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Union Calendar No. 558 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8512 

[Report No. 118–662] 

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 22, 2024 

Mr. TURNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 22, 2024] 


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A BILL 

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

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

and Disability System, and for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘In5 telligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025’’. 

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

7 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. 

TITLE II—CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND 

DISABILITY SYSTEM 

Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE III—GENERAL INTELLIGENCE MATTERS 

Sec. 301. Restriction on conduct of intelligence activities. 

Sec. 302. Increase in employee compensation and benefits authorized by law. 

Sec. 303. Statute of limitation for espionage offenses. 

Sec. 304. Secure communication between Congress and intelligence community. 

Sec. 305. Commission to examine the national security and defense risks to the 

United States posed by anomalous health incidents. 

TITLE IV—MATTERS RELATING TO NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE 

ENTERPRISE 

Subtitle A—Miscellaneous Authorities and Limitations 

Sec. 401. Congressional notifications and summaries of misconduct regarding employees within the intelligence community. 

Sec. 402. Improvements to urgent concerns submitted to Inspectors General of the 

Intelligence Community. 

Sec. 403. Protection for individuals making authorized disclosures to Inspectors 

General of elements of the intelligence community. 

Sec. 404. Clarification of authority of certain Inspectors General to receive protected disclosures. 

Sec. 405. Codification of the National Intelligence Management Council. 

Sec. 406. Analyses and impact statements regarding proposed investment into the 

United States. 

Sec. 407. Responsibilities and authorities of the Director of National Intelligence. 

Sec. 408. Enabling intelligence community integration. 

Sec. 409. Protection of intelligence sources and methods. 


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Sec. 410. Department of Homeland Security intelligence support for State Governors. 

Sec. 411. Authorization relating to certain intelligence and counterintelligence activities of Coast Guard. 

Sec. 412. Requirements with respect to access of foreign nationals to Department 

of Energy National Laboratories. 

Sec. 413. Formalized counterintelligence training for Department of Energy personnel. 

Sec. 414. Federal Bureau of Investigation proactive cyber support. 

Sec. 415. Requirements relating to confidential human source program of Federal 

Bureau of Investigation. 

Sec. 416. Congressional notice of FBI counterintelligence investigations into individuals who hold or are candidates for Federal elected office. 

Sec. 417. Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office at the Department of 

Transportation. 

Sec. 418. Ukraine lessons learned Working Group. 

Sec. 419. Modification to waiver for post-service employment restrictions. 

Sec. 420. Prohibition of funds for Intelligence Experts Group. 

Sec. 421. Prohibition on availability of funds for certain activities of the Overt 

Human Intelligence and Open Source Intelligence Collection 

Programs of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security. 

Sec. 422. Limitation on availability of funds for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence pending submission of information regarding 

improvements relating to intelligence community staffing, details, and assignments. 

Subtitle B—Reports and Other Matters 

Sec. 431. Foreign malign influence interagency guidance. 

Sec. 432. Foreign malign influence standard operating procedures. 

Sec. 433. Intelligence support for certain executive branch departments and agencies. 

Sec. 434. Intelligence community recruitment for certain security-cleared separating Military Members. 

Sec. 435. Strategy to strengthen intelligence community recruitment efforts in the 

United States territories. 

Sec. 436. Extension of requirement for annual report on strikes undertaken by the 

United States against terrorist targets outside areas of active 

hostilities. 

Sec. 437. Advisability and feasibility study on updating intelligence sharing regulations. 

Sec. 438. Budget transparency for open-source intelligence activities. 

Sec. 439. Enhancing public-private sharing on manipulative adversary practices 

in critical mineral projects. 

Sec. 440. Briefing on policies and procedures for addressing threats from known 

or suspected terrorists. 

Sec. 441. Assessment on intelligence relationship between Egypt and Israel. 

Sec. 442. Intelligence assessment of economic coercion by the People’s Republic of 

China in the Indo-Pacific region and strategies to enhance the 

economic resilience of countries in the Indo-Pacific region. 

Sec. 443. Report on the mission effect of civilian harm. 

Sec. 444. Report on the economic outlook of China. 

Sec. 445. Repeal of requirement with respect to assessments regarding the Northern Triangle and Mexico. 


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TITLE V—MATTERS RELATING TO DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AND 

OVERHEAD ARCHITECTURE 

Sec. 501. Sense of Congress on the need for increased effort and resources in the 

field of geomatics. 

Sec. 502. Department of Defense Senior Intelligence Oversight Official. 

Sec. 503. Extension and modification of Department of Defense intelligence and 

counterintelligence expense authority. 

Sec. 504. Authority of Army counterintelligence agents. 

Sec. 505. Modifications to notification on the provision of Defense sensitive support. 

Sec. 506. Revision of Secretary of Defense authority to engage in commercial activities as security for intelligence collection activities. 

Sec. 507. Promulgating guidance related to certain Department of Defense contracts. 

Sec. 508. Sense of Congress on Space Force acquisition workforce. 

TITLE VI—MATTERS RELATING TO CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE 

AGENCY 

Sec. 601. Requirements for the Special Victim Investigator. 

Sec. 602. Reserve for Contingencies notification requirement. 

Sec. 603. Government Accountability Office study and report on modernization 

initiative of the Central Intelligence Agency. 

TITLE VII—MATTERS RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION 

Sec. 701. Sensitive compartmented information facility accreditation. 

Sec. 702. Study of intelligence community research security. 

Sec. 703. Report on biotechnology. 

Sec. 704. Data with respect to timeliness of security clearance determinations. 

Sec. 705. Data with respect to timeliness of polygraph examinations. 

1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE COMMIT4 TEES.—The term ‘‘congressional intelligence commit5 tees’’ has the meaning given such term in section 3 

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

7 3003). 

8 (2) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘in9 telligence community’’ has the meaning given such 

10 term in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 

11 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 


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1 TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE 

2 ACTIVITIES 

3 SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

4 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis5 cal year 2025 for the conduct of the intelligence and intel6 ligence-related activities of the Federal Government. 

7 SEC. 102. CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AUTHORIZATIONS. 

8 (a) SPECIFICATIONS OF AMOUNTS.—The amounts au9 thorized to be appropriated under section 101 for the con10 duct of the intelligence activities of the Federal Government 

11 are those specified in the classified Schedule of Authoriza12 tions prepared to accompany this Act. 

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

15 (1) AVAILABILITY.—The classified Schedule of 

16 Authorizations referred to in subsection (a) shall be 

17 made available to the Committee on Appropriations 

18 of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the 

19 House of Representatives, and to the President. 

20 (2) DISTRIBUTION BY THE PRESIDENT.—Subject 

21 to paragraph (3), the President shall provide for suit22 able distribution of the classified Schedule of Author23 izations referred to in subsection (a), or of appro24 priate portions of such Schedule, within the executive 

25 branch of the Federal Government. 


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1 (3) LIMITS ON DISCLOSURE.—The President 

2 shall not publicly disclose the classified Schedule of 

3 Authorizations or any portion of such Schedule ex4 cept— 

5 (A) as provided in section 601(a) of the Im6 plementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Com7 mission Act of 2007 (50 U.S.C. 3306(a)); 

8 (B) to the extent necessary to implement the 

9 budget; or 

10 (C) as otherwise required by law. 

11 SEC. 103. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT AC12 COUNT. 

13 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

14 authorized to be appropriated for the Intelligence Commu15 nity Management Account of the Director of National Intel16 ligence for fiscal year 2025 the sum of $650,000,000. 

17 (b) CLASSIFIED AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA18 TIONS.—In addition to amounts authorized to be appro19 priated for the Intelligence Community Management Ac20 count by subsection (a), there are authorized to be appro21 priated for the Intelligence Community Management Ac22 count for fiscal year 2025 such additional amounts as are 

23 specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations re24 ferred to in section 102(a). 


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1 TITLE II—CENTRAL INTEL2 LIGENCE AGENCY RETIRE3 MENT AND DISABILITY SYS4 TEM 

5 SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

6 There is authorized to be appropriated for the Central 

7 Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund 

8 $514,000,000 for fiscal year 2025. 

9 TITLE III—GENERAL 

10 INTELLIGENCE MATTERS 

11 SEC. 301. RESTRICTION ON CONDUCT OF INTELLIGENCE 

12 ACTIVITIES. 

13 The authorization of appropriations by this Act shall 

14 not be deemed to constitute authority for the conduct of any 

15 intelligence activity which is not otherwise authorized by 

16 the Constitution or the laws of the United States. 

17 SEC. 302. INCREASE IN EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND 

18 BENEFITS AUTHORIZED BY LAW. 

19 Appropriations authorized by this Act for salary, pay, 

20 retirement, and other benefits for Federal employees may 

21 be increased by such additional or supplemental amounts 

22 as may be necessary for increases in such compensation or 

23 benefits authorized by law. 


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1 SEC. 303. STATUTE OF LIMITATION FOR ESPIONAGE OF2 FENSES. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 213 of title 18, United 

4 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘§ 3302. Espionage offenses 

6 ‘‘An indictment may be found or an information may 

7 be instituted at any time without limitation for— 

8 ‘‘(1) a violation of section 951, or a conspiracy 

9 to violate such section; 

10 ‘‘(2) a violation of section 794, or a conspiracy 

11 to violate such section; or 

12 ‘‘(3) a violation of section 1425, if the offense 

13 was committed to facilitate a violation of section 

14 951.’’. 

15 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for 

16 chapter 213 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 

17 adding at the end the following: 

‘‘3302. Espionage offenses.’’. 

18 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 19 of the In19 ternal Security Act of 1950 (18 U.S.C. 792 note) is amend20 ed by striking ‘‘, 793, or 794’’ and inserting ‘‘or 793’’. 

21 SEC. 304. SECURE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CONGRESS 

22 AND INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. 

23 Section 102A of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

24 U.S.C. 3024) is amended by adding at the end the following 

25 new subsection: 


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1 ‘‘(aa) REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO SECURE

2 COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CONGRESS AND INTELLIGENCE

3 COMMUNITY.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National In5 telligence shall, upon the approval of specified con6 gressional leaders— 

7 ‘‘(A) provide secure communications to sup8 port the oversight functions of the congressional 

9 intelligence committees, including through the 

10 procurement, installation, configuration, and 

11 maintenance of sufficient software, connectivity, 

12 information technology equipment, computers, 

13 printers, and related peripheral equipment to en14 sure that such committees are able to commu15 nicate with the intelligence community through 

16 secure data, voice, and video communications; 

17 ‘‘(B) ensure that such communications en18 abled under subparagraph (A) facilitate commu19 nication at all classification levels; 

20 ‘‘(C) ensure that the requirements specified 

21 in subparagraph (A) are met in conformity with 

22 applicable standards for the protection of na23 tional security information; and 

24 ‘‘(D) ensure that any security limitations or 

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1 suant to subparagraph (A) are consistent with 

2 such limitations or controls imposed within the 

3 executive branch and do not impede effective and 

4 efficient oversight of the intelligence community 

5 by Congress. 

6 ‘‘(2) GOVERNANCE.—The Director, in coordina7 tion with specified congressional leaders, shall estab8 lish governance and security policies applicable to the 

9 connectivity, equipment, and software provided under 

10 this subsection and shall review and update such poli11 cies periodically, as appropriate, to address counter12 intelligence threats and technological changes. 

13 ‘‘(3) TREATMENT AS CONGRESSIONAL

14 RECORDS.—Any data created, stored, or transmitted 

15 by the congressional intelligence committees through 

16 networks, equipment, or software provided under 

17 paragraph (1) is a congressional record and shall not 

18 be treated as an agency record for purposes of section 

19 552 of title 5, United States Code, (commonly known 

20 as the ‘the Freedom of Information Act’) or any other 

21 law. 

22 ‘‘(4) DOCUMENTATION OF COST.—The Director 

23 shall document the funding required to satisfy this 

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1 capitalization expenditures over the 5-year period 

2 that begins on October 1 of the fiscal year for which 

3 year-by-year proposed funding is included. 

4 ‘‘(5) SPECIFIED CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS DE5 FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘specified con6 gressional leaders’ means— 

7 ‘‘(A) the Speaker and the minority leader of 

8 the House of Representatives; 

9 ‘‘(B) the majority leader and the minority 

10 leader of the Senate; and 

11 ‘‘(C) the Chair and Ranking Member of the 

12 congressional intelligence committees.’’. 

13 SEC. 305. COMMISSION TO EXAMINE THE NATIONAL SECU14 RITY AND DEFENSE RISKS TO THE UNITED 

15 STATES POSED BY ANOMALOUS HEALTH INCI16 DENTS. 

17 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established, not later 

18 than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

19 an independent commission to be known as the National 

20 Security Commission on Anomalous Health Incidents (re21 ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Commission’’) to review 

22 anomalous health incidents affecting United States Govern23 ment personnel and their dependents for the purpose of com24 prehensively addressing the national security and defense 


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1 risks to the United States posed by anomalous health inci2 dents. 

3 (b) MEMBERSHIP.— 

4 (1) COMPOSITION.—The Commission shall be 

5 composed of 9 members appointed as follows: 

6 (A) The Director of National Intelligence 

7 shall appoint 1 member. 

8 (B) The Chair of the Permanent Select 

9 Committee on Intelligence of the House of Rep10 resentatives shall appoint 1 member. 

11 (C) The Ranking Member of the Permanent 

12 Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 

13 Representatives shall appoint 1 member. 

14 (D) The Chair of the Committee on Armed 

15 Services of the House of Representatives shall ap16 point 1 member. 

17 (E) The Ranking Member of the Committee 

18 on Armed Services of the House of Representa19 tives shall appoint 1 member. 

20 (F) The Chair of the Select Committee on 

21 Intelligence of the Senate shall appoint 1 mem22 ber. 

23 (G) The Vice Chair of the Select Committee 

24 on Intelligence of the Senate shall appoint 1 

25 member. 


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1 (H) The Chair of the Committee on Armed 

2 Services of the Senate shall appoint 1 member. 

3 (I) The Ranking Member of the Committee 

4 on Armed Services of the Senate shall appoint 1 

5 member. 

6 (2) INITIAL APPOINTMENTS.—Members shall be 

7 appointed to the Commission under paragraph (1) 

8 not later than 30 days after the establishment of the 

9 Commission under subsection (a). 

10 (3) EFFECT OF LACK OF APPOINTMENT BY DEAD11 LINE.—If one or more appointments under paragraph 

12 (1) is not made by the appointment date specified in 

13 paragraph (2), the authority to make such appoint14 ment or appointments shall expire, and the number 

15 of members of the Commission shall be reduced by the 

16 number equal to the number of appointments so not 

17 made. 

18 (4) QUALIFICATIONS.—It is the sense of Congress 

19 that each member of the Commission appointed under 

20 paragraph (1) should— 

21 (A) have significant professional experience 

22 in national security, such as a position in— 

23 (i) the intelligence community; 

24 (ii) the Department of Defense; 

25 (iii) the scientific community; 


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1 (iv) a medical institution; or 

2 (v) an academic or scholarly institu3 tion; and 

4 (B) be eligible to receive the appropriate se5 curity clearance to effectively evaluate their du6 ties. 

7 (5) PROHIBITIONS.—A member of the Commis8 sion appointed under paragraph (1) may not— 

9 (A) be a current member of Congress; 

10 (B) be a former member of Congress who 

11 served in Congress after January 1, 2017; 

12 (C) be a current or former registrant under 

13 the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22 

14 U.S.C. 611 et seq.); 

15 (D) have previously received medical treat16 ment for symptoms related to a suspected anom17 alous health incident, or have a dependent who 

18 previously received medical treatment for symp19 toms related to a suspected anomalous health in20 cident; or 

21 (E) have served, with direct involvement, in 

22 actions by or sponsored by the executive branch 

23 of the United States Government to investigate 

24 or respond to reports of anomalous health inci25 dents. 


