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Union Calendar No. 113 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3494 

[Report No. 116–151, Part I] 

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 

JULY 11, 2019 

Reported with amendments and referred to the Committee on Ways and 

Means for a period ending not later than July 11, 2019, for consideration 

of such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(t) of rule X 

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

JULY 11, 2019 

The Committee on Ways and Means discharged; committed to the Committee 

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

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 26, 2019] 


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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. 


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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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Damon Paul Nelson and 

5 Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for 

6 Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020’’. 

7 SEC. 2. DIVISIONS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

8 (a) DIVISIONS.—This Act is organized into two divi9 sions as follows: 

10 (1) Division A—Intelligence Authorizations for 

11 Fiscal Year 2020. 

12 (2) Division B—Intelligence Authorizations for 

13 Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019. 

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

15 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Divisions and table of contents. 

Sec. 3. Definitions. 

DIVISION A—INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 

2020 

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. Unfunded requirements of the intelligence community. 


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Sec. 305. Extending the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982. 

Sec. 306. Intelligence community public-private talent exchange. 

Sec. 307. Assessment of contracting practices to identify certain security and 

counterintelligence concerns. 

Sec. 308. Required counterintelligence briefings and notifications. 

TITLE IV—MATTERS RELATING TO ELEMENTS OF THE 

INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY 

Sec. 401. Establishment of Climate Security Advisory Council. 

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. Modification of requirements for submission to Congress of certain reports. 

Sec. 702. Increased transparency regarding counterterrorism budget of the United 

States. 

Sec. 703. Task force on illicit financing of espionage and foreign influence operations. 

Sec. 704. Study on role of retired and former personnel of intelligence community 

with respect to certain foreign intelligence operations. 

Sec. 705. Report by Director of National Intelligence on fifth-generation wireless 

network technology. 

Sec. 706. Establishment of 5G prize competition. 

Sec. 707. Establishment of deepfakes prize competition. 

DIVISION B—INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATIONS FOR FISCAL YEARS 

2018 AND 2019 

TITLE XXI—INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES 

Sec. 2101. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 2102. Classified Schedule of Authorizations. 

Sec. 2103. Intelligence Community Management Account. 


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TITLE XXII—CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND 

DISABILITY SYSTEM 

Sec. 2201. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 2202. Computation of annuities for employees of the Central Intelligence 

Agency. 

TITLE XXIII—GENERAL INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MATTERS 

Sec. 2301. Restriction on conduct of intelligence activities. 

Sec. 2302. Increase in employee compensation and benefits authorized by law. 

Sec. 2303. Modification of special pay authority for science, technology, engineering, or mathematics positions and addition of special pay authority for cyber positions. 

Sec. 2304. Modification of appointment of Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community. 

Sec. 2305. Director of National Intelligence review of placement of positions within the intelligence community on the Executive Schedule. 

Sec. 2306. Supply Chain and Counterintelligence Risk Management Task Force. 

Sec. 2307. Consideration of adversarial telecommunications and cybersecurity infrastructure when sharing intelligence with foreign governments 

and entities. 

Sec. 2308. Cyber protection support for the personnel of the intelligence community in positions highly vulnerable to cyber attack. 

Sec. 2309. Elimination of sunset of authority relating to management of supplychain risk. 

Sec. 2310. Limitations on determinations regarding certain security classifications. 

Sec. 2311. Joint Intelligence Community Council. 

Sec. 2312. Intelligence community information technology environment. 

Sec. 2313. Report on development of secure mobile voice solution for intelligence 

community. 

Sec. 2314. Policy on minimum insider threat standards. 

Sec. 2315. Submission of intelligence community policies. 

Sec. 2316. Expansion of intelligence community recruitment efforts. 

TITLE XXIV—MATTERS RELATING TO ELEMENTS OF THE 

INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY 

Subtitle A—Office of the Director of National Intelligence 

Sec. 2401. Authority for protection of current and former employees of the Office 

of the Director of National Intelligence. 

Sec. 2402. Designation of the program manager-information sharing environment. 

Sec. 2403. Technical modification to the executive schedule. 

Sec. 2404. Chief Financial Officer of the Intelligence Community. 

Sec. 2405. Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community. 

Subtitle B—Central Intelligence Agency 

Sec. 2411. Central Intelligence Agency subsistence for personnel assigned to austere locations. 

Sec. 2412. Special rules for certain monthly workers’ compensation payments and 

other payments for Central Intelligence Agency personnel. 

Sec. 2413. Expansion of security protective service jurisdiction of the Central Intelligence Agency. 


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Sec. 2414. Repeal of foreign language proficiency requirement for certain senior 

level positions in the Central Intelligence Agency. 

Subtitle C—Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence of Department of 

Energy 

Sec. 2421. Consolidation of Department of Energy Offices of Intelligence and 

Counterintelligence. 

Sec. 2422. Establishment of Energy Infrastructure Security Center. 

Sec. 2423. Repeal of Department of Energy Intelligence Executive Committee and 

budget reporting requirement. 

Subtitle D—Other Elements 

Sec. 2431. Plan for designation of counterintelligence component of Defense Security Service as an element of intelligence community. 

Sec. 2432. Notice not required for private entities. 

Sec. 2433. Establishment of advisory board for National Reconnaissance Office. 

Sec. 2434. Collocation of certain Department of Homeland Security personnel at 

field locations. 

TITLE XXV—ELECTION MATTERS 

Sec. 2501. Report on cyber attacks by foreign governments against United States 

election infrastructure. 

Sec. 2502. Review of intelligence community’s posture to collect against and analyze Russian efforts to influence the Presidential election. 

Sec. 2503. Assessment of foreign intelligence threats to Federal elections. 

Sec. 2504. Strategy for countering Russian cyber threats to United States elections. 

Sec. 2505. Assessment of significant Russian influence campaigns directed at foreign elections and referenda. 

Sec. 2506. Information sharing with State election officials. 

Sec. 2507. Notification of significant foreign cyber intrusions and active measures 

campaigns directed at elections for Federal offices. 

Sec. 2508. Designation of counterintelligence officer to lead election security matters. 

TITLE XXVI—SECURITY CLEARANCES 

Sec. 2601. Definitions. 

Sec. 2602. Reports and plans relating to security clearances and background investigations. 

Sec. 2603. Improving the process for security clearances. 

Sec. 2604. Goals for promptness of determinations regarding security clearances. 

Sec. 2605. Security Executive Agent. 

Sec. 2606. Report on unified, simplified, Governmentwide standards for positions 

of trust and security clearances. 

Sec. 2607. Report on clearance in person concept. 

Sec. 2608. Reports on reciprocity for security clearances inside of departments 

and agencies. 

Sec. 2609. Intelligence community reports on security clearances. 

Sec. 2610. Periodic report on positions in the intelligence community that can be 

conducted without access to classified information, networks, or 

facilities. 

Sec. 2611. Information sharing program for positions of trust and security clearances. 


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Sec. 2612. Report on protections for confidentiality of whistleblower-related communications. 

TITLE XXVII—REPORTS AND OTHER MATTERS 

Subtitle A—Matters Relating to Russia and Other Foreign Powers 

Sec. 2701. Limitation relating to establishment or support of cybersecurity unit 

with the Russian Federation. 

Sec. 2702. Report on returning Russian compounds. 

Sec. 2703. Assessment of threat finance relating to Russia. 

Sec. 2704. Notification of an active measures campaign. 

Sec. 2705. Notification of travel by accredited diplomatic and consular personnel 

of the Russian Federation in the United States. 

Sec. 2706. Report on outreach strategy addressing threats from United States adversaries to the United States technology sector. 

Sec. 2707. Report on Iranian support of proxy forces in Syria and Lebanon. 

Sec. 2708. Annual report on Iranian expenditures supporting foreign military 

and terrorist activities. 

Sec. 2709. Expansion of scope of committee to counter active measures and report 

on establishment of Foreign Malign Influence Center. 

Subtitle B—Reports 

Sec. 2711. Technical correction to Inspector General study. 

Sec. 2712. Reports on authorities of the Chief Intelligence Officer of the Department of Homeland Security. 

Sec. 2713. Review of intelligence community whistleblower matters. 

Sec. 2714. Report on role of Director of National Intelligence with respect to certain foreign investments. 

Sec. 2715. Report on surveillance by foreign governments against United States 

telecommunications networks. 

Sec. 2716. Biennial report on foreign investment risks. 

Sec. 2717. Modification of certain reporting requirement on travel of foreign diplomats. 

Sec. 2718. Semiannual reports on investigations of unauthorized disclosures of 

classified information. 

Sec. 2719. Congressional notification of designation of covered intelligence officer 

as persona non grata. 

Sec. 2720. Reports on intelligence community participation in vulnerabilities equities process of Federal Government. 

Sec. 2721. Inspectors General reports on classification. 

Sec. 2722. Reports on global water insecurity and national security implications 

and briefing on emerging infectious disease and pandemics. 

Sec. 2723. Annual report on memoranda of understanding between elements of 

intelligence community and other entities of the United States 

Government regarding significant operational activities or policy. 

Sec. 2724. Study on the feasibility of encrypting unclassified wireline and wireless telephone calls. 

Sec. 2725. Modification of requirement for annual report on hiring and retention 

of minority employees. 

Sec. 2726. Reports on intelligence community loan repayment and related programs. 

Sec. 2727. Repeal of certain reporting requirements. 


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Sec. 2728. Inspector General of the Intelligence Community report on senior executives of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. 

Sec. 2729. Briefing on Federal Bureau of Investigation offering permanent residence to sources and cooperators. 

Sec. 2730. Intelligence assessment of North Korea revenue sources. 

Sec. 2731. Report on possible exploitation of virtual currencies by terrorist actors. 

Subtitle C—Other Matters 

Sec. 2741. Public Interest Declassification Board. 

Sec. 2742. Technical and clerical amendments to the National Security Act of 

1947. 

Sec. 2743. Technical amendments related to the Department of Energy. 

Sec. 2744. Sense of Congress on notification of certain disclosures of classified information. 

Sec. 2745. Sense of Congress on consideration of espionage activities when considering whether or not to provide visas to foreign individuals to 

be accredited to a United Nations mission in the United States. 

1 SEC. 3. 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 DIVISION A—INTELLIGENCE AU2 THORIZATIONS FOR FISCAL 

3 YEAR 2020 

4 TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE 

5 ACTIVITIES 

6 SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

7 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis8 cal year 2020 for the conduct of the intelligence and intel9 ligence-related activities of the following elements of the 

10 United States Government: 

11 (1) The Office of the Director of National Intel12 ligence. 

13 (2) The Central Intelligence Agency. 

14 (3) The Department of Defense. 

15 (4) The Defense Intelligence Agency. 

16 (5) The National Security Agency. 

17 (6) The Department of the Army, the Depart18 ment of the Navy, and the Department of the Air 

19 Force. 

20 (7) The Coast Guard. 

21 (8) The Department of State. 

22 (9) The Department of the Treasury. 

23 (10) The Department of Energy. 

24 (11) The Department of Justice. 

25 (12) The Federal Bureau of Investigation. 


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1 (13) The Drug Enforcement Administration. 

2 (14) The National Reconnaissance Office. 

3 (15) The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agen4 cy. 

5 (16) The Department of Homeland Security. 

6 SEC. 102. CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AUTHORIZATIONS. 

7 (a) SPECIFICATIONS OF AMOUNTS.—The amounts au8 thorized to be appropriated under section 101 for the con9 duct of the intelligence activities of the elements listed in 

10 paragraphs (1) through (16) of section 101, are those speci11 fied in the classified Schedule of Authorizations prepared 

12 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 

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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 2020 the sum of $565,637,000. 

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 2020 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 2020. 

9 TITLE III—GENERAL INTEL10 LIGENCE COMMUNITY MAT11 TERS 

12 SEC. 301. RESTRICTION ON CONDUCT OF INTELLIGENCE 

13 ACTIVITIES. 

14 The authorization of appropriations by this Act shall 

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

16 intelligence activity which is not otherwise authorized by 

17 the Constitution or the laws of the United States. 

18 SEC. 302. INCREASE IN EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND 

19 BENEFITS AUTHORIZED BY LAW. 

20 Appropriations authorized by this Act for salary, pay, 

21 retirement, and other benefits for Federal employees may 

22 be increased by such additional or supplemental amounts 

23 as may be necessary for increases in such compensation or 

24 benefits authorized by law. 


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1 SEC. 303. PAID PARENTAL LEAVE. 

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

3 (1) help the intelligence community recruit and 

4 retain a dynamic, multi-talented, and diverse work5 force capable of meeting the security goals of the 

6 United States; and 

7 (2) establish best practices and processes for 

8 other elements of the Federal Government seeking to 

9 pursue similar policies. 

10 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF PAID PARENTAL LEAVE FOR

11 INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY EMPLOYEES.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the National Se13 curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3071 et seq.) is amend14 ed by inserting after section 304 the following: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 305. PAID PARENTAL LEAVE. 

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

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

18 of the intelligence community shall have available a total 

19 of 12 administrative workweeks of paid parental leave in 

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

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

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

23 daughter. Such paid parental leave shall be used during 

24 the 12-month period beginning on the date of the birth or 

25 placement. Nothing in this section shall be construed to 

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1 an element of the intelligence community for benefits relat2 ing to leave under any other provision of law. 

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

4 Notwithstanding any other provision of law— 

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

6 shall accommodate an employee’s leave request under 

7 subsection (a), including a request to use such leave 

8 intermittently or to create a reduced work schedule, to 

9 the extent that the requested leave schedule does not 

10 unduly disrupt operations; and 

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

12 leave described in paragraph (1) arises out of medical 

13 necessity related to a serious health condition con14 nected to the birth of a son or daughter, the employ15 ing element shall handle the scheduling consistent 

16 with the treatment of employees who are using leave 

17 under subparagraph (C) or (D) of section 6382(a)(1) 

18 of title 5, United States Code. 

19 ‘‘(c) RULES RELATING TO PAID LEAVE.—Notwith20 standing any other provision of law— 

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

22 use all or any portion of any unpaid leave available 

23 to the employee before being allowed to use the paid 

24 parental leave described in subsection (a); and 

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1 ‘‘(A) shall be payable from any appropria2 tion or fund available for salaries or expenses for 

3 positions within the employing element; 

4 ‘‘(B) may not be considered to be annual or 

5 vacation leave for purposes of section 5551 or 

6 5552 of title 5, United States Code, or for any 

7 other purpose; 

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

9 end of the 12-month period described in sub10 section (a) to which the leave relates, may not be 

11 available for any subsequent use and may not be 

12 converted into a cash payment; 

13 ‘‘(D) may be granted only to the extent that 

14 the employee does not receive a total of more 

15 than 12 weeks of paid parental leave in any 12- 

16 month period beginning on the date of a birth or 

17 placement; 

18 ‘‘(E) may not be granted— 

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

20 total of 30 administrative workweeks based 

21 on placements of a foster child for any indi22 vidual employee; or 

23 ‘‘(ii) in connection with temporary fos24 ter care placements expected to last less 

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

2 placed for foster care or adoption if such leave 

3 was previously granted to the same employee 

4 when the same child was placed with the em5 ployee for foster care in the past; 

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

7 (or fractions thereof), with 12 administrative 

8 workweeks equal to 480 hours for employees with 

9 a regular full-time work schedule and converted 

10 to a proportional number of hours for employees 

11 with part-time, seasonal, or uncommon tours of 

12 duty; and 

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

14 (nonpay status) periods for employees with sea15 sonal work schedules. 

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

17 after the date of the enactment of this section, the Director 

18 of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional 

19 intelligence committees an implementation plan that in20 cludes— 

21 ‘‘(1) processes and procedures for implementing 

22 the paid parental leave policies under subsections (a) 

23 through (c); 

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

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


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1 policies of other elements of the Federal Government, 

2 including the impact on elements funded by the Na3 tional Intelligence Program that are housed within 

4 agencies outside the intelligence community; and 

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

6 with the implementation of subsections (a) through 

7 (c). 

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

9 Director of National Intelligence submits the implementa10 tion plan under subsection (d), the Director of National In11 telligence shall issue a written directive to implement this 

12 section, which directive shall take effect on the date of 

13 issuance. 

14 ‘‘(f) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Director of National In15 telligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence com16 mittees an annual report that— 

17 ‘‘(1) details the number of employees of each ele18 ment of the intelligence community who applied for 

19 and took paid parental leave under subsection (a) 

20 during the year covered by the report; 

21 ‘‘(2) details the number of— 

22 ‘‘(A) employees of each element of the intel23 ligence community stationed abroad who applied 

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1 section (a) during the year covered by the report; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(B) employees of each element of the intel4 ligence community stationed abroad who applied 

5 for paid parental leave but such application was 

6 not granted because of an undue impact on oper7 ations as specified in subsection (b)(1); and 

8 ‘‘(3) includes updates on major implementation 

9 challenges or costs associated with paid parental 

10 leave. 

11 ‘‘(g) DEFINITION OF SON OR DAUGHTER.—For pur12 poses of this section, the term ‘son or daughter’ has the 

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

14 States Code.’’. 

15 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con16 tents in the matter preceding section 2 of the National 

17 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3002) is amended by 

18 inserting after the item relating to section 304 the fol19 lowing: 

‘‘Sec. 305. Paid parental leave.’’. 

20 (c) APPLICABILITY.—Section 305 of the National Secu21 rity Act of 1947, as added by subsection (b), shall apply 

22 with respect to leave taken in connection with the birth or 

23 placement of a son or daughter that occurs on or after the 

24 date on which the Director of National Intelligence issues 


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1 the written directive under subsection (e) of such section 

2 305. 

3 SEC. 304. UNFUNDED REQUIREMENTS OF THE INTEL4 LIGENCE COMMUNITY. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title V of the National Security 

6 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) is amended by adding 

7 at the end the following new section: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 512. UNFUNDED PRIORITIES OF THE INTELLIGENCE 

9 COMMUNITY. 

10 ‘‘(a) BRIEFINGS.—Upon the request of an appropriate 

11 congressional committee, the Director of National Intel12 ligence shall provide to the committee a briefing on the un13 funded priorities of an element of the intelligence commu14 nity. 

15 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

16 ‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT17 TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional commit18 tees’ means— 

19 ‘‘(A) the congressional intelligence commit20 tees; and 

21 ‘‘(B) the Committees on Appropriations of 

22 the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

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1 gram, activity, or other initiative of an element of the 

2 intelligence community that— 

3 ‘‘(A) was submitted by the head of the ele4 ment to the Director of National Intelligence in 

5 the budget proposal for the element for that fiscal 

6 year, but was not included by the Director in the 

7 consolidated budget proposal submitted to the 

8 President for that fiscal year; or 

9 ‘‘(B) was submitted by the Director in the 

10 consolidated budget proposal submitted to the 

11 President for that fiscal year, but was not in12 cluded in the budget of the President submitted 

13 to Congress for that fiscal year pursuant to sec14 tion 1105 of title 31, United States Code.’’. 

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

16 the first section of such Act is amended by inserting after 

17 the item relating to section 511 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 512. Unfunded priorities of the intelligence community.’’. 

18 SEC. 305. EXTENDING THE INTELLIGENCE IDENTITIES PRO19 TECTION ACT OF 1982. 

20 Section 605(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 

21 (50 U.S.C. 3126(4)) is amended— 

22 (1) in subparagraph (A)— 

23 (A) by striking clause (ii); 

24 (B) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘, and’’ and 

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1 (C) by striking ‘‘agency—’’ and all that fol2 lows through ‘‘whose identity’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘agency whose identity’’; and 

4 (2) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ‘‘resides 

5 and acts outside the United States’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘acts’’. 

7 SEC. 306. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY PUBLIC-PRIVATE 

8 TALENT EXCHANGE. 

9 (a) POLICIES, PROCESSES, AND PROCEDURES RE10 QUIRED.—Not later than 270 days after the date of the en11 actment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence 

12 shall develop policies, processes, and procedures to facilitate 

13 the rotation of personnel of the intelligence community to 

14 the private sector, and personnel from the private sector to 

15 the intelligence community. 

16 (b) DETAIL AUTHORITY.—Under policies developed by 

17 the Director pursuant to subsection (a), pursuant to a writ18 ten agreement with a private-sector organization, and with 

19 the consent of the employee, a head of an element of the 

20 intelligence community may arrange for the temporary de21 tail of an employee of such element to such private-sector 

22 organization, or from such private-sector organization to 

23 such element under this section. 

24 (c) AGREEMENTS.— 


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

2 intelligence community exercising the authority of the 

3 head under subsection (a) shall provide for a written 

4 agreement among the element of the intelligence com5 munity, the private-sector organization, and the em6 ployee concerned regarding the terms and conditions 

7 of the employee’s detail under this section. The agree8 ment— 

9 (A) shall require that the employee of the 

10 element, upon completion of the detail, serve in 

11 the element, or elsewhere in the civil service if 

12 approved by the head of the element, for a period 

13 that is at least equal to the length of the detail; 

14 (B) shall provide that if the employee of the 

15 element fails to carry out the agreement, such 

16 employee shall be liable to the United States for 

17 payment of all non-salary and benefit expenses 

18 of the detail, unless that failure was for good and 

19 sufficient reason, as determined by the head of 

20 the element; 

21 (C) shall contain language informing such 

22 employee of the prohibition on sharing, using, or 

23 otherwise improperly handling classified of un24 classified non-public information for the benefit 

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1 (D) shall contain language governing the 

2 handling of classified information by such em3 ployee during the detail; and 

4 (E) shall contain language requiring the 

5 employee to acknowledge the obligations of the 

6 employee under section 1905 of title 18, United 

7 States Code. 

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

9 which an employee is liable under paragraph (1) 

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

11 (3) WAIVER.—The head of an element of the in12 telligence community may waive, in whole or in part, 

13 collection of a debt described in paragraph (2) based 

14 on a determination that the collection would be 

15 against equity and good conscience and not in the 

16 best interests of the United States, after taking into 

17 account any indication of fraud, misrepresentation, 

18 fault, or lack of good faith on the part of the em19 ployee. 

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

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

22 of the element of the intelligence community concerned or 

23 the private-sector organization concerned. 

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

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

3 not more than 2 years, renewable up to a total of 3 

4 years. 

5 (2) LONGER PERIODS.—A detail under this sec6 tion may be for a period in excess of 2 years, but not 

7 more than 3 years, if the head of the element making 

8 the detail determines that such detail is necessary to 

9 meet critical mission or program requirements. 

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

11 the intelligence community may be detailed under 

12 this section for more than a total of 5 years, inclusive 

13 of all such details. 

14 (f) STATUS OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES DETAILED TO

15 PRIVATE-SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS.— 

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

17 the intelligence community who is detailed to a pri18 vate-sector organization under this section shall be 

19 considered, during the period of detail, to be on a reg20 ular work assignment in the element. The written 

21 agreement established under subsection (c)(1) shall 

22 address the specific terms and conditions related to 

23 the employee’s continued status as a Federal em24 ployee. 


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1 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—In establishing a tem2 porary detail of an employee of an element of the in3 telligence community to a private-sector organization, 

4 the head of the element shall— 

5 (A) certify that the temporary detail of such 

6 employee shall not have an adverse or negative 

7 impact on mission attainment or organizational 

8 capabilities associated with the detail; and 

9 (B) in the case of an element of the intel10 ligence community in the Department of Defense, 

11 ensure that the normal duties and functions of 

12 such employees are not, as a result of and during 

13 the course of such temporary detail, performed or 

14 augmented by contractor personnel in violation 

15 of the provisions of section 2461 of title 10, 

16 United States Code. 

17 (g) TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR PRIVATE-SECTOR

18 EMPLOYEES.—An employee of a private-sector organization 

19 who is detailed to an element of the intelligence community 

20 under this section— 

21 (1) shall continue to receive pay and benefits 

22 from the private-sector organization from which such 

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

2 for the purposes of— 

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

4 States Code; 

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

6 603, 606, 607, 643, 654, 1905, and 1913 of title 

7 18, United States Code; 

8 (C) sections 1343, 1344, and 1349(b) of title 

9 31, United States Code; 

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

11 Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Federal Tort 

12 Claims Act’’) and any other Federal tort liabil13 ity statute; 

14 (E) the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 

15 (5 U.S.C. App.); and 

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

17 Code; 

18 (3) may perform work that is considered inher19 ently governmental in nature only when requested in 

20 writing by the head of the element; 

21 (4) may not be used to circumvent any limita22 tion or restriction on the size of the workforce of the 

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1 tions and duties proposed for performance by the pri2 vate sector employee; and 

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

4 community in the Department of Defense, may not be 

5 used to circumvent the provisions of section 2461 of 

6 title 10, United States Code. 

7 (h) PROHIBITION AGAINST CHARGING CERTAIN COSTS

8 TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.—A private-sector organi9 zation may not charge an element of the intelligence com10 munity or any other agency of the Federal Government, as 

11 direct costs under a Federal contract, the costs of pay or 

12 benefits paid by the organization to an employee detailed 

13 to an element of the intelligence community under this sec14 tion for the period of the detail and any subsequent renewal 

15 periods. 

16 (i) ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.—In car17 rying out this section, the Director, pursuant to procedures 

18 developed under subsection (a)— 

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

20 small business concerns are represented with respect 

21 to details authorized by this section; 

22 (2) may, notwithstanding any other provision of 

23 law, establish criteria for elements of the intelligence 

24 community to use appropriated funds to reimburse 

25 small business concerns for the salaries and benefits 


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1 of its employees during the periods when the small 

2 business concern agrees to detail its employees to the 

3 intelligence community under this section; 

4 (3) shall take into consideration the question of 

5 how details under this section might best be used to 

6 help meet the needs of the intelligence community, in7 cluding with respect to the training of employees; 

8 (4) shall take into consideration areas of private9 sector expertise that are critical to the intelligence 

10 community; and 

11 (5) shall establish oversight mechanisms to deter12 mine whether the public-private exchange authorized 

13 by this section improves the efficiency and effective14 ness of the intelligence community. 

15 (j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

16 (1) DETAIL.—The term ‘‘detail’’ means, as ap17 propriate in the context in which such term is used— 

18 (A) the assignment or loan of an employee 

19 of an element of the intelligence community to a 

20 private-sector organization without a change of 

21 position from the intelligence community element 

22 that employs the individual; or 

23 (B) the assignment or loan of an employee 

24 of a private-sector organization to an element of 

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1 position from the private-sector organization 

2 that employs the individual. 

3 (2) PRIVATE-SECTOR ORGANIZATION.—The term 

4 ‘‘private-sector organization’’ means— 

5 (A) a for-profit organization; or 

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

7 (3) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN.—The term 

8 ‘‘small business concern’’ has the meaning given such 

9 term in section 3703(e)(2) of title 5, United States 

10 Code. 

11 SEC. 307. ASSESSMENT OF CONTRACTING PRACTICES TO 

12 IDENTIFY CERTAIN SECURITY AND COUNTER13 INTELLIGENCE CONCERNS. 

14 (a) ASSESSMENT.— 

15 (1) CONTRACTING PRACTICES.—The Director of 

16 National Intelligence shall conduct an assessment of 

17 the authorities, policies, processes, and standards used 

18 by the elements of the intelligence community to en19 sure that the elements appropriately weigh security 

20 and counterintelligence risks in awarding a contract 

21 to a contractor that— 

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1 (B) performs any contract or other agree2 ment entered into with a covered foreign coun3 try. 

4 (2) ELEMENTS.—The assessment under para5 graph (1) shall include the following: 

6 (A) An assessment of whether the authori7 ties, policies, processes, and standards specified 

8 in paragraph (1) sufficiently identify security 

9 and counterintelligence concerns. 

10 (B) Identification of any authority gaps in 

11 such authorities, policies, processes, and stand12 ards that prevent the intelligence community 

13 from considering the activities specified in sub14 paragraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) when 

15 evaluating offers for a contract. 

16 (3) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out paragraph 

17 (1), the Director shall consult with each head of an 

18 element of the intelligence community. 

19 (b) REPORT.— 

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

21 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Direc22 tor shall submit to the congressional intelligence com23 mittees a report on the assessment under subsection 

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1 (2) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under 

2 paragraph (1) shall include the following: 

3 (A) The assessment under subsection (a)(1). 

4 (B) An identification of any known con5 tractors that have— 

6 (i) carried out activities specified in 

7 subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection 

8 (a)(1); and 

9 (ii) submitted an offer for a contract 

10 with an element of the intelligence commu11 nity. 

