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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 intel-
ligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Commu-
nity Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retire-
ment and Disability System, and for other purposes. 
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 intel-
ligence and intelligence-related activities of the United 
States Government, the Community Management Ac-
count, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement 
and Disability System, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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 ‘‘In-
telligence 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 Counterintel-
ligence 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 intel-
ligence activities. 
Sec. 408. Harmonizing policies on the use of classified data in training or refin-
ing 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. 
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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 notifica-
tion 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 Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation of candidates for or holders of Fed-
eral 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 infor-
mation, and commercially available information. 
Sec. 606. Standardization of training on collection of publicly available informa-
tion and commercially available information. 
Sec. 607. Requirement to purge incidentally collected publicly available informa-
tion or commercially available information relating to United 
States persons. 
Sec. 608. Update to intelligence community directives relating to open-source in-
telligence. 
Sec. 609. Audits of expenditures for publicly available information and commer-
cially available information. 
Sec. 610. Quarterly briefings on procurement of commercially available informa-
tion. 
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 in-
telligence community. 
Sec. 703. Merit-based personnel decisions. 
Sec. 704. Equal treatment in recruitment and training of intelligence community 
personnel. 
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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 adjust-
ments. 
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 ter-
rorist 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 amend-
ment made by this Act amends an Act to add a section 
or larger organizational unit to that Act, repeals or trans-
fers 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: 
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(1) CONGRESSIONAL
INTELLIGENCE
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘congressional intelligence commit-
tees’’ 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 ‘‘in-
telligence 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 fis-
cal year 2026 for the conduct of the intelligence and intel-
ligence-related activities of the Federal Government. 
SEC. 102. CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AUTHORIZATIONS. 
(a) SPECIFICATIONS OF AMOUNTS.—The amounts au-
thorized to be appropriated under section 101 for the con-
duct of the intelligence activities of the Federal Government 
are those specified in the classified Schedule of Authoriza-
tions prepared to accompany this Act. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AU-
THORIZATIONS.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY.—The classified Schedule of 
Authorizations referred to in subsection (a) shall be 
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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 suit-
able distribution of the classified Schedule of Author-
izations referred to in subsection (a), or of appro-
priate 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 ex-
cept— 
(A) as provided in section 601(a) of the Im-
plementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Com-
mission 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 AC-
COUNT. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for the Intelligence Commu-
nity Management Account of the Director of National Intel-
ligence for fiscal year 2026 the sum of $674,500,000. 
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(b) CLASSIFIED
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—In addition to amounts authorized to be appro-
priated for the Intelligence Community Management Ac-
count by subsection (a), there are authorized to be appro-
priated for the Intelligence Community Management Ac-
count for fiscal year 2026 such additional amounts as are 
specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations re-
ferred to in section 102(a). 
TITLE 
II—CENTRAL 
INTEL-
LIGENCE 
AGENCY 
RETIRE-
MENT AND DISABILITY SYS-
TEM 
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—COUNTERINTEL-
LIGENCE 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’’. 
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SEC. 302. ESTABLISHMENT, FUNCTIONS, AND AUTHORITIES 
OF THE NATIONAL COUNTERINTELLIGENCE 
CENTER. 
(a) CLARIFICATION
OF DEFINITION
OF COUNTER-
INTELLIGENCE.—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 COUNTERINTEL-
LIGENCE 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 COUNTER-
INTELLIGENCE CENTER 
‘‘Subtitle A—Organization 
‘‘SEC. 401. ESTABLISHMENT; DIRECTOR. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is within the Office of 
the Director of National Intelligence a National Counter-
intelligence Center. 
‘‘(b) DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL COUNTERINTEL-
LIGENCE 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. 
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‘‘(2) PRINCIPAL
ADVISOR
FOR
COUNTERINTEL-
LIGENCE.—The Director of the National Counterintel-
ligence Center shall serve as the principal advisor to 
the President and the Director of National Intel-
ligence 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 Na-
tional Counterintelligence Center may exercise the authori-
ties of the Director of National Intelligence under sub-
sections (l) and (m) of section 102A with respect to per-
sonnel 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: 
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‘‘(1) The Director of the National Counterintel-
ligence 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 agen-
cy 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 appro-
priate. 
