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1	1	II
2	2	Calendar No. 412
3	3	118THCONGRESS
4	4	2
5	5	DSESSION S. 4443
6	6	To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for intelligence and intel-
7	7	ligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Intel-
8	8	ligence Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence
9	9	Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.
10	10	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
11	11	JUNE3, 2024
12	12	Mr. W
13	13	ARNER, from the Select Committee on Intelligence, reported the
14	14	following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar
15	15	A BILL
16	16	To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for intel-
17	17	ligence and intelligence-related activities of the United
18	18	States Government, the Intelligence Community Manage-
19	19	ment Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Re-
20	20	tirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.
21	21	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
22	22	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
23	23	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
24	24	(a) S
25	25	HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
26	26	‘‘Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025’’. 5
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30	30	(b) TABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 1
31	31	this Act is as follows: 2
32	32	Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
33	33	Sec. 2. Definitions.
34	34	TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
35	35	Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations.
36	36	Sec. 102. Classified Schedule of Authorizations.
37	37	Sec. 103. Intelligence Community Management Account.
38	38	Sec. 104. Increase in employee compensation and benefits authorized by law.
39	39	TITLE II—CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND
40	40	DISABILITY SYSTEM
41	41	Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.
42	42	TITLE III—INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MATTERS
43	43	Sec. 301. Improvements relating to conflicts of interest in the Intelligence Inno-
44	44	vation Board.
45	45	Sec. 302. National Threat Identification and Prioritization Assessment and Na-
46	46	tional Counterintelligence Strategy.
47	47	Sec. 303. Open Source Intelligence Division of Office of Intelligence and Anal-
48	48	ysis personnel.
49	49	Sec. 304. Appointment of Director of the Office of Intelligence and Counter-
50	50	intelligence.
51	51	Sec. 305. Improvements to advisory board of National Reconnaissance Office.
52	52	Sec. 306. National Intelligence University acceptance of grants.
53	53	Sec. 307. Protection of Central Intelligence Agency facilities and assets from
54	54	unmanned aircraft.
55	55	Sec. 308. Limitation on availability of funds for new controlled access pro-
56	56	grams.
57	57	Sec. 309. Limitation on transfers from controlled access programs.
58	58	Sec. 310. Expenditure of funds for certain intelligence and counterintelligence
59	59	activities of the Coast Guard.
60	60	Sec. 311. Unauthorized access to intelligence community property.
61	61	Sec. 312. Strengthening of Office of Intelligence and Analysis.
62	62	Sec. 313. Report on sensitive commercially available information.
63	63	Sec. 314. Policy on collection of United States location information.
64	64	Sec. 315. Display of flags, seals, and emblems other than the United States
65	65	flag.
66	66	TITLE IV—COUNTERING FOREIGN THREATS
67	67	Subtitle A—People’s Republic of China
68	68	Sec. 401. Strategy and outreach on risks posed by People’s Republic of China
69	69	smartport technology.
70	70	Sec. 402. Assessment of current status of biotechnology of People’s Republic of
71	71	China.
72	72	Sec. 403. Intelligence sharing with law enforcement agencies on synthetic opioid
73	73	precursor chemicals originating in People’s Republic of China.
74	74	Sec. 404. Report on efforts of the People’s Republic of China to evade United
75	75	States transparency and national security regulations.
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79	79	Sec. 405. Plan for recruitment of Mandarin speakers.
80	80	Subtitle B—The Russian Federation
81	81	Sec. 411. Assessment of Russian Federation sponsorship of acts of inter-
82	82	national terrorism.
83	83	Sec. 412. Assessment of likely course of war in Ukraine.
84	84	Subtitle C—International Terrorism
85	85	Sec. 421. Inclusion of Hamas, Hezbollah, Al-Qaeda, and ISIS officials and
86	86	members among aliens engaged in terrorist activity.
87	87	Sec. 422. Assessment and report on the threat of ISIS-Khorasan to the United
88	88	States.
89	89	Sec. 423. Terrorist financing prevention.
90	90	Subtitle D—Other Foreign Threats
91	91	Sec. 431. Assessment of visa-free travel to and within Western Hemisphere by
92	92	nationals of countries of concern.
93	93	Sec. 432. Study on threat posed by foreign investment in United States agricul-
94	94	tural land.
95	95	Sec. 433. Assessment of threat posed by citizenship-by-investment programs.
96	96	Sec. 434. Mitigating the use of United States components and technology in
97	97	hostile activities by foreign adversaries.
98	98	Sec. 435. Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence review of visitors and
99	99	assignees.
100	100	Sec. 436. Prohibition on National Laboratories admitting certain foreign na-
101	101	tionals.
102	102	Sec. 437. Quarterly report on certain foreign nationals encountered at the
103	103	United States border.
104	104	Sec. 438. Assessment of the lessons learned by the intelligence community with
105	105	respect to the Israel-Hamas war.
106	106	Sec. 439. Central Intelligence Agency intelligence assessment on Tren de
107	107	Aragua.
108	108	Sec. 440. Assessment of Maduro regime’s economic and security relationships
109	109	with state sponsors of terrorism and foreign terrorist organiza-
110	110	tions.
111	111	Sec. 441. Continued congressional oversight of Iranian expenditures supporting
112	112	foreign military and terrorist activities.
113	113	TITLE V—EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
114	114	Sec. 501. Strategy to counter foreign adversary efforts to utilize biotechnologies
115	115	in ways that threaten United States national security.
116	116	Sec. 502. Improvements to the roles, missions, and objectives of the National
117	117	Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center.
118	118	Sec. 503. Enhancing capabilities to detect foreign adversary threats relating to
119	119	biological data.
120	120	Sec. 504. National security procedures to address certain risks and threats re-
121	121	lating to artificial intelligence.
122	122	Sec. 505. Establishment of Artificial Intelligence Security Center.
123	123	Sec. 506. Sense of Congress encouraging intelligence community to increase
124	124	private sector capital partnerships and partnership with Office
125	125	of Strategic Capital of Department of Defense to secure endur-
126	126	ing technological advantages.
127	127	Sec. 507. Intelligence Community Technology Bridge Fund.
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131	131	Sec. 508. Enhancement of authority for intelligence community public-private
132	132	talent exchanges.
133	133	Sec. 509. Enhancing intelligence community ability to acquire emerging tech-
134	134	nology that fulfills intelligence community needs.
135	135	Sec. 510. Management of artificial intelligence security risks.
136	136	Sec. 511. Protection of technological measures designed to verify authenticity
137	137	or provenance of machine-manipulated media.
138	138	Sec. 512. Sense of Congress on hostile foreign cyber actors.
139	139	Sec. 513. Designation of state sponsors of ransomware and reporting require-
140	140	ments.
141	141	Sec. 514. Deeming ransomware threats to critical infrastructure a national in-
142	142	telligence priority.
143	143	TITLE VI—CLASSIFICATION REFORM
144	144	Sec. 601. Governance of classification and declassification system.
145	145	Sec. 602. Classification and declassification of information.
146	146	Sec. 603. Minimum standards for Executive agency insider threat programs.
147	147	TITLE VII—SECURITY CLEARANCES AND INTELLIGENCE
148	148	COMMUNITY WORKFORCE IMPROVEMENTS
149	149	Sec. 701. Security clearances held by certain former employees of intelligence
150	150	community.
151	151	Sec. 702. Policy for authorizing intelligence community program of contractor-
152	152	owned and contractor-operated sensitive compartmented infor-
153	153	mation facilities.
154	154	Sec. 703. Enabling intelligence community integration.
155	155	Sec. 704. Appointment of spouses of certain Federal employees.
156	156	Sec. 705. Plan for staffing the intelligence collection positions of the Central
157	157	Intelligence Agency.
158	158	Sec. 706. Intelligence community workplace protections.
159	159	Sec. 707. Sense of Congress on Government personnel support for foreign ter-
160	160	rorist organizations.
161	161	TITLE VIII—WHISTLEBLOWERS
162	162	Sec. 801. Improvements regarding urgent concerns submitted to Inspectors
163	163	General of the intelligence community.
164	164	Sec. 802. Prohibition against disclosure of whistleblower identity as act of re-
165	165	prisal.
166	166	Sec. 803. Protection for individuals making authorized disclosures to Inspectors
167	167	General of elements of the intelligence community.
168	168	Sec. 804. Clarification of authority of certain Inspectors General to receive pro-
169	169	tected disclosures.
170	170	Sec. 805. Whistleblower protections relating to psychiatric testing or examina-
171	171	tion.
172	172	Sec. 806. Establishing process parity for adverse security clearance and access
173	173	determinations.
174	174	Sec. 807. Elimination of cap on compensatory damages for retaliatory revoca-
175	175	tion of security clearances and access determinations.
176	176	TITLE IX—ANOMALOUS HEALTH INCIDENTS
177	177	Sec. 901. Additional discretion for Director of Central Intelligence Agency in
178	178	paying costs of treating qualifying injuries and making pay-
179	179	ments for qualifying injuries to the brain.
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183	183	Sec. 902. Additional discretion for Secretary of State and heads of other Fed-
184	184	eral agencies in paying costs of treating qualifying injuries and
185	185	making payments for qualifying injuries to the brain.
186	186	Sec. 903. Improved funding flexibility for payments made by Department of
187	187	State for qualifying injuries to the brain.
188	188	TITLE X—UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA
189	189	Sec. 1001. Comptroller General of the United States review of All-domain
190	190	Anomaly Resolution Office.
191	191	Sec. 1002. Sunset of requirements relating to audits of unidentified anomalous
192	192	phenomena historical record report.
193	193	Sec. 1003. Funding limitations relating to unidentified anomalous phenomena.
194	194	TITLE XI—AIR AMERICA
195	195	Sec. 1101. Short title.
196	196	Sec. 1102. Findings.
197	197	Sec. 1103. Definitions.
198	198	Sec. 1104. Award authorized to eligible persons.
199	199	Sec. 1105. Funding limitation.
200	200	Sec. 1106. Time limitation.
201	201	Sec. 1107. Application procedures.
202	202	Sec. 1108. Rule of construction.
203	203	Sec. 1109. Attorneys’ and agents’ fees.
204	204	Sec. 1110. No judicial review.
205	205	Sec. 1111. Reports to Congress.
206	206	TITLE XII—OTHER MATTERS
207	207	Sec. 1201. Enhanced authorities for amicus curiae under the Foreign Intel-
208	208	ligence Surveillance Act of 1978.
209	209	Sec. 1202. Limitation on directives under Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
210	210	of 1978 relating to certain electronic communication service
211	211	providers.
212	212	Sec. 1203. Strengthening Election Cybersecurity to Uphold Respect for Elec-
213	213	tions through Independent Testing Act of 2024.
214	214	Sec. 1204. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board qualifications.
215	215	Sec. 1205. Parity in pay for staff of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight
216	216	Board and the intelligence community.
217	217	Sec. 1206. Modification and repeal of reporting requirements.
218	218	Sec. 1207. Technical amendments.
219	219	SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
220	220	1
221	221	In this Act: 2
222	222	(1) C
223	223	ONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE COMMIT -3
224	224	TEES.—The term ‘‘congressional intelligence com-4
225	225	mittees’’ has the meaning given such term in section 5
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229	229	3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 1
230	230	3003). 2
231	231	(2) I
232	232	NTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY .—The term 3
233	233	‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning given 4
234	234	such term in such section. 5
235	235	TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE 6
236	236	ACTIVITIES 7
237	237	SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 8
238	238	Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 9
239	239	fiscal year 2025 for the conduct of the intelligence and 10
240	240	intelligence-related activities of the Federal Government. 11
241	241	SEC. 102. CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AUTHORIZATIONS. 12
242	242	(a) S
243	243	PECIFICATIONS OF AMOUNTS.—The amounts 13
244	244	authorized to be appropriated under section 101 for the 14
245	245	conduct of the intelligence activities of the Federal Gov-15
246	246	ernment are those specified in the classified Schedule of 16
247	247	Authorizations prepared to accompany this Act. 17
248	248	(b) A
249	249	VAILABILITY OFCLASSIFIEDSCHEDULE OFAU-18
250	250	THORIZATIONS.— 19
251	251	(1) A
252	252	VAILABILITY.—The classified Schedule of 20
253	253	Authorizations referred to in subsection (a) shall be 21
254	254	made available to the Committee on Appropriations 22
255	255	of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of 23
256	256	the House of Representatives, and to the President. 24
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260	260	(2) DISTRIBUTION BY THE PRESIDENT .—Sub-1
261	261	ject to paragraph (3), the President shall provide for 2
262	262	suitable distribution of the classified Schedule of Au-3
263	263	thorizations referred to in subsection (a), or of ap-4
264	264	propriate portions of such Schedule, within the exec-5
265	265	utive branch of the Federal Government. 6
266	266	(3) L
267	267	IMITS ON DISCLOSURE .—The President 7
268	268	shall not publicly disclose the classified Schedule of 8
269	269	Authorizations or any portion of such Schedule ex-9
270	270	cept— 10
271	271	(A) as provided in section 601(a) of the 11
272	272	Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 12
273	273	Commission Act of 2007 (50 U.S.C. 3306(a)); 13
274	274	(B) to the extent necessary to implement 14
275	275	the budget; or 15
276	276	(C) as otherwise required by law. 16
277	277	SEC. 103. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT AC-17
278	278	COUNT. 18
279	279	(a) A
280	280	UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—There is 19
281	281	authorized to be appropriated for the Intelligence Commu-20
282	282	nity Management Account of the Director of National In-21
283	283	telligence for fiscal year 2025 the sum of $656,573,000. 22
284	284	(b) C
285	285	LASSIFIEDAUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-23
286	286	TIONS.—In addition to amounts authorized to be appro-24
287	287	priated for the Intelligence Community Management Ac-25
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291	291	count by subsection (a), there are authorized to be appro-1
292	292	priated for the Intelligence Community Management Ac-2
293	293	count for fiscal year 2025 such additional amounts as are 3
294	294	specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations re-4
295	295	ferred to in section 102(a). 5
296	296	SEC. 104. INCREASE IN EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND 6
297	297	BENEFITS AUTHORIZED BY LAW. 7
298	298	Appropriations authorized by this Act for salary, pay, 8
299	299	retirement, and other benefits for Federal employees may 9
300	300	be increased by such additional or supplemental amounts 10
301	301	as may be necessary for increases in such compensation 11
302	302	or benefits authorized by law. 12
303	303	TITLE II—CENTRAL INTEL-13
304	304	LIGENCE AGENCY RETIRE-14
305	305	MENT AND DISABILITY SYS-15
306	306	TEM 16
307	307	SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 17
308	308	There is authorized to be appropriated for the Cen-18
309	309	tral Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund 19
310	310	$514,000,000 for fiscal year 2025. 20
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314	314	TITLE III—INTELLIGENCE 1
315	315	COMMUNITY MATTERS 2
316	316	SEC. 301. IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF IN-3
317	317	TEREST IN THE INTELLIGENCE INNOVATION 4
318	318	BOARD. 5
319	319	Section 7506(g) of the Intelligence Authorization Act 6
320	320	for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31) is amended— 7
321	321	(1) in paragraph (2)— 8
322	322	(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘ac-9
323	323	tive and’’ before ‘‘potential’’; 10
324	324	(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘the 11
325	325	Inspector General of the Intelligence Commu-12
326	326	nity’’ and inserting ‘‘the designated agency eth-13
327	327	ics official’’; 14
328	328	(C) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 15
329	329	subparagraph (D); and 16
330	330	(D) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 17
331	331	the following: 18
332	332	‘‘(C) Authority for the designated agency 19
333	333	ethics official to grant a waiver for a conflict of 20
334	334	interest, except that— 21
335	335	‘‘(i) no waiver may be granted for an 22
336	336	active conflict of interest identified with re-23
337	337	spect to the Chair of the Board; 24
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341	341	‘‘(ii) every waiver for a potential con-1
342	342	flict of interest requires review and ap-2
343	343	proval by the Director of National Intel-3
344	344	ligence; and 4
345	345	‘‘(iii) for every waiver granted, the 5
346	346	designated agency ethics official shall sub-6
347	347	mit to the congressional intelligence com-7
348	348	mittees notice of the waiver.’’; and 8
349	349	(2) by adding at the end the following: 9
350	350	‘‘(3) D
351	351	EFINITION OF DESIGNATED AGENCY 10
352	352	ETHICS OFFICIAL.—In this subsection, the term 11
353	353	‘designated agency ethics official’ means the des-12
354	354	ignated agency ethics official (as defined in section 13
355	355	13101 of title 5, United States Code) in the Office 14
356	356	of the Director of National Intelligence.’’. 15
357	357	SEC. 302. NATIONAL THREAT IDENTIFICATION AND 16
358	358	PRIORITIZATION ASSESSMENT AND NA-17
359	359	TIONAL COUNTERINTELLIGENCE STRATEGY. 18
360	360	Section 904(f)(3) of the Counterintelligence En-19
361	361	hancement Act of 2002 (50 U.S.C. 3383(f)(3)) is amend-20
362	362	ed by striking ‘‘National Counterintelligence Executive’’ 21
363	363	and inserting ‘‘Director of the National Counterintel-22
364	364	ligence and Security Center’’. 23
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368	368	SEC. 303. OPEN SOURCE INTELLIGENCE DIVISION OF OF-1
369	369	FICE OF INTELLIGENCE AND ANALYSIS PER-2
370	370	SONNEL. 3
371	371	None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by 4
372	372	this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2025 5
373	373	for the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Depart-6
374	374	ment of Homeland Security may be obligated or expended 7
375	375	by the Office to increase, above the staffing level in effect 8
376	376	on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, 9
377	377	the number of personnel assigned to the Open Source In-10
378	378	telligence Division who work exclusively or predominantly 11
379	379	on domestic terrorism issues. 12
380	380	SEC. 304. APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF 13
381	381	INTELLIGENCE AND COUNTERINTEL-14
382	382	LIGENCE. 15
383	383	(a) I
384	384	NGENERAL.—Section 215(c) of the Department 16
385	385	of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7144b(c)) is 17
386	386	amended to read as follows: 18
387	387	‘‘(c) D
388	388	IRECTOR.— 19
389	389	‘‘(1) A
390	390	PPOINTMENT.—The head of the Office 20
391	391	shall be the Director of the Office of Intelligence and 21
392	392	Counterintelligence, who shall be appointed by the 22
393	393	President, by and with the advice and consent of the 23
394	394	Senate. The Director of the Office shall report di-24
395	395	rectly to the Secretary. 25
396	396	‘‘(2) T
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401	401	‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall 1
402	402	serve for a term of 6 years. 2
403	403	‘‘(B) R
404	404	EAPPOINTMENT.—The Director 3
405	405	shall be eligible for reappointment for 1 or more 4
406	406	terms. 5
407	407	‘‘(3) Q
408	408	UALIFICATIONS.—The Director shall— 6
409	409	‘‘(A) be an employee in the Senior Execu-7
410	410	tive Service, the Senior Intelligence Service, the 8
411	411	Senior National Intelligence Service, or any 9
412	412	other Service that the Secretary, in coordina-10
413	413	tion with the Director of National Intelligence, 11
414	414	considers appropriate; and 12
415	415	‘‘(B) have substantial expertise in matters 13
416	416	relating to the intelligence community, includ-14
417	417	ing foreign intelligence and counterintel-15
418	418	ligence.’’. 16
419	419	(b) E
420	420	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 17
421	421	this section shall take effect on January 21, 2025. 18
422	422	SEC. 305. IMPROVEMENTS TO ADVISORY BOARD OF NA-19
423	423	TIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE. 20
424	424	Section 106A(d) of the National Security Act of 1947 21
425	425	(50 U.S.C. 3041a(d)) is amended— 22
426	426	(1) in paragraph (3)(A)— 23
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431	431	(i) by striking ‘‘five members ap-1
432	432	pointed by the Director, in consultation 2
433	433	with the Director of National Intelligence 3
434	434	and the Secretary of Defense,’’ and insert-4
435	435	ing ‘‘up to 8 members appointed by the 5
436	436	Director’’; and 6
437	437	(ii) by inserting ‘‘, and who do not 7
438	438	present any actual or potential conflict of 8
439	439	interest’’ before the period at the end; 9
440	440	(B) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause 10
441	441	(iii); and 11
442	442	(C) by inserting after clause (i) the fol-12
443	443	lowing: 13
444	444	‘‘(ii) M
445	445	EMBERSHIP STRUCTURE .—The 14
446	446	Director shall ensure that no more than 2 15
447	447	concurrently serving members of the Board 16
448	448	qualify for membership on the Board based 17
449	449	predominantly on a single qualification set 18
450	450	forth under clause (i).’’; 19
451	451	(2) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through 20
452	452	(7) as paragraphs (6) through (8), respectively; 21
453	453	(3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-22
454	454	lowing: 23
455	455	‘‘(5) C
456	456	HARTER.—The Director shall establish a 24
457	457	charter for the Board that includes the following: 25
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461	461	‘‘(A) Mandatory processes for identifying 1
462	462	potential conflicts of interest, including the sub-2
463	463	mission of initial and periodic financial disclo-3
464	464	sures by Board members. 4
465	465	‘‘(B) The vetting of potential conflicts of 5
466	466	interest by the designated agency ethics official, 6
467	467	except that no individual waiver may be granted 7
468	468	for a conflict of interest identified with respect 8
469	469	to the Chair of the Board. 9
470	470	‘‘(C) The establishment of a process and 10
471	471	associated protections for any whistleblower al-11
472	472	leging a violation of applicable conflict of inter-12
473	473	est law, Federal contracting law, or other provi-13
474	474	sion of law.’’; and 14
475	475	(4) in paragraph (8), as redesignated by para-15
476	476	graph (2), by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and in-16
477	477	serting ‘‘August 31, 2027’’. 17
478	478	SEC. 306. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE UNIVERSITY ACCEPT-18
479	479	ANCE OF GRANTS. 19
480	480	(a) I
481	481	NGENERAL.—Subtitle D of title X of the Na-20
482	482	tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3227 et seq.) is 21
483	483	amended by adding at the end the following: 22
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487	487	‘‘§ 1035. National Intelligence University acceptance 1
488	488	of grants 2
489	489	‘‘(a) A
490	490	UTHORITY.—The Director of National Intel-3
491	491	ligence may authorize the President of the National Intel-4
492	492	ligence University to accept qualifying research grants. 5
493	493	‘‘(b) Q
494	494	UALIFYINGGRANTS.—A qualifying research 6
495	495	grant under this section is a grant that is awarded on a 7
496	496	competitive basis by an entity referred to in subsection (c) 8
497	497	for a research project with a scientific, literary, or edu-9
498	498	cational purpose. 10
499	499	‘‘(c) E
500	500	NTITIESFROMWHICHGRANTSMAYBEAC-11
501	501	CEPTED.—A qualifying research grant may be accepted 12
502	502	under this section only from a Federal agency or from a 13
503	503	corporation, fund, foundation, educational institution, or 14
504	504	similar entity that is organized and operated primarily for 15
505	505	scientific, literary, or educational purposes. 16
506	506	‘‘(d) A
507	507	DMINISTRATION OFGRANTFUNDS.— 17
508	508	‘‘(1) E
509	509	STABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNT .—The Di-18
510	510	rector shall establish an account for administering 19
511	511	funds received as qualifying research grants under 20
512	512	this section. 21
513	513	‘‘(2) U
514	514	SE OF FUNDS.—The President of the 22
515	515	University shall use the funds in the account estab-23
516	516	lished pursuant to paragraph (1) in accordance with 24
517	517	applicable provisions of the regulations and the 25
518	518	terms and conditions of the grants received. 26
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522	522	‘‘(e) RELATEDEXPENSES.—Subject to such limita-1
523	523	tions as may be provided in appropriations Acts, appro-2
524	524	priations available for the National Intelligence University 3
525	525	may be used to pay expenses incurred by the University 4
526	526	in applying for, and otherwise pursuing, the award of 5
527	527	qualifying research grants. 6
528	528	‘‘(f) R
529	529	EGULATIONS.—The Director of National Intel-7
530	530	ligence shall prescribe regulations for the administration 8
531	531	of this section.’’. 9
532	532	(b) C
533	533	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 10
534	534	preceding section 2 of such Act is amended by inserting 11
535	535	after the item relating to section 1034 the following new 12
536	536	item: 13
537	537	‘‘Sec. 1035. National Intelligence University acceptance of grants.’’.
538	538	SEC. 307. PROTECTION OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGEN-
539	539	14
540	540	CY FACILITIES AND ASSETS FROM UN-15
541	541	MANNED AIRCRAFT. 16
542	542	The Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 17
543	543	U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 18
544	544	15 the following new section (and conforming the table 19
545	545	of contents at the beginning of such Act accordingly): 20
546	546	‘‘SEC. 15A. PROTECTION OF CERTAIN FACILITIES AND AS-21
547	547	SETS FROM UNMANNED AIRCRAFT. 22
548	548	‘‘(a) D
549	549	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 23
550	550	‘‘(1) B
551	551	UDGET.—The term ‘budget’, with respect 24
552	552	to a fiscal year, means the budget for that fiscal 25
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556	556	year that is submitted to Congress by the President 1
557	557	under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 2
558	558	Code. 3
559	559	‘‘(2) C
560	560	ONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE COMMIT -4
561	561	TEES.—The term ‘congressional intelligence commit-5
562	562	tees’ means— 6
563	563	‘‘(A) the Select Committee on Intelligence 7
564	564	of the Senate; 8
565	565	‘‘(B) the Permanent Select Committee on 9
566	566	Intelligence of the House of Representatives; 10
567	567	‘‘(C) the Subcommittee on Defense of the 11
568	568	Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; 12
569	569	and 13
570	570	‘‘(D) the Subcommittee on Defense of the 14
571	571	Committee on Appropriations of the House of 15
572	572	Representatives. 16
573	573	‘‘(3) C
574	574	ONGRESSIONAL JUDICIARY COMMIT -17
575	575	TEES.—The term ‘congressional judiciary commit-18
576	576	tees’ means— 19
577	577	‘‘(A) the Committee on the Judiciary of 20
578	578	the Senate; and 21
579	579	‘‘(B) the Committee on the Judiciary of 22
580	580	the House of Representatives. 23
581	581	‘‘(4) C
582	582	ONGRESSIONAL TRANSPORTATION AND 24
583	583	INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEES .—The term ‘con-25
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587	587	gressional transportation and infrastructure commit-1
588	588	tees’ means— 2
589	589	‘‘(A) the Committee on Commerce, 3
590	590	Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and 4
591	591	‘‘(B) the Committee on Transportation 5
592	592	and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-6
593	593	tives. 7
594	594	‘‘(5) C
595	595	OVERED FACILITY OR ASSET .—The term 8
596	596	‘covered facility or asset’ means property owned, 9
597	597	leased, or controlled by the Agency, property con-10
598	598	trolled and occupied by the Federal Highway Admin-11
599	599	istration, located immediately adjacent to the head-12
600	600	quarters compound of the Agency, and property 13
601	601	owned, leased, or controlled by the Office of the Di-14
602	602	rector of National Intelligence where the property— 15
603	603	‘‘(A) is identified as high-risk and a poten-16
604	604	tial target for unlawful unmanned aircraft ac-17
605	605	tivity by the Director, in coordination with the 18
606	606	Secretary of Transportation, with respect to po-19
607	607	tentially impacted airspace, through a risk- 20
608	608	based assessment for purposes of this section; 21
609	609	‘‘(B) is located in the United States and 22
610	610	beneath airspace that is prohibited or restricted 23
611	611	by the Federal Aviation Administration; 24
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615	615	‘‘(C) is a property of which Congress has 1
616	616	been notified is covered under this paragraph; 2
617	617	and 3
618	618	‘‘(D) directly relates to one or more func-4
619	619	tions authorized to be performed by the Agency, 5
620	620	pursuant to the National Security Act of 1947 6
621	621	(50 U.S.C. 3001) or this Act. 7
622	622	‘‘(6) E
623	623	LECTRONIC COMMUNICATION .—The term 8
624	624	‘electronic communication’ has the meaning given 9
625	625	such term in section 2510 of title 18, United States 10
626	626	Code. 11
627	627	‘‘(7) I
628	628	NTERCEPT.—The term ‘intercept’ has the 12
629	629	meaning given such term in section 2510 of title 18, 13
630	630	United States Code. 14
631	631	‘‘(8) O
632	632	RAL COMMUNICATION .—The term ‘oral 15
633	633	communication’ has the meaning given such term in 16
634	634	section 2510 of title 18, United States Code. 17
635	635	‘‘(9) R
636	636	ADIO COMMUNICATION .—The term ‘radio 18
637	637	communication’ has the meaning given that term in 19
638	638	section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 20
639	639	U.S.C. 153). 21
640	640	‘‘(10) R
641	641	ISK-BASED ASSESSMENT .—The term 22
642	642	‘risk-based assessment’ includes an evaluation of 23
643	643	threat information specific to a covered facility or 24
644	644	asset and, with respect to potential impacts on the 25
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648	648	safety and efficiency of the National Airspace Sys-1
649	649	tem and the needs of national security at each cov-2
650	650	ered facility or asset identified by the Director, an 3
651	651	evaluation of each of the following factors: 4
652	652	‘‘(A) Potential impacts to safety, efficiency, 5
653	653	and use of the National Airspace System, in-6
654	654	cluding potential effects on manned aircraft and 7
655	655	unmanned aircraft systems, aviation safety, air-8
656	656	port operations, infrastructure, and air naviga-9
657	657	tion services relating to the use of any system 10
658	658	or technology for carrying out the actions de-11
659	659	scribed in subsection (c)(1). 12
660	660	‘‘(B) Options for mitigating any identified 13
661	661	impacts to the National Airspace System relat-14
662	662	ing to the use of any system or technology, in-15
663	663	cluding minimizing when possible the use of any 16
664	664	system or technology that disrupts the trans-17
665	665	mission of radio or electronic signals, for car-18
666	666	rying out the actions described in subsection 19
667	667	(c)(1). 20
668	668	‘‘(C) Potential consequences of the effects 21
669	669	of any actions taken under subsection (c)(1) to 22
670	670	the National Airspace System and infrastruc-23
671	671	ture if not mitigated. 24
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675	675	‘‘(D) The ability to provide reasonable ad-1
676	676	vance notice to aircraft operators consistent 2
677	677	with the safety of the National Airspace System 3
678	678	and the needs of national security. 4
679	679	‘‘(E) The setting and character of any cov-5
680	680	ered facility or asset, including whether it is lo-6
681	681	cated in a populated area or near other struc-7
682	682	tures, and any potential for interference with 8
683	683	wireless communications or for injury or dam-9
684	684	age to persons or property. 10
685	685	‘‘(F) Potential consequences to national se-11
686	686	curity if threats posed by unmanned aircraft 12
687	687	systems or unmanned aircraft are not mitigated 13
688	688	or defeated. 14
689	689	‘‘(11) U
690	690	NITED STATES.—The term ‘United 15
691	691	States’ has the meaning given that term in section 16
692	692	5 of title 18, United States Code. 17
693	693	‘‘(12) U
694	694	NMANNED AIRCRAFT ; UNMANNED AIR-18
695	695	CRAFT SYSTEM.—The terms ‘unmanned aircraft’ 19
696	696	and ‘unmanned aircraft system’ have the meanings 20
697	697	given those terms in section 44801 of title 49, 21
698	698	United States Code. 22
699	699	‘‘(13) W
700	700	IRE COMMUNICATION.—The term ‘wire 23
701	701	communication’ has the meaning given such term in 24
702	702	section 2510 of title 18, United States Code. 25
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706	706	‘‘(b) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding section 46502 of 1
707	707	title 49, United States Code, or sections 32, 1030, and 2
708	708	1367 and chapters 119 and 206 of title 18, United States 3
709	709	Code, or section 705 of the Communications Act of 1934 4
710	710	(47 U.S.C. 605), the Director may take, and may author-5
711	711	ize Agency personnel with assigned duties that include the 6
712	712	security or protection of people, facilities, or assets within 7
713	713	the United States to take— 8
714	714	‘‘(1) such actions described in subsection (c)(1) 9
715	715	that are necessary to mitigate a credible threat (as 10
716	716	defined by the Director, in consultation with the 11
717	717	Secretary of Transportation) that an unmanned air-12
718	718	craft system or unmanned aircraft poses to the safe-13
719	719	ty or security of a covered facility or asset; and 14
720	720	‘‘(2) such actions described in subsection (c)(3). 15
721	721	‘‘(c) A
722	722	CTIONS.— 16
723	723	‘‘(1) A
724	724	CTIONS DESCRIBED .—The actions de-17
725	725	scribed in this paragraph are the following: 18
726	726	‘‘(A) During the operation of the un-19
727	727	manned aircraft system, detect, identify, mon-20
728	728	itor, and track the unmanned aircraft system or 21
729	729	unmanned aircraft, without prior consent, in-22
730	730	cluding by means of intercept or other access of 23
731	731	a wire communication, an oral communication, 24
732	732	or an electronic communication used to control 25
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736	736	the unmanned aircraft system or unmanned air-1
737	737	craft. 2
738	738	‘‘(B) Warn the operator of the unmanned 3
739	739	aircraft system or unmanned aircraft, including 4
740	740	by passive or active and by direct or indirect 5
741	741	physical, electronic, radio, or electromagnetic 6
742	742	means. 7
743	743	‘‘(C) Disrupt control of the unmanned air-8
744	744	craft system or unmanned aircraft, without 9
745	745	prior consent, including by disabling the un-10
746	746	manned aircraft system or unmanned aircraft 11
747	747	by intercepting, interfering, or causing inter-12
748	748	ference with wire, oral, electronic, or radio com-13
749	749	munications used to control the unmanned air-14
750	750	craft system or unmanned aircraft. 15
751	751	‘‘(D) Seize or exercise control over the un-16
752	752	manned aircraft system or unmanned aircraft. 17
753	753	‘‘(E) Seize or otherwise confiscate the un-18
754	754	manned aircraft system or unmanned aircraft. 19
755	755	‘‘(F) Use reasonable force, if necessary, to 20
756	756	seize or otherwise disable, damage, or destroy 21
757	757	the unmanned aircraft system or unmanned air-22
758	758	craft. 23
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762	762	‘‘(2) COORDINATION.—The Director shall de-1
763	763	velop the actions described in paragraph (1) in co-2
764	764	ordination with the Secretary of Transportation. 3
765	765	‘‘(3) R
766	766	ESEARCH, TESTING, TRAINING, AND 4
767	767	EVALUATION.— 5
768	768	‘‘(A) I
769	769	N GENERAL.—The Director shall 6
770	770	conduct research, testing, training on, and eval-7
771	771	uation of any equipment, including any elec-8
772	772	tronic equipment, to determine the capability 9
773	773	and utility of the equipment prior to the use of 10
774	774	the equipment for any action described in para-11
775	775	graph (1). 12
776	776	‘‘(B) P
777	777	ERSONNEL.—Personnel and con-13
778	778	tractors who do not have assigned duties that 14
779	779	include the security or protection of people, fa-15
780	780	cilities, or assets may engage in research, test-16
781	781	ing, training, and evaluation activities pursuant 17
782	782	to subparagraph (A). 18
783	783	‘‘(4) FAA
784	784	COORDINATION.—The Director shall 19
785	785	coordinate with the Administrator of the Federal 20
786	786	Aviation Administration on any action described in 21
787	787	paragraph (1) or (3) so the Administrator may en-22
788	788	sure that unmanned aircraft system detection and 23
789	789	mitigation systems do not adversely affect or inter-24
790	790	fere with safe airport operations, navigation, air 25
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794	794	traffic services, or the safe and efficient operation of 1
795	795	the National Airspace System. 2
796	796	‘‘(d) F
797	797	ORFEITURE.—Any unmanned aircraft system 3
798	798	or unmanned aircraft that is seized pursuant to subsection 4
799	799	(b) as described in subsection (c)(1) is subject to forfeiture 5
800	800	to the United States. 6
801	801	‘‘(e) R
802	802	EGULATIONS ANDGUIDANCE.— 7
803	803	‘‘(1) I
804	804	SSUANCE.—The Director and the Sec-8
805	805	retary of Transportation may each prescribe regula-9
806	806	tions, and shall each issue guidance, to carry out 10
807	807	this section. 11
808	808	‘‘(2) C
809	809	OORDINATION.— 12
810	810	‘‘(A) R
811	811	EQUIREMENT.—The Director shall 13
812	812	coordinate the development of guidance under 14
813	813	paragraph (1) with the Secretary of Transpor-15
814	814	tation. 16
815	815	‘‘(B) A
816	816	VIATION SAFETY.—The Director 17
817	817	shall coordinate with the Secretary of Transpor-18
818	818	tation and the Administrator of the Federal 19
819	819	Aviation Administration before issuing any 20
820	820	guidance, or otherwise implementing this sec-21
821	821	tion, so the Administrator may ensure that un-22
822	822	manned aircraft system detection and mitiga-23
823	823	tion systems do not adversely affect or interfere 24
824	824	with safe airport operations, navigation, air 25
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829	829	ation of the National Airspace System. 2
830	830	‘‘(f) P
831	831	RIVACYPROTECTION.—The regulations pre-3
832	832	scribed or guidance issued under subsection (e) shall en-4
833	833	sure that— 5
834	834	‘‘(1) the interception or acquisition of, or access 6
835	835	to, or maintenance or use of, communications to or 7
836	836	from an unmanned aircraft system or unmanned air-8
837	837	craft under this section is conducted in a manner 9
838	838	consistent with the First and Fourth Amendments 10
839	839	to the Constitution of the United States and applica-11
840	840	ble provisions of Federal law; 12
841	841	‘‘(2) communications to or from an unmanned 13
842	842	aircraft system or unmanned aircraft are intercepted 14
843	843	or acquired only to the extent necessary to support 15
844	844	an action described in subsection (c); 16
845	845	‘‘(3) records of such communications are main-17
846	846	tained only for as long as necessary, and in no event 18
847	847	for more than 180 days, unless the Director deter-19
848	848	mines that maintenance of such records for a longer 20
849	849	period is necessary for the investigation or prosecu-21
850	850	tion of a violation of law, to fulfill a duty, responsi-22
851	851	bility, or function of the Agency, is required under 23
852	852	Federal law, or for the purpose of any litigation; and 24
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856	856	‘‘(4) such communications are not disclosed 1
857	857	outside the Agency unless the disclosure— 2
858	858	‘‘(A) is necessary to investigate or pros-3
859	859	ecute a violation of law; 4
860	860	‘‘(B) would support the Agency, the De-5
861	861	partment of Defense, a Federal law enforce-6
862	862	ment, intelligence, or security agency, a State, 7
863	863	local, Tribal, or territorial law enforcement 8
864	864	agency, or other relevant person or entity if 9
865	865	such entity or person is engaged in a security 10
866	866	or protection operation; 11
867	867	‘‘(C) is necessary to support a department 12
868	868	or agency listed in subparagraph (B) in inves-13
869	869	tigating or prosecuting a violation of law; 14
870	870	‘‘(D) would support the enforcement activi-15
871	871	ties of a regulatory agency of the Federal Gov-16
872	872	ernment in connection with a criminal or civil 17
873	873	investigation of, or any regulatory, statutory, or 18
874	874	other enforcement action relating to, an action 19
875	875	described in subsection (b); 20
876	876	‘‘(E) is necessary to protect against dan-21
877	877	gerous or unauthorized activity by unmanned 22
878	878	aircraft systems or unmanned aircraft; 23
879	879	‘‘(F) is necessary to fulfill a duty, respon-24
880	880	sibility, or function of the Agency; or 25
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884	884	‘‘(G) is otherwise required by law. 1
885	885	‘‘(g) B
886	886	UDGET.— 2
887	887	‘‘(1) I
888	888	N GENERAL.—The Director shall submit 3
889	889	to the congressional intelligence committees, as a 4
890	890	part of the budget request of the Agency for each 5
891	891	fiscal year after fiscal year 2025, a consolidated 6
892	892	funding display that identifies the funding source for 7
893	893	the actions described in subsection (c)(1) within the 8
894	894	Agency. 9
895	895	‘‘(2) F
896	896	ORM.—Each funding display submitted 10
897	897	pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be in unclassified 11
898	898	form, but may contain a classified annex. 12
899	899	‘‘(h) S
900	900	EMIANNUAL BRIEFINGS AND NOTIFICA-13
901	901	TIONS.— 14
902	902	‘‘(1) B
903	903	RIEFINGS.—Not later than 180 days 15
904	904	after the date of the enactment of the Intelligence 16
905	905	Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 and semi-17
906	906	annually thereafter, the Director shall provide the 18
907	907	congressional intelligence committees, the congres-19
908	908	sional judiciary committees, and the congressional 20
909	909	transportation and infrastructure committees a 21
910	910	briefing on the activities carried out pursuant to this 22
911	911	section during the period covered by the briefing. 23
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915	915	‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT.—Each briefing under 1
916	916	paragraph (1) shall be conducted jointly with the 2
917	917	Secretary of Transportation. 3
918	918	‘‘(3) C
919	919	ONTENTS.—Each briefing under para-4
920	920	graph (1) shall include, for the period covered by the 5
921	921	briefing, the following: 6
922	922	‘‘(A) Policies, programs, and procedures to 7
923	923	mitigate or eliminate the effects of the activities 8
924	924	described in paragraph (1) to the National Air-9
925	925	space System and other critical national trans-10
926	926	portation infrastructure. 11
927	927	‘‘(B) A description of instances in which 12
928	928	actions described in subsection (c)(1) have been 13
929	929	taken, including all such instances that may 14
930	930	have resulted in harm, damage, or loss to a per-15
931	931	son or to private property. 16
932	932	‘‘(C) A description of the guidance, poli-17
933	933	cies, or procedures established to address pri-18
934	934	vacy, civil rights, and civil liberties issues af-19
935	935	fected by the actions allowed under this section, 20
936	936	as well as any changes or subsequent efforts 21
937	937	that would significantly affect privacy, civil 22
938	938	rights, or civil liberties. 23
939	939	‘‘(D) A description of options considered 24
940	940	and steps taken to mitigate any identified ef-25
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944	944	fects on the National Airspace System relating 1
945	945	to the use of any system or technology, includ-2
946	946	ing the minimization of the use of any tech-3
947	947	nology that disrupts the transmission of radio 4
948	948	or electronic signals, for carrying out the ac-5
949	949	tions described in subsection (c)(1). 6
950	950	‘‘(E) A description of instances in which 7
951	951	communications intercepted or acquired during 8
952	952	the course of operations of an unmanned air-9
953	953	craft system or unmanned aircraft were main-10
954	954	tained for more than 180 days or disclosed out-11
955	955	side the Agency. 12
956	956	‘‘(F) How the Director and the Secretary 13
957	957	of Transportation have informed the public as 14
958	958	to the possible use of authorities under this sec-15
959	959	tion. 16
960	960	‘‘(G) How the Director and the Secretary 17
961	961	of Transportation have engaged with Federal, 18
962	962	State, local, territorial, or Tribal law enforce-19
963	963	ment agencies to implement and use such au-20
964	964	thorities. 21
965	965	‘‘(H) An assessment of whether any gaps 22
966	966	or insufficiencies remain in statutes, regula-23
967	967	tions, and policies that impede the ability of the 24
968	968	Agency to counter the threat posed by the mali-25
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972	972	cious use of unmanned aircraft systems and un-1
973	973	manned aircraft and any recommendations to 2
974	974	remedy such gaps or insufficiencies. 3
975	975	‘‘(4) F
976	976	ORM.—Each briefing under paragraph 4
977	977	(1) shall be in unclassified form, but may be accom-5
978	978	panied by an additional classified report. 6
979	979	‘‘(5) N
980	980	OTIFICATION.— 7
981	981	‘‘(A) I
982	982	N GENERAL.—Within 30 days of de-8
983	983	ploying any new technology to carry out the ac-9
984	984	tions described in subsection (c)(1), the Direc-10
985	985	tor shall submit to the congressional intelligence 11
986	986	committees a notification of the deployment of 12
987	987	such technology. 13
988	988	‘‘(B) C
989	989	ONTENTS.—Each notification sub-14
990	990	mitted pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall in-15
991	991	clude a description of options considered to 16
992	992	mitigate any identified effects on the National 17
993	993	Airspace System relating to the use of any sys-18
994	994	tem or technology, including the minimization 19
995	995	of the use of any technology that disrupts the 20
996	996	transmission of radio or electronic signals, for 21
997	997	carrying out the actions described in subsection 22
998	998	(c)(1). 23
999	999	‘‘(i) R
1000	1000	ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-24
1001	1001	tion may be construed— 25
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1005	1005	‘‘(1) to vest in the Director any authority of the 1
1006	1006	Secretary of Transportation or the Administrator of 2
1007	1007	the Federal Aviation Administration; or 3
1008	1008	‘‘(2) to vest in the Secretary of Transportation 4
1009	1009	or the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Admin-5
1010	1010	istration any authority of the Director. 6
1011	1011	‘‘(j) T
1012	1012	ERMINATION.— 7
1013	1013	‘‘(1) I
1014	1014	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-8
1015	1015	graph (2), the authority to carry out this section 9
1016	1016	with respect to the actions specified in subpara-10
1017	1017	graphs (B) through (F) of subsection (c)(1), shall 11
1018	1018	terminate on the date that is 4 years after the date 12
1019	1019	of the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization 13
1020	1020	Act for Fiscal Year 2025. 14
1021	1021	‘‘(2) E
1022	1022	XTENSION.—The President may extend 15
1023	1023	by 1 year the termination date specified in para-16
1024	1024	graph (1) if, before termination, the President cer-17
1025	1025	tifies to Congress that such extension is in the na-18
1026	1026	tional security interests of the United States. 19
1027	1027	‘‘(k) S
1028	1028	COPE OFAUTHORITY.—Nothing in this section 20
1029	1029	shall be construed to provide the Director or the Secretary 21
1030	1030	of Transportation with additional authorities beyond those 22
1031	1031	described in subsections (b) and (d).’’. 23
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1035	1035	SEC. 308. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 1
1036	1036	NEW CONTROLLED ACCESS PROGRAMS. 2
1037	1037	None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by 3
1038	1038	this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2025 4
1039	1039	for the National Intelligence Program may be obligated 5
1040	1040	or expended for any controlled access program (as defined 6
1041	1041	in section 501A(d) of the National Security Act of 1947 7
1042	1042	(50 U.S.C. 3091a(d))), or a compartment or subcompart-8
1043	1043	ment therein, that is established on or after the date of 9
1044	1044	the enactment of this Act, until the head of the element 10
1045	1045	of the intelligence community responsible for the establish-11
1046	1046	ment of such program, compartment, or subcompartment, 12
1047	1047	submits the notification required by section 501A(b) of the 13
1048	1048	National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091a(b)). 14
1049	1049	SEC. 309. LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS FROM CONTROLLED 15
1050	1050	ACCESS PROGRAMS. 16
1051	1051	Section 501A(b) of the National Security Act of 1947 17
1052	1052	(50 U.S.C. 3091a(b)) is amended— 18
1053	1053	(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘L
1054	1054	IM-19
1055	1055	ITATION ONESTABLISHMENT’’ and inserting ‘‘LIMI-20
1056	1056	TATIONS’’; 21
1057	1057	(2) by striking ‘‘A head’’ and inserting the fol-22
1058	1058	lowing: 23
1059	1059	‘‘(1) E
1060	1060	STABLISHMENT.—A head’’; and 24
1061	1061	(3) by adding at the end the following: 25
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1065	1065	‘‘(2) TRANSFERS.—A head of an element of the 1
1066	1066	intelligence community may not transfer a capability 2
1067	1067	from a controlled access program, including from a 3
1068	1068	compartment or subcompartment therein to a com-4
1069	1069	partment or subcompartment of another controlled 5
1070	1070	access program, to a special access program (as de-6
1071	1071	fined in section 1152(g) of the National Defense Au-7
1072	1072	thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (50 U.S.C. 8
1073	1073	3348(g))), or to anything else outside the controlled 9
1074	1074	access program, until the head submits to the appro-10
1075	1075	priate congressional committees and congressional 11
1076	1076	leadership notice of the intent of the head to make 12
1077	1077	such transfer.’’. 13
1078	1078	SEC. 310. EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN INTEL-14
1079	1079	LIGENCE AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AC-15
1080	1080	TIVITIES OF THE COAST GUARD. 16
1081	1081	The Commandant of the Coast Guard may use up 17
1082	1082	to 1 percent of the amounts made available for the Na-18
1083	1083	tional Intelligence Program (as such term is defined in 19
1084	1084	section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 20
1085	1085	3003)) for each fiscal year for intelligence and counter-21
1086	1086	intelligence activities of the Coast Guard relating to ob-22
1087	1087	jects of a confidential, extraordinary, or emergency nature, 23
1088	1088	which amounts may be accounted for solely on the certifi-24
1089	1089	cation of the Commandant and each such certification 25
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1093	1093	shall be considered to be a sufficient voucher for the 1
1094	1094	amount contained in the certification. 2
1095	1095	SEC. 311. UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO INTELLIGENCE COM-3
1096	1096	MUNITY PROPERTY. 4
1097	1097	(a) I
1098	1098	NGENERAL.—The National Security Act of 5
1099	1099	1947 (50 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) is amended by adding at 6
1100	1100	the end the following: 7
1101	1101	‘‘SEC. 1115. UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO INTELLIGENCE 8
1102	1102	COMMUNITY PROPERTY. 9
1103	1103	‘‘(a) I
1104	1104	NGENERAL.—It shall be unlawful, within the 10
1105	1105	jurisdiction of the United States, without authorization to 11
1106	1106	access any property that— 12
1107	1107	‘‘(1) is under the jurisdiction of an element of 13
1108	1108	the intelligence community; and 14
1109	1109	‘‘(2) has been clearly marked as closed or re-15
1110	1110	stricted. 16
1111	1111	‘‘(b) P
1112	1112	ENALTIES.—Any person who violates sub-17
1113	1113	section (a) shall— 18
1114	1114	‘‘(1) in the case of the first offense, be fined 19
1115	1115	under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned for 20
1116	1116	not more than 180 days, or both; 21
1117	1117	‘‘(2) in the case of the second offense, be fined 22
1118	1118	under such title, imprisoned for not more than 3 23
1119	1119	years, or both; and 24
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1123	1123	‘‘(3) in the case of the third or subsequent of-1
1124	1124	fense, be fined under such title, imprisoned for not 2
1125	1125	more than 10 years, or both.’’. 3
1126	1126	(b) C
1127	1127	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 4
1128	1128	preceding section 2 of such Act is amended by adding at 5
1129	1129	the end the following: 6
1130	1130	‘‘Sec. 1115. Unauthorized access to intelligence community property.’’.