12 (C) A description of the steps that the Di13 rector and the heads of the elements of the intel14 ligence community took to identify contractors 

15 under subparagraph (B). 

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

17 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in18 clude a classified annex. 

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

20 section, the term ‘‘covered foreign country’’ means the gov21 ernment, or any entity affiliated with the military or intel22 ligence services of, the following foreign countries: 

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

24 (2) The Russian Federation. 

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1 (4) The Islamic Republic of Iran. 

2 SEC. 308. REQUIRED COUNTERINTELLIGENCE BRIEFINGS 

3 AND NOTIFICATIONS. 

4 (a) FOREIGN COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND CYBERSE5 CURITY THREATS TO FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGNS.— 

6 (1) REPORTS REQUIRED.— 

7 (A) IN GENERAL.—As provided in subpara8 graph (B), for each Federal election, the Director 

9 of National Intelligence, in coordination with the 

10 Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intel11 ligence and Analysis and the Director of the Fed12 eral Bureau of Investigation, shall make publicly 

13 available on an Internet website an advisory re14 port on foreign counterintelligence and cyberse15 curity threats to election campaigns for Federal 

16 offices. Each such report shall include, consistent 

17 with the protection of sources and methods, each 

18 of the following: 

19 (i) A description of foreign counter20 intelligence and cybersecurity threats to 

21 election campaigns for Federal offices. 

22 (ii) A summary of best practices that 

23 election campaigns for Federal offices can 

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1 (iii) An identification of any publicly 

2 available resources, including United States 

3 Government resources, for countering such 

4 threats. 

5 (B) SCHEDULE FOR SUBMITTAL.—A report 

6 under this subsection shall be made available as 

7 follows: 

8 (i) In the case of a report regarding an 

9 election held for the office of Senator or 

10 Member of the House of Representatives 

11 during 2018, not later than the date that is 

12 60 days after the date of the enactment of 

13 this Act. 

14 (ii) In the case of a report regarding 

15 an election for a Federal office during any 

16 subsequent year, not later than the date that 

17 is 1 year before the date of the election. 

18 (C) INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED.—A re19 port under this subsection shall reflect the most 

20 current information available to the Director of 

21 National Intelligence regarding foreign counter22 intelligence and cybersecurity threats. 

23 (2) TREATMENT OF CAMPAIGNS SUBJECT TO

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1 of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis 

2 jointly determine that an election campaign for Fed3 eral office is subject to a heightened foreign counter4 intelligence or cybersecurity threat, the Director and 

5 the Under Secretary, consistent with the protection of 

6 sources and methods, may make available additional 

7 information to the appropriate representatives of such 

8 campaign. 

9 (b) BRIEFINGS ON COUNTERINTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES

10 OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Title V of the National Secu12 rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.), as amended 

13 by section 304, is further amended by adding at the 

14 end the following new section: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 513. BRIEFINGS AND NOTIFICATIONS ON COUNTER16 INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES OF THE FEDERAL 

17 BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION. 

18 ‘‘(a) QUARTERLY BRIEFINGS.—In addition to, and 

19 without any derogation of, the requirement under section 

20 501 to keep the congressional intelligence committees fully 

21 and currently informed of the intelligence and counterintel22 ligence activities of the United States, not less frequently 

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1 tivities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Such brief2 ings shall include, at a minimum, an overview and update 

3 of— 

4 ‘‘(1) the counterintelligence posture of the Bu5 reau; 

6 ‘‘(2) counterintelligence investigations; and 

7 ‘‘(3) any other information relating to the coun8 terintelligence activities of the Bureau that the Direc9 tor determines necessary. 

10 ‘‘(b) NOTIFICATIONS.—In addition to the quarterly 

11 briefings under subsection (a), the Director of the Federal 

12 Bureau of Investigation shall promptly notify the congres13 sional intelligence committees of any counterintelligence in14 vestigation carried out by the Bureau with respect to any 

15 counterintelligence risk or threat that is related to an elec16 tion or campaign for Federal office. 

17 ‘‘(c) GUIDELINES.— 

18 ‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT AND CONSULTATION.—The 

19 Director shall develop guidelines governing the scope 

20 of the briefings provided under subsection (a), the no21 tifications provided under subsection (b), and the in22 formation required by section 308(a)(2) of the Damon 

23 Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence 

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1 2020. The Director shall consult the congressional in2 telligence committees during such development. 

3 ‘‘(2) SUBMISSION.—The Director shall submit to 

4 the congressional intelligence committees— 

5 ‘‘(A) the guidelines under paragraph (1) 

6 upon issuance; and 

7 ‘‘(B) any updates to such guidelines by not 

8 later than 15 days after making such update.’’. 

9 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con10 tents at the beginning of such Act, as amended by sec11 tion 304, is further amended by inserting after the 

12 item relating to section 512 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 513. Briefings and notifications on counterintelligence activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.’’. 

13 TITLE IV—MATTERS RELATING 

14 TO ELEMENTS OF THE INTEL15 LIGENCE COMMUNITY 

16 SEC. 401. ESTABLISHMENT OF CLIMATE SECURITY ADVI17 SORY COUNCIL. 

18 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Title I of the National Security 

19 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021 et seq.) is amended by adding 

20 at the end the following new section: 

21 ‘‘SEC. 120. CLIMATE SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL. 

22 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of National In23 telligence shall establish a Climate Security Advisory Coun24 cil for the purpose of— 


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1 ‘‘(1) assisting intelligence analysts of various ele2 ments of the intelligence community with respect to 

3 analysis of climate security and its impact on the 

4 areas of focus of such analysts; 

5 ‘‘(2) facilitating coordination between the ele6 ments of the intelligence community and elements of 

7 the Federal Government that are not elements of the 

8 intelligence community in collecting data on, and 

9 conducting analysis of, climate change and climate 

10 security; and 

11 ‘‘(3) ensuring that the intelligence community is 

12 adequately prioritizing climate change in carrying 

13 out its activities. 

14 ‘‘(b) COMPOSITION OF COUNCIL.— 

15 ‘‘(1) MEMBERS.—The Council shall be composed 

16 of the following individuals appointed by the Director 

17 of National Intelligence: 

18 ‘‘(A) An appropriate official from the Na19 tional Intelligence Council, who shall chair the 

20 Council. 

21 ‘‘(B) The lead official with respect to cli22 mate and environmental security analysis 

23 from— 

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1 ‘‘(ii) the Bureau of Intelligence and 

2 Research of the Department of State; 

3 ‘‘(iii) the National Geospacial-Intel4 ligence Agency; 

5 ‘‘(iv) the Office of Intelligence and 

6 Counterintelligence of the Department of 

7 Energy; 

8 ‘‘(v) the Office of the Under Secretary 

9 of Defense for Intelligence; and 

10 ‘‘(vi) the Defense Intelligence Agency. 

11 ‘‘(C) Three appropriate officials from ele12 ments of the Federal Government that are not 

13 elements of the intelligence community that are 

14 responsible for— 

15 ‘‘(i) providing decision-makers with a 

16 predictive understanding of the climate; 

17 ‘‘(ii) making observations of our Earth 

18 system that can be used by the public, pol19 icymakers, and to support strategic deci20 sions; or 

21 ‘‘(iii) coordinating Federal research 

22 and investments in understanding the forces 

23 shaping the global environment, both 

24 human and natural, and their impacts on 

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1 ‘‘(D) Any other officials as the Director of 

2 National Intelligence or the chair of the Council 

3 may determine appropriate. 

4 ‘‘(2) RESPONSIBILITIES OF CHAIR.—The chair of 

5 the Council shall have responsibility for— 

6 ‘‘(A) identifying agencies to supply individ7 uals from elements of the Federal Government 

8 that are not elements of the intelligence commu9 nity; 

10 ‘‘(B) securing the permission of the relevant 

11 agency heads for the participation of such indi12 viduals on the Council; and 

13 ‘‘(C) any other duties that the Director of 

14 National Intelligence may direct. 

15 ‘‘(c) DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF COUNCIL.— 

16 The Council shall carry out the following duties and respon17 sibilities: 

18 ‘‘(1) To meet at least quarterly to— 

19 ‘‘(A) exchange appropriate data between ele20 ments of the intelligence community and ele21 ments of the Federal Government that are not 

22 elements of the intelligence community; 

23 ‘‘(B) discuss processes for the routine ex24 change of such data and implementation of such 

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1 ‘‘(C) prepare summaries of the business con2 ducted at each meeting. 

3 ‘‘(2) To assess and determine best practices with 

4 respect to the analysis of climate security, including 

5 identifying publicly available information and intel6 ligence acquired through clandestine means that en7 ables such analysis. 

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

9 respect to prior efforts of the intelligence community 

10 to analyze climate security. 

11 ‘‘(4) To assess and describe best practices for 

12 identifying and disseminating climate security indi13 cators and warnings; 

14 ‘‘(5) To recommend methods of incorporating 

15 analysis of climate security and the best practices 

16 identified under paragraphs (2) through (4) into ex17 isting analytic training programs. 

18 ‘‘(6) To consult, as appropriate, with other ele19 ments of the intelligence community that conduct 

20 analysis of climate change or climate security and 

21 elements of the Federal Government that are not ele22 ments of the intelligence community that conduct 

23 analysis of climate change or climate security, for the 

24 purpose of sharing information about ongoing efforts 

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1 ‘‘(7) To work with elements of the intelligence 

2 community that conduct analysis of climate change 

3 or climate security and elements of the Federal Gov4 ernment that are not elements of the intelligence com5 munity that conduct analysis of climate change or 

6 climate security— 

7 ‘‘(A) to exchange appropriate data between 

8 such elements, establish processes, procedures and 

9 practices for the routine exchange of such data, 

10 discuss the implementation of such processes; and 

11 ‘‘(B) to enable and facilitate the sharing of 

12 findings and analysis between such elements. 

13 ‘‘(8) To assess whether the elements of the intel14 ligence community that conduct analysis of climate 

15 change or climate security may inform the research 

16 direction of academic work and the sponsored work of 

17 the United States Government. 

18 ‘‘(9) At the discretion of the chair of the Council, 

19 to convene conferences of analysts and non-intel20 ligence community personnel working on climate 

21 change or climate security on subjects that the chair 

22 shall direct. 

23 ‘‘(d) SUNSET.—The Council shall terminate on the 

24 date that is 4 years after the date of the enactment of this 

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1 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

2 ‘‘(1) CLIMATE SECURITY.—The term ‘climate se3 curity’ means the effects of climate change on the fol4 lowing: 

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

6 States, including national security infrastruc7 ture. 

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

9 political stability. 

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

11 the United States. 

12 ‘‘(D) Ongoing or potential political vio13 lence, including unrest, rioting, guerrilla war14 fare, insurgency, terrorism, rebellion, revolution, 

15 civil war, and interstate war. 

16 ‘‘(2) CLIMATE INTELLIGENCE INDICATIONS AND

17 WARNINGS.—The term ‘climate intelligence indica18 tions and warnings’ means developments relating to 

19 climate security with the potential to— 

20 ‘‘(A) imminently and substantially alter the 

21 political stability or degree of human security in 

22 a country or region; or 

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1 ‘‘(i) the national security of the United 

2 States; 

3 ‘‘(ii) the military, political, or eco4 nomic interests of allies and partners of the 

5 United States; or 

6 ‘‘(iii) citizens of the United States 

7 abroad.’’. 

8 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 

9 the first section of the National Security Act of 1947 is 

10 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

11 119B the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 120. Climate Security Advisory Council.’’. 

12 (c) INITIAL APPOINTMENTS.—Not later than 90 days 

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

14 National Intelligence shall appoint the members of the 

15 Council under section 120 of the National Security Act of 

16 1947, as added by subsection (a). 

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 date 

21 of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense In22 telligence Agency shall transfer to the Director of National 

23 Intelligence the National Intelligence University, including 

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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 conferred 

9 under this section unless— 

10 (A) the appropriate head of a Department 

11 of the Federal Government has recommended ap12 proval of the degree in accordance with any Fed13 eral policy applicable to the granting of aca14 demic degrees by departments and agencies of the 

15 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 REQUIREMENTS.— 

22 (1) NOTIFICATION.—When seeking to establish 

23 degree-granting authority under this section, the Di24 rector shall submit to the congressional intelligence 

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1 (A) a copy of the self-assessment question2 naire required by the Federal policy specified in 

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

4 (B) any subsequent recommendations and 

5 rationale of the appropriate head of a Depart6 ment specified in such subsection regarding es7 tablishing such degree-granting authority. 

8 (2) MODIFICATION.—Upon any modification or 

9 redesignation of existing degree-granting authority, 

10 the Director shall submit to the congressional intel11 ligence committees a report containing the rationale 

12 for the proposed modification or redesignation and 

13 any subsequent recommendation described in para14 graph (1)(B) with respect to the proposed modifica15 tion or redesignation. 

16 (3) ACTIONS ON NONACCREDITATION.—The Di17 rector shall submit to the congressional intelligence 

18 committees a report containing an explanation of any 

19 action by the appropriate academic accrediting agen20 cy or organization not to accredit the University to 

21 award any new or existing degree. 

22 (d) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Effective 90 days after the 

23 date of the enactment of this Act, section 2161 of title 10, 

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1 at the beginning of chapter 108 of such title is amended 

2 by striking the item relating to such section 2161. 

3 TITLE V—MATTERS RELATING 

4 TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES 

5 SEC. 501. ANNUAL REPORTS ON INFLUENCE OPERATIONS 

6 AND CAMPAIGNS IN THE UNITED STATES BY 

7 THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA. 

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

9 of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3231 et seq.), as amended by section 

10 2718, is further amended by adding at the end the following 

11 new section: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 1106. 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 Center 

17 shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a 

18 report on the influence operations and campaigns in the 

19 United States conducted by the Communist Party of China. 

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

21 shall include the following: 

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

23 United Front Work Department of the People’s Re24 public of China, or the successors of the United Front 

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1 Front Work Department and the Central Committee 

2 of the Communist Party of China. 

3 ‘‘(2) An assessment of the degree to which orga4 nizations that are associated with or receive funding 

5 from the United Front Work Department, particu6 larly such entities operating in the United States, are 

7 formally tasked by the Chinese Communist Party or 

8 the Government of China. 

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

10 Front Work Department and subsidiary organiza11 tions of the United Front Work Department to target, 

12 coerce, and influence foreign populations, particularly 

13 those of ethnic Chinese descent. 

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

15 Embassy, consulates, and organizations affiliated 

16 with the Chinese Communist Party (including, at a 

17 minimum, the United Front Work Department) to in18 fluence the United States-based Chinese Student 

19 Scholar Associations. 

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

21 the United Front Work Department under the leader22 ship of the President of China. 

23 ‘‘(6) An assessment of the activities of the United 

24 Front Work Department designed to influence the 

25 opinions of elected leaders of the United States, or 


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1 candidates for elections in the United States, with re2 spect to issues of importance to the Chinese Com3 munist Party. 

4 ‘‘(7) A listing of all known organizations affili5 ated with the United Front Work Department that 

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

7 the report. 

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

9 first report, an assessment of the change in goals, tac10 tics, techniques, and procedures of the influence oper11 ations and campaigns conducted by the Chinese Com12 munist Party. 

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

14 the Director shall coordinate with the Director of the Fed15 eral Bureau of Investigation, the Director of the Central 

16 Intelligence Agency, the Director of the National Security 

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

18 intelligence community. 

19 ‘‘(d) FORM.—Each report submitted under subsection 

20 (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 

21 a classified annex.’’. 

22 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 

23 the first section of the National Security Act of 1947, as 

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1 after the item relating to section 1105 the following new 

2 item: 

‘‘Sec. 1106. 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 the 

5 congressional intelligence committees the first report under 

6 section 1106 of the National Security Act of 1947, as added 

7 by subsection (a), by not later than 180 days after the date 

8 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 Intel14 ligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence com15 mittees a report on activity by the People’s Republic of 

16 China to repress ethnic Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang 

17 region of China. 

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

19 include the following: 

20 (1) An assessment of the number of individuals 

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

22 conditions in such camps for detainees, in the 

23 Xinjiang region of China, including whether detainees 


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1 endure torture, forced renunciation of faith, or other 

2 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 to 

11 ‘‘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 models 

19 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 Director 

24 of the National Security Agency, the Director of the Na25 tional Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and the head of any 


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1 other agency of the Federal Government that the Director 

2 of National Intelligence determines appropriate. 

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

4 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 

5 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 Tai9 wan Relations Act (Public Law 96–8; 22 U.S.C. 3302(c)), 

10 not later than 45 days after the date of the election for the 

11 President and Vice President of Taiwan in 2020, the Direc12 tor of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional 

13 intelligence committees a report on any— 

14 (1) influence operations conducted by China to 

15 interfere in or undermine such election; and 

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

17 operations. 

18 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) shall 

19 include the following: 

20 (1) A description of any significant efforts by the 

21 intelligence community to coordinate technical and 

22 material support for Taiwan to identify, disrupt, and 

23 combat influence operations specified in subsection 

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

2 States Government to build the capacity of Taiwan to 

3 disrupt external efforts that degrade a free and fair 

4 election process. 

5 (3) An assessment of whether and to what extent 

6 China conducted influence operations specified in sub7 section (a)(1), and, if such operations occurred— 

8 (A) a comprehensive list of specific govern9 mental and nongovernmental entities of China 

10 that were involved in supporting such operations 

11 and a description of the role of each such entity; 

12 and 

13 (B) an identification of any tactics, tech14 niques, and procedures used in such operations. 

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

16 submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 

17 annex. 

18 SEC. 504. ASSESSMENT OF LEGITIMATE AND ILLEGITIMATE 

19 FINANCIAL AND OTHER ASSETS OF VLADIMIR 

20 PUTIN. 

21 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

22 that the United States should do more to expose the corrup23 tion of Vladimir Putin, whose ill-gotten wealth is perhaps 

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1 persistent efforts to undermine the rule of law and democ2 racy 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 illegit13 imately obtained assets, including all real, personal, 

14 and intellectual property, bank or investment or simi15 lar accounts, and any other financial or business in16 terests or holdings, including those outside of Russia; 

17 (3) the details of the legitimately and illegit18 imately obtained assets, including real, personal, and 

19 intellectual property, bank or investment or similar 

20 accounts, and any other financial or business inter21 ests or holdings, including those outside of Russia, 

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1 tion, value, and publicly named owner (if other than 

2 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 accounts, 

6 holdings, or other assets, including the establishment 

7 of ‘‘front’’ or shell companies and the use of inter8 mediaries; 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 con12 ceal the true financial condition of Vladimir Putin. 

13 (c) FORM.—The assessment required under subsection 

14 (b) shall be submitted either— 

15 (1) in unclassified form to the extent consistent 

16 with the protection of intelligence sources and meth17 ods, and may include a classified annex; or 

18 (2) simultaneously as both an unclassified 

19 version and a classified version. 

20 (d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE21 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres22 sional committees’’ means— 

23 (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 Committee 

5 on Financial Services, and the Committee on Ways 

6 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 intelligence 

12 community that the Director determines appropriate, shall 

13 submit to the appropriate congressional committees each of 

14 the assessments described in subsection (b). 

15 (b) ASSESSMENTS DESCRIBED.—The assessments de16 scribed in this subsection are assessments based on intel17 ligence obtained from all sources that assess the current in18 tentions of the political leadership of the Russian Federa19 tion with respect to the following: 

20 (1) Potential military action against members of 

21 the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). 

22 (2) Potential responses to an enlarged United 

23 States or NATO military presence in eastern Europe 

24 or to increased United States military support for al25 lies and partners in the region, such as the provision 


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1 of additional lethal military equipment to Ukraine or 

2 Georgia. 

3 (3) Potential actions taken for the purpose of ex4 ploiting perceived divisions among the governments of 

5 Russia’s Western adversaries. 

6 (c) FORM.—Each assessment required under subsection 

7 (a) may be submitted in classified form but shall also in8 clude an unclassified executive summary, consistent with 

9 the protection of intelligence sources and methods. 

10 (d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—In 

11 this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit12 tees’’ means— 

13 (1) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel14 ligence, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the 

15 Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep16 resentatives; and 

17 (2) the Select Committee on Intelligence, the 

18 Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee 

19 on Armed Services of the Senate. 

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

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

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

23 Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence 

24 committees a report on the death of Jamal Khashoggi. Such 

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1 participated in, ordered, or were otherwise complicit in or 

2 responsible for the death of Jamal Khashoggi, to the extent 

3 consistent with the protection of sources and methods. 

4 (b) FORM.—The report submitted under subsection (a) 

5 shall be submitted in unclassified form. 

6 TITLE VI—FEDERAL EFFORTS 

7 AGAINST DOMESTIC TERRORISM 

8 SEC. 601. DEFINITIONS. 

9 In this title: 

10 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT11 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit12 tees’’ means— 

13 (A) the Permanent Select Committee on In14 telligence, the Committee on Homeland Security, 

15 and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

16 House of Representatives; and 

17 (B) the Select Committee on Intelligence, 

18 the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov19 ernmental Affairs, and the Committee on the Ju20 diciary of the Senate. 

21 (2) DOMESTIC TERRORISM.—The term ‘‘domestic 

22 terrorism’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

23 2331 of title 18, United States Code. 

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

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1 (A) sections 241, 245, 247, and 249 of title 

2 18, United States Code; and 

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

4 Code. 

5 (4) INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM.—The term 

6 ‘‘international terrorism’’ has the meaning given that 

7 term in section 2331 of title 18, United States Code. 

8 (5) TERMS IN ATTORNEY GENERAL’S GUIDELINES

9 FOR DOMESTIC FBI OPERATIONS.—The terms ‘‘assess10 ments’’, ‘‘full investigations’’, ‘‘enterprise investiga11 tions’’,‘‘predicated investigations’’, and ‘‘preliminary 

12 investigations’’ have the meanings given those terms 

13 in the most recent, approved version of the Attorney 

14 General’s Guidelines for Domestic FBI Operations (or 

15 successor). 

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

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

18 Strategic Plan’’, ‘‘Integrated Program Management 

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

20 have the meanings given those terms in the materials 

21 submitted to Congress by the Attorney General in 

22 support of the Federal Bureau of Investigation budget 

23 for fiscal year 2020. 

24 (7) TERRORISM.—The term ‘‘terrorism’’ includes 

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1 (8) TERRORISM INFORMATION.—The term ‘‘ter2 rorism information’’ has the meaning given that term 

3 in section 1016(a) of the Intelligence Reform and Ter4 rorism Prevention Act of 2004 (6 U.S.C. 485). 

5 (9) TIME UTILIZATION AND RECORDKEEPING

6 DATA.—The term ‘‘time utilization and recordkeeping 

7 data’’ means data collected on resource utilization 

8 and workload activity of personnel of the Federal Bu9 reau of Investigation in accordance with Federal law. 

10 SEC. 602. ANNUAL STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT 

11 OF AND COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON DO12 MESTIC TERRORISM. 

13 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.— 

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

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

16 thereafter through 2025, the Director of National In17 telligence, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Inves18 tigation, and the Under Secretary of Homeland Secu19 rity for Intelligence and Analysis shall jointly submit 

20 to the appropriate congressional committees a report 

21 on domestic terrorism containing the following: 

22 (A) Strategic intelligence assessment under 

23 subsection (b). 

24 (B) Discussion of activities under subsection 

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1 (C) Data on domestic terrorism under sub2 section (d). 

3 (2) RESPONSIBILITIES.— 

4 (A) COORDINATION OF REPORTS AND INTE5 GRATION OF INFORMATION.—The Director of Na6 tional Intelligence, acting through the Director of 

7 the National Counterterrorism Center, shall be 

8 the lead official for coordinating the production 

9 of and integrating terrorism information into— 

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

11 and 

12 (ii) each strategic intelligence assess13 ment under subsection (b). 

14 (B) INFORMATION SHARING.—The Director 

15 of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the 

16 Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intel17 ligence and Analysis shall provide to the Direc18 tor of the National Counterterrorism Center all 

19 appropriate information requested by the Direc20 tor of the National Counterterrorism Center to 

21 carry out this section. 

22 (b) STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT.—The Di23 rector of National Intelligence, the Director of the Federal 

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

2 strategic intelligence assessment of domestic terrorism 

3 in the United States during fiscal years 2017, 2018, 

4 and 2019; and 

5 (2) in each subsequent report under such sub6 section, a strategic intelligence assessment of domestic 

7 terrorism in the United States during the prior fiscal 

8 year. 

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

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

11 (1) The criteria for opening, managing, and clos12 ing domestic and international terrorism investiga13 tions by the Federal Government. 

14 (2) Standards and procedures for the Federal 

15 Bureau of Investigation, the Office of Intelligence and 

16 Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security, 

17 and the National Counterterrorism Center, with re18 spect to the review, prioritization, and mitigation of 

19 domestic and international terrorism threats in the 

20 United States. 

21 (3) The planning, development, production, 

22 analysis, and evaluation by the United States Gov23 ernment of intelligence products relating to terrorism, 

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1 (4) The sharing of information relating to do2 mestic and international terrorism by and between— 

3 (A) the Federal Government; 

4 (B) State, local, Tribal, territorial, and for5 eign governments; 

6 (C) the appropriate congressional commit7 tees; 

8 (D) non-governmental organizations; and 

9 (E) the private sector. 

10 (5) The criteria and methodology used by the 

11 Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Office of Intel12 ligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland 

13 Security, and the National Counterterrorism Center, 

14 to identify or assign terrorism classifications to inci15 dents of terrorism or investigations of terrorism, in16 cluding— 

17 (A) a comparison of the criteria and meth18 odology used with respect to domestic terrorism 

19 and international terrorism; 

20 (B) the identification of any changes made 

21 to investigative classifications; and 

22 (C) a discussion of the rationale for any 

23 changes identified under subparagraph (B). 

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1 (1) DATA REQUIRED.—The Director of National 

2 Intelligence, the Director of the Federal Bureau of In3 vestigation, and the Under Secretary of Homeland 

4 Security for Intelligence and Analysis shall include in 

5 each report under subsection (a)(1) the following 

6 data: 

7 (A) For each completed or attempted inci8 dent of domestic terrorism that has occurred in 

9 the United States during the applicable period— 

10 (i) a description of such incident; 

11 (ii) the number and type of completed 

12 and attempted Federal non-violent crimes 

13 committed during such incident; 

14 (iii) the number and type of completed 

15 and attempted Federal and State property 

16 crimes committed during such incident, in17 cluding an estimate of economic damages 

18 resulting from such crimes; and 

19 (iv) the number and type of completed 

20 and attempted Federal violent crimes com21 mitted during such incident, including the 

22 number of people injured or killed as a re23 sult of such crimes. 

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1 (i) an identification of each assess2 ment, preliminary investigation, full inves3 tigation, and enterprise investigation with 

4 a nexus to domestic terrorism opened, pend5 ing, or closed by the Federal Bureau of In6 vestigation; 

7 (ii) the number of assessments or inves8 tigations identified under clause (i) associ9 ated with each domestic terrorism investiga10 tive classification (including subcategories); 

11 (iii) the number and domestic ter12 rorism investigative classification (includ13 ing subcategories) with respect to such in14 vestigations initiated as a result of a refer15 ral or investigation by a State, local, Trib16 al, territorial, or foreign government of a 

17 hate crime; 

18 (iv) the number of Federal criminal 

19 charges with a nexus to domestic terrorism, 

20 including the number of indictments and 

21 complaints associated with each domestic 

22 terrorism investigative classification (in23 cluding subcategories), a summary of the al24 legations contained in each such indictment, 

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1 applicable, the sentence imposed as a result 

2 of a conviction on such charges; 

3 (v) referrals of incidents of domestic 

4 terrorism by State, local, Tribal, or terri5 torial governments to departments or agen6 cies of the Federal Government for inves7 tigation or prosecution, including the num8 ber of such referrals associated with each 

9 domestic terrorism investigation classifica10 tion (including any subcategories), and a 

11 summary of each such referral that includes 

12 the rationale for such referral and the dis13 position of the applicable Federal investiga14 tion or prosecution; 

15 (vi) intelligence products produced by 

16 the intelligence community relating to do17 mestic terrorism, including— 

18 (I) the number of such products 

19 associated with each domestic ter20 rorism investigative classification (in21 cluding any subcategories); and 

22 (II) with respect to the Federal 

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1 through the Integrated Program Man2 agement Process; 

3 (vii) with respect to the National 

4 Counterterrorism Center, the number of 

5 staff (expressed in terms of full-time equiva6 lents and positions) working on matters re7 lating to domestic terrorism described in 

8 clauses (i) through (vi); and 

9 (viii) with respect to the Federal Bu10 reau of Investigation— 

11 (I) the number of staff (expressed 

12 in terms of full-time equivalents and 

13 positions) working on matters relating 

14 to domestic terrorism described in 

15 clauses (i) through (vi); and 

16 (II) a summary of time utiliza17 tion and recordkeeping data for per18 sonnel working on such matters, in19 cluding the number or percentage of 

20 such personnel associated with each do21 mestic terrorism investigative classi22 fication (including any subcategories) 

23 in the FBI Headquarters Operational 

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

2 subsection, the applicable period is the following: 

3 (A) For the first report required under sub4 section (a)(1)— 

5 (i) with respect to the data described 

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

7 period on or after April 19, 1995; and 

8 (ii) with respect to the data described 

9 in paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection, each 

10 of fiscal years 2017, 2018, and 2019. 

