IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 10, 2026
Introduced by dadudeds (for themself)
An Act to establish the Office of the Director of State Intelligence; to create the Firestone Intelligence Community; to create the State Security Council; to reform information security; to define the jurisdiction of the State of Firestone; and to establish the Office of Defense and Security Compliance; and for connected purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Firestone in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This bill may be known as the “Firestone Intelligence and Security Reform Act”.
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVENESS.
This Act shall be effective 10 days after passage.
SEC. 3. Severability.
Should any part of this Act be struck down or declared unenforceable, then that part of the Act shall be considered severed from this Act, and the rest shall remain in full force.
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act, and unless context indicates otherwise—
(1) “Director” means the Director of State Intelligence;
(2) “Deputy Director” means the Deputy Director of State Intelligence;
(3) “Office” means the Office of the Director of State Intelligence;
(4) “Board” means the Intelligence Oversight Board;
(5) “Element” means an Element of the Intelligence Community; and
(6) “Intelligence Personnel” means an employee or officer of an Element.
SEC. 101. DIRECTOR OF STATE INTELLIGENCE.
(a) Director of State Intelligence.
(1) There is a Director of State Intelligence, who shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(2) The individual serving as Director shall not, while so serving, also serve in any Element (other than the Office).
(b) Principal responsibility. The Director shall—
(1) serve as head of the Intelligence Community and the Office; and
(2) act as principal advisor to the Governor on matters of intelligence and state security.
(c) Succession. Section I of the Line of Succession Act of 2024 shall be amended by inserting in place of the sixth item, the words “Director of State Intelligence”.
SEC. 102. DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF STATE INTELLIGENCE.
(a) There is, in the Office, a Deputy Director of State Intelligence, who shall be appointed by the Governor, or by the Director with the consent of the Governor or Lieutenant Governor.
(b) The individual serving as Deputy Director shall not, while so serving, also serve in any Element (other than the Office).
(c) The Deputy Director shall assist the Director in carrying out their duties.
(d) In the absence or disability of the Director, the Deputy Director shall act as Director.
(e) The Director may provide for which officer shall act as Director in the absence or disability of the Deputy Director and themselves.
SEC. 103. RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITIES OF THE DIRECTOR OF STATE INTELLIGENCE.
(a) The Director shall ensure that relevant intelligence is provided to—
(1) the Governor and Lieutenant Governor;
(2) the heads of executive departments and agencies;
(3) senior military and law enforcement leaders;
(4) Congress; and
(5) such other persons as the Director determines to be appropriate.
(b) Such state intelligence should be timely, objective, independent of political considerations, and based upon all sources available to the intelligence community.
(c) Unless otherwise directed by the Governor or by law, the Director shall have access to all intelligence related to the state security which is collected by any State entity.
(d) The Director shall—
(1) establish objectives and guidance for the Intelligence Community to ensure effective collection and analysis of state intelligence; and
(2) determine requirements and priorities for, and manage and direct the tasking of, collection and analysis of state intelligence by Elements.
(e) The Director shall prescribe, in consultation with the heads of Elements, personnel policies and programs applicable to the Intelligence Community that—
(1) require and facilitate assignments and details of Intelligence Personnel to Intelligence Centers, and between Elements over the course of the careers of such personnel;
(2) set standards for education, training, and development of Intelligence Personnel;
(3) facilitate the recruitment and retention of highly qualified individuals; and
(4) ensure the effective management of Intelligence Personnel who are responsible for Intelligence Community-wide matters.
(f) The Director shall, in conjunction with the Intelligence Oversight Board—
(1) ensure that Elements comply with the Constitution and laws of the State of Firestone, including the restrictions established herein; and
(2) ensure the elimination of waste and unnecessary duplication within the Intelligence Community.
