ABOUT THE BILL

ABOUT THE BILL
Major provisions
Main components of the intelligence reorganization bill:
Creates a new position, Director of National Intelligence, who will be the principal adviser to the president and coordinate the nation's spy agencies. The position will be above the CIA director.
Establishes a National Counterterrorism Center for planning intelligence missions and coordinating information on terror threats and responses.
Creates a Privacy and Civil Liberties Board of private citizens, with access to all government agencies, to oversee privacy protections.
Establishes minimum standards for birth certificates and driver's licenses and improves security of Social Security cards.
Requires a national transportation security strategy, including advanced airline passenger prescreening and biometric identification systems.
Tightens baggage screening procedures and security in screening areas.
Authorizes money to improve air cargo security and studies of blast-resistant cargo and baggage containers.
Upgrades security features on pilot licenses.
Tests of advanced sensors, videos and unmanned aircraft to secure northern border and plans to survey the southwest border with unmanned aircraft.
Adds 2,000 Border Patrol agents and 800 immigration and customs agents every year for the next five years.