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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3494 

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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 

JUNE 26, 2019 

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

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 

A BILL 

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United 

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

and Disability System, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

5 ‘‘Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intel6 ligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020’’. 


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

2 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 

TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES 

Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 102. Classified schedule of authorizations. 

Sec. 103. Intelligence community management account. 

TITLE II—CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND 

DISABILITY SYSTEM 

Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE III—GENERAL INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MATTERS 

Sec. 301. Restriction on conduct of intelligence activities. 

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

Sec. 303. Paid parental leave. 

Sec. 304. Intelligence community public-private talent exchange. 

Sec. 305. Assessment of contracting practices to identify certain security and 

counterintelligence concerns. 

TITLE IV—MATTERS RELATING TO ELEMENTS OF THE 

INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY 

Sec. 401. Establishment of Climate Security Intelligence Center. 

Sec. 402. Transfer of National Intelligence University to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. 

TITLE V—MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES 

Sec. 501. Annual reports on influence operations and campaigns in the United 

States by the Communist Party of China. 

Sec. 502. Report on repression of ethnic Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang region of the People’s Republic of China. 

Sec. 503. Report on efforts by People’s Republic of China to influence election 

in Taiwan. 

Sec. 504. Assessment of legitimate and illegitimate financial and other assets 

of Vladimir Putin. 

Sec. 505. Assessments of intentions of political leadership of the Russian Federation. 

Sec. 506. Report on death of Jamal Khashoggi. 

TITLE VI—FEDERAL EFFORTS AGAINST DOMESTIC TERRORISM 

Sec. 601. Definitions. 

Sec. 602. Annual strategic intelligence assessment of and comprehensive report 

on domestic terrorism. 

TITLE VII—REPORTS AND OTHER MATTERS 

Sec. 701. Increased transparency regarding counterterrorism budget of the 

United States. 


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Sec. 702. Task force on illicit financing of espionage and foreign influence operations. 

Sec. 703. Study on role of retired and former personnel of intelligence community with respect to certain foreign intelligence operations. 

Sec. 704. Report by Director of National Intelligence on fifth-generation wireless network technology. 

Sec. 705. Establishment of 5G prize competition. 

Sec. 706. Establishment of deepfakes prize competition. 

1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

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

6 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

7 3003). 

8 (2) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The term 

9 ‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning given 

10 such term in section 3 of the National Security Act 

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

12 TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE 

13 ACTIVITIES 

14 SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

15 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

16 fiscal year 2020 for the conduct of the intelligence and 

17 intelligence-related activities of the following elements of 

18 the United States Government: 

19 (1) The Office of the Director of National Intel20 ligence. 

21 (2) The Central Intelligence Agency. 


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1 (3) The Department of Defense. 

2 (4) The Defense Intelligence Agency. 

3 (5) The National Security Agency. 

4 (6) The Department of the Army, the Depart5 ment of the Navy, and the Department of the Air 

6 Force. 

7 (7) The Coast Guard. 

8 (8) The Department of State. 

9 (9) The Department of the Treasury. 

10 (10) The Department of Energy. 

11 (11) The Department of Justice. 

12 (12) The Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

13 (13) The Drug Enforcement Administration. 

14 (14) The National Reconnaissance Office. 

15 (15) The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agen16 cy. 

17 (16) The Department of Homeland Security. 

18 SEC. 102. CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AUTHORIZATIONS. 

19 (a) SPECIFICATIONS OF AMOUNTS.—The amounts 

20 authorized to be appropriated under section 101 for the 

21 conduct of the intelligence activities of the elements listed 

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

23 specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations pre24 pared to accompany this Act. 


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1 (b) AVAILABILITY OF CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AU2 THORIZATIONS.— 

3 (1) AVAILABILITY.—The classified Schedule of 

4 Authorizations referred to in subsection (a) shall be 

5 made available to the Committee on Appropriations 

6 of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of 

7 the House of Representatives, and to the President. 

8 (2) DISTRIBUTION BY THE PRESIDENT.—Sub9 ject to paragraph (3), the President shall provide for 

10 suitable distribution of the classified Schedule of Au11 thorizations referred to in subsection (a), or of ap12 propriate portions of such Schedule, within the exec13 utive branch. 

14 (3) LIMITS ON DISCLOSURE.—The President 

15 shall not publicly disclose the classified Schedule of 

16 Authorizations or any portion of such Schedule ex17 cept— 

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

19 Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 

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

21 (B) to the extent necessary to implement 

22 the budget; or 

23 (C) as otherwise required by law. 


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1 SEC. 103. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT AC2 COUNT. 

3 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

4 authorized to be appropriated for the Intelligence Commu5 nity Management Account of the Director of National In6 telligence for fiscal year 2020 the sum of $565,637,000. 

7 (b) CLASSIFIED AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA8 TIONS.—In addition to amounts authorized to be appro9 priated for the Intelligence Community Management Ac10 count by subsection (a), there are authorized to be appro11 priated for the Intelligence Community Management Ac12 count for fiscal year 2020 such additional amounts as are 

13 specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations re14 ferred to in section 102(a). 

15 TITLE II—CENTRAL INTEL16 LIGENCE AGENCY RETIRE17 MENT AND DISABILITY SYS18 TEM 

19 SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

20 There is authorized to be appropriated for the Cen21 tral Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability fund 

22 $514,000,000 for fiscal year 2020. 


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1 TITLE III—GENERAL INTEL2 LIGENCE COMMUNITY MAT3 TERS 

4 SEC. 301. RESTRICTION ON CONDUCT OF INTELLIGENCE 

5 ACTIVITIES. 

6 The authorization of appropriations by this Act shall 

7 not be deemed to constitute authority for the conduct of 

8 any intelligence activity which is not otherwise authorized 

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

10 SEC. 302. INCREASE IN EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND 

11 BENEFITS AUTHORIZED BY LAW. 

12 Appropriations authorized by this Act for salary, pay, 

13 retirement, and other benefits for Federal employees may 

14 be increased by such additional or supplemental amounts 

15 as may be necessary for increases in such compensation 

16 or benefits authorized by law. 

17 SEC. 303. PAID PARENTAL LEAVE. 

18 (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to— 

19 (1) help the intelligence community recruit and 

20 retain a dynamic, multi-talented, and diverse work21 force capable of meeting the security goals of the 

22 United States; and 

23 (2) establish best practices and processes for 

24 other elements of the Federal Government seeking to 

25 pursue similar policies. 


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1 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF PAID PARENTAL LEAVE FOR

2 INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY EMPLOYEES.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the National Se4 curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3071 et seq.) is 

5 amended by inserting after section 304 the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 305. PAID PARENTAL LEAVE. 

8 ‘‘(a) PAID PARENTAL LEAVE.—Notwithstanding any 

9 other provision of law, a civilian employee of an element 

10 of the intelligence community shall have available a total 

11 of 12 administrative workweeks of paid parental leave in 

12 the event of the birth of a son or daughter of the employee, 

13 or placement of a son or daughter with the employee for 

14 adoption or foster care in order to care for such son or 

15 daughter. Such paid parental leave shall be used during 

16 the 12-month period beginning on the date of the birth 

17 or placement. Nothing in this section shall be construed 

18 to modify or otherwise affect the eligibility of an employee 

19 of an element of the intelligence community for benefits 

20 relating to leave under any other provision of law. 

21 ‘‘(b) TREATMENT OF PARENTAL LEAVE REQUEST.— 

22 Notwithstanding any other provision of law— 

23 ‘‘(1) an element of the intelligence community 

24 shall accommodate an employee’s leave request 

25 under subsection (a), including a request to use such 


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1 leave intermittently or to create a reduced work 

2 schedule, to the extent that the requested leave 

3 schedule does not unduly disrupt operations; and 

4 ‘‘(2) to the extent that an employee’s requested 

5 leave described in paragraph (1) arises out of med6 ical necessity related to a serious health condition 

7 connected to the birth of a son or daughter, the em8 ploying element shall handle the scheduling con9 sistent with the treatment of employees who are 

10 using leave under subparagraph (C) or (D) of sec11 tion 6382(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code. 