‘‘(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 Cen-
ter shall be to direct, coordinate, and carry out counterintel-
ligence 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— 
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‘‘(1) countering, denying, disrupting, and de-
grading intelligence operations by foreign entities; 
‘‘(2) deceiving, exploiting, and shaping the intel-
ligence gathering plans, intentions, operations, and 
perceived effectiveness of foreign entities; 
‘‘(3) coordinating, deconflicting, authorizing, 
and directing the execution of counterintelligence ac-
tivities by the intelligence community; 
‘‘(4) strategic operational planning for counter-
intelligence activities; 
‘‘(5) countering foreign influence operations; 
‘‘(6) countering foreign denial and deception ac-
tivities; 
‘‘(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 ca-
pabilities and resources; 
‘‘(11) evaluating and establishing interagency 
processes and methods to resolve counterintelligence 
anomalies; 
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‘‘(12) assessing integration shortfalls and leading 
efforts to maximize the integration of data and exper-
tise to address foreign intelligence threats and im-
prove counterintelligence; 
‘‘(13) advocating for and providing education 
and training relating to counterintelligence and coun-
tering foreign influence operations; and 
‘‘(14) such other matters relating to counterintel-
ligence 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 counter-
intelligence information by the intelligence commu-
nity; 
‘‘(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 in-
formation sharing and joint operations and enhance 
capabilities with respect to counterintelligence; 
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‘‘(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 counter-
intelligence 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 intel-
ligence community for the storage of and access to in-
formation on foreign intelligence threat actors; 
‘‘(8) support departments and agencies of the 
Federal Government that are not elements of the intel-
ligence community with counterintelligence matters 
and resources; 
‘‘(9) conduct outreach on counterintelligence 
matters to State, local, and tribal governments and 
public- and private-sector organizations and establish 
an information-sharing framework to allow Federal, 
State, local, and tribal governments and public- and 
private-sector organizations to share information on 
suspected foreign intelligence threats; and 
‘‘(10) establish procedures, policies, and informa-
tion-sharing frameworks for watchlisting, screening, 
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‘‘SEC. 432. NATIONAL COUNTERINTELLIGENCE STRATEGY. 
‘‘Not less than once every three years, the Director of 
the National Counterintelligence Center shall submit to the 
congressional intelligence committees a strategy to be known 
as the ‘National Counterintelligence Strategy’. Each Na-
tional Counterintelligence Strategy shall— 
‘‘(1) align the counterintelligence activities of the 
intelligence community toward the strategic priorities 
of the United States; 
‘‘(2) include a plan for implementing the strat-
egy not later than one year after the date of the sub-
mission of the strategy; and 
‘‘(3) include a plan for measuring the execution, 
performance, and effectiveness of the strategy during 
the two-year period beginning on the date on which 
the strategy is implemented. 
‘‘SEC. 
433. 
NATIONAL 
THREAT 
IDENTIFICATION 
AND 
PRIORITIZATION ASSESSMENT. 
‘‘Not less than once every three years, the Director of 
the National Counterintelligence Center, in consultation 
with the heads of appropriate department and agencies of 
the Federal Government and private-sector entities, shall 
submit to the congressional intelligence committees a stra-
tegic planning assessment of the counterintelligence require-
ments of the United States to be known as the ‘National 
Threat Identification and Prioritization Assessment’. 
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‘‘SEC. 434. ACTIVITIES OF THE NATIONAL COUNTERINTEL-
LIGENCE TASK FORCE. 
‘‘(a) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than December 31 
of each year, the Director of the National Counterintel-
ligence Center, acting through the National Counterintel-
ligence Task Force, shall submit to the congressional intel-
ligence committees a report describing the activities of the 
Task Force during the preceding fiscal year. Such report 
shall include— 
‘‘(1) a description of counterintelligence cam-
paigns conducted during the period covered by the re-
port; and 
‘‘(2) a description of the efforts of the Task Force 
to coordinate counterintelligence campaigns through-
out the Federal Government and the results of such ef-
forts. 
‘‘(b) QUARTERLY BRIEFING.—The Director of the Na-
tional Counterintelligence Center, acting through the Na-
tional Counterintelligence Task Force, shall provide to the 
congressional intelligence committees a quarterly briefing 
on the activities of the Task Force during the preceding 
quarter. 
