Intelligence Community Efficiency and Effectiveness Act of 2025

The Intelligence Community Efficiency and Effectiveness Act of 2025 would dramatically reorganize the U.S. intelligence community. Introduced in the Senate by Cotton and colleagues, the bill aims to shrink and restructure the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), realign several key centers under the control of the CIA and FBI, rename and repurpose certain offices, and accelerate acquisition and operational planning with a strong emphasis on commercial solutions. It also folds in sweeping changes to counterterrorism, counterproliferation, and counterintelligence centers, repeals or repeals-and-reforms multiple existing offices, and adds a series of funding and policy limits (including a notable push to end diversity, equity, and inclusion programs). The overall effect would be to centralize more authority in the CIA and FBI, reduce ODNI’s size and influence, and streamline or sunset several cross-agency centers. The bill includes timelines that require many changes to take effect within 30 to 180 days after enactment. It also introduces new mechanisms (like National Intelligence Task Forces) for rapid ad hoc coordination, while imposing new reporting and transparency requirements to Congress for certain task forces. A large portion of the bill is dedicated to eliminating several specialized offices (e.g., Chief Data Officer, Innovation Unit, Foreign Malign Influence Center) and ending or redefining centers (notably the National Counterterrorism Center as a National Counterterrorism and Counternarcotics Center), with several provisions renaming or transferring authority to the CIA or FBI. A major structural shift is the location and leadership of several programs under FBI or CIA auspices, reducing ODNI’s direct control over specific functions.