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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4127 

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 30, 2015 

Mr. NUNES (for himself and Mr. SCHIFF) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 

and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 

provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United 

States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement 

and Disability System, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016’’. 


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1 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

2 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 

Sec. 3. Budgetary effects. 

TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES 

Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 102. Classified schedule of authorizations. 

Sec. 103. Personnel ceiling adjustments. 

Sec. 104. Intelligence Community Management Account. 

Sec. 105. Clarification regarding authority for flexible personnel management 

among elements of intelligence community. 

TITLE II—CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND 

DISABILITY SYSTEM 

Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

Sec. 301. Increase in employee compensation and benefits authorized by law. 

Sec. 302. Restriction on conduct of intelligence activities. 

Sec. 303. Provision of information and assistance to Inspector General of the 

Intelligence Community. 

Sec. 304. Inclusion of Inspector General of Intelligence Community in Council 

of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency. 

Sec. 305. Clarification of authority of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight 

Board. 

Sec. 306. Enhancing government personnel security programs. 

Sec. 307. Notification of changes to retention of call detail record policies. 

Sec. 308. Personnel information notification policy by the Director of National 

Intelligence. 

Sec. 309. Designation of lead intelligence officer for tunnels. 

Sec. 310. Reporting process required for tracking certain requests for country 

clearance. 

Sec. 311. Study on reduction of analytic duplication. 

Sec. 312. Strategy for comprehensive interagency review of the United States 

national security overhead satellite architecture. 

Sec. 313. Cyber attack standards of measurement study. 

TITLE IV—MATTERS RELATING TO ELEMENTS OF THE 

INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY 

Subtitle A—Office of the Director of National Intelligence 

Sec. 401. Appointment and confirmation of the National Counterintelligence 

Executive. 

Sec. 402. Technical amendments relating to pay under title 5, United States 

Code. 

Sec. 403. Analytic objectivity review. 

Subtitle B—Central Intelligence Agency and Other Elements 


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Sec. 411. Authorities of the Inspector General for the Central Intelligence 

Agency. 

Sec. 412. Prior congressional notification of transfers of funds for certain intelligence activities. 

TITLE V—MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES 

Subtitle A—Matters Relating to Russia 

Sec. 501. Notice of deployment or transfer of Club–K container missile system 

by the Russian Federation. 

Sec. 502. Assessment on funding of political parties and nongovernmental organizations by the Russian Federation. 

Sec. 503. Assessment on the use of political assassinations as a form of 

statecraft by the Russian Federation. 

Subtitle B—Matters Relating to Other Countries 

Sec. 511. Report on resources and collection posture with regard to the South 

China Sea and East China Sea. 

Sec. 512. Use of locally employed staff serving at a United States diplomatic 

facility in Cuba. 

Sec. 513. Inclusion of sensitive compartmented information facilities in United 

States diplomatic facilities in Cuba. 

Sec. 514. Report on use by Iran of funds made available through sanctions relief. 

TITLE VI—MATTERS RELATING TO UNITED STATES NAVAL 

STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA 

Sec. 601. Prohibition on use of funds for transfer or release of individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 

Cuba, to the United States. 

Sec. 602. Prohibition on use of funds to construct or modify facilities in the 

United States to house detainees transferred from United 

States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

Sec. 603. Prohibition on use of funds for transfer or release to certain countries 

of individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

TITLE VII—REPORTS AND OTHER MATTERS 

Subtitle A—Reports 

Sec. 701. Repeal of certain reporting requirements. 

Sec. 702. Reports on foreign fighters. 

Sec. 703. Report on strategy, efforts, and resources to detect, deter, and degrade Islamic State revenue mechanisms. 

Sec. 704. Report on United States counterterrorism strategy to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat the Islamic State, al-Qa’ida, and their affiliated groups, associated groups, and adherents. 

Sec. 705. Report on effects of data breach of Office of Personnel Management. 

Sec. 706. Report on hiring of graduates of Cyber Corps Scholarship Program 

by intelligence community. 

Sec. 707. Report on use of certain business concerns. 

Subtitle B—Other Matters 


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Sec. 711. Use of homeland security grant funds in conjunction with Department of Energy national laboratories. 

Sec. 712. Inclusion of certain minority-serving institutions in grant program to 

enhance recruiting of intelligence community workforce. 

1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (a) CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEES.— 

4 The term ‘‘congressional intelligence committees’’ 

5 means— 

6 (1) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

7 Senate; and 

8 (2) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel9 ligence of the House of Representatives. 

10 (b) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘intel11 ligence community’’ has the meaning given that term in 

12 section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

13 U.S.C. 3003(4)). 

14 SEC. 3. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

15 The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 

16 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go-Act of 2010, 

17 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 

18 titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 

19 Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 

20 by the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, pro21 vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 

22 vote on passage. 


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1 TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE 

2 ACTIVITIES 

3 SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

4 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

5 fiscal year 2016 for the conduct of the intelligence and 

6 intelligence-related activities of the following elements of 

7 the United States Government: 

8 (1) The Office of the Director of National Intel9 ligence. 

10 (2) The Central Intelligence Agency. 

11 (3) The Department of Defense. 

12 (4) The Defense Intelligence Agency. 

13 (5) The National Security Agency. 

14 (6) The Department of the Army, the Depart15 ment of the Navy, and the Department of the Air 

16 Force. 

17 (7) The Coast Guard. 

18 (8) The Department of State. 

19 (9) The Department of the Treasury. 

20 (10) The Department of Energy. 

21 (11) The Department of Justice. 

22 (12) The Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

23 (13) The Drug Enforcement Administration. 

24 (14) The National Reconnaissance Office. 


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1 (15) The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agen2 cy. 

3 (16) The Department of Homeland Security. 

4 SEC. 102. CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AUTHORIZATIONS. 

5 (a) SPECIFICATIONS OF AMOUNTS AND PERSONNEL

6 LEVELS.—The amounts authorized to be appropriated 

7 under section 101 and, subject to section 103, the author8 ized personnel ceilings as of September 30, 2016, for the 

9 conduct of the intelligence activities of the elements listed 

10 in paragraphs (1) through (16) of section 101, are those 

11 specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations pre12 pared to accompany this bill. 

13 (b) AVAILABILITY OF CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AU14 THORIZATIONS.— 

15 (1) AVAILABILITY.—The classified Schedule of 

16 Authorizations referred to in subsection (a) shall be 

17 made available to the Committee on Appropriations 

18 of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of 

19 the House of Representatives, and to the President. 

20 (2) DISTRIBUTION BY THE PRESIDENT.—Sub21 ject to paragraph (3), the President shall provide for 

22 suitable distribution of the classified Schedule of Au23 thorizations, or of appropriate portions of the Sched24 ule, within the executive branch. 


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1 (3) LIMITS ON DISCLOSURE.—The President 

2 shall not publicly disclose the classified Schedule of 

3 Authorizations or any portion of such Schedule ex4 cept— 

5 (A) as provided in section 601(a) of the 

6 Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 

7 Commission Act of 2007 (50 U.S.C. 3306(a)); 

8 (B) to the extent necessary to implement 

9 the budget; or 

10 (C) as otherwise required by law. 

11 SEC. 103. PERSONNEL CEILING ADJUSTMENTS. 

12 (a) AUTHORITY FOR INCREASES.—The Director of 

13 National Intelligence may authorize employment of civil14 ian personnel in excess of the number authorized for fiscal 

15 year 2016 by the classified Schedule of Authorizations re16 ferred to in section 102(a) if the Director of National In17 telligence determines that such action is necessary to the 

18 performance of important intelligence functions, except 

19 that the number of personnel employed in excess of the 

20 number authorized under such section may not, for any 

21 element of the intelligence community, exceed 3 percent 

22 of the number of civilian personnel authorized under such 

23 schedule for such element. 

24 (b) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PERSONNEL.—The Di25 rector of National Intelligence shall establish guidelines 


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1 that govern, for each element of the intelligence commu2 nity, the treatment under the personnel levels authorized 

3 under section 102(a), including any exemption from such 

4 personnel levels, of employment or assignment in— 

5 (1) a student program, trainee program, or 

6 similar program; 

7 (2) a reserve corps or as a reemployed annu8 itant; or 

9 (3) details, joint duty, or long-term, full-time 

10 training. 

