[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 5167 Reported in House (RH)]
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Union Calendar No. 339
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5167
[Report No. 119-389]
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for intelligence and
intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the
Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency
Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 8, 2025
Mr. Crawford introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
November 28, 2025
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on
September 8, 2025]
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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
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. Intelligence Community Management Account.
TITLE II--CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM
Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE III--COUNTERINTELLIGENCE REFORM
Sec. 301. Short title.
Sec. 302. Establishment, functions, and authorities of the National
Counterintelligence Center.
Sec. 303. Transition provisions.
Sec. 304. Conforming amendments.
TITLE IV--GENERAL INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MATTERS
Sec. 401. Restriction on conduct of intelligence activities.
Sec. 402. Increase in employee compensation and benefits authorized by
law.
Sec. 403. Intelligence acquisition enhancement.
Sec. 404. Senior officials for biotechnology.
Sec. 405. Prohibition on use of DeepSeek on intelligence community
systems.
Sec. 406. Knowledge management system for international cartels and
other transnational criminal organizations.
Sec. 407. Notice of impact of diplomatic and consular post closings on
intelligence activities.
Sec. 408. Harmonizing policies on the use of classified data in
training or refining artificial
intelligence models.
Sec. 409. Accelerating review of artificial intelligence capabilities
for deployment.
Sec. 410. Enhancing intelligence community technology adoption metrics.
Sec. 411. AI security playbook.
TITLE V--MATTERS RELATING TO ELEMENTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
Subtitle A--Central Intelligence Agency
Sec. 501. Guidance on novel and significant expenditures for purposes
of notification under the Central
Intelligence Agency Act of 1949.
Sec. 502. Improvements to security of Central Intelligence Agency
installations.
Subtitle B--Elements of Department of Defense
Sec. 511. Requirement to avoid duplication in purchase of commercially
available information for defense
intelligence components.
Sec. 512. Oversight and deconfliction of vendor support to clandestine
activities.
Sec. 513. Disestablishment of advisory boards for National Geospatial-
Intelligence Agency and National
Reconnaissance Office.
Sec. 514. Expansion of commercial imagery and data procurement.
Subtitle C--Other Elements
Sec. 521. Notice of counterintelligence assessments and investigations
by the Federal Bureau of Investigation of
candidates for or holders of Federal
office.
Sec. 522. Requirement for Department of Energy Employees to report
travel to countries of risk.
TITLE VI--OPEN-SOURCE INTELLIGENCE MATTERS
Sec. 601. Definitions.
Sec. 602. Efficient use of open-source intelligence.
Sec. 603. Oversight of acquisition of commercially available
information.
Sec. 604. Budget matters relating to open-source intelligence
activities.
Sec. 605. Budget materials for open-source information, publicly
available information, and commercially
available information.
Sec. 606. Standardization of training on collection of publicly
available information and commercially
available information.
Sec. 607. Requirement to purge incidentally collected publicly
available information or commercially
available information relating to United
States persons.
Sec. 608. Update to intelligence community directives relating to open-
source intelligence.
Sec. 609. Audits of expenditures for publicly available information and
commercially available information.
Sec. 610. Quarterly briefings on procurement of commercially available
information.
Sec. 611. Study on engagement with other agencies with respect to open-
source intelligence requirements.
TITLE VII--INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY WORKFORCE MATTERS
Sec. 701. Unclassified appraisals of employees of the Defense
Intelligence Agency.
Sec. 702. Prohibition on requiring political or ideological activism
within the intelligence community.
Sec. 703. Merit-based personnel decisions.
Sec. 704. Equal treatment in recruitment and training of intelligence
community personnel.
Sec. 705. Treatment of certain Agency service as active-duty service
for purposes of benefits administered by
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
TITLE VIII--MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES
Sec. 801. Net assessments of the People's Republic of China.
Sec. 802. National Intelligence Management Council mission manager for
the People's Republic of China.
Sec. 803. National Intelligence Estimate of advancements in
biotechnology by the People's Republic of
China.
Sec. 804. Extension of intelligence community coordinator for Russian
atrocities accountability.
Sec. 805. Study on collection and analysis by intelligence community of
foreign atrocities.
Sec. 806. Intelligence support for Ukraine.
TITLE IX--REPORTS AND OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 901. Modifications to access to restricted data under the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954.
Sec. 902. Revisions to congressional notification of intelligence
collection adjustments.
Sec. 903. Annual submission of Intelligence Community Drug Control
Program Budget proposal.
Sec. 904. Repeal of annual report on financial intelligence on
terrorist assets.
Sec. 905. Repeal of outdated or unnecessary reporting requirements.
Sec. 906. Notification of material changes to policies or procedures
governing terrorist watchlist and
transnational organized crime watchlist.
Sec. 907. Annual report on United States persons on the terrorist watch
list.
Sec. 908. Plan on use of proposed web of biological data.
(c) Automatic Execution of Clerical Changes.--Except as otherwise
expressly provided, when an amendment made by this Act amends an Act to
add a section or larger organizational unit to that Act, repeals or
transfers a section or larger organizational unit in that Act, or
amends the designation or heading of a section or larger organizational
unit in that Act, that amendment also shall have the effect of amending
any table of contents of that Act to alter the table to conform to the
changes made by the amendment.
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 section 3 of the
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003).
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. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT.
(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated for the Intelligence Community Management Account of the
Director of National Intelligence for fiscal year 2026 the sum of
$674,500,000.
