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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 640

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the establishment 

of a unified combatant command for military intelligence, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 16, 2005

Mr. CHAMBLISS (for himself and Mr. NELSON of Nebraska) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Select Committee 

on Intelligence 

A BILL

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the 

establishment of a unified combatant command for military intelligence, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Intelligence 

5 Reorganization Act of 2005’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. UNIFIED COMBATANT COMMAND FOR MILITARY IN2 TELLIGENCE. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 6 of title 10, United 

4 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 167a 

5 the following new section: 

6 ‘‘§ 167b. Unified combatant command for military in7 telligence 

8 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—(1) With the advice and as9 sistance of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the 

10 President, through the Secretary of Defense, shall estab11 lish under section 161 of this title a unified combatant 

12 command for military intelligence (hereinafter in this sec13 tion referred to as the ‘military intelligence command’). 

14 ‘‘(2) The principle functions of the military intel15 ligence command are—

16 ‘‘(A) to coordinate the military intelligence ac17 tivities that support the Director of National Intel18 ligence; 

19 ‘‘(B) to represent the Department of Defense 

20 within the intelligence community under the Director 

21 of National Intelligence; 

22 ‘‘(C) to ensure that intelligence collection re23 quirements for the armed forces are communicated 

24 to, and the fulfillment of such requirements are co25 ordinated with, the Director of National Intelligence; 
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1 ‘‘(D) to coordinate all military intelligence ac2 tivities; and 

3 ‘‘(E) to develop new military intelligence collec4 tion capabilities. 

5 ‘‘(b) ASSIGNMENT OF FORCES AND CIVILIAN PER6 SONNEL.—(1) Unless otherwise directed by the Secretary 

7 of Defense, all active and reserve military intelligence 

8 forces of the armed forces within the elements of the De9 partment of Defense referred to in subsection (i)(2) shall 

10 be assigned to the military intelligence command. 

11 ‘‘(2) Unless otherwise directed by the Secretary of 

12 Defense, the civilian personnel of the elements of the De13 partment of Defense referred to in subsection (i)(2) shall 

14 be under the military intelligence command. 

15 ‘‘(c) GRADE OF COMMANDER.—(1) The commander 

16 of the military intelligence command shall hold the grade 

17 of general or, in the case of an officer of the Navy, admiral 

18 while serving in that position, without vacating that offi19 cer’s permanent grade. The commander of such command 

20 shall be appointed by the President, by and with the con21 sent of the Senate, for service in that position. 

22 ‘‘(2) The officer appointed as commander of the mili23 tary intelligence command shall not, while serving in that 

24 position, be counted against the numbers and percentages 
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1 of officers of the grade of that officer authorized for the 

2 armed force of that officer. 

3 ‘‘(d) DUTIES OF COMMANDER.—Unless otherwise di4 rected by the President or the Secretary of Defense, the 

5 commander of the military intelligence command shall—

6 ‘‘(1) carry out intelligence collection and anal7 ysis activities in response to requests from the Di8 rector of National Intelligence; 

9 ‘‘(2) serve as the principle advisor to the Sec10 retary of Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 

11 of Staff, and the Director of National Intelligence on 

12 all matters relating to military intelligence; and 

13 ‘‘(3) discharge any responsibilities assigned to 

14 the commander under section 427(b) of this title. 

15 ‘‘(e) AUTHORITY OF COMMANDER.—(1) In addition 

16 to the authority prescribed in section 164(c) of this title, 

17 the commander of the military intelligence command shall 

18 be responsible for, and shall have the authority to conduct, 

19 all affairs of the command relating to military intelligence 

20 activities. 

21 ‘‘(2) The commander of the military intelligence com22 mand shall be responsible for, and shall have the authority 

23 to conduct, the following functions relating to military in24 telligence activities: 

25 ‘‘(A) Developing strategy, doctrine, and tactics. 
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1 ‘‘(B) Establishing priorities for military intel2 ligence in harmony with national priorities estab3 lished by the Director of National Intelligence and 

4 approved by the President. 

5 ‘‘(C) Ensuring the interoperability of intel6 ligence sharing within the Department of Defense 

7 and between the Department of Defense and the in8 telligence community as a whole, as directed by the 

9 Director of National Intelligence. 

10 ‘‘(D) Serving as the program manager for the 

11 Joint Military Intelligence Program (JMIP) and the 

12 Tactical Intelligence and Related Activities (TIARA) 

13 program. 

14 ‘‘(E) Preparing and submitting to the Secretary 

15 of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence 

16 recommendations and budget proposals for military 

17 intelligence forces and activities. 

18 ‘‘(F) Exercising authority, direction, and con19 trol over the expenditure of funds for personnel and 

20 activities assigned to the command. 

21 ‘‘(G) Training military and civilian personnel 

22 assigned to or under the command. 

23 ‘‘(H) Conducting specialized courses of instruc24 tion for military and civilian personnel assigned to 

25 or under the command. 
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1 ‘‘(I) Validating requirements for military intel2 ligence activities.

3 ‘‘(J) Formulating and submitting requirements 

4 to other commanders of the unified combatant com5 mands to support military intelligence activities. 

6 ‘‘(3) The commander of the military intelligence com7 mand shall be responsible for—

8 ‘‘(A) ensuring that the military intelligence re9 quirements of the other unified combatant com10 manders are satisfied; and 

11 ‘‘(B) responding to intelligence requirements 

12 levied by the Director of National Intelligence. 

