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32 118THCONGRESS
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54 DSESSION H. R. 8512
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75 To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for intelligence and intel-
86 ligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Commu-
97 nity Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retire-
108 ment and Disability System, and for other purposes.
119 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1210 MAY22, 2024
1311 Mr. T
1412 URNERintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
1513 Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
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17-EPTEMBER11, 2024
18-Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
19-House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
20-[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
21-[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 22, 2024]
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2514 A BILL
2615 To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for intel-
2716 ligence and intelligence-related activities of the United
2817 States Government, the Community Management Ac-
2918 count, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement
3019 and Disability System, and for other purposes.
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3420 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
3521 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
3622 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
3723 (a) S
38-HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘In-4
39-telligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025’’. 5
24+HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
25+‘‘Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025’’. 5
4026 (b) T
4127 ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 6
4228 this Act is as follows: 7
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4332 Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
4433 Sec. 2. Definitions.
4534 TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
4635 Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations.
4736 Sec. 102. Classified schedule of authorizations.
4837 Sec. 103. Intelligence Community Management Account.
4938 TITLE II—CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND
5039 DISABILITY SYSTEM
5140 Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.
52-TITLE III—GENERAL INTELLIGENCE MATTERS
41+TITLE III—GENERAL INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MATTERS
5342 Sec. 301. Restriction on conduct of intelligence activities.
5443 Sec. 302. Increase in employee compensation and benefits authorized by law.
55-Sec. 303. Statute of limitation for espionage offenses.
56-Sec. 304. Secure communication between Congress and intelligence community.
57-Sec. 305. Commission to examine the national security and defense risks to the
58-United States posed by anomalous health incidents.
59-TITLE IV—MATTERS RELATING TO NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
60-ENTERPRISE
61-Subtitle A—Miscellaneous Authorities and Limitations
62-Sec. 401. Congressional notifications and summaries of misconduct regarding em-
63-ployees within the intelligence community.
64-Sec. 402. Improvements to urgent concerns submitted to Inspectors General of the
65-Intelligence Community.
66-Sec. 403. Protection for individuals making authorized disclosures to Inspectors
67-General of elements of the intelligence community.
68-Sec. 404. Clarification of authority of certain Inspectors General to receive pro-
69-tected disclosures.
70-Sec. 405. Codification of the National Intelligence Management Council.
71-Sec. 406. Analyses and impact statements regarding proposed investment into the
72-United States.
73-Sec. 407. Responsibilities and authorities of the Director of National Intelligence.
74-Sec. 408. Enabling intelligence community integration.
75-Sec. 409. Protection of intelligence sources and methods.
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79-Sec. 410. Department of Homeland Security intelligence support for State Gov-
80-ernors.
81-Sec. 411. Authorization relating to certain intelligence and counterintelligence ac-
82-tivities of Coast Guard.
83-Sec. 412. Requirements with respect to access of foreign nationals to Department
84-of Energy National Laboratories.
85-Sec. 413. Formalized counterintelligence training for Department of Energy per-
86-sonnel.
87-Sec. 414. Federal Bureau of Investigation proactive cyber support.
88-Sec. 415. Requirements relating to confidential human source program of Federal
89-Bureau of Investigation.
90-Sec. 416. Congressional notice of FBI counterintelligence investigations into indi-
91-viduals who hold or are candidates for Federal elected office.
92-Sec. 417. Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office at the Department of
93-Transportation.
94-Sec. 418. Ukraine lessons learned Working Group.
95-Sec. 419. Modification to waiver for post-service employment restrictions.
96-Sec. 420. Prohibition of funds for Intelligence Experts Group.
97-Sec. 421. Prohibition on availability of funds for certain activities of the Overt
98-Human Intelligence and Open Source Intelligence Collection
99-Programs of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the De-
100-partment of Homeland Security.
101-Sec. 422. Limitation on availability of funds for the Office of the Director of Na-
102-tional Intelligence pending submission of information regarding
103-improvements relating to intelligence community staffing, de-
104-tails, and assignments.
105-Subtitle B—Reports and Other Matters
106-Sec. 431. Foreign malign influence interagency guidance.
107-Sec. 432. Foreign malign influence standard operating procedures.
108-Sec. 433. Intelligence support for certain executive branch departments and agen-
109-cies.
110-Sec. 434. Intelligence community recruitment for certain security-cleared sepa-
111-rating Military Members.
112-Sec. 435. Strategy to strengthen intelligence community recruitment efforts in the
113-United States territories.
114-Sec. 436. Extension of requirement for annual report on strikes undertaken by the
115-United States against terrorist targets outside areas of active
116-hostilities.
117-Sec. 437. Advisability and feasibility study on updating intelligence sharing reg-
118-ulations.
119-Sec. 438. Budget transparency for open-source intelligence activities.
120-Sec. 439. Enhancing public-private sharing on manipulative adversary practices
121-in critical mineral projects.
122-Sec. 440. Briefing on policies and procedures for addressing threats from known
123-or suspected terrorists.
124-Sec. 441. Assessment on intelligence relationship between Egypt and Israel.
125-Sec. 442. Intelligence assessment of economic coercion by the People’s Republic of
126-China in the Indo-Pacific region and strategies to enhance the
127-economic resilience of countries in the Indo-Pacific region.
128-Sec. 443. Report on the mission effect of civilian harm.
129-Sec. 444. Report on the economic outlook of China.
130-Sec. 445. Repeal of requirement with respect to assessments regarding the North-
131-ern Triangle and Mexico.
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135-TITLE V—MATTERS RELATING TO DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AND
136-OVERHEAD ARCHITECTURE
137-Sec. 501. Sense of Congress on the need for increased effort and resources in the
138-field of geomatics.
139-Sec. 502. Department of Defense Senior Intelligence Oversight Official.
140-Sec. 503. Extension and modification of Department of Defense intelligence and
141-counterintelligence expense authority.
142-Sec. 504. Authority of Army counterintelligence agents.
143-Sec. 505. Modifications to notification on the provision of Defense sensitive sup-
144-port.
145-Sec. 506. Revision of Secretary of Defense authority to engage in commercial ac-
146-tivities as security for intelligence collection activities.
147-Sec. 507. Promulgating guidance related to certain Department of Defense con-
148-tracts.
149-Sec. 508. Sense of Congress on Space Force acquisition workforce.
150-TITLE VI—MATTERS RELATING TO CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
151-AGENCY
152-Sec. 601. Requirements for the Special Victim Investigator.
153-Sec. 602. Reserve for Contingencies notification requirement.
154-Sec. 603. Government Accountability Office study and report on modernization
155-initiative of the Central Intelligence Agency.
156-TITLE VII—MATTERS RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
157-Sec. 701. Sensitive compartmented information facility accreditation.
158-Sec. 702. Study of intelligence community research security.
159-Sec. 703. Report on biotechnology.
160-Sec. 704. Data with respect to timeliness of security clearance determinations.
161-Sec. 705. Data with respect to timeliness of polygraph examinations.
16244 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
16345 1
16446 In this Act: 2
16547 (1) C
16648 ONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE COMMIT -3
167-TEES.—The term ‘‘congressional intelligence commit-4
168-tees’’ has the meaning given such term in section 3 5
169-of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 6
49+TEES.—The term ‘‘congressional intelligence com-4
50+mittees’’ has the meaning given such term in section 5
51+3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 6
17052 3003). 7
17153 (2) I
172-NTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY .—The term ‘‘in-8
173-telligence community’’ has the meaning given such 9
174-term in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 10
175-(50 U.S.C. 3003). 11
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179-TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE 1
180-ACTIVITIES 2
181-SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 3
182-Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-4
183-cal year 2025 for the conduct of the intelligence and intel-5
184-ligence-related activities of the Federal Government. 6
185-SEC. 102. CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AUTHORIZATIONS. 7
54+NTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY .—The term 8
55+‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning given 9
56+such term in such section. 10
57+TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE 11
58+ACTIVITIES 12
59+SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 13
60+Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 14
61+fiscal year 2025 for the conduct of the intelligence and 15
62+intelligence-related activities of the Federal Government. 16
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66+SEC. 102. CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AUTHORIZATIONS. 1
18667 (a) S
187-PECIFICATIONS OFAMOUNTS.—The amounts au-8
188-thorized to be appropriated under section 101 for the con-9
189-duct of the intelligence activities of the Federal Government 10
190-are those specified in the classified Schedule of Authoriza-11
191-tions prepared to accompany this Act. 12
68+PECIFICATIONS OF AMOUNTS.—The amounts 2
69+authorized to be appropriated under section 101 for the 3
70+conduct of the intelligence activities of the Federal Gov-4
71+ernment are those specified in the classified Schedule of 5
72+Authorizations prepared to accompany this Act. 6
19273 (b) A
193-VAILABILITY OFCLASSIFIEDSCHEDULE OFAU-13
194-THORIZATIONS.— 14
74+VAILABILITY OFCLASSIFIEDSCHEDULE OFAU-7
75+THORIZATIONS.— 8
19576 (1) A
196-VAILABILITY.—The classified Schedule of 15
197-Authorizations referred to in subsection (a) shall be 16
198-made available to the Committee on Appropriations 17
199-of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the 18
200-House of Representatives, and to the President. 19
77+VAILABILITY.—The classified Schedule of 9
78+Authorizations referred to in subsection (a) shall be 10
79+made available to the Committee on Appropriations 11
80+of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of 12
81+the House of Representatives, and to the President. 13
20182 (2) D
202-ISTRIBUTION BY THE PRESIDENT .—Subject 20
203-to paragraph (3), the President shall provide for suit-21
204-able distribution of the classified Schedule of Author-22
205-izations referred to in subsection (a), or of appro-23
206-priate portions of such Schedule, within the executive 24
207-branch of the Federal Government. 25
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211-(3) LIMITS ON DISCLOSURE .—The President 1
212-shall not publicly disclose the classified Schedule of 2
213-Authorizations or any portion of such Schedule ex-3
214-cept— 4
215-(A) as provided in section 601(a) of the Im-5
216-plementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Com-6
217-mission Act of 2007 (50 U.S.C. 3306(a)); 7
218-(B) to the extent necessary to implement the 8
219-budget; or 9
220-(C) as otherwise required by law. 10
221-SEC. 103. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT AC-11
222-COUNT. 12
83+ISTRIBUTION BY THE PRESIDENT .—Sub-14
84+ject to paragraph (3), the President shall provide for 15
85+suitable distribution of the classified Schedule of Au-16
86+thorizations referred to in subsection (a), or of ap-17
87+propriate portions of such Schedule, within the exec-18
88+utive branch of the Federal Government. 19
89+(3) L
90+IMITS ON DISCLOSURE .—The President 20
91+shall not publicly disclose the classified Schedule of 21
92+Authorizations or any portion of such Schedule ex-22
93+cept— 23
94+(A) as provided in section 601(a) of the 24
95+Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 25
96+Commission Act of 2007 (50 U.S.C. 3306(a)); 26
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100+(B) to the extent necessary to implement 1
101+the budget; or 2
102+(C) as otherwise required by law. 3
103+SEC. 103. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT AC-4
104+COUNT. 5
223105 (a) A
224-UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 13
225-authorized to be appropriated for the Intelligence Commu-14
226-nity Management Account of the Director of National Intel-15
227-ligence for fiscal year 2025 the sum of $650,000,000. 16
106+UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—There is 6
107+authorized to be appropriated for the Intelligence Commu-7
108+nity Management Account of the Director of National In-8
109+telligence for fiscal year 2025 the sum of $650,000,000. 9
228110 (b) C
229-LASSIFIEDAUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-17
230-TIONS.—In addition to amounts authorized to be appro-18
231-priated for the Intelligence Community Management Ac-19
232-count by subsection (a), there are authorized to be appro-20
233-priated for the Intelligence Community Management Ac-21
234-count for fiscal year 2025 such additional amounts as are 22
235-specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations re-23
236-ferred to in section 102(a). 24
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240-TITLE II—CENTRAL INTEL-1
241-LIGENCE AGENCY RETIRE-2
242-MENT AND DISABILITY SYS-3
243-TEM 4
244-SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 5
245-There is authorized to be appropriated for the Central 6
246-Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund 7
247-$514,000,000 for fiscal year 2025. 8
248-TITLE III—GENERAL 9
249-INTELLIGENCE MATTERS 10
250-SEC. 301. RESTRICTION ON CONDUCT OF INTELLIGENCE 11
251-ACTIVITIES. 12
252-The authorization of appropriations by this Act shall 13
253-not be deemed to constitute authority for the conduct of any 14
254-intelligence activity which is not otherwise authorized by 15
255-the Constitution or the laws of the United States. 16
256-SEC. 302. INCREASE IN EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND 17
257-BENEFITS AUTHORIZED BY LAW. 18
258-Appropriations authorized by this Act for salary, pay, 19
259-retirement, and other benefits for Federal employees may 20
260-be increased by such additional or supplemental amounts 21
261-as may be necessary for increases in such compensation or 22
262-benefits authorized by law. 23
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266-SEC. 303. STATUTE OF LIMITATION FOR ESPIONAGE OF-1
267-FENSES. 2
268-(a) I
269-NGENERAL.—Chapter 213 of title 18, United 3
270-States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 4
271-‘‘§ 3302. Espionage offenses 5
272-‘‘An indictment may be found or an information may 6
273-be instituted at any time without limitation for— 7
274-‘‘(1) a violation of section 951, or a conspiracy 8
275-to violate such section; 9
276-‘‘(2) a violation of section 794, or a conspiracy 10
277-to violate such section; or 11
278-‘‘(3) a violation of section 1425, if the offense 12
279-was committed to facilitate a violation of section 13
280-951.’’. 14
281-(b) C
282-LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections for 15
283-chapter 213 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 16
284-adding at the end the following: 17
285-‘‘3302. Espionage offenses.’’.
286-(c) CONFORMINGAMENDMENT.—Section 19 of the In-18
287-ternal Security Act of 1950 (18 U.S.C. 792 note) is amend-19
288-ed by striking ‘‘, 793, or 794’’ and inserting ‘‘or 793’’. 20
289-SEC. 304. SECURE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CONGRESS 21
290-AND INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. 22
291-Section 102A of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 23
292-U.S.C. 3024) is amended by adding at the end the following 24
293-new subsection: 25
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297-‘‘(aa) REQUIREMENTSWITHRESPECT TOSECURE 1
298-C
299-OMMUNICATIONBETWEENCONGRESS ANDINTELLIGENCE 2
300-C
301-OMMUNITY.— 3
302-‘‘(1) I
303-N GENERAL.—The Director of National In-4
304-telligence shall, upon the approval of specified con-5
305-gressional leaders— 6
306-‘‘(A) provide secure communications to sup-7
307-port the oversight functions of the congressional 8
308-intelligence committees, including through the 9
309-procurement, installation, configuration, and 10
310-maintenance of sufficient software, connectivity, 11
311-information technology equipment, computers, 12
312-printers, and related peripheral equipment to en-13
313-sure that such committees are able to commu-14
314-nicate with the intelligence community through 15
315-secure data, voice, and video communications; 16
316-‘‘(B) ensure that such communications en-17
317-abled under subparagraph (A) facilitate commu-18
318-nication at all classification levels; 19
319-‘‘(C) ensure that the requirements specified 20
320-in subparagraph (A) are met in conformity with 21
321-applicable standards for the protection of na-22
322-tional security information; and 23
323-‘‘(D) ensure that any security limitations or 24
324-controls associated with use of capabilities pur-25
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328-suant to subparagraph (A) are consistent with 1
329-such limitations or controls imposed within the 2
330-executive branch and do not impede effective and 3
331-efficient oversight of the intelligence community 4
332-by Congress. 5
333-‘‘(2) G
334-OVERNANCE.—The Director, in coordina-6
335-tion with specified congressional leaders, shall estab-7
336-lish governance and security policies applicable to the 8
337-connectivity, equipment, and software provided under 9
338-this subsection and shall review and update such poli-10
339-cies periodically, as appropriate, to address counter-11
340-intelligence threats and technological changes. 12
341-‘‘(3) T
342-REATMENT AS CONGRESSIONAL 13
343-RECORDS.—Any data created, stored, or transmitted 14
344-by the congressional intelligence committees through 15
345-networks, equipment, or software provided under 16
346-paragraph (1) is a congressional record and shall not 17
347-be treated as an agency record for purposes of section 18
348-552 of title 5, United States Code, (commonly known 19
349-as the ‘the Freedom of Information Act’) or any other 20
350-law. 21
351-‘‘(4) D
352-OCUMENTATION OF COST .—The Director 22
353-shall document the funding required to satisfy this 23
354-subsection within each annual budget submission to 24
355-Congress, including any anticipated upgrades or re-25
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359-capitalization expenditures over the 5-year period 1
360-that begins on October 1 of the fiscal year for which 2
361-year-by-year proposed funding is included. 3
362-‘‘(5) S
363-PECIFIED CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS DE -4
364-FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘specified con-5
365-gressional leaders’ means— 6
366-‘‘(A) the Speaker and the minority leader of 7
367-the House of Representatives; 8
368-‘‘(B) the majority leader and the minority 9
369-leader of the Senate; and 10
370-‘‘(C) the Chair and Ranking Member of the 11
371-congressional intelligence committees.’’. 12
372-SEC. 305. COMMISSION TO EXAMINE THE NATIONAL SECU-13
373-RITY AND DEFENSE RISKS TO THE UNITED 14
374-STATES POSED BY ANOMALOUS HEALTH INCI-15
375-DENTS. 16
376-(a) E
377-STABLISHMENT.—There is established, not later 17
378-than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 18
379-an independent commission to be known as the National 19
380-Security Commission on Anomalous Health Incidents (re-20
381-ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Commission’’) to review 21
382-anomalous health incidents affecting United States Govern-22
383-ment personnel and their dependents for the purpose of com-23
384-prehensively addressing the national security and defense 24
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388-risks to the United States posed by anomalous health inci-1
389-dents. 2
390-(b) M
391-EMBERSHIP.— 3
392-(1) C
393-OMPOSITION.—The Commission shall be 4
394-composed of 9 members appointed as follows: 5
395-(A) The Director of National Intelligence 6
396-shall appoint 1 member. 7
397-(B) The Chair of the Permanent Select 8
398-Committee on Intelligence of the House of Rep-9
399-resentatives shall appoint 1 member. 10
400-(C) The Ranking Member of the Permanent 11
401-Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 12
402-Representatives shall appoint 1 member. 13
403-(D) The Chair of the Committee on Armed 14
404-Services of the House of Representatives shall ap-15
405-point 1 member. 16
406-(E) The Ranking Member of the Committee 17
407-on Armed Services of the House of Representa-18
408-tives shall appoint 1 member. 19
409-(F) The Chair of the Select Committee on 20
410-Intelligence of the Senate shall appoint 1 mem-21
411-ber. 22
412-(G) The Vice Chair of the Select Committee 23
413-on Intelligence of the Senate shall appoint 1 24
414-member. 25
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418-(H) The Chair of the Committee on Armed 1
419-Services of the Senate shall appoint 1 member. 2
420-(I) The Ranking Member of the Committee 3