11 (c) NOTICE TO CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE

12 COMMITTEES.—The Director of National Intelligence 

13 shall notify the congressional intelligence committees in 

14 writing at least 15 days prior to each exercise of an au15 thority described in subsection (a). 

16 SEC. 104. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT AC17 COUNT. 

18 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

19 authorized to be appropriated for the Intelligence Commu20 nity Management Account of the Director of National In21 telligence for fiscal year 2016 the sum of $516,306,000. 

22 Within such amount, funds identified in the classified 

23 Schedule of Authorizations referred to in section 102(a) 

24 for advanced research and development shall remain avail25 able until September 30, 2017. 


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1 (b) AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL LEVELS.—The ele2 ments within the Intelligence Community Management 

3 Account of the Director of National Intelligence are au4 thorized 785 positions as of September 30, 2016. Per5 sonnel serving in such elements may be permanent em6 ployees of the Office of the Director of National Intel7 ligence or personnel detailed from other elements of the 

8 United States Government. 

9 (c) CLASSIFIED AUTHORIZATIONS.— 

10 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In 

11 addition to amounts authorized to be appropriated 

12 for the Intelligence Community Management Ac13 count by subsection (a), there are authorized to be 

14 appropriated for the Community Management Ac15 count for fiscal year 2016 such additional amounts 

16 as are specified in the classified Schedule of Author17 izations referred to in section 102(a). Such addi18 tional amounts for advanced research and develop19 ment shall remain available until September 30, 

20 2017. 

21 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF PERSONNEL.—In addi22 tion to the personnel authorized by subsection (b) 

23 for elements of the Intelligence Community Manage24 ment Account as of September 30, 2016, there are 

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1 munity Management Account as of that date as are 

2 specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations 

3 referred to in section 102(a). 

4 SEC. 105. CLARIFICATION REGARDING AUTHORITY FOR 

5 FLEXIBLE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 

6 AMONG ELEMENTS OF INTELLIGENCE COM7 MUNITY. 

8 (a) CLARIFICATION.—Section 102A(v) of the Na9 tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(v)) is amend10 ed— 

11 (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para12 graph (4); and 

13 (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol14 lowing new paragraph (3): 

15 ‘‘(3) A covered department may appoint an in16 dividual to a position converted or established pursu17 ant to this subsection without regard to the civil18 service laws, including parts II and III of title 5, 

19 United States Code.’’. 

20 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

21 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to an appointment 

22 under section 102A(v) of the National Security Act of 

23 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(v)) made on or after the date of 

24 the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for 

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1 ceeding pending on or filed after the date of the enactment 

2 of this section that relates to such an appointment. 

3 TITLE II—CENTRAL INTEL4 LIGENCE AGENCY RETIRE5 MENT AND DISABILITY SYS6 TEM 

7 SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

8 There is authorized to be appropriated for the Cen9 tral Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund 

10 for fiscal year 2016 the sum of $514,000,000. 

11 TITLE III—GENERAL 

12 PROVISIONS 

13 SEC. 301. INCREASE IN EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND 

14 BENEFITS AUTHORIZED BY LAW. 

15 Appropriations authorized by this Act for salary, pay, 

16 retirement, and other benefits for Federal employees may 

17 be increased by such additional or supplemental amounts 

18 as may be necessary for increases in such compensation 

19 or benefits authorized by law. 

20 SEC. 302. RESTRICTION ON CONDUCT OF INTELLIGENCE 

21 ACTIVITIES. 

22 The authorization of appropriations by this Act shall 

23 not be deemed to constitute authority for the conduct of 

24 any intelligence activity which is not otherwise authorized 

25 by the Constitution or the laws of the United States. 


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1 SEC. 303. PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE 

2 TO INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE INTEL3 LIGENCE COMMUNITY. 

4 Section 103H(j)(4) of the National Security Act of 

5 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3033(j)(4)) is amended— 

6 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘any de7 partment, agency, or other element of the United 

8 States Government’’ and inserting ‘‘any Federal, 

9 State (as defined in section 804), or local govern10 mental agency or unit thereof’’; and 

11 (2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘from a 

12 department, agency, or element of the Federal Gov13 ernment’’ before ‘‘under subparagraph (A)’’. 

14 SEC. 304. INCLUSION OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF INTEL15 LIGENCE COMMUNITY IN COUNCIL OF IN16 SPECTORS GENERAL ON INTEGRITY AND EF17 FICIENCY. 

18 Section 11(b)(1)(B) of the Inspector General Act of 

19 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by 

20 striking ‘‘the Office of the Director of National Intel21 ligence’’ and inserting ‘‘the Intelligence Community’’. 

22 SEC. 305. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF PRIVACY AND 

23 CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD. 

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1 amended by adding at the end the following new para2 graph: 

3 ‘‘(5) ACCESS.—Nothing in this section shall be 

4 construed to authorize the Board, or any agent 

5 thereof, to gain access to information regarding an 

6 activity covered by section 503(a) of the National 

7 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3093(a)).’’. 

8 SEC. 306. ENHANCING GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL SECU9 RITY PROGRAMS. 

10 (a) ENHANCED SECURITY CLEARANCE PROGRAMS.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Part III of title 5, United 

12 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 

13 following: 

14 ‘‘Subpart J—Enhanced Personnel Security Programs 

15 ‘‘CHAPTER 110—ENHANCED PERSONNEL 

16 SECURITY PROGRAMS 

‘‘Sec. 

‘‘11001. Enhanced personnel security programs. 

17 ‘‘SEC. 11001. ENHANCED PERSONNEL SECURITY PRO18 GRAMS. 

19 ‘‘(a) ENHANCED PERSONNEL SECURITY PRO20 GRAM.—The Director of National Intelligence shall direct 

21 each agency to implement a program to provide enhanced 

22 security review of covered individuals— 

23 ‘‘(1) in accordance with this section; and 

24 ‘‘(2) not later than the earlier of— 


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1 ‘‘(A) the date that is 5 years after the date 

2 of the enactment of the Intelligence Authoriza3 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2016; or 

4 ‘‘(B) the date on which the backlog of 

5 overdue periodic reinvestigations of covered in6 dividuals is eliminated, as determined by the 

7 Director of National Intelligence. 

8 ‘‘(b) COMPREHENSIVENESS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) SOURCES OF INFORMATION.—The en10 hanced personnel security program of an agency 

11 shall integrate relevant and appropriate information 

12 from various sources, including government, publicly 

13 available, and commercial data sources, consumer 

14 reporting agencies, social media, and such other 

15 sources as determined by the Director of National 

16 Intelligence. 

17 ‘‘(2) TYPES OF INFORMATION.—Information 

18 obtained and integrated from sources described in 

19 paragraph (1) may include— 

20 ‘‘(A) information relating to any criminal 

21 or civil legal proceeding; 

22 ‘‘(B) financial information relating to the 

23 covered individual, including the credit worthi24 ness of the covered individual; 


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1 ‘‘(C) publicly available information, wheth2 er electronic, printed, or other form, including 

3 relevant security or counterintelligence informa4 tion about the covered individual or information 

5 that may suggest ill intent, vulnerability to 

6 blackmail, compulsive behavior, allegiance to 

7 another country, change in ideology, or that the 

8 covered individual lacks good judgment, reli9 ability, or trustworthiness; and 

10 ‘‘(D) data maintained on any terrorist or 

11 criminal watch list maintained by any agency, 

12 State or local government, or international or13 ganization. 

14 ‘‘(c) REVIEWS OF COVERED INDIVIDUALS.— 

15 ‘‘(1) REVIEWS.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The enhanced per17 sonnel security program of an agency shall re18 quire that, not less than 2 times every 5 years, 

19 the head of the agency shall conduct or request 

20 the conduct of automated record checks and 

21 checks of information from sources under sub22 section (b) to ensure the continued eligibility of 

23 each covered individual to access classified in24 formation and hold a sensitive position unless 

25 more frequent reviews of automated record 


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1 checks and checks of information from sources 

2 under subsection (b) are conducted on the cov3 ered individual. 

