Reforms relating to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence

(a) Plan for reduction of staff (1) In general Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees, the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a plan to reduce the staff of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. (2) Contents The plan required by paragraph (1) shall include a plan for reducing the staff of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to the maximum number of full-time equivalent employees, detailees, and individuals under contract with the Office that the Director requires for the optimized execution of the Director's statutory authorities and ensures— (A) each Federal employee who is employed by, detailed to, or assigned to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence will be provided an opportunity to accept alternative employment, detail, or assignment within the United States Government; and (B) no such Federal employee will be involuntarily terminated by the implementation of the plan required by paragraph (1). (b) Orderly reduction in staff of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (1) Process On a date that is at least 90 days after the date on which the plan required by subsection (a)(1) is submitted, or 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, whichever is later, the Director of National Intelligence shall initiate a process to reduce the staff of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, provided the Director submits to the congressional intelligence committees a certification that— (A) each Federal employee who is employed by, detailed to, or assigned to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence will be provided an opportunity to accept alternative employment, detail, or assignment within the United States Government; and (B) no such Federal employee will be involuntarily terminated by the implementation of such process, except as provided in subsection (c)(1). (2) Interim updates Not later than 60 days after the date on which the plan required by subsection (a)(1) is submitted, and every 60 days thereafter until the staff of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence does not exceed the number of full-time equivalent employees, detailees, and individuals under contract with the Office identified in the plan provided pursuant to subsection (a), the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees, the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a written update identifying the positions of the employees, detailees, and individuals under contract with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence who have been part of the reduction in staff. (c) Rule of construction Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting— (1) the involuntarily termination of a Federal employee when there is— (A) written documentation to support a security, counterintelligence, or other lawful basis for termination based on misconduct; or (B) written documentation over a period of at least 180 days to support a performance basis for the termination; or (2) the return of detailees to their home agencies 45 days after the date on which the plan required by subsection (a)(1) is submitted. (d) Location of the Office Subsection (f) of such section is amended by inserting, with facilities necessary to carry out the core intelligence mission of the Office before the period at the end.