421-on Armed Services of the Senate shall appoint 1 4
422-member. 5
423-(2) I
424-NITIAL APPOINTMENTS.—Members shall be 6
425-appointed to the Commission under paragraph (1) 7
426-not later than 30 days after the establishment of the 8
427-Commission under subsection (a). 9
428-(3) E
429-FFECT OF LACK OF APPOINTMENT BY DEAD -10
430-LINE.—If one or more appointments under paragraph 11
431-(1) is not made by the appointment date specified in 12
432-paragraph (2), the authority to make such appoint-13
433-ment or appointments shall expire, and the number 14
434-of members of the Commission shall be reduced by the 15
435-number equal to the number of appointments so not 16
436-made. 17
437-(4) Q
438-UALIFICATIONS.—It is the sense of Congress 18
439-that each member of the Commission appointed under 19
440-paragraph (1) should— 20
441-(A) have significant professional experience 21
442-in national security, such as a position in— 22
443-(i) the intelligence community; 23
444-(ii) the Department of Defense; 24
445-(iii) the scientific community; 25
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449-(iv) a medical institution; or 1
450-(v) an academic or scholarly institu-2
451-tion; and 3
452-(B) be eligible to receive the appropriate se-4
453-curity clearance to effectively evaluate their du-5
454-ties. 6
455-(5) P
456-ROHIBITIONS.—A member of the Commis-7
457-sion appointed under paragraph (1) may not— 8
458-(A) be a current member of Congress; 9
459-(B) be a former member of Congress who 10
460-served in Congress after January 1, 2017; 11
461-(C) be a current or former registrant under 12
462-the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22 13
463-U.S.C. 611 et seq.); 14
464-(D) have previously received medical treat-15
465-ment for symptoms related to a suspected anom-16
466-alous health incident, or have a dependent who 17
467-previously received medical treatment for symp-18
468-toms related to a suspected anomalous health in-19
469-cident; or 20
470-(E) have served, with direct involvement, in 21
471-actions by or sponsored by the executive branch 22
472-of the United States Government to investigate 23
473-or respond to reports of anomalous health inci-24
474-dents. 25
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478-(6) CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.—The Commission 1
479-shall select a Chair and a Vice Chair from among the 2
480-members of the Commission. 3
481-(7) T
482-ERMS.—Members shall be appointed for the 4
483-life of the Commission. A vacancy in the Commission 5
484-shall not affect its powers and shall be filled in the 6
485-same manner as the original appointment was made. 7
486-The Chair and Vice Chair shall report any vacancy 8
487-in the Commission to the appropriate congressional 9
488-committees immediately upon learning that there will 10
489-be a vacancy in the Commission. 11
490-(8) M
491-EETINGS.— 12
492-(A) I
493-NITIAL MEETING.—Not later than 30 13
494-days after the date on which all members of the 14
495-Commission have been appointed, the Commis-15
496-sion shall hold the first meeting of the Commis-16
497-sion. 17
498-(B) F
499-REQUENCY.—The Commission shall 18
500-meet at the call of the Chair and Vice Chair. 19
501-(C) Q
502-UORUM.—A majority of the members 20
503-of the Commission shall constitute a quorum, but 21
504-a lesser number of members may hold meetings. 22
505-(c) D
506-UTIES.— 23
507-(1) I
508-N GENERAL.—The Commission shall carry 24
509-out the review described in paragraph (2). In car-25
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513-rying out such review, the Commission shall consider 1
514-both the events known as anomalous health incidents 2
515-themselves, and the response to such incidents by the 3
516-United States Government and other nations’ govern-4
517-ments for the purpose of comprehensively addressing 5
518-the national security and defense risks to the United 6
519-States posed by the causes of, and responses to, anom-7
520-alous health incidents. 8
521-(2) S
522-COPE OF THE REVIEW.—In conducting the 9
523-review under paragraph (1), the Commission shall 10
524-consider the following: 11
525-(A) A historical review of the United States 12
526-Government’s response to anomalous health inci-13
527-dents to identify a more effective, standardized 14
528-model that can be applied to complex challenges 15
529-to ensure all perspectives are fully and fairly 16
530-presented to policy makers, mitigate real or per-17
531-ceived undue influence on analytical judgments, 18
532-and effectively gather and act on intelligence and 19
533-information to address complex national security 20
534-challenges. 21
535-(B) A historical review of the United States 22
536-Government’s provision of support and medical 23
537-care to United States personnel and their de-24
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541-pendents impacted by anomalous health inci-1
542-dents. 2
543-(C) Whether a review of all information on 3
544-collected reports of anomalous health incidents 4
545-can inform the development of a categorization 5
546-mechanism which can inform appropriate steps 6
547-to be taken following future reports. 7
548-(D) Whether available data points to the in-8
549-volvement of an external actor in some or all re-9
550-ported anomalous health incidents. 10
551-(E) Whether known or novel mechanisms an 11
552-adversary might use against United States per-12
553-sonnel or their dependents might explain some or 13
554-all reported anomalous health incidents. 14
555-(F) Whether comparable information, data, 15
556-and reports on other intelligence questions led to 16
557-similar analytic judgments. 17
558-(G) Any other matters the Commission 18
559-deems relevant to the common defense of the Na-19
560-tion. 20
561-(d) R
562-EPORTS.— 21
563-(1) I
564-NITIAL BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days 22
565-after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Com-23
566-mission shall brief the President, or the President’s 24
567-designee, and the appropriate congressional commit-25
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571-tees on the progress of the activities of the Commis-1
572-sion as of the date of such briefing. 2
573-(2) A
574-NNUAL REPORT.— 3
575-(A) I
576-N GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 4
577-after the date of the initial meeting of the Com-5
578-mission, and annually thereafter, the Commis-6
579-sion shall submit to the President and the appro-7
580-priate congressional committees a report describ-8
581-ing the progress of the activities of the Commis-9
582-sion as of the date of such report, including any 10
583-findings, recommendations, or lessons learned en-11
584-dorsed by the Commission. 12
585-(B) B
586-RIEFING.—On the date of the submis-13
587-sion of each annual report required under this 14
588-paragraph, the Commission shall brief the Presi-15
589-dent, or the President’s designee, and the appro-16
590-priate congressional committees. 17
591-(3) F
592-INAL REPORT.— 18
593-(A) S
594-UBMISSION.—Not later than 3 years 19
595-after the date of the establishment of the Com-20
596-mission under subsection (a), the Commission 21
597-shall submit to the President and the appro-22
598-priate congressional committees a final report on 23
599-the findings of the Commission and such rec-24
600-ommendations that the Commission may have 25
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604-for action by Congress and the Federal Govern-1
605-ment, which shall address the following: 2
606-(i) Whether known or novel mecha-3
607-nisms an adversary might use against 4
608-United States personnel or their dependents 5
609-might explain some or all reported anoma-6
610-lous health incidents. 7
611-(ii) Whether available data points to 8
612-the involvement of an external actor in 9
613-some or all reported anomalous health inci-10
614-dents. 11
615-(iii) Whether the United States Gov-12
616-ernment’s provision of support and medical 13
617-care is sufficient to appropriately address 14
618-the impacts of anomalous health incidents 15
619-on affected personnel. 16
620-(iv) Effectively structuring United 17
621-States Government responses to distinct, 18
622-complex national security issues such as re-19
623-ports of anomalous health incidents. 20
624-(v) Research and development to im-21
625-prove the medical response and potential 22
626-harm mitigation techniques for anomalous 23
627-health incidents. 24
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631-(vi) How analytic integrity and struc-1
632-tured analytical techniques impacted the 2
633-United States Government’s response to 3
634-anomalous health incidents. 4
635-(vii) What the anomalous health inci-5
636-dents situation says about the counterintel-6
637-ligence posture of the United States Govern-7
638-ment. 8
639-(viii) Future policy recommendations 9
640-for anomalous health incidents or other 10
641-health incidents with a potential counter-11
642-intelligence nexus. 12
643-(B) A
644-DDENDA.—Any member of the Com-13
645-mission may submit an addendum to the report 14
646-required under subparagraph (A) setting forth 15
647-the separate views of such member with respect 16
648-to any matter considered by the Commission. 17
649-(C) B
650-RIEFING.—On the date of the submis-18
651-sion of the final report required under this para-19
652-graph, the Commission shall brief the appro-20
653-priate congressional committees. 21
654-(4) F
655-ORM OF REPORTS .—Reports submitted 22
656-under this subsection shall be made publicly available 23
657-but may include a classified annex. 24
658-(e) P
659-OWERS OFCOMMISSION.— 25
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663-(1) HEARINGS AND EVIDENCE.—The Commission 1
664-may, for the purpose of carrying out this section— 2
665-(A) hold such hearings and sit and act at 3
666-such times and places, take such testimony, re-4
667-ceive such evidence, and administer such oaths 5
668-as the Commission considers necessary to fulfill 6
669-the Commission’s duties; and 7
670-(B) subject to paragraph (2)(A), require, by 8
671-subpoena or otherwise, the attendance and testi-9
672-mony of such witnesses and the production of 10
673-such books, records, correspondence, cables, 11
674-memoranda, papers, documents, and any other 12
675-information as the Commission considers nec-13
676-essary to fulfill the Commission’s duties. 14
677-(2) S
678-UBPOENAS.— 15
679-(A) I
680-SSUANCE.— 16
681-(i) I
682-N GENERAL.—A subpoena may be 17
683-issued under this subsection only— 18
684-(I) by the agreement of the Chair 19
685-and the Vice Chair; or 20
686-(II) by the affirmative vote of a 21
687-majority of the Commission. 22
688-(ii) S
689-IGNATURE.—Subject to clause 23
690-(i)— 24
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694-(I) subpoenas issued under this 1
695-subsection may be issued under the sig-2
696-nature of the Chair and Vice Chair of 3
697-the Commission, or any member des-4
698-ignated by a majority of the Commis-5
699-sion; and 6
700-(II) subpoenas issued under this 7
701-subsection may be served by any per-8
702-son designated by the Chair and Vice 9
703-Chair of the Commission, or by a 10
704-member designated by a majority of 11
705-the Commission. 12
706-(B) E
707-NFORCEMENT.— 13
708-(i) I
709-N GENERAL.—In the case of contu-14
710-macy or failure to obey a subpoena issued 15
711-under this subsection, the United States dis-16
712-trict court for the judicial district in which 17
713-the subpoenaed person resides, is served, or 18
714-may be found, or where the subpoena is re-19
715-turnable, may issue an order requiring such 20
716-person to appear at any designated place to 21
717-testify or to produce documentary or other 22
718-evidence. Any failure to obey the order of 23
719-the court may be punished by the court as 24
720-a contempt of that court. 25
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724-(ii) ADDITIONAL ENFORCEMENT .—In 1
725-the case of any failure of any witness to 2
726-comply with any subpoena or to testify 3
727-when summoned under authority of this sec-4
728-tion, the Commission may, by majority 5
729-vote, certify a statement of fact constituting 6
730-such failure to the appropriate United 7
731-States attorney, who may bring the matter 8
732-before the grand jury for its action, under 9
733-the same statutory authority and procedures 10
734-as if the United States attorney had re-11
735-ceived a certification under sections 102 12
736-through 104 of the Revised Statutes of the 13
737-United States (2 U.S.C. 192 through 194). 14
738-(C) P
739-RIVILEGE CLAIMS.—Claims of com-15
740-mon-law privileges made by any witness are ap-16
741-plicable only at the discretion of the Chair and 17
742-Vice Chair. 18
743-(f) I
744-NFORMATIONFROMFEDERALAGENCIES.— 19
745-(1) I
746-N GENERAL.—The Commission is authorized 20
747-to secure directly from any executive department, bu-21
748-reau, agency, board, commission, office, independent 22
749-establishment, or instrumentality of the Federal Gov-23
750-ernment such books, records, correspondence, cables, 24
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754-memoranda, papers, documents, and any other infor-1
755-mation for the purposes of this section. 2
756-(2) C
757-OOPERATION.—In carrying out its duties, 3
758-the Commission shall receive the full and timely co-4
759-operation of any executive department, bureau, agen-5
760-cy, board, commission, office, independent establish-6
761-ment, or instrumentality of the Federal Government 7
762-in providing the Commission with analysis, briefings, 8
763-and other information necessary for the fulfillment of 9
764-the Commission’s duties. 10
765-(3) F
766-URNISHING INFORMATION.—Upon receipt of 11
767-a written request made by the Chair and Vice Chair 12
768-of the Commission, or by vote of a majority of the 13
769-Commission, the head of the department, bureau, 14
770-agency, board, commission, office, independent estab-15
771-lishment, or instrumentality of the Federal Govern-16
772-ment shall expeditiously furnish such books, records, 17
773-correspondence, cables, memoranda, papers, docu-18
774-ments, and any other information to the Commission. 19
775-Claims of common-law privileges made by any execu-20
776-tive department, bureau, agency, board, commission, 21
777-office, independent establishment, or instrumentality 22
778-of the Federal Government are applicable only at the 23
779-discretion of the Chair and Vice Chair. 24
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783-(4) RECEIPT, HANDLING, STORAGE, AND DIS-1
784-SEMINATION.—Such books, records, correspondence, 2
785-cables, memoranda, papers, documents, and any other 3
786-information received by the Commission shall only be 4
787-received, handled, stored, and disseminated by mem-5
788-bers of the Commission and its staff consistent with 6
789-all applicable statutes, regulations, and Executive or-7
790-ders. 8
791-(5) P
792-ROTECTION OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION .— 9
793-A department, bureau, agency, board, commission, of-10
794-fice, independent establishment, or instrumentality of 11
795-the Federal Government shall respond to requests sub-12
796-mitted pursuant to paragraph (2) in a manner con-13
797-sistent with the protection of intelligence sources and 14
798-methods. 15
799-(g) S
800-UPPORTFROMFEDERALAGENCIES.— 16
801-(1) D
802-IRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE .— 17
803-The Director of National Intelligence shall provide to 18
804-the Commission, on a nonreimbursable basis, such ad-19
805-ministrative services, funds, staff, facilities, and other 20
806-support services as are necessary for the performance 21
807-of the duties of the Commission under this section. 22
808-(2) S
809-ECRETARY OF DEFENSE .—The Secretary of 23
810-Defense may provide the Commission, on a nonreim-24
811-bursable basis, with such administrative services, 25
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815-staff, and other support services as the Commission 1
816-may request. 2
817-(3) O
818-THER DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES .—In 3
819-addition to the assistance set forth in paragraphs (1) 4
820-and (2), other departments and agencies of the United 5
821-States may provide the Commission such services, 6
822-funds, facilities, staff, and other support as such de-7
823-partments and agencies consider advisable and as 8
824-may be authorized by law. 9
825-(h) T
826-REATMENT OFINFORMATIONRELATING TONA-10
827-TIONALSECURITY.— 11
828-(1) I
829-N GENERAL.—The Director of National In-12
830-telligence shall assume responsibility for the handling 13
831-and disposition of any information related to the na-14
832-tional security of the United States that is received, 15
833-considered, or used by the Commission under this sec-16
834-tion. 17
835-(2) I
836-NFORMATION PROVIDED BY CONGRESSIONAL 18
837-INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEES .—Any information re-19
838-lated to the national security of the United States 20
839-that is provided to the Commission by a congressional 21
840-intelligence committee may not be further provided or 22
841-released without the approval of the chairman of such 23
842-committee. 24
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846-(3) ACCESS AFTER TERMINATION OF COMMIS -1
847-SION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 2
848-after the termination of the Commission under sub-3
849-section (m), only the members and designated staff of 4
850-the appropriate congressional committees, the Direc-5
851-tor of National Intelligence (and the designees of the 6
852-Director), and such other officials of the executive 7
853-branch of the Federal Government as the President 8
854-may designate shall have access to information re-9
855-lated to the national security of the United States 10
856-that is received, considered, or used by the Commis-11
857-sion. 12
858-(i) P
859-OSTALSERVICES.—The Commission may use the 13
860-United States mail in the same manner and under the same 14
861-conditions as other departments and agencies of the Federal 15
862-Government. 16
863-(j) G
864-IFTS.—No member or staff of the Commission 17
865-may receive a gift or benefit by reason of the service of such 18
866-member or staff on the Commission. 19
867-(k) C
868-OMMISSIONPERSONNELMATTER.— 20
869-(1) C
870-OMPENSATION OF MEMBERS .— 21
871-(A) N
872-ONGOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES .—Each 22
873-member of the Commission who is not otherwise 23
874-employed by the Federal Government shall be 24
875-compensated at a rate equal to the daily equiva-25
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879-lent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed 1
880-for level IV of the Executive Schedule under sec-2
881-tion 5315 of title 5, United States Code, for each 3
882-day (including travel time) during which the 4
883-member is engaged in the actual performance of 5
884-the duties of the Commission. 6
885-(B) G
886-OVERNMENT EMPLOYEES .—A member 7
887-of the Commission who is an officer or employee 8
888-of the Federal Government shall serve without 9
889-additional pay (or benefits in the nature of com-10
890-pensation) for service as a member of the Com-11
891-mission. 12
892-(2) T
893-RAVEL EXPENSES.—A member of the Com-13
894-mission shall be allowed travel expenses, including 14
895-per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for 15
896-employees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 16
897-57 of title 5, United States Code, while away from 17
898-their homes or regular places of business in the per-18
899-formance of services for the Commission. 19
900-(3) S
901-TAFF.— 20
902-(A) A
903-PPOINTMENT AND COMPENSATION OF 21
904-STAFF.—The Chair and Vice Chair of the Com-22
905-mission, in accordance with rules agreed upon 23
906-by the Commission, shall appoint and fix the 24
907-compensation of a staff director and such other 25
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911-personnel as may be necessary to enable the 1
912-Commission to carry out its duties, without re-2
913-gard to the provisions of title 5, United States 3
914-Code, governing appointments in the competitive 4
915-service, and without regard to the provisions of 5
916-chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of 6
917-such title relating to classification and General 7
918-Schedule pay rates, except that no rate of pay 8
919-fixed under this subsection may exceed the equiv-9
920-alent of that payable to a person occupying a po-10
921-sition at level V of the Executive Schedule under 11
922-section 5316 of such title. 12
923-(B) S
924-ECURITY CLEARANCES .—All staff of 13
925-the Commission and all experts and consultants 14
926-employed by the Commission shall possess a se-15
927-curity clearance in accordance with applicable 16
928-provisions of law concerning the handling of 17
929-classified information. 18
930-(4) D
931-ETAIL OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES .—A 19
932-Federal Government employee, with the appropriate 20
933-security clearance to conduct their duties, may be de-21
934-tailed to the Commission without reimbursement, and 22
935-such detail shall be without interruption or loss of 23
936-civil service status or privilege. 24
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940-(5) PROCUREMENT OF TEMPORARY AND INTER -1
941-MITTENT SERVICES.—The Chair and Vice Chair of 2
942-the Commission may procure temporary and inter-3
943-mittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, 4
944-United States Code, at rates for individuals that do 5
945-not exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of 6
946-basic pay prescribed for level V of the Executive 7
947-Schedule under section 5316 of that title. 8
948-(l) F
949-UNDING.— 9
950-(1) A
951-UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS .— 10
952-There is authorized to be appropriated funds to the 11
953-extent and in such amounts as specifically provided 12
954-in advance in appropriations acts for the purposes 13
955-detailed in this section. 14
956-(2) A
957-VAILABILITY IN GENERAL .—Subject to 15
958-paragraph (1), the Director of National Intelligence 16
959-shall make available to the Commission such amounts 17
960-as the Commission may require for purposes of the 18
961-activities of the Commission under this section. 19
962-(3) D
963-URATION OF AVAILABILITY .—Amounts 20
964-made available to the Commission under paragraph 21
965-(2) shall remain available until expended or upon ter-22
966-mination under subsection (m), whichever occurs 23
967-first. 24
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971-(m) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall terminate 1
972-90 days after the date on which the Commission submits 2
973-the final report required under subsection (d)(3), but in no 3