(b) Classified Authorization of Appropriations.--In addition to
amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Intelligence Community
Management Account by subsection (a), there are authorized to be
appropriated for the Intelligence Community Management Account for
fiscal year 2026 such additional amounts as are specified in the
classified Schedule of Authorizations referred to in section 102(a).
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--COUNTERINTELLIGENCE REFORM
SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``Strategic Enhancement of
Counterintelligence and Unifying Reform Efforts Act'' or the ``SECURE
Act''.
SEC. 302. ESTABLISHMENT, FUNCTIONS, AND AUTHORITIES OF THE NATIONAL
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE CENTER.
(a) Clarification of Definition of Counterintelligence.--Section
3(3) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(3)) is
amended by inserting ``deter, disrupt, investigate, exploit, or''
before ``protect against''.
(b) Establishment of National Counterintelligence Center.--The
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) is amended by
inserting after title III the following new title:
``TITLE IV--NATIONAL COUNTERINTELLIGENCE CENTER
``Subtitle A--Organization
``SEC. 401. ESTABLISHMENT; DIRECTOR.
``(a) Establishment.--There is within the Office of the Director of
National Intelligence a National Counterintelligence Center.
``(b) Director of the National Counterintelligence Center.--
``(1) Appointment.--There is a Director of the National
Counterintelligence Center, who shall be the head of the
National Counterintelligence Center and who shall be appointed
by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate.
``(2) Principal advisor for counterintelligence.--The
Director of the National Counterintelligence Center shall serve
as the principal advisor to the President and the Director of
National Intelligence with respect to counterintelligence
matters.
``(3) Reporting.--The Director of the National
Counterintelligence Center shall report to the Director of
National Intelligence.
``SEC. 402. PERSONNEL.
``Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Director
of National Intelligence, the Director of the National
Counterintelligence Center may exercise the authorities of the Director
of National Intelligence under subsections (l) and (m) of section 102A
with respect to personnel of the National Counterintelligence Center.
``SEC. 403. NATIONAL COUNTERINTELLIGENCE TASK FORCE.
``(a) Establishment.--The Director of the National
Counterintelligence Center shall establish a task force to be known as
the `National Counterintelligence Task Force' (in this section referred
to as the `Task Force').
``(b) Membership.--The Task Force shall be composed of the
following:
``(1) The Director of the National Counterintelligence
Center, who shall serve as chair of the Task Force.
``(2) A designee of the head of each element of the
intelligence community.
``(3) A designee of any other department or agency of the
Federal Government that the Director of the National
Counterintelligence Center and the head of such department or
agency considers appropriate.
``(4) Such other persons as the Director of the National
Counterintelligence Center considers appropriate.
``(c) Duties.--The Task Force shall carry out such duties as are
assigned to the Task Force by the Director.
``Subtitle B--Mission, Duties, and Authorities
``SEC. 411. MISSION.
``The mission of the National Counterintelligence Center shall be
to direct, coordinate, and carry out counterintelligence activities.
``SEC. 412. DUTIES.
``(a) In General.--The Director of the National Counterintelligence
Center shall lead and direct all efforts of the Federal Government with
respect to--
``(1) countering, denying, disrupting, and degrading
intelligence operations by foreign entities;
``(2) deceiving, exploiting, and shaping the intelligence
gathering plans, intentions, operations, and perceived
effectiveness of foreign entities;
``(3) coordinating, deconflicting, authorizing, and
directing the execution of counterintelligence activities by
the intelligence community;
``(4) strategic operational planning for
counterintelligence activities;
``(5) countering foreign influence operations;
``(6) countering foreign denial and deception activities;
``(7) assessing foreign intelligence capabilities and
addressing counterintelligence collection gaps and strategic
threats;
``(8) mitigating counterintelligence risks and
vulnerabilities;
``(9) analyzing and producing counterintelligence products;
``(10) evaluating technical counterintelligence
capabilities and resources;
``(11) evaluating and establishing interagency processes
and methods to resolve counterintelligence anomalies;
``(12) assessing integration shortfalls and leading efforts
to maximize the integration of data and expertise to address
foreign intelligence threats and improve counterintelligence;
``(13) advocating for and providing education and training
relating to counterintelligence and countering foreign
influence operations; and
``(14) such other matters relating to counterintelligence
as the Director of National Intelligence may direct.
``(b) Additional Specific Duties.--In addition to the duties
described in subsection (a), the Director of the National
Counterintelligence Center shall--
``(1) establish and prioritize requirements for the
collection, analysis, and dissemination of counterintelligence
information by the intelligence community;
``(2) evaluate the effectiveness of the elements of the
intelligence community in using funds available under the
National Counterintelligence Program to carry out
counterintelligence activities and achieve counterintelligence
goals;
``(3) engage international partners to conduct information
sharing and joint operations and enhance capabilities with
respect to counterintelligence;
``(4) establish doctrine, certification, and tradecraft
standards and requirements for execution of offensive
counterintelligence activities;
``(5) carry out damage assessments under section 415;
``(6) establish a polygraph program for counterintelligence
purposes, including to support damage assessments under section
415 and other departments and agencies of the Federal
Government;
``(7) establish a centralized system for the intelligence
community for the storage of and access to information on
foreign intelligence threat actors;
``(8) support departments and agencies of the Federal
Government that are not elements of the intelligence community
with counterintelligence matters and resources;
``(9) conduct outreach on counterintelligence m