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1 (6) CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.—The Commission 

2 shall select a Chair and a Vice Chair from among the 

3 members of the Commission. 

4 (7) TERMS.—Members shall be appointed for the 

5 life of the Commission. A vacancy in the Commission 

6 shall not affect its powers and shall be filled in the 

7 same manner as the original appointment was made. 

8 The Chair and Vice Chair shall report any vacancy 

9 in the Commission to the appropriate congressional 

10 committees immediately upon learning that there will 

11 be a vacancy in the Commission. 

12 (8) MEETINGS.— 

13 (A) INITIAL MEETING.—Not later than 30 

14 days after the date on which all members of the 

15 Commission have been appointed, the Commis16 sion shall hold the first meeting of the Commis17 sion. 

18 (B) FREQUENCY.—The Commission shall 

19 meet at the call of the Chair and Vice Chair. 

20 (C) QUORUM.—A majority of the members 

21 of the Commission shall constitute a quorum, but 

22 a lesser number of members may hold meetings. 

23 (c) DUTIES.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall carry 

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1 rying out such review, the Commission shall consider 

2 both the events known as anomalous health incidents 

3 themselves, and the response to such incidents by the 

4 United States Government and other nations’ govern5 ments for the purpose of comprehensively addressing 

6 the national security and defense risks to the United 

7 States posed by the causes of, and responses to, anom8 alous health incidents. 

9 (2) SCOPE OF THE REVIEW.—In conducting the 

10 review under paragraph (1), the Commission shall 

11 consider the following: 

12 (A) A historical review of the United States 

13 Government’s response to anomalous health inci14 dents to identify a more effective, standardized 

15 model that can be applied to complex challenges 

16 to ensure all perspectives are fully and fairly 

17 presented to policy makers, mitigate real or per18 ceived undue influence on analytical judgments, 

19 and effectively gather and act on intelligence and 

20 information to address complex national security 

21 challenges. 

22 (B) A historical review of the United States 

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1 pendents impacted by anomalous health inci2 dents. 

3 (C) Whether a review of all information on 

4 collected reports of anomalous health incidents 

5 can inform the development of a categorization 

6 mechanism which can inform appropriate steps 

7 to be taken following future reports. 

8 (D) Whether available data points to the in9 volvement of an external actor in some or all re10 ported anomalous health incidents. 

11 (E) Whether known or novel mechanisms an 

12 adversary might use against United States per13 sonnel or their dependents might explain some or 

14 all reported anomalous health incidents. 

15 (F) Whether comparable information, data, 

16 and reports on other intelligence questions led to 

17 similar analytic judgments. 

18 (G) Any other matters the Commission 

19 deems relevant to the common defense of the Na20 tion. 

21 (d) REPORTS.— 

22 (1) INITIAL BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days 

23 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Com24 mission shall brief the President, or the President’s 

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1 tees on the progress of the activities of the Commis2 sion as of the date of such briefing. 

3 (2) ANNUAL REPORT.— 

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 

5 after the date of the initial meeting of the Com6 mission, and annually thereafter, the Commis7 sion shall submit to the President and the appro8 priate congressional committees a report describ9 ing the progress of the activities of the Commis10 sion as of the date of such report, including any 

11 findings, recommendations, or lessons learned en12 dorsed by the Commission. 

13 (B) BRIEFING.—On the date of the submis14 sion of each annual report required under this 

15 paragraph, the Commission shall brief the Presi16 dent, or the President’s designee, and the appro17 priate congressional committees. 

18 (3) FINAL REPORT.— 

19 (A) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 3 years 

20 after the date of the establishment of the Com21 mission under subsection (a), the Commission 

22 shall submit to the President and the appro23 priate congressional committees a final report on 

24 the findings of the Commission and such rec25 ommendations that the Commission may have 


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1 for action by Congress and the Federal Govern2 ment, which shall address the following: 

3 (i) Whether known or novel mecha4 nisms an adversary might use against 

5 United States personnel or their dependents 

6 might explain some or all reported anoma7 lous health incidents. 

8 (ii) Whether available data points to 

9 the involvement of an external actor in 

10 some or all reported anomalous health inci11 dents. 

12 (iii) Whether the United States Gov13 ernment’s provision of support and medical 

14 care is sufficient to appropriately address 

15 the impacts of anomalous health incidents 

16 on affected personnel. 

17 (iv) Effectively structuring United 

18 States Government responses to distinct, 

19 complex national security issues such as re20 ports of anomalous health incidents. 

21 (v) Research and development to im22 prove the medical response and potential 

23 harm mitigation techniques for anomalous 

24 health incidents. 


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1 (vi) How analytic integrity and struc2 tured analytical techniques impacted the 

3 United States Government’s response to 

4 anomalous health incidents. 

5 (vii) What the anomalous health inci6 dents situation says about the counterintel7 ligence posture of the United States Govern8 ment. 

9 (viii) Future policy recommendations 

10 for anomalous health incidents or other 

11 health incidents with a potential counter12 intelligence nexus. 

13 (B) ADDENDA.—Any member of the Com14 mission may submit an addendum to the report 

15 required under subparagraph (A) setting forth 

16 the separate views of such member with respect 

17 to any matter considered by the Commission. 

18 (C) BRIEFING.—On the date of the submis19 sion of the final report required under this para20 graph, the Commission shall brief the appro21 priate congressional committees. 

22 (4) FORM OF REPORTS.—Reports submitted 

23 under this subsection shall be made publicly available 

24 but may include a classified annex. 

25 (e) POWERS OF COMMISSION.— 


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1 (1) HEARINGS AND EVIDENCE.—The Commission 

2 may, for the purpose of carrying out this section— 

3 (A) hold such hearings and sit and act at 

4 such times and places, take such testimony, re5 ceive such evidence, and administer such oaths 

6 as the Commission considers necessary to fulfill 

7 the Commission’s duties; and 

8 (B) subject to paragraph (2)(A), require, by 

9 subpoena or otherwise, the attendance and testi10 mony of such witnesses and the production of 

11 such books, records, correspondence, cables, 

12 memoranda, papers, documents, and any other 

13 information as the Commission considers nec14 essary to fulfill the Commission’s duties. 

15 (2) SUBPOENAS.— 

16 (A) ISSUANCE.— 

17 (i) IN GENERAL.—A subpoena may be 

18 issued under this subsection only— 

19 (I) by the agreement of the Chair 

20 and the Vice Chair; or 

21 (II) by the affirmative vote of a 

22 majority of the Commission. 

23 (ii) SIGNATURE.—Subject to clause 

24 (i)— 


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1 (I) subpoenas issued under this 

2 subsection may be issued under the sig3 nature of the Chair and Vice Chair of 

4 the Commission, or any member des5 ignated by a majority of the Commis6 sion; and 

7 (II) subpoenas issued under this 

8 subsection may be served by any per9 son designated by the Chair and Vice 

10 Chair of the Commission, or by a 

11 member designated by a majority of 

12 the Commission. 

13 (B) ENFORCEMENT.— 

14 (i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of contu15 macy or failure to obey a subpoena issued 

16 under this subsection, the United States dis17 trict court for the judicial district in which 

18 the subpoenaed person resides, is served, or 

19 may be found, or where the subpoena is re20 turnable, may issue an order requiring such 

21 person to appear at any designated place to 

22 testify or to produce documentary or other 

23 evidence. Any failure to obey the order of 

24 the court may be punished by the court as 

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1 (ii) ADDITIONAL ENFORCEMENT.—In 

2 the case of any failure of any witness to 

3 comply with any subpoena or to testify 

4 when summoned under authority of this sec5 tion, the Commission may, by majority 

6 vote, certify a statement of fact constituting 

7 such failure to the appropriate United 

8 States attorney, who may bring the matter 

9 before the grand jury for its action, under 

10 the same statutory authority and procedures 

11 as if the United States attorney had re12 ceived a certification under sections 102 

13 through 104 of the Revised Statutes of the 

14 United States (2 U.S.C. 192 through 194). 

15 (C) PRIVILEGE CLAIMS.—Claims of com16 mon-law privileges made by any witness are ap17 plicable only at the discretion of the Chair and 

18 Vice Chair. 

19 (f) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission is authorized 

21 to secure directly from any executive department, bu22 reau, agency, board, commission, office, independent 

23 establishment, or instrumentality of the Federal Gov24 ernment such books, records, correspondence, cables, 


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1 memoranda, papers, documents, and any other infor2 mation for the purposes of this section. 

3 (2) COOPERATION.—In carrying out its duties, 

4 the Commission shall receive the full and timely co5 operation of any executive department, bureau, agen6 cy, board, commission, office, independent establish7 ment, or instrumentality of the Federal Government 

8 in providing the Commission with analysis, briefings, 

9 and other information necessary for the fulfillment of 

10 the Commission’s duties. 

11 (3) FURNISHING INFORMATION.—Upon receipt of 

12 a written request made by the Chair and Vice Chair 

13 of the Commission, or by vote of a majority of the 

14 Commission, the head of the department, bureau, 

15 agency, board, commission, office, independent estab16 lishment, or instrumentality of the Federal Govern17 ment shall expeditiously furnish such books, records, 

18 correspondence, cables, memoranda, papers, docu19 ments, and any other information to the Commission. 

20 Claims of common-law privileges made by any execu21 tive department, bureau, agency, board, commission, 

22 office, independent establishment, or instrumentality 

23 of the Federal Government are applicable only at the 

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1 (4) RECEIPT, HANDLING, STORAGE, AND DIS2 SEMINATION.—Such books, records, correspondence, 

3 cables, memoranda, papers, documents, and any other 

4 information received by the Commission shall only be 

5 received, handled, stored, and disseminated by mem6 bers of the Commission and its staff consistent with 

7 all applicable statutes, regulations, and Executive or8 ders. 

9 (5) PROTECTION OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.— 

10 A department, bureau, agency, board, commission, of11 fice, independent establishment, or instrumentality of 

12 the Federal Government shall respond to requests sub13 mitted pursuant to paragraph (2) in a manner con14 sistent with the protection of intelligence sources and 

15 methods. 

16 (g) SUPPORT FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 

17 (1) DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE.— 

18 The Director of National Intelligence shall provide to 

19 the Commission, on a nonreimbursable basis, such ad20 ministrative services, funds, staff, facilities, and other 

21 support services as are necessary for the performance 

22 of the duties of the Commission under this section. 

23 (2) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.—The Secretary of 

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1 staff, and other support services as the Commission 

2 may request. 

3 (3) OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES.—In 

4 addition to the assistance set forth in paragraphs (1) 

5 and (2), other departments and agencies of the United 

6 States may provide the Commission such services, 

7 funds, facilities, staff, and other support as such de8 partments and agencies consider advisable and as 

9 may be authorized by law. 

10 (h) TREATMENT OF INFORMATION RELATING TO NA11 TIONAL SECURITY.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National In13 telligence shall assume responsibility for the handling 

14 and disposition of any information related to the na15 tional security of the United States that is received, 

16 considered, or used by the Commission under this sec17 tion. 

18 (2) INFORMATION PROVIDED BY CONGRESSIONAL

19 INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEES.—Any information re20 lated to the national security of the United States 

21 that is provided to the Commission by a congressional 

22 intelligence committee may not be further provided or 

23 released without the approval of the chairman of such 

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1 (3) ACCESS AFTER TERMINATION OF COMMIS2 SION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

3 after the termination of the Commission under sub4 section (m), only the members and designated staff of 

5 the appropriate congressional committees, the Direc6 tor of National Intelligence (and the designees of the 

7 Director), and such other officials of the executive 

8 branch of the Federal Government as the President 

9 may designate shall have access to information re10 lated to the national security of the United States 

11 that is received, considered, or used by the Commis12 sion. 

13 (i) POSTAL SERVICES.—The Commission may use the 

14 United States mail in the same manner and under the same 

15 conditions as other departments and agencies of the Federal 

16 Government. 

17 (j) GIFTS.—No member or staff of the Commission 

18 may receive a gift or benefit by reason of the service of such 

19 member or staff on the Commission. 

20 (k) COMMISSION PERSONNEL MATTER.— 

21 (1) COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS.— 

22 (A) NONGOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.—Each 

23 member of the Commission who is not otherwise 

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1 lent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed 

2 for level IV of the Executive Schedule under sec3 tion 5315 of title 5, United States Code, for each 

4 day (including travel time) during which the 

5 member is engaged in the actual performance of 

6 the duties of the Commission. 

7 (B) GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.—A member 

8 of the Commission who is an officer or employee 

9 of the Federal Government shall serve without 

10 additional pay (or benefits in the nature of com11 pensation) for service as a member of the Com12 mission. 

13 (2) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—A member of the Com14 mission shall be allowed travel expenses, including 

15 per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for 

16 employees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 

17 57 of title 5, United States Code, while away from 

18 their homes or regular places of business in the per19 formance of services for the Commission. 

20 (3) STAFF.— 

21 (A) APPOINTMENT AND COMPENSATION OF

22 STAFF.—The Chair and Vice Chair of the Com23 mission, in accordance with rules agreed upon 

24 by the Commission, shall appoint and fix the 

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1 personnel as may be necessary to enable the 

2 Commission to carry out its duties, without re3 gard to the provisions of title 5, United States 

4 Code, governing appointments in the competitive 

5 service, and without regard to the provisions of 

6 chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of 

7 such title relating to classification and General 

8 Schedule pay rates, except that no rate of pay 

9 fixed under this subsection may exceed the equiv10 alent of that payable to a person occupying a po11 sition at level V of the Executive Schedule under 

12 section 5316 of such title. 

13 (B) SECURITY CLEARANCES.—All staff of 

14 the Commission and all experts and consultants 

15 employed by the Commission shall possess a se16 curity clearance in accordance with applicable 

17 provisions of law concerning the handling of 

18 classified information. 

19 (4) DETAIL OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.—A 

20 Federal Government employee, with the appropriate 

21 security clearance to conduct their duties, may be de22 tailed to the Commission without reimbursement, and 

23 such detail shall be without interruption or loss of 

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1 (5) PROCUREMENT OF TEMPORARY AND INTER2 MITTENT SERVICES.—The Chair and Vice Chair of 

3 the Commission may procure temporary and inter4 mittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, 

5 United States Code, at rates for individuals that do 

6 not exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of 

7 basic pay prescribed for level V of the Executive 

8 Schedule under section 5316 of that title. 

9 (l) FUNDING.— 

10 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

11 There is authorized to be appropriated funds to the 

12 extent and in such amounts as specifically provided 

13 in advance in appropriations acts for the purposes 

14 detailed in this section. 

15 (2) AVAILABILITY IN GENERAL.—Subject to 

16 paragraph (1), the Director of National Intelligence 

17 shall make available to the Commission such amounts 

18 as the Commission may require for purposes of the 

19 activities of the Commission under this section. 

20 (3) DURATION OF AVAILABILITY.—Amounts 

21 made available to the Commission under paragraph 

22 (2) shall remain available until expended or upon ter23 mination under subsection (m), whichever occurs 

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1 (m) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall terminate 

2 90 days after the date on which the Commission submits 

3 the final report required under subsection (d)(3), but in no 

4 event later than three years after the date of establishment 

5 in subsection (a). 

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

9 (1) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel10 ligence and the Committee on Armed Services of the 

11 House of Representatives; and 

12 (2) the Select Committee on Intelligence and the 

13 Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. 

14 TITLE IV—MATTERS RELATING 

15 TO NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE 

16 ENTERPRISE 

17 Subtitle A—Miscellaneous 

18 Authorities and Limitations 

19 SEC. 401. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATIONS AND SUM20 MARIES OF MISCONDUCT REGARDING EM21 PLOYEES WITHIN THE INTELLIGENCE COM22 MUNITY. 