974-event later than three years after the date of establishment 4
975-in subsection (a). 5
976-(n) A
977-PPROPRIATECONGRESSIONALCOMMITTEESDE-6
978-FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-7
979-sional committees’’ means— 8
980-(1) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-9
981-ligence and the Committee on Armed Services of the 10
982-House of Representatives; and 11
983-(2) the Select Committee on Intelligence and the 12
984-Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. 13
985-TITLE IV—MATTERS RELATING 14
986-TO NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE 15
987-ENTERPRISE 16
988-Subtitle A—Miscellaneous 17
989-Authorities and Limitations 18
990-SEC. 401. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATIONS AND SUM-19
991-MARIES OF MISCONDUCT REGARDING EM-20
992-PLOYEES WITHIN THE INTELLIGENCE COM-21
993-MUNITY. 22
994-(a) A
995-NNUALREPORTS FORCALENDARYEARS2024, 23
996-2025,
997-AND2026.—Not later than 60 days after the end of 24
998-calendar years 2024, 2025, and 2026, the Director of Na-25
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1002-tional Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intel-1
1003-ligence committees a report on civilian employees in the in-2
1004-telligence community placed on administrative leave pend-3
1005-ing possible adverse personnel action during that calendar 4
1006-year. 5
1007-(b) E
1008-LEMENTS.—Each report under subsection (a) 6
1009-shall include, for the calendar year covered by the report, 7
1010-the following: 8
1011-(1) The total number of employees who were 9
1012-placed on administrative leave pending possible ad-10
1013-verse personnel action, disaggregated by intelligence 11
1014-community element and pay grade. 12
1015-(2) The number of employees placed on paid ad-13
1016-ministrative leave pending possible adverse personnel 14
1017-action. 15
1018-(3) The number of employees placed on adminis-16
1019-trative leave pending possible adverse personnel ac-17
1020-tion whose leave has exceeded 365 days, disaggregated 18
1021-by paid and unpaid status. 19
1022-(c) N
1023-OTIFICATION OFREFERRAL TODEPARTMENT OF 20
1024-J
1025-USTICE.—If a referral is made to the Department of Jus-21
1026-tice from any element of the intelligence community regard-22
1027-ing an allegation of misconduct against a civilian employee 23
1028-of the intelligence community, the head of the element of 24
1029-the intelligence community that employs the covered em-25
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1033-ployee shall notify the congressional intelligence committees 1
1034-of the referral not later than 10 days after the date on which 2
1035-such referral is made. 3
1036-SEC. 402. IMPROVEMENTS TO URGENT CONCERNS SUB-4
1037-MITTED TO INSPECTORS GENERAL OF THE 5
1038-INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. 6
1039-(a) I
1040-NSPECTORGENERAL OF THEINTELLIGENCECOM-7
1041-MUNITY.—Section 103H(k)(5) of the National Security Act 8
1042-of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3033(k)(5)) is amended— 9
1043-(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘in writ-10
1044-ing’’ before ‘‘to the Inspector General’’; 11
1045-(2) in subparagraph (B)— 12
1046-(A) by striking ‘‘Not later than the end of 13
1047-the 14-calendar-day period beginning on the date 14
1048-of receipt from an employee of a complaint or 15
1049-information under subparagraph (A), the’’ and 16
1050-inserting ‘‘(i) The’’; 17
1051-(B) by striking ‘‘whether the complaint or 18
1052-information’’ and inserting ‘‘whether a com-19
1053-plaint or information under subparagraph (A)’’; 20
1054-and 21
1055-(C) by adding at the end the following: 22
1056-‘‘(ii) The Inspector General shall comply with clause 23
1057-(i) with respect to a complaint or information under sub-24
1058-paragraph (A) not later than the end of the 14-calendar- 25
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1062-day period beginning on the date on which the employee 1
1063-who reported the complaint or information confirms to the 2
1064-Inspector General that the employee reported the complaint 3
1065-or information to the Inspector General with the intent to 4
1066-report to Congress the complaint or information.’’; and 5
1067-(3) by adding at the end the following: 6
1068-‘‘(J) In this paragraph, the term ‘employee’ includes 7
1069-a former employee, if the complaint or information reported 8
1070-under subparagraph (A) arises from or relates to the period 9
1071-during which the former employee was an employee.’’. 10
1072-(b) I
1073-NSPECTORGENERAL OF THE CENTRALINTEL-11
1074-LIGENCEAGENCY.—Section 17(d)(5) of the Central Intel-12
1075-ligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 3517(d)(5)) is 13
1076-amended— 14
1077-(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘in writ-15
1078-ing’’ before ‘‘to the Inspector General’’; 16
1079-(2) in subparagraph (B)(i)— 17
1080-(A) by striking ‘‘Not later than the end of 18
1081-the 14-calendar day period beginning on the date 19
1082-of receipt from an employee of a complaint or 20
1083-information under subparagraph (A), the’’ and 21
1084-inserting ‘‘The’’; and 22
1085-(B) by striking ‘‘whether the complaint or 23
1086-information’’ and inserting ‘‘whether a com-24
1087-plaint or information under subparagraph (A)’’; 25
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1091-(3) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ‘‘para-1
1092-graph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’; 2
1093-(4) in subparagraph (B)— 3
1094-(A) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause 4
1095-(iii); and 5
1096-(B) by inserting after clause (i) the fol-6
1097-lowing: 7
1098-‘‘(ii) The Inspector General shall comply with clause 8
1099-(i) with respect to a complaint or information under sub-9
1100-paragraph (A) not later than the end of the 14-calendar- 10
1101-day period beginning on the date on which the employee 11
1102-who reported the complaint or information confirms to the 12
1103-Inspector General that the employee reported the complaint 13
1104-or information to the Inspector General with the intent to 14
1105-report to Congress the complaint or information.’’; and 15
1106-(5) by adding at the end the following: 16
1107-‘‘(I) In this paragraph, the term ‘employee’ 17
1108-includes a former employee or former contractor, 18
1109-if the complaint or information reported under 19
1110-subparagraph (A) arises from or relates to the 20
1111-period during which the former employee or 21
1112-former contractor was an employee or contractor, 22
1113-as the case may be.’’. 23
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1117-(c) INSPECTORSGENERAL OFOTHERELEMENTS OF 1
1118-THEINTELLIGENCECOMMUNITY.—Section 416 of title 5, 2
1119-United States Code, is amended— 3
1120-(1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 4
1121-following: 5
1122-‘‘(3) E
1123-MPLOYEE.—The term ‘employee’ includes 6
1124-a former employee or former contractor, if the com-7
1125-plaint or information reported pursuant to this sec-8
1126-tion arises from or relates to the period during which 9
1127-the former employee or former contractor was an em-10
1128-ployee or contractor, as the case may be.’’; 11
1129-(2) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘in writing’’ 12
1130-after ‘‘may report the complaint or information’’ each 13
1131-place it appears; and 14
1132-(3) in subsection (c)— 15
1133-(A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 16
1134-paragraph (3); 17
1135-(B) in paragraph (1)— 18
1136-(i) by striking ‘‘Not later than the end 19
1137-of the 14-calendar day period beginning on 20
1138-the date of receipt of an employee complaint 21
1139-or information under subsection (b), the’’ 22
1140-and inserting ‘‘The’’; and 23
1141-(ii) by striking ‘‘whether the complaint 24
1142-or information’’ and inserting ‘‘whether a 25
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1146-complaint or information reported under 1
1147-subsection (b)’’; and 2
1148-(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-3
1149-lowing: 4
1150-‘‘(2) D
1151-EADLINE FOR COMPLIANCE .—The Inspec-5
1152-tor General shall comply with paragraph (1) with re-6
1153-spect to a complaint or information reported under 7
1154-subsection (b) not later than the end of the 14-cal-8
1155-endar-day period beginning on the date on which the 9
1156-employee who reported the complaint or information 10
1157-confirms to the Inspector General that the employee 11
1158-reported the complaint or information to the Inspec-12
1159-tor General with the intent to report to Congress the 13
1160-complaint or information.’’. 14
1161-SEC. 403. PROTECTION FOR INDIVIDUALS MAKING AUTHOR-15
1162-IZED DISCLOSURES TO INSPECTORS GEN-16
1163-ERAL OF ELEMENTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE 17
1164-COMMUNITY. 18
1165-(a) I
1166-NSPECTORGENERAL OF THEINTELLIGENCECOM-19
1167-MUNITY.—Section 103H(g)(3) of the National Security Act 20
1168-of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3033(g)(3)) is amended— 21
1169-(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) 22
1170-as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; 23
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1174-(2) by striking ‘‘The Inspector General is author-1
1175-ized’’ and inserting ‘‘(A) The Inspector General is au-2
1176-thorized’’; and 3
1177-(3) by adding at the end the following: 4
1178-‘‘(B)(i) An individual may disclose classified informa-5
1179-tion to the Inspector General in accordance with the appli-6
1180-cable security standards and procedures established under 7
1181-section 102A or 803 of this Act, chapter 12 of the Atomic 8
1182-Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2161 et seq.), Executive 9
1183-Order 13526 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note; relating to Classified 10
1184-National Security Information), or any applicable provi-11
1185-sion of law. 12
1186-‘‘(ii) A disclosure under clause (i) of classified infor-13
1187-mation by an individual without appropriate clearance or 14
1188-authority to access such classified information at the time 15
1189-of the disclosure shall be treated as an authorized disclosure 16
1190-that does not violate a covered provision if the disclosure— 17
1191-‘‘(I) does not include the access, handling, reten-18
1192-tion, or storage of such classified information; and 19
1193-‘‘(II) is otherwise made in accordance with the 20
1194-applicable security standards and procedures for such 21
1195-classified information. 22
1196-‘‘(iii) In this subparagraph, the term ‘covered provi-23
1197-sion’ means— 24
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1201-‘‘(I) any otherwise applicable nondisclosure 1
1202-agreement; 2
1203-‘‘(II) any otherwise applicable regulation or 3
1204-order issued under the authority of chapter 18 of the 4
1205-Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2271 et seq.) 5
1206-or Executive Order 13526; 6
1207-‘‘(III) section 798 of title 18, United States Code; 7
1208-or 8
1209-‘‘(IV) any other provision of law with respect to 9
1210-the unauthorized disclosure of national security infor-10
1211-mation.’’. 11
1212-(b) I
1213-NSPECTORGENERAL OF THE CENTRALINTEL-12
1214-LIGENCEAGENCY.—Section 17(e)(3) of the Central Intel-13
1215-ligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 3517(e)(3)) is 14
1216-amended— 15
1217-(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) 16
1218-as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; 17
1219-(2) by striking ‘‘The Inspector General is author-18
1220-ized’’ and inserting ‘‘(A) The Inspector General is au-19
1221-thorized’’; and 20
1222-(3) by adding at the end the following: 21
1223-‘‘(B)(i) An individual may disclose classified informa-22
1224-tion to the Inspector General in accordance with the appli-23
1225-cable security standards and procedures established under 24
1226-section 102A or 803 of the National Security Act of 1947 25
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1230-(50 U.S.C. 3024, 3162a), chapter 12 of the Atomic Energy 1
1231-Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2161 et seq.), Executive Order 13526 2
1232-(50 U.S.C. 3161 note; relating to Classified National Secu-3
1233-rity Information), or any applicable provision of law. 4
1234-‘‘(ii) A disclosure under clause (i) of classified infor-5
1235-mation by an individual without appropriate clearance or 6
1236-authority to access such classified information at the time 7
1237-of the disclosure shall be treated as an authorized disclosure 8
1238-that does not violate a covered provision if the disclosure— 9
1239-‘‘(I) does not include the access, handling, reten-10
1240-tion, or storage of such classified information; and 11
1241-‘‘(II) is otherwise made in accordance with the 12
1242-applicable security standards and procedures for such 13
1243-classified information, 14
1244-‘‘(iii) In this subparagraph, the term ‘covered provi-15
1245-sion’ means— 16
1246-‘‘(I) any otherwise applicable nondisclosure 17
1247-agreement; 18
1248-‘‘(II) any otherwise applicable regulation or 19
1249-order issued under the authority of chapter 18 of the 20
1250-Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2271 et seq.) 21
1251-or Executive Order 13526; 22
1252-‘‘(III) section 798 of title 18, United States Code; 23
1253-or 24
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1257-‘‘(IV) any other provision of law with respect to 1
1258-the unauthorized disclosure of national security infor-2
1259-mation.’’. 3
1260-(c) O
1261-THERINSPECTORSGENERAL OFELEMENTS OF 4
1262-THEINTELLIGENCECOMMUNITY.—Section 416 of title 5, 5
1263-United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 6
1264-following: 7
1265-‘‘(i) P
1266-ROTECTION FORINDIVIDUALSMAKINGAUTHOR-8
1267-IZEDDISCLOSURES.— 9
1268-‘‘(1) I
1269-N GENERAL.—An individual may disclose 10
1270-classified information to an Inspector General of an 11
1271-element of the intelligence community in accordance 12
1272-with the applicable security standards and procedures 13
1273-established under section 102A or 803 of the National 14
1274-Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024, 3162a), chap-15
1275-ter 12 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 16
1276-2161 et seq.), Executive Order 13526 (50 U.S.C. 3161 17
1277-note; relating to Classified National Security Infor-18
1278-mation), or any applicable provision of law. 19
1279-‘‘(2) D
1280-ISCLOSURE WITHOUT CLEARANCE OR AU -20
1281-THORITY.—A disclosure under paragraph (1) of clas-21
1282-sified information by an individual without appro-22
1283-priate clearance or authority to access such classified 23
1284-information at the time of the disclosure shall be 24
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1288-treated as an authorized disclosure that does not vio-1
1289-late a covered provision if the disclosure— 2
1290-‘‘(A) does not include the access, handling, 3
1291-retention, or storage of such classified informa-4
1292-tion; and 5
1293-‘‘(B) is otherwise made in accordance with 6
1294-the applicable security standards and procedures 7
1295-for such classified information. 8
1296-‘‘(3) D
1297-EFINITION OF COVERED PROVISION .—In 9
1298-this subsection, the term ‘covered provision’ means— 10
1299-‘‘(A) any otherwise applicable nondisclosure 11
1300-agreement; 12
1301-‘‘(B) any otherwise applicable regulation or 13
1302-order issued under the authority of chapter 18 of 14
1303-the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2271 15
1304-et seq.) or Executive Order 13526; 16
1305-‘‘(C) section 798 of title 18; or 17
1306-‘‘(D) any other provision of law with re-18
1307-spect to the unauthorized disclosure of national 19
1308-security information. 20
1309-‘‘(4) D
1310-EFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 21
1311-‘intelligence community’ has the meaning given such 22
1312-term in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 23
1313-(50 U.S.C. 3003).’’. 24
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1317-(d) RULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-1
1318-tion, or the amendments made by this section, may be con-2
1319-strued to limit or modify the obligation of an individual 3
1320-to appropriately store, handle, or disseminate classified in-4
1321-formation in accordance with applicable security guidance 5
1322-and procedures, including with respect to the removal of 6
1323-classified information. 7
1324-SEC. 404. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF CERTAIN IN-8
1325-SPECTORS GENERAL TO RECEIVE PRO-9
1326-TECTED DISCLOSURES. 10
1327-Section 1104 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 11
1328-U.S. 3234) is amended— 12
1329-(1) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘or covered 13
1330-intelligence community element’’ after ‘‘the appro-14
1331-priate inspector general of the employing agency’’; 15
1332-and 16
1333-(2) in subsection (c)(1)(A), by inserting ‘‘or cov-17
1334-ered intelligence community element’’ after ‘‘the ap-18
1335-propriate inspector general of the employing or con-19
1336-tracting agency’’. 20
1337-SEC. 405. CODIFICATION OF THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE 21
1338-MANAGEMENT COUNCIL. 22
1339-(a) E
1340-STABLISHMENT OF NATIONALINTELLIGENCE 23
1341-M
1342-ANAGEMENTCOUNCIL.— 24
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1346-(1) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the National Secu-1
1347-rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021 et seq.) is amended 2
1348-by inserting after section 103L the following (and 3
1349-conforming the table of contents at the beginning of 4
1350-such Act accordingly): 5
1351-‘‘SEC. 103M. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE MANAGEMENT 6
1352-COUNCIL. 7
1353-‘‘(a) E
1354-STABLISHMENT.—There is within the Office of 8
1355-the Director of National Intelligence a National Intelligence 9
1356-Management Council. 10
1357-‘‘(b) C
1358-OMPOSITION.— 11
1359-‘‘(1) The National Intelligence Management 12
1360-Council shall be composed of senior officials within 13
1361-the intelligence community and substantive experts 14
1362-from the public or private sector, who shall be ap-15
1363-pointed by, report to, and serve at the pleasure of, the 16
1364-Director of National Intelligence. 17
1365-‘‘(2) The Director shall prescribe appropriate se-18
1366-curity requirements for personnel appointed from the 19
1367-private sector as a condition of service on the Na-20
1368-tional Intelligence Management Council, or as con-21
1369-tractors of the Council or employees of such contrac-22
1370-tors, to ensure the protection of intelligence sources 23
1371-and methods while avoiding, wherever possible, un-24
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1375-duly intrusive requirements which the Director con-1
1376-siders to be unnecessary for this purpose. 2
1377-‘‘(c) D
1378-UTIES ANDRESPONSIBILITIES.—Members of the 3
1379-National Intelligence Management Council shall work with 4
1380-each other and with other elements of the intelligence com-5
1381-munity to ensure proper coordination and to minimize du-6
1382-plication of effort, in addition to the following duties and 7
1383-responsibilities: 8
1384-‘‘(1) Provide integrated mission input to support 9
1385-the processes and activities of the intelligence commu-10
1386-nity, including with respect to intelligence planning, 11
1387-programming, budgeting, and evaluation processes. 12
1388-‘‘(2) Identify and pursue opportunities to inte-13
1389-grate or coordinate collection and counterintelligence 14
1390-efforts. 15
1391-‘‘(3) In concert with the responsibilities of the 16
1392-National Intelligence Council, ensure the integration 17
1393-and coordination of analytic and collection efforts. 18
1394-‘‘(4) Develop and coordinate intelligence strate-19
1395-gies in support of budget planning and programming 20
1396-activities. 21
1397-‘‘(5) Advise the Director of National Intelligence 22
1398-on the development of the National Intelligence Prior-23
1399-ities Framework of the Office of the Director of Na-24
1400-tional Intelligence (or any successor mechanism estab-25
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1404-lished for the prioritization of programs and activi-1
1405-ties). 2
1406-‘‘(6) In concert with the responsibilities of the 3
1407-National Intelligence Council, support the role of the 4
1408-Director of National Intelligence as principal advisor 5
1409-to the President on intelligence matters. 6
1410-‘‘(7) Inform the elements of the intelligence com-7
1411-munity of the activities and decisions related to mis-8
1412-sions assigned to the National Intelligence Manage-9
1413-ment Council. 10
1414-‘‘(8) Maintain awareness, across various func-11
1415-tions and disciplines, of the mission-related activities 12
1416-and budget planning of the intelligence community. 13
1417-‘‘(9) Evaluate, with respect to assigned mission 14
1418-objectives, requirements, and unmet requirements, the 15
1419-implementation of the budget of each element of the 16
1420-intelligence community. 17
1421-‘‘(10) Provide oversight on behalf of, and make 18
1422-recommendations to, the Director of National Intel-19
1423-ligence on the extent to which the activities, program 20
1424-recommendations, and budget proposals made by ele-21
1425-ments of the intelligence community sufficiently ad-22
1426-dress mission objectives, intelligence gaps, and unmet 23
1427-requirements. 24
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1431-‘‘(d) MISSIONMANAGEMENT OFMEMBERS.—Members 1
1432-of the National Intelligence Management Council, under the 2
1433-direction of the Director of National Intelligence, shall serve 3
1434-as mission managers to ensure integration among the ele-4
1435-ments of the intelligence community and across intelligence 5
1436-functions, disciplines, and activities for the purpose of 6
1437-achieving unity of effort and effect, including through the 7
1438-following responsibilities: 8
1439-‘‘(1) Planning and programming efforts. 9
1440-‘‘(2) Budget and program execution oversight. 10
1441-‘‘(3) Engagement with elements of the intel-11
1442-ligence community and with policymakers in other 12
1443-agencies. 13
1444-‘‘(4) Workforce competencies and training activi-14
1445-ties. 15
1446-‘‘(5) Development of capability requirements. 16
1447-‘‘(6) Development of governance fora, policies, 17
1448-and procedures. 18
1449-‘‘(e) S
1450-TAFF; AVAILABILITY.— 19
1451-‘‘(1) S
1452-TAFF.—The Director of National Intel-20
1453-ligence shall make available to the National Intel-21
1454-ligence Management Council such staff as may be nec-22
1455-essary to assist the National Intelligence Management 23
1456-Council in carrying out the responsibilities described 24
1457-in this section. 25
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1461-‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY.—Under the direction of the 1
