Text of Senate Amendment 6574

On 2026-07-13, Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 6574" in the Senate.

Text of Senate Amendment 6574

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 113 (Monday, July 13, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 113 (Monday, July 13, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S3754-S3769] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 6574. Mr. COTTON (for himself and Mr. Warner) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place, insert the following: DIVISION __--INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This division may be cited as the ``Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this division is as follows: DIVISION __--INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. TITLE I--INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 102. Classified Schedule of Authorizations. Sec. 103. Intelligence Community Management Account. Sec. 104. Increase in employee compensation and benefits authorized by law. TITLE II--CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. TITLE III--MATTERS RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE Sec. 301. Appointment of Deputy Director of National Intelligence and Assistant Directors of National Intelligence. Sec. 302. Repeal of National Intelligence Management Council. Sec. 303. Repeal of various positions, units, centers, councils, and offices. Sec. 304. Limitation on domestic activities at the National Counterterrorism Center. Sec. 305. Timely provision of security direction to intelligence community whistleblowers. Sec. 306. No police, subpoena, or law enforcement powers or internal security functions for Director of National Intelligence. TITLE IV--MATTERS RELATING TO THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Sec. 401. Modification relating to security personnel at certain installations. TITLE V--MATTERS RELATING TO OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY Sec. 501. Authority of National Security Agency to correlate, evaluate, and disseminate certain intelligence. Sec. 502. Funds for foreign intelligence activities conducted with and by the National Reconnaissance Office. Sec. 503. Modification of annual report on Federal Bureau of Investigation case data. Sec. 504. Establishment of Office of Counterintelligence. Sec. 505. Role of National Security Agency in collection and analysis of signals intelligence. TITLE VI--GENERAL INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MATTERS Sec. 601. Amendments to presidential appointments for intelligence community positions. Sec. 602. Analytic standards for all-source intelligence products. Sec. 603. Ben Sasse Intelligence Community Technology Fellowship Program. Sec. 604. Countering hostile foreign cyber actors as a national intelligence priority. Sec. 605. Notification of criminal referrals regarding current or former intelligence community employees. Sec. 606. Modification of definitions in National Security Act of 1947 and scope of intelligence sharing responsibilities of Director of National Intelligence. Sec. 607. Prohibition on intelligence community use of adversary unmanned ground vehicles. Sec. 608. China-Taiwan Strategic Warning Task Force. Sec. 609. Limitations relating to Chinese products and services. [[Page S3755]] Sec. 610. Biological intelligence activities of the intelligence community. Sec. 611. Prohibition on participation in prediction markets. Sec. 612. Repeal of certain report and briefing requirements. Sec. 613. Intelligence community personnel travel, allowances, and related expenses regulations. Sec. 614. Prohibition on sending and receiving objects using entities owned or controlled by persons or governments of certain countries. Sec. 615. Enhancing intelligence cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region. Sec. 616. Intelligence activities related to Ukraine. Sec. 617. Requirements relating to intelligence sharing with countries and partners of significant importance to the United States. Sec. 618. United States-Israel intelligence sharing enhancement. TITLE VII--ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MATTERS RELATING TO THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY Sec. 701. Artificial intelligence exploitation guard and intelligence sharing. Sec. 702. Director of National Intelligence review of intelligence community use of artificial intelligence to support targeting. Sec. 703. Improvements for artificial intelligence policies, standards, and guidance for intelligence community. Sec. 704. Additional functions and requirements of Artificial Intelligence Security Center. Sec. 705. Reports on novel uses of artificial intelligence technology. Sec. 706. Clear labeling of artificial intelligence outputs for targeting workflows. Sec. 707. Research on use of artificial intelligence relating to inadvertent escalation. Sec. 708. Research on interaction of adversarial artificial intelligence systems with intelligence community systems. Sec. 709. Review of artificial intelligence security vulnerabilities under Vulnerabilities Equities Process. Sec. 710. Prohibition on certain artificial intelligence models on intelligence community systems. TITLE VIII--OTHER MATTERS Sec. 801. Modification to notification requirements for authorized and ordered departures. Sec. 802. Intelligence support to the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation. Sec. 803. Technical amendments. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this division: (1) Congressional intelligence committees.--The term ``congressional intelligence committees'' has the meaning given such term in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). (2) Intelligence community.--The term ``intelligence community'' has the meaning given such term in such section. TITLE I--INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2027 for the conduct of the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the Federal Government. SEC. 102. CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AUTHORIZATIONS. (a) Specifications of Amounts.--The amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 101 for the conduct of the intelligence activities of the Federal Government are those specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations prepared to accompany this division. (b) Availability of Classified Schedule of Authorizations.-- (1) Availability.--The classified Schedule of Authorizations referred to in subsection (a) shall be made available to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and to the President. (2) Distribution by the president.--Subject to paragraph (3), the President shall provide for suitable distribution of the classified Schedule of Authorizations referred to in subsection (a), or of appropriate portions of such Schedule, within the executive branch of the Federal Government. (3) Limits on disclosure.--The President shall not publicly disclose the classified Schedule of Authorizations or any portion of such Schedule except-- (A) as provided in section 601(a) of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (50 U.S.C. 3306(a)); (B) to the extent necessary to implement the budget; or (C) as otherwise required by law. SEC. 103. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT. (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be appropriated for the Intelligence Community Management Account of the Director of National Intelligence for fiscal year 2027 the sum of $568,000,000. (b) Classified Authorization of Appropriations.--In addition to amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Intelligence Community Management Account by subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated for the Intelligence Community Management Account for fiscal year 2027 such additional amounts as are specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations referred to in section 102(a). SEC. 104. INCREASE IN EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS AUTHORIZED BY LAW. Appropriations authorized by this division for salary, pay, retirement, and other benefits for Federal employees may be increased by such additional or supplemental amounts as may be necessary for increases in such compensation or benefits authorized by law. TITLE II--CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. There is authorized to be appropriated for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund $514,000,000 for fiscal year 2027. TITLE III--MATTERS RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SEC. 301. APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND ASSISTANT DIRECTORS OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. (a) Redesignation of Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence as Deputy Director of National Intelligence.-- (1) In general.--Subsection (a) of section 103A of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3026) is amended-- (A) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Principal''; and (B) by striking ``Principal'' each place it appears. (2) Conforming amendments.--Subsection (c) of such section is amended-- (A) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Principal''; and (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``Principal''. (3) Additional conforming amendment.-- (A) National security act of 1947.--Such Act is further amended-- (i) in section 103(c)(2) (50 U.S.C. 3025(c)(2)), by striking ``Principal''; (ii) in section 103I(b)(1) (50 U.S.C. 3034(b)(1)), by striking ``Principal''; (iii) in section 106(a)(2)(A) (50 U.S.C. 3041(a)(2)(A)), by striking ``Principal''; and (iv) in section 116(b) (50 U.S.C. 3053(b)), by stri