12 ‘‘(c) RULES RELATING TO PAID LEAVE.—Notwith13 standing any other provision of law— 

14 ‘‘(1) an employee may not be required to first 

15 use all or any portion of any unpaid leave available 

16 to the employee before being allowed to use the paid 

17 parental leave described in subsection (a); and 

18 ‘‘(2) paid parental leave under subsection (a)— 

19 ‘‘(A) shall be payable from any appropria20 tion or fund available for salaries or expenses 

21 for positions within the employing element; 

22 ‘‘(B) may not be considered to be annual 

23 or vacation leave for purposes of section 5551 

24 or 5552 of title 5, United States Code, or for 

25 any other purpose; 


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1 ‘‘(C) if not used by the employee before the 

2 end of the 12-month period described in sub3 section (a) to which the leave relates, may not 

4 be available for any subsequent use and may 

5 not be converted into a cash payment; 

6 ‘‘(D) may be granted only to the extent 

7 that the employee does not receive a total of 

8 more than 12 weeks of paid parental leave in 

9 any 12-month period beginning on the date of 

10 a birth or placement; 

11 ‘‘(E) may not be granted— 

12 ‘‘(i) in excess of a lifetime aggregate 

13 total of 30 administrative workweeks based 

14 on placements of a foster child for any in15 dividual employee; or 

16 ‘‘(ii) in connection with temporary fos17 ter care placements expected to last less 

18 than 1 year; 

19 ‘‘(F) may not be granted for a child being 

20 placed for foster care or adoption if such leave 

21 was previously granted to the same employee 

22 when the same child was placed with the em23 ployee for foster care in the past; 

24 ‘‘(G) shall be used in increments of hours 

25 (or fractions thereof), with 12 administrative 


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1 workweeks equal to 480 hours for employees 

2 with a regular full-time work schedule and con3 verted to a proportional number of hours for 

4 employees with part-time, seasonal, or uncom5 mon tours of duty; and 

6 ‘‘(H) may not be used during off-season 

7 (nonpay status) periods for employees with sea8 sonal work schedules. 

9 ‘‘(d) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Not later than 1 

10 year after the date of the enactment of this section, the 

11 Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the con12 gressional intelligence committees an implementation plan 

13 that includes— 

14 ‘‘(1) processes and procedures for implementing 

15 the paid parental leave policies under subsections (a) 

16 through (c); 

17 ‘‘(2) an explanation of how the implementation 

18 of subsections (a) through (c) will be reconciled with 

19 policies of other elements of the Federal Govern20 ment, including the impact on elements funded by 

21 the National Intelligence Program that are housed 

22 within agencies outside the intelligence community; 

23 and 


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1 ‘‘(3) all costs or operational expenses associated 

2 with the implementation of subsections (a) through 

3 (c). 

4 ‘‘(e) DIRECTIVE.—Not later than 180 days after the 

5 Director of National Intelligence submits the implementa6 tion plan under subsection (d), the Director of National 

7 Intelligence shall issue a written directive to implement 

8 this section, which directive shall take effect on the date 

9 of issuance. 

10 ‘‘(f) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Director of National In11 telligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence 

12 committees an annual report that— 

13 ‘‘(1) details the number of employees of each 

14 element of the intelligence community who applied 

15 for and took paid parental leave under subsection 

16 (a) during the year covered by the report; 

17 ‘‘(2) details the number of— 

18 ‘‘(A) employees of each element of the in19 telligence community stationed abroad who ap20 plied for and took paid parental leave under 

21 subsection (a) during the year covered by the 

22 report; and 

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1 tion was not granted because of an undue im2 pact on operations as specified in subsection 

3 (b)(1); and 

4 ‘‘(3) includes updates on major implementation 

5 challenges or costs associated with paid parental 

6 leave. 

7 ‘‘(g) DEFINITION OF SON OR DAUGHTER.—For pur8 poses of this section, the term ‘son or daughter’ has the 

9 meaning given the term in section 6381 of title 5, United 

10 States Code.’’. 

11 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con12 tents in the matter preceding section 2 of the Na13 tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3002) is 

14 amended by inserting after the item relating to sec15 tion 304 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 305. Paid parental leave.’’. 

16 (c) APPLICABILITY.—Section 305 of the National Se17 curity Act of 1947, as added by subsection (b), shall apply 

18 with respect to leave taken in connection with the birth 

19 or placement of a son or daughter that occurs on or after 

20 the date on which the Director of National Intelligence 

21 issues the written directive under subsection (e) of such 

22 section 305. 


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1 SEC. 304. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY PUBLIC-PRIVATE 

2 TALENT EXCHANGE. 

3 (a) POLICIES, PROCESSES, AND PROCEDURES RE4 QUIRED.—Not later than 270 days after the date of the 

5 enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel6 ligence shall develop policies, processes, and procedures to 

7 facilitate the rotation of personnel of the intelligence com8 munity to the private sector, and personnel from the pri9 vate sector to the intelligence community. 

10 (b) DETAIL AUTHORITY.—Under policies developed 

11 by the Director pursuant to subsection (a), pursuant to 

12 a written agreement with a private-sector organization, 

13 and with the consent of the employee, a head of an ele14 ment of the intelligence community may arrange for the 

15 temporary detail of an employee of such element to such 

16 private-sector organization, or from such private-sector or17 ganization to such element under this section. 

18 (c) AGREEMENTS.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—A head of an element of the 

20 intelligence community exercising the authority of 

21 the head under subsection (a) shall provide for a 

22 written agreement among the element of the intel23 ligence community, the private-sector organization, 

24 and the employee concerned regarding the terms and 

25 conditions of the employee’s detail under this sec26 tion. The agreement— 


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1 (A) shall require that the employee of the 

2 element, upon completion of the detail, serve in 

3 the element, or elsewhere in the civil service if 

4 approved by the head of the element, for a pe5 riod that is at least equal to the length of the 

6 detail; 

7 (B) shall provide that if the employee of 

8 the element fails to carry out the agreement, 

9 such employee shall be liable to the United 

10 States for payment of all non-salary and benefit 

11 expenses of the detail, unless that failure was 

12 for good and sufficient reason, as determined 

13 by the head of the element; 

14 (C) shall contain language informing such 

15 employee of the prohibition on sharing, using, 

16 or otherwise improperly handling classified of 

17 unclassified non-public information for the ben18 efit or advantage of the private-sector organiza19 tion; 

20 (D) shall contain language governing the 

21 handling of classified information by such em22 ployee during the detail; and 

23 (E) shall contain language requiring the 

24 employee to acknowledge the obligations of the 


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1 employee under section 1905 of title 18, United 

2 States Code. 

3 (2) AMOUNT OF LIABILITY.—An amount for 

4 which an employee is liable under paragraph (1) 

5 shall be treated as a debt due the United States. 

6 (3) WAIVER.—The head of an element of the 

7 intelligence community may waive, in whole or in 

8 part, collection of a debt described in paragraph (2) 

9 based on a determination that the collection would 

10 be against equity and good conscience and not in the 

11 best interests of the United States, after taking into 

12 account any indication of fraud, misrepresentation, 

13 fault, or lack of good faith on the part of the em14 ployee. 

15 (d) TERMINATION.—A detail under this section may, 

16 at any time and for any reason, be terminated by the head 

17 of the element of the intelligence community concerned or 

18 the private-sector organization concerned. 

19 (e) DURATION.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—A detail under this section 

21 shall be for a period of not less than 3 months and 

22 not more than 2 years, renewable up to a total of 

23 3 years. 

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1 not more than 3 years, if the head of the element 

2 making the detail determines that such detail is nec3 essary to meet critical mission or program require4 ments. 

5 (3) LIMITATION.—No employee of an element 

6 of the intelligence community may be detailed under 

7 this section for more than a total of 5 years, inclu8 sive of all such details. 

9 (f) STATUS OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES DETAILED TO

10 PRIVATE-SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—An employee of an element 

12 of the intelligence community who is detailed to a 

13 private-sector organization under this section shall 

14 be considered, during the period of detail, to be on 

15 a regular work assignment in the element. The writ16 ten agreement established under subsection (c)(1) 

17 shall address the specific terms and conditions re18 lated to the employee’s continued status as a Fed19 eral employee. 

20 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—In establishing a tem21 porary detail of an employee of an element of the in22 telligence community to a private-sector organiza23 tion, the head of the element shall— 

24 (A) certify that the temporary detail of 

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1 ative impact on mission attainment or organiza2 tional capabilities associated with the detail; 

3 and 

4 (B) in the case of an element of the intel5 ligence community in the Department of De6 fense, ensure that the normal duties and func7 tions of such employees are not, as a result of 

8 and during the course of such temporary detail, 

9 performed or augmented by contractor per10 sonnel in violation of the provisions of section 

11 2461 of title 10, United States Code. 