1131	1131	SEC. 312. STRENGTHENING OF OFFICE OF INTELLIGENCE
1132	1132	7
1133	1133	AND ANALYSIS. 8
1134	1134	(a) I
1135	1135	NGENERAL.—Section 311 of title 31, United 9
1136	1136	States Code, is amended to read as follows: 10
1137	1137	‘‘§ 311. Office of Economic Intelligence and Security 11
1138	1138	‘‘(a) D
1139	1139	EFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘coun-12
1140	1140	terintelligence’, ‘foreign intelligence’, and ‘intelligence 13
1141	1141	community’ have the meanings given such terms in section 14
1142	1142	3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 15
1143	1143	‘‘(b) E
1144	1144	STABLISHMENT.—There is established within 16
1145	1145	the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence of the 17
1146	1146	Department of the Treasury, the Office of Economic Intel-18
1147	1147	ligence and Security (in this section referred to as the ‘Of-19
1148	1148	fice’), which shall— 20
1149	1149	‘‘(1) be responsible for the receipt, analysis, col-21
1150	1150	lation, and dissemination of foreign intelligence and 22
1151	1151	foreign counterintelligence information relating to 23
1152	1152	the operation and responsibilities of the Department 24
1153	1153	of the Treasury and other Federal agencies exe-25
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1157	1157	cuting economic statecraft tools that do not include 1
1158	1158	any elements that are elements of the intelligence 2
1159	1159	community; 3
1160	1160	‘‘(2) provide intelligence support and economic 4
1161	1161	analysis to Federal agencies implementing United 5
1162	1162	States economic policy, including for purposes of 6
1163	1163	global strategic competition; and 7
1164	1164	‘‘(3) have such other related duties and authori-8
1165	1165	ties as may be assigned by the Secretary for pur-9
1166	1166	poses of the responsibilities described in paragraph 10
1167	1167	(1), subject to the authority, direction, and control 11
1168	1168	of the Secretary, in consultation with the Director of 12
1169	1169	National Intelligence. 13
1170	1170	‘‘(c) A
1171	1171	SSISTANTSECRETARY FORECONOMICINTEL-14
1172	1172	LIGENCE ANDSECURITY.—The Office shall be headed by 15
1173	1173	an Assistant Secretary, who shall be appointed by the 16
1174	1174	President, by and with the advice and consent of the Sen-17
1175	1175	ate. The Assistant Secretary shall report directly to the 18
1176	1176	Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes.’’. 19
1177	1177	(b) C
1178	1178	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections 20
1179	1179	at the beginning of chapter 3 of such title is amended by 21
1180	1180	striking the item relating to section 311 and inserting the 22
1181	1181	following: 23
1182	1182	‘‘311. Office of Economic Intelligence and Security.’’.
1183	1183	(c) CONFORMINGAMENDMENT.—Section 3(4)(J) of 24
1184	1184	the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)(J)) 25
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1188	1188	is amended by striking ‘‘Office of Intelligence and Anal-1
1189	1189	ysis’’ and inserting ‘‘Office of Economic Intelligence and 2
1190	1190	Security’’. 3
1191	1191	(d) R
1192	1192	EFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, regula-4
1193	1193	tion, document, paper, or other record of the United 5
1194	1194	States to the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the 6
1195	1195	Department of the Treasury shall be deemed a reference 7
1196	1196	to the Office of Economic Intelligence and Security of the 8
1197	1197	Department of the Treasury. 9
1198	1198	SEC. 313. REPORT ON SENSITIVE COMMERCIALLY AVAIL-10
1199	1199	ABLE INFORMATION. 11
1200	1200	(a) D
1201	1201	EFINITIONS.— 12
1202	1202	(1) C
1203	1203	OMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE INFORMA -13
1204	1204	TION.—The term ‘‘commercially available informa-14
1205	1205	tion’’ means— 15
1206	1206	(A) any data or other information of the 16
1207	1207	type customarily made available or obtainable 17
1208	1208	and sold, leased, or licensed to members of the 18
1209	1209	general public or to non-governmental entities 19
1210	1210	for purposes other than governmental purposes; 20
1211	1211	or 21
1212	1212	(B) data and information for exclusive gov-22
1213	1213	ernment use knowingly and voluntarily provided 23
1214	1214	by, procured from, or made accessible by cor-24
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1218	1218	porate entities on their own initiative or at the 1
1219	1219	request of a government entity. 2
1220	1220	(2) P
1221	1221	ERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMA -3
1222	1222	TION.—The term ‘‘personally identifiable informa-4
1223	1223	tion’’ means information that, alone or when com-5
1224	1224	bined with other information regarding an indi-6
1225	1225	vidual, can be used to distinguish or trace the iden-7
1226	1226	tity of such individual. 8
1227	1227	(3) S
1228	1228	ENSITIVE ACTIVITIES.—The term ‘‘sen-9
1229	1229	sitive activities’’ means activities that, over an ex-10
1230	1230	tended period of time— 11
1231	1231	(A) establish a pattern of life; 12
1232	1232	(B) reveal personal affiliations, pref-13
1233	1233	erences, or identifiers; 14
1234	1234	(C) facilitate prediction of future acts; 15
1235	1235	(D) enable targeting activities; 16
1236	1236	(E) reveal the exercise of individual rights 17
1237	1237	and freedoms, including the rights to freedom 18
1238	1238	of speech and of the press, to free exercise of 19
1239	1239	religion, to peaceably assemble, including mem-20
1240	1240	bership or participation in organizations or as-21
1241	1241	sociations, and to petition the government; or 22
1242	1242	(F) reveal any other activity the disclosure 23
1243	1243	of which could cause substantial harm, embar-24
1244	1244	rassment, inconvenience, or unfairness to the 25
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1248	1248	United States person who engaged in the activ-1
1249	1249	ity. 2
1250	1250	(4) S
1251	1251	ENSITIVE COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN -3
1252	1252	FORMATION.—The term ‘‘sensitive commercially 4
1253	1253	available information’’— 5
1254	1254	(A) means commercially available informa-6
1255	1255	tion that is known or reasonably expected to 7
1256	1256	contain— 8
1257	1257	(i) a substantial volume of personally 9
1258	1258	identifiable information regarding United 10
1259	1259	States persons; or 11
1260	1260	(ii) a greater than de minims volume 12
1261	1261	of sensitive data; 13
1262	1262	(B) shall not include— 14
1263	1263	(i) newspapers or other periodicals; 15
1264	1264	(ii) weather reports; 16
1265	1265	(iii) books; 17
1266	1266	(iv) journal articles or other published 18
1267	1267	works; 19
1268	1268	(v) public filings or records; 20
1269	1269	(vi) documents or databases similar to 21
1270	1270	those described in clauses (i) through (v), 22
1271	1271	whether accessed through a subscription or 23
1272	1272	accessible free of cost; or 24
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1276	1276	(vii) limited data samples made avail-1
1277	1277	able to elements of the intelligence commu-2
1278	1278	nity for the purposes of allowing such ele-3
1279	1279	ments to determine whether to purchase 4
1280	1280	the full dataset and not accessed, retained, 5
1281	1281	or used for any other purpose. 6
1282	1282	(5) S
1283	1283	ENSITIVE DATA.—The term ‘‘sensitive 7
1284	1284	data’’ means data that— 8
1285	1285	(A)(i) captures personal attributes, condi-9
1286	1286	tions, or identifiers that are traceable to 1 or 10
1287	1287	more specific United States persons, either 11
1288	1288	through the dataset or by correlating the 12
1289	1289	dataset with other available information; and 13
1290	1290	(ii) concerns the race or ethnicity, political 14
1291	1291	opinions, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, 15
1292	1292	gender identity, medical or genetic information, 16
1293	1293	financial data, or any other data with respect to 17
1294	1294	such specific United States person or United 18
1295	1295	States persons the disclosure of which would 19
1296	1296	have the potential to cause substantial harm, 20
1297	1297	embarrassment, inconvenience, or unfairness to 21
1298	1298	the United States person or United States per-22
1299	1299	sons described by the data; or 23
1300	1300	(B) captures the sensitive activities of 1 or 24
1301	1301	more United States persons. 25
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1305	1305	(6) UNITED STATES PERSON .—The term 1
1306	1306	‘‘United States person’’ means— 2
1307	1307	(A) a United States citizen or an alien law-3
1308	1308	fully admitted for permanent residence to the 4
1309	1309	United States; 5
1310	1310	(B) an unorganized association substan-6
1311	1311	tially composed of United States citizens or per-7
1312	1312	manent resident aliens; or 8
1313	1313	(C) an entity organized under the laws of 9
1314	1314	the United States or of any jurisdiction within 10
1315	1315	the United States, with the exception of any 11
1316	1316	such entity directed or controlled by a foreign 12
1317	1317	government. 13
1318	1318	(b) R
1319	1319	EPORT.— 14
1320	1320	(1) I
1321	1321	N GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 15
1322	1322	the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 16
1323	1323	thereafter, the head of each element of the intel-17
1324	1324	ligence community shall submit to the congressional 18
1325	1325	intelligence committees a report on the access to, 19
1326	1326	collection, processing, and use of sensitive commer-20
1327	1327	cially available information by the respective ele-21
1328	1328	ment. 22
1329	1329	(2) C
1330	1330	ONTENTS.— 23
1331	1331	(A) I
1332	1332	N GENERAL.—For each dataset con-24
1333	1333	taining sensitive commercially available infor-25
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1337	1337	mation accessed, collected, processed, or used 1
1338	1338	by the element concerned for purposes other 2
1339	1339	than research and development, a report re-3
1340	1340	quired by paragraph (1) shall include the fol-4
1341	1341	lowing: 5
1342	1342	(i) A description of the nature and 6
1343	1343	volume of the sensitive commercially avail-7
1344	1344	able information accessed or collected by 8
1345	1345	the element. 9
1346	1346	(ii) A description of the mission or ad-10
1347	1347	ministrative need or function for which the 11
1348	1348	sensitive commercially available informa-12
1349	1349	tion is accessed or collected, and of the na-13
1350	1350	ture, scope, reliability, and timeliness of 14
1351	1351	the dataset required to fulfill such mission 15
1352	1352	or administrative need or function. 16
1353	1353	(iii) A description of the purpose of 17
1354	1354	the access, collection, or processing, and 18
1355	1355	the intended use of the sensitive commer-19
1356	1356	cially available information. 20
1357	1357	(iv) An identification of the legal au-21
1358	1358	thority for the collection or access, and 22
1359	1359	processing of the sensitive commercially 23
1360	1360	available information. 24
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1364	1364	(v) An identification of the source of 1
1365	1365	the sensitive commercially available infor-2
1366	1366	mation and the persons from whom the 3
1367	1367	sensitive commercially available informa-4
1368	1368	tion was accessed or collected. 5
1369	1369	(vi) A description of the mechanics of 6
1370	1370	the access, collection, and processing of the 7
1371	1371	sensitive commercially available informa-8
1372	1372	tion, including the Federal entities that 9
1373	1373	participated in the procurement process. 10
1374	1374	(vii) A description of the method by 11
1375	1375	which the element has limited the access to 12
1376	1376	and collection and processing of the sen-13
1377	1377	sitive commercially available information to 14
1378	1378	the maximum extent feasible consistent 15
1379	1379	with the need to fulfill the mission or ad-16
1380	1380	ministrative need. 17
1381	1381	(viii) An assessment of whether the 18
1382	1382	mission or administrative need can be ful-19
1383	1383	filled if reasonably available privacy-en-20
1384	1384	hancing techniques, such as filtering or 21
1385	1385	anonymizing, the application of traditional 22
1386	1386	safeguards, including access limitations 23
1387	1387	and retention limits, differential privacy 24
1388	1388	techniques, or other information-masking 25
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1392	1392	techniques, such as restrictions or correla-1
1393	1393	tion, are implemented with respect to in-2
1394	1394	formation concerning United States per-3
1395	1395	sons. 4
1396	1396	(ix) An assessment of the privacy and 5
1397	1397	civil liberties risks associated with access-6
1398	1398	ing, collecting, or processing the data and 7
1399	1399	the methods by which the element miti-8
1400	1400	gates such risks. 9
1401	1401	(x) An assessment of the applicability 10
1402	1402	of section 552a of title 5, United States 11
1403	1403	Code (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Pri-12
1404	1404	vacy Act of 1974’’), if any. 13
1405	1405	(xi) To the extent feasible, an assess-14
1406	1406	ment of the original source of the data and 15
1407	1407	the method through which the dataset was 16
1408	1408	generated and aggregated, and whether 17
1409	1409	any element of the intelligence community 18
1410	1410	previously accessed or collected the same 19
1411	1411	or similar sensitive commercially available 20
1412	1412	information from the source. 21
1413	1413	(xii) An assessment of the quality and 22
1414	1414	integrity of the data, including, as appro-23
1415	1415	priate, whether the sensitive commercially 24
1416	1416	available information reflects any under-25
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1420	1420	lying biases or inferences, and efforts to 1
1421	1421	ensure that any intelligence products cre-2
1422	1422	ated with the data are consistent with the 3
1423	1423	standards of the intelligence community 4
1424	1424	for accuracy and objectivity. 5
1425	1425	(xiii) An assessment of the security, 6
1426	1426	operational, and counterintelligence risks 7
1427	1427	associated with the means of accessing or 8
1428	1428	collecting the data, and recommendations 9
1429	1429	for how the element could mitigate such 10
1430	1430	risks. 11
1431	1431	(xiv) A description of the system in 12
1432	1432	which the data is retained and processed 13
1433	1433	and how the system is properly secured 14
1434	1434	while allowing for effective implementation, 15
1435	1435	management, and audit, as practicable, of 16
1436	1436	relevant privacy and civil liberties protec-17
1437	1437	tions. 18
1438	1438	(xv) An assessment of security risks 19
1439	1439	posed by the system architecture of ven-20
1440	1440	dors providing sensitive commercially avail-21
1441	1441	able information or access to such sensitive 22
1442	1442	commercially available information, access 23
1443	1443	restrictions for the data repository of each 24
1444	1444	such vendor, and the vendor’s access to 25
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1448	1448	query terms and, if any, relevant safe-1
1449	1449	guards. 2
1450	1450	(xvi) A description of procedures to 3
1451	1451	restrict access to the sensitive commer-4
1452	1452	cially available information. 5
1453	1453	(xvii) A description of procedures for 6
1454	1454	conducting, approving, documenting, and 7
1455	1455	auditing queries, searches, or correlations 8
1456	1456	with respect to the sensitive commercially 9
1457	1457	available information. 10
1458	1458	(xviii) A description of procedures for 11
1459	1459	restricting dissemination of the sensitive 12
1460	1460	commercially available information, includ-13
1461	1461	ing deletion of information of United 14
1462	1462	States persons returned in response to a 15
1463	1463	query or other search unless the informa-16
1464	1464	tion is assessed to be associated or poten-17
1465	1465	tially associated with the documented mis-18
1466	1466	sion-related justification for the query or 19
1467	1467	search. 20
1468	1468	(xix) A description of masking and 21
1469	1469	other privacy-enhancing techniques used by 22
1470	1470	the element to protect sensitive commer-23
1471	1471	cially available information. 24
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1475	1475	(xx) A description of any retention 1
1476	1476	and deletion policies. 2
1477	1477	(xxi) A determination of whether 3
1478	1478	unevaluated data or information has been 4
1479	1479	made available to other elements of the in-5
1480	1480	telligence community or foreign partners 6
1481	1481	and, if so, identification of those elements 7
1482	1482	or partners. 8
1483	1483	(xxii) A description of any licensing 9
1484	1484	agreements or contract restrictions with 10
1485	1485	respect to the sensitive commercially avail-11
1486	1486	able information. 12
1487	1487	(xxiii) A data management plan for 13
1488	1488	the lifecycle of the data, from access or col-14
1489	1489	lection to disposition. 15
1490	1490	(xxiv) For any item required by 16
1491	1491	clauses (i) through (xxiii) that cannot be 17
1492	1492	completed due to exigent circumstances re-18
1493	1493	lating to collecting, accessing, processing, 19
1494	1494	or using sensitive commercially available 20
1495	1495	information, a description of such exigent 21
1496	1496	circumstances. 22
1497	1497	(B) R
1498	1498	ESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 23
1499	1499	DATA.—For each dataset containing sensitive 24
1500	1500	commercially available information accessed, 25
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1504	1504	collected, processed, or used by the element con-1
1505	1505	cerned solely for research and development pur-2
1506	1506	poses, a report required by paragraph (1) may 3
1507	1507	be limited to a description of the oversight by 4
1508	1508	the element of such access, collection, process, 5
1509	1509	and use. 6
1510	1510	(c) P
1511	1511	UBLICREPORT.—The Director of National In-7
1512	1512	telligence shall make available to the public, once every 8
1513	1513	2 years, a report on the policies and procedures of the 9
1514	1514	intelligence community with respect to access to and col-10
1515	1515	lection, processing, and safeguarding of sensitive commer-11
1516	1516	cially available information. 12
1517	1517	SEC. 314. POLICY ON COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES LO-13
1518	1518	CATION INFORMATION. 14
1519	1519	(a) D
1520	1520	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 15
1521	1521	(1) U
1522	1522	NITED STATES LOCATION INFORMA -16
1523	1523	TION.—The term ‘‘United States location informa-17
1524	1524	tion’’ means information derived or otherwise cal-18
1525	1525	culated from the transmission or reception of a radio 19
1526	1526	signal that reveals the approximate or actual geo-20
1527	1527	graphic location of a customer, subscriber, user, or 21
1528	1528	device in the United States, or, if the customer, sub-22
1529	1529	scriber, or user is known to be a United States per-23
1530	1530	son, outside the United States. 24
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1534	1534	(2) UNITED STATES PERSON .—The term 1
1535	1535	‘‘United States person’’ has the meaning given that 2
1536	1536	term in section 101 of the Foreign Intelligence Sur-3
1537	1537	veillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801). 4
1538	1538	(b) I
1539	1539	NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 5
1540	1540	date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 6
1541	1541	Intelligence, in coordination with the Attorney General, 7
1542	1542	shall issue a policy on the collection of United States loca-8
1543	1543	tion information by the intelligence community. 9
1544	1544	(c) C
1545	1545	ONTENT.—The policy required by subsection (a) 10
1546	1546	shall address the filtering, segregation, use, dissemination, 11
1547	1547	masking, and retention of United States location informa-12
1548	1548	tion. 13
1549	1549	(d) F
1550	1550	ORM; PUBLICAVAILABILITY.—The policy re-14
1551	1551	quired by subsection (a)— 15
1552	1552	(1) shall be issued in unclassified form and 16
1553	1553	made available to the public; and 17
1554	1554	(2) may include a classified annex, which the 18
1555	1555	Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the 19
1556	1556	congressional intelligence committees. 20
1557	1557	SEC. 315. DISPLAY OF FLAGS, SEALS, AND EMBLEMS OTHER 21
1558	1558	THAN THE UNITED STATES FLAG. 22
1559	1559	(a) D
1560	1560	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 23
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1564	1564	(1) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Executive 1
1565	1565	agency’’ has the meaning given such term in section 2
1566	1566	105 of title 5, United States Code. 3
1567	1567	(2) N
1568	1568	ATIONAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM .—The 4
1569	1569	term ‘‘National Intelligence Program’’ has the mean-5
1570	1570	ing given such term in section 3 of the National Se-6
1571	1571	curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 7
1572	1572	(b) I
1573	1573	NGENERAL.—Any flag, seal, or emblem that is 8
1574	1574	not the United States flag and is flown, draped, projected, 9
1575	1575	or otherwise displayed as a visual and symbolic representa-10
1576	1576	tion at a property, office, or other official location of an 11
1577	1577	element of the intelligence community— 12
1578	1578	(1) shall be smaller than the official United 13
1579	1579	States flag; and 14
1580	1580	(2) if flown, may not be displayed higher than 15
1581	1581	or above the United States flag. 16
1582	1582	(c) L
1583	1583	IMITATION ONAVAILABILITY OFFUNDS FOR 17
1584	1584	D
1585	1585	ISPLAYING ANDFLYINGFLAGS.—None of the funds au-18
1586	1586	thorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made 19
1587	1587	available for fiscal year 2025 for the National Intelligence 20
1588	1588	Program, may be obligated or expended to fly or display 21
1589	1589	a flag over a facility of an element of the intelligence com-22
1590	1590	munity other than the following: 23
1591	1591	(1) The United States flag. 24
1592	1592	(2) The POW/MIA flag. 25
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1596	1596	(3) The Hostage and Wrongful Detainee flag, 1
1597	1597	pursuant to section 904 of title 36, United States 2
1598	1598	Code. 3
1599	1599	(4) The flag of a State, insular area, or the 4
1600	1600	District of Columbia at a domestic location. 5
1601	1601	(5) The flag of an Indian Tribal Government. 6
1602	1602	(6) The official branded flag of an Executive 7
1603	1603	agency. 8
1604	1604	(7) The flag of an element, flag officer, or gen-9
1605	1605	eral officer of the Armed Forces. 10
1606	1606	TITLE IV—COUNTERING 11
1607	1607	FOREIGN THREATS 12
1608	1608	Subtitle A—People’s Republic of 13
1609	1609	China 14
1610	1610	SEC. 401. STRATEGY AND OUTREACH ON RISKS POSED BY 15
1611	1611	PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA SMARTPORT 16
1612	1612	TECHNOLOGY. 17
1613	1613	(a) S
1614	1614	TRATEGY ANDOUTREACHREQUIRED.—The Di-18
1615	1615	rector of the National Counterintelligence and Security 19
1616	1616	Center shall develop a strategy and conduct outreach to 20
1617	1617	United States industry, including shipping companies, 21
1618	1618	port operators, and logistics firms, on the risks of 22
1619	1619	smartport technology of the People’s Republic of China 23
1620	1620	and other related risks posed by entities of the People’s 24
1621	1621	Republic of China, including LOGINK, China Ocean Ship-25
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1625	1625	ping Company, Limited (COSCO), China Communications 1
1626	1626	Construction Company, Limited (CCCC), China Media 2
1627	1627	Group (CMG), and Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries 3
1628	1628	Company Limited (ZPMC), to the national security of the 4
1629	1629	United States, the security of United States supply chains, 5
1630	1630	and commercial activity, including with respect to delays, 6
1631	1631	interruption, and lockout of access to systems and tech-7
1632	1632	nologies that enable the free flow of commerce. 8
1633	1633	(b) C
1634	1634	ONSISTENCYWITHSTATUTES ANDEXECUTIVE 9
1635	1635	O
1636	1636	RDERS.—The Director shall carry out subsection (a) in 10
1637	1637	a manner that is consistent with the following: 11
1638	1638	(1) Part 6 of title 33, Code of Federal Regula-12
1639	1639	tions, as amended by Executive Order 14116 (89 13
1640	1640	Fed. Reg. 13971; relating to amending regulations 14
1641	1641	relating to the safeguarding of vessels, harbors, 15
1642	1642	ports, and waterfront facilities of the United States. 16
1643	1643	(2) Executive Order 14017 (86 Fed. Reg. 17
1644	1644	11849; relating to America’s supply chains), or suc-18
1645	1645	cessor order. 19
1646	1646	(3) Section 825 of the National Defense Au-20
1647	1647	thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 21
1648	1648	118–31). 22
1649	1649	(c) C
1650	1650	OORDINATION.—The Director shall carry out 23
1651	1651	subsection (a) in coordination with the Commandant of 24
1652	1652	the Coast Guard, the Director of the Federal Bureau of 25
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1656	1656	Investigation, the Commander of the Office of Naval Intel-1
1657	1657	ligence, and such other heads of Federal agencies as the 2
1658	1658	Director considers appropriate. 3
1659	1659	SEC. 402. ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT STATUS OF BIO-4
1660	1660	TECHNOLOGY OF PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF 5
1661	1661	CHINA. 6
1662	1662	(a) A
1663	1663	SSESSMENT.—Not later than 30 days after the 7
1664	1664	date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 8
1665	1665	Intelligence shall, in consultation with the Director of the 9
1666	1666	National Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center and 10
1667	1667	such heads of elements of the intelligence community as 11
1668	1668	the Director of National Intelligence considers appro-12
1669	1669	priate, conduct an assessment of the current status of the 13
1670	1670	biotechnology of the People’s Republic of China, which 14
1671	1671	shall include an assessment of how the People’s Republic 15
1672	1672	of China is supporting the biotechnology sector through 16
1673	1673	both licit and illicit means, such as foreign direct invest-17
1674	1674	ment, subsidies, talent recruitment, or other efforts. 18
1675	1675	(b) R
1676	1676	EPORT.— 19
1677	1677	(1) I
1678	1678	N GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 20
1679	1679	the date on which the Direct of National Intelligence 21
1680	1680	completes the assessment required by subsection (a), 22
1681	1681	the Director shall submit to the congressional intel-23
1682	1682	ligence committees a report on the findings of the 24
1683	1683	Director with respect to the assessment. 25
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1687	1687	(2) FORM.—The report submitted pursuant to 1
1688	1688	paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 2
1689	1689	form, but may include a classified annex. 3
1690	1690	SEC. 403. INTELLIGENCE SHARING WITH LAW ENFORCE-4
1691	1691	MENT AGENCIES ON SYNTHETIC OPIOID PRE-5
1692	1692	CURSOR CHEMICALS ORIGINATING IN PEO-6
1693	1693	PLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 7
1694	1694	(a) S
1695	1695	TRATEGYREQUIRED.—The Director of National 8
1696	1696	Intelligence shall, in consultation with the head of the Of-9
1697	1697	fice of National Security Intelligence of the Drug Enforce-10
1698	1698	ment Administration, the Under Secretary of Homeland 11
1699	1699	Security for Intelligence and Analysis, and the heads of 12
1700	1700	such other agencies as the Director considers appropriate, 13
1701	1701	develop a strategy to ensure robust intelligence sharing re-14
1702	1702	lating to the illicit trafficking of synthetic opioid precursor 15
1703	1703	chemicals from the People’s Republic of China and other 16
1704	1704	source countries. 17
1705	1705	(b) M
1706	1706	ECHANISM FORCOLLABORATION.—The Direc-18
1707	1707	tor shall develop a mechanism so that subject matter ex-19
1708	1708	perts in elements of the Federal Government other than 20
1709	1709	elements in the intelligence community, including those 21
1710	1710	without security clearances, can share information with 22
1711	1711	the intelligence community relating to illicit trafficking de-23
1712	1712	scribed in subsection (a). 24
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1716	1716	SEC. 404. REPORT ON EFFORTS OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUB-1
1717	1717	LIC OF CHINA TO EVADE UNITED STATES 2
1718	1718	TRANSPARENCY AND NATIONAL SECURITY 3
1719	1719	REGULATIONS. 4
1720	1720	(a) R
1721	1721	EPORTREQUIRED.—The Director of National 5
1722	1722	Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence 6
1723	1723	committees a report on efforts of the People’s Republic 7
1724	1724	of China to evade the following: 8
1725	1725	(1) Identification under section 1260H of the 9
1726	1726	William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Au-10
1727	1727	thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 11
1728	1728	116–283; 10 U.S.C. 113 note). 12
1729	1729	(2) Restrictions or limitations imposed by any 13
1730	1730	of the following: 14
1731	1731	(A) Section 805 of the National Defense 15
1732	1732	Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public 16
1733	1733	Law 118–31). 17
1734	1734	(B) Section 889 of the John S. McCain 18
1735	1735	National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 19
1736	1736	Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 41 U.S.C. 20
1737	1737	3901 note prec.). 21
1738	1738	(C) The list of specially designated nation-22
1739	1739	als and blocked persons maintained by the Of-23
1740	1740	fice of Foreign Assets Control of the Depart-24
1741	1741	ment of the Treasury (commonly known as the 25
1742	1742	‘‘SDN list’’). 26
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1746	1746	(D) The Entity List maintained by the 1
1747	1747	Bureau of Industry and Security of the Depart-2
1748	1748	ment of Commerce and set forth in Supplement 3
1749	1749	No. 4 to part 744 of title 15, Code of Federal 4
1750	1750	Regulations. 5
1751	1751	(E) Commercial or dual-use export controls 6
1752	1752	under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 7
1753	1753	(50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.) and the Export Ad-8
1754	1754	ministration Regulations. 9
1755	1755	(F) Executive Order 14105 (88 Fed. Reg. 10
1756	1756	54867; relating to addressing United States in-11
1757	1757	vestments in certain national security tech-12
1758	1758	nologies and products in countries of concern), 13
1759	1759	or successor order. 14
1760	1760	(G) Import restrictions on products made 15
1761	1761	with forced labor implemented by U.S. Customs 16
1762	1762	and Border Protection pursuant to Public Law 17
1763	1763	117–78 (22 U.S.C. 6901 note). 18
1764	1764	(b) F
1765	1765	ORM.—The report submitted pursuant to sub-19
1766	1766	section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form. 20
1767	1767	SEC. 405. PLAN FOR RECRUITMENT OF MANDARIN SPEAK-21
1768	1768	ERS. 22
1769	1769	(a) I
1770	1770	NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 23
1771	1771	date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 24
1772	1772	Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate congressional 25
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1776	1776	committees a comprehensive plan to prioritize the recruit-1
1777	1777	ment and training of individuals who speak Mandarin Chi-2
1778	1778	nese for each element of the intelligence community. 3
1779	1779	(b) A
1780	1780	PPROPRIATECONGRESSIONALCOMMITTEES.— 4
1781	1781	In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-5
1782	1782	mittees’’ means— 6
1783	1783	(1) the Select Committee on Intelligence and 7
1784	1784	the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; and 8
1785	1785	(2) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-9
1786	1786	ligence and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 10
1787	1787	House of Representatives. 11
1788	1788	Subtitle B—The Russian 12
1789	1789	Federation 13
1790	1790	SEC. 411. ASSESSMENT OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION SPON-14
1791	1791	SORSHIP OF ACTS OF INTERNATIONAL TER-15
1792	1792	RORISM. 16
1793	1793	(a) D
1794	1794	EFINITIONS.—In this section— 17
1795	1795	(1) A
1796	1796	PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -18
1797	1797	TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-19
1798	1798	mittees’’ means— 20
1799	1799	(A) the Select Committee on Intelligence, 21
1800	1800	the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the 22
1801	1801	Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; 23
1802	1802	and 24
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1806	1806	(B) the Permanent Select Committee on 1
1807	1807	Intelligence, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 2
1808	1808	and the Committee on Armed Services of the 3
1809	1809	House of Representatives. 4
1810	1810	(2) F
1811	1811	OREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION .—The 5
1812	1812	term ‘‘foreign terrorist organization’’ means an or-6
1813	1813	ganization that has been designated as a foreign ter-7
1814	1814	rorist organization by the Secretary of State, pursu-8
1815	1815	ant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nation-9
1816	1816	ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 10
1817	1817	(3) S
1818	1818	PECIALLY DESIGNATED GLOBAL TER -11
1819	1819	RORIST ORGANIZATION .—The term ‘‘specially des-12
1820	1820	ignated global terrorist organization’’ means an or-13
1821	1821	ganization that has been designated as a specially 14
1822	1822	designated global terrorist by the Secretary of State 15
1823	1823	or the Secretary, pursuant to Executive Order 16
1824	1824	13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking 17
1825	1825	property and prohibiting transactions with persons 18
1826	1826	who commit, threaten to commit, or support ter-19
1827	1827	rorism). 20
1828	1828	(4) S
1829	1829	TATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM .—The term 21
1830	1830	‘‘state sponsor of terrorism’’ means a country the 22
1831	1831	government of which the Secretary of State has de-23
1832	1832	termined has repeatedly provided support for acts of 24
1833	1833	international terrorism, for purposes of— 25
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1837	1837	(A) section 1754(c)(1)(A)(i) of the Export 1
1838	1838	Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 2
1839	1839	4813(c)(1)(A)(i)); 3
1840	1840	(B) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance 4
1841	1841	Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371); 5
1842	1842	(C) section 40(d) of the Arms Export Con-6
1843	1843	trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2780(d)); or 7
1844	1844	(D) any other provision of law. 8
1845	1845	(b) A
1846	1846	SSESSMENTREQUIRED.—Not later than 180 9
1847	1847	days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Direc-10
1848	1848	tor of National Intelligence shall conduct and submit to 11
1849	1849	the appropriate congressional committees an assessment 12
1850	1850	on the extent to which the Russian Federation— 13
1851	1851	(1) provides support for acts of international 14
1852	1852	terrorism; and 15
1853	1853	(2) cooperates with the antiterrorism efforts of 16
1854	1854	the United States. 17
1855	1855	(c) E
1856	1856	LEMENTS.—The assessment required by sub-18
1857	1857	section (b) shall include the following: 19
1858	1858	(1) A list of all instances in which the Russian 20
1859	1859	Federation, or an official of the Russian Federation, 21
1860	1860	has failed to show support for or cooperate with the 22
1861	1861	United States on international efforts to combat ter-23
1862	1862	rorism, such as apprehending, prosecuting, or extra-24
1863	1863	diting suspected and known terrorists, including 25
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1867	1867	members of foreign terrorist organizations, and 1
1868	1868	sharing intelligence to deter terrorist attacks. 2
1869	1869	(2) A list of all instances in which the Russian 3
1870	1870	Federation, or an official of the Russian Federation, 4
1871	1871	has provided financial, material, technical, or lethal 5
1872	1872	support to foreign terrorist organizations, specially 6
1873	1873	designated global terrorist organizations, state spon-7
1874	1874	sors of terrorism, or for acts of international ter-8
1875	1875	rorism. 9
1876	1876	(3) A list of all instances in which the Russian 10
1877	1877	Federation, or an official of the Russian Federation, 11
1878	1878	has willfully aided or abetted— 12
1879	1879	(A) the international proliferation of nu-13
1880	1880	clear explosive devices to persons; 14
1881	1881	(B) a person in acquiring unsafeguarded 15
1882	1882	special nuclear material; or 16
1883	1883	(C) the efforts of a person to use, develop, 17
1884	1884	produce, stockpile, or otherwise acquire chem-18
1885	1885	ical, biological, or radiological weapons. 19
1886	1886	(4) A determination of whether the activities of 20
1887	1887	the Wagner Group constitute acts of international 21
1888	1888	terrorism and whether such activities continue under 22
1889	1889	any of the successor entities of the Wagner Group, 23
1890	1890	including Afrika Corps. 24
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1894	1894	(d) FORM.—The assessment required by subsection 1
1895	1895	(b) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in-2
1896	1896	clude a classified annex. 3
1897	1897	(e) B
1898	1898	RIEFINGS.—Not later than 30 days after sub-4
1899	1899	mission of the assessment required by subsection (b), the 5
1900	1900	Director of National Intelligence shall provide a classified 6
1901	1901	briefing to the appropriate congressional committees on 7
1902	1902	the methodology and findings of the assessment. 8
1903	1903	SEC. 412. ASSESSMENT OF LIKELY COURSE OF WAR IN 9
1904	1904	UKRAINE. 10
1905	1905	(a) I
1906	1906	NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 11
1907	1907	date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 12
1908	1908	Intelligence, in collaboration with the Director of the De-13
1909	1909	fense Intelligence Agency and the Director of the Central 14
1910	1910	Intelligence Agency, shall submit to the congressional in-15
1911	1911	telligence committees an assessment of the likely course 16
1912	1912	of the war in Ukraine through December 31, 2025. 17
1913	1913	(b) E
1914	1914	LEMENTS.—The assessment required by sub-18
1915	1915	section (a) shall include an assessment of each of the fol-19
1916	1916	lowing: 20
1917	1917	(1) The ability of the military of Ukraine to de-21
1918	1918	fend against Russian aggression if the United States 22
1919	1919	does, or does not, continue to provide military and 23
1920	1920	economic assistance to Ukraine during the period 24
1921	1921	described in such subsection. 25
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1926	1926	riod if the United States does, or does not, continue 2
1927	1927	to provide military and economic assistance to 3
1928	1928	Ukraine. 4
1929	1929	(3) The ability and willingness of countries in 5
1930	1930	Europe and outside of Europe to continue to provide 6
1931	1931	military and economic assistance to Ukraine if the 7
1932	1932	United States does, or does not, do so, including the 8
1933	1933	ability of such countries to make up for any shortfall 9
1934	1934	in United States assistance. 10
1935	1935	(4) The effects of a potential defeat of Ukraine 11
1936	1936	by the Russian Federation on the potential for fur-12
1937	1937	ther aggression from the Russian Federation, the 13
1938	1938	People’s Republic of China, the Islamic Republic of 14
1939	1939	Iran, and the Democratic People’s Republic of 15
1940	1940	Korea. 16
1941	1941	(c) F
1942	1942	ORM.—The assessment required by subsection 17
1943	1943	(a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in-18
1944	1944	clude a classified annex. 19
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1948	1948	Subtitle C—International 1
1949	1949	Terrorism 2
1950	1950	SEC. 421. INCLUSION OF HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH, AL-QAEDA, 3
1951	1951	AND ISIS OFFICIALS AND MEMBERS AMONG 4
1952	1952	ALIENS ENGAGED IN TERRORIST ACTIVITY. 5
1953	1953	Section 212(a)(3)(B)(i) of the Immigration and Na-6
1954	1954	tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)) is amended, in the 7
1955	1955	undesignated matter following subparagraph (IX), by 8
1956	1956	striking ‘‘or spokesman of the Palestine Liberation Orga-9
1957	1957	nization’’ and inserting ‘‘spokesperson, or member of the 10
1958	1958	Palestine Liberation Organization, Hamas, Hezbollah, Al- 11
1959	1959	Qaeda, ISIS, or any successor or affiliate group, or who 12
1960	1960	endorses or espouses terrorist activities conducted by any 13
1961	1961	of the aforementioned groups,’’. 14
1962	1962	SEC. 422. ASSESSMENT AND REPORT ON THE THREAT OF 15
1963	1963	ISIS-KHORASAN TO THE UNITED STATES. 16
1964	1964	(a) I
1965	1965	NGENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 17
1966	1966	date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Na-18
1967	1967	tional Counterterrorism Center, in coordination with such 19
1968	1968	elements of the intelligence community as the Director 20
1969	1969	considers relevant, shall— 21
1970	1970	(1) conduct an assessment of the threats to the 22
1971	1971	United States and United States citizens posed by 23
1972	1972	ISIS-Khorasan; and 24
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1976	1976	(2) submit to the congressional intelligence 1
1977	1977	committees a written report on the findings of the 2
1978	1978	assessment. 3
1979	1979	(b) R
1980	1980	EPORTELEMENTS.—The report required by 4
1981	1981	subsection (a) shall include the following: 5
1982	1982	(1) A description of the historical evolution of 6
1983	1983	ISIS-Khorasan, beginning with Al-Qaeda and the at-7
1984	1984	tacks on the United States on September 11, 2001. 8
1985	1985	(2) A description of the ideology and stated in-9
1986	1986	tentions of ISIS-Khorasan as related to the United 10
1987	1987	States and the interests of the United States, includ-11
1988	1988	ing the homeland. 12
1989	1989	(3) A list of all terrorist attacks worldwide at-13
1990	1990	tributable to ISIS-Khorasan or for which ISIS- 14
1991	1991	Khorasan claimed credit, beginning on January 1, 15
1992	1992	2015. 16
1993	1993	(4) A description of the involvement of ISIS- 17
1994	1994	Khorasan in Afghanistan before, during, and after 18
1995	1995	the withdrawal of United States military and civilian 19
1996	1996	personnel and resources in August 2021. 20
1997	1997	(5) The recruiting and training strategy of 21
1998	1998	ISIS-Khorasan following the withdrawal described in 22
1999	1999	paragraph (4), including— 23
2000	2000	(A) the geographic regions in which ISIS- 24
2001	2001	Khorasan is physically present; 25
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2005	2005	(B) regions from which ISIS-Khorasan is 1
2006	2006	recruiting; and 2
2007	2007	(C) its ambitions for individual actors 3
2008	2008	worldwide and in the United States. 4
2009	2009	(6) A description of the relationship between 5
2010	2010	ISIS-Khorasan and ISIS core, the Taliban, Al- 6
2011	2011	Qaeda, and other terrorist groups, as appropriate. 7
2012	2012	(7) A description of the association of members 8
2013	2013	of ISIS-Khorasan with individuals formerly detained 9
2014	2014	at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 10
2015	2015	Cuba. 11
2016	2016	(8) A description of ISIS-Khorasan’s develop-12
2017	2017	ment of, and relationships with, travel facilitation 13
2018	2018	networks in Europe, Central Asia, Eurasia, and 14
2019	2019	Latin America. 15
2020	2020	(9) An assessment of ISIS-Khorasan’s under-16
2021	2021	standing of the border and immigration policies and 17
2022	2022	enforcement of the United States. 18
2023	2023	(10) An assessment of the known travel of 19
2024	2024	members of ISIS-Khorasan within the Western 20
2025	2025	Hemisphere and specifically across the southern bor-21
2026	2026	der of the United States. 22
2027	2027	(c) F
2028	2028	ORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 23
2029	2029	shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 24
2030	2030	a classified annex. 25
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2034	2034	SEC. 423. TERRORIST FINANCING PREVENTION. 1
2035	2035	(a) D
2036	2036	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 2
2037	2037	(1) D
2038	2038	IGITAL ASSET.—The term ‘‘digital asset’’ 3
2039	2039	means any digital representation of value that is re-4
2040	2040	corded on a cryptographically secured distributed 5
2041	2041	ledger or any similar technology, or another imple-6
2042	2042	mentation which was designed and built as part of 7
2043	2043	a system to leverage or replace blockchain or distrib-8
2044	2044	uted ledger technology or their derivatives. 9
2045	2045	(2) D
2046	2046	IGITAL ASSET PROTOCOL .—The term 10
2047	2047	‘‘digital asset protocol’’ means any communication 11
2048	2048	protocol, smart contract, or other software— 12
2049	2049	(A) deployed through the use of distributed 13
2050	2050	ledger or similar technology; and 14
2051	2051	(B) that provides a mechanism for users to 15
2052	2052	interact and agree to the terms of a trade for 16
2053	2053	digital assets. 17
2054	2054	(3) F
2055	2055	OREIGN DIGITAL ASSET TRANSACTION 18
2056	2056	FACILITATOR.—The term ‘‘foreign digital asset 19
2057	2057	transaction facilitator’’ means any foreign person or 20
2058	2058	group of foreign persons that, as determined by the 21
2059	2059	Secretary, controls, operates, or makes available a 22
2060	2060	digital asset protocol or similar facility, or otherwise 23
2061	2061	materially assists in the purchase, sale, exchange, 24
2062	2062	custody, or other transaction involving an exchange 25
2063	2063	or transfer of value using digital assets. 26
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2067	2067	(4) FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION .—The 1
2068	2068	term ‘‘foreign financial institution’’ has the meaning 2
2069	2069	given that term under section 561.308 of title 31, 3
2070	2070	Code of Federal Regulations. 4
2071	2071	(5) F
2072	2072	OREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-5
2073	2073	son’’ means an individual or entity that is not a 6
2074	2074	United States person. 7
2075	2075	(6) F
2076	2076	OREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION .—The 8
2077	2077	term ‘‘foreign terrorist organization’’ means an or-9
2078	2078	ganization that has been designated as a foreign ter-10
2079	2079	rorist organization by the Secretary of State, pursu-11
2080	2080	ant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nation-12
2081	2081	ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 13
2082	2082	(7) G
2083	2083	OOD.—The term ‘‘good’’ means any arti-14
2084	2084	cle, natural or manmade substance, material, supply, 15
2085	2085	or manufactured product, including inspection and 16
2086	2086	test equipment, and excluding technical data. 17
2087	2087	(8) S
2088	2088	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 18
2089	2089	the Secretary of the Treasury. 19
2090	2090	(9) S
2091	2091	PECIALLY DESIGNATED GLOBAL TER -20
2092	2092	RORIST ORGANIZATION .—The term ‘‘specially des-21
2093	2093	ignated global terrorist organization’’ means an or-22
2094	2094	ganization that has been designated as a specially 23
2095	2095	designated global terrorist by the Secretary of State 24
2096	2096	or the Secretary, pursuant to Executive Order 25
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2100	2100	13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking 1
2101	2101	property and prohibiting transactions with persons 2
2102	2102	who commit, threaten to commit, or support ter-3
2103	2103	rorism). 4
2104	2104	(10) U
2105	2105	NITED STATES PERSON .—The term 5
2106	2106	‘‘United States person’’ means— 6
2107	2107	(A) an individual who is a United States 7
2108	2108	citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for perma-8
2109	2109	nent residence to the United States; 9
2110	2110	(B) an entity organized under the laws of 10
2111	2111	the United States or any jurisdiction within the 11
2112	2112	United States, including a foreign branch of 12
2113	2113	such an entity; or 13
2114	2114	(C) any person in the United States. 14
