[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 82 (Tuesday, May 24, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3110]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4099. Mrs. ERNST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title XVI, add the following:

Subtitle G--Modernization of Intelligence Functions of the Armed Forces

     SEC. 1681. SHORT TITLE.

       This subtitle may be cited as the ``Military Intelligence 
     Modernization Act of 2016''.

     SEC. 1682. MODERNIZATION OF THE MILITARY INTELLIGENCE FORCE 
                   STRUCTURE OF THE ARMY.

       (a) Assignment of Military Intelligence Units to Army 
     Component Commands.--Not later than one year after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall 
     assign a theater level military intelligence unit to each of 
     the component commands of the Army, except the Army North 
     Command, Army Special Operations Command, Military Surface 
     Deployment and Distribution Command, and the Army Space and 
     Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command.
       (b) Annual Report on Military Intelligence Requirements 
     Assigned to Reserve Components.--Not less frequently than 
     once each year, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the 
     congressional defense committees a report on enduring 
     military intelligence requirements which have been assigned 
     to a reserve component of the Army that were previously 
     assigned to the regular Army.
       (c) Funding for the Foundry Intelligence Training Program 
     of the Army.--
       (1) Prohibition on use of funds for operational missions.--
     No amount appropriated or otherwise made available to or for 
     the Foundry Intelligence Training Program of the Army may be 
     used for any operational mission or assignment of the Armed 
     Forces.
       (2) Prohibition on use of funds for certain training.--No 
     amount appropriated or otherwise made available to or for the 
     Foundry Intelligence Training Program of the Army may be used 
     for the following:
       (A) Non-military intelligence related training activities.
       (B) Training for members of the Army without a military 
     intelligence military occupational specialty (MOS).
       (3) Transfer of account.--The Army Foundry Intelligence 
     Training Program account is hereby transferred to the Army 
     Training and Doctrine Command.

     SEC. 1683. TERMINATION OF ARMY RESERVE MILITARY INTELLIGENCE 
                   READINESS COMMAND.

       The Secretary of the Army shall take such actions as may be 
     necessary to wind down and terminate the Army Reserve 
     Military Intelligence Readiness Command before the date that 
     is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 1684. MATTERS CONCERNING MILITARY INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL 
                   OF THE ARMY.

       (a) Establishment of Regional Qualification Identifiers or 
     Requirements.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall 
     establish a regional qualification identifier or requirement 
     for military intelligence officers and noncommissioned 
     officers which includes consideration of the following:
       (1) Overseas assignments.
       (2) Language proficiency.
       (3) Such advanced educational degrees as the Secretary 
     considers relevant.
       (b) Alignment of Military Intelligence Occupational 
     Specialty Entrance Requirements.--Not later than one year 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
     the Army shall align the Army Human Intelligence Collector 
     military occupational specialty (35M) entrance requirements 
     with the entrance requirements of the Army 
     Counterintelligence Agent military occupational specialty 
     (35L).

     SEC. 1685. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE-WIDE REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING 
                   MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

       Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the head of each military department shall assign 
     an officer with a military occupational specialty relating to 
     military intelligence to serve as the senior intelligence 
     officer and advisor for such department.
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