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Calendar No. 412 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4443 

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Intelligence Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence 

Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 3, 2024 

Mr. WARNER, from the Select Committee on Intelligence, reported the 

following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United 

States Government, the Intelligence 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 2025’’. 


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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. 

TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES 

Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 102. Classified Schedule of Authorizations. 

Sec. 103. Intelligence Community Management Account. 

Sec. 104. Increase in employee compensation and benefits authorized by law. 

TITLE II—CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND 

DISABILITY SYSTEM 

Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE III—INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MATTERS 

Sec. 301. Improvements relating to conflicts of interest in the Intelligence Innovation Board. 

Sec. 302. National Threat Identification and Prioritization Assessment and National Counterintelligence Strategy. 

Sec. 303. Open Source Intelligence Division of Office of Intelligence and Analysis personnel. 

Sec. 304. Appointment of Director of the Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence. 

Sec. 305. Improvements to advisory board of National Reconnaissance Office. 

Sec. 306. National Intelligence University acceptance of grants. 

Sec. 307. Protection of Central Intelligence Agency facilities and assets from 

unmanned aircraft. 

Sec. 308. Limitation on availability of funds for new controlled access programs. 

Sec. 309. Limitation on transfers from controlled access programs. 

Sec. 310. Expenditure of funds for certain intelligence and counterintelligence 

activities of the Coast Guard. 

Sec. 311. Unauthorized access to intelligence community property. 

Sec. 312. Strengthening of Office of Intelligence and Analysis. 

Sec. 313. Report on sensitive commercially available information. 

Sec. 314. Policy on collection of United States location information. 

Sec. 315. Display of flags, seals, and emblems other than the United States 

flag. 

TITLE IV—COUNTERING FOREIGN THREATS 

Subtitle A—People’s Republic of China 

Sec. 401. Strategy and outreach on risks posed by People’s Republic of China 

smartport technology. 

Sec. 402. Assessment of current status of biotechnology of People’s Republic of 

China. 

Sec. 403. Intelligence sharing with law enforcement agencies on synthetic opioid 

precursor chemicals originating in People’s Republic of China. 

Sec. 404. Report on efforts of the People’s Republic of China to evade United 

States transparency and national security regulations. 


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Sec. 405. Plan for recruitment of Mandarin speakers. 

Subtitle B—The Russian Federation 

Sec. 411. Assessment of Russian Federation sponsorship of acts of international terrorism. 

Sec. 412. Assessment of likely course of war in Ukraine. 

Subtitle C—International Terrorism 

Sec. 421. Inclusion of Hamas, Hezbollah, Al-Qaeda, and ISIS officials and 

members among aliens engaged in terrorist activity. 

Sec. 422. Assessment and report on the threat of ISIS-Khorasan to the United 

States. 

Sec. 423. Terrorist financing prevention. 

Subtitle D—Other Foreign Threats 

Sec. 431. Assessment of visa-free travel to and within Western Hemisphere by 

nationals of countries of concern. 

Sec. 432. Study on threat posed by foreign investment in United States agricultural land. 

Sec. 433. Assessment of threat posed by citizenship-by-investment programs. 

Sec. 434. Mitigating the use of United States components and technology in 

hostile activities by foreign adversaries. 

Sec. 435. Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence review of visitors and 

assignees. 

Sec. 436. Prohibition on National Laboratories admitting certain foreign nationals. 

Sec. 437. Quarterly report on certain foreign nationals encountered at the 

United States border. 

Sec. 438. Assessment of the lessons learned by the intelligence community with 

respect to the Israel-Hamas war. 

Sec. 439. Central Intelligence Agency intelligence assessment on Tren de 

Aragua. 

Sec. 440. Assessment of Maduro regime’s economic and security relationships 

with state sponsors of terrorism and foreign terrorist organizations. 

Sec. 441. Continued congressional oversight of Iranian expenditures supporting 

foreign military and terrorist activities. 

TITLE V—EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES 

Sec. 501. Strategy to counter foreign adversary efforts to utilize biotechnologies 

in ways that threaten United States national security. 

Sec. 502. Improvements to the roles, missions, and objectives of the National 

Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center. 

Sec. 503. Enhancing capabilities to detect foreign adversary threats relating to 

biological data. 

Sec. 504. National security procedures to address certain risks and threats relating to artificial intelligence. 

Sec. 505. Establishment of Artificial Intelligence Security Center. 

Sec. 506. Sense of Congress encouraging intelligence community to increase 

private sector capital partnerships and partnership with Office 

of Strategic Capital of Department of Defense to secure enduring technological advantages. 

Sec. 507. Intelligence Community Technology Bridge Fund. 


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Sec. 508. Enhancement of authority for intelligence community public-private 

talent exchanges. 

Sec. 509. Enhancing intelligence community ability to acquire emerging technology that fulfills intelligence community needs. 

Sec. 510. Management of artificial intelligence security risks. 

Sec. 511. Protection of technological measures designed to verify authenticity 

or provenance of machine-manipulated media. 

Sec. 512. Sense of Congress on hostile foreign cyber actors. 

Sec. 513. Designation of state sponsors of ransomware and reporting requirements. 

Sec. 514. Deeming ransomware threats to critical infrastructure a national intelligence priority. 

TITLE VI—CLASSIFICATION REFORM 

Sec. 601. Governance of classification and declassification system. 

Sec. 602. Classification and declassification of information. 

Sec. 603. Minimum standards for Executive agency insider threat programs. 

TITLE VII—SECURITY CLEARANCES AND INTELLIGENCE 

COMMUNITY WORKFORCE IMPROVEMENTS 

Sec. 701. Security clearances held by certain former employees of intelligence 

community. 

Sec. 702. Policy for authorizing intelligence community program of contractorowned and contractor-operated sensitive compartmented information facilities. 

Sec. 703. Enabling intelligence community integration. 

Sec. 704. Appointment of spouses of certain Federal employees. 

Sec. 705. Plan for staffing the intelligence collection positions of the Central 

Intelligence Agency. 

Sec. 706. Intelligence community workplace protections. 

Sec. 707. Sense of Congress on Government personnel support for foreign terrorist organizations. 

TITLE VIII—WHISTLEBLOWERS 

Sec. 801. Improvements regarding urgent concerns submitted to Inspectors 

General of the intelligence community. 

Sec. 802. Prohibition against disclosure of whistleblower identity as act of reprisal. 

Sec. 803. Protection for individuals making authorized disclosures to Inspectors 

General of elements of the intelligence community. 

Sec. 804. Clarification of authority of certain Inspectors General to receive protected disclosures. 

Sec. 805. Whistleblower protections relating to psychiatric testing or examination. 

Sec. 806. Establishing process parity for adverse security clearance and access 

determinations. 

Sec. 807. Elimination of cap on compensatory damages for retaliatory revocation of security clearances and access determinations. 

TITLE IX—ANOMALOUS HEALTH INCIDENTS 

Sec. 901. Additional discretion for Director of Central Intelligence Agency in 

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Sec. 902. Additional discretion for Secretary of State and heads of other Federal agencies in paying costs of treating qualifying injuries and 

making payments for qualifying injuries to the brain. 

Sec. 903. Improved funding flexibility for payments made by Department of 

State for qualifying injuries to the brain. 

TITLE X—UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA 

Sec. 1001. Comptroller General of the United States review of All-domain 

Anomaly Resolution Office. 

Sec. 1002. Sunset of requirements relating to audits of unidentified anomalous 

phenomena historical record report. 

Sec. 1003. Funding limitations relating to unidentified anomalous phenomena. 

TITLE XI—AIR AMERICA 

Sec. 1101. Short title. 

Sec. 1102. Findings. 

Sec. 1103. Definitions. 

Sec. 1104. Award authorized to eligible persons. 

Sec. 1105. Funding limitation. 

Sec. 1106. Time limitation. 

Sec. 1107. Application procedures. 

Sec. 1108. Rule of construction. 

Sec. 1109. Attorneys’ and agents’ fees. 

Sec. 1110. No judicial review. 

Sec. 1111. Reports to Congress. 

TITLE XII—OTHER MATTERS 

Sec. 1201. Enhanced authorities for amicus curiae under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978. 

Sec. 1202. Limitation on directives under Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 

of 1978 relating to certain electronic communication service 

providers. 

Sec. 1203. Strengthening Election Cybersecurity to Uphold Respect for Elections through Independent Testing Act of 2024. 

Sec. 1204. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board qualifications. 

Sec. 1205. Parity in pay for staff of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight 

Board and the intelligence community. 

Sec. 1206. Modification and repeal of reporting requirements. 

Sec. 1207. Technical amendments. 

1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE COMMIT4 TEES.—The term ‘‘congressional intelligence com5 mittees’’ has the meaning given such term in section 


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1 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

2 3003). 

3 (2) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The term 

4 ‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning given 

5 such term in such section. 

6 TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE 

7 ACTIVITIES 

8 SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

9 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

10 fiscal year 2025 for the conduct of the intelligence and 

11 intelligence-related activities of the Federal Government. 

12 SEC. 102. CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AUTHORIZATIONS. 

13 (a) SPECIFICATIONS OF AMOUNTS.—The amounts 

14 authorized to be appropriated under section 101 for the 

15 conduct of the intelligence activities of the Federal Gov16 ernment are those specified in the classified Schedule of 

17 Authorizations prepared to accompany this Act. 

18 (b) AVAILABILITY OF CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AU19 THORIZATIONS.— 

20 (1) AVAILABILITY.—The classified Schedule of 

21 Authorizations referred to in subsection (a) shall be 

22 made available to the Committee on Appropriations 

23 of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of 

24 the House of Representatives, and to the President. 


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1 (2) DISTRIBUTION BY THE PRESIDENT.—Sub2 ject to paragraph (3), the President shall provide for 

3 suitable distribution of the classified Schedule of Au4 thorizations referred to in subsection (a), or of ap5 propriate portions of such Schedule, within the exec6 utive branch of the Federal Government. 

7 (3) LIMITS ON DISCLOSURE.—The President 

8 shall not publicly disclose the classified Schedule of 

9 Authorizations or any portion of such Schedule ex10 cept— 

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

12 Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 

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

14 (B) to the extent necessary to implement 

15 the budget; or 

16 (C) as otherwise required by law. 

17 SEC. 103. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT AC18 COUNT. 

19 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

20 authorized to be appropriated for the Intelligence Commu21 nity Management Account of the Director of National In22 telligence for fiscal year 2025 the sum of $656,573,000. 

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1 count by subsection (a), there are authorized to be appro2 priated for the Intelligence Community Management Ac3 count for fiscal year 2025 such additional amounts as are 

4 specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations re5 ferred to in section 102(a). 

6 SEC. 104. INCREASE IN EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND 

7 BENEFITS AUTHORIZED BY LAW. 

8 Appropriations authorized by this Act for salary, pay, 

9 retirement, and other benefits for Federal employees may 

10 be increased by such additional or supplemental amounts 

11 as may be necessary for increases in such compensation 

12 or benefits authorized by law. 

13 TITLE II—CENTRAL INTEL14 LIGENCE AGENCY RETIRE15 MENT AND DISABILITY SYS16 TEM 

17 SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

18 There is authorized to be appropriated for the Cen19 tral Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund 

20 $514,000,000 for fiscal year 2025. 


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1 TITLE III—INTELLIGENCE 

2 COMMUNITY MATTERS 

3 SEC. 301. IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF IN4 TEREST IN THE INTELLIGENCE INNOVATION 

5 BOARD. 

6 Section 7506(g) of the Intelligence Authorization Act 

7 for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31) is amended— 

8 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

9 (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘ac10 tive and’’ before ‘‘potential’’; 

11 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘the 

12 Inspector General of the Intelligence Commu13 nity’’ and inserting ‘‘the designated agency eth14 ics official’’; 

15 (C) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 

16 subparagraph (D); and 

17 (D) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 

18 the following: 

19 ‘‘(C) Authority for the designated agency 

20 ethics official to grant a waiver for a conflict of 

21 interest, except that— 

22 ‘‘(i) no waiver may be granted for an 

23 active conflict of interest identified with re24 spect to the Chair of the Board; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) every waiver for a potential con2 flict of interest requires review and ap3 proval by the Director of National Intel4 ligence; and 

5 ‘‘(iii) for every waiver granted, the 

6 designated agency ethics official shall sub7 mit to the congressional intelligence com8 mittees notice of the waiver.’’; and 

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

10 ‘‘(3) DEFINITION OF DESIGNATED AGENCY

11 ETHICS OFFICIAL.—In this subsection, the term 

12 ‘designated agency ethics official’ means the des13 ignated agency ethics official (as defined in section 

14 13101 of title 5, United States Code) in the Office 

15 of the Director of National Intelligence.’’. 

16 SEC. 302. NATIONAL THREAT IDENTIFICATION AND 

17 PRIORITIZATION ASSESSMENT AND NA18 TIONAL COUNTERINTELLIGENCE STRATEGY. 

19 Section 904(f)(3) of the Counterintelligence En20 hancement Act of 2002 (50 U.S.C. 3383(f)(3)) is amend21 ed by striking ‘‘National Counterintelligence Executive’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘Director of the National Counterintel23 ligence and Security Center’’. 


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1 SEC. 303. OPEN SOURCE INTELLIGENCE DIVISION OF OF2 FICE OF INTELLIGENCE AND ANALYSIS PER3 SONNEL. 

4 None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by 

5 this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2025 

6 for the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Depart7 ment of Homeland Security may be obligated or expended 

8 by the Office to increase, above the staffing level in effect 

9 on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, 

10 the number of personnel assigned to the Open Source In11 telligence Division who work exclusively or predominantly 

12 on domestic terrorism issues. 

13 SEC. 304. APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF 

14 INTELLIGENCE AND COUNTERINTEL15 LIGENCE. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 215(c) of the Department 

17 of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7144b(c)) is 

18 amended to read as follows: 

19 ‘‘(c) DIRECTOR.— 

20 ‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT.—The head of the Office 

21 shall be the Director of the Office of Intelligence and 

22 Counterintelligence, who shall be appointed by the 

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

24 Senate. The Director of the Office shall report di25 rectly to the Secretary. 

26 ‘‘(2) TERM.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall 

2 serve for a term of 6 years. 

3 ‘‘(B) REAPPOINTMENT.—The Director 

4 shall be eligible for reappointment for 1 or more 

5 terms. 

6 ‘‘(3) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Director shall— 

7 ‘‘(A) be an employee in the Senior Execu8 tive Service, the Senior Intelligence Service, the 

9 Senior National Intelligence Service, or any 

10 other Service that the Secretary, in coordina11 tion with the Director of National Intelligence, 

12 considers appropriate; and 

13 ‘‘(B) have substantial expertise in matters 

14 relating to the intelligence community, includ15 ing foreign intelligence and counterintel16 ligence.’’. 

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

18 this section shall take effect on January 21, 2025. 

19 SEC. 305. IMPROVEMENTS TO ADVISORY BOARD OF NA20 TIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE. 

21 Section 106A(d) of the National Security Act of 1947 

22 (50 U.S.C. 3041a(d)) is amended— 

23 (1) in paragraph (3)(A)— 

24 (A) in clause (i)— 


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1 (i) by striking ‘‘five members ap2 pointed by the Director, in consultation 

3 with the Director of National Intelligence 

4 and the Secretary of Defense,’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘up to 8 members appointed by the 

6 Director’’; and 

7 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, and who do not 

8 present any actual or potential conflict of 

9 interest’’ before the period at the end; 

10 (B) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause 

11 (iii); and 

12 (C) by inserting after clause (i) the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(ii) MEMBERSHIP STRUCTURE.—The 

15 Director shall ensure that no more than 2 

16 concurrently serving members of the Board 

17 qualify for membership on the Board based 

18 predominantly on a single qualification set 

19 forth under clause (i).’’; 

20 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through 

21 (7) as paragraphs (6) through (8), respectively; 

22 (3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol23 lowing: 

24 ‘‘(5) CHARTER.—The Director shall establish a 

25 charter for the Board that includes the following: 


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1 ‘‘(A) Mandatory processes for identifying 

2 potential conflicts of interest, including the sub3 mission of initial and periodic financial disclo4 sures by Board members. 

5 ‘‘(B) The vetting of potential conflicts of 

6 interest by the designated agency ethics official, 

7 except that no individual waiver may be granted 

8 for a conflict of interest identified with respect 

9 to the Chair of the Board. 

10 ‘‘(C) The establishment of a process and 

11 associated protections for any whistleblower al12 leging a violation of applicable conflict of inter13 est law, Federal contracting law, or other provi14 sion of law.’’; and 

15 (4) in paragraph (8), as redesignated by para16 graph (2), by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and in17 serting ‘‘August 31, 2027’’. 

18 SEC. 306. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE UNIVERSITY ACCEPT19 ANCE OF GRANTS. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle D of title X of the Na21 tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3227 et seq.) is 

22 amended by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘§ 1035. National Intelligence University acceptance 

2 of grants 

3 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The Director of National Intel4 ligence may authorize the President of the National Intel5 ligence University to accept qualifying research grants. 

6 ‘‘(b) QUALIFYING GRANTS.—A qualifying research 

7 grant under this section is a grant that is awarded on a 

8 competitive basis by an entity referred to in subsection (c) 

9 for a research project with a scientific, literary, or edu10 cational purpose. 

11 ‘‘(c) ENTITIES FROM WHICH GRANTS MAY BE AC12 CEPTED.—A qualifying research grant may be accepted 

13 under this section only from a Federal agency or from a 

14 corporation, fund, foundation, educational institution, or 

15 similar entity that is organized and operated primarily for 

16 scientific, literary, or educational purposes. 

17 ‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATION OF GRANT FUNDS.— 

18 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNT.—The Di19 rector shall establish an account for administering 

20 funds received as qualifying research grants under 

21 this section. 

22 ‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—The President of the 

23 University shall use the funds in the account estab24 lished pursuant to paragraph (1) in accordance with 

25 applicable provisions of the regulations and the 

26 terms and conditions of the grants received. 


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1 ‘‘(e) RELATED EXPENSES.—Subject to such limita2 tions as may be provided in appropriations Acts, appro3 priations available for the National Intelligence University 

4 may be used to pay expenses incurred by the University 

5 in applying for, and otherwise pursuing, the award of 

6 qualifying research grants. 

7 ‘‘(f) REGULATIONS.—The Director of National Intel8 ligence shall prescribe regulations for the administration 

9 of this section.’’. 

10 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

11 preceding section 2 of such Act is amended by inserting 

12 after the item relating to section 1034 the following new 

13 item: 

‘‘Sec. 1035. National Intelligence University acceptance of grants.’’. 

14 SEC. 307. PROTECTION OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGEN15 CY FACILITIES AND ASSETS FROM UN16 MANNED AIRCRAFT. 

17 The Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 

18 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 

19 15 the following new section (and conforming the table 

20 of contents at the beginning of such Act accordingly): 

21 ‘‘SEC. 15A. PROTECTION OF CERTAIN FACILITIES AND AS22 SETS FROM UNMANNED AIRCRAFT. 

23 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

24 ‘‘(1) BUDGET.—The term ‘budget’, with respect 

25 to a fiscal year, means the budget for that fiscal 


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1 year that is submitted to Congress by the President 

2 under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 

3 Code. 

4 ‘‘(2) CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE COMMIT5 TEES.—The term ‘congressional intelligence commit6 tees’ means— 

7 ‘‘(A) the Select Committee on Intelligence 

8 of the Senate; 

9 ‘‘(B) the Permanent Select Committee on 

10 Intelligence of the House of Representatives; 

11 ‘‘(C) the Subcommittee on Defense of the 

12 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(D) the Subcommittee on Defense of the 

15 Committee on Appropriations of the House of 

16 Representatives. 

17 ‘‘(3) CONGRESSIONAL JUDICIARY COMMIT18 TEES.—The term ‘congressional judiciary commit19 tees’ means— 

20 ‘‘(A) the Committee on the Judiciary of 

21 the Senate; and 

22 ‘‘(B) the Committee on the Judiciary of 

23 the House of Representatives. 

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1 gressional transportation and infrastructure commit2 tees’ means— 

3 ‘‘(A) the Committee on Commerce, 

4 Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and 

5 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Transportation 

6 and Infrastructure of the House of Representa7 tives. 

8 ‘‘(5) COVERED FACILITY OR ASSET.—The term 

9 ‘covered facility or asset’ means property owned, 

10 leased, or controlled by the Agency, property con11 trolled and occupied by the Federal Highway Admin12 istration, located immediately adjacent to the head13 quarters compound of the Agency, and property 

14 owned, leased, or controlled by the Office of the Di15 rector of National Intelligence where the property— 

16 ‘‘(A) is identified as high-risk and a poten17 tial target for unlawful unmanned aircraft ac18 tivity by the Director, in coordination with the 

19 Secretary of Transportation, with respect to po20 tentially impacted airspace, through a risk21 based assessment for purposes of this section; 

22 ‘‘(B) is located in the United States and 

23 beneath airspace that is prohibited or restricted 

24 by the Federal Aviation Administration; 


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1 ‘‘(C) is a property of which Congress has 

2 been notified is covered under this paragraph; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(D) directly relates to one or more func5 tions authorized to be performed by the Agency, 

6 pursuant to the National Security Act of 1947 

7 (50 U.S.C. 3001) or this Act. 

8 ‘‘(6) ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION.—The term 

9 ‘electronic communication’ has the meaning given 

10 such term in section 2510 of title 18, United States 

11 Code. 

12 ‘‘(7) INTERCEPT.—The term ‘intercept’ has the 

13 meaning given such term in section 2510 of title 18, 

14 United States Code. 

15 ‘‘(8) ORAL COMMUNICATION.—The term ‘oral 

16 communication’ has the meaning given such term in 

17 section 2510 of title 18, United States Code. 

18 ‘‘(9) RADIO COMMUNICATION.—The term ‘radio 

19 communication’ has the meaning given that term in 

20 section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 

21 U.S.C. 153). 

22 ‘‘(10) RISK-BASED ASSESSMENT.—The term 

23 ‘risk-based assessment’ includes an evaluation of 

24 threat information specific to a covered facility or 

25 asset and, with respect to potential impacts on the 


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1 safety and efficiency of the National Airspace Sys2 tem and the needs of national security at each cov3 ered facility or asset identified by the Director, an 

4 evaluation of each of the following factors: 

5 ‘‘(A) Potential impacts to safety, efficiency, 

6 and use of the National Airspace System, in7 cluding potential effects on manned aircraft and 

8 unmanned aircraft systems, aviation safety, air9 port operations, infrastructure, and air naviga10 tion services relating to the use of any system 

11 or technology for carrying out the actions de12 scribed in subsection (c)(1). 

13 ‘‘(B) Options for mitigating any identified 

14 impacts to the National Airspace System relat15 ing to the use of any system or technology, in16 cluding minimizing when possible the use of any 

17 system or technology that disrupts the trans18 mission of radio or electronic signals, for car19 rying out the actions described in subsection 

20 (c)(1). 

21 ‘‘(C) Potential consequences of the effects 

22 of any actions taken under subsection (c)(1) to 

23 the National Airspace System and infrastruc24 ture if not mitigated. 


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1 ‘‘(D) The ability to provide reasonable ad2 vance notice to aircraft operators consistent 

3 with the safety of the National Airspace System 

4 and the needs of national security. 

5 ‘‘(E) The setting and character of any cov6 ered facility or asset, including whether it is lo7 cated in a populated area or near other struc8 tures, and any potential for interference with 

9 wireless communications or for injury or dam10 age to persons or property. 

11 ‘‘(F) Potential consequences to national se12 curity if threats posed by unmanned aircraft 

13 systems or unmanned aircraft are not mitigated 

14 or defeated. 

15 ‘‘(11) UNITED STATES.—The term ‘United 

16 States’ has the meaning given that term in section 

17 5 of title 18, United States Code. 

18 ‘‘(12) UNMANNED AIRCRAFT; UNMANNED AIR19 CRAFT SYSTEM.—The terms ‘unmanned aircraft’ 

20 and ‘unmanned aircraft system’ have the meanings 

21 given those terms in section 44801 of title 49, 

22 United States Code. 

23 ‘‘(13) WIRE COMMUNICATION.—The term ‘wire 

24 communication’ has the meaning given such term in 

25 section 2510 of title 18, United States Code. 


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1 ‘‘(b) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding section 46502 of 

2 title 49, United States Code, or sections 32, 1030, and 

3 1367 and chapters 119 and 206 of title 18, United States 

4 Code, or section 705 of the Communications Act of 1934 

5 (47 U.S.C. 605), the Director may take, and may author6 ize Agency personnel with assigned duties that include the 

7 security or protection of people, facilities, or assets within 

8 the United States to take— 

9 ‘‘(1) such actions described in subsection (c)(1) 

10 that are necessary to mitigate a credible threat (as 

11 defined by the Director, in consultation with the 

12 Secretary of Transportation) that an unmanned air13 craft system or unmanned aircraft poses to the safe14 ty or security of a covered facility or asset; and 

15 ‘‘(2) such actions described in subsection (c)(3). 

16 ‘‘(c) ACTIONS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) ACTIONS DESCRIBED.—The actions de18 scribed in this paragraph are the following: 

19 ‘‘(A) During the operation of the un20 manned aircraft system, detect, identify, mon21 itor, and track the unmanned aircraft system or 

22 unmanned aircraft, without prior consent, in23 cluding by means of intercept or other access of 

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1 the unmanned aircraft system or unmanned air2 craft. 

3 ‘‘(B) Warn the operator of the unmanned 

4 aircraft system or unmanned aircraft, including 

5 by passive or active and by direct or indirect 

6 physical, electronic, radio, or electromagnetic 

7 means. 

8 ‘‘(C) Disrupt control of the unmanned air9 craft system or unmanned aircraft, without 

10 prior consent, including by disabling the un11 manned aircraft system or unmanned aircraft 

12 by intercepting, interfering, or causing inter13 ference with wire, oral, electronic, or radio com14 munications used to control the unmanned air15 craft system or unmanned aircraft. 

16 ‘‘(D) Seize or exercise control over the un17 manned aircraft system or unmanned aircraft. 

18 ‘‘(E) Seize or otherwise confiscate the un19 manned aircraft system or unmanned aircraft. 

20 ‘‘(F) Use reasonable force, if necessary, to 

21 seize or otherwise disable, damage, or destroy 

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1 ‘‘(2) COORDINATION.—The Director shall de2 velop the actions described in paragraph (1) in co3 ordination with the Secretary of Transportation. 

4 ‘‘(3) RESEARCH, TESTING, TRAINING, AND

5 EVALUATION.— 

6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall 

7 conduct research, testing, training on, and eval8 uation of any equipment, including any elec9 tronic equipment, to determine the capability 

10 and utility of the equipment prior to the use of 

11 the equipment for any action described in para12 graph (1). 

13 ‘‘(B) PERSONNEL.—Personnel and con14 tractors who do not have assigned duties that 

15 include the security or protection of people, fa16 cilities, or assets may engage in research, test17 ing, training, and evaluation activities pursuant 

18 to subparagraph (A). 

19 ‘‘(4) FAA COORDINATION.—The Director shall 

20 coordinate with the Administrator of the Federal 

21 Aviation Administration on any action described in 

22 paragraph (1) or (3) so the Administrator may en23 sure that unmanned aircraft system detection and 

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1 traffic services, or the safe and efficient operation of 

2 the National Airspace System. 

3 ‘‘(d) FORFEITURE.—Any unmanned aircraft system 

4 or unmanned aircraft that is seized pursuant to subsection 

5 (b) as described in subsection (c)(1) is subject to forfeiture 

6 to the United States. 

7 ‘‘(e) REGULATIONS AND GUIDANCE.— 

8 ‘‘(1) ISSUANCE.—The Director and the Sec9 retary of Transportation may each prescribe regula10 tions, and shall each issue guidance, to carry out 

11 this section. 

12 ‘‘(2) COORDINATION.— 

13 ‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT.—The Director shall 

14 coordinate the development of guidance under 

15 paragraph (1) with the Secretary of Transpor16 tation. 

17 ‘‘(B) AVIATION SAFETY.—The Director 

18 shall coordinate with the Secretary of Transpor19 tation and the Administrator of the Federal 

20 Aviation Administration before issuing any 

21 guidance, or otherwise implementing this sec22 tion, so the Administrator may ensure that un23 manned aircraft system detection and mitiga24 tion systems do not adversely affect or interfere 

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1 traffic services, or the safe and efficient oper2 ation of the National Airspace System. 

3 ‘‘(f) PRIVACY PROTECTION.—The regulations pre4 scribed or guidance issued under subsection (e) shall en5 sure that— 

6 ‘‘(1) the interception or acquisition of, or access 

7 to, or maintenance or use of, communications to or 

8 from an unmanned aircraft system or unmanned air9 craft under this section is conducted in a manner 

10 consistent with the First and Fourth Amendments 

11 to the Constitution of the United States and applica12 ble provisions of Federal law; 

13 ‘‘(2) communications to or from an unmanned 

14 aircraft system or unmanned aircraft are intercepted 

15 or acquired only to the extent necessary to support 

16 an action described in subsection (c); 

17 ‘‘(3) records of such communications are main18 tained only for as long as necessary, and in no event 

19 for more than 180 days, unless the Director deter20 mines that maintenance of such records for a longer 

21 period is necessary for the investigation or prosecu22 tion of a violation of law, to fulfill a duty, responsi23 bility, or function of the Agency, is required under 

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1 ‘‘(4) such communications are not disclosed 

2 outside the Agency unless the disclosure— 

3 ‘‘(A) is necessary to investigate or pros4 ecute a violation of law; 

5 ‘‘(B) would support the Agency, the De6 partment of Defense, a Federal law enforce7 ment, intelligence, or security agency, a State, 

8 local, Tribal, or territorial law enforcement 

9 agency, or other relevant person or entity if 

10 such entity or person is engaged in a security 

11 or protection operation; 

12 ‘‘(C) is necessary to support a department 

13 or agency listed in subparagraph (B) in inves14 tigating or prosecuting a violation of law; 

15 ‘‘(D) would support the enforcement activi16 ties of a regulatory agency of the Federal Gov17 ernment in connection with a criminal or civil 

18 investigation of, or any regulatory, statutory, or 

19 other enforcement action relating to, an action 

20 described in subsection (b); 

21 ‘‘(E) is necessary to protect against dan22 gerous or unauthorized activity by unmanned 

23 aircraft systems or unmanned aircraft; 

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1 ‘‘(G) is otherwise required by law. 

2 ‘‘(g) BUDGET.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall submit 

4 to the congressional intelligence committees, as a 

5 part of the budget request of the Agency for each 

6 fiscal year after fiscal year 2025, a consolidated 

7 funding display that identifies the funding source for 

8 the actions described in subsection (c)(1) within the 

9 Agency. 

10 ‘‘(2) FORM.—Each funding display submitted 

11 pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be in unclassified 

12 form, but may contain a classified annex. 