4 ‘‘(B) SCOPE OF REVIEWS.—Except for a 

5 covered individual who is subject to more fre6 quent reviews to ensure the continued eligibility 

7 of the covered individual to access classified in8 formation and hold a sensitive position, the re9 views under subparagraph (A) shall consist of 

10 random or aperiodic checks of covered individ11 uals, such that each covered individual is sub12 ject to at least 2 reviews during the 5-year pe13 riod beginning on the date on which the agency 

14 implements the enhanced personnel security 

15 program of an agency, and during each 5-year 

16 period thereafter. 

17 ‘‘(C) INDIVIDUAL REVIEWS.—A review of 

18 the information relating to the continued eligi19 bility of a covered individual to access classified 

20 information and hold a sensitive position under 

21 subparagraph (A) may not be conducted until 

22 after the end of the 120-day period beginning 

23 on the date the covered individual receives the 

24 notification required under paragraph (3). 


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1 ‘‘(2) RESULTS.—The head of an agency shall 

2 take appropriate action if a review under paragraph 

3 (1) finds relevant information that may affect the 

4 continued eligibility of a covered individual to access 

5 classified information and hold a sensitive position. 

6 ‘‘(3) INFORMATION FOR COVERED INDIVID7 UALS.—The head of an agency shall ensure that 

8 each covered individual is adequately advised of the 

9 types of relevant security or counterintelligence in10 formation the covered individual is required to re11 port to the head of the agency. 

12 ‘‘(4) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this subsection 

13 shall be construed to affect the authority of an agen14 cy to determine the appropriate weight to be given 

15 to information relating to a covered individual in 

16 evaluating the continued eligibility of the covered in17 dividual. 

18 ‘‘(5) AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT.—Noth19 ing in this subsection shall be construed as limiting 

20 the authority of the President to direct or perpet21 uate periodic reinvestigations of a more comprehen22 sive nature or to delegate the authority to direct or 

23 perpetuate such reinvestigations. 

24 ‘‘(6) EFFECT ON OTHER REVIEWS.—Reviews 

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1 vestigations and reinvestigations conducted pursuant 

2 to section 3001 of the Intelligence Reform and Ter3 rorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 3341). 

4 ‘‘(d) AUDIT.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning 2 years after the 

6 date of the implementation of the enhanced per7 sonnel security program of an agency under sub8 section (a), the Inspector General of the agency shall 

9 conduct at least 1 audit to assess the effectiveness 

10 and fairness, which shall be determined in accord11 ance with performance measures and standards es12 tablished by the Director of National Intelligence, to 

13 covered individuals of the enhanced personnel secu14 rity program of the agency. 

15 ‘‘(2) SUBMISSIONS TO DNI.—The results of 

16 each audit conducted under paragraph (1) shall be 

17 submitted to the Director of National Intelligence to 

18 assess the effectiveness and fairness of the enhanced 

19 personnel security programs across the Federal Gov20 ernment. 

21 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

22 ‘‘(1) the term ‘agency’ has the meaning given 

23 that term in section 3001 of the Intelligence Reform 

24 and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 

25 3341); 


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1 ‘‘(2) the term ‘consumer reporting agency’ has 

2 the meaning given that term in section 603 of the 

3 Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681a); 

4 ‘‘(3) the term ‘covered individual’ means an in5 dividual employed by an agency or a contractor of 

6 an agency who has been determined eligible for ac7 cess to classified information or eligible to hold a 

8 sensitive position; 

9 ‘‘(4) the term ‘enhanced personnel security pro10 gram’ means a program implemented by an agency 

11 at the direction of the Director of National Intel12 ligence under subsection (a); and’’. 

13 (2) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND14 MENT.—The table of chapters for part III of title 5, 

15 United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

16 end following: 

‘‘Subpart J—Enhanced Personnel Security Programs 

‘‘110. Enhanced personnel security programs ........................................ 11001’’. 

17 (b) RESOLUTION OF BACKLOG OF OVERDUE PERI18 ODIC REINVESTIGATIONS.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National In20 telligence shall develop and implement a plan to 

21 eliminate the backlog of overdue periodic reinvestiga22 tions of covered individuals. 

23 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—The plan developed 

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1 (A) use a risk-based approach to— 

2 (i) identify high-risk populations; and 

3 (ii) prioritize reinvestigations that are 

4 due or overdue to be conducted; and 

5 (B) use random automated record checks 

6 of covered individuals that shall include all cov7 ered individuals in the pool of individuals sub8 ject to a one-time check. 

9 (3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

10 (A) The term ‘‘covered individual’’ means 

11 an individual who has been determined eligible 

12 for access to classified information or eligible to 

13 hold a sensitive position. 

14 (B) The term ‘‘periodic reinvestigations’’ 

15 has the meaning given such term in section 

16 3001(a)(7) of the Intelligence Reform and Ter17 rorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 

18 3341(a)(7)). 

19 SEC. 307. NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES TO RETENTION OF 

20 CALL DETAIL RECORD POLICIES. 

21 (a) REQUIREMENT TO RETAIN.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 15 days after 

23 learning that an electronic communication service 

24 provider that generates call detail records in the or25 dinary course of business has changed the policy of 


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1 the provider on the retention of such call detail 

2 records to result in a retention period of less than 

3 18 months, the Director of National Intelligence 

4 shall notify, in writing, the congressional intelligence 

5 committees of such change. 

6 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the 

7 date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall 

8 submit to the congressional intelligence committees a 

9 report identifying each electronic communication 

10 service provider that has, as of the date of the re11 port, a policy to retain call detail records for a pe12 riod of 18 months or less. 

13 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

14 (1) CALL DETAIL RECORD.—The term ‘‘call de15 tail record’’ has the meaning given that term in sec16 tion 501(k) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 

17 Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1861(k)). 

18 (2) ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION SERVICE

19 PROVIDER.—The term ‘‘electronic communication 

20 service provider’’ has the meaning given that term in 

21 section 701(b)(4) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveil22 lance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1881(b)(4)). 


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1 SEC. 308. PERSONNEL INFORMATION NOTIFICATION POL2 ICY BY THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTEL3 LIGENCE. 

4 (a) DIRECTIVE REQUIRED.—The Director of Na5 tional Intelligence shall issue a directive containing a writ6 ten policy for the timely notification to the congressional 

7 intelligence committees of the identities of individuals oc8 cupying senior level positions within the intelligence com9 munity. 

10 (b) SENIOR LEVEL POSITION.—In identifying posi11 tions that are senior level positions in the intelligence com12 munity for purposes of the directive required under sub13 section (a), the Director of National Intelligence shall con14 sider whether a position— 

15 (1) constitutes the head of an entity or a sig16 nificant component within an agency; 

17 (2) is involved in the management or oversight 

18 of matters of significant import to the leadership of 

19 an entity of the intelligence community; 

20 (3) provides significant responsibility on behalf 

21 of the intelligence community; 

22 (4) requires the management of a significant 

23 number of personnel or funds; 

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1 (6) is held by an individual designated as a sen2 ior intelligence management official as such term is 

3 defined in section 368(a)(6) of the Intelligence Au4 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 

5 111–259; 50 U.S.C. 404i–1 note). 

6 (c) NOTIFICATION.—The Director shall ensure that 

7 each notification under the directive issued under sub8 section (a) includes each of the following: 

9 (1) The name of the individual occupying the 

10 position. 

11 (2) Any previous senior level position held by 

12 the individual, if applicable, or the position held by 

13 the individual immediately prior to the appointment. 

14 (3) The position to be occupied by the indi15 vidual. 

16 (4) Any other information the Director deter17 mines appropriate. 

18 (d) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.—The directive 

19 issued under subsection (a) and any amendment to such 

20 directive shall be consistent with the provisions of the Na21 tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401 et seq.). 

22 (e) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 90 days after the 

23 date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall sub24 mit to the congressional intelligence committees the direc25 tive issued under subsection (a). 