23 (a) ANNUAL REPORTS FOR CALENDAR YEARS 2024, 

24 2025, AND 2026.—Not later than 60 days after the end of 

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1 tional Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intel2 ligence committees a report on civilian employees in the in3 telligence community placed on administrative leave pend4 ing possible adverse personnel action during that calendar 

5 year. 

6 (b) ELEMENTS.—Each report under subsection (a) 

7 shall include, for the calendar year covered by the report, 

8 the following: 

9 (1) The total number of employees who were 

10 placed on administrative leave pending possible ad11 verse personnel action, disaggregated by intelligence 

12 community element and pay grade. 

13 (2) The number of employees placed on paid ad14 ministrative leave pending possible adverse personnel 

15 action. 

16 (3) The number of employees placed on adminis17 trative leave pending possible adverse personnel ac18 tion whose leave has exceeded 365 days, disaggregated 

19 by paid and unpaid status. 

20 (c) NOTIFICATION OF REFERRAL TO DEPARTMENT OF

21 JUSTICE.—If a referral is made to the Department of Jus22 tice from any element of the intelligence community regard23 ing an allegation of misconduct against a civilian employee 

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1 ployee shall notify the congressional intelligence committees 

2 of the referral not later than 10 days after the date on which 

3 such referral is made. 

4 SEC. 402. IMPROVEMENTS TO URGENT CONCERNS SUB5 MITTED TO INSPECTORS GENERAL OF THE 

6 INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. 

7 (a) INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE INTELLIGENCE COM8 MUNITY.—Section 103H(k)(5) of the National Security Act 

9 of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3033(k)(5)) is amended— 

10 (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘in writ11 ing’’ before ‘‘to the Inspector General’’; 

12 (2) in subparagraph (B)— 

13 (A) by striking ‘‘Not later than the end of 

14 the 14-calendar-day period beginning on the date 

15 of receipt from an employee of a complaint or 

16 information under subparagraph (A), the’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘(i) The’’; 

18 (B) by striking ‘‘whether the complaint or 

19 information’’ and inserting ‘‘whether a com20 plaint or information under subparagraph (A)’’; 

21 and 

22 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(ii) The Inspector General shall comply with clause 

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1 day period beginning on the date on which the employee 

2 who reported the complaint or information confirms to the 

3 Inspector General that the employee reported the complaint 

4 or information to the Inspector General with the intent to 

5 report to Congress the complaint or information.’’; and 

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

7 ‘‘(J) In this paragraph, the term ‘employee’ includes 

8 a former employee, if the complaint or information reported 

9 under subparagraph (A) arises from or relates to the period 

10 during which the former employee was an employee.’’. 

11 (b) INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE CENTRAL INTEL12 LIGENCE AGENCY.—Section 17(d)(5) of the Central Intel13 ligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 3517(d)(5)) is 

14 amended— 

15 (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘in writ16 ing’’ before ‘‘to the Inspector General’’; 

17 (2) in subparagraph (B)(i)— 

18 (A) by striking ‘‘Not later than the end of 

19 the 14-calendar day period beginning on the date 

20 of receipt from an employee of a complaint or 

21 information under subparagraph (A), the’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘The’’; and 

23 (B) by striking ‘‘whether the complaint or 

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1 (3) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ‘‘para2 graph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’; 

3 (4) in subparagraph (B)— 

4 (A) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause 

5 (iii); and 

6 (B) by inserting after clause (i) the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(ii) The Inspector General shall comply with clause 

9 (i) with respect to a complaint or information under sub10 paragraph (A) not later than the end of the 14-calendar11 day period beginning on the date on which the employee 

12 who reported the complaint or information confirms to the 

13 Inspector General that the employee reported the complaint 

14 or information to the Inspector General with the intent to 

15 report to Congress the complaint or information.’’; and 

16 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(I) In this paragraph, the term ‘employee’ 

18 includes a former employee or former contractor, 

19 if the complaint or information reported under 

20 subparagraph (A) arises from or relates to the 

21 period during which the former employee or 

22 former contractor was an employee or contractor, 

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1 (c) INSPECTORS GENERAL OF OTHER ELEMENTS OF

2 THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—Section 416 of title 5, 

3 United States Code, is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(3) EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘employee’ includes 

7 a former employee or former contractor, if the com8 plaint or information reported pursuant to this sec9 tion arises from or relates to the period during which 

10 the former employee or former contractor was an em11 ployee or contractor, as the case may be.’’; 

12 (2) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘in writing’’ 

13 after ‘‘may report the complaint or information’’ each 

14 place it appears; and 

15 (3) in subsection (c)— 

16 (A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 

17 paragraph (3); 

18 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

19 (i) by striking ‘‘Not later than the end 

20 of the 14-calendar day period beginning on 

21 the date of receipt of an employee complaint 

22 or information under subsection (b), the’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘The’’; and 

24 (ii) by striking ‘‘whether the complaint 

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1 complaint or information reported under 

2 subsection (b)’’; and 

3 (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(2) DEADLINE FOR COMPLIANCE.—The Inspec6 tor General shall comply with paragraph (1) with re7 spect to a complaint or information reported under 

8 subsection (b) not later than the end of the 14-cal9 endar-day period beginning on the date on which the 

10 employee who reported the complaint or information 

11 confirms to the Inspector General that the employee 

12 reported the complaint or information to the Inspec13 tor General with the intent to report to Congress the 

14 complaint or information.’’. 

15 SEC. 403. PROTECTION FOR INDIVIDUALS MAKING AUTHOR16 IZED DISCLOSURES TO INSPECTORS GEN17 ERAL OF ELEMENTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE 

18 COMMUNITY. 

19 (a) INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE INTELLIGENCE COM20 MUNITY.—Section 103H(g)(3) of the National Security Act 

21 of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3033(g)(3)) is amended— 

22 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) 

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1 (2) by striking ‘‘The Inspector General is author2 ized’’ and inserting ‘‘(A) The Inspector General is au3 thorized’’; and 

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

5 ‘‘(B)(i) An individual may disclose classified informa6 tion to the Inspector General in accordance with the appli7 cable security standards and procedures established under 

8 section 102A or 803 of this Act, chapter 12 of the Atomic 

9 Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2161 et seq.), Executive 

10 Order 13526 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note; relating to Classified 

11 National Security Information), or any applicable provi12 sion of law. 

13 ‘‘(ii) A disclosure under clause (i) of classified infor14 mation by an individual without appropriate clearance or 

15 authority to access such classified information at the time 

16 of the disclosure shall be treated as an authorized disclosure 

17 that does not violate a covered provision if the disclosure— 

18 ‘‘(I) does not include the access, handling, reten19 tion, or storage of such classified information; and 

20 ‘‘(II) is otherwise made in accordance with the 

21 applicable security standards and procedures for such 

22 classified information. 

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1 ‘‘(I) any otherwise applicable nondisclosure 

2 agreement; 

3 ‘‘(II) any otherwise applicable regulation or 

4 order issued under the authority of chapter 18 of the 

5 Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2271 et seq.) 

6 or Executive Order 13526; 

7 ‘‘(III) section 798 of title 18, United States Code; 

8 or 

9 ‘‘(IV) any other provision of law with respect to 

10 the unauthorized disclosure of national security infor11 mation.’’. 

12 (b) INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE CENTRAL INTEL13 LIGENCE AGENCY.—Section 17(e)(3) of the Central Intel14 ligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 3517(e)(3)) is 

15 amended— 

16 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) 

17 as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; 

18 (2) by striking ‘‘The Inspector General is author19 ized’’ and inserting ‘‘(A) The Inspector General is au20 thorized’’; and 

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

22 ‘‘(B)(i) An individual may disclose classified informa23 tion to the Inspector General in accordance with the appli24 cable security standards and procedures established under 

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1 (50 U.S.C. 3024, 3162a), chapter 12 of the Atomic Energy 

2 Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2161 et seq.), Executive Order 13526 

3 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note; relating to Classified National Secu4 rity Information), or any applicable provision of law. 

5 ‘‘(ii) A disclosure under clause (i) of classified infor6 mation by an individual without appropriate clearance or 

7 authority to access such classified information at the time 

8 of the disclosure shall be treated as an authorized disclosure 

9 that does not violate a covered provision if the disclosure— 

10 ‘‘(I) does not include the access, handling, reten11 tion, or storage of such classified information; and 

12 ‘‘(II) is otherwise made in accordance with the 

13 applicable security standards and procedures for such 

14 classified information, 

15 ‘‘(iii) In this subparagraph, the term ‘covered provi16 sion’ means— 

17 ‘‘(I) any otherwise applicable nondisclosure 

18 agreement; 

19 ‘‘(II) any otherwise applicable regulation or 

20 order issued under the authority of chapter 18 of the 

21 Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2271 et seq.) 

22 or Executive Order 13526; 

23 ‘‘(III) section 798 of title 18, United States Code; 

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1 ‘‘(IV) any other provision of law with respect to 

2 the unauthorized disclosure of national security infor3 mation.’’. 

4 (c) OTHER INSPECTORS GENERAL OF ELEMENTS OF

5 THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—Section 416 of title 5, 

6 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 

7 following: 

8 ‘‘(i) PROTECTION FOR INDIVIDUALS MAKING AUTHOR9 IZED DISCLOSURES.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An individual may disclose 

11 classified information to an Inspector General of an 

12 element of the intelligence community in accordance 

13 with the applicable security standards and procedures 

14 established under section 102A or 803 of the National 

15 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024, 3162a), chap16 ter 12 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 

17 2161 et seq.), Executive Order 13526 (50 U.S.C. 3161 

18 note; relating to Classified National Security Infor19 mation), or any applicable provision of law. 

20 ‘‘(2) DISCLOSURE WITHOUT CLEARANCE OR AU21 THORITY.—A disclosure under paragraph (1) of clas22 sified information by an individual without appro23 priate clearance or authority to access such classified 

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1 treated as an authorized disclosure that does not vio2 late a covered provision if the disclosure— 

3 ‘‘(A) does not include the access, handling, 

4 retention, or storage of such classified informa5 tion; and 

6 ‘‘(B) is otherwise made in accordance with 

7 the applicable security standards and procedures 

8 for such classified information. 

9 ‘‘(3) DEFINITION OF COVERED PROVISION.—In 

10 this subsection, the term ‘covered provision’ means— 

11 ‘‘(A) any otherwise applicable nondisclosure 

12 agreement; 

13 ‘‘(B) any otherwise applicable regulation or 

14 order issued under the authority of chapter 18 of 

15 the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2271 

16 et seq.) or Executive Order 13526; 

17 ‘‘(C) section 798 of title 18; or 

18 ‘‘(D) any other provision of law with re19 spect to the unauthorized disclosure of national 

20 security information. 

21 ‘‘(4) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 

22 ‘intelligence community’ has the meaning given such 

23 term in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 

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1 (d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec2 tion, or the amendments made by this section, may be con3 strued to limit or modify the obligation of an individual 

4 to appropriately store, handle, or disseminate classified in5 formation in accordance with applicable security guidance 

6 and procedures, including with respect to the removal of 

7 classified information. 

8 SEC. 404. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF CERTAIN IN9 SPECTORS GENERAL TO RECEIVE PRO10 TECTED DISCLOSURES. 

11 Section 1104 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

12 U.S. 3234) is amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘or covered 

14 intelligence community element’’ after ‘‘the appro15 priate inspector general of the employing agency’’; 

16 and 

17 (2) in subsection (c)(1)(A), by inserting ‘‘or cov18 ered intelligence community element’’ after ‘‘the ap19 propriate inspector general of the employing or con20 tracting agency’’. 

21 SEC. 405. CODIFICATION OF THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE 

22 MANAGEMENT COUNCIL. 

23 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the National Secu2 rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021 et seq.) is amended 

3 by inserting after section 103L the following (and 

4 conforming the table of contents at the beginning of 

5 such Act accordingly): 

6 ‘‘SEC. 103M. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE MANAGEMENT 

7 COUNCIL. 

8 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is within the Office of 

9 the Director of National Intelligence a National Intelligence 

10 Management Council. 

11 ‘‘(b) COMPOSITION.— 

12 ‘‘(1) The National Intelligence Management 

13 Council shall be composed of senior officials within 

14 the intelligence community and substantive experts 

15 from the public or private sector, who shall be ap16 pointed by, report to, and serve at the pleasure of, the 

17 Director of National Intelligence. 

18 ‘‘(2) The Director shall prescribe appropriate se19 curity requirements for personnel appointed from the 

20 private sector as a condition of service on the Na21 tional Intelligence Management Council, or as con22 tractors of the Council or employees of such contrac23 tors, to ensure the protection of intelligence sources 

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1 duly intrusive requirements which the Director con2 siders to be unnecessary for this purpose. 

3 ‘‘(c) DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.—Members of the 

4 National Intelligence Management Council shall work with 

5 each other and with other elements of the intelligence com6 munity to ensure proper coordination and to minimize du7 plication of effort, in addition to the following duties and 

8 responsibilities: 

9 ‘‘(1) Provide integrated mission input to support 

10 the processes and activities of the intelligence commu11 nity, including with respect to intelligence planning, 

12 programming, budgeting, and evaluation processes. 

13 ‘‘(2) Identify and pursue opportunities to inte14 grate or coordinate collection and counterintelligence 

15 efforts. 

16 ‘‘(3) In concert with the responsibilities of the 

17 National Intelligence Council, ensure the integration 

18 and coordination of analytic and collection efforts. 

19 ‘‘(4) Develop and coordinate intelligence strate20 gies in support of budget planning and programming 

21 activities. 

22 ‘‘(5) Advise the Director of National Intelligence 

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1 lished for the prioritization of programs and activi2 ties). 

3 ‘‘(6) In concert with the responsibilities of the 

4 National Intelligence Council, support the role of the 

5 Director of National Intelligence as principal advisor 

6 to the President on intelligence matters. 

7 ‘‘(7) Inform the elements of the intelligence com8 munity of the activities and decisions related to mis9 sions assigned to the National Intelligence Manage10 ment Council. 

11 ‘‘(8) Maintain awareness, across various func12 tions and disciplines, of the mission-related activities 

13 and budget planning of the intelligence community. 

14 ‘‘(9) Evaluate, with respect to assigned mission 

15 objectives, requirements, and unmet requirements, the 

16 implementation of the budget of each element of the 

17 intelligence community. 

18 ‘‘(10) Provide oversight on behalf of, and make 

19 recommendations to, the Director of National Intel20 ligence on the extent to which the activities, program 

21 recommendations, and budget proposals made by ele22 ments of the intelligence community sufficiently ad23 dress mission objectives, intelligence gaps, and unmet 

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1 ‘‘(d) MISSION MANAGEMENT OF MEMBERS.—Members 

2 of the National Intelligence Management Council, under the 

3 direction of the Director of National Intelligence, shall serve 

4 as mission managers to ensure integration among the ele5 ments of the intelligence community and across intelligence 

6 functions, disciplines, and activities for the purpose of 

7 achieving unity of effort and effect, including through the 

8 following responsibilities: 

9 ‘‘(1) Planning and programming efforts. 

10 ‘‘(2) Budget and program execution oversight. 

11 ‘‘(3) Engagement with elements of the intel12 ligence community and with policymakers in other 

13 agencies. 

14 ‘‘(4) Workforce competencies and training activi15 ties. 

16 ‘‘(5) Development of capability requirements. 

17 ‘‘(6) Development of governance fora, policies, 

18 and procedures. 