13 ‘‘(h) SEMIANNUAL BRIEFINGS AND NOTIFICA14 TIONS.— 

15 ‘‘(1) BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 180 days 

16 after the date of the enactment of the Intelligence 

17 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 and semi18 annually thereafter, the Director shall provide the 

19 congressional intelligence committees, the congres20 sional judiciary committees, and the congressional 

21 transportation and infrastructure committees a 

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1 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT.—Each briefing under 

2 paragraph (1) shall be conducted jointly with the 

3 Secretary of Transportation. 

4 ‘‘(3) CONTENTS.—Each briefing under para5 graph (1) shall include, for the period covered by the 

6 briefing, the following: 

7 ‘‘(A) Policies, programs, and procedures to 

8 mitigate or eliminate the effects of the activities 

9 described in paragraph (1) to the National Air10 space System and other critical national trans11 portation infrastructure. 

12 ‘‘(B) A description of instances in which 

13 actions described in subsection (c)(1) have been 

14 taken, including all such instances that may 

15 have resulted in harm, damage, or loss to a per16 son or to private property. 

17 ‘‘(C) A description of the guidance, poli18 cies, or procedures established to address pri19 vacy, civil rights, and civil liberties issues af20 fected by the actions allowed under this section, 

21 as well as any changes or subsequent efforts 

22 that would significantly affect privacy, civil 

23 rights, or civil liberties. 

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1 fects on the National Airspace System relating 

2 to the use of any system or technology, includ3 ing the minimization of the use of any tech4 nology that disrupts the transmission of radio 

5 or electronic signals, for carrying out the ac6 tions described in subsection (c)(1). 

7 ‘‘(E) A description of instances in which 

8 communications intercepted or acquired during 

9 the course of operations of an unmanned air10 craft system or unmanned aircraft were main11 tained for more than 180 days or disclosed out12 side the Agency. 

13 ‘‘(F) How the Director and the Secretary 

14 of Transportation have informed the public as 

15 to the possible use of authorities under this sec16 tion. 

17 ‘‘(G) How the Director and the Secretary 

18 of Transportation have engaged with Federal, 

19 State, local, territorial, or Tribal law enforce20 ment agencies to implement and use such au21 thorities. 

22 ‘‘(H) An assessment of whether any gaps 

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1 cious use of unmanned aircraft systems and un2 manned aircraft and any recommendations to 

3 remedy such gaps or insufficiencies. 

4 ‘‘(4) FORM.—Each briefing under paragraph 

5 (1) shall be in unclassified form, but may be accom6 panied by an additional classified report. 

7 ‘‘(5) NOTIFICATION.— 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Within 30 days of de9 ploying any new technology to carry out the ac10 tions described in subsection (c)(1), the Direc11 tor shall submit to the congressional intelligence 

12 committees a notification of the deployment of 

13 such technology. 

14 ‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—Each notification sub15 mitted pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall in16 clude a description of options considered to 

17 mitigate any identified effects on the National 

18 Airspace System relating to the use of any sys19 tem or technology, including the minimization 

20 of the use of any technology that disrupts the 

21 transmission of radio or electronic signals, for 

22 carrying out the actions described in subsection 

23 (c)(1). 

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1 ‘‘(1) to vest in the Director any authority of the 

2 Secretary of Transportation or the Administrator of 

3 the Federal Aviation Administration; or 

4 ‘‘(2) to vest in the Secretary of Transportation 

5 or the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Admin6 istration any authority of the Director. 

7 ‘‘(j) TERMINATION.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para9 graph (2), the authority to carry out this section 

10 with respect to the actions specified in subpara11 graphs (B) through (F) of subsection (c)(1), shall 

12 terminate on the date that is 4 years after the date 

13 of the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization 

14 Act for Fiscal Year 2025. 

15 ‘‘(2) EXTENSION.—The President may extend 

16 by 1 year the termination date specified in para17 graph (1) if, before termination, the President cer18 tifies to Congress that such extension is in the na19 tional security interests of the United States. 

20 ‘‘(k) SCOPE OF AUTHORITY.—Nothing in this section 

21 shall be construed to provide the Director or the Secretary 

22 of Transportation with additional authorities beyond those 

23 described in subsections (b) and (d).’’. 


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1 SEC. 308. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 

2 NEW CONTROLLED ACCESS PROGRAMS. 

3 None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by 

4 this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2025 

5 for the National Intelligence Program may be obligated 

6 or expended for any controlled access program (as defined 

7 in section 501A(d) of the National Security Act of 1947 

8 (50 U.S.C. 3091a(d))), or a compartment or subcompart9 ment therein, that is established on or after the date of 

10 the enactment of this Act, until the head of the element 

11 of the intelligence community responsible for the establish12 ment of such program, compartment, or subcompartment, 

13 submits the notification required by section 501A(b) of the 

14 National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091a(b)). 

15 SEC. 309. LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS FROM CONTROLLED 

16 ACCESS PROGRAMS. 

17 Section 501A(b) of the National Security Act of 1947 

18 (50 U.S.C. 3091a(b)) is amended— 

19 (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘LIM20 ITATION ON ESTABLISHMENT’’ and inserting ‘‘LIMI21 TATIONS’’; 

22 (2) by striking ‘‘A head’’ and inserting the fol23 lowing: 

24 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—A head’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(2) TRANSFERS.—A head of an element of the 

2 intelligence community may not transfer a capability 

3 from a controlled access program, including from a 

4 compartment or subcompartment therein to a com5 partment or subcompartment of another controlled 

6 access program, to a special access program (as de7 fined in section 1152(g) of the National Defense Au8 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (50 U.S.C. 

9 3348(g))), or to anything else outside the controlled 

10 access program, until the head submits to the appro11 priate congressional committees and congressional 

12 leadership notice of the intent of the head to make 

13 such transfer.’’. 

14 SEC. 310. EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN INTEL15 LIGENCE AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AC16 TIVITIES OF THE COAST GUARD. 

17 The Commandant of the Coast Guard may use up 

18 to 1 percent of the amounts made available for the Na19 tional Intelligence Program (as such term is defined in 

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

21 3003)) for each fiscal year for intelligence and counter22 intelligence activities of the Coast Guard relating to ob23 jects of a confidential, extraordinary, or emergency nature, 

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1 shall be considered to be a sufficient voucher for the 

2 amount contained in the certification. 

3 SEC. 311. UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO INTELLIGENCE COM4 MUNITY PROPERTY. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The National Security Act of 

6 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) is amended by adding at 

7 the end the following: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 1115. UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO INTELLIGENCE 

9 COMMUNITY PROPERTY. 

10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful, within the 

11 jurisdiction of the United States, without authorization to 

12 access any property that— 

13 ‘‘(1) is under the jurisdiction of an element of 

14 the intelligence community; and 

15 ‘‘(2) has been clearly marked as closed or re16 stricted. 

17 ‘‘(b) PENALTIES.—Any person who violates sub18 section (a) shall— 

19 ‘‘(1) in the case of the first offense, be fined 

20 under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned for 

21 not more than 180 days, or both; 

22 ‘‘(2) in the case of the second offense, be fined 

23 under such title, imprisoned for not more than 3 

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1 ‘‘(3) in the case of the third or subsequent of2 fense, be fined under such title, imprisoned for not 

3 more than 10 years, or both.’’. 

4 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

5 preceding section 2 of such Act is amended by adding at 

6 the end the following: 

‘‘Sec. 1115. Unauthorized access to intelligence community property.’’. 

7 SEC. 312. STRENGTHENING OF OFFICE OF INTELLIGENCE 

8 AND ANALYSIS. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 311 of title 31, United 

10 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘§ 311. Office of Economic Intelligence and Security 

12 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘coun13 terintelligence’, ‘foreign intelligence’, and ‘intelligence 

14 community’ have the meanings given such terms in section 

15 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 

16 ‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 

17 the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence of the 

18 Department of the Treasury, the Office of Economic Intel19 ligence and Security (in this section referred to as the ‘Of20 fice’), which shall— 

21 ‘‘(1) be responsible for the receipt, analysis, col22 lation, and dissemination of foreign intelligence and 

23 foreign counterintelligence information relating to 

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1 cuting economic statecraft tools that do not include 

2 any elements that are elements of the intelligence 

3 community; 

4 ‘‘(2) provide intelligence support and economic 

5 analysis to Federal agencies implementing United 

6 States economic policy, including for purposes of 

7 global strategic competition; and 

8 ‘‘(3) have such other related duties and authori9 ties as may be assigned by the Secretary for pur10 poses of the responsibilities described in paragraph 

11 (1), subject to the authority, direction, and control 

12 of the Secretary, in consultation with the Director of 

13 National Intelligence. 

14 ‘‘(c) ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC INTEL15 LIGENCE AND SECURITY.—The Office shall be headed by 

16 an Assistant Secretary, who shall be appointed by the 

17 President, by and with the advice and consent of the Sen18 ate. The Assistant Secretary shall report directly to the 

19 Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes.’’. 

20 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

21 at the beginning of chapter 3 of such title is amended by 

22 striking the item relating to section 311 and inserting the 

23 following: 

‘‘311. Office of Economic Intelligence and Security.’’. 

24 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3(4)(J) of 

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1 is amended by striking ‘‘Office of Intelligence and Anal2 ysis’’ and inserting ‘‘Office of Economic Intelligence and 

3 Security’’. 

4 (d) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, regula5 tion, document, paper, or other record of the United 

6 States to the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the 

7 Department of the Treasury shall be deemed a reference 

8 to the Office of Economic Intelligence and Security of the 

9 Department of the Treasury. 

10 SEC. 313. REPORT ON SENSITIVE COMMERCIALLY AVAIL11 ABLE INFORMATION. 

12 (a) DEFINITIONS.— 

13 (1) COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE INFORMA14 TION.—The term ‘‘commercially available informa15 tion’’ means— 

16 (A) any data or other information of the 

17 type customarily made available or obtainable 

18 and sold, leased, or licensed to members of the 

19 general public or to non-governmental entities 

20 for purposes other than governmental purposes; 

21 or 

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1 porate entities on their own initiative or at the 

2 request of a government entity. 

3 (2) PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMA4 TION.—The term ‘‘personally identifiable informa5 tion’’ means information that, alone or when com6 bined with other information regarding an indi7 vidual, can be used to distinguish or trace the iden8 tity of such individual. 

9 (3) SENSITIVE ACTIVITIES.—The term ‘‘sen10 sitive activities’’ means activities that, over an ex11 tended period of time— 

12 (A) establish a pattern of life; 

13 (B) reveal personal affiliations, pref14 erences, or identifiers; 

15 (C) facilitate prediction of future acts; 

16 (D) enable targeting activities; 

17 (E) reveal the exercise of individual rights 

18 and freedoms, including the rights to freedom 

19 of speech and of the press, to free exercise of 

20 religion, to peaceably assemble, including mem21 bership or participation in organizations or as22 sociations, and to petition the government; or 

23 (F) reveal any other activity the disclosure 

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1 United States person who engaged in the activ2 ity. 

3 (4) SENSITIVE COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN4 FORMATION.—The term ‘‘sensitive commercially 

5 available information’’— 

6 (A) means commercially available informa7 tion that is known or reasonably expected to 

8 contain— 

9 (i) a substantial volume of personally 

10 identifiable information regarding United 

11 States persons; or 

12 (ii) a greater than de minims volume 

13 of sensitive data; 

14 (B) shall not include— 

15 (i) newspapers or other periodicals; 

16 (ii) weather reports; 

17 (iii) books; 

18 (iv) journal articles or other published 

19 works; 

20 (v) public filings or records; 

21 (vi) documents or databases similar to 

22 those described in clauses (i) through (v), 

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1 (vii) limited data samples made avail2 able to elements of the intelligence commu3 nity for the purposes of allowing such ele4 ments to determine whether to purchase 

5 the full dataset and not accessed, retained, 

6 or used for any other purpose. 

7 (5) SENSITIVE DATA.—The term ‘‘sensitive 

8 data’’ means data that— 

9 (A)(i) captures personal attributes, condi10 tions, or identifiers that are traceable to 1 or 

11 more specific United States persons, either 

12 through the dataset or by correlating the 

13 dataset with other available information; and 

14 (ii) concerns the race or ethnicity, political 

15 opinions, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, 

16 gender identity, medical or genetic information, 

17 financial data, or any other data with respect to 

18 such specific United States person or United 

19 States persons the disclosure of which would 

20 have the potential to cause substantial harm, 

21 embarrassment, inconvenience, or unfairness to 

22 the United States person or United States per23 sons described by the data; or 

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1 (6) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

2 ‘‘United States person’’ means— 

3 (A) a United States citizen or an alien law4 fully admitted for permanent residence to the 

5 United States; 

6 (B) an unorganized association substan7 tially composed of United States citizens or per8 manent resident aliens; or 

9 (C) an entity organized under the laws of 

10 the United States or of any jurisdiction within 

11 the United States, with the exception of any 

12 such entity directed or controlled by a foreign 

13 government. 

14 (b) REPORT.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 

16 the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 

17 thereafter, the head of each element of the intel18 ligence community shall submit to the congressional 

19 intelligence committees a report on the access to, 

20 collection, processing, and use of sensitive commer21 cially available information by the respective ele22 ment. 

23 (2) CONTENTS.— 

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1 mation accessed, collected, processed, or used 

2 by the element concerned for purposes other 

3 than research and development, a report re4 quired by paragraph (1) shall include the fol5 lowing: 

6 (i) A description of the nature and 

7 volume of the sensitive commercially avail8 able information accessed or collected by 

9 the element. 

10 (ii) A description of the mission or ad11 ministrative need or function for which the 

12 sensitive commercially available informa13 tion is accessed or collected, and of the na14 ture, scope, reliability, and timeliness of 

15 the dataset required to fulfill such mission 

16 or administrative need or function. 

17 (iii) A description of the purpose of 

18 the access, collection, or processing, and 

19 the intended use of the sensitive commer20 cially available information. 

21 (iv) An identification of the legal au22 thority for the collection or access, and 

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1 (v) An identification of the source of 

2 the sensitive commercially available infor3 mation and the persons from whom the 

4 sensitive commercially available informa5 tion was accessed or collected. 

6 (vi) A description of the mechanics of 

7 the access, collection, and processing of the 

8 sensitive commercially available informa9 tion, including the Federal entities that 

10 participated in the procurement process. 

11 (vii) A description of the method by 

12 which the element has limited the access to 

13 and collection and processing of the sen14 sitive commercially available information to 

15 the maximum extent feasible consistent 

16 with the need to fulfill the mission or ad17 ministrative need. 

18 (viii) An assessment of whether the 

19 mission or administrative need can be ful20 filled if reasonably available privacy-en21 hancing techniques, such as filtering or 

22 anonymizing, the application of traditional 

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1 techniques, such as restrictions or correla2 tion, are implemented with respect to in3 formation concerning United States per4 sons. 

5 (ix) An assessment of the privacy and 

6 civil liberties risks associated with access7 ing, collecting, or processing the data and 

8 the methods by which the element miti9 gates such risks. 

10 (x) An assessment of the applicability 

11 of section 552a of title 5, United States 

12 Code (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Pri13 vacy Act of 1974’’), if any. 

14 (xi) To the extent feasible, an assess15 ment of the original source of the data and 

16 the method through which the dataset was 

17 generated and aggregated, and whether 

18 any element of the intelligence community 

19 previously accessed or collected the same 

20 or similar sensitive commercially available 

21 information from the source. 

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1 lying biases or inferences, and efforts to 

2 ensure that any intelligence products cre3 ated with the data are consistent with the 

4 standards of the intelligence community 

5 for accuracy and objectivity. 

6 (xiii) An assessment of the security, 

7 operational, and counterintelligence risks 

8 associated with the means of accessing or 

9 collecting the data, and recommendations 

10 for how the element could mitigate such 

11 risks. 

12 (xiv) A description of the system in 

13 which the data is retained and processed 

14 and how the system is properly secured 

15 while allowing for effective implementation, 

16 management, and audit, as practicable, of 

17 relevant privacy and civil liberties protec18 tions. 

19 (xv) An assessment of security risks 

20 posed by the system architecture of ven21 dors providing sensitive commercially avail22 able information or access to such sensitive 

23 commercially available information, access 

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1 query terms and, if any, relevant safe2 guards. 

3 (xvi) A description of procedures to 

4 restrict access to the sensitive commer5 cially available information. 

6 (xvii) A description of procedures for 

7 conducting, approving, documenting, and 

8 auditing queries, searches, or correlations 

9 with respect to the sensitive commercially 

10 available information. 

11 (xviii) A description of procedures for 

12 restricting dissemination of the sensitive 

13 commercially available information, includ14 ing deletion of information of United 

15 States persons returned in response to a 

16 query or other search unless the informa17 tion is assessed to be associated or poten18 tially associated with the documented mis19 sion-related justification for the query or 

20 search. 

21 (xix) A description of masking and 

22 other privacy-enhancing techniques used by 

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1 (xx) A description of any retention 

2 and deletion policies. 

3 (xxi) A determination of whether 

4 unevaluated data or information has been 

5 made available to other elements of the in6 telligence community or foreign partners 

7 and, if so, identification of those elements 

8 or partners. 

9 (xxii) A description of any licensing 

10 agreements or contract restrictions with 

11 respect to the sensitive commercially avail12 able information. 

13 (xxiii) A data management plan for 

14 the lifecycle of the data, from access or col15 lection to disposition. 

16 (xxiv) For any item required by 

17 clauses (i) through (xxiii) that cannot be 

18 completed due to exigent circumstances re19 lating to collecting, accessing, processing, 

20 or using sensitive commercially available 

21 information, a description of such exigent 

22 circumstances. 

23 (B) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

24 DATA.—For each dataset containing sensitive 

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1 collected, processed, or used by the element con2 cerned solely for research and development pur3 poses, a report required by paragraph (1) may 

4 be limited to a description of the oversight by 

5 the element of such access, collection, process, 

6 and use. 

7 (c) PUBLIC REPORT.—The Director of National In8 telligence shall make available to the public, once every 

9 2 years, a report on the policies and procedures of the 

10 intelligence community with respect to access to and col11 lection, processing, and safeguarding of sensitive commer12 cially available information. 

13 SEC. 314. POLICY ON COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES LO14 CATION INFORMATION. 

15 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

16 (1) UNITED STATES LOCATION INFORMA17 TION.—The term ‘‘United States location informa18 tion’’ means information derived or otherwise cal19 culated from the transmission or reception of a radio 

20 signal that reveals the approximate or actual geo21 graphic location of a customer, subscriber, user, or 

22 device in the United States, or, if the customer, sub23 scriber, or user is known to be a United States per24 son, outside the United States. 


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1 (2) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

2 ‘‘United States person’’ has the meaning given that 

3 term in section 101 of the Foreign Intelligence Sur4 veillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801). 

5 (b) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

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

7 Intelligence, in coordination with the Attorney General, 

8 shall issue a policy on the collection of United States loca9 tion information by the intelligence community. 

10 (c) CONTENT.—The policy required by subsection (a) 

11 shall address the filtering, segregation, use, dissemination, 

12 masking, and retention of United States location informa13 tion. 

14 (d) FORM; PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The policy re15 quired by subsection (a)— 

16 (1) shall be issued in unclassified form and 

17 made available to the public; and 

18 (2) may include a classified annex, which the 

19 Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the 

20 congressional intelligence committees. 

21 SEC. 315. DISPLAY OF FLAGS, SEALS, AND EMBLEMS OTHER 

22 THAN THE UNITED STATES FLAG. 

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1 (1) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Executive 

2 agency’’ has the meaning given such term in section 

3 105 of title 5, United States Code. 

4 (2) NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM.—The 

5 term ‘‘National Intelligence Program’’ has the mean6 ing given such term in section 3 of the National Se7 curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 

8 (b) IN GENERAL.—Any flag, seal, or emblem that is 

9 not the United States flag and is flown, draped, projected, 

10 or otherwise displayed as a visual and symbolic representa11 tion at a property, office, or other official location of an 

12 element of the intelligence community— 

13 (1) shall be smaller than the official United 

14 States flag; and 

15 (2) if flown, may not be displayed higher than 

16 or above the United States flag. 

17 (c) LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR

18 DISPLAYING AND FLYING FLAGS.—None of the funds au19 thorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made 

20 available for fiscal year 2025 for the National Intelligence 

21 Program, may be obligated or expended to fly or display 

22 a flag over a facility of an element of the intelligence com23 munity other than the following: 

24 (1) The United States flag. 

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1 (3) The Hostage and Wrongful Detainee flag, 

2 pursuant to section 904 of title 36, United States 

3 Code. 

4 (4) The flag of a State, insular area, or the 

5 District of Columbia at a domestic location. 

6 (5) The flag of an Indian Tribal Government. 

7 (6) The official branded flag of an Executive 

8 agency. 

9 (7) The flag of an element, flag officer, or gen10 eral officer of the Armed Forces. 

11 TITLE IV—COUNTERING 

12 FOREIGN THREATS 

13 Subtitle A—People’s Republic of 

14 China 

15 SEC. 401. STRATEGY AND OUTREACH ON RISKS POSED BY 

16 PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA SMARTPORT 

17 TECHNOLOGY. 

18 (a) STRATEGY AND OUTREACH REQUIRED.—The Di19 rector of the National Counterintelligence and Security 

20 Center shall develop a strategy and conduct outreach to 

21 United States industry, including shipping companies, 

22 port operators, and logistics firms, on the risks of 

23 smartport technology of the People’s Republic of China 

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1 ping Company, Limited (COSCO), China Communications 

2 Construction Company, Limited (CCCC), China Media 

3 Group (CMG), and Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries 

4 Company Limited (ZPMC), to the national security of the 

5 United States, the security of United States supply chains, 

6 and commercial activity, including with respect to delays, 

7 interruption, and lockout of access to systems and tech8 nologies that enable the free flow of commerce. 

9 (b) CONSISTENCY WITH STATUTES AND EXECUTIVE

10 ORDERS.—The Director shall carry out subsection (a) in 

11 a manner that is consistent with the following: 

12 (1) Part 6 of title 33, Code of Federal Regula13 tions, as amended by Executive Order 14116 (89 

14 Fed. Reg. 13971; relating to amending regulations 

15 relating to the safeguarding of vessels, harbors, 

16 ports, and waterfront facilities of the United States. 

17 (2) Executive Order 14017 (86 Fed. Reg. 

18 11849; relating to America’s supply chains), or suc19 cessor order. 

20 (3) Section 825 of the National Defense Au21 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 

22 118–31). 

23 (c) COORDINATION.—The Director shall carry out 

24 subsection (a) in coordination with the Commandant of 

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1 Investigation, the Commander of the Office of Naval Intel2 ligence, and such other heads of Federal agencies as the 

3 Director considers appropriate. 

4 SEC. 402. ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT STATUS OF BIO5 TECHNOLOGY OF PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF 

6 CHINA. 

7 (a) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 30 days after the 

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

9 Intelligence shall, in consultation with the Director of the 

10 National Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center and 

11 such heads of elements of the intelligence community as 

12 the Director of National Intelligence considers appro13 priate, conduct an assessment of the current status of the 

14 biotechnology of the People’s Republic of China, which 

15 shall include an assessment of how the People’s Republic 

16 of China is supporting the biotechnology sector through 

17 both licit and illicit means, such as foreign direct invest18 ment, subsidies, talent recruitment, or other efforts. 

19 (b) REPORT.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 

21 the date on which the Direct of National Intelligence 

22 completes the assessment required by subsection (a), 

23 the Director shall submit to the congressional intel24 ligence committees a report on the findings of the 

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1 (2) FORM.—The report submitted pursuant to 

2 paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 

3 form, but may include a classified annex. 

4 SEC. 403. INTELLIGENCE SHARING WITH LAW ENFORCE5 MENT AGENCIES ON SYNTHETIC OPIOID PRE6 CURSOR CHEMICALS ORIGINATING IN PEO7 PLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 

8 (a) STRATEGY REQUIRED.—The Director of National 

9 Intelligence shall, in consultation with the head of the Of10 fice of National Security Intelligence of the Drug Enforce11 ment Administration, the Under Secretary of Homeland 

12 Security for Intelligence and Analysis, and the heads of 

13 such other agencies as the Director considers appropriate, 

14 develop a strategy to ensure robust intelligence sharing re15 lating to the illicit trafficking of synthetic opioid precursor 

16 chemicals from the People’s Republic of China and other 

17 source countries. 

18 (b) MECHANISM FOR COLLABORATION.—The Direc19 tor shall develop a mechanism so that subject matter ex20 perts in elements of the Federal Government other than 

21 elements in the intelligence community, including those 

22 without security clearances, can share information with 

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1 SEC. 404. REPORT ON EFFORTS OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUB2 LIC OF CHINA TO EVADE UNITED STATES 

3 TRANSPARENCY AND NATIONAL SECURITY 

4 REGULATIONS. 

5 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—The Director of National 

6 Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence 

7 committees a report on efforts of the People’s Republic 

8 of China to evade the following: 

9 (1) Identification under section 1260H of the 

10 William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Au11 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 

12 116–283; 10 U.S.C. 113 note). 

13 (2) Restrictions or limitations imposed by any 

14 of the following: 

15 (A) Section 805 of the National Defense 

16 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public 

17 Law 118–31). 

18 (B) Section 889 of the John S. McCain 

19 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

20 Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 41 U.S.C. 

21 3901 note prec.). 

22 (C) The list of specially designated nation23 als and blocked persons maintained by the Of24 fice of Foreign Assets Control of the Depart25 ment of the Treasury (commonly known as the 

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1 (D) The Entity List maintained by the 

2 Bureau of Industry and Security of the Depart3 ment of Commerce and set forth in Supplement 

4 No. 4 to part 744 of title 15, Code of Federal 

5 Regulations. 

6 (E) Commercial or dual-use export controls 

7 under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 

8 (50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.) and the Export Ad9 ministration Regulations. 

10 (F) Executive Order 14105 (88 Fed. Reg. 

11 54867; relating to addressing United States in12 vestments in certain national security tech13 nologies and products in countries of concern), 

14 or successor order. 

15 (G) Import restrictions on products made 

16 with forced labor implemented by U.S. Customs 

17 and Border Protection pursuant to Public Law 

18 117–78 (22 U.S.C. 6901 note). 

19 (b) FORM.—The report submitted pursuant to sub20 section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form. 

21 SEC. 405. PLAN FOR RECRUITMENT OF MANDARIN SPEAK22 ERS. 

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

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

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1 committees a comprehensive plan to prioritize the recruit2 ment and training of individuals who speak Mandarin Chi3 nese for each element of the intelligence community. 

4 (b) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 

5 In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com6 mittees’’ means— 

7 (1) the Select Committee on Intelligence and 

8 the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; and 

9 (2) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel10 ligence and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

11 House of Representatives. 

12 Subtitle B—The Russian 

13 Federation 

14 SEC. 411. ASSESSMENT OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION SPON15 SORSHIP OF ACTS OF INTERNATIONAL TER16 RORISM. 

17 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

18 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT19 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com20 mittees’’ means— 

21 (A) the Select Committee on Intelligence, 

22 the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the 

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1 (B) the Permanent Select Committee on 

2 Intelligence, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 

3 and the Committee on Armed Services of the 

4 House of Representatives. 

5 (2) FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.—The 

6 term ‘‘foreign terrorist organization’’ means an or7 ganization that has been designated as a foreign ter8 rorist organization by the Secretary of State, pursu9 ant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nation10 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 

11 (3) SPECIALLY DESIGNATED GLOBAL TER12 RORIST ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘specially des13 ignated global terrorist organization’’ means an or14 ganization that has been designated as a specially 

15 designated global terrorist by the Secretary of State 

16 or the Secretary, pursuant to Executive Order 

17 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking 

18 property and prohibiting transactions with persons 

19 who commit, threaten to commit, or support ter20 rorism). 

21 (4) STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM.—The term 

22 ‘‘state sponsor of terrorism’’ means a country the 

23 government of which the Secretary of State has de24 termined has repeatedly provided support for acts of 

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1 (A) section 1754(c)(1)(A)(i) of the Export 

2 Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 

3 4813(c)(1)(A)(i)); 

4 (B) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance 

5 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371); 

6 (C) section 40(d) of the Arms Export Con7 trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2780(d)); or 

8 (D) any other provision of law. 

9 (b) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 

10 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Direc11 tor of National Intelligence shall conduct and submit to 

12 the appropriate congressional committees an assessment 

13 on the extent to which the Russian Federation— 

14 (1) provides support for acts of international 

15 terrorism; and 

16 (2) cooperates with the antiterrorism efforts of 

17 the United States. 

18 (c) ELEMENTS.—The assessment required by sub19 section (b) shall include the following: 

20 (1) A list of all instances in which the Russian 

21 Federation, or an official of the Russian Federation, 

22 has failed to show support for or cooperate with the 

23 United States on international efforts to combat ter24 rorism, such as apprehending, prosecuting, or extra25 diting suspected and known terrorists, including 


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1 members of foreign terrorist organizations, and 

2 sharing intelligence to deter terrorist attacks. 

3 (2) A list of all instances in which the Russian 

4 Federation, or an official of the Russian Federation, 

5 has provided financial, material, technical, or lethal 

6 support to foreign terrorist organizations, specially 

7 designated global terrorist organizations, state spon8 sors of terrorism, or for acts of international ter9 rorism. 

10 (3) A list of all instances in which the Russian 

11 Federation, or an official of the Russian Federation, 

12 has willfully aided or abetted— 

13 (A) the international proliferation of nu14 clear explosive devices to persons; 

15 (B) a person in acquiring unsafeguarded 

16 special nuclear material; or 

17 (C) the efforts of a person to use, develop, 

18 produce, stockpile, or otherwise acquire chem19 ical, biological, or radiological weapons. 

20 (4) A determination of whether the activities of 

21 the Wagner Group constitute acts of international 

22 terrorism and whether such activities continue under 

23 any of the successor entities of the Wagner Group, 

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1 (d) FORM.—The assessment required by subsection 

2 (b) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in3 clude a classified annex. 

4 (e) BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 30 days after sub5 mission of the assessment required by subsection (b), the 

6 Director of National Intelligence shall provide a classified 

7 briefing to the appropriate congressional committees on 

8 the methodology and findings of the assessment. 

9 SEC. 412. ASSESSMENT OF LIKELY COURSE OF WAR IN 

10 UKRAINE. 

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

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

13 Intelligence, in collaboration with the Director of the De14 fense Intelligence Agency and the Director of the Central 

15 Intelligence Agency, shall submit to the congressional in16 telligence committees an assessment of the likely course 

17 of the war in Ukraine through December 31, 2025. 

18 (b) ELEMENTS.—The assessment required by sub19 section (a) shall include an assessment of each of the fol20 lowing: 

21 (1) The ability of the military of Ukraine to de22 fend against Russian aggression if the United States 

23 does, or does not, continue to provide military and 

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1 (2) The likely course of the war during such pe2 riod if the United States does, or does not, continue 

3 to provide military and economic assistance to 

4 Ukraine. 

5 (3) The ability and willingness of countries in 

6 Europe and outside of Europe to continue to provide 

7 military and economic assistance to Ukraine if the 

8 United States does, or does not, do so, including the 

9 ability of such countries to make up for any shortfall 

10 in United States assistance. 

