9/11 Commission Implementation Act

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A 9/11 Commission Report Implementation Act @ The 911 Implementation Act runs 280 pages over nine titles. Following is an outline that explains the most important provisions of each title.

I. Reform of the Intelligence Community

This title implements the Commission's recommendations for reorganizing our national security institutions to more effectively oppose terrorism and other threats.

National Intelligence Authority: Establishes a National Intelligence Authority (NIA), the primary mission of which is to achieve unity of effort in the U.S. intelligence community (IC) and organize the IC around joint missions rather than collection disciplines. The NIA is established as a free-standing agency.

National Intelligence Director: Creates a National Intelligence Director (NID), who serves as head of the NIA, acts as principal adviser to the President for national intelligence matters, and directs, manages, and oversees the National Intelligence Program (NIP).

National Intelligence Program: Defines the National Intelligence Program as including all programs, projects, and activities currently in the National Foreign Intelligence Program, and other intelligence programs that are national in scope, but excluding programs, projects, or activities pertaining solely to the requirements of a single department or agency.

NID Authorities and Responsibilities: The NID manages and oversees the execution of the NIP, including developing and submitting a unified budget, executing the budget, and directing the reprogramming and reallocation of funds and the transfer of personnel among and between agencies. The NID has access to all intelligence related to national security; participates in the development of the Tactical Intelligence and Related Areas (TIARA) budget and the budget for entities in the IC that are not included in the NIP; and reviews the Joint Military Intelligence Program (JMIP) with the Secretary of Defense to delineate those programs that should be included in the NIP budget. The NID recommends to the President the appointment of the directors of components of the main intelligence agencies and entities, and recommends their termination if warranted.

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