Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011
PL 112-18 (H.R.754), enacted 06/08/2011

125 STAT. 223 
PUBLIC LAW 112–18—JUNE 8, 2011 
Public Law 112–18 
112th Congress 
An Act 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2011 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 2011’’. 
(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—BUDGET AND PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS 
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—GENERAL INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MATTERS 
Sec. 301. Restriction on conduct of intelligence activities. 
Sec. 302. Increase in employee compensation and benefits authorized by law. 
Sec. 303. Non-reimbursable detail of other personnel. 
Sec. 304. Intelligence officer training program. 
TITLE IV—MATTERS RELATING TO ELEMENTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE 
COMMUNITY 
Subtitle A—Office of the Director of National Intelligence 
Sec. 401. Schedule and requirements for the National Counterintelligence Strategy. 
Sec. 402. Insider threat detection program. 
Sec. 403. Inspector General report recruitment and retention of racial and ethnic 
minorities. 
Sec. 404. Report on potential consolidation of elements of the intelligence commu-
nity. 
Subtitle B—Other Elements 
Sec. 411. Defense Intelligence Agency counterintelligence and expenditures. 
Intelligence 
Authorization 
Act for Fiscal 
Year 2011. 
June 8, 2011 
[H.R. 754] 
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125 STAT. 224 
PUBLIC LAW 112–18—JUNE 8, 2011 
TITLE V—OTHER MATTERS 
Sec. 501. Sense of Congress regarding the priority of railway transportation secu-
rity. 
TITLE VI—HONORING THE MEMBERS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY 
FOR THEIR ROLE IN THE MISSION THAT KILLED OSAMA BIN LADEN ON 
MAY 1, 2011 
Sec. 601. Honoring the members of the intelligence community for their role in the 
mission that killed Osama bin Laden on May 1, 2011. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEES.—The term 
‘‘congressional intelligence committees’’ means— 
(A) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; 
and 
(B) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the House of Representatives. 
(2) INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘intelligence 
community’’ has the meaning given that term in section 3(4) 
of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)). 
TITLE I—BUDGET AND PERSONNEL 
AUTHORIZATIONS 
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2011 for the conduct of the intelligence and intelligence-related 
activities of the following elements of the United States Govern-
ment: 
(1) The Office of the Director of National Intelligence. 
(2) The Central Intelligence Agency. 
(3) The Department of Defense. 
(4) The Defense Intelligence Agency. 
(5) The National Security Agency. 
(6) The Department of the Army, the Department of the 
Navy, and the Department of the Air Force. 
(7) The Coast Guard. 
(8) The Department of State. 
(9) The Department of the Treasury. 
(10) The Department of Energy. 
(11) The Department of Justice. 
(12) The Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
(13) The Drug Enforcement Administration. 
(14) The National Reconnaissance Office. 
(15) 
The 
National 
Geospatial-Intelligence 
Agency. 
(16) The Department of Homeland Security. 
SEC. 102. CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AUTHORIZATIONS. 
(a) SPECIFICATIONS OF AMOUNTS AND PERSONNEL LEVELS.— 
The amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 101 and 
the authorized personnel levels (expressed as full-time equivalent 
positions) as of September 30, 2011, for the conduct of the intel-
ligence activities of the elements listed in paragraphs (1) through 
(16) of section 101, are those specified in the classified Schedule 
50 USC 403–1 
note. 
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125 STAT. 225 
PUBLIC LAW 112–18—JUNE 8, 2011 
of Authorizations prepared to accompany the bill H.R. 754 of the 
One Hundred Twelfth Congress. 
(b) AVAILABILITY
OF CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE
OF AUTHORIZA-
TIONS.—The classified Schedule of Authorizations referred to in 
subsection (a) shall be made available to the Committee on Appro-
priations of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives, and to the President. The President 
shall provide for suitable distribution of the Schedule, or of appro-
priate portions of the Schedule, within the executive branch. 
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 
2011 the sum of $660,732,000. Within such amount, funds identified 
in the classified Schedule of Authorizations referred to in section 
102(a) for advanced research and development shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2012. 
(b) AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL LEVELS.—The elements within the 
Intelligence Community Management Account of the Director of 
National Intelligence are authorized 787 full-time equivalent per-
sonnel as of September 30, 2011. Personnel serving in such elements 
may be permanent employees of the Office of the Director of 
National Intelligence or personnel detailed from other elements 
of the United States Government. 
(c) CLASSIFIED AUTHORIZATIONS.— 
(1) 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 Community Management 
Account for fiscal year 2011 such additional amounts as are 
specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations referred 
to in section 102(a). Such additional amounts made available 
for advanced research and development shall remain available 
until September 30, 2012. 
