S. 5009 119th Congress Senate

MERIT Act of 2026

Official title: A bill to ensure that any individual serving as Director of National Intelligence in an acting capacity possesses the qualifications required of the Director o… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to ensure that any individual serving as Director of National Intelligence in an acting capacity possesses the qualifications required of the Director of National Intelligence to have extensive national security expertise, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 16, 2026 Introduced by: Elissa Slotkin Democratic · Michigan See on congress.gov

Armed Forces and National Security

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Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.

Jul 16, 2026

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 5009: MERIT Act of 2026. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5009/

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"S. 5009: MERIT Act of 2026." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5009/.

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S. 5009, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5009/.

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