2115	2115	(b) S
2116	2116	ANCTIONSWITHRESPECT TOFOREIGNFINAN-15
2117	2117	CIALINSTITUTIONS AND FOREIGNDIGITALASSET 16
2118	2118	T
2119	2119	RANSACTIONFACILITATORSTHATENGAGE INCERTAIN 17
2120	2120	T
2121	2121	RANSACTIONS.— 18
2122	2122	(1) M
2123	2123	ANDATORY IDENTIFICATION .—Not later 19
2124	2124	than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 20
2125	2125	Act, and periodically thereafter, the Secretary shall 21
2126	2126	identify and submit to the President a report identi-22
2127	2127	fying any foreign financial institution or foreign dig-23
2128	2128	ital asset transaction facilitator that has know-24
2129	2129	ingly— 25
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2133	2133	(A) facilitated a significant financial trans-1
2134	2134	action with— 2
2135	2135	(i) a Foreign Terrorist Organization; 3
2136	2136	(ii) a specially designated global ter-4
2137	2137	rorist organization; or 5
2138	2138	(iii) a person identified on the list of 6
2139	2139	specially designated nationals and blocked 7
2140	2140	persons maintained by the Office of For-8
2141	2141	eign Assets Control of the Department of 9
2142	2142	the Treasury, the property and interests in 10
2143	2143	property of which are blocked pursuant to 11
2144	2144	the International Emergency Economic 12
2145	2145	Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) for 13
2146	2146	acting on behalf of or at the direction of, 14
2147	2147	or being owned or controlled by, a foreign 15
2148	2148	terrorist organization or a specially des-16
2149	2149	ignated global terrorist organization; or 17
2150	2150	(B) engaged in money laundering to carry 18
2151	2151	out an activity described in subparagraph (A). 19
2152	2152	(2) I
2153	2153	MPOSITION OF SANCTIONS .— 20
2154	2154	(A) F
2155	2155	OREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS .— 21
2156	2156	The President shall prohibit, or impose strict 22
2157	2157	conditions on, the opening or maintaining of a 23
2158	2158	correspondent account or a payable-through ac-24
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2162	2162	count in the United States by a foreign finan-1
2163	2163	cial institution identified under paragraph (1). 2
2164	2164	(B) F
2165	2165	OREIGN DIGITAL ASSET TRANS -3
2166	2166	ACTION FACILITATORS.—The President, pursu-4
2167	2167	ant to such regulations as the President may 5
2168	2168	prescribe, shall prohibit any transactions be-6
2169	2169	tween any person subject to the jurisdiction of 7
2170	2170	the United States and a foreign digital asset 8
2171	2171	transaction facilitator identified under para-9
2172	2172	graph (1). 10
2173	2173	(3) I
2174	2174	MPLEMENTATION AND PENALTIES .— 11
2175	2175	(A) I
2176	2176	MPLEMENTATION.—The President 12
2177	2177	may exercise all authorities provided under sec-13
2178	2178	tions 203 and 205 of the International Emer-14
2179	2179	gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702, 15
2180	2180	1704) to the extent necessary to carry out this 16
2181	2181	Act. 17
2182	2182	(B) P
2183	2183	ENALTIES.—The penalties set forth 18
2184	2184	in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the 19
2185	2185	International Emergency Economic Powers Act 20
2186	2186	(50 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person that 21
2187	2187	violates, attempts to violate, conspires to vio-22
2188	2188	late, or causes a violation of regulations pre-23
2189	2189	scribed under this section to the same extent 24
2190	2190	that such penalties apply to a person that com-25
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2194	2194	mits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) 1
2195	2195	of such section 206. 2
2196	2196	(4) P
2197	2197	ROCEDURES FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW OF 3
2198	2198	CLASSIFIED INFORMATION .— 4
2199	2199	(A) I
2200	2200	N GENERAL.—If a finding under this 5
2201	2201	subsection, or a prohibition, condition, or pen-6
2202	2202	alty imposed as a result of any such finding, is 7
2203	2203	based on classified information (as defined in 8
2204	2204	section 1(a) of the Classified Information Pro-9
2205	2205	cedures Act (18 U.S.C. App.)), the Secretary 10
2206	2206	may submit to a court reviewing the finding or 11
2207	2207	the imposition of the prohibition, condition, or 12
2208	2208	penalty such classified information ex parte and 13
2209	2209	in camera. 14
2210	2210	(B) R
2211	2211	ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in 15
2212	2212	this paragraph shall be construed to confer or 16
2213	2213	imply any right to judicial review of any finding 17
2214	2214	under this subsection or any prohibition, condi-18
2215	2215	tion, or penalty imposed as a result of any such 19
2216	2216	finding. 20
2217	2217	(5) W
2218	2218	AIVER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY .—The 21
2219	2219	Secretary may waive the imposition of sanctions 22
2220	2220	under this subsection with respect to a person if the 23
2221	2221	Secretary— 24
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2225	2225	(A) determines that such a waiver is in the 1
2226	2226	national interests of the United States; and 2
2227	2227	(B) submits to Congress a notification of 3
2228	2228	the waiver and the reasons for the waiver. 4
2229	2229	(6) E
2230	2230	XCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE ACTIVI -5
2231	2231	TIES.—This subsection shall not apply with respect 6
2232	2232	to any activity subject to the reporting requirements 7
2233	2233	under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 8
2234	2234	(50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized intel-9
2235	2235	ligence activities of the United States. 10
2236	2236	(7) E
2237	2237	XCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF 11
2238	2238	GOODS.—The authorities and requirements under 12
2239	2239	this section shall not include the authority or a re-13
2240	2240	quirement to impose sanctions on the importation of 14
2241	2241	goods. 15
2242	2242	(c) S
2243	2243	PECIALMEASURES FORMODERNTHREATS.— 16
2244	2244	Section 5318A of title 31, United States Code, is amend-17
2245	2245	ed— 18
2246	2246	(1) in subsection (a)(2)(C), by striking ‘‘sub-19
2247	2247	section (b)(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (5) and 20
2248	2248	(6) of subsection (b)’’; and 21
2249	2249	(2) in subsection (b)— 22
2250	2250	(A) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘for or 23
2251	2251	on behalf of a foreign banking institution’’; and 24
2252	2252	(B) by adding at the end the following: 25
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2257	2257	TAIN TRANSMITTALS OF FUNDS .—If the Secretary 2
2258	2258	finds a jurisdiction outside of the United States, 1 3
2259	2259	or more financial institutions operating outside of 4
2260	2260	the United States, 1 or more types of accounts with-5
2261	2261	in, or involving, a jurisdiction outside of the United 6
2262	2262	States, or 1 or more classes of transactions within, 7
2263	2263	or involving, a jurisdiction outside of the United 8
2264	2264	States to be of primary money laundering concern, 9
2265	2265	the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of 10
2266	2266	State, the Attorney General, and the Chairman of 11
2267	2267	the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Sys-12
2268	2268	tem, may prohibit, or impose conditions upon, cer-13
2269	2269	tain transmittals of funds (as such term may be de-14
2270	2270	fined by the Secretary in a special measure issuance, 15
2271	2271	by regulation, or as otherwise permitted by law), to 16
2272	2272	or from any domestic financial institution or domes-17
2273	2273	tic financial agency if such transmittal of funds in-18
2274	2274	volves any such jurisdiction, institution, type of ac-19
2275	2275	count, class of transaction, or type of account.’’. 20
2276	2276	(d) F
2277	2277	UNDING.—There is authorized to be appro-21
2278	2278	priated to the Secretary such funds as are necessary to 22
2279	2279	carry out the purposes of this section. 23
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2283	2283	Subtitle D—Other Foreign Threats 1
2284	2284	SEC. 431. ASSESSMENT OF VISA-FREE TRAVEL TO AND 2
2285	2285	WITHIN WESTERN HEMISPHERE BY NATION-3
2286	2286	ALS OF COUNTRIES OF CONCERN. 4
2287	2287	(a) I
2288	2288	NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 5
2289	2289	date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 6
2290	2290	Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence 7
2291	2291	committees a written assessment of the impacts to na-8
2292	2292	tional security caused by travel without a visa to and with-9
2293	2293	in countries in the Western Hemisphere by nationals of 10
2294	2294	countries of concern. 11
2295	2295	(b) F
2296	2296	ORM.—The assessment required by subsection 12
2297	2297	(a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in-13
2298	2298	clude a classified annex. 14
2299	2299	(c) C
2300	2300	OUNTRIES OFCONCERNDEFINED.—In this sec-15
2301	2301	tion, the term ‘‘countries of concern’’ means— 16
2302	2302	(1) the Russian Federation; 17
2303	2303	(2) the People’s Republic of China; 18
2304	2304	(3) the Islamic Republic of Iran; 19
2305	2305	(4) the Syrian Arab Republic; 20
2306	2306	(5) the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; 21
2307	2307	(6) the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela; and 22
2308	2308	(7) the Republic of Cuba. 23
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2312	2312	SEC. 432. STUDY ON THREAT POSED BY FOREIGN INVEST-1
2313	2313	MENT IN UNITED STATES AGRICULTURAL 2
2314	2314	LAND. 3
2315	2315	(a) D
2316	2316	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 4
2317	2317	(1) A
2318	2318	PPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON -5
2319	2319	GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-6
2320	2320	gress’’ means— 7
2321	2321	(A) the Select Committee on Intelligence, 8
2322	2322	the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 9
2323	2323	Forestry, the Committee on Foreign Relations, 10
2324	2324	and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 11
2325	2325	Urban Affairs of the Senate; and 12
2326	2326	(B) the Permanent Select Committee on 13
2327	2327	Intelligence, the Committee on Agriculture, the 14
2328	2328	Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Com-15
2329	2329	mittee on Financial Services of the House of 16
2330	2330	Representatives. 17
2331	2331	(2) D
2332	2332	IRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 18
2333	2333	the Director of National Intelligence. 19
2334	2334	(3) N
2335	2335	ONMARKET ECONOMY COUNTRY .—The 20
2336	2336	term ‘‘nonmarket economy country’’ has the mean-21
2337	2337	ing given that term in section 771(18) of the Tariff 22
2338	2338	Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677(18)). 23
2339	2339	(b) S
2340	2340	TUDY ANDBRIEFING.— 24
2341	2341	(1) I
2342	2342	N GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 25
2343	2343	the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director, 26
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2347	2347	in coordination with the elements of the intelligence 1
2348	2348	community the Director considers appropriate and 2
2349	2349	with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Agri-3
2350	2350	culture, and the Secretary of the Treasury, shall— 4
2351	2351	(A) complete a study on the threat posed 5
2352	2352	to the United States by foreign investment in 6
2353	2353	agricultural land in the United States; and 7
2354	2354	(B) provide to the appropriate committees 8
2355	2355	of Congress a briefing on the results of the 9
2356	2356	study. 10
2357	2357	(2) D
2358	2358	ATA.—In conducting the study required 11
2359	2359	by paragraph (1), the Director shall process and 12
2360	2360	analyze relevant data collected by the Secretary of 13
2361	2361	State, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Sec-14
2362	2362	retary of the Treasury, including the information 15
2363	2363	submitted to the Secretary of Agriculture under sec-16
2364	2364	tion 2 of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Dis-17
2365	2365	closure Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 3501). 18
2366	2366	(3) E
2367	2367	LEMENTS.—The study required by para-19
2368	2368	graph (1) shall include the following: 20
2369	2369	(A) Data and an analysis of agricultural 21
2370	2370	land holdings, including current and previous 22
2371	2371	uses of the land disaggregated by sector and in-23
2372	2372	dustry, in each county in the United States held 24
2373	2373	by a foreign person from— 25
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2377	2377	(i) a country identified as a country 1
2378	2378	that poses a risk to the national security of 2
2379	2379	the United States in the most recent an-3
2380	2380	nual report on worldwide threats issued by 4
2381	2381	the Director pursuant to section 108B of 5
2382	2382	the National Security Act of 1947 (50 6
2383	2383	U.S.C. 3043b) (commonly known as the 7
2384	2384	‘‘Annual Threat Assessment’’); 8
2385	2385	(ii) a nonmarket economy country; or 9
2386	2386	(iii) any other country that the Direc-10
2387	2387	tor determines to be appropriate. 11
2388	2388	(B) An analysis of the proximity of the ag-12
2389	2389	ricultural land holdings to critical infrastructure 13
2390	2390	and military installations. 14
2391	2391	(C) An assessment of the threats posed to 15
2392	2392	the national security of the United States by 16
2393	2393	malign actors that use foreign investment in ag-17
2394	2394	ricultural land in the United States. 18
2395	2395	(D) An assessment of warning indicators 19
2396	2396	and methods by which to detect potential 20
2397	2397	threats from the use by foreign adversaries of 21
2398	2398	agricultural products for nefarious ends. 22
2399	2399	(E) An assessment of additional resources 23
2400	2400	or authorities necessary to counter threats iden-24
2401	2401	tified during the study. 25
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2405	2405	SEC. 433. ASSESSMENT OF THREAT POSED BY CITIZENSHIP- 1
2406	2406	BY-INVESTMENT PROGRAMS. 2
2407	2407	(a) D
2408	2408	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 3
2409	2409	(1) A
2410	2410	PPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON -4
2411	2411	GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-5
2412	2412	gress’’ means— 6
2413	2413	(A) the Committee on Homeland Security 7
2414	2414	and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on 8
2415	2415	Foreign Relations, the Committee on Banking, 9
2416	2416	Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Select Com-10
2417	2417	mittee on Intelligence, and the Committee on 11
2418	2418	the Judiciary of the Senate; and 12
2419	2419	(B) the Committee on Homeland Security, 13
2420	2420	the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Com-14
2421	2421	mittee on Financial Services, the Permanent 15
2422	2422	Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Com-16
2423	2423	mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-17
2424	2424	resentatives. 18
2425	2425	(2) A
2426	2426	SSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist-19
2427	2427	ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary for 20
2428	2428	Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of the 21
2429	2429	Treasury. 22
2430	2430	(3) C
2431	2431	ITIZENSHIP-BY-INVESTMENT PROGRAM .— 23
2432	2432	The term ‘‘citizenship-by-investment program’’ 24
2433	2433	means an immigration, investment, or other pro-25
2434	2434	gram of a foreign country that, in exchange for a 26
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2438	2438	covered contribution, authorizes the individual mak-1
2439	2439	ing the covered contribution to acquire citizenship in 2
2440	2440	such country, including temporary or permanent res-3
2441	2441	idence that may serve as the basis for subsequent 4
2442	2442	naturalization. 5
2443	2443	(4) C
2444	2444	OVERED CONTRIBUTION .—The term ‘‘cov-6
2445	2445	ered contribution’’ means— 7
2446	2446	(A) an investment in, or a monetary dona-8
2447	2447	tion or any other form of direct or indirect cap-9
2448	2448	ital transfer to, including through the purchase 10
2449	2449	or rental of real estate— 11
2450	2450	(i) the government of a foreign coun-12
2451	2451	try; or 13
2452	2452	(ii) any person, business, or entity in 14
2453	2453	such a foreign country; and 15
2454	2454	(B) a donation to, or endowment of, any 16
2455	2455	activity contributing to the public good in such 17
2456	2456	a foreign country. 18
2457	2457	(5) D
2458	2458	IRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 19
2459	2459	the Director of National Intelligence. 20
2460	2460	(b) A
2461	2461	SSESSMENT OF THREATPOSED BYCITIZEN-21
2462	2462	SHIP-BY-INVESTMENTPROGRAMS.— 22
2463	2463	(1) A
2464	2464	SSESSMENT.—Not later than 1 year after 23
2465	2465	the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 24
2466	2466	and the Assistant Secretary, in coordination with the 25
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2470	2470	heads of the other elements of the intelligence com-1
2471	2471	munity and the head of any appropriate Federal 2
2472	2472	agency, shall complete an assessment of the threat 3
2473	2473	posed to the United States by citizenship-by-invest-4
2474	2474	ment programs. 5
2475	2475	(2) E
2476	2476	LEMENTS.—The assessment required by 6
2477	2477	paragraph (1) shall include the following: 7
2478	2478	(A) An identification of each citizenship- 8
2479	2479	by-investment program, including an identifica-9
2480	2480	tion of the foreign country that operates each 10
2481	2481	such program. 11
2482	2482	(B) With respect to each citizenship-by-in-12
2483	2483	vestment program identified under subpara-13
2484	2484	graph (A)— 14
2485	2485	(i) a description of the types of invest-15
2486	2486	ments required under the program; and 16
2487	2487	(ii) an identification of the sectors to 17
2488	2488	which an individual may make a covered 18
2489	2489	contribution under the program. 19
2490	2490	(C) An assessment of the threats posed to 20
2491	2491	the national security of the United States by 21
2492	2492	malign actors that use citizenship-by-investment 22
2493	2493	programs— 23
2494	2494	(i) to evade sanctions or taxes; 24
2495	2495	(ii) to facilitate or finance— 25
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2499	2499	(I) crimes relating to national se-1
2500	2500	curity, including terrorism, weapons 2
2501	2501	trafficking or proliferation, 3
2502	2502	cybercrime, drug trafficking, human 4
2503	2503	trafficking, and espionage; or 5
2504	2504	(II) any other activity that fur-6
2505	2505	thers the interests of a foreign adver-7
2506	2506	sary or undermines the integrity of 8
2507	2507	the immigration laws or security of 9
2508	2508	the United States; or 10
2509	2509	(iii) to undermine the United States 11
2510	2510	and its interests through any other means 12
2511	2511	identified by the Director and the Assist-13
2512	2512	ant Secretary. 14
2513	2513	(D) An identification of the foreign coun-15
2514	2514	tries the citizenship-by-investment programs of 16
2515	2515	which pose the greatest threat to the national 17
2516	2516	security of the United States. 18
2517	2517	(3) R
2518	2518	EPORT AND BRIEFING.— 19
2519	2519	(A) R
2520	2520	EPORT.— 20
2521	2521	(i) I
2522	2522	N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 21
2523	2523	days after completing the assessment re-22
2524	2524	quired by paragraph (1), the Director and 23
2525	2525	the Assistant Secretary shall jointly submit 24
2526	2526	to the appropriate committees of Congress 25
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2530	2530	a report on the findings of the Director 1
2531	2531	and the Assistant Secretary with respect to 2
2532	2532	the assessment. 3
2533	2533	(ii) E
2534	2534	LEMENTS.—The report required 4
2535	2535	by clause (i) shall include the following: 5
2536	2536	(I) A detailed description of the 6
2537	2537	threats posed to the national security 7
2538	2538	of the United States by citizenship-by- 8
2539	2539	investment programs. 9
2540	2540	(II) Recommendations for addi-10
2541	2541	tional resources or authorities nec-11
2542	2542	essary to counter such threats. 12
2543	2543	(III) A description of opportuni-13
2544	2544	ties to counter such threats. 14
2545	2545	(iii) F
2546	2546	ORM.—The report required by 15
2547	2547	clause (i) shall be submitted in unclassified 16
2548	2548	form but may include a classified annex, as 17
2549	2549	appropriate. 18
2550	2550	(B) B
2551	2551	RIEFING.—Not later than 90 days 19
2552	2552	after the date on which the report required by 20
2553	2553	subparagraph (A) is submitted, the Director 21
2554	2554	and Assistant Secretary shall provide the appro-22
2555	2555	priate committees of Congress with a briefing 23
2556	2556	on the report. 24
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2560	2560	SEC. 434. MITIGATING THE USE OF UNITED STATES COMPO-1
2561	2561	NENTS AND TECHNOLOGY IN HOSTILE AC-2
2562	2562	TIVITIES BY FOREIGN ADVERSARIES. 3
2563	2563	(a) F
2564	2564	INDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 4
2565	2565	(1) Foreign defense material, including ad-5
2566	2566	vanced military and intelligence capabilities, con-6
2567	2567	tinues to rely heavily on products and services 7
2568	2568	sourced from the United States. 8
2569	2569	(2) Iran drones operating against Ukraine were 9
2570	2570	found to include several United States components. 10
2571	2571	(3) The components described in paragraph (2) 11
2572	2572	came from 13 different United States companies and 12
2573	2573	are integral to the operation of the drones. 13
2574	2574	(4) The Chinese spy balloon that flew across 14
2575	2575	the United States in 2023 used a United States 15
2576	2576	internet service provider to communicate. 16
2577	2577	(5) The connection allowed the balloon to send 17
2578	2578	burst transmissions, or high-bandwidth collections of 18
2579	2579	data over short periods. 19
2580	2580	(6) Foreign adversaries and affiliated foreign 20
2581	2581	defense companies frequently acquire components 21
2582	2582	and services, sourced from the United States, 22
2583	2583	through violation of United States export control 23
2584	2584	laws. 24
2585	2585	(b) S
2586	2586	UPPLYCHAINRISKMITIGATION.—Not later 25
2587	2587	than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 26
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2591	2591	the Director of National Intelligence shall, in collaboration 1
2592	2592	with such heads of elements of the intelligence community 2
2593	2593	as the Director considers appropriate, develop and com-3
2594	2594	mence implementation of a strategy to work with United 4
2595	2595	States companies to mitigate or disrupt the acquisition 5
2596	2596	and use of United States components in the conduct of 6
2597	2597	activities harmful to the national security of the United 7
2598	2598	States. 8
2599	2599	(c) G
2600	2600	OAL.—The goal of the strategy required by sub-9
2601	2601	section (b) shall be to inform and provide intelligence sup-10
2602	2602	port to government and private sector entities in pre-11
2603	2603	venting United States components and technologies from 12
2604	2604	aiding or supporting hostile or harmful activities con-13
2605	2605	ducted by foreign adversaries of the United States. 14
2606	2606	(d) C
2607	2607	ONSULTATION.—In developing and imple-15
2608	2608	menting the strategy required by subsection (b), the Di-16
2609	2609	rector of National Intelligence— 17
2610	2610	(1) shall consult with the Secretary of Com-18
2611	2611	merce, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary 19
2612	2612	of Homeland Security; and 20
2613	2613	(2) may consult with such other heads of Fed-21
2614	2614	eral departments or agencies as the Director of Na-22
2615	2615	tional Intelligence considers appropriate. 23
2616	2616	(e) A
2617	2617	NNUALREPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after 24
2618	2618	the date of the enactment of this Act and annually there-25
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2622	2622	after until the date that is 3 years after the date of the 1
2623	2623	enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to Con-2
2624	2624	gress an annual report on the status and effect of the im-3
2625	2625	plementation of the strategy required by subsection (b). 4
2626	2626	SEC. 435. OFFICE OF INTELLIGENCE AND COUNTERINTEL-5
2627	2627	LIGENCE REVIEW OF VISITORS AND ASSIGN-6
2628	2628	EES. 7
2629	2629	(a) D
2630	2630	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 8
2631	2631	(1) A
2632	2632	PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -9
2633	2633	TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-10
2634	2634	mittees’’ means— 11
2635	2635	(A) the Select Committee on Intelligence 12
2636	2636	and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-13
2637	2637	sources of the Senate; and 14
2638	2638	(B) the Permanent Select Committee on 15
2639	2639	Intelligence and the Committee on Energy and 16
2640	2640	Commerce of the House of Representatives. 17
2641	2641	(2) A
2642	2642	SSIGNEE; VISITOR.—The terms ‘‘assignee’’ 18
2643	2643	and ‘‘visitor’’ mean a foreign national from a coun-19
2644	2644	try identified in the report submitted to Congress by 20
2645	2645	the Director of National Intelligence in 2024 pursu-21
2646	2646	ant to section 108B of the National Security Act of 22
2647	2647	1947 (50 U.S.C. 3043b) (commonly referred to as 23
2648	2648	the ‘‘Annual Threat Assessment’’) as ‘‘engaging in 24
2649	2649	competitive behavior that directly threatens U.S. na-25
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2653	2653	tional security’’, who is not an employee of a Na-1
2654	2654	tional Laboratory, and has requested access to the 2
2655	2655	premises, information, or technology of a National 3
2656	2656	Laboratory. 4
2657	2657	(3) D
2658	2658	IRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 5
2659	2659	the Director of the Office of Intelligence and Coun-6
2660	2660	terintelligence of the Department of Energy (or their 7
2661	2661	designee). 8
2662	2662	(4) F
2663	2663	OREIGN NATIONAL.—The term ‘‘foreign 9
2664	2664	national’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘alien’’ in 10
2665	2665	section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 11
2666	2666	Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)). 12
2667	2667	(5) N
2668	2668	ATIONAL LABORATORY .—The term ‘‘Na-13
2669	2669	tional Laboratory’’ has the meaning given the term 14
2670	2670	in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 15
2671	2671	U.S.C. 15801). 16
2672	2672	(6) N
2673	2673	ON-TRADITIONAL COLLECTOR .—The term 17
2674	2674	‘‘non-traditional collector’’ means an individual not 18
2675	2675	employed by a foreign intelligence service, who is 19
2676	2676	seeking access to sensitive information about a capa-20
2677	2677	bility, research, or organizational dynamics of the 21
2678	2678	United States to inform a foreign adversary or non- 22
2679	2679	state actor. 23
2680	2680	(b) F
2681	2681	INDINGS.—The Senate finds the following: 24
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2685	2685	(1) The National Laboratories conduct critical, 1
2686	2686	cutting-edge research across a range of scientific dis-2
2687	2687	ciplines that provide the United States with a tech-3
2688	2688	nological edge over other countries. 4
2689	2689	(2) The technologies developed in the National 5
2690	2690	Laboratories contribute to the national security of 6
2691	2691	the United States, including classified and sensitive 7
2692	2692	military technology and dual-use commercial tech-8
2693	2693	nology. 9
2694	2694	(3) International cooperation in the field of 10
2695	2695	science is critical to the United States maintaining 11
2696	2696	its leading technological edge. 12
2697	2697	(4) The research enterprise of the Department 13
2698	2698	of Energy, including the National Laboratories, is 14
2699	2699	increasingly targeted by adversarial nations to ex-15
2700	2700	ploit military and dual-use technologies for military 16
2701	2701	or economic gain. 17
2702	2702	(5) Approximately 40,000 citizens of foreign 18
2703	2703	countries, including more than 8,000 citizens from 19
2704	2704	China and Russia, were granted access to the prem-20
2705	2705	ises, information, or technology of National Labora-21
2706	2706	tories in fiscal year 2023. 22
2707	2707	(6) The Office of Intelligence and Counterintel-23
2708	2708	ligence of the Department of Energy is responsible 24
2709	2709	for identifying and mitigating counterintelligence 25
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2713	2713	risks to the Department, including the National 1
2714	2714	Laboratories. 2
2715	2715	(c) S
2716	2716	ENSE OF THESENATE.—It is the sense of the 3
2717	2717	Senate that, before being granted access to the premises, 4
2718	2718	information, or technology of a National Laboratory, citi-5
2719	2719	zens of foreign countries identified in the 2024 Annual 6
2720	2720	Threat Assessment of the intelligence community as ‘‘en-7
2721	2721	gaging in competitive behavior that directly threatens U.S. 8
2722	2722	national security’’ should be appropriately screened by the 9
2723	2723	National Laboratory to which they seek access, and by the 10
2724	2724	Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence of the De-11
2725	2725	partment, to identify and mitigate risks associated with 12
2726	2726	granting the requested access to sensitive military, or 13
2727	2727	dual-use technologies. 14
2728	2728	(d) R
2729	2729	EVIEW OFSENSITIVECOUNTRYVISITOR AND 15
2730	2730	A
2731	2731	SSIGNEEACCESSREQUESTS.—The Director shall pro-16
2732	2732	mulgate a policy to assess the counterintelligence risk each 17
2733	2733	visitor or assignee poses to the research or activities un-18
2734	2734	dertaken at a National Laboratory. 19
2735	2735	(e) A
2736	2736	DVICEWITHRESPECT TOVISITORS ORASSIGN-20
2737	2737	EES.— 21
2738	2738	(1) I
2739	2739	N GENERAL.—The Director shall provide 22
2740	2740	advice to a National Laboratory on visitors and as-23
2741	2741	signees when 1 or more of the following conditions 24
2742	2742	are present: 25
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2746	2746	(A) The Director has reason to believe that 1
2747	2747	a visitor or assignee is a non-traditional intel-2
2748	2748	ligence collector. 3
2749	2749	(B) The Director is in receipt of informa-4
2750	2750	tion indicating that a visitor or assignee con-5
2751	2751	stitutes a counterintelligence risk to a National 6
2752	2752	Laboratory. 7
2753	2753	(2) A
2754	2754	DVICE DESCRIBED.—Advice provided to a 8
2755	2755	National Laboratory in accordance with paragraph 9
2756	2756	(1) shall include— 10
2757	2757	(A) a description of the assessed risk; 11
2758	2758	(B) recommendations to mitigate the risk; 12
2759	2759	and 13
2760	2760	(C) identification of research or technology 14
2761	2761	that would be at risk if access is granted to the 15
2762	2762	visitor or assignee concerned. 16
2763	2763	(f) R
2764	2764	EPORTS TOCONGRESS.—Not later than 90 days 17
2765	2765	after the date of the enactment of this Act, and quarterly 18
2766	2766	thereafter, the Director shall submit to the appropriate 19
2767	2767	congressional committees a report, which shall include— 20
2768	2768	(1) the number of visitors or assignees per-21
2769	2769	mitted to access the premises, information, or tech-22
2770	2770	nology of each National Laboratory; 23
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2774	2774	(2) the number of instances in which the Direc-1
2775	2775	tor advised a National Laboratory in accordance 2
2776	2776	with subsection (e); and 3
2777	2777	(3) the number of instances in which a National 4
2778	2778	Laboratory admitted a visitor or assignee against 5
2779	2779	the advice of the Director. 6
2780	2780	SEC. 436. PROHIBITION ON NATIONAL LABORATORIES AD-7
2781	2781	MITTING CERTAIN FOREIGN NATIONALS. 8
2782	2782	(a) D
2783	2783	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 9
2784	2784	(1) A
2785	2785	SSIGNEE.—The term ‘‘assignee’’ means an 10
2786	2786	individual who is seeking approval from, or has been 11
2787	2787	approved by, a National Laboratory to access the 12
2788	2788	premises, information, or technology of the National 13
2789	2789	Laboratory for a period of more than 30 consecutive 14
2790	2790	days. 15
2791	2791	(2) C
2792	2792	OVERED FOREIGN NATIONAL .— 16
2793	2793	(A) I
2794	2794	N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘covered for-17
2795	2795	eign national’’ means a foreign national of any 18
2796	2796	of the following countries: 19
2797	2797	(i) The People’s Republic of China. 20
2798	2798	(ii) The Russian Federation. 21
2799	2799	(iii) The Islamic Republic of Iran. 22
2800	2800	(iv) The Democratic People’s Republic 23
2801	2801	of Korea. 24
2802	2802	(v) The Republic of Cuba. 25
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2806	2806	(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘covered for-1
2807	2807	eign national’’ does not include an individual 2
2808	2808	that is lawfully admitted for permanent resi-3
2809	2809	dence (as defined in section 101(a) of the Im-4
2810	2810	migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 5
2811	2811	1101(a))). 6
2812	2812	(3) F
2813	2813	OREIGN NATIONAL.—The term ‘‘foreign 7
2814	2814	national’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘alien’’ in 8
2815	2815	section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 9
2816	2816	Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)). 10
2817	2817	(4) N
2818	2818	ATIONAL LABORATORY .—The term ‘‘Na-11
2819	2819	tional Laboratory’’ has the meaning given the term 12
2820	2820	in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 13
2821	2821	U.S.C. 15801). 14
2822	2822	(5) S
2823	2823	ENIOR COUNTERINTELLIGENCE OFFI -15
2824	2824	CIAL.—The term ‘‘senior counterintelligence official’’ 16
2825	2825	means— 17
2826	2826	(A) the Director of the Federal Bureau of 18
2827	2827	Investigation; 19
2828	2828	(B) the Deputy Director of the Federal 20
2829	2829	Bureau of Investigation; 21
2830	2830	(C) the Executive Assistant Director of the 22
2831	2831	National Security Branch of the Federal Bu-23
2832	2832	reau of Investigation; or 24
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2836	2836	(D) the Assistant Director of the Counter-1
2837	2837	intelligence Division of the Federal Bureau of 2
2838	2838	Investigation. 3
2839	2839	(6) V
2840	2840	ISITOR.—The term ‘‘visitor’’ means an in-4
2841	2841	dividual who is seeking approval from, or has been 5
2842	2842	approved by, a National Laboratory to access the 6
2843	2843	premises, information, or technology of the National 7
2844	2844	Laboratory for any period shorter than a period de-8
2845	2845	scribed in paragraph (1). 9
2846	2846	(b) P
2847	2847	ROHIBITION.— 10
2848	2848	(1) I
2849	2849	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-11
2850	2850	graph (2), beginning on the date of enactment of 12
2851	2851	this Act, a National Laboratory— 13
2852	2852	(A) shall not admit as a visitor or assignee 14
2853	2853	any covered foreign national; and 15
2854	2854	(B) shall prohibit access to any visitor or 16
2855	2855	assignee that is a covered foreign national and 17
2856	2856	has sought or obtained approval to access the 18
2857	2857	premises, information, or technology of the Na-19
2858	2858	tional Laboratory as of that date. 20
2859	2859	(2) W
2860	2860	AIVER.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to 21
2861	2861	a National Laboratory if the Secretary of Energy, in 22
2862	2862	consultation with the Director of the Office of Intel-23
2863	2863	ligence and Counterintelligence of the Department of 24
2864	2864	Energy and a senior counterintelligence official, cer-25
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2868	2868	tifies and issues a waiver to the National Laboratory 1
2869	2869	requesting to admit a covered foreign national as a 2
2870	2870	visitor or assignee, in writing, that the benefits to 3
2871	2871	the United States of admittance or access by that 4
2872	2872	covered foreign national outweigh the national secu-5
2873	2873	rity and economic risks to the United States. 6
2874	2874	(3) N
2875	2875	OTIFICATION TO CONGRESS .—Not later 7
2876	2876	than 30 days after the date that a waiver is issued 8
2877	2877	pursuant to paragraph (2), the Secretary of Energy 9
2878	2878	shall submit to the Select Committee on Intelligence 10
2879	2879	of the Senate, the Committee on Energy and Nat-11
2880	2880	ural Resources of the Senate, the Committee on 12
2881	2881	Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Sen-13
2882	2882	ate, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 14
2883	2883	of the House of Representatives, the Committee on 15
2884	2884	Energy and Commerce of the House of Representa-16
2885	2885	tives, and the Committee on Science, Space, and 17
2886	2886	Technology of the House of Representatives a notifi-18
2887	2887	cation describing each waiver issued pursuant to 19
2888	2888	paragraph (2), including— 20
2889	2889	(A) the country of origin of the covered 21
2890	2890	foreign national who is the subject of the waiv-22
2891	2891	er; 23
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2895	2895	(B) the date of the request by the covered 1
2896	2896	foreign national for admission or access to a 2
2897	2897	National Laboratory; 3
2898	2898	(C) the date on which the decision to issue 4
2899	2899	the waiver was made; and 5
2900	2900	(D) the specific reasons for issuing the 6
2901	2901	waiver. 7
2902	2902	SEC. 437. QUARTERLY REPORT ON CERTAIN FOREIGN NA-8
2903	2903	TIONALS ENCOUNTERED AT THE UNITED 9
2904	2904	STATES BORDER. 10
2905	2905	(a) D
2906	2906	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 11
2907	2907	(1) E
2908	2908	NCOUNTERED.—The term ‘‘encountered’’, 12
2909	2909	with respect to a special interest alien, means phys-13
2910	2910	ically apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border 14
2911	2911	Protection personnel. 15
2912	2912	(2) S
2913	2913	PECIAL INTEREST ALIEN.—The term ‘‘spe-16
2914	2914	cial interest alien’’ means an alien (as defined in sec-17
2915	2915	tion 101(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality 18
2916	2916	Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(3)) who, based upon an anal-19
2917	2917	ysis of travel patterns and other information avail-20
2918	2918	able to the United States Government, potentially 21
2919	2919	poses a threat to the national security of the United 22
2920	2920	States and its interests due to a known or potential 23
2921	2921	nexus to terrorism, espionage, organized crime, or 24
2922	2922	other malign actors. 25
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2926	2926	(b) INGENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 1
2927	2927	date of the enactment of this Act, and quarterly thereafter 2
2928	2928	for the following 3 years, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-3
2929	2929	rity, in coordination with the Director of National Intel-4
2930	2930	ligence, shall publish, on a publicly accessible website of 5
2931	2931	the Department of Homeland Security, a report identi-6
2932	2932	fying the aggregate number of special interest aliens who, 7
2933	2933	during the applicable reporting period— 8
2934	2934	(1) have been encountered at or near an inter-9
2935	2935	national border of the United States; and 10
2936	2936	(2)(A) have been released from custody; 11
2937	2937	(B) are under supervision; 12
2938	2938	(C) are being detained by the Department of 13
2939	2939	Homeland Security; or 14
2940	2940	(D) have been removed from the United States. 15
2941	2941	SEC. 438. ASSESSMENT OF THE LESSONS LEARNED BY THE 16
2942	2942	INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY WITH RESPECT 17
2943	2943	TO THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR. 18
2944	2944	(a) I
2945	2945	NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 19
2946	2946	date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 20
2947	2947	Intelligence, in consultation with such other heads of ele-21
2948	2948	ments of the intelligence community as the Director con-22
2949	2949	siders appropriate, shall submit to the appropriate com-23
2950	2950	mittees of Congress a written assessment of the lessons 24
2951	2951	learned from the Israel-Hamas war. 25
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2955	2955	(b) ELEMENTS.—The assessment required by sub-1
2956	2956	section (a) shall include the following: 2
2957	2957	(1) Lessons learned from the timing and scope 3
2958	2958	of the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas against 4
2959	2959	Israel, including lessons related to United States in-5
2960	2960	telligence cooperation with Israel and other regional 6
2961	2961	partners. 7
2962	2962	(2) Lessons learned from advances in warfare, 8
2963	2963	including the use by adversaries of a complex tunnel 9
2964	2964	network. 10
2965	2965	(3) Lessons learned from attacks by adversaries 11
2966	2966	against maritime shipping routes in the Red Sea. 12
2967	2967	(4) Lessons learned from the use by adversaries 13
2968	2968	of rockets, missiles, and unmanned aerial systems, 14
2969	2969	including attacks by Iran. 15
2970	2970	(5) Analysis of the impact of the Israel-Hamas 16
2971	2971	war on the global security environment, including 17
2972	2972	the war in Ukraine. 18
2973	2973	(c) F
2974	2974	ORM.—The assessment required by subsection 19
2975	2975	(a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in-20
2976	2976	clude a classified annex. 21
2977	2977	(d) A
2978	2978	PPROPRIATECOMMITTEES OF CONGRESSDE-22
2979	2979	FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate commit-23
2980	2980	tees of Congress’’ means— 24
2981	2981	(1) the congressional intelligence committees; 25
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2985	2985	(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 1
2986	2986	Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 2
2987	2987	(3) the Committee on Armed Services and the 3
2988	2988	Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-4
2989	2989	resentatives. 5
2990	2990	SEC. 439. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INTELLIGENCE 6
2991	2991	ASSESSMENT ON TREN DE ARAGUA. 7
2992	2992	(a) I
2993	2993	NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 8
2994	2994	date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Cen-9
2995	2995	tral Intelligence Agency, in consultation with such other 10
2996	2996	heads of elements of the intelligence community as the Di-11
2997	2997	rector considers appropriate, shall submit to the appro-12
2998	2998	priate committees of Congress an intelligence assessment 13
2999	2999	on the gang known as ‘‘Tren de Aragua’’. 14
3000	3000	(b) E
3001	3001	LEMENTS.—The intelligence assessment re-15
3002	3002	quired by subsection (a) shall include the following: 16
3003	3003	(1) A description of the key leaders, organiza-17
3004	3004	tional structure, subgroups, presence in countries in 18
3005	3005	the Western Hemisphere, and cross-border illicit 19
3006	3006	drug smuggling routes of Tren de Aragua. 20
3007	3007	(2) A description of the practices used by Tren 21
3008	3008	de Aragua to generate revenue. 22
3009	3009	(3) A description of the level at which Tren de 23
3010	3010	Aragua receives support from the regime of Nicola´s 24
3011	3011	Maduro in Venezuela. 25
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3015	3015	(4) A description of the manner in which Tren 1
3016	3016	de Aragua is exploiting heightened migratory flows 2
3017	3017	out of Venezuela and throughout the Western Hemi-3
3018	3018	sphere to expand its operations. 4
3019	3019	(5) A description of the degree to which Tren 5
3020	3020	de Aragua cooperates or competes with other crimi-6
3021	3021	nal organizations in the Western Hemisphere. 7
3022	3022	(6) An estimate of the annual revenue received 8
3023	3023	by Tren de Aragua from the sale of illicit drugs, kid-9
3024	3024	napping, and human trafficking, disaggregated by 10
3025	3025	activity. 11
3026	3026	(7) A determination on whether Tren De 12
3027	3027	Aragua meets the definition of ‘‘significant 13
3028	3028	transnational criminal organization’’ in section 3 of 14
3029	3029	Executive Order 13581 (76 Fed. Reg. 44757; relat-15
3030	3030	ing to blocking property of transnational criminal or-16
3031	3031	ganizations), as amended by Executive Order 13863 17
3032	3032	(84 Fed. Reg. 10255; relating to taking additional 18
3033	3033	steps to address the national emergency with respect 19
3034	3034	to significant transnational criminal organizations). 20
3035	3035	(8) Any other information the Director of the 21
3036	3036	Central Intelligence Agency considers relevant. 22
3037	3037	(c) F
3038	3038	ORM.—The intelligence assessment required by 23
3039	3039	subsection (a) may be submitted in classified form. 24
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3043	3043	(d) DEFINITION OFAPPROPRIATECOMMITTEES OF 1
3044	3044	C
3045	3045	ONGRESS.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate com-2
3046	3046	mittees of Congress’’ means— 3
3047	3047	(1) the congressional intelligence committees; 4
3048	3048	(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 5
3049	3049	Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 6
3050	3050	Affairs, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 7
3051	3051	Urban Affairs, and the Committee on Appropria-8
3052	3052	tions of the Senate; and 9
3053	3053	(3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 10
3054	3054	Committee on Homeland Security, and the Com-11
3055	3055	mittee on Appropriations of the House of Represent-12
3056	3056	atives. 13
3057	3057	SEC. 440. ASSESSMENT OF MADURO REGIME’S ECONOMIC 14
3058	3058	AND SECURITY RELATIONSHIPS WITH STATE 15
3059	3059	SPONSORS OF TERRORISM AND FOREIGN 16
3060	3060	TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS. 17
3061	3061	(a) I
3062	3062	NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 18
3063	3063	date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 19
3064	3064	Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence 20
3065	3065	committees a written assessment of the economic and se-21
3066	3066	curity relationships of the regime of Nicola´s Maduro of 22
3067	3067	Venezuela with the countries and organizations described 23
3068	3068	in subsection (b), including formal and informal support 24
3069	3069	to and from such countries and organizations. 25
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3073	3073	(b) COUNTRIES ANDORGANIZATIONSDESCRIBED.— 1
3074	3074	The countries and organizations described in this sub-2
3075	3075	section are the following: 3
3076	3076	(1) The following countries designated by the 4
3077	3077	United States as state sponsors of terrorism: 5
3078	3078	(A) The Republic of Cuba. 6
3079	3079	(B) The Islamic Republic of Iran. 7
3080	3080	(2) The following organizations designated by 8
3081	3081	the United States as foreign terrorist organizations: 9
3082	3082	(A) The National Liberation Army (ELN). 10
3083	3083	(B) The Revolutionary Armed Forces of 11
3084	3084	Colombia–People’s Army (FARC-EP). 12
3085	3085	(C) The Segunda Marquetalia. 13
3086	3086	(c) F
3087	3087	ORM.—The assessment required by subsection 14
3088	3088	(a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in-15
3089	3089	clude a classified annex. 16
3090	3090	SEC. 441. CONTINUED CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF 17
3091	3091	IRANIAN EXPENDITURES SUPPORTING FOR-18
3092	3092	EIGN MILITARY AND TERRORIST ACTIVITIES. 19
3093	3093	(a) U
3094	3094	PDATEREQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days 20
3095	3095	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 21
3096	3096	of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional 22
3097	3097	intelligence committees an update to the report submitted 23
3098	3098	under section 6705 of the Damon Paul Nelson and Mat-24
3099	3099	thew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for 25
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3103	3103	Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020 (22 U.S.C. 9412) to 1
3104	3104	reflect current occurrences, circumstances, and expendi-2
3105	3105	tures. 3
3106	3106	(b) F
3107	3107	ORM.—The update submitted pursuant to sub-4
3108	3108	section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 5
3109	3109	may include a classified annex. 6
3110	3110	TITLE V—EMERGING 7
3111	3111	TECHNOLOGIES 8
3112	3112	SEC. 501. STRATEGY TO COUNTER FOREIGN ADVERSARY 9