12 (g) TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR PRIVATE-SECTOR

13 EMPLOYEES.—An employee of a private-sector organiza14 tion who is detailed to an element of the intelligence com15 munity under this section— 

16 (1) shall continue to receive pay and benefits 

17 from the private-sector organization from which such 

18 employee is detailed and shall not receive pay or 

19 benefits from the element, except as provided in 

20 paragraph (2); 

21 (2) is deemed to be an employee of the element 

22 for the purposes of— 

23 (A) chapters 73 and 81 of title 5, United 

24 States Code; 


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1 (B) sections 201, 203, 205, 207, 208, 209, 

2 603, 606, 607, 643, 654, 1905, and 1913 of 

3 title 18, United States Code; 

4 (C) sections 1343, 1344, and 1349(b) of 

5 title 31, United States Code; 

6 (D) chapter 171 of title 28, United States 

7 Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Federal Tort 

8 Claims Act’’), and any other Federal tort liabil9 ity statute; 

10 (E) the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 

11 (5 U.S.C. App.); and 

12 (F) chapter 21 of title 41, United States 

13 Code; 

14 (3) may perform work that is considered inher15 ently governmental in nature only when requested in 

16 writing by the head of the element; 

17 (4) may not be used to circumvent any limita18 tion or restriction on the size of the workforce of the 

19 element; 

20 (5) shall be subject to the same requirements 

21 applicable to an employee performing the same func22 tions and duties proposed for performance by the 

23 private sector employee; and 

24 (6) in the case of an element of the intelligence 

25 community in the Department of Defense, may not 


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1 be used to circumvent the provisions of section 2461 

2 of title 10, United States Code. 

3 (h) PROHIBITION AGAINST CHARGING CERTAIN

4 COSTS TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.—A private-sec5 tor organization may not charge an element of the intel6 ligence community or any other agency of the Federal 

7 Government, as direct costs under a Federal contract, the 

8 costs of pay or benefits paid by the organization to an 

9 employee detailed to an element of the intelligence commu10 nity under this section for the period of the detail and 

11 any subsequent renewal periods. 

12 (i) ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.—In 

13 carrying out this section, the Director, pursuant to proce14 dures developed under subsection (a)— 

15 (1) shall, to the degree practicable, ensure that 

16 small business concerns are represented with respect 

17 to details authorized by this section; 

18 (2) may, notwithstanding any other provision of 

19 law, establish criteria for elements of the intelligence 

20 community to use appropriated funds to reimburse 

21 small business concerns for the salaries and benefits 

22 of its employees during the periods when the small 

23 business concern agrees to detail its employees to 

24 the intelligence community under this section; 


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1 (3) shall take into consideration the question of 

2 how details under this section might best be used to 

3 help meet the needs of the intelligence community, 

4 including with respect to the training of employees; 

5 (4) shall take into consideration areas of pri6 vate-sector expertise that are critical to the intel7 ligence community; and 

8 (5) shall establish oversight mechanisms to de9 termine whether the public-private exchange author10 ized by this section improves the efficiency and effec11 tiveness of the intelligence community. 

12 (j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

13 (1) DETAIL.—The term ‘‘detail’’ means, as ap14 propriate in the context in which such term is 

15 used— 

16 (A) the assignment or loan of an employee 

17 of an element of the intelligence community to 

18 a private-sector organization without a change 

19 of position from the intelligence community ele20 ment that employs the individual; or 

21 (B) the assignment or loan of an employee 

22 of a private-sector organization to an element of 

23 the intelligence community without a change of 

24 position from the private-sector organization 

25 that employs the individual. 


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1 (2) PRIVATE-SECTOR ORGANIZATION.—The 

2 term ‘‘private-sector organization’’ means— 

3 (A) a for-profit organization; or 

4 (B) a not-for-profit organization. 

5 (3) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN.—The term 

6 ‘‘small business concern’’ has the meaning given 

7 such term in section 3703(e)(2) of title 5, United 

8 States Code. 

9 SEC. 305. ASSESSMENT OF CONTRACTING PRACTICES TO 

10 IDENTIFY CERTAIN SECURITY AND COUNTER11 INTELLIGENCE CONCERNS. 

12 (a) ASSESSMENT.— 

13 (1) CONTRACTING PRACTICES.—The Director of 

14 National Intelligence shall conduct an assessment of 

15 the authorities, policies, processes, and standards 

16 used by the elements of the intelligence community 

17 to ensure that the elements appropriately weigh se18 curity and counterintelligence risks in awarding a 

19 contract to a contractor that— 

20 (A) carries out any joint research and de21 velopment activities with a covered foreign 

22 country; or 

23 (B) performs any contract or other agree24 ment entered into with a covered foreign coun25 try. 


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1 (2) ELEMENTS.—The assessment under para2 graph (1) shall include the following: 

3 (A) An assessment of whether the authori4 ties, policies, processes, and standards specified 

5 in paragraph (1) sufficiently identify security 

6 and counterintelligence concerns. 

7 (B) Identification of any authority gaps in 

8 such authorities, policies, processes, and stand9 ards that prevent the intelligence community 

10 from considering the activities specified in sub11 paragraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) when 

12 evaluating offers for a contract. 

13 (3) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out para14 graph (1), the Director shall consult with each head 

15 of an element of the intelligence community. 

16 (b) REPORT.— 

17 (1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days 

18 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Di19 rector shall submit to the congressional intelligence 

20 committees a report on the assessment under sub21 section (a)(1). 

22 (2) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under 

23 paragraph (1) shall include the following: 

24 (A) The assessment under subsection 

25 (a)(1). 


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1 (B) An identification of any known con2 tractors that have— 

3 (i) carried out activities specified in 

4 subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection 

5 (a)(1); and 

6 (ii) submitted an offer for a contract 

7 with an element of the intelligence commu8 nity. 

9 (C) A description of the steps that the Di10 rector and the heads of the elements of the in11 telligence community took to identify contrac12 tors under subparagraph (B). 

13 (3) FORM.—The report under paragraph (1) 

14 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in15 clude a classified annex. 

16 (c) COVERED FOREIGN COUNTRY DEFINED.—In this 

17 section, the term ‘‘covered foreign country’’ means the 

18 government, or any entity affiliated with the military or 

19 intelligence services of, the following foreign countries: 

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

21 (2) The Russian Federation. 

22 (3) The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. 

23 (4) The Islamic Republic of Iran. 


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1 TITLE IV—MATTERS RELATING 

2 TO ELEMENTS OF THE INTEL3 LIGENCE COMMUNITY 

4 SEC. 401. ESTABLISHMENT OF CLIMATE SECURITY INTEL5 LIGENCE CENTER. 

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

7 (1) The evidence for human-induced climate 

8 change is clear and undeniable. 

9 (2) According to the 2019 Worldwide Threat 

10 Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community, cli11 mate change will fuel competition for resources and 

12 cause economic distress and social discontent 

13 through 2019 and beyond. 

14 (3) In 2016, the National Intelligence Council 

15 found that ‘‘climate change and its resulting effects 

16 are likely to pose wide-ranging national security 

17 challenges for the United States and other countries 

18 over the next 20 years.’’. 

19 (4) The impacts of climate change— 

20 (A) threaten the national security infra21 structure of the United States both domestically 

22 and abroad; 

23 (B) negatively impact the readiness and 

24 operations of the Armed Forces; and 


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1 (C) contribute to the conditions that lead 

2 to subnational, national, regional, and global in3 stability. 

4 (5) The intelligence community has previously 

5 analyzed, studied, and engaged in public-private 

6 partnerships to improve understanding about the ef7 fects of climate change on national security, how8 ever, such efforts were undertaken in a sporadic 

9 manner because of inconsistent commitments to im10 proving understanding of those effects. 

11 (6) The United States needs to be fully pre12 pared to respond to the threats to, and harmful im13 pacts on, national security from climate change, but 

14 is not fully prepared at the present time. 

15 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the National Secu17 rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021 et seq.) is amend18 ed by adding at the end the following new section: 

19 ‘‘SEC. 119C. CLIMATE SECURITY INTELLIGENCE CENTER. 

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

21 the Director of National Intelligence a Climate Security 

22 Intelligence Center. 

23 ‘‘(b) DIRECTOR OF CLIMATE SECURITY INTEL24 LIGENCE CENTER.—There is a Director of the Climate 

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1 Climate Security Intelligence Center, and who shall be ap2 pointed by the Director of National Intelligence. 