19 ‘‘(e) STAFF; AVAILABILITY.— 

20 ‘‘(1) STAFF.—The Director of National Intel21 ligence shall make available to the National Intel22 ligence Management Council such staff as may be nec23 essary to assist the National Intelligence Management 

24 Council in carrying out the responsibilities described 

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1 ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY.—Under the direction of the 

2 Director of National Intelligence, the National Intel3 ligence Management Council shall make reasonable ef4 forts to advise and consult with officers and employ5 ees of other departments or agencies, or components 

6 thereof, of the United States Government not other7 wise associated with the intelligence community. 

8 ‘‘(f) SUPPORT FROM ELEMENTS OF THE INTEL9 LIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The heads of the elements of the in10 telligence community shall provide appropriate support to 

11 the National Intelligence Management Council, including 

12 with respect to intelligence activities, as required by the Di13 rector of National Intelligence.’’. 

14 (2) OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL IN15 TELLIGENCE.—Section 103(c) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 

16 3025) is amended— 

17 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (5) 

18 through (14) as paragraphs (6) through (15), re19 spectively; and 

20 (B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(5) The National Intelligence Management 

23 Council.’’. 

24 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS WITH RESPECT TO CHINA

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1 National Intelligence should create a role in the National 

2 Intelligence Management Council for a National Intel3 ligence Manager dedicated to the People’s Republic of 

4 China. 

5 (c) REPORT TO CONGRESS ON STRATEGIC COMPETI6 TION.— 

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

8 date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of Na9 tional Intelligence, in consultation with the heads of 

10 elements of the intelligence community determined 

11 relevant by the Director, shall submit to the congres12 sional intelligence committees a report on strategic 

13 competition. 

14 (2) MATTERS.—The report under subsection (a) 

15 shall include the following: 

16 (A) Lessons learned by the intelligence com17 munity with respect to strategic competition 

18 from the reorganizations implemented consequent 

19 to— 

20 (i) the Intelligence Reform and Ter21 rorist Prevention Act; 

22 (ii) the creation of the National 

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1 (iii) any other reorganization effort 

2 within or among elements of the intelligence 

3 community. 

4 (B) Examination of the potential effects of 

5 a new national intelligence center established 

6 to— 

7 (i) integrate all-source intelligence 

8 analysis efforts with respect to the activi9 ties, plans, and intentions of strategic ad10 versaries; 

11 (ii) synchronize collection efforts 

12 among the intelligence community; 

13 (iii) optimize resource investments in 

14 the intelligence community in support of 

15 strategic competition; 

16 (iv) identify options for the President, 

17 other departments and agencies of the 

18 United States Government, and allies and 

19 foreign partners of the United States to sup20 port the standing of the United States with 

21 respect to strategic competition; and 

22 (v) integrate other national intelligence 

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1 (3) FORM.—The report under subsection (a) 

2 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in3 clude a classified appendix. 

4 (d) SENSE OF CONGRESS WITH RESPECT TO COUN5 TERNARCOTICS MISSION.—It is the sense of Congress that, 

6 consistent with section 7325 of the Intelligence Authoriza7 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (137 Stat. 1043), the Director 

8 of National Intelligence should create a role in the National 

9 Intelligence Management Council for a National Intel10 ligence Manager dedicated to the counternarcotics mission 

11 of the United States. 

12 SEC. 406. ANALYSES AND IMPACT STATEMENTS REGARDING 

13 PROPOSED INVESTMENT INTO THE UNITED 

14 STATES. 

15 Section 102A(z) of the National Security Act of 1947 

16 (50 U.S.C. 3024(z)) is amended— 

17 (1) in paragraph (2)(A) by inserting ‘‘, includ18 ing with respect to counterintelligence’’ before the 

19 semicolon; and 

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

21 ‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

22 ‘‘(A) The term ‘a review or an investigation of 

23 any proposed investment into the United States for 

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1 ysis conducted by the Director pursuant to section 7 

2 or 10(g) of Executive Order 13913 (85 Fed. Reg. 

3 19643; relating to Establishing the Committee for the 

4 Assessment of Foreign Participation in the United 

5 States Telecommunications Services Sector), or suc6 cessor order. 

7 ‘‘(B) The term ‘investment’ includes any activity 

8 reviewed, investigated, assessed, or analyzed by the 

9 Director pursuant to section 7 or 10(g) of Executive 

10 Order 13913, or successor order.’’. 

11 SEC. 407. RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITIES OF THE DI12 RECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. 

13 Section 102A(f)(10) of the National Security Act of 

14 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(f)(10)) is amended by striking the 

15 period and inserting ‘‘, and upon receiving any such direc16 tion, the Director shall notify the congressional intelligence 

17 committees immediately in writing with a description of 

18 such other intelligence-related functions directed by the 

19 President.’’. 

20 SEC. 408. ENABLING INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY INTEGRA21 TION. 

22 Title I of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

23 3021 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 113B 

24 the following new section (and conforming the table of con25 tents at the beginning of such Act accordingly): 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 113C. NON-REIMBURSABLE TRANSFER OF GOODS AND 

2 SERVICES WITHIN INTELLIGENCE COMMU3 NITY IN CERTAIN CASES. 

4 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

5 ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any other 

6 provision of law, an element of the intelligence com7 munity may, subject to such guidance or regulations 

8 as may be developed by the Director of National Intel9 ligence, provide goods or services to another element 

10 of the intelligence community without reimbursement 

11 or transfer of funds for such goods or services for the 

12 purposes of remote work and hoteling initiatives for 

13 intelligence community employees and affiliates. 

14 ‘‘(2) PRIOR APPROVAL REQUIREMENT.—A trans15 fer of goods or services under paragraph (1) may not 

16 occur without the prior approval of the heads of both 

17 the providing and receiving elements of the intel18 ligence community. 

19 ‘‘(b) HOTELING DEFINED.—In this section, the term 

20 ‘hoteling’ means an alternative work arrangement in which 

21 employees of one element of the intelligence community are 

22 authorized flexible work arrangements to work part of the 

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1 SEC. 409. PROTECTION OF INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND 

2 METHODS. 

3 Section 102A(i) of the National Security Act of 1947 

4 (50 U.S.C. 3024(i)) is amended— 

5 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 

6 paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; 

7 (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol8 lowing new paragraph: 

9 ‘‘(3)(A) The Director, or the Principal Deputy Direc10 tor acting on behalf of the Director, shall be responsible for 

11 the creation, modification, deconfliction, and oversight of 

12 special access programs (referred to as controlled access pro13 grams) pertaining to intelligence sources, methods, and in14 telligence activities (but not including military operational, 

15 strategic, and tactical programs). 

16 ‘‘(B) In carrying out the responsibility under subpara17 graph (A), the Director shall— 

18 ‘‘(i) ensure controlled access programs of the in19 telligence community conform with the requirements 

20 identified within Executive Order 13526 (50 U.S.C. 

21 3161 note; relating to classified national security in22 formation), or any successor order; 

23 ‘‘(ii) establish controlled access program min24 imum security requirements and guidance for the im25 plementation of such requirements, to include general 


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1 procedures, personnel security, physical security, and 

2 control marking requirements; 

3 ‘‘(iii) ensure access to controlled access programs 

4 is based on a documented need-to-know; 

5 ‘‘(iv) require controlled access programs to iden6 tify and periodically review Critical Program Infor7 mation and to develop and periodically review a Pro8 gram Protection Plan for each controlled access pro9 gram; 

10 ‘‘(v) require periodic reviews of and, as appro11 priate, closure of controlled access programs; and 

12 ‘‘(vi) coordinate with other agencies to deconflict 

13 special access programs.’’. 

14 SEC. 410. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY INTEL15 LIGENCE SUPPORT FOR STATE GOVERNORS. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently than once per 

17 year, the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through 

18 the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence 

19 and Analysis, shall ensure that an officer of the Field Intel20 ligence Directorate of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis 

21 of the Department of Homeland Security located in each 

22 State shall engage proactively with senior officials for each 

23 State, such as the chief executive or Homeland Security Ad24 visor of such State, with respect to matters concerning 

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1 guidance provided by the Under Secretary of Homeland Se2 curity for Intelligence and Analysis. 

3 (b) REQUIREMENT IN CERTAIN TERRITORIES OF THE

4 UNITED STATES.—In the case of a territory which does not 

5 have a permanent Field Intelligence Directorate officer lo6 cated in such territory, the headquarters element of the 

7 Field Intelligence Directorate shall designate a Field Intel8 ligence Directorate officer who is responsible for carrying 

9 out the requirement under subsection (a) with respect to 

10 such territory. 

11 (c) STATE DEFINED.—For purposes of this section, the 

12 term ‘‘State’’ means a State of the United States, the Dis13 trict of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, 

14 the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth 

15 of the Northern Mariana Islands. 

16 SEC. 411. AUTHORIZATION RELATING TO CERTAIN INTEL17 LIGENCE AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AC18 TIVITIES OF COAST GUARD. 

19 The Commandant of the Coast Guard may use up to 

20 1 percent of the amounts made available under the National 

21 Intelligence Program (as such term is defined in section 3 

22 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)) for 

23 each fiscal year for the intelligence and counterintelligence 

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1 counted for solely on the certification of the Commandant 

2 and each such certification shall be deemed a sufficient 

3 voucher for the amount therein certified. 

4 SEC. 412. REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO ACCESS OF 

5 FOREIGN NATIONALS TO DEPARTMENT OF 

6 ENERGY NATIONAL LABORATORIES. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy shall des8 ignate Senior Executive employees of the United States 

9 Government employed by the Department of Energy to have 

10 final approval authority with respect to authorizing the ac11 cess of a foreign national into a National Laboratory in 

12 the event that an assessment of the Director of the Office 

13 of Intelligence and Counterintelligence of the Department 

14 of Energy identifies potential significant risks that are not 

15 agreed to by the Director of the relevant National Labora16 tory. 

17 (b) BRIEFING.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

18 of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of 

19 Intelligence and Counterintelligence of the Department of 

20 Energy shall provide to the congressional intelligence com21 mittees a briefing with respect to the progress to enhance 

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1 sions are the primary responsibility of United States Gov2 ernment leadership, as opposed to the Directors of the Na3 tional Laboratories, and a plan for implementation of such 

4 enhancement. 

5 (c) NATIONAL LABORATORY DEFINED.—In this sec6 tion, the term ‘‘National Laboratory’’ has the meaning 

7 given that term in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 

8 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801). 

9 SEC. 413. FORMALIZED COUNTERINTELLIGENCE TRAINING 

10 FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PERSONNEL. 

11 (a) TRAINING.—Section 215(d) of the Department of 

12 Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7144b) is amended by 

13 adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(3) The Director shall develop and implement— 

15 ‘‘(A) a delineated and standardized training 

16 plan with respect to counterintelligence to train all 

17 personnel in the Department; and 

18 ‘‘(B) a separate delineated and standardized 

19 training plan with respect to counterintelligence to 

20 train officers in the Office who have counterintel21 ligence responsibilities.’’. 

22 (b) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 

23 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 

24 of the Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence of the 

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1 telligence committees a briefing on the plans developed 

2 under section 215(d)(3) of the Department of Energy Orga3 nization Act (as amended by subsection (a)), including with 

4 respect to— 

5 (1) the training content; 

6 (2) periodicity; 

7 (3) fulfillment rate; 

8 (4) internal controls; and 

9 (5) oversight. 

10 SEC. 414. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION PROACTIVE 

11 CYBER SUPPORT. 

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

13 date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Federal 

14 Bureau of Investigation shall develop and make available 

15 an unclassified interface for use by owners and operators 

16 of United States critical infrastructure to connect with the 

17 Federal Bureau of Investigation to request cyber-related 

18 support. 

19 (b) AVAILABILITY TO CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES.—The 

20 interface described in subsection (a) shall be available to 

21 congressional offices for purposes of facilitating connection 

22 with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

23 (c) INTERFACE REQUIREMENTS.—The interface de24 scribed in subsection (a) shall include information with re25 spect to the following: 


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1 (1) Best practices for cyber hygiene, specifically 

2 geared towards owners and operators of critical infra3 structure. 

4 (2) Tailored information that is relevant based 

5 on the threats to specific sectors of critical infrastruc6 ture. 

7 (3) Suggestions for actions owners and operators 

8 of critical infrastructure are recommended to take in 

9 response to a cyber incident. 

10 (4) Information on the best ways to liaise with 

11 the Federal Bureau of Investigation for cyber-related 

12 issues. 

13 (d) CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEFINED.—The term 

14 ‘‘critical infrastructure’’ has the meaning given that term 

15 in the Critical Infrastructures Protection Act of 2001 (42 

16 U.S.C. 5195c). 

17 SEC. 415. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO CONFIDENTIAL 

18 HUMAN SOURCE PROGRAM OF FEDERAL BU19 REAU OF INVESTIGATION. 

20 (a) OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CONFIDENTIAL

21 HUMAN SOURCE PROGRAM.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—No agent of the Federal Bu23 reau of Investigation may open an individual as a 

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1 Charge of the relevant Federal Bureau of Investiga2 tion field office has verified the individual’s identity. 

3 (2) PROHIBITION WITH RESPECT TO FBI HEAD4 QUARTERS.—No Special Agent of the Federal Bureau 

5 of Investigation whose principal place of duty is at 

6 the Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters 

7 may open an individual as a confidential human 

8 source. 

9 (3) ADDITIONAL VETTING IN CERTAIN CASES.— 

10 With respect to a potential or actual confidential 

11 human source who is identified as a potential coun12 terintelligence concern or is the subject of an inves13 tigation for any criminal or counterintelligence pur14 poses, a Federal Bureau of Investigation Head15 quarters agent shall conduct a validation assessment 

16 and report for such source in addition to such source 

17 validation requirements as are in effect pursuant to 

18 policies and procedures governing the confidential 

19 human source program of the Federal Bureau of In20 vestigation. 

21 (4) UNAUTHORIZED ILLEGAL ACTIVITY OF CON22 FIDENTIAL HUMAN SOURCE.—If the handling agent 

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1 ity, including any misdemeanor or felony criminal 

2 activity— 

3 (A) the agent shall promptly notify a con4 fidential human source coordinator or the as5 signed Federal prosecutor; 

6 (B) a record of such event shall be recorded 

7 in the source’s case file; and 

8 (C) the confidential human source will be 

9 subject to immediate source validation proce10 dures. 

11 (5) PROHIBITION ON COMMITMENTS OF IMMU12 NITY IN CIVIL PROCEEDINGS.—The Director of the 

13 Federal Bureau of Investigation may not intervene in 

14 any way to impact the outcome of any proceeding re15 lating to a civil action or administrative hearing to 

16 which a confidential human source managed by the 

17 Federal Bureau of Investigation is a party. 

18 (6) PROHIBITION WITH RESPECT TO MEMBERS

19 OF CONGRESS.—No agent of the Federal Bureau of 

20 Investigation may open an individual as a confiden21 tial human source if such individual is a current 

22 Member of Congress (including a Delegate or Resident 

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1 (7) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The requirements of this 

2 subsection shall take effect not later than 180 days 

3 after the date of the enactment of this Act with respect 

4 to any confidential human source under the confiden5 tial human source program of the Federal Bureau of 

6 Investigation. 

7 (b) ANNUAL VALIDATION REVIEW REQUIREMENT

8 WITH RESPECT TO FIELD OFFICES.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each Special Agent in Charge 

10 of a Federal Bureau of Investigation field office shall 

11 conduct an annual review of each confidential human 

12 source who is being managed out of such field office. 

13 (2) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—At the con14 clusion of each annual review conducted under para15 graph (1), the Director of the Federal Bureau of In16 vestigation shall, on an annual basis, submit to the 

17 appropriate congressional committees a report with 

18 respect to— 

19 (A) the number of active confidential 

20 human sources managed by the Federal Bureau 

21 of Investigation; 

22 (B) the number of investigations opened as 

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1 (C) the number of confidential human 

2 sources whose relationship with the Federal Bu3 reau of Investigation has been terminated in the 

4 last year as a result of an investigation opened 

5 as a result of an annual review; and 

6 (D) the amount of funds expended on con7 fidential human sources in the last fiscal year, 

8 including a delineation of funds expended from 

9 both National Intelligence Program and non-Na10 tional Intelligence Program funds. 

