Modification of responsibilities and authorities of the Director of National Intelligence

(a) Repeal of sunsetted requirement for semi-Annual report Subsection (c) of section 102A of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024) is amended by striking paragraph (7). (b) Repeal of authority To transfer personnel to new national intelligence centers Such section is amended by striking subsection (e). (c) Tasking and other authorities (1) Repeal of authority to oversee certain national intelligence centers, to establish national intelligence centers, and to prescribe personnel policies and programs Subsection (f) of such section is amended— (A) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3); and (B) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (11) as paragraphs (2) through (9). (2) Accountability reviews Paragraph (5) of such subsection, as redesignated by paragraph (1)(B), is amended— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking conduct and inserting direct; and (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking or with respect to supervision of the Central Intelligence Agency. (3) Independent assessments and audits of compliance with minimum insider threat policies Paragraph (6)(A) of such subsection, as redesignated by paragraph (1)(B), is amended by striking conduct and inserting direct independent. (4) Independent evaluations of counterintelligence, security, and insider threat program activities Paragraph (6)(D) of such subsection, as redesignated by paragraph (1)(B), is amended by striking carry out and inserting direct independent. (5) Conforming amendment Subsection (m) of such section is amended by striking In addition to authorities under subsection (f)(3), the and inserting The. (d) Repeal of requirement for enhanced personnel management Such section is further amended by striking subsection (l). (e) Repeal of requirement for annual report on use of other transaction authority Subsection (n)(6) of such section is amended by striking subparagraph (E). (f) Analyses and impact statements regarding proposed investment into the United States Subsection (z) of such section is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) by inserting, or the head of an element of the intelligence community to whom the Director has delegated such review or investigation, after for which the Director; and (B) by inserting or such head after materials, the Director; and (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting, or the head of an element of the intelligence community to whom the Director has delegated such review or investigation, after the Director. (g) Plan for reform of intelligence community acquisition process (1) Plan required Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall, in consultation with each head of an element of the intelligence community, submit to the congressional intelligence committees a plan to reform the acquisition process of each element of the intelligence community so that, to the maximum extent practicable, the process uses existing authorities to expedite acquisitions and includes a preference for acquisition of commercial solutions, consistent with section 3453 of title 10, United States Code, and Executive Order 14265 (90 Fed. Reg. 15621; relating to modernizing defense acquisitions and spurring innovation in the defense industrial base). (2) Itemization of major planned or pending acquisitions The plan required by paragraph (1) shall include an itemization of major planned or pending acquisitions for each element of the intelligence community. (h) Conforming amendments (1) In general Such section is further amended— (A) by redesignating subsections (f) through (k) as subsections (e) through (j), respectively; (B) by redesignating subsections (m) through (z) as subsections (k) through (x), respectively; (C) in subsection (e), as redesignated by subparagraph (A), in paragraph (5), as redesignated by subsection (d)(1)(B), by striking under subsection (m) and inserting under subsection (k); and (D) in subsection (v)(3), as redesignated by subparagraph (B), by striking under subsection (f)(8) and inserting under subsection (e)(7). (2) External (A) National Security Act of 1947 Section 313(1) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 3079(1)) is amended by striking with section 102A(f)(8) and inserting with section 102A(e)(6). (B) Reducing Over-Classification Act Section 7(a)(1)(A) of the Reducing Over-Classification Act (50 U.S.C. 3344(a)(1)(A)) is amended by striking of section 102A(g)(1) and inserting of section 102A(f)(1). (C) Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 Section 1019(a) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 3364(a)) is amended by striking out section 102A(h) and inserting out section 102A(g).