(g) The Director shall—
(1) conduct assessments of each Element’s compliance with insider threat policy;
(2) provide guidance and oversight to State departments and agencies to fully implement automated records checks, and ensure that information collected pursuant to such records checks is appropriately shared in support of insider threat initiatives;
(3) evaluate the effectiveness of counterintelligence, security, and insider threat program activities of each Element;
(4) identify gaps, shortfalls, and resources needs, and make recommendations for adjustments in resources and other remedies to strengthen Elements; and
(5) study the data collected during the course of background investigations and adjudications for security clearances granted to individuals who subsequently commit unauthorized disclosures, and issue findings regarding the quality of such data as a predictor for insider threat activity, delineated by the severity of the unauthorized disclosure.
(h) The Director shall perform such other intelligence functions as the Governor directs.
SEC. 104. INFORMATION SHARING.
(a) The Director shall have principal authority to ensure maximum availability of intelligence information within the Intelligence Community, consistent with state security requirements. The Director shall—
(1) establish uniform security standards and procedures;
(2) establish common information technology standards for the Intelligence Community to promote multi-level security and intelligence integration capabilities;
(3) establish policies and procedures to resolve conflicts between the need to share intelligence information and the need to protect intelligence sources and methods; and
(4) establish—
(A) guidance to standardize the formats for classified and unclassified intelligence products created by Elements to promote the sharing of intelligence products; and
(B) policies and procedures requiring the use, in appropriate cases, and including portion markings, of the classification of portions of information within one intelligence product.
SEC. 105. PROTECTION OF INTELLIGENCE SOURCES.
The Director shall protect, and shall establish and enforce policies to protect, intelligence sources and methods from unauthorized disclosure.
SEC. 106. UNIFORM PROCEDURES FOR CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.
The Director shall—
(1) establish standards and procedures for the grant of access to classified information to government employees and contractors, when it is necessary; and
(2) ensure the consistent implementation of those standards and procedures throughout such agencies and departments.
SEC. 107. SPECIAL PERSONNEL AUTHORITY.
(a) Notwithstanding any other statute governing employment rights, the Director may, at any time and in their sole discretion, enact an adverse action on any Intelligence Personnel, including suspension or termination, irrespective of any procedural requirements.
(b) The power described in subsection (a) is also reserved by the heads of each Element and the heads of the department each element is within, with respect to the employees of that Element.
(c) The Board may overturn any action taken under subsections (a) or (b). The decision of the Board is not subject to judicial review.
(d) This section shall not be construed so as to in any way diminish the power of employees of the Intelligence Community to exercise disciplinary authority as otherwise provided by law.
(e) No law generally restricting employment shall have effect with respect to the employment of Intelligence Personnel.
SEC. 108. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND FUTURE EMPLOYMENT.
(a) The Director shall issue reasonable regulations—
(1) mitigating the effects of conflicts of interest of Intelligence Personnel in seeking or obtaining employment outside the Intelligence Community; and
(2) prohibiting former employees of the Intelligence Community from seeking or obtaining employment which, based on their employment in the Intelligence Community, would be detrimental to the security of the State of Firestone.
(b) A knowing or reckless violation of the regulations issued under subsection (a)(2) shall constitute corruption under the Firestone Criminal Code.
(c) The propriety of the regulations issued under subsection (a) is subject to judicial review.
SEC. 109. OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF STATE INTELLIGENCE
(a) There is an Office of the Director of State Intelligence.
(b) The function of the Office is to assist the Director in carrying out their duties under this Act or any other law.
(c) The Director may prescribe the organization of the Office, its seal, and provide for the hiring and discipline of its employees, among the general regulations governing the Office.
SEC. 201. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.
The Intelligence Community consists of:
(1) The Office of the Director of State Intelligence;
(2) The Department of State’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research;
(3) The Department of Justice’s Criminal Intelligence Service;
(4) The Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Investigations; and
(5) The National Guard’s Military Intelligence Detachment.
SEC. 202. BUREAU OF INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH.
There is in the Department of State a unit known as the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, which shall collect and analyze foreign intelligence in support of the State of Firestone’s diplomatic and foreign policy and its state security.
SEC. 203. CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE.