1462-Director of National Intelligence, the National Intel-2
1463-ligence Management Council shall make reasonable ef-3
1464-forts to advise and consult with officers and employ-4
1465-ees of other departments or agencies, or components 5
1466-thereof, of the United States Government not other-6
1467-wise associated with the intelligence community. 7
1468-‘‘(f) S
1469-UPPORTFROMELEMENTS OF THE INTEL-8
1470-LIGENCECOMMUNITY.—The heads of the elements of the in-9
1471-telligence community shall provide appropriate support to 10
1472-the National Intelligence Management Council, including 11
1473-with respect to intelligence activities, as required by the Di-12
1474-rector of National Intelligence.’’. 13
1475-(2) O
1476-FFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL IN -14
1477-TELLIGENCE.—Section 103(c) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 15
1478-3025) is amended— 16
1479-(A) by redesignating paragraphs (5) 17
1480-through (14) as paragraphs (6) through (15), re-18
1481-spectively; and 19
1482-(B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-20
1483-lowing: 21
1484-‘‘(5) The National Intelligence Management 22
1485-Council.’’. 23
1486-(b) S
1487-ENSE OFCONGRESSWITHRESPECT TOCHINA 24
1488-M
1489-ISSION.—It is the sense of Congress that the Director of 25
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1493-National Intelligence should create a role in the National 1
1494-Intelligence Management Council for a National Intel-2
1495-ligence Manager dedicated to the People’s Republic of 3
1496-China. 4
1497-(c) R
1498-EPORT TOCONGRESS ONSTRATEGICCOMPETI-5
1499-TION.— 6
1500-(1) R
1501-EPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the 7
1502-date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of Na-8
1503-tional Intelligence, in consultation with the heads of 9
1504-elements of the intelligence community determined 10
1505-relevant by the Director, shall submit to the congres-11
1506-sional intelligence committees a report on strategic 12
1507-competition. 13
1508-(2) M
1509-ATTERS.—The report under subsection (a) 14
1510-shall include the following: 15
1511-(A) Lessons learned by the intelligence com-16
1512-munity with respect to strategic competition 17
1513-from the reorganizations implemented consequent 18
1514-to— 19
1515-(i) the Intelligence Reform and Ter-20
1516-rorist Prevention Act; 21
1517-(ii) the creation of the National 22
1518-Counterterrorism Center; and 23
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1522-(iii) any other reorganization effort 1
1523-within or among elements of the intelligence 2
1524-community. 3
1525-(B) Examination of the potential effects of 4
1526-a new national intelligence center established 5
1527-to— 6
1528-(i) integrate all-source intelligence 7
1529-analysis efforts with respect to the activi-8
1530-ties, plans, and intentions of strategic ad-9
1531-versaries; 10
1532-(ii) synchronize collection efforts 11
1533-among the intelligence community; 12
1534-(iii) optimize resource investments in 13
1535-the intelligence community in support of 14
1536-strategic competition; 15
1537-(iv) identify options for the President, 16
1538-other departments and agencies of the 17
1539-United States Government, and allies and 18
1540-foreign partners of the United States to sup-19
1541-port the standing of the United States with 20
1542-respect to strategic competition; and 21
1543-(v) integrate other national intelligence 22
1544-centers to deter the efforts of strategic adver-23
1545-saries targeting the United States. 24
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1549-(3) FORM.—The report under subsection (a) 1
1550-shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in-2
1551-clude a classified appendix. 3
1552-(d) S
1553-ENSE OFCONGRESSWITHRESPECT TOCOUN-4
1554-TERNARCOTICSMISSION.—It is the sense of Congress that, 5
1555-consistent with section 7325 of the Intelligence Authoriza-6
1556-tion Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (137 Stat. 1043), the Director 7
1557-of National Intelligence should create a role in the National 8
1558-Intelligence Management Council for a National Intel-9
1559-ligence Manager dedicated to the counternarcotics mission 10
1560-of the United States. 11
1561-SEC. 406. ANALYSES AND IMPACT STATEMENTS REGARDING 12
1562-PROPOSED INVESTMENT INTO THE UNITED 13
1563-STATES. 14
1564-Section 102A(z) of the National Security Act of 1947 15
1565-(50 U.S.C. 3024(z)) is amended— 16
1566-(1) in paragraph (2)(A) by inserting ‘‘, includ-17
1567-ing with respect to counterintelligence’’ before the 18
1568-semicolon; and 19
1569-(2) by adding at the end the following: 20
1570-‘‘(3) D
1571-EFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 21
1572-‘‘(A) The term ‘a review or an investigation of 22
1573-any proposed investment into the United States for 23
1574-which the Director has prepared analytic materials’ 24
1575-includes a review, investigation, assessment, or anal-25
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1579-ysis conducted by the Director pursuant to section 7 1
1580-or 10(g) of Executive Order 13913 (85 Fed. Reg. 2
1581-19643; relating to Establishing the Committee for the 3
1582-Assessment of Foreign Participation in the United 4
1583-States Telecommunications Services Sector), or suc-5
1584-cessor order. 6
1585-‘‘(B) The term ‘investment’ includes any activity 7
1586-reviewed, investigated, assessed, or analyzed by the 8
1587-Director pursuant to section 7 or 10(g) of Executive 9
1588-Order 13913, or successor order.’’. 10
1589-SEC. 407. RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITIES OF THE DI-11
1590-RECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. 12
1591-Section 102A(f)(10) of the National Security Act of 13
1592-1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(f)(10)) is amended by striking the 14
1593-period and inserting ‘‘, and upon receiving any such direc-15
1594-tion, the Director shall notify the congressional intelligence 16
1595-committees immediately in writing with a description of 17
1596-such other intelligence-related functions directed by the 18
1597-President.’’. 19
1598-SEC. 408. ENABLING INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY INTEGRA-20
1599-TION. 21
1600-Title I of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 22
1601-3021 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 113B 23
1602-the following new section (and conforming the table of con-24
1603-tents at the beginning of such Act accordingly): 25
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1607-‘‘SEC. 113C. NON-REIMBURSABLE TRANSFER OF GOODS AND 1
1608-SERVICES WITHIN INTELLIGENCE COMMU-2
1609-NITY IN CERTAIN CASES. 3
1610-‘‘(a) I
1611-NGENERAL.— 4
1612-‘‘(1) A
1613-UTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any other 5
1614-provision of law, an element of the intelligence com-6
1615-munity may, subject to such guidance or regulations 7
1616-as may be developed by the Director of National Intel-8
1617-ligence, provide goods or services to another element 9
1618-of the intelligence community without reimbursement 10
1619-or transfer of funds for such goods or services for the 11
1620-purposes of remote work and hoteling initiatives for 12
1621-intelligence community employees and affiliates. 13
1622-‘‘(2) P
1623-RIOR APPROVAL REQUIREMENT .—A trans-14
1624-fer of goods or services under paragraph (1) may not 15
1625-occur without the prior approval of the heads of both 16
1626-the providing and receiving elements of the intel-17
1627-ligence community. 18
1628-‘‘(b) H
1629-OTELINGDEFINED.—In this section, the term 19
1630-‘hoteling’ means an alternative work arrangement in which 20
1631-employees of one element of the intelligence community are 21
1632-authorized flexible work arrangements to work part of the 22
1633-time at one or more alternative worksite locations, as ap-23
1634-propriately authorized.’’. 24
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1638-SEC. 409. PROTECTION OF INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND 1
1639-METHODS. 2
1640-Section 102A(i) of the National Security Act of 1947 3
1641-(50 U.S.C. 3024(i)) is amended— 4
1642-(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 5
1643-paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; 6
1644-(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-7
1645-lowing new paragraph: 8
1646-‘‘(3)(A) The Director, or the Principal Deputy Direc-9
1647-tor acting on behalf of the Director, shall be responsible for 10
1648-the creation, modification, deconfliction, and oversight of 11
1649-special access programs (referred to as controlled access pro-12
1650-grams) pertaining to intelligence sources, methods, and in-13
1651-telligence activities (but not including military operational, 14
1652-strategic, and tactical programs). 15
1653-‘‘(B) In carrying out the responsibility under subpara-16
1654-graph (A), the Director shall— 17
1655-‘‘(i) ensure controlled access programs of the in-18
1656-telligence community conform with the requirements 19
1657-identified within Executive Order 13526 (50 U.S.C. 20
1658-3161 note; relating to classified national security in-21
1659-formation), or any successor order; 22
1660-‘‘(ii) establish controlled access program min-23
1661-imum security requirements and guidance for the im-24
1662-plementation of such requirements, to include general 25
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1666-procedures, personnel security, physical security, and 1
1667-control marking requirements; 2
1668-‘‘(iii) ensure access to controlled access programs 3
1669-is based on a documented need-to-know; 4
1670-‘‘(iv) require controlled access programs to iden-5
1671-tify and periodically review Critical Program Infor-6
1672-mation and to develop and periodically review a Pro-7
1673-gram Protection Plan for each controlled access pro-8
1674-gram; 9
1675-‘‘(v) require periodic reviews of and, as appro-10
1676-priate, closure of controlled access programs; and 11
1677-‘‘(vi) coordinate with other agencies to deconflict 12
1678-special access programs.’’. 13
1679-SEC. 410. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY INTEL-14
1680-LIGENCE SUPPORT FOR STATE GOVERNORS. 15
1681-(a) I
1682-NGENERAL.—Not less frequently than once per 16
1683-year, the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through 17
1684-the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence 18
1685-and Analysis, shall ensure that an officer of the Field Intel-19
1686-ligence Directorate of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis 20
1687-of the Department of Homeland Security located in each 21
1688-State shall engage proactively with senior officials for each 22
1689-State, such as the chief executive or Homeland Security Ad-23
1690-visor of such State, with respect to matters concerning 24
1691-homeland security or national security, consistent with any 25
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1695-guidance provided by the Under Secretary of Homeland Se-1
1696-curity for Intelligence and Analysis. 2
1697-(b) R
1698-EQUIREMENT INCERTAINTERRITORIES OF THE 3
1699-U
1700-NITEDSTATES.—In the case of a territory which does not 4
1701-have a permanent Field Intelligence Directorate officer lo-5
1702-cated in such territory, the headquarters element of the 6
1703-Field Intelligence Directorate shall designate a Field Intel-7
1704-ligence Directorate officer who is responsible for carrying 8
1705-out the requirement under subsection (a) with respect to 9
1706-such territory. 10
1707-(c) S
1708-TATEDEFINED.—For purposes of this section, the 11
1709-term ‘‘State’’ means a State of the United States, the Dis-12
1710-trict of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, 13
1711-the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth 14
1712-of the Northern Mariana Islands. 15
1713-SEC. 411. AUTHORIZATION RELATING TO CERTAIN INTEL-16
1714-LIGENCE AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AC-17
1715-TIVITIES OF COAST GUARD. 18
1716-The Commandant of the Coast Guard may use up to 19
1717-1 percent of the amounts made available under the National 20
1718-Intelligence Program (as such term is defined in section 3 21
1719-of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)) for 22
1720-each fiscal year for the intelligence and counterintelligence 23
1721-activities of the Coast Guard for objects of a confidential, 24
1722-extraordinary, or emergency nature, which may be ac-25
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1726-counted for solely on the certification of the Commandant 1
1727-and each such certification shall be deemed a sufficient 2
1728-voucher for the amount therein certified. 3
1729-SEC. 412. REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO ACCESS OF 4
1730-FOREIGN NATIONALS TO DEPARTMENT OF 5
1731-ENERGY NATIONAL LABORATORIES. 6
1732-(a) I
1733-NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy shall des-7
1734-ignate Senior Executive employees of the United States 8
1735-Government employed by the Department of Energy to have 9
1736-final approval authority with respect to authorizing the ac-10
1737-cess of a foreign national into a National Laboratory in 11
1738-the event that an assessment of the Director of the Office 12
1739-of Intelligence and Counterintelligence of the Department 13
1740-of Energy identifies potential significant risks that are not 14
1741-agreed to by the Director of the relevant National Labora-15
1742-tory. 16
1743-(b) B
1744-RIEFING.—Not later than 90 days after the date 17
1745-of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of 18
1746-Intelligence and Counterintelligence of the Department of 19
1747-Energy shall provide to the congressional intelligence com-20
1748-mittees a briefing with respect to the progress to enhance 21
1749-the United States Government’s responsibility for the De-22
1750-partment of Energy’s approval processes with regard to au-23
1751-thorizing the access of foreign nationals into National Lab-24
1752-oratories, including with respect to requiring that such deci-25
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1756-sions are the primary responsibility of United States Gov-1
1757-ernment leadership, as opposed to the Directors of the Na-2
1758-tional Laboratories, and a plan for implementation of such 3
1759-enhancement. 4
1760-(c) N
1761-ATIONALLABORATORYDEFINED.—In this sec-5
1762-tion, the term ‘‘National Laboratory’’ has the meaning 6
1763-given that term in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 7
1764-2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801). 8
1765-SEC. 413. FORMALIZED COUNTERINTELLIGENCE TRAINING 9
1766-FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PERSONNEL. 10
1767-(a) T
1768-RAINING.—Section 215(d) of the Department of 11
1769-Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7144b) is amended by 12
1770-adding at the end the following: 13
1771-‘‘(3) The Director shall develop and implement— 14
1772-‘‘(A) a delineated and standardized training 15
1773-plan with respect to counterintelligence to train all 16
1774-personnel in the Department; and 17
1775-‘‘(B) a separate delineated and standardized 18
1776-training plan with respect to counterintelligence to 19
1777-train officers in the Office who have counterintel-20
1778-ligence responsibilities.’’. 21
1779-(b) R
1780-EPORTINGREQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 22
1781-days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 23
1782-of the Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence of the 24
1783-Department of Energy shall provide to the congressional in-25
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1787-telligence committees a briefing on the plans developed 1
1788-under section 215(d)(3) of the Department of Energy Orga-2
1789-nization Act (as amended by subsection (a)), including with 3
1790-respect to— 4
1791-(1) the training content; 5
1792-(2) periodicity; 6
1793-(3) fulfillment rate; 7
1794-(4) internal controls; and 8
1795-(5) oversight. 9
1796-SEC. 414. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION PROACTIVE 10
1797-CYBER SUPPORT. 11
1798-(a) I
1799-NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 12
1800-date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Federal 13
1801-Bureau of Investigation shall develop and make available 14
1802-an unclassified interface for use by owners and operators 15
1803-of United States critical infrastructure to connect with the 16
1804-Federal Bureau of Investigation to request cyber-related 17
1805-support. 18
1806-(b) A
1807-VAILABILITY TOCONGRESSIONALOFFICES.—The 19
1808-interface described in subsection (a) shall be available to 20
1809-congressional offices for purposes of facilitating connection 21
1810-with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 22
1811-(c) I
1812-NTERFACEREQUIREMENTS.—The interface de-23
1813-scribed in subsection (a) shall include information with re-24
1814-spect to the following: 25
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1818-(1) Best practices for cyber hygiene, specifically 1
1819-geared towards owners and operators of critical infra-2
1820-structure. 3
1821-(2) Tailored information that is relevant based 4
1822-on the threats to specific sectors of critical infrastruc-5
1823-ture. 6
1824-(3) Suggestions for actions owners and operators 7
1825-of critical infrastructure are recommended to take in 8
1826-response to a cyber incident. 9
1827-(4) Information on the best ways to liaise with 10
1828-the Federal Bureau of Investigation for cyber-related 11
1829-issues. 12
1830-(d) C
1831-RITICALINFRASTRUCTURE DEFINED.—The term 13
1832-‘‘critical infrastructure’’ has the meaning given that term 14
1833-in the Critical Infrastructures Protection Act of 2001 (42 15
1834-U.S.C. 5195c). 16
1835-SEC. 415. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO CONFIDENTIAL 17
1836-HUMAN SOURCE PROGRAM OF FEDERAL BU-18
1837-REAU OF INVESTIGATION. 19
1838-(a) O
1839-PERATIONALREQUIREMENTS FORCONFIDENTIAL 20
1840-H
1841-UMANSOURCEPROGRAM.— 21
1842-(1) I
1843-N GENERAL.—No agent of the Federal Bu-22
1844-reau of Investigation may open an individual as a 23
1845-confidential human source before the Special Agent in 24
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1849-Charge of the relevant Federal Bureau of Investiga-1
1850-tion field office has verified the individual’s identity. 2
1851-(2) P
1852-ROHIBITION WITH RESPECT TO FBI HEAD -3
1853-QUARTERS.—No Special Agent of the Federal Bureau 4
1854-of Investigation whose principal place of duty is at 5
1855-the Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters 6
1856-may open an individual as a confidential human 7
1857-source. 8
1858-(3) A
1859-DDITIONAL VETTING IN CERTAIN CASES .— 9
1860-With respect to a potential or actual confidential 10
1861-human source who is identified as a potential coun-11
1862-terintelligence concern or is the subject of an inves-12
1863-tigation for any criminal or counterintelligence pur-13
1864-poses, a Federal Bureau of Investigation Head-14
1865-quarters agent shall conduct a validation assessment 15
1866-and report for such source in addition to such source 16
1867-validation requirements as are in effect pursuant to 17
1868-policies and procedures governing the confidential 18
1869-human source program of the Federal Bureau of In-19
1870-vestigation. 20
1871-(4) U
1872-NAUTHORIZED ILLEGAL ACTIVITY OF CON -21
1873-FIDENTIAL HUMAN SOURCE .—If the handling agent 22
1874-with respect to a confidential human source has rea-23
1875-sonable grounds to believe that a confidential human 24
1876-source has engaged in any unauthorized illegal activ-25
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1880-ity, including any misdemeanor or felony criminal 1
1881-activity— 2
1882-(A) the agent shall promptly notify a con-3
1883-fidential human source coordinator or the as-4
1884-signed Federal prosecutor; 5
1885-(B) a record of such event shall be recorded 6
1886-in the source’s case file; and 7
1887-(C) the confidential human source will be 8
1888-subject to immediate source validation proce-9
1889-dures. 10
1890-(5) P
1891-ROHIBITION ON COMMITMENTS OF IMMU -11
1892-NITY IN CIVIL PROCEEDINGS .—The Director of the 12
1893-Federal Bureau of Investigation may not intervene in 13
1894-any way to impact the outcome of any proceeding re-14
1895-lating to a civil action or administrative hearing to 15
1896-which a confidential human source managed by the 16
1897-Federal Bureau of Investigation is a party. 17
1898-(6) P
1899-ROHIBITION WITH RESPECT TO MEMBERS 18
1900-OF CONGRESS.—No agent of the Federal Bureau of 19
1901-Investigation may open an individual as a confiden-20
1902-tial human source if such individual is a current 21
1903-Member of Congress (including a Delegate or Resident 22
1904-Commissioner to the Congress) or a candidate in an 23
1905-election for Federal office. 24
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1909-(7) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The requirements of this 1
1910-subsection shall take effect not later than 180 days 2
1911-after the date of the enactment of this Act with respect 3
1912-to any confidential human source under the confiden-4
1913-tial human source program of the Federal Bureau of 5
1914-Investigation. 6
1915-(b) A
1916-NNUALVALIDATIONREVIEWREQUIREMENT 7
1917-W
1918-ITHRESPECT TOFIELDOFFICES.— 8
1919-(1) I
1920-N GENERAL.—Each Special Agent in Charge 9
1921-of a Federal Bureau of Investigation field office shall 10
1922-conduct an annual review of each confidential human 11
1923-source who is being managed out of such field office. 12
1924-(2) N
1925-OTIFICATION REQUIREMENT .—At the con-13
1926-clusion of each annual review conducted under para-14
1927-graph (1), the Director of the Federal Bureau of In-15
1928-vestigation shall, on an annual basis, submit to the 16
1929-appropriate congressional committees a report with 17
1930-respect to— 18
1931-(A) the number of active confidential 19
1932-human sources managed by the Federal Bureau 20
1933-of Investigation; 21
1934-(B) the number of investigations opened as 22
1935-the result of annual reviews of confidential 23
1936-human sources; 24
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1940-(C) the number of confidential human 1
1941-sources whose relationship with the Federal Bu-2
1942-reau of Investigation has been terminated in the 3
1943-last year as a result of an investigation opened 4
1944-as a result of an annual review; and 5
1945-(D) the amount of funds expended on con-6
1946-fidential human sources in the last fiscal year, 7
1947-including a delineation of funds expended from 8
1948-both National Intelligence Program and non-Na-9
1949-tional Intelligence Program funds. 10
1950-(c) O
1951-VERSIGHT.—Beginning not later than 180 days 11
1952-after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of 12