‘‘(c) NOTICE OF SIGNIFICANT VULNERABILITIES OR 
OUTCOMES.—Not later than 30 days after the Director of 
the National Counterintelligence Center, acting through the 
National Counterintelligence Task Force, identifies a sig-
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nificant counterintelligence vulnerability or a significant 
outcome of a counterintelligence activity, the Director shall 
submit to the congressional intelligence committees notice 
and a description of such vulnerability or such outcome.’’. 
(c) NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL PARTICIPATION.— 
Section 101(c)(2) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 3021(c)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘and the Na-
tional Cyber Director’’ and inserting ‘‘the National Cyber 
Director, and the Director of the National Counterintel-
ligence Center’’. 
(d) COORDINATION OF COUNTERINTELLIGENCE MAT-
TERS WITH THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.— 
(1) TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO EXISTING PROVI-
SION BEFORE TRANSFER.— 
(A) CORRECTION.—Section 361(g) of the In-
telligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 
(Public Law 108-177; 117 Stat. 2625) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘Section 811(c)’’ and inserting 
‘‘Section 811(e)’’. 
(B) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The amendment 
made by subparagraph (A) shall take effect as if 
included in the enactment of the Intelligence Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public 
Law 108-177). 
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(2) TRANSFER
OF
PROVISION.—Subtitle B of 
title IV of the National Security Act of 1947, as 
added by subsection (a) of this section, is amended by 
adding at the end a new section 414 consisting of— 
(A) a heading as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 414. COORDINATION OF COUNTERINTELLIGENCE 
MATTERS WITH THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF IN-
VESTIGATION.’’; and 
(B) a text consisting of paragraphs (1) 
through (7) of subsection (e) of section 811 of the 
Counterintelligence and Security Enhancements 
Act of 1994 (title VIII of Public Law 103-359; 
50 U.S.C. 3381). 
(3) MODIFICATIONS
AND
CONFORMING
AMEND-
MENTS.—Section 414 of the National Security Act of 
1947, as added by paragraph (2) of this section, is 
amended— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(1) 
through (7) as subsections (a) through (g), re-
spectively (and redesignating the provisions in 
each paragraph and conforming the margins ac-
cordingly); 
(B) in subsection (a), as redesignated by 
subparagraph (A)— 
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(i) by striking ‘‘(a) Except as provided 
in paragraph (5)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) CO-
ORDINATION.—Except as provided in sub-
section (e)’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (1) (as so redesig-
nated), by inserting ‘‘and the Director of 
the National Counterintelligence Center’’ 
after ‘‘the Federal Bureau of Investigation’’; 
and 
(iii) in paragraph (2) (as so redesig-
nated), by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’; 
(C) in subsection (b) (as so redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘(b)Except as provided in paragraph 
(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘(b) ESPIONAGE INFORMA-
TION.—Except as provided in subsection (e)’’; 
(D) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘(c) 
IMPACT ASSESSMENT.—’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2)(A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘subparagraph 
(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’; 
and 
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(II) by striking ‘‘investigation 
under paragraph (1)’’ and inserting 
‘‘investigation under subsection (a)’’; 
(E) in subsection (d) (as so redesignated)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(d)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(d) NOTIFICATION
OF FULL ESPIONAGE 
INVESTIGATION.—’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘subparagraph (A)’’ and inserting ‘‘para-
graph (1)’’; 
(F) in subsection (e) (as so redesignated)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘(e) 
WAIVER.—’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1), (2), or 
(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a), (b), or 
(c)’’; 
(G) in subsection (f) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘(f)’’ and inserting ‘‘(f) RULE OF CON-
STRUCTION.—’’; and 
(H) in subsection (g) (as so redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘(g)’’ and inserting ‘‘(g) DEFINI-
TIONS.—’’. 
(4) REPEAL OF EXISTING PROVISION.—Section 
811 of the Counterintelligence and Security Enhance-
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ments Act of 1994 (title VIII of Public Law 103–359; 
50 U.S.C. 3381) is repealed. 
(e) DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS.— 
(1) TRANSFER OF PROVISION.—Section 1105A of 
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3235a) 
is— 
(A) redesignated as section 415; and 
(B) transferred so as to appear after section 
414, as added by subsection (d) of this section. 
