H.R. 3932 authorizes appropriations (money Congress sets aside) for intelligence and intelligence-related activities by the federal government in fiscal year 2024. The bill also authorizes spending for the Intelligence Community Management Account and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund. It includes changes to reporting requirements and establishes new offices and programs across the intelligence community.
What does the bill do for anomaly reporting?
Section 502 modifies the reporting requirement for the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office. The change shifts who files the report: instead of the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense filing jointly, the Director of the Office itself will file the report.
What are the main spending authorizations?
The bill authorizes appropriations for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities by the federal government. It also authorizes spending for increases in employee compensation and benefits authorized by law.
What new offices and programs does it create?
The bill establishes several new entities, including an Intelligence Community Innovation Unit, an Office of Engagement, and an Intelligence Innovation Board. It also requires each element of the intelligence community to have a chief technology officer. The bill creates programs for next-generation microelectronics in support of artificial intelligence and a program for Beyond 5G technology.
What does it do for the Defense Intelligence Agency?
Section 503 allows the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency to use up to $10,000,000 of appropriated funds each fiscal year to pay for partnerships with foreign countries, regional organizations, and security alliances for military intelligence collection and analysis activities.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office and what changed about its reporting?
The All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office is an existing office that reports on anomalies. Section 502 changes who files the report. Previously, the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense filed jointly. Now the Director of the Office files the report.
in subparagraph (A), by striking ``Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense shall jointly'' and inserting ``Director of the Office shall''.
How much money can the Defense Intelligence Agency spend on foreign partnerships?
The Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency can use up to $10,000,000 of appropriated funds available to the Defense Intelligence Agency for each fiscal year to pay for partnerships with foreign countries, regional organizations, and security alliances for military intelligence collection and analysis activities.
What new positions does the bill require in the intelligence community?
The bill requires each element of the intelligence community to have a chief technology officer. It also establishes an Intelligence Community Innovation Unit and an Intelligence Innovation Board.
Requirement for a chief technology officer within each element of the intelligence community
Who introduced this bill and when?
Rep. Michael R. Turner from Ohio's 10th district introduced H.R. 3932 on June 7, 2023. As of August 18, 2023, the bill was placed on the Union Calendar.