(2) AUTHORIZATION OF PERSONNEL.—In addition to the per-
sonnel authorized by subsection (b) for elements of the Intel-
ligence Community Management Account as of September 30, 
2011, there are authorized such full-time equivalent personnel 
for the Community Management Account as of that date as 
are specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations 
referred to in section 102(a). 
TITLE 
II—CENTRAL 
INTELLIGENCE 
AGENCY 
RETIREMENT 
AND 
DIS-
ABILITY SYSTEM 
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated for the Central Intel-
ligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund for fiscal year 2011 
the sum of $292,000,000. 
President. 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–18—JUNE 8, 2011 
TITLE III—GENERAL INTELLIGENCE 
COMMUNITY MATTERS 
SEC. 301. 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. 
SEC. 302. INCREASE IN EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS 
AUTHORIZED BY LAW. 
Appropriations authorized by this Act for salary, pay, retire-
ment, 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. 303. NON-REIMBURSABLE DETAIL OF OTHER PERSONNEL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 113A of the National Security Act 
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 404h–1) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘NON-REIMBURSABLE DETAIL OF OTHER PERSONNEL 
‘‘SEC. 113A. An officer or employee of the United States or 
member of the Armed Forces may be detailed to the staff of an 
element of the intelligence community funded through the National 
Intelligence Program from another element of the intelligence 
community or from another element of the United States Govern-
ment on a non-reimbursable basis, as jointly agreed to by the 
heads of the receiving and detailing elements, for a period not 
to exceed two years. This section does not limit any other source 
of authority for reimbursable or non-reimbursable details.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in the first section of such Act is amended by striking the item 
relating to section 113A and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 113A. Non-reimbursable detail of other personnel.’’. 
SEC. 304. INTELLIGENCE OFFICER TRAINING PROGRAM. 
Section 1024 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
441p) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘subsection (b)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subsections (b) and (c)’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (c) through (f) as sub-
sections (d) through (g), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after subsection (b), the following: 
‘‘(c) GRANT PROGRAM FOR HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND 
UNIVERSITIES.—(1) The Director may provide grants to historically 
black colleges and universities to provide programs of study in 
educational disciplines identified under subsection (a)(2) or 
described in paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) A grant provided under paragraph (1) may be used to 
provide programs of study in the following educational disciplines: 
‘‘(A) Intermediate and advanced foreign languages deemed 
in the immediate interest of the intelligence community, 
including Farsi, Pashto, Middle Eastern, African, and South 
Asian dialects. 
Time period. 
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‘‘(B) Study abroad programs and cultural immersion pro-
grams.’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (g) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (1), the following: 
‘‘(2) HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY.—The 
term ‘historically black college and university’ has the meaning 
given the term ‘part B institution’ in section 322 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061).’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM.—The term ‘study abroad pro-
gram’ means a program of study that— 
‘‘(A) takes places outside the geographical boundaries 
of the United States; 
‘‘(B) focuses on areas of the world that are critical 
to the national security interests of the United States and 
are generally underrepresented in study abroad programs 
at institutions of higher education, including Africa, Asia, 
Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and 
the Middle East; and 
‘‘(C) is a credit or noncredit program.’’. 
TITLE IV—MATTERS RELATING TO ELE-
MENTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COM-
MUNITY 
Subtitle A—Office of the Director of 
National Intelligence 
SEC. 401. SCHEDULE AND REQUIREMENTS FOR THE NATIONAL 
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE STRATEGY. 
Section 904(d)(2) of the Counterintelligence Enhancement Act 
of 2002 (50 U.S.C. 402c(d)(2)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Subject’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT TO PRODUCE.—Subject’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘on an annual basis’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) REVISION
AND
REQUIREMENT.—The National 
Counterintelligence Strategy shall be revised or updated 
at least once every three years and shall be aligned with 
the strategy and policies of the Director of National Intel-
ligence.’’. 
SEC. 402. INSIDER THREAT DETECTION PROGRAM. 
(a) INITIAL OPERATING CAPABILITY.—Not later than October 
1, 2012, the Director of National Intelligence shall establish an 
initial operating capability for an effective automated insider threat 
detection program for the information resources in each element 
of the intelligence community in order to detect unauthorized access 
to, or use or transmission of, classified intelligence. 
(b) FULL OPERATING CAPABILITY.—Not later than October 1, 
2013, the Director of National Intelligence shall ensure the program 
described in subsection (a) has reached full operating capability. 
Deadlines. 
50 USC 403–1 
note. 
Definition. 
Definition. 