(2) MODIFICATIONS.—Section 415 of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947, as redesignated by para-
graph (1), is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Director of National Intel-
ligence’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Di-
rector of the National Counterintelligence Cen-
ter’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subsections: 
‘‘(d) REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The head of each department 
or agency of the Federal Government shall— 
‘‘(A) not later than 7 days after the head of 
such department or agency becomes aware of any 
actual or potential significant unauthorized dis-
closure or compromise of classified national in-
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telligence, notify the Director of the National 
Counterintelligence Center of such disclosure or 
compromise; and 
‘‘(B) not later than 30 days after the date 
on which the Director of the National Counter-
intelligence Center submits a request to the head 
of such department or agency for information the 
Director considers necessary to carry out a dam-
age assessment pursuant to this section, provide 
the Director of the National Counterintelligence 
Center such information. 
‘‘(2) NOTICE
OF
NONCOMPLIANCE.—Not later 
than 30 days after the date on which the Director of 
the National Counterintelligence Center determines 
the head of a department or agency of the Federal 
Government has violated the requirements of para-
graph (1), the Director shall notify the congressional 
intelligence committees and the Inspector General of 
the Intelligence Community of the violation. 
‘‘(3) NOTICE
OF
DETERMINATION
THAT
ONLY 
SINGLE ELEMENT IS IMPACTED.—Not later than 30 
days after the head of a department or agency of the 
Federal Government determines that an actual or po-
tential significant unauthorized disclosure or com-
promise of classified national intelligence impacts 
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only that department or agency, the head of such de-
partment or agency shall provide to the Director of 
the National Counterintelligence Center notice of that 
determination. 
‘‘(e) SEMIANNUAL REPORTS ON IMPLEMENTATION.— 
On January 31 and July 31 of each year, the Director of 
the National Counterintelligence Center shall submit to the 
congressional intelligence committees a report on actual or 
potential significant unauthorized disclosures or com-
promises of classified national intelligence. Each report 
shall include, with respect to the half-year period ending 
on the December 31 or June 30 preceding the submission 
of the report, respectively— 
‘‘(1) an identification of any actual or potential 
unauthorized disclosures or compromises that oc-
curred during the period covered by the report; 
‘‘(2) the status of any action or dispensation 
with respect to each unauthorized disclosure or com-
promise— 
‘‘(A) identified in accordance with para-
graph (1); or 
‘‘(B) for which notice and a description of 
the final resolution has not been provided to the 
congressional intelligence committees in a report 
required by this subsection; and 
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‘‘(3) a description of any determinations by the 
Director that an unauthorized disclosure or com-
promise of classified national intelligence was not sig-
nificant for purposes of subsection (a)(1).’’. 
SEC. 303. TRANSITION PROVISIONS. 
(a) REDESIGNATION
OF NATIONAL COUNTERINTEL-
LIGENCE AND SECURITY CENTER.— 
(1) CENTER.—The National Counterintelligence 
and Security Center is redesignated as the National 
Counterintelligence Center. 
(2) DIRECTOR.—The person serving as the Di-
rector of the National Counterintelligence and Secu-
rity Center on the day before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act may serve as the Director of the Na-
tional Counterintelligence Center until the date on 
which a Director of the National Counterintelligence 
Center is appointed by the President, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate, in accordance with 
section 401 of the National Security Act of 1947, as 
added by section 302 of this Act. 
(b) REPORT ON TRANSITION OF SECURITY COMPO-
NENTS.— 
(1) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence shall submit to the congressional 
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intelligence committees a report containing the assess-
ment of the Director as to whether the security func-
tions described in paragraph (3) should be functions 
of the Director of the National Counterintelligence 
Center or if such functions should be the responsi-
bility of another official. 
(2) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of 
National Intelligence shall provide to the congres-
sional intelligence committees a briefing on the 
progress of the assessment required under paragraph 
(1). 
(3) SECURITY FUNCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The se-
curity functions described in this subsection are as 
follows: 
(A) Functions arising from the role of the 
Director of National Intelligence as the Security 
Executive Agent under section 803 of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3162a). 
(B) Functions arising from the role of the 
Director of National Intelligence as joint leader 
of the National Insider Threat Task Force. 
(C) Functions of the Special Security Di-
rectorate and Center for Security Evaluation of 
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the National Counterintelligence Center (as so 
redesignated). 
(c) REALIGNMENT
OF
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE-RE-
LATED ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 
OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence shall transfer the functions and per-
sonnel of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence 
relating to counterintelligence matters to the National 
Counterintelligence Center. 
