S. 2342 · Where this bill is now
In committee
Introduced in the Senate, Jul 17, 2025
119th Congress
1st SessionS. 2342
1st SessionS. 2342
A BILL
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
In the SenateNo vote yet
Sponsor: Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) · Introduced Jul 17, 2025 · Armed Forces and National Security · 1 version of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Jul 29, 2025: “By Senator Cotton from Select Committee on Intelligence filed written report. Report No. 119-51. Minority views filed.”
Sections
Title I — Intelligence activities · 4
Title II — Central Intelligence Agency retirement and disability system · 1
Title III — Intelligence community matters · 32
- Sec. 301Unauthorized access to intelligence community propertyNo change
- Sec. 302Protection of Central Intelligence Agency facilities and assets from unmanned aircraftNo change
- Sec. 303Modification of acquisition authoritiesNo change
- Sec. 304Strategies for enhancing jointness during modernization of Common Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination systemsNo change
- Sec. 305Annual survey of analytic objectivity among officers and employees of elements of the intelligence communityNo change
- Sec. 306Annual training requirement and report regarding analytic standardsNo change
- Sec. 307Estimate of cost to ensure compliance with Intelligence Community Directive 705No change
- Sec. 308Amendments regarding Presidential appointments for intelligence community positionsNo change
- Sec. 309Strengthening of Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of the TreasuryNo change
- Sec. 310Counterintelligence support for Department of the Treasury networks and systemsNo change
- Sec. 311Report on Director's Initiatives Group personnel mattersNo change
- Sec. 312Prohibition on availability of funds for certain activities of the Overt Human Intelligence and Field Intelligence Programs of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland SecurityNo change
- Sec. 313Higher Education Act of 1965 special ruleNo change
- Sec. 314Annual Central Intelligence Agency workplace climate assessmentNo change
- Sec. 315Report on sensitive commercially available informationNo change
- Sec. 316Report on secure mobile communications systems available to employees and of the intelligence communityNo change
- Sec. 317Plan for implementing an integrated system spanning the intelligence community for accreditation of sensitive compartmented information facilitiesNo change
- Sec. 318Counterintelligence threats to United States space interestsNo change
- Sec. 319Chaplain Corps and Chief of Chaplains of the Central Intelligence AgencyNo change
- Sec. 320Review by Inspectors General of reform efforts for special access programs and controlled access programsNo change
- Sec. 321Prohibition on contractors collecting or selling location data of individuals at intelligence community locationsNo change
- Sec. 322Technical amendment to procurement authorities of Central Intelligence AgencyNo change
- Sec. 323Consolidation of reporting requirements applicable to All-domain Anomaly Resolution OfficeNo change
- Sec. 324Establishing processes and procedures for protecting Federal Reserve informationNo change
- Sec. 325Plan to establish commercial geospatial intelligence data and services program management officeNo change
- Sec. 326Inspector General review of adequacy of policies and procedures governing use of commercial messaging applications by intelligence communityNo change
- Sec. 327Authority for National Security Agency to produce and disseminate intelligence productsNo change
- Sec. 328Conditions on procurement of telecommunications equipment by intelligence communityNo change
- Sec. 329Reforms to the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland SecurityNo change
- Sec. 330Procedures regarding dissemination of nonpublicly available information concerning United States personsNo change
- Sec. 331Prohibiting discrimination in the intelligence communityNo change
- Sec. 332Annual report on Federal Bureau of Investigation case dataNo change
Title IV — Intelligence community efficiency and effectiveness · 12
- Sec. 401Short titleNo change
- Sec. 402Modification of responsibilities and authorities of the Director of National IntelligenceNo change
- Sec. 403Reforms relating to the Office of the Director of National IntelligenceNo change
- Sec. 404Appointment of Deputy Director of National Intelligence and Assistant Directors of National IntelligenceNo change
- Sec. 405Reform of the National Intelligence Council and National Intelligence OfficersNo change
- Sec. 406Transfer of National Counterintelligence and Security Center to Federal Bureau of InvestigationNo change
- Sec. 407Redesignation and reform of National Counterterrorism CenterNo change
- Sec. 408Transfer of National Counterproliferation and Biosecurity CenterNo change
- Sec. 409National Intelligence Task ForcesNo change
- Sec. 410Repeal of various positions, units, centers, councils, and officesNo change
- Sec. 411Limitation on use of Intelligence Community Management Account funds for certain entitiesNo change
- Sec. 412Transfer of National Intelligence UniversityNo change
Title V — Matters concerning foreign countries · Subtitle A — Foreign countries generally · 4
- Sec. 501Declassification of information relating to actions by foreign governments to assist persons evading justiceNo change
- Sec. 502Enhanced intelligence sharing relating to foreign adversary biotechnological threatsNo change
- Sec. 503Threat assessment regarding unmanned aircraft systems at or near the international borders of the United StatesNo change
- Sec. 504Assessment of the potential effect of expanded partnerships among western hemisphere countriesNo change