3113	3113	EFFORTS TO UTILIZE BIOTECHNOLOGIES IN 10
3114	3114	WAYS THAT THREATEN UNITED STATES NA-11
3115	3115	TIONAL SECURITY. 12
3116	3116	(a) S
3117	3117	ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-13
3118	3118	gress that as biotechnologies become increasingly impor-14
3119	3119	tant with regard to the national security interests of the 15
3120	3120	United States, and with the addition of biotechnologies to 16
3121	3121	the biosecurity mission of the National Counterprolifera-17
3122	3122	tion and Biosecurity Center, the intelligence community 18
3123	3123	must articulate and implement a whole-of-government 19
3124	3124	strategy for addressing concerns relating to biotech-20
3125	3125	nologies. 21
3126	3126	(b) S
3127	3127	TRATEGY FORBIOTECHNOLOGIES CRITICAL TO 22
3128	3128	N
3129	3129	ATIONALSECURITY.— 23
3130	3130	(1) S
3131	3131	TRATEGY REQUIRED .—Not later than 90 24
3132	3132	days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 25
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3136	3136	Director of National Intelligence shall, acting 1
3137	3137	through the Director of the National Counterpro-2
3138	3138	liferation and Biosecurity Center and in coordination 3
3139	3139	with the heads of such other elements of the intel-4
3140	3140	ligence community as the Director of National Intel-5
3141	3141	ligence considers appropriate, develop and submit to 6
3142	3142	the congressional intelligence committees a whole-of- 7
3143	3143	government strategy to address concerns relating to 8
3144	3144	biotechnologies. 9
3145	3145	(2) E
3146	3146	LEMENTS.—The strategy developed and 10
3147	3147	submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include 11
3148	3148	the following: 12
3149	3149	(A) Identification and assessment of bio-13
3150	3150	technologies critical to the national security of 14
3151	3151	the United States, including an assessment of 15
3152	3152	which materials involve a dependency on foreign 16
3153	3153	adversary nations. 17
3154	3154	(B) A determination of how best to 18
3155	3155	counter foreign adversary efforts to utilize bio-19
3156	3156	technologies that threaten the national security 20
3157	3157	of the United States, including technologies 21
3158	3158	identified pursuant to paragraph (1). 22
3159	3159	(C) A plan to support United States ef-23
3160	3160	forts and capabilities to secure the United 24
3161	3161	States supply chains of the technologies identi-25
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3165	3165	fied pursuant to paragraph (1), by coordi-1
3166	3166	nating— 2
3167	3167	(i) across the intelligence community; 3
3168	3168	(ii) the support provided by the intel-4
3169	3169	ligence community to other relevant Fed-5
3170	3170	eral agencies and policymakers; 6
3171	3171	(iii) the engagement of the intelligence 7
3172	3172	community with private sector entities; and 8
3173	3173	(iv) how the intelligence community 9
3174	3174	can support securing United States supply 10
3175	3175	chains for and use of biotechnologies. 11
3176	3176	(D) Proposals for such legislative or ad-12
3177	3177	ministrative action as the Directors consider 13
3178	3178	necessary to support the strategy. 14
3179	3179	SEC. 502. IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ROLES, MISSIONS, AND 15
3180	3180	OBJECTIVES OF THE NATIONAL COUNTER-16
3181	3181	PROLIFERATION AND BIOSECURITY CENTER. 17
3182	3182	Section 119A of the National Security Act of 1947 18
3183	3183	(50 U.S.C. 3057) is amended— 19
3184	3184	(1) in subsection (a)(4), by striking ‘‘biosecurity 20
3185	3185	and’’ and inserting ‘‘counterproliferation, biosecu-21
3186	3186	rity, and’’; and 22
3187	3187	(2) in subsection (b)— 23
3188	3188	(A) in paragraph (1)— 24
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3192	3192	(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 1
3193	3193	‘‘analyzing and’’; 2
3194	3194	(ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 3
3195	3195	‘‘Establishing’’ and inserting ‘‘Coordi-4
3196	3196	nating the establishment of’’; 5
3197	3197	(iii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 6
3198	3198	‘‘Disseminating’’ and inserting ‘‘Over-7
3199	3199	seeing the dissemination of’’; 8
3200	3200	(iv) in subparagraph (E), by inserting 9
3201	3201	‘‘and coordinating’’ after ‘‘Conducting’’; 10
3202	3202	and 11
3203	3203	(v) in subparagraph (G), by striking 12
3204	3204	‘‘Conducting’’ and inserting ‘‘Coordinating 13
3205	3205	and advancing’’; and 14
3206	3206	(B) in paragraph (2)— 15
3207	3207	(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 16
3208	3208	‘‘and analysis’’; 17
3209	3209	(ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 18
3210	3210	(C) through (E) as subparagraphs (D) 19
3211	3211	through (F), respectively; 20
3212	3212	(iii) by inserting after subparagraph 21
3213	3213	(B) the following: 22
3214	3214	‘‘(C) Overseeing and coordinating the anal-23
3215	3215	ysis of intelligence on biosecurity and foreign 24
3216	3216	biological threats in support of the intelligence 25
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3220	3220	needs of Federal departments and agencies re-1
3221	3221	sponsible for public health, including by pro-2
3222	3222	viding analytic priorities to elements of the in-3
3223	3223	telligence community and by conducting and co-4
3224	3224	ordinating net assessments.’’; 5
3225	3225	(iv) in subparagraph (D), as redesig-6
3226	3226	nated by clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘on mat-7
3227	3227	ters relating to biosecurity and foreign bio-8
3228	3228	logical threats’’ after ‘‘public health’’; 9
3229	3229	(v) in subparagraph (F), as redesig-10
3230	3230	nated by clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘and au-11
3231	3231	thorities’’ after ‘‘capabilities’’; and 12
3232	3232	(vi) by adding at the end the fol-13
3233	3233	lowing: 14
3234	3234	‘‘(G) Coordinating with relevant elements 15
3235	3235	of the intelligence community and other Federal 16
3236	3236	departments and agencies responsible for public 17
3237	3237	health to engage with private sector entities on 18
3238	3238	information relevant to biosecurity, bio-19
3239	3239	technology, and foreign biological threats.’’. 20
3240	3240	SEC. 503. ENHANCING CAPABILITIES TO DETECT FOREIGN 21
3241	3241	ADVERSARY THREATS RELATING TO BIO-22
3242	3242	LOGICAL DATA. 23
3243	3243	Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-24
3244	3244	ment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence 25
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3248	3248	shall, in consultation with the heads of such Federal de-1
3249	3249	partments and agencies as the Director considers appro-2
3250	3250	priate, take the following steps to standardize and enhance 3
3251	3251	the capabilities of the intelligence community to detect for-4
3252	3252	eign adversary threats relating to biological data: 5
3253	3253	(1) Prioritize the collection, analysis, and dis-6
3254	3254	semination of information relating to foreign adver-7
3255	3255	sary use of biological data, particularly in ways that 8
3256	3256	threaten or could threaten the national security of 9
3257	3257	the United States. 10
3258	3258	(2) Issue policy guidance within the intelligence 11
3259	3259	community— 12
3260	3260	(A) to standardize the handling and proc-13
3261	3261	essing of biological data, including with respect 14
3262	3262	to protecting the civil liberties and privacy of 15
3263	3263	United States persons; 16
3264	3264	(B) to standardize and enhance intelligence 17
3265	3265	engagements with foreign allies and partners 18
3266	3266	with respect to biological data; and 19
3267	3267	(C) to standardize the creation of 20
3268	3268	metadata relating to biological data. 21
3269	3269	(3) Ensure coordination with such Federal de-22
3270	3270	partments and agencies and entities in the private 23
3271	3271	sector as the Director considers appropriate to un-24
3272	3272	derstand how foreign adversaries are accessing and 25
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3276	3276	using biological data stored within the United 1
3277	3277	States. 2
3278	3278	SEC. 504. NATIONAL SECURITY PROCEDURES TO ADDRESS 3
3279	3279	CERTAIN RISKS AND THREATS RELATING TO 4
3280	3280	ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. 5
3281	3281	(a) F
3282	3282	INDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 6
3283	3283	(1) Artificial intelligence systems demonstrate 7
3284	3284	increased capabilities in the generation of synthetic 8
3285	3285	media and computer programming code, as well as 9
3286	3286	areas such as object recognition, natural language 10
3287	3287	processing, and workflow orchestration. 11
3288	3288	(2) The growing capabilities of artificial intel-12
3289	3289	ligence systems in the areas described in paragraph 13
3290	3290	(1), as well as the greater accessibility of large-scale 14
3291	3291	artificial intelligence models and advanced computa-15
3292	3292	tion capabilities to individuals, businesses, and gov-16
3293	3293	ernments, have dramatically increased the adoption 17
3294	3294	of artificial intelligence products in the United 18
3295	3295	States and globally. 19
3296	3296	(3) The advanced capabilities of the systems de-20
3297	3297	scribed in paragraph (1), and their accessibility to a 21
3298	3298	wide-range of users, have increased the likelihood 22
3299	3299	and effect of misuse or malfunction of these systems, 23
3300	3300	such as to generate synthetic media for 24
3301	3301	disinformation campaigns, develop or refine malware 25
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3305	3305	for computer network exploitation activity, enhance 1
3306	3306	surveillance capabilities in ways that undermine the 2
3307	3307	privacy of citizens of the United States, and increase 3
3308	3308	the risk of exploitation or malfunction of information 4
3309	3309	technology systems incorporating artificial intel-5
3310	3310	ligence systems in mission-critical fields such as 6
3311	3311	health care, critical infrastructure, and transpor-7
3312	3312	tation. 8
3313	3313	(b) P
3314	3314	ROCEDURESREQUIRED.—Not later than 180 9
3315	3315	days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi-10
3316	3316	dent shall develop and issue procedures to facilitate and 11
3317	3317	promote mechanisms by which— 12
3318	3318	(1) vendors of advanced computation capabili-13
3319	3319	ties, vendors and commercial users of artificial intel-14
3320	3320	ligence systems, as well as independent researchers 15
3321	3321	and other third parties, may effectively notify appro-16
3322	3322	priate elements of the United States Government 17
3323	3323	of— 18
3324	3324	(A) information security risks emanating 19
3325	3325	from artificial intelligence systems, such as the 20
3326	3326	use of an artificial intelligence system to de-21
3327	3327	velop or refine malicious software; 22
3328	3328	(B) information security risks such as indi-23
3329	3329	cations of compromise or other threat informa-24
3330	3330	tion indicating a compromise to the confiden-25
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3334	3334	tiality, integrity, or availability of an artificial 1
3335	3335	intelligence system, or to the supply chain of an 2
3336	3336	artificial intelligence system, including training 3
3337	3337	or test data, frameworks, computing environ-4
3338	3338	ments, or other components necessary for the 5
3339	3339	training, management, or maintenance of an ar-6
3340	3340	tificial intelligence system; 7
3341	3341	(C) biosecurity risks emanating from artifi-8
3342	3342	cial intelligence systems, such as the use of an 9
3343	3343	artificial intelligence system to design, develop, 10
3344	3344	or acquire dual-use biological entities such as 11
3345	3345	putatively toxic small molecules, proteins, or 12
3346	3346	pathogenic organisms; 13
3347	3347	(D) suspected foreign malign influence (as 14
3348	3348	defined by section 119C of the National Secu-15
3349	3349	rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3059(f))) activity 16
3350	3350	that appears to be facilitated by an artificial in-17
3351	3351	telligence system; and 18
3352	3352	(E) any other unlawful activity facilitated 19
3353	3353	by, or directed at, an artificial intelligence sys-20
3354	3354	tem; 21
3355	3355	(2) elements of the Federal Government may 22
3356	3356	provide threat briefings to vendors of advanced com-23
3357	3357	putation capabilities and vendors of artificial intel-24
3358	3358	ligence systems, alerting them, as may be appro-25
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3362	3362	priate, to potential or confirmed foreign exploitation 1
3363	3363	of their systems, as well as malign foreign plans and 2
3364	3364	intentions. 3
3365	3365	(c) B
3366	3366	RIEFINGREQUIRED.— 4
3367	3367	(1) A
3368	3368	PPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON -5
3369	3369	GRESS.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate 6
3370	3370	committees of Congress’’ means— 7
3371	3371	(A) the congressional intelligence commit-8
3372	3372	tees; 9
3373	3373	(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 10
3374	3374	and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 11
3375	3375	(C) the Committee on Homeland Security 12
3376	3376	of the House of Representatives. 13
3377	3377	(2) I
3378	3378	N GENERAL.—The President shall provide 14
3379	3379	the appropriate committees of Congress a briefing 15
3380	3380	on procedures developed and issued pursuant to sub-16
3381	3381	section (b). 17
3382	3382	(3) E
3383	3383	LEMENTS.—The briefing provided pursu-18
3384	3384	ant to paragraph (2) shall include the following: 19
3385	3385	(A) A clear specification of which Federal 20
3386	3386	agencies are responsible for leading outreach to 21
3387	3387	affected industry and the public with respect to 22
3388	3388	the matters described in subparagraphs (A) 23
3389	3389	through (E) of paragraph (1) of subsection (b) 24
3390	3390	and paragraph (2) of such subsection. 25
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3394	3394	(B) An outline of a plan for industry out-1
3395	3395	reach and public education regarding risks 2
3396	3396	posed by, and directed at, artificial intelligence 3
3397	3397	systems. 4
3398	3398	(C) Use of research and development, 5
3399	3399	stakeholder outreach, and risk management 6
3400	3400	frameworks established pursuant to— 7
3401	3401	(i) provisions of law in effect on the 8
3402	3402	day before the date of the enactment of 9
3403	3403	this Act; or 10
3404	3404	(ii) Federal agency guidelines. 11
3405	3405	SEC. 505. ESTABLISHMENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 12
3406	3406	SECURITY CENTER. 13
3407	3407	(a) E
3408	3408	STABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days after 14
3409	3409	the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the 15
3410	3410	National Security Agency shall establish an Artificial In-16
3411	3411	telligence Security Center within the Cybersecurity Col-17
3412	3412	laboration Center of the National Security Agency. 18
3413	3413	(b) F
3414	3414	UNCTIONS.—The functions of the Artificial In-19
3415	3415	telligence Security Center shall be as follows: 20
3416	3416	(1) Making available a research test bed to pri-21
3417	3417	vate sector and academic researchers, on a sub-22
3418	3418	sidized basis, to engage in artificial intelligence secu-23
3419	3419	rity research, including through the secure provision 24
3420	3420	of access in a secure environment to proprietary 25
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3424	3424	third-party models, with the consent of the vendors 1
3425	3425	of the models. 2
3426	3426	(2) Developing guidance to prevent or mitigate 3
3427	3427	counter-artificial intelligence techniques. 4
3428	3428	(3) Promoting secure artificial intelligence 5
3429	3429	adoption practices for managers of national security 6
3430	3430	systems (as defined in section 3552 of title 44, 7
3431	3431	United States Code) and elements of the defense in-8
3432	3432	dustrial base. 9
3433	3433	(4) Coordinating with the Artificial Intelligence 10
3434	3434	Safety Institute of the National Institute of Stand-11
3435	3435	ards and Technology. 12
3436	3436	(5) Such other functions as the Director con-13
3437	3437	siders appropriate. 14
3438	3438	(c) T
3439	3439	ESTBEDREQUIREMENTS.— 15
3440	3440	(1) A
3441	3441	CCESS AND TERMS OF USAGE .— 16
3442	3442	(A) R
3443	3443	ESEARCHER ACCESS .—The Director 17
3444	3444	shall establish terms of usage governing re-18
3445	3445	searcher access to the test bed made available 19
3446	3446	under subsection (b)(1), with limitations on re-20
3447	3447	searcher publication only to the extent nec-21
3448	3448	essary to protect classified information or pro-22
3449	3449	prietary information concerning third-party 23
3450	3450	models provided through the consent of model 24
3451	3451	vendors. 25
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3456	3456	CIES.—The Director shall ensure that the test 2
3457	3457	bed made available under subsection (b)(1) is 3
3458	3458	also made available to other Federal agencies 4
3459	3459	on a cost-recovery basis. 5
3460	3460	(2) U
3461	3461	SE OF CERTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE AND 6
3462	3462	OTHER RESOURCES .—In carrying out subsection 7
3463	3463	(b)(1), the Director shall leverage, to the greatest 8
3464	3464	extent practicable, infrastructure and other re-9
3465	3465	sources provided under section 5.2 of the Executive 10
3466	3466	Order dated October 30, 2023 (relating to safe, se-11
3467	3467	cure, and trustworthy development and use of artifi-12
3468	3468	cial intelligence). 13
3469	3469	(d) A
3470	3470	CCESS TOPROPRIETARYMODELS.—In carrying 14
3471	3471	out this section, the Director shall establish such mecha-15
3472	3472	nisms as the Director considers appropriate, including po-16
3473	3473	tential contractual incentives, to ensure the provision of 17
3474	3474	access to proprietary models by qualified independent 18
3475	3475	third-party researchers if commercial model vendors have 19
3476	3476	voluntarily provided models and associated resources for 20
3477	3477	such testing. 21
3478	3478	(e) C
3479	3479	OUNTER-ARTIFICIALINTELLIGENCE DE-22
3480	3480	FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘counter-artificial intel-23
3481	3481	ligence’’ means techniques or procedures to extract infor-24
3482	3482	mation about the behavior or characteristics of an artifi-25
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3486	3486	cial intelligence system, or to learn how to manipulate an 1
3487	3487	artificial intelligence system, in order to subvert the con-2
3488	3488	fidentiality, integrity, or availability of an artificial intel-3
3489	3489	ligence system or adjacent system. 4
3490	3490	SEC. 506. SENSE OF CONGRESS ENCOURAGING INTEL-5
3491	3491	LIGENCE COMMUNITY TO INCREASE PRIVATE 6
3492	3492	SECTOR CAPITAL PARTNERSHIPS AND PART-7
3493	3493	NERSHIP WITH OFFICE OF STRATEGIC CAP-8
3494	3494	ITAL OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO SE-9
3495	3495	CURE ENDURING TECHNOLOGICAL ADVAN-10
3496	3496	TAGES. 11
3497	3497	It is the sense of Congress that— 12
3498	3498	(1) acquisition leaders in the intelligence com-13
3499	3499	munity should further explore the strategic use of 14
3500	3500	private capital partnerships to secure enduring tech-15
3501	3501	nological advantages for the intelligence community, 16
3502	3502	including through the identification, development, 17
3503	3503	and transfer of promising technologies to full-scale 18
3504	3504	programs capable of meeting intelligence community 19
3505	3505	requirements; and 20
3506	3506	(2) the intelligence community should under-21
3507	3507	take regular consultation with Federal partners, 22
3508	3508	such as the Office of Strategic Capital of the Office 23
3509	3509	of the Secretary of Defense, on best practices and 24
3510	3510	lessons learned from their experiences integrating 25
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3514	3514	these resources so as to accelerate attainment of na-1
3515	3515	tional security objectives. 2
3516	3516	SEC. 507. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY 3
3517	3517	BRIDGE FUND. 4
3518	3518	(a) D
3519	3519	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 5
3520	3520	(1) N
3521	3521	ONPROFIT ORGANIZATION .—The term 6
3522	3522	‘‘nonprofit organization’’ means an organization that 7
3523	3523	is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Rev-8
3524	3524	enue Code of 1986 and that is exempt from tax 9
3525	3525	under section 501(a) of such Code. 10
3526	3526	(2) W
3527	3527	ORK PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘work pro-11
3528	3528	gram’’ means any agreement between In-Q-Tel and 12
3529	3529	a third-party company, where such third-party com-13
3530	3530	pany furnishes or is furnishing a product or service 14
3531	3531	for use by any of In-Q-Tel’s government customers 15
3532	3532	to address those customers’ technology needs or re-16
3533	3533	quirements. 17
3534	3534	(b) E
3535	3535	STABLISHMENT OF FUND.—There is estab-18
3536	3536	lished in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be 19
3537	3537	known as the ‘‘Intelligence Community Technology Bridge 20
3538	3538	Fund’’ (in this subsection referred to as the ‘‘Fund’’) to 21
3539	3539	assist in the transitioning of products or services from the 22
3540	3540	research and development phase to the contracting and 23
3541	3541	production phase. 24
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3545	3545	(c) CONTENTS OFFUND.—The Fund shall consist of 1
3546	3546	amounts appropriated to the Fund, and amounts in the 2
3547	3547	Fund shall remain available until expended. 3
3548	3548	(d) A
3549	3549	VAILABILITY ANDUSE OFFUND.— 4
3550	3550	(1) I
3551	3551	N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3), 5
3552	3552	amounts in the Fund shall be available to the Direc-6
3553	3553	tor of National Intelligence to provide assistance to 7
3554	3554	a business or nonprofit organization that is 8
3555	3555	transitioning a product or service. 9
3556	3556	(2) T
3557	3557	YPES OF ASSISTANCE .—Assistance pro-10
3558	3558	vided under paragraph (1) may be distributed as 11
3559	3559	funds in the form of a grant, a payment for a prod-12
3560	3560	uct or service, or a payment for equity. 13
3561	3561	(3) R
3562	3562	EQUIREMENTS FOR FUNDS .—Assistance 14
3563	3563	may be provided under paragraph (1) to a business 15
3564	3564	or nonprofit organization that is transitioning a 16
3565	3565	product or service only if— 17
3566	3566	(A) the business or nonprofit organiza-18
3567	3567	tion— 19
3568	3568	(i) has participated or is participating 20
3569	3569	in a work program; or 21
3570	3570	(ii) is engaged with an element of the 22
3571	3571	intelligence community or Department of 23
3572	3572	Defense for research and development; and 24
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3576	3576	(B) the Director of National Intelligence or 1
3577	3577	the head of an element of the intelligence com-2
3578	3578	munity attests that the product or service will 3
3579	3579	be utilized by an element of the intelligence 4
3580	3580	community for a mission need, such as because 5
3581	3581	it would be valuable in addressing a needed ca-6
3582	3582	pability, fill or complement a technology gap, or 7
3583	3583	increase the supplier base or price-competitive-8
3584	3584	ness for the Federal Government. 9
3585	3585	(4) P
3586	3586	RIORITY FOR SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS 10
3587	3587	AND NONTRADITIONAL DEFENSE CONTRACTORS .—In 11
3588	3588	providing assistance under paragraph (1), the Direc-12
3589	3589	tor shall prioritize the provision of assistance to 13
3590	3590	small business concerns (as defined under section 14
3591	3591	3(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a))) 15
3592	3592	and nontraditional defense contractors (as defined in 16
3593	3593	section 3014 of title 10, United States Code). 17
3594	3594	(e) A
3595	3595	DMINISTRATION OFFUND.— 18
3596	3596	(1) I
3597	3597	N GENERAL.—The Fund shall be adminis-19
3598	3598	tered by the Director of National Intelligence. 20
3599	3599	(2) C
3600	3600	ONSULTATION.—In administering the 21
3601	3601	Fund, the Director— 22
3602	3602	(A) shall consult with the heads of the ele-23
3603	3603	ments of the intelligence community; and 24
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3607	3607	(B) may consult with In-Q-Tel, the De-1
3608	3608	fense Advanced Research Project Agency, the 2
3609	3609	North Atlantic Treaty Organization Investment 3
3610	3610	Fund, and the Defense Innovation Unit. 4
3611	3611	(f) A
3612	3612	NNUALREPORTS.— 5
3613	3613	(1) I
3614	3614	N GENERAL.—Not later than September 6
3615	3615	30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Direc-7
3616	3616	tor shall submit to the congressional intelligence 8
3617	3617	committees a report on the Fund. 9
3618	3618	(2) C
3619	3619	ONTENTS.—Each report submitted pursu-10
3620	3620	ant to paragraph (1) shall include, for the period 11
3621	3621	covered by the report, information about the fol-12
3622	3622	lowing: 13
3623	3623	(A) How much was expended or obligated 14
3624	3624	using amounts from the Fund. 15
3625	3625	(B) For what the amounts were expended 16
3626	3626	or obligated. 17
3627	3627	(C) The effects of such expenditures and 18
3628	3628	obligations. 19
3629	3629	(D) A summary of annual transition activi-20
3630	3630	ties and outcomes of such activities for the in-21
3631	3631	telligence community. 22
3632	3632	(3) F
3633	3633	ORM.—Each report submitted pursuant to 23
3634	3634	paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 24
3635	3635	form, but may include a classified annex. 25
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3639	3639	(g) AUTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.— 1
3640	3640	(1) I
3641	3641	N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 2
3642	3642	there is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund 3
3643	3643	$75,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 and for each fiscal 4
3644	3644	year thereafter. 5
3645	3645	(2) L
3646	3646	IMITATION.—The amount in the Fund 6
3647	3647	shall not exceed $75,000,000 at any time. 7
3648	3648	SEC. 508. ENHANCEMENT OF AUTHORITY FOR INTEL-8
3649	3649	LIGENCE COMMUNITY PUBLIC-PRIVATE TAL-9
3650	3650	ENT EXCHANGES. 10
3651	3651	(a) F
3652	3652	OCUSAREAS.—Subsection (a) of section 5306 11
3653	3653	of the Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard 12
3654	3654	Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 13
3655	3655	2019, and 2020 (50 U.S.C. 3334) is amended— 14
3656	3656	(1) by striking ‘‘Not later than’’ and inserting 15
3657	3657	the following: 16
3658	3658	‘‘(1) I
3659	3659	N GENERAL.—Not later than’’; and 17
3660	3660	(2) by adding at the end the following: 18
3661	3661	‘‘(2) F
3662	3662	OCUS AREAS.—The Director shall ensure 19
3663	3663	that the policies, processes, and procedures devel-20
3664	3664	oped pursuant to paragraph (1) include a focus on 21
3665	3665	rotations described in such paragraph with private- 22
3666	3666	sector organizations in the following fields: 23
3667	3667	‘‘(A) Finance. 24
3668	3668	‘‘(B) Acquisition. 25
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3672	3672	‘‘(C) Biotechnology. 1
3673	3673	‘‘(D) Computing. 2
3674	3674	‘‘(E) Artificial intelligence. 3
3675	3675	‘‘(F) Business process innovation and en-4
3676	3676	trepreneurship. 5
3677	3677	‘‘(G) Cybersecurity. 6
3678	3678	‘‘(H) Materials and manufacturing. 7
3679	3679	‘‘(I) Any other technology or research field 8
3680	3680	the Director determines relevant to meet evolv-9
3681	3681	ing national security threats in technology sec-10
3682	3682	tors.’’. 11
3683	3683	(b) D
3684	3684	URATION OF TEMPORARY DETAILS.—Sub-12
3685	3685	section (e) of section 5306 of the Damon Paul Nelson and 13
3686	3686	Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for 14
3687	3687	Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020 (50 U.S.C. 3334) is 15
3688	3688	amended— 16
3689	3689	(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘3 years’’ and 17
3690	3690	inserting ‘‘5 years’’; and 18
3691	3691	(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘3 years’’ and 19
3692	3692	inserting ‘‘5 years’’. 20
3693	3693	(c) T
3694	3694	REATMENT OFPRIVATE-SECTOREMPLOYEES.— 21
3695	3695	Subsection (g) of such section is amended— 22
3696	3696	(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 23
3697	3697	inserting a semicolon; 24
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3701	3701	(2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at 1
3702	3702	the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 2
3703	3703	(3) by adding at the end the following: 3
3704	3704	‘‘(7) shall not be considered to have a conflict 4
3705	3705	of interest with an element of the intelligence com-5
3706	3706	munity solely because of being detailed to an ele-6
3707	3707	ment of the intelligence community under this sec-7
3708	3708	tion.’’. 8
3709	3709	(d) H
3710	3710	IRINGAUTHORITY.—Such section is amended— 9
3711	3711	(1) by redesignating subsection (j) as sub-10
3712	3712	section (k); and 11
3713	3713	(2) by inserting after subsection (i) the fol-12
3714	3714	lowing: 13
3715	3715	‘‘(j) H
3716	3716	IRINGAUTHORITY.— 14
3717	3717	‘‘(1) I
3718	3718	N GENERAL.—The Director may hire, 15
3719	3719	under section 213.3102(r) of title 5, Code of Federal 16
3720	3720	Regulations, or successor regulations, an individual 17
3721	3721	who is an employee of a private-sector organization 18
3722	3722	who is detailed to an element of the intelligence com-19
3723	3723	munity under this section. 20
3724	3724	‘‘(2) N
3725	3725	O PERSONNEL BILLET REQUIRED .—Hir-21
3726	3726	ing an individual under paragraph (1) shall not re-22
3727	3727	quire a personnel billet.’’. 23
3728	3728	(e) A
3729	3729	NNUALREPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after 24
3730	3730	the date of the enactment of this Act and annually there-25
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3734	3734	after for 2 more years, the Director of National Intel-1
3735	3735	ligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence com-2
3736	3736	mittees an annual report on— 3
3737	3737	(1) the implementation of the policies, proc-4
3738	3738	esses, and procedures developed pursuant to sub-5
3739	3739	section (a) of such section 5306 (50 U.S.C. 3334) 6
3740	3740	and the administration of such section; 7
3741	3741	(2) how the heads of the elements of the intel-8
3742	3742	ligence community are using or plan to use the au-9
3743	3743	thorities provided under such section; and 10
3744	3744	(3) recommendations for legislative or adminis-11
3745	3745	trative action to increase use of the authorities pro-12
3746	3746	vided under such section. 13
3747	3747	SEC. 509. ENHANCING INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ABILITY 14
3748	3748	TO ACQUIRE EMERGING TECHNOLOGY THAT 15
3749	3749	FULFILLS INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY 16
3750	3750	NEEDS. 17
3751	3751	(a) D
3752	3752	EFINITION OFWORKPROGRAM.—The term 18
3753	3753	‘‘work program’’ means any agreement between In-Q-Tel 19
3754	3754	and a third-party company, where such third-party com-20
3755	3755	pany furnishes or is furnishing a property, product, or 21
3756	3756	service for use by any of In-Q-Tel’s government customers 22
3757	3757	to address those customers’ technology needs or require-23
3758	3758	ments. 24
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3762	3762	(b) INGENERAL.—In addition to the exceptions list-1
3763	3763	ed under section 3304(a) of title 41, United States Code, 2
3764	3764	and under section 3204(a) of title 10, United States Code, 3
3765	3765	for the use of competitive procedures, the Director of Na-4
3766	3766	tional Intelligence or the head of an element of the intel-5
3767	3767	ligence community may use procedures other than com-6
3768	3768	petitive procedures to acquire a property, product, or serv-7
3769	3769	ice if— 8
3770	3770	(1) the source of the property, product, or serv-9
3771	3771	ice is a company that completed a work program in 10
3772	3772	which the company furnished the property, product, 11
3773	3773	or service; and 12
3774	3774	(2) the Director of National Intelligence or the 13
3775	3775	head of an element of the intelligence community 14
3776	3776	certifies that such property, product, or service has 15
3777	3777	been shown to meet an identified need of the intel-16
3778	3778	ligence community. 17
3779	3779	(c) J
3780	3780	USTIFICATION FOR USE OFPROCEDURES 18
3781	3781	O
3782	3782	THERTHANCOMPETITIVEPROCEDURES.— 19
3783	3783	(1) I
3784	3784	N GENERAL.—A property, product, or serv-20
3785	3785	ice may not be acquired by the Director or the head 21
3786	3786	of an element of the intelligence community under 22
3787	3787	subsection (b) using procedures other than competi-23
3788	3788	tive procedures unless the acquiring officer for the 24
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3792	3792	acquisition justifies the use of such procedures in 1
3793	3793	writing. 2
3794	3794	(2) C
3795	3795	ONTENTS.—A justification in writing de-3
3796	3796	scribed in paragraph (1) for an acquisition using 4
3797	3797	procedures other than competitive procedures shall 5
3798	3798	include the following: 6
3799	3799	(A) A description of the need of the ele-7
3800	3800	ment of the intelligence community that the 8
3801	3801	property, product, or service satisfies. 9
3802	3802	(B) A certification that the anticipated 10
3803	3803	costs will be fair and reasonable. 11
3804	3804	(C) A description of the market survey 12
3805	3805	conducted or a statement of the reasons a mar-13
3806	3806	ket survey was not conducted. 14
3807	3807	(D) Such other matters as the Director or 15
3808	3808	the head, as the case may be, determines appro-16
3809	3809	priate. 17
3810	3810	SEC. 510. MANAGEMENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SE-18
3811	3811	CURITY RISKS. 19
3812	3812	(a) D
3813	3813	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 20
3814	3814	(1) A
3815	3815	RTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SAFETY INCI -21
3816	3816	DENT.—The term ‘‘artificial intelligence safety inci-22
3817	3817	dent’’ means an event that increases the risk that 23
3818	3818	operation of an artificial intelligence system will— 24
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3822	3822	(A) result in physical or psychological 1
3823	3823	harm; or 2
3824	3824	(B) lead to a state in which human life, 3
3825	3825	health, property, or the environment is endan-4
3826	3826	gered. 5
3827	3827	(2) A
3828	3828	RTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SECURITY INCI -6
3829	3829	DENT.—The term ‘‘artificial intelligence security in-7
3830	3830	cident’’ means an event that increases— 8
3831	3831	(A) the risk that operation of an artificial 9
3832	3832	intelligence system occurs in a way that enables 10
3833	3833	the extraction of information about the behavior 11
3834	3834	or characteristics of an artificial intelligence 12
3835	3835	system by a third party; or 13
3836	3836	(B) the ability of a third party to manipu-14
3837	3837	late an artificial intelligence system to subvert 15
3838	3838	the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of 16
3839	3839	an artificial intelligence system or adjacent sys-17
3840	3840	tem. 18
3841	3841	(3) A
3842	3842	RTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SECURITY VUL -19
3843	3843	NERABILITY.—The term ‘‘artificial intelligence secu-20
3844	3844	rity vulnerability’’ means a weakness in an artificial 21
3845	3845	intelligence system that could be exploited by a third 22
3846	3846	party to, without authorization, subvert the con-23
3847	3847	fidentiality, integrity, or availability of an artificial 24
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3851	3851	intelligence system, including through techniques 1
3852	3852	such as— 2
3853	3853	(A) data poisoning; 3
3854	3854	(B) evasion attacks; 4
3855	3855	(C) privacy-based attacks; and 5
3856	3856	(D) abuse attacks. 6
3857	3857	(4) C
3858	3858	OUNTER-ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.—The 7
3859	3859	term ‘‘counter-artificial intelligence’’ means tech-8
3860	3860	niques or procedures to extract information about 9
3861	3861	the behavior or characteristics of an artificial intel-10
3862	3862	ligence system, or to learn how to manipulate an ar-11
3863	3863	tificial intelligence system, so as to subvert the con-12
3864	3864	fidentiality, integrity, or availability of an artificial 13
3865	3865	intelligence system or adjacent system. 14
3866	3866	(b) V
3867	3867	OLUNTARYTRACKING ANDPROCESSING OFSE-15
3868	3868	CURITY ANDSAFETYINCIDENTS ANDRISKSASSOCIATED 16
3869	3869	W
3870	3870	ITHARTIFICIALINTELLIGENCE.— 17
3871	3871	(1) P
3872	3872	ROCESSES AND PROCEDURES FOR VUL -18
3873	3873	NERABILITY MANAGEMENT .—Not later than 180 19
3874	3874	days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 20
3875	3875	Director of the National Institute of Standards and 21
3876	3876	Technology shall— 22
3877	3877	(A) initiate a process to update processes 23
3878	3878	and procedures associated with the National 24
3879	3879	Vulnerability Database of the Institute to en-25
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3883	3883	sure that the database and associated vulner-1
3884	3884	ability management processes incorporate artifi-2
3885	3885	cial intelligence security vulnerabilities to the 3
3886	3886	greatest extent practicable; and 4
3887	3887	(B) identify any characteristics of artificial 5
3888	3888	intelligence security vulnerabilities that make 6
3889	3889	utilization of the National Vulnerability Data-7
3890	3890	base inappropriate for their management and 8
3891	3891	develop processes and procedures for vulner-9
3892	3892	ability management of those vulnerabilities. 10
3893	3893	(2) V
3894	3894	OLUNTARY TRACKING OF ARTIFICIAL IN -11
3895	3895	TELLIGENCE SECURITY AND ARTIFICIAL INTEL -12
3896	3896	LIGENCE SAFETY INCIDENTS .— 13
3897	3897	(A) V
3898	3898	OLUNTARY DATABASE REQUIRED .— 14
3899	3899	Not later than 1 year after the date of the en-15
3900	3900	actment of this Act, the Director of the Insti-16
3901	3901	tute, in coordination with the Director of the 17
3902	3902	Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 18
3903	3903	Agency, shall— 19
3904	3904	(i) develop and establish a comprehen-20
3905	3905	sive database to publicly track artificial in-21
3906	3906	telligence security and artificial intelligence 22
3907	3907	safety incidents through voluntary input; 23
3908	3908	and 24
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3912	3912	(ii) in establishing the database under 1
3913	3913	clause (i)— 2
3914	3914	(I) establish mechanisms by 3
3915	3915	which private sector entities, public 4
3916	3916	sector organizations, civil society 5
3917	3917	groups, and academic researchers may 6
3918	3918	voluntarily share information with the 7
3919	3919	Institute on confirmed or suspected 8
3920	3920	artificial intelligence security or artifi-9
3921	3921	cial intelligence safety incidents, in a 10
3922	3922	manner that preserves the confiden-11
3923	3923	tiality of any affected party; 12
3924	3924	(II) leverage, to the greatest ex-13
3925	3925	tent possible, standardized disclosure 14
3926	3926	and incident description formats; 15
3927	3927	(III) develop processes to asso-16
3928	3928	ciate reports pertaining to the same 17
3929	3929	incident with a single incident identi-18
3930	3930	fier; 19
3931	3931	(IV) establish classification, in-20
3932	3932	formation retrieval, and reporting 21
3933	3933	mechanisms that sufficiently differen-22
3934	3934	tiate between artificial intelligence se-23
3935	3935	curity incidents and artificial intel-24
3936	3936	ligence safety incidents; and 25
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3940	3940	(V) create appropriate 1
3941	3941	taxonomies to classify incidents based 2
3942	3942	on relevant characteristics, impact, or 3
3943	3943	other relevant criteria. 4
3944	3944	(B) I
3945	3945	DENTIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF 5
3946	3946	MATERIAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SECURITY 6
3947	3947	OR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SAFETY RISKS .— 7
3948	3948	(i) I
3949	3949	N GENERAL.—Upon receipt of rel-8
3950	3950	evant information on an artificial intel-9
3951	3951	ligence security or artificial intelligence 10
3952	3952	safety incident, the Director of the Insti-11
3953	3953	tute shall determine whether the described 12
3954	3954	incident presents a material artificial intel-13
3955	3955	ligence security or artificial intelligence 14
3956	3956	safety risk sufficient for inclusion in the 15
3957	3957	database developed and established under 16
3958	3958	subparagraph (A). 17
3959	3959	(ii) P
3960	3960	RIORITIES.—In evaluating a re-18
3961	3961	ported incident pursuant to subparagraph 19
3962	3962	(A), the Director shall prioritize inclusion 20
3963	3963	in the database cases in which a described 21
3964	3964	incident— 22
3965	3965	(I) describes an artificial intel-23
3966	3966	ligence system used in critical infra-24
3967	3967	structure or safety-critical systems; 25
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3971	3971	(II) would result in a high-sever-1
3972	3972	ity or catastrophic impact to the peo-2
3973	3973	ple or economy of the United States; 3
3974	3974	or 4
3975	3975	(III) includes an artificial intel-5
3976	3976	ligence system widely used in commer-6
3977	3977	cial or public sector contexts. 7
3978	3978	(C) R
3979	3979	EPORTS AND ANONYMITY .—The Di-8
3980	3980	rector shall populate the database developed 9
3981	3981	and established under subparagraph (A) with 10
3982	3982	incidents based on public reports and informa-11
3983	3983	tion shared using the mechanism established 12
3984	3984	pursuant to clause (ii)(I) of such subparagraph, 13
3985	3985	ensuring that any incident description suffi-14
3986	3986	ciently anonymizes those affected, unless those 15
3987	3987	who are affected have consented to their names 16
3988	3988	being included in the database. 17
3989	3989	(c) U
3990	3990	PDATINGPROCESSES AND PROCEDURESRE-18
3991	3991	LATING TOCOMMONVULNERABILITIES AND EXPOSURES 19
3992	3992	P
3993	3993	ROGRAM ANDEVALUATION OFCONSENSUSSTANDARDS 20
3994	3994	R
3995	3995	ELATING TOARTIFICIALINTELLIGENCESECURITYVUL-21
3996	3996	NERABILITYREPORTING.— 22
3997	3997	(1) D
3998	3998	EFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 23
3999	3999	(A) C
4000	4000	OMMON VULNERABILITIES AND EX -24
4001	4001	POSURES PROGRAM .—The term ‘‘Common 25
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4005	4005	Vulnerabilities and Exposures Program’’ means 1
4006	4006	the reference guide and classification system for 2
4007	4007	publicly known information security 3
4008	4008	vulnerabilities sponsored by the Cybersecurity 4
4009	4009	and Infrastructure Security Agency. 5
4010	4010	(B) D
4011	4011	IRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ 6
4012	4012	means the Director of the Cybersecurity and 7
4013	4013	Infrastructure Security Agency. 8
4014	4014	(C) R
4015	4015	ELEVANT CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -9
4016	4016	TEES.—The term ‘‘relevant congressional com-10
4017	4017	mittees’’ means— 11
4018	4018	(i) the Committee on Homeland Secu-12
4019	4019	rity and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-13
4020	4020	ate; 14
4021	4021	(ii) the Committee on Commerce, 15
4022	4022	Science, and Transportation of the Senate; 16
4023	4023	(iii) the Select Committee on Intel-17
4024	4024	ligence of the Senate; 18
4025	4025	(iv) the Committee on the Judiciary of 19
4026	4026	the Senate; 20
4027	4027	(v) the Committee on Oversight and 21
4028	4028	Accountability of the House of Representa-22
4029	4029	tives; 23
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4033	4033	(vi) the Committee on Energy and 1
4034	4034	Commerce of the House of Representa-2
4035	4035	tives; 3
4036	4036	(vii) the Permanent Select Committee 4
4037	4037	on Intelligence of the House of Represent-5
4038	4038	atives; and 6
4039	4039	(viii) the Committee on the Judiciary 7
4040	4040	of the House of Representatives. 8
4041	4041	(2) I
4042	4042	N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 9
4043	4043	after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director 10
4044	4044	shall— 11
4045	4045	(A) initiate a process to update processes 12
4046	4046	and procedures associated with the Common 13
4047	4047	Vulnerabilities and Exposures Program to en-14
4048	4048	sure that the program and associated processes 15
4049	4049	identify and enumerate artificial intelligence se-16
4050	4050	curity vulnerabilities to the greatest extent 17
4051	4051	practicable; and 18
4052	4052	(B) identify any characteristic of artificial 19
4053	4053	intelligence security vulnerabilities that makes 20
4054	4054	utilization of the Common Vulnerabilities and 21
4055	4055	Exposures Program inappropriate for their 22
4056	4056	management and develop processes and proce-23
4057	4057	dures for vulnerability identification and enu-24
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4061	4061	meration of those artificial intelligence security 1
4062	4062	vulnerabilities. 2
4063	4063	(3) E
4064	4064	VALUATION OF CONSENSUS STANDARDS .— 3
4065	4065	(A) I
4066	4066	N GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 4
4067	4067	after the date of enactment of this Act, the Di-5
4068	4068	rector of the National Institute of Standards 6
4069	4069	and Technology shall initiate a multi-stake-7
4070	4070	holder process to evaluate whether existing vol-8
4071	4071	untary consensus standards for vulnerability re-9
4072	4072	porting effectively accommodate artificial intel-10
4073	4073	ligence security vulnerabilities. 11
4074	4074	(B) R
4075	4075	EPORT.— 12
4076	4076	(i) S
4077	4077	UBMISSION.—Not later than 180 13
4078	4078	days after the date on which the evaluation 14
4079	4079	under subparagraph (A) is carried out, the 15
4080	4080	Director shall submit a report to the rel-16
4081	4081	evant congressional committees on the suf-17
4082	4082	ficiency of existing vulnerability reporting 18
4083	4083	processes and standards to accommodate 19
4084	4084	artificial intelligence security 20
4085	4085	vulnerabilities. 21
4086	4086	(ii) P
4087	4087	OST-REPORT ACTION.—If the Di-22
4088	4088	rector concludes in the report submitted 23
4089	4089	under clause (i) that existing processes do 24
4090	4090	not sufficiently accommodate reporting of 25
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4094	4094	artificial intelligence security 1
4095	4095	vulnerabilities, the Director shall initiate a 2
4096	4096	process, in consultation with the Director 3
4097	4097	of the National Institute of Standards and 4
4098	4098	Technology and the Director of the Office 5
4099	4099	of Management and Budget, to update rel-6
4100	4100	evant vulnerability reporting processes, in-7
4101	4101	cluding the Department of Homeland Se-8
4102	4102	curity Binding Operational Directive 20– 9
4103	4103	01, or any subsequent directive. 10
4104	4104	(4) B
4105	4105	EST PRACTICES.—Not later than 90 days 11
4106	4106	after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director 12
4107	4107	shall, in collaboration with the Director of the Na-13
4108	4108	tional Security Agency and the Director of the Na-14
4109	4109	tional Institute of Standards and Technology and 15
4110	4110	leveraging efforts of the Information Communica-16
4111	4111	tions Technology Supply Chain Risk Management 17
4112	4112	Task Force to the greatest extent practicable, con-18
4113	4113	vene a multi-stakeholder process to encourage the 19
4114	4114	development and adoption of best practices relating 20
4115	4115	to addressing supply chain risks associated with 21
4116	4116	training and maintaining artificial intelligence mod-22
4117	4117	els, which shall ensure consideration of supply chain 23
4118	4118	risks associated with— 24
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4122	4122	(A) data collection, cleaning, and labeling, 1
4123	4123	particularly the supply chain risks of reliance 2
4124	4124	on remote workforce and foreign labor for such 3
4125	4125	tasks; 4
4126	4126	(B) inadequate documentation of training 5
4127	4127	data and test data storage, as well as limited 6
4128	4128	provenance of training data; 7
4129	4129	(C) human feedback systems used to refine 8
4130	4130	artificial intelligence systems, particularly the 9