11 (B) For each subsequent report required 

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

13 (e) PROVISION OF OTHER DOCUMENTS AND MATE14 RIALS.— 

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

16 under subsection (a)(1), the Director of National In17 telligence, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Inves18 tigation, and the Under Secretary of Homeland Secu19 rity for Intelligence and Analysis shall also submit to 

20 the appropriate congressional committees the fol21 lowing documents and materials: 

22 (A) With respect to the Federal Bureau of 

23 Investigation, at a minimum, the most recent, 

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1 (i) the Attorney General’s Guidelines 

2 for Domestic FBI Operations (or any suc3 cessor); 

4 (ii) the FBI Domestic Investigations 

5 and Operations Guide (or any successor); 

6 (iii) the FBI Counterterrorism Policy 

7 Guide (or any successor); 

8 (iv) materials relating to terrorism 

9 within the Threat Review and 

10 Prioritization process for the headquarters 

11 and field divisions of the Federal Bureau of 

12 Investigation; 

13 (v) the Consolidated Strategy Guide 

14 (or any successor); and 

15 (vi) the Field Office Strategic Plans 

16 (or any successor). 

17 (B) With respect to the intelligence commu18 nity, each finished intelligence product described 

19 in subsection (d)(1)(B)(vi). 

20 (2) NONDUPLICATION.—If any documents or ma21 terials required under paragraph (1) have been pre22 viously submitted to the appropriate congressional 

23 committees under such paragraph and have not been 

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1 of Investigation, and the Under Secretary of Home2 land Security for Intelligence and Analysis may pro3 vide a list of such documents or materials in lieu of 

4 making the submission under paragraph (1) for those 

5 documents or materials. 

6 (f) FORMAT.—The information required under sub7 section (d) may be provided in a format that uses the mark8 ing associated with the Central Records System (or any suc9 cessor system) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

10 (g) CLASSIFICATION AND PUBLIC RELEASE.—Each re11 port under subsection (a) shall be— 

12 (1) unclassified, but may contain a classified 

13 annex; 

14 (2) with respect to the unclassified portion of the 

15 report, made available on the public internet website 

16 of the National Counterterrorism Center in an elec17 tronic format that is fully indexed and searchable; 

18 and 

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

20 to the appropriate congressional committees in an 

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1 TITLE VII—REPORTS AND OTHER 

2 MATTERS 

3 SEC. 701. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBMIS4 SION TO CONGRESS OF CERTAIN REPORTS. 

5 (a) MODIFICATION OF REPORTS RELATING TO GUAN6 TANAMO BAY.— 

7 (1) MODIFICATION.—Section 506I(b) of the Na8 tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3105(b)) is 

9 amended by striking ‘‘once every 6 months’’ and in10 serting ‘‘annually’’. 

11 (2) MODIFICATION.—Section 319(a) of the Sup12 plemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (10 U.S.C. 801 

13 note) is amended by striking ‘‘every 90 days’’ and in14 serting ‘‘annually’’. 

15 (3) REPEAL.—Section 601 of the Intelligence Au16 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (division N of 

17 Public Law 115–31; 131 Stat. 827) is repealed. 

18 (b) MODIFICATION TO REPORTS ON VIOLATIONS OF

19 LAW OR EXECUTIVE ORDER.—Section 511(a) of the Na20 tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3110(a)) is amend21 ed— 

22 (1) by striking ‘‘The Director of National Intel23 ligence’’ and inserting ‘‘The head of each element of 

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1 (2) by striking ‘‘an element’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

2 element’’. 

3 (c) MODIFICATION TO REPORTS ON ANALYTIC INTEG4 RITY.—Subsection (c) of section 1019 of the Intelligence Re5 form and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 

6 3364) is amended— 

7 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘REPORTS’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘BRIEFINGS’’; and 

9 (2) by striking ‘‘submit to the congressional in10 telligence committees, the heads of the relevant ele11 ments of the intelligence community, and the heads of 

12 analytic training departments a report containing’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘provide to the congressional intel14 ligence committees, the heads of the relevant elements 

15 of the intelligence community, and the heads of ana16 lytic training departments a briefing with’’. 

17 (d) REPEAL OF REPORTS RELATING TO INTELLIGENCE

18 FUNCTIONS.—Section 506J of the National Security Act of 

19 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3105a) is repealed and the table of contents 

20 in the first section of such Act is amended by striking the 

21 item relating to section 506J. 

22 (e) REPEAL OF REPORTS RELATING TO CUBA.—Sec23 tion 108 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity 

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1 (f) REPEAL OF REPORTS RELATING TO ENTERTAIN2 MENT INDUSTRY.—Section 308 of the Intelligence Author3 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (50 U.S.C. 3332) is 

4 amended by striking subsection (c). 

5 SEC. 702. INCREASED TRANSPARENCY REGARDING 

6 COUNTERTERRORISM BUDGET OF THE 

7 UNITED STATES. 

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

9 (1) Consistent with section 601(a) of the Imple10 menting Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission 

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

12 of the intelligence community has been to release to 

13 the public— 

14 (A) around the date on which the President 

15 submits to Congress a budget for a fiscal year 

16 pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United 

17 States Code, the ‘‘top-line’’ amount of total fund18 ing requested for the National Intelligence Pro19 gram for such fiscal year; and 

20 (B) the amount of requested and appro21 priated funds for the National Intelligence Pro22 gram and Military Intelligence Program for cer23 tain prior fiscal years, consistent with the pro24 tection of intelligence sources and methods. 


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1 (2) The Directorate of Strategic Operational 

2 Planning of the National Counterterrorism Center is 

3 responsible for producing an annual National 

4 Counterterrorism Budget report, which examines the 

5 alignment of intelligence and other resources in the 

6 applicable fiscal year budget with the counterter7 rorism goals and areas of focus in the National Strat8 egy for Counterterrorism. 

9 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

10 that— 

11 (1) despite the difficulty of compiling and releas12 ing to the public comprehensive information on the 

13 resource commitments of the United States to counter14 terrorism activities and programs, including with re15 spect to such activities and programs of the intel16 ligence community, the United States Government 

17 could take additional steps to enhance the under18 standing of the public with respect to such resource 

19 commitments, in a manner consistent with the protec20 tion of intelligence sources and methods and other na21 tional security interests; and 

22 (2) the United States Government should release 

23 to the public as much information as possible regard24 ing the funding of counterterrorism activities and 

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1 intelligence community, in a manner consistent with 

2 the protection of intelligence sources and methods and 

3 other national security interests. 

4 (c) BRIEFING ON PUBLIC RELEASE OF INFORMA5 TION.— 

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

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

8 later than 90 days after the beginning of each fiscal 

9 year thereafter, the President shall ensure that the 

10 congressional intelligence committees receive a brief11 ing from appropriate personnel of the United States 

12 Government on the feasibility of releasing to the pub13 lic additional information relating to counterter14 rorism efforts of the intelligence community. 

15 (2) ELEMENTS.—Each briefing required by 

16 paragraph (1) shall include a discussion of the feasi17 bility of— 

18 (A) subject to paragraph (3), releasing to 

19 the public the National Counterterrorism Budget 

20 report described in subsection (a)(2) for the prior 

21 fiscal year; and 

22 (B) declassifying other reports, documents, 

23 or activities of the intelligence community relat24 ing to counterterrorism and releasing such infor25 mation to the public in a manner consistent 


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1 with the protection of intelligence sources and 

2 methods and other national security interests. 

3 (3) RELEASE OF NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM

4 BUDGET REPORT.—The President may satisfy the re5 quirement under paragraph (2)(A) during a fiscal 

6 year by, not later than 90 days after the beginning 

7 of the fiscal year, releasing to the public the National 

8 Counterterrorism Budget report (with any redactions 

9 the Director determines necessary to protect intel10 ligence sources and methods and other national secu11 rity interests) for the prior fiscal year. 

12 SEC. 703. TASK FORCE ON ILLICIT FINANCING OF ESPIO13 NAGE AND FOREIGN INFLUENCE OPER14 ATIONS. 

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

16 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of Na17 tional Intelligence shall establish a task force to study and 

18 assess the illicit financing of espionage and foreign influ19 ence operations directed at the United States. 

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

21 of the following individuals (or designees of the individual): 

22 (1) The Director of the Central Intelligence Agen23 cy. 

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1 (3) The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for 

2 Intelligence and Analysis. 

3 (4) The Assistant Secretary of State for Intel4 ligence and Research. 

5 (5) Such other heads of the elements of the intel6 ligence community that the Director of National In7 telligence determines appropriate. 

8 (c) CHAIRPERSON; MEETINGS.— 

9 (1) CHAIRPERSON.—The Director of National 

10 Intelligence shall appoint a senior official within the 

11 Office of the Director of National Intelligence to serve 

12 as the chairperson of the task force. 

13 (2) MEETINGS.—The task force shall meet regu14 larly but not less frequently than on a quarterly 

15 basis. 

16 (d) REPORTS.— 

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

18 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the task 

19 force shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

20 committees a report on the illicit financing of espio21 nage and foreign influence operations directed at the 

22 United States. The report shall address the following: 

23 (A) The extent of the collection by the intel24 ligence community, from all sources (including 

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1 ligence and information relating to illicit financ2 ing of espionage and foreign influence operations 

3 directed at the United States, and any gaps in 

4 such collection. 

5 (B) Any specific legal, regulatory, policy, or 

6 other prohibitions, or financial, human, tech7 nical, or other resource limitations or con8 straints, that have affected the ability of the Di9 rector of National Intelligence or other heads of 

10 relevant elements of the intelligence community 

11 in collecting or analyzing intelligence or infor12 mation relating to illicit financing of espionage 

13 and foreign influence operations directed at the 

14 United States. 

15 (C) The methods, as of the date of the re16 port, by which hostile governments of foreign 

17 countries or foreign organizations, and any 

18 groups or persons acting on behalf of or with the 

19 support of such governments or organizations, 

20 seek to disguise or obscure relationships between 

21 such governments, organizations, groups, or per22 sons and United States persons, for the purpose 

23 of conducting espionage or foreign influence op24 erations directed at the United States, including 


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1 by exploiting financial laws, systems, or instru2 ments, of the United States. 

3 (D) The existing practices of the intelligence 

4 community for ensuring that intelligence and in5 formation relating to the illicit financing of espi6 onage and foreign influence operations is ana7 lyzed and shared with other elements of the intel8 ligence community, and any recommendations 

9 for improving such analysis and sharing. 

10 (2) ANNUAL UPDATE.—Not later than November 

11 1, 2020, and each year thereafter through the date 

12 specified in subsection (e), the task force shall submit 

13 to the appropriate congressional committees an up14 date on the report under paragraph (1). 

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

16 subsection may be submitted in classified form, but if 

17 submitted in such form, shall include an unclassified 

18 summary. 

19 (e) TERMINATION.—The task force shall terminate on 

20 January 1, 2025. 

21 (f) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE22 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres23 sional committees’’ means the following: 

24 (1) The congressional intelligence committees. 


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1 (2) The Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

2 Committee on Financial Services of the House of Rep3 resentatives. 

4 (3) The Committee on Foreign Relations and the 

5 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

6 of the Senate. 

7 SEC. 704. STUDY ON ROLE OF RETIRED AND FORMER PER8 SONNEL OF INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY 

9 WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN FOREIGN INTEL10 LIGENCE OPERATIONS. 

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

12 shall conduct a study on former intelligence personnel pro13 viding covered intelligence assistance. 

14 (b) ELEMENTS.—The study under subsection (a) shall 

15 include the following: 

16 (1) An identification of, and discussion of the ef17 fectiveness of, existing laws, policies, procedures, and 

18 other measures relevant to the ability of elements of 

19 the intelligence community to prevent former intel20 ligence personnel from providing covered intelligence 

21 assistance— 

22 (A) without proper authorization; or 

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

24 policy controls if the personnel performed such 


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1 assistance while working for the United States 

2 Government; and 

3 (2) Make recommendations for such legislative, 

4 regulatory, policy, or other changes as may be nec5 essary to ensure that the United States consistently 

6 meets the objectives described in paragraph (1). 

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

8 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall sub9 mit to the congressional intelligence committees— 

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

11 respect to each element of the study under subsection 

12 (a); and 

13 (2) a plan to implement any recommendations 

14 made by the Director that the Director may imple15 ment without changes to Federal law. 

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

17 may be submitted in classified form. 

18 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

19 (1) COVERED INTELLIGENCE ASSISTANCE.—The 

20 term ‘‘covered intelligence assistance’’ means assist21 ance— 

22 (A) provided by former intelligence per23 sonnel directly to, or for the benefit of, the gov24 ernment of a foreign country or indirectly to, or 


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1 for the benefit of, such a government through a 

2 company or other entity; and 

3 (B) that relates to intelligence or law en4 forcement activities of a foreign country, includ5 ing with respect to operations that involve abuses 

6 of human rights, violations of the laws of the 

7 United States, or infringements on the privacy 

8 rights of United States persons. 

9 (2) FORMER INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL.—The 

10 term ‘‘former intelligence personnel’’ means retired or 

11 former personnel of the intelligence community, in12 cluding civilian employees of elements of the intel13 ligence community, members of the Armed Forces, 

14 and contractors of elements of the intelligence commu15 nity. 

16 SEC. 705. REPORT BY DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTEL17 LIGENCE ON FIFTH-GENERATION WIRELESS 

18 NETWORK TECHNOLOGY. 

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

20 of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel21 ligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence com22 mittees a report on— 

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

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1 tion referred to as ‘‘5G wireless network’’) technology 

2 built by foreign companies; and 

3 (2) possible efforts to mitigate the threat. 

4 (b) CONTENTS.—The report under subsection (a) shall 

5 include— 

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

7 adoption of foreign 5G wireless network technology; 

8 (2) the implications of such global and regional 

9 adoption on the cyber and espionage threat to the 

10 United States, the interests of the United States, and 

11 the cyber and collection capabilities of the United 

12 States; and 

13 (3) the effect of possible mitigation efforts, in14 cluding with respect to— 

15 (A) a policy of the United States Govern16 ment promoting the use of strong, end-to-end 

17 encryption for data transmitted over 5G wireless 

18 networks; 

19 (B) a policy of the United States Govern20 ment promoting or funding free, open-source im21 plementation of 5G wireless network technology; 

22 (C) subsidies or incentives provided by the 

23 United States Government that could be used to 

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1 United States or companies of allies of the 

2 United States; and 

3 (D) a strategy by the United States Govern4 ment to reduce foreign influence and political 

5 pressure in international standard-setting bodies. 

6 (c) FORM.—The report submitted under subsection (a) 

7 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 

8 a classified annex. 

9 SEC. 706. ESTABLISHMENT OF 5G PRIZE COMPETITION. 

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

11 the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 

12 (15 U.S.C. 3719), the Director of National Intelligence, act13 ing through the Director of the Intelligence Advanced Re14 search Projects Agency, shall carry out a program to award 

15 prizes competitively to stimulate research and development 

16 relevant to 5G technology. 

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

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

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

20 prize competition. 

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

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

23 heads of relevant departments and agencies of the Federal 

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

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

3 technologies relating to fifth-generation wireless networks. 

4 SEC. 707. ESTABLISHMENT OF DEEPFAKES PRIZE COMPETI5 TION. 

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

7 the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 

8 (15 U.S.C. 3719), the Director of National Intelligence, act9 ing through the Director of the Intelligence Advanced Re10 search Projects Agency, shall carry out a program to award 

11 prizes competitively to stimulate the research, development, 

12 or commercialization of technologies to automatically detect 

13 machine-manipulated media. 

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

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

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

17 prize competition. 

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

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

20 heads of relevant departments and agencies of the Federal 

21 Government. 

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

23 this section, the term ‘‘machine-manipulated media’’ means 

24 video, image, or audio recordings generated or substantially 

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1 falsely depict events or to falsely depict the speech or con2 duct of an individual. 

3 DIVISION B—INTELLIGENCE AU4 THORIZATIONS FOR FISCAL 

5 YEARS 2018 AND 2019 

6 TITLE XXI—INTELLIGENCE 

7 ACTIVITIES 

8 SEC. 2101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

9 (a) FISCAL YEAR 2019.—Funds are hereby authorized 

10 to be appropriated for fiscal year 2019 for the conduct of 

11 the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the fol12 lowing elements of the United States Government: 

13 (1) The Office of the Director of National Intel14 ligence. 

15 (2) The Central Intelligence Agency. 

16 (3) The Department of Defense. 

17 (4) The Defense Intelligence Agency. 

18 (5) The National Security Agency. 

19 (6) The Department of the Army, the Depart20 ment of the Navy, and the Department of the Air 

21 Force. 

22 (7) The Coast Guard. 

23 (8) The Department of State. 

24 (9) The Department of the Treasury. 

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1 (11) The Department of Justice. 

2 (12) The Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

3 (13) The Drug Enforcement Administration. 

4 (14) The National Reconnaissance Office. 

5 (15) The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agen6 cy. 

7 (16) The Department of Homeland Security. 

8 (b) FISCAL YEAR 2018.—Funds that were appro9 priated for fiscal year 2018 for the conduct of the intel10 ligence and intelligence-related activities of the elements of 

11 the United States set forth in subsection (a) are hereby au12 thorized. 

13 SEC. 2102. CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AUTHORIZATIONS. 

14 (a) SPECIFICATIONS OF AMOUNTS.—The amounts au15 thorized to be appropriated under section 2101 for the con16 duct of the intelligence activities of the elements listed in 

17 paragraphs (1) through (16) of section 2101, are those speci18 fied in the classified Schedule of Authorizations prepared 

19 to accompany this Act. 

20 (b) AVAILABILITY OF CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AU21 THORIZATIONS.— 

22 (1) AVAILABILITY.—The classified Schedule of 

23 Authorizations referred to in subsection (a) shall be 

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1 of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the 

2 House of Representatives, and to the President. 

3 (2) DISTRIBUTION BY THE PRESIDENT.—Subject 

4 to paragraph (3), the President shall provide for suit5 able distribution of the classified Schedule of Author6 izations referred to in subsection (a), or of appro7 priate portions of such Schedule, within the executive 

8 branch. 

9 (3) LIMITS ON DISCLOSURE.—The President 

10 shall not publicly disclose the classified Schedule of 

11 Authorizations or any portion of such Schedule ex12 cept— 

13 (A) as provided in section 601(a) of the Im14 plementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Com15 mission Act of 2007 (50 U.S.C. 3306(a)); 

16 (B) to the extent necessary to implement the 

17 budget; or 

18 (C) as otherwise required by law. 

19 SEC. 2103. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT AC20 COUNT. 

21 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

22 authorized to be appropriated for the Intelligence Commu23 nity Management Account of the Director of National Intel24 ligence for fiscal year 2019 the sum of $522,424,000. 


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1 (b) CLASSIFIED AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA2 TIONS.—In addition to amounts authorized to be appro3 priated for the Intelligence Community Management Ac4 count by subsection (a), there are authorized to be appro5 priated for the Intelligence Community Management Ac6 count for fiscal year 2019 such additional amounts as are 

7 specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations re8 ferred to in section 2102(a). 

9 TITLE XXII—CENTRAL INTEL10 LIGENCE AGENCY RETIRE11 MENT AND DISABILITY SYS12 TEM 

13 SEC. 2201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

14 There is authorized to be appropriated for the Central 

15 Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund 

16 $514,000,000 for fiscal year 2019. 

17 SEC. 2202. COMPUTATION OF ANNUITIES FOR EMPLOYEES 

18 OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. 

19 (a) COMPUTATION OF ANNUITIES.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 221 of the Central In21 telligence Agency Retirement Act (50 U.S.C. 2031) is 

22 amended— 

23 (A) in subsection (a)(3)(B), by striking the 

24 period at the end and inserting ‘‘, as determined 

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1 be payable for full-time service in that posi2 tion.’’; 

3 (B) in subsection (b)(1)(C)(i), by striking 

4 ‘‘12-month’’ and inserting ‘‘2-year’’; 

5 (C) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ‘‘one 

6 year’’ and inserting ‘‘two years’’; 

7 (D) in subsection (g)(2), by striking ‘‘one 

8 year’’ each place such term appears and insert9 ing ‘‘two years’’; 

10 (E) by redesignating subsections (h), (i), (j), 

11 (k), and (l) as subsections (i), (j), (k), (l), and 

12 (m), respectively; and 

13 (F) by inserting after subsection (g) the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(h) CONDITIONAL ELECTION OF INSURABLE INTER16 EST SURVIVOR ANNUITY BY PARTICIPANTS MARRIED AT

17 THE TIME OF RETIREMENT.— 

18 ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY TO MAKE DESIGNATION.—Sub19 ject to the rights of former spouses under subsection 

20 (b) and section 222, at the time of retirement a mar21 ried participant found by the Director to be in good 

22 health may elect to receive an annuity reduced in ac23 cordance with subsection (f)(1)(B) and designate in 

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1 tem after the participant’s death, except that any 

2 such election to provide an insurable interest survivor 

3 annuity to the participant’s spouse shall only be effec4 tive if the participant’s spouse waives the spousal 

5 right to a survivor annuity under this Act. The 

6 amount of the annuity shall be equal to 55 percent of 

7 the participant’s reduced annuity. 

8 ‘‘(2) REDUCTION IN PARTICIPANT’S ANNUITY.— 

9 The annuity payable to the participant making such 

10 election shall be reduced by 10 percent of an annuity 

11 computed under subsection (a) and by an additional 

12 5 percent for each full 5 years the designated indi13 vidual is younger than the participant. The total re14 duction under this subparagraph may not exceed 40 

15 percent. 

16 ‘‘(3) COMMENCEMENT OF SURVIVOR ANNUITY.— 

17 The annuity payable to the designated individual 

18 shall begin on the day after the retired participant 

19 dies and terminate on the last day of the month before 

20 the designated individual dies. 

21 ‘‘(4) RECOMPUTATION OF PARTICIPANT’S ANNU22 ITY ON DEATH OF DESIGNATED INDIVIDUAL.—An an23 nuity that is reduced under this subsection shall, ef24 fective the first day of the month following the death 


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1 of the designated individual, be recomputed and paid 

2 as if the annuity had not been so reduced.’’. 

3 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

4 (A) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RE5 TIREMENT ACT.—The Central Intelligence Agen6 cy Retirement Act (50 U.S.C. 2001 et seq.) is 

7 amended— 

8 (i) in section 232(b)(1) (50 U.S.C. 

9 2052(b)(1)), by striking ‘‘221(h),’’ and in10 serting ‘‘221(i),’’; and 

11 (ii) in section 252(h)(4) (50 U.S.C. 

12 2082(h)(4)), by striking ‘‘221(k)’’ and in13 serting ‘‘221(l)’’. 

14 (B) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ACT

15 OF 1949.—Subsection (a) of section 14 of the Cen16 tral Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 

17 3514(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘221(h)(2), 

18 221(i), 221(l),’’ and inserting ‘‘221(i)(2), 221(j), 

19 221(m),’’. 

20 (b) ANNUITIES FOR FORMER SPOUSES.—Subpara21 graph (B) of section 222(b)(5) of the Central Intelligence 

22 Agency Retirement Act (50 U.S.C. 2032(b)(5)(B)) is 

23 amended by striking ‘‘one year’’ and inserting ‘‘two years’’. 

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1 ment Act (50 U.S.C. 2082(b)(3)(A)) is amended by striking 

2 ‘‘October 1, 1990’’ both places that term appears and insert3 ing ‘‘March 31, 1991’’. 

4 (d) REEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.—Section 273 of 

5 the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act (50 U.S.C. 

6 2113) is amended— 

7 (1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 

8 subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and 

9 (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(b) PART-TIME REEMPLOYED ANNUITANTS.—The Di12 rector shall have the authority to reemploy an annuitant 

13 on a part-time basis in accordance with section 8344(l) of 

14 title 5, United States Code.’’. 

15 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICATION.—The amend16 ments made by subsection (a)(1)(A) and subsection (c) shall 

17 take effect as if enacted on October 28, 2009, and shall 

18 apply to computations or participants, respectively, as of 

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1 TITLE XXIII—GENERAL INTEL2 LIGENCE COMMUNITY MAT3 TERS 

4 SEC. 2301. RESTRICTION ON CONDUCT OF INTELLIGENCE 

5 ACTIVITIES. 

6 The authorization of appropriations by this division 

7 shall not be deemed to constitute authority for the conduct 

8 of any intelligence activity which is not otherwise author9 ized by the Constitution or the laws of the United States. 

10 SEC. 2302. INCREASE IN EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND 

11 BENEFITS AUTHORIZED BY LAW. 

12 Appropriations authorized by this division for salary, 

13 pay, retirement, and other benefits for Federal employees 

14 may be increased by such additional or supplemental 

15 amounts as may be necessary for increases in such com16 pensation or benefits authorized by law. 

17 SEC. 2303. MODIFICATION OF SPECIAL PAY AUTHORITY FOR 

18 SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, OR 

19 MATHEMATICS POSITIONS AND ADDITION OF 

20 SPECIAL PAY AUTHORITY FOR CYBER POSI21 TIONS. 

22 Section 113B of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

23 U.S.C. 3049a) is amended— 

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1 ‘‘(a) SPECIAL RATES OF PAY FOR POSITIONS REQUIR2 ING EXPERTISE IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, 

3 OR MATHEMATICS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding part III of 

5 title 5, United States Code, the head of each element 

6 of the intelligence community may, for 1 or more cat7 egories of positions in such element that require ex8 pertise in science, technology, engineering, or mathe9 matics— 

10 ‘‘(A) establish higher minimum rates of 

11 pay; and 

12 ‘‘(B) make corresponding increases in all 

13 rates of pay of the pay range for each grade or 

14 level, subject to subsection (b) or (c), as applica15 ble. 

16 ‘‘(2) TREATMENT.—The special rate supplements 

17 resulting from the establishment of higher rates under 

18 paragraph (1) shall be basic pay for the same or 

19 similar purposes as those specified in section 5305(j) 

20 of title 5, United States Code.’’; 

21 (2) by redesignating subsections (b) through (f) 

22 as subsections (c) through (g), respectively; 

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1 ‘‘(b) SPECIAL RATES OF PAY FOR CYBER POSI2 TIONS.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection 

4 (c), the Director of the National Security Agency may 

5 establish a special rate of pay— 

6 ‘‘(A) not to exceed the rate of basic pay 

7 payable for level II of the Executive Schedule 

8 under section 5313 of title 5, United States Code, 

9 if the Director certifies to the Under Secretary of 

10 Defense for Intelligence, in consultation with the 

11 Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 

12 Readiness, that the rate of pay is for positions 

13 that perform functions that execute the cyber 

14 mission of the Agency; or 

15 ‘‘(B) not to exceed the rate of basic pay 

16 payable for the Vice President of the United 

17 States under section 104 of title 3, United States 

18 Code, if the Director certifies to the Secretary of 

19 Defense, by name, individuals that have ad20 vanced skills and competencies and that perform 

21 critical functions that execute the cyber mission 

22 of the Agency. 

23 ‘‘(2) PAY LIMITATION.—Employees receiving a 

24 special rate under paragraph (1) shall be subject to 

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1 tion established in section 5307 of title 5, United 

2 States Code, except that— 

3 ‘‘(A) any allowance, differential, bonus, 

4 award, or other similar cash payment in addi5 tion to basic pay that is authorized under title 

6 10, United States Code, (or any other applicable 

7 law in addition to title 5 of such Code, excluding 

8 the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 

9 U.S.C. 201 et seq.)) shall also be counted as part 

10 of aggregate compensation; and 

11 ‘‘(B) aggregate compensation may not ex12 ceed the rate established for the Vice President of 

13 the United States under section 104 of title 3, 

14 United States Code. 

15 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF RECIPIENTS.— 

16 The number of individuals who receive basic pay es17 tablished under paragraph (1)(B) may not exceed 100 

18 at any time. 

