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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · S. 1071 (EAH) — 119 S1071 EAH: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 · Sec. 6404

Sec. 6404. National Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center

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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall terminate the National Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center, including such missions, objectives, staff, and resources of the Center, as is consistent with the provisions of this section and the amendments made by this section. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall terminate the position of the Director of the National Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center, as is consistent with the provisions of this section.
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 and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the status of the implementation of this section, including— the status of the counterproliferation and biosecurity missions and functions within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; a staffing profile of the officers, employees, and detailees currently assigned, as of the date of the report, to the counterproliferation, biosecurity, and related missions and functions at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; and a description of the employment status of the officers, employees, and detailees who were assigned to the National Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center as of August 1, 2025, including those who have remained at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, accepted (or, as to detailees, maintained) employment at another element of the intelligence community, or have separated from the intelligence community.
The National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3001 et seq. ) is amended— in section 103(c) ( 50 U.S.C. 3025(c) )— by striking paragraph (13); and by redesignating paragraphs
(14)and
(15)as paragraphs
(13)and (14), respectively; and in section 119A ( 50 U.S.C. 3057 )— in the heading, by striking and inserting National Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center ; Counterproliferation and Biosecurity in subsection (a)— in the heading, by striking and inserting Establishment ; Organization in paragraph (1)— by striking The President shall establish a National Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center, taking into account all appropriate government tools to and inserting The Director of National Intelligence shall ; and in subparagraph (A), by inserting support efforts to before prevent and halt ; by striking paragraph
(2)and inserting the following: The Director of National Intelligence shall appoint an appropriate official within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to oversee the efforts and activities undertaken pursuant to this section. ; and by striking paragraphs
(3)and (4); and in subsection (b)— in paragraph (1)— by striking establishing the National Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center, the President and inserting carrying out this section, the Director ; and in subparagraph (A), by striking Establishing a primary organization within the United States Government for integrating and inserting Integrating ; and in paragraph (2), by striking In establishing the National Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center, the President shall address the following missions and objectives to ensure that the Center serves as the lead for the intelligence community for and inserting In carrying out this section, the Director shall address the following missions and objectives to ensure . Such section 119A is further amended by striking subsections (c), (d), and (e). The amendments made by this section shall take effect 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. On and after the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, any reference to the National Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center in law shall be treated as a reference to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and any reference to the Director of the National Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center in law shall be treated as a reference to the Director of National Intelligence.
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