(a) There is in the Department of Justice a unit known as the Criminal Intelligence Service, which shall perform investigations of domestic crimes and engage in criminal intelligence activities.
(b) The head of the Criminal Intelligence Service shall report to no officer in the Department of Justice other than the Attorney General.
(c) Special Agents of the Criminal Intelligence Service shall be law enforcement officers, with statewide jurisdiction and full power to make arrests, detain and question individuals, investigate crimes, obtain and execute warrants, and carry firearms, as are generally accorded to law enforcement officers. Special Agents must be POST certified.
(d)
(1) The Authority to Arrest Act of 2022 is amended by striking the words “Firestone Bureau of Investigation” and inserting in their place the words “Department of Justice Criminal Intelligence Service”.
(2) Section 8(c) of the Authority to Arrest Act of 2022 is amended by striking the word “departments” and inserting in its place the word “agencies”.
SEC. 204. HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS.
There is in the Department of Homeland Security a unit known as Homeland Security Investigations, which shall collect, analyze, and act on foreign and domestic intelligence involving threats to the homeland security or critical infrastructure of the State of Firestone.
SEC. 205. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE DETACHMENT.
There is in the Firestone National Guard a unit known as the Military Intelligence Detachment, which shall engage in military intelligence activities and other strategic intelligence activities necessary to protect the State of Firestone from combatants and advance the State of Firestone’s interests in war.
SEC. 206. INTELLIGENCE CENTERS.
The Director may create and remove such inter-agency Intelligence Centers as they find necessary, which shall be part of the Office.
SEC. 211. INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT BOARD.
(a) Establishment. There is established in the Intelligence Community a board, to be known as the Intelligence Oversight Board.
(b) Membership.
(1) The Board shall consist of nine members.
(2) Three members shall be appointed each by the—
(A) Director; and
(B) Attorney General;
to a renewable term of 120 days.
(3) The Governor shall appoint three members of Congress to be members for the duration of their term, which may be renewed.
(4) When a member is appointed to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation or removal of a member appointed under subsection (2), they shall begin a full term.
(5) No more than 2 of the members appointed under subsection (2) may be Intelligence Personnel for the duration of their term.
(6) No person may be appointed to the Intelligence Oversight Board who has ever been convicted of any crime involving—
(A) the unlawful possession, distribution, or mishandling of classified information or other government documents;
(B) perjury or false representations;
(C) corruption or other public misconduct; or
(D) treason or insurrection.
(7) The Board shall elect its Chair and Vice Chair from among its membership upon a vacancy.
(8) The Board may remove one of its members by a two-thirds supermajority vote of the rest, and a removed member may not be reappointed.
(9) Members may be impeached from the Board.
SEC. 212. FUNCTIONS.
(a) The Board shall generally oversee the operations of the Intelligence Community to ensure their compliance with applicable law and regulation.
(b) The Director shall, with the consent of the Board, appoint an Inspector General for the Intelligence Community.
(c) The Director shall make a monthly report to the Board on the complete activities of the Intelligence Community, and the Board shall make regular reports to Congress.
(d) The Board may direct the Director or an Element to alter its regulations or activities to comply with law.
(e) The Board may demand any information held by the Director or an Element.
(f) The Board shall ensure no person is disciplined for communicating to it potentially sensitive information, in good faith, with the intent to promote compliance with law or policy.
SEC. 301. ESTABLISHMENT.
There is a council known as the State Security Council.
SEC. 302. MEMBERSHIP.
The membership of the State Security Council shall include:
The Governor, who shall be its chair.
The Lieutenant Governor, who shall be its vice-chair.
The Secretary of State.
The Secretary of Homeland Security.
The Adjutant General.
The Attorney General.
The Director of State Intelligence.
Any other individual whom the Governor shall invite.
SEC. 303. FUNCTION.
The State Security Council shall—
(1) facilitate cooperation among the agencies of the State of Firestone and its inferior governments for the purpose of state security;
(2) shall integrate domestic and foreign security; and
(3) shall advise the Governor on matters of state security.