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1 SEC. 309. DESIGNATION OF LEAD INTELLIGENCE OFFICER 

2 FOR TUNNELS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National Intel4 ligence shall designate an official to manage the collection 

5 and analysis of intelligence regarding the tactical use of 

6 tunnels by state and nonstate actors. 

7 (b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than the date that 

8 is 10 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

9 and biennially thereafter until the date that is 4 years 

10 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 

11 of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional 

12 intelligence committees and the congressional defense 

13 committees (as such term is defined in section 101(a)(16) 

14 of title 10, United States Code) a report describing— 

15 (1) trends in the use of tunnels by foreign state 

16 and nonstate actors; and 

17 (2) collaboration efforts between the United 

18 States and partner countries to address the use of 

19 tunnels by adversaries. 

20 SEC. 310. REPORTING PROCESS REQUIRED FOR TRACKING 

21 CERTAIN REQUESTS FOR COUNTRY CLEAR22 ANCE. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—By not later than September 30, 

24 2016, the Director of National Intelligence shall establish 

25 a formal internal reporting process for tracking requests 

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1 National Intelligence representatives by departments and 

2 agencies of the United States. Such reporting process shall 

3 include a mechanism for tracking the department or agen4 cy that submits each such request and the date on which 

5 each such request is submitted. 

6 (b) CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING.—By not later than 

7 December 31, 2016, the Director of National Intelligence 

8 shall brief the congressional intelligence committees on the 

9 progress of the Director in establishing the process re10 quired under subsection (a). 

11 SEC. 311. STUDY ON REDUCTION OF ANALYTIC DUPLICA12 TION. 

13 (a) STUDY AND REPORT.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 31, 

15 2016, the Director of National Intelligence shall— 

16 (A) carry out a study to evaluate and 

17 measure the incidence of duplication in finished 

18 intelligence analysis products; and 

19 (B) submit to the congressional intelligence 

20 committees a report on the findings of such 

21 study. 

22 (2) METHODOLOGY REQUIREMENTS.—The 

23 methodology used to carry out the study required by 

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1 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 

2 (a)(1)(B) shall include— 

3 (1) detailed information— 

4 (A) relating to the frequency of duplication 

5 of finished intelligence analysis products; and 

6 (B) that describes the types of, and the 

7 reasons for, any such duplication; and 

8 (2) a determination as to whether to make the 

9 production of such information a routine part of the 

10 mission of the Analytic Integrity and Standards 

11 Group. 

12 (c) CUSTOMER IMPACT PLAN.—Not later than 180 

13 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Direc14 tor of National Intelligence shall submit to the congres15 sional intelligence committees a plan for revising analytic 

16 practice, tradecraft, and standards to ensure customers 

17 are able to clearly identify— 

18 (1) the manner in which intelligence products 

19 written on similar topics and that are produced con20 temporaneously differ from one another in terms of 

21 methodology, sourcing, or other distinguishing ana22 lytic characteristics; and 

23 (2) the significance of that difference. 

24 (d) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section may be 

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1 with the production of an operationally urgent or other2 wise time-sensitive current intelligence product. 

3 SEC. 312. STRATEGY FOR COMPREHENSIVE INTERAGENCY 

4 REVIEW OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL 

5 SECURITY OVERHEAD SATELLITE ARCHITEC6 TURE. 

7 (a) REQUIREMENT FOR STRATEGY.—The Director of 

8 National Intelligence shall collaborate with the Secretary 

9 of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 

10 to develop a strategy, with milestones and benchmarks, 

11 to ensure that there is a comprehensive interagency review 

12 of policies and practices for planning and acquiring na13 tional security satellite systems and architectures, includ14 ing the capabilities of commercial systems and partner 

15 countries, consistent with the National Space Policy issued 

16 on June 28, 2010. Such strategy shall, where applicable, 

17 account for the unique missions and authorities vested in 

18 the Department of Defense and the intelligence commu19 nity. 

20 (b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required by subsection 

21 (a) shall ensure that the United States national security 

22 overhead satellite architecture— 

23 (1) meets the needs of the United States in 

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1 (3) accurately takes into account cost and per2 formance tradeoffs; 

3 (4) meets realistic requirements; 

4 (5) produces excellence, innovation, competition, 

5 and a robust industrial base; 

6 (6) aims to produce in less than 5 years innova7 tive satellite systems that are able to leverage com8 mon, standardized design elements and commercially 

9 available technologies; 

10 (7) takes advantage of rapid advances in com11 mercial technology, innovation, and commercial-like 

12 acquisition practices; 

13 (8) is open to innovative concepts, such as dis14 tributed, disaggregated architectures, that could 

15 allow for better resiliency, reconstitution, replenish16 ment, and rapid technological refresh; and 

17 (9) emphasizes deterrence and recognizes the 

18 importance of offensive and defensive space control 

19 capabilities. 

20 (c) REPORT ON STRATEGY.—Not later than Feb21 ruary 28, 2016, the Director of National Intelligence, the 

22 Secretary of Defense, and the Chairman of the Joint 

23 Chiefs of Staff shall jointly submit to the congressional 

24 intelligence committees, the Committee on Armed Services 

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1 the House of Representatives a report on the strategy re2 quired by subsection (a). 

3 SEC. 313. CYBER ATTACK STANDARDS OF MEASUREMENT 

4 STUDY. 

5 (a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Director of National In6 telligence, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland 

7 Security, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investiga8 tion, and the Secretary of Defense, shall carry out a study 

9 to determine appropriate standards that— 

10 (1) can be used to measure the damage of cyber 

11 incidents for the purposes of determining the re12 sponse to such incidents; and 

13 (2) include a method for quantifying the dam14 age caused to affected computers, systems, and de15 vices. 

16 (b) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 

17 (1) PRELIMINARY FINDINGS.—Not later than 

18 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

19 the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to 

20 the appropriate congressional committees the initial 

21 findings of the study required under subsection (a). 

22 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 360 days after 

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1 priate congressional committees a report containing 

2 the complete findings of such study. 

3 (3) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by 

4 paragraph (2) shall be submitted in unclassified 

5 form, but may contain a classified annex. 

6 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE7 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres8 sional committees’’ means the following: 

9 (1) The congressional intelligence committees. 

10 (2) The Committees on Armed Services of the 

11 House of Representatives and the Senate. 

12 (3) The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

13 House of Representatives and the Committee on 

14 Foreign Relations of the Senate. 

15 (4) The Committee on Homeland Security of 

16 the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

17 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 

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1 TITLE IV—MATTERS RELATING 

2 TO ELEMENTS OF THE INTEL3 LIGENCE COMMUNITY 

4 Subtitle A—Office of the Director 

5 of National Intelligence 

6 SEC. 401. APPOINTMENT AND CONFIRMATION OF THE NA7 TIONAL COUNTERINTELLIGENCE EXECUTIVE. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 902(a) of the Counter9 intelligence Enhancement Act of 2002 (50 U.S.C. 3382) 

10 is amended to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There shall be a National 

12 Counterintelligence Executive who shall be appointed by 

13 the President, by and with the advice and consent of the 

14 Senate.’’. 

15 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

16 subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is one 

17 year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

18 SEC. 402. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO PAY 

19 UNDER TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE. 

20 Section 5102(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is 

21 amended— 

22 (1) in clause (vii), by striking ‘‘or’’; 

23 (2) by inserting after clause (vii) the following 

24 new clause: 


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1 ‘‘(viii) the Office of the Director of Na2 tional Intelligence;’’; and 

3 (3) in clause (x), by striking the period and in4 serting a semicolon. 

5 SEC. 403. ANALYTIC OBJECTIVITY REVIEW. 

6 (a) ASSESSMENT.—The Director of National Intel7 ligence shall assign the Chief of the Analytic Integrity and 

8 Standards Group to conduct a review of finished intel9 ligence products produced by the Central Intelligence 

10 Agency to assess whether the reorganization of the Agen11 cy, announced publicly on March 6, 2015, has resulted in 

12 any loss of analytic objectivity. 