11 (c) OVERSIGHT.—Beginning not later than 180 days 

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

13 the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall develop and im14 plement an oversight mechanism within the Bureau for ac15 tivities with respect to any confidential human source 

16 under the confidential human source program of the Fed17 eral Bureau of Investigation the management of which is 

18 funded through the National Intelligence Program. 

19 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

20 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT21 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit22 tees’’ means— 

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1 (B) the Committees on the Judiciary of the 

2 House of Representatives and of the Senate. 

3 (2) CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP.—The term 

4 ‘‘congressional leadership’’ means— 

5 (A) the Speaker of the House of Representa6 tives; 

7 (B) the minority leader of the House of 

8 Representatives; 

9 (C) the majority leader of the Senate; 

10 (D) the minority leader of the Senate; 

11 (E) the Chair and Ranking Member of the 

12 Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of 

13 the House of Representatives; and 

14 (F) the Chair and Vice Chair of the Select 

15 Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 

16 (3) NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM.—The 

17 term ‘‘National Intelligence Program’’ has the mean18 ing given such term in section 3 of the National Secu19 rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 

20 SEC. 416. CONGRESSIONAL NOTICE OF FBI COUNTERINTEL21 LIGENCE INVESTIGATIONS INTO INDIVID22 UALS WHO HOLD OR ARE CANDIDATES FOR 

23 FEDERAL ELECTED OFFICE. 

24 Title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

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1 new section (and conforming the table of contents at the 

2 beginning of such Act accordingly): 

3 ‘‘SEC. 517. NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT WITH RESPECT TO 

4 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION COUN5 TERINTELLIGENCE INVESTIGATIONS RE6 GARDING INDIVIDUALS WHO HOLD OR ARE 

7 CANDIDATES FOR FEDERAL ELECTED OFFICE. 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 533 of 

9 title 28, United States Code, the delegation of the authori10 ties of the Attorney General, or any other delegation of au11 thority, direction, or policy of the executive branch, the Di12 rector of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall notify 

13 congressional leadership not later than 5 days after the 

14 commencement of a counterintelligence investigation into 

15 an individual who holds an elected Federal office or an in16 dividual who is a candidate in an election for Federal of17 fice. 

18 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—A notification under subsection (a) 

19 shall include, to the extent consistent with the need to pro20 tect the integrity of ongoing counterintelligence investiga21 tions or other exceptionally sensitive national security or 

22 law enforcement matters, a summary of the relevant facts 

23 associated with the counterintelligence investigation and the 

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1 ‘‘(c) CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP DEFINED.—In this 

2 section, the term ‘congressional leadership’ means— 

3 ‘‘(1) the majority leader of the Senate; 

4 ‘‘(2) the minority leader of the Senate; 

5 ‘‘(3) the Chair and Vice Chair of the Select Com6 mittee on Intelligence of the Senate; 

7 ‘‘(4) the Speaker of the House of Representatives; 

8 ‘‘(5) the minority leader of the House of Rep9 resentatives; and 

10 ‘‘(6) the Chair and Ranking Member of the Per11 manent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 

12 of Representatives.’’. 

13 SEC. 417. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY COUNTERINTEL14 LIGENCE OFFICE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF 

15 TRANSPORTATION. 

16 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

17 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT18 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit19 tees’’ means— 

20 (A) the Permanent Select Committee on In21 telligence, the Committee on Appropriations, and 

22 the Committee on Transportation and Infra23 structure of the House of Representatives; and 

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1 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor2 tation of the Senate. 

3 (2) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 

4 means the Department of Transportation. 

5 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

6 the Secretary of Transportation. 

7 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY

8 COUNTERINTELLIGENCE OFFICE.— 

9 (1) AGREEMENT WITH SECRETARY OF TRANS10 PORTATION.—The Director of National Intelligence, 

11 acting through the Director of the National Counter12 intelligence and Security Center, shall seek to enter 

13 into an agreement with the Secretary under which the 

14 Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary 

15 shall establish within the Department an office, which 

16 shall be known as the ‘‘Intelligence Community Coun17 terintelligence Office’’, in accordance with this sec18 tion. 

19 (2) LOCATION.—The Intelligence Community 

20 Counterintelligence Office established pursuant to this 

21 section shall be physically located within the head22 quarters of the Department and within reasonable 

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1 (3) SECURITY.—The Director of the National 

2 Counterintelligence and Security Center shall be re3 sponsible for the protection of classified information 

4 and for the establishment and enforcement of all secu5 rity-related controls within the Intelligence Commu6 nity Counterintelligence Office. 

7 (c) PERSONNEL.— 

8 (1) DIRECTOR.— 

9 (A) APPOINTMENT.—There shall be at the 

10 head of the Intelligence Community Counter11 intelligence Office a Director who is appointed 

12 by the Director of National Intelligence. The Di13 rector of the Intelligence Community Counter14 intelligence Office shall— 

15 (i) be supervised and subject to per16 formance evaluations by the Director of the 

17 National Counterintelligence and Security 

18 Center, in consultation with the Secretary; 

19 (ii) be an employee of the intelligence 

20 community with significant counterintel21 ligence experience; and 

22 (iii) serve for a period of 3 years. 

23 (B) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Director of 

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1 Office shall carry out the following responsibil2 ities: 

3 (i) Serving as the head of the Intel4 ligence Community Counterintelligence Of5 fice, with supervisory responsibility for the 

6 Intelligence Community Counterintelligence 

7 Office and any other personnel assigned to 

8 the Intelligence Community Counterintel9 ligence Office. 

10 (ii) Advising the Secretary on counter11 intelligence and intelligence information. 

12 (iii) Ensuring that counterintelligence 

13 threat information and, as appropriate, fin14 ished intelligence on topics related to the 

15 functions of the Department, are provided 

16 to appropriate personnel of the department 

17 or agency without delay. 

18 (iv) Ensuring critical intelligence rel19 evant to the Secretary is requested and dis20 seminated in a timely manner. 

21 (v) Establishing, as appropriate, mech22 anisms for collaboration through which De23 partment subject matter experts, including 

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1 information and expertise with the intel2 ligence community. 

3 (vi) Correlating and evaluating coun4 terintelligence threats identified within in5 telligence community reporting, in coordi6 nation with the National Counterintel7 ligence and Security Center, and providing 

8 appropriate dissemination of such intel9 ligence to officials of the Department with a 

10 need-to-know. 

11 (vii) Advising the Secretary on meth12 ods to improve the counterintelligence pos13 ture of the Department. 

14 (viii) Where appropriate, supporting 

15 the Department’s leadership in engaging 

16 with the National Security Council. 

17 (ix) In coordination with the National 

18 Counterintelligence and Security Center, es19 tablishing counterintelligence partnerships 

20 to improve the counterintelligence defense of 

21 the Department. 

22 (2) DEPUTY DIRECTOR.—There shall be within 

23 the Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office 

24 a Deputy Director who is appointed by the Secretary, 


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1 in coordination with the Director of National Intel2 ligence. The Deputy Director shall— 

3 (A) be supervised and subject to perform4 ance evaluations by the Secretary, in consulta5 tion with the Director of the National Counter6 intelligence and Security Center; 

7 (B) be a current or former employee of the 

8 Department with significant experience within 

9 the Department; and 

10 (C) serve at the pleasure of the Secretary. 

11 (3) OTHER EMPLOYEES.— 

12 (A) JOINT DUTY ASSIGNMENT.—There shall 

13 be within the Intelligence Community Counter14 intelligence Office such other employees as the 

15 Director of National Intelligence, in consultation 

16 with the Secretary, determines appropriate. Em17 ployment at the Intelligence Community Coun18 terintelligence Office is an intelligence commu19 nity joint duty assignment. A permanent change 

20 of station to the Intelligence Community Coun21 terintelligence Office shall be for a period of not 

22 less than 2 years. 

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1 agement of employees assigned to the Intelligence 

2 Community Counterintelligence Office, including 

3 employees assigned by program elements of the 

4 intelligence community and other Federal de5 partments and agencies, as appropriate. 

6 (C) JOINT DUTY OR ASSIGNED PERSONNEL

7 REIMBURSEMENT.—The Director of National In8 telligence shall reimburse a program element of 

9 the intelligence community or a Federal depart10 ment or agency for any permanent change of sta11 tion employee assigned to the Intelligence Com12 munity Counterintelligence Office from amounts 

13 authorized to be appropriated for the Office of 

14 the Director of National Intelligence. 

15 (D) OPERATION UNDER AUTHORITY OF DI16 RECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE.—Employ17 ees assigned to the Intelligence Community 

18 Counterintelligence Office under this paragraph 

19 shall operate under the authorities of the Direc20 tor of National Intelligence for the duration of 

21 their assignment or period of employment within 

22 the Intelligence Community Counterintelligence 

23 Office, except for temporary duty assignment em24 ployees. 

25 (E) INCENTIVE PAY.— 


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1 (i) IN GENERAL.—An employee who 

2 accepts employment at the Intelligence Com3 munity Counterintelligence Office during 

4 the 120-day period after the date of the es5 tablishment of the Intelligence Community 

6 Counterintelligence Office shall receive an 

7 incentive payment, which shall be payable 

8 by the Director of National Intelligence, in 

9 an amount equal to 10 percent of the base 

10 annual pay of the employee. Such an em11 ployee who completes 2 years of service in 

12 the Intelligence Community Counterintel13 ligence Office may receive an incentive pay14 ment in an amount equal to 10 percent of 

15 the base annual pay of the employee if the 

16 Director of the Intelligence Community 

17 Counterintelligence Office determines the 

18 performance of the employee is exceptional. 

19 (ii) ELIGIBILITY.—An employee is 

20 only eligible for an incentive payment 

21 under clause (i) if the employee enters into 

22 an agreement with the Director of National 

23 Intelligence to serve in the Intelligence Com24 munity Counterintelligence Office for a pe25 riod of at least 2 years. 


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1 (d) FUNDING.—To the extent and in such amounts as 

2 specifically provided in advance in appropriations Acts for 

3 the purposes detailed in this subsection, the Director of Na4 tional Intelligence may expend such sums as are authorized 

5 within the National Intelligence Program of the Office of 

6 the Director of National Intelligence for— 

7 (1) the renovation, furnishing, and equipping of 

8 a Federal building, as necessary, to meet the security 

9 and operational requirements of the Intelligence Com10 munity Counterintelligence Office; 

11 (2) the provision of connectivity to the Intel12 ligence Community Counterintelligence Office to en13 able briefings, secure audio and video communica14 tions, and collaboration between employees of the De15 partment and the intelligence community at the un16 classified, secret, and top secret levels; 

17 (3) the provision of other information technology 

18 systems and devices, such as computers, printers, and 

19 phones, for use by employees of the Intelligence Com20 munity Counterintelligence Office; 

21 (4) the assignment of employees of the intel22 ligence community to support the operation of the In23 telligence Community Counterintelligence Office; and 


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1 (5) the provision of other personal services nec2 essary for the operation of the Intelligence Commu3 nity Counterintelligence Office. 

4 (e) DEADLINE FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INTEL5 LIGENCE COMMUNITY COUNTERINTELLIGENCE OFFICE.— 

6 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than January 

7 1, 2026, the Director of National Intelligence shall 

8 seek to establish, in accordance with this section, the 

9 Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office 

10 within the Department. 

11 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the 

12 date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of Na13 tional Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate 

14 congressional committees a report on the plan to es15 tablish the Intelligence Community Counterintel16 ligence Office required under paragraph (1). Such re17 port shall include the costs and schedule associated 

18 with establishing the Intelligence Community Coun19 terintelligence Office. 

20 SEC. 418. UKRAINE LESSONS LEARNED WORKING GROUP. 

21 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of National Intel22 ligence and the Secretary of Defense shall jointly establish 

23 a working group to identify and share lessons that the 

24 United States intelligence community has learned from the 

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1 (b) MEMBERSHIP.—The composition of the Working 

2 Group may include any officer or employee of a department 

3 or agency of the United States Government determined ap4 propriate by the Director of National Intelligence or the 

5 Secretary of Defense. 

6 (c) CHAIR.—The Working Group shall be jointly 

7 chaired by— 

8 (1) an officer or employee of the Department of 

9 Defense chosen by the Secretary of Defense; and 

10 (2) an officer or employee of an element of the 

11 intelligence community chosen by the Director of Na12 tional Intelligence, in consultation with the head of 

13 the element concerned. 

14 (d) DUTIES.—The duties of the Working Group shall 

15 be the following: 

16 (1) Identify tactical and operational lessons de17 rived from the Ukraine conflict. 

18 (2) Develop a repeatable process for promul19 gating such lessons to elements of the Department of 

20 Defense responsible for the development of joint and 

21 service-specific doctrine, acquisitions decisions, and 

22 capability development. 

23 (3) Provide recommendations on intelligence col24 lection priorities to support the elements of the De25 partment of Defense identified under paragraph (2). 


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1 (e) MEETINGS.—The Working Group shall meet not 

2 later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this 

3 Act, and quarterly thereafter. 

4 (f) TERMINATION.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the 

6 Working Group shall terminate on the date that is 2 

7 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

8 (2) EXTENSION.—The Director of National Intel9 ligence and the Secretary of Defense may extend the 

10 termination date under paragraph (1) to a date not 

11 later than 4 years after the date of the enactment of 

12 this Act if the Director of National Intelligence and 

13 the Secretary of Defense jointly— 

14 (A) determine than an extension is appro15 priate and agree to such extension; and 

16 (B) submit to the appropriate congressional 

17 committees a notification of the extension that 

18 includes a description of the justification for the 

19 extension. 

20 (g) BRIEFS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 270 days 

21 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 6 

22 months thereafter, the Working Group shall submit to the 

23 appropriate congressional committees a briefing on the ac24 tivities of the Working Group. 

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1 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT2 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit3 tees’’ means— 

4 (A) the congressional intelligence commit5 tees; and 

6 (B) the congressional defense committees. 

7 (2) CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES.— 

8 The term ‘‘congressional defense committees’’ has the 

9 meaning given that term in section 101(a)(16) of title 

10 10, United States Code. 

11 (3) WORKING GROUP.—The term ‘‘Working 

12 Group’’ means the working group described in sub13 section (a). 

14 SEC. 419. MODIFICATION TO WAIVER FOR POST-SERVICE 

15 EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 304(a)(2) of the National 

17 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3073a(a)(2)) is amended— 

18 (1) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as 

19 follows: 

20 ‘‘(A) AUTHORITY TO GRANT WAIVERS.—The 

21 applicable head of an intelligence community 

22 element may waive a restriction in paragraph 

23 (1) with respect to an employee or former em24 ployee who is subject to that restriction only 

25 after— 


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1 ‘‘(i) the employee or former employee 

2 submits to the applicable head of the intel3 ligence community element a written appli4 cation for such waiver in such form and 

5 manner as the applicable head of the intel6 ligence community element determines ap7 propriate; and 

8 ‘‘(ii) the applicable head of the element 

9 of the intelligence community determines 

10 that granting such waiver will not harm the 

11 national security interests of the United 

12 States.’’. 

13 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘Director’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘applicable head of the intelligence 

15 community element’’; 

16 (3) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘Director’’ 

17 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘applicable head 

18 of the intelligence community element’’; and 

19 (4) by amending subparagraph (E) to read as 

20 follows: 

21 ‘‘(E) REPORTING TO CONGRESS.—On a 

22 quarterly basis, the head of each element of the 

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1 fication of each waiver or revocation that shall 

2 include the following: 

3 ‘‘(i) With respect to a waiver issued to 

4 an employee or former employee— 

5 ‘‘(I) the covered intelligence posi6 tion held or formerly held by the em7 ployee or former employee; and 

8 ‘‘(II) a brief description of the 

9 covered post-service employment, in10 cluding the employer and the recipient 

11 of the representation, advice, or serv12 ices. 