11 (4) The effects of a potential defeat of Ukraine 

12 by the Russian Federation on the potential for fur13 ther aggression from the Russian Federation, the 

14 People’s Republic of China, the Islamic Republic of 

15 Iran, and the Democratic People’s Republic of 

16 Korea. 

17 (c) FORM.—The assessment required by subsection 

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1 Subtitle C—International 

2 Terrorism 

3 SEC. 421. INCLUSION OF HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH, AL-QAEDA, 

4 AND ISIS OFFICIALS AND MEMBERS AMONG 

5 ALIENS ENGAGED IN TERRORIST ACTIVITY. 

6 Section 212(a)(3)(B)(i) of the Immigration and Na7 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)) is amended, in the 

8 undesignated matter following subparagraph (IX), by 

9 striking ‘‘or spokesman of the Palestine Liberation Orga10 nization’’ and inserting ‘‘spokesperson, or member of the 

11 Palestine Liberation Organization, Hamas, Hezbollah, Al12 Qaeda, ISIS, or any successor or affiliate group, or who 

13 endorses or espouses terrorist activities conducted by any 

14 of the aforementioned groups,’’. 

15 SEC. 422. ASSESSMENT AND REPORT ON THE THREAT OF 

16 ISIS-KHORASAN TO THE UNITED STATES. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 

18 date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Na19 tional Counterterrorism Center, in coordination with such 

20 elements of the intelligence community as the Director 

21 considers relevant, shall— 

22 (1) conduct an assessment of the threats to the 

23 United States and United States citizens posed by 

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1 (2) submit to the congressional intelligence 

2 committees a written report on the findings of the 

3 assessment. 

4 (b) REPORT ELEMENTS.—The report required by 

5 subsection (a) shall include the following: 

6 (1) A description of the historical evolution of 

7 ISIS-Khorasan, beginning with Al-Qaeda and the at8 tacks on the United States on September 11, 2001. 

9 (2) A description of the ideology and stated in10 tentions of ISIS-Khorasan as related to the United 

11 States and the interests of the United States, includ12 ing the homeland. 

13 (3) A list of all terrorist attacks worldwide at14 tributable to ISIS-Khorasan or for which ISIS15 Khorasan claimed credit, beginning on January 1, 

16 2015. 

17 (4) A description of the involvement of ISIS18 Khorasan in Afghanistan before, during, and after 

19 the withdrawal of United States military and civilian 

20 personnel and resources in August 2021. 

21 (5) The recruiting and training strategy of 

22 ISIS-Khorasan following the withdrawal described in 

23 paragraph (4), including— 

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1 (B) regions from which ISIS-Khorasan is 

2 recruiting; and 

3 (C) its ambitions for individual actors 

4 worldwide and in the United States. 

5 (6) A description of the relationship between 

6 ISIS-Khorasan and ISIS core, the Taliban, Al7 Qaeda, and other terrorist groups, as appropriate. 

8 (7) A description of the association of members 

9 of ISIS-Khorasan with individuals formerly detained 

10 at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 

11 Cuba. 

12 (8) A description of ISIS-Khorasan’s develop13 ment of, and relationships with, travel facilitation 

14 networks in Europe, Central Asia, Eurasia, and 

15 Latin America. 

16 (9) An assessment of ISIS-Khorasan’s under17 standing of the border and immigration policies and 

18 enforcement of the United States. 

19 (10) An assessment of the known travel of 

20 members of ISIS-Khorasan within the Western 

21 Hemisphere and specifically across the southern bor22 der of the United States. 

23 (c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 

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1 SEC. 423. TERRORIST FINANCING PREVENTION. 

2 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

3 (1) DIGITAL ASSET.—The term ‘‘digital asset’’ 

4 means any digital representation of value that is re5 corded on a cryptographically secured distributed 

6 ledger or any similar technology, or another imple7 mentation which was designed and built as part of 

8 a system to leverage or replace blockchain or distrib9 uted ledger technology or their derivatives. 

10 (2) DIGITAL ASSET PROTOCOL.—The term 

11 ‘‘digital asset protocol’’ means any communication 

12 protocol, smart contract, or other software— 

13 (A) deployed through the use of distributed 

14 ledger or similar technology; and 

15 (B) that provides a mechanism for users to 

16 interact and agree to the terms of a trade for 

17 digital assets. 

18 (3) FOREIGN DIGITAL ASSET TRANSACTION

19 FACILITATOR.—The term ‘‘foreign digital asset 

20 transaction facilitator’’ means any foreign person or 

21 group of foreign persons that, as determined by the 

22 Secretary, controls, operates, or makes available a 

23 digital asset protocol or similar facility, or otherwise 

24 materially assists in the purchase, sale, exchange, 

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1 (4) FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The 

2 term ‘‘foreign financial institution’’ has the meaning 

3 given that term under section 561.308 of title 31, 

4 Code of Federal Regulations. 

5 (5) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per6 son’’ means an individual or entity that is not a 

7 United States person. 

8 (6) FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.—The 

9 term ‘‘foreign terrorist organization’’ means an or10 ganization that has been designated as a foreign ter11 rorist organization by the Secretary of State, pursu12 ant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nation13 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 

14 (7) GOOD.—The term ‘‘good’’ means any arti15 cle, natural or manmade substance, material, supply, 

16 or manufactured product, including inspection and 

17 test equipment, and excluding technical data. 

18 (8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

19 the Secretary of the Treasury. 

20 (9) SPECIALLY DESIGNATED GLOBAL TER21 RORIST ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘specially des22 ignated global terrorist organization’’ means an or23 ganization that has been designated as a specially 

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1 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking 

2 property and prohibiting transactions with persons 

3 who commit, threaten to commit, or support ter4 rorism). 

5 (10) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

6 ‘‘United States person’’ means— 

7 (A) an individual who is a United States 

8 citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for perma9 nent residence to the United States; 

10 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

11 the United States or any jurisdiction within the 

12 United States, including a foreign branch of 

13 such an entity; or 

14 (C) any person in the United States. 

15 (b) SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN FINAN16 CIAL INSTITUTIONS AND FOREIGN DIGITAL ASSET

17 TRANSACTION FACILITATORS THAT ENGAGE IN CERTAIN

18 TRANSACTIONS.— 

19 (1) MANDATORY IDENTIFICATION.—Not later 

20 than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 

21 Act, and periodically thereafter, the Secretary shall 

22 identify and submit to the President a report identi23 fying any foreign financial institution or foreign dig24 ital asset transaction facilitator that has know25 ingly— 


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1 (A) facilitated a significant financial trans2 action with— 

3 (i) a Foreign Terrorist Organization; 

4 (ii) a specially designated global ter5 rorist organization; or 

6 (iii) a person identified on the list of 

7 specially designated nationals and blocked 

8 persons maintained by the Office of For9 eign Assets Control of the Department of 

10 the Treasury, the property and interests in 

11 property of which are blocked pursuant to 

12 the International Emergency Economic 

13 Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) for 

14 acting on behalf of or at the direction of, 

15 or being owned or controlled by, a foreign 

16 terrorist organization or a specially des17 ignated global terrorist organization; or 

18 (B) engaged in money laundering to carry 

19 out an activity described in subparagraph (A). 

20 (2) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.— 

21 (A) FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.— 

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1 count in the United States by a foreign finan2 cial institution identified under paragraph (1). 

3 (B) FOREIGN DIGITAL ASSET TRANS4 ACTION FACILITATORS.—The President, pursu5 ant to such regulations as the President may 

6 prescribe, shall prohibit any transactions be7 tween any person subject to the jurisdiction of 

8 the United States and a foreign digital asset 

9 transaction facilitator identified under para10 graph (1). 

11 (3) IMPLEMENTATION AND PENALTIES.— 

12 (A) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President 

13 may exercise all authorities provided under sec14 tions 203 and 205 of the International Emer15 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702, 

16 1704) to the extent necessary to carry out this 

17 Act. 

18 (B) PENALTIES.—The penalties set forth 

19 in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the 

20 International Emergency Economic Powers Act 

21 (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person that 

22 violates, attempts to violate, conspires to vio23 late, or causes a violation of regulations pre24 scribed under this section to the same extent 

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1 mits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) 

2 of such section 206. 

3 (4) PROCEDURES FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW OF

4 CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—If a finding under this 

6 subsection, or a prohibition, condition, or pen7 alty imposed as a result of any such finding, is 

8 based on classified information (as defined in 

9 section 1(a) of the Classified Information Pro10 cedures Act (18 U.S.C. App.)), the Secretary 

11 may submit to a court reviewing the finding or 

12 the imposition of the prohibition, condition, or 

13 penalty such classified information ex parte and 

14 in camera. 

15 (B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

16 this paragraph shall be construed to confer or 

17 imply any right to judicial review of any finding 

18 under this subsection or any prohibition, condi19 tion, or penalty imposed as a result of any such 

20 finding. 

21 (5) WAIVER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY.—The 

22 Secretary may waive the imposition of sanctions 

23 under this subsection with respect to a person if the 

24 Secretary— 


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1 (A) determines that such a waiver is in the 

2 national interests of the United States; and 

3 (B) submits to Congress a notification of 

4 the waiver and the reasons for the waiver. 

5 (6) EXCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE ACTIVI6 TIES.—This subsection shall not apply with respect 

7 to any activity subject to the reporting requirements 

8 under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 

9 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized intel10 ligence activities of the United States. 

11 (7) EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF

12 GOODS.—The authorities and requirements under 

13 this section shall not include the authority or a re14 quirement to impose sanctions on the importation of 

15 goods. 

16 (c) SPECIAL MEASURES FOR MODERN THREATS.— 

17 Section 5318A of title 31, United States Code, is amend18 ed— 

19 (1) in subsection (a)(2)(C), by striking ‘‘sub20 section (b)(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (5) and 

21 (6) of subsection (b)’’; and 

22 (2) in subsection (b)— 

23 (A) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘for or 

24 on behalf of a foreign banking institution’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(6) PROHIBITIONS OR CONDITIONS ON CER2 TAIN TRANSMITTALS OF FUNDS.—If the Secretary 

3 finds a jurisdiction outside of the United States, 1 

4 or more financial institutions operating outside of 

5 the United States, 1 or more types of accounts with6 in, or involving, a jurisdiction outside of the United 

7 States, or 1 or more classes of transactions within, 

8 or involving, a jurisdiction outside of the United 

9 States to be of primary money laundering concern, 

10 the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of 

11 State, the Attorney General, and the Chairman of 

12 the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Sys13 tem, may prohibit, or impose conditions upon, cer14 tain transmittals of funds (as such term may be de15 fined by the Secretary in a special measure issuance, 

16 by regulation, or as otherwise permitted by law), to 

17 or from any domestic financial institution or domes18 tic financial agency if such transmittal of funds in19 volves any such jurisdiction, institution, type of ac20 count, class of transaction, or type of account.’’. 

21 (d) FUNDING.—There is authorized to be appro22 priated to the Secretary such funds as are necessary to 

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1 Subtitle D—Other Foreign Threats 

2 SEC. 431. ASSESSMENT OF VISA-FREE TRAVEL TO AND 

3 WITHIN WESTERN HEMISPHERE BY NATION4 ALS OF COUNTRIES OF CONCERN. 

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

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

7 Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence 

8 committees a written assessment of the impacts to na9 tional security caused by travel without a visa to and with10 in countries in the Western Hemisphere by nationals of 

11 countries of concern. 

12 (b) FORM.—The assessment required by subsection 

13 (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in14 clude a classified annex. 

15 (c) COUNTRIES OF CONCERN DEFINED.—In this sec16 tion, the term ‘‘countries of concern’’ means— 

17 (1) the Russian Federation; 

18 (2) the People’s Republic of China; 

19 (3) the Islamic Republic of Iran; 

20 (4) the Syrian Arab Republic; 

21 (5) the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; 

22 (6) the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela; and 

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1 SEC. 432. STUDY ON THREAT POSED BY FOREIGN INVEST2 MENT IN UNITED STATES AGRICULTURAL 

3 LAND. 

4 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON6 GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con7 gress’’ means— 

8 (A) the Select Committee on Intelligence, 

9 the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 

10 Forestry, the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

11 and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

12 Urban Affairs of the Senate; and 

13 (B) the Permanent Select Committee on 

14 Intelligence, the Committee on Agriculture, the 

15 Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Com16 mittee on Financial Services of the House of 

17 Representatives. 

18 (2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 

19 the Director of National Intelligence. 

20 (3) NONMARKET ECONOMY COUNTRY.—The 

21 term ‘‘nonmarket economy country’’ has the mean22 ing given that term in section 771(18) of the Tariff 

23 Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677(18)). 

24 (b) STUDY AND BRIEFING.— 

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

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1 in coordination with the elements of the intelligence 

2 community the Director considers appropriate and 

3 with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Agri4 culture, and the Secretary of the Treasury, shall— 

5 (A) complete a study on the threat posed 

6 to the United States by foreign investment in 

7 agricultural land in the United States; and 

8 (B) provide to the appropriate committees 

9 of Congress a briefing on the results of the 

10 study. 

11 (2) DATA.—In conducting the study required 

12 by paragraph (1), the Director shall process and 

13 analyze relevant data collected by the Secretary of 

14 State, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Sec15 retary of the Treasury, including the information 

16 submitted to the Secretary of Agriculture under sec17 tion 2 of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Dis18 closure Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 3501). 

19 (3) ELEMENTS.—The study required by para20 graph (1) shall include the following: 

21 (A) Data and an analysis of agricultural 

22 land holdings, including current and previous 

23 uses of the land disaggregated by sector and in24 dustry, in each county in the United States held 

25 by a foreign person from— 


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1 (i) a country identified as a country 

2 that poses a risk to the national security of 

3 the United States in the most recent an4 nual report on worldwide threats issued by 

5 the Director pursuant to section 108B of 

6 the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

7 U.S.C. 3043b) (commonly known as the 

8 ‘‘Annual Threat Assessment’’); 

9 (ii) a nonmarket economy country; or 

10 (iii) any other country that the Direc11 tor determines to be appropriate. 

12 (B) An analysis of the proximity of the ag13 ricultural land holdings to critical infrastructure 

14 and military installations. 

15 (C) An assessment of the threats posed to 

16 the national security of the United States by 

17 malign actors that use foreign investment in ag18 ricultural land in the United States. 

19 (D) An assessment of warning indicators 

20 and methods by which to detect potential 

21 threats from the use by foreign adversaries of 

22 agricultural products for nefarious ends. 

23 (E) An assessment of additional resources 

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1 SEC. 433. ASSESSMENT OF THREAT POSED BY CITIZENSHIP2 BY-INVESTMENT PROGRAMS. 

3 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 (1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON5 GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con6 gress’’ means— 

7 (A) the Committee on Homeland Security 

8 and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on 

9 Foreign Relations, the Committee on Banking, 

10 Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Select Com11 mittee on Intelligence, and the Committee on 

12 the Judiciary of the Senate; and 

13 (B) the Committee on Homeland Security, 

14 the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Com15 mittee on Financial Services, the Permanent 

16 Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Com17 mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep18 resentatives. 

19 (2) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist20 ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary for 

21 Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of the 

22 Treasury. 

23 (3) CITIZENSHIP-BY-INVESTMENT PROGRAM.— 

24 The term ‘‘citizenship-by-investment program’’ 

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1 covered contribution, authorizes the individual mak2 ing the covered contribution to acquire citizenship in 

3 such country, including temporary or permanent res4 idence that may serve as the basis for subsequent 

5 naturalization. 

6 (4) COVERED CONTRIBUTION.—The term ‘‘cov7 ered contribution’’ means— 

8 (A) an investment in, or a monetary dona9 tion or any other form of direct or indirect cap10 ital transfer to, including through the purchase 

11 or rental of real estate— 

12 (i) the government of a foreign coun13 try; or 

14 (ii) any person, business, or entity in 

15 such a foreign country; and 

16 (B) a donation to, or endowment of, any 

17 activity contributing to the public good in such 

18 a foreign country. 

19 (5) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 

20 the Director of National Intelligence. 

21 (b) ASSESSMENT OF THREAT POSED BY CITIZEN22 SHIP-BY-INVESTMENT PROGRAMS.— 

23 (1) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 1 year after 

24 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 

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1 heads of the other elements of the intelligence com2 munity and the head of any appropriate Federal 

3 agency, shall complete an assessment of the threat 

4 posed to the United States by citizenship-by-invest5 ment programs. 

6 (2) ELEMENTS.—The assessment required by 

7 paragraph (1) shall include the following: 

8 (A) An identification of each citizenship9 by-investment program, including an identifica10 tion of the foreign country that operates each 

11 such program. 

12 (B) With respect to each citizenship-by-in13 vestment program identified under subpara14 graph (A)— 

15 (i) a description of the types of invest16 ments required under the program; and 

17 (ii) an identification of the sectors to 

18 which an individual may make a covered 

19 contribution under the program. 

20 (C) An assessment of the threats posed to 

21 the national security of the United States by 

22 malign actors that use citizenship-by-investment 

23 programs— 

24 (i) to evade sanctions or taxes; 

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1 (I) crimes relating to national se2 curity, including terrorism, weapons 

3 trafficking or proliferation, 

4 cybercrime, drug trafficking, human 

5 trafficking, and espionage; or 

6 (II) any other activity that fur7 thers the interests of a foreign adver8 sary or undermines the integrity of 

9 the immigration laws or security of 

10 the United States; or 

11 (iii) to undermine the United States 

12 and its interests through any other means 

13 identified by the Director and the Assist14 ant Secretary. 

15 (D) An identification of the foreign coun16 tries the citizenship-by-investment programs of 

17 which pose the greatest threat to the national 

18 security of the United States. 

19 (3) REPORT AND BRIEFING.— 

20 (A) REPORT.— 

21 (i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 

22 days after completing the assessment re23 quired by paragraph (1), the Director and 

24 the Assistant Secretary shall jointly submit 

25 to the appropriate committees of Congress 


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1 a report on the findings of the Director 

2 and the Assistant Secretary with respect to 

3 the assessment. 

4 (ii) ELEMENTS.—The report required 

5 by clause (i) shall include the following: 

6 (I) A detailed description of the 

7 threats posed to the national security 

8 of the United States by citizenship-by9 investment programs. 

10 (II) Recommendations for addi11 tional resources or authorities nec12 essary to counter such threats. 

13 (III) A description of opportuni14 ties to counter such threats. 

15 (iii) FORM.—The report required by 

16 clause (i) shall be submitted in unclassified 

17 form but may include a classified annex, as 

18 appropriate. 

19 (B) BRIEFING.—Not later than 90 days 

20 after the date on which the report required by 

21 subparagraph (A) is submitted, the Director 

22 and Assistant Secretary shall provide the appro23 priate committees of Congress with a briefing 

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1 SEC. 434. MITIGATING THE USE OF UNITED STATES COMPO2 NENTS AND TECHNOLOGY IN HOSTILE AC3 TIVITIES BY FOREIGN ADVERSARIES. 

4 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

5 (1) Foreign defense material, including ad6 vanced military and intelligence capabilities, con7 tinues to rely heavily on products and services 

8 sourced from the United States. 

9 (2) Iran drones operating against Ukraine were 

10 found to include several United States components. 

11 (3) The components described in paragraph (2) 

12 came from 13 different United States companies and 

13 are integral to the operation of the drones. 

14 (4) The Chinese spy balloon that flew across 

15 the United States in 2023 used a United States 

16 internet service provider to communicate. 

17 (5) The connection allowed the balloon to send 

18 burst transmissions, or high-bandwidth collections of 

19 data over short periods. 

20 (6) Foreign adversaries and affiliated foreign 

21 defense companies frequently acquire components 

22 and services, sourced from the United States, 

23 through violation of United States export control 

24 laws. 

25 (b) SUPPLY CHAIN RISK MITIGATION.—Not later 

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1 the Director of National Intelligence shall, in collaboration 

2 with such heads of elements of the intelligence community 

3 as the Director considers appropriate, develop and com4 mence implementation of a strategy to work with United 

5 States companies to mitigate or disrupt the acquisition 

6 and use of United States components in the conduct of 

7 activities harmful to the national security of the United 

8 States. 

9 (c) GOAL.—The goal of the strategy required by sub10 section (b) shall be to inform and provide intelligence sup11 port to government and private sector entities in pre12 venting United States components and technologies from 

13 aiding or supporting hostile or harmful activities con14 ducted by foreign adversaries of the United States. 

15 (d) CONSULTATION.—In developing and imple16 menting the strategy required by subsection (b), the Di17 rector of National Intelligence— 

18 (1) shall consult with the Secretary of Com19 merce, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary 

20 of Homeland Security; and 

21 (2) may consult with such other heads of Fed22 eral departments or agencies as the Director of Na23 tional Intelligence considers appropriate. 

24 (e) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after 

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1 after until the date that is 3 years after the date of the 

2 enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to Con3 gress an annual report on the status and effect of the im4 plementation of the strategy required by subsection (b). 

5 SEC. 435. OFFICE OF INTELLIGENCE AND COUNTERINTEL6 LIGENCE REVIEW OF VISITORS AND ASSIGN7 EES. 

8 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT10 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com11 mittees’’ means— 

12 (A) the Select Committee on Intelligence 

13 and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re14 sources of the Senate; and 

15 (B) the Permanent Select Committee on 

16 Intelligence and the Committee on Energy and 

17 Commerce of the House of Representatives. 

18 (2) ASSIGNEE; VISITOR.—The terms ‘‘assignee’’ 

19 and ‘‘visitor’’ mean a foreign national from a coun20 try identified in the report submitted to Congress by 

21 the Director of National Intelligence in 2024 pursu22 ant to section 108B of the National Security Act of 

23 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3043b) (commonly referred to as 

24 the ‘‘Annual Threat Assessment’’) as ‘‘engaging in 

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1 tional security’’, who is not an employee of a Na2 tional Laboratory, and has requested access to the 

3 premises, information, or technology of a National 

4 Laboratory. 

5 (3) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 

6 the Director of the Office of Intelligence and Coun7 terintelligence of the Department of Energy (or their 

8 designee). 

9 (4) FOREIGN NATIONAL.—The term ‘‘foreign 

10 national’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘alien’’ in 

11 section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 

12 Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)). 

13 (5) NATIONAL LABORATORY.—The term ‘‘Na14 tional Laboratory’’ has the meaning given the term 

15 in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 

16 U.S.C. 15801). 

17 (6) NON-TRADITIONAL COLLECTOR.—The term 

18 ‘‘non-traditional collector’’ means an individual not 

19 employed by a foreign intelligence service, who is 

20 seeking access to sensitive information about a capa21 bility, research, or organizational dynamics of the 

22 United States to inform a foreign adversary or non23 state actor. 

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1 (1) The National Laboratories conduct critical, 

2 cutting-edge research across a range of scientific dis3 ciplines that provide the United States with a tech4 nological edge over other countries. 

5 (2) The technologies developed in the National 

6 Laboratories contribute to the national security of 

7 the United States, including classified and sensitive 

8 military technology and dual-use commercial tech9 nology. 

10 (3) International cooperation in the field of 

11 science is critical to the United States maintaining 

12 its leading technological edge. 

13 (4) The research enterprise of the Department 

14 of Energy, including the National Laboratories, is 

15 increasingly targeted by adversarial nations to ex16 ploit military and dual-use technologies for military 

17 or economic gain. 

18 (5) Approximately 40,000 citizens of foreign 

19 countries, including more than 8,000 citizens from 

20 China and Russia, were granted access to the prem21 ises, information, or technology of National Labora22 tories in fiscal year 2023. 

23 (6) The Office of Intelligence and Counterintel24 ligence of the Department of Energy is responsible 

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1 risks to the Department, including the National 

2 Laboratories. 

3 (c) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the 

4 Senate that, before being granted access to the premises, 

5 information, or technology of a National Laboratory, citi6 zens of foreign countries identified in the 2024 Annual 

7 Threat Assessment of the intelligence community as ‘‘en8 gaging in competitive behavior that directly threatens U.S. 

9 national security’’ should be appropriately screened by the 

10 National Laboratory to which they seek access, and by the 

11 Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence of the De12 partment, to identify and mitigate risks associated with 

13 granting the requested access to sensitive military, or 

14 dual-use technologies. 

15 (d) REVIEW OF SENSITIVE COUNTRY VISITOR AND

16 ASSIGNEE ACCESS REQUESTS.—The Director shall pro17 mulgate a policy to assess the counterintelligence risk each 

18 visitor or assignee poses to the research or activities un19 dertaken at a National Laboratory. 

20 (e) ADVICE WITH RESPECT TO VISITORS OR ASSIGN21 EES.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall provide 

23 advice to a National Laboratory on visitors and as24 signees when 1 or more of the following conditions 

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1 (A) The Director has reason to believe that 

2 a visitor or assignee is a non-traditional intel3 ligence collector. 

4 (B) The Director is in receipt of informa5 tion indicating that a visitor or assignee con6 stitutes a counterintelligence risk to a National 

7 Laboratory. 

8 (2) ADVICE DESCRIBED.—Advice provided to a 

9 National Laboratory in accordance with paragraph 

10 (1) shall include— 

11 (A) a description of the assessed risk; 

12 (B) recommendations to mitigate the risk; 

13 and 

14 (C) identification of research or technology 

15 that would be at risk if access is granted to the 

16 visitor or assignee concerned. 

17 (f) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 days 

18 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and quarterly 

19 thereafter, the Director shall submit to the appropriate 

20 congressional committees a report, which shall include— 

21 (1) the number of visitors or assignees per22 mitted to access the premises, information, or tech23 nology of each National Laboratory; 


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1 (2) the number of instances in which the Direc2 tor advised a National Laboratory in accordance 

3 with subsection (e); and 

4 (3) the number of instances in which a National 

5 Laboratory admitted a visitor or assignee against 

6 the advice of the Director. 

7 SEC. 436. PROHIBITION ON NATIONAL LABORATORIES AD8 MITTING CERTAIN FOREIGN NATIONALS. 

9 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

10 (1) ASSIGNEE.—The term ‘‘assignee’’ means an 

11 individual who is seeking approval from, or has been 

12 approved by, a National Laboratory to access the 

13 premises, information, or technology of the National 

14 Laboratory for a period of more than 30 consecutive 

15 days. 

16 (2) COVERED FOREIGN NATIONAL.— 

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘covered for18 eign national’’ means a foreign national of any 

19 of the following countries: 

20 (i) The People’s Republic of China. 

21 (ii) The Russian Federation. 

22 (iii) The Islamic Republic of Iran. 

23 (iv) The Democratic People’s Republic 

24 of Korea. 

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1 (B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘covered for2 eign national’’ does not include an individual 

3 that is lawfully admitted for permanent resi4 dence (as defined in section 101(a) of the Im5 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

6 1101(a))). 

7 (3) FOREIGN NATIONAL.—The term ‘‘foreign 

8 national’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘alien’’ in 

9 section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 

10 Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)). 

11 (4) NATIONAL LABORATORY.—The term ‘‘Na12 tional Laboratory’’ has the meaning given the term 

13 in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 

14 U.S.C. 15801). 

15 (5) SENIOR COUNTERINTELLIGENCE OFFI16 CIAL.—The term ‘‘senior counterintelligence official’’ 

17 means— 

18 (A) the Director of the Federal Bureau of 

19 Investigation; 

20 (B) the Deputy Director of the Federal 

21 Bureau of Investigation; 

22 (C) the Executive Assistant Director of the 

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1 (D) the Assistant Director of the Counter2 intelligence Division of the Federal Bureau of 

3 Investigation. 

4 (6) VISITOR.—The term ‘‘visitor’’ means an in5 dividual who is seeking approval from, or has been 

6 approved by, a National Laboratory to access the 

7 premises, information, or technology of the National 

8 Laboratory for any period shorter than a period de9 scribed in paragraph (1). 

10 (b) PROHIBITION.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para12 graph (2), beginning on the date of enactment of 

13 this Act, a National Laboratory— 

14 (A) shall not admit as a visitor or assignee 

15 any covered foreign national; and 

16 (B) shall prohibit access to any visitor or 

17 assignee that is a covered foreign national and 

18 has sought or obtained approval to access the 

19 premises, information, or technology of the Na20 tional Laboratory as of that date. 

21 (2) WAIVER.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to 

22 a National Laboratory if the Secretary of Energy, in 

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1 tifies and issues a waiver to the National Laboratory 

2 requesting to admit a covered foreign national as a 

3 visitor or assignee, in writing, that the benefits to 

4 the United States of admittance or access by that 

5 covered foreign national outweigh the national secu6 rity and economic risks to the United States. 

7 (3) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.—Not later 

8 than 30 days after the date that a waiver is issued 

9 pursuant to paragraph (2), the Secretary of Energy 

10 shall submit to the Select Committee on Intelligence 

11 of the Senate, the Committee on Energy and Nat12 ural Resources of the Senate, the Committee on 

13 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Sen14 ate, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 

15 of the House of Representatives, the Committee on 

16 Energy and Commerce of the House of Representa17 tives, and the Committee on Science, Space, and 

18 Technology of the House of Representatives a notifi19 cation describing each waiver issued pursuant to 

20 paragraph (2), including— 

21 (A) the country of origin of the covered 

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1 (B) the date of the request by the covered 

2 foreign national for admission or access to a 

3 National Laboratory; 

4 (C) the date on which the decision to issue 

5 the waiver was made; and 

6 (D) the specific reasons for issuing the 

7 waiver. 

8 SEC. 437. QUARTERLY REPORT ON CERTAIN FOREIGN NA9 TIONALS ENCOUNTERED AT THE UNITED 

10 STATES BORDER. 

11 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

12 (1) ENCOUNTERED.—The term ‘‘encountered’’, 

13 with respect to a special interest alien, means phys14 ically apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border 

15 Protection personnel. 

16 (2) SPECIAL INTEREST ALIEN.—The term ‘‘spe17 cial interest alien’’ means an alien (as defined in sec18 tion 101(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality 

19 Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(3)) who, based upon an anal20 ysis of travel patterns and other information avail21 able to the United States Government, potentially 

22 poses a threat to the national security of the United 

23 States and its interests due to a known or potential 

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1 (b) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 

2 date of the enactment of this Act, and quarterly thereafter 

3 for the following 3 years, the Secretary of Homeland Secu4 rity, in coordination with the Director of National Intel5 ligence, shall publish, on a publicly accessible website of 

6 the Department of Homeland Security, a report identi7 fying the aggregate number of special interest aliens who, 

8 during the applicable reporting period— 

9 (1) have been encountered at or near an inter10 national border of the United States; and 

11 (2)(A) have been released from custody; 

12 (B) are under supervision; 

13 (C) are being detained by the Department of 

14 Homeland Security; or 

15 (D) have been removed from the United States. 

16 SEC. 438. ASSESSMENT OF THE LESSONS LEARNED BY THE 

17 INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY WITH RESPECT 

18 TO THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR. 

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

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

21 Intelligence, in consultation with such other heads of ele22 ments of the intelligence community as the Director con23 siders appropriate, shall submit to the appropriate com24 mittees of Congress a written assessment of the lessons 

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1 (b) ELEMENTS.—The assessment required by sub2 section (a) shall include the following: 

3 (1) Lessons learned from the timing and scope 

4 of the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas against 

5 Israel, including lessons related to United States in6 telligence cooperation with Israel and other regional 

7 partners. 