3 ‘‘(c) DUTIES OF CENTER.—The duties of the Climate 

4 Security Intelligence Center shall be as follows: 

5 ‘‘(1) To serve as the primary organization with6 in the intelligence community for— 

7 ‘‘(A) analyzing climate security; 

8 ‘‘(B) assessing the global influence and 

9 leadership of the United States with respect to 

10 climate policies of other countries, international 

11 organizations, and transnational groups; and 

12 ‘‘(C) identifying and disseminating infor13 mation regarding climate intelligence indica14 tions and warnings. 

15 ‘‘(2) To assess and determine best practices 

16 with respect to the analysis of climate security, in17 cluding identifying publicly available information 

18 and intelligence acquired through clandestine means 

19 that enable such analysis. 

20 ‘‘(3) To assess and identify best practices with 

21 respect to prior efforts of the intelligence community 

22 to analyze climate security, including— 

23 ‘‘(A) the Measurements of Earth Data for 

24 Environmental Analysis program of the Central 

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1 ‘‘(B) the Center on Climate Change and 

2 National Security of the Central Intelligence 

3 Agency; and 

4 ‘‘(C) climate security-related activities of 

5 the Director of National Intelligence. 

6 ‘‘(4) To use the best practices identified under 

7 paragraphs (2) and (3) to inform the work of the 

8 Climate Security Intelligence Center. 

9 ‘‘(5) To consult, as appropriate, with other ele10 ments of the intelligence community and elements of 

11 the Federal Government that are not elements of the 

12 intelligence community to avoid duplication of exist13 ing efforts. 

14 ‘‘(6) To perform such other duties as the Direc15 tor of National Intelligence shall specify. 

16 ‘‘(d) SEPARATE BUDGET ACCOUNT.—The Director 

17 of National Intelligence shall include in the National Intel18 ligence Program budget a separate line item for the Cli19 mate Security Intelligence Center. 

20 ‘‘(e) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the 

21 date of the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization 

22 Act for Fiscal Year 2020, and biennially thereafter, the 

23 Director of the Climate Security Intelligence Center shall 

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1 tivities conducted by the Center for the period covered by 

2 the report. 

3 ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 ‘‘(1) CLIMATE SECURITY.—The term ‘climate 

5 security’ means the effects of climate change on the 

6 following: 

7 ‘‘(A) The national security of the United 

8 States, including national security infrastruc9 ture. 

10 ‘‘(B) Subnational, national, and regional 

11 political stability. 

12 ‘‘(C) The security of allies and partners of 

13 the United States. 

14 ‘‘(D) Ongoing or potential political vio15 lence, including unrest, rioting, guerrilla war16 fare, insurgency, terrorism, rebellion, revolution, 

17 civil war, and interstate war. 

18 ‘‘(2) CLIMATE INTELLIGENCE INDICATIONS AND

19 WARNINGS.—The term ‘climate intelligence indica20 tions and warnings’ means developments relating to 

21 climate security with the potential to— 

22 ‘‘(A) imminently and substantially alter 

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1 ‘‘(B) imminently and substantially threat2 en— 

3 ‘‘(i) the national security of the 

4 United States; 

5 ‘‘(ii) the military, political, or eco6 nomic interests of allies and partners of 

7 the United States; or 

8 ‘‘(iii) citizens of the United States 

9 abroad. 

10 ‘‘(3) CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.—The term 

11 ‘critical infrastructure’ has the meaning given that 

12 term in subsection (e) of the Critical Infrastructures 

13 Protection Act of 2001 (42 U.S.C. 5195c(e)). 

14 ‘‘(4) NATIONAL SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE.— 

15 The term ‘national security infrastructure’ means 

16 the following: 

17 ‘‘(A) Military installations and other facili18 ties of the Department of Defense. 

19 ‘‘(B) Facilities of the intelligence commu20 nity. 

21 ‘‘(C) Non-Department of Defense or intel22 ligence community facilities that contribute to 

23 or otherwise support operations of the Depart24 ment of Defense or the intelligence community. 

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1 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

2 103(c) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

3 U.S.C. 3025(c)) is amended— 

4 (A) by redesignating paragraph (14) as 

5 paragraph (15); and 

6 (B) by inserting after paragraph (13) the 

7 following new paragraph: 

8 ‘‘(14) The Climate Security Intelligence Cen9 ter.’’. 

10 (3) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con11 tents in the first section of the National Security 

12 Act of 1947 is amended by inserting after the item 

13 relating to section 119B the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 119C. Climate Security Intelligence Center.’’. 

14 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

15 this section shall take effect 180 days after the date of 

16 the enactment of this Act. 

17 SEC. 402. TRANSFER OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE UNIVER18 SITY TO THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF 

19 NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. 

20 (a) TRANSFER.—Not later than 90 days after the 

21 date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the De22 fense Intelligence Agency shall transfer to the Director of 

23 National Intelligence the National Intelligence University, 

24 including the functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities 

25 of the University. 


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1 (b) DEGREE-GRANTING AUTHORITY.— 

2 (1) REGULATIONS.—Under regulations pre3 scribed by the Director of National Intelligence, the 

4 President of the National Intelligence University 

5 may, upon the recommendation of the faculty of the 

6 University, confer appropriate degrees upon grad7 uates who meet the degree requirements. 

8 (2) LIMITATION.—A degree may not be con9 ferred under this section unless— 

10 (A) the appropriate head of a Department 

11 of the Federal Government has recommended 

12 approval of the degree in accordance with any 

13 Federal policy applicable to the granting of aca14 demic degrees by departments and agencies of 

15 the Federal Government; and 

16 (B) the University is accredited by the ap17 propriate civilian academic accrediting agency 

18 or organization to award the degree, as deter19 mined by such appropriate head of a Depart20 ment. 

21 (c) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION REQUIRE22 MENTS.— 

23 (1) NOTIFICATION.—When seeking to establish 

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1 rector shall submit to the congressional intelligence 

2 committees— 

3 (A) a copy of the self-assessment question4 naire required by the Federal policy specified in 

5 subsection (b)(2)(A); and 

6 (B) any subsequent recommendations and 

7 rationale of the appropriate head of a Depart8 ment specified in such subsection regarding es9 tablishing such degree-granting authority. 

10 (2) MODIFICATION.—Upon any modification or 

11 redesignation of existing degree-granting authority, 

12 the Director shall submit to the congressional intel13 ligence committees a report containing the rationale 

14 for the proposed modification or redesignation and 

15 any subsequent recommendation described in para16 graph (1)(B) with respect to the proposed modifica17 tion or redesignation. 

18 (3) ACTIONS ON NONACCREDITATION.—The Di19 rector shall submit to the congressional intelligence 

20 committees a report containing an explanation of 

21 any action by the appropriate academic accrediting 

22 agency or organization not to accredit the University 

23 to award any new or existing degree. 


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1 (d) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Effective 90 days after 

2 the date of the enactment of this Act, section 2161 of title 

3 10, United States Code, is repealed. 

4 TITLE V—MATTERS RELATING 

5 TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES 

6 SEC. 501. ANNUAL REPORTS ON INFLUENCE OPERATIONS 

7 AND CAMPAIGNS IN THE UNITED STATES BY 

8 THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA. 

9 (a) REPORTS.—Title XI of the National Security Act 

10 of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3231 et seq.) is amended by adding 

11 at the end the following new section: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 1105. ANNUAL REPORTS ON INFLUENCE OPERATIONS 

13 AND CAMPAIGNS IN THE UNITED STATES BY 

14 THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA. 

15 ‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—On an annual basis, the Direc16 tor of the National Counterintelligence and Security Cen17 ter shall submit to the congressional intelligence commit18 tees a report on the influence operations and campaigns 

19 in the United States conducted by the Communist Party 

20 of China. 

21 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—Each report under subsection (a) 

22 shall include the following: 

23 ‘‘(1) A description of the organization of the 

24 United Front Work Department of the People’s Re25 public of China, or the successors of the United 


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1 Front Work Department, and the links between the 

2 United Front Work Department and the Central 

3 Committee of the Communist Party of China. 

4 ‘‘(2) An assessment of the degree to which or5 ganizations that are associated with or receive fund6 ing from the United Front Work Department, par7 ticularly such entities operating in the United 

8 States, are formally tasked by the Chinese Com9 munist Party or the Government of China. 

10 ‘‘(3) A description of the efforts by the United 

11 Front Work Department and subsidiary organiza12 tions of the United Front Work Department to tar13 get, coerce, and influence foreign populations, par14 ticularly those of ethnic Chinese descent. 