1953-the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall develop and im-13
1954-plement an oversight mechanism within the Bureau for ac-14
1955-tivities with respect to any confidential human source 15
1956-under the confidential human source program of the Fed-16
1957-eral Bureau of Investigation the management of which is 17
1958-funded through the National Intelligence Program. 18
1959-(d) D
1960-EFINITIONS.—In this section: 19
1961-(1) A
1962-PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -20
1963-TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-21
1964-tees’’ means— 22
1965-(A) the congressional intelligence commit-23
1966-tees; and 24
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1970-(B) the Committees on the Judiciary of the 1
1971-House of Representatives and of the Senate. 2
1972-(2) C
1973-ONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP .—The term 3
1974-‘‘congressional leadership’’ means— 4
1975-(A) the Speaker of the House of Representa-5
1976-tives; 6
1977-(B) the minority leader of the House of 7
1978-Representatives; 8
1979-(C) the majority leader of the Senate; 9
1980-(D) the minority leader of the Senate; 10
1981-(E) the Chair and Ranking Member of the 11
1982-Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of 12
1983-the House of Representatives; and 13
1984-(F) the Chair and Vice Chair of the Select 14
1985-Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 15
1986-(3) N
1987-ATIONAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM .—The 16
1988-term ‘‘National Intelligence Program’’ has the mean-17
1989-ing given such term in section 3 of the National Secu-18
1990-rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 19
1991-SEC. 416. CONGRESSIONAL NOTICE OF FBI COUNTERINTEL-20
1992-LIGENCE INVESTIGATIONS INTO INDIVID-21
1993-UALS WHO HOLD OR ARE CANDIDATES FOR 22
1994-FEDERAL ELECTED OFFICE. 23
1995-Title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 24
1996-3091 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 25
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2000-new section (and conforming the table of contents at the 1
2001-beginning of such Act accordingly): 2
2002-‘‘SEC. 517. NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT WITH RESPECT TO 3
2003-FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION COUN-4
2004-TERINTELLIGENCE INVESTIGATIONS RE-5
2005-GARDING INDIVIDUALS WHO HOLD OR ARE 6
2006-CANDIDATES FOR FEDERAL ELECTED OFFICE. 7
2007-‘‘(a) I
2008-NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 533 of 8
2009-title 28, United States Code, the delegation of the authori-9
2010-ties of the Attorney General, or any other delegation of au-10
2011-thority, direction, or policy of the executive branch, the Di-11
2012-rector of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall notify 12
2013-congressional leadership not later than 5 days after the 13
2014-commencement of a counterintelligence investigation into 14
2015-an individual who holds an elected Federal office or an in-15
2016-dividual who is a candidate in an election for Federal of-16
2017-fice. 17
2018-‘‘(b) C
2019-ONTENTS.—A notification under subsection (a) 18
2020-shall include, to the extent consistent with the need to pro-19
2021-tect the integrity of ongoing counterintelligence investiga-20
2022-tions or other exceptionally sensitive national security or 21
2023-law enforcement matters, a summary of the relevant facts 22
2024-associated with the counterintelligence investigation and the 23
2025-identity of the person subject to such investigation. 24
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2029-‘‘(c) CONGRESSIONALLEADERSHIPDEFINED.—In this 1
2030-section, the term ‘congressional leadership’ means— 2
2031-‘‘(1) the majority leader of the Senate; 3
2032-‘‘(2) the minority leader of the Senate; 4
2033-‘‘(3) the Chair and Vice Chair of the Select Com-5
2034-mittee on Intelligence of the Senate; 6
2035-‘‘(4) the Speaker of the House of Representatives; 7
2036-‘‘(5) the minority leader of the House of Rep-8
2037-resentatives; and 9
2038-‘‘(6) the Chair and Ranking Member of the Per-10
2039-manent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 11
2040-of Representatives.’’. 12
2041-SEC. 417. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY COUNTERINTEL-13
2042-LIGENCE OFFICE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF 14
2043-TRANSPORTATION. 15
2044-(a) D
2045-EFINITIONS.—In this section: 16
2046-(1) A
2047-PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -17
2048-TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-18
2049-tees’’ means— 19
2050-(A) the Permanent Select Committee on In-20
2051-telligence, the Committee on Appropriations, and 21
2052-the Committee on Transportation and Infra-22
2053-structure of the House of Representatives; and 23
2054-(B) the Select Committee on Intelligence, 24
2055-the Committee on Appropriations, and the Com-25
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2059-mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-1
2060-tation of the Senate. 2
2061-(2) D
2062-EPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 3
2063-means the Department of Transportation. 4
2064-(3) S
2065-ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 5
2066-the Secretary of Transportation. 6
2067-(b) E
2068-STABLISHMENT OF INTELLIGENCECOMMUNITY 7
2069-C
2070-OUNTERINTELLIGENCE OFFICE.— 8
2071-(1) A
2072-GREEMENT WITH SECRETARY OF TRANS -9
2073-PORTATION.—The Director of National Intelligence, 10
2074-acting through the Director of the National Counter-11
2075-intelligence and Security Center, shall seek to enter 12
2076-into an agreement with the Secretary under which the 13
2077-Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary 14
2078-shall establish within the Department an office, which 15
2079-shall be known as the ‘‘Intelligence Community Coun-16
2080-terintelligence Office’’, in accordance with this sec-17
2081-tion. 18
2082-(2) L
2083-OCATION.—The Intelligence Community 19
2084-Counterintelligence Office established pursuant to this 20
2085-section shall be physically located within the head-21
2086-quarters of the Department and within reasonable 22
2087-proximity to the offices of the leadership of the De-23
2088-partment. 24
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2092-(3) SECURITY.—The Director of the National 1
2093-Counterintelligence and Security Center shall be re-2
2094-sponsible for the protection of classified information 3
2095-and for the establishment and enforcement of all secu-4
2096-rity-related controls within the Intelligence Commu-5
2097-nity Counterintelligence Office. 6
2098-(c) P
2099-ERSONNEL.— 7
2100-(1) D
2101-IRECTOR.— 8
2102-(A) A
2103-PPOINTMENT.—There shall be at the 9
2104-head of the Intelligence Community Counter-10
2105-intelligence Office a Director who is appointed 11
2106-by the Director of National Intelligence. The Di-12
2107-rector of the Intelligence Community Counter-13
2108-intelligence Office shall— 14
2109-(i) be supervised and subject to per-15
2110-formance evaluations by the Director of the 16
2111-National Counterintelligence and Security 17
2112-Center, in consultation with the Secretary; 18
2113-(ii) be an employee of the intelligence 19
2114-community with significant counterintel-20
2115-ligence experience; and 21
2116-(iii) serve for a period of 3 years. 22
2117-(B) R
2118-ESPONSIBILITIES.—The Director of 23
2119-the Intelligence Community Counterintelligence 24
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2123-Office shall carry out the following responsibil-1
2124-ities: 2
2125-(i) Serving as the head of the Intel-3
2126-ligence Community Counterintelligence Of-4
2127-fice, with supervisory responsibility for the 5
2128-Intelligence Community Counterintelligence 6
2129-Office and any other personnel assigned to 7
2130-the Intelligence Community Counterintel-8
2131-ligence Office. 9
2132-(ii) Advising the Secretary on counter-10
2133-intelligence and intelligence information. 11
2134-(iii) Ensuring that counterintelligence 12
2135-threat information and, as appropriate, fin-13
2136-ished intelligence on topics related to the 14
2137-functions of the Department, are provided 15
2138-to appropriate personnel of the department 16
2139-or agency without delay. 17
2140-(iv) Ensuring critical intelligence rel-18
2141-evant to the Secretary is requested and dis-19
2142-seminated in a timely manner. 20
2143-(v) Establishing, as appropriate, mech-21
2144-anisms for collaboration through which De-22
2145-partment subject matter experts, including 23
2146-those without security clearances, can share 24
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2150-information and expertise with the intel-1
2151-ligence community. 2
2152-(vi) Correlating and evaluating coun-3
2153-terintelligence threats identified within in-4
2154-telligence community reporting, in coordi-5
2155-nation with the National Counterintel-6
2156-ligence and Security Center, and providing 7
2157-appropriate dissemination of such intel-8
2158-ligence to officials of the Department with a 9
2159-need-to-know. 10
2160-(vii) Advising the Secretary on meth-11
2161-ods to improve the counterintelligence pos-12
2162-ture of the Department. 13
2163-(viii) Where appropriate, supporting 14
2164-the Department’s leadership in engaging 15
2165-with the National Security Council. 16
2166-(ix) In coordination with the National 17
2167-Counterintelligence and Security Center, es-18
2168-tablishing counterintelligence partnerships 19
2169-to improve the counterintelligence defense of 20
2170-the Department. 21
2171-(2) D
2172-EPUTY DIRECTOR.—There shall be within 22
2173-the Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office 23
2174-a Deputy Director who is appointed by the Secretary, 24
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2178-in coordination with the Director of National Intel-1
2179-ligence. The Deputy Director shall— 2
2180-(A) be supervised and subject to perform-3
2181-ance evaluations by the Secretary, in consulta-4
2182-tion with the Director of the National Counter-5
2183-intelligence and Security Center; 6
2184-(B) be a current or former employee of the 7
2185-Department with significant experience within 8
2186-the Department; and 9
2187-(C) serve at the pleasure of the Secretary. 10
2188-(3) O
2189-THER EMPLOYEES.— 11
2190-(A) J
2191-OINT DUTY ASSIGNMENT.—There shall 12
2192-be within the Intelligence Community Counter-13
2193-intelligence Office such other employees as the 14
2194-Director of National Intelligence, in consultation 15
2195-with the Secretary, determines appropriate. Em-16
2196-ployment at the Intelligence Community Coun-17
2197-terintelligence Office is an intelligence commu-18
2198-nity joint duty assignment. A permanent change 19
2199-of station to the Intelligence Community Coun-20
2200-terintelligence Office shall be for a period of not 21
2201-less than 2 years. 22
2202-(B) S
2203-UPERVISION.—The Director of the In-23
2204-telligence Community Counterintelligence Office 24
2205-shall be responsible for the supervision and man-25
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2209-agement of employees assigned to the Intelligence 1
2210-Community Counterintelligence Office, including 2
2211-employees assigned by program elements of the 3
2212-intelligence community and other Federal de-4
2213-partments and agencies, as appropriate. 5
2214-(C) J
2215-OINT DUTY OR ASSIGNED PERSONNEL 6
2216-REIMBURSEMENT.—The Director of National In-7
2217-telligence shall reimburse a program element of 8
2218-the intelligence community or a Federal depart-9
2219-ment or agency for any permanent change of sta-10
2220-tion employee assigned to the Intelligence Com-11
2221-munity Counterintelligence Office from amounts 12
2222-authorized to be appropriated for the Office of 13
2223-the Director of National Intelligence. 14
2224-(D) O
2225-PERATION UNDER AUTHORITY OF DI -15
2226-RECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE .—Employ-16
2227-ees assigned to the Intelligence Community 17
2228-Counterintelligence Office under this paragraph 18
2229-shall operate under the authorities of the Direc-19
2230-tor of National Intelligence for the duration of 20
2231-their assignment or period of employment within 21
2232-the Intelligence Community Counterintelligence 22
2233-Office, except for temporary duty assignment em-23
2234-ployees. 24
2235-(E) I
2236-NCENTIVE PAY.— 25
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2240-(i) IN GENERAL.—An employee who 1
2241-accepts employment at the Intelligence Com-2
2242-munity Counterintelligence Office during 3
2243-the 120-day period after the date of the es-4
2244-tablishment of the Intelligence Community 5
2245-Counterintelligence Office shall receive an 6
2246-incentive payment, which shall be payable 7
2247-by the Director of National Intelligence, in 8
2248-an amount equal to 10 percent of the base 9
2249-annual pay of the employee. Such an em-10
2250-ployee who completes 2 years of service in 11
2251-the Intelligence Community Counterintel-12
2252-ligence Office may receive an incentive pay-13
2253-ment in an amount equal to 10 percent of 14
2254-the base annual pay of the employee if the 15
2255-Director of the Intelligence Community 16
2256-Counterintelligence Office determines the 17
2257-performance of the employee is exceptional. 18
2258-(ii) E
2259-LIGIBILITY.—An employee is 19
2260-only eligible for an incentive payment 20
2261-under clause (i) if the employee enters into 21
2262-an agreement with the Director of National 22
2263-Intelligence to serve in the Intelligence Com-23
2264-munity Counterintelligence Office for a pe-24
2265-riod of at least 2 years. 25
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2269-(d) FUNDING.—To the extent and in such amounts as 1
2270-specifically provided in advance in appropriations Acts for 2
2271-the purposes detailed in this subsection, the Director of Na-3
2272-tional Intelligence may expend such sums as are authorized 4
2273-within the National Intelligence Program of the Office of 5
2274-the Director of National Intelligence for— 6
2275-(1) the renovation, furnishing, and equipping of 7
2276-a Federal building, as necessary, to meet the security 8
2277-and operational requirements of the Intelligence Com-9
2278-munity Counterintelligence Office; 10
2279-(2) the provision of connectivity to the Intel-11
2280-ligence Community Counterintelligence Office to en-12
2281-able briefings, secure audio and video communica-13
2282-tions, and collaboration between employees of the De-14
2283-partment and the intelligence community at the un-15
2284-classified, secret, and top secret levels; 16
2285-(3) the provision of other information technology 17
2286-systems and devices, such as computers, printers, and 18
2287-phones, for use by employees of the Intelligence Com-19
2288-munity Counterintelligence Office; 20
2289-(4) the assignment of employees of the intel-21
2290-ligence community to support the operation of the In-22
2291-telligence Community Counterintelligence Office; and 23
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2295-(5) the provision of other personal services nec-1
2296-essary for the operation of the Intelligence Commu-2
2297-nity Counterintelligence Office. 3
2298-(e) D
2299-EADLINE FORESTABLISHMENT OF THE INTEL-4
2300-LIGENCECOMMUNITYCOUNTERINTELLIGENCE OFFICE.— 5
2301-(1) E
2302-STABLISHMENT.—Not later than January 6
2303-1, 2026, the Director of National Intelligence shall 7
2304-seek to establish, in accordance with this section, the 8
2305-Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office 9
2306-within the Department. 10
2307-(2) R
2308-EPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the 11
2309-date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of Na-12
2310-tional Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate 13
2311-congressional committees a report on the plan to es-14
2312-tablish the Intelligence Community Counterintel-15
2313-ligence Office required under paragraph (1). Such re-16
2314-port shall include the costs and schedule associated 17
2315-with establishing the Intelligence Community Coun-18
2316-terintelligence Office. 19
2317-SEC. 418. UKRAINE LESSONS LEARNED WORKING GROUP. 20
2318-(a) E
2319-STABLISHMENT.—The Director of National Intel-21
2320-ligence and the Secretary of Defense shall jointly establish 22
2321-a working group to identify and share lessons that the 23
2322-United States intelligence community has learned from the 24
2323-Ukraine conflict. 25
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2327-(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The composition of the Working 1
2328-Group may include any officer or employee of a department 2
2329-or agency of the United States Government determined ap-3
2330-propriate by the Director of National Intelligence or the 4
2331-Secretary of Defense. 5
2332-(c) C
2333-HAIR.—The Working Group shall be jointly 6
2334-chaired by— 7
2335-(1) an officer or employee of the Department of 8
2336-Defense chosen by the Secretary of Defense; and 9
2337-(2) an officer or employee of an element of the 10
2338-intelligence community chosen by the Director of Na-11
2339-tional Intelligence, in consultation with the head of 12
2340-the element concerned. 13
2341-(d) D
2342-UTIES.—The duties of the Working Group shall 14
2343-be the following: 15
2344-(1) Identify tactical and operational lessons de-16
2345-rived from the Ukraine conflict. 17
2346-(2) Develop a repeatable process for promul-18
2347-gating such lessons to elements of the Department of 19
2348-Defense responsible for the development of joint and 20
2349-service-specific doctrine, acquisitions decisions, and 21
2350-capability development. 22
2351-(3) Provide recommendations on intelligence col-23
2352-lection priorities to support the elements of the De-24
2353-partment of Defense identified under paragraph (2). 25
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2357-(e) MEETINGS.—The Working Group shall meet not 1
2358-later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this 2
2359-Act, and quarterly thereafter. 3
2360-(f) T
2361-ERMINATION.— 4
2362-(1) I
2363-N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the 5
2364-Working Group shall terminate on the date that is 2 6
2365-years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 7
2366-(2) E
2367-XTENSION.—The Director of National Intel-8
2368-ligence and the Secretary of Defense may extend the 9
2369-termination date under paragraph (1) to a date not 10
2370-later than 4 years after the date of the enactment of 11
2371-this Act if the Director of National Intelligence and 12
2372-the Secretary of Defense jointly— 13
2373-(A) determine than an extension is appro-14
2374-priate and agree to such extension; and 15
2375-(B) submit to the appropriate congressional 16
2376-committees a notification of the extension that 17
2377-includes a description of the justification for the 18
2378-extension. 19
2379-(g) B
2380-RIEFS TOCONGRESS.—Not later than 270 days 20
2381-after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 6 21
2382-months thereafter, the Working Group shall submit to the 22
2383-appropriate congressional committees a briefing on the ac-23
2384-tivities of the Working Group. 24
2385-(h) D
2386-EFINITIONS.—In this section: 25
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2390-(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -1
2391-TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-2
2392-tees’’ means— 3
2393-(A) the congressional intelligence commit-4
2394-tees; and 5
2395-(B) the congressional defense committees. 6
2396-(2) C
2397-ONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES .— 7
2398-The term ‘‘congressional defense committees’’ has the 8
2399-meaning given that term in section 101(a)(16) of title 9
2400-10, United States Code. 10
2401-(3) W
2402-ORKING GROUP.—The term ‘‘Working 11
2403-Group’’ means the working group described in sub-12
2404-section (a). 13
2405-SEC. 419. MODIFICATION TO WAIVER FOR POST-SERVICE 14
2406-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS. 15
2407-(a) I
2408-NGENERAL.—Section 304(a)(2) of the National 16
2409-Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3073a(a)(2)) is amended— 17
2410-(1) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as 18
2411-follows: 19
2412-‘‘(A) A
2413-UTHORITY TO GRANT WAIVERS .—The 20
2414-applicable head of an intelligence community 21
2415-element may waive a restriction in paragraph 22
2416-(1) with respect to an employee or former em-23
2417-ployee who is subject to that restriction only 24
2418-after— 25
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2422-‘‘(i) the employee or former employee 1
2423-submits to the applicable head of the intel-2
2424-ligence community element a written appli-3
2425-cation for such waiver in such form and 4
2426-manner as the applicable head of the intel-5
2427-ligence community element determines ap-6
2428-propriate; and 7
2429-‘‘(ii) the applicable head of the element 8
2430-of the intelligence community determines 9
2431-that granting such waiver will not harm the 10
2432-national security interests of the United 11
2433-States.’’. 12
2434-(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘Director’’ 13
2435-and inserting ‘‘applicable head of the intelligence 14
2436-community element’’; 15
2437-(3) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘Director’’ 16
2438-each place it appears and inserting ‘‘applicable head 17
2439-of the intelligence community element’’; and 18
2440-(4) by amending subparagraph (E) to read as 19
2441-follows: 20
2442-‘‘(E) R
2443-EPORTING TO CONGRESS .—On a 21
2444-quarterly basis, the head of each element of the 22
2445-intelligence community shall submit to the con-23
2446-gressional intelligence committees a written noti-24
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2450-fication of each waiver or revocation that shall 1
2451-include the following: 2
2452-‘‘(i) With respect to a waiver issued to 3
2453-an employee or former employee— 4
2454-‘‘(I) the covered intelligence posi-5
2455-tion held or formerly held by the em-6
2456-ployee or former employee; and 7
2457-‘‘(II) a brief description of the 8
2458-covered post-service employment, in-9
2459-cluding the employer and the recipient 10
2460-of the representation, advice, or serv-11
2461-ices. 12
2462-‘‘(ii) With respect to a revocation of a 13
2463-waiver issued to an employee or former em-14
2464-ployee— 15
2465-‘‘(I) the details of the waiver, in-16
2466-cluding any renewals of such waiver, 17
2467-and the dates of such waiver and re-18
2468-newals; and 19
2469-‘‘(II) the specific reasons why the 20
2470-applicable head of the intelligence com-21
2471-munity element determined that such 22
2472-revocation is warranted.’’. 23
2473-(b) W
2474-RITTENADVISORYOPINIONSWITHRESPECT TO 24
2475-P