8 (2) Lessons learned from advances in warfare, 

9 including the use by adversaries of a complex tunnel 

10 network. 

11 (3) Lessons learned from attacks by adversaries 

12 against maritime shipping routes in the Red Sea. 

13 (4) Lessons learned from the use by adversaries 

14 of rockets, missiles, and unmanned aerial systems, 

15 including attacks by Iran. 

16 (5) Analysis of the impact of the Israel-Hamas 

17 war on the global security environment, including 

18 the war in Ukraine. 

19 (c) FORM.—The assessment required by subsection 

20 (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in21 clude a classified annex. 

22 (d) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE23 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate commit24 tees of Congress’’ means— 

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1 (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

2 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 

3 (3) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

4 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep5 resentatives. 

6 SEC. 439. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INTELLIGENCE 

7 ASSESSMENT ON TREN DE ARAGUA. 

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

9 date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Cen10 tral Intelligence Agency, in consultation with such other 

11 heads of elements of the intelligence community as the Di12 rector considers appropriate, shall submit to the appro13 priate committees of Congress an intelligence assessment 

14 on the gang known as ‘‘Tren de Aragua’’. 

15 (b) ELEMENTS.—The intelligence assessment re16 quired by subsection (a) shall include the following: 

17 (1) A description of the key leaders, organiza18 tional structure, subgroups, presence in countries in 

19 the Western Hemisphere, and cross-border illicit 

20 drug smuggling routes of Tren de Aragua. 

21 (2) A description of the practices used by Tren 

22 de Aragua to generate revenue. 

23 (3) A description of the level at which Tren de 

24 Aragua receives support from the regime of Nicola ́s 

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1 (4) A description of the manner in which Tren 

2 de Aragua is exploiting heightened migratory flows 

3 out of Venezuela and throughout the Western Hemi4 sphere to expand its operations. 

5 (5) A description of the degree to which Tren 

6 de Aragua cooperates or competes with other crimi7 nal organizations in the Western Hemisphere. 

8 (6) An estimate of the annual revenue received 

9 by Tren de Aragua from the sale of illicit drugs, kid10 napping, and human trafficking, disaggregated by 

11 activity. 

12 (7) A determination on whether Tren De 

13 Aragua meets the definition of ‘‘significant 

14 transnational criminal organization’’ in section 3 of 

15 Executive Order 13581 (76 Fed. Reg. 44757; relat16 ing to blocking property of transnational criminal or17 ganizations), as amended by Executive Order 13863 

18 (84 Fed. Reg. 10255; relating to taking additional 

19 steps to address the national emergency with respect 

20 to significant transnational criminal organizations). 

21 (8) Any other information the Director of the 

22 Central Intelligence Agency considers relevant. 

23 (c) FORM.—The intelligence assessment required by 

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1 (d) DEFINITION OF APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF

2 CONGRESS.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate com3 mittees of Congress’’ means— 

4 (1) the congressional intelligence committees; 

5 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 

6 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 

7 Affairs, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

8 Urban Affairs, and the Committee on Appropria9 tions of the Senate; and 

10 (3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

11 Committee on Homeland Security, and the Com12 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Represent13 atives. 

14 SEC. 440. ASSESSMENT OF MADURO REGIME’S ECONOMIC 

15 AND SECURITY RELATIONSHIPS WITH STATE 

16 SPONSORS OF TERRORISM AND FOREIGN 

17 TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS. 

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

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

20 Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence 

21 committees a written assessment of the economic and se22 curity relationships of the regime of Nicola ́s Maduro of 

23 Venezuela with the countries and organizations described 

24 in subsection (b), including formal and informal support 

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1 (b) COUNTRIES AND ORGANIZATIONS DESCRIBED.— 

2 The countries and organizations described in this sub3 section are the following: 

4 (1) The following countries designated by the 

5 United States as state sponsors of terrorism: 

6 (A) The Republic of Cuba. 

7 (B) The Islamic Republic of Iran. 

8 (2) The following organizations designated by 

9 the United States as foreign terrorist organizations: 

10 (A) The National Liberation Army (ELN). 

11 (B) The Revolutionary Armed Forces of 

12 Colombia–People’s Army (FARC-EP). 

13 (C) The Segunda Marquetalia. 

14 (c) FORM.—The assessment required by subsection 

15 (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in16 clude a classified annex. 

17 SEC. 441. CONTINUED CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF 

18 IRANIAN EXPENDITURES SUPPORTING FOR19 EIGN MILITARY AND TERRORIST ACTIVITIES. 

20 (a) UPDATE REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days 

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

22 of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional 

23 intelligence committees an update to the report submitted 

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1 Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020 (22 U.S.C. 9412) to 

2 reflect current occurrences, circumstances, and expendi3 tures. 

4 (b) FORM.—The update submitted pursuant to sub5 section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 

6 may include a classified annex. 

7 TITLE V—EMERGING 

8 TECHNOLOGIES 

9 SEC. 501. STRATEGY TO COUNTER FOREIGN ADVERSARY 

10 EFFORTS TO UTILIZE BIOTECHNOLOGIES IN 

11 WAYS THAT THREATEN UNITED STATES NA12 TIONAL SECURITY. 

13 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con14 gress that as biotechnologies become increasingly impor15 tant with regard to the national security interests of the 

16 United States, and with the addition of biotechnologies to 

17 the biosecurity mission of the National Counterprolifera18 tion and Biosecurity Center, the intelligence community 

19 must articulate and implement a whole-of-government 

20 strategy for addressing concerns relating to biotech21 nologies. 

22 (b) STRATEGY FOR BIOTECHNOLOGIES CRITICAL TO

23 NATIONAL SECURITY.— 

24 (1) STRATEGY REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 

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1 Director of National Intelligence shall, acting 

2 through the Director of the National Counterpro3 liferation and Biosecurity Center and in coordination 

4 with the heads of such other elements of the intel5 ligence community as the Director of National Intel6 ligence considers appropriate, develop and submit to 

7 the congressional intelligence committees a whole-of8 government strategy to address concerns relating to 

9 biotechnologies. 

10 (2) ELEMENTS.—The strategy developed and 

11 submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include 

12 the following: 

13 (A) Identification and assessment of bio14 technologies critical to the national security of 

15 the United States, including an assessment of 

16 which materials involve a dependency on foreign 

17 adversary nations. 

18 (B) A determination of how best to 

19 counter foreign adversary efforts to utilize bio20 technologies that threaten the national security 

21 of the United States, including technologies 

22 identified pursuant to paragraph (1). 

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1 fied pursuant to paragraph (1), by coordi2 nating— 

3 (i) across the intelligence community; 

4 (ii) the support provided by the intel5 ligence community to other relevant Fed6 eral agencies and policymakers; 

7 (iii) the engagement of the intelligence 

8 community with private sector entities; and 

9 (iv) how the intelligence community 

10 can support securing United States supply 

11 chains for and use of biotechnologies. 

12 (D) Proposals for such legislative or ad13 ministrative action as the Directors consider 

14 necessary to support the strategy. 

15 SEC. 502. IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ROLES, MISSIONS, AND 

16 OBJECTIVES OF THE NATIONAL COUNTER17 PROLIFERATION AND BIOSECURITY CENTER. 

18 Section 119A of the National Security Act of 1947 

19 (50 U.S.C. 3057) is amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (a)(4), by striking ‘‘biosecurity 

21 and’’ and inserting ‘‘counterproliferation, biosecu22 rity, and’’; and 

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1 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

2 ‘‘analyzing and’’; 

3 (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

4 ‘‘Establishing’’ and inserting ‘‘Coordi5 nating the establishment of’’; 

6 (iii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 

7 ‘‘Disseminating’’ and inserting ‘‘Over8 seeing the dissemination of’’; 

9 (iv) in subparagraph (E), by inserting 

10 ‘‘and coordinating’’ after ‘‘Conducting’’; 

11 and 

12 (v) in subparagraph (G), by striking 

13 ‘‘Conducting’’ and inserting ‘‘Coordinating 

14 and advancing’’; and 

15 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

16 (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

17 ‘‘and analysis’’; 

18 (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 

19 (C) through (E) as subparagraphs (D) 

20 through (F), respectively; 

21 (iii) by inserting after subparagraph 

22 (B) the following: 

23 ‘‘(C) Overseeing and coordinating the anal24 ysis of intelligence on biosecurity and foreign 

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1 needs of Federal departments and agencies re2 sponsible for public health, including by pro3 viding analytic priorities to elements of the in4 telligence community and by conducting and co5 ordinating net assessments.’’; 

6 (iv) in subparagraph (D), as redesig7 nated by clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘on mat8 ters relating to biosecurity and foreign bio9 logical threats’’ after ‘‘public health’’; 

10 (v) in subparagraph (F), as redesig11 nated by clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘and au12 thorities’’ after ‘‘capabilities’’; and 

13 (vi) by adding at the end the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(G) Coordinating with relevant elements 

16 of the intelligence community and other Federal 

17 departments and agencies responsible for public 

18 health to engage with private sector entities on 

19 information relevant to biosecurity, bio20 technology, and foreign biological threats.’’. 

21 SEC. 503. ENHANCING CAPABILITIES TO DETECT FOREIGN 

22 ADVERSARY THREATS RELATING TO BIO23 LOGICAL DATA. 

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1 shall, in consultation with the heads of such Federal de2 partments and agencies as the Director considers appro3 priate, take the following steps to standardize and enhance 

4 the capabilities of the intelligence community to detect for5 eign adversary threats relating to biological data: 

6 (1) Prioritize the collection, analysis, and dis7 semination of information relating to foreign adver8 sary use of biological data, particularly in ways that 

9 threaten or could threaten the national security of 

10 the United States. 

11 (2) Issue policy guidance within the intelligence 

12 community— 

13 (A) to standardize the handling and proc14 essing of biological data, including with respect 

15 to protecting the civil liberties and privacy of 

16 United States persons; 

17 (B) to standardize and enhance intelligence 

18 engagements with foreign allies and partners 

19 with respect to biological data; and 

20 (C) to standardize the creation of 

21 metadata relating to biological data. 

22 (3) Ensure coordination with such Federal de23 partments and agencies and entities in the private 

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1 using biological data stored within the United 

2 States. 

3 SEC. 504. NATIONAL SECURITY PROCEDURES TO ADDRESS 

4 CERTAIN RISKS AND THREATS RELATING TO 

5 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. 

6 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

7 (1) Artificial intelligence systems demonstrate 

8 increased capabilities in the generation of synthetic 

9 media and computer programming code, as well as 

10 areas such as object recognition, natural language 

11 processing, and workflow orchestration. 

12 (2) The growing capabilities of artificial intel13 ligence systems in the areas described in paragraph 

14 (1), as well as the greater accessibility of large-scale 

15 artificial intelligence models and advanced computa16 tion capabilities to individuals, businesses, and gov17 ernments, have dramatically increased the adoption 

18 of artificial intelligence products in the United 

19 States and globally. 

20 (3) The advanced capabilities of the systems de21 scribed in paragraph (1), and their accessibility to a 

22 wide-range of users, have increased the likelihood 

23 and effect of misuse or malfunction of these systems, 

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1 for computer network exploitation activity, enhance 

2 surveillance capabilities in ways that undermine the 

3 privacy of citizens of the United States, and increase 

4 the risk of exploitation or malfunction of information 

5 technology systems incorporating artificial intel6 ligence systems in mission-critical fields such as 

7 health care, critical infrastructure, and transpor8 tation. 

9 (b) PROCEDURES REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 

10 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi11 dent shall develop and issue procedures to facilitate and 

12 promote mechanisms by which— 

13 (1) vendors of advanced computation capabili14 ties, vendors and commercial users of artificial intel15 ligence systems, as well as independent researchers 

16 and other third parties, may effectively notify appro17 priate elements of the United States Government 

18 of— 

19 (A) information security risks emanating 

20 from artificial intelligence systems, such as the 

21 use of an artificial intelligence system to de22 velop or refine malicious software; 

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1 tiality, integrity, or availability of an artificial 

2 intelligence system, or to the supply chain of an 

3 artificial intelligence system, including training 

4 or test data, frameworks, computing environ5 ments, or other components necessary for the 

6 training, management, or maintenance of an ar7 tificial intelligence system; 

8 (C) biosecurity risks emanating from artifi9 cial intelligence systems, such as the use of an 

10 artificial intelligence system to design, develop, 

11 or acquire dual-use biological entities such as 

12 putatively toxic small molecules, proteins, or 

13 pathogenic organisms; 

14 (D) suspected foreign malign influence (as 

15 defined by section 119C of the National Secu16 rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3059(f))) activity 

17 that appears to be facilitated by an artificial in18 telligence system; and 

19 (E) any other unlawful activity facilitated 

20 by, or directed at, an artificial intelligence sys21 tem; 

22 (2) elements of the Federal Government may 

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1 priate, to potential or confirmed foreign exploitation 

2 of their systems, as well as malign foreign plans and 

3 intentions. 

4 (c) BRIEFING REQUIRED.— 

5 (1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON6 GRESS.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate 

7 committees of Congress’’ means— 

8 (A) the congressional intelligence commit9 tees; 

10 (B) the Committee on Homeland Security 

11 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 

12 (C) the Committee on Homeland Security 

13 of the House of Representatives. 

14 (2) IN GENERAL.—The President shall provide 

15 the appropriate committees of Congress a briefing 

16 on procedures developed and issued pursuant to sub17 section (b). 

18 (3) ELEMENTS.—The briefing provided pursu19 ant to paragraph (2) shall include the following: 

20 (A) A clear specification of which Federal 

21 agencies are responsible for leading outreach to 

22 affected industry and the public with respect to 

23 the matters described in subparagraphs (A) 

24 through (E) of paragraph (1) of subsection (b) 

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1 (B) An outline of a plan for industry out2 reach and public education regarding risks 

3 posed by, and directed at, artificial intelligence 

4 systems. 

5 (C) Use of research and development, 

6 stakeholder outreach, and risk management 

7 frameworks established pursuant to— 

8 (i) provisions of law in effect on the 

9 day before the date of the enactment of 

10 this Act; or 

11 (ii) Federal agency guidelines. 

12 SEC. 505. ESTABLISHMENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 

13 SECURITY CENTER. 

14 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days after 

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

16 National Security Agency shall establish an Artificial In17 telligence Security Center within the Cybersecurity Col18 laboration Center of the National Security Agency. 

19 (b) FUNCTIONS.—The functions of the Artificial In20 telligence Security Center shall be as follows: 

21 (1) Making available a research test bed to pri22 vate sector and academic researchers, on a sub23 sidized basis, to engage in artificial intelligence secu24 rity research, including through the secure provision 

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1 third-party models, with the consent of the vendors 

2 of the models. 

3 (2) Developing guidance to prevent or mitigate 

4 counter-artificial intelligence techniques. 

5 (3) Promoting secure artificial intelligence 

6 adoption practices for managers of national security 

7 systems (as defined in section 3552 of title 44, 

8 United States Code) and elements of the defense in9 dustrial base. 

10 (4) Coordinating with the Artificial Intelligence 

11 Safety Institute of the National Institute of Stand12 ards and Technology. 

13 (5) Such other functions as the Director con14 siders appropriate. 

15 (c) TEST BED REQUIREMENTS.— 

16 (1) ACCESS AND TERMS OF USAGE.— 

17 (A) RESEARCHER ACCESS.—The Director 

18 shall establish terms of usage governing re19 searcher access to the test bed made available 

20 under subsection (b)(1), with limitations on re21 searcher publication only to the extent nec22 essary to protect classified information or pro23 prietary information concerning third-party 

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1 (B) AVAILABILITY TO FEDERAL AGEN2 CIES.—The Director shall ensure that the test 

3 bed made available under subsection (b)(1) is 

4 also made available to other Federal agencies 

5 on a cost-recovery basis. 

6 (2) USE OF CERTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE AND

7 OTHER RESOURCES.—In carrying out subsection 

8 (b)(1), the Director shall leverage, to the greatest 

9 extent practicable, infrastructure and other re10 sources provided under section 5.2 of the Executive 

11 Order dated October 30, 2023 (relating to safe, se12 cure, and trustworthy development and use of artifi13 cial intelligence). 

14 (d) ACCESS TO PROPRIETARY MODELS.—In carrying 

15 out this section, the Director shall establish such mecha16 nisms as the Director considers appropriate, including po17 tential contractual incentives, to ensure the provision of 

18 access to proprietary models by qualified independent 

19 third-party researchers if commercial model vendors have 

20 voluntarily provided models and associated resources for 

21 such testing. 

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1 cial intelligence system, or to learn how to manipulate an 

2 artificial intelligence system, in order to subvert the con3 fidentiality, integrity, or availability of an artificial intel4 ligence system or adjacent system. 

5 SEC. 506. SENSE OF CONGRESS ENCOURAGING INTEL6 LIGENCE COMMUNITY TO INCREASE PRIVATE 

7 SECTOR CAPITAL PARTNERSHIPS AND PART8 NERSHIP WITH OFFICE OF STRATEGIC CAP9 ITAL OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO SE10 CURE ENDURING TECHNOLOGICAL ADVAN11 TAGES. 

12 It is the sense of Congress that— 

13 (1) acquisition leaders in the intelligence com14 munity should further explore the strategic use of 

15 private capital partnerships to secure enduring tech16 nological advantages for the intelligence community, 

17 including through the identification, development, 

18 and transfer of promising technologies to full-scale 

19 programs capable of meeting intelligence community 

20 requirements; and 

21 (2) the intelligence community should under22 take regular consultation with Federal partners, 

23 such as the Office of Strategic Capital of the Office 

24 of the Secretary of Defense, on best practices and 

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1 these resources so as to accelerate attainment of na2 tional security objectives. 

3 SEC. 507. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY 

4 BRIDGE FUND. 

5 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 (1) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.—The term 

7 ‘‘nonprofit organization’’ means an organization that 

8 is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Rev9 enue Code of 1986 and that is exempt from tax 

10 under section 501(a) of such Code. 

11 (2) WORK PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘work pro12 gram’’ means any agreement between In-Q-Tel and 

13 a third-party company, where such third-party com14 pany furnishes or is furnishing a product or service 

15 for use by any of In-Q-Tel’s government customers 

16 to address those customers’ technology needs or re17 quirements. 

18 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.—There is estab19 lished in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be 

20 known as the ‘‘Intelligence Community Technology Bridge 

21 Fund’’ (in this subsection referred to as the ‘‘Fund’’) to 

22 assist in the transitioning of products or services from the 

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1 (c) CONTENTS OF FUND.—The Fund shall consist of 

2 amounts appropriated to the Fund, and amounts in the 

3 Fund shall remain available until expended. 

4 (d) AVAILABILITY AND USE OF FUND.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3), 

6 amounts in the Fund shall be available to the Direc7 tor of National Intelligence to provide assistance to 

8 a business or nonprofit organization that is 

9 transitioning a product or service. 

10 (2) TYPES OF ASSISTANCE.—Assistance pro11 vided under paragraph (1) may be distributed as 

12 funds in the form of a grant, a payment for a prod13 uct or service, or a payment for equity. 

14 (3) REQUIREMENTS FOR FUNDS.—Assistance 

15 may be provided under paragraph (1) to a business 

16 or nonprofit organization that is transitioning a 

17 product or service only if— 

18 (A) the business or nonprofit organiza19 tion— 

20 (i) has participated or is participating 

21 in a work program; or 

22 (ii) is engaged with an element of the 

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1 (B) the Director of National Intelligence or 

2 the head of an element of the intelligence com3 munity attests that the product or service will 

4 be utilized by an element of the intelligence 

5 community for a mission need, such as because 

6 it would be valuable in addressing a needed ca7 pability, fill or complement a technology gap, or 

8 increase the supplier base or price-competitive9 ness for the Federal Government. 

10 (4) PRIORITY FOR SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS

11 AND NONTRADITIONAL DEFENSE CONTRACTORS.—In 

12 providing assistance under paragraph (1), the Direc13 tor shall prioritize the provision of assistance to 

14 small business concerns (as defined under section 

15 3(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a))) 

16 and nontraditional defense contractors (as defined in 

17 section 3014 of title 10, United States Code). 

18 (e) ADMINISTRATION OF FUND.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Fund shall be adminis20 tered by the Director of National Intelligence. 

21 (2) CONSULTATION.—In administering the 

22 Fund, the Director— 

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1 (B) may consult with In-Q-Tel, the De2 fense Advanced Research Project Agency, the 

3 North Atlantic Treaty Organization Investment 

4 Fund, and the Defense Innovation Unit. 

5 (f) ANNUAL REPORTS.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 

7 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Direc8 tor shall submit to the congressional intelligence 

9 committees a report on the Fund. 

10 (2) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted pursu11 ant to paragraph (1) shall include, for the period 

12 covered by the report, information about the fol13 lowing: 

14 (A) How much was expended or obligated 

15 using amounts from the Fund. 

16 (B) For what the amounts were expended 

17 or obligated. 

18 (C) The effects of such expenditures and 

19 obligations. 

20 (D) A summary of annual transition activi21 ties and outcomes of such activities for the in22 telligence community. 

23 (3) FORM.—Each report submitted pursuant to 

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1 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

3 there is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund 

4 $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 and for each fiscal 

5 year thereafter. 

6 (2) LIMITATION.—The amount in the Fund 

7 shall not exceed $75,000,000 at any time. 

8 SEC. 508. ENHANCEMENT OF AUTHORITY FOR INTEL9 LIGENCE COMMUNITY PUBLIC-PRIVATE TAL10 ENT EXCHANGES. 

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

12 of the Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard 

13 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 

14 2019, and 2020 (50 U.S.C. 3334) is amended— 

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

16 the following: 

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

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

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

20 that the policies, processes, and procedures devel21 oped pursuant to paragraph (1) include a focus on 

22 rotations described in such paragraph with private23 sector organizations in the following fields: 

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1 ‘‘(C) Biotechnology. 

2 ‘‘(D) Computing. 

3 ‘‘(E) Artificial intelligence. 

4 ‘‘(F) Business process innovation and en5 trepreneurship. 

6 ‘‘(G) Cybersecurity. 

7 ‘‘(H) Materials and manufacturing. 

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

9 the Director determines relevant to meet evolv10 ing national security threats in technology sec11 tors.’’. 

12 (b) DURATION OF TEMPORARY DETAILS.—Sub13 section (e) of section 5306 of the Damon Paul Nelson and 

14 Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for 

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

16 amended— 

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

18 inserting ‘‘5 years’’; and 

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

20 inserting ‘‘5 years’’. 

21 (c) TREATMENT OF PRIVATE-SECTOR EMPLOYEES.— 

22 Subsection (g) of such section is amended— 

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

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

2 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

4 ‘‘(7) shall not be considered to have a conflict 

5 of interest with an element of the intelligence com6 munity solely because of being detailed to an ele7 ment of the intelligence community under this sec8 tion.’’. 

9 (d) HIRING AUTHORITY.—Such section is amended— 

10 (1) by redesignating subsection (j) as sub11 section (k); and 

12 (2) by inserting after subsection (i) the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(j) HIRING AUTHORITY.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director may hire, 

16 under section 213.3102(r) of title 5, Code of Federal 

17 Regulations, or successor regulations, an individual 

18 who is an employee of a private-sector organization 

19 who is detailed to an element of the intelligence com20 munity under this section. 

21 ‘‘(2) NO PERSONNEL BILLET REQUIRED.—Hir22 ing an individual under paragraph (1) shall not re23 quire a personnel billet.’’. 

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1 after for 2 more years, the Director of National Intel2 ligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence com3 mittees an annual report on— 

4 (1) the implementation of the policies, proc5 esses, and procedures developed pursuant to sub6 section (a) of such section 5306 (50 U.S.C. 3334) 

7 and the administration of such section; 

8 (2) how the heads of the elements of the intel9 ligence community are using or plan to use the au10 thorities provided under such section; and 

11 (3) recommendations for legislative or adminis12 trative action to increase use of the authorities pro13 vided under such section. 

14 SEC. 509. ENHANCING INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ABILITY 

15 TO ACQUIRE EMERGING TECHNOLOGY THAT 

16 FULFILLS INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY 

17 NEEDS. 

18 (a) DEFINITION OF WORK PROGRAM.—The term 

19 ‘‘work program’’ means any agreement between In-Q-Tel 

20 and a third-party company, where such third-party com21 pany furnishes or is furnishing a property, product, or 

22 service for use by any of In-Q-Tel’s government customers 

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1 (b) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the exceptions list2 ed under section 3304(a) of title 41, United States Code, 

3 and under section 3204(a) of title 10, United States Code, 

4 for the use of competitive procedures, the Director of Na5 tional Intelligence or the head of an element of the intel6 ligence community may use procedures other than com7 petitive procedures to acquire a property, product, or serv8 ice if— 

9 (1) the source of the property, product, or serv10 ice is a company that completed a work program in 

11 which the company furnished the property, product, 

12 or service; and 

13 (2) the Director of National Intelligence or the 

14 head of an element of the intelligence community 

15 certifies that such property, product, or service has 

16 been shown to meet an identified need of the intel17 ligence community. 

18 (c) JUSTIFICATION FOR USE OF PROCEDURES

19 OTHER THAN COMPETITIVE PROCEDURES.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—A property, product, or serv21 ice may not be acquired by the Director or the head 

22 of an element of the intelligence community under 

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1 acquisition justifies the use of such procedures in 

2 writing. 

3 (2) CONTENTS.—A justification in writing de4 scribed in paragraph (1) for an acquisition using 

5 procedures other than competitive procedures shall 

6 include the following: 

7 (A) A description of the need of the ele8 ment of the intelligence community that the 

9 property, product, or service satisfies. 

10 (B) A certification that the anticipated 

11 costs will be fair and reasonable. 

12 (C) A description of the market survey 

13 conducted or a statement of the reasons a mar14 ket survey was not conducted. 

15 (D) Such other matters as the Director or 

16 the head, as the case may be, determines appro17 priate. 

18 SEC. 510. MANAGEMENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SE19 CURITY RISKS. 

20 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

21 (1) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SAFETY INCI22 DENT.—The term ‘‘artificial intelligence safety inci23 dent’’ means an event that increases the risk that 

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1 (A) result in physical or psychological 

2 harm; or 

3 (B) lead to a state in which human life, 

4 health, property, or the environment is endan5 gered. 

6 (2) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SECURITY INCI7 DENT.—The term ‘‘artificial intelligence security in8 cident’’ means an event that increases— 

9 (A) the risk that operation of an artificial 

10 intelligence system occurs in a way that enables 

11 the extraction of information about the behavior 

12 or characteristics of an artificial intelligence 

13 system by a third party; or 

14 (B) the ability of a third party to manipu15 late an artificial intelligence system to subvert 

16 the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of 

17 an artificial intelligence system or adjacent sys18 tem. 

19 (3) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SECURITY VUL20 NERABILITY.—The term ‘‘artificial intelligence secu21 rity vulnerability’’ means a weakness in an artificial 

22 intelligence system that could be exploited by a third 

23 party to, without authorization, subvert the con24 fidentiality, integrity, or availability of an artificial 


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1 intelligence system, including through techniques 

2 such as— 

3 (A) data poisoning; 

4 (B) evasion attacks; 

5 (C) privacy-based attacks; and 

6 (D) abuse attacks. 

7 (4) COUNTER-ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.—The 

8 term ‘‘counter-artificial intelligence’’ means tech9 niques or procedures to extract information about 

10 the behavior or characteristics of an artificial intel11 ligence system, or to learn how to manipulate an ar12 tificial intelligence system, so as to subvert the con13 fidentiality, integrity, or availability of an artificial 

14 intelligence system or adjacent system. 

15 (b) VOLUNTARY TRACKING AND PROCESSING OF SE16 CURITY AND SAFETY INCIDENTS AND RISKS ASSOCIATED

17 WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.— 

18 (1) PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES FOR VUL19 NERABILITY MANAGEMENT.—Not later than 180 

20 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

21 Director of the National Institute of Standards and 

22 Technology shall— 

23 (A) initiate a process to update processes 

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1 sure that the database and associated vulner2 ability management processes incorporate artifi3 cial intelligence security vulnerabilities to the 

4 greatest extent practicable; and 

5 (B) identify any characteristics of artificial 

6 intelligence security vulnerabilities that make 

7 utilization of the National Vulnerability Data8 base inappropriate for their management and 

9 develop processes and procedures for vulner10 ability management of those vulnerabilities. 

11 (2) VOLUNTARY TRACKING OF ARTIFICIAL IN12 TELLIGENCE SECURITY AND ARTIFICIAL INTEL13 LIGENCE SAFETY INCIDENTS.— 

14 (A) VOLUNTARY DATABASE REQUIRED.— 

15 Not later than 1 year after the date of the en16 actment of this Act, the Director of the Insti17 tute, in coordination with the Director of the 

18 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 

19 Agency, shall— 

20 (i) develop and establish a comprehen21 sive database to publicly track artificial in22 telligence security and artificial intelligence 

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1 (ii) in establishing the database under 

2 clause (i)— 

3 (I) establish mechanisms by 

4 which private sector entities, public 

5 sector organizations, civil society 

6 groups, and academic researchers may 

7 voluntarily share information with the 

8 Institute on confirmed or suspected 

9 artificial intelligence security or artifi10 cial intelligence safety incidents, in a 

11 manner that preserves the confiden12 tiality of any affected party; 

13 (II) leverage, to the greatest ex14 tent possible, standardized disclosure 

15 and incident description formats; 

16 (III) develop processes to asso17 ciate reports pertaining to the same 

18 incident with a single incident identi19 fier; 

20 (IV) establish classification, in21 formation retrieval, and reporting 

22 mechanisms that sufficiently differen23 tiate between artificial intelligence se24 curity incidents and artificial intel25 ligence safety incidents; and 


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1 (V) create appropriate 

2 taxonomies to classify incidents based 

3 on relevant characteristics, impact, or 

4 other relevant criteria. 

5 (B) IDENTIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF

6 MATERIAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SECURITY

7 OR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SAFETY RISKS.— 

8 (i) IN GENERAL.—Upon receipt of rel9 evant information on an artificial intel10 ligence security or artificial intelligence 

11 safety incident, the Director of the Insti12 tute shall determine whether the described 

13 incident presents a material artificial intel14 ligence security or artificial intelligence 

15 safety risk sufficient for inclusion in the 

16 database developed and established under 

17 subparagraph (A). 

18 (ii) PRIORITIES.—In evaluating a re19 ported incident pursuant to subparagraph 

20 (A), the Director shall prioritize inclusion 

21 in the database cases in which a described 

22 incident— 

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1 (II) would result in a high-sever2 ity or catastrophic impact to the peo3 ple or economy of the United States; 

4 or 

5 (III) includes an artificial intel6 ligence system widely used in commer7 cial or public sector contexts. 

