Overview

• Sen. Tom Cotton and other Republican senators introduced the Intelligence Community Efficiency and Effectiveness Act to cap ODNI staff at 650, down from about 1,600.
• National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard has already cut ODNI’s workforce by roughly 20% under the Trump administration’s broader federal downsizing.
• The bill would transfer the office’s counterterrorism center to the FBI and its biosecurity center to the CIA, eliminating in-house analysis units.
• Sponsors argue the reforms will strip away duplicative functions and restore the office’s coordinating role among 18 intelligence agencies.
• Lawmakers are awaiting White House endorsement as the measure faces uncertain prospects in both chambers of Congress.