The Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 authorizes funding for U.S. intelligence activities in fiscal year 2026 and makes sweeping structural changes to the intelligence community. The bill grants new authorities to the CIA and NSA for countering drone threats at their facilities, requires Senate confirmation for some senior intelligence positions while removing it for others, and mandates the transfer of several intelligence centers between agencies - most notably moving the National Counterintelligence and Security Center to the FBI and the National Counterproliferation Center to the CIA. The legislation establishes new reporting requirements on China's economic strategies and Russian sanctions violations, creates protections for intelligence community whistleblowers with potential damages up to $250,000, and requires declassification of intelligence related to "Havana Syndrome" incidents within 180 days. Additionally, the bill eliminates multiple intelligence community offices and programs, establishes new cybersecurity requirements for voting systems, and creates limits on how long diplomatic personnel from adversarial countries can serve in the United States.
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