8 (C) REPORTS AND ANONYMITY.—The Di9 rector shall populate the database developed 

10 and established under subparagraph (A) with 

11 incidents based on public reports and informa12 tion shared using the mechanism established 

13 pursuant to clause (ii)(I) of such subparagraph, 

14 ensuring that any incident description suffi15 ciently anonymizes those affected, unless those 

16 who are affected have consented to their names 

17 being included in the database. 

18 (c) UPDATING PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES RE19 LATING TO COMMON VULNERABILITIES AND EXPOSURES

20 PROGRAM AND EVALUATION OF CONSENSUS STANDARDS

21 RELATING TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SECURITY VUL22 NERABILITY REPORTING.— 

23 (1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

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1 Vulnerabilities and Exposures Program’’ means 

2 the reference guide and classification system for 

3 publicly known information security 

4 vulnerabilities sponsored by the Cybersecurity 

5 and Infrastructure Security Agency. 

6 (B) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ 

7 means the Director of the Cybersecurity and 

8 Infrastructure Security Agency. 

9 (C) RELEVANT CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT10 TEES.—The term ‘‘relevant congressional com11 mittees’’ means— 

12 (i) the Committee on Homeland Secu13 rity and Governmental Affairs of the Sen14 ate; 

15 (ii) the Committee on Commerce, 

16 Science, and Transportation of the Senate; 

17 (iii) the Select Committee on Intel18 ligence of the Senate; 

19 (iv) the Committee on the Judiciary of 

20 the Senate; 

21 (v) the Committee on Oversight and 

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1 (vi) the Committee on Energy and 

2 Commerce of the House of Representa3 tives; 

4 (vii) the Permanent Select Committee 

5 on Intelligence of the House of Represent6 atives; and 

7 (viii) the Committee on the Judiciary 

8 of the House of Representatives. 

9 (2) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

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

11 shall— 

12 (A) initiate a process to update processes 

13 and procedures associated with the Common 

14 Vulnerabilities and Exposures Program to en15 sure that the program and associated processes 

16 identify and enumerate artificial intelligence se17 curity vulnerabilities to the greatest extent 

18 practicable; and 

19 (B) identify any characteristic of artificial 

20 intelligence security vulnerabilities that makes 

21 utilization of the Common Vulnerabilities and 

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1 meration of those artificial intelligence security 

2 vulnerabilities. 

3 (3) EVALUATION OF CONSENSUS STANDARDS.— 

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 

5 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Di6 rector of the National Institute of Standards 

7 and Technology shall initiate a multi-stake8 holder process to evaluate whether existing vol9 untary consensus standards for vulnerability re10 porting effectively accommodate artificial intel11 ligence security vulnerabilities. 

12 (B) REPORT.— 

13 (i) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 180 

14 days after the date on which the evaluation 

15 under subparagraph (A) is carried out, the 

16 Director shall submit a report to the rel17 evant congressional committees on the suf18 ficiency of existing vulnerability reporting 

19 processes and standards to accommodate 

20 artificial intelligence security 

21 vulnerabilities. 

22 (ii) POST-REPORT ACTION.—If the Di23 rector concludes in the report submitted 

24 under clause (i) that existing processes do 

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1 artificial intelligence security 

2 vulnerabilities, the Director shall initiate a 

3 process, in consultation with the Director 

4 of the National Institute of Standards and 

5 Technology and the Director of the Office 

6 of Management and Budget, to update rel7 evant vulnerability reporting processes, in8 cluding the Department of Homeland Se9 curity Binding Operational Directive 20– 

10 01, or any subsequent directive. 

11 (4) BEST PRACTICES.—Not later than 90 days 

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

13 shall, in collaboration with the Director of the Na14 tional Security Agency and the Director of the Na15 tional Institute of Standards and Technology and 

16 leveraging efforts of the Information Communica17 tions Technology Supply Chain Risk Management 

18 Task Force to the greatest extent practicable, con19 vene a multi-stakeholder process to encourage the 

20 development and adoption of best practices relating 

21 to addressing supply chain risks associated with 

22 training and maintaining artificial intelligence mod23 els, which shall ensure consideration of supply chain 

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1 (A) data collection, cleaning, and labeling, 

2 particularly the supply chain risks of reliance 

3 on remote workforce and foreign labor for such 

4 tasks; 

5 (B) inadequate documentation of training 

6 data and test data storage, as well as limited 

7 provenance of training data; 

8 (C) human feedback systems used to refine 

9 artificial intelligence systems, particularly the 

10 supply chain risks of reliance on remote work11 force and foreign labor for such tasks; 

12 (D) the use of large-scale, open-source 

13 datasets, particularly the supply chain risks to 

14 repositories that host such datasets for use by 

15 public and private sector developers in the 

16 United States; and 

17 (E) the use of proprietary datasets con18 taining sensitive or personally identifiable infor19 mation. 

20 SEC. 511. PROTECTION OF TECHNOLOGICAL MEASURES DE21 SIGNED TO VERIFY AUTHENTICITY OR PROV22 ENANCE OF MACHINE-MANIPULATED MEDIA. 

23 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

24 (1) MACHINE-MANIPULATED MEDIA.—The term 

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1 given such term in section 5724 of the Damon Paul 

2 Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Au3 thorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 

4 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 50 U.S.C. 3024 note). 

5 (2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

6 the several States of the United States, the District 

7 of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 

8 Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the 

9 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 

10 (b) PROHIBITIONS.— 

11 (1) PROHIBITION ON CONCEALING SUBVER12 SION.—No person shall knowingly and with the in13 tent or substantial likelihood of deceiving a third 

14 party, enable, facilitate, or conceal the subversion of 

15 a technological measure designed to verify the au16 thenticity, modifications, or conveyance of machine17 manipulated media, or characteristics of the prove18 nance of the machine-manipulated media, by gener19 ating information about the authenticity of a piece 

20 of content that is knowingly false. 

21 (2) PROHIBITION ON FRAUDULENT DISTRIBU22 TION.—No person shall knowingly and for financial 

23 benefit, enable, facilitate, or conceal the subversion 

24 of a technological measure described in paragraph 

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1 knowingly false information about the authenticity 

2 of a piece of machine-manipulated media. 

3 (3) PROHIBITION ON PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

4 FOR CIRCUMVENTION.—No person shall deliberately 

5 manufacture, import, or offer to the public a tech6 nology, product, service, device, component, or part 

7 thereof that— 

8 (A) is primarily designed or produced and 

9 promoted for the purpose of circumventing, re10 moving, or otherwise disabling a technological 

11 measure described in paragraph (1) with the in12 tent or substantial likelihood of deceiving a 

13 third party about the authenticity of a piece of 

14 machine-manipulated media; 

15 (B) has only limited commercially signifi16 cant or expressive purpose or use other than to 

17 circumvent, remove, or otherwise disable a tech18 nological measure designed to verify the authen19 ticity of machine-manipulated media and is pro20 moted for such purposes; or 

21 (C) is marketed by that person or another 

22 acting in concert with that person with that 

23 person’s knowledge for use in circumventing, re24 moving, or otherwise disabling a technological 

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1 tent to deceive a third party about the authen2 ticity of a piece of machine-manipulated media. 

3 (c) EXEMPTIONS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in subsection (b) 

5 shall inhibit the ability of any individual to access, 

6 read, or review a technological measure described in 

7 paragraph (1) of such subsection or to access, read, 

8 or review the provenance, modification, or convey9 ance information contained therein. 

10 (2) EXEMPTION FOR NONPROFIT LIBRARIES, 

11 ARCHIVES, AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise 

13 provided in this subsection, subsection (b) shall 

14 not apply to a nonprofit library, archives, or 

15 educational institution which generates, distrib16 utes, or otherwise handles machine-manipulated 

17 media. 

18 (B) COMMERCIAL ADVANTAGE, FINANCIAL

19 GAIN, OR TORTIOUS CONDUCT.—The exception 

20 in subparagraph (A) shall not apply to a non21 profit library, archive, or educational institution 

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1 chive, or educational institution that willfully 

2 for the purpose of commercial advantage, finan3 cial gain, or in furtherance of tortious conduct 

4 violates a provision of subsection (b) shall— 

5 (i) for the first offense, be subject to 

6 the civil remedies under subsection (d); 

7 and 

8 (ii) for repeated or subsequent of9 fenses, in addition to the civil remedies 

10 under subsection (d), forfeit the exemption 

11 provided under subparagraph (A). 

12 (C) CIRCUMVENTING TECHNOLOGIES.— 

13 This paragraph may not be used as a defense 

14 to a claim under paragraph (3) of subsection 

15 (b), nor may this subsection permit a nonprofit 

16 library, archive, or educational institution to 

17 manufacture, import, offer to the public, pro18 vide, or otherwise traffic in any technology, 

19 product, service, component, or part thereof, 

20 that circumvents a technological measure de21 scribed in paragraph (1) of such subsection. 

22 (D) QUALIFICATIONS OF LIBRARIES AND

23 ARCHIVES.—In order for a library or archive to 

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1 (A), the collections of that library or archive 

2 shall be— 

3 (i) open to the public; or 

4 (ii) available not only to researchers 

5 affiliated with the library or archive or 

6 with the institution of which it is a part, 

7 but also to other persons doing research in 

8 a specialized field. 

9 (3) REVERSE ENGINEERING.— 

10 (A) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 

11 (i) CIRCUMVENTION.—The term ‘‘cir12 cumvention’’ means to remove, deactivate, 

13 disable, or impair a technological measure 

14 designed to verify the authenticity of ma15 chine-manipulated media or characteristics 

16 of its provenance, modifications, or convey17 ance. 

18 (ii) INTEROPERABILITY.—The term 

19 ‘‘interoperability’’ means the ability of— 

20 (I) computer programs to ex21 change information; and 

22 (II) such programs mutually to 

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1 (B) IN GENERAL.—An authorized user of 

2 a technological measure described in subsection 

3 (b)(1) may circumvent such technological meas4 ure for the sole purpose of identifying and ana5 lyzing those elements of the technological meas6 ure that are necessary to achieve interoper7 ability with that authorized user’s own techno8 logical measures intended for similar purposes 

9 of verifying the authenticity of machine-manip10 ulated media or characteristics of its prove11 nance, modifications, or conveyance. 

12 (C) LAW ENFORCEMENT, INTELLIGENCE, 

13 AND OTHER GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES.—Sub14 section (b) does not prohibit any lawfully au15 thorized investigative, protective, information 

16 security, or intelligence activity of an officer, 

17 agent, or employee of the United States, a 

18 State, or a political subdivision of a State, or a 

19 person acting pursuant to a contract with the 

20 United States, a State, or a political subdivision 

21 of a State. 

22 (d) ENFORCEMENT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.— 

23 (1) CIVIL ACTIONS.—The Attorney General 

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1 States district court against any person who violates 

2 subsection (b). 

3 (2) POWERS OF THE COURT.—In an action 

4 brought under paragraph (1), the court— 

5 (A) may grant temporary and permanent 

6 injunctions on such terms as it deems reason7 able to prevent or restrain a violation, but in no 

8 event shall impose a prior restraint on free 

9 speech or the press protected under the First 

10 Amendment to the Constitution of the United 

11 States; 

12 (B) at any time while an action is pending, 

13 may order the impounding, on such terms as it 

14 deems reasonable, of any device or product that 

15 is in the custody or control of the alleged viola16 tor and that the court has reasonable cause to 

17 believe was involved in a violation; 

18 (C) may award damages under paragraph 

19 (3); 

20 (D) in its discretion may allow the recovery 

21 of costs against any party other than the 

22 United States or an officer thereof; and 

23 (E) may, as part of a final judgment or 

24 decree finding a violation, order the remedial 

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1 product involved in the violation that is in the 

2 custody or control of the violator or has been 

3 impounded under subparagraph (B). 

4 (3) AWARD OF DAMAGES.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise 

6 provided in this section, a person committing a 

7 violation of subsection (b) is liable for statutory 

8 damages as provided in subparagraph (C). 

9 (B) STATUTORY DAMAGES.— 

10 (i) ELECTION OF AMOUNT BASED ON

11 NUMBER OF ACTS OF CIRCUMVENTION.— 

12 At any time before final judgment is en13 tered, the Attorney General may elect to 

14 recover an award of statutory damages for 

15 each violation of subsection (b) in the sum 

16 of not less than $200 or more than $2,500 

17 per act of circumvention, device, product, 

18 component, offer, or performance of serv19 ice, as the court considers just. 

20 (ii) ELECTION OF AMOUNT; TOTAL

21 AMOUNT.—At any time before final judg22 ment is entered, the Attorney General may 

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1 the sum of not less than $2,500 or more 

2 than $25,000. 

3 (C) REPEATED VIOLATIONS.—In any case 

4 in which the Attorney General sustains the bur5 den of proving, and the court finds, that a per6 son has violated subsection (b) within 3 years 

7 after a final judgment was entered against the 

8 person for another such violation, the court 

9 may increase the award of damages up to triple 

10 the amount that would otherwise be awarded, 

11 as the court considers just. 

12 (D) INNOCENT VIOLATIONS.— 

13 (i) IN GENERAL.—The court in its 

14 discretion may reduce or remit the total 

15 award of damages in any case in which the 

16 violator sustains the burden of proving, 

17 and the court finds, that the violator was 

18 not aware and had no reason to believe 

19 that its acts constituted a violation. 

20 (ii) NONPROFIT LIBRARY, ARCHIVE, 

21 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, OR PUBLIC

22 BROADCASTING ENTITIES.—In the case of 

23 a nonprofit library, archive, educational in24 stitution, or public broadcasting entity, the 

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1 which the library, archive, educational in2 stitution, or public broadcasting entity sus3 tains the burden of proving, and the court 

4 finds, that the library, archive, educational 

5 institution, or public broadcasting entity 

6 was not aware and had no reason to be7 lieve that its acts constituted a violation. 

8 SEC. 512. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON HOSTILE FOREIGN 

9 CYBER ACTORS. 

10 It is the sense of Congress that foreign ransomware 

11 organizations, and foreign affiliates associated with them, 

12 constitute hostile foreign cyber actors, that covered na13 tions abet and benefit from the activities of these actors, 

14 and that such actors should be treated as hostile foreign 

15 cyber actors by the United States. Such actors include the 

16 following: 

17 (1) DarkSide. 

18 (2) Conti. 

19 (3) REvil. 

20 (4) BlackCat, also known as ‘‘ALPHV’’. 

21 (5) LockBit. 

22 (6) Rhysida, also known as ‘‘Vice Society’’. 

23 (7) Royal. 

24 (8) Phobos, also known as ‘‘Eight’’ and also 

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1 (9) C10p. 

2 (10) Hackers associated with the SamSam 

3 ransomware campaigns. 

4 (11) Play. 

5 (12) BianLian. 

6 (13) Killnet. 

7 (14) Akira. 

8 (15) Ragnar Locker, also known as ‘‘Dark An9 gels’’. 

10 (16) Blacksuit. 

11 (17) INC. 

12 (18) Black Basta. 

13 SEC. 513. DESIGNATION OF STATE SPONSORS OF 

14 RANSOMWARE AND REPORTING REQUIRE15 MENTS. 

16 (a) DESIGNATION OF STATE SPONSORS OF

17 RANSOMWARE.— 

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

19 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an20 nually thereafter, the Secretary of State, in consulta21 tion with the Director of National Intelligence, 

22 shall— 

23 (A) designate as a state sponsor of 

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1 vided support for ransomware demand schemes 

2 (including by providing safe haven for individ3 uals engaged in such schemes); 

4 (B) submit to Congress a report listing the 

5 countries designated under subparagraph (A); 

6 and 

7 (C) in making designations under subpara8 graph (A), take into consideration the report 

9 submitted to Congress under section 514(c)(1). 

10 (2) SANCTIONS AND PENALTIES.—The Presi11 dent shall impose with respect to each state sponsor 

12 of ransomware designated under paragraph (1)(A) 

13 the sanctions and penalties imposed with respect to 

14 a state sponsor of terrorism. 

15 (3) STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM DE16 FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘state sponsor 

17 of terrorism’’ means a country the government of 

18 which the Secretary of State has determined has re19 peatedly provided support for acts of international 

20 terrorism, for purposes of— 

21 (A) section 1754(c)(1)(A)(i) of the Export 

22 Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 

23 4813(c)(1)(A)(i)); 

24 (B) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance 

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1 (C) section 40(d) of the Arms Export Con2 trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2780(d)); or 

3 (D) any other provision of law. 

4 (b) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 

5 (1) SANCTIONS RELATING TO RANSOMWARE RE6 PORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 

7 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 

8 Treasury shall submit a report to Congress that de9 scribes, for each of the 5 fiscal years immediately 

10 preceding the date of such report, the number and 

11 geographic locations of individuals, groups, and enti12 ties subject to sanctions imposed by the Office of 

13 Foreign Assets Control who were subsequently deter14 mined to have been involved in a ransomware de15 mand scheme. 

16 (2) COUNTRY OF ORIGIN REPORT.—The Sec17 retary of State, in consultation with the Director of 

18 National Intelligence and the Director of the Federal 

19 Bureau of Investigation, shall— 

20 (A) submit a report, with a classified 

21 annex, to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

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1 ligence of the House of Representatives that 

2 identifies the country of origin of foreign-based 

3 ransomware attacks; and 

4 (B) make the report described in subpara5 graph (A) (excluding the classified annex) avail6 able to the public. 

7 (3) INVESTIGATIVE AUTHORITIES REPORT.— 

8 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact9 ment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 

10 United States shall issue a report that outlines the 

11 authorities available to the Federal Bureau of Inves12 tigation, the United States Secret Service, the Cy13 bersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, 

14 Homeland Security Investigations, and the Office of 

15 Foreign Assets Control to respond to foreign-based 

16 ransomware attacks. 

17 SEC. 514. DEEMING RANSOMWARE THREATS TO CRITICAL 

18 INFRASTRUCTURE A NATIONAL INTEL19 LIGENCE PRIORITY. 

20 (a) CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEFINED.—In this 

21 section, the term ‘‘critical infrastructure’’ has the meaning 

22 given such term in subsection (e) of the Critical Infra23 structures Protection Act of 2001 (42 U.S.C. 5195c(e)). 

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1 The Director of National Intelligence, pursuant to the pro2 visions of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

3 3001 et seq.), the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Pre4 vention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–458), section 

5 1.3(b)(17) of Executive Order 12333 (50 U.S.C. 3001 

6 note; relating to United States intelligence activities), as 

7 in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of 

8 this Act, and National Security Presidential Directive–26 

9 (February 24, 2003; relating to intelligence priorities), as 

10 in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of 

11 this Act, shall deem ransomware threats to critical infra12 structure a national intelligence priority component to the 

13 National Intelligence Priorities Framework. 

14 (c) REPORT.— 

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

16 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Di17 rector of National Intelligence shall, in consultation 

18 with the Director of the Federal Bureau of Inves19 tigation, submit to the Select Committee on Intel20 ligence of the Senate and the Permanent Select 

21 Committee on Intelligence of the House of Rep22 resentatives a report on the implications of the 

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1 (2) CONTENTS.—The report submitted under 

2 paragraph (1) shall address the following: 

3 (A) Identification of individuals, groups, 

4 and entities who pose the most significant 

5 threat, including attribution to individual 

6 ransomware attacks whenever possible. 

7 (B) Locations from which individuals, 

8 groups, and entities conduct ransomware at9 tacks. 

10 (C) The infrastructure, tactics, and tech11 niques ransomware actors commonly use. 

12 (D) Any relationships between the individ13 uals, groups, and entities that conduct 

14 ransomware attacks and their governments or 

15 countries of origin that could impede the ability 

16 to counter ransomware threats. 

17 (E) Intelligence gaps that have impeded, or 

18 currently are impeding, the ability to counter 

19 ransomware threats. 

20 (3) FORM.—The report submitted under para21 graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 

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1 TITLE VI—CLASSIFICATION 

2 REFORM 

3 SEC. 601. GOVERNANCE OF CLASSIFICATION AND DECLAS4 SIFICATION SYSTEM. 

5 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 (1) CONTROLLED UNCLASSIFIED INFORMA7 TION.—The term ‘‘controlled unclassified informa8 tion’’ means information described as ‘‘Controlled 

9 Unclassified Information’’ or ‘‘CUI’’ in Executive 

10 Order 13556 (75 Fed. Reg. 68675; relating to con11 trolled unclassified information), or any successor 

12 order. 

13 (2) EXECUTIVE AGENT.—The term ‘‘Executive 

14 Agent’’ means the Executive Agent for Classification 

15 and Declassification designated under subsection 

16 (b)(1)(A). 

17 (3) EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘Exec18 utive Committee’’ means the Executive Committee 

19 on Classification and Declassification Programs and 

20 Technology established under subsection (b)(1)(C). 

21 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF CLASSIFICATION AND DE22 CLASSIFICATION GOVERNANCE.— 

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

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

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1 (A) designate a Federal official as Execu2 tive Agent for Classification and Declassifica3 tion to identify and promote technological solu4 tions to support efficient and effective systems 

5 for classification and declassification to be im6 plemented on an interoperable and federated 

7 basis across the Federal Government; 

8 (B) designate a Federal official— 

9 (i) to establish policies and guidance 

10 relating to classification and declassifica11 tion and controlled unclassified information 

12 across the Federal Government; 

13 (ii) to conduct oversight of the imple14 mentation of such policies and guidance; 

15 and 

16 (iii) who may, at the discretion of the 

17 President, also serve as Executive Agent; 

18 and 

19 (C) establish an Executive Committee on 

20 Classification and Declassification Programs 

21 and Technology to provide direction, advice, 

22 and guidance to the Executive Agent. 

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1 (A) COMPOSITION.—The Executive Com2 mittee shall be composed of the following or 

3 their designees: 

4 (i) The Director of National Intel5 ligence. 

6 (ii) The Under Secretary of Defense 

7 for Intelligence and Security. 

8 (iii) The Secretary of Energy. 

9 (iv) The Secretary of State. 

10 (v) The Director of the Office of Man11 agement and Budget. 

12 (vi) The Archivist of the United 

13 States. 

14 (vii) The Federal official designated 

15 under subsection (b)(1)(B) if such official 

16 is not also the Executive Agent. 

17 (viii) Such other members as the Ex18 ecutive Agent considers appropriate. 

19 (B) CHAIRPERSON.—The Executive Agent 

20 shall be the chairperson of the Executive Com21 mittee. 

22 (c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 

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

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1 President shall submit to Congress a report on the 

2 administration of this section. 

3 (2) CONTENTS.—The report submitted pursu4 ant to paragraph (1) shall include the following: 

5 (A) Funding, personnel, expertise, and re6 sources required for the Executive Agent and a 

7 description of how such funding, personnel, ex8 pertise, and resources will be provided. 

9 (B) Authorities needed by the Executive 

10 Agent, a description of how such authorities 

11 will be granted, and a description of any addi12 tional statutory authorities required. 

13 (C) Funding, personnel, expertise, and re14 sources required by the Federal official des15 ignated under subsection (b)(1)(B) and a de16 scription of how such funding, personnel, exper17 tise, and resources will be provided. 

18 (D) Authorities needed by the Federal offi19 cial designated under subsection (b)(1)(B), a 

20 description of how such authorities will be pro21 vided, and a description of any additional statu22 tory authorities required. 

23 (E) Funding and resources required by the 

24 Public Interest Declassification Board. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The report required by sub2 section (c) shall be made available to the public to 

3 the greatest extent possible consistent with the pro4 tection of sources and methods. 

5 (2) PUBLICATION IN FEDERAL REGISTER.—The 

6 President shall publish in the Federal Register the 

7 roles and responsibilities of the Federal officials des8 ignated under subsection (b), the Executive Com9 mittee, and any subordinate individuals or entities. 

10 SEC. 602. CLASSIFICATION AND DECLASSIFICATION OF IN11 FORMATION. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title VIII of the National Secu13 rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3161 et seq.) is amended by 

14 inserting after section 801 the following: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 801A. CLASSIFICATION AND DECLASSIFICATION OF 

16 INFORMATION. 

17 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President may, in accord18 ance with this section, protect from unauthorized disclo19 sure any information owned by, produced by or for, or 

20 under the control of the executive branch of the Federal 

21 Government when there is a demonstrable need to do so 

22 to protect the national security of the United States. 

23 ‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF STANDARDS, CATEGORIES, 

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1 ‘‘(1) GOVERNMENTWIDE PROCEDURES.— 

2 ‘‘(A) CLASSIFICATION.—The President 

3 shall, to the extent necessary, establish cat4 egories of information that may be classified 

5 and procedures for classifying information 

6 under subsection (a). 

7 ‘‘(B) DECLASSIFICATION.—At the same 

8 time the President establishes categories and 

9 procedures under subparagraph (A), the Presi10 dent shall establish procedures for declassifying 

11 information that was previously classified. 

12 ‘‘(C) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.—The pro13 cedures established pursuant to subparagraphs 

14 (A) and (B) shall— 

15 ‘‘(i) be the exclusive means for 

16 classifying information on or after the ef17 fective date established by subsection (c), 

18 except with respect to information classi19 fied pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 

20 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); 

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1 lieve that means other than classification 

2 will not provide sufficient protection; 

3 ‘‘(iii) ensure that no information may 

4 remain classified indefinitely; 

5 ‘‘(iv) ensure that no information shall 

6 be classified, continue to be maintained as 

7 classified, or fail to be declassified in 

8 order— 

9 ‘‘(I) to conceal violations of law, 

10 inefficiency, or administrative error; 

11 ‘‘(II) to prevent embarrassment 

12 to a person, organization, or agency; 

13 ‘‘(III) to restrain competition; or 

14 ‘‘(IV) to prevent or delay the re15 lease of information that does not re16 quire protection in the interest of the 

17 national security; 

18 ‘‘(v) ensure that basic scientific re19 search information not clearly related to 

20 the national security shall not be classified; 

21 ‘‘(vi) ensure that information may not 

22 be reclassified after being declassified and 

23 released to the public under proper author24 ity unless personally approved by the 

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1 such reclassification is required to prevent 

2 significant and demonstrable damage to 

3 the national security; 

4 ‘‘(vii) establish standards and criteria 

5 for the classification of information; 

6 ‘‘(viii) establish standards, criteria, 

7 and timelines for the declassification of in8 formation classified under this section; 

9 ‘‘(ix) provide for the automatic declas10 sification of classified records with perma11 nent historical value not more than 50 

12 years after the date of origin of such 

13 records, unless the head of each agency 

14 that classified information contained in 

15 such records makes a written determina16 tion to delay automatic declassification and 

17 such determination is reviewed not less fre18 quently than every 10 years; 

19 ‘‘(x) provide for the timely review of 

20 materials submitted for pre-publication; 

21 ‘‘(xi) ensure that due regard is given 

22 for the public interest in disclosure of in23 formation; 

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1 cies in sharing information at the lowest 

2 possible level of classification; 

3 ‘‘(D) SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS.—The 

4 President shall submit to Congress the cat5 egories and procedures established under sub6 section (b)(1)(A) and the procedures established 

7 under subsection (b)(1)(B) at least 60 days 

8 prior to their effective date. 

9 ‘‘(2) AGENCY STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The head of each 

11 agency shall establish a single set of consoli12 dated standards and procedures to permit such 

13 agency to classify and declassify information 

14 created by such agency in accordance with the 

15 categories and procedures established by the 

16 President under this section and otherwise to 

17 carry out this section. 

18 ‘‘(B) SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS.—Each 

19 agency head shall submit to Congress the 

20 standards and procedures established by such 

21 agency head under subparagraph (A). 

22 ‘‘(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsections (a) and (b) 

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1 the date of the enactment of the Intelligence Author2 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2025. 

3 ‘‘(2) RELATION TO PRESIDENTIAL DIREC4 TIVES.—Presidential directives regarding classifying, 

5 safeguarding, and declassifying national security in6 formation, including Executive Order 13526 (50 

7 U.S.C. 3161 note; relating to classified national se8 curity information), in effect on the day before the 

9 date of the enactment of this Act, as well as proce10 dures issued pursuant to such Presidential direc11 tives, shall remain in effect until superseded by pro12 cedures issued pursuant to subsection (b).’’. 

13 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 805(2) of 

14 such Act (50 U.S.C. 3164(2)) is amended by inserting 

15 ‘‘section 801A,’’ before ‘‘Executive Order’’. 

16 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

17 preceding section 2 of such Act is amended by inserting 

18 after the item relating to section 801 the following new 

19 item: 

‘‘Sec. 801A. Classification and declassification of information.’’. 

20 SEC. 603. MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR EXECUTIVE AGENCY 

21 INSIDER THREAT PROGRAMS. 

22 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

23 (1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ means any 

24 Executive agency as defined in section 105 of title 

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1 defined in section 102 of such title, and any other 

2 entity in the executive branch of the Federal Gov3 ernment that comes into the possession of classified 

4 information. 

5 (2) CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.—The term 

6 ‘‘classified information’’ means information that has 

7 been determined to require protection from unau8 thorized disclosure pursuant to Executive Order 

9 13526 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note; relating to classified 

10 national security information), or predecessor or suc11 cessor order, to protect the national security of the 

12 United States. 

13 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF INSIDER THREAT PRO14 GRAMS.—Each head of an agency with access to classified 

15 information shall establish an insider threat program to 

16 protect classified information from unauthorized disclo17 sure. 

18 (c) MINIMUM STANDARDS.—In carrying out an in19 sider threat program established by the head of an agency 

20 pursuant to subsection (b), the head of the agency shall— 

21 (1) designate a senior official of the agency who 

22 shall be responsible for management of the program; 

23 (2) monitor user activity on all classified net24 works to detect activity indicative of insider threat 

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1 (3) build and maintain an insider threat ana2 lytic and response capability to review, assess, and 

3 respond to information obtained pursuant to para4 graph (2); and 

5 (4) provide insider threat awareness training to 

6 all cleared employees within 30 days of entry-on7 duty or granting of access to classified information 

8 and annually thereafter. 

9 (d) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not less frequently than 

10 once each year, the Director of National Intelligence shall, 

11 serving as the Security Executive Agent under section 803 

12 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3162a), 

13 submit to Congress an annual report on the compliance 

14 of agencies with respect to the requirements of this sec15 tion. 

16 TITLE VII—SECURITY CLEAR17 ANCES AND INTELLIGENCE 

18 COMMUNITY WORKFORCE IM19 PROVEMENTS 

20 SEC. 701. SECURITY CLEARANCES HELD BY CERTAIN 

21 FORMER EMPLOYEES OF INTELLIGENCE 

22 COMMUNITY. 

23 (a) ISSUANCE OF GUIDELINES AND INSTRUCTIONS

24 REQUIRED.—Section 803(c) of the National Security Act 

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

2 inserting a semicolon; 

3 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at 

4 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

6 ‘‘(5) issue guidelines and instructions to the 

7 heads of Federal agencies to ensure that any indi8 vidual who was appointed by the President to a posi9 tion in an element of the intelligence community but 

10 is no longer employed by the Federal Government 

11 shall maintain a security clearance only in accord12 ance with Executive Order 12968 (50 U.S.C. 3161 

13 note; relating to access to classified information), or 

14 successor order.’’. 

