Modification of responsibilities and authorities of the Director of National Intelligence

(a) Repeal of sunsetted requirement for semi-annual report Subsection (c)(7) of section 102A of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024) is amended by striking (A) The Director and all that follows through (B) The Director and inserting The Director. (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 establish national intelligence centers; modification of authority to prescribe personnel policies and programs Subsection (f) of such section is amended— (A) in paragraph (2), by striking and may and all that follows through determines necessary; and (B) in paragraph (3)(A)— (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking consultation and inserting coordination; (ii) in clause (iii)— (I) by striking recruitment and retention and inserting recruitment, retention, and training; and (II) by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting, including those with diverse ethnic, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds; and; (iii) in clause (vi), by inserting on behalf of the Director of National Intelligence after matters; (iv) by striking clauses (i), (ii), (iv), and (v); and (v) by redesignating clauses (iii) and (vi) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively. (2) Accountability reviews Paragraph (7) of such subsection is amended— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking conduct and inserting direct; (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting directed before under; and (C) in subsection (C)(i), by striking conducted and inserting directed. (3) Independent assessments and audits of compliance with minimum insider threat policies Paragraph (8)(A) of such subsection is amended by striking conduct and inserting direct independent. (4) Independent evaluations of counterintelligence, security, and insider threat program activities Paragraph (8)(D) of such subsection is amended by striking carry out and inserting direct independent. (d) Repeal of requirement for enhanced personnel management Such section is further amended by striking subsection (l). (e) 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. (f) 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. (g) 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 (7), 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)(8). (2) External (A) National Security Act of 1947 The National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) is amended— (i) in section 103(c)(15) (50 U.S.C. 3025(c)(15)), by striking, including national intelligence centers; and (ii) in section 313(1) (50 U.S.C. 3079(1)), by striking with section 102A(f)(8) and inserting with section 102A(e)(8). (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).