(d) TEMPORARY AUTHORITY
TO TRANSFER PER-
SONNEL
AND REPROGRAM FUNDS
FOR COUNTERINTEL-
LIGENCE ACTIVITIES.— 
(1) AUTHORITY TO REALIGN.—During the 180- 
day period beginning on the date of the enactment of 
this title, subject to the authority, direction, and con-
trol of the Director of National Intelligence, the Direc-
tor of the National Counterintelligence Center, in con-
sultation with the heads of the elements of the intel-
ligence community, may transfer personnel or trans-
fer or reprogram funds made available under the Na-
tional Intelligence Program to carry out title IV of 
the National Security Act of 1947, as added by sec-
tion 302 of this Act. 
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(2) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 days after 
transferring personnel or transferring or reprogram-
ming funds under paragraph (1), the Director of the 
National Counterintelligence Center shall submit no-
tice of the transfer or reprogramming to— 
(A) the congressional intelligence commit-
tees; 
(B) the Committees on Appropriations of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives; 
(C) in the case of a transfer or reprogram-
ming to or from an element of the Department 
of Defense, the Committees on Armed Services of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives; and 
(D) in the case of a transfer or reprogram-
ming to or from the Department of Justice, the 
Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives. 
(e) 
NATIONAL
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE
TASK 
FORCE.— 
(1) CLARIFICATION ON USE OF EXISTING TASK 
FORCE.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed to re-
quire the establishment of a new National Counter-
intelligence Task Force under section 403 of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947, as added by section 302 
of this Act, if the National Counterintelligence Task 
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Force, as in existence the day before the date of the 
enactment of this Act, satisfies the requirements of 
such section 403 or is modified to satisfy such re-
quirements. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the establishment of the National Counterintel-
ligence Task Force under section 403 of the National 
Security Act of 1947, as added by section 302 of this 
Act, the Director of the National Counterintelligence 
Center shall submit to the congressional intelligence 
committees a report containing— 
(A) the plans and activities of the Task 
Force, as in existence the day before the date of 
the enactment of this Act, during the period be-
ginning on January 1, 2020, and ending on the 
date of the enactment of this Act; and 
(B) the organization, structure, and plans 
for the Task Force as established under such sec-
tion 403. 
SEC. 304. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) CONFORMING REPEALS.— 
(1) NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947.—Section 
103F of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3031, 3059) is repealed. 
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(2) COUNTERINTELLIGENCE ENHANCEMENT ACT 
OF 2002.—Sections 902 and 904 of the Counterintel-
ligence Enhancement Act of 2002 (title IX of Public 
Law 107-306; 50 U.S.C. 3382, 3383) are repealed. 
(b) REFERENCES
TO
NATIONAL
COUNTERINTEL-
LIGENCE AND SECURITY CENTER.— 
(1) NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947.—The Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) 
is amended by striking ‘‘National Counterintelligence 
and Security Center’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘National Counterintelligence Center’’ in the 
following provisions: 
(A) 
Section 
102A(f)(2) 
(50 
U.S.C. 
3024(f)(2)). 
(B) 
Section 
102A(f)(8)(F) 
(50 
U.S.C. 
3024(f)(8)(F)). 
(C) 
Section 
103(c)(9) 
(50 
U.S.C. 
3025(c)(9)). 
(D) Section 1107(a) (50 U.S.C. 3237(a)). 
(E) Section 1108(a) (50 U.S.C. 3238(a)). 
(2) OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW.—The following 
provisions of law are amended by striking ‘‘National 
Counterintelligence and Security Center’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘National Counterintel-
ligence Center’’: 
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(A) Section 5315 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
(B) Section 1322(b)(1)(D) of title 41, 
United States Code. 
(C) Section 7318 of the Intelligence Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (division G of 
Public Law 118-31; 50 U.S.C. 3384). 
(D) Section 6306(c)(6) of the Damon Paul 
Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, 
and 2020 (division E of Public Law 116-92; 50 
U.S.C. 3370(c)(6)). 
(E) Section 6508(a) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 
3371d(a)). 
(F) Section 341(b) of the Intelligence Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public 
Law 108-177; 28 U.S.C. 519 note). 
(c) BUDGET MATERIALS.—Section 506(a)(4) of the 
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3096(a)(4)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘Counterintelligence’’ and inserting 
‘‘The National Counterintelligence Program’’. 
