[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. 2342 Reported in Senate (RS)]
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Calendar No. 120
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2342
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for intelligence and
intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the
Intelligence Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence
Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 17, 2025
Mr. Cotton, from the Select Committee on Intelligence, reported the
following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the
calendar
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A BILL
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for intelligence and
intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the
Intelligence Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence
Agency Retirement and Disability System, 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
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
TITLE I--INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 102. Classified Schedule of Authorizations.
Sec. 103. Increase in employee compensation and benefits authorized by
law.
Sec. 104. Limitation on transfer and reprogramming of funds.
TITLE II--CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM
Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE III--INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MATTERS
Sec. 301. Unauthorized access to intelligence community property.
Sec. 302. Protection of Central Intelligence Agency facilities and
assets from unmanned aircraft.
Sec. 303. Modification of acquisition authorities.
Sec. 304. Strategies for enhancing jointness during modernization of
Common Processing, Exploitation, and
Dissemination systems.
Sec. 305. Annual survey of analytic objectivity among officers and
employees of elements of the intelligence
community.
Sec. 306. Annual training requirement and report regarding analytic
standards.
Sec. 307. Estimate of cost to ensure compliance with Intelligence
Community Directive 705.
Sec. 308. Amendments regarding Presidential appointments for
intelligence community positions.
Sec. 309. Strengthening of Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the
Department of the Treasury.
Sec. 310. Counterintelligence support for Department of the Treasury
networks and systems.
Sec. 311. Report on Director's Initiatives Group personnel matters.
Sec. 312. Prohibition on availability of funds for certain activities
of the Overt Human Intelligence and Field
Intelligence Programs of the Office of
Intelligence and Analysis of the Department
of Homeland Security.
Sec. 313. Higher Education Act of 1965 special rule.
Sec. 314. Annual Central Intelligence Agency workplace climate
assessment.
Sec. 315. Report on sensitive commercially available information.
Sec. 316. Report on secure mobile communications systems available to
employees and of the intelligence
community.
Sec. 317. Plan for implementing an integrated system spanning the
intelligence community for accreditation of
sensitive compartmented information
facilities.
Sec. 318. Counterintelligence threats to United States space interests.
Sec. 319. Chaplain Corps and Chief of Chaplains of the Central
Intelligence Agency.
Sec. 320. Review by Inspectors General of reform efforts for special
access programs and controlled access
programs.
Sec. 321. Prohibition on contractors collecting or selling location
data of individuals at intelligence
community locations.
Sec. 322. Technical amendment to procurement authorities of Central
Intelligence Agency.
Sec. 323. Consolidation of reporting requirements applicable to All-
domain Anomaly Resolution Office.
Sec. 324. Establishing processes and procedures for protecting Federal
Reserve information.
Sec. 325. Plan to establish commercial geospatial intelligence data and
services program management office.
Sec. 326. Inspector General review of adequacy of policies and
procedures governing use of commercial
messaging applications by intelligence
community.
Sec. 327. Authority for National Security Agency to produce and
disseminate intelligence products.
Sec. 328. Conditions on procurement of telecommunications equipment by
intelligence community.
Sec. 329. Reforms to the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the
Department of Homeland Security.
Sec. 330. Procedures regarding dissemination of nonpublicly available
information concerning United States
persons.
Sec. 331. Prohibiting discrimination in the intelligence community.
Sec. 332. Annual report on Federal Bureau of Investigation case data.
TITLE IV--INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS
Sec. 401. Short title.
Sec. 402. Modification of responsibilities and authorities of the
Director of National Intelligence.
Sec. 403. Reforms relating to the Office of the Director of National
Intelligence.
Sec. 404. Appointment of Deputy Director of National Intelligence and
Assistant Directors of National
Intelligence.
Sec. 405. Reform of the National Intelligence Council and National
Intelligence Officers.
Sec. 406. Transfer of National Counterintelligence and Security Center
to Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Sec. 407. Redesignation and reform of National Counterterrorism Center.
Sec. 408. Transfer of National Counterproliferation and Biosecurity
Center.
Sec. 409. National Intelligence Task Forces.
Sec. 410. Repeal of various positions, units, centers, councils, and
offices.