13 ‘‘(ii) With respect to a revocation of a 

14 waiver issued to an employee or former em15 ployee— 

16 ‘‘(I) the details of the waiver, in17 cluding any renewals of such waiver, 

18 and the dates of such waiver and re19 newals; and 

20 ‘‘(II) the specific reasons why the 

21 applicable head of the intelligence com22 munity element determined that such 

23 revocation is warranted.’’. 

24 (b) WRITTEN ADVISORY OPINIONS WITH RESPECT TO

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1 304(d) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

2 3073a(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following 

3 new paragraph: 

4 ‘‘(4) WRITTEN ADVISORY OPINIONS.—Upon re5 quest from a current employee who occupies a covered 

6 intelligence position or a former employee who pre7 viously occupied a covered intelligence position, the 

8 applicable head of the element of the intelligence com9 munity concerned may provide a written advisory 

10 opinion to such current or former employee regarding 

11 whether a proposed employment, representation, or 

12 provision of advice or services constitutes covered 

13 post-service employment as defined in subsection 

14 (g).’’. 

15 (c) COVERED POST-SERVICE EMPLOYMENT.—Section 

16 304(g)(2) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

17 3073a(g)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘relating to national 

18 security, intelligence, the military, or internal security to, 

19 the government of a foreign country or any company, enti20 ty, or other person whose activities are directly or indirectly 

21 supervised, directed, controlled, financed, or subsidized, in 

22 whole or in major part, by any government of a foreign 

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1 trolled, financed, or subsidized, in whole or in major part, 

2 by any government of a foreign country if such employ3 ment, representation, or provision of advice or services re4 lates to national security, intelligence, the military, or in5 ternal security’’. 

6 (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 304(a)(1) of 

7 the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3073a(a)(1)) 

8 is amended— 

9 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘paragraph 

10 (2)(A)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)(A)’’; and 

11 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘paragraph 

12 (2)(A)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)(A)’’. 

13 SEC. 420. PROHIBITION OF FUNDS FOR INTELLIGENCE EX14 PERTS GROUP. 

15 None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or oth16 erwise made available by this Act to the Office of Intel17 ligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Secu18 rity may be obligated or expended to support the Intel19 ligence Experts Group of the Department of Homeland Se20 curity, or any successor group. 


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1 SEC. 421. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 

2 CERTAIN ACTIVITIES OF THE OVERT HUMAN 

3 INTELLIGENCE AND OPEN SOURCE INTEL4 LIGENCE COLLECTION PROGRAMS OF THE 

5 OFFICE OF INTELLIGENCE AND ANALYSIS OF 

6 THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. 

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 (1) COVERED ACTIVITY.—The term ‘‘covered ac9 tivity’’ means— 

10 (A) with respect to the Overt Human Intel11 ligence Collection Program, an interview for in12 telligence collection purposes with any indi13 vidual, including a United States person, who 

14 has been criminally charged, arraigned, or taken 

15 into the custody of a Federal, State, or local law 

16 enforcement agency, but whose guilt with respect 

17 to such criminal matters has not yet been adju18 dicated, unless the Office of Intelligence and 

19 Analysis has obtained the consent of the 

20 interviewee following consultation with counsel; 

21 (B) with respect to either the Overt Human 

22 Intelligence Collection Program or the Open 

23 Source Intelligence Collection Program, any col24 lection targeting journalists in the performance 

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1 (C) with respect to the Overt Human Intel2 ligence Collection Program, an interview for in3 telligence collection purposes with a United 

4 States person where the Office of Intelligence and 

5 Analysis lacks a reasonable belief based on facts 

6 and circumstances that the United States person 

7 may possess significant foreign intelligence (as 

8 defined in section 3 of the National Security Act 

9 of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)). 

10 (2) OVERT HUMAN INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION

11 PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Overt Human Intelligence 

12 Collection Program’’ means the program established 

13 by the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for In14 telligence and Analysis pursuant to Policy Instruc15 tion 907 of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, 

16 issued on June 29, 2016, or any successor program. 

17 (3) OPEN SOURCE INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION

18 PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Open Source Collection Intel19 ligence Program’’ means the program established by 

20 the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intel21 ligence and Analysis for the purpose of collecting in22 telligence and information for potential production 

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1 the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, issued on Jan2 uary 13, 2015, or any successor program. 

3 (4) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term ‘‘United 

4 States person’’ means— 

5 (A) a United States citizen; 

6 (B) an alien known by the Office of Intel7 ligence and Analysis to be a permanent resident 

8 alien; 

9 (C) an unincorporated association substan10 tially composed of United States citizens or per11 manent resident aliens; or 

12 (D) a corporation incorporated in the 

13 United States, except for a corporation directed 

14 and controlled by a foreign government or gov15 ernments. 

16 (5) UNITED STATES PERSON INFORMATION

17 (USPI).—The term ‘‘United States person informa18 tion’’— 

19 (A) means information that is reasonably 

20 likely to identify 1 or more specific United 

21 States persons; and 

22 (B) may be either a single item of informa23 tion or information that, when combined with 

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1 to identify one or more specific United States 

2 persons. 

3 (b) PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR

4 COVERED ACTIVITIES OF OVERT HUMAN INTELLIGENCE

5 COLLECTION PROGRAM AND OPEN SOURCE INTELLIGENCE

6 COLLECTION PROGRAM.—None of the funds authorized to 

7 be appropriated by this Act may be made available to the 

8 Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of 

9 Homeland Security to conduct a covered activity. 

10 (c) LIMITATION ON PERSONNEL.—None of the funds 

11 authorized to be appropriated by this Act may be used by 

12 the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department 

13 of Homeland Security to increase, above the staffing level 

14 in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the 

15 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (divi16 sion G of Public Law 118–31), the number of personnel as17 signed to the Open Source Intelligence Division who work 

18 exclusively or predominantly on domestic terrorism issues. 

19 (d) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.— 

20 (1) EFFECT ON OTHER INTELLIGENCE OVER21 SIGHT.—Nothing in this section shall be construed as 

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1 sight of the intelligence activities of the Office of Intel2 ligence and Analysis. 

3 (2) SHARING AND RECEIVING INTELLIGENCE IN4 FORMATION.—Nothing in this section shall be con5 strued to prohibit, or to limit the authority of, per6 sonnel of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the 

7 Department of Homeland Security from sharing in8 telligence information with, or receiving information 

9 from— 

10 (A) foreign, State, local, Tribal, or terri11 torial governments (or any agency or subdivision 

12 thereof); 

13 (B) the private sector; or 

14 (C) other elements of the Federal Govern15 ment, including the components of the Depart16 ment of Homeland Security. 

17 SEC. 422. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 

18 THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL 

19 INTELLIGENCE PENDING SUBMISSION OF IN20 FORMATION REGARDING IMPROVEMENTS RE21 LATING TO INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY 

22 STAFFING, DETAILS, AND ASSIGNMENTS. 

23 Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 

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1 95 percent may be obligated or expended until the date on 

2 which the Director of National Intelligence submits to the 

3 congressional intelligence committees the document required 

4 to be established by the Director under section 7307(b) of 

5 the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (50 

6 U.S.C. 3025 note). 

7 Subtitle B—Reports and Other 

8 Matters 

9 SEC. 431. FOREIGN MALIGN INFLUENCE INTERAGENCY 

10 GUIDANCE. 

11 Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 

12 of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall pro13 vide to the congressional intelligence committees the inter14 agency guidance that governs engagement with social media 

15 companies for each element of the intelligence community. 

16 SEC. 432. FOREIGN MALIGN INFLUENCE STANDARD OPER17 ATING PROCEDURES. 

18 Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 

19 of this Act, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investiga20 tion shall provide to the congressional intelligence commit21 tees the most recently updated standard operating proce22 dures document, without restrictions, that governs the Fed23 eral Bureau of Investigation’s engagements with social 

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1 SEC. 433. INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT FOR CERTAIN EXECU2 TIVE BRANCH DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES. 

3 (a) BRIEFING.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

4 of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel5 ligence shall provide to the congressional intelligence com6 mittees a briefing with respect to intelligence support pro7 vided to executive branch departments and agencies that are 

8 not a part of the intelligence community in accordance with 

9 Intelligence Community Directive 404 (relating to Execu10 tive Branch Intelligence Customers), or successor directive. 

11 (b) ELEMENTS.—The briefing required under sub12 section (a) shall include the following: 

13 (1) A list of United States Government depart14 ments and agencies that have a Federal Senior Intel15 ligence Coordinator, an Intelligence Point of Contact, 

16 or a Federal Intelligence Coordination Office. 

17 (2) A description of the Office of the Director of 

18 National Intelligence’s insight into how departments 

19 and agencies that have individuals holding a position 

20 described in paragraph (1) are selected for such posi21 tion, and what role the Office of the Director of Na22 tional Intelligence plays in that process, if any. 

23 (3) An assessment of the successes, shortcomings, 

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1 telligence Community Directive 404 or any successor 

2 directive. 

3 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘Federal 

4 Senior Intelligence Coordinator’’, ‘‘Intelligence Point of 

5 Contact’’, and ‘‘Federal Intelligence Coordination Office’’ 

6 have the meaning given such terms in Intelligence Commu7 nity Directive 404. 

8 SEC. 434. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY RECRUITMENT FOR 

9 CERTAIN SECURITY-CLEARED SEPARATING 

10 MILITARY MEMBERS. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Intelligence Community Chief 

12 Human Capital Officer shall, not later than 90 days after 

13 the date of the enactment of this Act, develop a human re14 sources strategy for enhancing the recruitment into the in15 telligence community of covered military members. 

16 (b) CONTENTS.—The strategy developed under sub17 section (a) shall address— 

18 (1) a requirement for each intelligence commu19 nity element to facilitate job applications for quali20 fied covered military members on each element’s job 

21 application portal, on USA Jobs, or other appro22 priate hiring platform; 

23 (2) additional authorities or policy waivers re24 quired to overcome identified barriers to enhancing 

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1 covered military members to include those military 

2 members with technical training and experience in 

3 lieu of a bachelor’s degree; and 

4 (3) in consultation with military services, the 

5 development of best practices for matching job appli6 cations from among covered military members who 

7 have transferable qualifying backgrounds, skills, or ex8 pertise to relevant intelligence occupational specialties 

9 within the Federal civilian intelligence community 

10 workforce, to include coordinating intelligence com11 munity recruiting events and hiring blitzes. 

12 (c) BRIEFING AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Not later 

13 than 30 days after the development of the strategy under 

14 subsection (a), the Intelligence Community Chief Human 

15 Capital Officer shall provide to the congressional intel16 ligence committees a briefing regarding the strategy devel17 oped under subsection (a), including a plan for how each 

18 element of the intelligence community intends to implement 

19 such strategy. 

20 (d) COVERED MILITARY MEMBER DEFINED.—In this 

21 section, the term ‘‘covered military member’’ means any 

22 servicemember transitioning out of military service who 

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1 SEC. 435. STRATEGY TO STRENGTHEN INTELLIGENCE COM2 MUNITY RECRUITMENT EFFORTS IN THE 

3 UNITED STATES TERRITORIES. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National Intel5 ligence, acting through the Intelligence Community Chief 

6 Human Capital Officer, shall, in coordination with the 

7 human capital offices of such elements of the intelligence 

8 community as determined appropriate, develop an intel9 ligence community-wide strategy to strengthen efforts to re10 cruit qualified individuals residing in the United States 

11 territories. 

12 (b) BRIEFING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 

13 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director 

14 of National Intelligence, acting through the Intelligence 

15 Community Chief Human Capital Officer, shall provide to 

16 the congressional intelligence committees a briefing with re17 spect to the strategy developed under subsection (a), includ18 ing with respect to a plan for the implementation of such 

19 strategy. 

20 (c) UNITED STATES TERRITORIES DEFINED.—In this 

21 section, the term ‘‘United States territories’’ means Puerto 

22 Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Com23 monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American 

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1 SEC. 436. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENT FOR ANNUAL RE2 PORT ON STRIKES UNDERTAKEN BY THE 

3 UNITED STATES AGAINST TERRORIST TAR4 GETS OUTSIDE AREAS OF ACTIVE HOS5 TILITIES. 

6 Section 1723(a) of the National Defense Authorization 

7 Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 

8 1811) is amended— 

9 (1) by striking ‘‘May 1 2020’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘December 31, 2024’’; and 

11 (2) by striking ‘‘2022’’ and inserting ‘‘December 

12 31, 2027’’. 

13 SEC. 437. ADVISABILITY AND FEASIBILITY STUDY ON UP14 DATING INTELLIGENCE SHARING REGULA15 TIONS. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 

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

18 Intelligence, in coordination with each head of an element 

19 of the intelligence community, shall assess the advisability 

20 and feasibility of revising applicable policies and regula21 tions with respect to the sharing of intelligence by an ele22 ment of the intelligence community with foreign govern23 ments to incorporate the principles described under sub24 section (b). 

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1 (1) The intelligence community may not share 

2 actionable intelligence with another country unless 

3 the intelligence community receives such credible and 

4 reliable written assurances from a representative of 

5 the country that the country shall use the intelligence 

6 in accordance with applicable international law. 

7 (2) Any policies authorizing the sharing of ac8 tionable intelligence shall require special protections 

9 to reduce the risk of violations of applicable inter10 national law as a consequence of sharing such intel11 ligence. 

12 (3) Any policies authorizing the sharing of ac13 tionable intelligence with another country shall re14 quire the element of the intelligence community con15 cerned to document the risks and benefits of requiring 

16 the country receiving the intelligence to make credible 

17 and reliable written assurances that the country, 

18 when using the intelligence, will conduct only lethal 

19 or capture operations that comply with policy stand20 ards of the United States with respect to detainee 

21 treatment and direct action counterterrorism oper22 ations outside areas of active hostilities. 

23 (4) If the head of an element of the intelligence 

24 community receives or conducts an assessment calling 

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1 assurances provided by another country to comply 

2 with applicable international law with respect to the 

3 intelligence, the head shall, within 45 days of receiv4 ing or conducting the assessment— 

5 (A) inform the Director of National Intel6 ligence and, as appropriate, the Secretary of De7 fense; and 

8 (B) take appropriate action to assess fur9 ther and remediate the situation, which may in10 clude suspending further sharing of intelligence 

11 or receiving further assurances from the country 

12 of compliance with applicable international law. 

13 (c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days 

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

15 National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intel16 ligence committees a report on the advisability and feasi17 bility of incorporating the principles described in subsection 

18 (b) into regulations on the sharing of intelligence by an ele19 ment of the intelligence community, including the degree 

20 to which the current practices of each element of the intel21 ligence community for the sharing of intelligence are con22 sistent with such principles. 

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1 tion sufficiently detailed and timely to permit, assist, or 

2 allow an action or operation in the near-term. 

3 SEC. 438. BUDGET TRANSPARENCY FOR OPEN-SOURCE IN4 TELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES. 

5 (a) BUDGET SUMMARIES TO DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL

6 INTELLIGENCE.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 

7 the enactment of this Act, the head of each element of the 

8 intelligence community shall submit to the Director of Na9 tional Intelligence a complete and comprehensive summary 

10 of all budget information with respect to the element’s open11 source intelligence activities. 

12 (b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 120 days 

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

14 National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intel15 ligence committees a report compiling the information in 

16 the summaries submitted to the Director pursuant to sub17 section (a). 