4131	4131	supply chain risks of reliance on remote work-10
4132	4132	force and foreign labor for such tasks; 11
4133	4133	(D) the use of large-scale, open-source 12
4134	4134	datasets, particularly the supply chain risks to 13
4135	4135	repositories that host such datasets for use by 14
4136	4136	public and private sector developers in the 15
4137	4137	United States; and 16
4138	4138	(E) the use of proprietary datasets con-17
4139	4139	taining sensitive or personally identifiable infor-18
4140	4140	mation. 19
4141	4141	SEC. 511. PROTECTION OF TECHNOLOGICAL MEASURES DE-20
4142	4142	SIGNED TO VERIFY AUTHENTICITY OR PROV-21
4143	4143	ENANCE OF MACHINE-MANIPULATED MEDIA. 22
4144	4144	(a) D
4145	4145	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 23
4146	4146	(1) M
4147	4147	ACHINE-MANIPULATED MEDIA .—The term 24
4148	4148	‘‘machine-manipulated media’’ has the meaning 25
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4152	4152	given such term in section 5724 of the Damon Paul 1
4153	4153	Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Au-2
4154	4154	thorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 3
4155	4155	2020 (Public Law 116–92; 50 U.S.C. 3024 note). 4
4156	4156	(2) S
4157	4157	TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 5
4158	4158	the several States of the United States, the District 6
4159	4159	of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 7
4160	4160	Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the 8
4161	4161	Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 9
4162	4162	(b) P
4163	4163	ROHIBITIONS.— 10
4164	4164	(1) P
4165	4165	ROHIBITION ON CONCEALING SUBVER -11
4166	4166	SION.—No person shall knowingly and with the in-12
4167	4167	tent or substantial likelihood of deceiving a third 13
4168	4168	party, enable, facilitate, or conceal the subversion of 14
4169	4169	a technological measure designed to verify the au-15
4170	4170	thenticity, modifications, or conveyance of machine- 16
4171	4171	manipulated media, or characteristics of the prove-17
4172	4172	nance of the machine-manipulated media, by gener-18
4173	4173	ating information about the authenticity of a piece 19
4174	4174	of content that is knowingly false. 20
4175	4175	(2) P
4176	4176	ROHIBITION ON FRAUDULENT DISTRIBU -21
4177	4177	TION.—No person shall knowingly and for financial 22
4178	4178	benefit, enable, facilitate, or conceal the subversion 23
4179	4179	of a technological measure described in paragraph 24
4180	4180	(1) by distributing machine-manipulated media with 25
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4184	4184	knowingly false information about the authenticity 1
4185	4185	of a piece of machine-manipulated media. 2
4186	4186	(3) P
4187	4187	ROHIBITION ON PRODUCTS AND SERVICES 3
4188	4188	FOR CIRCUMVENTION .—No person shall deliberately 4
4189	4189	manufacture, import, or offer to the public a tech-5
4190	4190	nology, product, service, device, component, or part 6
4191	4191	thereof that— 7
4192	4192	(A) is primarily designed or produced and 8
4193	4193	promoted for the purpose of circumventing, re-9
4194	4194	moving, or otherwise disabling a technological 10
4195	4195	measure described in paragraph (1) with the in-11
4196	4196	tent or substantial likelihood of deceiving a 12
4197	4197	third party about the authenticity of a piece of 13
4198	4198	machine-manipulated media; 14
4199	4199	(B) has only limited commercially signifi-15
4200	4200	cant or expressive purpose or use other than to 16
4201	4201	circumvent, remove, or otherwise disable a tech-17
4202	4202	nological measure designed to verify the authen-18
4203	4203	ticity of machine-manipulated media and is pro-19
4204	4204	moted for such purposes; or 20
4205	4205	(C) is marketed by that person or another 21
4206	4206	acting in concert with that person with that 22
4207	4207	person’s knowledge for use in circumventing, re-23
4208	4208	moving, or otherwise disabling a technological 24
4209	4209	measure described in paragraph (1) with an in-25
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4213	4213	tent to deceive a third party about the authen-1
4214	4214	ticity of a piece of machine-manipulated media. 2
4215	4215	(c) E
4216	4216	XEMPTIONS.— 3
4217	4217	(1) I
4218	4218	N GENERAL.—Nothing in subsection (b) 4
4219	4219	shall inhibit the ability of any individual to access, 5
4220	4220	read, or review a technological measure described in 6
4221	4221	paragraph (1) of such subsection or to access, read, 7
4222	4222	or review the provenance, modification, or convey-8
4223	4223	ance information contained therein. 9
4224	4224	(2) E
4225	4225	XEMPTION FOR NONPROFIT LIBRARIES , 10
4226	4226	ARCHIVES, AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS .— 11
4227	4227	(A) I
4228	4228	N GENERAL.—Except as otherwise 12
4229	4229	provided in this subsection, subsection (b) shall 13
4230	4230	not apply to a nonprofit library, archives, or 14
4231	4231	educational institution which generates, distrib-15
4232	4232	utes, or otherwise handles machine-manipulated 16
4233	4233	media. 17
4234	4234	(B) C
4235	4235	OMMERCIAL ADVANTAGE , FINANCIAL 18
4236	4236	GAIN, OR TORTIOUS CONDUCT .—The exception 19
4237	4237	in subparagraph (A) shall not apply to a non-20
4238	4238	profit library, archive, or educational institution 21
4239	4239	that willfully for the purpose of commercial ad-22
4240	4240	vantage, financial gain, or in furtherance of 23
4241	4241	tortious conduct violates a provision of sub-24
4242	4242	section (b), except that a nonprofit library, ar-25
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4246	4246	chive, or educational institution that willfully 1
4247	4247	for the purpose of commercial advantage, finan-2
4248	4248	cial gain, or in furtherance of tortious conduct 3
4249	4249	violates a provision of subsection (b) shall— 4
4250	4250	(i) for the first offense, be subject to 5
4251	4251	the civil remedies under subsection (d); 6
4252	4252	and 7
4253	4253	(ii) for repeated or subsequent of-8
4254	4254	fenses, in addition to the civil remedies 9
4255	4255	under subsection (d), forfeit the exemption 10
4256	4256	provided under subparagraph (A). 11
4257	4257	(C) C
4258	4258	IRCUMVENTING TECHNOLOGIES .— 12
4259	4259	This paragraph may not be used as a defense 13
4260	4260	to a claim under paragraph (3) of subsection 14
4261	4261	(b), nor may this subsection permit a nonprofit 15
4262	4262	library, archive, or educational institution to 16
4263	4263	manufacture, import, offer to the public, pro-17
4264	4264	vide, or otherwise traffic in any technology, 18
4265	4265	product, service, component, or part thereof, 19
4266	4266	that circumvents a technological measure de-20
4267	4267	scribed in paragraph (1) of such subsection. 21
4268	4268	(D) Q
4269	4269	UALIFICATIONS OF LIBRARIES AND 22
4270	4270	ARCHIVES.—In order for a library or archive to 23
4271	4271	qualify for the exemption under subparagraph 24
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4275	4275	(A), the collections of that library or archive 1
4276	4276	shall be— 2
4277	4277	(i) open to the public; or 3
4278	4278	(ii) available not only to researchers 4
4279	4279	affiliated with the library or archive or 5
4280	4280	with the institution of which it is a part, 6
4281	4281	but also to other persons doing research in 7
4282	4282	a specialized field. 8
4283	4283	(3) R
4284	4284	EVERSE ENGINEERING .— 9
4285	4285	(A) D
4286	4286	EFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 10
4287	4287	(i) C
4288	4288	IRCUMVENTION.—The term ‘‘cir-11
4289	4289	cumvention’’ means to remove, deactivate, 12
4290	4290	disable, or impair a technological measure 13
4291	4291	designed to verify the authenticity of ma-14
4292	4292	chine-manipulated media or characteristics 15
4293	4293	of its provenance, modifications, or convey-16
4294	4294	ance. 17
4295	4295	(ii) I
4296	4296	NTEROPERABILITY.—The term 18
4297	4297	‘‘interoperability’’ means the ability of— 19
4298	4298	(I) computer programs to ex-20
4299	4299	change information; and 21
4300	4300	(II) such programs mutually to 22
4301	4301	use the information which has been 23
4302	4302	exchanged. 24
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4306	4306	(B) IN GENERAL.—An authorized user of 1
4307	4307	a technological measure described in subsection 2
4308	4308	(b)(1) may circumvent such technological meas-3
4309	4309	ure for the sole purpose of identifying and ana-4
4310	4310	lyzing those elements of the technological meas-5
4311	4311	ure that are necessary to achieve interoper-6
4312	4312	ability with that authorized user’s own techno-7
4313	4313	logical measures intended for similar purposes 8
4314	4314	of verifying the authenticity of machine-manip-9
4315	4315	ulated media or characteristics of its prove-10
4316	4316	nance, modifications, or conveyance. 11
4317	4317	(C) L
4318	4318	AW ENFORCEMENT , INTELLIGENCE, 12
4319	4319	AND OTHER GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES .—Sub-13
4320	4320	section (b) does not prohibit any lawfully au-14
4321	4321	thorized investigative, protective, information 15
4322	4322	security, or intelligence activity of an officer, 16
4323	4323	agent, or employee of the United States, a 17
4324	4324	State, or a political subdivision of a State, or a 18
4325	4325	person acting pursuant to a contract with the 19
4326	4326	United States, a State, or a political subdivision 20
4327	4327	of a State. 21
4328	4328	(d) E
4329	4329	NFORCEMENT BY ATTORNEYGENERAL.— 22
4330	4330	(1) C
4331	4331	IVIL ACTIONS.—The Attorney General 23
4332	4332	may bring a civil action in an appropriate United 24
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4336	4336	States district court against any person who violates 1
4337	4337	subsection (b). 2
4338	4338	(2) P
4339	4339	OWERS OF THE COURT .—In an action 3
4340	4340	brought under paragraph (1), the court— 4
4341	4341	(A) may grant temporary and permanent 5
4342	4342	injunctions on such terms as it deems reason-6
4343	4343	able to prevent or restrain a violation, but in no 7
4344	4344	event shall impose a prior restraint on free 8
4345	4345	speech or the press protected under the First 9
4346	4346	Amendment to the Constitution of the United 10
4347	4347	States; 11
4348	4348	(B) at any time while an action is pending, 12
4349	4349	may order the impounding, on such terms as it 13
4350	4350	deems reasonable, of any device or product that 14
4351	4351	is in the custody or control of the alleged viola-15
4352	4352	tor and that the court has reasonable cause to 16
4353	4353	believe was involved in a violation; 17
4354	4354	(C) may award damages under paragraph 18
4355	4355	(3); 19
4356	4356	(D) in its discretion may allow the recovery 20
4357	4357	of costs against any party other than the 21
4358	4358	United States or an officer thereof; and 22
4359	4359	(E) may, as part of a final judgment or 23
4360	4360	decree finding a violation, order the remedial 24
4361	4361	modification or the destruction of any device or 25
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4365	4365	product involved in the violation that is in the 1
4366	4366	custody or control of the violator or has been 2
4367	4367	impounded under subparagraph (B). 3
4368	4368	(3) A
4369	4369	WARD OF DAMAGES .— 4
4370	4370	(A) I
4371	4371	N GENERAL.—Except as otherwise 5
4372	4372	provided in this section, a person committing a 6
4373	4373	violation of subsection (b) is liable for statutory 7
4374	4374	damages as provided in subparagraph (C). 8
4375	4375	(B) S
4376	4376	TATUTORY DAMAGES .— 9
4377	4377	(i) E
4378	4378	LECTION OF AMOUNT BASED ON 10
4379	4379	NUMBER OF ACTS OF CIRCUMVENTION .— 11
4380	4380	At any time before final judgment is en-12
4381	4381	tered, the Attorney General may elect to 13
4382	4382	recover an award of statutory damages for 14
4383	4383	each violation of subsection (b) in the sum 15
4384	4384	of not less than $200 or more than $2,500 16
4385	4385	per act of circumvention, device, product, 17
4386	4386	component, offer, or performance of serv-18
4387	4387	ice, as the court considers just. 19
4388	4388	(ii) E
4389	4389	LECTION OF AMOUNT ; TOTAL 20
4390	4390	AMOUNT.—At any time before final judg-21
4391	4391	ment is entered, the Attorney General may 22
4392	4392	elect to recover an award of statutory dam-23
4393	4393	ages for each violation of subsection (b) in 24
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4397	4397	the sum of not less than $2,500 or more 1
4398	4398	than $25,000. 2
4399	4399	(C) R
4400	4400	EPEATED VIOLATIONS .—In any case 3
4401	4401	in which the Attorney General sustains the bur-4
4402	4402	den of proving, and the court finds, that a per-5
4403	4403	son has violated subsection (b) within 3 years 6
4404	4404	after a final judgment was entered against the 7
4405	4405	person for another such violation, the court 8
4406	4406	may increase the award of damages up to triple 9
4407	4407	the amount that would otherwise be awarded, 10
4408	4408	as the court considers just. 11
4409	4409	(D) I
4410	4410	NNOCENT VIOLATIONS.— 12
4411	4411	(i) I
4412	4412	N GENERAL.—The court in its 13
4413	4413	discretion may reduce or remit the total 14
4414	4414	award of damages in any case in which the 15
4415	4415	violator sustains the burden of proving, 16
4416	4416	and the court finds, that the violator was 17
4417	4417	not aware and had no reason to believe 18
4418	4418	that its acts constituted a violation. 19
4419	4419	(ii) N
4420	4420	ONPROFIT LIBRARY , ARCHIVE, 20
4421	4421	EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS , OR PUBLIC 21
4422	4422	BROADCASTING ENTITIES .—In the case of 22
4423	4423	a nonprofit library, archive, educational in-23
4424	4424	stitution, or public broadcasting entity, the 24
4425	4425	court shall remit damages in any case in 25
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4428	4428	•S 4443 RS
4429	4429	which the library, archive, educational in-1
4430	4430	stitution, or public broadcasting entity sus-2
4431	4431	tains the burden of proving, and the court 3
4432	4432	finds, that the library, archive, educational 4
4433	4433	institution, or public broadcasting entity 5
4434	4434	was not aware and had no reason to be-6
4435	4435	lieve that its acts constituted a violation. 7
4436	4436	SEC. 512. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON HOSTILE FOREIGN 8
4437	4437	CYBER ACTORS. 9
4438	4438	It is the sense of Congress that foreign ransomware 10
4439	4439	organizations, and foreign affiliates associated with them, 11
4440	4440	constitute hostile foreign cyber actors, that covered na-12
4441	4441	tions abet and benefit from the activities of these actors, 13
4442	4442	and that such actors should be treated as hostile foreign 14
4443	4443	cyber actors by the United States. Such actors include the 15
4444	4444	following: 16
4445	4445	(1) DarkSide. 17
4446	4446	(2) Conti. 18
4447	4447	(3) REvil. 19
4448	4448	(4) BlackCat, also known as ‘‘ALPHV’’. 20
4449	4449	(5) LockBit. 21
4450	4450	(6) Rhysida, also known as ‘‘Vice Society’’. 22
4451	4451	(7) Royal. 23
4452	4452	(8) Phobos, also known as ‘‘Eight’’ and also 24
4453	4453	known as ‘‘Joanta’’. 25
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4457	4457	(9) C10p. 1
4458	4458	(10) Hackers associated with the SamSam 2
4459	4459	ransomware campaigns. 3
4460	4460	(11) Play. 4
4461	4461	(12) BianLian. 5
4462	4462	(13) Killnet. 6
4463	4463	(14) Akira. 7
4464	4464	(15) Ragnar Locker, also known as ‘‘Dark An-8
4465	4465	gels’’. 9
4466	4466	(16) Blacksuit. 10
4467	4467	(17) INC. 11
4468	4468	(18) Black Basta. 12
4469	4469	SEC. 513. DESIGNATION OF STATE SPONSORS OF 13
4470	4470	RANSOMWARE AND REPORTING REQUIRE-14
4471	4471	MENTS. 15
4472	4472	(a) D
4473	4473	ESIGNATION OF STATESPONSORS OF 16
4474	4474	R
4475	4475	ANSOMWARE.— 17
4476	4476	(1) I
4477	4477	N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 18
4478	4478	after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an-19
4479	4479	nually thereafter, the Secretary of State, in consulta-20
4480	4480	tion with the Director of National Intelligence, 21
4481	4481	shall— 22
4482	4482	(A) designate as a state sponsor of 23
4483	4483	ransomware any country the government of 24
4484	4484	which the Secretary has determined has pro-25
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4487	4487	•S 4443 RS
4488	4488	vided support for ransomware demand schemes 1
4489	4489	(including by providing safe haven for individ-2
4490	4490	uals engaged in such schemes); 3
4491	4491	(B) submit to Congress a report listing the 4
4492	4492	countries designated under subparagraph (A); 5
4493	4493	and 6
4494	4494	(C) in making designations under subpara-7
4495	4495	graph (A), take into consideration the report 8
4496	4496	submitted to Congress under section 514(c)(1). 9
4497	4497	(2) S
4498	4498	ANCTIONS AND PENALTIES .—The Presi-10
4499	4499	dent shall impose with respect to each state sponsor 11
4500	4500	of ransomware designated under paragraph (1)(A) 12
4501	4501	the sanctions and penalties imposed with respect to 13
4502	4502	a state sponsor of terrorism. 14
4503	4503	(3) S
4504	4504	TATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM DE -15
4505	4505	FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘state sponsor 16
4506	4506	of terrorism’’ means a country the government of 17
4507	4507	which the Secretary of State has determined has re-18
4508	4508	peatedly provided support for acts of international 19
4509	4509	terrorism, for purposes of— 20
4510	4510	(A) section 1754(c)(1)(A)(i) of the Export 21
4511	4511	Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 22
4512	4512	4813(c)(1)(A)(i)); 23
4513	4513	(B) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance 24
4514	4514	Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371); 25
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4518	4518	(C) section 40(d) of the Arms Export Con-1
4519	4519	trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2780(d)); or 2
4520	4520	(D) any other provision of law. 3
4521	4521	(b) R
4522	4522	EPORTINGREQUIREMENTS.— 4
4523	4523	(1) S
4524	4524	ANCTIONS RELATING TO RANSOMWARE RE -5
4525	4525	PORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 6
4526	4526	the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 7
4527	4527	Treasury shall submit a report to Congress that de-8
4528	4528	scribes, for each of the 5 fiscal years immediately 9
4529	4529	preceding the date of such report, the number and 10
4530	4530	geographic locations of individuals, groups, and enti-11
4531	4531	ties subject to sanctions imposed by the Office of 12
4532	4532	Foreign Assets Control who were subsequently deter-13
4533	4533	mined to have been involved in a ransomware de-14
4534	4534	mand scheme. 15
4535	4535	(2) C
4536	4536	OUNTRY OF ORIGIN REPORT .—The Sec-16
4537	4537	retary of State, in consultation with the Director of 17
4538	4538	National Intelligence and the Director of the Federal 18
4539	4539	Bureau of Investigation, shall— 19
4540	4540	(A) submit a report, with a classified 20
4541	4541	annex, to the Committee on Foreign Relations 21
4542	4542	of the Senate, the Select Committee on Intel-22
4543	4543	ligence of the Senate, the Committee on For-23
4544	4544	eign Affairs of the House of Representatives, 24
4545	4545	and the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-25
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4548	4548	•S 4443 RS
4549	4549	ligence of the House of Representatives that 1
4550	4550	identifies the country of origin of foreign-based 2
4551	4551	ransomware attacks; and 3
4552	4552	(B) make the report described in subpara-4
4553	4553	graph (A) (excluding the classified annex) avail-5
4554	4554	able to the public. 6
4555	4555	(3) I
4556	4556	NVESTIGATIVE AUTHORITIES REPORT .— 7
4557	4557	Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-8
4558	4558	ment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 9
4559	4559	United States shall issue a report that outlines the 10
4560	4560	authorities available to the Federal Bureau of Inves-11
4561	4561	tigation, the United States Secret Service, the Cy-12
4562	4562	bersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, 13
4563	4563	Homeland Security Investigations, and the Office of 14
4564	4564	Foreign Assets Control to respond to foreign-based 15
4565	4565	ransomware attacks. 16
4566	4566	SEC. 514. DEEMING RANSOMWARE THREATS TO CRITICAL 17
4567	4567	INFRASTRUCTURE A NATIONAL INTEL-18
4568	4568	LIGENCE PRIORITY. 19
4569	4569	(a) C
4570	4570	RITICALINFRASTRUCTURE DEFINED.—In this 20
4571	4571	section, the term ‘‘critical infrastructure’’ has the meaning 21
4572	4572	given such term in subsection (e) of the Critical Infra-22
4573	4573	structures Protection Act of 2001 (42 U.S.C. 5195c(e)). 23
4574	4574	(b) R
4575	4575	ANSOMWARE THREATS TO CRITICALINFRA-24
4576	4576	STRUCTURE AS NATIONALINTELLIGENCE PRIORITY.— 25
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4580	4580	The Director of National Intelligence, pursuant to the pro-1
4581	4581	visions of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 2
4582	4582	3001 et seq.), the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Pre-3
4583	4583	vention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–458), section 4
4584	4584	1.3(b)(17) of Executive Order 12333 (50 U.S.C. 3001 5
4585	4585	note; relating to United States intelligence activities), as 6
4586	4586	in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of 7
4587	4587	this Act, and National Security Presidential Directive–26 8
4588	4588	(February 24, 2003; relating to intelligence priorities), as 9
4589	4589	in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of 10
4590	4590	this Act, shall deem ransomware threats to critical infra-11
4591	4591	structure a national intelligence priority component to the 12
4592	4592	National Intelligence Priorities Framework. 13
4593	4593	(c) R
4594	4594	EPORT.— 14
4595	4595	(1) I
4596	4596	N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 15
4597	4597	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Di-16
4598	4598	rector of National Intelligence shall, in consultation 17
4599	4599	with the Director of the Federal Bureau of Inves-18
4600	4600	tigation, submit to the Select Committee on Intel-19
4601	4601	ligence of the Senate and the Permanent Select 20
4602	4602	Committee on Intelligence of the House of Rep-21
4603	4603	resentatives a report on the implications of the 22
4604	4604	ransomware threat to United States national secu-23
4605	4605	rity. 24
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4609	4609	(2) CONTENTS.—The report submitted under 1
4610	4610	paragraph (1) shall address the following: 2
4611	4611	(A) Identification of individuals, groups, 3
4612	4612	and entities who pose the most significant 4
4613	4613	threat, including attribution to individual 5
4614	4614	ransomware attacks whenever possible. 6
4615	4615	(B) Locations from which individuals, 7
4616	4616	groups, and entities conduct ransomware at-8
4617	4617	tacks. 9
4618	4618	(C) The infrastructure, tactics, and tech-10
4619	4619	niques ransomware actors commonly use. 11
4620	4620	(D) Any relationships between the individ-12
4621	4621	uals, groups, and entities that conduct 13
4622	4622	ransomware attacks and their governments or 14
4623	4623	countries of origin that could impede the ability 15
4624	4624	to counter ransomware threats. 16
4625	4625	(E) Intelligence gaps that have impeded, or 17
4626	4626	currently are impeding, the ability to counter 18
4627	4627	ransomware threats. 19
4628	4628	(3) F
4629	4629	ORM.—The report submitted under para-20
4630	4630	graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 21
4631	4631	but may include a classified annex. 22
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4635	4635	TITLE VI—CLASSIFICATION 1
4636	4636	REFORM 2
4637	4637	SEC. 601. GOVERNANCE OF CLASSIFICATION AND DECLAS-3
4638	4638	SIFICATION SYSTEM. 4
4639	4639	(a) D
4640	4640	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 5
4641	4641	(1) C
4642	4642	ONTROLLED UNCLASSIFIED INFORMA -6
4643	4643	TION.—The term ‘‘controlled unclassified informa-7
4644	4644	tion’’ means information described as ‘‘Controlled 8
4645	4645	Unclassified Information’’ or ‘‘CUI’’ in Executive 9
4646	4646	Order 13556 (75 Fed. Reg. 68675; relating to con-10
4647	4647	trolled unclassified information), or any successor 11
4648	4648	order. 12
4649	4649	(2) E
4650	4650	XECUTIVE AGENT.—The term ‘‘Executive 13
4651	4651	Agent’’ means the Executive Agent for Classification 14
4652	4652	and Declassification designated under subsection 15
4653	4653	(b)(1)(A). 16
4654	4654	(3) E
4655	4655	XECUTIVE COMMITTEE .—The term ‘‘Exec-17
4656	4656	utive Committee’’ means the Executive Committee 18
4657	4657	on Classification and Declassification Programs and 19
4658	4658	Technology established under subsection (b)(1)(C). 20
4659	4659	(b) E
4660	4660	STABLISHMENT OF CLASSIFICATION AND DE-21
4661	4661	CLASSIFICATIONGOVERNANCE.— 22
4662	4662	(1) I
4663	4663	N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 23
4664	4664	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 24
4665	4665	President shall— 25
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4669	4669	(A) designate a Federal official as Execu-1
4670	4670	tive Agent for Classification and Declassifica-2
4671	4671	tion to identify and promote technological solu-3
4672	4672	tions to support efficient and effective systems 4
4673	4673	for classification and declassification to be im-5
4674	4674	plemented on an interoperable and federated 6
4675	4675	basis across the Federal Government; 7
4676	4676	(B) designate a Federal official— 8
4677	4677	(i) to establish policies and guidance 9
4678	4678	relating to classification and declassifica-10
4679	4679	tion and controlled unclassified information 11
4680	4680	across the Federal Government; 12
4681	4681	(ii) to conduct oversight of the imple-13
4682	4682	mentation of such policies and guidance; 14
4683	4683	and 15
4684	4684	(iii) who may, at the discretion of the 16
4685	4685	President, also serve as Executive Agent; 17
4686	4686	and 18
4687	4687	(C) establish an Executive Committee on 19
4688	4688	Classification and Declassification Programs 20
4689	4689	and Technology to provide direction, advice, 21
4690	4690	and guidance to the Executive Agent. 22
4691	4691	(2) E
4692	4692	XECUTIVE COMMITTEE .— 23
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4696	4696	(A) COMPOSITION.—The Executive Com-1
4697	4697	mittee shall be composed of the following or 2
4698	4698	their designees: 3
4699	4699	(i) The Director of National Intel-4
4700	4700	ligence. 5
4701	4701	(ii) The Under Secretary of Defense 6
4702	4702	for Intelligence and Security. 7
4703	4703	(iii) The Secretary of Energy. 8
4704	4704	(iv) The Secretary of State. 9
4705	4705	(v) The Director of the Office of Man-10
4706	4706	agement and Budget. 11
4707	4707	(vi) The Archivist of the United 12
4708	4708	States. 13
4709	4709	(vii) The Federal official designated 14
4710	4710	under subsection (b)(1)(B) if such official 15
4711	4711	is not also the Executive Agent. 16
4712	4712	(viii) Such other members as the Ex-17
4713	4713	ecutive Agent considers appropriate. 18
4714	4714	(B) C
4715	4715	HAIRPERSON.—The Executive Agent 19
4716	4716	shall be the chairperson of the Executive Com-20
4717	4717	mittee. 21
4718	4718	(c) R
4719	4719	EPORT TOCONGRESS.— 22
4720	4720	(1) I
4721	4721	N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 23
4722	4722	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 24
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4726	4726	President shall submit to Congress a report on the 1
4727	4727	administration of this section. 2
4728	4728	(2) C
4729	4729	ONTENTS.—The report submitted pursu-3
4730	4730	ant to paragraph (1) shall include the following: 4
4731	4731	(A) Funding, personnel, expertise, and re-5
4732	4732	sources required for the Executive Agent and a 6
4733	4733	description of how such funding, personnel, ex-7
4734	4734	pertise, and resources will be provided. 8
4735	4735	(B) Authorities needed by the Executive 9
4736	4736	Agent, a description of how such authorities 10
4737	4737	will be granted, and a description of any addi-11
4738	4738	tional statutory authorities required. 12
4739	4739	(C) Funding, personnel, expertise, and re-13
4740	4740	sources required by the Federal official des-14
4741	4741	ignated under subsection (b)(1)(B) and a de-15
4742	4742	scription of how such funding, personnel, exper-16
4743	4743	tise, and resources will be provided. 17
4744	4744	(D) Authorities needed by the Federal offi-18
4745	4745	cial designated under subsection (b)(1)(B), a 19
4746	4746	description of how such authorities will be pro-20
4747	4747	vided, and a description of any additional statu-21
4748	4748	tory authorities required. 22
4749	4749	(E) Funding and resources required by the 23
4750	4750	Public Interest Declassification Board. 24
4751	4751	(d) P
4752	4752	UBLICREPORTING.— 25
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4756	4756	(1) IN GENERAL.—The report required by sub-1
4757	4757	section (c) shall be made available to the public to 2
4758	4758	the greatest extent possible consistent with the pro-3
4759	4759	tection of sources and methods. 4
4760	4760	(2) P
4761	4761	UBLICATION IN FEDERAL REGISTER .—The 5
4762	4762	President shall publish in the Federal Register the 6
4763	4763	roles and responsibilities of the Federal officials des-7
4764	4764	ignated under subsection (b), the Executive Com-8
4765	4765	mittee, and any subordinate individuals or entities. 9
4766	4766	SEC. 602. CLASSIFICATION AND DECLASSIFICATION OF IN-10
4767	4767	FORMATION. 11
4768	4768	(a) I
4769	4769	NGENERAL.—Title VIII of the National Secu-12
4770	4770	rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3161 et seq.) is amended by 13
4771	4771	inserting after section 801 the following: 14
4772	4772	‘‘SEC. 801A. CLASSIFICATION AND DECLASSIFICATION OF 15
4773	4773	INFORMATION. 16
4774	4774	‘‘(a) I
4775	4775	NGENERAL.—The President may, in accord-17
4776	4776	ance with this section, protect from unauthorized disclo-18
4777	4777	sure any information owned by, produced by or for, or 19
4778	4778	under the control of the executive branch of the Federal 20
4779	4779	Government when there is a demonstrable need to do so 21
4780	4780	to protect the national security of the United States. 22
4781	4781	‘‘(b) E
4782	4782	STABLISHMENT OF STANDARDS, CATEGORIES, 23
4783	4783	ANDPROCEDURES FOR CLASSIFICATION AND DECLAS-24
4784	4784	SIFICATION.— 25
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4788	4788	‘‘(1) GOVERNMENTWIDE PROCEDURES .— 1
4789	4789	‘‘(A) C
4790	4790	LASSIFICATION.—The President 2
4791	4791	shall, to the extent necessary, establish cat-3
4792	4792	egories of information that may be classified 4
4793	4793	and procedures for classifying information 5
4794	4794	under subsection (a). 6
4795	4795	‘‘(B) D
4796	4796	ECLASSIFICATION.—At the same 7
4797	4797	time the President establishes categories and 8
4798	4798	procedures under subparagraph (A), the Presi-9
4799	4799	dent shall establish procedures for declassifying 10
4800	4800	information that was previously classified. 11
4801	4801	‘‘(C) M
4802	4802	INIMUM REQUIREMENTS .—The pro-12
4803	4803	cedures established pursuant to subparagraphs 13
4804	4804	(A) and (B) shall— 14
4805	4805	‘‘(i) be the exclusive means for 15
4806	4806	classifying information on or after the ef-16
4807	4807	fective date established by subsection (c), 17
4808	4808	except with respect to information classi-18
4809	4809	fied pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 19
4810	4810	1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); 20
4811	4811	‘‘(ii) ensure that no information is 21
4812	4812	classified unless there is a demonstrable 22
4813	4813	need to do so to protect the national secu-23
4814	4814	rity and there is a reasonable basis to be-24
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4818	4818	lieve that means other than classification 1
4819	4819	will not provide sufficient protection; 2
4820	4820	‘‘(iii) ensure that no information may 3
4821	4821	remain classified indefinitely; 4
4822	4822	‘‘(iv) ensure that no information shall 5
4823	4823	be classified, continue to be maintained as 6
4824	4824	classified, or fail to be declassified in 7
4825	4825	order— 8
4826	4826	‘‘(I) to conceal violations of law, 9
4827	4827	inefficiency, or administrative error; 10
4828	4828	‘‘(II) to prevent embarrassment 11
4829	4829	to a person, organization, or agency; 12
4830	4830	‘‘(III) to restrain competition; or 13
4831	4831	‘‘(IV) to prevent or delay the re-14
4832	4832	lease of information that does not re-15
4833	4833	quire protection in the interest of the 16
4834	4834	national security; 17
4835	4835	‘‘(v) ensure that basic scientific re-18
4836	4836	search information not clearly related to 19
4837	4837	the national security shall not be classified; 20
4838	4838	‘‘(vi) ensure that information may not 21
4839	4839	be reclassified after being declassified and 22
4840	4840	released to the public under proper author-23
4841	4841	ity unless personally approved by the 24
4842	4842	President based on a determination that 25
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4846	4846	such reclassification is required to prevent 1
4847	4847	significant and demonstrable damage to 2
4848	4848	the national security; 3
4849	4849	‘‘(vii) establish standards and criteria 4
4850	4850	for the classification of information; 5
4851	4851	‘‘(viii) establish standards, criteria, 6
4852	4852	and timelines for the declassification of in-7
4853	4853	formation classified under this section; 8
4854	4854	‘‘(ix) provide for the automatic declas-9
4855	4855	sification of classified records with perma-10
4856	4856	nent historical value not more than 50 11
4857	4857	years after the date of origin of such 12
4858	4858	records, unless the head of each agency 13
4859	4859	that classified information contained in 14
4860	4860	such records makes a written determina-15
4861	4861	tion to delay automatic declassification and 16
4862	4862	such determination is reviewed not less fre-17
4863	4863	quently than every 10 years; 18
4864	4864	‘‘(x) provide for the timely review of 19
4865	4865	materials submitted for pre-publication; 20
4866	4866	‘‘(xi) ensure that due regard is given 21
4867	4867	for the public interest in disclosure of in-22
4868	4868	formation; 23
4869	4869	‘‘(xii) ensure that due regard is given 24
4870	4870	for the interests of departments and agen-25
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4874	4874	cies in sharing information at the lowest 1
4875	4875	possible level of classification; 2
4876	4876	‘‘(D) S
4877	4877	UBMITTAL TO CONGRESS .—The 3
4878	4878	President shall submit to Congress the cat-4
4879	4879	egories and procedures established under sub-5
4880	4880	section (b)(1)(A) and the procedures established 6
4881	4881	under subsection (b)(1)(B) at least 60 days 7
4882	4882	prior to their effective date. 8
4883	4883	‘‘(2) A
4884	4884	GENCY STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES .— 9
4885	4885	‘‘(A) I
4886	4886	N GENERAL.—The head of each 10
4887	4887	agency shall establish a single set of consoli-11
4888	4888	dated standards and procedures to permit such 12
4889	4889	agency to classify and declassify information 13
4890	4890	created by such agency in accordance with the 14
4891	4891	categories and procedures established by the 15
4892	4892	President under this section and otherwise to 16
4893	4893	carry out this section. 17
4894	4894	‘‘(B) S
4895	4895	UBMITTAL TO CONGRESS .—Each 18
4896	4896	agency head shall submit to Congress the 19
4897	4897	standards and procedures established by such 20
4898	4898	agency head under subparagraph (A). 21
4899	4899	‘‘(c) E
4900	4900	FFECTIVEDATE.— 22
4901	4901	‘‘(1) I
4902	4902	N GENERAL.—Subsections (a) and (b) 23
4903	4903	shall take effect on the date that is 180 days after 24
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4907	4907	the date of the enactment of the Intelligence Author-1
4908	4908	ization Act for Fiscal Year 2025. 2
4909	4909	‘‘(2) R
4910	4910	ELATION TO PRESIDENTIAL DIREC -3
4911	4911	TIVES.—Presidential directives regarding classifying, 4
4912	4912	safeguarding, and declassifying national security in-5
4913	4913	formation, including Executive Order 13526 (50 6
4914	4914	U.S.C. 3161 note; relating to classified national se-7
4915	4915	curity information), in effect on the day before the 8
4916	4916	date of the enactment of this Act, as well as proce-9
4917	4917	dures issued pursuant to such Presidential direc-10
4918	4918	tives, shall remain in effect until superseded by pro-11
4919	4919	cedures issued pursuant to subsection (b).’’. 12
4920	4920	(b) C
4921	4921	ONFORMINGAMENDMENT.—Section 805(2) of 13
4922	4922	such Act (50 U.S.C. 3164(2)) is amended by inserting 14
4923	4923	‘‘section 801A,’’ before ‘‘Executive Order’’. 15
4924	4924	(c) C
4925	4925	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 16
4926	4926	preceding section 2 of such Act is amended by inserting 17
4927	4927	after the item relating to section 801 the following new 18
4928	4928	item: 19
4929	4929	‘‘Sec. 801A. Classification and declassification of information.’’.
4930	4930	SEC. 603. MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR EXECUTIVE AGENCY
4931	4931	20
4932	4932	INSIDER THREAT PROGRAMS. 21
4933	4933	(a) D
4934	4934	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 22
4935	4935	(1) A
4936	4936	GENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ means any 23
4937	4937	Executive agency as defined in section 105 of title 24
4938	4938	5, United States Code, any military department as 25
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4942	4942	defined in section 102 of such title, and any other 1
4943	4943	entity in the executive branch of the Federal Gov-2
4944	4944	ernment that comes into the possession of classified 3
4945	4945	information. 4
4946	4946	(2) C
4947	4947	LASSIFIED INFORMATION .—The term 5
4948	4948	‘‘classified information’’ means information that has 6
4949	4949	been determined to require protection from unau-7
4950	4950	thorized disclosure pursuant to Executive Order 8
4951	4951	13526 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note; relating to classified 9
4952	4952	national security information), or predecessor or suc-10
4953	4953	cessor order, to protect the national security of the 11
4954	4954	United States. 12
4955	4955	(b) E
4956	4956	STABLISHMENT OF INSIDERTHREATPRO-13
4957	4957	GRAMS.—Each head of an agency with access to classified 14
4958	4958	information shall establish an insider threat program to 15
4959	4959	protect classified information from unauthorized disclo-16
4960	4960	sure. 17
4961	4961	(c) M
4962	4962	INIMUMSTANDARDS.—In carrying out an in-18
4963	4963	sider threat program established by the head of an agency 19
4964	4964	pursuant to subsection (b), the head of the agency shall— 20
4965	4965	(1) designate a senior official of the agency who 21
4966	4966	shall be responsible for management of the program; 22
4967	4967	(2) monitor user activity on all classified net-23
4968	4968	works to detect activity indicative of insider threat 24
4969	4969	behavior; 25
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4973	4973	(3) build and maintain an insider threat ana-1
4974	4974	lytic and response capability to review, assess, and 2
4975	4975	respond to information obtained pursuant to para-3
4976	4976	graph (2); and 4
4977	4977	(4) provide insider threat awareness training to 5
4978	4978	all cleared employees within 30 days of entry-on- 6
4979	4979	duty or granting of access to classified information 7
4980	4980	and annually thereafter. 8
4981	4981	(d) A
4982	4982	NNUALREPORTS.—Not less frequently than 9
4983	4983	once each year, the Director of National Intelligence shall, 10
4984	4984	serving as the Security Executive Agent under section 803 11
4985	4985	of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3162a), 12
4986	4986	submit to Congress an annual report on the compliance 13
4987	4987	of agencies with respect to the requirements of this sec-14
4988	4988	tion. 15
4989	4989	TITLE VII—SECURITY CLEAR-16
4990	4990	ANCES AND INTELLIGENCE 17
4991	4991	COMMUNITY WORKFORCE IM-18
4992	4992	PROVEMENTS 19
4993	4993	SEC. 701. SECURITY CLEARANCES HELD BY CERTAIN 20
4994	4994	FORMER EMPLOYEES OF INTELLIGENCE 21
4995	4995	COMMUNITY. 22
4996	4996	(a) I
4997	4997	SSUANCE OFGUIDELINES AND INSTRUCTIONS 23
4998	4998	R
4999	4999	EQUIRED.—Section 803(c) of the National Security Act 24
5000	5000	of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3162a(c)) is amended— 25
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5004	5004	(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 1
5005	5005	inserting a semicolon; 2
5006	5006	(2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at 3
5007	5007	the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 4
5008	5008	(3) by adding at the end the following: 5
5009	5009	‘‘(5) issue guidelines and instructions to the 6
5010	5010	heads of Federal agencies to ensure that any indi-7
5011	5011	vidual who was appointed by the President to a posi-8
5012	5012	tion in an element of the intelligence community but 9
5013	5013	is no longer employed by the Federal Government 10
5014	5014	shall maintain a security clearance only in accord-11
5015	5015	ance with Executive Order 12968 (50 U.S.C. 3161 12
5016	5016	note; relating to access to classified information), or 13
5017	5017	successor order.’’. 14
5018	5018	(b) S
5019	5019	UBMITTAL OFGUIDELINES ANDINSTRUCTIONS 15
5020	5020	TOCONGRESSREQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after 16
5021	5021	the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of Na-17
5022	5022	tional Intelligence shall, in the Director’s capacity as the 18
5023	5023	Security Executive Agent pursuant to subsection (a) of 19
5024	5024	section 803 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 20
5025	5025	U.S.C. 3162a), submit to the congressional intelligence 21
5026	5026	committees and the congressional defense committees (as 22
5027	5027	defined in section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code) 23
5028	5028	the guidelines and instructions required by subsection 24
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5032	5032	(c)(5) of such Act, as added by subsection (a) of this sec-1
5033	5033	tion. 2
5034	5034	(c) A
5035	5035	NNUALREPORTREQUIRED.— 3
5036	5036	(1) I
5037	5037	N GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 4
5038	5038	the date of the enactment of this Act, and not less 5
5039	5039	frequently than once each year thereafter, the Direc-6
5040	5040	tor of National Intelligence shall, in the Director’s 7
5041	5041	capacity as the Security Executive Agent pursuant 8
5042	5042	to section 803(a) of the National Security Act of 9
5043	5043	1947 (50 U.S.C. 3162a(a)), submit to the congres-10
5044	5044	sional intelligence committees and the congressional 11
5045	5045	defense committees (as defined in section 101(a) of 12
5046	5046	title 10, United States Code) an annual report on 13
5047	5047	the eligibility status of former senior employees of 14
5048	5048	the intelligence community to access classified infor-15
5049	5049	mation. 16
5050	5050	(2) C
5051	5051	ONTENTS.—Each report submitted pursu-17
5052	5052	ant to paragraph (1) shall include, for the period 18
5053	5053	covered by the report, the following: 19
5054	5054	(A) A list of individuals who were ap-20
5055	5055	pointed by the President to a position in an ele-21
5056	5056	ment of the intelligence community who cur-22
5057	5057	rently hold security clearances. 23
5058	5058	(B) The number of such former employees 24
5059	5059	who still hold security clearances. 25
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5063	5063	(C) For each former employee described in 1
5064	5064	subparagraph (B)— 2
5065	5065	(i) the position in the intelligence 3
5066	5066	community held by the former employee; 4
5067	5067	(ii) the years of service in such posi-5
5068	5068	tion; and 6
5069	5069	(iii) the individual’s current employ-7
5070	5070	ment position and employer. 8
5071	5071	(D) The Federal entity authorizing and 9
5072	5072	adjudicating the former employees’ need to 10
5073	5073	know classified information. 11
5074	5074	SEC. 702. POLICY FOR AUTHORIZING INTELLIGENCE COM-12
5075	5075	MUNITY PROGRAM OF CONTRACTOR-OWNED 13
5076	5076	AND CONTRACTOR-OPERATED SENSITIVE 14
5077	5077	COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION FACILI-15
5078	5078	TIES. 16
5079	5079	(a) P
5080	5080	OLICY.—The Director of National Intelligence 17
5081	5081	shall establish a standardized policy for the intelligence 18
5082	5082	community that authorizes a program of contractor-owned 19
5083	5083	and contractor-operated sensitive compartmented informa-20
5084	5084	tion facilities as a service to the national security and in-21
5085	5085	telligence enterprises. 22
5086	5086	(b) R
5087	5087	EQUIREMENTS.—The policy established pursu-23
5088	5088	ant to subsection (a) shall— 24
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5092	5092	(1) authorize the head of an element of the in-1
5093	5093	telligence community to approve and accredit con-2
5094	5094	tractor-owned and contractor-operated sensitive com-3
5095	5095	partmented information facilities; and 4
5096	5096	(2) designate an element of the intelligence 5
5097	5097	community as a service of common concern (as de-6
5098	5098	fined in Intelligence Community Directive 122, or 7
5099	5099	successor directive) to serve as an accrediting au-8
5100	5100	thority on behalf of other elements of the intelligence 9
5101	5101	community for contractor-owned and contractor-op-10
5102	5102	erated sensitive compartmented information facili-11
5103	5103	ties. 12
5104	5104	(c) C
5105	5105	OSTCONSIDERATIONS.—In establishing the pol-13
5106	5106	icy required by subsection (a), the Director shall consider 14
5107	5107	existing demonstrated models where a contractor acquires, 15
5108	5108	outfits, and manages a facility pursuant to an agreement 16
5109	5109	with the Federal Government such that no funding from 17
5110	5110	the Federal Government is required to carry out the agree-18
5111	5111	ment. 19
5112	5112	(d) B
5113	5113	RIEFINGREQUIRED.—Not later than 1 year 20
5114	5114	after the date on which the Director establishes the policy 21
5115	5115	pursuant to subsection (a), the Director shall brief the 22
5116	5116	congressional intelligence committees on— 23
5117	5117	(1) additional opportunities to leverage con-24
5118	5118	tractor-provided secure facility space; and 25
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5122	5122	(2) recommendations to address barriers, in-1
5123	5123	cluding resources or authorities needed. 2
5124	5124	SEC. 703. ENABLING INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY INTEGRA-3
5125	5125	TION. 4
5126	5126	(a) I
5127	5127	NGENERAL.—The National Security Act of 5
5128	5128	1947 (50 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) is amended by inserting 6
5129	5129	after section 113B the following new section: 7
5130	5130	‘‘SEC. 113C. ENABLING INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY INTE-8
5131	5131	GRATION. 9
5132	5132	‘‘(a) P
5133	5133	ROVISION OFGOODS ORSERVICES.—Subject 10
5134	5134	to and in accordance with any guidance and requirements 11
5135	5135	developed by the Director of National Intelligence, the 12
5136	5136	head of an element of the intelligence community may pro-13
5137	5137	vide goods or services to another element of the intel-14
5138	5138	ligence community without reimbursement or transfer of 15
5139	5139	funds for hoteling initiatives for intelligence community 16
5140	5140	employees and affiliates defined in any such guidance and 17
5141	5141	requirements issued by the Director of National Intel-18
5142	5142	ligence. 19
5143	5143	‘‘(b) A
5144	5144	PPROVAL.—Prior to the provision of goods or 20
5145	5145	services pursuant to subsection (a), the head of the ele-21
5146	5146	ment of the intelligence community providing such goods 22
5147	5147	or services and the head of the element of the intelligence 23
5148	5148	community receiving such goods or services shall approve 24
5149	5149	such provision.’’. 25
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5153	5153	(b) CLERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 1
5154	5154	of the National Security Act of 1947 is amended by insert-2
5155	5155	ing after the item relating to section 113B the following: 3
5156	5156	‘‘Sec. 113C. Enabling intelligence community integration.’’.