(d) TRANSFER OF REPORTING PROVISIONS.— 
(1) CHINESE INFLUENCE OPERATIONS.—Section 
1107 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
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3237), as amended by subsection (b) of this section, 
is— 
(A) redesignated as section 435; and 
(B) transferred so as to appear after section 
434 of such Act, as added by section 302 of this 
Act. 
(2) RUSSIAN INFLUENCE OPERATIONS.—Section 
1108 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3238), as amended by subsection (b) of this section, 
is— 
(A) redesignated as section 436; and 
(B) transferred so as to appear after section 
435 of such Act, as redesignated and transferred 
by paragraph (1). 
TITLE 
IV—GENERAL 
INTEL-
LIGENCE 
COMMUNITY 
MAT-
TERS 
SEC. 401. RESTRICTION ON CONDUCT OF INTELLIGENCE 
ACTIVITIES. 
The authorization of appropriations by this Act shall 
not be deemed to constitute authority for the conduct of any 
intelligence activity which is not otherwise authorized by 
the Constitution or the laws of the United States. 
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SEC. 402. 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. 403. INTELLIGENCE ACQUISITION ENHANCEMENT. 
Section 102A(n)(6)(C) of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(n)(6)(C)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘Subject to section 
4022(a)(2) of such title, the Director’’ and inserting 
‘‘Subject to section 4022(a)(2) of such title and except 
as provided in clause (viii) of this subparagraph, the 
Director, or the head of an element of the intelligence 
community to whom the Director has delegated au-
thority under subparagraph (B),’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(viii) The Director of the National Reconnais-
sance Office, if delegated the authority under sub-
paragraph (B), may exercise the authority under 
clause 
(ii) 
by 
substituting 
‘$500,000,000’ 
for 
‘$75,000,000’ if the Director of the National Recon-
naissance Office submits to the congressional intel-
ligence committees notice of an agreement or trans-
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action of an amount that exceeds $75,000,000 not 
later than 14 days before the agreement or trans-
action is entered into and certifies that the agreement 
or transaction is essential to meet critical national se-
curity objectives.’’. 
SEC. 404. SENIOR OFFICIALS FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY. 
(a) DESIGNATION REQUIRED.—Title I of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 123. DESIGNATION OF SENIOR OFFICIALS FOR BIO-
TECHNOLOGY. 
‘‘(a) DESIGNATION.—The head of each element of the 
intelligence community specified in subsection (b) shall des-
ignate a senior official of such element to serve as the offi-
cial responsible for the activities of such element relating 
to biotechnology. 
‘‘(b) SPECIFIED ELEMENTS.—The elements of the in-
telligence community specified in this subsection are the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) The Office of the Director of National Intel-
ligence. 
‘‘(2) The Central Intelligence Agency. 
‘‘(3) The National Security Agency. 
‘‘(4) The Defense Intelligence Agency. 
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‘‘(5) The intelligence elements of the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation. 
‘‘(6) The Office of Intelligence and Counterintel-
ligence of the Department of Energy. 
‘‘(7) The Bureau of Intelligence and Research of 
the Department of State. 
‘‘(8) The Office of Intelligence and Analysis of 
the Department of Homeland Security. 
‘‘(c) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 15 days 
after designating a senior official under this section, the 
head of the element of the intelligence community desig-
nating such official shall submit to the congressional intel-
ligence committees notice of the designation.’’. 
(b) INITIAL DESIGNATION.—The head of each element 
of the intelligence community required to designate a senior 
official of such element under section 123 of the National 
Security Act of 1947, as added by subsection (a) of this 
section, shall designate such senior official not later than 
90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 405. PROHIBITION ON USE OF DEEPSEEK ON INTEL-
LIGENCE COMMUNITY SYSTEMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title XI of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 1115. PROHIBITION ON USE OF DEEPSEEK ON INTEL-
LIGENCE COMMUNITY SYSTEMS. 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—The Director of National Intel-
ligence, in consultation with the other heads of the elements 
of the intelligence community, shall develop standards and 
guidelines for elements of the intelligence community that 
require the removal of any covered application from na-
tional security systems operated by an element of the intel-
ligence community, a contractor to an element of the intel-
ligence community, or another entity on behalf of an ele-
ment of the intelligence community. 
