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handle is hein.crs/goveptv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Defense Primer: Budgeting for National and Defense
Intelligence

Introduction
Intelligence Community (IC) programs include the
resources (i.e., money and manpower) to accomplish
intelligence-related goals and responsibilities as defined by
the United States Code (U.S.C.) and Executive Order
12333. IC programs are funded through the (1) National
Intelligence Program (NIP), which covers the programs,
projects, and activities of the IC oriented toward the
strategic requirements of policymakers; and (2) Military
Intelligence Program (MIP), which funds defense
intelligence activities intended to support tactical military
requirements and operations. The Director of National
Intelligence (DNI) and the Under Secretary of Defense for
Intelligence and Security (USD(I&S)) manage the NIP and
MIP, respectively, under different authorities.
NIP and MIP Funding
Title 50 U.S.C. §3306 requires that the President, as part of
the annual budget submission to Congress, disclose the total
amount of funding requested for the NIP-called the
topline. The DNI is not required to disclose any other
information concerning the NIP budget, whether the
information concerns particular intelligence agencies or
particular intelligence programs. Although not mandated by
statute, the Secretary of Defense also discloses annual MIP
appropriations totals dating back to 2007. For FY2025,
funding requested for the NIP and MIP totaled $101.6
billion, including $73.4 billion for NIP and $28.2 billion for
MIP. Compared to FY2024 requested amounts, the FY2025
budget requested $1 billion more funding for NIP and $1.1
billion less funding for MIP.
Background
National Intelligence Program (NIP)
The origins of the intelligence budget, separate and distinct
from the defense budget, date to reforms initiated in the
1970s to improve oversight and accountability of the IC. At
that time, the National Foreign Intelligence Program (NFIP)
was managed by the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI),
in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, and overseen
by the National Security Council (NSC). Congress
redesignated the NFIP as the NIP in the Intelligence
Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (IRTPA;
P.L. 108-458, §1074). The IRTPA also provided for
additional IC reforms, including the position of DNI. The
DNI was given more budgetary authority over the NIP than
the DCI had over the NFIP. Intelligence Community
Directive (ICD) 104 provides overall policy, to include a
description of the DNI's roles and responsibilities as
program executive of the NIP.

Updated April 29, 2024

Miitary Intellgence Program (M1P)
Military-specific tactical and/or operational intelligence
activities were not included in the NFIP. They were known
as Tactical Intelligence and Related Activities (TIARA) and
managed separately by the Secretary of Defense. TIARA
referred to the intelligence activities of a single service
that were considered organic to military units. In 1994,
Congress created a new category called the Joint Military
Intelligence Program (JMIP) for defense-wide intelligence
programs. In 2005, the Secretary of Defense signed a
memorandum that merged TIARA and JMIP to form the
MIP. DOD Directive 5205.12, signed in November 2008,
established policies and assigned responsibilities, to include
the USD(I&S)'s role as program executive of the MIP,
acting on behalf of the Secretary of Defense.
The IC established organizing principles-known as Rules
of the Road-to explain the two budget programs' separate
but related structures. A program is primarily NIP if it
funds an activity that supports more than one department or
agency (such as satellite imagery), or provides a service of
common concern for the IC (such as secure
communications). The NIP funds the Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA) and the Office of the Director of National
Intelligence (ODNI) in their entirety and funds the strategic
intelligence activities associated with departmental IC
elements, suchDOD's National Security Agency (NSA).
A program is primarily MIP if it funds an activity that
addresses a unique DOD requirement. Additionally, MIP
funds may be used to sustain, enhance, or increase
capacity/capability of NIP systems. The DNI and
USD(I&S) work together in a number of ways to facilitate
the integration of NIP and MIP intelligence efforts.
Mutually beneficial programs may receive both NIP and
MIP resources.
Two Budget Processes: PP                 PPBE
The IC's Intelligence Planning, Programming, Budgeting
and Evaluation (IPPBE) process allocates funding and
personnel resources supporting IC-wide capabilities
through the development and execution of the NIP and its
associated budget. The NIP addresses priorities described in
national security-related documents such as the National
Intelligence Strategy. The IPPBE process applies to all 18
components of the IC, as specified in 50 U.S.C. §3003(4).
Program managers control NIP resources aligned with
requirements for IC capabilities such as geospatial
intelligence, signals intelligence, and human intelligence-
capabilities that may span several IC components.
DOD's Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution
(PPBE) process provides the funding for service

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