1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Agricultural Intelligence Measures Act or the AIM Act . 2. Establishment of Office of Intelligence in Department of Agriculture (a) Establishment Subtitle A of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 ( 7 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 225A. Office of Intelligence (a) Establishment There is established in the Department an Office of Intelligence. The Office shall be under the National Intelligence Program. (b) Director (1) In general The Office shall be headed by the Director of the Office of Intelligence, who shall be an employee in the Senior Executive Service and who shall be appointed by the Secretary. The Director shall report directly to the Secretary. (2) Qualifications The Secretary shall select an individual to serve as the Director from among individuals who have significant experience serving in the intelligence community. (3) Staff The Director may appoint and fix the compensation of such staff as the Director considers appropriate, except that the Director may not appoint more than 5 full-time equivalent positions at an annual rate of pay equal to or greater than the maximum rate of basic pay for GS–15 of the General Schedule. (4) Detail of personnel of intelligence community Upon the request of the Director, the head of an element of the intelligence community may detail any of the personnel of such element to assist the Office in carrying out its duties. Any personnel detailed to assist the Office shall not be taken into account in determining the number of full-time equivalent positions of the Office under paragraph (3). (c) Duties The Office shall carry out the following duties: (1) The Office shall be responsible for le­ver­ag­ing the capabilities of the intelligence community and National Laboratories intelligence-related research, to ensure that the Secretary is fully informed of threats by foreign actors to United States agriculture. (2) The Office shall focus on understanding foreign efforts to—