13 (b) SUBMISSION.—Not later than March 6, 2017, the 

14 Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the con15 gressional intelligence committees, in writing, the results 

16 of the review required under subsection (a), including— 

17 (1) an assessment comparing the analytic objec18 tivity of a representative sample of finished intel19 ligence products produced by the Central Intelligence 

20 Agency before the reorganization and a representa21 tive sample of such finished intelligence products 

22 produced after the reorganization, predicated on the 

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1 tive criteria referenced in the Strategic Evaluation of 

2 All-Source Analysis directed by the Director; 

3 (2) an assessment comparing the historical re4 sults of anonymous surveys of Central Intelligence 

5 Agency and customers conducted before the reorga6 nization and the results of such anonymous surveys 

7 conducted after the reorganization, with a focus on 

8 the analytic standard of objectivity; 

9 (3) a metrics-based evaluation measuring the 

10 effect that the reorganization’s integration of oper11 ational, analytic, support, technical, and digital per12 sonnel and capabilities into Mission Centers has had 

13 on analytic objectivity; and 

14 (4) any recommendations for ensuring that ana15 lysts of the Central Intelligence Agency perform 

16 their functions with objectivity, are not unduly con17 strained, and are not influenced by the force of pref18 erence for a particular policy. 

19 Subtitle B—Central Intelligence 

20 Agency and Other Elements 

21 SEC. 411. AUTHORITIES OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR 

22 THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. 

23 (a) INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE.—Paragraph (9) 

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1 1949 (50 U.S.C. 3517(e)(9)) is amended to read as fol2 lows: 

3 ‘‘(9)(A) The Inspector General may request such in4 formation or assistance as may be necessary for carrying 

5 out the duties and responsibilities of the Inspector General 

6 provided by this section from any Federal, State, or local 

7 governmental agency or unit thereof. 

8 ‘‘(B) Upon request of the Inspector General for infor9 mation or assistance from a department or agency of the 

10 Federal Government, the head of the department or agen11 cy involved, insofar as practicable and not in contravention 

12 of any existing statutory restriction or regulation of such 

13 department or agency, shall furnish to the Inspector Gen14 eral, or to an authorized designee, such information or as15 sistance. 

16 ‘‘(C) Nothing in this paragraph may be construed to 

17 provide any new authority to the Central Intelligence 

18 Agency to conduct intelligence activity in the United 

19 States. 

20 ‘‘(D) In this paragraph, the term ‘State’ means each 

21 of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Com22 monwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the 

23 Northern Mariana Islands, and any territory or possession 

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1 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO SELEC2 TION OF EMPLOYEES.—Paragraph (7) of such section (50 

3 U.S.C. 3517(e)(7)) is amended— 

4 (1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before ‘‘Subject to appli5 cable law’’; and 

6 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub7 paragraph: 

8 ‘‘(B) Consistent with budgetary and personnel re9 sources allocated by the Director, the Inspector General 

10 has final approval of— 

11 ‘‘(i) the selection of internal and external can12 didates for employment with the Office of Inspector 

13 General; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) all other personnel decisions concerning 

15 personnel permanently assigned to the Office of In16 spector General, including selection and appointment 

17 to the Senior Intelligence Service, but excluding all 

18 security-based determinations that are not within 

19 the authority of a head of other Central Intelligence 

20 Agency offices.’’. 

21 SEC. 412. PRIOR CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF 

22 TRANSFERS OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN INTEL23 LIGENCE ACTIVITIES. 

24 (a) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in subsection 

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1 this Act or otherwise made available for the intelligence 

2 community for fiscal year 2016 may be used to initiate 

3 a transfer of funds from the Joint Improvised Explosive 

4 Device Defeat Fund or the Counterterrorism Partnerships 

5 Fund to be used for intelligence activities unless the Direc6 tor of National Intelligence or the Secretary of Defense, 

7 as appropriate, submits to the congressional intelligence 

8 committees, by not later than 30 days before initiating 

9 such a transfer, written notice of the transfer. 

10 (b) WAIVER.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National In12 telligence or the Secretary of Defense, as appro13 priate, may waive subsection (a) with respect to the 

14 initiation of a transfer of funds if the Director or 

15 Secretary, as the case may be, determines that an 

16 emergency situation makes it impossible or imprac17 tical to provide the notice required under such sub18 section by the date that is 30 days before such initi19 ation. 

20 (2) NOTICE.—If the Director or Secretary 

21 issues a waiver under paragraph (1), the Director or 

22 Secretary, as the case may be, shall submit to the 

23 congressional intelligence committees, by not later 

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1 waiver and a justification for the waiver, including 

2 a description of the emergency situation that neces3 sitated the waiver. 

4 TITLE V—MATTERS RELATING 

5 TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES 

6 Subtitle A—Matters Relating to 

7 Russia 

8 SEC. 501. NOTICE OF DEPLOYMENT OR TRANSFER OF 

9 CLUB–K CONTAINER MISSILE SYSTEM BY THE 

10 RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

11 (a) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—The Director of Na12 tional Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate congres13 sional committees written notice if the intelligence commu14 nity receives intelligence that the Russian Federation 

15 has— 

16 (1) deployed, or is about to deploy, the Club– 

17 K container missile system through the Russian 

18 military; or 

19 (2) transferred or sold, or intends to transfer or 

20 sell, the Club–K container missile system to another 

21 state or non-state actor. 

22 (b) NOTICE TO CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE

23 COMMITTEES.—Not later than 30 days after the date on 

24 which the Director submits a notice under subsection (a), 

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1 committees a written update regarding any intelligence 

2 community engagement with a foreign partner on the de3 ployment and impacts of a deployment of the Club–K con4 tainer missile system to any potentially impacted nation. 

5 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE6 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres7 sional committees’’ means the following: 

8 (1) The congressional intelligence committees. 

9 (2) The Committees on Armed Services of the 

10 House of Representatives and the Senate. 

11 (3) The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

12 House of Representatives and the Committee on 

13 Foreign Relations of the Senate. 

14 SEC. 502. ASSESSMENT ON FUNDING OF POLITICAL PAR15 TIES AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZA16 TIONS BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

18 date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 

19 Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

20 committees an intelligence community assessment on the 

21 funding of political parties and nongovernmental organiza22 tions in former Soviet states and countries in Europe by 

23 the Russian Security Services since January 1, 2006. 

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1 (1) The country involved, the entity funded, the 

2 security service involved, and the intended effect of 

3 the funding. 

4 (2) An evaluation of such intended effects, in5 cluding with respect to— 

6 (A) undermining the political cohesion of 

7 the country involved; 

8 (B) undermining the missile defense of the 

9 United States and the North Atlantic Treaty 

10 Organization; and 

11 (C) undermining energy projects that could 

12 provide an alternative to Russian energy. 

13 (b) FORM.—The report under subsection (a) shall be 

14 submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi15 fied annex. 

16 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE17 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres18 sional committees’’ means the following: 

19 (1) The congressional intelligence committees. 

20 (2) The Committees on Armed Services of the 

21 House of Representatives and the Senate. 

22 (3) The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

23 House of Representatives and the Committee on 

24 Foreign Relations of the Senate. 


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1 SEC. 503. ASSESSMENT ON THE USE OF POLITICAL ASSAS2 SINATIONS AS A FORM OF STATECRAFT BY 

3 THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

4 (a) REQUIREMENT FOR ASSESSMENT.—Not later 

5 than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

6 the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the 

7 appropriate congressional committees an intelligence com8 munity assessment on the use of political assassinations 

9 as a form of statecraft by the Russian Federation since 

10 January 1, 2000. 

11 (b) CONTENT.—The assessment required by sub12 section (a) shall include— 

13 (1) a list of Russian politicians, businessmen, 

14 dissidents, journalists, current or former government 

15 officials, foreign heads-of-state, foreign political lead16 ers, foreign journalists, members of nongovern17 mental organizations, and other relevant individuals 

18 that the intelligence community assesses were assas19 sinated by Russian Security Services, or agents of 

20 such services, since January 1, 2000; and 

21 (2) for each individual described in paragraph 

22 (1), the country in which the assassination took 

23 place, the means used, associated individuals and or24 ganizations, and other background information re25 lated to the assassination of the individual. 


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1 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE2 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres3 sional committees’’ means the following: 

4 (1) The congressional intelligence committees. 