15 (b) SUBMITTAL OF GUIDELINES AND INSTRUCTIONS

16 TO CONGRESS REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after 

17 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of Na18 tional Intelligence shall, in the Director’s capacity as the 

19 Security Executive Agent pursuant to subsection (a) of 

20 section 803 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

21 U.S.C. 3162a), submit to the congressional intelligence 

22 committees and the congressional defense committees (as 

23 defined in section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code) 

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1 (c)(5) of such Act, as added by subsection (a) of this sec2 tion. 

3 (c) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.— 

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

5 the date of the enactment of this Act, and not less 

6 frequently than once each year thereafter, the Direc7 tor of National Intelligence shall, in the Director’s 

8 capacity as the Security Executive Agent pursuant 

9 to section 803(a) of the National Security Act of 

10 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3162a(a)), submit to the congres11 sional intelligence committees and the congressional 

12 defense committees (as defined in section 101(a) of 

13 title 10, United States Code) an annual report on 

14 the eligibility status of former senior employees of 

15 the intelligence community to access classified infor16 mation. 

17 (2) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted pursu18 ant to paragraph (1) shall include, for the period 

19 covered by the report, the following: 

20 (A) A list of individuals who were ap21 pointed by the President to a position in an ele22 ment of the intelligence community who cur23 rently hold security clearances. 

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1 (C) For each former employee described in 

2 subparagraph (B)— 

3 (i) the position in the intelligence 

4 community held by the former employee; 

5 (ii) the years of service in such posi6 tion; and 

7 (iii) the individual’s current employ8 ment position and employer. 

9 (D) The Federal entity authorizing and 

10 adjudicating the former employees’ need to 

11 know classified information. 

12 SEC. 702. POLICY FOR AUTHORIZING INTELLIGENCE COM13 MUNITY PROGRAM OF CONTRACTOR-OWNED 

14 AND CONTRACTOR-OPERATED SENSITIVE 

15 COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION FACILI16 TIES. 

17 (a) POLICY.—The Director of National Intelligence 

18 shall establish a standardized policy for the intelligence 

19 community that authorizes a program of contractor-owned 

20 and contractor-operated sensitive compartmented informa21 tion facilities as a service to the national security and in22 telligence enterprises. 

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1 (1) authorize the head of an element of the in2 telligence community to approve and accredit con3 tractor-owned and contractor-operated sensitive com4 partmented information facilities; and 

5 (2) designate an element of the intelligence 

6 community as a service of common concern (as de7 fined in Intelligence Community Directive 122, or 

8 successor directive) to serve as an accrediting au9 thority on behalf of other elements of the intelligence 

10 community for contractor-owned and contractor-op11 erated sensitive compartmented information facili12 ties. 

13 (c) COST CONSIDERATIONS.—In establishing the pol14 icy required by subsection (a), the Director shall consider 

15 existing demonstrated models where a contractor acquires, 

16 outfits, and manages a facility pursuant to an agreement 

17 with the Federal Government such that no funding from 

18 the Federal Government is required to carry out the agree19 ment. 

20 (d) BRIEFING REQUIRED.—Not later than 1 year 

21 after the date on which the Director establishes the policy 

22 pursuant to subsection (a), the Director shall brief the 

23 congressional intelligence committees on— 

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1 (2) recommendations to address barriers, in2 cluding resources or authorities needed. 

3 SEC. 703. ENABLING INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY INTEGRA4 TION. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The National Security Act of 

6 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) is amended by inserting 

7 after section 113B the following new section: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 113C. ENABLING INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY INTE9 GRATION. 

10 ‘‘(a) PROVISION OF GOODS OR SERVICES.—Subject 

11 to and in accordance with any guidance and requirements 

12 developed by the Director of National Intelligence, the 

13 head of an element of the intelligence community may pro14 vide goods or services to another element of the intel15 ligence community without reimbursement or transfer of 

16 funds for hoteling initiatives for intelligence community 

17 employees and affiliates defined in any such guidance and 

18 requirements issued by the Director of National Intel19 ligence. 

20 ‘‘(b) APPROVAL.—Prior to the provision of goods or 

21 services pursuant to subsection (a), the head of the ele22 ment of the intelligence community providing such goods 

23 or services and the head of the element of the intelligence 

24 community receiving such goods or services shall approve 

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1 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

2 of the National Security Act of 1947 is amended by insert3 ing after the item relating to section 113B the following: 

‘‘Sec. 113C. Enabling intelligence community integration.’’. 

4 SEC. 704. APPOINTMENT OF SPOUSES OF CERTAIN FED5 ERAL EMPLOYEES. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3330d of title 5, United 

7 States Code, is amended— 

8 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘mili9 tary and Department of Defense civilian 

10 spouses’’ and inserting ‘‘military and Depart11 ment of Defense, Department of State, 

12 and intelligence community spouses’’; 

13 (2) in subsection (a)— 

14 (A) by redesignating the second paragraph 

15 (4) (relating to a spouse of an employee of the 

16 Department of Defense) as paragraph (7); 

17 (B) by striking paragraph (5); 

18 (C) by redesignating paragraph (4) (relat19 ing to the spouse of a disabled or deceased 

20 member of the Armed Forces) as paragraph 

21 (6); 

22 (D) by striking paragraph (3) and insert23 ing the following: 

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1 ‘‘(A)(i) is an employee of the Department 

2 of State or an element of the intelligence com3 munity; or 

4 ‘‘(ii) is a member of the Armed Forces who 

5 is assigned to an element of the intelligence 

6 community; and 

7 ‘‘(B) is transferred in the interest of the 

8 Government from one official station within the 

9 applicable agency to another within the agency 

10 (that is outside of normal commuting distance) 

11 for permanent duty. 

12 ‘‘(4) The term ‘intelligence community’ has the 

13 meaning given the term in section 3 of the National 

14 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 

15 ‘‘(5) The term ‘remote work’ refers to a work 

16 flexibility arrangement under which an employee— 

17 ‘‘(A) is not expected to physically report to 

18 the location from which the employee would 

19 otherwise work, considering the position of the 

20 employee; and 

21 ‘‘(B) performs the duties and responsibil22 ities of such employee’s position, and other au23 thorized activities, from an approved worksite— 

24 ‘‘(i) other than the location from 

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1 ‘‘(ii) that may be inside or outside the 

2 local commuting area of the location from 

3 which the employee would otherwise work; 

4 and 

5 ‘‘(iii) that is typically the residence of 

6 the employee.’’; and 

7 (E) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(8) The term ‘telework’ has the meaning given 

9 the term in section 6501.’’; and 

10 (3) in subsection (b)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 

12 the end; 

13 (B) in the first paragraph (3) (relating to 

14 a spouse of a member of the Armed Forces on 

15 active duty), by striking the period at the end 

16 and inserting a semicolon; 

17 (C) by redesignating the second paragraph 

18 (3) (relating to a spouse of an employee of the 

19 Department of Defense) as paragraph (4); 

20 (D) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated— 

21 (i) by inserting ‘‘, including to a posi22 tion in which the spouse will engage in re23 mote work’’ after ‘‘Department of De24 fense’’; and 


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1 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

2 and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

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

4 ‘‘(5) a covered spouse to a position in which the 

5 covered spouse will engage in remote work.’’. 

6 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

7 The table of sections for subchapter I of chapter 33 of 

8 title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking the 

9 item relating to section 3330d and inserting the following: 

‘‘3330d. Appointment of military and Department of Defense, Department of 

State, and intelligence community civilian spouses.’’. 

10 SEC. 705. PLAN FOR STAFFING THE INTELLIGENCE COL11 LECTION POSITIONS OF THE CENTRAL IN12 TELLIGENCE AGENCY. 

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

14 date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Cen15 tral Intelligence Agency shall submit to the congressional 

16 intelligence committees a plan for ensuring that the Direc17 torate of Operations of the Agency has staffed every civil18 ian full-time equivalent position authorized for that Direc19 torate under the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal 

20 Year 2024 (division G of Public Law 118–31). 

21 (b) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by subsection (a) 

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1 (1) Specific benchmarks and timelines for ac2 complishing the goal described in such subsection by 

3 September 30, 2025. 

4 (2) An assessment of the appropriate balance of 

5 staffing between the Directorate of Operations and 

6 the Directorate of Analysis consistent with the re7 sponsibilities of the Director of the Central Intel8 ligence Agency under section 104A(d) of the Na9 tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3036(d)). 

10 SEC. 706. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY WORKPLACE PRO11 TECTIONS. 

12 (a) EMPLOYMENT STATUS.— 

13 (1) CONVERSION OF POSITIONS BY DIRECTOR

14 OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE TO EXCEPTED SERV15 ICE.—Section 102A(v) of the National Security Act 

16 of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(v)) is amended— 

17 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 

18 through (4) as paragraphs (3) through (5), re19 spectively; 

20 (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 

21 following: 

22 ‘‘(2) The Director shall promptly notify the congres23 sional intelligence committees of any action taken pursu24 ant to paragraph (1).’’; and 


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1 (C) in paragraph (3), as redesignated by 

2 subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘occupying a po3 sition on the date of the enactment of the Intel4 ligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

5 2012’’. 

6 (2) CONVERSION OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE

7 POSITIONS TO EXCEPTED SERVICE.—Section 

8 1601(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amend9 ed— 

10 (A) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub11 section (d); and 

12 (B) by inserting after subsection (a) the 

13 following: 

14 ‘‘(b) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—The Sec15 retary shall promptly notify the congressional defense 

16 committees and the congressional intelligence committees 

17 (as defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 

18 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)) of any action taken pursuant to 

19 subsection (a). 

20 ‘‘(c) RETENTION OF ACCRUED RIGHTS UPON CON21 VERSION.—An incumbent whose position is selected to be 

22 converted, without regard to the wishes of the incumbent, 

23 to the excepted service under subsection (a) shall remain 

24 in the competitive service for the purposes of status and 

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1 occupies that position or any other position to which the 

2 employee is moved involuntarily. Once such individual no 

3 longer occupies the converted position, the position may 

4 be treated as a regularly excepted service position.’’. 

5 (3) CONVERSION WITHIN THE EXCEPTED SERV6 ICE.—An intelligence community incumbent em7 ployee whose position is selected to be converted 

8 from one excepted service schedule to another sched9 ule within the excepted service without regard to the 

10 wishes of the incumbent shall remain in the current 

11 schedule for the purpose of status and any accrued 

12 adverse action protections while the individual occu13 pies that position or any other position to which the 

14 employee is moved without regard to the wishes of 

15 the employee. 

16 (b) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF GUIDE17 LINES.— 

18 (1) SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 

19 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

20 each head of an element of the intelligence commu21 nity shall submit to the congressional intelligence 

22 committees the guidelines and regulations of the ele23 ment relating to employment status and protections 

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1 (2) NOTICE OF CHANGES.—In any case in 

2 which a guideline or regulation of an element of the 

3 intelligence community submitted pursuant to para4 graph (1) is modified or replaced, the head of the 

5 element shall promptly notify the congressional intel6 ligence committees of the change and submit the 

7 new or modified guideline or regulation. 

8 (c) TERMINATION AUTHORITIES OF THE DIRECTOR

9 OF THE CIA.— 

10 (1) PROCESS AND NOTIFICATION.—Section 

11 104A(e) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

12 U.S.C. 3036(e)) is amended— 

13 (A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 

14 paragraph (3); and 

15 (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 

16 following: 

17 ‘‘(2)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the Director 

18 shall not take an action under paragraph (1) to terminate 

19 the employment of an officer or employee, except in ac20 cordance with guidelines and regulations submitted to the 

21 congressional intelligence committees. 

22 ‘‘(B) The Director may take an action under para23 graph (1) without or in contravention of the guidelines 

24 and regulations specified in subparagraph (A) of this 

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1 such guidelines and regulations poses a threat to the na2 tional security of the United States. If the Director makes 

3 such a determination, the Director shall provide prompt 

4 notification to the congressional intelligence committees 

5 that includes— 

6 ‘‘(i) an explanation for the basis for the termi7 nation and the factual support for such determina8 tion; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) an explanation for the determination that 

10 the process described in subparagraph (A) poses a 

11 threat to the national security of the United 

12 States.’’. 

13 (d) IMPROVEMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL NOTICE RE14 QUIREMENT RELATING TO TERMINATION OF DEFENSE

15 INTELLIGENCE EMPLOYEES.—Section 1609(c) of title 10, 

16 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 

17 following: ‘‘Such notification shall include the following: 

18 ‘‘(1) An explanation for the determination that 

19 the termination was in the interests of the United 

20 States. 

21 ‘‘(2) An explanation for the determination that 

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1 sistent with the national security of the United 

2 States.’’. 

3 (e) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF OTHER SUS4 PENSION AND REMOVAL AUTHORITIES.—Section 7532 of 

5 title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

6 end the following: 

7 ‘‘(d)(1) The head of an element of the intelligence 

8 community who takes an action under this section shall 

9 promptly notify the congressional intelligence committees 

10 of such action. 

11 ‘‘(2) Each notification under paragraph (1) regarding 

12 an action shall include the following: 

13 ‘‘(A) An explanation for the determination that 

14 the action is necessary or advisable in the interests 

15 of national security. 

16 ‘‘(B) If the head of an element of the intel17 ligence community determines, pursuant to sub18 section (a), that the interests of national security do 

19 not permit notification to the employee of the rea20 sons for the action under that subsection, an expla21 nation for such determination. 

22 ‘‘(3) In this subsection, the terms ‘congressional in23 telligence committees’ and ‘intelligence community’ have 

24 the meanings given such terms in section 3 of the National 

25 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003).’’. 


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1 (f) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section shall 

2 be construed to diminish the rights conferred by chapter 

3 75 of title 5, United States Code, or other applicable agen4 cy adverse action or disciplinary procedures. 

5 SEC. 707. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON GOVERNMENT PER6 SONNEL SUPPORT FOR FOREIGN TERRORIST 

7 ORGANIZATIONS. 

8 It is the sense of Congress that for the purposes of 

9 adjudicating the eligibility of an individual for access to 

10 classified information, renewal of a prior determination of 

11 eligibility for such access, or continuous vetting of an indi12 vidual for eligibility for such access, including on form 

13 SF–86 or any successor form, each of the following should 

14 be considered an action advocating for an act of terrorism: 

15 (1) Espousing the actions of an organization 

16 designated as a foreign terrorist organization under 

17 section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

18 (8 U.S.C. 1189). 

19 (2) Advocating for continued attacks by an or20 ganization described in paragraph (1). 

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1 TITLE VIII—WHISTLEBLOWERS 

2 SEC. 801. IMPROVEMENTS REGARDING URGENT CONCERNS 

3 SUBMITTED TO INSPECTORS GENERAL OF 

4 THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. 

5 (a) INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE INTELLIGENCE

6 COMMUNITY.—Section 103H(k)(5) of the National Secu7 rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3033(k)(5)) is amended— 

8 (1) in subparagraph (A)— 

9 (A) by inserting ‘‘(i)’’ before ‘‘An employee 

10 of’’; 

11 (B) by inserting ‘‘in writing’’ before ‘‘to 

12 the Inspector General’’; and 

13 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(ii) The Inspector General shall provide any support 

15 necessary to ensure that an employee can submit a com16 plaint or information under this subparagraph in writing 

17 and, if such submission is not feasible, shall create a writ18 ten record of the employee’s verbal complaint or informa19 tion and treat such written record as a written submis20 sion.’’; 

21 (2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 

22 the following: 

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1 mitted under subparagraph (A) appears credible. Upon 

2 making such a determination, the Inspector General shall 

3 transmit to the Director notice of that determination, to4 gether with the complaint or information. 

5 ‘‘(II) The period specified in this subclause is the 14- 

6 calendar-day period beginning on the date on which an 

7 employee who has submitted an initial written complaint 

8 or information under subparagraph (A) confirms that the 

9 employee has submitted to the Inspector General the ma10 terial the employee intends to submit to Congress under 

11 such subparagraph. 

12 ‘‘(ii) The Inspector General may transmit a com13 plaint or information submitted under subparagraph (A) 

14 directly to the congressional intelligence committees— 

15 ‘‘(I) without transmittal to the Director if the 

16 Inspector General determines that transmittal to the 

17 Director could compromise the anonymity of the em18 ployee or result in the complaint or information 

19 being transmitted to a subject of the complaint or 

20 information; or 

21 ‘‘(II) following transmittal to the Director if the 

22 Director does not transmit the complaint or infor23 mation to the congressional intelligence committees 

24 within the time period specified in subparagraph 

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1 (3) in subparagraph (D)— 

2 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or does not 

3 transmit the complaint or information to the 

4 Director in accurate form under subparagraph 

5 (B),’’ and inserting ‘‘does not transmit the 

6 complaint or information to the Director in ac7 curate form under subparagraph (B)(i)(I), or 

8 makes a determination pursuant to subpara9 graph (B)(ii)(I) but does not transmit the com10 plaint or information to the congressional intel11 ligence committees within 21 calendar days of 

12 receipt,’’; and 

13 (B) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the 

14 following: 

15 ‘‘(ii) An employee may contact the congres16 sional intelligence committees directly as described 

17 in clause (i) only if— 

18 ‘‘(I) the employee, before making such a 

19 contact— 

20 ‘‘(aa) transmits to the Director, 

21 through the Inspector General, a statement 

22 of the employee’s complaint or information 

23 and notice of the employee’s intent to con24 tact the congressional intelligence commit25 tees directly; and 


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1 ‘‘(bb) obtains and follows from the Di2 rector, through the Inspector General, di3 rection on how to contact the congressional 

4 intelligence committees in accordance with 

5 appropriate security practices; or 

6 ‘‘(II) the Inspector General— 

7 ‘‘(aa) determines that— 

8 ‘‘(AA) a transmittal under sub9 clause (I) could compromise the ano10 nymity of the employee or result in 

11 the complaint or information being 

12 transmitted to a subject of the com13 plaint or information; or 

14 ‘‘(BB) the Director has failed to 

15 provide adequate direction pursuant 

16 to item (bb) of subclause (I) within 7 

17 calendar days of a transmittal under 

18 such subclause; and 

19 ‘‘(bb) provides the employee direction 

20 on how to contact the congressional intel21 ligence committees in accordance with ap22 propriate security practices.’’; and 

23 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

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1 munity, an employee assigned or detailed to an element 

2 of the intelligence community, or an employee of a con3 tractor to the intelligence community who may submit a 

4 complaint or information to the Inspector General under 

5 subparagraph (A), means— 

6 ‘‘(i) a current employee at the time of such sub7 mission; or 

8 ‘‘(ii) a former employee at the time of such sub9 mission, if such complaint or information arises 

10 from and relates to the period of employment as 

11 such an employee.’’. 

12 (b) INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE CENTRAL INTEL13 LIGENCE AGENCY.—Section 17(d)(5) of the Central Intel14 ligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 3517(d)(5)) is 

15 amended— 

16 (1) in subparagraph (A)— 

17 (A) by inserting (i) before ‘‘An employee’’; 

18 (B) by inserting ‘‘in writing’’ before ‘‘to 

19 the Inspector General’’; and 

20 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(ii) The Inspector General shall provide any support 

22 necessary to ensure that an employee can submit a com23 plaint or information under this subparagraph in writing 

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1 tion and treat such written record as a written submis2 sion.’’; 

3 (2) in subparagraph (B)— 

4 (A) by striking clause (i) and inserting the 

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(i)(I) Not later than the end of the period specified 

7 in subclause (II), the Inspector General shall determine 

8 whether the written complaint or information submitted 

9 under subparagraph (A) appears credible. Upon making 

10 such a determination, the Inspector General shall transmit 

11 to the Director notice of that determination, together with 

12 the complaint or information. 

13 ‘‘(II) The period specified in this subclause is the 14- 

14 calendar-day period beginning on the date on which an 

15 employee who has submitted an initial written complaint 

16 or information under subparagraph (A) confirms that the 

17 employee has submitted to the Inspector General the ma18 terial the employee intends to submit to Congress under 

19 such subparagraph.’’; and 

20 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(iii) The Inspector General may transmit a com22 plaint or information submitted under subparagraph (A) 

23 directly to the congressional intelligence committees— 

24 ‘‘(I) without transmittal to the Director if the 

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1 Director could compromise the anonymity of the em2 ployee or result in the complaint or information 

3 being transmitted to a subject of the complaint or 

4 information; 

5 ‘‘(II) following transmittal to the Director if the 

6 Director does not transmit the complaint or infor7 mation to the congressional intelligence committees 

8 within the time period specified in subparagraph (C) 

9 and has not made a determination regarding a con10 flict of interest pursuant to clause (ii); or 

11 ‘‘(III) following transmittal to the Director and 

12 a determination by the Director that a conflict of in13 terest exists pursuant to clause (ii) if the Inspector 

14 General determines that— 

15 ‘‘(aa) transmittal to the Director of Na16 tional Intelligence could compromise the ano17 nymity of the employee or result in the com18 plaint or information being transmitted to a 

19 subject of the complaint or information; or 

20 ‘‘(bb) the Director of National Intelligence 

21 has not transmitted the complaint or informa22 tion to the congressional intelligence committees 

23 within the time period specified in subpara24 graph (C).’’; 

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1 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or does not 

2 transmit the complaint or information to the 

3 Director in accurate form under subparagraph 

4 (B),’’ and inserting ‘‘does not transmit the 

5 complaint or information to the Director in ac6 curate form under subparagraph (B)(i)(I), or 

7 makes a determination pursuant to subpara8 graph (B)(iii)(I) but does not transmit the com9 plaint or information to the congressional intel10 ligence committees within 21 calendar days of 

11 receipt,’’; and 

12 (B) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the 

13 following: 

14 ‘‘(ii) An employee may contact the congressional in15 telligence committees directly as described in clause (i) 

16 only if— 

17 ‘‘(I) the employee, before making such a con18 tact— 

19 ‘‘(aa) transmits to the Director, through 

20 the Inspector General, a statement of the em21 ployee’s complaint or information and notice of 

22 the employee’s intent to contact the congres23 sional intelligence committees directly; and 

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1 how to contact the congressional intelligence 

2 committees in accordance with appropriate se3 curity practices; or 

4 ‘‘(II) the Inspector General— 

5 ‘‘(aa) determines that— 

6 ‘‘(AA) the transmittal under sub7 clause (I) could compromise the anonymity 

8 of the employee or result in the complaint 

9 or information being transmitted to a sub10 ject of the complaint or information; or 

11 ‘‘(BB) the Director has failed to pro12 vide adequate direction pursuant to item 

13 (bb) of subclause (I) within 7 calendar 

14 days of a transmittal under such sub15 clause; and 

16 ‘‘(bb) provides the employee direction on 

17 how to contact the congressional intelligence 

18 committees in accordance with appropriate se19 curity practices.’’; and 

20 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(I) In this paragraph, the term ‘employee’, with re22 spect to an employee of the Agency, or of a contractor 

23 to the Agency, who may submit a complaint or information 

24 to the Inspector General under subparagraph (A), 

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1 ‘‘(i) a current employee at the time of such sub2 mission; or 

3 ‘‘(ii) a former employee at the time of such sub4 mission, if such complaint or information arises 

5 from and relates to the period of employment as 

6 such an employee.’’. 

7 (c) OTHER INSPECTORS GENERAL OF ELEMENTS OF

8 THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—Section 416 of title 5, 

9 United States Code, is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (a)— 

11 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 

12 (2) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and 

13 (B) by inserting before paragraph (2), as 

14 redesignated by paragraph (1), the following: 

15 ‘‘(1) EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘employee’, with 

16 respect to an employee of an element of the Federal 

17 Government covered by subsection (b), or of a con18 tractor to such an element, who may submit a com19 plaint or information to an Inspector General under 

20 such subsection, means— 

21 ‘‘(A) a current employee at the time of 

22 such submission; or 

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1 tion arises from and relates to the period of em2 ployment as such an employee.’’; 

3 (2) in subsection (b)— 

4 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

5 (i) in the paragraph heading, by in6 serting ‘‘; SUPPORT FOR WRITTEN SUBMIS7 SION’’; after ‘‘MADE’’; 

8 (ii) by inserting ‘‘in writing’’ after 

9 ‘‘may report the complaint or information’’ 

10 each place it appears; and 

11 (iii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 

12 ‘‘in writing’’ after ‘‘such complaint or in13 formation’’; and 

14 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(E) SUPPORT FOR WRITTEN SUBMIS16 SION.—The Inspector General shall provide any 

17 support necessary to ensure that an employee 

18 can submit a complaint or information under 

19 this paragraph in writing and, if such submis20 sion is not feasible, shall create a written record 

21 of the employee’s verbal complaint or informa22 tion and treat such written record as a written 

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1 (A) by striking paragraph (1) and insert2 ing the following: 

3 ‘‘(1) CREDIBILITY.— 

4 ‘‘(A) DETERMINATION.—Not later than 

5 the end of the period specified in subparagraph 

6 (B), the Inspector General shall determine 

7 whether the written complaint or information 

8 submitted under subsection (b) appears cred9 ible. Upon making such a determination, the 

10 Inspector General shall transmit to the head of 

11 the establishment notice of that determination, 

12 together with the complaint or information. 

13 ‘‘(B) PERIOD SPECIFIED.—The period 

14 specified in this subparagraph is the 14-cal15 endar-day period beginning on the date on 

16 which an employee who has submitted an initial 

17 written complaint or information under sub18 section (b) confirms that the employee has sub19 mitted to the Inspector General the material 

20 the employee intends to submit to Congress 

21 under such subsection.’’; and 

22 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

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1 transmit the complaint or information directly to the 

2 intelligence committees— 

3 ‘‘(A) without transmittal to the head of the 

4 establishment if the Inspector General deter5 mines that transmittal to the head of the estab6 lishment could compromise the anonymity of 

7 the employee or result in the complaint or infor8 mation being transmitted to a subject of the 

9 complaint or information; 

10 ‘‘(B) following transmittal to the head of 

11 the establishment if the head of the establish12 ment does not transmit the complaint or infor13 mation to the intelligence committees within the 

14 time period specified in subsection (d) and has 

15 not made a determination regarding a conflict 

16 of interest pursuant to paragraph (2); or 

17 ‘‘(C) following transmittal to the head of 

18 the establishment and a determination by the 

19 head of the establishment that a conflict of in20 terest exists pursuant to paragraph (2) if the 

21 Inspector General determines that— 

22 ‘‘(i) transmittal to the Director of Na23 tional Intelligence or the Secretary of De24 fense could compromise the anonymity of 

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1 information being transmitted to a subject 

2 of the complaint or information; or 

3 ‘‘(ii) the Director of National Intel4 ligence or the Secretary of Defense has not 

5 transmitted the complaint or information 

6 to the intelligence committees within the 

7 time period specified in subsection (d).’’; 

8 (4) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘or does 

9 not transmit the complaint or information to the 

10 head of the establishment in accurate form under 

11 subsection (c),’’ and inserting ‘‘does not transmit the 

12 complaint or information to the head of the estab13 lishment in accurate form under subsection 

14 (c)(1)(A), or makes a determination pursuant to 

15 subsection (c)(3)(A) but does not transmit the com16 plaint or information to the intelligence committees 

17 within 21 calendar days of receipt,’’; and 

18 (5) in subsection (e), by striking paragraph (2) 

19 and inserting the following: 

20 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—An employee may contact 

21 the intelligence committees directly as described in 

22 paragraph (1) only if— 

23 ‘‘(A) the employee, before making such a 

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1 ‘‘(i) transmits to the head of the es2 tablishment, through the Inspector Gen3 eral, a statement of the employee’s com4 plaint or information and notice of the em5 ployee’s intent to contact the intelligence 

6 committees directly; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) obtains and follows from the 

8 head of the establishment, through the In9 spector General, direction on how to con10 tact the intelligence committees in accord11 ance with appropriate security practices; or 

12 ‘‘(B) the Inspector General— 

13 ‘‘(i) determines that the transmittal 

14 under subparagraph (A) could compromise 

15 the anonymity of the employee or result in 

16 the complaint or information being trans17 mitted to a subject of the complaint or in18 formation; or 

19 ‘‘(ii) determines that the head of the 

20 establishment has failed to provide ade21 quate direction pursuant to clause (ii) of 

22 subparagraph (A) within 7 calendar days 

23 of a transmittal under such subparagraph; 

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1 ‘‘(iii) provides the employee direction 

2 on how to contact the intelligence commit3 tees in accordance with appropriate secu4 rity practices.’’. 

5 SEC. 802. PROHIBITION AGAINST DISCLOSURE OF WHIS6 TLEBLOWER IDENTITY AS ACT OF REPRISAL. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1104(a) of the National 

8 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3234(a)) is amended— 

9 (1) in paragraph (3)— 

10 (A) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘; or’’ 

11 and inserting a semicolon; 

12 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (J) as 

13 subparagraph (K); and 

14 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (I) the 

15 following: 

16 ‘‘(J) an unauthorized whistleblower iden17 tity disclosure;’’; and 

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

19 ‘‘(5) UNAUTHORIZED WHISTLEBLOWER IDEN20 TITY DISCLOSURE.—The term ‘unauthorized whistle21 blower identity disclosure’ means, with respect to an 

22 employee or a contractor employee described in 

23 paragraph (3), a knowing and willful disclosure re24 vealing the identity or other personally identifiable 

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1 so as to identify the employee or contractor em2 ployee as an employee or contractor employee who 

3 has made a lawful disclosure described in subsection 

4 (b) or (c), but does not include such a knowing and 

5 willful disclosure that meets any of the following cri6 teria: 

7 ‘‘(A) Such disclosure was made with the 

8 express consent of the employee or contractor 

9 employee. 

10 ‘‘(B) Such disclosure was made during the 

11 course of reporting or remedying the subject of 

12 the lawful disclosure of the whistleblower 

13 through management, legal, or oversight proc14 esses, including such processes relating to 

15 human resources, equal opportunity, security, 

16 or an Inspector General. 

17 ‘‘(C) An Inspector General with oversight 

18 responsibility for the relevant covered intel19 ligence community element determines that 

20 such disclosure— 

21 ‘‘(i) was unavoidable under section 

22 103H of this Act (50 U.S.C. 3033), sec23 tion 17 of the Central Intelligence Agency 

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1 of title 5, United States Code, or section 

2 420(b)(2)(B) of such title; 

3 ‘‘(ii) was made to an official of the 

4 Department of Justice responsible for de5 termining whether a prosecution should be 

6 undertaken; or 

7 ‘‘(iii) was required by statute or an 

8 order from a court of competent jurisdic9 tion.’’. 

10 (b) PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION FOR UNLAWFUL DIS11 CLOSURE OF WHISTLEBLOWER IDENTITY.—Subsection 

12 (f) of such section is amended to read as follows: 

13 ‘‘(f) ENFORCEMENT.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro15 vided in this subsection, the President shall provide 

16 for the enforcement of this section. 

