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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5444 

To enhance the authority of the intelligence community to enter into publicprivate talent exchanges, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 5, 2024 

Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. WARNER, Mr. KELLY, and Mr. LANKFORD) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence 

A BILL 

To enhance the authority of the intelligence community to 

enter into public-private talent exchanges, 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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Enable Intelligence 

5 Community Partnerships Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

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1 mittees’’ has the meaning given such term in section 

2 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

3 3003). 

4 (2) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The term 

5 ‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning given 

6 such term in such section. 

7 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS ENCOURAGING INTEL8 LIGENCE COMMUNITY TO INCREASE PRIVATE 

9 SECTOR CAPITAL PARTNERSHIPS AND PART10 NERSHIP WITH FEDERAL PARTNERS TO SE11 CURE ENDURING TECHNOLOGICAL ADVAN12 TAGES. 

13 It is the sense of Congress that— 

14 (1) acquisition leaders in the intelligence com15 munity should further explore the strategic use of 

16 private capital partnerships to secure enduring tech17 nological advantages for the intelligence community, 

18 including through the identification, development, 

19 and transfer of promising technologies to full-scale 

20 programs capable of meeting intelligence community 

21 requirements; and 

22 (2) the intelligence community should under23 take consultation with Federal partners, including 

24 the Office of Strategic Capital of the Office of the 

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1 nance of the Department of the Treasury, on best 

2 practices and lessons learned from their experiences 

3 integrating these resources so as to accelerate at4 tainment of national security objectives. 

5 SEC. 4. ENHANCEMENT OF AUTHORITY FOR INTELLIGENCE 

6 COMMUNITY PUBLIC-PRIVATE TALENT EX7 CHANGES. 

8 (a) FOCUS AREAS.—Subsection (a) of section 5306 

9 of the Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard 

10 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 

11 2019, and 2020 (50 U.S.C. 3334) is amended— 

12 (1) by striking ‘‘Not later than’’ and inserting 

13 the following: 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than’’; and 

15 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(2) FOCUS AREAS.—The Director shall ensure 

17 that the policies, processes, and procedures devel18 oped pursuant to paragraph (1) require exchanges 

19 under this section relate to intelligence or counter20 intelligence with a focus on rotations described in 

21 such paragraph with private-sector organizations in 

22 the following fields: 

23 ‘‘(A) Finance. 

24 ‘‘(B) Acquisition. 

25 ‘‘(C) Biotechnology. 


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1 ‘‘(D) Computing. 

2 ‘‘(E) Artificial intelligence. 

3 ‘‘(F) Business process innovation and en4 trepreneurship. 

5 ‘‘(G) Cybersecurity. 

6 ‘‘(H) Materials and manufacturing. 

7 ‘‘(I) Any other technology or research field 

8 the Director determines relevant to meet evolv9 ing national security threats in technology sec10 tors.’’. 

11 (b) DURATION OF TEMPORARY DETAILS.—Sub12 section (e) of section 5306 of the Damon Paul Nelson and 

13 Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for 

14 Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020 (50 U.S.C. 3334) is 

15 amended— 

16 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘3 years’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘5 years’’; and 

18 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘3 years’’ and 

19 inserting ‘‘5 years’’. 

20 (c) TREATMENT OF PRIVATE-SECTOR EMPLOY21 EES.—Subsection (g) of such section is amended— 

22 (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 

23 inserting a semicolon; 

24 (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at 

25 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 


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1 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(7) shall not have access to any trade secrets 

3 or proprietary information which is of commercial 

4 value or competitive advantage to the private-sector 

5 organization from which such employee is detailed.’’. 

6 (d) ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.— 

7 Such section is amended— 

8 (1) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection 

9 (j); and 

10 (2) by inserting after subsection (h) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(i) ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A private-sector organiza14 tion that temporarily details a member of its work15 force to an element of the intelligence community or 

16 that accepts the temporary detail of a member of the 

17 intelligence community shall not be considered to 

18 have an organizational conflict of interest with the 

19 element of the intelligence community solely because 

20 of participation in the program established under 

21 this section. 

22 ‘‘(2) IDENTIFICATION OF CONFLICTS OF INTER23 EST.—If the identification of an organizational con24 flict of interest arises based on the particular facts 

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1 gram established under this section and the nature 

2 of any contract, then the heads of intelligence com3 munity elements shall implement a system to avoid, 

4 neutralize, or mitigate any such organizational con5 flicts of interest.’’. 

6 (e) ANNUAL REPORTS.— 

7 (1) DEFINITION OF APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES

8 OF CONGRESS.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appro9 priate committees of Congress’’ means— 

10 (A) the congressional intelligence commit11 tees; 

12 (B) the Committee on Appropriations of 

13 the Senate; and 

14 (C) the Committee on Appropriations of 

15 the House of Representatives. 

16 (2) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

17 the date of the enactment of this Act and annually 

18 thereafter for 2 more years, the Director of National 

19 Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate commit20 tees of Congress an annual report on— 

21 (A) the implementation of the policies, 

22 processes, and procedures developed pursuant 

23 to subsection (a) of such section 5306 (50 

24 U.S.C. 3334) and the administration of such 

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1 (B) how the heads of the elements of the 

2 intelligence community are using or plan to use 

3 the authorities provided under such section; and 

4 (C) recommendations for legislative or ad5 ministrative action to increase use of the au6 thorities provided under such section. 

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