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(c) REPORT.—Not later than December 1, 2011, the Director 
of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intel-
ligence committees a report on the resources required to implement 
the insider threat detection program referred to in subsection (a) 
and any other issues related to such implementation the Director 
considers appropriate to include in the report. 
(d) INFORMATION RESOURCES DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term 
‘‘information 
resources’’ 
means 
networks, 
systems, 
workstations, servers, routers, applications, databases, websites, 
online collaboration environments, and any other information 
resources in an element of the intelligence community designated 
by the Director of National Intelligence. 
SEC. 403. INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT RECRUITMENT AND RETEN-
TION OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITIES. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Intelligence 
Community shall submit to Congress a report on the degree to 
which racial and ethnic minorities in the United States are 
employed in professional positions in the intelligence community 
and barriers to the recruitment and retention of additional racial 
and ethnic minorities in such positions. 
(b) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. 
SEC. 404. REPORT ON POTENTIAL CONSOLIDATION OF ELEMENTS OF 
THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. 
Not later than December 31, 2011, the Director of National 
Intelligence shall submit to congress a report containing any rec-
ommendations the Director considers appropriate for consolidating 
elements of the intelligence community. 
Subtitle B—Other Elements 
SEC. 411. DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY COUNTERINTELLIGENCE 
AND EXPENDITURES. 
Section 105 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
403–5) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(5), by inserting ‘‘and counterintel-
ligence’’ after ‘‘human intelligence’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: 
‘‘(c) EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS BY THE DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE 
AGENCY.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Director of 
the Defense Intelligence Agency may expend amounts made avail-
able to the Director under the National Intelligence Program for 
human intelligence and counterintelligence activities for objects 
of a confidential, extraordinary, or emergency nature, without 
regard to the provisions of law or regulation relating to the expendi-
ture of Government funds. 
‘‘(2) The Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency may not 
expend more than five percent of the amounts made available 
to the Director under the National Intelligence Program for human 
intelligence and counterintelligence activities for a fiscal year for 
objects of a confidential, extraordinary, or emergency nature in 
accordance with paragraph (1) during such fiscal year unless— 
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‘‘(A) the Director notifies the congressional intelligence 
committees of the intent to expend the amounts; and 
‘‘(B) 30 days have elapsed from the date on which the 
Director notifies the congressional intelligence committees in 
accordance with subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(3) For each expenditure referred to in paragraph (1), the 
Director shall certify that such expenditure was made for an object 
of a confidential, extraordinary, or emergency nature. 
‘‘(4) Not later than December 31 of each year, the Director 
of the Defense Intelligence Agency shall submit to the congressional 
intelligence committees a report on any expenditures made during 
the preceding fiscal year in accordance with paragraph (1).’’. 
TITLE V—OTHER MATTERS 
SEC. 501. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE PRIORITY OF RAIL-
WAY TRANSPORTATION SECURITY. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) railway transportation (including subway transit) 
should be prioritized in the development of transportation secu-
rity plans by the intelligence community; and 
(2) railway transportation security (including subway 
transit security) should be included in transportation security 
budgets of the intelligence community. 
TITLE VI—HONORING THE MEMBERS 
OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY 
FOR THEIR ROLE IN THE MISSION 
THAT KILLED OSAMA BIN LADEN ON 
MAY 1, 2011 
SEC. 601. HONORING THE MEMBERS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMU-
NITY FOR THEIR ROLE IN THE MISSION THAT KILLED 
OSAMA BIN LADEN ON MAY 1, 2011. 
Congress— 
(1) commends the men and women of the intelligence 
community for the tremendous commitment, perseverance, 
professionalism, and sacrifice they displayed in bringing Osama 
bin Laden to justice; 
(2) commends the men and women of the intelligence 
community for committing themselves to defeating, disrupting, 
and dismantling al Qaeda; and 
(3) reaffirms its commitment to using the capabilities and 
skills of the intelligence community to— 
(A) disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al Qaeda and affili-
ated organizations around the world that threaten the 
national security of the United States; 
Deadline. 
Reports. 
Certification. 
Time period. 
Notification. 
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125 STAT. 230 
PUBLIC LAW 112–18—JUNE 8, 2011 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 754 (S. 719): 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 112–72 (Permanent Select Comm. on Intelligence). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 112–12 (Select Comm. on Intelligence) accompanying S. 719. 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 157 (2011): 
May 12, 13, considered and passed House. 
May 26, considered and passed Senate. 
(B) eliminate safe havens for terrorists in Afghanistan 
and Pakistan; and 
(C) bring terrorists to justice. 
Approved June 8, 2011. 
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