2476-OST-SERVICEEMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS.—Section 25
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2480-304(d) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 1
2481-3073a(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following 2
2482-new paragraph: 3
2483-‘‘(4) W
2484-RITTEN ADVISORY OPINIONS .—Upon re-4
2485-quest from a current employee who occupies a covered 5
2486-intelligence position or a former employee who pre-6
2487-viously occupied a covered intelligence position, the 7
2488-applicable head of the element of the intelligence com-8
2489-munity concerned may provide a written advisory 9
2490-opinion to such current or former employee regarding 10
2491-whether a proposed employment, representation, or 11
2492-provision of advice or services constitutes covered 12
2493-post-service employment as defined in subsection 13
2494-(g).’’. 14
2495-(c) C
2496-OVEREDPOST-SERVICEEMPLOYMENT.—Section 15
2497-304(g)(2) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 16
2498-3073a(g)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘relating to national 17
2499-security, intelligence, the military, or internal security to, 18
2500-the government of a foreign country or any company, enti-19
2501-ty, or other person whose activities are directly or indirectly 20
2502-supervised, directed, controlled, financed, or subsidized, in 21
2503-whole or in major part, by any government of a foreign 22
2504-country’’ and inserting ‘‘to the government of a foreign 23
2505-country or any company, entity, or other person whose ac-24
2506-tivities are directly or indirectly supervised, directed, con-25
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2510-trolled, financed, or subsidized, in whole or in major part, 1
2511-by any government of a foreign country if such employ-2
2512-ment, representation, or provision of advice or services re-3
2513-lates to national security, intelligence, the military, or in-4
2514-ternal security’’. 5
2515-(d) C
2516-ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.—Section 304(a)(1) of 6
2517-the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3073a(a)(1)) 7
2518-is amended— 8
2519-(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘paragraph 9
2520-(2)(A)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)(A)’’; and 10
2521-(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘paragraph 11
2522-(2)(A)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)(A)’’. 12
2523-SEC. 420. PROHIBITION OF FUNDS FOR INTELLIGENCE EX-13
2524-PERTS GROUP. 14
2525-None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or oth-15
2526-erwise made available by this Act to the Office of Intel-16
2527-ligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Secu-17
2528-rity may be obligated or expended to support the Intel-18
2529-ligence Experts Group of the Department of Homeland Se-19
2530-curity, or any successor group. 20
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2534-SEC. 421. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 1
2535-CERTAIN ACTIVITIES OF THE OVERT HUMAN 2
2536-INTELLIGENCE AND OPEN SOURCE INTEL-3
2537-LIGENCE COLLECTION PROGRAMS OF THE 4
2538-OFFICE OF INTELLIGENCE AND ANALYSIS OF 5
2539-THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. 6
2540-(a) D
2541-EFINITIONS.—In this section: 7
2542-(1) C
2543-OVERED ACTIVITY.—The term ‘‘covered ac-8
2544-tivity’’ means— 9
2545-(A) with respect to the Overt Human Intel-10
2546-ligence Collection Program, an interview for in-11
2547-telligence collection purposes with any indi-12
2548-vidual, including a United States person, who 13
2549-has been criminally charged, arraigned, or taken 14
2550-into the custody of a Federal, State, or local law 15
2551-enforcement agency, but whose guilt with respect 16
2552-to such criminal matters has not yet been adju-17
2553-dicated, unless the Office of Intelligence and 18
2554-Analysis has obtained the consent of the 19
2555-interviewee following consultation with counsel; 20
2556-(B) with respect to either the Overt Human 21
2557-Intelligence Collection Program or the Open 22
2558-Source Intelligence Collection Program, any col-23
2559-lection targeting journalists in the performance 24
2560-of their journalistic functions; and 25
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2564-(C) with respect to the Overt Human Intel-1
2565-ligence Collection Program, an interview for in-2
2566-telligence collection purposes with a United 3
2567-States person where the Office of Intelligence and 4
2568-Analysis lacks a reasonable belief based on facts 5
2569-and circumstances that the United States person 6
2570-may possess significant foreign intelligence (as 7
2571-defined in section 3 of the National Security Act 8
2572-of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)). 9
2573-(2) O
2574-VERT HUMAN INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION 10
2575-PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Overt Human Intelligence 11
2576-Collection Program’’ means the program established 12
2577-by the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for In-13
2578-telligence and Analysis pursuant to Policy Instruc-14
2579-tion 907 of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, 15
2580-issued on June 29, 2016, or any successor program. 16
2581-(3) O
2582-PEN SOURCE INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION 17
2583-PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Open Source Collection Intel-18
2584-ligence Program’’ means the program established by 19
2585-the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intel-20
2586-ligence and Analysis for the purpose of collecting in-21
2587-telligence and information for potential production 22
2588-and reporting in the form of Open Source Informa-23
2589-tion Reports as reflected in Policy Instruction 900 of 24
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2593-the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, issued on Jan-1
2594-uary 13, 2015, or any successor program. 2
2595-(4) U
2596-NITED STATES PERSON.—The term ‘‘United 3
2597-States person’’ means— 4
2598-(A) a United States citizen; 5
2599-(B) an alien known by the Office of Intel-6
2600-ligence and Analysis to be a permanent resident 7
2601-alien; 8
2602-(C) an unincorporated association substan-9
2603-tially composed of United States citizens or per-10
2604-manent resident aliens; or 11
2605-(D) a corporation incorporated in the 12
2606-United States, except for a corporation directed 13
2607-and controlled by a foreign government or gov-14
2608-ernments. 15
2609-(5) U
2610-NITED STATES PERSON INFORMATION 16
2611-(USPI).—The term ‘‘United States person informa-17
2612-tion’’— 18
2613-(A) means information that is reasonably 19
2614-likely to identify 1 or more specific United 20
2615-States persons; and 21
2616-(B) may be either a single item of informa-22
2617-tion or information that, when combined with 23
2618-other available information, is reasonably likely 24
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2622-to identify one or more specific United States 1
2623-persons. 2
2624-(b) P
2625-ROHIBITION ONAVAILABILITY OFFUNDS FOR 3
2626-C
2627-OVEREDACTIVITIES OFOVERTHUMANINTELLIGENCE 4
2628-C
2629-OLLECTIONPROGRAM ANDOPENSOURCEINTELLIGENCE 5
2630-C
2631-OLLECTIONPROGRAM.—None of the funds authorized to 6
2632-be appropriated by this Act may be made available to the 7
2633-Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of 8
2634-Homeland Security to conduct a covered activity. 9
2635-(c) L
2636-IMITATION ONPERSONNEL.—None of the funds 10
2637-authorized to be appropriated by this Act may be used by 11
2638-the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department 12
2639-of Homeland Security to increase, above the staffing level 13
2640-in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the 14
2641-Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (divi-15
2642-sion G of Public Law 118–31), the number of personnel as-16
2643-signed to the Open Source Intelligence Division who work 17
2644-exclusively or predominantly on domestic terrorism issues. 18
2645-(d) R
2646-ULES OFCONSTRUCTION.— 19
2647-(1) E
2648-FFECT ON OTHER INTELLIGENCE OVER -20
2649-SIGHT.—Nothing in this section shall be construed as 21
2650-limiting or superseding the authority of any official 22
2651-within the Department of Homeland Security to con-23
2652-duct legal, privacy, civil rights, or civil liberties over-24
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2656-sight of the intelligence activities of the Office of Intel-1
2657-ligence and Analysis. 2
2658-(2) S
2659-HARING AND RECEIVING INTELLIGENCE IN -3
2660-FORMATION.—Nothing in this section shall be con-4
2661-strued to prohibit, or to limit the authority of, per-5
2662-sonnel of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the 6
2663-Department of Homeland Security from sharing in-7
2664-telligence information with, or receiving information 8
2665-from— 9
2666-(A) foreign, State, local, Tribal, or terri-10
2667-torial governments (or any agency or subdivision 11
2668-thereof); 12
2669-(B) the private sector; or 13
2670-(C) other elements of the Federal Govern-14
2671-ment, including the components of the Depart-15
2672-ment of Homeland Security. 16
2673-SEC. 422. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 17
2674-THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL 18
2675-INTELLIGENCE PENDING SUBMISSION OF IN-19
2676-FORMATION REGARDING IMPROVEMENTS RE-20
2677-LATING TO INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY 21
2678-STAFFING, DETAILS, AND ASSIGNMENTS. 22
2679-Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 23
2680-or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2025 for the Of-24
2681-fice of the Director of National Intelligence, not more than 25
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2685-95 percent may be obligated or expended until the date on 1
2686-which the Director of National Intelligence submits to the 2
2687-congressional intelligence committees the document required 3
2688-to be established by the Director under section 7307(b) of 4
2689-the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (50 5
2690-U.S.C. 3025 note). 6
2691-Subtitle B—Reports and Other 7
2692-Matters 8
2693-SEC. 431. FOREIGN MALIGN INFLUENCE INTERAGENCY 9
2694-GUIDANCE. 10
2695-Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 11
2696-of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall pro-12
2697-vide to the congressional intelligence committees the inter-13
2698-agency guidance that governs engagement with social media 14
2699-companies for each element of the intelligence community. 15
2700-SEC. 432. FOREIGN MALIGN INFLUENCE STANDARD OPER-16
2701-ATING PROCEDURES. 17
2702-Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 18
2703-of this Act, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-19
2704-tion shall provide to the congressional intelligence commit-20
2705-tees the most recently updated standard operating proce-21
2706-dures document, without restrictions, that governs the Fed-22
2707-eral Bureau of Investigation’s engagements with social 23
2708-media companies. 24
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2712-SEC. 433. INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT FOR CERTAIN EXECU-1
2713-TIVE BRANCH DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES. 2
2714-(a) B
2715-RIEFING.—Not later than 90 days after the date 3
2716-of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel-4
2717-ligence shall provide to the congressional intelligence com-5
2718-mittees a briefing with respect to intelligence support pro-6
2719-vided to executive branch departments and agencies that are 7
2720-not a part of the intelligence community in accordance with 8
2721-Intelligence Community Directive 404 (relating to Execu-9
2722-tive Branch Intelligence Customers), or successor directive. 10
2723-(b) E
2724-LEMENTS.—The briefing required under sub-11
2725-section (a) shall include the following: 12
2726-(1) A list of United States Government depart-13
2727-ments and agencies that have a Federal Senior Intel-14
2728-ligence Coordinator, an Intelligence Point of Contact, 15
2729-or a Federal Intelligence Coordination Office. 16
2730-(2) A description of the Office of the Director of 17
2731-National Intelligence’s insight into how departments 18
2732-and agencies that have individuals holding a position 19
2733-described in paragraph (1) are selected for such posi-20
2734-tion, and what role the Office of the Director of Na-21
2735-tional Intelligence plays in that process, if any. 22
2736-(3) An assessment of the successes, shortcomings, 23
2737-effectiveness, utility, and future planning for engag-24
2738-ing with executive branch customers pursuant to In-25
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2742-telligence Community Directive 404 or any successor 1
2743-directive. 2
2744-(c) D
2745-EFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘Federal 3
2746-Senior Intelligence Coordinator’’, ‘‘Intelligence Point of 4
2747-Contact’’, and ‘‘Federal Intelligence Coordination Office’’ 5
2748-have the meaning given such terms in Intelligence Commu-6
2749-nity Directive 404. 7
2750-SEC. 434. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY RECRUITMENT FOR 8
2751-CERTAIN SECURITY-CLEARED SEPARATING 9
2752-MILITARY MEMBERS. 10
2753-(a) I
2754-NGENERAL.—The Intelligence Community Chief 11
2755-Human Capital Officer shall, not later than 90 days after 12
2756-the date of the enactment of this Act, develop a human re-13
2757-sources strategy for enhancing the recruitment into the in-14
2758-telligence community of covered military members. 15
2759-(b) C
2760-ONTENTS.—The strategy developed under sub-16
2761-section (a) shall address— 17
2762-(1) a requirement for each intelligence commu-18
2763-nity element to facilitate job applications for quali-19
2764-fied covered military members on each element’s job 20
2765-application portal, on USA Jobs, or other appro-21
2766-priate hiring platform; 22
2767-(2) additional authorities or policy waivers re-23
2768-quired to overcome identified barriers to enhancing 24
2769-the recruitment into the intelligence community of 25
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2773-covered military members to include those military 1
2774-members with technical training and experience in 2
2775-lieu of a bachelor’s degree; and 3
2776-(3) in consultation with military services, the 4
2777-development of best practices for matching job appli-5
2778-cations from among covered military members who 6
2779-have transferable qualifying backgrounds, skills, or ex-7
2780-pertise to relevant intelligence occupational specialties 8
2781-within the Federal civilian intelligence community 9
2782-workforce, to include coordinating intelligence com-10
2783-munity recruiting events and hiring blitzes. 11
2784-(c) B
2785-RIEFING ANDIMPLEMENTATIONPLAN.—Not later 12
2786-than 30 days after the development of the strategy under 13
2787-subsection (a), the Intelligence Community Chief Human 14
2788-Capital Officer shall provide to the congressional intel-15
2789-ligence committees a briefing regarding the strategy devel-16
2790-oped under subsection (a), including a plan for how each 17
2791-element of the intelligence community intends to implement 18
2792-such strategy. 19
2793-(d) C
2794-OVEREDMILITARYMEMBERDEFINED.—In this 20
2795-section, the term ‘‘covered military member’’ means any 21
2796-servicemember transitioning out of military service who 22
2797-holds a current top-secret security clearance. 23
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2801-SEC. 435. STRATEGY TO STRENGTHEN INTELLIGENCE COM-1
2802-MUNITY RECRUITMENT EFFORTS IN THE 2
2803-UNITED STATES TERRITORIES. 3
2804-(a) I
2805-NGENERAL.—The Director of National Intel-4
2806-ligence, acting through the Intelligence Community Chief 5
2807-Human Capital Officer, shall, in coordination with the 6
2808-human capital offices of such elements of the intelligence 7
2809-community as determined appropriate, develop an intel-8
2810-ligence community-wide strategy to strengthen efforts to re-9
2811-cruit qualified individuals residing in the United States 10
2812-territories. 11
2813-(b) B
2814-RIEFINGREQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 12
2815-days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director 13
2816-of National Intelligence, acting through the Intelligence 14
2817-Community Chief Human Capital Officer, shall provide to 15
2818-the congressional intelligence committees a briefing with re-16
2819-spect to the strategy developed under subsection (a), includ-17
2820-ing with respect to a plan for the implementation of such 18
2821-strategy. 19
2822-(c) U
2823-NITEDSTATESTERRITORIESDEFINED.—In this 20
2824-section, the term ‘‘United States territories’’ means Puerto 21
2825-Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Com-22
2826-monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American 23
2827-Samoa. 24
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2831-SEC. 436. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENT FOR ANNUAL RE-1
2832-PORT ON STRIKES UNDERTAKEN BY THE 2
2833-UNITED STATES AGAINST TERRORIST TAR-3
2834-GETS OUTSIDE AREAS OF ACTIVE HOS-4
2835-TILITIES. 5
2836-Section 1723(a) of the National Defense Authorization 6
2837-Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 7
2838-1811) is amended— 8
2839-(1) by striking ‘‘May 1 2020’’ and inserting 9
2840-‘‘December 31, 2024’’; and 10
2841-(2) by striking ‘‘2022’’ and inserting ‘‘December 11
2842-31, 2027’’. 12
2843-SEC. 437. ADVISABILITY AND FEASIBILITY STUDY ON UP-13
2844-DATING INTELLIGENCE SHARING REGULA-14
2845-TIONS. 15
2846-(a) I
2847-NGENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 16
2848-date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 17
2849-Intelligence, in coordination with each head of an element 18
2850-of the intelligence community, shall assess the advisability 19
2851-and feasibility of revising applicable policies and regula-20
2852-tions with respect to the sharing of intelligence by an ele-21
2853-ment of the intelligence community with foreign govern-22
2854-ments to incorporate the principles described under sub-23
2855-section (b). 24
2856-(b) P
2857-RINCIPLES.—The principles to be assessed for ad-25
2858-visability and feasibility shall be the following: 26
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2862-(1) The intelligence community may not share 1
2863-actionable intelligence with another country unless 2
2864-the intelligence community receives such credible and 3
2865-reliable written assurances from a representative of 4
2866-the country that the country shall use the intelligence 5
2867-in accordance with applicable international law. 6
2868-(2) Any policies authorizing the sharing of ac-7
2869-tionable intelligence shall require special protections 8
2870-to reduce the risk of violations of applicable inter-9
2871-national law as a consequence of sharing such intel-10
2872-ligence. 11
2873-(3) Any policies authorizing the sharing of ac-12
2874-tionable intelligence with another country shall re-13
2875-quire the element of the intelligence community con-14
2876-cerned to document the risks and benefits of requiring 15
2877-the country receiving the intelligence to make credible 16
2878-and reliable written assurances that the country, 17
2879-when using the intelligence, will conduct only lethal 18
2880-or capture operations that comply with policy stand-19
2881-ards of the United States with respect to detainee 20
2882-treatment and direct action counterterrorism oper-21
2883-ations outside areas of active hostilities. 22
2884-(4) If the head of an element of the intelligence 23
2885-community receives or conducts an assessment calling 24
2886-into question the credibility or reliability of written 25
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2890-assurances provided by another country to comply 1
2891-with applicable international law with respect to the 2
2892-intelligence, the head shall, within 45 days of receiv-3
2893-ing or conducting the assessment— 4
2894-(A) inform the Director of National Intel-5
2895-ligence and, as appropriate, the Secretary of De-6
2896-fense; and 7
2897-(B) take appropriate action to assess fur-8
2898-ther and remediate the situation, which may in-9
2899-clude suspending further sharing of intelligence 10
2900-or receiving further assurances from the country 11
2901-of compliance with applicable international law. 12
2902-(c) R
2903-EPORT TOCONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days 13
2904-after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of 14
2905-National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intel-15
2906-ligence committees a report on the advisability and feasi-16
2907-bility of incorporating the principles described in subsection 17
2908-(b) into regulations on the sharing of intelligence by an ele-18
2909-ment of the intelligence community, including the degree 19
2910-to which the current practices of each element of the intel-20
2911-ligence community for the sharing of intelligence are con-21
2912-sistent with such principles. 22
2913-(d) A
2914-CTIONABLEINTELLIGENCEDEFINED.—In this 23
2915-section, the term ‘‘actionable intelligence’’ means informa-24
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2919-tion sufficiently detailed and timely to permit, assist, or 1
2920-allow an action or operation in the near-term. 2
2921-SEC. 438. BUDGET TRANSPARENCY FOR OPEN-SOURCE IN-3
2922-TELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES. 4
2923-(a) B
2924-UDGETSUMMARIES TODIRECTOR OFNATIONAL 5
2925-I
2926-NTELLIGENCE.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 6
2927-the enactment of this Act, the head of each element of the 7
2928-intelligence community shall submit to the Director of Na-8
2929-tional Intelligence a complete and comprehensive summary 9
2930-of all budget information with respect to the element’s open- 10
2931-source intelligence activities. 11
2932-(b) R
2933-EPORT TOCONGRESS.—Not later than 120 days 12
2934-after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of 13
2935-National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intel-14
2936-ligence committees a report compiling the information in 15
2937-the summaries submitted to the Director pursuant to sub-16
2938-section (a). 17
2939-(c) O
2940-PEN-SOURCEINTELLIGENCEDEFINED.—In this 18
2941-section, the term ‘‘open-source intelligence’’ means intel-19
2942-ligence derived exclusively from publicly or commercially 20
2943-available information that addresses specific intelligence 21
2944-priorities, requirements, or gaps. 22
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2948-SEC. 439. ENHANCING PUBLIC-PRIVATE SHARING ON MA-1
2949-NIPULATIVE ADVERSARY PRACTICES IN CRIT-2