Sec. 411. Limitation on use of Intelligence Community Management
Account funds for certain entities.
Sec. 412. Transfer of National Intelligence University.
TITLE V--MATTERS CONCERNING FOREIGN COUNTRIES
Subtitle A--Foreign Countries Generally
Sec. 501. Declassification of information relating to actions by
foreign governments to assist persons
evading justice.
Sec. 502. Enhanced intelligence sharing relating to foreign adversary
biotechnological threats.
Sec. 503. Threat assessment regarding unmanned aircraft systems at or
near the international borders of the
United States.
Sec. 504. Assessment of the potential effect of expanded partnerships
among western hemisphere countries.
Subtitle B--People's Republic of China
Sec. 511. Countering Chinese Communist Party efforts that threaten
Europe.
Sec. 512. Prohibition on intelligence community contracting with
Chinese military companies engaged in
biotechnology research, development, or
manufacturing.
Sec. 513. Report on the wealth of the leadership of the Chinese
Communist Party.
Sec. 514. Assessment and report on investments by the People's Republic
of China in the agriculture sector of
Brazil.
Sec. 515. Identification of entities that provide support to the
People's Liberation Army.
Sec. 516. Establishing a China Economics and Intelligence cell to
publish China Economic Power Report.
Sec. 517. Modification of annual reports on influence operations and
campaigns in the United States by the
Chinese Communist Party.
Subtitle C--The Russian Federation
Sec. 521. Assessment of Russian destabilization efforts.
Sec. 522. Enforcing sanctions with respect to the shadow fleet of the
Russian Federation.
Subtitle D--Other Foreign Countries
Sec. 531. Plan to enhance counternarcotics collaboration, coordination,
and cooperation with the Government of
Mexico.
Sec. 532. Enhancing intelligence support to counter foreign adversary
influence in Sudan.
Sec. 533. Ukraine lessons learned working group.
Sec. 534. Improvements to requirement for monitoring of Iranian
enrichment of uranium-235.
Sec. 535. Duty to warn United States persons threatened by Iranian
lethal plotting.
TITLE VI--EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
Sec. 601. Intelligence Community Technology Bridge Fund.
Sec. 602. Enhancing biotechnology talent within the intelligence
community.
Sec. 603. Enhanced intelligence community support to secure United
States genomic data.
Sec. 604. Ensuring intelligence community procurement of domestic
United States production of synthetic DNA
and RNA.
Sec. 605. Deployment of advanced nuclear technologies.
Sec. 606. Addressing intelligence gaps relating to outbound investment
screening for biotechnology.
Sec. 607. Additional functions and requirements of Artificial
Intelligence Security Center.
Sec. 608. Artificial intelligence development and usage by intelligence
community.
Sec. 609. High-impact artificial intelligence systems.
Sec. 610. Application of artificial intelligence policies of the
intelligence community to publicly
available models used for intelligence
purposes.
Sec. 611. Revision of interim guidance regarding acquisition and use of
foundation models.
Sec. 612. Strategy on intelligence coordination and sharing relating to
critical and emerging technologies.
TITLE VII--CLASSIFICATION REFORM AND SECURITY CLEARANCES
Sec. 701. Notification of certain declassifications.
Sec. 702. Elimination of cap on compensatory damages for retaliatory
revocation of security clearances and
access determinations.
Sec. 703. Establishing process parity for adverse security clearance
and access determinations.
Sec. 704. Reforms relating to inactive security clearances.
Sec. 705. Protection of classified information relating to budget
functions.
Sec. 706. Report on executive branch approval of access to classified
intelligence information outside of
established review processes.
TITLE VIII--WHISTLEBLOWERS
Sec. 801. Clarification of definition of employee for purposes of
reporting complaints or information to
Inspector General.
Sec. 802. Protections for whistleblower disclosures to office of
legislative or congressional affairs.
Sec. 803. Prohibition against disclosure of whistleblower identity as
act of reprisal.
Sec. 804. Improvements regarding urgent concerns submitted to
Inspectors General of the intelligence
community.
Sec. 805. Whistleblower protections relating to psychiatric testing or
examination.