5157	5157	SEC. 704. APPOINTMENT OF SPOUSES OF CERTAIN FED-
5158	5158	4
5159	5159	ERAL EMPLOYEES. 5
5160	5160	(a) I
5161	5161	NGENERAL.—Section 3330d of title 5, United 6
5162	5162	States Code, is amended— 7
5163	5163	(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘mili-8
5164	5164	tary and Department of Defense civilian 9
5165	5165	spouses’’ and inserting ‘‘military and Depart-10
5166	5166	ment of Defense, Department of State, 11
5167	5167	and intelligence community spouses’’; 12
5168	5168	(2) in subsection (a)— 13
5169	5169	(A) by redesignating the second paragraph 14
5170	5170	(4) (relating to a spouse of an employee of the 15
5171	5171	Department of Defense) as paragraph (7); 16
5172	5172	(B) by striking paragraph (5); 17
5173	5173	(C) by redesignating paragraph (4) (relat-18
5174	5174	ing to the spouse of a disabled or deceased 19
5175	5175	member of the Armed Forces) as paragraph 20
5176	5176	(6); 21
5177	5177	(D) by striking paragraph (3) and insert-22
5178	5178	ing the following: 23
5179	5179	‘‘(3) The term ‘covered spouse’ means an indi-24
5180	5180	vidual who is married to an individual who— 25
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5184	5184	‘‘(A)(i) is an employee of the Department 1
5185	5185	of State or an element of the intelligence com-2
5186	5186	munity; or 3
5187	5187	‘‘(ii) is a member of the Armed Forces who 4
5188	5188	is assigned to an element of the intelligence 5
5189	5189	community; and 6
5190	5190	‘‘(B) is transferred in the interest of the 7
5191	5191	Government from one official station within the 8
5192	5192	applicable agency to another within the agency 9
5193	5193	(that is outside of normal commuting distance) 10
5194	5194	for permanent duty. 11
5195	5195	‘‘(4) The term ‘intelligence community’ has the 12
5196	5196	meaning given the term in section 3 of the National 13
5197	5197	Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 14
5198	5198	‘‘(5) The term ‘remote work’ refers to a work 15
5199	5199	flexibility arrangement under which an employee— 16
5200	5200	‘‘(A) is not expected to physically report to 17
5201	5201	the location from which the employee would 18
5202	5202	otherwise work, considering the position of the 19
5203	5203	employee; and 20
5204	5204	‘‘(B) performs the duties and responsibil-21
5205	5205	ities of such employee’s position, and other au-22
5206	5206	thorized activities, from an approved worksite— 23
5207	5207	‘‘(i) other than the location from 24
5208	5208	which the employee would otherwise work; 25
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5212	5212	‘‘(ii) that may be inside or outside the 1
5213	5213	local commuting area of the location from 2
5214	5214	which the employee would otherwise work; 3
5215	5215	and 4
5216	5216	‘‘(iii) that is typically the residence of 5
5217	5217	the employee.’’; and 6
5218	5218	(E) by adding at the end the following: 7
5219	5219	‘‘(8) The term ‘telework’ has the meaning given 8
5220	5220	the term in section 6501.’’; and 9
5221	5221	(3) in subsection (b)— 10
5222	5222	(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 11
5223	5223	the end; 12
5224	5224	(B) in the first paragraph (3) (relating to 13
5225	5225	a spouse of a member of the Armed Forces on 14
5226	5226	active duty), by striking the period at the end 15
5227	5227	and inserting a semicolon; 16
5228	5228	(C) by redesignating the second paragraph 17
5229	5229	(3) (relating to a spouse of an employee of the 18
5230	5230	Department of Defense) as paragraph (4); 19
5231	5231	(D) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated— 20
5232	5232	(i) by inserting ‘‘, including to a posi-21
5233	5233	tion in which the spouse will engage in re-22
5234	5234	mote work’’ after ‘‘Department of De-23
5235	5235	fense’’; and 24
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5239	5239	(ii) by striking the period at the end 1
5240	5240	and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 2
5241	5241	(E) by adding at the end the following: 3
5242	5242	‘‘(5) a covered spouse to a position in which the 4
5243	5243	covered spouse will engage in remote work.’’. 5
5244	5244	(b) T
5245	5245	ECHNICAL AND CONFORMINGAMENDMENT.— 6
5246	5246	The table of sections for subchapter I of chapter 33 of 7
5247	5247	title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking the 8
5248	5248	item relating to section 3330d and inserting the following: 9
5249	5249	‘‘3330d. Appointment of military and Department of Defense, Department of
5250	5250	State, and intelligence community civilian spouses.’’.
5251	5251	SEC. 705. PLAN FOR STAFFING THE INTELLIGENCE COL-
5252	5252	10
5253	5253	LECTION POSITIONS OF THE CENTRAL IN-11
5254	5254	TELLIGENCE AGENCY. 12
5255	5255	(a) I
5256	5256	NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 13
5257	5257	date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Cen-14
5258	5258	tral Intelligence Agency shall submit to the congressional 15
5259	5259	intelligence committees a plan for ensuring that the Direc-16
5260	5260	torate of Operations of the Agency has staffed every civil-17
5261	5261	ian full-time equivalent position authorized for that Direc-18
5262	5262	torate under the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal 19
5263	5263	Year 2024 (division G of Public Law 118–31). 20
5264	5264	(b) E
5265	5265	LEMENTS.—The plan required by subsection (a) 21
5266	5266	shall include the following: 22
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5269	5269	•S 4443 RS
5270	5270	(1) Specific benchmarks and timelines for ac-1
5271	5271	complishing the goal described in such subsection by 2
5272	5272	September 30, 2025. 3
5273	5273	(2) An assessment of the appropriate balance of 4
5274	5274	staffing between the Directorate of Operations and 5
5275	5275	the Directorate of Analysis consistent with the re-6
5276	5276	sponsibilities of the Director of the Central Intel-7
5277	5277	ligence Agency under section 104A(d) of the Na-8
5278	5278	tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3036(d)). 9
5279	5279	SEC. 706. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY WORKPLACE PRO-10
5280	5280	TECTIONS. 11
5281	5281	(a) E
5282	5282	MPLOYMENTSTATUS.— 12
5283	5283	(1) C
5284	5284	ONVERSION OF POSITIONS BY DIRECTOR 13
5285	5285	OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE TO EXCEPTED SERV -14
5286	5286	ICE.—Section 102A(v) of the National Security Act 15
5287	5287	of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(v)) is amended— 16
5288	5288	(A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 17
5289	5289	through (4) as paragraphs (3) through (5), re-18
5290	5290	spectively; 19
5291	5291	(B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 20
5292	5292	following: 21
5293	5293	‘‘(2) The Director shall promptly notify the congres-22
5294	5294	sional intelligence committees of any action taken pursu-23
5295	5295	ant to paragraph (1).’’; and 24
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5298	5298	•S 4443 RS
5299	5299	(C) in paragraph (3), as redesignated by 1
5300	5300	subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘occupying a po-2
5301	5301	sition on the date of the enactment of the Intel-3
5302	5302	ligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 4
5303	5303	2012’’. 5
5304	5304	(2) C
5305	5305	ONVERSION OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE 6
5306	5306	POSITIONS TO EXCEPTED SERVICE .—Section 7
5307	5307	1601(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amend-8
5308	5308	ed— 9
5309	5309	(A) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-10
5310	5310	section (d); and 11
5311	5311	(B) by inserting after subsection (a) the 12
5312	5312	following: 13
5313	5313	‘‘(b) C
5314	5314	ONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—The Sec-14
5315	5315	retary shall promptly notify the congressional defense 15
5316	5316	committees and the congressional intelligence committees 16
5317	5317	(as defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 17
5318	5318	1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)) of any action taken pursuant to 18
5319	5319	subsection (a). 19
5320	5320	‘‘(c) R
5321	5321	ETENTION OFACCRUEDRIGHTSUPONCON-20
5322	5322	VERSION.—An incumbent whose position is selected to be 21
5323	5323	converted, without regard to the wishes of the incumbent, 22
5324	5324	to the excepted service under subsection (a) shall remain 23
5325	5325	in the competitive service for the purposes of status and 24
5326	5326	any accrued adverse action protections while the individual 25
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5329	5329	•S 4443 RS
5330	5330	occupies that position or any other position to which the 1
5331	5331	employee is moved involuntarily. Once such individual no 2
5332	5332	longer occupies the converted position, the position may 3
5333	5333	be treated as a regularly excepted service position.’’. 4
5334	5334	(3) C
5335	5335	ONVERSION WITHIN THE EXCEPTED SERV -5
5336	5336	ICE.—An intelligence community incumbent em-6
5337	5337	ployee whose position is selected to be converted 7
5338	5338	from one excepted service schedule to another sched-8
5339	5339	ule within the excepted service without regard to the 9
5340	5340	wishes of the incumbent shall remain in the current 10
5341	5341	schedule for the purpose of status and any accrued 11
5342	5342	adverse action protections while the individual occu-12
5343	5343	pies that position or any other position to which the 13
5344	5344	employee is moved without regard to the wishes of 14
5345	5345	the employee. 15
5346	5346	(b) C
5347	5347	ONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF GUIDE-16
5348	5348	LINES.— 17
5349	5349	(1) S
5350	5350	UBMITTAL TO CONGRESS .—Not later than 18
5351	5351	30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 19
5352	5352	each head of an element of the intelligence commu-20
5353	5353	nity shall submit to the congressional intelligence 21
5354	5354	committees the guidelines and regulations of the ele-22
5355	5355	ment relating to employment status and protections 23
5356	5356	relating to that status. 24
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5359	5359	•S 4443 RS
5360	5360	(2) NOTICE OF CHANGES .—In any case in 1
5361	5361	which a guideline or regulation of an element of the 2
5362	5362	intelligence community submitted pursuant to para-3
5363	5363	graph (1) is modified or replaced, the head of the 4
5364	5364	element shall promptly notify the congressional intel-5
5365	5365	ligence committees of the change and submit the 6
5366	5366	new or modified guideline or regulation. 7
5367	5367	(c) T
5368	5368	ERMINATIONAUTHORITIES OF THE DIRECTOR 8
5369	5369	OF THECIA.— 9
5370	5370	(1) P
5371	5371	ROCESS AND NOTIFICATION .—Section 10
5372	5372	104A(e) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 11
5373	5373	U.S.C. 3036(e)) is amended— 12
5374	5374	(A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 13
5375	5375	paragraph (3); and 14
5376	5376	(B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 15
5377	5377	following: 16
5378	5378	‘‘(2)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the Director 17
5379	5379	shall not take an action under paragraph (1) to terminate 18
5380	5380	the employment of an officer or employee, except in ac-19
5381	5381	cordance with guidelines and regulations submitted to the 20
5382	5382	congressional intelligence committees. 21
5383	5383	‘‘(B) The Director may take an action under para-22
5384	5384	graph (1) without or in contravention of the guidelines 23
5385	5385	and regulations specified in subparagraph (A) of this 24
5386	5386	paragraph if the Director determines that complying with 25
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5389	5389	•S 4443 RS
5390	5390	such guidelines and regulations poses a threat to the na-1
5391	5391	tional security of the United States. If the Director makes 2
5392	5392	such a determination, the Director shall provide prompt 3
5393	5393	notification to the congressional intelligence committees 4
5394	5394	that includes— 5
5395	5395	‘‘(i) an explanation for the basis for the termi-6
5396	5396	nation and the factual support for such determina-7
5397	5397	tion; and 8
5398	5398	‘‘(ii) an explanation for the determination that 9
5399	5399	the process described in subparagraph (A) poses a 10
5400	5400	threat to the national security of the United 11
5401	5401	States.’’. 12
5402	5402	(d) I
5403	5403	MPROVEMENT OF CONGRESSIONALNOTICERE-13
5404	5404	QUIREMENTRELATING TOTERMINATION OF DEFENSE 14
5405	5405	I
5406	5406	NTELLIGENCEEMPLOYEES.—Section 1609(c) of title 10, 15
5407	5407	United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 16
5408	5408	following: ‘‘Such notification shall include the following: 17
5409	5409	‘‘(1) An explanation for the determination that 18
5410	5410	the termination was in the interests of the United 19
5411	5411	States. 20
5412	5412	‘‘(2) An explanation for the determination that 21
5413	5413	the procedures prescribed in other provisions of law 22
5414	5414	that authorize the termination of the employment of 23
5415	5415	such employee cannot be invoked in a manner con-24
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5418	5418	•S 4443 RS
5419	5419	sistent with the national security of the United 1
5420	5420	States.’’. 2
5421	5421	(e) C
5422	5422	ONGRESSIONALNOTIFICATION OFOTHERSUS-3
5423	5423	PENSION ANDREMOVALAUTHORITIES.—Section 7532 of 4
5424	5424	title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 5
5425	5425	end the following: 6
5426	5426	‘‘(d)(1) The head of an element of the intelligence 7
5427	5427	community who takes an action under this section shall 8
5428	5428	promptly notify the congressional intelligence committees 9
5429	5429	of such action. 10
5430	5430	‘‘(2) Each notification under paragraph (1) regarding 11
5431	5431	an action shall include the following: 12
5432	5432	‘‘(A) An explanation for the determination that 13
5433	5433	the action is necessary or advisable in the interests 14
5434	5434	of national security. 15
5435	5435	‘‘(B) If the head of an element of the intel-16
5436	5436	ligence community determines, pursuant to sub-17
5437	5437	section (a), that the interests of national security do 18
5438	5438	not permit notification to the employee of the rea-19
5439	5439	sons for the action under that subsection, an expla-20
5440	5440	nation for such determination. 21
5441	5441	‘‘(3) In this subsection, the terms ‘congressional in-22
5442	5442	telligence committees’ and ‘intelligence community’ have 23
5443	5443	the meanings given such terms in section 3 of the National 24
5444	5444	Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003).’’. 25
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5447	5447	•S 4443 RS
5448	5448	(f) SAVINGSCLAUSE.—Nothing in this section shall 1
5449	5449	be construed to diminish the rights conferred by chapter 2
5450	5450	75 of title 5, United States Code, or other applicable agen-3
5451	5451	cy adverse action or disciplinary procedures. 4
5452	5452	SEC. 707. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON GOVERNMENT PER-5
5453	5453	SONNEL SUPPORT FOR FOREIGN TERRORIST 6
5454	5454	ORGANIZATIONS. 7
5455	5455	It is the sense of Congress that for the purposes of 8
5456	5456	adjudicating the eligibility of an individual for access to 9
5457	5457	classified information, renewal of a prior determination of 10
5458	5458	eligibility for such access, or continuous vetting of an indi-11
5459	5459	vidual for eligibility for such access, including on form 12
5460	5460	SF–86 or any successor form, each of the following should 13
5461	5461	be considered an action advocating for an act of terrorism: 14
5462	5462	(1) Espousing the actions of an organization 15
5463	5463	designated as a foreign terrorist organization under 16
5464	5464	section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 17
5465	5465	(8 U.S.C. 1189). 18
5466	5466	(2) Advocating for continued attacks by an or-19
5467	5467	ganization described in paragraph (1). 20
5468	5468	(3) Soliciting funds for an organization de-21
5469	5469	scribed in paragraph (1). 22
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5473	5473	TITLE VIII—WHISTLEBLOWERS 1
5474	5474	SEC. 801. IMPROVEMENTS REGARDING URGENT CONCERNS 2
5475	5475	SUBMITTED TO INSPECTORS GENERAL OF 3
5476	5476	THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. 4
5477	5477	(a) I
5478	5478	NSPECTORGENERAL OF THE INTELLIGENCE 5
5479	5479	C
5480	5480	OMMUNITY.—Section 103H(k)(5) of the National Secu-6
5481	5481	rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3033(k)(5)) is amended— 7
5482	5482	(1) in subparagraph (A)— 8
5483	5483	(A) by inserting ‘‘(i)’’ before ‘‘An employee 9
5484	5484	of’’; 10
5485	5485	(B) by inserting ‘‘in writing’’ before ‘‘to 11
5486	5486	the Inspector General’’; and 12
5487	5487	(C) by adding at the end the following: 13
5488	5488	‘‘(ii) The Inspector General shall provide any support 14
5489	5489	necessary to ensure that an employee can submit a com-15
5490	5490	plaint or information under this subparagraph in writing 16
5491	5491	and, if such submission is not feasible, shall create a writ-17
5492	5492	ten record of the employee’s verbal complaint or informa-18
5493	5493	tion and treat such written record as a written submis-19
5494	5494	sion.’’; 20
5495	5495	(2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 21
5496	5496	the following: 22
5497	5497	‘‘(B)(i)(I) Not later than the end of the period speci-23
5498	5498	fied in subclause (II), the Inspector General shall deter-24
5499	5499	mine whether the written complaint or information sub-25
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5502	5502	•S 4443 RS
5503	5503	mitted under subparagraph (A) appears credible. Upon 1
5504	5504	making such a determination, the Inspector General shall 2
5505	5505	transmit to the Director notice of that determination, to-3
5506	5506	gether with the complaint or information. 4
5507	5507	‘‘(II) The period specified in this subclause is the 14- 5
5508	5508	calendar-day period beginning on the date on which an 6
5509	5509	employee who has submitted an initial written complaint 7
5510	5510	or information under subparagraph (A) confirms that the 8
5511	5511	employee has submitted to the Inspector General the ma-9
5512	5512	terial the employee intends to submit to Congress under 10
5513	5513	such subparagraph. 11
5514	5514	‘‘(ii) The Inspector General may transmit a com-12
5515	5515	plaint or information submitted under subparagraph (A) 13
5516	5516	directly to the congressional intelligence committees— 14
5517	5517	‘‘(I) without transmittal to the Director if the 15
5518	5518	Inspector General determines that transmittal to the 16
5519	5519	Director could compromise the anonymity of the em-17
5520	5520	ployee or result in the complaint or information 18
5521	5521	being transmitted to a subject of the complaint or 19
5522	5522	information; or 20
5523	5523	‘‘(II) following transmittal to the Director if the 21
5524	5524	Director does not transmit the complaint or infor-22
5525	5525	mation to the congressional intelligence committees 23
5526	5526	within the time period specified in subparagraph 24
5527	5527	(C).’’; 25
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5530	5530	•S 4443 RS
5531	5531	(3) in subparagraph (D)— 1
5532	5532	(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or does not 2
5533	5533	transmit the complaint or information to the 3
5534	5534	Director in accurate form under subparagraph 4
5535	5535	(B),’’ and inserting ‘‘does not transmit the 5
5536	5536	complaint or information to the Director in ac-6
5537	5537	curate form under subparagraph (B)(i)(I), or 7
5538	5538	makes a determination pursuant to subpara-8
5539	5539	graph (B)(ii)(I) but does not transmit the com-9
5540	5540	plaint or information to the congressional intel-10
5541	5541	ligence committees within 21 calendar days of 11
5542	5542	receipt,’’; and 12
5543	5543	(B) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the 13
5544	5544	following: 14
5545	5545	‘‘(ii) An employee may contact the congres-15
5546	5546	sional intelligence committees directly as described 16
5547	5547	in clause (i) only if— 17
5548	5548	‘‘(I) the employee, before making such a 18
5549	5549	contact— 19
5550	5550	‘‘(aa) transmits to the Director, 20
5551	5551	through the Inspector General, a statement 21
5552	5552	of the employee’s complaint or information 22
5553	5553	and notice of the employee’s intent to con-23
5554	5554	tact the congressional intelligence commit-24
5555	5555	tees directly; and 25
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5559	5559	‘‘(bb) obtains and follows from the Di-1
5560	5560	rector, through the Inspector General, di-2
5561	5561	rection on how to contact the congressional 3
5562	5562	intelligence committees in accordance with 4
5563	5563	appropriate security practices; or 5
5564	5564	‘‘(II) the Inspector General— 6
5565	5565	‘‘(aa) determines that— 7
5566	5566	‘‘(AA) a transmittal under sub-8
5567	5567	clause (I) could compromise the ano-9
5568	5568	nymity of the employee or result in 10
5569	5569	the complaint or information being 11
5570	5570	transmitted to a subject of the com-12
5571	5571	plaint or information; or 13
5572	5572	‘‘(BB) the Director has failed to 14
5573	5573	provide adequate direction pursuant 15
5574	5574	to item (bb) of subclause (I) within 7 16
5575	5575	calendar days of a transmittal under 17
5576	5576	such subclause; and 18
5577	5577	‘‘(bb) provides the employee direction 19
5578	5578	on how to contact the congressional intel-20
5579	5579	ligence committees in accordance with ap-21
5580	5580	propriate security practices.’’; and 22
5581	5581	(4) by adding at the end the following: 23
5582	5582	‘‘(J) In this paragraph, the term ‘employee’, with re-24
5583	5583	spect to an employee of an element of the intelligence com-25
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5586	5586	•S 4443 RS
5587	5587	munity, an employee assigned or detailed to an element 1
5588	5588	of the intelligence community, or an employee of a con-2
5589	5589	tractor to the intelligence community who may submit a 3
5590	5590	complaint or information to the Inspector General under 4
5591	5591	subparagraph (A), means— 5
5592	5592	‘‘(i) a current employee at the time of such sub-6
5593	5593	mission; or 7
5594	5594	‘‘(ii) a former employee at the time of such sub-8
5595	5595	mission, if such complaint or information arises 9
5596	5596	from and relates to the period of employment as 10
5597	5597	such an employee.’’. 11
5598	5598	(b) I
5599	5599	NSPECTORGENERAL OF THE CENTRALINTEL-12
5600	5600	LIGENCEAGENCY.—Section 17(d)(5) of the Central Intel-13
5601	5601	ligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 3517(d)(5)) is 14
5602	5602	amended— 15
5603	5603	(1) in subparagraph (A)— 16
5604	5604	(A) by inserting (i) before ‘‘An employee’’; 17
5605	5605	(B) by inserting ‘‘in writing’’ before ‘‘to 18
5606	5606	the Inspector General’’; and 19
5607	5607	(C) by adding at the end the following: 20
5608	5608	‘‘(ii) The Inspector General shall provide any support 21
5609	5609	necessary to ensure that an employee can submit a com-22
5610	5610	plaint or information under this subparagraph in writing 23
5611	5611	and, if such submission is not feasible, shall create a writ-24
5612	5612	ten record of the employee’s verbal complaint or informa-25
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5615	5615	•S 4443 RS
5616	5616	tion and treat such written record as a written submis-1
5617	5617	sion.’’; 2
5618	5618	(2) in subparagraph (B)— 3
5619	5619	(A) by striking clause (i) and inserting the 4
5620	5620	following: 5
5621	5621	‘‘(i)(I) Not later than the end of the period specified 6
5622	5622	in subclause (II), the Inspector General shall determine 7
5623	5623	whether the written complaint or information submitted 8
5624	5624	under subparagraph (A) appears credible. Upon making 9
5625	5625	such a determination, the Inspector General shall transmit 10
5626	5626	to the Director notice of that determination, together with 11
5627	5627	the complaint or information. 12
5628	5628	‘‘(II) The period specified in this subclause is the 14- 13
5629	5629	calendar-day period beginning on the date on which an 14
5630	5630	employee who has submitted an initial written complaint 15
5631	5631	or information under subparagraph (A) confirms that the 16
5632	5632	employee has submitted to the Inspector General the ma-17
5633	5633	terial the employee intends to submit to Congress under 18
5634	5634	such subparagraph.’’; and 19
5635	5635	(B) by adding at the end the following: 20
5636	5636	‘‘(iii) The Inspector General may transmit a com-21
5637	5637	plaint or information submitted under subparagraph (A) 22
5638	5638	directly to the congressional intelligence committees— 23
5639	5639	‘‘(I) without transmittal to the Director if the 24
5640	5640	Inspector General determines that transmittal to the 25
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5643	5643	•S 4443 RS
5644	5644	Director could compromise the anonymity of the em-1
5645	5645	ployee or result in the complaint or information 2
5646	5646	being transmitted to a subject of the complaint or 3
5647	5647	information; 4
5648	5648	‘‘(II) following transmittal to the Director if the 5
5649	5649	Director does not transmit the complaint or infor-6
5650	5650	mation to the congressional intelligence committees 7
5651	5651	within the time period specified in subparagraph (C) 8
5652	5652	and has not made a determination regarding a con-9
5653	5653	flict of interest pursuant to clause (ii); or 10
5654	5654	‘‘(III) following transmittal to the Director and 11
5655	5655	a determination by the Director that a conflict of in-12
5656	5656	terest exists pursuant to clause (ii) if the Inspector 13
5657	5657	General determines that— 14
5658	5658	‘‘(aa) transmittal to the Director of Na-15
5659	5659	tional Intelligence could compromise the ano-16
5660	5660	nymity of the employee or result in the com-17
5661	5661	plaint or information being transmitted to a 18
5662	5662	subject of the complaint or information; or 19
5663	5663	‘‘(bb) the Director of National Intelligence 20
5664	5664	has not transmitted the complaint or informa-21
5665	5665	tion to the congressional intelligence committees 22
5666	5666	within the time period specified in subpara-23
5667	5667	graph (C).’’; 24
5668	5668	(3) in subparagraph (D)— 25
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5671	5671	•S 4443 RS
5672	5672	(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or does not 1
5673	5673	transmit the complaint or information to the 2
5674	5674	Director in accurate form under subparagraph 3
5675	5675	(B),’’ and inserting ‘‘does not transmit the 4
5676	5676	complaint or information to the Director in ac-5
5677	5677	curate form under subparagraph (B)(i)(I), or 6
5678	5678	makes a determination pursuant to subpara-7
5679	5679	graph (B)(iii)(I) but does not transmit the com-8
5680	5680	plaint or information to the congressional intel-9
5681	5681	ligence committees within 21 calendar days of 10
5682	5682	receipt,’’; and 11
5683	5683	(B) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the 12
5684	5684	following: 13
5685	5685	‘‘(ii) An employee may contact the congressional in-14
5686	5686	telligence committees directly as described in clause (i) 15
5687	5687	only if— 16
5688	5688	‘‘(I) the employee, before making such a con-17
5689	5689	tact— 18
5690	5690	‘‘(aa) transmits to the Director, through 19
5691	5691	the Inspector General, a statement of the em-20
5692	5692	ployee’s complaint or information and notice of 21
5693	5693	the employee’s intent to contact the congres-22
5694	5694	sional intelligence committees directly; and 23
5695	5695	‘‘(bb) obtains and follows from the Direc-24
5696	5696	tor, through the Inspector General, direction on 25
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5699	5699	•S 4443 RS
5700	5700	how to contact the congressional intelligence 1
5701	5701	committees in accordance with appropriate se-2
5702	5702	curity practices; or 3
5703	5703	‘‘(II) the Inspector General— 4
5704	5704	‘‘(aa) determines that— 5
5705	5705	‘‘(AA) the transmittal under sub-6
5706	5706	clause (I) could compromise the anonymity 7
5707	5707	of the employee or result in the complaint 8
5708	5708	or information being transmitted to a sub-9
5709	5709	ject of the complaint or information; or 10
5710	5710	‘‘(BB) the Director has failed to pro-11
5711	5711	vide adequate direction pursuant to item 12
5712	5712	(bb) of subclause (I) within 7 calendar 13
5713	5713	days of a transmittal under such sub-14
5714	5714	clause; and 15
5715	5715	‘‘(bb) provides the employee direction on 16
5716	5716	how to contact the congressional intelligence 17
5717	5717	committees in accordance with appropriate se-18
5718	5718	curity practices.’’; and 19
5719	5719	(4) by adding at the end the following: 20
5720	5720	‘‘(I) In this paragraph, the term ‘employee’, with re-21
5721	5721	spect to an employee of the Agency, or of a contractor 22
5722	5722	to the Agency, who may submit a complaint or information 23
5723	5723	to the Inspector General under subparagraph (A), 24
5724	5724	means— 25
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5727	5727	•S 4443 RS
5728	5728	‘‘(i) a current employee at the time of such sub-1
5729	5729	mission; or 2
5730	5730	‘‘(ii) a former employee at the time of such sub-3
5731	5731	mission, if such complaint or information arises 4
5732	5732	from and relates to the period of employment as 5
5733	5733	such an employee.’’. 6
5734	5734	(c) O
5735	5735	THERINSPECTORSGENERAL OFELEMENTS OF 7
5736	5736	THEINTELLIGENCECOMMUNITY.—Section 416 of title 5, 8
5737	5737	United States Code, is amended— 9
5738	5738	(1) in subsection (a)— 10
5739	5739	(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 11
5740	5740	(2) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and 12
5741	5741	(B) by inserting before paragraph (2), as 13
5742	5742	redesignated by paragraph (1), the following: 14
5743	5743	‘‘(1) E
5744	5744	MPLOYEE.—The term ‘employee’, with 15
5745	5745	respect to an employee of an element of the Federal 16
5746	5746	Government covered by subsection (b), or of a con-17
5747	5747	tractor to such an element, who may submit a com-18
5748	5748	plaint or information to an Inspector General under 19
5749	5749	such subsection, means— 20
5750	5750	‘‘(A) a current employee at the time of 21
5751	5751	such submission; or 22
5752	5752	‘‘(B) a former employee at the time of 23
5753	5753	such submission, if such complaint or informa-24
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5756	5756	•S 4443 RS
5757	5757	tion arises from and relates to the period of em-1
5758	5758	ployment as such an employee.’’; 2
5759	5759	(2) in subsection (b)— 3
5760	5760	(A) in paragraph (1)— 4
5761	5761	(i) in the paragraph heading, by in-5
5762	5762	serting ‘‘;
5763	5763	SUPPORT FOR WRITTEN SUBMIS -6
5764	5764	SION’’; after ‘‘MADE’’; 7
5765	5765	(ii) by inserting ‘‘in writing’’ after 8
5766	5766	‘‘may report the complaint or information’’ 9
5767	5767	each place it appears; and 10
5768	5768	(iii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 11
5769	5769	‘‘in writing’’ after ‘‘such complaint or in-12
5770	5770	formation’’; and 13
5771	5771	(B) by adding at the end the following: 14
5772	5772	‘‘(E) S
5773	5773	UPPORT FOR WRITTEN SUBMIS -15
5774	5774	SION.—The Inspector General shall provide any 16
5775	5775	support necessary to ensure that an employee 17
5776	5776	can submit a complaint or information under 18
5777	5777	this paragraph in writing and, if such submis-19
5778	5778	sion is not feasible, shall create a written record 20
5779	5779	of the employee’s verbal complaint or informa-21
5780	5780	tion and treat such written record as a written 22
5781	5781	submission.’’; 23
5782	5782	(3) in subsection (c)— 24
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5785	5785	•S 4443 RS
5786	5786	(A) by striking paragraph (1) and insert-1
5787	5787	ing the following: 2
5788	5788	‘‘(1) C
5789	5789	REDIBILITY.— 3
5790	5790	‘‘(A) D
5791	5791	ETERMINATION.—Not later than 4
5792	5792	the end of the period specified in subparagraph 5
5793	5793	(B), the Inspector General shall determine 6
5794	5794	whether the written complaint or information 7
5795	5795	submitted under subsection (b) appears cred-8
5796	5796	ible. Upon making such a determination, the 9
5797	5797	Inspector General shall transmit to the head of 10
5798	5798	the establishment notice of that determination, 11
5799	5799	together with the complaint or information. 12
5800	5800	‘‘(B) P
5801	5801	ERIOD SPECIFIED.—The period 13
5802	5802	specified in this subparagraph is the 14-cal-14
5803	5803	endar-day period beginning on the date on 15
5804	5804	which an employee who has submitted an initial 16
5805	5805	written complaint or information under sub-17
5806	5806	section (b) confirms that the employee has sub-18
5807	5807	mitted to the Inspector General the material 19
5808	5808	the employee intends to submit to Congress 20
5809	5809	under such subsection.’’; and 21
5810	5810	(B) by adding at the end the following: 22
5811	5811	‘‘(3) T
5812	5812	RANSMITTAL DIRECTLY TO INTEL -23
5813	5813	LIGENCE COMMITTEES .—The Inspector General may 24
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5816	5816	•S 4443 RS
5817	5817	transmit the complaint or information directly to the 1
5818	5818	intelligence committees— 2
5819	5819	‘‘(A) without transmittal to the head of the 3
5820	5820	establishment if the Inspector General deter-4
5821	5821	mines that transmittal to the head of the estab-5
5822	5822	lishment could compromise the anonymity of 6
5823	5823	the employee or result in the complaint or infor-7
5824	5824	mation being transmitted to a subject of the 8
5825	5825	complaint or information; 9
5826	5826	‘‘(B) following transmittal to the head of 10
5827	5827	the establishment if the head of the establish-11
5828	5828	ment does not transmit the complaint or infor-12
5829	5829	mation to the intelligence committees within the 13
5830	5830	time period specified in subsection (d) and has 14
5831	5831	not made a determination regarding a conflict 15
5832	5832	of interest pursuant to paragraph (2); or 16
5833	5833	‘‘(C) following transmittal to the head of 17
5834	5834	the establishment and a determination by the 18
5835	5835	head of the establishment that a conflict of in-19
5836	5836	terest exists pursuant to paragraph (2) if the 20
5837	5837	Inspector General determines that— 21
5838	5838	‘‘(i) transmittal to the Director of Na-22
5839	5839	tional Intelligence or the Secretary of De-23
5840	5840	fense could compromise the anonymity of 24
5841	5841	the employee or result in the complaint or 25
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5844	5844	•S 4443 RS
5845	5845	information being transmitted to a subject 1
5846	5846	of the complaint or information; or 2
5847	5847	‘‘(ii) the Director of National Intel-3
5848	5848	ligence or the Secretary of Defense has not 4
5849	5849	transmitted the complaint or information 5
5850	5850	to the intelligence committees within the 6
5851	5851	time period specified in subsection (d).’’; 7
5852	5852	(4) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘or does 8
5853	5853	not transmit the complaint or information to the 9
5854	5854	head of the establishment in accurate form under 10
5855	5855	subsection (c),’’ and inserting ‘‘does not transmit the 11
5856	5856	complaint or information to the head of the estab-12
5857	5857	lishment in accurate form under subsection 13
5858	5858	(c)(1)(A), or makes a determination pursuant to 14
5859	5859	subsection (c)(3)(A) but does not transmit the com-15
5860	5860	plaint or information to the intelligence committees 16
5861	5861	within 21 calendar days of receipt,’’; and 17
5862	5862	(5) in subsection (e), by striking paragraph (2) 18
5863	5863	and inserting the following: 19
5864	5864	‘‘(2) L
5865	5865	IMITATION.—An employee may contact 20
5866	5866	the intelligence committees directly as described in 21
5867	5867	paragraph (1) only if— 22
5868	5868	‘‘(A) the employee, before making such a 23
5869	5869	contact— 24
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5872	5872	•S 4443 RS
5873	5873	‘‘(i) transmits to the head of the es-1
5874	5874	tablishment, through the Inspector Gen-2
5875	5875	eral, a statement of the employee’s com-3
5876	5876	plaint or information and notice of the em-4
5877	5877	ployee’s intent to contact the intelligence 5
5878	5878	committees directly; and 6
5879	5879	‘‘(ii) obtains and follows from the 7
5880	5880	head of the establishment, through the In-8
5881	5881	spector General, direction on how to con-9
5882	5882	tact the intelligence committees in accord-10
5883	5883	ance with appropriate security practices; or 11
5884	5884	‘‘(B) the Inspector General— 12
5885	5885	‘‘(i) determines that the transmittal 13
5886	5886	under subparagraph (A) could compromise 14
5887	5887	the anonymity of the employee or result in 15
5888	5888	the complaint or information being trans-16
5889	5889	mitted to a subject of the complaint or in-17
5890	5890	formation; or 18
5891	5891	‘‘(ii) determines that the head of the 19
5892	5892	establishment has failed to provide ade-20
5893	5893	quate direction pursuant to clause (ii) of 21
5894	5894	subparagraph (A) within 7 calendar days 22
5895	5895	of a transmittal under such subparagraph; 23
5896	5896	and 24
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5899	5899	•S 4443 RS
5900	5900	‘‘(iii) provides the employee direction 1
5901	5901	on how to contact the intelligence commit-2
5902	5902	tees in accordance with appropriate secu-3
5903	5903	rity practices.’’. 4
5904	5904	SEC. 802. PROHIBITION AGAINST DISCLOSURE OF WHIS-5
5905	5905	TLEBLOWER IDENTITY AS ACT OF REPRISAL. 6
5906	5906	(a) I
5907	5907	NGENERAL.—Section 1104(a) of the National 7
5908	5908	Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3234(a)) is amended— 8
5909	5909	(1) in paragraph (3)— 9
5910	5910	(A) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘; or’’ 10
5911	5911	and inserting a semicolon; 11
5912	5912	(B) by redesignating subparagraph (J) as 12
5913	5913	subparagraph (K); and 13
5914	5914	(C) by inserting after subparagraph (I) the 14
5915	5915	following: 15
5916	5916	‘‘(J) an unauthorized whistleblower iden-16
5917	5917	tity disclosure;’’; and 17
5918	5918	(2) by adding at the end the following: 18
5919	5919	‘‘(5) U
5920	5920	NAUTHORIZED WHISTLEBLOWER IDEN -19
5921	5921	TITY DISCLOSURE.—The term ‘unauthorized whistle-20
5922	5922	blower identity disclosure’ means, with respect to an 21
5923	5923	employee or a contractor employee described in 22
5924	5924	paragraph (3), a knowing and willful disclosure re-23
5925	5925	vealing the identity or other personally identifiable 24
5926	5926	information of the employee or contractor employee 25
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5929	5929	•S 4443 RS
5930	5930	so as to identify the employee or contractor em-1
5931	5931	ployee as an employee or contractor employee who 2
5932	5932	has made a lawful disclosure described in subsection 3
5933	5933	(b) or (c), but does not include such a knowing and 4
5934	5934	willful disclosure that meets any of the following cri-5
5935	5935	teria: 6
5936	5936	‘‘(A) Such disclosure was made with the 7
5937	5937	express consent of the employee or contractor 8
5938	5938	employee. 9
5939	5939	‘‘(B) Such disclosure was made during the 10
5940	5940	course of reporting or remedying the subject of 11
5941	5941	the lawful disclosure of the whistleblower 12
5942	5942	through management, legal, or oversight proc-13
5943	5943	esses, including such processes relating to 14
5944	5944	human resources, equal opportunity, security, 15
5945	5945	or an Inspector General. 16
5946	5946	‘‘(C) An Inspector General with oversight 17
5947	5947	responsibility for the relevant covered intel-18
5948	5948	ligence community element determines that 19
5949	5949	such disclosure— 20
5950	5950	‘‘(i) was unavoidable under section 21
5951	5951	103H of this Act (50 U.S.C. 3033), sec-22
5952	5952	tion 17 of the Central Intelligence Agency 23
5953	5953	Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 3517), section 407 24
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5956	5956	•S 4443 RS
5957	5957	of title 5, United States Code, or section 1
5958	5958	420(b)(2)(B) of such title; 2
5959	5959	‘‘(ii) was made to an official of the 3
5960	5960	Department of Justice responsible for de-4
5961	5961	termining whether a prosecution should be 5
5962	5962	undertaken; or 6
5963	5963	‘‘(iii) was required by statute or an 7
5964	5964	order from a court of competent jurisdic-8
5965	5965	tion.’’. 9
5966	5966	(b) P
5967	5967	RIVATERIGHT OFACTION FORUNLAWFULDIS-10
5968	5968	CLOSURE OF WHISTLEBLOWER IDENTITY.—Subsection 11
5969	5969	(f) of such section is amended to read as follows: 12
5970	5970	‘‘(f) E
5971	5971	NFORCEMENT.— 13
5972	5972	‘‘(1) I
5973	5973	N GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-14
5974	5974	vided in this subsection, the President shall provide 15
5975	5975	for the enforcement of this section. 16
5976	5976	‘‘(2) H
5977	5977	ARMONIZATION WITH OTHER ENFORCE -17
5978	5978	MENT.—To the fullest extent possible, the President 18
5979	5979	shall provide for enforcement of this section in a 19
5980	5980	manner that is consistent with the enforcement of 20
5981	5981	section 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code, es-21
5982	5982	pecially with respect to policies and procedures used 22
5983	5983	to adjudicate alleged violations of such section. 23
5984	5984	‘‘(3) P
5985	5985	RIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION FOR DISCLO -24
5986	5986	SURES OF WHISTLEBLOWER IDENTITY IN VIOLATION 25
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5989	5989	•S 4443 RS
5990	5990	OF PROHIBITION AGAINST REPRISALS .—Subject to 1
5991	5991	paragraph (4), in a case in which an employee of an 2
5992	5992	agency takes a personnel action described in sub-3
5993	5993	section (a)(3)(J) against an employee of a covered 4
5994	5994	intelligence community element as a reprisal in vio-5
5995	5995	lation of subsection (b) or in a case in which an em-6
5996	5996	ployee or contractor employee takes a personnel ac-7
5997	5997	tion described in subsection (a)(3)(J) against an-8
5998	5998	other contractor employee as a reprisal in violation 9
5999	5999	of subsection (c), the employee or contractor em-10
6000	6000	ployee against whom the personnel action was taken 11
6001	6001	may, consistent with section 1221 of title 5, United 12
6002	6002	States Code, bring a private action for all appro-13
6003	6003	priate remedies, including injunctive relief and com-14
6004	6004	pensatory and punitive damages, in an amount not 15
6005	6005	to exceed $250,000, against the agency of the em-16
6006	6006	ployee or contracting agency of the contractor em-17
6007	6007	ployee who took the personnel action, in a Federal 18
6008	6008	district court of competent jurisdiction. 19
6009	6009	‘‘(4) R
6010	6010	EQUIREMENTS.— 20
6011	6011	‘‘(A) R
6012	6012	EVIEW BY INSPECTOR GENERAL 21
6013	6013	AND BY EXTERNAL REVIEW PANEL .—Before 22
6014	6014	the employee or contractor employee may bring 23
6015	6015	a private action under paragraph (3), the em-24
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6018	6018	•S 4443 RS
6019	6019	ployee or contractor employee shall exhaust ad-1
6020	6020	ministrative remedies by— 2
6021	6021	‘‘(i) first, obtaining a disposition of 3
6022	6022	their claim by requesting review by the ap-4
6023	6023	propriate inspector general; and 5
6024	6024	‘‘(ii) second, if the review under clause 6
6025	6025	(i) does not substantiate reprisal, by sub-7
6026	6026	mitting to the Inspector General of the In-8
6027	6027	telligence Community a request for a re-9
6028	6028	view of the claim by an external review 10
6029	6029	panel under section 1106. 11
6030	6030	‘‘(B) P
6031	6031	ERIOD TO BRING ACTION.—The em-12
6032	6032	ployee or contractor employee may bring a pri-13
6033	6033	vate right of action under paragraph (3) during 14
6034	6034	the 180-day period beginning on the date on 15
6035	6035	which the employee or contractor employee is 16
6036	6036	notified of the final disposition of their claim 17
6037	6037	under section 1106.’’. 18
6038	6038	SEC. 803. PROTECTION FOR INDIVIDUALS MAKING AU-19
6039	6039	THORIZED DISCLOSURES TO INSPECTORS 20
6040	6040	GENERAL OF ELEMENTS OF THE INTEL-21
6041	6041	LIGENCE COMMUNITY. 22
6042	6042	(a) I
6043	6043	NSPECTORGENERAL OF THE INTELLIGENCE 23
6044	6044	C
6045	6045	OMMUNITY.—Section 103H(g)(3) of the National Secu-24
6046	6046	rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3033(g)(3)) is amended— 25
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6049	6049	•S 4443 RS
6050	6050	(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and 1
6051	6051	(B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; 2
6052	6052	(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-3
6053	6053	paragraph: 4
6054	6054	‘‘(B) An individual may disclose classified infor-5
6055	6055	mation to the Inspector General in accordance with 6