18 (c) OPEN-SOURCE INTELLIGENCE DEFINED.—In this 

19 section, the term ‘‘open-source intelligence’’ means intel20 ligence derived exclusively from publicly or commercially 

21 available information that addresses specific intelligence 

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1 SEC. 439. ENHANCING PUBLIC-PRIVATE SHARING ON MA2 NIPULATIVE ADVERSARY PRACTICES IN CRIT3 ICAL MINERAL PROJECTS. 

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

5 Intelligence shall, in consultation with the heads of such 

6 Federal agencies as the Director considers appropriate, not 

7 later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 

8 Act, develop a strategy to improve the sharing between the 

9 Federal Government and private entities of information 

10 and intelligence to mitigate the threat that foreign adver11 sary illicit activities and tactics pose to United States per12 sons in foreign jurisdictions on projects relating to energy 

13 generation and storage, including with respect to critical 

14 minerals inputs. 

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

16 (a) shall cover—— 

17 (1) how best to assemble and transmit informa18 tion to United States persons— 

19 (A) to protect against foreign adversary il20 licit tactics and activities relating to critical 

21 mineral projects abroad, including foreign adver22 sary efforts to undermine such United States 

23 projects abroad; 

24 (B) to mitigate the risk that foreign adver25 sary government involvement in the ownership 

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1 illicit activities pose to the interests of the 

2 United States; and 

3 (C) to inform on economic espionage and 

4 other threats from foreign adversaries to the 

5 rights of owners of intellectual property, includ6 ing owners of patents, trademarks, copyrights, 

7 and trade secrets, and other sensitive informa8 tion, with respect to such property; and 

9 (2) how best to receive information from United 

10 States persons on threats to United States interests in 

11 the critical mineral space. 

12 (c) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later 

13 than 30 days after the date on which the Director completes 

14 developing the strategy pursuant to subsection (a), the Di15 rector shall submit to the congressional intelligence commit16 tees (as defined in section 3 of the National Security Act 

17 of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)), or provide such committees a 

18 briefing on, a plan for implementing the strategy, which 

19 shall include a description of risks, benefits, opportunities, 

20 and drawbacks. 

21 SEC. 440. BRIEFING ON POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR 

22 ADDRESSING THREATS FROM KNOWN OR 

23 SUSPECTED TERRORISTS. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 

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1 Department of Homeland Security, which shall include rep2 resentatives from Customs and Border Protection, Home3 land Security Investigations, and the Office of Intelligence 

4 and Analysis, and representatives from the Federal Bureau 

5 of Investigation, which shall include representatives from 

6 the Threat Screening Center, shall jointly provide a briefing 

7 to the appropriate congressional committees with respect to 

8 existing policies and procedures for handling encounters 

9 with known or suspected terrorists at the borders of the 

10 United States. 

11 (b) ELEMENTS.—The briefing required under sub12 section (a) shall include a description of the following: 

13 (1) The existing processes for handling encoun14 ters with individuals at or between ports of entry, to 

15 include the difference in process for individuals en16 countered at and between ports of entry. 

17 (2) The existing processes for the handling and 

18 sharing of potentially derogatory information con19 cerning individuals who are known or suspected ter20 rorists. 

21 (3) The existing processes for managing asylum 

22 claims of known or suspected terrorists. 

23 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE24 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres25 sional committees’’ means— 


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1 (1) the congressional intelligence committees; 

2 (2) the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

3 House of Representatives; and 

4 (3) the Committee on Homeland Security and 

5 Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 

6 SEC. 441. ASSESSMENT ON INTELLIGENCE RELATIONSHIP 

7 BETWEEN EGYPT AND ISRAEL. 

8 (a) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

9 the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel10 ligence, in coordination with the heads of such elements of 

11 the intelligence community as the Director determines ap12 propriate, shall submit to the congressional intelligence 

13 committees a report assessing the intelligence relationship 

14 between Israel and Egypt that includes an assessment of 

15 intelligence failures with respect to either country and with 

16 respect to intelligence sharing between the two countries 

17 that contributed to the attack on Israel by Hamas on Octo18 ber 7, 2023. 

19 (b) MATTERS.—The report under subsection (a) shall 

20 include the following: 

21 (1) An assessment of the state, strengths, and 

22 limitations of any intelligence relationship between 

23 Egypt and Israel, especially with respect to Hamas 

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1 (2) The role of the United States, if any, in the 

2 relationship and an identification of the areas in 

3 which the participation of the United States would 

4 most strengthen the relationship and improve co5 operation between Egypt and Israel going forward. 

6 (3) A review of the failures in national and re7 gional intelligence analysis, collection, and sharing 

8 that occurred before the attack on Israel by Hamas on 

9 October 7, 2023, and any lessons learned for future 

10 intelligence activities. 

11 (c) FORM.—The report under subsection (a) may be 

12 submitted in classified form. 

13 SEC. 442. INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT OF ECONOMIC CO14 ERCION BY THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF 

15 CHINA IN THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION AND 

16 STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE THE ECONOMIC 

17 RESILIENCE OF COUNTRIES IN THE INDO-PA18 CIFIC REGION. 

19 (a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

20 of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of State 

21 for Intelligence and Research, in consultation with Director 

22 of the Central Intelligence Agency and the heads of other 

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1 nomic coercion efforts by the People’s Republic of China in 

2 the Indo-Pacific region and strategies that would enhance 

3 the resilience of countries in the Indo-Pacific region to eco4 nomic coercion by the People’s Republic of China. 

5 (b) MATTERS.—The report under subsection (a) shall 

6 include the following: 

7 (1) A description of recent economic coercion ef8 forts by the People’s Republic of China against coun9 tries in the Indo-Pacific region. 

10 (2) An analysis of the effectiveness of economic 

11 coercion efforts against countries in the Indo-Pacific 

12 region by the People’s Republic of China in achieving 

13 the stated or assumed goals of the People’s Republic 

14 of China. 

15 (3) An assessment of measures that would dis16 suade the People’s Republic of China from engaging 

17 in acts of economic coercion in the Indo-Pacific re18 gion and would encourage actions supporting the eco19 nomic prosperity and security of the Indo-Pacific re20 gion. 

21 (4) An assessment of measures, including trade 

22 diversion or regional trade agreements, that would di23 minish the sway and influence of the market of the 

24 People’s Republic of China with respect to countries 

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1 (5) An analysis of measures that would help 

2 countries in the Indo-Pacific region to build supply 

3 chains independent of the People’s Republic of China. 

4 (c) FORM.—The report under subsection (a) may be 

5 submitted in classified form. 

6 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

7 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT8 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit9 tees’’ means— 

10 (A) the congressional intelligence commit11 tees; 

12 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

13 Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 

14 Appropriations, and the Select Committee on the 

15 Strategic Competition Between the United States 

16 and the Chinese Communist Party of the House 

17 of Representatives; and 

18 (C) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 

19 Committee on Armed Services, and the Com20 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate. 

21 (2) INDO-PACIFIC NATIONS.—The term ‘‘Indo-Pa22 cific region’’ includes the following countries: 

23 (A) Australia. 

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1 (D) Burma (Myanmar). 

2 (E) Cambodia. 

3 (F) China. 

4 (G) Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. 

5 (H) Federated States of Micronesia. 

6 (I) Fiji. 

7 (J) French Polynesia. 

8 (K) India. 

9 (L) Indonesia. 

10 (M) Japan. 

11 (N) Kiribati. 

12 (O) Laos. 

13 (P) Malaysia. 

14 (Q) Maldives. 

15 (R) Mongolia. 

16 (S) Nauru. 

17 (T) Niue. 

18 (U) Nepal. 

19 (V) New Zealand. 

20 (W) Palau. 

21 (X) Papua New Guinea. 

22 (Y) Philippines. 

23 (Z) Republic of Korea. 

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1 (CC) Singapore. 

2 (DD) Solomon Islands. 

3 (EE) Sri Lanka. 

4 (FF) Thailand. 

5 (GG) Timor-Leste. 

6 (HH) Tonga. 

7 (II) Tuvalu. 

8 (JJ) Vanuatu. 

9 (KK) Vietnam. 

10 SEC. 443. REPORT ON THE MISSION EFFECT OF CIVILIAN 

11 HARM. 

12 (a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

13 of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel14 ligence, acting through the National Intelligence Council 

15 and in coordination with the heads of the elements of the 

16 intelligence community determined appropriate by the Di17 rector, shall submit to the appropriate congressional com18 mittees a report examining the extent to which civilian 

19 harm that occurs during counterterrorism operations in20 forms analyses of the intelligence community on the mission 

21 success of campaigns to degrade, disrupt, or defeat foreign 

22 terrorist organizations. 

23 (b) MATTERS.—The report under subsection (a) shall 

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1 (1) The methodology of the intelligence commu2 nity for measuring the effect of civilian harm. 

3 (2) The extent to which analysts of the intel4 ligence community apply such methodology when as5 sessing the degree to which a terrorist group is de6 graded, disrupted, or defeated. 

7 (3) A framework to enable analysts to assess, as 

8 objectively as possible, the effect that civilian harm 

9 has had on the mission of degrading, disrupting, or 

10 defeating a terrorist group, or an explanation of why 

11 such framework cannot be generated. 

12 (4) The extent to which dissenting opinions of 

13 analysts of the intelligence community are included 

14 or highlighted in final written products presented to 

15 senior policymakers of the United States. 

16 (5) Recommendations to improve the quality of 

17 future intelligence community analyses by accounting 

18 for the effects of civilian harm on efforts to success19 fully degrade, disrupt, or defeat a foreign terrorist 

20 group. 

21 (c) FORM.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The report under subsection 

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1 mary of key findings that is consistent with the pro2 tection of intelligence sources and methods. 

3 (2) ANNEX.—The report under subsection (a) 

4 shall include a classified annex that provides an in5 ventory of the following: 

6 (A) Collection gaps and challenges that may 

7 affect the analysis of the success or failure of 

8 campaigns against terrorist groups. 

9 (B) Actions taken by the Director of Na10 tional Intelligence to mitigate such gaps and 

11 challenges. 

12 (d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE13 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres14 sional committees’’ means— 

15 (1) the congressional intelligence committees; 

16 (2) the Subcommittee on Defense of the Com17 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representa18 tives; and 

19 (3) the Subcommittee on Defense of the Com20 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate. 

21 SEC. 444. REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK OF CHINA. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 

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

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1 the Treasury for Intelligence and Analysis and the Director 

2 of the Central Intelligence Agency, submit to the congres3 sional intelligence committees a report on the economic out4 look of the People’s Republic of China, which shall include 

5 alternative analyses of the economic projections of the Peo6 ple’s Republic of China. 

7 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under subsection 

8 (a) shall include the following: 

9 (1) Assessments of the strengths and weaknesses 

10 of the economy of the People’s Republic of China, in11 cluding the potential effects of debt, demographics, 

12 and China’s international relationships. 

13 (2) Potential challenges for the People’s Republic 

14 of China to sustain economic growth and the poten15 tial for global effects as a result. 

16 (3) The implications of the economic future of 

17 the People’s Republic of China on the country’s for18 eign and defense policy. 

19 SEC. 445. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT WITH RESPECT TO AS20 SESSMENTS REGARDING THE NORTHERN TRI21 ANGLE AND MEXICO. 

22 Section 5522 of the National Defense Authorization 

23 Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 

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1 TITLE V—MATTERS RELATING 

2 TO DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE 

3 AND OVERHEAD ARCHITEC4 TURE 

5 SEC. 501. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE NEED FOR IN6 CREASED EFFORT AND RESOURCES IN THE 

7 FIELD OF GEOMATICS. 

8 It is the sense of Congress that— 

9 (1) the intelligence community and the broader 

10 United States Government require professionals with 

11 advanced training in geomatics and geodesy and that 

12 the preservation of these skillsets is crucial to advanc13 ing geospatial intelligence tradecraft for the United 

14 States for national security and military operations; 

15 (2) the intelligence community should use exist16 ing authorities to engage in novel ways with aca17 demic and industry partners to ensure the intelligence 

18 community’s demand signal for geomatics and geod19 esy professionals is received by the largest possible 

20 number of United States citizens while also seeking to 

21 foster a culture of academic excellence and research to 

22 propel the field of geomatics forward at the pace of 

23 innovation; 

24 (3) by engaging with academic and industry 

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1 the reversal of the current trend wherein the United 

2 States not only produces fewer geomatics scientists 

3 and engineers compared to its global competitors and 

4 potential adversaries, but such competitors and adver5 saries also provide them with training and expertise 

6 that could be used against the United States; 

7 (4) there is abundant opportunity for the intel8 ligence community to advance its growing need for 

9 geomatics and geodesy professionals by partnering 

10 with American universities and researchers with 

11 proven experience in diverse fields who can lead the 

12 way to solving the United States most vexing 

13 geomatics challenges; and 

14 (5) the intelligence community must balance the 

15 increasing demand for recruiting the best geomatics 

16 and geodesy talent while still ensuring a dedicated 

17 and patriotic workforce with allegiance to the Con18 stitution and the United States Government. 

19 SEC. 502. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SENIOR INTEL20 LIGENCE OVERSIGHT OFFICIAL. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 21 of title 

22 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

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1 ‘‘§ 430c. Senior Intelligence Oversight Official 

2 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense, or 

3 a designee of the Secretary determined by regulations pre4 scribed by the Secretary, shall designate a civilian employee 

5 of the Department of Defense in the Senior Executive Serv6 ice to serve as the Senior Intelligence Oversight Official. 

7 ‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Senior Intelligence 

8 Oversight Official shall exercise independent oversight of all 

9 intelligence, intelligence-related, and sensitive activities of 

10 the Department of Defense, including activities involving— 

11 ‘‘(1) tradecraft; 

12 ‘‘(2) the operational use of an individual; or 

13 ‘‘(3) clandestine operational tactics, techniques, 

14 and procedures. 

15 ‘‘(c) ACCESS.—The Senior Intelligence Oversight Offi16 cial shall have— 

17 ‘‘(1) complete and unrestricted access to all in18 formation concerning any intelligence, intelligence-re19 lated, or sensitive activity of the Department of De20 fense regardless of classification or 

21 compartmentalization, including special access pro22 grams, from any personnel or organizational entity of 

23 the Department of Defense, to the extent necessary to 

24 carry out the responsibilities and functions of the 

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1 ‘‘(2) direct access to the Secretary of Defense and 

2 the Deputy Secretary of Defense, as circumstances re3 quire in the determination of the Senior Intelligence 

4 Oversight Official. 

5 ‘‘(d) REVIEW OF REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of De6 fense shall review and update Department of Defense Direc7 tive 5148.13, and any associated or successor regulation or 

8 directive, to conform to this section.’’. 

9 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

10 in chapter 21 of such title is amended by adding at the 

11 end of subchapter I the following new item: 

‘‘430c. Senior Intelligence Oversight Official.’’. 

12 SEC. 503. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF DEPARTMENT 

13 OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AND COUNTER14 INTELLIGENCE EXPENSE AUTHORITY. 

15 Section 1057 of the National Defense Authorization 

16 Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 133 Stat. 

17 1593) is amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2025’’ and in19 serting ‘‘2030’’; 

20 (2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘2025’’ and in21 serting ‘‘2030’’; and 

22 (3) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘$100,000’’ and 

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1 SEC. 504. AUTHORITY OF ARMY COUNTERINTELLIGENCE 

2 AGENTS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7377 of title 10, United 

4 States Code, is amended— 

5 (1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘and 

6 Army Counterintelligence Command’’ before 

7 the colon; and 

8 (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol9 lows: 

10 ‘‘(b) AGENTS TO HAVE AUTHORITY.—Subsection (a) 

11 applies to any employee of the Department of the Army 

12 who is— 

13 ‘‘(1) a special agent of the Army Criminal Inves14 tigation Command (or a successor to that command) 

15 whose duties include conducting, supervising, or co16 ordinating investigations of criminal activity in pro17 grams and operations of the Department of the Army; 

18 or 

19 ‘‘(2) a special agent of the Army Counterintel20 ligence Command (or a successor to that command) 

21 whose duties include conducting, supervising, or co22 ordinating counterintelligence investigations in pro23 grams and operations of the Department of the 

24 Army.’’. 

25 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 

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1 striking the item relating to section 7377 and inserting the 

2 following new item: 

‘‘7377. Civilian special agents of the Criminal Investigation Command and Army 

Counterintelligence Command: authority to execute warrants 

and make arrests.’’. 