5 (2) The Committees on Armed Services of the 

6 House of Representatives and the Senate. 

7 (3) The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

8 House of Representatives and the Committee on 

9 Foreign Relations of the Senate. 

10 Subtitle B—Matters Relating to 

11 Other Countries 

12 SEC. 511. REPORT ON RESOURCES AND COLLECTION POS13 TURE WITH REGARD TO THE SOUTH CHINA 

14 SEA AND EAST CHINA SEA. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

16 date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 

17 Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence 

18 committees an intelligence community assessment on the 

19 resources used for collection efforts and the collection pos20 ture of the intelligence community with regard to the 

21 South China Sea and East China Sea. 

22 (b) ELEMENTS.—The intelligence community assess23 ment required by subsection (a) shall provide detailed in24 formation related to intelligence collection by the United 


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1 States with regard to the South China Sea and East 

2 China Sea, including— 

3 (1) a review of intelligence community collection 

4 activities and a description of these activities, includ5 ing the lead agency, key partners, purpose of collec6 tion activity, annual funding and personnel, the 

7 manner in which the collection is conducted, and 

8 types of information collected; 

9 (2) an explanation of how the intelligence com10 munity prioritizes and coordinates collection activi11 ties focused on such region; and 

12 (3) a description of any collection and 

13 resourcing gaps and efforts being made to address 

14 such gaps. 

15 SEC. 512. USE OF LOCALLY EMPLOYED STAFF SERVING AT 

16 A UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC FACILITY IN 

17 CUBA. 

18 (a) SUPERVISORY REQUIREMENT.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para20 graph (2), not later than one year after the date of 

21 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 

22 shall ensure that each key supervisory position at a 

23 United States diplomatic facility in Cuba is occupied 

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1 (2) EXTENSION.—The Secretary of State may 

2 extend the deadline to carry out paragraph (1) by 

3 not more than one year if the Secretary submits to 

4 the appropriate congressional committees written no5 tification and justification of such extension before 

6 making such extension. 

7 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

8 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 

9 coordination with the heads of other appropriate depart10 ments or agencies of the Federal Government, shall sub11 mit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 

12 on— 

13 (1) the progress made by the Secretary with re14 spect to carrying out subsection (a)(1); and 

15 (2) the use of locally employed staff in United 

16 States diplomatic facilities, including— 

17 (A) the number of such staff; 

18 (B) the responsibilities of such staff; 

19 (C) the manner in which such staff are se20 lected, including efforts to mitigate counter21 intelligence threats to the United States; and 

22 (D) the potential cost and effect on the 

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1 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE2 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres3 sional committees’’ means— 

4 (1) the congressional intelligence committees; 

5 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 

6 the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 

7 (3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

8 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep9 resentatives. 

10 SEC. 513. INCLUSION OF SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTED IN11 FORMATION FACILITIES IN UNITED STATES 

12 DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES IN CUBA. 

13 (a) RESTRICTED ACCESS SPACE REQUIREMENT.— 

14 The Secretary of State shall ensure that each United 

15 States diplomatic facility in Cuba that, after the date of 

16 the enactment of this Act, is constructed or undergoes a 

17 construction upgrade includes a sensitive compartmented 

18 information facility. 

19 (b) NATIONAL SECURITY WAIVER.—The Secretary of 

20 State may waive the requirement under subsection (a) if 

21 the Secretary— 

22 (1) determines that such waiver is in the na23 tional security interest of the United States; 

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1 (3) a period of 90 days elapses following the 

2 date of such submission. 

3 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE4 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres5 sional committees’’ means— 

6 (1) the congressional intelligence committees; 

7 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 

8 the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 

9 (3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

10 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep11 resentatives. 

12 SEC. 514. REPORT ON USE BY IRAN OF FUNDS MADE AVAIL13 ABLE THROUGH SANCTIONS RELIEF. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—At the times specified in sub15 section (b), the Director of National Intelligence, in con16 sultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit 

17 to the appropriate congressional committees a report as18 sessing the following: 

19 (1) The monetary value of any direct or indirect 

20 forms of sanctions relief that Iran has received since 

21 the Joint Plan of Action first entered into effect. 

22 (2) How Iran has used funds made available 

23 through sanctions relief, including the extent to 

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1 (A) to provide support for— 

2 (i) any individual or entity designated 

3 for the imposition of sanctions for activi4 ties relating to international terrorism pur5 suant to an executive order or by the Of6 fice of Foreign Assets Control of the De7 partment of the Treasury as of the date of 

8 the enactment of this Act; 

9 (ii) any organization designated by 

10 the Secretary of State as a foreign ter11 rorist organization under section 219(a) of 

12 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

13 U.S.C. 1189(a)) as of the date of the en14 actment of this Act; 

15 (iii) any other terrorist organization; 

16 or 

17 (iv) the regime of Bashar al Assad in 

18 Syria; 

19 (B) to advance the efforts of Iran or any 

20 other country to develop nuclear weapons or 

21 ballistic missiles overtly or covertly; or 

22 (C) to commit any violation of the human 

23 rights of the people of Iran. 

24 (3) The extent to which any senior official of 

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1 made available through sanctions relief to be used by 

2 the official for personal use. 

3 (b) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall submit 

5 the report required by subsection (a) to the appro6 priate congressional committees— 

7 (A) not later than 180 days after the date 

8 of the enactment of this Act and every 180 

9 days thereafter during the period that the Joint 

10 Plan of Action is in effect; and 

11 (B) not later than 1 year after a subse12 quent agreement with Iran relating to the nu13 clear program of Iran takes effect and annually 

14 thereafter during the period that such agree15 ment remains in effect. 

16 (2) NONDUPLICATION.—The Director may sub17 mit the information required by subsection (a) with 

18 a report required to be submitted to Congress under 

19 another provision of law if— 

20 (A) the Director notifies the appropriate 

21 congressional committees of the intention of 

22 making such submission before submitting that 

23 report; and 

24 (B) all matters required to be covered by 

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1 (c) FORM OF REPORTS.—Each report required by 

2 subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 

3 may include a classified annex. 

4 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT6 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com7 mittees’’ means— 

8 (A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 

9 and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Finance, 

10 the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the 

11 Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; 

12 and 

13 (B) the Committee on Financial Services, 

14 the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Com15 mittee on Ways and Means, and the Permanent 

16 Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 

17 of Representatives. 

18 (2) JOINT PLAN OF ACTION.—The term ‘‘Joint 

19 Plan of Action’’ means the Joint Plan of Action, 

20 signed at Geneva November 24, 2013, by Iran and 

21 by France, Germany, the Russian Federation, the 

22 People’s Republic of China, the United Kingdom, 

23 and the United States, and all implementing mate24 rials and agreements related to the Joint Plan of 

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1 reached on January 12, 2014, the extension thereto 

2 agreed to on July 18, 2014, and the extension there3 to agreed to on November 24, 2014. 

4 TITLE VI—MATTERS RELATING 

5 TO UNITED STATES NAVAL 

6 STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, 

7 CUBA 

8 SEC. 601. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR TRANSFER 

9 OR RELEASE OF INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT 

10 UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTA11 NAMO BAY, CUBA, TO THE UNITED STATES. 

12 No amounts authorized to be appropriated or other13 wise made available to an element of the intelligence com14 munity may be used during the period beginning on the 

15 date of the enactment of this Act and ending on December 

16 31, 2016, to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or 

17 release, to or within the United States, its territories, or 

18 possessions, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other de19 tainee who— 

20 (1) is not a United States citizen or a member 

21 of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

22 (2) is or was held on or after January 20, 

23 2009, at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 

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1 SEC. 602. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT 

2 OR MODIFY FACILITIES IN THE UNITED 

3 STATES TO HOUSE DETAINEES TRANS4 FERRED FROM UNITED STATES NAVAL STA5 TION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—No amounts authorized to be ap7 propriated or otherwise made available to an element of 

8 the intelligence community may be used during the period 

9 beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and 

10 ending on December 31, 2016, to construct or modify any 

11 facility in the United States, its territories, or possessions 

12 to house any individual detained at Guantanamo for the 

13 purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or 

14 under the control of the Department of Defense unless 

15 authorized by Congress. 