19 ‘‘(4) LIMITATION ON USE AS COMPARATIVE REF20 ERENCE.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

21 law, special rates of pay and the limitation estab22 lished under paragraph (1)(B) may not be used as 

23 comparative references for the purpose of fixing the 

24 rates of basic pay or maximum pay limitations of 

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1 United States Code, or section 226 of the Homeland 

2 Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 147).’’; 

3 (4) in subsection (c), as redesignated by para4 graph (2), by striking ‘‘A minimum’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘Except as provided in subsection (b), a minimum’’; 

6 (5) in subsection (d), as redesignated by para7 graph (2), by inserting ‘‘or (b)’’ after ‘‘by subsection 

8 (a)’’; and 

9 (6) in subsection (g), as redesignated by para10 graph (2)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Not later 

12 than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 

13 the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal 

14 Year 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than 90 

15 days after the date of the enactment of the 

16 Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard 

17 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 

18 2018 and 2019’’; and 

19 (B) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting ‘‘or 

20 (b)’’ after ‘‘subsection (a)’’. 


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1 SEC. 2304. MODIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF IN2 FORMATION OFFICER OF THE INTELLIGENCE 

3 COMMUNITY. 

4 Section 103G(a) of the National Security Act of 1947 

5 (50 U.S.C. 3032(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘President’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘Director’’. 

7 SEC. 2305. DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE REVIEW 

8 OF PLACEMENT OF POSITIONS WITHIN THE 

9 INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ON THE EXECU10 TIVE SCHEDULE. 

11 (a) REVIEW.—The Director of National Intelligence, in 

12 coordination with the Director of the Office of Personnel 

13 Management, shall conduct a review of positions within the 

14 intelligence community regarding the placement of such po15 sitions on the Executive Schedule under subchapter II of 

16 chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code. In carrying out 

17 such review, the Director of National Intelligence, in coordi18 nation with the Director of the Office of Personnel Manage19 ment, shall determine— 

20 (1) the standards under which such review will 

21 be conducted; 

22 (2) which positions should or should not be on 

23 the Executive Schedule; and 

24 (3) for those positions that should be on the Ex25 ecutive Schedule, the level of the Executive Schedule 

26 at which such positions should be placed. 


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1 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the date 

2 on which the review under subsection (a) is completed, the 

3 Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the con4 gressional intelligence committees, the Committee on Home5 land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and 

6 the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of 

7 Representatives an unredacted report describing the stand8 ards by which the review was conducted and the outcome 

9 of the review. 

10 SEC. 2306. SUPPLY CHAIN AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE 

11 RISK MANAGEMENT TASK FORCE. 

12 (a) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE13 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres14 sional committees’’ means the following: 

15 (1) The congressional intelligence committees. 

16 (2) The Committee on Armed Services and the 

17 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 

18 Affairs of the Senate. 

19 (3) The Committee on Armed Services, the Com20 mittee on Homeland Security, and the Committee on 

21 Oversight and Reform of the House of Representa22 tives. 

23 (b) REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH.—The Director of 

24 National Intelligence shall establish a Supply Chain and 

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1 ardize information sharing between the intelligence commu2 nity and the acquisition community of the United States 

3 Government with respect to the supply chain and counter4 intelligence risks. 

5 (c) MEMBERS.—The Supply Chain and Counterintel6 ligence Risk Management Task Force established under sub7 section (b) shall be composed of— 

8 (1) a representative of the Defense Security Serv9 ice of the Department of Defense; 

10 (2) a representative of the General Services Ad11 ministration; 

12 (3) a representative of the Office of Federal Pro13 curement Policy of the Office of Management and 

14 Budget; 

15 (4) a representative of the Department of Home16 land Security; 

17 (5) a representative of the Federal Bureau of In18 vestigation; 

19 (6) the Director of the National Counterintel20 ligence and Security Center; and 

21 (7) any other members the Director of National 

22 Intelligence determines appropriate. 

23 (d) SECURITY CLEARANCES.—Each member of the 

24 Supply Chain and Counterintelligence Risk Management 

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1 curity clearance at the top secret level and be able to access 

2 sensitive compartmented information. 

3 (e) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Supply Chain and Coun4 terintelligence Risk Management Task Force established 

5 under subsection (b) shall submit to the appropriate con6 gressional committees an annual report that describes the 

7 activities of the Task Force during the previous year, in8 cluding identification of the supply chain and counterintel9 ligence risks shared with the acquisition community of the 

10 United States Government by the intelligence community. 

11 SEC. 2307. CONSIDERATION OF ADVERSARIAL TELE12 COMMUNICATIONS AND CYBERSECURITY IN13 FRASTRUCTURE WHEN SHARING INTEL14 LIGENCE WITH FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS AND 

15 ENTITIES. 

16 Whenever the head of an element of the intelligence 

17 community enters into an intelligence sharing agreement 

18 with a foreign government or any other foreign entity, the 

19 head of the element shall consider the pervasiveness of tele20 communications and cybersecurity infrastructure, equip21 ment, and services provided by adversaries of the United 

22 States, particularly China and Russia, or entities of such 

23 adversaries in the country or region of the foreign govern24 ment or other foreign entity entering into the agreement. 


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1 SEC. 2308. CYBER PROTECTION SUPPORT FOR THE PER2 SONNEL OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY 

3 IN POSITIONS HIGHLY VULNERABLE TO 

4 CYBER ATTACK. 

5 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 (1) PERSONAL ACCOUNTS.—The term ‘‘personal 

7 accounts’’ means accounts for online and tele8 communications services, including telephone, residen9 tial Internet access, email, text and multimedia mes10 saging, cloud computing, social media, health care, 

11 and financial services, used by personnel of the intel12 ligence community outside of the scope of their em13 ployment with elements of the intelligence community. 

14 (2) PERSONAL TECHNOLOGY DEVICES.—The term 

15 ‘‘personal technology devices’’ means technology de16 vices used by personnel of the intelligence community 

17 outside of the scope of their employment with elements 

18 of the intelligence community, including networks to 

19 which such devices connect. 

20 (b) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE CYBER PROTECTION SUP21 PORT.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to a determination by 

23 the Director of National Intelligence, the Director 

24 may provide cyber protection support for the personal 

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1 (2) AT-RISK PERSONNEL.—The personnel de2 scribed in this paragraph are personnel of the intel3 ligence community— 

4 (A) who the Director determines to be high5 ly vulnerable to cyber attacks and hostile infor6 mation collection activities because of the posi7 tions occupied by such personnel in the intel8 ligence community; and 

9 (B) whose personal technology devices or 

10 personal accounts are highly vulnerable to cyber 

11 attacks and hostile information collection activi12 ties. 

13 (c) NATURE OF CYBER PROTECTION SUPPORT.—Sub14 ject to the availability of resources, the cyber protection sup15 port provided to personnel under subsection (b) may include 

16 training, advice, assistance, and other services relating to 

17 cyber attacks and hostile information collection activities. 

18 (d) LIMITATION ON SUPPORT.—Nothing in this section 

19 shall be construed— 

20 (1) to encourage personnel of the intelligence 

21 community to use personal technology devices for offi22 cial business; or 

23 (2) to authorize cyber protection support for sen24 ior intelligence community personnel using personal 


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1 devices, networks, and personal accounts in an official 

2 capacity. 

3 (e) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

4 of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to 

5 the congressional intelligence committees a report on the 

6 provision of cyber protection support under subsection (b). 

7 The report shall include— 

8 (1) a description of the methodology used to 

9 make the determination under subsection (b)(2); and 

10 (2) guidance for the use of cyber protection sup11 port and tracking of support requests for personnel 

12 receiving cyber protection support under subsection 

13 (b). 

14 SEC. 2309. ELIMINATION OF SUNSET OF AUTHORITY RELAT15 ING TO MANAGEMENT OF SUPPLY-CHAIN 

16 RISK. 

17 Section 309 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for 

18 Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–87; 50 U.S.C. 3329 

19 note) is amended by striking subsection (g). 

20 SEC. 2310. LIMITATIONS ON DETERMINATIONS REGARDING 

21 CERTAIN SECURITY CLASSIFICATIONS. 

22 (a) PROHIBITION.—An officer of an element of the in23 telligence community who has been nominated by the Presi24 dent for a position that requires the advice and consent of 


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1 the Senate may not make a classification decision with re2 spect to information related to such officer’s nomination. 

3 (b) CLASSIFICATION DETERMINATIONS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para5 graph (2), in a case in which an officer described in 

6 subsection (a) has been nominated as described in 

7 such subsection and classification authority rests with 

8 the officer or another officer who reports directly to 

9 such officer, a classification decision with respect to 

10 information relating to the officer shall be made by 

11 the Director of National Intelligence. 

12 (2) NOMINATIONS OF DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL IN13 TELLIGENCE.—In a case described in paragraph (1) 

14 in which the officer nominated is the Director of Na15 tional Intelligence, the classification decision shall be 

16 made by the Principal Deputy Director of National 

17 Intelligence. 

18 (c) REPORTS.—Whenever the Director or the Principal 

19 Deputy Director makes a decision under subsection (b), the 

20 Director or the Principal Deputy Director, as the case may 

21 be, shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees 

22 a report detailing the reasons for the decision. 

23 SEC. 2311. JOINT INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY COUNCIL. 

24 (a) MEETINGS.—Section 101A(d) of the National Se25 curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3022(d)) is amended— 


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1 (1) by striking ‘‘regular’’; and 

2 (2) by inserting ‘‘as the Director considers ap3 propriate’’ after ‘‘Council’’. 

4 (b) REPORT ON FUNCTION AND UTILITY OF THE JOINT

5 INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY COUNCIL.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—No later than 180 days after 

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

8 National Intelligence, in coordination with the Execu9 tive Office of the President and members of the Joint 

10 Intelligence Community Council, shall submit to the 

11 congressional intelligence committees a report on the 

12 function and utility of the Joint Intelligence Commu13 nity Council. 

14 (2) CONTENTS.—The report required by para15 graph (1) shall include the following: 

16 (A) The number of physical or virtual meet17 ings held by the Council per year since the Coun18 cil’s inception. 

19 (B) A description of the effect and accom20 plishments of the Council. 

21 (C) An explanation of the unique role of the 

22 Council relative to other entities, including with 

23 respect to the National Security Council and the 

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1 (D) Recommendations for the future role 

2 and operation of the Council. 

3 (E) Such other matters relating to the func4 tion and utility of the Council as the Director 

5 considers appropriate. 

6 (3) FORM.—The report submitted under para7 graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 

8 may include a classified annex. 

9 SEC. 2312. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY INFORMATION 

10 TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT. 

11 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

12 (1) CORE SERVICE.—The term ‘‘core service’’ 

13 means a capability that is available to multiple ele14 ments of the intelligence community and required for 

15 consistent operation of the intelligence community in16 formation technology environment. 

17 (2) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY INFORMATION

18 TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT.—The term ‘‘intelligence 

19 community information technology environment’’ 

20 means all of the information technology services 

21 across the intelligence community, including the data 

22 sharing and protection environment across multiple 

23 classification domains. 

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1 (1) DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE.— 

2 The Director of National Intelligence shall be respon3 sible for coordinating the performance by elements of 

4 the intelligence community of the intelligence commu5 nity information technology environment, including 

6 each of the following: 

7 (A) Ensuring compliance with all applica8 ble environment rules and regulations of such en9 vironment. 

10 (B) Ensuring measurable performance goals 

11 exist for such environment. 

12 (C) Documenting standards and practices of 

13 such environment. 

14 (D) Acting as an arbiter among elements of 

15 the intelligence community related to any dis16 agreements arising out of the implementation of 

17 such environment. 

18 (E) Delegating responsibilities to the ele19 ments of the intelligence community and car20 rying out such other responsibilities as are nec21 essary for the effective implementation of such 

22 environment. 

23 (2) CORE SERVICE PROVIDERS.—Providers of 

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1 (A) providing core services, in coordination 

2 with the Director of National Intelligence; and 

3 (B) providing the Director with informa4 tion requested and required to fulfill the respon5 sibilities of the Director under paragraph (1). 

6 (3) USE OF CORE SERVICES.— 

7 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

8 subparagraph (B), each element of the intel9 ligence community shall use core services when 

10 such services are available. 

11 (B) EXCEPTION.—The Director of National 

12 Intelligence may provide for a written exception 

13 to the requirement under subparagraph (A) if 

14 the Director determines there is a compelling fi15 nancial or mission need for such exception. 

16 (c) MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTABILITY.—Not later than 

17 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Di18 rector of National Intelligence shall designate and maintain 

19 one or more accountable executives of the intelligence com20 munity information technology environment to be respon21 sible for— 

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1 (2) overseeing the performance of each core serv2 ice, including establishing measurable service require3 ments and schedules; 

4 (3) to the degree feasible, ensuring testing of each 

5 core service of such environment, including testing by 

6 the intended users, to evaluate performance against 

7 measurable service requirements and to ensure the ca8 pability meets user requirements; and 

9 (4) coordinate transition or restructuring efforts 

10 of such environment, including phaseout of legacy sys11 tems. 

12 (d) SECURITY PLAN.—Not later than 180 days after 

13 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of Na14 tional Intelligence shall develop and maintain a security 

15 plan for the intelligence community information technology 

16 environment. 

17 (e) LONG-TERM ROADMAP.—Not later than 180 days 

18 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and during each 

19 of the second and fourth fiscal quarters thereafter, the Direc20 tor of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional 

21 intelligence committees a long-term roadmap that shall in22 clude each of the following: 

23 (1) A description of the minimum required and 

24 desired core service requirements, including— 

25 (A) key performance parameters; and 


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1 (B) an assessment of current, measured per2 formance. 

3 (2) implementation milestones for the intel4 ligence community information technology environ5 ment, including each of the following: 

6 (A) A schedule for expected deliveries of core 

7 service capabilities during each of the following 

8 phases: 

9 (i) Concept refinement and technology 

10 maturity demonstration. 

11 (ii) Development, integration, and 

12 demonstration. 

13 (iii) Production, deployment, and 

14 sustainment. 

15 (iv) System retirement. 

16 (B) Dependencies of such core service capa17 bilities. 

18 (C) Plans for the transition or restructuring 

19 necessary to incorporate core service capabilities. 

20 (D) A description of any legacy systems 

21 and discontinued capabilities to be phased out. 

22 (3) Such other matters as the Director deter23 mines appropriate. 

24 (f) BUSINESS PLAN.—Not later than 180 days after 

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1 the second and fourth fiscal quarters thereafter, the Director 

2 of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional 

3 intelligence committees a business plan that includes each 

4 of the following: 

5 (1) A systematic approach to identify core serv6 ice funding requests for the intelligence community 

7 information technology environment within the pro8 posed budget, including multiyear plans to implement 

9 the long-term roadmap required by subsection (e). 

10 (2) A uniform approach by which each element 

11 of the intelligence community shall identify the cost 

12 of legacy information technology or alternative capa13 bilities where services of the intelligence community 

14 information technology environment will also be 

15 available. 

16 (3) A uniform effort by which each element of the 

17 intelligence community shall identify transition and 

18 restructuring costs for new, existing, and retiring 

19 services of the intelligence community information 

20 technology environment, as well as services of such en21 vironment that have changed designations as a core 

22 service. 

23 (g) QUARTERLY PRESENTATIONS.—Beginning not 

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

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1 the congressional intelligence committees quarterly updates 

2 regarding ongoing implementation of the intelligence com3 munity information technology environment as compared 

4 to the requirements in the most recently submitted security 

5 plan required by subsection (d), long-term roadmap re6 quired by subsection (e), and business plan required by sub7 section (f). 

8 (h) ADDITIONAL NOTIFICATIONS.—The Director of Na9 tional Intelligence shall provide timely notification to the 

10 congressional intelligence committees regarding any policy 

11 changes related to or affecting the intelligence community 

12 information technology environment, new initiatives or 

13 strategies related to or impacting such environment, and 

14 changes or deficiencies in the execution of the security plan 

15 required by subsection (d), long-term roadmap required by 

16 subsection (e), and business plan required by subsection (f). 

17 (i) SUNSET.—The section shall have no effect on or 

18 after September 30, 2024. 

19 SEC. 2313. REPORT ON DEVELOPMENT OF SECURE MOBILE 

20 VOICE SOLUTION FOR INTELLIGENCE COM21 MUNITY. 

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

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

24 Intelligence, in coordination with the Director of the Cen25 tral Intelligence Agency and the Director of the National 


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1 Security Agency, shall submit to the congressional intel2 ligence committees a classified report on the feasibility, de3 sirability, cost, and required schedule associated with the 

4 implementation of a secure mobile voice solution for the in5 telligence community. 

6 (b) CONTENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 

7 shall include, at a minimum, the following: 

8 (1) The benefits and disadvantages of a secure 

9 mobile voice solution. 

10 (2) Whether the intelligence community could le11 verage commercially available technology for classified 

12 voice communications that operates on commercial 

13 mobile networks in a secure manner and identifying 

14 the accompanying security risks to such networks. 

15 (3) A description of any policies or community 

16 guidance that would be necessary to govern the poten17 tial solution, such as a process for determining the 

18 appropriate use of a secure mobile telephone and any 

19 limitations associated with such use. 

20 SEC. 2314. POLICY ON MINIMUM INSIDER THREAT STAND21 ARDS. 

22 (a) POLICY REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days after 

23 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of Na24 tional Intelligence shall establish a policy for minimum in25 sider threat standards that is consistent with the National 


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1 Insider Threat Policy and Minimum Standards for Execu2 tive Branch Insider Threat Programs. 

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

4 the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of each ele5 ment of the intelligence community shall implement the pol6 icy established under subsection (a). 

7 SEC. 2315. SUBMISSION OF INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY 

8 POLICIES. 

9 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

10 (1) ELECTRONIC REPOSITORY.—The term ‘‘elec11 tronic repository’’ means the electronic distribution 

12 mechanism, in use as of the date of the enactment of 

13 this Act, or any successor electronic distribution 

14 mechanism, by which the Director of National Intel15 ligence submits to the congressional intelligence com16 mittees information. 

17 (2) POLICY.—The term ‘‘policy’’, with respect to 

18 the intelligence community, includes unclassified or 

19 classified— 

20 (A) directives, policy guidance, and policy 

21 memoranda of the intelligence community; 

22 (B) executive correspondence of the Director 

23 of National Intelligence; and 

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1 (b) SUBMISSION OF POLICIES.— 

2 (1) CURRENT POLICY.—Not later than 180 days 

3 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Direc4 tor of National Intelligence shall submit to the con5 gressional intelligence committees using the electronic 

6 repository all nonpublicly available policies issued by 

7 the Director of National Intelligence for the intel8 ligence community that are in effect as of the date of 

9 the submission. 

10 (2) CONTINUOUS UPDATES.—Not later than 15 

11 days after the date on which the Director of National 

12 Intelligence issues, modifies, or rescinds a policy of 

13 the intelligence community, the Director shall— 

14 (A) notify the congressional intelligence 

15 committees of such addition, modification, or re16 moval; and 

17 (B) update the electronic repository with re18 spect to such addition, modification, or removal. 

19 SEC. 2316. EXPANSION OF INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY RE20 CRUITMENT EFFORTS. 

21 In order to further increase the diversity of the intel22 ligence community workforce, not later than 90 days after 

23 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of Na24 tional Intelligence, in consultation with heads of elements 

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1 submit to the congressional intelligence committees a writ2 ten plan to ensure that rural and underrepresented regions 

3 are more fully and consistently represented in such ele4 ments’ employment recruitment efforts. Upon receipt of the 

5 plan, the congressional committees shall have 60 days to 

6 submit comments to the Director of National Intelligence 

7 before such plan shall be implemented. 

8 TITLE XXIV—MATTERS RELAT9 ING TO ELEMENTS OF THE IN10 TELLIGENCE COMMUNITY 

11 Subtitle A—Office of the Director of 

12 National Intelligence 

13 SEC. 2401. AUTHORITY FOR PROTECTION OF CURRENT AND 

14 FORMER EMPLOYEES OF THE OFFICE OF THE 

15 DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. 

16 Section 5(a)(4) of the Central Intelligence Agency Act 

17 of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 3506(a)(4)) is amended by striking 

18 ‘‘such personnel of the Office of the Director of National 

19 Intelligence as the Director of National Intelligence may 

20 designate;’’ and inserting ‘‘current and former personnel of 

21 the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and their 

22 immediate families as the Director of National Intelligence 

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1 SEC. 2402. DESIGNATION OF THE PROGRAM MANAGER-IN2 FORMATION SHARING ENVIRONMENT. 

3 (a) INFORMATION SHARING ENVIRONMENT.—Section 

4 1016(b) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Preven5 tion Act of 2004 (6 U.S.C. 485(b)) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘President’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘Director of National Intelligence’’; and 

8 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘President’’ 

9 both places that term appears and inserting ‘‘Director 

10 of National Intelligence’’. 

11 (b) PROGRAM MANAGER.—Section 1016(f)(1) of the 

12 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 

13 (6 U.S.C. 485(f)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘The indi14 vidual designated as the program manager shall serve as 

15 program manager until removed from service or replaced 

16 by the President (at the President’s sole discretion).’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘Beginning on the date of the enactment of the 

18 Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intel19 ligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019 and 

20 2020, each individual designated as the program manager 

21 shall be appointed by the Director of National Intel22 ligence.’’. 

23 SEC. 2403. TECHNICAL MODIFICATION TO THE EXECUTIVE 

24 SCHEDULE. 

25 Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 

26 by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘Director of the National Counterintelligence and Se2 curity Center.’’. 

3 SEC. 2404. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE INTEL4 LIGENCE COMMUNITY. 

5 Section 103I(a) of the National Security Act of 1947 

6 (50 U.S.C. 3034(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 

7 following new sentence: ‘‘The Chief Financial Officer shall 

8 report directly to the Director of National Intelligence.’’. 

9 SEC. 2405. CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER OF THE INTEL10 LIGENCE COMMUNITY. 

11 Section 103G(a) of the National Security Act of 1947 

12 (50 U.S.C. 3032(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 

13 following new sentence: ‘‘The Chief Information Officer 

14 shall report directly to the Director of National Intel15 ligence.’’. 

16 Subtitle B—Central Intelligence 

17 Agency 

18 SEC. 2411. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY SUBSISTENCE 

19 FOR PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO AUSTERE LO20 CATIONS. 

21 Subsection (a) of section 5 of the Central Intelligence 

22 Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 3506) is amended— 

23 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 

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1 (2) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

2 end; 

3 (3) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at 

4 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

5 (4) by adding at the end the following new para6 graph (8): 

7 ‘‘(8) Upon the approval of the Director, provide, 

8 during any fiscal year, with or without reimburse9 ment, subsistence to any personnel assigned to an 

10 overseas location designated by the Agency as an aus11 tere location.’’. 

12 SEC. 2412. SPECIAL RULES FOR CERTAIN MONTHLY WORK13 ERS’ COMPENSATION PAYMENTS AND OTHER 

14 PAYMENTS FOR CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE 

15 AGENCY PERSONNEL. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Central Intelligence Agency 

17 Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) is amended by insert18 ing after section 19 the following new section: 

19 ‘‘SEC. 19A. SPECIAL RULES FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS IN20 JURED BY REASON OF WAR, INSURGENCY, 

21 HOSTILE ACT, OR TERRORIST ACTIVITIES. 

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

23 ‘‘(1) COVERED DEPENDENT.—The term ‘covered 

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1 Director) of a covered employee who, on or after Sep2 tember 11, 2001— 

3 ‘‘(A) accompanies the covered employee to 

4 an assigned duty station in a foreign country; 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(B) becomes injured by reason of a quali7 fying injury. 

8 ‘‘(2) COVERED EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘covered 

9 employee’ means an officer or employee of the Central 

10 Intelligence Agency who, on or after September 11, 

11 2001, becomes injured by reason of a qualifying in12 jury. 

13 ‘‘(3) COVERED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘covered 

14 individual’ means an individual who— 

15 ‘‘(A)(i) is detailed to the Central Intel16 ligence Agency from other agencies of the United 

17 States Government or from the Armed Forces; or 

18 ‘‘(ii) is affiliated with the Central Intel19 ligence Agency, as determined by the Director; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(B) who, on or after September 11, 2001, 

22 becomes injured by reason of a qualifying injury. 

23 ‘‘(4) QUALIFYING INJURY.—The term ‘qualifying 

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1 ‘‘(A) With respect to a covered dependent, 

2 an injury incurred— 

3 ‘‘(i) during a period in which the cov4 ered dependent is accompanying the covered 

5 employee to an assigned duty station in a 

6 foreign country; 

7 ‘‘(ii) in connection with war, insur8 gency, hostile act, terrorist activity, or other 

9 incident designated by the Director; and 

10 ‘‘(iii) that was not the result of the 

11 willful misconduct of the covered dependent. 

12 ‘‘(B) With respect to a covered employee or 

13 a covered individual, an injury incurred— 

14 ‘‘(i) during a period of assignment to 

15 a duty station in a foreign country; 

16 ‘‘(ii) in connection with a war, insur17 gency, hostile act, terrorist activity, or other 

18 incident designated by the Director; and 

19 ‘‘(iii) that was not the result of the 

20 willful misconduct of the covered employee 

21 or the covered individual. 

22 ‘‘(b) ADJUSTMENT OF COMPENSATION FOR CERTAIN

23 INJURIES.— 

24 ‘‘(1) INCREASE.—The Director may increase the 

25 amount of monthly compensation paid to a covered 


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1 employee under section 8105 of title 5, United States 

2 Code. Subject to paragraph (2), the Director may de3 termine the amount of each such increase by taking 

4 into account— 

5 ‘‘(A) the severity of the qualifying injury; 

6 ‘‘(B) the circumstances by which the covered 

7 employee became injured; and 

8 ‘‘(C) the seniority of the covered employee. 

9 ‘‘(2) MAXIMUM.—Notwithstanding chapter 81 of 

10 title 5, United States Code, the total amount of 

11 monthly compensation increased under paragraph (1) 

12 may not exceed the monthly pay of the maximum rate 

13 of basic pay for GS–15 of the General Schedule under 

14 section 5332 of such title. 

15 ‘‘(c) COSTS FOR TREATING QUALIFYING INJURIES.— 

16 The Director may pay the costs of treating a qualifying 

17 injury of a covered employee, a covered individual, or a 

18 covered dependent, or may reimburse a covered employee, 

19 a covered individual, or a covered dependent for such costs, 

20 that are not otherwise covered by chapter 81 of title 5, 

21 United States Code, or other provision of Federal law. 

22 ‘‘(d) TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS.—For purposes of sec23 tion 104 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, amounts 

24 paid pursuant to this section shall be treated as amounts 

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1 (b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 120 days after the 

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

3 Intelligence Agency shall— 

4 (1) prescribe regulations ensuring the fair and 

5 equitable implementation of section 19A of the Cen6 tral Intelligence Agency Act of 1949, as added by sub7 section (a); and 

8 (2) submit to the congressional intelligence com9 mittees such regulations. 

10 (c) APPLICATION.—Section 19A of the Central Intel11 ligence Agency Act of 1949, as added by subsection (a), shall 

12 apply with respect to— 

13 (1) payments made to covered employees (as de14 fined in such section) under section 8105 of title 5, 

15 United States Code, beginning on or after the date of 

16 the enactment of this Act; and 

17 (2) treatment described in subsection (b) of such 

18 section 19A occurring on or after the date of the en19 actment of this Act. 

20 SEC. 2413. EXPANSION OF SECURITY PROTECTIVE SERVICE 

21 JURISDICTION OF THE CENTRAL INTEL22 LIGENCE AGENCY. 

23 Subsection (a)(1) of section 15 of the Central Intel24 ligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 3515(a)) is amend25 ed— 


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1 (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘500 feet;’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘500 yards;’’; and 

3 (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘500 feet.’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘500 yards.’’. 