15 ‘‘(4) An assessment of attempts by the Chinese 

16 Embassy, consulates, and organizations affiliated 

17 with the Chinese Communist Party (including, at a 

18 minimum, the United Front Work Department) to 

19 influence the United States-based Chinese Student 

20 Scholar Associations. 

21 ‘‘(5) A description of the evolution of the role 

22 of the United Front Work Department under the 

23 leadership of the President of China. 

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1 ence the opinions of elected leaders of the United 

2 States, or candidates for elections in the United 

3 States, with respect to issues of importance to the 

4 Chinese Communist Party. 

5 ‘‘(7) A listing of all known organizations affili6 ated with the United Front Work Department that 

7 are operating in the United States as of the date of 

8 the report. 

9 ‘‘(8) With respect to reports submitted after the 

10 first report, an assessment of the change in goals, 

11 tactics, techniques, and procedures of the influence 

12 operations and campaigns conducted by the Chinese 

13 Communist Party. 

14 ‘‘(c) COORDINATION.—In carrying out subsection (a), 

15 the Director shall coordinate with the Director of the Fed16 eral Bureau of Investigation, the Director of the Central 

17 Intelligence Agency, the Director of the National Security 

18 Agency, and any other relevant head of an element of the 

19 intelligence community. 

20 ‘‘(d) FORM.—Each report submitted under sub21 section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 

22 may include a classified annex.’’. 

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

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1 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

2 1105 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 1105. Annual reports on influence operations and campaigns in the 

United States by the Communist Party of China.’’. 

3 (c) INITIAL REPORT.—The Director of the National 

4 Counterintelligence and Security Center shall submit to 

5 the congressional intelligence committees the first report 

6 under section 1106 of the National Security Act of 1947, 

7 as added by subsection (a), by not later than 180 days 

8 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

9 SEC. 502. REPORT ON REPRESSION OF ETHNIC MUSLIM MI10 NORITIES IN THE XINJIANG REGION OF THE 

11 PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 

12 (a) REPORT.—Not later than 150 days after the date 

13 of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National In14 telligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence 

15 committees a report on activity by the People’s Republic 

16 of China to repress ethnic Muslim minorities in the 

17 Xinjiang region of China. 

18 (b) CONTENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 

19 shall include the following: 

20 (1) An assessment of the number of individuals 

21 detained in ‘‘political reeducation camps’’, and the 

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1 ees endure torture, forced renunciation of faith, or 

2 other mistreatment. 

3 (2) A description, as possible, of the geographic 

4 location of such camps. 

5 (3) A description, as possible, of the methods 

6 used by China to ‘‘reeducate’’ detainees and the ele7 ments of China responsible for such ‘‘reeducation’’. 

8 (4) A description of any forced labor in such 

9 camps, and any labor performed in regional factories 

10 for low wages under the threat of being sent back 

11 to ‘‘political reeducation camps’’. 

12 (5) An assessment of the level of access China 

13 grants to foreign persons observing the situation in 

14 Xinjiang and a description of measures used to im15 pede efforts to monitor the conditions in Xinjiang. 

16 (6) An assessment of the surveillance, detection, 

17 and control methods used by China to target ethnic 

18 minorities, including new ‘‘high-tech’’ policing mod19 els and a description of any civil liberties or privacy 

20 protections provided under such models. 

21 (c) COORDINATION.—The Director of National Intel22 ligence shall carry out subsection (a) in coordination with 

23 the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Direc24 tor of the National Security Agency, the Director of the 

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1 any other agency of the Federal Government that the Di2 rector of National Intelligence determines appropriate. 

3 (d) FORM.—The report submitted under subsection 

4 (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in5 clude a classified annex. 

6 SEC. 503. REPORT ON EFFORTS BY PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF 

7 CHINA TO INFLUENCE ELECTION IN TAIWAN. 

8 (a) REPORT.—Consistent with section 3(c) of the 

9 Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96–8; 22 U.S.C. 

10 3302(c)), not later than 45 days after the date of the elec11 tion for the President and Vice President of Taiwan in 

12 2020, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit 

13 to the congressional intelligence committees a report on 

14 any— 

15 (1) influence operations conducted by China to 

16 interfere in or undermine such election; and 

17 (2) efforts by the United States to disrupt such 

18 operations. 

19 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 

20 shall include the following: 

21 (1) A description of any significant efforts by 

22 the intelligence community to coordinate technical 

23 and material support for Taiwan to identify, disrupt, 

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1 (2) A description of any efforts by the United 

2 States Government to build the capacity of Taiwan 

3 to disrupt external efforts that degrade a free and 

4 fair election process. 

5 (3) An assessment of whether and to what ex6 tent China conducted influence operations specified 

7 in subsection (a)(1), and, if such operations oc8 curred— 

9 (A) a comprehensive list of specific govern10 mental and nongovernmental entities of China 

11 that were involved in supporting such oper12 ations and a description of the role of each such 

13 entity; and 

14 (B) an identification of any tactics, tech15 niques, and procedures used in such operations. 

16 (c) FORM.—The report under subsection (a) shall be 

17 submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi18 fied annex. 

19 SEC. 504. ASSESSMENT OF LEGITIMATE AND ILLEGITIMATE 

20 FINANCIAL AND OTHER ASSETS OF VLADIMIR 

21 PUTIN. 

22 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con23 gress that the United States should do more to expose the 

24 corruption of Vladimir Putin, whose ill-gotten wealth is 

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1 and his persistent efforts to undermine the rule of law and 

2 democracy in the Russian Federation. 

3 (b) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 180 days after the 

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

5 Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

6 committees an assessment, based on all sources of intel7 ligence, on the net worth and financial and other assets, 

8 legitimate as well as illegitimate, of Russian President 

9 Vladimir Putin and his family members, including— 

10 (1) the estimated net worth of Vladimir Putin 

11 and his family members; 

12 (2) a description of their legitimately and ille13 gitimately obtained assets, including all real, per14 sonal, and intellectual property, bank or investment 

15 or similar accounts, and any other financial or busi16 ness interests or holdings, including those outside of 

17 Russia; 

18 (3) the details of the legitimately and illegit19 imately obtained assets, including real, personal, and 

20 intellectual property, bank or investment or similar 

21 accounts, and any other financial or business inter22 ests or holdings, including those outside of Russia, 

23 that are owned or controlled by, accessible to, or 

24 otherwise maintained for the benefit of Vladimir 

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1 acquisition, value, and publicly named owner (if 

2 other than Vladimir Putin); 

3 (4) the methods used by Vladimir Putin or oth4 ers acting at his direction, with his knowledge, or for 

5 his benefit, to conceal Putin’s interest in his ac6 counts, holdings, or other assets, including the es7 tablishment of ‘‘front’’ or shell companies and the 

8 use of intermediaries; and 

9 (5) an identification of the most significant sen10 ior Russian political figures, oligarchs, and any other 

11 persons who have engaged in activity intended to 

12 conceal the true financial condition of Vladimir 

13 Putin. 

14 (c) FORM.—The assessment required under sub15 section (b) shall be submitted either— 

16 (1) in unclassified form to the extent consistent 

17 with the protection of intelligence sources and meth18 ods, and may include a classified annex; or 

19 (2) simultaneously as both an unclassified 

20 version and a classified version. 

21 (d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES

22 DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con23 gressional committees’’ means— 

24 (1) the Select Committee on Intelligence, the 

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1 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Com2 mittee on Finance of the Senate; and 

3 (2) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel4 ligence, Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Com5 mittee on Financial Services, and the Committee on 

6 Ways and Means of the House of Representatives. 

7 SEC. 505. ASSESSMENTS OF INTENTIONS OF POLITICAL 

8 LEADERSHIP OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

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

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

11 Intelligence, and the head of any element of the intel12 ligence community that the Director determines appro13 priate, shall submit to the appropriate congressional com14 mittees each of the assessments described in subsection 

15 (b). 

16 (b) ASSESSMENTS DESCRIBED.—The assessments 

17 described in this subsection are assessments based on in18 telligence obtained from all sources that assess the current 

19 intentions of the political leadership of the Russian Fed20 eration with respect to the following: 

21 (1) Potential military action against members 

22 of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). 

23 (2) Potential responses to an enlarged United 

24 States or NATO military presence in eastern Europe 

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1 allies and partners in the region, such as the provi2 sion of additional lethal military equipment to 

3 Ukraine or Georgia. 

4 (3) Potential actions taken for the purpose of 

5 exploiting perceived divisions among the govern6 ments of Russia’s Western adversaries. 

7 (c) FORM.—Each assessment required under sub8 section (a) may be submitted in classified form but shall 

9 also include an unclassified executive summary, consistent 

10 with the protection of intelligence sources and methods. 