3 SEC. 505. MODIFICATIONS TO NOTIFICATION ON THE PRO4 VISION OF DEFENSE SENSITIVE SUPPORT. 

5 Section 1055 of the National Defense Authorization 

6 Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 

7 113 note) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (b)— 

9 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘para10 graph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (3) and 

11 (4)’’; 

12 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) 

13 through (5) as paragraphs (4) through (6), re14 spectively; 

15 (C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol16 lowing new paragraph: 

17 ‘‘(3) ROUTINE DEFENSE SENSITIVE SUPPORT.— 

18 In the event that the provision of defense sensitive 

19 support is routine defense sensitive support, the Sec20 retary shall provide notification under paragraph (1) 

21 on a quarterly basis after providing the support.’’; 

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1 (i) in the paragraph heading, by in2 serting ‘‘AND EXTRAORDINARY SECURITY

3 PROTECTIONS’’ after ‘‘SUPPORT’’; 

4 (ii) in the matter preceding subpara5 graph (A)— 

6 (I) by inserting ‘‘or requires ex7 traordinary security protections’’ after 

8 ‘‘time-sensitive’’; and 

9 (II) by inserting ‘‘shall’’ after 

10 ‘‘Secretary’’; 

11 (iii) in subparagraph (A)— 

12 (I) by striking ‘‘may’’; 

13 (II) by inserting ‘‘or after the ac14 tivity supported concludes’’ after ‘‘pro15 viding the support’’; and 

16 (III) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and in17 serting ‘‘; or’’; and 

18 (iv) in subparagraph (B)— 

19 (I) by striking ‘‘shall’’; and 

20 (II) by striking ‘‘notice as soon as 

21 practicable after providing such sup22 port, but not later than 48 hours after 

23 providing the support’’ and inserting 

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1 execution of the supported activity’’; 

2 and 

3 (E) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by 

4 striking ‘‘paragraphs (1) and (3)’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘paragraphs (1), (3), and (4)’’; and 

6 (2) in subsection (c)— 

7 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

8 ‘‘DEFENSE SENSITIVE SUPPORT DEFINED’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘DEFINITIONS’’; 

10 (B) by striking ‘‘, the term ‘defense sensitive 

11 support’ means support provided by the Depart12 ment of Defense to a non-Department of Defense 

13 Federal department or agency that requires spe14 cial protection from disclosure.’’ and inserting a 

15 colon; and 

16 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

17 paragraphs: 

18 ‘‘(1) The term ‘defense sensitive support’ means 

19 support provided by the Department of Defense to a 

20 non-Department of Defense Federal department or 

21 agency that requires special protection from disclo22 sure. 

23 ‘‘(2) The term ‘routine defense sensitive support’ 

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1 SEC. 506. REVISION OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AUTHOR2 ITY TO ENGAGE IN COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES 

3 AS SECURITY FOR INTELLIGENCE COLLEC4 TION ACTIVITIES. 

5 (a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 431(a) of 

6 title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘De7 cember 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2027’’. 

8 (b) INTERAGENCY COORDINATION AND SUPPORT.— 

9 Section 431(b)(1) of such title is amended to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘(1) be pre-coordinated with the Director of the 

11 Central Intelligence Agency using procedures mutu12 ally agreed upon by the Secretary of Defense and the 

13 Director, and, where appropriate, be supported by the 

14 Director; and’’. 

15 SEC. 507. PROMULGATING GUIDANCE RELATED TO CER16 TAIN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS. 

17 Not later than January 31, 2025, the Secretary of De18 fense shall issue guidance on the governance and oversight 

19 of the contracts of the Department of Defense that support 

20 or enable sensitive activities. 

21 SEC. 508. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON SPACE FORCE ACQUISI22 TION WORKFORCE. 

23 It is the sense of Congress that— 

24 (1) the National Reconnaissance Office and the 

25 United States Space Force jointly benefit from a ro26 bust United States Space Force military and civilian 


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1 acquisition workforce that includes contracting offi2 cers, acquisition program managers, engineers, and 

3 program control and finance professionals; 

4 (2) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel5 ligence of the House of Representatives is concerned 

6 that the United States Space Force’s uneven emphasis 

7 on developing space operators and making fewer ac8 quisition professionals available for assignments at 

9 the National Reconnaissance Office can negatively af10 fect the procurement goals of the National Reconnais11 sance Office, particularly in support of United States 

12 Space Force requirements; and 

13 (3) a robust United States Space Force acquisi14 tion workforce, that encourages assignment opportuni15 ties at the National Reconnaissance Office, both bene16 fits the procurement goals of the National Reconnais17 sance Office and provides valuable experience that ac18 quisition professionals can apply to future United 

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1 TITLE VI—MATTERS RELATING 

2 TO CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE 

3 AGENCY 

4 SEC. 601. REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SPECIAL VICTIM INVES5 TIGATOR. 

6 Section 32(a) of the Central Intelligence Agency Act 

7 of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 3533(a)) is amended by adding at the 

8 end the following: ‘‘No individual appointed as the Special 

9 Victim Investigator may, at the time of such appointment, 

10 be a current employee of the Central Intelligence Agency.’’. 

11 SEC. 602. RESERVE FOR CONTINGENCIES NOTIFICATION 

12 REQUIREMENT. 

13 Section 504(a)(2) of the National Security Act of 1947 

14 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and, not 

15 later than 10 days after the date of the obligation or expend16 iture of such funds, of the activity requiring such obligation 

17 or expenditure’’ before the semicolon. 

18 SEC. 603. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE STUDY 

19 AND REPORT ON MODERNIZATION INITIA20 TIVE OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGEN21 CY. 

22 (a) REQUIREMENT.—The Comptroller General of the 

23 United States shall conduct a study on the impacts of the 

24 Central Intelligence Agency’s modernization initiative. 


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1 (b) ELEMENTS.—The study required under subsection 

2 (a) may include the following: 

3 (1) An assessment of the Agency’s implementa4 tion of changes pursuant to the modernization initia5 tive, including organizational changes and changes to 

6 Agency activities. 

7 (2) An assessment of how any new administra8 tive requirements made pursuant to the moderniza9 tion initiative have affected Agency activities. 

10 (3) An evaluation of whether the Agency’s imple11 mentation of changes pursuant to the modernization 

12 initiative have affected the Agency’s ability to antici13 pate and respond to emerging issues. 

14 (4) An assessment of the extent to which the 

15 Agency’s implementation of changes pursuant to the 

16 modernization initiative have— 

17 (A) fostered an organizational climate and 

18 structure that allows personnel in analytic and 

19 operational fields to take professional risks; 

20 (B) grown the role of analytic personnel 

21 and provided opportunities for them to become 

22 subject matter experts within the analytical ca23 reer fields; and 


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1 (C) changed the number of personnel from 

2 analytical fields represented in managerial and 

3 policy positions. 

4 (5) Other matters deemed relevant by the Comp5 troller General. 

6 (c) BRIEFING; REPORT.— 

7 (1) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after 

8 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 

9 General shall provide to the appropriate congressional 

10 committees a briefing on the preliminary findings of 

11 the study conducted under subsection (a) at a time 

12 that is mutually agreed upon by the appropriate con13 gressional committees and the Comptroller General. 

14 (2) REPORT REQUIREMENT.— 

15 (A) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later 

16 than 1 year after the date of the enactment of 

17 this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to 

18 the appropriate congressional committees a re19 port on the results of the study conducted under 

20 subsection (a). 

21 (B) FORM OF REPORT.—The report re22 quired under this subsection shall be submitted 

23 in unclassified form but may include a classified 

24 annex. 

25 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT2 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit3 tees’’ means— 

4 (A) the Committee on Appropriations and 

5 the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Sen6 ate; and 

7 (B) the Committee on Appropriations and 

8 the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 

9 of the House of Representatives. 

10 (2) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Agency’’ means the 

11 Central Intelligence Agency. 

12 TITLE VII—MATTERS RELATING 

13 TO TECHNOLOGY AND INNO14 VATION 

15 SEC. 701. SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION FA16 CILITY ACCREDITATION. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary of Defense for 

18 Intelligence and Security shall, not later than December 31, 

19 2029— 

20 (1) assign responsibility to the Defense Counter21 intelligence and Security Agency for the accreditation 

22 of sensitive compartmented information facilities for 

23 all components of the Department of Defense, includ24 ing the military departments, except with respect to 

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1 naissance Office, and the National Geospatial-Intel2 ligence Agency; and 

3 (2) ensure that the Defense Counterintelligence 

4 and Security Agency has the appropriate staff to suc5 cessfully carry out such responsibility. 

6 (b) NOTIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO RESOURCE RE7 QUIREMENTS.—The Under Secretary of Defense for Intel8 ligence and Security shall notify the congressional intel9 ligence committees and the congressional defense committees 

10 with respect to the resource requirements for the Defense 

11 Counterintelligence and Security Agency to carry out the 

12 accreditation responsibility under subsection (a). 

13 (c) SUBMISSION OF REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The 

14 Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security 

15 shall, in consultation with the Director of the National Se16 curity Agency, the Director of the National Reconnaissance 

17 Office, and the Director of the National Geospatial-Intel18 ligence Agency, submit to the congressional intelligence 

19 committees and the Committees on Armed Services of the 

20 House of Representatives and the Senate a report not later 

21 than December 31, 2027, on the feasibility of the Defense 

22 Counterintelligence and Security Agency assuming accredi23 tation responsibility with respect to sensitive compart24 mented information facilities for the National Security 

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1 tional Geospatial-Intelligence Agency by December 31, 

2 2029. 

3 (d) CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES DE4 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘congressional defense 

5 committees’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

6 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code. 

7 SEC. 702. STUDY OF INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY RESEARCH 

8 SECURITY. 

9 (a) STUDY.—The Director of National Intelligence 

10 shall conduct a study on preventing intelligence community 

11 research grant funding from improperly benefiting foreign 

12 countries of concern. 

13 (b) ELEMENTS.—The study under subsection (a) shall 

14 include the following: 

15 (1) An evaluation of the intelligence commu16 nity’s current research security practices, including 

17 with respect to the requirements under section 121 of 

18 the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3061). 

19 (2) An evaluation of the feasibility and effects of 

20 prohibiting the award of an intelligence community 

21 grant for research to any individual or institution if 

22 the head of the relevant element of the intelligence 

23 community cannot verify that such grantee does not 

24 partner, formally or informally, with individuals 

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1 or with institutions or entities from or located in any 

2 country of concern, subject to a waiver of such prohi3 bition, on a case by case basis, by the head or deputy 

4 of the element of the intelligence community. 

5 (3) Recommendations for the operational imple6 mentation of the prohibition described in paragraph 

7 (2). 

8 (c) REPORT.— 

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

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

11 shall submit to the congressional intelligence commit12 tees a report containing the results of the study con13 ducted under subsection (a) and the recommendations 

14 required under subsection (b)(3). 

15 (2) FORM.—The report required under para16 graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 

17 may include a classified annex. 

18 (d) COUNTRY OF CONCERN DEFINED.—For purposes 

19 of this section, the term ‘‘country of concern’’ has the mean20 ing given that term in section 1(m)(1) of the State Depart21 ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 

22 2651a(m)(1)). 

23 SEC. 703. REPORT ON BIOTECHNOLOGY. 

24 (a) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than June 

25 30, 2025, the head of each covered element of the intelligence 


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1 community shall submit a separate report to the congres2 sional intelligence committees with respect to biotechnology 

3 threats and intelligence activities related to biotechnology 

4 threats. 

5 (b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—Each report under sub6 section (a) shall include, with respect to each covered ele7 ment of the intelligence community, the following: 

8 (1) A description of any gaps that exist with re9 spect to intelligence activities that impede such ele10 ment from fully targeting, collecting, and analyzing 

11 intelligence related to biotechnology threats. 

12 (2) A description of any existing formal mecha13 nisms by which the intelligence community provides 

14 intelligence and support with respect to biotechnology 

15 threats to— 

16 (A) departments and agencies of the Federal 

17 Government outside the intelligence community; 

18 (B) the governments of foreign countries; 

19 and 

20 (C) private industry and academic institu21 tions. 

22 (3) An assessment of any existing mechanisms 

23 and manners by which the intelligence community 

24 consults with biotechnology experts and other outside 

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1 (c) COVERED ELEMENTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COM2 MUNITY.—For purposes of this section, the covered elements 

3 of the intelligence community are as follows: 

4 (1) The Central Intelligence Agency. 

5 (2) The Defense Intelligence Agency. 

6 (3) The Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

7 (4) The National Security Agency. 

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

10 SEC. 704. DATA WITH RESPECT TO TIMELINESS OF SECU11 RITY CLEARANCE DETERMINATIONS. 

12 Section 7702 of the National Defense Authorization 

13 Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (50 U.S.C. 3352h) is amended by 

14 adding at the end the following new subsection: 

15 ‘‘(d) DATA WITH RESPECT TO TIMELINESS OF SECU16 RITY CLEARANCE DETERMINATIONS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to each report 

18 on compliance with timeliness standards for ren19 dering determinations of trust for personnel vetting 

20 prepared pursuant to subsection (b), the Director of 

21 National Intelligence shall make available to the con22 gressional intelligence committees as soon as prac23 ticable the raw data with respect to the timeliness of 

24 security clearance determinations used to prepare 

25 each such report in machine-readable format for each 


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1 element of the intelligence community that collects 

2 such data. 

3 ‘‘(2) FORM AND CLASSIFICATION JUSTIFICA4 TION.—The data provided to the congressional intel5 ligence committees under paragraph (1) shall be sub6 mitted in unclassified form to the greatest extent pos7 sible and shall contain a justification for the classi8 fication of any such data provided, which shall in9 clude citations to the applicable classification guide 

10 which explain the reason any such data is classi11 fied.’’. 

12 SEC. 705. DATA WITH RESPECT TO TIMELINESS OF POLY13 GRAPH EXAMINATIONS. 

14 Section 7702 of the National Defense Authorization 

15 Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (50 U.S.C. 3352h), as amended 

16 by section 704, is further amended by adding at the end 

17 the following new subsection: 

18 ‘‘(e) DATA WITH RESPECT TO TIMELINESS OF POLY19 GRAPH EXAMINATIONS.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to each report 

21 on compliance with timeliness standards for ren22 dering determinations of trust for personnel vetting 

23 prepared pursuant to subsection (b), the Director of 

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1 ticable the raw data with respect to the timeliness of 

2 polygraph examinations used to prepare each such re3 port in machine-readable format for each element of 

4 the intelligence community that collects such data. 

5 ‘‘(2) FORM AND CLASSIFICATION JUSTIFICA6 TION.—The data provided to the congressional intel7 ligence committees under paragraph (1) shall be sub8 mitted in unclassified form to the greatest extent pos9 sible and shall contain a justification for the classi10 fication of any such data provided, which shall in11 clude citations to the applicable classification guide 

12 which explain the reason any such data is classi13 fied.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 558 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8512 

[Report No. 118–662] 

A BILL 

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for 

tem, and for other purposes. ligence Agency Retirement and Disability SysManagement Account, and the Central Intelthe United States Government, the Community intelligence and intelligence-related activities of 

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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