5 SEC. 2414. REPEAL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY 

6 REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN SENIOR LEVEL 

7 POSITIONS IN THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE 

8 AGENCY. 

9 (a) REPEAL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

10 REQUIREMENT.—Section 104A of the National Security Act 

11 of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3036) is amended by striking subsection 

12 (g). 

13 (b) CONFORMING REPEAL OF REPORT REQUIRE14 MENT.—Section 611 of the Intelligence Authorization Act 

15 for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108–487) is amended by 

16 striking subsection (c). 

17 Subtitle C—Office of Intelligence 

18 and Counterintelligence of De19 partment of Energy 

20 SEC. 2421. CONSOLIDATION OF DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

21 OFFICES OF INTELLIGENCE AND COUNTER22 INTELLIGENCE. 

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

24 Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7144b) is amended to 

25 read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘OFFICE OF INTELLIGENCE AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE

2 ‘‘SEC. 215. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the 

3 terms ‘intelligence community’ and ‘National Intelligence 

4 Program’ have the meanings given such terms in section 

5 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 

6 ‘‘(b) IN GENERAL.—There is in the Department an Of7 fice of Intelligence and Counterintelligence. Such office shall 

8 be under the National Intelligence Program. 

9 ‘‘(c) DIRECTOR.—(1) The head of the Office shall be 

10 the Director of the Office of Intelligence and Counterintel11 ligence, who shall be an employee in the Senior Executive 

12 Service, the Senior Intelligence Service, the Senior National 

13 Intelligence Service, or any other Service that the Secretary, 

14 in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, 

15 considers appropriate. The Director of the Office shall re16 port directly to the Secretary. 

17 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall select an individual to serve 

18 as the Director from among individuals who have substan19 tial expertise in matters relating to the intelligence commu20 nity, including foreign intelligence and counterintelligence. 

21 ‘‘(d) DUTIES.—(1) Subject to the authority, direction, 

22 and control of the Secretary, the Director shall perform such 

23 duties and exercise such powers as the Secretary may pre24 scribe. 


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1 ‘‘(2) The Director shall be responsible for establishing 

2 policy for intelligence and counterintelligence programs and 

3 activities at the Department.’’. 

4 (b) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 216 of the Depart5 ment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7144c) is here6 by repealed. 

7 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents at 

8 the beginning of the Department of Energy Organization 

9 Act is amended by striking the items relating to sections 

10 215 and 216 and inserting the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 215. Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence.’’. 

11 SEC. 2422. ESTABLISHMENT OF ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE 

12 SECURITY CENTER. 

13 Section 215 of the Department of Energy Organization 

14 Act (42 U.S.C. 7144b), as amended by section 2421, is fur15 ther amended by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(e) ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY CENTER.— 

17 (1)(A) The President shall establish an Energy Infrastruc18 ture Security Center, taking into account all appropriate 

19 government tools to analyze and disseminate intelligence re20 lating to the security of the energy infrastructure of the 

21 United States. 

22 ‘‘(B) The Director of Intelligence and Counterintel23 ligence shall appoint the head of the Energy Infrastructure 

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1 ‘‘(C) The Energy Infrastructure Security Center shall 

2 be located within the Office of Intelligence and Counterintel3 ligence. 

4 ‘‘(2) In establishing the Energy Infrastructure Secu5 rity Center, the Director of the Office of Intelligence and 

6 Counterintelligence shall address the following missions and 

7 objectives to coordinate and disseminate intelligence relat8 ing to the security of the energy infrastructure of the United 

9 States: 

10 ‘‘(A) Establishing a primary organization with11 in the United States Government for analyzing and 

12 integrating all intelligence possessed or acquired by 

13 the United States pertaining to the security of the en14 ergy infrastructure of the United States. 

15 ‘‘(B) Ensuring that appropriate departments 

16 and agencies have full access to and receive intel17 ligence support needed to execute the plans or activi18 ties of the agencies, and perform independent, alter19 native analyses. 

20 ‘‘(C) Establishing a central repository on known 

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1 egies, capabilities, and networks of such individuals, 

2 groups, or entities. 

3 ‘‘(D) Disseminating intelligence information re4 lating to the security of the energy infrastructure of 

5 the United States, including threats and analyses, to 

6 the President, to the appropriate departments and 

7 agencies, and to the appropriate committees of Con8 gress. 

9 ‘‘(3) The President may waive the requirements of this 

10 subsection, and any parts thereof, if the President deter11 mines that such requirements do not materially improve the 

12 ability of the United States Government to prevent and halt 

13 attacks against the energy infrastructure of the United 

14 States. Such waiver shall be made in writing to Congress 

15 and shall include a description of how the missions and 

16 objectives in paragraph (2) are being met. 

17 ‘‘(4) If the President decides not to exercise the waiver 

18 authority granted by paragraph (3), the President shall 

19 submit to Congress from time to time updates and plans 

20 regarding the establishment of an Energy Infrastructure Se21 curity Center.’’. 


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1 SEC. 2423. REPEAL OF DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY INTEL2 LIGENCE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND BUDG3 ET REPORTING REQUIREMENT. 

4 Section 214 of the Department of Energy Organization 

5 Act (42 U.S.C. 7144a) is amended— 

6 (1) by striking ‘‘(a)’’; and 

7 (2) by striking subsections (b) and (c). 

8 Subtitle D—Other Elements 

9 SEC. 2431. PLAN FOR DESIGNATION OF COUNTERINTEL10 LIGENCE COMPONENT OF DEFENSE SECU11 RITY SERVICE AS AN ELEMENT OF INTEL12 LIGENCE COMMUNITY. 

13 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 

14 of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence and Under 

15 Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, in coordination with 

16 the Director of the National Counterintelligence and Secu17 rity Center, shall submit to the congressional intelligence 

18 committees, the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, 

19 and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep20 resentatives a plan to designate the counterintelligence com21 ponent of the Defense Security Service of the Department 

22 of Defense as an element of the intelligence community by 

23 not later than January 1, 2020. Such plan shall— 

24 (1) address the implications of such designation 

25 on the authorities, governance, personnel, resources, 

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1 information sharing, and business processes of the De2 fense Security Service and the intelligence commu3 nity; and 

4 (2) not address the personnel security functions 

5 of the Defense Security Service. 

6 SEC. 2432. NOTICE NOT REQUIRED FOR PRIVATE ENTITIES. 

7 Section 3553 of title 44, United States Code, is amend8 ed— 

9 (1) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection 

10 (k); and 

11 (2) by inserting after subsection (i) the following: 

12 ‘‘(j) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec13 tion shall be construed to require the Secretary to provide 

14 notice to any private entity before the Secretary issues a 

15 binding operational directive under subsection (b)(2).’’. 

16 SEC. 2433. ESTABLISHMENT OF ADVISORY BOARD FOR NA17 TIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE. 

18 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 106A of the National 

19 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3041a) is amended by add20 ing at the end the following new subsection: 

21 ‘‘(d) ADVISORY BOARD.— 

22 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 

23 the National Reconnaissance Office an advisory board 

24 (in this section referred to as the ‘Board’). 

25 ‘‘(2) DUTIES.—The Board shall— 


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1 ‘‘(A) study matters relating to the mission 

2 of the National Reconnaissance Office, including 

3 with respect to promoting innovation, competi4 tion, and resilience in space, overhead reconnais5 sance, acquisition, and other matters; and 

6 ‘‘(B) advise and report directly to the Di7 rector with respect to such matters. 

8 ‘‘(3) MEMBERS.— 

9 ‘‘(A) NUMBER AND APPOINTMENT.— 

10 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall be 

11 composed of 5 members appointed by the 

12 Director from among individuals with dem13 onstrated academic, government, business, 

14 or other expertise relevant to the mission 

15 and functions of the National Reconnais16 sance Office. 

17 ‘‘(ii) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 

18 30 days after the date on which the Director 

19 appoints a member to the Board, the Direc20 tor shall notify the congressional intel21 ligence committees and the congressional de22 fense committees (as defined in section 

23 101(a) of title 10, United States Code) of 

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1 ‘‘(B) TERMS.—Each member shall be ap2 pointed for a term of 2 years. Except as provided 

3 by subparagraph (C), a member may not serve 

4 more than 3 terms. 

5 ‘‘(C) VACANCY.—Any member appointed to 

6 fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration of 

7 the term for which the member’s predecessor was 

8 appointed shall be appointed only for the re9 mainder of that term. A member may serve after 

10 the expiration of that member’s term until a suc11 cessor has taken office. 

12 ‘‘(D) CHAIR.—The Board shall have a 

13 Chair, who shall be appointed by the Director 

14 from among the members. 

15 ‘‘(E) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each member 

16 shall receive travel expenses, including per diem 

17 in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with appli18 cable provisions under subchapter I of chapter 57 

19 of title 5, United States Code. 

20 ‘‘(F) EXECUTIVE SECRETARY.—The Direc21 tor may appoint an executive secretary, who 

22 shall be an employee of the National Reconnais23 sance Office, to support the Board. 


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1 ‘‘(4) MEETINGS.—The Board shall meet not less 

2 than quarterly, but may meet more frequently at the 

3 call of the Director. 

4 ‘‘(5) REPORTS.—Not later than March 31 of 

5 each year, the Board shall submit to the Director and 

6 to the congressional intelligence committees a report 

7 on the activities and significant findings of the Board 

8 during the preceding year. 

9 ‘‘(6) NONAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN REQUIRE10 MENTS.—The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

11 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Board. 

12 ‘‘(7) TERMINATION.—The Board shall terminate 

13 on the date that is 3 years after the date of the first 

14 meeting of the Board.’’. 

15 (b) INITIAL APPOINTMENTS.—Not later than 180 days 

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

17 the National Reconnaissance Office shall appoint the initial 

18 5 members to the advisory board under subsection (d) of 

19 section 106A of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

20 U.S.C. 3041a), as added by subsection (a). 

21 SEC. 2434. COLLOCATION OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF 

22 HOMELAND SECURITY PERSONNEL AT FIELD 

23 LOCATIONS. 

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1 enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Homeland 

2 Security for Intelligence and Analysis shall identify, in 

3 consultation with the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 

4 Border Protection, the Administrator of the Transportation 

5 Security Administration, the Director of U.S. Immigration 

6 and Customs Enforcement, and the heads of such other ele7 ments of the Department of Homeland Security as the 

8 Under Secretary considers appropriate, opportunities for 

9 collocation of officers of the Office of Intelligence and Anal10 ysis in the field outside of the greater Washington, District 

11 of Columbia, area in order to support operational units 

12 from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Transpor13 tation Security Administration, U.S. Immigration and 

14 Customs Enforcement, and other elements of the Depart15 ment of Homeland Security. 

16 (b) PLAN FOR COLLOCATION.—Not later than 120 days 

17 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Sec18 retary shall submit to the congressional intelligence com19 mittees a report that includes a plan for collocation as de20 scribed in subsection (a). 

21 TITLE XXV—ELECTION MATTERS 

22 SEC. 2501. REPORT ON CYBER ATTACKS BY FOREIGN GOV23 ERNMENTS AGAINST UNITED STATES ELEC24 TION INFRASTRUCTURE. 

25 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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

4 (A) the congressional intelligence commit5 tees; 

6 (B) the Committee on Homeland Security 

7 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 

8 (C) the Committee on Homeland Security of 

9 the House of Representatives; 

10 (D) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

11 the Senate; and 

12 (E) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

13 House of Representatives. 

14 (2) CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP.—The term 

15 ‘‘congressional leadership’’ includes the following: 

16 (A) The majority leader of the Senate. 

17 (B) The minority leader of the Senate. 

18 (C) The Speaker of the House of Represent19 atives. 

20 (D) The minority leader of the House of 

21 Representatives. 

22 (3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any State 

23 of the United States, the District of Columbia, the 

24 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or 

25 possession of the United States. 


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1 (b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days after 

2 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary 

3 of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis shall 

4 submit to congressional leadership and the appropriate con5 gressional committees a report on cyber attacks and at6 tempted cyber attacks by foreign governments on United 

7 States election infrastructure in States and localities in 

8 connection with the 2016 Presidential election in the United 

9 States and such cyber attacks or attempted cyber attacks 

10 as the Under Secretary anticipates against such infrastruc11 ture. Such report shall identify the States and localities af12 fected and shall include cyber attacks and attempted cyber 

13 attacks against voter registration databases, voting ma14 chines, voting-related computer networks, and the networks 

15 of Secretaries of State and other election officials of the var16 ious States. 

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

18 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 

19 a classified annex. 


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1 SEC. 2502. REVIEW OF INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY’S POS2 TURE TO COLLECT AGAINST AND ANALYZE 

3 RUSSIAN EFFORTS TO INFLUENCE THE PRES4 IDENTIAL ELECTION. 

5 (a) REVIEW REQUIRED.—Not later than 1 year after 

6 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of Na7 tional Intelligence shall— 

8 (1) complete an after action review of the posture 

9 of the intelligence community to collect against and 

10 analyze efforts of the Government of Russia to inter11 fere in the 2016 Presidential election in the United 

12 States; and 

13 (2) submit to the congressional intelligence com14 mittees a report on the findings of the Director with 

15 respect to such review. 

16 (b) ELEMENTS.—The review required by subsection (a) 

17 shall include, with respect to the posture and efforts de18 scribed in paragraph (1) of such subsection, the following: 

19 (1) An assessment of whether the resources of the 

20 intelligence community were properly aligned to de21 tect and respond to the efforts described in subsection 

22 (a)(1). 

23 (2) An assessment of the information sharing 

24 that occurred within elements of the intelligence com25 munity. 


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1 (3) An assessment of the information sharing 

2 that occurred between elements of the intelligence com3 munity. 

4 (4) An assessment of applicable authorities nec5 essary to collect on any such efforts and any defi6 ciencies in those authorities. 

7 (5) A review of the use of open source material 

8 to inform analysis and warning of such efforts. 

9 (6) A review of the use of alternative and pre10 dictive analysis. 

11 (c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by sub12 section (a)(2) shall be submitted to the congressional intel13 ligence committees in a classified form. 

14 SEC. 2503. ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE 

15 THREATS TO FEDERAL ELECTIONS. 

16 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

20 (A) the congressional intelligence commit21 tees; 

22 (B) the Committee on Homeland Security 

23 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 

24 (C) the Committee on Homeland Security of 

25 the House of Representatives. 


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1 (2) CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP.—The term 

2 ‘‘congressional leadership’’ includes the following: 

3 (A) The majority leader of the Senate. 

4 (B) The minority leader of the Senate. 

5 (C) The Speaker of the House of Represent6 atives. 

7 (D) The minority leader of the House of 

8 Representatives. 

9 (3) SECURITY VULNERABILITY.—The term ‘‘secu10 rity vulnerability’’ has the meaning given such term 

11 in section 102 of the Cybersecurity Information Shar12 ing Act of 2015 (6 U.S.C. 1501). 

13 (b) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National Intel14 ligence, in coordination with the Director of the Central In15 telligence Agency, the Director of the National Security 

16 Agency, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 

17 the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the heads of other 

18 relevant elements of the intelligence community, shall— 

19 (1) commence not later than 1 year before any 

20 regularly scheduled Federal election occurring after 

21 December 31, 2018, and complete not later than 180 

22 days before such election, an assessment of security 

23 vulnerabilities of State election systems; and 

24 (2) not later than 180 days before any regularly 

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1 31, 2018, submit a report on such security 

2 vulnerabilities and an assessment of foreign intel3 ligence threats to the election to— 

4 (A) congressional leadership; and 

5 (B) the appropriate congressional commit6 tees. 

7 (c) UPDATE.—Not later than 90 days before any regu8 larly scheduled Federal election occurring after December 

9 31, 2018, the Director of National Intelligence shall— 

10 (1) update the assessment of foreign intelligence 

11 threats to that election; and 

12 (2) submit the updated assessment to— 

13 (A) congressional leadership; and 

14 (B) the appropriate congressional commit15 tees. 

16 SEC. 2504. STRATEGY FOR COUNTERING RUSSIAN CYBER 

17 THREATS TO UNITED STATES ELECTIONS. 

18 (a) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE19 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres20 sional committees’’ means the following: 

21 (1) The congressional intelligence committees. 

22 (2) The Committee on Armed Services and the 

23 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 

24 Affairs of the Senate. 


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1 (3) The Committee on Armed Services and the 

2 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 

3 Representatives. 

4 (4) The Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

5 Senate. 

6 (5) The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

7 House of Representatives. 

8 (b) REQUIREMENT FOR A STRATEGY.—Not later than 

9 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Di10 rector of National Intelligence, in coordination with the 

11 Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director of the Federal 

12 Bureau of Investigation, the Director of the Central Intel13 ligence Agency, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of De14 fense, and the Secretary of the Treasury, shall develop a 

15 whole-of-government strategy for countering the threat of 

16 Russian cyber attacks and attempted cyber attacks against 

17 electoral systems and processes in the United States, includ18 ing Federal, State, and local election systems, voter reg19 istration databases, voting tabulation equipment, and 

20 equipment and processes for the secure transmission of elec21 tion results. 

22 (c) ELEMENTS OF THE STRATEGY.—The strategy re23 quired by subsection (b) shall include the following elements: 

24 (1) A whole-of-government approach to pro25 tecting United States electoral systems and processes 


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1 that includes the agencies and departments indicated 

2 in subsection (b) as well as any other agencies and 

3 departments of the United States, as determined ap4 propriate by the Director of National Intelligence and 

5 the Secretary of Homeland Security. 

6 (2) Input solicited from Secretaries of State of 

7 the various States and the chief election officials of 

8 the States. 

9 (3) Technical security measures, including 

10 auditable paper trails for voting machines, securing 

11 wireless and Internet connections, and other technical 

12 safeguards. 

13 (4) Detection of cyber threats, including attacks 

14 and attempted attacks by Russian government or 

15 nongovernment cyber threat actors. 

16 (5) Improvements in the identification and attri17 bution of Russian government or nongovernment 

18 cyber threat actors. 

19 (6) Deterrence, including actions and measures 

20 that could or should be undertaken against or commu21 nicated to the Government of Russia or other entities 

22 to deter attacks against, or interference with, United 

23 States election systems and processes. 

24 (7) Improvements in Federal Government com25 munications with State and local election officials. 


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1 (8) Public education and communication efforts. 

2 (9) Benchmarks and milestones to enable the 

3 measurement of concrete steps taken and progress 

4 made in the implementation of the strategy. 

5 (d) CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING.—Not later than 90 

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

7 of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Homeland Se8 curity shall jointly brief the appropriate congressional com9 mittees on the strategy developed under subsection (b). 

10 SEC. 2505. ASSESSMENT OF SIGNIFICANT RUSSIAN INFLU11 ENCE CAMPAIGNS DIRECTED AT FOREIGN 

12 ELECTIONS AND REFERENDA. 

13 (a) RUSSIAN INFLUENCE CAMPAIGN DEFINED.—In 

14 this section, the term ‘‘Russian influence campaign’’ means 

15 any effort, covert or overt, and by any means, attributable 

16 to the Russian Federation directed at an election, ref17 erendum, or similar process in a country other than the 

18 Russian Federation or the United States. 

19 (b) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days 

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

21 National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intel22 ligence committees a report containing an analytical assess23 ment of the most significant Russian influence campaigns, 

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1 cant current or planned such Russian influence campaigns, 

2 if any. Such assessment shall include— 

3 (1) a summary of such significant Russian in4 fluence campaigns, including, at a minimum, the spe5 cific means by which such campaigns were conducted, 

6 are being conducted, or likely will be conducted, as 

7 appropriate, and the specific goal of each such cam8 paign; 

9 (2) a summary of any defenses against or re10 sponses to such Russian influence campaigns by the 

11 foreign state holding the elections or referenda; 

12 (3) a summary of any relevant activities by ele13 ments of the intelligence community undertaken for 

14 the purpose of assisting the government of such for15 eign state in defending against or responding to such 

16 Russian influence campaigns; and 

17 (4) an assessment of the effectiveness of such de18 fenses and responses described in paragraphs (2) and 

19 (3). 

20 (c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (b) may 

21 be submitted in classified form, but if so submitted, shall 

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1 SEC. 2506. INFORMATION SHARING WITH STATE ELECTION 

2 OFFICIALS. 

3 (a) STATE DEFINED.—In this section, the term 

4 ‘‘State’’ means any State of the United States, the District 

5 of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any 

6 territory or possession of the United States. 

7 (b) SECURITY CLEARANCES.— 

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

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

10 National Intelligence shall support the Under Sec11 retary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and 

12 Analysis, and any other official of the Department of 

13 Homeland Security designated by the Secretary of 

14 Homeland Security, in sponsoring a security clear15 ance up to the top secret level for each eligible chief 

16 election official of a State or the District of Columbia, 

17 and additional eligible designees of such election offi18 cial as appropriate, at the time that such election of19 ficial assumes such position. 

20 (2) INTERIM CLEARANCES.—Consistent with ap21 plicable policies and directives, the Director of Na22 tional Intelligence may issue interim clearances, for 

23 a period to be determined by the Director, to a chief 

24 election official as described in paragraph (1) and up 

25 to 1 designee of such official under such paragraph. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National In2 telligence shall assist the Under Secretary of Home3 land Security for Intelligence and Analysis and the 

4 Under Secretary responsible for overseeing critical in5 frastructure protection, cybersecurity, and other re6 lated programs of the Department (as specified in sec7 tion 103(a)(1)(H) of the Homeland Security Act of 

8 2002 (6 U.S.C. 113(a)(1)(H))) with sharing any ap9 propriate classified information related to threats to 

10 election systems and to the integrity of the election 

11 process with chief election officials and such designees 

12 who have received a security clearance under sub13 section (b). 

14 (2) COORDINATION.—The Under Secretary of 

15 Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis 

16 shall coordinate with the Director of National Intel17 ligence and the Under Secretary responsible for over18 seeing critical infrastructure protection, cybersecurity, 

19 and other related programs of the Department (as 

20 specified in section 103(a)(1)(H) of the Homeland Se21 curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 113(a)(1)(H))) to facili22 tate the sharing of information to the affected Secre23 taries of State or States. 


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1 SEC. 2507. NOTIFICATION OF SIGNIFICANT FOREIGN CYBER 

2 INTRUSIONS AND ACTIVE MEASURES CAM3 PAIGNS DIRECTED AT ELECTIONS FOR FED4 ERAL OFFICES. 

5 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 (1) ACTIVE MEASURES CAMPAIGN.—The term 

7 ‘‘active measures campaign’’ means a foreign semi8 covert or covert intelligence operation. 

9 (2) CANDIDATE, ELECTION, AND POLITICAL

10 PARTY.—The terms ‘‘candidate’’, ‘‘election’’, and ‘‘po11 litical party’’ have the meanings given those terms in 

12 section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 

13 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101). 

14 (3) CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP.—The term 

15 ‘‘congressional leadership’’ includes the following: 

16 (A) The majority leader of the Senate. 

17 (B) The minority leader of the Senate. 

18 (C) The Speaker of the House of Represent19 atives. 

20 (D) The minority leader of the House of 

21 Representatives. 

22 (4) CYBER INTRUSION.—The term ‘‘cyber intru23 sion’’ means an electronic occurrence that actually or 

24 imminently jeopardizes, without lawful authority, 

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1 confidentiality, or availability of information within 

2 such infrastructure. 

3 (5) ELECTRONIC ELECTION INFRASTRUCTURE.— 

4 The term ‘‘electronic election infrastructure’’ means 

5 an electronic information system of any of the fol6 lowing that is related to an election for Federal office: 

7 (A) The Federal Government. 

8 (B) A State or local government. 

9 (C) A political party. 

10 (D) The election campaign of a candidate. 

11 (6) FEDERAL OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Federal of12 fice’’ has the meaning given that term in section 301 

13 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 

14 U.S.C. 30101). 

15 (7) HIGH CONFIDENCE.—The term ‘‘high con16 fidence’’, with respect to a determination, means that 

17 the determination is based on high-quality informa18 tion from multiple sources. 

19 (8) MODERATE CONFIDENCE.—The term ‘‘mod20 erate confidence’’, with respect to a determination, 

21 means that a determination is credibly sourced and 

22 plausible but not of sufficient quality or corroborated 

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1 (9) OTHER APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COM2 MITTEES.—The term ‘‘other appropriate congressional 

3 committees’’ means— 

4 (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

5 Committee on Homeland Security and Govern6 mental Affairs, and the Committee on Appro7 priations of the Senate; and 

8 (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

9 Committee on Homeland Security, and the Com10 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Rep11 resentatives. 

12 (b) DETERMINATIONS OF SIGNIFICANT FOREIGN

13 CYBER INTRUSIONS AND ACTIVE MEASURES CAMPAIGNS.— 

14 The Director of National Intelligence, the Director of the 

15 Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Secretary of 

16 Homeland Security shall jointly carry out subsection (c) 

17 if such Directors and the Secretary jointly determine— 

18 (1) that on or after the date of the enactment of 

19 this Act, a significant foreign cyber intrusion or ac20 tive measures campaign intended to influence an up21 coming election for any Federal office has occurred or 

22 is occurring; and 

23 (2) with moderate or high confidence, that such 

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1 state or to a foreign nonstate person, group, or other 

2 entity. 

3 (c) BRIEFING.— 

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

5 making a determination under subsection (b), the Di6 rector of National Intelligence, the Director of the 

7 Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Secretary of 

8 Homeland Security shall jointly provide a briefing to 

9 the congressional leadership, the congressional intel10 ligence committees and, consistent with the protection 

11 of sources and methods, the other appropriate congres12 sional committees. The briefing shall be classified and 

13 address, at a minimum, the following: 

14 (A) A description of the significant foreign 

15 cyber intrusion or active measures campaign, as 

16 the case may be, covered by the determination. 

17 (B) An identification of the foreign state or 

18 foreign nonstate person, group, or other entity, to 

19 which such intrusion or campaign has been at20 tributed. 

21 (C) The desirability and feasibility of the 

22 public release of information about the cyber in23 trusion or active measures campaign. 

24 (D) Any other information such Directors 

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1 (2) ELECTRONIC ELECTION INFRASTRUCTURE

2 BRIEFINGS.—With respect to a significant foreign 

3 cyber intrusion covered by a determination under 

4 subsection (b), the Secretary of Homeland Security, 

5 in consultation with the Director of National Intel6 ligence and the Director of the Federal Bureau of In7 vestigation, shall offer to the owner or operator of any 

8 electronic election infrastructure directly affected by 

9 such intrusion, a briefing on such intrusion, includ10 ing steps that may be taken to mitigate such intru11 sion. Such briefing may be classified and made avail12 able only to individuals with appropriate security 

13 clearances. 

14 (3) PROTECTION OF SOURCES AND METHODS.— 

15 This subsection shall be carried out in a manner that 

16 is consistent with the protection of sources and meth17 ods. 

18 SEC. 2508. DESIGNATION OF COUNTERINTELLIGENCE OFFI19 CER TO LEAD ELECTION SECURITY MATTERS. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National Intel21 ligence shall designate a national counterintelligence officer 

22 within the National Counterintelligence and Security Cen23 ter to lead, manage, and coordinate counterintelligence 

24 matters relating to election security. 


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1 (b) ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.—The person des2 ignated under subsection (a) shall also lead, manage, and 

3 coordinate counterintelligence matters relating to risks 

4 posed by interference from foreign powers (as defined in sec5 tion 101 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 

6 (50 U.S.C. 1801)) to the following: 

7 (1) The Federal Government election security 

8 supply chain. 

9 (2) Election voting systems and software. 

10 (3) Voter registration databases. 

11 (4) Critical infrastructure related to elections. 

12 (5) Such other Government goods and services as 

13 the Director of National Intelligence considers appro14 priate. 

15 TITLE XXVI—SECURITY 

16 CLEARANCES 

17 SEC. 2601. DEFINITIONS. 

18 In this title: 

19 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT20 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit21 tees’’ means— 

22 (A) the congressional intelligence commit23 tees; 

24 (B) the Committee on Armed Services of the 

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1 (C) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

2 Senate; 

3 (D) the Committee on Homeland Security 

4 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 

5 (E) the Committee on Armed Services of the 

6 House of Representatives; 

7 (F) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

8 House of Representatives; 

9 (G) the Committee on Homeland Security 

10 of the House of Representatives; and 

11 (H) the Committee on Oversight and Re12 form of the House of Representatives. 