13 ‘‘(4)(A) The commander of the military intelligence 

14 command shall be responsible for, and shall have the au15 thority to conduct the development and acquisition of spe16 cialized technical intelligence capabilities. 

17 ‘‘(B) Subject to the authority, direction, and control 

18 of the Secretary of Defense, the commander of the com19 mand, in carrying out the function under subparagraph 

20 (A), shall have authority to exercise the functions of the 

21 head of an agency under chapter 137 of this title. 

22 ‘‘(f) INSPECTOR GENERAL.—The staff of the com23 mander of the military intelligence command shall include 

24 an inspector general who shall conduct internal audits and 

25 inspections of purchasing and contracting actions through 
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1 the command and such other inspector general functions 

2 as may be assigned. 

3 ‘‘(g) BUDGET.—In addition to the activities of a com4 batant commander for which funding may be requested 

5 under section 166(b) of this title, the budget proposal for 

6 the military intelligence command shall include requests 

7 for funding for—

8 ‘‘(1) development and acquisition of military in9 telligence collection systems; and 

10 ‘‘(2) acquisition of other material, supplies, or 

11 services that are peculiar to military intelligence ac12 tivities. 

13 ‘‘(h) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

14 prescribe regulations for the activities of the military intel15 ligence command. The regulations shall include authoriza16 tion for the commander of the command to provide for 

17 operational security of military intelligence forces, civilian 

18 personnel, and activities. 

19 ‘‘(i) IDENTIFICATION OF MILITARY INTELLIGENCE

20 FORCES.—(1) For purposes of this section, military intel21 ligence forces are the following: 

22 ‘‘(A) The forces of the elements of the Depart23 ment of Defense referred to in paragraph (2) that 

24 carry out military intelligence activities. 
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1 ‘‘(B) Any other forces of the armed forces that 

2 are designated as military intelligence forces by the 

3 Secretary of Defense. 

4 ‘‘(2) The elements of the Department of Defense re5 ferred to in this paragraph are as follows: 

6 ‘‘(A) The Defense Intelligence Agency. 

7 ‘‘(B) Any intelligence activities or units of the 

8 military departments designated by the Secretary of 

9 Defense for purposes of this section. 

10 ‘‘(j) MILITARY INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES.—For 

11 purposes of this section, military intelligence activities in12 clude each of the following insofar as it relates to military 

13 intelligence: 

14 ‘‘(1) Intelligence collection. 

15 ‘‘(2) Intelligence analysis. 

16 ‘‘(3) Intelligence information management. 

17 ‘‘(4) Intelligence workforce planning. 

18 ‘‘(5) Such other activities as may be specified 

19 by the President or the Secretary of Defense. 

20 ‘‘(k) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY DEFINED.—In this 

21 section, the term ‘intelligence community’ means the ele22 ments of the intelligence community listed or designated 

23 under section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 

24 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)).’’. 
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1 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

2 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 

3 after the item relating to section 167a the following new 

4 item:

‘‘167b. Unified combatant command for military intelligence.’’.

5 SEC. 3. DIRECTION AND OVERSIGHT OF DEPARTMENT OF 

6 DEFENSE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AGEN7 CIES. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 21 of title 

9 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

10 the following new section: 

11 ‘‘§ 427. Department of Defense national intelligence 

12 agencies: direction and oversight 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Unless otherwise directed by the 

14 President, the Secretary of Defense shall direct, supervise, 

15 and oversee the head of each Department of Defense na16 tional intelligence agency in such official’s exercise of the 

17 functions as head of such agency. 

18 ‘‘(b) DISCHARGE THROUGH COMMANDER OF MILI19 TARY INTELLIGENCE COMMAND.—(1) The Secretary of 

20 Defense may direct that communications between the Sec21 retary and the head of a Department of Defense national 

22 intelligence agency be transmitted through the commander 

23 of the military intelligence command under section 167b 

24 of this title. 
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1 ‘‘(2) The Secretary of Defense may assign to the 

2 commander of the military intelligence command responsi3 bility for directing, supervising, and overseeing the activi4 ties of any Department of Defense national intelligence 

5 agency. 

6 ‘‘(c) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE NATIONAL INTEL7 LIGENCE AGENCY DEFINED.—In this section, the term 

8 ‘Department of Defense national intelligence agency’ 

9 means each of the following: 

10 ‘‘(1) The National Security Agency. 

11 ‘‘(2) The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agen12 cy. 

13 ‘‘(3) The National Reconnaissance Office.’’. 

14 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

15 at the beginning of such subchapter is amended by adding 

16 at the end the following new item:

‘‘427. Department of Defense national intelligence agencies: direction and oversight.’’.

17 SEC. 4. MODIFICATION OF ELEMENTS OF THE INTEL18 LIGENCE COMMUNITY. 

19 Section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

20 U.S.C. 401a(4)), as amended by section 1073 of the Na21 tional Security Intelligence Reform Act of 2004 (title I 

22 of Public Law 108–458), is further amended—

23 (1) by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting 

24 the following new subparagraph (D): 
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1 ‘‘(D) The military intelligence command.’’; 

2 (2) by striking subparagraphs (G) and (H); and 

3 (3) by redesignating subparagraphs (I), (J), 

4 (K), and (L) as subparagraphs (G), (H), (I), and 

5 (J), respectively.

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