2950-ICAL MINERAL PROJECTS. 3
2951-(a) S
2952-TRATEGYREQUIRED.—The Director of National 4
2953-Intelligence shall, in consultation with the heads of such 5
2954-Federal agencies as the Director considers appropriate, not 6
2955-later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 7
2956-Act, develop a strategy to improve the sharing between the 8
2957-Federal Government and private entities of information 9
2958-and intelligence to mitigate the threat that foreign adver-10
2959-sary illicit activities and tactics pose to United States per-11
2960-sons in foreign jurisdictions on projects relating to energy 12
2961-generation and storage, including with respect to critical 13
2962-minerals inputs. 14
2963-(b) E
2964-LEMENTS.—The strategy required by subsection 15
2965-(a) shall cover—— 16
2966-(1) how best to assemble and transmit informa-17
2967-tion to United States persons— 18
2968-(A) to protect against foreign adversary il-19
2969-licit tactics and activities relating to critical 20
2970-mineral projects abroad, including foreign adver-21
2971-sary efforts to undermine such United States 22
2972-projects abroad; 23
2973-(B) to mitigate the risk that foreign adver-24
2974-sary government involvement in the ownership 25
2975-and control of entities engaging in deceptive or 26
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2979-illicit activities pose to the interests of the 1
2980-United States; and 2
2981-(C) to inform on economic espionage and 3
2982-other threats from foreign adversaries to the 4
2983-rights of owners of intellectual property, includ-5
2984-ing owners of patents, trademarks, copyrights, 6
2985-and trade secrets, and other sensitive informa-7
2986-tion, with respect to such property; and 8
2987-(2) how best to receive information from United 9
2988-States persons on threats to United States interests in 10
2989-the critical mineral space. 11
2990-(c) I
2991-MPLEMENTATION PLANREQUIRED.—Not later 12
2992-than 30 days after the date on which the Director completes 13
2993-developing the strategy pursuant to subsection (a), the Di-14
2994-rector shall submit to the congressional intelligence commit-15
2995-tees (as defined in section 3 of the National Security Act 16
2996-of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)), or provide such committees a 17
2997-briefing on, a plan for implementing the strategy, which 18
2998-shall include a description of risks, benefits, opportunities, 19
2999-and drawbacks. 20
3000-SEC. 440. BRIEFING ON POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR 21
3001-ADDRESSING THREATS FROM KNOWN OR 22
3002-SUSPECTED TERRORISTS. 23
3003-(a) I
3004-NGENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 24
3005-date of the enactment of this Act, representatives from the 25
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3009-Department of Homeland Security, which shall include rep-1
3010-resentatives from Customs and Border Protection, Home-2
3011-land Security Investigations, and the Office of Intelligence 3
3012-and Analysis, and representatives from the Federal Bureau 4
3013-of Investigation, which shall include representatives from 5
3014-the Threat Screening Center, shall jointly provide a briefing 6
3015-to the appropriate congressional committees with respect to 7
3016-existing policies and procedures for handling encounters 8
3017-with known or suspected terrorists at the borders of the 9
3018-United States. 10
3019-(b) E
3020-LEMENTS.—The briefing required under sub-11
3021-section (a) shall include a description of the following: 12
3022-(1) The existing processes for handling encoun-13
3023-ters with individuals at or between ports of entry, to 14
3024-include the difference in process for individuals en-15
3025-countered at and between ports of entry. 16
3026-(2) The existing processes for the handling and 17
3027-sharing of potentially derogatory information con-18
3028-cerning individuals who are known or suspected ter-19
3029-rorists. 20
3030-(3) The existing processes for managing asylum 21
3031-claims of known or suspected terrorists. 22
3032-(c) A
3033-PPROPRIATECONGRESSIONALCOMMITTEESDE-23
3034-FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-24
3035-sional committees’’ means— 25
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3039-(1) the congressional intelligence committees; 1
3040-(2) the Committee on Homeland Security of the 2
3041-House of Representatives; and 3
3042-(3) the Committee on Homeland Security and 4
3043-Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 5
3044-SEC. 441. ASSESSMENT ON INTELLIGENCE RELATIONSHIP 6
3045-BETWEEN EGYPT AND ISRAEL. 7
3046-(a) R
3047-EPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 8
3048-the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel-9
3049-ligence, in coordination with the heads of such elements of 10
3050-the intelligence community as the Director determines ap-11
3051-propriate, shall submit to the congressional intelligence 12
3052-committees a report assessing the intelligence relationship 13
3053-between Israel and Egypt that includes an assessment of 14
3054-intelligence failures with respect to either country and with 15
3055-respect to intelligence sharing between the two countries 16
3056-that contributed to the attack on Israel by Hamas on Octo-17
3057-ber 7, 2023. 18
3058-(b) M
3059-ATTERS.—The report under subsection (a) shall 19
3060-include the following: 20
3061-(1) An assessment of the state, strengths, and 21
3062-limitations of any intelligence relationship between 22
3063-Egypt and Israel, especially with respect to Hamas 23
3064-and Gaza. 24
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3068-(2) The role of the United States, if any, in the 1
3069-relationship and an identification of the areas in 2
3070-which the participation of the United States would 3
3071-most strengthen the relationship and improve co-4
3072-operation between Egypt and Israel going forward. 5
3073-(3) A review of the failures in national and re-6
3074-gional intelligence analysis, collection, and sharing 7
3075-that occurred before the attack on Israel by Hamas on 8
3076-October 7, 2023, and any lessons learned for future 9
3077-intelligence activities. 10
3078-(c) F
3079-ORM.—The report under subsection (a) may be 11
3080-submitted in classified form. 12
3081-SEC. 442. INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT OF ECONOMIC CO-13
3082-ERCION BY THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF 14
3083-CHINA IN THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION AND 15
3084-STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE THE ECONOMIC 16
3085-RESILIENCE OF COUNTRIES IN THE INDO-PA-17
3086-CIFIC REGION. 18
3087-(a) R
3088-EPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 19
3089-of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of State 20
3090-for Intelligence and Research, in consultation with Director 21
3091-of the Central Intelligence Agency and the heads of other 22
3092-elements of the intelligence community determined appro-23
3093-priate by the Assistant Secretary, shall submit to the appro-24
3094-priate congressional committees a report assessing the eco-25
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3098-nomic coercion efforts by the People’s Republic of China in 1
3099-the Indo-Pacific region and strategies that would enhance 2
3100-the resilience of countries in the Indo-Pacific region to eco-3
3101-nomic coercion by the People’s Republic of China. 4
3102-(b) M
3103-ATTERS.—The report under subsection (a) shall 5
3104-include the following: 6
3105-(1) A description of recent economic coercion ef-7
3106-forts by the People’s Republic of China against coun-8
3107-tries in the Indo-Pacific region. 9
3108-(2) An analysis of the effectiveness of economic 10
3109-coercion efforts against countries in the Indo-Pacific 11
3110-region by the People’s Republic of China in achieving 12
3111-the stated or assumed goals of the People’s Republic 13
3112-of China. 14
3113-(3) An assessment of measures that would dis-15
3114-suade the People’s Republic of China from engaging 16
3115-in acts of economic coercion in the Indo-Pacific re-17
3116-gion and would encourage actions supporting the eco-18
3117-nomic prosperity and security of the Indo-Pacific re-19
3118-gion. 20
3119-(4) An assessment of measures, including trade 21
3120-diversion or regional trade agreements, that would di-22
3121-minish the sway and influence of the market of the 23
3122-People’s Republic of China with respect to countries 24
3123-in the Indo-Pacific region. 25
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3127-(5) An analysis of measures that would help 1
3128-countries in the Indo-Pacific region to build supply 2
3129-chains independent of the People’s Republic of China. 3
3130-(c) F
3131-ORM.—The report under subsection (a) may be 4
3132-submitted in classified form. 5
3133-(d) D
3134-EFINITIONS.—In this section: 6
3135-(1) A
3136-PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -7
3137-TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-8
3138-tees’’ means— 9
3139-(A) the congressional intelligence commit-10
3140-tees; 11
3141-(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 12
3142-Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 13
3143-Appropriations, and the Select Committee on the 14
3144-Strategic Competition Between the United States 15
3145-and the Chinese Communist Party of the House 16
3146-of Representatives; and 17
3147-(C) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 18
3148-Committee on Armed Services, and the Com-19
3149-mittee on Appropriations of the Senate. 20
3150-(2) I
3151-NDO-PACIFIC NATIONS.—The term ‘‘Indo-Pa-21
3152-cific region’’ includes the following countries: 22
3153-(A) Australia. 23
3154-(B) Bangladesh. 24
3155-(C) Brunei. 25
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3159-(D) Burma (Myanmar). 1
3160-(E) Cambodia. 2
3161-(F) China. 3
3162-(G) Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. 4
3163-(H) Federated States of Micronesia. 5
3164-(I) Fiji. 6
3165-(J) French Polynesia. 7
3166-(K) India. 8
3167-(L) Indonesia. 9
3168-(M) Japan. 10
3169-(N) Kiribati. 11
3170-(O) Laos. 12
3171-(P) Malaysia. 13
3172-(Q) Maldives. 14
3173-(R) Mongolia. 15
3174-(S) Nauru. 16
3175-(T) Niue. 17
3176-(U) Nepal. 18
3177-(V) New Zealand. 19
3178-(W) Palau. 20
3179-(X) Papua New Guinea. 21
3180-(Y) Philippines. 22
3181-(Z) Republic of Korea. 23
3182-(AA) Republic of Marshall Islands. 24
3183-(BB) Samoa. 25
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3187-(CC) Singapore. 1
3188-(DD) Solomon Islands. 2
3189-(EE) Sri Lanka. 3
3190-(FF) Thailand. 4
3191-(GG) Timor-Leste. 5
3192-(HH) Tonga. 6
3193-(II) Tuvalu. 7
3194-(JJ) Vanuatu. 8
3195-(KK) Vietnam. 9
3196-SEC. 443. REPORT ON THE MISSION EFFECT OF CIVILIAN 10
3197-HARM. 11
3198-(a) R
3199-EPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 12
3200-of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel-13
3201-ligence, acting through the National Intelligence Council 14
3202-and in coordination with the heads of the elements of the 15
3203-intelligence community determined appropriate by the Di-16
3204-rector, shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-17
3205-mittees a report examining the extent to which civilian 18
3206-harm that occurs during counterterrorism operations in-19
3207-forms analyses of the intelligence community on the mission 20
3208-success of campaigns to degrade, disrupt, or defeat foreign 21
3209-terrorist organizations. 22
3210-(b) M
3211-ATTERS.—The report under subsection (a) shall 23
3212-include the following: 24
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3216-(1) The methodology of the intelligence commu-1
3217-nity for measuring the effect of civilian harm. 2
3218-(2) The extent to which analysts of the intel-3
3219-ligence community apply such methodology when as-4
3220-sessing the degree to which a terrorist group is de-5
3221-graded, disrupted, or defeated. 6
3222-(3) A framework to enable analysts to assess, as 7
3223-objectively as possible, the effect that civilian harm 8
3224-has had on the mission of degrading, disrupting, or 9
3225-defeating a terrorist group, or an explanation of why 10
3226-such framework cannot be generated. 11
3227-(4) The extent to which dissenting opinions of 12
3228-analysts of the intelligence community are included 13
3229-or highlighted in final written products presented to 14
3230-senior policymakers of the United States. 15
3231-(5) Recommendations to improve the quality of 16
3232-future intelligence community analyses by accounting 17
3233-for the effects of civilian harm on efforts to success-18
3234-fully degrade, disrupt, or defeat a foreign terrorist 19
3235-group. 20
3236-(c) F
3237-ORM.— 21
3238-(1) I
3239-N GENERAL.—The report under subsection 22
3240-(a) may be submitted in classified form, but if so sub-23
3241-mitted, the report shall include an unclassified sum-24
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3245-mary of key findings that is consistent with the pro-1
3246-tection of intelligence sources and methods. 2
3247-(2) A
3248-NNEX.—The report under subsection (a) 3
3249-shall include a classified annex that provides an in-4
3250-ventory of the following: 5
3251-(A) Collection gaps and challenges that may 6
3252-affect the analysis of the success or failure of 7
3253-campaigns against terrorist groups. 8
3254-(B) Actions taken by the Director of Na-9
3255-tional Intelligence to mitigate such gaps and 10
3256-challenges. 11
3257-(d) A
3258-PPROPRIATECONGRESSIONALCOMMITTEESDE-12
3259-FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-13
3260-sional committees’’ means— 14
3261-(1) the congressional intelligence committees; 15
3262-(2) the Subcommittee on Defense of the Com-16
3263-mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-17
3264-tives; and 18
3265-(3) the Subcommittee on Defense of the Com-19
3266-mittee on Appropriations of the Senate. 20
3267-SEC. 444. REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK OF CHINA. 21
3268-(a) I
3269-NGENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 22
3270-date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 23
3271-Intelligence, acting through the National Intelligence Coun-24
3272-cil, shall, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary of 25
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3276-the Treasury for Intelligence and Analysis and the Director 1
3277-of the Central Intelligence Agency, submit to the congres-2
3278-sional intelligence committees a report on the economic out-3
3279-look of the People’s Republic of China, which shall include 4
3280-alternative analyses of the economic projections of the Peo-5
3281-ple’s Republic of China. 6
3282-(b) E
3283-LEMENTS.—The report required under subsection 7
3284-(a) shall include the following: 8
3285-(1) Assessments of the strengths and weaknesses 9
3286-of the economy of the People’s Republic of China, in-10
3287-cluding the potential effects of debt, demographics, 11
3288-and China’s international relationships. 12
3289-(2) Potential challenges for the People’s Republic 13
3290-of China to sustain economic growth and the poten-14
3291-tial for global effects as a result. 15
3292-(3) The implications of the economic future of 16
3293-the People’s Republic of China on the country’s for-17
3294-eign and defense policy. 18
3295-SEC. 445. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT WITH RESPECT TO AS-19
3296-SESSMENTS REGARDING THE NORTHERN TRI-20
3297-ANGLE AND MEXICO. 21
3298-Section 5522 of the National Defense Authorization 22
3299-Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 23
3300-2152) is repealed. 24
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3304-TITLE V—MATTERS RELATING 1
3305-TO DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE 2
3306-AND OVERHEAD ARCHITEC-3
3307-TURE 4
3308-SEC. 501. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE NEED FOR IN-5
3309-CREASED EFFORT AND RESOURCES IN THE 6
3310-FIELD OF GEOMATICS. 7
3311-It is the sense of Congress that— 8
3312-(1) the intelligence community and the broader 9
3313-United States Government require professionals with 10
3314-advanced training in geomatics and geodesy and that 11
3315-the preservation of these skillsets is crucial to advanc-12
3316-ing geospatial intelligence tradecraft for the United 13
3317-States for national security and military operations; 14
3318-(2) the intelligence community should use exist-15
3319-ing authorities to engage in novel ways with aca-16
3320-demic and industry partners to ensure the intelligence 17
3321-community’s demand signal for geomatics and geod-18
3322-esy professionals is received by the largest possible 19
3323-number of United States citizens while also seeking to 20
3324-foster a culture of academic excellence and research to 21
3325-propel the field of geomatics forward at the pace of 22
3326-innovation; 23
3327-(3) by engaging with academic and industry 24
3328-partners the intelligence community can help speed 25
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3332-the reversal of the current trend wherein the United 1
3333-States not only produces fewer geomatics scientists 2
3334-and engineers compared to its global competitors and 3
3335-potential adversaries, but such competitors and adver-4
3336-saries also provide them with training and expertise 5
3337-that could be used against the United States; 6
3338-(4) there is abundant opportunity for the intel-7
3339-ligence community to advance its growing need for 8
3340-geomatics and geodesy professionals by partnering 9
3341-with American universities and researchers with 10
3342-proven experience in diverse fields who can lead the 11
3343-way to solving the United States most vexing 12
3344-geomatics challenges; and 13
3345-(5) the intelligence community must balance the 14
3346-increasing demand for recruiting the best geomatics 15
3347-and geodesy talent while still ensuring a dedicated 16
3348-and patriotic workforce with allegiance to the Con-17
3349-stitution and the United States Government. 18
3350-SEC. 502. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SENIOR INTEL-19
3351-LIGENCE OVERSIGHT OFFICIAL. 20
3352-(a) I
3353-NGENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 21 of title 21
3354-10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 22
3355-the following: 23
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3359-‘‘§ 430c. Senior Intelligence Oversight Official 1
3360-‘‘(a) E
3361-STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense, or 2
3362-a designee of the Secretary determined by regulations pre-3
3363-scribed by the Secretary, shall designate a civilian employee 4
3364-of the Department of Defense in the Senior Executive Serv-5
3365-ice to serve as the Senior Intelligence Oversight Official. 6
3366-‘‘(b) R
3367-ESPONSIBILITIES.—The Senior Intelligence 7
3368-Oversight Official shall exercise independent oversight of all 8
3369-intelligence, intelligence-related, and sensitive activities of 9
3370-the Department of Defense, including activities involving— 10
3371-‘‘(1) tradecraft; 11
3372-‘‘(2) the operational use of an individual; or 12
3373-‘‘(3) clandestine operational tactics, techniques, 13
3374-and procedures. 14
3375-‘‘(c) A
3376-CCESS.—The Senior Intelligence Oversight Offi-15
3377-cial shall have— 16
3378-‘‘(1) complete and unrestricted access to all in-17
3379-formation concerning any intelligence, intelligence-re-18
3380-lated, or sensitive activity of the Department of De-19
3381-fense regardless of classification or 20
3382-compartmentalization, including special access pro-21
3383-grams, from any personnel or organizational entity of 22
3384-the Department of Defense, to the extent necessary to 23
3385-carry out the responsibilities and functions of the 24
3386-Senior Intelligence Oversight Official; and 25
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3390-‘‘(2) direct access to the Secretary of Defense and 1
3391-the Deputy Secretary of Defense, as circumstances re-2
3392-quire in the determination of the Senior Intelligence 3
3393-Oversight Official. 4
3394-‘‘(d) R
3395-EVIEW OFREGULATIONS.—The Secretary of De-5
3396-fense shall review and update Department of Defense Direc-6
3397-tive 5148.13, and any associated or successor regulation or 7
3398-directive, to conform to this section.’’. 8
3399-(b) C
3400-ONFORMINGAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 9
3401-in chapter 21 of such title is amended by adding at the 10
3402-end of subchapter I the following new item: 11
3403-‘‘430c. Senior Intelligence Oversight Official.’’.
3404-SEC. 503. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF DEPARTMENT
3405-12
3406-OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AND COUNTER-13
3407-INTELLIGENCE EXPENSE AUTHORITY. 14
3408-Section 1057 of the National Defense Authorization 15
3409-Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 133 Stat. 16
3410-1593) is amended— 17
3411-(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2025’’ and in-18
3412-serting ‘‘2030’’; 19
3413-(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘2025’’ and in-20
3414-serting ‘‘2030’’; and 21
3415-(3) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘$100,000’’ and 22
3416-inserting ‘‘$125,000’’. 23
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3420-SEC. 504. AUTHORITY OF ARMY COUNTERINTELLIGENCE 1
3421-AGENTS. 2
3422-(a) I
3423-NGENERAL.—Section 7377 of title 10, United 3
3424-States Code, is amended— 4
3425-(1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘and 5
3426-Army Counterintelligence Command ’’ before 6
3427-the colon; and 7
3428-(2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol-8
3429-lows: 9
3430-‘‘(b) A
3431-GENTS TOHAVEAUTHORITY.—Subsection (a) 10
3432-applies to any employee of the Department of the Army 11
3433-who is— 12
3434-‘‘(1) a special agent of the Army Criminal Inves-13
3435-tigation Command (or a successor to that command) 14
3436-whose duties include conducting, supervising, or co-15
3437-ordinating investigations of criminal activity in pro-16
3438-grams and operations of the Department of the Army; 17
3439-or 18
3440-‘‘(2) a special agent of the Army Counterintel-19
3441-ligence Command (or a successor to that command) 20
3442-whose duties include conducting, supervising, or co-21
3443-ordinating counterintelligence investigations in pro-22
3444-grams and operations of the Department of the 23
3445-Army.’’. 24
3446-(b) C
3447-LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 25
3448-the beginning of chapter 747 of such title is amended by 26
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3452-striking the item relating to section 7377 and inserting the 1
3453-following new item: 2
3454-‘‘7377. Civilian special agents of the Criminal Investigation Command and Army
3455-Counterintelligence Command: authority to execute warrants
3456-and make arrests.’’.