13 (2) APPROPRIATE INDUSTRY PARTNERS.—The 

14 term ‘‘appropriate industry partner’’ means a con15 tractor, licensee, or grantee (as defined in section 

16 101(a) of Executive Order 12829 (50 U.S.C. 3161 

17 note; relating to National Industrial Security Pro18 gram)) that is participating in the National Indus19 trial Security Program established by such Executive 

20 Order. 

21 (3) CONTINUOUS VETTING.—The term ‘‘contin22 uous vetting’’ has the meaning given such term in Ex23 ecutive Order 13467 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note; relating to 

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1 and eligibility for access to classified national secu2 rity information). 

3 (4) COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Council’’ means the 

4 Security, Suitability, and Credentialing Performance 

5 Accountability Council established pursuant to such 

6 Executive Order, or any successor entity. 

7 (5) SECURITY EXECUTIVE AGENT.—The term 

8 ‘‘Security Executive Agent’’ means the officer serving 

9 as the Security Executive Agent pursuant to section 

10 803 of the National Security Act of 1947, as added 

11 by section 2605. 

12 (6) SUITABILITY AND CREDENTIALING EXECU13 TIVE AGENT.—The term ‘‘Suitability and 

14 Credentialing Executive Agent’’ means the Director of 

15 the Office of Personnel Management acting as the 

16 Suitability and Credentialing Executive Agent in ac17 cordance with Executive Order 13467 (50 U.S.C. 

18 3161 note; relating to reforming processes related to 

19 suitability for government employment, fitness for 

20 contractor employees, and eligibility for access to clas21 sified national security information), or any successor 

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1 SEC. 2602. REPORTS AND PLANS RELATING TO SECURITY 

2 CLEARANCES AND BACKGROUND INVESTIGA3 TIONS. 

4 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

5 that— 

6 (1) ensuring the trustworthiness and security of 

7 the workforce, facilities, and information of the Fed8 eral Government is of the highest priority to national 

9 security and public safety; 

10 (2) the President and Congress should prioritize 

11 the modernization of the personnel security framework 

12 to improve its efficiency, effectiveness, and account13 ability; 

14 (3) the current system for security clearance, 

15 suitability and fitness for employment, and 

16 credentialing lacks efficiencies and capabilities to 

17 meet the current threat environment, recruit and re18 tain a trusted workforce, and capitalize on modern 

19 technologies; and 

20 (4) changes to policies or processes to improve 

21 this system should be vetted through the Council to 

22 ensure standardization, portability, and reciprocity 

23 in security clearances across the Federal Government. 

24 (b) ACCOUNTABILITY PLANS AND REPORTS.— 

25 (1) PLANS.—Not later than 90 days after the 

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1 submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

2 and make available to appropriate industry partners 

3 the following: 

4 (A) A plan, with milestones, to reduce the 

5 background investigation inventory to 200,000, 

6 or an otherwise sustainable steady-level, by the 

7 end of year 2020. Such plan shall include notes 

8 of any required changes in investigative and ad9 judicative standards or resources. 

10 (B) A plan to consolidate the conduct of 

11 background investigations associated with the 

12 processing for security clearances in the most ef13 fective and efficient manner between the Na14 tional Background Investigation Bureau and the 

15 Defense Security Service, or a successor organi16 zation. Such plan shall address required fund17 ing, personnel, contracts, information technology, 

18 field office structure, policy, governance, sched19 ule, transition costs, and effects on stakeholders. 

20 (2) REPORT ON THE FUTURE OF PERSONNEL SE21 CURITY.— 

22 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

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

24 Chairman of the Council, in coordination with 

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1 appropriate congressional committees and make 

2 available to appropriate industry partners a re3 port on the future of personnel security to reflect 

4 changes in threats, the workforce, and technology. 

5 (B) CONTENTS.—The report submitted 

6 under subparagraph (A) shall include the fol7 lowing: 

8 (i) A risk framework for granting and 

9 renewing access to classified information. 

10 (ii) A discussion of the use of tech11 nologies to prevent, detect, and monitor 

12 threats. 

13 (iii) A discussion of efforts to address 

14 reciprocity and portability. 

15 (iv) A discussion of the characteristics 

16 of effective insider threat programs. 

17 (v) An analysis of how to integrate 

18 data from continuous evaluation, insider 

19 threat programs, and human resources 

20 data. 

21 (vi) Recommendations on interagency 

22 governance. 

23 (3) PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 

24 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

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1 members of the Council, shall submit to the appro2 priate congressional committees and make available 

3 to appropriate industry partners a plan to implement 

4 the report’s framework and recommendations sub5 mitted under paragraph (2)(A). 

6 (4) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATIONS.—Not less 

7 frequently than quarterly, the Security Executive 

8 Agent shall make available to the public a report re9 garding the status of the disposition of requests re10 ceived from departments and agencies of the Federal 

11 Government for a change to, or approval under, the 

12 Federal investigative standards, the national adju13 dicative guidelines, continuous evaluation, or other 

14 national policy regarding personnel security. 

15 SEC. 2603. IMPROVING THE PROCESS FOR SECURITY 

16 CLEARANCES. 

17 (a) REVIEWS.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

18 of the enactment of this Act, the Security Executive Agent, 

19 in coordination with the members of the Council, shall sub20 mit to the appropriate congressional committees and make 

21 available to appropriate industry partners a report that in22 cludes the following: 

23 (1) A review of whether the information re24 quested on the Questionnaire for National Security 

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1 vestigative Standards prescribed by the Office of Per2 sonnel Management and the Office of the Director of 

3 National Intelligence appropriately supports the adju4 dicative guidelines under Security Executive Agent 

5 Directive 4 (known as the ‘‘National Security Adju6 dicative Guidelines’’). Such review shall include iden7 tification of whether any such information currently 

8 collected is unnecessary to support the adjudicative 

9 guidelines. 

10 (2) An assessment of whether such Questionnaire, 

11 Standards, and guidelines should be revised to ac12 count for the prospect of a holder of a security clear13 ance becoming an insider threat. 

14 (3) Recommendations to improve the background 

15 investigation process by— 

16 (A) simplifying the Questionnaire for Na17 tional Security Positions (Standard Form 86) 

18 and increasing customer support to applicants 

19 completing such Questionnaire; 

20 (B) using remote techniques and centralized 

21 locations to support or replace field investigation 

22 work; 

23 (C) using secure and reliable digitization of 

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1 (D) building the capacity of the background 

2 investigation labor sector; and 

3 (E) replacing periodic reinvestigations with 

4 continuous evaluation techniques in all appro5 priate circumstances. 

6 (b) POLICY, STRATEGY, AND IMPLEMENTATION.—Not 

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

8 Act, the Security Executive Agent shall, in coordination 

9 with the members of the Council, establish the following: 

10 (1) A policy and implementation plan for the 

11 issuance of interim security clearances. 

12 (2) A policy and implementation plan to ensure 

13 contractors are treated consistently in the security 

14 clearance process across agencies and departments of 

15 the United States as compared to employees of such 

16 agencies and departments. Such policy shall ad17 dress— 

18 (A) prioritization of processing security 

19 clearances based on the mission the contractors 

20 will be performing; 

21 (B) standardization in the forms that agen22 cies issue to initiate the process for a security 

23 clearance; 

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1 (D) use of the polygraph; 

2 (E) the application of the adjudicative 

3 guidelines under Security Executive Agent Di4 rective 4 (known as the ‘‘National Security Ad5 judicative Guidelines’’); 

6 (F) reciprocal recognition of clearances 

7 across agencies and departments of the United 

8 States, regardless of status of periodic reinves9 tigation; 

10 (G) tracking of clearance files as individ11 uals move from employment with an agency or 

12 department of the United States to employment 

13 in the private sector; 

14 (H) collection of timelines for movement of 

15 contractors across agencies and departments; 

16 (I) reporting on security incidents and job 

17 performance, consistent with section 552a of title 

18 5, United States Code (commonly known as the 

19 ‘‘Privacy Act of 1974’’), that may affect the abil20 ity to hold a security clearance; 

21 (J) any recommended changes to the Fed22 eral Acquisition Regulations (FAR) necessary to 

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1 peditiously shared between and among agencies 

2 and contractors; and 

3 (K) portability of contractor security clear4 ances between or among contracts at the same 

5 agency and between or among contracts at dif6 ferent agencies that require the same level of 

7 clearance. 

8 (3) A strategy and implementation plan that— 

9 (A) provides for periodic reinvestigations as 

10 part of a security clearance determination only 

11 on an as-needed, risk-based basis; 

12 (B) includes actions to assess the extent to 

13 which automated records checks and other con14 tinuous evaluation methods may be used to expe15 dite or focus reinvestigations; and 

16 (C) provides an exception for certain popu17 lations if the Security Executive Agent— 

18 (i) determines such populations require 

19 reinvestigations at regular intervals; and 

20 (ii) provides written justification to 

21 the appropriate congressional committees 

22 for any such determination. 

23 (4) A policy and implementation plan for agen24 cies and departments of the United States, as a part 

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1 records checks generated pursuant to a security clear2 ance applicant’s employment with a prior employer. 

3 (5) A policy for the use of certain background 

4 materials on individuals collected by the private sec5 tor for background investigation purposes. 

6 (6) Uniform standards for agency continuous 

7 evaluation programs to ensure quality and reci8 procity in accepting enrollment in a continuous vet9 ting program as a substitute for a periodic investiga10 tion for continued access to classified information. 

11 SEC. 2604. GOALS FOR PROMPTNESS OF DETERMINATIONS 

12 REGARDING SECURITY CLEARANCES. 

13 (a) RECIPROCITY DEFINED.—In this section, the term 

14 ‘‘reciprocity’’ means reciprocal recognition by Federal de15 partments and agencies of eligibility for access to classified 

16 information. 

17 (b) IN GENERAL.—The Council shall reform the secu18 rity clearance process with the objective that, by December 

19 31, 2021, 90 percent of all determinations, other than deter20 minations regarding populations identified under section 

21 2603(b)(3)(C), regarding— 

22 (1) security clearances— 

23 (A) at the secret level are issued in 30 days 

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1 (B) at the top secret level are issued in 90 

2 days or fewer; and 

3 (2) reciprocity of security clearances at the same 

4 level are recognized in 2 weeks or fewer. 

5 (c) CERTAIN REINVESTIGATIONS.—The Council shall 

6 reform the security clearance process with the goal that by 

7 December 31, 2021, reinvestigation on a set periodicity is 

8 not required for more than 10 percent of the population 

9 that holds a security clearance. 

10 (d) EQUIVALENT METRICS.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—If the Council develops a set 

12 of performance metrics that it certifies to the appro13 priate congressional committees should achieve sub14 stantially equivalent outcomes as those outlined in 

15 subsections (b) and (c), the Council may use those 

16 metrics for purposes of compliance within this provi17 sion. 

18 (2) NOTICE.—If the Council uses the authority 

19 provided by paragraph (1) to use metrics as described 

20 in such paragraph, the Council shall, not later than 

21 30 days after communicating such metrics to depart22 ments and agencies, notify the appropriate congres23 sional committees that it is using such authority. 

24 (e) PLAN.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 

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1 appropriate congressional committees and make available 

2 to appropriate industry partners a plan to carry out this 

3 section. Such plan shall include recommended interim mile4 stones for the goals set forth in subsections (b) and (c) for 

5 2019, 2020, and 2021. 

6 SEC. 2605. SECURITY EXECUTIVE AGENT. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title VIII of the National Security 

8 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3161 et seq.) is amended— 

9 (1) by redesignating sections 803 and 804 as sec10 tions 804 and 805, respectively; and 

11 (2) by inserting after section 802 the following: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 803. SECURITY EXECUTIVE AGENT. 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National Intel14 ligence, or such other officer of the United States as the 

15 President may designate, shall serve as the Security Execu16 tive Agent for all departments and agencies of the United 

17 States. 

18 ‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The duties of the Security Executive 

19 Agent are as follows: 

20 ‘‘(1) To direct the oversight of investigations, re21 investigations, adjudications, and, as applicable, 

22 polygraphs for eligibility for access to classified infor23 mation or eligibility to hold a sensitive position made 

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1 ‘‘(2) To review the national security background 

2 investigation and adjudication programs of Federal 

3 agencies to determine whether such programs are 

4 being implemented in accordance with this section. 

5 ‘‘(3) To develop and issue uniform and con6 sistent policies and procedures to ensure the effective, 

7 efficient, timely, and secure completion of investiga8 tions, polygraphs, and adjudications relating to deter9 minations of eligibility for access to classified infor10 mation or eligibility to hold a sensitive position. 

11 ‘‘(4) Unless otherwise designated by law, to serve 

12 as the final authority to designate a Federal agency 

13 or agencies to conduct investigations of persons who 

14 are proposed for access to classified information or for 

15 eligibility to hold a sensitive position to ascertain 

16 whether such persons satisfy the criteria for obtaining 

17 and retaining access to classified information or eligi18 bility to hold a sensitive position, as applicable. 

19 ‘‘(5) Unless otherwise designated by law, to serve 

20 as the final authority to designate a Federal agency 

21 or agencies to determine eligibility for access to classi22 fied information or eligibility to hold a sensitive posi23 tion in accordance with Executive Order 12968 (50 

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1 ‘‘(6) To ensure reciprocal recognition of eligi2 bility for access to classified information or eligibility 

3 to hold a sensitive position among Federal agencies, 

4 including acting as the final authority to arbitrate 

5 and resolve disputes among such agencies involving 

6 the reciprocity of investigations and adjudications of 

7 eligibility. 

8 ‘‘(7) To execute all other duties assigned to the 

9 Security Executive Agent by law. 

10 ‘‘(c) AUTHORITIES.—The Security Executive Agent 

11 shall— 

12 ‘‘(1) issue guidelines and instructions to the 

13 heads of Federal agencies to ensure appropriate uni14 formity, centralization, efficiency, effectiveness, time15 liness, and security in processes relating to deter16 minations by such agencies of eligibility for access to 

17 classified information or eligibility to hold a sensitive 

18 position, including such matters as investigations, 

19 polygraphs, adjudications, and reciprocity; 

20 ‘‘(2) have the authority to grant exceptions to, or 

21 waivers of, national security investigative require22 ments, including issuing implementing or clarifying 

23 guidance, as necessary; 

24 ‘‘(3) have the authority to assign, in whole or in 

25 part, to the head of any Federal agency (solely or 


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1 jointly) any of the duties of the Security Executive 

2 Agent described in subsection (b) or the authorities 

3 described in paragraphs (1) and (2), provided that 

4 the exercise of such assigned duties or authorities is 

5 subject to the oversight of the Security Executive 

6 Agent, including such terms and conditions (includ7 ing approval by the Security Executive Agent) as the 

8 Security Executive Agent determines appropriate; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(4) define and set standards for continuous 

11 evaluation for continued access to classified informa12 tion and for eligibility to hold a sensitive position.’’. 

13 (b) REPORT ON RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REVISING

14 AUTHORITIES.—Not later than 30 days after the date on 

15 which the Chairman of the Council submits to the appro16 priate congressional committees the report required by sec17 tion 2602(b)(2)(A), the Chairman shall submit to the ap18 propriate congressional committees such recommendations 

19 as the Chairman may have for revising the authorities of 

20 the Security Executive Agent. 

21 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

22 103H(j)(4)(A) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 3033(j)(4)(A)) is 

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1 (d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 

2 the matter preceding section 2 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 3002) 

3 is amended by striking the items relating to sections 803 

4 and 804 and inserting the following: 

‘‘Sec. 803. Security Executive Agent. 

‘‘Sec. 804. Exceptions. 

‘‘Sec. 805. Definitions.’’. 

5 SEC. 2606. REPORT ON UNIFIED, SIMPLIFIED, GOVERN6 MENTWIDE STANDARDS FOR POSITIONS OF 

7 TRUST AND SECURITY CLEARANCES. 

8 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 

9 of this Act, the Security Executive Agent and the Suit10 ability and Credentialing Executive Agent, in coordination 

11 with the other members of the Council, shall jointly submit 

12 to the appropriate congressional committees and make 

13 available to appropriate industry partners a report regard14 ing the advisability and the risks, benefits, and costs to the 

15 Government and to industry of consolidating to not more 

16 than 3 tiers for positions of trust and security clearances. 

17 SEC. 2607. REPORT ON CLEARANCE IN PERSON CONCEPT. 

18 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

19 that to reflect the greater mobility of the modern workforce, 

20 alternative methodologies merit analysis to allow greater 

21 flexibility for individuals moving in and out of positions 

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

2 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Security Executive 

3 Agent shall submit to the appropriate congressional com4 mittees and make available to appropriate industry part5 ners a report that describes the requirements, feasibility, 

6 and advisability of implementing a clearance in person 

7 concept described in subsection (c). 

8 (c) CLEARANCE IN PERSON CONCEPT.—The clearance 

9 in person concept— 

10 (1) permits an individual who once held a secu11 rity clearance to maintain his or her eligibility for 

12 access to classified information, networks, and facili13 ties for up to 3 years after the individual’s eligibility 

14 for access to classified information would otherwise 

15 lapse; and 

16 (2) recognizes, unless otherwise directed by the 

17 Security Executive Agent, an individual’s security 

18 clearance and background investigation as current, 

19 regardless of employment status, contingent on enroll20 ment in a continuous vetting program. 

21 (d) CONTENTS.—The report required under subsection 

22 (b) shall address— 

23 (1) requirements for an individual to voluntarily 

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1 vidual is not in a position requiring access to classi2 fied information; 

3 (2) appropriate safeguards for privacy; 

4 (3) advantages to government and industry; 

5 (4) the costs and savings associated with imple6 mentation; 

7 (5) the risks of such implementation, including 

8 security and counterintelligence risks; 

9 (6) an appropriate funding model; and 

10 (7) fairness to small companies and independent 

11 contractors. 

12 SEC. 2608. REPORTS ON RECIPROCITY FOR SECURITY 

13 CLEARANCES INSIDE OF DEPARTMENTS AND 

14 AGENCIES. 

15 (a) RECIPROCALLY RECOGNIZED DEFINED.—In this 

16 section, the term ‘‘reciprocally recognized’’ means reciprocal 

17 recognition by Federal departments and agencies of eligi18 bility for access to classified information. 

19 (b) REPORTS TO SECURITY EXECUTIVE AGENT.—The 

20 head of each Federal department or agency shall submit an 

21 annual report to the Security Executive Agent that— 

22 (1) identifies the number of individuals whose se23 curity clearances take more than 2 weeks to be recip24 rocally recognized after such individuals move to an25 other part of such department or agency; and 


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1 (2) breaks out the information described in para2 graph (1) by type of clearance and the reasons for 

3 any delays. 

4 (c) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not less frequently than once 

5 each year, the Security Executive Agent shall submit to the 

6 appropriate congressional committees and make available 

7 to industry partners an annual report that summarizes the 

8 information received pursuant to subsection (b) during the 

9 period covered by such report. 

10 SEC. 2609. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY REPORTS ON SECU11 RITY CLEARANCES. 

12 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

13 that— 

14 (1) despite sustained efforts by Congress and the 

15 executive branch, an unacceptable backlog in proc16 essing and adjudicating security clearances persists, 

17 both within elements of the intelligence community 

18 and in other departments of the Federal Government, 

19 with some processing times exceeding a year or even 

20 more; 

21 (2) the protracted clearance timetable threatens 

22 the ability of elements of the intelligence community 

23 to hire and retain highly qualified individuals, and 

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1 (3) the prospect of a lengthy clearance process 

2 deters some such individuals from seeking employ3 ment with the intelligence community in the first 

4 place, and, when faced with a long wait time, those 

5 with conditional offers of employment may opt to dis6 continue the security clearance process and pursue 

7 different opportunities; 

8 (4) now more than ever, therefore, the broken se9 curity clearance process badly needs fundamental re10 form; and 

11 (5) in the meantime, to ensure the ability of ele12 ments of the intelligence community to hire and re13 tain highly qualified personnel, elements should con14 sider, to the extent possible and consistent with na15 tional security, permitting new employees to enter on 

16 duty immediately or nearly so, and to perform, on a 

17 temporary basis pending final adjudication of their 

18 security clearances, work that either does not require 

19 a security clearance or requires only a low-level in20 terim clearance. 

21 (b) IN GENERAL.—Section 506H of the National Secu22 rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3104) is amended— 

23 (1) in subsection (a)(1)— 

24 (A) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by inserting 

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1 (B) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ‘‘; 

2 and’’ and inserting a period; and 

3 (C) by striking subparagraph (C); 

4 (2) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection 

5 (c); 

6 (3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following 

7 new subsection (b): 

8 ‘‘(b) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY REPORTS.—(1) Not 

9 later than March 1 of each year, the Director of National 

10 Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence 

11 committees, the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov12 ernmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on 

13 Homeland Security of the House of Representatives a report 

14 on the security clearances processed by each element of the 

15 intelligence community during the preceding fiscal year. 

16 Each such report shall separately identify security clear17 ances processed for Federal employees and contractor em18 ployees sponsored by each such element. 

19 ‘‘(2) Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall 

20 include each of the following for each element of the intel21 ligence community for the fiscal year covered by the report: 

22 ‘‘(A) The total number of initial security clear23 ance background investigations sponsored for new ap24 plicants. 


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1 ‘‘(B) The total number of security clearance peri2 odic reinvestigations sponsored for existing employees. 

3 ‘‘(C) The total number of initial security clear4 ance background investigations for new applicants 

5 that were adjudicated with notice of a determination 

6 provided to the prospective applicant, including— 

7 ‘‘(i) the total number that were adjudicated 

8 favorably and granted access to classified infor9 mation; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) the total number that were adjudicated 

11 unfavorably and resulted in a denial or revoca12 tion of a security clearance. 

13 ‘‘(D) The total number of security clearance 

14 periodic background investigations that were adju15 dicated with notice of a determination provided to the 

16 existing employee, including— 

17 ‘‘(i) the total number that were adjudicated 

18 favorably; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) the total number that were adjudicated 

20 unfavorably and resulted in a denial or revoca21 tion of a security clearance. 

22 ‘‘(E) The total number of pending security clear23 ance background investigations, including initial ap24 plicant investigations and periodic reinvestigations, 


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1 that were not adjudicated as of the last day of such 

2 year and that remained pending as follows: 

3 ‘‘(i) For 180 days or less. 

4 ‘‘(ii) For 180 days or longer, but less than 

5 12 months. 

6 ‘‘(iii) For 12 months or longer, but less 

7 than 18 months. 

8 ‘‘(iv) For 18 months or longer, but less than 

9 24 months. 

10 ‘‘(v) For 24 months or longer. 

11 ‘‘(F) In the case of security clearance determina12 tions completed or pending during the year preceding 

13 the year for which the report is submitted that have 

14 taken longer than 12 months to complete— 

15 ‘‘(i) an explanation of the causes for the 

16 delays incurred during the period covered by the 

17 report; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) the number of such delays involving a 

19 polygraph requirement. 

20 ‘‘(G) The percentage of security clearance inves21 tigations, including initial and periodic reinvestiga22 tions, that resulted in a denial or revocation of a se23 curity clearance. 

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1 ‘‘(I) The percentage of security clearance inves2 tigations that did not result in enough information to 

3 make a decision on potentially adverse information. 

4 ‘‘(3) The report required under this subsection shall 

5 be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi6 fied annex.’’; and 

7 (4) in subsection (c), as redesignated by para8 graph (2), by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘subsections (a)(1) and (b)’’. 

10 SEC. 2610. PERIODIC REPORT ON POSITIONS IN THE INTEL11 LIGENCE COMMUNITY THAT CAN BE CON12 DUCTED WITHOUT ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED 

13 INFORMATION, NETWORKS, OR FACILITIES. 

14 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 

15 of this Act and not less frequently than once every 5 years 

16 thereafter, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit 

17 to the congressional intelligence committees a report that 

18 reviews the intelligence community for which positions can 

19 be conducted without access to classified information, net20 works, or facilities, or may only require a security clearance 

21 at the secret level. 

22 SEC. 2611. INFORMATION SHARING PROGRAM FOR POSI23 TIONS OF TRUST AND SECURITY CLEAR24 ANCES. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

2 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Security Ex3 ecutive Agent and the Suitability and Credentialing 

4 Executive Agent shall establish and implement a pro5 gram to share between and among agencies of the 

6 Federal Government and industry partners of the 

7 Federal Government relevant background information 

8 regarding individuals applying for and currently oc9 cupying national security positions and positions of 

10 trust, in order to ensure the Federal Government 

11 maintains a trusted workforce. 

12 (2) DESIGNATION.—The program established 

13 under paragraph (1) shall be known as the ‘‘Trusted 

14 Information Provider Program’’ (in this section re15 ferred to as the ‘‘Program’’). 

16 (b) PRIVACY SAFEGUARDS.—The Security Executive 

17 Agent and the Suitability and Credentialing Executive 

18 Agent shall ensure that the Program includes such safe19 guards for privacy as the Security Executive Agent and the 

20 Suitability and Credentialing Executive Agent consider ap21 propriate. 

22 (c) PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO THE FEDERAL

23 GOVERNMENT.—The Program shall include requirements 

24 that enable investigative service providers and agencies of 

25 the Federal Government to leverage certain pre-employment 


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1 information gathered during the employment or military 

2 recruiting process, and other relevant security or human 

3 resources information obtained during employment with or 

4 for the Federal Government, that satisfy Federal investiga5 tive standards, while safeguarding personnel privacy. 

6 (d) INFORMATION AND RECORDS.—The information 

7 and records considered under the Program shall include the 

8 following: 

9 (1) Date and place of birth. 

10 (2) Citizenship or immigration and naturaliza11 tion information. 

12 (3) Education records. 

13 (4) Employment records. 

14 (5) Employment or social references. 

15 (6) Military service records. 

16 (7) State and local law enforcement checks. 

17 (8) Criminal history checks. 

18 (9) Financial records or information. 

19 (10) Foreign travel, relatives, or associations. 

20 (11) Social media checks. 

21 (12) Such other information or records as may 

22 be relevant to obtaining or maintaining national se23 curity, suitability, fitness, or credentialing eligibility. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

2 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Security Ex3 ecutive Agent and the Suitability and Credentialing 

4 Executive Agent shall jointly submit to the appro5 priate congressional committees and make available 

6 to appropriate industry partners a plan for the im7 plementation of the Program. 

8 (2) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by para9 graph (1) shall include the following: 

10 (A) Mechanisms that address privacy, na11 tional security, suitability or fitness, 

12 credentialing, and human resources or military 

13 recruitment processes. 

14 (B) Such recommendations for legislative or 

15 administrative action as the Security Executive 

16 Agent and the Suitability and Credentialing Ex17 ecutive Agent consider appropriate to carry out 

18 or improve the Program. 

19 (f) PLAN FOR PILOT PROGRAM ON TWO-WAY INFORMA20 TION SHARING.— 

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

22 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Security Ex23 ecutive Agent and the Suitability and Credentialing 

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1 to appropriate industry partners a plan for the im2 plementation of a pilot program to assess the feasi3 bility and advisability of expanding the Program to 

4 include the sharing of information held by the Federal 

5 Government related to contract personnel with the se6 curity office of the employers of those contractor per7 sonnel. 

8 (2) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by para9 graph (1) shall include the following: 

10 (A) Mechanisms that address privacy, na11 tional security, suitability or fitness, 

12 credentialing, and human resources or military 

13 recruitment processes. 

14 (B) Such recommendations for legislative or 

15 administrative action as the Security Executive 

16 Agent and the Suitability and Credentialing Ex17 ecutive Agent consider appropriate to carry out 

18 or improve the pilot program. 

19 (g) REVIEW.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 

20 the enactment of this Act, the Security Executive Agent and 

21 the Suitability and Credentialing Executive Agent shall 

22 jointly submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

23 and make available to appropriate industry partners a re24 view of the plans submitted under subsections (e)(1) and 


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1 (f)(1) and utility and effectiveness of the programs described 

2 in such plans. 

3 SEC. 2612. REPORT ON PROTECTIONS FOR CONFIDEN4 TIALITY OF WHISTLEBLOWER-RELATED COM5 MUNICATIONS. 

6 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 

7 of this Act, the Security Executive Agent shall, in coordina8 tion with the Inspector General of the Intelligence Commu9 nity, submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

10 a report detailing the controls employed by the intelligence 

11 community to ensure that continuous vetting programs, in12 cluding those involving user activity monitoring, protect the 

13 confidentiality of whistleblower-related communications. 