‘‘(b) APPLICABILITY OF INFORMATION SECURITY RE-
QUIREMENTS.—The standards and guidelines developed 
under subsection (a) shall be consistent with the informa-
tion security requirements under subchapter II of chapter 
35 of title 44, United States Code. 
‘‘(c) NATIONAL SECURITY
AND RESEARCH EXCEP-
TIONS.—The standards and guidelines developed under sub-
section (a) shall include— 
‘‘(1) exceptions for national security purposes 
and research activities; and 
‘‘(2) risk mitigation standards and guidelines 
that shall apply in the case of an exception described 
in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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‘‘(1) COVERED APPLICATION.—The term ‘covered 
application’ means the DeepSeek application or any 
successor application or service developed or provided 
by High Flyer or any successor entity. 
‘‘(2) NATIONAL
SECURITY
SYSTEM.—The term 
‘national security system’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 3552 of title 44, United States Code.’’. 
(b) INITIAL STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES.—The Di-
rector of National Intelligence shall develop the initial 
standards and guidelines required under section 1115 of the 
National Security Act of 1947, as added by subsection (a) 
of this section, not later than 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 406. KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR INTER-
NATIONAL 
CARTELS 
AND 
OTHER 
TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS. 
Title XI of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 3231 et seq.), as amended by section 405 of this Act, 
is further amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘SEC. 1116. KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR INTER-
NATIONAL 
CARTELS 
AND 
OTHER 
TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT FOR KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT 
SYSTEM.—The Director of National Intelligence, in con-
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sultation with the Attorney General, shall ensure that the 
intelligence community— 
‘‘(1) makes use of the Transnational Organized 
Crime Identity Intelligence Platform or a successor 
knowledge management system to enable and enhance 
information management, information sharing, anal-
ysis, and collaboration across the intelligence commu-
nity and between the intelligence community and 
Federal law enforcement agencies related to inter-
national cartels and other transnational criminal or-
ganizations; and 
‘‘(2) provides all terrorism information (as de-
fined in section 1016(a) of the Intelligence Reform 
and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (6 U.S.C. 
485(a))) to the National Counterterrorism Center, in-
cluding terrorism information related to international 
cartels and other transnational criminal organiza-
tions designated as foreign terrorist organizations 
under section 219 of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189) or as a Specially Des-
ignated Global Terrorist under Executive Order 
13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note) or any successor Execu-
tive order. 
‘‘(b) PROCEDURES.—The Director of National Intel-
ligence and the Attorney General shall each or jointly, as 
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appropriate, issue procedures for collecting, storing, access-
ing, and disseminating data under the system described in 
subsection (a), including with respect to the organization 
of such data and security requirements for accessing such 
data. Such procedures shall be designed to encourage col-
laboration between elements of the intelligence community 
and between elements of the intelligence community and 
Federal law enforcement agencies with respect to inter-
national cartels and other transnational criminal organiza-
tions, including foreign terrorist organizations designated 
under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1189) and persons or entities designated as a 
Specially Designated Global Terrorist under Executive 
Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note) or any successor Execu-
tive order. 
‘‘(c) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY INPUT.—The head of 
each element of the intelligence community shall— 
‘‘(1) input all data described in subsection (a)(1) 
in the possession of such element into the system de-
scribed in such subsection in accordance with the pro-
cedures established under subsection (b); and 
‘‘(2) share all terrorism information described in 
subsection (a)(2) in the possession of such element 
with the National Counterterrorism Center. 
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velopers capable of producing covered AI technologies, 
with a focus on cybersecurity risks and other security 
challenges that are unique to protecting covered AI 
technologies and critical components of such tech-
nologies (such as threat vectors that do not typically 
arise, or are less severe, in the context of conventional 
information technology systems). 
(2) Identification of components or information 
that, if accessed by threat actors, would meaningfully 
contribute to progress made by the actor with respect 
to developing covered AI technologies, including with 
respect to— 
(A) AI models and key components of such 
models; 
(B) core insights relating to the development 
of advanced AI systems, including with respect 
to training such systems, the inferences made by 
such systems, and the engineering of such sys-
tems; and 
(C) other related information. 
(3) Strategies to detect, prevent, and respond to 
cyber threats by threat actors targeting covered AI 
technologies. 
(4) Identification of the levels of security, if any, 
that would require substantial involvement by the 
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