United States intelligence budget

United States intelligence budget

The United States intelligence budget comprises all the funding for the 16 agencies of the United States Intelligence Community. These agencies and other programs fit into one of the intelligence budget’s two components, the National Intelligence Program (NIP) and the Military Intelligence Program (MIP). As with other parts of the federal budget, the US intelligence budget runs according to the Fiscal year (FY), not the calendar year. Before government finances are spent on intelligence, the funds must first be authorized and appropriated by committees in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. Pursuant to a suggestion by 9/11 Commission, the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) released the top line amount given to the NIP for fiscal year 2007 as 43.5 billion USD.

Components

National Intelligence Program

The National Intelligence Program, under budgetary control of the DNI, comprises the agencies and programs formerly under the National Foreign Intelligence Program. This adjustment was made to better include domestic intelligence programs and intelligence arms of the Department of Homeland Security. [Lowenthal, Mark. "Intelligence: From Secrets to Policy." CQ Press: Washington D.C. 2006, p. 31.]

Military Intelligence Program

In September 2005, the Military Intelligence Program was established by combining all of the agencies formerly under the Joint Military Intelligence Program (JMIP) and most of the program from the former Tactical Intelligence and Related Activities (TIARA) group. [http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/intel/RL33539.pdf, Accessed 24 April 2008.]

List of Agencies and Programs by Component [Lowenthal, Mark. "Intelligence: From Secrets to Policy." CQ Press: Washington D.C. 2006, p. 49.]
* *The House Select Intelligence Oversight Panel provides budgetary and oversight recommendations. [http://appropriations.house.gov/HR35.shtml, Accessed 28 April 2008.]

See United States Intelligence Community Oversight for more general information on the oversight of the Intelligence Community.

Recent news

On 30 October 2007, DNI John Michael McConnell released information regarding the FY2007 budget for the National Intelligence Program. It stated:

Consistent with Section 601 of the “Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007,”Public Law 110-53, the Director of National Intelligence is disclosing to the public the aggregate amount of funds appropriated by Congress to the National Intelligence Program (NIP) for fiscal years 2007 and 2008 not later than 30 days after the end of each such fiscal year.The aggregate amount appropriated to the NIP for fiscal year 2007 was $43.5 billion. [http://www.dni.gov/press_releases/20071030_release.pdf Accessed 28 April 2008.]

The report went on to say that any further information regarding the intelligence budget would not be released.

References

External links

* [http://www.intelligence.gov Intelligence Community Website]
* [http://appropriations.house.gov/ House Appropriations Committee]
* [http://appropriations.senate.gov/ Senate Appropriations Committee]
* [http://intelligence.senate.gov/ Senate Select Committee on Intelligence]
* [http://intelligence.house.gov/ House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence]


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