National Intelligence Reform Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5150
Sponsor: Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4]
Introduced: 2004-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Advice and consent of the Senate
Appropriations
Awards, medals, prizes
Central Intelligence Agency
Chief financial officers
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil service retirement
Classified defense information
Coast guard
Commemorations
Computer networks
Computer security measures
Conflict of interests
Congress
Congressional committees (House)
Congressional committees (Senate)
Congressional hearings
Congressional investigations
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Consultants
Counterintelligence
Covert operations
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Defense budgets
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice
Department of State
Department of the Treasury
Directories
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Electronic government information
Employee rights
Employee selection
Employee training
Executive Office of the President
Executive reorganization
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to education
Federal budgets
Federal employees
Federal law enforcement officers
Federal officials
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Fringe benefits
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government employees' political activities
Government ethics
Government paperwork
Government procurement
Government publicity
Government travel
Governmental investigations
Higher education
House Intelligence
Information leaking
Information technology
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Inspectors general
Intelligence community staff
Intelligence officers
International Affairs
International cooperation
Labor and Employment
Language and languages
Law
Legislation
Military intelligence
Minorities
Minorities in government
Ombudsman
Performance measurement
Perjury
Personnel management
Position classification
President and foreign policy
Presidential appointments
Promotions
Public meetings
Rating of employees
Reconnaissance satellites
Recruiting of employees
Reprogramming of appropriated funds
Research and development
Right of privacy
Salaries
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Security classification (Government documents)
Security clearances
Senate Intelligence
Space activities
Standards
Strategic planning
Technological innovations
Terrorism
Transfer of employees
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs
Whistle blowing
Witnesses
Women
Women in government

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-24
text: 
National Intelligence Reform Act of 2004 - Establishes as an independent executive entity the National Intelligence Authority (Authority), headed by a National Intelligence Director (Director), to, among other things: (1) unify and strengthen efforts of the intelligence community (IC); (2) operate the National Counterterrorism Center and national intelligence centers; and (3) establish clear responsibility and accountability for counterterrorism and other intelligence matters relating to U.S. national security. Requires the Director to: (1) serve as the head of the IC; (2) advise the President on intelligence related to national security; and (3) direct and oversee the National Intelligence Program (formerly the National Foreign Intelligence Program).
 
Authorizes the Director to establish and train a National Intelligence Reserve Corps for the temporary reemployment of former IC employees during periods of emergency.
 
Establishes in the Treasury the Reserve for Contingencies of the National Intelligence Director.
 
Establishes a National Intelligence Council (Council) to produce national intelligence estimates for the U.S. Government and evaluate the collection and production of intelligence by the IC.
 
Establishes a National Counterterrorism Center to, among other things: (1) unify strategy for U.S. civilian and military counterterrorism efforts; and (2) integrate counterterrorism intelligence and operations across agency boundaries, both inside and outside the United States. Authorizes the Director to establish within the Authority one or more national intelligence centers to address intelligence priorities established by the Council.
 
Requires the Director to establish the Intelligence Community Scholarship Program to award scholarships designed to recruit and prepare students for civilian careers in the IC.
 
Requires the President to publicly disclose certain intelligence funding information for fiscal years after 2005.
 
Merges the Homeland Security Council into the Council.
 
Establishes a Joint Intelligence Community Council to assist the Director in developing and implementing a joint, unified national intelligence effort to protect national security.
 
Requires the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to develop and maintain within the FBI a national security workforce of agents, analysts, linguists, and surveillance specialists.
 
Federal Bureau of Investigation Intelligence Career Service Authorization Act of 2005 - Authorizes the FBI Director to establish an FBI Intelligence Career Service for FBI intelligence analysts.
 
Directs the President to establish an information sharing network to promote the sharing of intelligence and homeland security information among all relevant Federal departments and agencies, State, tribal, and local authorities, and private sector entities. Establishes an Executive Council on Information Sharing.
 
Establishes within the Executive Office of the President a Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.
 
Requires the congressional intelligence committees to be provided all intelligence estimates and assessments other than those prepared exclusively for the President.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
action_date: 2004-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-24
text: Introduced in House