11 (d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 

12 In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com13 mittees’’ means— 

14 (1) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel15 ligence, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the 

16 Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep17 resentatives; and 

18 (2) the Select Committee on Intelligence, the 

19 Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee 

20 on Armed Services of the Senate. 

21 SEC. 506. REPORT ON DEATH OF JAMAL KHASHOGGI. 

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

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

24 Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence 

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1 Such report shall include identification of those who car2 ried out, participated in, ordered, or were otherwise 

3 complicit in or responsible for the death of Jamal 

4 Khashoggi, to the extent consistent with the protection of 

5 sources and methods. 

6 (b) FORM.—The report submitted under subsection 

7 (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form. 

8 TITLE VI—FEDERAL EFFORTS 

9 AGAINST DOMESTIC TERRORISM 

10 SEC. 601. DEFINITIONS. 

11 In this title: 

12 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT13 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com14 mittees’’ means— 

15 (A) the Permanent Select Committee on 

16 Intelligence, the Committee on Homeland Secu17 rity, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

18 House of Representatives; and 

19 (B) the Select Committee on Intelligence, 

20 the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov21 ernmental Affairs, and the Committee on the 

22 Judiciary of the Senate. 

23 (2) DOMESTIC TERRORISM.—The term ‘‘domes24 tic terrorism’’ has the meaning given that term in 

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1 (3) HATE CRIME.—The term ‘‘hate crime’’ 

2 means a criminal offense under— 

3 (A) sections 241, 245, 247, and 249 of 

4 title 18, United States Code; and 

5 (B) section 3631 of title 42, United States 

6 Code. 

7 (4) INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM.—The term 

8 ‘‘international terrorism’’ has the meaning given 

9 that term in section 2331 of title 18, United States 

10 Code. 

11 (5) TERMS IN ATTORNEY GENERAL’S GUIDE12 LINES FOR DOMESTIC FBI OPERATIONS.—The terms 

13 ‘‘assessments’’, ‘‘full investigations’’, ‘‘enterprise in14 vestigations’’, ‘‘predicated investigations’’, and ‘‘pre15 liminary investigations’’ have the meanings given 

16 those terms in the most recent, approved version of 

17 the Attorney General’s Guidelines for Domestic FBI 

18 Operations (or successor). 

19 (6) TERMS IN FBI BUDGET MATERIALS.—The 

20 terms ‘‘Consolidated Strategy Guide’’, ‘‘Field Office 

21 Strategic Plan’’, ‘‘Integrated Program Management 

22 Process’’, and ‘‘Threat Review and Prioritization’’ 

23 have the meanings given those terms in the mate24 rials submitted to Congress by the Attorney General 


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1 in support of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 

2 budget for fiscal year 2020. 

3 (7) TERRORISM.—The term ‘‘terrorism’’ in4 cludes domestic terrorism and international ter5 rorism. 

6 (8) TERRORISM INFORMATION.—The term ‘‘ter7 rorism information’’ has the meaning given that 

8 term in section 1016(a) of the Intelligence Reform 

9 and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (6 U.S.C. 

10 485). 

11 (9) TIME UTILIZATION AND RECORDKEEPING

12 DATA.—The term ‘‘time utilization and record13 keeping data’’ means data collected on resource utili14 zation and workload activity of personnel of the Fed15 eral Bureau of Investigation in accordance with Fed16 eral law. 

17 SEC. 602. ANNUAL STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT 

18 OF AND COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON DO19 MESTIC TERRORISM. 

20 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.— 

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

22 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an23 nually thereafter through 2025, the Director of Na24 tional Intelligence, the Director of the Federal Bu25 reau of Investigation, and the Under Secretary of 


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1 Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis 

2 shall jointly submit to the appropriate congressional 

3 committees a report on domestic terrorism con4 taining the following: 

5 (A) Strategic intelligence assessment under 

6 subsection (b). 

7 (B) Discussion of activities under sub8 section (c). 

9 (C) Data on domestic terrorism under sub10 section (d). 

11 (2) RESPONSIBILITIES.— 

12 (A) COORDINATION OF REPORTS AND IN13 TEGRATION OF INFORMATION.—The Director of 

14 National Intelligence, acting through the Direc15 tor of the National Counterterrorism Center, 

16 shall be the lead official for coordinating the 

17 production of and integrating terrorism infor18 mation into— 

19 (i) each report under paragraph (1); 

20 and 

21 (ii) each strategic intelligence assess22 ment under subsection (b). 

23 (B) INFORMATION SHARING.—The Direc24 tor of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and 

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1 Intelligence and Analysis shall provide to the 

2 Director of the National Counterterrorism Cen3 ter all appropriate information requested by the 

4 Director of the National Counterterrorism Cen5 ter to carry out this section. 

6 (b) STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT.—The 

7 Director of National Intelligence, the Director of the Fed8 eral Bureau of Investigation, and the Under Secretary of 

9 Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis shall in10 clude— 

11 (1) in the first report under subsection (a)(1), 

12 a strategic intelligence assessment of domestic ter13 rorism in the United States during fiscal years 

14 2017, 2018, and 2019; and 

15 (2) in each subsequent report under such sub16 section, a strategic intelligence assessment of domes17 tic terrorism in the United States during the prior 

18 fiscal year. 

19 (c) DISCUSSION OF ACTIVITIES.—Each report under 

20 subsection (a)(1) shall discuss and compare the following: 

21 (1) The criteria for opening, managing, and 

22 closing domestic and international terrorism inves23 tigations by the Federal Government. 

24 (2) Standards and procedures for the Federal 

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1 and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Secu2 rity, and the National Counterterrorism Center, with 

3 respect to the review, prioritization, and mitigation 

4 of domestic and international terrorism threats in 

5 the United States. 

6 (3) The planning, development, production, 

7 analysis, and evaluation by the United States Gov8 ernment of intelligence products relating to ter9 rorism, including both raw and finished intelligence. 

10 (4) The sharing of information relating to do11 mestic and international terrorism by and between— 

12 (A) the Federal Government; 

13 (B) State, local, Tribal, territorial, and for14 eign governments; 

15 (C) the appropriate congressional commit16 tees; 

17 (D) nongovernmental organizations; and 

18 (E) the private sector. 

19 (5) The criteria and methodology used by the 

20 Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Office of Intel21 ligence and Analysis of the Department of Home22 land Security, and the National Counterterrorism 

23 Center, to identify or assign terrorism classifications 

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1 (A) a comparison of the criteria and meth2 odology used with respect to domestic terrorism 

3 and international terrorism; 

4 (B) the identification of any changes made 

5 to investigative classifications; and 

6 (C) a discussion of the rationale for any 

7 changes identified under subparagraph (B). 

8 (d) DATA ON DOMESTIC TERRORISM.— 

9 (1) DATA REQUIRED.—The Director of Na10 tional Intelligence, the Director of the Federal Bu11 reau of Investigation, and the Under Secretary of 

12 Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis 

13 shall include in each report under subsection (a)(1) 

14 the following data: 

15 (A) For each completed or attempted inci16 dent of domestic terrorism that has occurred in 

17 the United States during the applicable pe18 riod— 

19 (i) a description of such incident; 

20 (ii) the number and type of completed 

21 and attempted Federal non-violent crimes 

22 committed during such incident; 

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1 cluding an estimate of economic damages 

2 resulting from such crimes; and 

3 (iv) the number and type of completed 

4 and attempted Federal violent crimes com5 mitted during such incident, including the 

6 number of people injured or killed as a re7 sult of such crimes. 