17 ‘‘(2) HARMONIZATION WITH OTHER ENFORCE18 MENT.—To the fullest extent possible, the President 

19 shall provide for enforcement of this section in a 

20 manner that is consistent with the enforcement of 

21 section 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code, es22 pecially with respect to policies and procedures used 

23 to adjudicate alleged violations of such section. 

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1 OF PROHIBITION AGAINST REPRISALS.—Subject to 

2 paragraph (4), in a case in which an employee of an 

3 agency takes a personnel action described in sub4 section (a)(3)(J) against an employee of a covered 

5 intelligence community element as a reprisal in vio6 lation of subsection (b) or in a case in which an em7 ployee or contractor employee takes a personnel ac8 tion described in subsection (a)(3)(J) against an9 other contractor employee as a reprisal in violation 

10 of subsection (c), the employee or contractor em11 ployee against whom the personnel action was taken 

12 may, consistent with section 1221 of title 5, United 

13 States Code, bring a private action for all appro14 priate remedies, including injunctive relief and com15 pensatory and punitive damages, in an amount not 

16 to exceed $250,000, against the agency of the em17 ployee or contracting agency of the contractor em18 ployee who took the personnel action, in a Federal 

19 district court of competent jurisdiction. 

20 ‘‘(4) REQUIREMENTS.— 

21 ‘‘(A) REVIEW BY INSPECTOR GENERAL

22 AND BY EXTERNAL REVIEW PANEL.—Before 

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1 ployee or contractor employee shall exhaust ad2 ministrative remedies by— 

3 ‘‘(i) first, obtaining a disposition of 

4 their claim by requesting review by the ap5 propriate inspector general; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) second, if the review under clause 

7 (i) does not substantiate reprisal, by sub8 mitting to the Inspector General of the In9 telligence Community a request for a re10 view of the claim by an external review 

11 panel under section 1106. 

12 ‘‘(B) PERIOD TO BRING ACTION.—The em13 ployee or contractor employee may bring a pri14 vate right of action under paragraph (3) during 

15 the 180-day period beginning on the date on 

16 which the employee or contractor employee is 

17 notified of the final disposition of their claim 

18 under section 1106.’’. 

19 SEC. 803. PROTECTION FOR INDIVIDUALS MAKING AU20 THORIZED DISCLOSURES TO INSPECTORS 

21 GENERAL OF ELEMENTS OF THE INTEL22 LIGENCE COMMUNITY. 

23 (a) INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE INTELLIGENCE

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1 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and 

2 (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; 

3 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub4 paragraph: 

5 ‘‘(B) An individual may disclose classified infor6 mation to the Inspector General in accordance with 

7 the applicable security standards and procedures es8 tablished under Executive Order 13526 (50 U.S.C. 

9 3161 note; relating to classified national security in10 formation), section 102A or section 803, chapter 12 

11 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2161 

12 et seq.), or any applicable provision of law. Such a 

13 disclosure of classified information that is made by 

14 an individual who at the time of the disclosure does 

15 not hold the appropriate clearance or authority to 

16 access such classified information, but that is other17 wise made in accordance with such security stand18 ards and procedures, shall be treated as an author19 ized disclosure and does not violate— 

20 ‘‘(i) any otherwise applicable nondisclosure 

21 agreement; 

22 ‘‘(ii) any otherwise applicable regulation or 

23 order issued under the authority of Executive 

24 Order 13526 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note; relating to 

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1 chapter 18 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 

2 (42 U.S.C. 2271 et seq.); or 

3 ‘‘(iii) section 798 of title 18, United States 

4 Code, or any other provision of law relating to 

5 the unauthorized disclosure of national security 

6 information.’’; and 

7 (3) in the paragraph enumerator, by striking 

8 ‘‘(3) ’’ and inserting ‘‘(3)(A)’’. 

9 (b) INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE CENTRAL INTEL10 LIGENCE AGENCY.—Section 17(e)(3) of the Central Intel11 ligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 3517(e)(3)) is 

12 amended— 

13 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and 

14 (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; 

15 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub16 paragraph: 

17 ‘‘(B) An individual may disclose classified infor18 mation to the Inspector General in accordance with 

19 the applicable security standards and procedures es20 tablished under Executive Order 13526 (50 U.S.C. 

21 3161 note; relating to classified national security in22 formation), section 102A or 803 of the National Se23 curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024; 3162a), or 

24 chapter 12 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 

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1 information that is made by an individual who at the 

2 time of the disclosure does not hold the appropriate 

3 clearance or authority to access such classified infor4 mation, but that is otherwise made in accordance 

5 with such security standards and procedures, shall 

6 be treated as an authorized disclosure and does not 

7 violate— 

8 ‘‘(i) any otherwise applicable nondisclosure 

9 agreement; 

10 ‘‘(ii) any otherwise applicable regulation or 

11 order issued under the authority of Executive 

12 Order 13526 or chapter 18 of the Atomic En13 ergy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2271 et seq.); or 

14 ‘‘(iii) section 798 of title 18, United States 

15 Code, or any other provision of law relating to 

16 the unauthorized disclosure of national security 

17 information.’’; and 

18 (3) in the paragraph enumerator, by striking 

19 ‘‘(3) ’’ and inserting ‘‘(3)(A)’’. 

20 (c) OTHER INSPECTORS GENERAL OF ELEMENTS OF

21 THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—Section 416 of title 5, 

22 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 

23 following new subsection: 

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1 classified information to an Inspector General of an ele2 ment of the intelligence community in accordance with the 

3 applicable security standards and procedures established 

4 under Executive Order 13526 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note; relat5 ing to classified national security information), section 

6 102A or 803 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

7 U.S.C. 3024; 3162a), or chapter 12 of the Atomic Energy 

8 Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2161 et seq.). Such a disclosure 

9 of classified information that is made by an individual who 

10 at the time of the disclosure does not hold the appropriate 

11 clearance or authority to access such classified informa12 tion, but that is otherwise made in accordance with such 

13 security standards and procedures, shall be treated as an 

14 authorized disclosure and does not violate— 

15 ‘‘(1) any otherwise applicable nondisclosure 

16 agreement; 

17 ‘‘(2) any otherwise applicable regulation or 

18 order issued under the authority of Executive Order 

19 13526 or chapter 18 of the Atomic Energy Act of 

20 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2271 et seq.); or 

21 ‘‘(3) section 798 of title 18, or any other provi22 sion of law relating to the unauthorized disclosure of 

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1 SEC. 804. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF CERTAIN IN2 SPECTORS GENERAL TO RECEIVE PRO3 TECTED DISCLOSURES. 

4 Section 1104 of the National Security Act of 1947 

5 (50 U.S.C. 3234) is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘or cov7 ered intelligence community element’’ after ‘‘the ap8 propriate inspector general of the employing agen9 cy’’; and 

10 (2) in subsection (c)(1)(A), by inserting ‘‘or 

11 covered intelligence community element’’ after ‘‘the 

12 appropriate inspector general of the employing or 

13 contracting agency’’. 

14 SEC. 805. WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS RELATING TO 

15 PSYCHIATRIC TESTING OR EXAMINATION. 

16 (a) PROHIBITED PERSONNEL PRACTICES.—Section 

17 1104(a)(3) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

18 U.S.C. 3234(a)(3)) is amended— 

19 (1) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and 

20 inserting a semicolon; 

21 (2) by redesignating subparagraph (J) as sub22 paragraph (K); and 

23 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (I) the fol24 lowing new subparagraph: 

25 ‘‘(J) a decision to order psychiatric testing 

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1 (b) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by this 

2 section shall apply with respect to matters arising under 

3 section 1104 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

4 U.S.C. 3234) on or after the date of the enactment of 

5 this Act. 

6 SEC. 806. ESTABLISHING PROCESS PARITY FOR ADVERSE 

7 SECURITY CLEARANCE AND ACCESS DETER8 MINATIONS. 

9 Subparagraph (C) of section 3001(j)(4) of the Intel10 ligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 

11 U.S.C. 3341(j)(4)) is amended to read as follows: 

12 ‘‘(C) CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.— 

13 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 

14 (iii), in determining whether the adverse 

15 security clearance or access determination 

16 violated paragraph (1), the agency shall 

17 find that paragraph (1) was violated if the 

18 individual has demonstrated that a disclo19 sure described in paragraph (1) was a con20 tributing factor in the adverse security 

21 clearance or access determination taken 

22 against the individual. 

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1 uting factor in the adverse security clear2 ance or access determination taken against 

3 the individual through circumstantial evi4 dence, such as evidence that— 

5 ‘‘(I) the official making the de6 termination knew of the disclosure; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(II) the determination occurred 

9 within a period such that a reasonable 

10 person could conclude that the disclo11 sure was a contributing factor in the 

12 determination. 

13 ‘‘(iii) DEFENSE.—In determining 

14 whether the adverse security clearance or 

15 access determination violated paragraph 

16 (1), the agency shall not find that para17 graph (1) was violated if, after a finding 

18 that a disclosure was a contributing factor, 

19 the agency demonstrates by clear and con20 vincing evidence that it would have made 

21 the same security clearance or access de22 termination in the absence of such disclo23 sure.’’. 


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1 SEC. 807. ELIMINATION OF CAP ON COMPENSATORY DAM2 AGES FOR RETALIATORY REVOCATION OF SE3 CURITY CLEARANCES AND ACCESS DETER4 MINATIONS. 

5 Section 3001(j)(4)(B) of the Intelligence Reform and 

6 Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 

7 3341(j)(4)(B)) is amended, in the second sentence, by 

8 striking ‘‘not to exceed $300,000’’. 

9 TITLE IX—ANOMALOUS HEALTH 

10 INCIDENTS 

11 SEC. 901. ADDITIONAL DISCRETION FOR DIRECTOR OF 

12 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY IN PAYING 

13 COSTS OF TREATING QUALIFYING INJURIES 

14 AND MAKING PAYMENTS FOR QUALIFYING 

15 INJURIES TO THE BRAIN. 

16 (a) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY FOR COVERING COSTS

17 FOR TREATING QUALIFYING INJURIES UNDER EXTRAOR18 DINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.—Subsection (c) of section 19A 

19 of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 

20 3519b) is amended— 

21 (1) by striking ‘‘The Director may’’ and insert22 ing the following: 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director may’’; and 

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

25 ‘‘(2) EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.— 

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1 mines extraordinary, the Director may pay the costs 

2 of treating a qualifying injury of a covered employee, 

3 a covered individual, or a covered dependent or may 

4 reimburse a covered employee, a covered individual, 

5 or a covered dependent for such costs, that are not 

6 otherwise covered by a provision of Federal law, re7 gardless of the date of the injury and the location 

8 of the employee, individual, or dependent when the 

9 injury occurred.’’. 

10 (b) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY FOR MAKING PAY11 MENTS FOR QUALIFYING INJURIES TO THE BRAIN UNDER

12 EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.—Subsection (d)(2) of 

13 such section is amended— 

14 (1) by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding’’ and insert15 ing the following: 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding’’; 

17 and 

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

19 ‘‘(B) EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.— 

20 Under such circumstances as the Director de21 termines extraordinary, the Director may pro22 vide payment to a covered employee, a covered 

23 individual, or a covered dependent for any 

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1 ployee, individual, or dependent when the injury 

2 occurred.’’. 

3 (c) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Such section is 

4 amended by adding at the end the following new sub5 section: 

6 ‘‘(e) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Whenever the 

7 Director makes a payment or reimbursement made under 

8 subsection (c) or (d)(2), the Director shall, not later than 

9 30 days after the date on which the payment or reimburse10 ment is made, submit to the congressional intelligence 

11 committees (as defined in section 3 of the National Secu12 rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)) a notification of such 

13 payment or reimbursement.’’. 

14 SEC. 902. ADDITIONAL DISCRETION FOR SECRETARY OF 

15 STATE AND HEADS OF OTHER FEDERAL 

16 AGENCIES IN PAYING COSTS OF TREATING 

17 QUALIFYING INJURIES AND MAKING PAY18 MENTS FOR QUALIFYING INJURIES TO THE 

19 BRAIN. 

20 (a) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY FOR COVERING COSTS

21 FOR TREATING QUALIFYING INJURIES UNDER EXTRAOR22 DINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.—Subsection (b) of section 901 

23 of division J of the Further Consolidated Appropriations 

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1 ‘‘(b) COSTS FOR TREATING QUALIFYING INJU2 RIES.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State or 

4 the head of any other Federal agency may pay or re5 imburse the costs relating to diagnosing and treat6 ing— 

7 ‘‘(A) a qualifying injury of a covered em8 ployee for such costs, that are not otherwise 

9 covered by chapter 81 of title 5, United States 

10 Code, or other provision of Federal law; or 

11 ‘‘(B) a qualifying injury of a covered indi12 vidual, or a covered dependent, for such costs 

13 that are not otherwise covered by Federal law. 

14 ‘‘(2) EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.— 

15 Under such circumstances as the Secretary of State 

16 or other agency head determines extraordinary, the 

17 Secretary or other agency head may pay the costs of 

18 treating a qualifying injury of a covered employee, a 

19 covered individual, or a covered dependent or may 

20 reimburse a covered employee, a covered individual, 

21 or a covered dependent for such costs, that are not 

22 otherwise covered by a provision of Federal law, re23 gardless of the date on which the injury occurred.’’. 

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1 EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.—Subsection (i)(2) of 

2 such section is amended— 

3 (1) by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding’’ and insert4 ing the following: 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding’’; 

6 and 

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

8 ‘‘(B) EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.— 

9 Under such circumstances as the Secretary of 

10 State or other agency head with an employee 

11 determines extraordinary, the Secretary or 

12 other agency head may provide payment to a 

13 covered dependent, a dependent of a former em14 ployee, a covered employee, a former employee, 

15 and a covered individual for any qualifying in16 jury to the brain, regardless of the date on 

17 which the injury occurred.’’. 

18 (c) CHANGES TO DEFINITIONS.—Subsection (e) of 

19 such section is amended— 

20 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

21 (A) in the matter before subparagraph (A), 

22 by striking ‘‘a employee who, on or after Janu23 ary 1, 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘an employee who, 

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1 (B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, or 

2 duty station in the United States’’ before the 

3 semicolon; 

4 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘January 1, 2016’’ and in6 serting ‘‘September 11, 2001’’; and 

7 (B) by inserting ‘‘, or duty station in the 

8 United States,’’ after ‘‘pursuant to subsection 

9 (f)’’; 

10 (3) in paragraph (3)— 

11 (A) in the matter before subparagraph (A), 

12 by striking ‘‘January 1, 2016’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘September 11, 2001’’; and 

14 (B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, or 

15 duty station in the United States’’ before the 

16 semicolon; and 

17 (4) in paragraph (4)— 

18 (A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by inserting ‘‘, 

19 or duty station in the United States’’ before the 

20 semicolon; and 

21 (B) in subparagraph (B)(i), by inserting ‘‘, 

22 or duty station in the United States’’ before the 

23 semicolon. 

24 (d) CLARIFICATION RELATING TO AUTHORITIES OF

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1 Such section is further amended by adding at the end the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(k) RELATION TO DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTEL4 LIGENCE AGENCY.—The authorities and requirements of 

5 this section shall not apply to the Director of the Central 

6 Intelligence Agency.’’. 

7 SEC. 903. IMPROVED FUNDING FLEXIBILITY FOR PAY8 MENTS MADE BY DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

9 FOR QUALIFYING INJURIES TO THE BRAIN. 

10 Section 901(i) of division J of the Further Consoli11 dated Appropriations Act, 2020 (22 U.S.C. 2680b) is 

12 amended by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(3) FUNDING.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Payment under para16 graph (2) in a fiscal year may be made using 

17 any funds— 

18 ‘‘(i) appropriated specifically for pay19 ments under such paragraph; or 

20 ‘‘(ii) reprogrammed in accordance 

21 with an applicable provision of law. 

22 ‘‘(B) BUDGET.—For each fiscal year, the 

23 Secretary of State shall include with the budget 

24 justification materials submitted to Congress in 

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1 fiscal year pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 

2 31, United States Code, an estimate of the 

3 funds required in that fiscal year to make pay4 ments under paragraph (2).’’. 

5 TITLE X—UNIDENTIFIED 

6 ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA 

7 SEC. 1001. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED 

8 STATES REVIEW OF ALL-DOMAIN ANOMALY 

9 RESOLUTION OFFICE. 

10 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘con11 gressional defense committees’’, ‘‘congressional leader12 ship’’, and ‘‘unidentified anomalous phenomena’’ have the 

13 meanings given such terms in section 1683(n) of the Na14 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (50 

15 U.S.C. 3373(n)). 

16 (b) REVIEW REQUIRED.—The Comptroller General 

17 of the United States shall conduct a review of the All18 domain Anomaly Resolution Office (in this section re19 ferred to as the ‘‘Office’’). 

20 (c) ELEMENTS.—The review conducted pursuant to 

21 subsection (b) shall include the following: 

22 (1) A review of the implementation by the Of23 fice of the duties and requirements of the Office 

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1 such as the process for operational unidentified 

2 anomalous phenomena reporting and coordination 

3 with the Department of Defense, the intelligence 

4 community, and other departments and agencies of 

5 the Federal Government and non-Government enti6 ties. 

7 (2) A review of such other matters relating to 

8 the activities of the Office that pertain to unidenti9 fied anomalous phenomena as the Comptroller Gen10 eral considers appropriate. 

11 (d) REPORT.—Following the review required by sub12 section (b), in a timeframe mutually agreed upon by the 

13 congressional intelligence committees, the congressional 

14 defense committees, congressional leadership, and the 

15 Comptroller General, the Comptroller General shall submit 

16 to such committees and congressional leadership a report 

17 on the findings of the Comptroller General with respect 

18 to the review conducted under subsection (b). 

19 SEC. 1002. SUNSET OF REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO AU20 DITS OF UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS PHE21 NOMENA HISTORICAL RECORD REPORT. 

22 Section 6001 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for 

23 Fiscal Year 2023 (50 U.S.C. 3373 note) is amended— 

24 (1) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ‘‘until 

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1 (2) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘until June 

2 30, 2025’’ after ‘‘semiannually thereafter’’. 

3 SEC. 1003. FUNDING LIMITATIONS RELATING TO UNIDENTI4 FIED ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA. 

5 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 (1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON7 GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con8 gress’’ means— 

9 (A) the Select Committee on Intelligence, 

10 the Committee on Armed Services, and the 

11 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; 

12 and 

13 (B) the Permanent Select Committee on 

14 Intelligence, the Committee on Armed Services, 

15 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

16 House of Representatives. 

17 (2) CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP.—The term 

18 ‘‘congressional leadership’’ means— 

19 (A) the majority leader of the Senate; 

20 (B) the minority leader of the Senate; 

21 (C) the Speaker of the House of Rep22 resentatives; and 

23 (D) the minority leader of the House of 

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1 (3) UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA.— 

2 The term ‘‘unidentified anomalous phenomena’’ has 

3 the meaning given such term in section 1683(n) of 

4 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

5 Year 2022 (50 U.S.C. 3373(n)). 

6 (b) LIMITATIONS.—None of the funds authorized to 

7 be appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act 

8 may be obligated or expended in support of any activity 

9 involving unidentified anomalous phenomena protected 

10 under any form of special access or restricted access limi11 tation unless the Director of National Intelligence has pro12 vided the details of the activity to the appropriate commit13 tees of Congress and congressional leadership, including 

14 for any activities described in a report released by the All15 domain Anomaly Resolution Office in fiscal year 2024. 

16 (c) LIMITATION REGARDING INDEPENDENT RE17 SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—Independent research and 

18 development funding relating to unidentified anomalous 

19 phenomena shall not be allowable as indirect expenses for 

20 purposes of contracts covered by such instruction, unless 

21 such material and information is made available to the ap22 propriate congressional committees and leadership. 


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1 TITLE XI—AIR AMERICA 

2 SEC. 1101. SHORT TITLE. 

3 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Air America Act of 

4 2024’’. 

5 SEC. 1102. FINDINGS. 

6 Congress finds the following: 

7 (1) Air America and its affiliated companies, in 

8 coordination with the Central Intelligence Agency, 

9 provided direct and indirect support to the United 

10 States Government from 1950 to 1976. 

11 (2) The service and sacrifice of employees of 

12 Air America included— 

13 (A) suffering a high rate of casualties in 

14 the course of service; 

15 (B) saving thousands of lives in search and 

16 rescue missions for downed United States air17 men and in allied refugee evacuations; and 

18 (C) serving lengthy periods under chal19 lenging circumstances abroad. 

20 SEC. 1103. DEFINITIONS. 

21 In this title: 

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1 porated, Civil Air Transport Company Limited, and 

2 the Pacific Division of Southern Air Transport. 

3 (2) AIR AMERICA.—The term ‘‘Air America’’ 

4 means Air America, Incorporated. 

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

8 (A) the Committee on Homeland Security 

9 and Governmental Affairs, the Select Com10 mittee on Intelligence, and the Committee on 

11 Appropriations of the Senate; and 

12 (B) the Committee on Oversight and Ac13 countability, the Permanent Select Committee 

14 on Intelligence, and the Committee on Appro15 priations of the House of Representatives. 

16 (4) CHILD; DEPENDENT; WIDOW; WIDOWER.— 

17 The terms ‘‘child’’, ‘‘dependent’’, ‘‘widow’’, and 

18 ‘‘widower’’ have the meanings given those terms in 

19 section 8341(a) of title 5, United States Code, ex20 cept that such section shall be applied by sub21 stituting ‘‘individual who performed qualifying serv22 ice’’ for ‘‘employee or Member’’. 

23 (5) COVERED DECEDENT.—The term ‘‘covered 

24 decedent’’ means an individual who was killed in 

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1 Central Intelligence Agency during the period begin2 ning on January 1, 1950, and ending on December 

3 31, 1976, as a United States citizen employee of Air 

4 America or an affiliated company. 

5 (6) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 

6 the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. 

7 (7) QUALIFYING SERVICE.— The term ‘‘quali8 fying service’’ means service that— 

9 (A) was performed by a United States cit10 izen as an employee of Air America or an affili11 ated company during the period beginning on 

12 January 1, 1950, and ending on December 31, 

13 1976; and 

14 (B) is documented in— 

15 (i) the corporate records of Air Amer16 ica or an affiliated company; 

17 (ii) records possessed by the United 

18 States Government; or 

19 (iii) the personal records of a former 

20 employee of Air America or an affiliated 

21 company that are verified by the United 

22 States Government. 

23 (8) SURVIVOR.—The term ‘‘survivor’’ means— 

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1 (i) an individual who performed quali2 fying service; or 

3 (ii) a covered decedent; or 

4 (B) an individual who, at any time during 

5 or since the period of qualifying service, or on 

6 the date of death of a covered decedent, was a 

7 dependent or child of— 

8 (i) the individual who performed such 

9 qualifying service; or 

10 (ii) the covered decedent. 

11 SEC. 1104. AWARD AUTHORIZED TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the limitation in sub13 section (d), the Director shall provide an award payment 

14 of $40,000 under this section— 

15 (1) to an individual who performed qualifying 

16 service for a period greater than or equal to 5 years 

17 or to a survivor of such individual; or 

18 (2) to the survivor of a covered decedent. 

19 (b) REQUIREMENTS.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible for a payment 

21 under this subsection, an individual who performed 

22 qualifying service or survivor (as the case may be) 

23 must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Director 

24 that the individual whose qualifying service upon 


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1 which the payment is based meets the criteria of 

2 paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a). 

3 (2) RELIANCE ON RECORDS.—In carrying out 

4 this subsection, in addition to any evidence provided 

5 by such an individual or survivor, the Director may 

6 rely on records possessed by the United States Gov7 ernment. 

8 (c) ADDITIONAL PAYMENT.—If an individual, or in 

9 the case of a survivor, the individual whose qualifying 

10 service upon which the payment is based, can demonstrate 

11 to the Director that the qualifying service of the individual 

12 exceeded 5 years, the Director shall pay to such individual 

13 or survivor an additional $8,000 for each full year in ex14 cess of 5 years (and a proportionate amount for a partial 

15 year). 

16 (d) SURVIVORS.—In the case of an award granted to 

17 a survivor under this section, the payment shall be made— 

18 (1) to the surviving widow or widower; or 

19 (2) if there is no surviving widow or widower, 

20 to the surviving dependents or children, in equal 

21 shares. 

22 SEC. 1105. FUNDING LIMITATION. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—The total amount of awards 

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1 (b) REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—If, at the 

2 determination of the Director, the amount of funds re3 quired to satisfy all valid applications for payment under 

4 this title exceeds the limitation set forth in subsection (a), 

5 the Director shall submit to Congress a request for suffi6 cient funds to fulfill all remaining payments. 

7 (c) AWARDS TO EMPLOYEES OF INTERMOUNTAIN

8 AVIATION.—The Director may determine, on a case-by9 case basis, to award amounts to individuals who performed 

10 service consistent with the definition of qualifying service 

11 as employees of Intermountain Aviation. 

12 SEC. 1106. TIME LIMITATION. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible for an award pay14 ment under this title, a claimant must file a claim for such 

15 payment with the Director not later than 2 years after 

16 the effective date of the regulations prescribed by the Di17 rector in accordance with section 1107. 

18 (b) DETERMINATION.—Not later than 90 days after 

19 receiving a claim for an award payment under this section, 

20 the Director shall determine the eligibility of the claimant 

21 for payment. 

22 (c) PAYMENT.— 

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1 the Director shall pay the award payment not later 

2 than 60 days after the date of such determination. 

3 (2) LUMP-SUM PAYMENT.—The Director shall 

4 issue each payment as a one-time lump sum pay5 ment contingent upon the timely filing of the claim6 ant under this section. 

7 (3) NOTICE AND DELAYS.—The Director shall 

8 notify the appropriate congressional committees of 

9 any delays in making an award payment not later 

10 than 30 days after the date such payment is due. 

11 SEC. 1107. APPLICATION PROCEDURES. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall prescribe pro13 cedures to carry out this title, which shall include proc14 esses under which— 

15 (1) claimants may submit claims for payment 

16 under this title; 

17 (2) the Director will award the amounts under 

18 section 1104; and 

19 (3) claimants can obtain redress and appeal de20 terminations under section 1106. 

21 (b) OTHER MATTERS.—Such procedures— 

22 (1) shall be— 

23 (A) prescribed not later than 60 days after 

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1 (B) published in the Code of Federal Reg2 ulations; and 

3 (2) shall not be subject to chapter 5 of title 5, 

4 United States Code. 

5 SEC. 1108. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

6 Nothing in this title shall be construed to— 

7 (1) entitle any person to Federal benefits, in8 cluding retirement benefits under chapter 83 or 84 

9 of title 5, United States Code, and disability or 

10 death benefits under chapter 81 of such title; 

11 (2) change the legal status of the former Air 

12 America corporation or any affiliated company; or 

13 (3) create any legal rights, benefits, or entitle14 ments beyond the one-time award authorized by this 

15 title. 

16 SEC. 1109. ATTORNEYS’ AND AGENTS’ FEES. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for more than 

18 25 percent of an award paid pursuant to this title to be 

19 paid to, or received by, any agent or attorney for any serv20 ice rendered to a person who receives an award under sec21 tion 1104, in connection with the award under this title. 

22 (b) VIOLATION.—Any agent or attorney who violates 

23 subsection (a) shall be fined under title 18, United States 

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1 SEC. 1110. NO JUDICIAL REVIEW. 

2 A determination by the Director pursuant to this title 

3 is final and conclusive and shall not be subject to judicial 

4 review. 

5 SEC. 1111. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 

6 Until the date that all funds available for awards 

7 under this title are expended, the Director shall submit 

8 to the appropriate congressional committees a semiannual 

9 report describing the number of award payments made 

10 and denied during the 180 days preceding the submission 

11 of the report, including the rationales for any denials, and 

12 if, at the determination of the Director, the amount of 

13 funds provided to carry out this title is insufficient to sat14 isfy any remaining or anticipated claims. 

15 TITLE XII—OTHER MATTERS 

16 SEC. 1201. ENHANCED AUTHORITIES FOR AMICUS CURIAE 

17 UNDER THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SUR18 VEILLANCE ACT OF 1978. 

19 (a) EXPANSION OF APPOINTMENT AUTHORITY.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 103(i)(2)(A) of the 

21 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 

22 U.S.C. 1803(i)(2)(A)) is amended by striking clause 

23 (i) and inserting the following: 

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1 sesses privacy and civil liberties expertise, 

2 unless the court finds that such a quali3 fication is inappropriate, to serve as ami4 cus curiae to assist the court in the consid5 eration of any application or motion for an 

6 order or review that, in the opinion of the 

7 court— 

8 ‘‘(I) presents a novel or signifi9 cant interpretation of the law, unless 

10 the court issues a finding that such 

11 appointment is not appropriate; 

12 ‘‘(II) presents exceptional con13 cerns with respect to the activities of 

14 a United States person that are pro15 tected by the first amendment to the 

16 Constitution of the United States, un17 less the court issues a finding that 

18 such appointment is not appropriate; 

19 ‘‘(III) targets a United States 

20 person and presents or involves a sen21 sitive investigative matter, unless— 

22 ‘‘(aa) the matter represents 

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1 ‘‘(bb) the court issues a 

2 finding that such appointment is 

3 not appropriate; 

4 ‘‘(IV) targets a United States 

5 person and presents a request for ap6 proval of programmatic surveillance or 

7 reauthorization of programmatic sur8 veillance, unless the court issues a 

9 finding that such appointment is not 

10 appropriate; or 

11 ‘‘(V) targets a United States per12 son and otherwise presents novel or 

13 exceptional civil liberties issues, unless 

14 the court issues a finding that such 

15 appointment is not appropriate;’’. 

16 (2) DEFINITION OF SENSITIVE INVESTIGATIVE

17 MATTER.—Subsection (i) of section 103 of such Act 

18 (50 U.S.C. 1803) is amended by adding at the end 

19 the following: 

20 ‘‘(12) DEFINITION OF SENSITIVE INVESTIGA21 TIVE MATTER.—In this subsection, the term ‘sen22 sitive investigative matter’ means— 

23 ‘‘(A) an investigative matter that targets a 

24 United States person who is— 

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1 ‘‘(ii) an appointee of— 

2 ‘‘(I) the President; or 

3 ‘‘(II) a State Governor; 

4 ‘‘(iii) a United States political can5 didate; 

6 ‘‘(iv) a United States political organi7 zation or an individual prominent in such 

8 an organization; 

9 ‘‘(v) a United States news media or10 ganization or a member of a United States 

11 news media organization; or 

12 ‘‘(vi) a United States religious organi13 zation or an individual prominent in such 

14 an organization; or 

15 ‘‘(B) any other investigative matter involv16 ing a domestic entity or a known or presumed 

17 United States person that, in the judgment of 

18 the applicable court established under sub19 section (a) or (b), is as sensitive as an inves20 tigative matter described in subparagraph 

21 (A).’’. 