Title V — Matters concerning foreign countries · Subtitle B — People's Republic of China · 7
- Sec. 511Countering Chinese Communist Party efforts that threaten EuropeNo change
- Sec. 512Prohibition on intelligence community contracting with Chinese military companies engaged in biotechnology research, development, or manufacturingNo change
- Sec. 513Report on the wealth of the leadership of the Chinese Communist PartyNo change
- Sec. 514Assessment and report on investments by the People's Republic of China in the agriculture sector of BrazilNo change
- Sec. 515Identification of entities that provide support to the People's Liberation ArmyNo change
- Sec. 516Establishing a China Economics and Intelligence cell to publish China Economic Power ReportNo change
- Sec. 517Modification of annual reports on influence operations and campaigns in the United States by the Chinese Communist PartyNo change
Title V — Matters concerning foreign countries · Subtitle C — The Russian Federation · 2
Title V — Matters concerning foreign countries · Subtitle D — Other foreign countries · 5
- Sec. 531Plan to enhance counternarcotics collaboration, coordination, and cooperation with the Government of MexicoNo change
- Sec. 532Enhancing intelligence support to counter foreign adversary influence in SudanNo change
- Sec. 533Ukraine lessons learned working groupNo change
- Sec. 534Improvements to requirement for monitoring of Iranian enrichment of uranium-235No change
- Sec. 535Duty to warn United States persons threatened by Iranian lethal plottingNo change
Title VI — Emerging technologies · 12
- Sec. 601Intelligence Community Technology Bridge FundNo change
- Sec. 602Enhancing biotechnology talent within the intelligence communityNo change
- Sec. 603Enhanced intelligence community support to secure United States genomic dataNo change
- Sec. 604Ensuring intelligence community procurement of domestic United States production of synthetic DNA and RNANo change
- Sec. 605Deployment of advanced nuclear technologiesNo change
- Sec. 606Addressing intelligence gaps relating to outbound investment screening for biotechnologyNo change
- Sec. 607Additional functions and requirements of Artificial Intelligence Security CenterNo change
- Sec. 608Artificial intelligence development and usage by intelligence communityNo change
- Sec. 609High-impact artificial intelligence systemsNo change
- Sec. 610Application of artificial intelligence policies of the intelligence community to publicly available models used for intelligence purposesNo change
- Sec. 611Revision of interim guidance regarding acquisition and use of foundation modelsNo change
- Sec. 612Strategy on intelligence coordination and sharing relating to critical and emerging technologiesNo change
Title VII — Classification reform and security clearances · 6
- Sec. 701Notification of certain declassificationsNo change
- Sec. 702Elimination of cap on compensatory damages for retaliatory revocation of security clearances and access determinationsNo change
- Sec. 703Establishing process parity for adverse security clearance and access determinationsNo change
- Sec. 704Reforms relating to inactive security clearancesNo change
- Sec. 705Protection of classified information relating to budget functionsNo change
- Sec. 706Report on executive branch approval of access to classified intelligence information outside of established review processesNo change
Title VIII — Whistleblowers · 5
- Sec. 801Clarification of definition of employee for purposes of reporting complaints or information to Inspector GeneralNo change
- Sec. 802Protections for whistleblower disclosures to office of legislative or congressional affairsNo change
- Sec. 803Prohibition against disclosure of whistleblower identity as act of reprisalNo change
- Sec. 804Improvements regarding urgent concerns submitted to Inspectors General of the intelligence communityNo change
- Sec. 805Whistleblower protections relating to psychiatric testing or examinationNo change
Title IX — Anomalous health incidents · 2
Title X — Other matters · 17
- Sec. 1001Declassification of intelligence and additional transparency measures relating to the COVID–19 pandemicNo change
- Sec. 1002Counterintelligence briefings for members of the Armed ForcesNo change
- Sec. 1003Denial of visas to foreign nationals known to be intelligence officers for accreditation to multilateral diplomatic missionsNo change
- Sec. 1004Policy toward certain agents of foreign governmentsNo change
- Sec. 1005Tour limits of accredited diplomatic and consular personnel of certain nations in the United StatesNo change
- Sec. 1006Strict enforcement of travel protocols and procedures of accredited diplomatic and consular personnel of certain nations in the United StatesNo change
- Sec. 1007Offenses involving espionage, procurement of citizenship or naturalization unlawfully, or harboring or concealing personsNo change
- Sec. 1008Identification of reallocable frequenciesNo change
- Sec. 1009NEPA national security waivers for intelligence community facilitiesNo change
- Sec. 1010Repeal of certain report requirementsNo change
- Sec. 1011Review by Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States of transactions in real estate near intelligence community facilitiesNo change
- Sec. 1012Requiring penetration testing as part of the testing and certification of voting systemsNo change
- Sec. 1013Independent security testing and coordinated cybersecurity vulnerability disclosure program for election systemsNo change
- Sec. 1014Church Committee historical intelligence records processingNo change
- Sec. 1015Foreign material acquisitionsNo change
- Sec. 1016Prohibition on admittance to national laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilitiesNo change
- Sec. 1017Extension of Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015No change