8 (B) For the applicable period— 

9 (i) an identification of each assess10 ment, preliminary investigation, full inves11 tigation, and enterprise investigation with 

12 a nexus to domestic terrorism opened, 

13 pending, or closed by the Federal Bureau 

14 of Investigation; 

15 (ii) the number of assessments or in16 vestigations identified under clause (i) as17 sociated with each domestic terrorism in18 vestigative classification (including subcat19 egories); 

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1 al, territorial, or foreign government of a 

2 hate crime; 

3 (iv) the number of Federal criminal 

4 charges with a nexus to domestic ter5 rorism, including the number of indict6 ments and complaints associated with each 

7 domestic terrorism investigative classifica8 tion (including subcategories), a summary 

9 of the allegations contained in each such 

10 indictment, the disposition of the prosecu11 tion, and, if applicable, the sentence im12 posed as a result of a conviction on such 

13 charges; 

14 (v) referrals of incidents of domestic 

15 terrorism by State, local, Tribal, or terri16 torial governments to departments or agen17 cies of the Federal Government for inves18 tigation or prosecution, including the num19 ber of such referrals associated with each 

20 domestic terrorism investigation classifica21 tion (including any subcategories), and a 

22 summary of each such referral that in23 cludes the rationale for such referral and 

24 the disposition of the applicable Federal in25 vestigation or prosecution; 


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1 (vi) intelligence products produced by 

2 the intelligence community relating to do3 mestic terrorism, including— 

4 (I) the number of such products 

5 associated with each domestic ter6 rorism investigative classification (in7 cluding any subcategories); and 

8 (II) with respect to the Federal 

9 Bureau of Investigation, at a min10 imum, all relevant data available 

11 through the Integrated Program Man12 agement Process; 

13 (vii) with respect to the National 

14 Counterterrorism Center, the number of 

15 staff (expressed in terms of full-time 

16 equivalents and positions) working on mat17 ters relating to domestic terrorism de18 scribed in clauses (i) through (vi); and 

19 (viii) with respect to the Federal Bu20 reau of Investigation— 

21 (I) the number of staff (ex22 pressed in terms of full-time equiva23 lents and positions) working on mat24 ters relating to domestic terrorism de25 scribed in clauses (i) through (vi); and 


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1 (II) a summary of time utiliza2 tion and recordkeeping data for per3 sonnel working on such matters, in4 cluding the number or percentage of 

5 such personnel associated with each 

6 domestic terrorism investigative classi7 fication (including any subcategories) 

8 in the FBI Headquarters Operational 

9 Divisions and Field Divisions. 

10 (2) APPLICABLE PERIOD.—For purposes of this 

11 subsection, the applicable period is the following: 

12 (A) For the first report required under 

13 subsection (a)(1)— 

14 (i) with respect to the data described 

15 in paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection, the 

16 period on or after April 19, 1995; and 

17 (ii) with respect to the data described 

18 in paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection, 

19 each of fiscal years 2017, 2018, and 2019. 

20 (B) For each subsequent report required 

21 under subsection (a)(1), the prior fiscal year. 

22 (e) PROVISION OF OTHER DOCUMENTS AND MATE23 RIALS.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—Together with each report 

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1 telligence, the Director of the Federal Bureau of In2 vestigation, and the Under Secretary of Homeland 

3 Security for Intelligence and Analysis shall also sub4 mit to the appropriate congressional committees the 

5 following documents and materials: 

6 (A) With respect to the Federal Bureau of 

7 Investigation, at a minimum, the most recent, 

8 approved versions of— 

9 (i) the Attorney General’s Guidelines 

10 for Domestic FBI Operations (or any suc11 cessor); 

12 (ii) the FBI Domestic Investigations 

13 and Operations Guide (or any successor); 

14 (iii) the FBI Counterterrorism Policy 

15 Guide (or any successor); 

16 (iv) materials relating to terrorism 

17 within the Threat Review and 

18 Prioritization process for the headquarters 

19 and field divisions of the Federal Bureau 

20 of Investigation; 

21 (v) the Consolidated Strategy Guide 

22 (or any successor); and 

23 (vi) the Field Office Strategic Plans 

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1 (B) With respect to the intelligence com2 munity, each finished intelligence product de3 scribed in subsection (d)(1)(B)(vi). 

4 (2) NONDUPLICATION.—If any documents or 

5 materials required under paragraph (1) have been 

6 previously submitted to the appropriate congres7 sional committees under such paragraph and have 

8 not been modified since such submission, the Direc9 tor of National Intelligence, the Director of the Fed10 eral Bureau of Investigation, and the Under Sec11 retary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and 

12 Analysis may provide a list of such documents or 

13 materials in lieu of making the submission under 

14 paragraph (1) for those documents or materials. 

15 (f) FORMAT.—The information required under sub16 section (d) may be provided in a format that uses the 

17 marking associated with the Central Records System (or 

18 any successor system) of the Federal Bureau of Investiga19 tion. 

20 (g) CLASSIFICATION AND PUBLIC RELEASE.—Each 

21 report under subsection (a) shall be— 

22 (1) unclassified, but may contain a classified 

23 annex; 

24 (2) with respect to the unclassified portion of 

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1 website of the National Counterterrorism Center in 

2 an electronic format that is fully indexed and search3 able; and 

4 (3) with respect to a classified annex, submitted 

5 to the appropriate congressional committees in an 

6 electronic format that is fully indexed and search7 able. 

8 TITLE VII—REPORTS AND 

9 OTHER MATTERS 

10 SEC. 701. INCREASED TRANSPARENCY REGARDING 

11 COUNTERTERRORISM BUDGET OF THE 

12 UNITED STATES. 

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

14 (1) Consistent with section 601(a) of the Imple15 menting Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission 

16 Act of 2007 (50 U.S.C. 3306(a)), the recent practice 

17 of the intelligence community has been to release to 

18 the public— 

19 (A) around the date on which the Presi20 dent submits to Congress a budget for a fiscal 

21 year pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, 

22 United States Code, the ‘‘top-line’’ amount of 

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1 (B) the amount of requested and appro2 priated funds for the National Intelligence Pro3 gram and Military Intelligence Program for cer4 tain prior fiscal years, consistent with the pro5 tection of intelligence sources and methods. 

6 (2) The Directorate of Strategic Operational 

7 Planning of the National Counterterrorism Center is 

8 responsible for producing an annual National 

9 Counterterrorism Budget report, which examines the 

10 alignment of intelligence and other resources in the 

11 applicable fiscal year budget with the counterter12 rorism goals and areas of focus in the National 

13 Strategy for Counterterrorism. 

14 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con15 gress that— 

16 (1) despite the difficulty of compiling and re17 leasing to the public comprehensive information on 

18 the resource commitments of the United States to 

19 counterterrorism activities and programs, including 

20 with respect to such activities and programs of the 

21 intelligence community, the United States Govern22 ment could take additional steps to enhance the un23 derstanding of the public with respect to such re24 source commitments, in a manner consistent with 


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1 the protection of intelligence sources and methods 

2 and other national security interests; and 

3 (2) the United States Government should re4 lease to the public as much information as possible 

5 regarding the funding of counterterrorism activities 

6 and programs, including activities and programs of 

7 the intelligence community, in a manner consistent 

8 with the protection of intelligence sources and meth9 ods and other national security interests. 

10 (c) BRIEFING ON PUBLIC RELEASE OF INFORMA11 TION.— 

12 (1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 days 

13 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not 

14 later than 90 days after the beginning of each fiscal 

15 year thereafter, the President shall ensure that the 

16 congressional intelligence committees receive a brief17 ing from appropriate personnel of the United States 

18 Government on the feasibility of releasing to the 

19 public additional information relating to counterter20 rorism efforts of the intelligence community. 

21 (2) ELEMENTS.—Each briefing required by 

22 paragraph (1) shall include a discussion of the feasi23 bility of— 

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1 et report described in subsection (a)(2) for the 

2 prior fiscal year; and 

3 (B) declassifying other reports, documents, 

4 or activities of the intelligence community relat5 ing to counterterrorism and releasing such in6 formation to the public in a manner consistent 

7 with the protection of intelligence sources and 

8 methods and other national security interests. 

9 (3) RELEASE OF NATIONAL COUNTERTER10 RORISM BUDGET REPORT.—The President may sat11 isfy the requirement under paragraph (2)(A) during 

12 a fiscal year by, not later than 90 days after the be13 ginning of the fiscal year, releasing to the public the 

14 National Counterterrorism Budget report (with any 

15 redactions the Director determines necessary to pro16 tect intelligence sources and methods and other na17 tional security interests) for the prior fiscal year. 

18 SEC. 702. TASK FORCE ON ILLICIT FINANCING OF ESPIO19 NAGE AND FOREIGN INFLUENCE OPER20 ATIONS. 

21 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 30 days after 

22 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of Na23 tional Intelligence shall establish a task force to study and 

24 assess the illicit financing of espionage and foreign influ25 ence operations directed at the United States. 


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1 (b) MEMBERSHIP.—The task force shall be composed 

2 of the following individuals (or designees of the indi3 vidual): 

4 (1) The Director of the Central Intelligence 

5 Agency. 

6 (2) The Director of the Federal Bureau of In7 vestigation. 

8 (3) The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for 

9 Intelligence and Analysis. 

10 (4) The Assistant Secretary of State for Intel11 ligence and Research. 