16 (b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition in subsection (a) 

17 shall not apply to any modification of facilities at United 

18 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

19 (c) INDIVIDUAL DETAINED AT GUANTANAMO DE20 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘individual detained at 

21 Guantanamo’’ means any individual located at United 

22 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of Octo23 ber 1, 2009, who— 

24 (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 

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2 (A) in the custody or under the control of 

3 the Department of Defense; or 

4 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

5 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

6 SEC. 603. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR TRANSFER 

7 OR RELEASE TO CERTAIN COUNTRIES OF IN8 DIVIDUALS DETAINED AT UNITED STATES 

9 NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA. 

10 No amounts authorized to be appropriated or other11 wise made available to an element of the intelligence com12 munity may be used during the period beginning on the 

13 date of the enactment of this Act and ending on December 

14 31, 2016, to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or 

15 release of any individual detained in the custody or under 

16 the control of the Department of Defense at United States 

17 Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the custody or 

18 control of any country, or any entity within such country, 

19 as follows: 

20 (1) Libya. 

21 (2) Somalia. 

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1 TITLE VII—REPORTS AND 

2 OTHER MATTERS 

3 Subtitle A—Reports 

4 SEC. 701. REPEAL OF CERTAIN REPORTING REQUIRE5 MENTS. 

6 (a) QUADRENNIAL AUDIT OF POSITIONS REQUIRING

7 SECURITY CLEARANCES.—Section 506H of the National 

8 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3104) is amended— 

9 (1) by striking subsection (a); 

10 (2) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 

11 subsections (a) and (b), respectively; and 

12 (3) in subsection (b), as so redesignated, by 

13 striking ‘‘The results required under subsection 

14 (a)(2) and the reports required under subsection 

15 (b)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘The reports required under 

16 subsection (a)(1)’’. 

17 (b) REPORTS ON ROLE OF ANALYSTS AT FBI.—Sec18 tion 2001(g) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism 

19 Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–458; 118 Stat. 

20 3700; 28 U.S.C. 532 note) is amended by striking para21 graph (3) and redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph 

22 (3). 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 102A(u) of the Na2 tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(u)) is 

3 amended— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘(1) The Director’’ and in5 serting ‘‘The Director’’; and 

6 (B) by striking paragraph (2). 

7 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (a) 

8 of section 507 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 3106) is 

9 amended— 

10 (A) by striking paragraph (5); and 

11 (B) by redesignating paragraph (6) as 

12 paragraph (5). 

13 (3) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Subsection 

14 (c)(1) of such section 507 is amended by striking 

15 ‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’. 

16 (d) REPORTS ON NUCLEAR ASPIRATIONS OF NON17 STATE ENTITIES.—Section 1055 of the National Defense 

18 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (50 U.S.C. 2371) 

19 is repealed. 

20 (e) REPORTS ON ESPIONAGE BY PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC

21 OF CHINA.—Section 3151 of the National Defense Au22 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7383e) 

23 is repealed. 

24 (f) REPORTS ON SECURITY VULNERABILITIES OF

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1 the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2659) is re2 pealed. 

3 SEC. 702. REPORTS ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS. 

4 (a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days 

5 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 60 

6 days thereafter, the Director of National Intelligence shall 

7 submit to the congressional intelligence committees a re8 port on foreign fighter flows to and from Syria and to 

9 and from Iraq. The Director shall define the term ‘‘foreign 

10 fighter’’ in such reports. 

11 (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Each report sub12 mitted under subsection (a) shall include each of the fol13 lowing: 

14 (1) The total number of foreign fighters who 

15 have traveled to Syria or Iraq since January 1, 

16 2011, the total number of foreign fighters in Syria 

17 or Iraq as of the date of the submittal of the report, 

18 the total number of foreign fighters whose countries 

19 of origin have a visa waiver program described in 

20 section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

21 (8 U.S.C. 1187), the total number of foreign fight22 ers who have left Syria or Iraq, the total number of 

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1 (2) The total number of United States persons 

2 who have traveled or attempted to travel to Syria or 

3 Iraq since January 1, 2011, the total number of 

4 such persons who have arrived in Syria or Iraq since 

5 such date, and the total number of such persons who 

6 have returned to the United States from Syria or 

7 Iraq since such date. 

8 (3) The total number of foreign fighters in the 

9 Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment and the 

10 status of each such foreign fighter in that database, 

11 the number of such foreign fighters who are on a 

12 watchlist, and the number of such foreign fighters 

13 who are not on a watchlist. 

14 (4) The total number of foreign fighters who 

15 have been processed with biometrics, including face 

16 images, fingerprints, and iris scans. 

17 (5) Any programmatic updates to the foreign 

18 fighter report since the last report was submitted, 

19 including updated analysis on foreign country co20 operation, as well as actions taken, such as denying 

21 or revoking visas. 

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1 (c) ADDITIONAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 

2 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 

3 of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional 

4 intelligence committees a report that includes— 

5 (1) with respect to the travel of foreign fighters 

6 to and from Iraq and Syria, a description of the in7 telligence sharing relationships between the United 

8 States and member states of the European Union 

9 and member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Or10 ganization; and 

11 (2) an analysis of the challenges impeding such 

12 intelligence sharing relationships. 

13 (d) FORM.—The reports submitted under subsections 

14 (a) and (c) may be submitted in classified form. 

15 (e) TERMINATION.—The requirement to submit re16 ports under subsection (a) shall terminate on the date that 

17 is 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

18 SEC. 703. REPORT ON STRATEGY, EFFORTS, AND RE19 SOURCES TO DETECT, DETER, AND DEGRADE 

20 ISLAMIC STATE REVENUE MECHANISMS. 

21 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con22 gress that the intelligence community should dedicate nec23 essary resources to defeating the revenue mechanisms of 

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1 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

2 of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National In3 telligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence 

4 committees a report on the strategy, efforts, and resources 

5 of the intelligence community that are necessary to detect, 

6 deter, and degrade the revenue mechanisms of the Islamic 

7 State. 

8 SEC. 704. REPORT ON UNITED STATES COUNTERTER9 RORISM STRATEGY TO DISRUPT, DISMANTLE, 

10 AND DEFEAT THE ISLAMIC STATE, AL-QA’IDA, 

11 AND THEIR AFFILIATED GROUPS, ASSOCI12 ATED GROUPS, AND ADHERENTS. 

13 (a) REPORT.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

15 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

16 President shall transmit to the appropriate congres17 sional committees a comprehensive report on the 

18 counterterrorism strategy of the United States to 

19 disrupt, dismantle, and defeat the Islamic State, al20 Qa’ida, and their affiliated groups, associated 

21 groups, and adherents. 

22 (2) COORDINATION.—The report under para23 graph (1) shall be prepared in coordination with the 

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1 General, and the Secretary of Defense, and the head 

2 of any other department or agency of the Federal 

3 Government that has responsibility for activities di4 rected at combating the Islamic State, al-Qa’ida, 

5 and their affiliated groups, associated groups, and 

6 adherents. 

7 (3) ELEMENTS.—The report under by para8 graph (1) shall include each of the following: 

9 (A) A definition of— 

10 (i) core al-Qa’ida, including a list of 

11 which known individuals constitute core al12 Qa’ida; 

13 (ii) the Islamic State, including a list 

14 of which known individuals constitute Is15 lamic State leadership; 

16 (iii) an affiliated group of the Islamic 

17 State or al-Qa’ida, including a list of which 

18 known groups constitute an affiliate group 

19 of the Islamic State or al-Qa’ida; 

20 (iv) an associated group of the Islamic 

21 State or al-Qa’ida, including a list of which 

22 known groups constitute an associated 

23 group of the Islamic State or al-Qa’ida; 

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1 known groups constitute an adherent of 

2 the Islamic State or al-Qa’ida; and 

3 (vi) a group aligned with the Islamic 

4 State or al-Qa’ida, including a description 

5 of what actions a group takes or state6 ments it makes that qualify it as a group 

7 aligned with the Islamic State or al-Qa’ida. 

