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119-s-2202119th CongressWALLET

Intelligence Community Efficiency and Effectiveness Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Senator Cotton, Tom [R-AR]

Introduced

Summary

Reorganize and narrow the Director of National Intelligence's authority across the intelligence community. The bill would realign leadership, centers, staffing, funding, and oversight rules to shift power away from centralized DNI control and impose new limits on funding and facilities.

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  • Intelligence staff and leadership: The Office of the Director of National Intelligence would be capped at 650 full‑time equivalent staff and detailees. The bill redesigns senior posts, creates two Assistant Directors, and would require an acquisition reform plan within 180 days.
  • Counterintelligence and counterterrorism: The National Counterintelligence and Security Center would transfer into the FBI's counterintelligence division, with that move effective in 180 days. The National Counterterrorism Center would be renamed to include counternarcotics, lose Senate confirmation for its director, and be limited in retaining domestic terrorism intelligence to what is necessary for international terrorism, with name changes effective in 30 days.
  • Funding, research, property, and training: National Intelligence Program funds could not support analytic collaboration with research or advocacy entities that receive foreign government support unless from a Five Eyes partner, and NIP funds would be barred from diversity, equity, and inclusion practices. The bill also limits ODNI facility spending and would require sale or divestment of unneeded property as determined by OMB, with that rule taking effect one year.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

9 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 5 costs, 3 mixed.

DNI must submit acquisition reform plan

If enacted, the DNI would have to deliver to Congress, within 180 days, a plan to reform how each intelligence element buys goods and services. The plan must speed up acquisitions, prefer commercial solutions, and list major planned or pending purchases. This could open more opportunities for commercial vendors.

National Intelligence University must close

If enacted, the DNI would have to wind down and terminate the National Intelligence University within 180 days. Students, faculty, and staff would go through a wind-down process and the university's statutory subtitle would be repealed.

Ban on DEI practices in intelligence

If enacted, National Intelligence Program money could not be used for diversity, equity, or inclusion practices as defined in the bill. The DNI would have to review and rescind IC regulations, trainings, and materials that promote those DEI practices starting on the date of enactment.

Intelligence funds barred for some think tanks

If enacted, money for the National Intelligence Program could not be used to fund analytic collaboration with research or advocacy organizations that have received or expect to receive support from a foreign government, except for Five Eyes partners. The rule covers entities that call themselves think tanks and similar research groups.

ODNI facilities must support mission

If enacted, ODNI would be required to occupy only facilities needed for its core mission. One year after enactment, intelligence funds generally could not be used for ODNI facilities that OMB finds unnecessary, and those facilities must be sold or divested at not less than OMB-determined fair market value or as OMB approves.

Smaller ODNI leadership and staff

If enacted, the bill would remove several listed positions from ODNI's leadership roster and cap ODNI staff at 650 full‑time equivalents and detailees. Service on a national intelligence task force would not count toward that 650 limit. These changes would take effect upon enactment.

Counterterrorism center renamed and limited

If enacted, the National Counterterrorism Center would be renamed to include counternarcotics. The Center Director's appointment would no longer require Senate confirmation. The Center would be limited in receiving or keeping domestic terrorism intelligence to only what is necessary to support international terrorism work. These changes would take effect 30 days after enactment.

NCSC moved into FBI counterintelligence

If enacted, the National Counterintelligence and Security Center would be transferred into the FBI Counterintelligence Division within 180 days. The statute that previously established the NCSC would be repealed, and references to the NCSC director in law would point to the FBI counterintelligence assistant director after the transfer.

Shift DNI oversight and NIC roles

If enacted, the bill would change DNI oversight language to require the DNI to direct independent assessments and allow delegated reviews by heads of IC elements. The National Intelligence Council would shift from producing intelligence to coordinating its production. The duties of National Intelligence Managers would move to National Intelligence Officers.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Cotton, Tom [R-AR]

AR • R

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]

    ID • R

    Sponsored 6/27/2025

  • Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]

    SD • R

    Sponsored 6/27/2025

  • Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC]

    NC • R

    Sponsored 6/27/2025

  • Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]

    OK • R

    Sponsored 6/27/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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