12 (5) Such other heads of the elements of the in13 telligence community that the Director of National 

14 Intelligence determines appropriate. 

15 (c) CHAIRPERSON; MEETINGS.— 

16 (1) CHAIRPERSON.—The Director of National 

17 Intelligence shall appoint a senior official within the 

18 Office of the Director of National Intelligence to 

19 serve as the chairperson of the task force. 

20 (2) MEETINGS.—The task force shall meet reg21 ularly but not less frequently than on a quarterly 

22 basis. 

23 (d) REPORTS.— 

24 (1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 

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1 force shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

2 committees a report on the illicit financing of espio3 nage and foreign influence operations directed at the 

4 United States. The report shall address the fol5 lowing: 

6 (A) The extent of the collection by the in7 telligence community, from all sources (includ8 ing the governments of foreign countries), of in9 telligence and information relating to illicit fi10 nancing of espionage and foreign influence op11 erations directed at the United States, and any 

12 gaps in such collection. 

13 (B) Any specific legal, regulatory, policy, 

14 or other prohibitions, or financial, human, tech15 nical, or other resource limitations or con16 straints, that have affected the ability of the 

17 Director of National Intelligence or other heads 

18 of relevant elements of the intelligence commu19 nity in collecting or analyzing intelligence or in20 formation relating to illicit financing of espio21 nage and foreign influence operations directed 

22 at the United States. 

23 (C) The methods, as of the date of the re24 port, by which hostile governments of foreign 

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1 groups or persons acting on behalf of or with 

2 the support of such governments or organiza3 tions, seek to disguise or obscure relationships 

4 between such governments, organizations, 

5 groups, or persons and United States persons, 

6 for the purpose of conducting espionage or for7 eign influence operations directed at the United 

8 States, including by exploiting financial laws, 

9 systems, or instruments, of the United States. 

10 (D) The existing practices of the intel11 ligence community for ensuring that intelligence 

12 and information relating to the illicit financing 

13 of espionage and foreign influence operations is 

14 analyzed and shared with other elements of the 

15 intelligence community, and any recommenda16 tions for improving such analysis and sharing. 

17 (2) ANNUAL UPDATE.—Not later than Novem18 ber 1, 2020, and each year thereafter through the 

19 date specified in subsection (e), the task force shall 

20 submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

21 an update on the report under paragraph (1). 

22 (3) FORM.—Each report submitted under this 

23 subsection may be submitted in classified form, but 

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1 (e) TERMINATION.—The task force shall terminate 

2 on January 1, 2025. 

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

6 (1) The congressional intelligence committees. 

7 (2) The Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

8 Committee on Financial Services of the House of 

9 Representatives. 

10 (3) The Committee on Foreign Relations and 

11 the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af12 fairs of the Senate. 

13 SEC. 703. STUDY ON ROLE OF RETIRED AND FORMER PER14 SONNEL OF INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY 

15 WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN FOREIGN INTEL16 LIGENCE OPERATIONS. 

17 (a) STUDY.—The Director of National Intelligence 

18 shall conduct a study on former intelligence personnel pro19 viding covered intelligence assistance. 

20 (b) ELEMENTS.—The study under subsection (a) 

21 shall include the following: 

22 (1) An identification of, and discussion of the 

23 effectiveness of, existing laws, policies, procedures, 

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1 former intelligence personnel from providing covered 

2 intelligence assistance— 

3 (A) without proper authorization; or 

4 (B) in a manner that would violate legal or 

5 policy controls if the personnel performed such 

6 assistance while working for the United States 

7 Government. 

8 (2) Make recommendations for such legislative, 

9 regulatory, policy, or other changes as may be nec10 essary to ensure that the United States consistently 

11 meets the objectives described in paragraph (1). 

12 (c) REPORT AND PLAN.—Not later than 90 days 

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

14 shall submit to the congressional intelligence commit15 tees— 

16 (1) a report on the findings of the Director with 

17 respect to each element of the study under sub18 section (a); and 

19 (2) a plan to implement any recommendations 

20 made by the Director that the Director may imple21 ment without changes to Federal law. 

22 (d) FORM.—The report and plan under subsection (c) 

23 may be submitted in classified form. 

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1 (1) COVERED INTELLIGENCE ASSISTANCE.— 

2 The term ‘‘covered intelligence assistance’’ means 

3 assistance— 

4 (A) provided by former intelligence per5 sonnel directly to, or for the benefit of, the gov6 ernment of a foreign country or indirectly to, or 

7 for the benefit of, such a government through 

8 a company or other entity; and 

9 (B) that relates to intelligence or law en10 forcement activities of a foreign country, includ11 ing with respect to operations that involve 

12 abuses of human rights, violations of the laws 

13 of the United States, or infringements on the 

14 privacy rights of United States persons. 

15 (2) FORMER INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL.—The 

16 term ‘‘former intelligence personnel’’ means retired 

17 or former personnel of the intelligence community, 

18 including civilian employees of elements of the intel19 ligence community, members of the Armed Forces, 

20 and contractors of elements of the intelligence com21 munity. 


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1 SEC. 704. REPORT BY DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTEL2 LIGENCE ON FIFTH-GENERATION WIRELESS 

3 NETWORK TECHNOLOGY. 

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

5 of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National In6 telligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence 

7 committees a report on— 

8 (1) the threat to the national security of the 

9 United States posed by the global and regional adop10 tion of fifth-generation wireless network (in this sec11 tion referred to as ‘‘5G wireless network’’) tech12 nology built by foreign companies; and 

13 (2) possible efforts to mitigate the threat. 

14 (b) CONTENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 

15 shall include— 

16 (1) the timeline and scale of global and regional 

17 adoption of foreign 5G wireless network technology; 

18 (2) the implications of such global and regional 

19 adoption on the cyber and espionage threat to the 

20 United States, the interests of the United States, 

21 and the cyber and collection capabilities of the 

22 United States; and 

23 (3) the effect of possible mitigation efforts, in24 cluding with respect to— 

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1 encryption for data transmitted over 5G wire2 less networks; 

3 (B) a policy of the United States Govern4 ment promoting or funding free, open-source 

5 implementation of 5G wireless network tech6 nology; 

7 (C) subsidies or incentives provided by the 

8 United States Government that could be used 

9 to promote the adoption of secure 5G wireless 

10 network technology developed by companies of 

11 the United States or companies of allies of the 

12 United States; and 

13 (D) a strategy by the United States Gov14 ernment to reduce foreign influence and polit15 ical pressure in international standard-setting 

16 bodies. 

17 (c) FORM.—The report submitted under subsection 

18 (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in19 clude a classified annex. 

20 SEC. 705. ESTABLISHMENT OF 5G PRIZE COMPETITION. 

21 (a) PRIZE COMPETITION.—Pursuant to section 24 of 

22 the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 

23 (15 U.S.C. 3719), the Director of National Intelligence, 

24 acting through the Director of the Intelligence Advanced 

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1 award prizes competitively to stimulate research and de2 velopment relevant to 5G technology. 

3 (b) PRIZE AMOUNT.—In carrying out the program 

4 under subsection (a), the Director may award not more 

5 than a total of $5,000,000 to one or more winners of the 

6 prize competition. 

7 (c) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the program 

8 under subsection (a), the Director may consult with the 

9 heads of relevant departments and agencies of the Federal 

10 Government. 

11 (d) 5G TECHNOLOGY DEFINED.—In this section, the 

12 term ‘‘5G technology’’ means hardware, software, or other 

13 technologies relating to fifth-generation wireless networks. 

14 SEC. 706. ESTABLISHMENT OF DEEPFAKES PRIZE COMPETI15 TION. 

16 (a) PRIZE COMPETITION.—Pursuant to section 24 of 

17 the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 

18 (15 U.S.C. 3719), the Director of National Intelligence, 

19 acting through the Director of the Intelligence Advanced 

20 Research Projects Agency, shall carry out a program to 

21 award prizes competitively to stimulate the research, de22 velopment, or commercialization of technologies to auto23 matically detect machine-manipulated media. 

24 (b) PRIZE AMOUNT.—In carrying out the program 

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1 than a total of $5,000,000 to one or more winners of the 

2 prize competition. 

3 (c) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the program 

4 under subsection (a), the Director may consult with the 

5 heads of relevant departments and agencies of the Federal 

6 Government. 

7 (d) MACHINE-MANIPULATED MEDIA DEFINED.—In 

8 this section, the term ‘‘machine-manipulated media’’ 

9 means video, image, or audio recordings generated or sub10 stantially modified using machine-learning techniques in 

11 order to falsely depict events or to falsely depict the speech 

12 or conduct of an individual. 

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