Sec. 303. Quadrennial Intelligence Strategic Review
748 words·~3 min read·
/bill/113/s/2741/pcs/section-303·A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
Title I of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3021 et seq. ) is amended by inserting after section 108 the following: Beginning in 2017, and once every four years thereafter, the Director of National Intelligence shall conduct a comprehensive review of the intelligence strategy, capabilities, structure, policies, infrastructure, budget plans, and other relevant aspects of intelligence programs and activities of the United States to meet national security objectives for the next ten years.
Such a review shall be known as a Quadrennial Intelligence Strategic Review . The Director of National Intelligence shall conduct each Quadrennial Intelligence Strategic Review required by subsection
(a)in consultation with— the heads of appropriate agencies and departments of the United States, including the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget; the head of each element of the intelligence community and other appropriate officials in the intelligence community; and other relevant governmental and nongovernmental officials, including State, local, and tribal government officials, members of Congress, private sector representatives, academics, and other experts. Each Quadrennial Intelligence Strategic Review required by subsection
(a)shall— delineate a national intelligence strategy consistent with— the most recent national security strategy report submitted pursuant to section 108; the intelligence strategies of other departments and agencies of the United States; and other national-level plans; address matters related to national and military intelligence, including counterintelligence; describe the products, services, and support that United States intelligence should provide to advance national interests and objectives of the United States; identify the major national security missions that the intelligence community is currently pursuing and will purse in the future, and how the intelligence community will pursue such missions; assess the current, emerging, and future threats to the intelligence community, including threats from foreign intelligence and security services and insider threats, and how the intelligence community plans to address such threats; outline the organizational roles and missions of the elements of the intelligence community as part of an integrated enterprise to meet current, emerging, and future customer demands; describe the levels and types of partnerships, including partnerships with foreign intelligence and security services, industry, and other agencies and departments of the United States, required to implement the strategy described in paragraph (1); describe the levels and types of capabilities, including personnel, technologies, and platforms, required to implement the strategy described in paragraph (1); identify sources of strategic, institutional, programmatic, technological, and interoperability risks, and how the intelligence community plans to address such risks; address budgetary and personnel requirements; and describe how the intelligence community will implement the strategy described in paragraph (1), while comporting with democratic norms and values. The Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report on each Quadrennial Intelligence Strategic Review required by subsection (a). Each report shall be submitted in the year following the year in which the Quadrennial Intelligence Strategic Review is conducted, not later than the date on which the President submits the budget for the next fiscal year under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code. Each report required by paragraph
(1)shall include the following: The results of the Quadrennial Intelligence Strategic Review, including a comprehensive discussion of national intelligence strategy in the context of national security interests and objectives. A description of the assumptions used in the Quadrennial Intelligence Strategic Review, including assumptions related to— the anticipated security environment; the role of foreign services, commercial partners, and contractors; fiscal conditions; and anticipated foreign competitor response. The size, distribution, and types of capabilities that will be required to carry out the strategy described in subsection (c)(1), including capabilities for collection, language competency, and information technology. The role of agencies and departments of the United States that are not elements of the intelligence community to support the strategy described in subsection (c)(1). An analysis of the organizational roles and missions between and among the elements in the intelligence community, other agencies and departments of the United States, and State, local, tribal, and territorial governments in supporting the strategy described in subsection (c)(1). An analysis of how laws, policies, regulations, international norms, and democratic values guide United States intelligence. . The table of contents in the first section of the National Security Act of 1947 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 108 the following new item: Sec. 108A. Quadrennial Intelligence Strategic Review. .
Connectionstraces to 1
Traces to 1 document
U.S. Code
Citation graph
cites case law
Sec. 303
Quadrennial Intelligence Strategic Review
Cites 1Cited by 0 across 0 sources