14 TITLE XXVII—REPORTS AND 

15 OTHER MATTERS 

16 Subtitle A—Matters Relating to 

17 Russia and Other Foreign Powers 

18 SEC. 2701. LIMITATION RELATING TO ESTABLISHMENT OR 

19 SUPPORT OF CYBERSECURITY UNIT WITH 

20 THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

21 (a) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE22 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres23 sional committees’’ means— 

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1 (2) the Committee on Armed Services of the Sen2 ate and the Committee on Armed Services of the 

3 House of Representatives; and 

4 (3) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

5 Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

6 House of Representatives. 

7 (b) LIMITATION.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—No amount may be expended 

9 by the Federal Government, other than the Depart10 ment of Defense, to enter into or implement any bilat11 eral agreement between the United States and the 

12 Russian Federation regarding cybersecurity, includ13 ing the establishment or support of any cybersecurity 

14 unit, unless, at least 30 days prior to the conclusion 

15 of any such agreement, the Director of National Intel16 ligence submits to the appropriate congressional com17 mittees a report on such agreement that includes the 

18 elements required by subsection (c). 

19 (2) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AGREEMENTS.— 

20 Any agreement between the Department of Defense 

21 and the Russian Federation regarding cybersecurity 

22 shall be conducted in accordance with section 1232 of 

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1 tion 1231 of the National Defense Authorization Act 

2 for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91). 

3 (c) ELEMENTS.—If the Director submits a report 

4 under subsection (b) with respect to an agreement, such re5 port shall include a description of each of the following: 

6 (1) The purpose of the agreement. 

7 (2) The nature of any intelligence to be shared 

8 pursuant to the agreement. 

9 (3) The expected value to national security re10 sulting from the implementation of the agreement. 

11 (4) Such counterintelligence concerns associated 

12 with the agreement as the Director may have and 

13 such measures as the Director expects to be taken to 

14 mitigate such concerns. 

15 (d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This section shall not 

16 be construed to affect any existing authority of the Director 

17 of National Intelligence, the Director of the Central Intel18 ligence Agency, or another head of an element of the intel19 ligence community, to share or receive foreign intelligence 

20 on a case-by-case basis. 

21 SEC. 2702. REPORT ON RETURNING RUSSIAN COMPOUNDS. 

22 (a) COVERED COMPOUNDS DEFINED.—In this section, 

23 the term ‘‘covered compounds’’ means the real property in 

24 New York, the real property in Maryland, and the real 

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1 control of the Government of Russia in 2016 and were re2 moved from such control in response to various trans3 gressions by the Government of Russia, including the inter4 ference by the Government of Russia in the 2016 election 

5 in the United States. 

6 (b) REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT.—Not later than 180 

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

8 of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional 

9 intelligence committees, and the Committee on Foreign Re10 lations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

11 of the House of Representatives (only with respect to the 

12 unclassified report), a report on the intelligence risks of re13 turning the covered compounds to Russian control. 

14 (c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by this 

15 section shall be submitted in classified and unclassified 

16 forms. 

17 SEC. 2703. ASSESSMENT OF THREAT FINANCE RELATING TO 

18 RUSSIA. 

19 (a) THREAT FINANCE DEFINED.—In this section, the 

20 term ‘‘threat finance’’ means— 

21 (1) the financing of cyber operations, global in22 fluence campaigns, intelligence service activities, pro23 liferation, terrorism, or transnational crime and drug 

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1 (2) the methods and entities used to spend, store, 

2 move, raise, conceal, or launder money or value, on 

3 behalf of threat actors; 

4 (3) sanctions evasion; and 

5 (4) other forms of threat finance activity domes6 tically or internationally, as defined by the President. 

7 (b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days after 

8 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of Na9 tional Intelligence, in coordination with the Assistant Sec10 retary of the Treasury for Intelligence and Analysis, shall 

11 submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report 

12 containing an assessment of Russian threat finance. The 

13 assessment shall be based on intelligence from all sources, 

14 including from the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intel15 ligence of the Department of the Treasury. 

16 (c) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (b) 

17 shall include each of the following: 

18 (1) A summary of leading examples from the 3- 

19 year period preceding the date of the submittal of the 

20 report of threat finance activities conducted by, for 

21 the benefit of, or at the behest of— 

22 (A) officials of the Government of Russia; 

23 (B) persons subject to sanctions under any 

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1 (C) Russian nationals subject to sanctions 

2 under any other provision of law; or 

3 (D) Russian oligarchs or organized crimi4 nals. 

5 (2) An assessment with respect to any trends or 

6 patterns in threat finance activities relating to Rus7 sia, including common methods of conducting such 

8 activities and global nodes of money laundering used 

9 by Russian threat actors described in paragraph (1) 

10 and associated entities. 

11 (3) An assessment of any connections between 

12 Russian individuals involved in money laundering 

13 and the Government of Russia. 

14 (4) A summary of engagement and coordination 

15 with international partners on threat finance relating 

16 to Russia, especially in Europe, including examples 

17 of such engagement and coordination. 

18 (5) An identification of any resource and collec19 tion gaps. 

20 (6) An identification of— 

21 (A) entry points of money laundering by 

22 Russian and associated entities into the United 

23 States; 

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1 cific sectors, which have been or could be ex2 ploited in connection with Russian threat fi3 nance activities; and 

4 (C) the counterintelligence threat posed by 

5 Russian money laundering and other forms of 

6 threat finance, as well as the threat to the United 

7 States financial system and United States efforts 

8 to enforce sanctions and combat organized crime. 

9 (7) Any other matters the Director determines 

10 appropriate. 

11 (d) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required under 

12 subsection (b) may be submitted in classified form. 

13 SEC. 2704. NOTIFICATION OF AN ACTIVE MEASURES CAM14 PAIGN. 

15 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

16 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT17 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit18 tees’’ means— 

19 (A) the congressional intelligence commit20 tees; 

21 (B) the Committee on Armed Services of the 

22 Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of 

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1 (C) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

2 the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

3 of the House of Representatives. 

4 (2) CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP.—The term 

5 ‘‘congressional leadership’’ includes the following: 

6 (A) The majority leader of the Senate. 

7 (B) The minority leader of the Senate. 

8 (C) The Speaker of the House of Represent9 atives. 

10 (D) The minority leader of the House of 

11 Representatives. 

12 (b) REQUIREMENT FOR NOTIFICATION.—The Director 

13 of National Intelligence, in cooperation with the Director 

14 of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the head of any 

15 other relevant agency, shall notify the congressional leader16 ship and the Chairman and Vice Chairman or Ranking 

17 Member of each of the appropriate congressional commit18 tees, and of other relevant committees of jurisdiction, each 

19 time the Director of National Intelligence determines there 

20 is credible information that a foreign power has, is, or will 

21 attempt to employ a covert influence or active measures 

22 campaign with regard to the modernization, employment, 

23 doctrine, or force posture of the nuclear deterrent or missile 

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1 (c) CONTENT OF NOTIFICATION.—Each notification re2 quired by subsection (b) shall include information con3 cerning actions taken by the United States to expose or halt 

4 an attempt referred to in subsection (b). 

5 SEC. 2705. NOTIFICATION OF TRAVEL BY ACCREDITED DIP6 LOMATIC AND CONSULAR PERSONNEL OF 

7 THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN THE UNITED 

8 STATES. 

9 In carrying out the advance notification requirements 

10 set out in section 502 of the Intelligence Authorization Act 

11 for Fiscal Year 2017 (division N of Public Law 115–31; 

12 131 Stat. 825; 22 U.S.C. 254a note), the Secretary of State 

13 shall— 

14 (1) ensure that the Russian Federation provides 

15 notification to the Secretary of State at least 2 busi16 ness days in advance of all travel that is subject to 

17 such requirements by accredited diplomatic and con18 sular personnel of the Russian Federation in the 

19 United States, and take necessary action to secure full 

20 compliance by Russian personnel and address any 

21 noncompliance; and 

22 (2) provide notice of travel described in para23 graph (1) to the Director of National Intelligence and 

24 the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 

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1 SEC. 2706. REPORT ON OUTREACH STRATEGY ADDRESSING 

2 THREATS FROM UNITED STATES ADVER3 SARIES TO THE UNITED STATES TECH4 NOLOGY SECTOR. 

5 (a) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE6 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 

7 of Congress’’ means— 

8 (1) the congressional intelligence committees; 

9 (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

10 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 

11 Affairs of the Senate; and 

12 (3) the Committee on Armed Services, Committee 

13 on Homeland Security, and the Committee on Over14 sight and Reform of the House of Representatives. 

15 (b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 

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

17 National Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate com18 mittees of Congress a report detailing outreach by the intel19 ligence community and the Defense Intelligence Enterprise 

20 to United States industrial, commercial, scientific, tech21 nical, and academic communities on matters relating to the 

22 efforts of adversaries of the United States to acquire critical 

23 United States technology, intellectual property, and re24 search and development information. 

25 (c) CONTENTS.—The report required by subsection (b) 

26 shall include the following: 


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1 (1) A review of the current outreach efforts of the 

2 intelligence community and the Defense Intelligence 

3 Enterprise described in subsection (b), including the 

4 type of information conveyed in the outreach. 

5 (2) A determination of the appropriate element 

6 of the intelligence community to lead such outreach 

7 efforts. 

8 (3) An assessment of potential methods for im9 proving the effectiveness of such outreach, including 

10 an assessment of the following: 

11 (A) Those critical technologies, infrastruc12 ture, or related supply chains that are at risk 

13 from the efforts of adversaries described in sub14 section (b). 

15 (B) The necessity and advisability of grant16 ing security clearances to company or commu17 nity leadership, when necessary and appro18 priate, to allow for tailored classified briefings 

19 on specific targeted threats. 

20 (C) The advisability of partnering with en21 tities of the Federal Government that are not ele22 ments of the intelligence community and relevant 

23 regulatory and industry groups described in sub24 section (b), to convey key messages across sectors 

25 targeted by United States adversaries. 


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1 (D) Strategies to assist affected elements of 

2 the communities described in subparagraph (C) 

3 in mitigating, deterring, and protecting against 

4 the broad range of threats from the efforts of ad5 versaries described in subsection (b), with focus 

6 on producing information that enables private 

7 entities to justify business decisions related to 

8 national security concerns. 

9 (E) The advisability of the establishment of 

10 a United States Government-wide task force to 

11 coordinate outreach and activities to combat the 

12 threats from efforts of adversaries described in 

13 subsection (b). 

14 (F) Such other matters as the Director of 

15 National Intelligence may consider necessary. 

16 (d) CONSULTATION ENCOURAGED.—In preparing the 

17 report required by subsection (b), the Director is encouraged 

18 to consult with other government agencies, think tanks, aca19 demia, representatives of the financial industry, or such 

20 other entities as the Director considers appropriate. 

21 (e) FORM.—The report required by subsection (b) shall 

22 be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi23 fied annex as necessary. 


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1 SEC. 2707. REPORT ON IRANIAN SUPPORT OF PROXY 

2 FORCES IN SYRIA AND LEBANON. 

3 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 (1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.— 

5 The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ 

6 means— 

7 (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

8 Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Select 

9 Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 

10 (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

11 Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Perma12 nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

13 House of Representatives. 

14 (2) ARMS OR RELATED MATERIAL.—The term 

15 ‘‘arms or related material’’ means— 

16 (A) nuclear, biological, chemical, or radio17 logical weapons or materials or components of 

18 such weapons; 

19 (B) ballistic or cruise missile weapons or 

20 materials or components of such weapons; 

21 (C) destabilizing numbers and types of ad22 vanced conventional weapons; 

23 (D) defense articles or defense services, as 

24 those terms are defined in paragraphs (3) and 

25 (4), respectively, of section 47 of the Arms Ex26 port Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2794); 


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1 (E) defense information, as that term is de2 fined in section 644 of the Foreign Assistance 

3 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2403); or 

4 (F) items designated by the President for 

5 purposes of the United States Munitions List 

6 under section 38(a)(1) of the Arms Export Con7 trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(a)(1)). 

8 (b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 

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

10 National Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate com11 mittees of Congress a report on Iranian support of proxy 

12 forces in Syria and Lebanon and the threat posed to Israel, 

13 other United States regional allies, and other specified in14 terests of the United States as a result of such support. 

15 (c) MATTERS FOR INCLUSION.—The report required 

16 under subsection (b) shall include information relating to 

17 the following matters with respect to both the strategic and 

18 tactical implications for the United States and its allies: 

19 (1) A description of arms or related materiel 

20 transferred by Iran to Hizballah since March 2011, 

21 including the number of such arms or related materiel 

22 and whether such transfer was by land, sea, or air, 

23 as well as financial and additional technological ca24 pabilities transferred by Iran to Hizballah. 


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1 (2) A description of Iranian and Iranian-con2 trolled personnel, including Hizballah, Shiite mili3 tias, and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps forces, 

4 operating within Syria, including the number and 

5 geographic distribution of such personnel operating 

6 within 30 kilometers of the Israeli borders with Syria 

7 and Lebanon. 

8 (3) An assessment of Hizballah’s operational les9 sons learned based on its recent experiences in Syria. 

10 (4) A description of any rocket-producing facili11 ties in Lebanon for nonstate actors, including whether 

12 such facilities were assessed to be built at the direc13 tion of Hizballah leadership, Iranian leadership, or 

14 in consultation between Iranian leadership and 

15 Hizballah leadership. 

16 (5) An analysis of the foreign and domestic sup17 ply chains that significantly facilitate, support, or 

18 otherwise aid Hizballah’s acquisition or development 

19 of missile production facilities, including the geo20 graphic distribution of such foreign and domestic sup21 ply chains. 

22 (6) An assessment of the provision of goods, serv23 ices, or technology transferred by Iran or its affiliates 

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1 (7) An identification of foreign persons that are 

2 based on credible information, facilitating the trans3 fer of significant financial support or arms or related 

4 materiel to Hizballah. 

5 (8) A description of the threat posed to Israel 

6 and other United States allies in the Middle East by 

7 the transfer of arms or related material or other sup8 port offered to Hizballah and other proxies from Iran. 

9 (d) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required under 

10 subsection (b) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 

11 may include a classified annex. 

12 SEC. 2708. ANNUAL REPORT ON IRANIAN EXPENDITURES 

13 SUPPORTING FOREIGN MILITARY AND TER14 RORIST ACTIVITIES. 

15 (a) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 

16 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and not 

17 less frequently than once each year thereafter, the Director 

18 of National Intelligence shall submit to Congress a report 

19 describing Iranian expenditures in the previous calendar 

20 year on military and terrorist activities outside the coun21 try, including each of the following: 

22 (1) The amount spent in such calendar year on 

23 activities by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, 

24 including activities providing support for— 

25 (A) Hizballah; 


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1 (B) Houthi rebels in Yemen; 

2 (C) Hamas; 

3 (D) proxy forces in Iraq and Syria; or 

4 (E) any other entity or country the Director 

5 determines to be relevant. 

6 (2) The amount spent in such calendar year for 

7 ballistic missile research and testing or other activi8 ties that the Director determines are destabilizing to 

9 the Middle East region. 

10 (b) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 

11 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 

12 a classified annex. 

13 SEC. 2709. EXPANSION OF SCOPE OF COMMITTEE TO 

14 COUNTER ACTIVE MEASURES AND REPORT 

15 ON ESTABLISHMENT OF FOREIGN MALIGN IN16 FLUENCE CENTER. 

17 (a) SCOPE OF COMMITTEE TO COUNTER ACTIVE

18 MEASURES.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 501 of the Intelligence 

20 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 

21 115–31; 50 U.S.C. 3001 note) is amended— 

22 (A) in subsections (a) through (h)— 

23 (i) by inserting ‘‘, the People’s Repub24 lic of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, 

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1 or other nation state’’ after ‘‘Russian Fed2 eration’’ each place it appears; and 

3 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, China, Iran, North 

4 Korea, or other nation state’’ after ‘‘Russia’’ 

5 each place it appears; and 

6 (B) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘, 

7 THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, THE

8 ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN, THE DEMO9 CRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA, OR

10 OTHER NATION STATE’’ after ‘‘RUSSIAN

11 FEDERATION’’. 

12 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con13 tents in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by strik14 ing the item relating to section 501 and inserting the 

15 following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 501. Committee to counter active measures by the Russian Federation, the 

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

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, or other nation states to 

exert covert influence over peoples and governments.’’. 

16 (b) REPORT REQUIRED.— 

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

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

19 National Intelligence, in coordination with such ele20 ments of the intelligence community as the Director 

21 considers relevant, shall submit to the congressional 

22 intelligence committees a report on the feasibility and 

23 advisability of establishing a center, to be known as 


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1 the ‘‘Foreign Malign Influence Response Center’’, 

2 that— 

3 (A) is comprised of analysts from all appro4 priate elements of the intelligence community, 

5 including elements with related diplomatic and 

6 law enforcement functions; 

7 (B) has access to all intelligence and other 

8 reporting acquired by the United States Govern9 ment on foreign efforts to influence, through 

10 overt and covert malign activities, United States 

11 political processes and elections; 

12 (C) provides comprehensive assessment, and 

13 indications and warning, of such activities; and 

14 (D) provides for enhanced dissemination of 

15 such assessment to United States policy makers. 

16 (2) CONTENTS.—The Report required by para17 graph (1) shall include the following: 

18 (A) A discussion of the desirability of the 

19 establishment of such center and any barriers to 

20 such establishment. 

21 (B) Such recommendations and other mat22 ters as the Director considers appropriate. 


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1 Subtitle B—Reports 

2 SEC. 2711. TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO INSPECTOR GEN3 ERAL STUDY. 

4 Section 11001(d) of title 5, United States Code, is 

5 amended— 

6 (1) in the subsection heading, by striking 

7 ‘‘AUDIT’’ and inserting ‘‘REVIEW’’; 

8 (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘audit’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘review’’; and 

10 (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘audit’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘review’’. 

12 SEC. 2712. REPORTS ON AUTHORITIES OF THE CHIEF IN13 TELLIGENCE OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT 

14 OF HOMELAND SECURITY. 

15 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

16 (1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.— 

17 The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ 

18 means— 

19 (A) the congressional intelligence commit20 tees; 

21 (B) the Committee on Homeland Security 

22 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 

23 (C) the Committee on Homeland Security of 

24 the House of Representatives. 


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1 (2) HOMELAND SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ENTER2 PRISE.—The term ‘‘Homeland Security Intelligence 

3 Enterprise’’ has the meaning given such term in De4 partment of Homeland Security Instruction Number 

5 264–01–001, or successor authority. 

6 (b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 120 days 

7 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

8 of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Under Sec9 retary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis, 

10 shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a 

11 report on the authorities of the Under Secretary. 

12 (c) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (b) 

13 shall include each of the following: 

14 (1) An analysis of whether the Under Secretary 

15 has the legal and policy authority necessary to orga16 nize and lead the Homeland Security Intelligence En17 terprise, with respect to intelligence, and, if not, a de18 scription of— 

19 (A) the obstacles to exercising the authori20 ties of the Chief Intelligence Officer of the De21 partment and the Homeland Security Intel22 ligence Council, of which the Chief Intelligence 

23 Officer is the chair; and 

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1 ligence activities of the Department of Homeland 

2 Security. 

3 (2) A description of the actions that the Sec4 retary has taken to address the inability of the Under 

5 Secretary to require components of the Department, 

6 other than the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of 

7 the Department to— 

8 (A) coordinate intelligence programs; and 

9 (B) integrate and standardize intelligence 

10 products produced by such other components. 

11 SEC. 2713. REVIEW OF INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY WHIS12 TLEBLOWER MATTERS. 

13 (a) REVIEW OF WHISTLEBLOWER MATTERS.—The In14 spector General of the Intelligence Community, in consulta15 tion with the inspectors general for the Central Intelligence 

16 Agency, the National Security Agency, the National 

17 Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the Defense Intelligence 

18 Agency, and the National Reconnaissance Office, shall con19 duct a review of the authorities, policies, investigatory 

20 standards, and other practices and procedures relating to 

21 intelligence community whistleblower matters, with respect 

22 to such inspectors general. 

23 (b) OBJECTIVE OF REVIEW.—The objective of the re24 view required under subsection (a) is to identify any dis25 crepancies, inconsistencies, or other issues, which frustrate 


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1 the timely and effective reporting of intelligence community 

2 whistleblower matters to appropriate inspectors general and 

3 to the congressional intelligence committees, and the fair 

4 and expeditious investigation and resolution of such mat5 ters. 

6 (c) CONDUCT OF REVIEW.—The Inspector General of 

7 the Intelligence Community shall take such measures as the 

8 Inspector General determines necessary in order to ensure 

9 that the review required by subsection (a) is conducted in 

10 an independent and objective fashion. 

11 (d) REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after the date 

12 of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the 

13 Intelligence Community shall submit to the congressional 

14 intelligence committees a written report containing the re15 sults of the review required under subsection (a), along with 

16 recommendations to improve the timely and effective report17 ing of intelligence community whistleblower matters to in18 spectors general and to the congressional intelligence com19 mittees and the fair and expeditious investigation and reso20 lution of such matters. 

21 SEC. 2714. REPORT ON ROLE OF DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL 

22 INTELLIGENCE WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN 

23 FOREIGN INVESTMENTS. 

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

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1 ligence, in consultation with the heads of the elements of 

2 the intelligence community determined appropriate by the 

3 Director, shall submit to the congressional intelligence com4 mittees a report on the role of the Director in preparing 

5 analytic materials in connection with the evaluation by the 

6 Federal Government of national security risks associated 

7 with potential foreign investments into the United States. 

8 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) shall 

9 include— 

10 (1) a description of the current process for the 

11 provision of the analytic materials described in sub12 section (a); 

13 (2) an identification of the most significant ben14 efits and drawbacks of such process with respect to the 

15 role of the Director, including the sufficiency of re16 sources and personnel to prepare such materials; and 

17 (3) recommendations to improve such process. 

18 SEC. 2715. REPORT ON SURVEILLANCE BY FOREIGN GOV19 ERNMENTS AGAINST UNITED STATES TELE20 COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS. 

21 (a) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE22 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres23 sional committees’’ means the following: 

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1 (2) The Committee on the Judiciary and the 

2 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 

3 Affairs of the Senate. 

4 (3) The Committee on the Judiciary and the 

5 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 

6 Representatives. 

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

8 of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel9 ligence shall, in coordination with the Director of the Cen10 tral Intelligence Agency, the Director of the National Secu11 rity Agency, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Inves12 tigation, and the Secretary of Homeland Security, submit 

13 to the appropriate congressional committees a report de14 scribing— 

15 (1) any attempts known to the intelligence com16 munity by foreign governments to exploit cybersecu17 rity vulnerabilities in United States telecommuni18 cations networks (including Signaling System No. 7) 

19 to target for surveillance United States persons, in20 cluding employees of the Federal Government; and 

21 (2) any actions, as of the date of the enactment 

22 of this Act, taken by the intelligence community to 

23 protect agencies and personnel of the United States 

24 Government from surveillance conducted by foreign 

25 governments. 


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1 SEC. 2716. BIENNIAL REPORT ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT 

2 RISKS. 

3 (a) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY INTERAGENCY WORK4 ING GROUP.— 

5 (1) REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH.—The Director 

6 of National Intelligence shall establish an intelligence 

7 community interagency working group to prepare the 

8 biennial reports required by subsection (b). 

9 (2) CHAIRPERSON.—The Director of National 

10 Intelligence shall serve as the chairperson of such 

11 interagency working group. 

12 (3) MEMBERSHIP.—Such interagency working 

13 group shall be composed of representatives of each ele14 ment of the intelligence community that the Director 

15 of National Intelligence determines appropriate. 

16 (b) BIENNIAL REPORT ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT

17 RISKS.— 

18 (1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 

19 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and 

20 not less frequently than once every 2 years thereafter, 

21 the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to 

22 the congressional intelligence committees, the Com23 mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af24 fairs of the Senate, and the Committee on Homeland 

25 Security of the House of Representatives a report on 


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1 foreign investment risks prepared by the interagency 

2 working group established under subsection (a). 

3 (2) ELEMENTS.—Each report required by para4 graph (1) shall include identification, analysis, and 

5 explanation of the following: 

6 (A) Any current or projected major threats 

7 to the national security of the United States with 

8 respect to foreign investment. 

9 (B) Any strategy used by a foreign country 

10 that such interagency working group has identi11 fied to be a country of special concern to use for12 eign investment to target the acquisition of crit13 ical technologies, critical materials, or critical 

14 infrastructure. 

15 (C) Any economic espionage efforts directed 

16 at the United States by a foreign country, par17 ticularly such a country of special concern. 

18 SEC. 2717. MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN REPORTING RE19 QUIREMENT ON TRAVEL OF FOREIGN DIP20 LOMATS. 

21 Section 502(d)(2) of the Intelligence Authorization Act 

22 for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 115–31) is amended by 

23 striking ‘‘the number’’ and inserting ‘‘a best estimate’’. 


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1 SEC. 2718. SEMIANNUAL REPORTS ON INVESTIGATIONS OF 

2 UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURES OF CLASSI3 FIED INFORMATION. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title XI of the National Security 

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

6 at the end the following new section: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 1105. SEMIANNUAL REPORTS ON INVESTIGATIONS OF 

8 UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURES OF CLASSI9 FIED INFORMATION. 

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

11 ‘‘(1) COVERED OFFICIAL.—The term ‘covered of12 ficial’ means— 

13 ‘‘(A) the heads of each element of the intel14 ligence community; and 

15 ‘‘(B) the inspectors general with oversight 

16 responsibility for an element of the intelligence 

17 community. 

18 ‘‘(2) INVESTIGATION.—The term ‘investigation’ 

19 means any inquiry, whether formal or informal, into 

20 the existence of an unauthorized public disclosure of 

21 classified information. 

22 ‘‘(3) UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF CLASSI23 FIED INFORMATION.—The term ‘unauthorized disclo24 sure of classified information’ means any unauthor25 ized disclosure of classified information to any recipi26 ent. 


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1 ‘‘(4) UNAUTHORIZED PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF

2 CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.—The term ‘unauthorized 

3 public disclosure of classified information’ means the 

4 unauthorized disclosure of classified information to a 

5 journalist or media organization. 

6 ‘‘(b) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY REPORTING.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently than once 

8 every 6 months, each covered official shall submit to 

9 the congressional intelligence committees a report on 

10 investigations of unauthorized public disclosures of 

11 classified information. 

12 ‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—Each report submitted under 

13 paragraph (1) shall include, with respect to the pre14 ceding 6-month period, the following: 

15 ‘‘(A) The number of investigations opened 

16 by the covered official regarding an unauthorized 

17 public disclosure of classified information. 

18 ‘‘(B) The number of investigations com19 pleted by the covered official regarding an unau20 thorized public disclosure of classified informa21 tion. 

22 ‘‘(C) Of the number of such completed inves23 tigations identified under subparagraph (B), the 

24 number referred to the Attorney General for 

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1 ‘‘(c) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REPORTING.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently than once 

3 every 6 months, the Assistant Attorney General for 

4 National Security of the Department of Justice, in 

5 consultation with the Director of the Federal Bureau 

6 of Investigation, shall submit to the congressional in7 telligence committees, the Committee on the Judiciary 

8 of the Senate, and the Committee on the Judiciary of 

9 the House of Representatives a report on the status of 

10 each referral made to the Department of Justice from 

11 any element of the intelligence community regarding 

12 an unauthorized disclosure of classified information 

13 made during the most recent 365-day period or any 

14 referral that has not yet been closed, regardless of the 

15 date the referral was made. 

16 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under 

17 paragraph (1) shall include, for each referral covered 

18 by the report, at a minimum, the following: 

19 ‘‘(A) The date the referral was received. 

20 ‘‘(B) A statement indicating whether the al21 leged unauthorized disclosure described in the re22 ferral was substantiated by the Department of 

23 Justice. 


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1 ‘‘(C) A statement indicating the highest 

2 level of classification of the information that was 

3 revealed in the unauthorized disclosure. 

4 ‘‘(D) A statement indicating whether an 

5 open criminal investigation related to the refer6 ral is active. 

7 ‘‘(E) A statement indicating whether any 

8 criminal charges have been filed related to the re9 ferral. 

10 ‘‘(F) A statement indicating whether the 

11 Department of Justice has been able to attribute 

12 the unauthorized disclosure to a particular enti13 ty or individual. 

14 ‘‘(d) FORM OF REPORTS.—Each report submitted 

15 under this section shall be submitted in unclassified form, 

16 but may have a classified annex.’’. 