22 (b) AUTHORITY TO SEEK REVIEW.—Subsection (i) 

23 of such section (50 U.S.C. 1803), as amended by sub24 section (a) of this section, is further amended— 

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1 (A) in the paragraph heading, by inserting 

2 ‘‘; AUTHORITY’’ after ‘‘DUTIES’’; 

3 (B) by striking ‘‘the amicus curiae shall’’ 

4 and all that follows through ‘‘provide’’ and in5 sert the following: ‘‘the amicus curiae— 

6 ‘‘(A) shall provide’’; 

7 (C) in subparagraph (A), as so des8 ignated— 

9 (i) in clause (i), by inserting before 

10 the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, 

11 including legal arguments regarding any 

12 privacy or civil liberties interest of any 

13 United States person that would be signifi14 cantly impacted by the application or mo15 tion’’; and 

16 (ii) in clause (iii), by striking the pe17 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

18 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(B) may seek leave to raise any novel or 

20 significant privacy or civil liberties issue rel21 evant to the application or motion or other 

22 issue directly impacting the legality of the pro23 posed electronic surveillance with the court, re24 gardless of whether the court has requested as25 sistance on that issue.’’; 


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1 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through 

2 (12) as paragraphs (8) through (13), respectively; 

3 and 

4 (3) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(7) AUTHORITY TO SEEK REVIEW OF DECI7 SIONS.— 

8 ‘‘(A) FISA COURT DECISIONS.—Following 

9 issuance of a final order under this Act by the 

10 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in a 

11 matter in which an amicus curiae was ap12 pointed under paragraph (2), that amicus cu13 riae may petition the Foreign Intelligence Sur14 veillance Court to certify for review to the For15 eign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review a 

16 question of law pursuant to subsection (j). If 

17 the court denies such petition, the court shall 

18 provide for the record a written statement of 

19 the reasons for such denial. Upon certification 

20 of any question of law pursuant to this sub21 paragraph, the Court of Review shall appoint 

22 the amicus curiae to assist the Court of Review 

23 in its consideration of the certified question, un24 less the Court of Review issues a finding that 

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1 ‘‘(B) FISA COURT OF REVIEW DECI2 SIONS.—An amicus curiae appointed under 

3 paragraph (2) may petition the Foreign Intel4 ligence Surveillance Court of Review to certify 

5 for review to the Supreme Court of the United 

6 States any question of law pursuant to section 

7 1254(2) of title 28, United States Code, in the 

8 matter in which that amicus curiae was ap9 pointed. 

10 ‘‘(C) DECLASSIFICATION OF REFER11 RALS.—For purposes of section 602, if the For12 eign Intelligence Surveillance Court or the For13 eign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review 

14 denies a petition filed under subparagraph (A) 

15 or (B) of this paragraph, that petition and all 

16 of its content shall be considered a decision, 

17 order, or opinion issued by the Foreign Intel18 ligence Surveillance Court or the Foreign Intel19 ligence Surveillance Court of Review described 

20 in section 602(a).’’. 

21 (c) ACCESS TO INFORMATION.— 

22 (1) APPLICATION AND MATERIALS.—Subpara23 graph (A) of section 103(i)(6) of such Act (50 

24 U.S.C. 1803(i)(6)) is amended to read as follows: 

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1 ‘‘(i) RIGHTS OF AMICUS.—If a court 

2 established under subsection (a) or (b) ap3 points an amicus curiae under paragraph 

4 (2), the amicus curiae— 

5 ‘‘(I) shall have access to, to the 

6 extent such information is available to 

7 the Government and the court estab8 lished under subsection (a) or (b) de9 termines it is necessary to fulfill the 

10 duties of the amicus curiae— 

11 ‘‘(aa) the application, certifi12 cation, petition, motion, and 

13 other information and supporting 

14 materials submitted to the For15 eign Intelligence Surveillance 

16 Court in connection with the 

17 matter in which the amicus cu18 riae has been appointed, includ19 ing access to any relevant legal 

20 precedent (including any such 

21 precedent that is cited by the 

22 Government, including in such an 

23 application); 

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1 eign Intelligence Surveillance 

2 Court or the Foreign Intelligence 

3 Surveillance Court of Review in 

4 which the court decides a ques5 tion of law, without regard to 

6 whether the decision is classified; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(cc) any other information 

9 or materials that the court deter10 mines are relevant to the duties 

11 of the amicus curiae; and 

12 ‘‘(II) may make a submission to 

13 the court requesting access to any 

14 other particular materials or informa15 tion (or category of materials or infor16 mation) that the amicus curiae be17 lieves to be relevant to the duties of 

18 the amicus curiae. 

19 ‘‘(ii) SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION

20 REGARDING ACCURACY.—The Foreign In21 telligence Surveillance Court, upon the mo22 tion of an amicus curiae appointed under 

23 paragraph (2) or upon its own motion, 

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1 garding the accuracy of any material sub2 mitted to the Foreign Intelligence Surveil3 lance Court in connection with the matter 

4 in which the amicus curiae has been ap5 pointed if the court determines the infor6 mation is relevant to the duties of the ami7 cus curiae.’’. 

8 (2) CLARIFICATION OF ACCESS TO CERTAIN IN9 FORMATION.—Such section is further amended by 

10 striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(C) CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.—An ami13 cus curiae appointed by the court shall have ac14 cess, to the extent such information is available 

15 to the Government and the court determines 

16 such information is relevant to the duties of the 

17 amicus curiae in the matter in which the ami18 cus curiae was appointed, to copies of each 

19 opinion, order, transcript, pleading, or other 

20 document of the Foreign Intelligence Surveil21 lance Court and the Foreign Intelligence Sur22 veillance Court of Review, including, if the indi23 vidual is eligible for access to classified informa24 tion, any classified documents, information, and 

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1 extent consistent with the national security of 

2 the United States.’’. 

3 (3) CONSULTATION AMONG AMICI CURIAE.— 

4 Such section is further amended— 

5 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), 

6 (C), and (D) as subparagraphs (C), (D), and 

7 (E), respectively; and 

8 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 

9 the following: 

10 ‘‘(B) CONSULTATION.—If the Foreign In11 telligence Surveillance Court or the Foreign In12 telligence Surveillance Court of Review deter13 mines that it is relevant to the duties of an 

14 amicus curiae appointed by the court under 

15 paragraph (2), the amicus curiae may consult 

16 with one or more of the other individuals des17 ignated to serve as amicus curiae pursuant to 

18 paragraph (1) regarding any of the information 

19 relevant to any assigned proceeding.’’. 

20 (d) TERM LIMITS.— 

21 (1) REQUIREMENT.—Paragraph (1) of section 

22 103(i) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 1803(i)) is amended 

23 by adding at the end the following new sentence: 

24 ‘‘An individual may serve as an amicus curiae for a 

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1 cause, jointly reappoint the individual to a single ad2 ditional 5-year term.’’. 

3 (2) APPLICATION.—The amendment made by 

4 paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to the service 

5 of an amicus curiae appointed under section 103(i) 

6 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 1803(i)) that occurs on or 

7 after the date of the enactment of this Act, regard8 less of the date on which the amicus curiae is ap9 pointed. 

10 SEC. 1202. LIMITATION ON DIRECTIVES UNDER FOREIGN 

11 INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT OF 1978 

12 RELATING TO CERTAIN ELECTRONIC COM13 MUNICATION SERVICE PROVIDERS. 

14 Section 702(i) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveil15 lance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1881a(i)) is amended by 

16 adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(7) LIMITATION RELATING TO CERTAIN ELEC18 TRONIC COMMUNICATION SERVICE PROVIDERS.— 

19 ‘‘(A) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 

20 ‘‘(i) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF

21 CONGRESS.—The term ‘appropriate com22 mittees of Congress’ means— 

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1 ‘‘(II) the Committee on the Judi2 ciary of the Senate; and 

3 ‘‘(III) the Committee on the Ju4 diciary of the House of Representa5 tives. 

6 ‘‘(ii) COVERED ELECTRONIC COMMU7 NICATION SERVICE PROVIDER.—The term 

8 ‘covered electronic communication service 

9 provider’ means— 

10 ‘‘(I) a service provider described 

11 in section 701(b)(4)(E); or 

12 ‘‘(II) a custodian of an entity as 

13 defined in section 701(b)(4)(F). 

14 ‘‘(iii) COVERED OPINIONS.—The term 

15 ‘covered opinions’ means the opinions of 

16 the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court 

17 and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 

18 Court of Review authorized for public re19 lease on August 23, 2023 (Opinion and 

20 Order, In re Petition to Set Aside or Mod21 ify Directive Issued to [REDACTED], No. 

22 [REDACTED], (FISA Ct. [REDACTED] 

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1 DACTED], (FISA Ct. Rev. [RE2 DACTED] 2023) (Sentelle, J.; Higginson, 

3 J.; Miller J.)). 

4 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—A directive may not be 

5 issued under paragraph (1) to a covered elec6 tronic communication service provider unless 

7 the covered electronic communication service 

8 provider is a provider of the type of service at 

9 issue in the covered opinions. 

10 ‘‘(C) REQUIREMENTS FOR DIRECTIVES TO

11 COVERED ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION SERV12 ICE PROVIDERS.— 

13 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 

14 (ii), any directive issued under paragraph 

15 (1) on or after the date of the enactment 

16 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for 

17 Fiscal Year 2025 to a covered electronic 

18 communication service provider that is not 

19 prohibited by subparagraph (B) of this 

20 paragraph shall include a summary de21 scription of the services at issue in the cov22 ered opinions. 

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1 issue in the covered opinions if such sum2 mary was included in a prior directive 

3 issued to the covered electronic commu4 nication service provider and the summary 

5 has not materially changed. 

6 ‘‘(D) FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEIL7 LANCE COURT NOTIFICATION AND REVIEW.— 

8 ‘‘(i) NOTIFICATION.— 

9 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Subject to 

10 subclause (II), each time the Attorney 

11 General and the Director of National 

12 Intelligence issue a directive under 

13 paragraph (1) to a covered electronic 

14 communication service provider that is 

15 not prohibited by subparagraph (B) 

16 and each time the Attorney General 

17 and the Director materially change a 

18 directive under paragraph (1) issued 

19 to a covered electronic communication 

20 service provider that is not prohibited 

21 by subparagraph (B), the Attorney 

22 General and the Director shall provide 

23 the directive to the Foreign Intel24 ligence Surveillance Court on or be25 fore the date that is 7 days after the 


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1 date on which the Attorney General 

2 and the Director issue the directive, 

3 along with a description of the covered 

4 electronic communication service pro5 vider to whom the directive is issued 

6 and the services at issue. 

7 ‘‘(II) DUPLICATION NOT RE8 QUIRED.—The Attorney General and 

9 the Director do not need to provide a 

10 directive or description to the Foreign 

11 Intelligence Surveillance Court under 

12 subclause (I) if a directive and de13 scription concerning the covered elec14 tronic communication service provider 

15 was previously provided to the Court 

16 and the directive or description has 

17 not materially changed. 

18 ‘‘(ii) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.—As 

19 soon as feasible and not later than the ini20 tiation of collection, the Attorney General 

21 and the Director shall, for each directive 

22 described in subparagraph (i), provide the 

23 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court a 

24 description of the type of equipment to be 

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1 form of assistance required pursuant to the 

2 directive. 

3 ‘‘(iii) REVIEW.— 

4 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The Foreign 

5 Intelligence Surveillance Act Court 

6 may review a directive received by the 

7 Court under clause (i) to determine 

8 whether the directive is consistent 

9 with subparagraph (B) and affirm, 

10 modify, or set aside the directive. 

11 ‘‘(II) NOTICE OF INTENT TO RE12 VIEW.—Not later than 10 days after 

13 the date on which the Court receives 

14 information under clause (ii) with re15 spect to a directive, the Court shall 

16 provide notice to the Attorney Gen17 eral, the Director, and the covered 

18 electronic communication service pro19 vider, indicating whether the Court in20 tends to undertake a review under 

21 subclause (I) of this clause. 

22 ‘‘(III) COMPLETION OF RE23 VIEWS.—In a case in which the Court 

24 provides notice under subclause (II) 

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1 review a directive under subclause (I), 

2 the Court shall, not later than 30 

3 days after the date on which the 

4 Court provides notice under subclause 

5 (II) with respect to the directive, com6 plete the review. 

7 ‘‘(E) CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT.— 

8 ‘‘(i) NOTIFICATION.— 

9 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Subject to 

10 subclause (II), each time the Attorney 

11 General and the Director of National 

12 Intelligence issue a directive under 

13 paragraph (1) to a covered electronic 

14 communication service provider that is 

15 not prohibited by subparagraph (B) 

16 and each time the Attorney General 

17 and the Director materially change a 

18 directive under paragraph (1) issued 

19 to a covered electronic communication 

20 service provider that is not prohibited 

21 by subparagraph (B), the Attorney 

22 General and the Director shall submit 

23 to the appropriate committees of Con24 gress the directive on or before the 

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1 which the Attorney General and the 

2 Director issue the directive, along 

3 with description of the covered elec4 tronic communication service provider 

5 to whom the directive is issued and 

6 the services at issue. 

7 ‘‘(II) DUPLICATION NOT RE8 QUIRED.—The Attorney General and 

9 the Director do not need to submit a 

10 directive or description to the appro11 priate committees of Congress under 

12 subclause (I) if a directive and de13 scription concerning the covered elec14 tronic communication service provider 

15 was previously submitted to the ap16 propriate committees of Congress and 

17 the directive or description has not 

18 materially changed. 

19 ‘‘(ii) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.—As 

20 soon as feasible and not later than the ini21 tiation of collection, the Attorney General 

22 and the Director shall, for each directive 

23 described in subparagraph (i), provide the 

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1 accessed, the nature of the access, and the 

2 form of assistance required pursuant to the 

3 directive. 

4 ‘‘(iii) REPORTING.— 

5 ‘‘(I) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—Not 

6 later than 90 days after the date of 

7 the enactment of the Intelligence Au8 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 

9 and not less frequently than once each 

10 quarter thereafter, the Attorney Gen11 eral and the Director shall submit to 

12 the appropriate committees of Con13 gress a report on the number of direc14 tives issued, during the period covered 

15 by the report, under paragraph (1) to 

16 a covered electronic communication 

17 service provider and the number of di18 rectives provided during the same pe19 riod to the Foreign Intelligence Sur20 veillance Court under subparagraph 

21 (D)(i). 

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1 classified form, but may include a 

2 classified annex. 

3 ‘‘(III) SUBMITTAL OF COURT

4 OPINIONS.—Not later than 45 days 

5 after the date on which the Foreign 

6 Intelligence Surveillance Court or the 

7 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 

8 Court of Review issues an opinion re9 lating to a directive issued to a cov10 ered electronic communication service 

11 provider under paragraph (1), the At12 torney General shall submit to the ap13 propriate committees of Congress a 

14 copy of the opinion.’’. 

15 SEC. 1203. STRENGTHENING ELECTION CYBERSECURITY 

16 TO UPHOLD RESPECT FOR ELECTIONS 

17 THROUGH INDEPENDENT TESTING ACT OF 

18 2024. 

19 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 

20 ‘‘Strengthening Election Cybersecurity to Uphold Respect 

21 for Elections through Independent Testing Act of 2024’’ 

22 or the ‘‘SECURE IT Act of 2024’’. 

23 (b) REQUIRING PENETRATION TESTING AS PART OF

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1 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20971) is amended by adding at the end 

2 the following new subsection: 

3 ‘‘(e) REQUIRED PENETRATION TESTING.— 

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

5 after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 

6 the Commission shall provide for the conduct of pen7 etration testing as part of the testing, certification, 

8 decertification, and recertification of voting system 

9 hardware and software by the Commission based on 

10 accredited laboratories under this section. 

11 ‘‘(2) ACCREDITATION.—The Commission shall 

12 develop a program for the acceptance of the results 

13 of penetration testing on election systems. The pene14 tration testing required by this subsection shall be 

15 required for Commission certification. The Commis16 sion shall vote on the selection of any entity identi17 fied. The requirements for such selection shall be 

18 based on consideration of an entity’s competence to 

19 conduct penetration testing under this subsection. 

20 The Commission may consult with the National In21 stitute of Standards and Technology or any other 

22 appropriate Federal agency on lab selection criteria 

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1 (c) INDEPENDENT SECURITY TESTING AND COORDI2 NATED CYBERSECURITY VULNERABILITY DISCLOSURE

3 PROGRAM FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle D of title II of the 

5 Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15401 

6 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol7 lowing new part: 

8 ‘‘PART 7—INDEPENDENT SECURITY TESTING AND 

9 COORDINATED CYBERSECURITY VULNER10 ABILITY DISCLOSURE PILOT PROGRAM FOR 

11 ELECTION SYSTEMS 

12 ‘‘SEC. 297. INDEPENDENT SECURITY TESTING AND COORDI13 NATED CYBERSECURITY VULNERABILITY 

14 DISCLOSURE PILOT PROGRAM FOR ELEC15 TION SYSTEMS. 

16 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

17 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Commission, in 

18 consultation with the Secretary, shall establish an 

19 Independent Security Testing and Coordinated Vul20 nerability Disclosure Pilot Program for Election Sys21 tems (VDP–E) (in this section referred to as the 

22 ‘program’) to test for and disclose cybersecurity 

23 vulnerabilities in election systems. 

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1 ‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the pro2 gram, the Commission, in consultation with the Sec3 retary, shall— 

4 ‘‘(A) establish a mechanism by which an 

5 election systems vendor may make their election 

6 system (including voting machines and source 

7 code) available to cybersecurity researchers par8 ticipating in the program; 

9 ‘‘(B) provide for the vetting of cybersecu10 rity researchers prior to their participation in 

11 the program, including the conduct of back12 ground checks; 

13 ‘‘(C) establish terms of participation 

14 that— 

15 ‘‘(i) describe the scope of testing per16 mitted under the program; 

17 ‘‘(ii) require researchers to— 

18 ‘‘(I) notify the vendor, the Com19 mission, and the Secretary of any cy20 bersecurity vulnerability they identify 

21 with respect to an election system; 

22 and 

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1 ‘‘(iii) require the good faith participa2 tion of all participants in the program; 

3 ‘‘(iv) require an election system ven4 dor, within 180 days after validating noti5 fication of a critical or high vulnerability 

6 (as defined by the National Institute of 

7 Standards and Technology) in an election 

8 system of the vendor, to— 

9 ‘‘(I) send a patch or propound 

10 some other fix or mitigation for such 

11 vulnerability to the appropriate State 

12 and local election officials, in con13 sultation with the researcher who dis14 covered it; and 

15 ‘‘(II) notify the Commission and 

16 the Secretary that such patch has 

17 been sent to such officials; 

18 ‘‘(D) in the case where a patch or fix to 

19 address a vulnerability disclosed under subpara20 graph (C)(ii)(I) is intended to be applied to a 

21 system certified by the Commission, provide— 

22 ‘‘(i) for the expedited review of such 

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1 ‘‘(ii) if such review is not completed 

2 by the last day of such 90-day period, that 

3 such patch or fix shall be deemed to be 

4 certified by the Commission, subject to any 

5 subsequent review of such determination 

6 by the Commission; and 

7 ‘‘(E) 180 days after the disclosure of a 

8 vulnerability under subparagraph (C)(ii)(I), no9 tify the Director of the Cybersecurity and In10 frastructure Security Agency of the vulner11 ability for inclusion in the database of Common 

12 Vulnerabilities and Exposures. 

13 ‘‘(4) VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION; SAFE HAR14 BOR.— 

15 ‘‘(A) VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION.—Par16 ticipation in the program shall be voluntary for 

17 election systems vendors and researchers. 

18 ‘‘(B) SAFE HARBOR.—When conducting 

19 research under this program, such research and 

20 subsequent publication shall be— 

21 ‘‘(i) authorized in accordance with 

22 section 1030 of title 18, United States 

23 Code (commonly known as the ‘Computer 

24 Fraud and Abuse Act’), (and similar State 

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1 not initiate or support legal action against 

2 the researcher for accidental, good faith 

3 violations of the program; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) exempt from the anti-circumven5 tion rule of section 1201 of title 17, United 

6 States Code (commonly known as the ‘Dig7 ital Millennium Copyright Act’), and the 

8 election system vendor will not bring a 

9 claim against a researcher for circumven10 tion of technology controls. 

11 ‘‘(C) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 

12 in this paragraph may be construed to limit or 

13 otherwise affect any exception to the general 

14 prohibition against the circumvention of techno15 logical measures under subparagraph (A) of 

16 section 1201(a)(1) of title 17, United States 

17 Code, including with respect to any use that is 

18 excepted from that general prohibition by the 

19 Librarian of Congress under subparagraphs (B) 

20 through (D) of such section 1201(a)(1). 

21 ‘‘(5) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

22 ‘‘(A) CYBERSECURITY VULNERABILITY.— 

23 The term ‘cybersecurity vulnerability’ means, 

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1 ‘‘(B) ELECTION INFRASTRUCTURE.—The 

2 term ‘election infrastructure’ means— 

3 ‘‘(i) storage facilities, polling places, 

4 and centralized vote tabulation locations 

5 used to support the administration of elec6 tions for public office; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) related information and commu8 nications technology, including— 

9 ‘‘(I) voter registration databases; 

10 ‘‘(II) election management sys11 tems; 

12 ‘‘(III) voting machines; 

13 ‘‘(IV) electronic mail and other 

14 communications systems (including 

15 electronic mail and other systems of 

16 vendors who have entered into con17 tracts with election agencies to sup18 port the administration of elections, 

19 manage the election process, and re20 port and display election results); and 

21 ‘‘(V) other systems used to man22 age the election process and to report 

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1 ‘‘(C) ELECTION SYSTEM.—The term ‘elec2 tion system’ means any information system that 

3 is part of an election infrastructure, including 

4 any related information and communications 

5 technology described in subparagraph (B)(ii). 

6 ‘‘(D) ELECTION SYSTEM VENDOR.—The 

7 term ‘election system vendor’ means any person 

8 providing, supporting, or maintaining an elec9 tion system on behalf of a State or local elec10 tion official. 

11 ‘‘(E) INFORMATION SYSTEM.—The term 

12 ‘information system’ has the meaning given the 

13 term in section 3502 of title 44, United States 

14 Code. 

15 ‘‘(F) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ 

16 means the Secretary of Homeland Security. 

17 ‘‘(G) SECURITY VULNERABILITY.—The 

18 term ‘security vulnerability’ has the meaning 

19 given the term in section 102 of the Cybersecu20 rity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (6 U.S.C. 

21 1501).’’. 

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1 of the items relating to subtitle D of title II the fol2 lowing: 

‘‘PART 7—INDEPENDENT SECURITY TESTING AND COORDINATED CYBERSECURITY VULNERABILITY DISCLOSURE PROGRAM FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS

‘‘Sec. 297. Independent security testing and coordinated cybersecurity vulnerability disclosure program for election systems.’’. 

3 SEC. 1204. PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT 

4 BOARD QUALIFICATIONS. 

5 Section 1061(h)(2) of the Intelligence Reform and 

6 Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 

7 2000ee(h)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘and relevant expe8 rience’’ and inserting ‘‘or experience in positions requiring 

9 a security clearance, and relevant national security experi10 ence’’. 

11 SEC. 1205. PARITY IN PAY FOR STAFF OF THE PRIVACY AND 

12 CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD AND 

13 THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. 

14 Section 1061(j)(1) of the Intelligence Reform and 

15 Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 

16 2000ee(j)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘except that’’ and 

17 all that follows through the period at the end and inserting 

18 ‘‘except that no rate of pay fixed under this subsection 

19 may exceed the highest amount paid by any element of 

20 the intelligence community for a comparable position, 

21 based on salary information provided to the chairman of 

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1 SEC. 1206. MODIFICATION AND REPEAL OF REPORTING RE2 QUIREMENTS. 

3 (a) BRIEFING ON IRANIAN EXPENDITURES SUP4 PORTING FOREIGN MILITARY AND TERRORIST ACTIVI5 TIES.—Section 6705(a)(1) of the Damon Paul Nelson and 

6 Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for 

7 Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020 (22 U.S.C. 

8 9412(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘, and not less fre9 quently than once each year thereafter provide a briefing 

10 to Congress,’’. 

11 (b) REPORTS AND BRIEFINGS ON NATIONAL SECU12 RITY EFFECTS OF GLOBAL WATER INSECURITY AND

13 EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND PANDEMICS.— 

14 Section 6722(b) of the Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew 

15 Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal 

16 Years 2018, 2019, and 2020 (50 U.S.C. 3024 note; divi17 sion E of Public Law 116–92) is amended by— 

18 (1) striking paragraph (2); and 

19 (2) redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 

20 paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively. 

21 (c) REPEAL OF REPORT ON REMOVAL OF SAT22 ELLITES AND RELATED ITEMS FROM THE UNITED

23 STATES MUNITIONS LIST.—Section 1261(e) of the Na24 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (22 

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1 (d) BRIEFING ON REVIEW OF INTELLIGENCE COM2 MUNITY ANALYTIC PRODUCTION.—Section 1019(c) of the 

3 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 

4 2004 (50 U.S.C. 3364(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘Decem5 ber 1’’ and inserting ‘‘February 1’’. 

6 (e) REPEAL OF REPORT ON OVERSIGHT OF FOREIGN

7 INFLUENCE IN ACADEMIA.—Section 5713 of the Damon 

8 Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Au9 thorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020 

10 (50 U.S.C. 3369b) is repealed. 

11 (f) REPEAL OF BRIEFING ON IRANIAN EXPENDI12 TURES SUPPORTING FOREIGN MILITARY AND TERRORIST

13 ACTIVITIES.—Section 6705 of the Damon Paul Nelson 

14 and Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization 

15 Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020 (22 U.S.C. 

16 9412) is amended— 

17 (1) by striking subsection (b); 

18 (2) by striking the enumerator and heading for 

19 subsection (a); 

20 (3) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 

21 subsections (a) and (b), respectively, and moving 

22 such subsections, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the 

23 left; 

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1 graphs (1) and (2), respectively, and moving such 

2 paragraphs, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the left; 

3 and 

4 (5) in paragraph (1), as so redesignated, by re5 designating clauses (i) through (v) as subparagraphs 

6 (A) through (E), respectively, and moving such sub7 paragraphs, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the left. 

8 (g) REPEAL OF REPORT ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT

9 RISKS.—Section 6716 of the Damon Paul Nelson and 

10 Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for 

11 Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020 (50 U.S.C. 3370a) 

12 is repealed. 

13 (h) REPEAL OF REPORT ON INTELLIGENCE COMMU14 NITY LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAMS.—Section 6725(c) of 

15 the Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard In16 telligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, 

17 and 2020 (50 U.S.C. 3334g(c)) is repealed. 

18 (i) REPEAL OF REPORT ON DATA COLLECTION ON

19 ATTRITION IN INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—Section 

20 306(c) of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal 

21 Year 2021 (50 U.S.C. 3334h(c)) is repealed. 

22 SEC. 1207. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 

23 (a) REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION

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1 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (50 U.S.C. 

2 3304(a)) is amended— 

3 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$6,000,000’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘$9,000,000’’; and 

5 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

6 (A) by striking ‘‘$2,000,000’’ each place it 

7 appears and inserting ‘‘$4,000,000’’; and 

8 (B) by striking ‘‘$6,000,000’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘$9,000,000’’. 

10 (b) COPYRIGHT PROTECTION FOR CIVILIAN FACULTY

11 OF CERTAIN ACCREDITED INSTITUTIONS.—Section 105 

12 of title 17, United States Code, is amended to read as 

13 follows: 

14 ‘‘§ 105. Subject matter of copyright: United States 

15 Government works 

16 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Copyright protection under this 

17 title is not available for any work of the United States 

18 Government, but the United States Government is not 

19 precluded from receiving and holding copyrights trans20 ferred to it by assignment, bequest, or otherwise. 

21 ‘‘(b) COPYRIGHT PROTECTION OF CERTAIN

22 WORKS.—Subject to subsection (c), the covered author of 

23 a covered work owns the copyright to that covered work. 

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1 ‘‘(1) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AUTHORITY.— 

2 With respect to a covered author who produces a 

3 covered work in the course of employment at a cov4 ered institution described in subparagraphs (A) 

5 through (K) of subsection (d)(2), the Secretary of 

6 Defense may direct the covered author to provide 

7 the Federal Government with an irrevocable, royalty8 free, worldwide, nonexclusive license to reproduce, 

9 distribute, perform, or display such covered work for 

10 purposes of the United States Government. 

11 ‘‘(2) SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY AU12 THORITY.—With respect to a covered author who 

13 produces a covered work in the course of employ14 ment at the covered institution described in sub15 section (d)(2)(L), the Secretary of Homeland Secu16 rity may direct the covered author to provide the 

17 Federal Government with an irrevocable, royalty18 free, worldwide, nonexclusive license to reproduce, 

19 distribute, perform, or display such covered work for 

20 purposes of the United States Government. 

21 ‘‘(3) DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE

22 AUTHORITY.—With respect to a covered author who 

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1 ligence may direct the covered author to provide the 

2 Federal Government with an irrevocable, royalty3 free, worldwide, nonexclusive license to reproduce, 

4 distribute, perform, or display such covered work for 

5 purposes of the United States Government. 

6 ‘‘(4) SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION AU7 THORITY.—With respect to a covered author who 

8 produces a covered work in the course of employ9 ment at the covered institution described in sub10 section (d)(2)(N), the Secretary of Transportation 

11 may direct the covered author to provide the Federal 

12 Government with an irrevocable, royalty-free, world13 wide, nonexclusive license to reproduce, distribute, 

14 perform, or display such covered work for purposes 

15 of the United States Government. 

16 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

17 ‘‘(1) COVERED AUTHOR.—The term ‘covered 

18 author’ means a civilian member of the faculty of a 

19 covered institution. 

20 ‘‘(2) COVERED INSTITUTION.—The term ‘cov21 ered institution’ means the following: 

22 ‘‘(A) National Defense University. 

23 ‘‘(B) United States Military Academy. 

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1 ‘‘(D) United States Army Command and 

2 General Staff College. 

3 ‘‘(E) United States Naval Academy. 

4 ‘‘(F) Naval War College. 

5 ‘‘(G) Naval Postgraduate School. 

6 ‘‘(H) Marine Corps University. 

7 ‘‘(I) United States Air Force Academy. 

8 ‘‘(J) Air University. 

9 ‘‘(K) Defense Language Institute. 

10 ‘‘(L) United States Coast Guard Academy. 

11 ‘‘(M) National Intelligence University. 

12 ‘‘(N) United States Merchant Marine 

13 Academy. 

14 ‘‘(3) COVERED WORK.—The term ‘covered 

15 work’ means a literary work produced by a covered 

16 author in the course of employment at a covered in17 stitution for publication by a scholarly press or jour18 nal.’’. 


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Calendar No. 412 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4443 

A BILL 

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for 

ability System, and for other purposes. tral Intelligence Agency Retirement and DisCommunity Management Account, and the Centhe United States Government, the Intelligence intelligence and intelligence-related activities of 

JUNE 3, 2024 

Reported the following original bill; which was read twice 

and placed on the calendar 


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