8 (B) An assessment of the relationship be9 tween all identified Islamic State or al-Qa’ida 

10 affiliated groups, associated groups, and adher11 ents with Islamic State leadership or core al12 Qa’ida. 

13 (C) An assessment of the strengthening or 

14 weakening of the Islamic State or al-Qa’ida, its 

15 affiliated groups, associated groups, and adher16 ents, from January 1, 2010, to the present, in17 cluding a description of the metrics that are 

18 used to assess strengthening or weakening and 

19 an assessment of the relative increase or de20 crease in violent attacks attributed to such enti21 ties. 

22 (D) An assessment of whether an indi23 vidual can be a member of core al-Qa’ida if 

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1 (E) An assessment of whether an indi2 vidual can be a member of core al-Qa’ida as 

3 well as a member of an al-Qa’ida affiliated 

4 group, associated group, or adherent. 

5 (F) A definition of defeat of the Islamic 

6 State or core al-Qa’ida. 

7 (G) An assessment of the extent or coordi8 nation, command, and control between the Is9 lamic State or core al-Qa’ida and their affiliated 

10 groups, associated groups, and adherents, spe11 cifically addressing each such entity. 

12 (H) An assessment of the effectiveness of 

13 counterterrorism operations against the Islamic 

14 State or core al-Qa’ida, their affiliated groups, 

15 associated groups, and adherents, and whether 

16 such operations have had a sustained impact on 

17 the capabilities and effectiveness of the Islamic 

18 State or core al-Qa’ida, their affiliated groups, 

19 associated groups, and adherents. 

20 (4) FORM.—The report under paragraph (1) 

21 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in22 clude a classified annex. 

23 (b) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES

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1 (1) The congressional intelligence committees. 

2 (2) The Committees on Armed Services of the 

3 House of Representatives and the Senate. 

4 (3) The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

5 House of Representatives and the Committee on 

6 Foreign Relations of the Senate. 

7 SEC. 705. REPORT ON EFFECTS OF DATA BREACH OF OF8 FICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT. 

9 (a) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date 

10 of the enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit 

11 to the congressional intelligence committees a report on 

12 the data breach of the Office of Personnel Management 

13 disclosed in June 2015. 

14 (b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under sub15 section (a) shall include the following: 

16 (1) The effects, if any, of the data breach on 

17 the operations of the intelligence community abroad, 

18 including the types of operations, if any, that have 

19 been negatively affected or entirely suspended or ter20 minated as a result of the data breach. 

21 (2) An assessment of the effects of the data 

22 breach on each element of the intelligence commu23 nity. 

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1 the data breach (particularly regarding information 

2 included in background investigations for security 

3 clearances), including with respect to— 

4 (A) recruiting intelligence assets; 

5 (B) influencing decisionmaking processes 

6 within the Federal Government, including re7 garding foreign policy decisions; and 

8 (C) compromising employees of the Fed9 eral Government and friends and families of 

10 such employees for the purpose of gaining ac11 cess to sensitive national security and economic 

12 information. 

13 (4) An assessment of which departments or 

14 agencies of the Federal Government use the best 

15 practices to protect sensitive data, including a sum16 mary of any such best practices that were not used 

17 by the Office of Personnel Management. 

18 (5) An assessment of the best practices used by 

19 the departments or agencies identified under para20 graph (4) to identify and fix potential vulnerabilities 

21 in the systems of the department or agency. 

22 (c) BRIEFING.—The Director of National Intelligence 

23 shall provide to the congressional intelligence committees 

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1 cluding a discussion of proposals and options for respond2 ing to cyber attacks. 

3 (d) FORM.—The report under subsection (a) shall be 

4 submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi5 fied annex. 

6 SEC. 706. REPORT ON HIRING OF GRADUATES OF CYBER 

7 CORPS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM BY INTEL8 LIGENCE COMMUNITY. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

10 date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 

11 Intelligence, in coordination with the Director of the Na12 tional Science Foundation, shall submit to the congres13 sional intelligence committees a report on the employment 

14 by the intelligence community of graduates of the Cyber 

15 Corps Scholarship Program. The report shall include the 

16 following: 

17 (1) The number of graduates of the Cyber 

18 Corps Scholarship Program hired by each element of 

19 the intelligence community. 

20 (2) A description of how each element of the in21 telligence community recruits graduates of the Cyber 

22 Corps Scholar Program. 

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1 processing of security clearances for graduates of 

2 the Cyber Corps Scholar Program. 

3 (4) Recommendations by the Director of Na4 tional Intelligence to improve the hiring by the intel5 ligence community of graduates of the Cyber Corps 

6 Scholarship Program, including any recommenda7 tions for legislative action to carry out such improve8 ments. 

9 (b) CYBER CORPS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM DE10 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘Cyber Corps Scholar11 ship Program’’ means the Federal Cyber Scholarship-for12 Service Program under section 302 of the Cybersecurity 

13 Enhancement Act of 2014 (15 U.S.C. 7442). 

14 SEC. 707. REPORT ON USE OF CERTAIN BUSINESS CON15 CERNS. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

17 date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 

18 Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence 

19 committees a report on the representation, as of the date 

20 of the report, of covered business concerns among the con21 tractors that are awarded contracts by elements of the in22 telligence community for goods, equipment, tools, and 

23 services. 

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1 (1) The representation of covered business con2 cerns as described in subsection (a), including such 

3 representation by— 

4 (A) each type of covered business concern; 

5 and 

6 (B) each element of the intelligence com7 munity. 

8 (2) If, as of the date of the enactment of this 

9 Act, the Director does not record and monitor the 

10 statistics required to carry out this section, a de11 scription of the actions taken by the Director to en12 sure that such statistics are recorded and monitored 

13 beginning in fiscal year 2016. 

14 (3) The actions the Director plans to take dur15 ing fiscal year 2016 to enhance the awarding of con16 tracts to covered business concerns by elements of 

17 the intelligence community. 

18 (c) COVERED BUSINESS CONCERNS DEFINED.—In 

19 this section, the term ‘‘covered business concerns’’ means 

20 the following: 

21 (1) Minority-owned businesses. 

22 (2) Women-owned businesses. 

23 (3) Small disadvantaged businesses. 

24 (4) Service-disabled veteran-owned businesses. 

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1 Subtitle B—Other Matters 

2 SEC. 711. USE OF HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT FUNDS IN 

3 CONJUNCTION WITH DEPARTMENT OF EN4 ERGY NATIONAL LABORATORIES. 

5 Section 2008(a) of the Homeland Security Act of 

6 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609(a)) is amended in the matter pre7 ceding paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘including by working 

8 in conjunction with a National Laboratory (as defined in 

9 section 2(3) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 

10 15801(3))),’’ after ‘‘plans,’’. 

11 SEC. 712. INCLUSION OF CERTAIN MINORITY-SERVING IN12 STITUTIONS IN GRANT PROGRAM TO EN13 HANCE RECRUITING OF INTELLIGENCE COM14 MUNITY WORKFORCE. 

15 Section 1024 of the National Security Act of 1947 

16 (50 U.S.C. 3224) is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (c)— 

18 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘histori19 cally black colleges and universities and Pre20 dominantly Black Institutions’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘historically black colleges and universities, 

22 Predominantly Black Institutions, Hispanic23 serving institutions, and Asian American and 

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1 (B) in the subsection heading, by striking 

2 ‘‘HISTORICALLY BLACK’’ and inserting ‘‘CER3 TAIN MINORITY-SERVING’’; and 

4 (2) in subsection (g)— 

5 (A) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 

6 paragraph (7); and 

7 (B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 

8 following new paragraphs (5) and (6): 

9 ‘‘(5) HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTION.—The 

10 term ‘Hispanic-serving institution’ has the meaning 

11 given that term in section 502(a)(5) of the Higher 

12 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)(5)). 

13 ‘‘(6) ASIAN AMERICAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN

14 PACIFIC ISLANDER-SERVING INSTITUTION.—The 

15 term ‘Asian American and Native American Pacific 

16 Islander-serving institution’ has the meaning given 

17 that term in section 320(b)(2) of the Higher Edu18 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059g(b)(2)).’’. 

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