6056	6056	the applicable security standards and procedures es-7
6057	6057	tablished under Executive Order 13526 (50 U.S.C. 8
6058	6058	3161 note; relating to classified national security in-9
6059	6059	formation), section 102A or section 803, chapter 12 10
6060	6060	of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2161 11
6061	6061	et seq.), or any applicable provision of law. Such a 12
6062	6062	disclosure of classified information that is made by 13
6063	6063	an individual who at the time of the disclosure does 14
6064	6064	not hold the appropriate clearance or authority to 15
6065	6065	access such classified information, but that is other-16
6066	6066	wise made in accordance with such security stand-17
6067	6067	ards and procedures, shall be treated as an author-18
6068	6068	ized disclosure and does not violate— 19
6069	6069	‘‘(i) any otherwise applicable nondisclosure 20
6070	6070	agreement; 21
6071	6071	‘‘(ii) any otherwise applicable regulation or 22
6072	6072	order issued under the authority of Executive 23
6073	6073	Order 13526 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note; relating to 24
6074	6074	classified national security information) or 25
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6077	6077	•S 4443 RS
6078	6078	chapter 18 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 1
6079	6079	(42 U.S.C. 2271 et seq.); or 2
6080	6080	‘‘(iii) section 798 of title 18, United States 3
6081	6081	Code, or any other provision of law relating to 4
6082	6082	the unauthorized disclosure of national security 5
6083	6083	information.’’; and 6
6084	6084	(3) in the paragraph enumerator, by striking 7
6085	6085	‘‘(3) ’’ and inserting ‘‘(3)(A)’’. 8
6086	6086	(b) I
6087	6087	NSPECTORGENERAL OF THE CENTRALINTEL-9
6088	6088	LIGENCEAGENCY.—Section 17(e)(3) of the Central Intel-10
6089	6089	ligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 3517(e)(3)) is 11
6090	6090	amended— 12
6091	6091	(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and 13
6092	6092	(B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; 14
6093	6093	(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-15
6094	6094	paragraph: 16
6095	6095	‘‘(B) An individual may disclose classified infor-17
6096	6096	mation to the Inspector General in accordance with 18
6097	6097	the applicable security standards and procedures es-19
6098	6098	tablished under Executive Order 13526 (50 U.S.C. 20
6099	6099	3161 note; relating to classified national security in-21
6100	6100	formation), section 102A or 803 of the National Se-22
6101	6101	curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024; 3162a), or 23
6102	6102	chapter 12 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 24
6103	6103	U.S.C. 2161 et seq.). Such a disclosure of classified 25
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6106	6106	•S 4443 RS
6107	6107	information that is made by an individual who at the 1
6108	6108	time of the disclosure does not hold the appropriate 2
6109	6109	clearance or authority to access such classified infor-3
6110	6110	mation, but that is otherwise made in accordance 4
6111	6111	with such security standards and procedures, shall 5
6112	6112	be treated as an authorized disclosure and does not 6
6113	6113	violate— 7
6114	6114	‘‘(i) any otherwise applicable nondisclosure 8
6115	6115	agreement; 9
6116	6116	‘‘(ii) any otherwise applicable regulation or 10
6117	6117	order issued under the authority of Executive 11
6118	6118	Order 13526 or chapter 18 of the Atomic En-12
6119	6119	ergy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2271 et seq.); or 13
6120	6120	‘‘(iii) section 798 of title 18, United States 14
6121	6121	Code, or any other provision of law relating to 15
6122	6122	the unauthorized disclosure of national security 16
6123	6123	information.’’; and 17
6124	6124	(3) in the paragraph enumerator, by striking 18
6125	6125	‘‘(3) ’’ and inserting ‘‘(3)(A)’’. 19
6126	6126	(c) O
6127	6127	THERINSPECTORSGENERAL OFELEMENTS OF 20
6128	6128	THEINTELLIGENCECOMMUNITY.—Section 416 of title 5, 21
6129	6129	United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 22
6130	6130	following new subsection: 23
6131	6131	‘‘(i) P
6132	6132	ROTECTION FOR INDIVIDUALSMAKINGAU-24
6133	6133	THORIZEDDISCLOSURES.—An individual may disclose 25
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6136	6136	•S 4443 RS
6137	6137	classified information to an Inspector General of an ele-1
6138	6138	ment of the intelligence community in accordance with the 2
6139	6139	applicable security standards and procedures established 3
6140	6140	under Executive Order 13526 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note; relat-4
6141	6141	ing to classified national security information), section 5
6142	6142	102A or 803 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 6
6143	6143	U.S.C. 3024; 3162a), or chapter 12 of the Atomic Energy 7
6144	6144	Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2161 et seq.). Such a disclosure 8
6145	6145	of classified information that is made by an individual who 9
6146	6146	at the time of the disclosure does not hold the appropriate 10
6147	6147	clearance or authority to access such classified informa-11
6148	6148	tion, but that is otherwise made in accordance with such 12
6149	6149	security standards and procedures, shall be treated as an 13
6150	6150	authorized disclosure and does not violate— 14
6151	6151	‘‘(1) any otherwise applicable nondisclosure 15
6152	6152	agreement; 16
6153	6153	‘‘(2) any otherwise applicable regulation or 17
6154	6154	order issued under the authority of Executive Order 18
6155	6155	13526 or chapter 18 of the Atomic Energy Act of 19
6156	6156	1954 (42 U.S.C. 2271 et seq.); or 20
6157	6157	‘‘(3) section 798 of title 18, or any other provi-21
6158	6158	sion of law relating to the unauthorized disclosure of 22
6159	6159	national security information.’’. 23
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6163	6163	SEC. 804. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF CERTAIN IN-1
6164	6164	SPECTORS GENERAL TO RECEIVE PRO-2
6165	6165	TECTED DISCLOSURES. 3
6166	6166	Section 1104 of the National Security Act of 1947 4
6167	6167	(50 U.S.C. 3234) is amended— 5
6168	6168	(1) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘or cov-6
6169	6169	ered intelligence community element’’ after ‘‘the ap-7
6170	6170	propriate inspector general of the employing agen-8
6171	6171	cy’’; and 9
6172	6172	(2) in subsection (c)(1)(A), by inserting ‘‘or 10
6173	6173	covered intelligence community element’’ after ‘‘the 11
6174	6174	appropriate inspector general of the employing or 12
6175	6175	contracting agency’’. 13
6176	6176	SEC. 805. WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS RELATING TO 14
6177	6177	PSYCHIATRIC TESTING OR EXAMINATION. 15
6178	6178	(a) P
6179	6179	ROHIBITEDPERSONNELPRACTICES.—Section 16
6180	6180	1104(a)(3) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 17
6181	6181	U.S.C. 3234(a)(3)) is amended— 18
6182	6182	(1) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and 19
6183	6183	inserting a semicolon; 20
6184	6184	(2) by redesignating subparagraph (J) as sub-21
6185	6185	paragraph (K); and 22
6186	6186	(3) by inserting after subparagraph (I) the fol-23
6187	6187	lowing new subparagraph: 24
6188	6188	‘‘(J) a decision to order psychiatric testing 25
6189	6189	or examination; or’’. 26
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6192	6192	•S 4443 RS
6193	6193	(b) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by this 1
6194	6194	section shall apply with respect to matters arising under 2
6195	6195	section 1104 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 3
6196	6196	U.S.C. 3234) on or after the date of the enactment of 4
6197	6197	this Act. 5
6198	6198	SEC. 806. ESTABLISHING PROCESS PARITY FOR ADVERSE 6
6199	6199	SECURITY CLEARANCE AND ACCESS DETER-7
6200	6200	MINATIONS. 8
6201	6201	Subparagraph (C) of section 3001(j)(4) of the Intel-9
6202	6202	ligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 10
6203	6203	U.S.C. 3341(j)(4)) is amended to read as follows: 11
6204	6204	‘‘(C) C
6205	6205	ONTRIBUTING FACTOR .— 12
6206	6206	‘‘(i) I
6207	6207	N GENERAL.—Subject to clause 13
6208	6208	(iii), in determining whether the adverse 14
6209	6209	security clearance or access determination 15
6210	6210	violated paragraph (1), the agency shall 16
6211	6211	find that paragraph (1) was violated if the 17
6212	6212	individual has demonstrated that a disclo-18
6213	6213	sure described in paragraph (1) was a con-19
6214	6214	tributing factor in the adverse security 20
6215	6215	clearance or access determination taken 21
6216	6216	against the individual. 22
6217	6217	‘‘(ii) C
6218	6218	IRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE .— 23
6219	6219	An individual under clause (i) may dem-24
6220	6220	onstrate that the disclosure was a contrib-25
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6223	6223	•S 4443 RS
6224	6224	uting factor in the adverse security clear-1
6225	6225	ance or access determination taken against 2
6226	6226	the individual through circumstantial evi-3
6227	6227	dence, such as evidence that— 4
6228	6228	‘‘(I) the official making the de-5
6229	6229	termination knew of the disclosure; 6
6230	6230	and 7
6231	6231	‘‘(II) the determination occurred 8
6232	6232	within a period such that a reasonable 9
6233	6233	person could conclude that the disclo-10
6234	6234	sure was a contributing factor in the 11
6235	6235	determination. 12
6236	6236	‘‘(iii) D
6237	6237	EFENSE.—In determining 13
6238	6238	whether the adverse security clearance or 14
6239	6239	access determination violated paragraph 15
6240	6240	(1), the agency shall not find that para-16
6241	6241	graph (1) was violated if, after a finding 17
6242	6242	that a disclosure was a contributing factor, 18
6243	6243	the agency demonstrates by clear and con-19
6244	6244	vincing evidence that it would have made 20
6245	6245	the same security clearance or access de-21
6246	6246	termination in the absence of such disclo-22
6247	6247	sure.’’. 23
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6250	6250	•S 4443 RS
6251	6251	SEC. 807. ELIMINATION OF CAP ON COMPENSATORY DAM-1
6252	6252	AGES FOR RETALIATORY REVOCATION OF SE-2
6253	6253	CURITY CLEARANCES AND ACCESS DETER-3
6254	6254	MINATIONS. 4
6255	6255	Section 3001(j)(4)(B) of the Intelligence Reform and 5
6256	6256	Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 6
6257	6257	3341(j)(4)(B)) is amended, in the second sentence, by 7
6258	6258	striking ‘‘not to exceed $300,000’’. 8
6259	6259	TITLE IX—ANOMALOUS HEALTH 9
6260	6260	INCIDENTS 10
6261	6261	SEC. 901. ADDITIONAL DISCRETION FOR DIRECTOR OF 11
6262	6262	CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY IN PAYING 12
6263	6263	COSTS OF TREATING QUALIFYING INJURIES 13
6264	6264	AND MAKING PAYMENTS FOR QUALIFYING 14
6265	6265	INJURIES TO THE BRAIN. 15
6266	6266	(a) A
6267	6267	DDITIONALAUTHORITY FORCOVERINGCOSTS 16
6268	6268	FORTREATINGQUALIFYINGINJURIESUNDEREXTRAOR-17
6269	6269	DINARYCIRCUMSTANCES.—Subsection (c) of section 19A 18
6270	6270	of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 19
6271	6271	3519b) is amended— 20
6272	6272	(1) by striking ‘‘The Director may’’ and insert-21
6273	6273	ing the following: 22
6274	6274	‘‘(1) I
6275	6275	N GENERAL.—The Director may’’; and 23
6276	6276	(2) by adding at the end the following: 24
6277	6277	‘‘(2) E
6278	6278	XTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES .— 25
6279	6279	Under such circumstances as the Director deter-26
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6282	6282	•S 4443 RS
6283	6283	mines extraordinary, the Director may pay the costs 1
6284	6284	of treating a qualifying injury of a covered employee, 2
6285	6285	a covered individual, or a covered dependent or may 3
6286	6286	reimburse a covered employee, a covered individual, 4
6287	6287	or a covered dependent for such costs, that are not 5
6288	6288	otherwise covered by a provision of Federal law, re-6
6289	6289	gardless of the date of the injury and the location 7
6290	6290	of the employee, individual, or dependent when the 8
6291	6291	injury occurred.’’. 9
6292	6292	(b) A
6293	6293	DDITIONALAUTHORITY FOR MAKINGPAY-10
6294	6294	MENTS FORQUALIFYINGINJURIES TO THEBRAINUNDER 11
6295	6295	E
6296	6296	XTRAORDINARYCIRCUMSTANCES.—Subsection (d)(2) of 12
6297	6297	such section is amended— 13
6298	6298	(1) by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding’’ and insert-14
6299	6299	ing the following: 15
6300	6300	‘‘(A) I
6301	6301	N GENERAL .—Notwithstanding’’; 16
6302	6302	and 17
6303	6303	(2) by adding at the end the following: 18
6304	6304	‘‘(B) E
6305	6305	XTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES .— 19
6306	6306	Under such circumstances as the Director de-20
6307	6307	termines extraordinary, the Director may pro-21
6308	6308	vide payment to a covered employee, a covered 22
6309	6309	individual, or a covered dependent for any 23
6310	6310	qualifying injury to the brain, regardless of the 24
6311	6311	date of the injury and the location of the em-25
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6314	6314	•S 4443 RS
6315	6315	ployee, individual, or dependent when the injury 1
6316	6316	occurred.’’. 2
6317	6317	(c) C
6318	6318	ONGRESSIONALNOTIFICATION.—Such section is 3
6319	6319	amended by adding at the end the following new sub-4
6320	6320	section: 5
6321	6321	‘‘(e) C
6322	6322	ONGRESSIONALNOTIFICATION.—Whenever the 6
6323	6323	Director makes a payment or reimbursement made under 7
6324	6324	subsection (c) or (d)(2), the Director shall, not later than 8
6325	6325	30 days after the date on which the payment or reimburse-9
6326	6326	ment is made, submit to the congressional intelligence 10
6327	6327	committees (as defined in section 3 of the National Secu-11
6328	6328	rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)) a notification of such 12
6329	6329	payment or reimbursement.’’. 13
6330	6330	SEC. 902. ADDITIONAL DISCRETION FOR SECRETARY OF 14
6331	6331	STATE AND HEADS OF OTHER FEDERAL 15
6332	6332	AGENCIES IN PAYING COSTS OF TREATING 16
6333	6333	QUALIFYING INJURIES AND MAKING PAY-17
6334	6334	MENTS FOR QUALIFYING INJURIES TO THE 18
6335	6335	BRAIN. 19
6336	6336	(a) A
6337	6337	DDITIONALAUTHORITY FORCOVERINGCOSTS 20
6338	6338	FORTREATINGQUALIFYINGINJURIESUNDEREXTRAOR-21
6339	6339	DINARYCIRCUMSTANCES.—Subsection (b) of section 901 22
6340	6340	of division J of the Further Consolidated Appropriations 23
6341	6341	Act, 2020 (22 U.S.C. 2680b) is amended to read as fol-24
6342	6342	lows: 25
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6345	6345	•S 4443 RS
6346	6346	‘‘(b) COSTS FOR TREATINGQUALIFYINGINJU-1
6347	6347	RIES.— 2
6348	6348	‘‘(1) I
6349	6349	N GENERAL.—The Secretary of State or 3
6350	6350	the head of any other Federal agency may pay or re-4
6351	6351	imburse the costs relating to diagnosing and treat-5
6352	6352	ing— 6
6353	6353	‘‘(A) a qualifying injury of a covered em-7
6354	6354	ployee for such costs, that are not otherwise 8
6355	6355	covered by chapter 81 of title 5, United States 9
6356	6356	Code, or other provision of Federal law; or 10
6357	6357	‘‘(B) a qualifying injury of a covered indi-11
6358	6358	vidual, or a covered dependent, for such costs 12
6359	6359	that are not otherwise covered by Federal law. 13
6360	6360	‘‘(2) E
6361	6361	XTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES .— 14
6362	6362	Under such circumstances as the Secretary of State 15
6363	6363	or other agency head determines extraordinary, the 16
6364	6364	Secretary or other agency head may pay the costs of 17
6365	6365	treating a qualifying injury of a covered employee, a 18
6366	6366	covered individual, or a covered dependent or may 19
6367	6367	reimburse a covered employee, a covered individual, 20
6368	6368	or a covered dependent for such costs, that are not 21
6369	6369	otherwise covered by a provision of Federal law, re-22
6370	6370	gardless of the date on which the injury occurred.’’. 23
6371	6371	(b) A
6372	6372	DDITIONALAUTHORITY FOR MAKINGPAY-24
6373	6373	MENTS FORQUALIFYINGINJURIES TO THEBRAINUNDER 25
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6376	6376	•S 4443 RS
6377	6377	EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.—Subsection (i)(2) of 1
6378	6378	such section is amended— 2
6379	6379	(1) by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding’’ and insert-3
6380	6380	ing the following: 4
6381	6381	‘‘(A) I
6382	6382	N GENERAL .—Notwithstanding’’; 5
6383	6383	and 6
6384	6384	(2) by adding at the end the following: 7
6385	6385	‘‘(B) E
6386	6386	XTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES .— 8
6387	6387	Under such circumstances as the Secretary of 9
6388	6388	State or other agency head with an employee 10
6389	6389	determines extraordinary, the Secretary or 11
6390	6390	other agency head may provide payment to a 12
6391	6391	covered dependent, a dependent of a former em-13
6392	6392	ployee, a covered employee, a former employee, 14
6393	6393	and a covered individual for any qualifying in-15
6394	6394	jury to the brain, regardless of the date on 16
6395	6395	which the injury occurred.’’. 17
6396	6396	(c) C
6397	6397	HANGES TODEFINITIONS.—Subsection (e) of 18
6398	6398	such section is amended— 19
6399	6399	(1) in paragraph (1)— 20
6400	6400	(A) in the matter before subparagraph (A), 21
6401	6401	by striking ‘‘a employee who, on or after Janu-22
6402	6402	ary 1, 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘an employee who, 23
6403	6403	on or after September 11, 2001’’; and 24
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6406	6406	•S 4443 RS
6407	6407	(B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, or 1
6408	6408	duty station in the United States’’ before the 2
6409	6409	semicolon; 3
6410	6410	(2) in paragraph (2)— 4
6411	6411	(A) by striking ‘‘January 1, 2016’’ and in-5
6412	6412	serting ‘‘September 11, 2001’’; and 6
6413	6413	(B) by inserting ‘‘, or duty station in the 7
6414	6414	United States,’’ after ‘‘pursuant to subsection 8
6415	6415	(f)’’; 9
6416	6416	(3) in paragraph (3)— 10
6417	6417	(A) in the matter before subparagraph (A), 11
6418	6418	by striking ‘‘January 1, 2016’’ and inserting 12
6419	6419	‘‘September 11, 2001’’; and 13
6420	6420	(B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, or 14
6421	6421	duty station in the United States’’ before the 15
6422	6422	semicolon; and 16
6423	6423	(4) in paragraph (4)— 17
6424	6424	(A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by inserting ‘‘, 18
6425	6425	or duty station in the United States’’ before the 19
6426	6426	semicolon; and 20
6427	6427	(B) in subparagraph (B)(i), by inserting ‘‘, 21
6428	6428	or duty station in the United States’’ before the 22
6429	6429	semicolon. 23
6430	6430	(d) C
6431	6431	LARIFICATIONRELATING TOAUTHORITIES OF 24
6432	6432	D
6433	6433	IRECTOR OF THE CENTRALINTELLIGENCEAGENCY.— 25
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6437	6437	Such section is further amended by adding at the end the 1
6438	6438	following: 2
6439	6439	‘‘(k) R
6440	6440	ELATION TODIRECTOR OFCENTRALINTEL-3
6441	6441	LIGENCEAGENCY.—The authorities and requirements of 4
6442	6442	this section shall not apply to the Director of the Central 5
6443	6443	Intelligence Agency.’’. 6
6444	6444	SEC. 903. IMPROVED FUNDING FLEXIBILITY FOR PAY-7
6445	6445	MENTS MADE BY DEPARTMENT OF STATE 8
6446	6446	FOR QUALIFYING INJURIES TO THE BRAIN. 9
6447	6447	Section 901(i) of division J of the Further Consoli-10
6448	6448	dated Appropriations Act, 2020 (22 U.S.C. 2680b) is 11
6449	6449	amended by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the fol-12
6450	6450	lowing: 13
6451	6451	‘‘(3) F
6452	6452	UNDING.— 14
6453	6453	‘‘(A) I
6454	6454	N GENERAL.—Payment under para-15
6455	6455	graph (2) in a fiscal year may be made using 16
6456	6456	any funds— 17
6457	6457	‘‘(i) appropriated specifically for pay-18
6458	6458	ments under such paragraph; or 19
6459	6459	‘‘(ii) reprogrammed in accordance 20
6460	6460	with an applicable provision of law. 21
6461	6461	‘‘(B) B
6462	6462	UDGET.—For each fiscal year, the 22
6463	6463	Secretary of State shall include with the budget 23
6464	6464	justification materials submitted to Congress in 24
6465	6465	support of the budget of the President for that 25
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6469	6469	fiscal year pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 1
6470	6470	31, United States Code, an estimate of the 2
6471	6471	funds required in that fiscal year to make pay-3
6472	6472	ments under paragraph (2).’’. 4
6473	6473	TITLE X—UNIDENTIFIED 5
6474	6474	ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA 6
6475	6475	SEC. 1001. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED 7
6476	6476	STATES REVIEW OF ALL-DOMAIN ANOMALY 8
6477	6477	RESOLUTION OFFICE. 9
6478	6478	(a) D
6479	6479	EFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘con-10
6480	6480	gressional defense committees’’, ‘‘congressional leader-11
6481	6481	ship’’, and ‘‘unidentified anomalous phenomena’’ have the 12
6482	6482	meanings given such terms in section 1683(n) of the Na-13
6483	6483	tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (50 14
6484	6484	U.S.C. 3373(n)). 15
6485	6485	(b) R
6486	6486	EVIEWREQUIRED.—The Comptroller General 16
6487	6487	of the United States shall conduct a review of the All- 17
6488	6488	domain Anomaly Resolution Office (in this section re-18
6489	6489	ferred to as the ‘‘Office’’). 19
6490	6490	(c) E
6491	6491	LEMENTS.—The review conducted pursuant to 20
6492	6492	subsection (b) shall include the following: 21
6493	6493	(1) A review of the implementation by the Of-22
6494	6494	fice of the duties and requirements of the Office 23
6495	6495	under section 1683 of the National Defense Author-24
6496	6496	ization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (50 U.S.C. 3373), 25
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6500	6500	such as the process for operational unidentified 1
6501	6501	anomalous phenomena reporting and coordination 2
6502	6502	with the Department of Defense, the intelligence 3
6503	6503	community, and other departments and agencies of 4
6504	6504	the Federal Government and non-Government enti-5
6505	6505	ties. 6
6506	6506	(2) A review of such other matters relating to 7
6507	6507	the activities of the Office that pertain to unidenti-8
6508	6508	fied anomalous phenomena as the Comptroller Gen-9
6509	6509	eral considers appropriate. 10
6510	6510	(d) R
6511	6511	EPORT.—Following the review required by sub-11
6512	6512	section (b), in a timeframe mutually agreed upon by the 12
6513	6513	congressional intelligence committees, the congressional 13
6514	6514	defense committees, congressional leadership, and the 14
6515	6515	Comptroller General, the Comptroller General shall submit 15
6516	6516	to such committees and congressional leadership a report 16
6517	6517	on the findings of the Comptroller General with respect 17
6518	6518	to the review conducted under subsection (b). 18
6519	6519	SEC. 1002. SUNSET OF REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO AU-19
6520	6520	DITS OF UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS PHE-20
6521	6521	NOMENA HISTORICAL RECORD REPORT. 21
6522	6522	Section 6001 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for 22
6523	6523	Fiscal Year 2023 (50 U.S.C. 3373 note) is amended— 23
6524	6524	(1) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ‘‘until 24
6525	6525	April 1, 2025’’ after ‘‘quarterly basis’’; and 25
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6529	6529	(2) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘until June 1
6530	6530	30, 2025’’ after ‘‘semiannually thereafter’’. 2
6531	6531	SEC. 1003. FUNDING LIMITATIONS RELATING TO UNIDENTI-3
6532	6532	FIED ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA. 4
6533	6533	(a) D
6534	6534	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 5
6535	6535	(1) A
6536	6536	PPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON -6
6537	6537	GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-7
6538	6538	gress’’ means— 8
6539	6539	(A) the Select Committee on Intelligence, 9
6540	6540	the Committee on Armed Services, and the 10
6541	6541	Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; 11
6542	6542	and 12
6543	6543	(B) the Permanent Select Committee on 13
6544	6544	Intelligence, the Committee on Armed Services, 14
6545	6545	and the Committee on Appropriations of the 15
6546	6546	House of Representatives. 16
6547	6547	(2) C
6548	6548	ONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP .—The term 17
6549	6549	‘‘congressional leadership’’ means— 18
6550	6550	(A) the majority leader of the Senate; 19
6551	6551	(B) the minority leader of the Senate; 20
6552	6552	(C) the Speaker of the House of Rep-21
6553	6553	resentatives; and 22
6554	6554	(D) the minority leader of the House of 23
6555	6555	Representatives. 24
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6559	6559	(3) UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA .— 1
6560	6560	The term ‘‘unidentified anomalous phenomena’’ has 2
6561	6561	the meaning given such term in section 1683(n) of 3
6562	6562	the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 4
6563	6563	Year 2022 (50 U.S.C. 3373(n)). 5
6564	6564	(b) L
6565	6565	IMITATIONS.—None of the funds authorized to 6
6566	6566	be appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act 7
6567	6567	may be obligated or expended in support of any activity 8
6568	6568	involving unidentified anomalous phenomena protected 9
6569	6569	under any form of special access or restricted access limi-10
6570	6570	tation unless the Director of National Intelligence has pro-11
6571	6571	vided the details of the activity to the appropriate commit-12
6572	6572	tees of Congress and congressional leadership, including 13
6573	6573	for any activities described in a report released by the All- 14
6574	6574	domain Anomaly Resolution Office in fiscal year 2024. 15
6575	6575	(c) L
6576	6576	IMITATIONREGARDINGINDEPENDENT RE-16
6577	6577	SEARCH ANDDEVELOPMENT.—Independent research and 17
6578	6578	development funding relating to unidentified anomalous 18
6579	6579	phenomena shall not be allowable as indirect expenses for 19
6580	6580	purposes of contracts covered by such instruction, unless 20
6581	6581	such material and information is made available to the ap-21
6582	6582	propriate congressional committees and leadership. 22
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6586	6586	TITLE XI—AIR AMERICA 1
6587	6587	SEC. 1101. SHORT TITLE. 2
6588	6588	This title may be cited as the ‘‘Air America Act of 3
6589	6589	2024’’. 4
6590	6590	SEC. 1102. FINDINGS. 5
6591	6591	Congress finds the following: 6
6592	6592	(1) Air America and its affiliated companies, in 7
6593	6593	coordination with the Central Intelligence Agency, 8
6594	6594	provided direct and indirect support to the United 9
6595	6595	States Government from 1950 to 1976. 10
6596	6596	(2) The service and sacrifice of employees of 11
6597	6597	Air America included— 12
6598	6598	(A) suffering a high rate of casualties in 13
6599	6599	the course of service; 14
6600	6600	(B) saving thousands of lives in search and 15
6601	6601	rescue missions for downed United States air-16
6602	6602	men and in allied refugee evacuations; and 17
6603	6603	(C) serving lengthy periods under chal-18
6604	6604	lenging circumstances abroad. 19
6605	6605	SEC. 1103. DEFINITIONS. 20
6606	6606	In this title: 21
6607	6607	(1) A
6608	6608	FFILIATED COMPANY .—The term ‘‘affili-22
6609	6609	ated company’’, with respect to Air America, in-23
6610	6610	cludes Air Asia Company Limited, CAT Incor-24
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6613	6613	•S 4443 RS
6614	6614	porated, Civil Air Transport Company Limited, and 1
6615	6615	the Pacific Division of Southern Air Transport. 2
6616	6616	(2) A
6617	6617	IR AMERICA.—The term ‘‘Air America’’ 3
6618	6618	means Air America, Incorporated. 4
6619	6619	(3) A
6620	6620	PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -5
6621	6621	TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-6
6622	6622	mittees’’ means— 7
6623	6623	(A) the Committee on Homeland Security 8
6624	6624	and Governmental Affairs, the Select Com-9
6625	6625	mittee on Intelligence, and the Committee on 10
6626	6626	Appropriations of the Senate; and 11
6627	6627	(B) the Committee on Oversight and Ac-12
6628	6628	countability, the Permanent Select Committee 13
6629	6629	on Intelligence, and the Committee on Appro-14
6630	6630	priations of the House of Representatives. 15
6631	6631	(4) C
6632	6632	HILD; DEPENDENT; WIDOW; WIDOWER.— 16
6633	6633	The terms ‘‘child’’, ‘‘dependent’’, ‘‘widow’’, and 17
6634	6634	‘‘widower’’ have the meanings given those terms in 18
6635	6635	section 8341(a) of title 5, United States Code, ex-19
6636	6636	cept that such section shall be applied by sub-20
6637	6637	stituting ‘‘individual who performed qualifying serv-21
6638	6638	ice’’ for ‘‘employee or Member’’. 22
6639	6639	(5) C
6640	6640	OVERED DECEDENT .—The term ‘‘covered 23
6641	6641	decedent’’ means an individual who was killed in 24
6642	6642	Southeast Asia while supporting operations of the 25
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6646	6646	Central Intelligence Agency during the period begin-1
6647	6647	ning on January 1, 1950, and ending on December 2
6648	6648	31, 1976, as a United States citizen employee of Air 3
6649	6649	America or an affiliated company. 4
6650	6650	(6) D
6651	6651	IRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 5
6652	6652	the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. 6
6653	6653	(7) Q
6654	6654	UALIFYING SERVICE.— The term ‘‘quali-7
6655	6655	fying service’’ means service that— 8
6656	6656	(A) was performed by a United States cit-9
6657	6657	izen as an employee of Air America or an affili-10
6658	6658	ated company during the period beginning on 11
6659	6659	January 1, 1950, and ending on December 31, 12
6660	6660	1976; and 13
6661	6661	(B) is documented in— 14
6662	6662	(i) the corporate records of Air Amer-15
6663	6663	ica or an affiliated company; 16
6664	6664	(ii) records possessed by the United 17
6665	6665	States Government; or 18
6666	6666	(iii) the personal records of a former 19
6667	6667	employee of Air America or an affiliated 20
6668	6668	company that are verified by the United 21
6669	6669	States Government. 22
6670	6670	(8) S
6671	6671	URVIVOR.—The term ‘‘survivor’’ means— 23
6672	6672	(A) the widow or widower of— 24
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6676	6676	(i) an individual who performed quali-1
6677	6677	fying service; or 2
6678	6678	(ii) a covered decedent; or 3
6679	6679	(B) an individual who, at any time during 4
6680	6680	or since the period of qualifying service, or on 5
6681	6681	the date of death of a covered decedent, was a 6
6682	6682	dependent or child of— 7
6683	6683	(i) the individual who performed such 8
6684	6684	qualifying service; or 9
6685	6685	(ii) the covered decedent. 10
6686	6686	SEC. 1104. AWARD AUTHORIZED TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS. 11
6687	6687	(a) I
6688	6688	NGENERAL.—Subject to the limitation in sub-12
6689	6689	section (d), the Director shall provide an award payment 13
6690	6690	of $40,000 under this section— 14
6691	6691	(1) to an individual who performed qualifying 15
6692	6692	service for a period greater than or equal to 5 years 16
6693	6693	or to a survivor of such individual; or 17
6694	6694	(2) to the survivor of a covered decedent. 18
6695	6695	(b) R
6696	6696	EQUIREMENTS.— 19
6697	6697	(1) I
6698	6698	N GENERAL.—To be eligible for a payment 20
6699	6699	under this subsection, an individual who performed 21
6700	6700	qualifying service or survivor (as the case may be) 22
6701	6701	must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Director 23
6702	6702	that the individual whose qualifying service upon 24
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6705	6705	•S 4443 RS
6706	6706	which the payment is based meets the criteria of 1
6707	6707	paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a). 2
6708	6708	(2) R
6709	6709	ELIANCE ON RECORDS .—In carrying out 3
6710	6710	this subsection, in addition to any evidence provided 4
6711	6711	by such an individual or survivor, the Director may 5
6712	6712	rely on records possessed by the United States Gov-6
6713	6713	ernment. 7
6714	6714	(c) A
6715	6715	DDITIONALPAYMENT.—If an individual, or in 8
6716	6716	the case of a survivor, the individual whose qualifying 9
6717	6717	service upon which the payment is based, can demonstrate 10
6718	6718	to the Director that the qualifying service of the individual 11
6719	6719	exceeded 5 years, the Director shall pay to such individual 12
6720	6720	or survivor an additional $8,000 for each full year in ex-13
6721	6721	cess of 5 years (and a proportionate amount for a partial 14
6722	6722	year). 15
6723	6723	(d) S
6724	6724	URVIVORS.—In the case of an award granted to 16
6725	6725	a survivor under this section, the payment shall be made— 17
6726	6726	(1) to the surviving widow or widower; or 18
6727	6727	(2) if there is no surviving widow or widower, 19
6728	6728	to the surviving dependents or children, in equal 20
6729	6729	shares. 21
6730	6730	SEC. 1105. FUNDING LIMITATION. 22
6731	6731	(a) I
6732	6732	NGENERAL.—The total amount of awards 23
6733	6733	granted under this title may not exceed $60,000,000. 24
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6737	6737	(b) REQUESTS FORADDITIONALFUNDS.—If, at the 1
6738	6738	determination of the Director, the amount of funds re-2
6739	6739	quired to satisfy all valid applications for payment under 3
6740	6740	this title exceeds the limitation set forth in subsection (a), 4
6741	6741	the Director shall submit to Congress a request for suffi-5
6742	6742	cient funds to fulfill all remaining payments. 6
6743	6743	(c) A
6744	6744	WARDS TOEMPLOYEES OF INTERMOUNTAIN 7
6745	6745	A
6746	6746	VIATION.—The Director may determine, on a case-by- 8
6747	6747	case basis, to award amounts to individuals who performed 9
6748	6748	service consistent with the definition of qualifying service 10
6749	6749	as employees of Intermountain Aviation. 11
6750	6750	SEC. 1106. TIME LIMITATION. 12
6751	6751	(a) I
6752	6752	NGENERAL.—To be eligible for an award pay-13
6753	6753	ment under this title, a claimant must file a claim for such 14
6754	6754	payment with the Director not later than 2 years after 15
6755	6755	the effective date of the regulations prescribed by the Di-16
6756	6756	rector in accordance with section 1107. 17
6757	6757	(b) D
6758	6758	ETERMINATION.—Not later than 90 days after 18
6759	6759	receiving a claim for an award payment under this section, 19
6760	6760	the Director shall determine the eligibility of the claimant 20
6761	6761	for payment. 21
6762	6762	(c) P
6763	6763	AYMENT.— 22
6764	6764	(1) I
6765	6765	N GENERAL.—If the Director determines 23
6766	6766	that the claimant is eligible for the award payment, 24
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6770	6770	the Director shall pay the award payment not later 1
6771	6771	than 60 days after the date of such determination. 2
6772	6772	(2) L
6773	6773	UMP-SUM PAYMENT.—The Director shall 3
6774	6774	issue each payment as a one-time lump sum pay-4
6775	6775	ment contingent upon the timely filing of the claim-5
6776	6776	ant under this section. 6
6777	6777	(3) N
6778	6778	OTICE AND DELAYS.—The Director shall 7
6779	6779	notify the appropriate congressional committees of 8
6780	6780	any delays in making an award payment not later 9
6781	6781	than 30 days after the date such payment is due. 10
6782	6782	SEC. 1107. APPLICATION PROCEDURES. 11
6783	6783	(a) I
6784	6784	NGENERAL.—The Director shall prescribe pro-12
6785	6785	cedures to carry out this title, which shall include proc-13
6786	6786	esses under which— 14
6787	6787	(1) claimants may submit claims for payment 15
6788	6788	under this title; 16
6789	6789	(2) the Director will award the amounts under 17
6790	6790	section 1104; and 18
6791	6791	(3) claimants can obtain redress and appeal de-19
6792	6792	terminations under section 1106. 20
6793	6793	(b) O
6794	6794	THERMATTERS.—Such procedures— 21
6795	6795	(1) shall be— 22
6796	6796	(A) prescribed not later than 60 days after 23
6797	6797	the date of the enactment of this Act; and 24
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6801	6801	(B) published in the Code of Federal Reg-1
6802	6802	ulations; and 2
6803	6803	(2) shall not be subject to chapter 5 of title 5, 3
6804	6804	United States Code. 4
6805	6805	SEC. 1108. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 5
6806	6806	Nothing in this title shall be construed to— 6
6807	6807	(1) entitle any person to Federal benefits, in-7
6808	6808	cluding retirement benefits under chapter 83 or 84 8
6809	6809	of title 5, United States Code, and disability or 9
6810	6810	death benefits under chapter 81 of such title; 10
6811	6811	(2) change the legal status of the former Air 11
6812	6812	America corporation or any affiliated company; or 12
6813	6813	(3) create any legal rights, benefits, or entitle-13
6814	6814	ments beyond the one-time award authorized by this 14
6815	6815	title. 15
6816	6816	SEC. 1109. ATTORNEYS’ AND AGENTS’ FEES. 16
6817	6817	(a) I
6818	6818	NGENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for more than 17
6819	6819	25 percent of an award paid pursuant to this title to be 18
6820	6820	paid to, or received by, any agent or attorney for any serv-19
6821	6821	ice rendered to a person who receives an award under sec-20
6822	6822	tion 1104, in connection with the award under this title. 21
6823	6823	(b) V
6824	6824	IOLATION.—Any agent or attorney who violates 22
6825	6825	subsection (a) shall be fined under title 18, United States 23
6826	6826	Code. 24
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6830	6830	SEC. 1110. NO JUDICIAL REVIEW. 1
6831	6831	A determination by the Director pursuant to this title 2
6832	6832	is final and conclusive and shall not be subject to judicial 3
6833	6833	review. 4
6834	6834	SEC. 1111. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 5
6835	6835	Until the date that all funds available for awards 6
6836	6836	under this title are expended, the Director shall submit 7
6837	6837	to the appropriate congressional committees a semiannual 8
6838	6838	report describing the number of award payments made 9
6839	6839	and denied during the 180 days preceding the submission 10
6840	6840	of the report, including the rationales for any denials, and 11
6841	6841	if, at the determination of the Director, the amount of 12
6842	6842	funds provided to carry out this title is insufficient to sat-13
6843	6843	isfy any remaining or anticipated claims. 14
6844	6844	TITLE XII—OTHER MATTERS 15
6845	6845	SEC. 1201. ENHANCED AUTHORITIES FOR AMICUS CURIAE 16
6846	6846	UNDER THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SUR-17
6847	6847	VEILLANCE ACT OF 1978. 18
6848	6848	(a) E
6849	6849	XPANSION OFAPPOINTMENTAUTHORITY.— 19
6850	6850	(1) I
6851	6851	N GENERAL.—Section 103(i)(2)(A) of the 20
6852	6852	Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 21
6853	6853	U.S.C. 1803(i)(2)(A)) is amended by striking clause 22
6854	6854	(i) and inserting the following: 23
6855	6855	‘‘(i) shall appoint one or more individ-24
6856	6856	uals who have been designated under para-25
6857	6857	graph (1), not less than one of whom pos-26
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6860	6860	•S 4443 RS
6861	6861	sesses privacy and civil liberties expertise, 1
6862	6862	unless the court finds that such a quali-2
6863	6863	fication is inappropriate, to serve as ami-3
6864	6864	cus curiae to assist the court in the consid-4
6865	6865	eration of any application or motion for an 5
6866	6866	order or review that, in the opinion of the 6
6867	6867	court— 7
6868	6868	‘‘(I) presents a novel or signifi-8
6869	6869	cant interpretation of the law, unless 9
6870	6870	the court issues a finding that such 10
6871	6871	appointment is not appropriate; 11
6872	6872	‘‘(II) presents exceptional con-12
6873	6873	cerns with respect to the activities of 13
6874	6874	a United States person that are pro-14
6875	6875	tected by the first amendment to the 15
6876	6876	Constitution of the United States, un-16
6877	6877	less the court issues a finding that 17
6878	6878	such appointment is not appropriate; 18
6879	6879	‘‘(III) targets a United States 19
6880	6880	person and presents or involves a sen-20
6881	6881	sitive investigative matter, unless— 21
6882	6882	‘‘(aa) the matter represents 22
6883	6883	an immediate danger to human 23
6884	6884	life; or 24
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6887	6887	•S 4443 RS
6888	6888	‘‘(bb) the court issues a 1
6889	6889	finding that such appointment is 2
6890	6890	not appropriate; 3
6891	6891	‘‘(IV) targets a United States 4
6892	6892	person and presents a request for ap-5
6893	6893	proval of programmatic surveillance or 6
6894	6894	reauthorization of programmatic sur-7
6895	6895	veillance, unless the court issues a 8
6896	6896	finding that such appointment is not 9
6897	6897	appropriate; or 10
6898	6898	‘‘(V) targets a United States per-11
6899	6899	son and otherwise presents novel or 12
6900	6900	exceptional civil liberties issues, unless 13
6901	6901	the court issues a finding that such 14
6902	6902	appointment is not appropriate;’’. 15
6903	6903	(2) D
6904	6904	EFINITION OF SENSITIVE INVESTIGATIVE 16
6905	6905	MATTER.—Subsection (i) of section 103 of such Act 17
6906	6906	(50 U.S.C. 1803) is amended by adding at the end 18
6907	6907	the following: 19
6908	6908	‘‘(12) D
6909	6909	EFINITION OF SENSITIVE INVESTIGA -20
6910	6910	TIVE MATTER.—In this subsection, the term ‘sen-21
6911	6911	sitive investigative matter’ means— 22
6912	6912	‘‘(A) an investigative matter that targets a 23
6913	6913	United States person who is— 24
6914	6914	‘‘(i) a United States elected official; 25
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6918	6918	‘‘(ii) an appointee of— 1
6919	6919	‘‘(I) the President; or 2
6920	6920	‘‘(II) a State Governor; 3
6921	6921	‘‘(iii) a United States political can-4
6922	6922	didate; 5
6923	6923	‘‘(iv) a United States political organi-6
6924	6924	zation or an individual prominent in such 7
6925	6925	an organization; 8
6926	6926	‘‘(v) a United States news media or-9
6927	6927	ganization or a member of a United States 10
6928	6928	news media organization; or 11
6929	6929	‘‘(vi) a United States religious organi-12
6930	6930	zation or an individual prominent in such 13
6931	6931	an organization; or 14
6932	6932	‘‘(B) any other investigative matter involv-15
6933	6933	ing a domestic entity or a known or presumed 16
6934	6934	United States person that, in the judgment of 17
6935	6935	the applicable court established under sub-18
6936	6936	section (a) or (b), is as sensitive as an inves-19
6937	6937	tigative matter described in subparagraph 20
6938	6938	(A).’’. 21
6939	6939	(b) A
6940	6940	UTHORITYTOSEEKREVIEW.—Subsection (i) 22
6941	6941	of such section (50 U.S.C. 1803), as amended by sub-23
6942	6942	section (a) of this section, is further amended— 24
6943	6943	(1) in paragraph (4)— 25
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6946	6946	•S 4443 RS
6947	6947	(A) in the paragraph heading, by inserting 1
6948	6948	‘‘;
6949	6949	AUTHORITY’’ after ‘‘DUTIES’’; 2
6950	6950	(B) by striking ‘‘the amicus curiae shall’’ 3
6951	6951	and all that follows through ‘‘provide’’ and in-4
6952	6952	sert the following: ‘‘the amicus curiae— 5
6953	6953	‘‘(A) shall provide’’; 6
6954	6954	(C) in subparagraph (A), as so des-7
6955	6955	ignated— 8
6956	6956	(i) in clause (i), by inserting before 9
6957	6957	the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, 10
6958	6958	including legal arguments regarding any 11
6959	6959	privacy or civil liberties interest of any 12
6960	6960	United States person that would be signifi-13
6961	6961	cantly impacted by the application or mo-14
6962	6962	tion’’; and 15
6963	6963	(ii) in clause (iii), by striking the pe-16
6964	6964	riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 17
6965	6965	(D) by adding at the end the following: 18
6966	6966	‘‘(B) may seek leave to raise any novel or 19
6967	6967	significant privacy or civil liberties issue rel-20
6968	6968	evant to the application or motion or other 21
6969	6969	issue directly impacting the legality of the pro-22
6970	6970	posed electronic surveillance with the court, re-23
6971	6971	gardless of whether the court has requested as-24
6972	6972	sistance on that issue.’’; 25
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6976	6976	(2) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through 1
6977	6977	(12) as paragraphs (8) through (13), respectively; 2
6978	6978	and 3
6979	6979	(3) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol-4
6980	6980	lowing: 5
6981	6981	‘‘(7) A
6982	6982	UTHORITY TO SEEK REVIEW OF DECI -6
6983	6983	SIONS.— 7
6984	6984	‘‘(A) FISA
6985	6985	COURT DECISIONS.—Following 8