TITLE IX--ANOMALOUS HEALTH INCIDENTS
Sec. 901. Standard guidelines for intelligence community to report and
document anomalous health incidents.
Sec. 902. Review and declassification of intelligence relating to
anomalous health incidents.
TITLE X--OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 1001. Declassification of intelligence and additional transparency
measures relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sec. 1002. Counterintelligence briefings for members of the Armed
Forces.
Sec. 1003. Denial of visas to foreign nationals known to be
intelligence officers for accreditation to
multilateral diplomatic missions.
Sec. 1004. Policy toward certain agents of foreign governments.
Sec. 1005. Tour limits of accredited diplomatic and consular personnel
of certain nations in the United States.
Sec. 1006. Strict enforcement of travel protocols and procedures of
accredited diplomatic and consular
personnel of certain nations in the United
States.
Sec. 1007. Offenses involving espionage, procurement of citizenship or
naturalization unlawfully, or harboring or
concealing persons.
Sec. 1008. Identification of reallocable frequencies.
Sec. 1009. NEPA national security waivers for intelligence community
facilities.
Sec. 1010. Repeal of certain report requirements.
Sec. 1011. Review by Committee on Foreign Investment in the United
States of transactions in real estate near
intelligence community facilities.
Sec. 1012. Requiring penetration testing as part of the testing and
certification of voting systems.
Sec. 1013. Independent security testing and coordinated cybersecurity
vulnerability disclosure program for
election systems.
Sec. 1014. Church Committee historical intelligence records processing.
Sec. 1015. Foreign material acquisitions.
Sec. 1016. Prohibition on admittance to national laboratories and
nuclear weapons production facilities.
Sec. 1017. Extension of Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Congressional intelligence committees.--The term
``congressional intelligence committees'' has the meaning given
such term in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50
U.S.C. 3003).
(2) Intelligence community.--The term ``intelligence
community'' has the meaning given such term in such section.
TITLE I--INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2026
for the conduct of the intelligence and intelligence-related activities
of the Federal Government.
SEC. 102. CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AUTHORIZATIONS.
(a) Specifications of Amounts.--The amounts authorized to be
appropriated under section 101 for the conduct of the intelligence
activities of the Federal Government are those specified in the
classified Schedule of Authorizations prepared to accompany this Act.
(b) Availability of Classified Schedule of Authorizations.--
(1) Availability.--The classified Schedule of
Authorizations referred to in subsection (a) shall be made
available to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives,
and to the President.
(2) Distribution by the president.--Subject to paragraph
(3), the President shall provide for suitable distribution of
the classified Schedule of Authorizations referred to in
subsection (a), or of appropriate portions of such Schedule,
within the executive branch of the Federal Government.
(3) Limits on disclosure.--The President shall not publicly
disclose the classified Schedule of Authorizations or any
portion of such Schedule except--
(A) as provided in section 601(a) of the
Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act
of 2007 (50 U.S.C. 3306(a));
(B) to the extent necessary to implement the
budget; or
(C) as otherwise required by law.
SEC. 103. INCREASE IN EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS AUTHORIZED BY
LAW.
Appropriations authorized by this Act for salary, pay, retirement,
and other benefits for Federal employees may be increased by such
additional or supplemental amounts as may be necessary for increases in
such compensation or benefits authorized by law.
SEC. 104. LIMITATION ON TRANSFER AND REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS.
(a) Definition of National Intelligence Program.--In this section,
the term ``National Intelligence Program'' has the meaning given such
term in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C.
3003).
(b) Limitation.--None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by
this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2026 for the
National Intelligence Program may--
(1) be available for transfer or reprogramming until such
funds have been made available under the National Intelligence
Program for purposes of section 102A(d) of the National
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(d)); or
(2) be transferred or reprogrammed, except as authorized by
such section 102A(d).
TITLE II--CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There is authorized to be appropriated for the Central Intelligence
Agency Retirement and Disability Fund $514,000,000 for fiscal year
2026.
TITLE III--INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MATTERS
SEC. 301. UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY PROPERTY.
(a) In General.--The National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3001
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 1115. UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY PROPERTY.
``(a) In General.--