Intelligence Transformation Act of 2004
Latest action · Apr 2, 2004 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E504)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 1, 2004
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Intelligence Transformation Act of 2004 - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to establish the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (Director), to be composed of: (1) the Director and Deputy Director of National Intelligence; (2) the Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Operations; (3) the Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Resources; (4) the National Intelligence Council (Council); (5) the General Counsel to the Director; (6) the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community; (7) the Senior Advisor to the Director of National Intelligence for Homeland Security; and (8) such other offices and officials as may be established or designated. Establishes within the Council the National Intelligence Council Alternative Analysis Unit for challenging the accuracy of Council intelligence estimates. Includes among the Director's responsibilities: (1) providing national intelligence to the President, the heads of Federal departments and agencies, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and senior military commanders, and, where appropriate, Congress; (2) developing an annual budget for intelligence and intelligence-related activities; (3) establishing requirements and priorities to govern the collection of national intelligence by elements of the intelligence community (IC); and (4) protecting intelligence sources and methods from unauthorized disclosure.
Recodifies provisions establishing the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), designating as its lead official the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA Director) (currently, the Director of Central Intelligence), and removing provisions which established specified CIA deputy and assistant director positions. Prohibits an individual from serving simultaneously as Director of National Intelligence and CIA Director.
Establishes: (1) a Joint Tasking Organization to assist in the tasking of collection, analysis, and dissemination of all elements of the IC under the National Foreign Intelligence Program; (2) the Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation Threat Integration Center to provide integrated tasking of collection and analysis of national intelligence relating to weapons of mass destruction that threaten U.S. national security; and (3) a Joint Intelligence Comptroller to prepare and execute that part of the defense budget relating to IC elements and their intelligence programs.
Requires the: (1) President to establish and implement policies and procedures governing access to, and use of, specified database information by IC officers and employees and Federal law enforcement personnel; (2) Director to establish all-source analysis training programs for all IC analysts; and (3) Director and Secretary of Defense to develop an integrated communications network that provides communications capabilities to all IC elements.
Establishes a Joint Acquisition Office for the oversight of acquisition programs of specified IC agencies.
Outlines Director authority with respect to IC personnel, including the management of IC specialists.
Provides a ten-year term for the CIA Director.
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 1, 2004 to Jun 21, 2004; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-AL | Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-TX | Silvestre Reyes | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-OR | Darlene Hooley | Apr 27, 2004 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Apr 27, 2004 | |
| D-PA | Joseph M. Hoeffel | Apr 27, 2004 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | May 4, 2004 | |
| D-TN | Harold E. Ford Jr. | May 4, 2004 | |
| D-MO | Karen McCarthy | May 4, 2004 | |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | May 6, 2004 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee | Referred Apr 1, 2004 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 2, 2004Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E504)
- Apr 1, 2004Introduced in House
- Apr 1, 2004Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H4880 | Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA | Jun 23, 2004 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E504 | Jane Harman D-CA | Apr 2, 2004 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 108-217 | MOVING FROM ``NEED TO KNOW'' TO ``NEED TO SHARE'': A REVIEW OF THE 9/11 COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS301 pages | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Aug 3, 2004 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish the Director of National Intelligence as head of the intelligence community, to modify and enhance authorities and responsibilities relating to the administration of intelligence and the intelligence community, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Intelligence Transformation Act of 2004
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Administrative procedure
- Advice and consent of the Senate
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Arms control
- Central Intelligence Agency
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Classified defense information
- Computer security measures
- Congress
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Counterintelligence
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Data banks
- Defense contracts
- Defense procurement
- Delegation of powers
- Department of Defense
- Department of Energy
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Justice
- Department of State
- Department of the Treasury
- EBB Terrorism
- Economics and Public Finance
- Electronic government information
- Electronic surveillance
- Employee training
- Executive reorganization
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- Federal employees
- Federal law enforcement officers
- Federal officials
- Government attorneys
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government procurement
- Information networks
- Information technology
- Inspectors general
- Intelligence community staff
- International Affairs
- International cooperation
- Labor and Employment
- Language and languages
- Law
- Military intelligence
- Minorities
- Minorities in government
- Nuclear nonproliferation
- Officer personnel
- Official secrets
- Performance measurement
- Personnel management
- Planning-programming-budgeting
- Police training
- Presidential appointments
- Productivity in government
- Promotions
- Recruiting of employees
- Reprogramming of appropriated funds
- Right of privacy
- Salaries
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Searches and seizures
- Security classification (Government documents)
- Security clearances
- Standards
- Terrorism
- Transfer of employees
- Weapons of mass destruction
- Women
- Women in government
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 1, 2004Introduced in House
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