at the end;
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ``Director of
the Nation