[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4615 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]
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Calendar No. 420
119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4615
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 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
May 20, 2026
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 2027 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 2027''.
(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.
Sec. 104. Increase in employee compensation and benefits authorized by
law.
TITLE II--CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM
Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE III--MATTERS RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL
INTELLIGENCE
Sec. 301. Appointment of Deputy Director of National Intelligence and
Assistant Directors of National
Intelligence.
Sec. 302. Repeal of National Intelligence Management Council.
Sec. 303. Repeal of various positions, units, centers, councils, and
offices.
Sec. 304. Transfer of National Intelligence University.
Sec. 305. Limitation on domestic activities at the National
Counterterrorism Center.
Sec. 306. Timely provision of security direction to intelligence
community whistleblowers.
Sec. 307. Notification of certain declassifications.
Sec. 308. No police, subpoena, or law enforcement powers or internal
security functions for Director of National
Intelligence.
TITLE IV--MATTERS RELATING TO THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Sec. 401. Extension of Central Intelligence Agency authority regarding
unmanned aircraft systems.
Sec. 402. Higher Education Act of 1965 special rule.
Sec. 403. Modification relating to security personnel at certain
installations.
TITLE V--MATTERS RELATING TO OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY
Sec. 501. Authority of National Security Agency to correlate, evaluate,
and disseminate certain intelligence.
Sec. 502. Prohibition on availability of funds for relocation of Office
of Intelligence and Analysis to certain
facilities.
Sec. 503. Funds for foreign intelligence activities conducted with and
by the National Reconnaissance Office.
Sec. 504. Modification of annual report on Federal Bureau of
Investigation case data.
Sec. 505. Establishment of Office of Counterintelligence.
Sec. 506. Modification of responsibilities of Office of Intelligence
and Analysis.
Sec. 507. Role of National Security Agency in collection and analysis
of signals intelligence.
TITLE VI--GENERAL INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MATTERS
Sec. 601. Amendments to presidential appointments for intelligence
community positions.
Sec. 602. Procedures regarding dissemination of nonpublicly available
information concerning United States
persons.
Sec. 603. Analytic standards for all-source intelligence products.
Sec. 604. Limitation on use of Intelligence Community Management
Account funds for certain entities.
Sec. 605. Ben Sasse Intelligence Community Technology Fellowship
Program.
Sec. 606. Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office at the
Department of Commerce.
Sec. 607. Countering hostile foreign cyber actors as a national
intelligence priority.
Sec. 608. Notification of criminal referrals regarding current or
former intelligence community employees.
Sec. 609. Modification of definitions in National Security Act of 1947
and scope of intelligence sharing
responsibilities of Director of National
Intelligence.
Sec. 610. Prohibition on intelligence community use of adversary
unmanned ground vehicles.
Sec. 611. China-Taiwan Strategic Warning Task Force.
Sec. 612. Limitations relating to Chinese products and services.
Sec. 613. Limitation on intelligence community support for offensive
cyber operations conducted by
nongovernmental entities.
Sec. 614. Biological intelligence activities of the intelligence
community.
Sec. 615. Prohibition on participation in prediction markets.
Sec. 616. Repeal of certain report and briefing requirements.
Sec. 617. Intelligence community personnel travel, allowances, and
related expenses regulations.
Sec. 618. Prohibition on sending and receiving objects using entities
owned or controlled by persons or
governments of certain countries.
Sec. 619. Enhancing intelligence cooperation in the Indo-Pacific
region.
Sec. 620. Intelligence activities related to Ukraine.
Sec. 621. Requirements relating to intelligence sharing with countries
of significant concern to the United
States.
Sec. 622. United States-Israel intelligence sharing enhancement.
TITLE VII--ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MATTERS RELATING TO THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY
Sec. 701. Artificial intelligence exploitation guard and intelligence
sharing.
Sec. 702. Director of National Intelligence review of intelligence
community use of artificial intelligence to
support targeting.
Sec. 703. Improvements for artificial intelligence policies, standards,
and guidance for intelligence community.
Sec. 704. Additional functions and requirements of Artificial
Intelligence Security Center.
Sec. 705. Reports on novel uses of artificial intelligence technology.
Sec. 706. Clear labeling of artificial intelligence outputs for
targeting workflows.
Sec. 707. Research on use of artificial intelligence relating to
inadvertent escalation.
Sec. 708. Research on interaction of adversarial artificial
intelligence systems with intelligence
community systems.
Sec. 709. Proliferation assessments regarding the export of artificial
intelligence-related technologies.
Sec. 710. Review of artificial intelligence security vulnerabilities
under Vulnerabilities Equities Process.
Sec. 711. Prohibition on certain artificial intelligence models on
intelligence community systems.
TITLE VIII--OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 801. Modification to notification requirements for authorized and
ordered departures.
Sec. 802. Identification of reallocable frequencies.
Sec. 803. Protection of classified information relating to budget
functions.
Sec. 804. Review by Committee on Foreign Investment in the United
States of transactions in real estate near
intelligence community facilities.
Sec. 805. Intelligence support to the U.S. International Development
Finance Corporation.
Sec. 806. Establishing processes and procedures for protecting Federal
Reserve information.
Sec. 807. Amendments to prohibit payments to obtain national security
information or approvals.
Sec. 808. Offenses involving espionage.
Sec. 809. Parental bereavement leave.
Sec. 810. Definition of foreign instrumentality for purposes of
economic espionage prohibition.
Sec. 811. Protection of trade secrets.
Sec. 812. Technical amendments.
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 2027
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 2027 the sum of
$568,000,000.
(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 2027 such additional amounts as are specified in the
classified Schedule of Authorizations referred to in section 102(a).
SEC. 104. 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.
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
2027.
TITLE III--MATTERS RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL
INTELLIGENCE
SEC. 301. 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 amendments.--The National Security Act of
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) is amended--
(A) in section 102A(l)(4)(F) (50 U.S.C.
3024(l)(4)(F)), as redesignated by section
402(g)(1)(B), by striking ``a Deputy'' and inserting
``an Assistant''; and
(B) in section 103(c) (50 U.S.C. 3025(c)), by
striking paragraph (3).
(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.--Section 103A of such Act (50 U.S.C.
3026) 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. 302. REPEAL OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE MANAGEMENT COUNCIL.
(a) In General.--Section 103M of the National Security Act of 1947
(50 U.S.C. 3034d) is repealed.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents of such Act is
amended by striking the item relating to section 103M.
SEC. 303. REPEAL OF VARIOUS POSITIONS, UNITS, CENTERS, COUNCILS, AND
OFFICES.
(a) Intelligence Community Chief Data Officer.--
(1) Repeal.--Title I of the National Security Act of 1947
(50 U.S.C. 3021 et seq.) is amended by striking section 103K
(50 U.S.C. 3034b).
(2) Conforming amendment.--Section 103G of such Act (50
U.S.C. 3032) is amended by striking subsection (d).
(3) 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 103K.
(b) Intelligence Community Innovation Unit.--
(1) Termination.--The Director of National Intelligence
shall take such actions as may be necessary to terminate and
wind down the operations of the Intelligence Community
Innovation Unit before the date specified in paragraph (3).
(2) Repeal.--
(A) In general.--Title I of the National Security
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021 et seq.) is further amended
by striking section 103L (50 U.S.C. 3034c).
(B) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents for
such Act, in the matter preceding section 2 of such
Act, is further amended by striking the item relating
to section 103L.
(3) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection
shall take effect on t