This bill restructures parts of the U.S. intelligence community to reduce the size of central offices and shift work to specific agencies. It moves the National Counterintelligence and Security Center to the FBI, with legal references updated after 180 days . It narrows and moves the National Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center to the CIA, renaming it the National Counterproliferation Center, with changes taking effect 180 days after enactment . It also overhauls the National Counterterrorism Center, adds a counternarcotics role, shifts big-picture counterterror planning to the National Security Council, and limits handling of domestic information to support work on international terrorism . The Director of National Intelligence loses some oversight powers, must plan to speed up buying and prefer commercial solutions, and several reporting and personnel rules are repealed .
Several offices and programs are ended. The Foreign Malign Influence Center, Climate Security Advisory Council, Office of Engagement, and the Foreign Languages Program are terminated, with related definitions and references updated; many of these end 90 days after enactment . The National Intelligence University must close within 180 days . Money from the National Intelligence Program cannot be used for think tanks that receive support from foreign governments (except the Five Eyes partners) . Funds also cannot be used for ODNI buildings or property deemed unnecessary, and unneeded facilities must be sold or shed after one year . The bill bans spending on diversity, equity, and inclusion activities in the intelligence community and requires related rules and trainings to be rescinded .
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Last progress June 27, 2025 (6 months ago)
Introduced on June 27, 2025 by Thomas Bryant Cotton
Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.