6986	6986	issuance of a final order under this Act by the 9
6987	6987	Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in a 10
6988	6988	matter in which an amicus curiae was ap-11
6989	6989	pointed under paragraph (2), that amicus cu-12
6990	6990	riae may petition the Foreign Intelligence Sur-13
6991	6991	veillance Court to certify for review to the For-14
6992	6992	eign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review a 15
6993	6993	question of law pursuant to subsection (j). If 16
6994	6994	the court denies such petition, the court shall 17
6995	6995	provide for the record a written statement of 18
6996	6996	the reasons for such denial. Upon certification 19
6997	6997	of any question of law pursuant to this sub-20
6998	6998	paragraph, the Court of Review shall appoint 21
6999	6999	the amicus curiae to assist the Court of Review 22
7000	7000	in its consideration of the certified question, un-23
7001	7001	less the Court of Review issues a finding that 24
7002	7002	such appointment is not appropriate. 25
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7006	7006	‘‘(B) FISA COURT OF REVIEW DECI -1
7007	7007	SIONS.—An amicus curiae appointed under 2
7008	7008	paragraph (2) may petition the Foreign Intel-3
7009	7009	ligence Surveillance Court of Review to certify 4
7010	7010	for review to the Supreme Court of the United 5
7011	7011	States any question of law pursuant to section 6
7012	7012	1254(2) of title 28, United States Code, in the 7
7013	7013	matter in which that amicus curiae was ap-8
7014	7014	pointed. 9
7015	7015	‘‘(C) D
7016	7016	ECLASSIFICATION OF REFER -10
7017	7017	RALS.—For purposes of section 602, if the For-11
7018	7018	eign Intelligence Surveillance Court or the For-12
7019	7019	eign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review 13
7020	7020	denies a petition filed under subparagraph (A) 14
7021	7021	or (B) of this paragraph, that petition and all 15
7022	7022	of its content shall be considered a decision, 16
7023	7023	order, or opinion issued by the Foreign Intel-17
7024	7024	ligence Surveillance Court or the Foreign Intel-18
7025	7025	ligence Surveillance Court of Review described 19
7026	7026	in section 602(a).’’. 20
7027	7027	(c) A
7028	7028	CCESS TOINFORMATION.— 21
7029	7029	(1) A
7030	7030	PPLICATION AND MATERIALS.—Subpara-22
7031	7031	graph (A) of section 103(i)(6) of such Act (50 23
7032	7032	U.S.C. 1803(i)(6)) is amended to read as follows: 24
7033	7033	‘‘(A) I
7034	7034	N GENERAL.— 25
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7037	7037	•S 4443 RS
7038	7038	‘‘(i) RIGHTS OF AMICUS.—If a court 1
7039	7039	established under subsection (a) or (b) ap-2
7040	7040	points an amicus curiae under paragraph 3
7041	7041	(2), the amicus curiae— 4
7042	7042	‘‘(I) shall have access to, to the 5
7043	7043	extent such information is available to 6
7044	7044	the Government and the court estab-7
7045	7045	lished under subsection (a) or (b) de-8
7046	7046	termines it is necessary to fulfill the 9
7047	7047	duties of the amicus curiae— 10
7048	7048	‘‘(aa) the application, certifi-11
7049	7049	cation, petition, motion, and 12
7050	7050	other information and supporting 13
7051	7051	materials submitted to the For-14
7052	7052	eign Intelligence Surveillance 15
7053	7053	Court in connection with the 16
7054	7054	matter in which the amicus cu-17
7055	7055	riae has been appointed, includ-18
7056	7056	ing access to any relevant legal 19
7057	7057	precedent (including any such 20
7058	7058	precedent that is cited by the 21
7059	7059	Government, including in such an 22
7060	7060	application); 23
7061	7061	‘‘(bb) a copy of each rel-24
7062	7062	evant decision made by the For-25
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7065	7065	•S 4443 RS
7066	7066	eign Intelligence Surveillance 1
7067	7067	Court or the Foreign Intelligence 2
7068	7068	Surveillance Court of Review in 3
7069	7069	which the court decides a ques-4
7070	7070	tion of law, without regard to 5
7071	7071	whether the decision is classified; 6
7072	7072	and 7
7073	7073	‘‘(cc) any other information 8
7074	7074	or materials that the court deter-9
7075	7075	mines are relevant to the duties 10
7076	7076	of the amicus curiae; and 11
7077	7077	‘‘(II) may make a submission to 12
7078	7078	the court requesting access to any 13
7079	7079	other particular materials or informa-14
7080	7080	tion (or category of materials or infor-15
7081	7081	mation) that the amicus curiae be-16
7082	7082	lieves to be relevant to the duties of 17
7083	7083	the amicus curiae. 18
7084	7084	‘‘(ii) S
7085	7085	UPPORTING DOCUMENTATION 19
7086	7086	REGARDING ACCURACY .—The Foreign In-20
7087	7087	telligence Surveillance Court, upon the mo-21
7088	7088	tion of an amicus curiae appointed under 22
7089	7089	paragraph (2) or upon its own motion, 23
7090	7090	may require the Government to make 24
7091	7091	available the supporting documentation re-25
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7094	7094	•S 4443 RS
7095	7095	garding the accuracy of any material sub-1
7096	7096	mitted to the Foreign Intelligence Surveil-2
7097	7097	lance Court in connection with the matter 3
7098	7098	in which the amicus curiae has been ap-4
7099	7099	pointed if the court determines the infor-5
7100	7100	mation is relevant to the duties of the ami-6
7101	7101	cus curiae.’’. 7
7102	7102	(2) C
7103	7103	LARIFICATION OF ACCESS TO CERTAIN IN -8
7104	7104	FORMATION.—Such section is further amended by 9
7105	7105	striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the fol-10
7106	7106	lowing: 11
7107	7107	‘‘(C) C
7108	7108	LASSIFIED INFORMATION .—An ami-12
7109	7109	cus curiae appointed by the court shall have ac-13
7110	7110	cess, to the extent such information is available 14
7111	7111	to the Government and the court determines 15
7112	7112	such information is relevant to the duties of the 16
7113	7113	amicus curiae in the matter in which the ami-17
7114	7114	cus curiae was appointed, to copies of each 18
7115	7115	opinion, order, transcript, pleading, or other 19
7116	7116	document of the Foreign Intelligence Surveil-20
7117	7117	lance Court and the Foreign Intelligence Sur-21
7118	7118	veillance Court of Review, including, if the indi-22
7119	7119	vidual is eligible for access to classified informa-23
7120	7120	tion, any classified documents, information, and 24
7121	7121	other materials or proceedings, but only to the 25
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7125	7125	extent consistent with the national security of 1
7126	7126	the United States.’’. 2
7127	7127	(3) C
7128	7128	ONSULTATION AMONG AMICI CURIAE .— 3
7129	7129	Such section is further amended— 4
7130	7130	(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), 5
7131	7131	(C), and (D) as subparagraphs (C), (D), and 6
7132	7132	(E), respectively; and 7
7133	7133	(B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 8
7134	7134	the following: 9
7135	7135	‘‘(B) C
7136	7136	ONSULTATION.—If the Foreign In-10
7137	7137	telligence Surveillance Court or the Foreign In-11
7138	7138	telligence Surveillance Court of Review deter-12
7139	7139	mines that it is relevant to the duties of an 13
7140	7140	amicus curiae appointed by the court under 14
7141	7141	paragraph (2), the amicus curiae may consult 15
7142	7142	with one or more of the other individuals des-16
7143	7143	ignated to serve as amicus curiae pursuant to 17
7144	7144	paragraph (1) regarding any of the information 18
7145	7145	relevant to any assigned proceeding.’’. 19
7146	7146	(d) T
7147	7147	ERMLIMITS.— 20
7148	7148	(1) R
7149	7149	EQUIREMENT.—Paragraph (1) of section 21
7150	7150	103(i) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 1803(i)) is amended 22
7151	7151	by adding at the end the following new sentence: 23
7152	7152	‘‘An individual may serve as an amicus curiae for a 24
7153	7153	5-year term, and the presiding judges may, for good 25
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7157	7157	cause, jointly reappoint the individual to a single ad-1
7158	7158	ditional 5-year term.’’. 2
7159	7159	(2) A
7160	7160	PPLICATION.—The amendment made by 3
7161	7161	paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to the service 4
7162	7162	of an amicus curiae appointed under section 103(i) 5
7163	7163	of such Act (50 U.S.C. 1803(i)) that occurs on or 6
7164	7164	after the date of the enactment of this Act, regard-7
7165	7165	less of the date on which the amicus curiae is ap-8
7166	7166	pointed. 9
7167	7167	SEC. 1202. LIMITATION ON DIRECTIVES UNDER FOREIGN 10
7168	7168	INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT OF 1978 11
7169	7169	RELATING TO CERTAIN ELECTRONIC COM-12
7170	7170	MUNICATION SERVICE PROVIDERS. 13
7171	7171	Section 702(i) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveil-14
7172	7172	lance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1881a(i)) is amended by 15
7173	7173	adding at the end the following: 16
7174	7174	‘‘(7) L
7175	7175	IMITATION RELATING TO CERTAIN ELEC -17
7176	7176	TRONIC COMMUNICATION SERVICE PROVIDERS .— 18
7177	7177	‘‘(A) D
7178	7178	EFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 19
7179	7179	‘‘(i) A
7180	7180	PPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF 20
7181	7181	CONGRESS.—The term ‘appropriate com-21
7182	7182	mittees of Congress’ means— 22
7183	7183	‘‘(I) the congressional intelligence 23
7184	7184	committees; 24
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7187	7187	•S 4443 RS
7188	7188	‘‘(II) the Committee on the Judi-1
7189	7189	ciary of the Senate; and 2
7190	7190	‘‘(III) the Committee on the Ju-3
7191	7191	diciary of the House of Representa-4
7192	7192	tives. 5
7193	7193	‘‘(ii) C
7194	7194	OVERED ELECTRONIC COMMU -6
7195	7195	NICATION SERVICE PROVIDER .—The term 7
7196	7196	‘covered electronic communication service 8
7197	7197	provider’ means— 9
7198	7198	‘‘(I) a service provider described 10
7199	7199	in section 701(b)(4)(E); or 11
7200	7200	‘‘(II) a custodian of an entity as 12
7201	7201	defined in section 701(b)(4)(F). 13
7202	7202	‘‘(iii) C
7203	7203	OVERED OPINIONS.—The term 14
7204	7204	‘covered opinions’ means the opinions of 15
7205	7205	the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court 16
7206	7206	and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 17
7207	7207	Court of Review authorized for public re-18
7208	7208	lease on August 23, 2023 (Opinion and 19
7209	7209	Order, In re Petition to Set Aside or Mod-20
7210	7210	ify Directive Issued to [REDACTED], No. 21
7211	7211	[REDACTED], (FISA Ct. [REDACTED] 22
7212	7212	2022) (Contreras J.); Opinion, In re Peti-23
7213	7213	tion to Set Aside or Modify Directive 24
7214	7214	Issued to [REDACTED], No. [RE-25
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7218	7218	DACTED], (FISA Ct. Rev. [RE-1
7219	7219	DACTED] 2023) (Sentelle, J.; Higginson, 2
7220	7220	J.; Miller J.)). 3
7221	7221	‘‘(B) L
7222	7222	IMITATION.—A directive may not be 4
7223	7223	issued under paragraph (1) to a covered elec-5
7224	7224	tronic communication service provider unless 6
7225	7225	the covered electronic communication service 7
7226	7226	provider is a provider of the type of service at 8
7227	7227	issue in the covered opinions. 9
7228	7228	‘‘(C) R
7229	7229	EQUIREMENTS FOR DIRECTIVES TO 10
7230	7230	COVERED ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION SERV -11
7231	7231	ICE PROVIDERS.— 12
7232	7232	‘‘(i) I
7233	7233	N GENERAL.—Subject to clause 13
7234	7234	(ii), any directive issued under paragraph 14
7235	7235	(1) on or after the date of the enactment 15
7236	7236	of the Intelligence Authorization Act for 16
7237	7237	Fiscal Year 2025 to a covered electronic 17
7238	7238	communication service provider that is not 18
7239	7239	prohibited by subparagraph (B) of this 19
7240	7240	paragraph shall include a summary de-20
7241	7241	scription of the services at issue in the cov-21
7242	7242	ered opinions. 22
7243	7243	‘‘(ii) D
7244	7244	UPLICATE SUMMARIES NOT RE -23
7245	7245	QUIRED.—A directive need not include a 24
7246	7246	summary description of the services at 25
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7249	7249	•S 4443 RS
7250	7250	issue in the covered opinions if such sum-1
7251	7251	mary was included in a prior directive 2
7252	7252	issued to the covered electronic commu-3
7253	7253	nication service provider and the summary 4
7254	7254	has not materially changed. 5
7255	7255	‘‘(D) F
7256	7256	OREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEIL -6
7257	7257	LANCE COURT NOTIFICATION AND REVIEW .— 7
7258	7258	‘‘(i) N
7259	7259	OTIFICATION.— 8
7260	7260	‘‘(I) I
7261	7261	N GENERAL.—Subject to 9
7262	7262	subclause (II), each time the Attorney 10
7263	7263	General and the Director of National 11
7264	7264	Intelligence issue a directive under 12
7265	7265	paragraph (1) to a covered electronic 13
7266	7266	communication service provider that is 14
7267	7267	not prohibited by subparagraph (B) 15
7268	7268	and each time the Attorney General 16
7269	7269	and the Director materially change a 17
7270	7270	directive under paragraph (1) issued 18
7271	7271	to a covered electronic communication 19
7272	7272	service provider that is not prohibited 20
7273	7273	by subparagraph (B), the Attorney 21
7274	7274	General and the Director shall provide 22
7275	7275	the directive to the Foreign Intel-23
7276	7276	ligence Surveillance Court on or be-24
7277	7277	fore the date that is 7 days after the 25
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7281	7281	date on which the Attorney General 1
7282	7282	and the Director issue the directive, 2
7283	7283	along with a description of the covered 3
7284	7284	electronic communication service pro-4
7285	7285	vider to whom the directive is issued 5
7286	7286	and the services at issue. 6
7287	7287	‘‘(II) D
7288	7288	UPLICATION NOT RE -7
7289	7289	QUIRED.—The Attorney General and 8
7290	7290	the Director do not need to provide a 9
7291	7291	directive or description to the Foreign 10
7292	7292	Intelligence Surveillance Court under 11
7293	7293	subclause (I) if a directive and de-12
7294	7294	scription concerning the covered elec-13
7295	7295	tronic communication service provider 14
7296	7296	was previously provided to the Court 15
7297	7297	and the directive or description has 16
7298	7298	not materially changed. 17
7299	7299	‘‘(ii) A
7300	7300	DDITIONAL INFORMATION .—As 18
7301	7301	soon as feasible and not later than the ini-19
7302	7302	tiation of collection, the Attorney General 20
7303	7303	and the Director shall, for each directive 21
7304	7304	described in subparagraph (i), provide the 22
7305	7305	Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court a 23
7306	7306	description of the type of equipment to be 24
7307	7307	accessed, the nature of the access, and the 25
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7310	7310	•S 4443 RS
7311	7311	form of assistance required pursuant to the 1
7312	7312	directive. 2
7313	7313	‘‘(iii) R
7314	7314	EVIEW.— 3
7315	7315	‘‘(I) I
7316	7316	N GENERAL.—The Foreign 4
7317	7317	Intelligence Surveillance Act Court 5
7318	7318	may review a directive received by the 6
7319	7319	Court under clause (i) to determine 7
7320	7320	whether the directive is consistent 8
7321	7321	with subparagraph (B) and affirm, 9
7322	7322	modify, or set aside the directive. 10
7323	7323	‘‘(II) N
7324	7324	OTICE OF INTENT TO RE -11
7325	7325	VIEW.—Not later than 10 days after 12
7326	7326	the date on which the Court receives 13
7327	7327	information under clause (ii) with re-14
7328	7328	spect to a directive, the Court shall 15
7329	7329	provide notice to the Attorney Gen-16
7330	7330	eral, the Director, and the covered 17
7331	7331	electronic communication service pro-18
7332	7332	vider, indicating whether the Court in-19
7333	7333	tends to undertake a review under 20
7334	7334	subclause (I) of this clause. 21
7335	7335	‘‘(III) C
7336	7336	OMPLETION OF RE -22
7337	7337	VIEWS.—In a case in which the Court 23
7338	7338	provides notice under subclause (II) 24
7339	7339	indicating that the Court intends to 25
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7342	7342	•S 4443 RS
7343	7343	review a directive under subclause (I), 1
7344	7344	the Court shall, not later than 30 2
7345	7345	days after the date on which the 3
7346	7346	Court provides notice under subclause 4
7347	7347	(II) with respect to the directive, com-5
7348	7348	plete the review. 6
7349	7349	‘‘(E) C
7350	7350	ONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT .— 7
7351	7351	‘‘(i) N
7352	7352	OTIFICATION.— 8
7353	7353	‘‘(I) I
7354	7354	N GENERAL.—Subject to 9
7355	7355	subclause (II), each time the Attorney 10
7356	7356	General and the Director of National 11
7357	7357	Intelligence issue a directive under 12
7358	7358	paragraph (1) to a covered electronic 13
7359	7359	communication service provider that is 14
7360	7360	not prohibited by subparagraph (B) 15
7361	7361	and each time the Attorney General 16
7362	7362	and the Director materially change a 17
7363	7363	directive under paragraph (1) issued 18
7364	7364	to a covered electronic communication 19
7365	7365	service provider that is not prohibited 20
7366	7366	by subparagraph (B), the Attorney 21
7367	7367	General and the Director shall submit 22
7368	7368	to the appropriate committees of Con-23
7369	7369	gress the directive on or before the 24
7370	7370	date that is 7 days after the date on 25
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7373	7373	•S 4443 RS
7374	7374	which the Attorney General and the 1
7375	7375	Director issue the directive, along 2
7376	7376	with description of the covered elec-3
7377	7377	tronic communication service provider 4
7378	7378	to whom the directive is issued and 5
7379	7379	the services at issue. 6
7380	7380	‘‘(II) D
7381	7381	UPLICATION NOT RE -7
7382	7382	QUIRED.—The Attorney General and 8
7383	7383	the Director do not need to submit a 9
7384	7384	directive or description to the appro-10
7385	7385	priate committees of Congress under 11
7386	7386	subclause (I) if a directive and de-12
7387	7387	scription concerning the covered elec-13
7388	7388	tronic communication service provider 14
7389	7389	was previously submitted to the ap-15
7390	7390	propriate committees of Congress and 16
7391	7391	the directive or description has not 17
7392	7392	materially changed. 18
7393	7393	‘‘(ii) A
7394	7394	DDITIONAL INFORMATION .—As 19
7395	7395	soon as feasible and not later than the ini-20
7396	7396	tiation of collection, the Attorney General 21
7397	7397	and the Director shall, for each directive 22
7398	7398	described in subparagraph (i), provide the 23
7399	7399	appropriate committees of Congress a de-24
7400	7400	scription of the type of equipment to be 25
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7403	7403	•S 4443 RS
7404	7404	accessed, the nature of the access, and the 1
7405	7405	form of assistance required pursuant to the 2
7406	7406	directive. 3
7407	7407	‘‘(iii) R
7408	7408	EPORTING.— 4
7409	7409	‘‘(I) Q
7410	7410	UARTERLY REPORTS .—Not 5
7411	7411	later than 90 days after the date of 6
7412	7412	the enactment of the Intelligence Au-7
7413	7413	thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 8
7414	7414	and not less frequently than once each 9
7415	7415	quarter thereafter, the Attorney Gen-10
7416	7416	eral and the Director shall submit to 11
7417	7417	the appropriate committees of Con-12
7418	7418	gress a report on the number of direc-13
7419	7419	tives issued, during the period covered 14
7420	7420	by the report, under paragraph (1) to 15
7421	7421	a covered electronic communication 16
7422	7422	service provider and the number of di-17
7423	7423	rectives provided during the same pe-18
7424	7424	riod to the Foreign Intelligence Sur-19
7425	7425	veillance Court under subparagraph 20
7426	7426	(D)(i). 21
7427	7427	‘‘(II) F
7428	7428	ORM OF REPORTS.—Each 22
7429	7429	report submitted pursuant to sub-23
7430	7430	clause (I) shall be submitted in un-24
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7433	7433	•S 4443 RS
7434	7434	classified form, but may include a 1
7435	7435	classified annex. 2
7436	7436	‘‘(III) S
7437	7437	UBMITTAL OF COURT 3
7438	7438	OPINIONS.—Not later than 45 days 4
7439	7439	after the date on which the Foreign 5
7440	7440	Intelligence Surveillance Court or the 6
7441	7441	Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 7
7442	7442	Court of Review issues an opinion re-8
7443	7443	lating to a directive issued to a cov-9
7444	7444	ered electronic communication service 10
7445	7445	provider under paragraph (1), the At-11
7446	7446	torney General shall submit to the ap-12
7447	7447	propriate committees of Congress a 13
7448	7448	copy of the opinion.’’. 14
7449	7449	SEC. 1203. STRENGTHENING ELECTION CYBERSECURITY 15
7450	7450	TO UPHOLD RESPECT FOR ELECTIONS 16
7451	7451	THROUGH INDEPENDENT TESTING ACT OF 17
7452	7452	2024. 18
7453	7453	(a) S
7454	7454	HORTTITLE.—This section may be cited as the 19
7455	7455	‘‘Strengthening Election Cybersecurity to Uphold Respect 20
7456	7456	for Elections through Independent Testing Act of 2024’’ 21
7457	7457	or the ‘‘SECURE IT Act of 2024’’. 22
7458	7458	(b) R
7459	7459	EQUIRINGPENETRATIONTESTING ASPART OF 23
7460	7460	THETESTING AND CERTIFICATION OF VOTINGSYS-24
7461	7461	TEMS.—Section 231 of the Help America Vote Act of 25
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7464	7464	•S 4443 RS
7465	7465	2002 (52 U.S.C. 20971) is amended by adding at the end 1
7466	7466	the following new subsection: 2
7467	7467	‘‘(e) R
7468	7468	EQUIREDPENETRATIONTESTING.— 3
7469	7469	‘‘(1) I
7470	7470	N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 4
7471	7471	after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 5
7472	7472	the Commission shall provide for the conduct of pen-6
7473	7473	etration testing as part of the testing, certification, 7
7474	7474	decertification, and recertification of voting system 8
7475	7475	hardware and software by the Commission based on 9
7476	7476	accredited laboratories under this section. 10
7477	7477	‘‘(2) A
7478	7478	CCREDITATION.—The Commission shall 11
7479	7479	develop a program for the acceptance of the results 12
7480	7480	of penetration testing on election systems. The pene-13
7481	7481	tration testing required by this subsection shall be 14
7482	7482	required for Commission certification. The Commis-15
7483	7483	sion shall vote on the selection of any entity identi-16
7484	7484	fied. The requirements for such selection shall be 17
7485	7485	based on consideration of an entity’s competence to 18
7486	7486	conduct penetration testing under this subsection. 19
7487	7487	The Commission may consult with the National In-20
7488	7488	stitute of Standards and Technology or any other 21
7489	7489	appropriate Federal agency on lab selection criteria 22
7490	7490	and other aspects of this program.’’. 23
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7493	7493	•S 4443 RS
7494	7494	(c) INDEPENDENT SECURITYTESTING ANDCOORDI-1
7495	7495	NATEDCYBERSECURITY VULNERABILITY DISCLOSURE 2
7496	7496	P
7497	7497	ROGRAM FORELECTIONSYSTEMS.— 3
7498	7498	(1) I
7499	7499	N GENERAL.—Subtitle D of title II of the 4
7500	7500	Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15401 5
7501	7501	et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-6
7502	7502	lowing new part: 7
7503	7503	‘‘PART 7—INDEPENDENT SECURITY TESTING AND 8
7504	7504	COORDINATED CYBERSECURITY VULNER-9
7505	7505	ABILITY DISCLOSURE PILOT PROGRAM FOR 10
7506	7506	ELECTION SYSTEMS 11
7507	7507	‘‘SEC. 297. INDEPENDENT SECURITY TESTING AND COORDI-12
7508	7508	NATED CYBERSECURITY VULNERABILITY 13
7509	7509	DISCLOSURE PILOT PROGRAM FOR ELEC-14
7510	7510	TION SYSTEMS. 15
7511	7511	‘‘(a) I
7512	7512	NGENERAL.— 16
7513	7513	‘‘(1) E
7514	7514	STABLISHMENT.—The Commission, in 17
7515	7515	consultation with the Secretary, shall establish an 18
7516	7516	Independent Security Testing and Coordinated Vul-19
7517	7517	nerability Disclosure Pilot Program for Election Sys-20
7518	7518	tems (VDP–E) (in this section referred to as the 21
7519	7519	‘program’) to test for and disclose cybersecurity 22
7520	7520	vulnerabilities in election systems. 23
7521	7521	‘‘(2) D
7522	7522	URATION.—The program shall be con-24
7523	7523	ducted for a period of 5 years. 25
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7527	7527	‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the pro-1
7528	7528	gram, the Commission, in consultation with the Sec-2
7529	7529	retary, shall— 3
7530	7530	‘‘(A) establish a mechanism by which an 4
7531	7531	election systems vendor may make their election 5
7532	7532	system (including voting machines and source 6
7533	7533	code) available to cybersecurity researchers par-7
7534	7534	ticipating in the program; 8
7535	7535	‘‘(B) provide for the vetting of cybersecu-9
7536	7536	rity researchers prior to their participation in 10
7537	7537	the program, including the conduct of back-11
7538	7538	ground checks; 12
7539	7539	‘‘(C) establish terms of participation 13
7540	7540	that— 14
7541	7541	‘‘(i) describe the scope of testing per-15
7542	7542	mitted under the program; 16
7543	7543	‘‘(ii) require researchers to— 17
7544	7544	‘‘(I) notify the vendor, the Com-18
7545	7545	mission, and the Secretary of any cy-19
7546	7546	bersecurity vulnerability they identify 20
7547	7547	with respect to an election system; 21
7548	7548	and 22
7549	7549	‘‘(II) otherwise keep such vulner-23
7550	7550	ability confidential for 180 days after 24
7551	7551	such notification; 25
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7555	7555	‘‘(iii) require the good faith participa-1
7556	7556	tion of all participants in the program; 2
7557	7557	‘‘(iv) require an election system ven-3
7558	7558	dor, within 180 days after validating noti-4
7559	7559	fication of a critical or high vulnerability 5
7560	7560	(as defined by the National Institute of 6
7561	7561	Standards and Technology) in an election 7
7562	7562	system of the vendor, to— 8
7563	7563	‘‘(I) send a patch or propound 9
7564	7564	some other fix or mitigation for such 10
7565	7565	vulnerability to the appropriate State 11
7566	7566	and local election officials, in con-12
7567	7567	sultation with the researcher who dis-13
7568	7568	covered it; and 14
7569	7569	‘‘(II) notify the Commission and 15
7570	7570	the Secretary that such patch has 16
7571	7571	been sent to such officials; 17
7572	7572	‘‘(D) in the case where a patch or fix to 18
7573	7573	address a vulnerability disclosed under subpara-19
7574	7574	graph (C)(ii)(I) is intended to be applied to a 20
7575	7575	system certified by the Commission, provide— 21
7576	7576	‘‘(i) for the expedited review of such 22
7577	7577	patch or fix within 90 days after receipt by 23
7578	7578	the Commission; and 24
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7582	7582	‘‘(ii) if such review is not completed 1
7583	7583	by the last day of such 90-day period, that 2
7584	7584	such patch or fix shall be deemed to be 3
7585	7585	certified by the Commission, subject to any 4
7586	7586	subsequent review of such determination 5
7587	7587	by the Commission; and 6
7588	7588	‘‘(E) 180 days after the disclosure of a 7
7589	7589	vulnerability under subparagraph (C)(ii)(I), no-8
7590	7590	tify the Director of the Cybersecurity and In-9
7591	7591	frastructure Security Agency of the vulner-10
7592	7592	ability for inclusion in the database of Common 11
7593	7593	Vulnerabilities and Exposures. 12
7594	7594	‘‘(4) V
7595	7595	OLUNTARY PARTICIPATION ; SAFE HAR-13
7596	7596	BOR.— 14
7597	7597	‘‘(A) V
7598	7598	OLUNTARY PARTICIPATION .—Par-15
7599	7599	ticipation in the program shall be voluntary for 16
7600	7600	election systems vendors and researchers. 17
7601	7601	‘‘(B) S
7602	7602	AFE HARBOR.—When conducting 18
7603	7603	research under this program, such research and 19
7604	7604	subsequent publication shall be— 20
7605	7605	‘‘(i) authorized in accordance with 21
7606	7606	section 1030 of title 18, United States 22
7607	7607	Code (commonly known as the ‘Computer 23
7608	7608	Fraud and Abuse Act’), (and similar State 24
7609	7609	laws), and the election system vendor will 25
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7612	7612	•S 4443 RS
7613	7613	not initiate or support legal action against 1
7614	7614	the researcher for accidental, good faith 2
7615	7615	violations of the program; and 3
7616	7616	‘‘(ii) exempt from the anti-circumven-4
7617	7617	tion rule of section 1201 of title 17, United 5
7618	7618	States Code (commonly known as the ‘Dig-6
7619	7619	ital Millennium Copyright Act’), and the 7
7620	7620	election system vendor will not bring a 8
7621	7621	claim against a researcher for circumven-9
7622	7622	tion of technology controls. 10
7623	7623	‘‘(C) R
7624	7624	ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing 11
7625	7625	in this paragraph may be construed to limit or 12
7626	7626	otherwise affect any exception to the general 13
7627	7627	prohibition against the circumvention of techno-14
7628	7628	logical measures under subparagraph (A) of 15
7629	7629	section 1201(a)(1) of title 17, United States 16
7630	7630	Code, including with respect to any use that is 17
7631	7631	excepted from that general prohibition by the 18
7632	7632	Librarian of Congress under subparagraphs (B) 19
7633	7633	through (D) of such section 1201(a)(1). 20
7634	7634	‘‘(5) D
7635	7635	EFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 21
7636	7636	‘‘(A) C
7637	7637	YBERSECURITY VULNERABILITY .— 22
7638	7638	The term ‘cybersecurity vulnerability’ means, 23
7639	7639	with respect to an election system, any security 24
7640	7640	vulnerability that affects the election system. 25
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7643	7643	•S 4443 RS
7644	7644	‘‘(B) ELECTION INFRASTRUCTURE .—The 1
7645	7645	term ‘election infrastructure’ means— 2
7646	7646	‘‘(i) storage facilities, polling places, 3
7647	7647	and centralized vote tabulation locations 4
7648	7648	used to support the administration of elec-5
7649	7649	tions for public office; and 6
7650	7650	‘‘(ii) related information and commu-7
7651	7651	nications technology, including— 8
7652	7652	‘‘(I) voter registration databases; 9
7653	7653	‘‘(II) election management sys-10
7654	7654	tems; 11
7655	7655	‘‘(III) voting machines; 12
7656	7656	‘‘(IV) electronic mail and other 13
7657	7657	communications systems (including 14
7658	7658	electronic mail and other systems of 15
7659	7659	vendors who have entered into con-16
7660	7660	tracts with election agencies to sup-17
7661	7661	port the administration of elections, 18
7662	7662	manage the election process, and re-19
7663	7663	port and display election results); and 20
7664	7664	‘‘(V) other systems used to man-21
7665	7665	age the election process and to report 22
7666	7666	and display election results on behalf 23
7667	7667	of an election agency. 24
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7670	7670	•S 4443 RS
7671	7671	‘‘(C) ELECTION SYSTEM.—The term ‘elec-1
7672	7672	tion system’ means any information system that 2
7673	7673	is part of an election infrastructure, including 3
7674	7674	any related information and communications 4
7675	7675	technology described in subparagraph (B)(ii). 5
7676	7676	‘‘(D) E
7677	7677	LECTION SYSTEM VENDOR .—The 6
7678	7678	term ‘election system vendor’ means any person 7
7679	7679	providing, supporting, or maintaining an elec-8
7680	7680	tion system on behalf of a State or local elec-9
7681	7681	tion official. 10
7682	7682	‘‘(E) I
7683	7683	NFORMATION SYSTEM .—The term 11
7684	7684	‘information system’ has the meaning given the 12
7685	7685	term in section 3502 of title 44, United States 13
7686	7686	Code. 14
7687	7687	‘‘(F) S
7688	7688	ECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ 15
7689	7689	means the Secretary of Homeland Security. 16
7690	7690	‘‘(G) S
7691	7691	ECURITY VULNERABILITY .—The 17
7692	7692	term ‘security vulnerability’ has the meaning 18
7693	7693	given the term in section 102 of the Cybersecu-19
7694	7694	rity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (6 U.S.C. 20
7695	7695	1501).’’. 21
7696	7696	(2) C
7697	7697	LERICAL AMENDMENT .—The table of con-22
7698	7698	tents of such Act is amended by adding at the end 23
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7702	7702	of the items relating to subtitle D of title II the fol-1
7703	7703	lowing: 2
7704	7704	‘‘PART 7—INDEPENDENT SECURITYTESTING ANDCOORDINATEDCYBERSE-
7705	7705	CURITYVULNERABILITYDISCLOSUREPROGRAM FORELECTIONSYSTEMS
7706	7706	‘‘Sec. 297. Independent security testing and coordinated cybersecurity vulner-
7707	7707	ability disclosure program for election systems.’’.
7708	7708	SEC. 1204. PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT
7709	7709	3
7710	7710	BOARD QUALIFICATIONS. 4
7711	7711	Section 1061(h)(2) of the Intelligence Reform and 5
7712	7712	Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 6
7713	7713	2000ee(h)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘and relevant expe-7
7714	7714	rience’’ and inserting ‘‘or experience in positions requiring 8
7715	7715	a security clearance, and relevant national security experi-9
7716	7716	ence’’. 10
7717	7717	SEC. 1205. PARITY IN PAY FOR STAFF OF THE PRIVACY AND 11
7718	7718	CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD AND 12
7719	7719	THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. 13
7720	7720	Section 1061(j)(1) of the Intelligence Reform and 14
7721	7721	Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 15
7722	7722	2000ee(j)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘except that’’ and 16
7723	7723	all that follows through the period at the end and inserting 17
7724	7724	‘‘except that no rate of pay fixed under this subsection 18
7725	7725	may exceed the highest amount paid by any element of 19
7726	7726	the intelligence community for a comparable position, 20
7727	7727	based on salary information provided to the chairman of 21
7728	7728	the Board by the Director of National Intelligence.’’. 22
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7732	7732	SEC. 1206. MODIFICATION AND REPEAL OF REPORTING RE-1
7733	7733	QUIREMENTS. 2
7734	7734	(a) B
7735	7735	RIEFING ONIRANIANEXPENDITURES SUP-3
7736	7736	PORTINGFOREIGNMILITARY ANDTERRORISTACTIVI-4
7737	7737	TIES.—Section 6705(a)(1) of the Damon Paul Nelson and 5
7738	7738	Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for 6
7739	7739	Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020 (22 U.S.C. 7
7740	7740	9412(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘, and not less fre-8
7741	7741	quently than once each year thereafter provide a briefing 9
7742	7742	to Congress,’’. 10
7743	7743	(b) R
7744	7744	EPORTS ANDBRIEFINGS ONNATIONALSECU-11
7745	7745	RITYEFFECTS OFGLOBALWATERINSECURITY AND 12
7746	7746	E
7747	7747	MERGINGINFECTIOUSDISEASES ANDPANDEMICS.— 13
7748	7748	Section 6722(b) of the Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew 14
7749	7749	Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal 15
7750	7750	Years 2018, 2019, and 2020 (50 U.S.C. 3024 note; divi-16
7751	7751	sion E of Public Law 116–92) is amended by— 17
7752	7752	(1) striking paragraph (2); and 18
7753	7753	(2) redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 19
7754	7754	paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively. 20
7755	7755	(c) R
7756	7756	EPEAL OFREPORT ON REMOVAL OF SAT-21
7757	7757	ELLITES AND RELATEDITEMSFROM THE UNITED 22
7758	7758	S
7759	7759	TATESMUNITIONSLIST.—Section 1261(e) of the Na-23
7760	7760	tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (22 24
7761	7761	U.S.C. 2778 note; Public Law 112–239) is repealed. 25
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7765	7765	(d) BRIEFING ONREVIEW OFINTELLIGENCECOM-1
7766	7766	MUNITYANALYTICPRODUCTION.—Section 1019(c) of the 2
7767	7767	Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 3
7768	7768	2004 (50 U.S.C. 3364(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘Decem-4
7769	7769	ber 1’’ and inserting ‘‘February 1’’. 5
7770	7770	(e) R
7771	7771	EPEAL OFREPORT ONOVERSIGHT OFFOREIGN 6
7772	7772	I
7773	7773	NFLUENCE INACADEMIA.—Section 5713 of the Damon 7
7774	7774	Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Au-8
7775	7775	thorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020 9
7776	7776	(50 U.S.C. 3369b) is repealed. 10
7777	7777	(f) R
7778	7778	EPEAL OFBRIEFING ONIRANIANEXPENDI-11
7779	7779	TURESSUPPORTINGFOREIGNMILITARY ANDTERRORIST 12
7780	7780	A
7781	7781	CTIVITIES.—Section 6705 of the Damon Paul Nelson 13
7782	7782	and Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization 14
7783	7783	Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020 (22 U.S.C. 15
7784	7784	9412) is amended— 16
7785	7785	(1) by striking subsection (b); 17
7786	7786	(2) by striking the enumerator and heading for 18
7787	7787	subsection (a); 19
7788	7788	(3) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 20
7789	7789	subsections (a) and (b), respectively, and moving 21
7790	7790	such subsections, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the 22
7791	7791	left; 23
7792	7792	(4) in subsection (a), as so redesignated, by re-24
7793	7793	designating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as para-25
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7797	7797	graphs (1) and (2), respectively, and moving such 1
7798	7798	paragraphs, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the left; 2
7799	7799	and 3
7800	7800	(5) in paragraph (1), as so redesignated, by re-4
7801	7801	designating clauses (i) through (v) as subparagraphs 5
7802	7802	(A) through (E), respectively, and moving such sub-6
7803	7803	paragraphs, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the left. 7
7804	7804	(g) R
7805	7805	EPEAL OFREPORT ONFOREIGNINVESTMENT 8
7806	7806	R
7807	7807	ISKS.—Section 6716 of the Damon Paul Nelson and 9
7808	7808	Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for 10
7809	7809	Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020 (50 U.S.C. 3370a) 11
7810	7810	is repealed. 12
7811	7811	(h) R
7812	7812	EPEAL OFREPORT ONINTELLIGENCECOMMU-13
7813	7813	NITYLOANREPAYMENTPROGRAMS.—Section 6725(c) of 14
7814	7814	the Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard In-15
7815	7815	telligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, 16
7816	7816	and 2020 (50 U.S.C. 3334g(c)) is repealed. 17
7817	7817	(i) R
7818	7818	EPEAL OFREPORT ONDATACOLLECTION ON 18
7819	7819	A
7820	7820	TTRITION IN INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—Section 19
7821	7821	306(c) of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal 20
7822	7822	Year 2021 (50 U.S.C. 3334h(c)) is repealed. 21
7823	7823	SEC. 1207. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 22
7824	7824	(a) R
7825	7825	EQUIREMENTS RELATING TOCONSTRUCTION 23
7826	7826	OFFACILITIES TOBEUSEDPRIMARILY BY INTEL-24
7827	7827	LIGENCECOMMUNITY.—Section 602(a) of the Intelligence 25
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7831	7831	Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (50 U.S.C. 1
7832	7832	3304(a)) is amended— 2
7833	7833	(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$6,000,000’’ 3
7834	7834	and inserting ‘‘$9,000,000’’; and 4
7835	7835	(2) in paragraph (2)— 5
7836	7836	(A) by striking ‘‘$2,000,000’’ each place it 6
7837	7837	appears and inserting ‘‘$4,000,000’’; and 7
7838	7838	(B) by striking ‘‘$6,000,000’’ and insert-8
7839	7839	ing ‘‘$9,000,000’’. 9
7840	7840	(b) C
7841	7841	OPYRIGHTPROTECTION FORCIVILIANFACULTY 10
7842	7842	OFCERTAINACCREDITEDINSTITUTIONS.—Section 105 11
7843	7843	of title 17, United States Code, is amended to read as 12
7844	7844	follows: 13
7845	7845	‘‘§ 105. Subject matter of copyright: United States 14
7846	7846	Government works 15
7847	7847	‘‘(a) I
7848	7848	NGENERAL.—Copyright protection under this 16
7849	7849	title is not available for any work of the United States 17
7850	7850	Government, but the United States Government is not 18
7851	7851	precluded from receiving and holding copyrights trans-19
7852	7852	ferred to it by assignment, bequest, or otherwise. 20
7853	7853	‘‘(b) C
7854	7854	OPYRIGHT PROTECTION OF CERTAIN 21
7855	7855	W
7856	7856	ORKS.—Subject to subsection (c), the covered author of 22
7857	7857	a covered work owns the copyright to that covered work. 23
7858	7858	‘‘(c) U
7859	7859	SE BYFEDERALGOVERNMENT.— 24
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7863	7863	‘‘(1) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AUTHORITY .— 1
7864	7864	With respect to a covered author who produces a 2
7865	7865	covered work in the course of employment at a cov-3
7866	7866	ered institution described in subparagraphs (A) 4
7867	7867	through (K) of subsection (d)(2), the Secretary of 5
7868	7868	Defense may direct the covered author to provide 6
7869	7869	the Federal Government with an irrevocable, royalty- 7
7870	7870	free, worldwide, nonexclusive license to reproduce, 8
7871	7871	distribute, perform, or display such covered work for 9
7872	7872	purposes of the United States Government. 10
7873	7873	‘‘(2) S
7874	7874	ECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY AU -11
7875	7875	THORITY.—With respect to a covered author who 12
7876	7876	produces a covered work in the course of employ-13
7877	7877	ment at the covered institution described in sub-14
7878	7878	section (d)(2)(L), the Secretary of Homeland Secu-15
7879	7879	rity may direct the covered author to provide the 16
7880	7880	Federal Government with an irrevocable, royalty- 17
7881	7881	free, worldwide, nonexclusive license to reproduce, 18
7882	7882	distribute, perform, or display such covered work for 19
7883	7883	purposes of the United States Government. 20
7884	7884	‘‘(3) D
7885	7885	IRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE 21
7886	7886	AUTHORITY.—With respect to a covered author who 22
7887	7887	produces a covered work in the course of employ-23
7888	7888	ment at the covered institution described in sub-24
7889	7889	section (d)(2)(M), the Director of National Intel-25
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7893	7893	ligence may direct the covered author to provide the 1
7894	7894	Federal Government with an irrevocable, royalty- 2
7895	7895	free, worldwide, nonexclusive license to reproduce, 3
7896	7896	distribute, perform, or display such covered work for 4
7897	7897	purposes of the United States Government. 5
7898	7898	‘‘(4) S
7899	7899	ECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION AU -6
7900	7900	THORITY.—With respect to a covered author who 7
7901	7901	produces a covered work in the course of employ-8
7902	7902	ment at the covered institution described in sub-9
7903	7903	section (d)(2)(N), the Secretary of Transportation 10
7904	7904	may direct the covered author to provide the Federal 11
7905	7905	Government with an irrevocable, royalty-free, world-12
7906	7906	wide, nonexclusive license to reproduce, distribute, 13
7907	7907	perform, or display such covered work for purposes 14
7908	7908	of the United States Government. 15
7909	7909	‘‘(d) D
7910	7910	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 16
7911	7911	‘‘(1) C
7912	7912	OVERED AUTHOR .—The term ‘covered 17
7913	7913	author’ means a civilian member of the faculty of a 18
7914	7914	covered institution. 19
7915	7915	‘‘(2) C
7916	7916	OVERED INSTITUTION .—The term ‘cov-20
7917	7917	ered institution’ means the following: 21
7918	7918	‘‘(A) National Defense University. 22
7919	7919	‘‘(B) United States Military Academy. 23
7920	7920	‘‘(C) Army War College. 24
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7924	7924	‘‘(D) United States Army Command and 1
7925	7925	General Staff College. 2
7926	7926	‘‘(E) United States Naval Academy. 3
7927	7927	‘‘(F) Naval War College. 4
7928	7928	‘‘(G) Naval Postgraduate School. 5
7929	7929	‘‘(H) Marine Corps University. 6
7930	7930	‘‘(I) United States Air Force Academy. 7
7931	7931	‘‘(J) Air University. 8
7932	7932	‘‘(K) Defense Language Institute. 9
7933	7933	‘‘(L) United States Coast Guard Academy. 10
7934	7934	‘‘(M) National Intelligence University. 11
7935	7935	‘‘(N) United States Merchant Marine 12
7936	7936	Academy. 13
7937	7937	‘‘(3) C
7938	7938	OVERED WORK .—The term ‘covered 14
7939	7939	work’ means a literary work produced by a covered 15
7940	7940	author in the course of employment at a covered in-16
7941	7941	stitution for publication by a scholarly press or jour-17
7942	7942	nal.’’. 18
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7945	7945	412
7946	7946	118
7947	7947	TH
7948	7948	CONGRESS
7949	7949	2
7950	7950	D
7951	7951	S
7952	7952	ESSION
7953	7953
7954	7954	S. 4443 A BILL
7955	7955	To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for
7956	7956	intelligence and intelligence-related activities of
7957	7957	the United States Government, the Intelligence
7958	7958	Community Management Account, and the Cen-
7959	7959	tral Intelligence Agency Retirement and Dis-
7960	7960	ability System, and for other purposes.
7961	7961	J
7962	7962	UNE
7963	7963	3, 2024
7964	7964	Reported the following original bill; which was read twice
7965	7965	and placed on the calendar
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