3457-SEC. 505. MODIFICATIONS TO NOTIFICATION ON THE PRO-
3458-3
3459-VISION OF DEFENSE SENSITIVE SUPPORT. 4
3460-Section 1055 of the National Defense Authorization 5
3461-Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 6
3462-113 note) is amended— 7
3463-(1) in subsection (b)— 8
3464-(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘para-9
3465-graph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (3) and 10
3466-(4)’’; 11
3467-(B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) 12
3468-through (5) as paragraphs (4) through (6), re-13
3469-spectively; 14
3470-(C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-15
3471-lowing new paragraph: 16
3472-‘‘(3) R
3473-OUTINE DEFENSE SENSITIVE SUPPORT .— 17
3474-In the event that the provision of defense sensitive 18
3475-support is routine defense sensitive support, the Sec-19
3476-retary shall provide notification under paragraph (1) 20
3477-on a quarterly basis after providing the support.’’; 21
3478-(D) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated— 22
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3482-(i) in the paragraph heading, by in-1
3483-serting ‘‘
3484-AND EXTRAORDINARY SECURITY 2
3485-PROTECTIONS’’ after ‘‘SUPPORT’’; 3
3486-(ii) in the matter preceding subpara-4
3487-graph (A)— 5
3488-(I) by inserting ‘‘or requires ex-6
3489-traordinary security protections’’ after 7
3490-‘‘time-sensitive’’; and 8
3491-(II) by inserting ‘‘shall’’ after 9
3492-‘‘Secretary’’; 10
3493-(iii) in subparagraph (A)— 11
3494-(I) by striking ‘‘may’’; 12
3495-(II) by inserting ‘‘or after the ac-13
3496-tivity supported concludes’’ after ‘‘pro-14
3497-viding the support’’; and 15
3498-(III) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and in-16
3499-serting ‘‘; or’’; and 17
3500-(iv) in subparagraph (B)— 18
3501-(I) by striking ‘‘shall’’; and 19
3502-(II) by striking ‘‘notice as soon as 20
3503-practicable after providing such sup-21
3504-port, but not later than 48 hours after 22
3505-providing the support’’ and inserting 23
3506-‘‘notification simultaneously with the 24
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3510-execution of the supported activity’’; 1
3511-and 2
3512-(E) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by 3
3513-striking ‘‘paragraphs (1) and (3)’’ and inserting 4
3514-‘‘paragraphs (1), (3), and (4)’’; and 5
3515-(2) in subsection (c)— 6
3516-(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 7
3517-‘‘D
3518-EFENSESENSITIVESUPPORTDEFINED’’ and 8
3519-inserting ‘‘D
3520-EFINITIONS’’; 9
3521-(B) by striking ‘‘, the term ‘defense sensitive 10
3522-support’ means support provided by the Depart-11
3523-ment of Defense to a non-Department of Defense 12
3524-Federal department or agency that requires spe-13
3525-cial protection from disclosure.’’ and inserting a 14
3526-colon; and 15
3527-(C) by adding at the end the following new 16
3528-paragraphs: 17
3529-‘‘(1) The term ‘defense sensitive support’ means 18
3530-support provided by the Department of Defense to a 19
3531-non-Department of Defense Federal department or 20
3532-agency that requires special protection from disclo-21
3533-sure. 22
3534-‘‘(2) The term ‘routine defense sensitive support’ 23
3535-has the meaning given such term elsewhere in the In-24
3536-telligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025.’’. 25
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3540-SEC. 506. REVISION OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AUTHOR-1
3541-ITY TO ENGAGE IN COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES 2
3542-AS SECURITY FOR INTELLIGENCE COLLEC-3
3543-TION ACTIVITIES. 4
3544-(a) E
3545-XTENSION OFAUTHORITY.—Section 431(a) of 5
3546-title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘De-6
3547-cember 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2027’’. 7
3548-(b) I
3549-NTERAGENCYCOORDINATION AND SUPPORT.— 8
3550-Section 431(b)(1) of such title is amended to read as follows: 9
3551-‘‘(1) be pre-coordinated with the Director of the 10
3552-Central Intelligence Agency using procedures mutu-11
3553-ally agreed upon by the Secretary of Defense and the 12
3554-Director, and, where appropriate, be supported by the 13
3555-Director; and’’. 14
3556-SEC. 507. PROMULGATING GUIDANCE RELATED TO CER-15
3557-TAIN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS. 16
3558-Not later than January 31, 2025, the Secretary of De-17
3559-fense shall issue guidance on the governance and oversight 18
3560-of the contracts of the Department of Defense that support 19
3561-or enable sensitive activities. 20
3562-SEC. 508. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON SPACE FORCE ACQUISI-21
3563-TION WORKFORCE. 22
3564-It is the sense of Congress that— 23
3565-(1) the National Reconnaissance Office and the 24
3566-United States Space Force jointly benefit from a ro-25
3567-bust United States Space Force military and civilian 26
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3571-acquisition workforce that includes contracting offi-1
3572-cers, acquisition program managers, engineers, and 2
3573-program control and finance professionals; 3
3574-(2) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-4
3575-ligence of the House of Representatives is concerned 5
3576-that the United States Space Force’s uneven emphasis 6
3577-on developing space operators and making fewer ac-7
3578-quisition professionals available for assignments at 8
3579-the National Reconnaissance Office can negatively af-9
3580-fect the procurement goals of the National Reconnais-10
3581-sance Office, particularly in support of United States 11
3582-Space Force requirements; and 12
3583-(3) a robust United States Space Force acquisi-13
3584-tion workforce, that encourages assignment opportuni-14
3585-ties at the National Reconnaissance Office, both bene-15
3586-fits the procurement goals of the National Reconnais-16
3587-sance Office and provides valuable experience that ac-17
3588-quisition professionals can apply to future United 18
3589-States Space Force assignments. 19
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3593-TITLE VI—MATTERS RELATING 1
3594-TO CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE 2
3595-AGENCY 3
3596-SEC. 601. REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SPECIAL VICTIM INVES-4
3597-TIGATOR. 5
3598-Section 32(a) of the Central Intelligence Agency Act 6
3599-of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 3533(a)) is amended by adding at the 7
3600-end the following: ‘‘No individual appointed as the Special 8
3601-Victim Investigator may, at the time of such appointment, 9
3602-be a current employee of the Central Intelligence Agency.’’. 10
3603-SEC. 602. RESERVE FOR CONTINGENCIES NOTIFICATION 11
3604-REQUIREMENT. 12
3605-Section 504(a)(2) of the National Security Act of 1947 13
3606-(50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and, not 14
3607-later than 10 days after the date of the obligation or expend-15
3608-iture of such funds, of the activity requiring such obligation 16
3609-or expenditure’’ before the semicolon. 17
3610-SEC. 603. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE STUDY 18
3611-AND REPORT ON MODERNIZATION INITIA-19
3612-TIVE OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGEN-20
3613-CY. 21
3614-(a) R
3615-EQUIREMENT.—The Comptroller General of the 22
3616-United States shall conduct a study on the impacts of the 23
3617-Central Intelligence Agency’s modernization initiative. 24
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3621-(b) ELEMENTS.—The study required under subsection 1
3622-(a) may include the following: 2
3623-(1) An assessment of the Agency’s implementa-3
3624-tion of changes pursuant to the modernization initia-4
3625-tive, including organizational changes and changes to 5
3626-Agency activities. 6
3627-(2) An assessment of how any new administra-7
3628-tive requirements made pursuant to the moderniza-8
3629-tion initiative have affected Agency activities. 9
3630-(3) An evaluation of whether the Agency’s imple-10
3631-mentation of changes pursuant to the modernization 11
3632-initiative have affected the Agency’s ability to antici-12
3633-pate and respond to emerging issues. 13
3634-(4) An assessment of the extent to which the 14
3635-Agency’s implementation of changes pursuant to the 15
3636-modernization initiative have— 16
3637-(A) fostered an organizational climate and 17
3638-structure that allows personnel in analytic and 18
3639-operational fields to take professional risks; 19
3640-(B) grown the role of analytic personnel 20
3641-and provided opportunities for them to become 21
3642-subject matter experts within the analytical ca-22
3643-reer fields; and 23
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3647-(C) changed the number of personnel from 1
3648-analytical fields represented in managerial and 2
3649-policy positions. 3
3650-(5) Other matters deemed relevant by the Comp-4
3651-troller General. 5
3652-(c) B
3653-RIEFING; REPORT.— 6
3654-(1) B
3655-RIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after 7
3656-the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 8
3657-General shall provide to the appropriate congressional 9
3658-committees a briefing on the preliminary findings of 10
3659-the study conducted under subsection (a) at a time 11
3660-that is mutually agreed upon by the appropriate con-12
3661-gressional committees and the Comptroller General. 13
3662-(2) R
3663-EPORT REQUIREMENT.— 14
3664-(A) S
3665-UBMISSION TO CONGRESS .—Not later 15
3666-than 1 year after the date of the enactment of 16
3667-this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to 17
3668-the appropriate congressional committees a re-18
3669-port on the results of the study conducted under 19
3670-subsection (a). 20
3671-(B) F
3672-ORM OF REPORT .—The report re-21
3673-quired under this subsection shall be submitted 22
3674-in unclassified form but may include a classified 23
3675-annex. 24
3676-(d) D
3677-EFINITIONS.—In this section: 25
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3681-(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -1
3682-TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-2
3683-tees’’ means— 3
3684-(A) the Committee on Appropriations and 4
3685-the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Sen-5
3686-ate; and 6
3687-(B) the Committee on Appropriations and 7
3688-the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 8
3689-of the House of Representatives. 9
3690-(2) A
3691-GENCY.—The term ‘‘Agency’’ means the 10
3692-Central Intelligence Agency. 11
3693-TITLE VII—MATTERS RELATING 12
3694-TO TECHNOLOGY AND INNO-13
3695-VATION 14
3696-SEC. 701. SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION FA-15
3697-CILITY ACCREDITATION. 16
3698-(a) I
3699-NGENERAL.—The Under Secretary of Defense for 17
3700-Intelligence and Security shall, not later than December 31, 18
3701-2029— 19
3702-(1) assign responsibility to the Defense Counter-20
3703-intelligence and Security Agency for the accreditation 21
3704-of sensitive compartmented information facilities for 22
3705-all components of the Department of Defense, includ-23
3706-ing the military departments, except with respect to 24
3707-the National Security Agency, the National Recon-25
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3711-naissance Office, and the National Geospatial-Intel-1
3712-ligence Agency; and 2
3713-(2) ensure that the Defense Counterintelligence 3
3714-and Security Agency has the appropriate staff to suc-4
3715-cessfully carry out such responsibility. 5
3716-(b) N
3717-OTIFICATIONWITHRESPECT TORESOURCERE-6
3718-QUIREMENTS.—The Under Secretary of Defense for Intel-7
3719-ligence and Security shall notify the congressional intel-8
3720-ligence committees and the congressional defense committees 9
3721-with respect to the resource requirements for the Defense 10
3722-Counterintelligence and Security Agency to carry out the 11
3723-accreditation responsibility under subsection (a). 12
3724-(c) S
3725-UBMISSION OF REPORT TOCONGRESS.—The 13
3726-Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security 14
3727-shall, in consultation with the Director of the National Se-15
3728-curity Agency, the Director of the National Reconnaissance 16
3729-Office, and the Director of the National Geospatial-Intel-17
3730-ligence Agency, submit to the congressional intelligence 18
3731-committees and the Committees on Armed Services of the 19
3732-House of Representatives and the Senate a report not later 20
3733-than December 31, 2027, on the feasibility of the Defense 21
3734-Counterintelligence and Security Agency assuming accredi-22
3735-tation responsibility with respect to sensitive compart-23
3736-mented information facilities for the National Security 24
3737-Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office, and the Na-25
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3741-tional Geospatial-Intelligence Agency by December 31, 1
3742-2029. 2
3743-(d) C
3744-ONGRESSIONAL DEFENSECOMMITTEESDE-3
3745-FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘congressional defense 4
3746-committees’’ has the meaning given that term in section 5
3747-101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code. 6
3748-SEC. 702. STUDY OF INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY RESEARCH 7
3749-SECURITY. 8
3750-(a) S
3751-TUDY.—The Director of National Intelligence 9
3752-shall conduct a study on preventing intelligence community 10
3753-research grant funding from improperly benefiting foreign 11
3754-countries of concern. 12
3755-(b) E
3756-LEMENTS.—The study under subsection (a) shall 13
3757-include the following: 14
3758-(1) An evaluation of the intelligence commu-15
3759-nity’s current research security practices, including 16
3760-with respect to the requirements under section 121 of 17
3761-the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3061). 18
3762-(2) An evaluation of the feasibility and effects of 19
3763-prohibiting the award of an intelligence community 20
3764-grant for research to any individual or institution if 21
3765-the head of the relevant element of the intelligence 22
3766-community cannot verify that such grantee does not 23
3767-partner, formally or informally, with individuals 24
3768-from institutions located in any country of concern, 25
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3772-or with institutions or entities from or located in any 1
3773-country of concern, subject to a waiver of such prohi-2
3774-bition, on a case by case basis, by the head or deputy 3
3775-of the element of the intelligence community. 4
3776-(3) Recommendations for the operational imple-5
3777-mentation of the prohibition described in paragraph 6
3778-(2). 7
3779-(c) R
3780-EPORT.— 8
3781-(1) I
3782-N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 9
3783-the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 10
3784-shall submit to the congressional intelligence commit-11
3785-tees a report containing the results of the study con-12
3786-ducted under subsection (a) and the recommendations 13
3787-required under subsection (b)(3). 14
3788-(2) F
3789-ORM.—The report required under para-15
3790-graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 16
3791-may include a classified annex. 17
3792-(d) C
3793-OUNTRY OFCONCERNDEFINED.—For purposes 18
3794-of this section, the term ‘‘country of concern’’ has the mean-19
3795-ing given that term in section 1(m)(1) of the State Depart-20
3796-ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 21
3797-2651a(m)(1)). 22
3798-SEC. 703. REPORT ON BIOTECHNOLOGY. 23
3799-(a) R
3800-EPORTINGREQUIREMENT.—Not later than June 24
3801-30, 2025, the head of each covered element of the intelligence 25
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3805-community shall submit a separate report to the congres-1
3806-sional intelligence committees with respect to biotechnology 2
3807-threats and intelligence activities related to biotechnology 3
3808-threats. 4
3809-(b) M
3810-ATTERSINCLUDED.—Each report under sub-5
3811-section (a) shall include, with respect to each covered ele-6
3812-ment of the intelligence community, the following: 7
3813-(1) A description of any gaps that exist with re-8
3814-spect to intelligence activities that impede such ele-9
3815-ment from fully targeting, collecting, and analyzing 10
3816-intelligence related to biotechnology threats. 11
3817-(2) A description of any existing formal mecha-12
3818-nisms by which the intelligence community provides 13
3819-intelligence and support with respect to biotechnology 14
3820-threats to— 15
3821-(A) departments and agencies of the Federal 16
3822-Government outside the intelligence community; 17
3823-(B) the governments of foreign countries; 18
3824-and 19
3825-(C) private industry and academic institu-20
3826-tions. 21
3827-(3) An assessment of any existing mechanisms 22
3828-and manners by which the intelligence community 23
3829-consults with biotechnology experts and other outside 24
3830-experts with related expertise. 25
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3834-(c) COVEREDELEMENTS OF THEINTELLIGENCECOM-1
3835-MUNITY.—For purposes of this section, the covered elements 2
3836-of the intelligence community are as follows: 3
3837-(1) The Central Intelligence Agency. 4
3838-(2) The Defense Intelligence Agency. 5
3839-(3) The Federal Bureau of Investigation. 6
3840-(4) The National Security Agency. 7
3841-(5) The Office of the Director of National Intel-8
3842-ligence. 9
3843-SEC. 704. DATA WITH RESPECT TO TIMELINESS OF SECU-10
3844-RITY CLEARANCE DETERMINATIONS. 11
3845-Section 7702 of the National Defense Authorization 12
3846-Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (50 U.S.C. 3352h) is amended by 13
3847-adding at the end the following new subsection: 14
3848-‘‘(d) D
3849-ATAWITHRESPECT TOTIMELINESS OFSECU-15
3850-RITYCLEARANCEDETERMINATIONS.— 16
3851-‘‘(1) I
3852-N GENERAL.—With respect to each report 17
3853-on compliance with timeliness standards for ren-18
3854-dering determinations of trust for personnel vetting 19
3855-prepared pursuant to subsection (b), the Director of 20
3856-National Intelligence shall make available to the con-21
3857-gressional intelligence committees as soon as prac-22
3858-ticable the raw data with respect to the timeliness of 23
3859-security clearance determinations used to prepare 24
3860-each such report in machine-readable format for each 25
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3864-element of the intelligence community that collects 1
3865-such data. 2
3866-‘‘(2) F
3867-ORM AND CLASSIFICATION JUSTIFICA -3
3868-TION.—The data provided to the congressional intel-4
3869-ligence committees under paragraph (1) shall be sub-5
3870-mitted in unclassified form to the greatest extent pos-6
3871-sible and shall contain a justification for the classi-7
3872-fication of any such data provided, which shall in-8
3873-clude citations to the applicable classification guide 9
3874-which explain the reason any such data is classi-10
3875-fied.’’. 11
3876-SEC. 705. DATA WITH RESPECT TO TIMELINESS OF POLY-12
3877-GRAPH EXAMINATIONS. 13
3878-Section 7702 of the National Defense Authorization 14
3879-Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (50 U.S.C. 3352h), as amended 15
3880-by section 704, is further amended by adding at the end 16
3881-the following new subsection: 17
3882-‘‘(e) D
3883-ATAWITHRESPECT TOTIMELINESS OFPOLY-18
3884-GRAPHEXAMINATIONS.— 19
3885-‘‘(1) I
3886-N GENERAL.—With respect to each report 20
3887-on compliance with timeliness standards for ren-21
3888-dering determinations of trust for personnel vetting 22
3889-prepared pursuant to subsection (b), the Director of 23
3890-National Intelligence shall make available to the con-24
3891-gressional intelligence committees as soon as prac-25
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3895-ticable the raw data with respect to the timeliness of 1
3896-polygraph examinations used to prepare each such re-2
3897-port in machine-readable format for each element of 3
3898-the intelligence community that collects such data. 4
3899-‘‘(2) F
3900-ORM AND CLASSIFICATION JUSTIFICA -5
3901-TION.—The data provided to the congressional intel-6
3902-ligence committees under paragraph (1) shall be sub-7
3903-mitted in unclassified form to the greatest extent pos-8
3904-sible and shall contain a justification for the classi-9
3905-fication of any such data provided, which shall in-10
3906-clude citations to the applicable classification guide 11
3907-which explain the reason any such data is classi-12
3908-fied.’’. 13
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3912-118
3913-TH
3914-CONGRESS
3915-2
3916-D
3917-S
3918-ESSION
3919-
3920-H. R. 8512
3921-[Report No. 118–662]
3922-A BILL
3923-To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for
3924-intelligence and intelligence-related activities of
3925-the United States Government, the Community
3926-Management Account, and the Central Intel-
3927-ligence Agency Retirement and Disability Sys-
3928-tem, and for other purposes.
3929-S
3930-EPTEMBER
3931-11, 2024
3932-Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
3933-mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
3934-and ordered to be printed
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111+LASSIFIEDAUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-10
112+TIONS.—In addition to amounts authorized to be appro-11
113+priated for the Intelligence Community Management Ac-12
114+count by subsection (a), there are authorized to be appro-13
115+priated for the Intelligence Community Management Ac-14
116+count for fiscal year 2025 such additional amounts as are 15
117+specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations re-16
118+ferred to in section 102(a). 17
119+TITLE II—CENTRAL INTEL-18
120+LIGENCE AGENCY RETIRE-19
121+MENT AND DISABILITY SYS-20
122+TEM 21
123+SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 22
124+There is authorized to be appropriated for the Cen-23
125+tral Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund 24
126+$514,000,000 for fiscal year 2025. 25
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130+TITLE III—GENERAL INTEL-1
131+LIGENCE COMMUNITY MAT-2
132+TERS 3
133+SEC. 301. RESTRICTION ON CONDUCT OF INTELLIGENCE 4
134+ACTIVITIES. 5
135+The authorization of appropriations by this Act shall 6
136+not be deemed to constitute authority for the conduct of 7
137+any intelligence activity which is not otherwise authorized 8
138+by the Constitution or the laws of the United States. 9
139+SEC. 302. INCREASE IN EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND 10
140+BENEFITS AUTHORIZED BY LAW. 11
141+Appropriations authorized by this Act for salary, pay, 12
142+retirement, and other benefits for Federal employees may 13
143+be increased by such additional or supplemental amounts 14
144+as may be necessary for increases in such compensation 15
145+or benefits authorized by law. 16
146+Æ
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