17 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 

18 the first section of the National Security Act of 1947 is 

19 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1104 

20 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 1105. Semiannual reports on investigations of unauthorized disclosures of 

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1 SEC. 2719. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF DESIGNA2 TION OF COVERED INTELLIGENCE OFFICER 

3 AS PERSONA NON GRATA. 

4 (a) COVERED INTELLIGENCE OFFICER DEFINED.—In 

5 this section, the term ‘‘covered intelligence officer’’ means— 

6 (1) a United States intelligence officer serving in 

7 a post in a foreign country; or 

8 (2) a known or suspected foreign intelligence offi9 cer serving in a United States post. 

10 (b) REQUIREMENT FOR REPORTS.—Not later than 72 

11 hours after a covered intelligence officer is designated as 

12 a persona non grata, the Director of National Intelligence, 

13 in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit 

14 to the congressional intelligence committees, the Committee 

15 on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the Committee on 

16 Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a notifica17 tion of that designation. Each such notification shall in18 clude— 

19 (1) the date of the designation; 

20 (2) the basis for the designation; and 

21 (3) a justification for the expulsion. 

22 SEC. 2720. REPORTS ON INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY PAR23 TICIPATION IN VULNERABILITIES EQUITIES 

24 PROCESS OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 

25 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 (1) VULNERABILITIES EQUITIES POLICY AND

2 PROCESS DOCUMENT.—The term ‘‘Vulnerabilities Eq3 uities Policy and Process document’’ means the execu4 tive branch document entitled ‘‘Vulnerabilities Equi5 ties Policy and Process’’ dated November 15, 2017. 

6 (2) VULNERABILITIES EQUITIES PROCESS.—The 

7 term ‘‘Vulnerabilities Equities Process’’ means the 

8 interagency review of vulnerabilities, pursuant to the 

9 Vulnerabilities Equities Policy and Process document 

10 or any successor document. 

11 (3) VULNERABILITY.—The term ‘‘vulnerability’’ 

12 means a weakness in an information system or its 

13 components (for example, system security procedures, 

14 hardware design, and internal controls) that could be 

15 exploited or could affect confidentiality, integrity, or 

16 availability of information. 

17 (b) REPORTS ON PROCESS AND CRITERIA UNDER

18 VULNERABILITIES EQUITIES POLICY AND PROCESS.— 

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

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

21 National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional 

22 intelligence committees a written report describing— 

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1 (i) the title of the official or officials 

2 responsible for determining whether, pursu3 ant to criteria contained in the 

4 Vulnerabilities Equities Policy and Process 

5 document or any successor document, a vul6 nerability must be submitted for review 

7 under the Vulnerabilities Equities Process; 

8 and 

9 (ii) the process used by such element to 

10 make such determination; and 

11 (B) the roles or responsibilities of that ele12 ment during a review of a vulnerability sub13 mitted to the Vulnerabilities Equities Process. 

14 (2) CHANGES TO PROCESS OR CRITERIA.—Not 

15 later than 30 days after any significant change is 

16 made to the process and criteria used by any element 

17 of the intelligence community for determining whether 

18 to submit a vulnerability for review under the 

19 Vulnerabilities Equities Process, such element shall 

20 submit to the congressional intelligence committees a 

21 report describing such change. 

22 (3) FORM OF REPORTS.—Each report submitted 

23 under this subsection shall be submitted in unclassi24 fied form, but may include a classified annex. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently than once 

2 each calendar year, the Director of National Intel3 ligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence 

4 committees a classified report containing, with respect 

5 to the previous year— 

6 (A) the number of vulnerabilities submitted 

7 for review under the Vulnerabilities Equities 

8 Process; 

9 (B) the number of vulnerabilities described 

10 in subparagraph (A) disclosed to each vendor re11 sponsible for correcting the vulnerability, or to 

12 the public, pursuant to the Vulnerabilities Equi13 ties Process; and 

14 (C) the aggregate number, by category, of 

15 the vulnerabilities excluded from review under 

16 the Vulnerabilities Equities Process, as described 

17 in paragraph 5.4 of the Vulnerabilities Equities 

18 Policy and Process document. 

19 (2) UNCLASSIFIED INFORMATION.—Each report 

20 submitted under paragraph (1) shall include an un21 classified appendix that contains— 

22 (A) the aggregate number of vulnerabilities 

23 disclosed to vendors or the public pursuant to the 

24 Vulnerabilities Equities Process; and 


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1 (B) the aggregate number of vulnerabilities 

2 disclosed to vendors or the public pursuant to the 

3 Vulnerabilities Equities Process known to have 

4 been patched. 

5 (3) NON-DUPLICATION.—The Director of Na6 tional Intelligence may forgo submission of an annual 

7 report required under this subsection for a calendar 

8 year, if the Director notifies the intelligence commit9 tees in writing that, with respect to the same calendar 

10 year, an annual report required by paragraph 4.3 of 

11 the Vulnerabilities Equities Policy and Process docu12 ment already has been submitted to Congress, and 

13 such annual report contains the information that 

14 would otherwise be required to be included in an an15 nual report under this subsection. 

16 SEC. 2721. INSPECTORS GENERAL REPORTS ON CLASSI17 FICATION. 

18 (a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than October 1, 

19 2019, each Inspector General listed in subsection (b) shall 

20 submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report 

21 that includes, with respect to the department or agency of 

22 the Inspector General, analyses of the following: 

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1 ple of finished reports, including such reports that are 

2 compartmented. 

3 (2) Compliance with declassification procedures. 

4 (3) The effectiveness of processes for identifying 

5 topics of public or historical importance that merit 

6 prioritization for a declassification review. 

7 (b) INSPECTORS GENERAL LISTED.—The Inspectors 

8 General listed in this subsection are as follows: 

9 (1) The Inspector General of the Intelligence 

10 Community. 

11 (2) The Inspector General of the Central Intel12 ligence Agency. 

13 (3) The Inspector General of the National Secu14 rity Agency. 

15 (4) The Inspector General of the Defense Intel16 ligence Agency. 

17 (5) The Inspector General of the National Recon18 naissance Office. 

19 (6) The Inspector General of the National 

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1 SEC. 2722. REPORTS ON GLOBAL WATER INSECURITY AND 

2 NATIONAL SECURITY IMPLICATIONS AND 

3 BRIEFING ON EMERGING INFECTIOUS DIS4 EASE AND PANDEMICS. 

5 (a) REPORTS ON GLOBAL WATER INSECURITY AND

6 NATIONAL SECURITY IMPLICATIONS.— 

7 (1) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 

8 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and 

9 not less frequently than once every 5 years thereafter, 

10 the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to 

11 the congressional intelligence committees a report on 

12 the implications of water insecurity on the national 

13 security interest of the United States, including con14 sideration of social, economic, agricultural, and envi15 ronmental factors. 

16 (2) ASSESSMENT SCOPE AND FOCUS.—Each re17 port submitted under paragraph (1) shall include an 

18 assessment of water insecurity described in such sub19 section with a global scope, but focus on areas of the 

20 world— 

21 (A) of strategic, economic, or humanitarian 

22 interest to the United States— 

23 (i) that are, as of the date of the re24 port, at the greatest risk of instability, con25 flict, human insecurity, or mass displace26 ment; or 


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1 (ii) where challenges relating to water 

2 insecurity are likely to emerge and become 

3 significant during the 5-year or the 20-year 

4 period beginning on the date of the report; 

5 and 

6 (B) where challenges relating to water inse7 curity are likely to imperil the national security 

8 interests of the United States or allies of the 

9 United States. 

10 (3) CONSULTATION.—In researching a report re11 quired by paragraph (1), the Director shall consult 

12 with— 

13 (A) such stakeholders within the intelligence 

14 community, the Department of Defense, and the 

15 Department of State as the Director considers 

16 appropriate; and 

17 (B) such additional Federal agencies and 

18 persons in the private sector as the Director con19 siders appropriate. 

20 (4) FORM.—Each report submitted under para21 graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 

22 may include a classified annex. 

23 (b) BRIEFING ON EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASE

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1 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES

2 DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate 

3 congressional committees’’ means— 

4 (A) the congressional intelligence commit5 tees; 

6 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

7 Committee on Armed Services, and the Com8 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Rep9 resentatives; and 

10 (C) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 

11 Committee on Armed Services, and the Com12 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate. 

13 (2) BRIEFING.—Not later than 120 days after 

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

15 National Intelligence shall provide to the appropriate 

16 congressional committees a briefing on the anticipated 

17 geopolitical effects of emerging infectious disease (in18 cluding deliberate, accidental, and naturally occur19 ring infectious disease threats) and pandemics, and 

20 their implications on the national security of the 

21 United States. 

22 (3) CONTENT.—The briefing under paragraph 

23 (2) shall include an assessment of— 

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1 tious diseases on the United States and the inter2 national political and economic system; 

3 (B) the economic, social, political, and secu4 rity risks, costs, and impacts of a major 

5 transnational pandemic on the United States 

6 and the international political and economic sys7 tem; and 

8 (C) contributing trends and factors to the 

9 matters assessed under subparagraphs (A) and 

10 (B). 

11 (4) EXAMINATION OF RESPONSE CAPACITY.—In 

12 examining the risks, costs, and impacts of emerging 

13 infectious disease and a possible transnational pan14 demic under paragraph (3), the Director of National 

15 Intelligence shall also examine in the briefing under 

16 paragraph (2) the response capacity within affected 

17 countries and the international system. In consid18 ering response capacity, the Director shall include— 

19 (A) the ability of affected nations to effec20 tively detect and manage emerging infectious 

21 diseases and a possible transnational pandemic; 

22 (B) the role and capacity of international 

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1 and a possible pandemic, and their ability to co2 ordinate with affected and donor nations; and 

3 (C) the effectiveness of current international 

4 frameworks, agreements, and health systems to 

5 respond to emerging infectious diseases and a 

6 possible transnational pandemic. 

7 (5) FORM.—The briefing under paragraph (2) 

8 may be classified. 

9 SEC. 2723. ANNUAL REPORT ON MEMORANDA OF UNDER10 STANDING BETWEEN ELEMENTS OF INTEL11 LIGENCE COMMUNITY AND OTHER ENTITIES 

12 OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT RE13 GARDING SIGNIFICANT OPERATIONAL AC14 TIVITIES OR POLICY. 

15 Section 311 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for 

16 Fiscal Year 2017 (50 U.S.C. 3313) is amended— 

17 (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection 

18 (c); and 

19 (2) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 

20 following: 

21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each year, concurrent with the 

22 annual budget request submitted by the President to Con23 gress under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, 

24 each head of an element of the intelligence community shall 

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1 that lists each memorandum of understanding or other 

2 agreement regarding significant operational activities or 

3 policy entered into during the most recently completed fiscal 

4 year between or among such element and any other entity 

5 of the United States Government. 

6 ‘‘(b) PROVISION OF DOCUMENTS.—Each head of an 

7 element of an intelligence community who receives a request 

8 from the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate or 

9 the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

10 House of Representatives for a copy of a memorandum of 

11 understanding or other document listed in a report sub12 mitted by the head under subsection (a) shall submit to such 

13 committee the requested copy as soon as practicable after 

14 receiving such request.’’. 

15 SEC. 2724. STUDY ON THE FEASIBILITY OF ENCRYPTING UN16 CLASSIFIED WIRELINE AND WIRELESS TELE17 PHONE CALLS. 

18 (a) STUDY REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after 

19 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of Na20 tional Intelligence shall complete a study on the feasibility 

21 of encrypting unclassified wireline and wireless telephone 

22 calls between personnel in the intelligence community. 

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

24 on which the Director completes the study required by sub25 section (a), the Director shall submit to the congressional 


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1 intelligence committees a report on the Director’s findings 

2 with respect to such study. 

3 SEC. 2725. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENT FOR ANNUAL 

4 REPORT ON HIRING AND RETENTION OF MI5 NORITY EMPLOYEES. 

6 (a) EXPANSION OF PERIOD OF REPORT.—Subsection 

7 (a) of section 114 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

8 U.S.C. 3050) is amended by inserting ‘‘and the preceding 

9 5 fiscal years’’ after ‘‘fiscal year’’. 

10 (b) CLARIFICATION ON DISAGGREGATION OF DATA.— 

11 Subsection (b) of such section is amended, in the matter 

12 before paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘disaggregated data by 

13 category of covered person from each element of the intel14 ligence community’’ and inserting ‘‘data, disaggregated by 

15 category of covered person and by element of the intelligence 

16 community,’’. 

17 SEC. 2726. REPORTS ON INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY LOAN 

18 REPAYMENT AND RELATED PROGRAMS. 

19 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

20 that— 

21 (1) there should be established, through the 

22 issuing of an Intelligence Community Directive or 

23 otherwise, an intelligence community-wide program 

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1 financial counseling, and related matters, for employ2 ees of the intelligence community; 

3 (2) creating such a program would enhance the 

4 ability of the elements of the intelligence community 

5 to recruit, hire, and retain highly qualified personnel, 

6 including with respect to mission-critical and hard7 to-fill positions; 

8 (3) such a program, including with respect to 

9 eligibility requirements, should be designed so as to 

10 maximize the ability of the elements of the intelligence 

11 community to recruit, hire, and retain highly quali12 fied personnel, including with respect to mission-crit13 ical and hard-to-fill positions; and 

14 (4) to the extent possible, such a program should 

15 be uniform throughout the intelligence community 

16 and publicly promoted by each element of the intel17 ligence community to both current employees of the 

18 element as well as to prospective employees of the ele19 ment. 

20 (b) REPORT ON POTENTIAL INTELLIGENCE COMMU21 NITY-WIDE PROGRAM.— 

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

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

24 National Intelligence, in cooperation with the heads of 

25 the elements of the intelligence community and the 


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1 heads of any other appropriate department or agency 

2 of the Federal Government, shall submit to the con3 gressional intelligence committees a report on poten4 tially establishing and carrying out an intelligence 

5 community-wide program for student loan repay6 ment, student loan forgiveness, financial counseling, 

7 and related matters, as described in subsection (a). 

8 (2) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under 

9 paragraph (1) shall include, at a minimum, the fol10 lowing: 

11 (A) A description of the financial resources 

12 that the elements of the intelligence community 

13 would require to establish and initially carry out 

14 the program specified in paragraph (1). 

15 (B) A description of the practical steps to 

16 establish and carry out such a program. 

17 (C) The identification of any legislative ac18 tion the Director determines necessary to estab19 lish and carry out such a program. 

20 (c) ANNUAL REPORTS ON ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS.— 

21 (1) COVERED PROGRAMS DEFINED.—In this sub22 section, the term ‘‘covered programs’’ means any loan 

23 repayment program, loan forgiveness program, finan24 cial counseling program, or similar program, estab25 lished pursuant to title X of the National Security 


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1 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3191 et seq.) or any other pro2 vision of law that may be administered or used by an 

3 element of the intelligence community. 

4 (2) ANNUAL REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not less fre5 quently than once each year, the Director of National 

6 Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intel7 ligence committees a report on the covered programs. 

8 Each such report shall include, with respect to the pe9 riod covered by the report, the following: 

10 (A) The number of personnel from each ele11 ment of the intelligence community who used 

12 each covered program. 

13 (B) The total amount of funds each element 

14 expended for each such program. 

15 (C) A description of the efforts made by 

16 each element to promote each covered program 

17 pursuant to both the personnel of the element of 

18 the intelligence community and to prospective 

19 personnel. 

20 SEC. 2727. REPEAL OF CERTAIN REPORTING REQUIRE21 MENTS. 

22 (a) CORRECTING LONG-STANDING MATERIAL WEAK23 NESSES.—Section 368 of the Intelligence Authorization Act 

24 for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 110–259; 50 U.S.C. 3051 

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1 (b) INTERAGENCY THREAT ASSESSMENT AND COORDI2 NATION GROUP.—Section 210D of the Homeland Security 

3 Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124k) is amended— 

4 (1) by striking subsection (c); and 

5 (2) by redesignating subsections (d) through (i) 

6 as subsections (c) through (h), respectively; and 

7 (3) in subsection (c), as so redesignated— 

8 (A) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

9 and inserting a period; and 

10 (B) by striking paragraph (9). 

11 (c) INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT.—Section 8H of the 

12 Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amend13 ed— 

14 (1) by striking subsection (g); and 

15 (2) by redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as 

16 subsections (g) and (h), respectively. 

17 SEC. 2728. INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE INTELLIGENCE 

18 COMMUNITY REPORT ON SENIOR EXECU19 TIVES OF THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF 

20 NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. 

21 (a) SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE POSITION DE22 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘Senior Executive Service 

23 position’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

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1 position above the GS–15, step 10, level of the General 

2 Schedule under section 5332 of such title. 

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

4 of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the 

5 Intelligence Community shall submit to the congressional 

6 intelligence committees a report on the number of Senior 

7 Executive Service positions in the Office of the Director of 

8 National Intelligence. 

9 (c) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under subsection 

10 (b) shall include the following: 

11 (1) The number of required Senior Executive 

12 Service positions for the Office of the Director of Na13 tional Intelligence. 

14 (2) Whether such requirements are reasonably 

15 based on the mission of the Office. 

16 (3) A discussion of how the number of the Senior 

17 Executive Service positions in the Office compare to 

18 the number of senior positions at comparable organi19 zations. 

20 (d) COOPERATION.—The Director of National Intel21 ligence shall provide to the Inspector General of the Intel22 ligence Community any information requested by the In23 spector General of the Intelligence Community that is nec24 essary to carry out this section by not later than 14 calVerDate Sep 11 2014 01:24 Jul 12, 2019 Jkt 034408 PO 00000 Frm 00231 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H3494.RH H3494

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1 endar days after the date on which the Inspector General 

2 of the Intelligence Community makes such request. 

3 SEC. 2729. BRIEFING ON FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGA4 TION OFFERING PERMANENT RESIDENCE TO 

5 SOURCES AND COOPERATORS. 

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

7 of this Act, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investiga8 tion shall provide to the congressional intelligence commit9 tees a briefing on the ability of the Federal Bureau of Inves10 tigation to offer, as an inducement to assisting the Bureau, 

11 permanent residence within the United States to foreign in12 dividuals who are sources or cooperators in counterintel13 ligence or other national security-related investigations. The 

14 briefing shall address the following: 

15 (1) The extent to which the Bureau may make 

16 such offers, whether independently or in conjunction 

17 with other agencies and departments of the United 

18 States Government, including a discussion of the au19 thorities provided by section 101(a)(15)(S) of the Im20 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

21 1101(a)(15)(S)), section 7 of the Central Intelligence 

22 Agency Act (50 U.S.C. 3508), and any other provi23 sion of law under which the Bureau may make such 

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1 (2) An overview of the policies and operational 

2 practices of the Bureau with respect to making such 

3 offers. 

4 (3) The sufficiency of such policies and practices 

5 with respect to inducing individuals to cooperate 

6 with, serve as sources for such investigations, or both. 

7 (4) Whether the Director recommends any legis8 lative actions to improve such policies and practices, 

9 particularly with respect to the counterintelligence ef10 forts of the Bureau. 

11 SEC. 2730. INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT OF NORTH KOREA 

12 REVENUE SOURCES. 

13 (a) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 

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

15 of National Intelligence, in coordination with the Assistant 

16 Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research and the As17 sistant Secretary of the Treasury for Intelligence and Anal18 ysis, shall produce an intelligence assessment of the revenue 

19 sources of the North Korean regime. Such assessment shall 

20 include revenue from the following sources: 

21 (1) Trade in coal, iron, and iron ore. 

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1 (3) Trade in gold, titanium ore, vanadium ore, 

2 copper, silver, nickel, zinc, or rare earth minerals, 

3 and other stores of value. 

4 (4) Trade in textiles. 

5 (5) Sales of conventional defense articles and 

6 services. 

7 (6) Sales of controlled goods, ballistic missiles, 

8 and other associated items. 

9 (7) Other types of manufacturing for export, as 

10 the Director of National Intelligence considers appro11 priate. 

12 (8) The exportation of workers from North Korea 

13 in a manner intended to generate significant revenue, 

14 directly or indirectly, for use by the government of 

15 North Korea. 

16 (9) The provision of nonhumanitarian goods 

17 (such as food, medicine, and medical devices) and 

18 services by other countries. 

19 (10) The provision of services, including banking 

20 and other support, including by entities located in the 

21 Russian Federation, China, and Iran. 

22 (11) Online commercial activities of the Govern23 ment of North Korea, including online gambling. 

24 (12) Criminal activities, including cyber-enabled 

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1 (b) ELEMENTS.—The assessment required under sub2 section (a) shall include an identification of each of the fol3 lowing: 

4 (1) The sources of North Korea’s funding. 

5 (2) Financial and non-financial networks, in6 cluding supply chain management, transportation, 

7 and facilitation, through which North Korea accesses 

8 the United States and international financial systems 

9 and repatriates and exports capital, goods, and serv10 ices; and 

11 (3) the global financial institutions, money serv12 ices business, and payment systems that assist North 

13 Korea with financial transactions. 

14 (c) SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS.—Upon completion of 

15 the assessment required under subsection (a), the Director 

16 of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional 

17 intelligence committees a copy of such assessment. 

18 SEC. 2731. REPORT ON POSSIBLE EXPLOITATION OF VIR19 TUAL CURRENCIES BY TERRORIST ACTORS. 

20 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 

21 ‘‘Stop Terrorist Use of Virtual Currencies Act’’. 

22 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 

23 the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel24 ligence, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, 

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1 tation of virtual currencies by terrorist actors. Such report 

2 shall include the following elements: 

3 (1) An assessment of the means and methods by 

4 which international terrorist organizations and State 

5 sponsors of terrorism use virtual currencies. 

6 (2) An assessment of the use by terrorist organi7 zations and State sponsors of terrorism of virtual cur8 rencies compared to the use by such organizations 

9 and States of other forms of financing to support op10 erations, including an assessment of the collection 

11 posture of the intelligence community on the use of 

12 virtual currencies by such organizations and States. 

13 (3) A description of any existing legal impedi14 ments that inhibit or prevent the intelligence commu15 nity from collecting information on or helping pre16 vent the use of virtual currencies by international ter17 rorist organizations and State sponsors of terrorism 

18 and an identification of any gaps in existing law 

19 that could be exploited for illicit funding by such or20 ganizations and States. 

21 (c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by sub22 section (b) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 

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1 Subtitle C—Other Matters 

2 SEC. 2741. PUBLIC INTEREST DECLASSIFICATION BOARD. 

3 Section 710(b) of the Public Interest Declassification 

4 Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–567; 50 U.S.C. 3161 note) 

5 is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2018’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘December 31, 2028’’. 

7 SEC. 2742. TECHNICAL AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS TO 

8 THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947. 

9 (a) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents at the 

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

11 3001 et seq.) is amended— 

12 (1) by inserting after the item relating to section 

13 2 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 3. Definitions.’’; 

14 (2) by striking the item relating to section 107; 

15 (3) by striking the item relating to section 113B 

16 and inserting the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 113B. Special pay authority for science, technology, engineering, or mathematics positions.’’; 

17 (4) by striking the items relating to sections 202, 

18 203, 204, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, and 214; and 

19 (5) by inserting after the item relating to section 

20 311 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 312. Repealing and saving provisions.’’. 

21 (b) OTHER TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Such Act is 

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1 (1) in section 102A— 

2 (A) in subparagraph (G) of paragraph (1) 

3 of subsection (g), by moving the margins of such 

4 subparagraph 2 ems to the left; and 

5 (B) in paragraph (3) of subsection (v), by 

6 moving the margins of such paragraph 2 ems to 

7 the left; 

8 (2) in section 106— 

9 (A) by inserting ‘‘SEC. 106.’’ before ‘‘(a)’’; 

10 and 

11 (B) in subparagraph (I) of paragraph (2) 

12 of subsection (b), by moving the margins of such 

13 subparagraph 2 ems to the left; 

14 (3) by striking section 107; 

15 (4) in section 108(c), by striking ‘‘in both a clas16 sified and an unclassified form’’ and inserting ‘‘to 

17 Congress in classified form, but may include an un18 classified summary’’; 

19 (5) in section 112(c)(1), by striking ‘‘section 

20 103(c)(7)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 102A(i)’’; 

21 (6) by amending section 201 to read as follows: 

22 ‘‘SEC. 201. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 

23 ‘‘Except to the extent inconsistent with the provisions 

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1 5, United States Code, shall be applicable to the Depart2 ment of Defense.’’; 

3 (7) in section 205, by redesignating subsections 

4 (b) and (c) as subsections (a) and (b), respectively; 

5 (8) in section 206, by striking ‘‘(a)’’; 

6 (9) in section 207, by striking ‘‘(c)’’; 

7 (10) in section 308(a), by striking ‘‘this Act’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘sections 2, 101, 102, 103, and 303 of 

9 this Act’’; 

10 (11) by redesignating section 411 as section 312; 

11 (12) in section 503— 

12 (A) in paragraph (5) of subsection (c)— 

13 (i) by moving the margins of such 

14 paragraph 2 ems to the left; and 

15 (ii) by moving the margins of subpara16 graph (B) of such paragraph 2 ems to the 

17 left; and 

18 (B) in paragraph (2) of subsection (d), by 

19 moving the margins of such paragraph 2 ems to 

20 the left; and 

21 (13) in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) of 

22 subsection (a) of section 504, by moving the margins 

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1 SEC. 2743. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATED TO THE DE2 PARTMENT OF ENERGY. 

3 (a) NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

4 ACT.— 

5 (1) CLARIFICATION OF FUNCTIONS OF THE AD6 MINISTRATOR FOR NUCLEAR SECURITY.—Subsection 

7 (b) of section 3212 of the National Nuclear Security 

8 Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 2402(b)) is amend9 ed— 

10 (A) by striking paragraphs (11) and (12); 

11 and 

12 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (13) 

13 through (19) as paragraphs (11) through (17), 

14 respectively. 

15 (2) COUNTERINTELLIGENCE PROGRAMS.—Section 

16 3233(b) of the National Nuclear Security Administra17 tion Act (50 U.S.C. 2423(b)) is amended— 

18 (A) by striking ‘‘Administration’’ and in19 serting ‘‘Department’’; and 

20 (B) by inserting ‘‘Intelligence and’’ after 

21 ‘‘the Office of’’. 

22 (b) ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACT.—Section 

23 4524(b)(2) of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 

24 2674(b)(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘Intelligence and’’ 

25 after ‘‘The Director of’’. 


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1 (c) NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947.—Paragraph 

2 (2) of section 106(b) of the National Security Act of 1947 

3 (50 U.S.C. 3041(b)(2)) is amended— 

4 (1) in subparagraph (E), by inserting ‘‘and 

5 Counterintelligence’’ after ‘‘Office of Intelligence’’; 

6 (2) by striking subparagraph (F); and 

7 (3) by redesignating subparagraphs (G), (H), 

8 and (I) as subparagraphs (F), (G), and (H), respec9 tively. 

10 SEC. 2744. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON NOTIFICATION OF CER11 TAIN DISCLOSURES OF CLASSIFIED INFORMA12 TION. 

13 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

14 (1) ADVERSARY FOREIGN GOVERNMENT.—The 

15 term ‘‘adversary foreign government’’ means the gov16 ernment of any of the following foreign countries: 

17 (A) North Korea. 

18 (B) Iran. 

19 (C) China. 

20 (D) Russia. 

21 (E) Cuba. 

22 (2) COVERED CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.—The 

23 term ‘‘covered classified information’’ means classified 

24 information that was— 


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1 (A) collected by an element of the intel2 ligence community; or 

3 (B) provided by the intelligence service or 

4 military of a foreign country to an element of 

5 the intelligence community. 

6 (3) ESTABLISHED INTELLIGENCE CHANNELS.— 

7 The term ‘‘established intelligence channels’’ means 

8 methods to exchange intelligence to coordinate foreign 

9 intelligence relationships, as established pursuant to 

10 law by the Director of National Intelligence, the Di11 rector of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Director 

12 of the National Security Agency, or other head of an 

13 element of the intelligence community. 

14 (4) INDIVIDUAL IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH.— 

15 The term ‘‘individual in the executive branch’’ means 

16 any officer or employee of the executive branch, in17 cluding individuals— 

18 (A) occupying a position specified in article 

19 II of the Constitution; 

20 (B) appointed to a position by an indi21 vidual described in subparagraph (A); or 

22 (C) serving in the civil service or the Senior 

23 Executive Service (or similar service for senior 

24 executives of particular departments or agencies). 


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1 (b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that section 502 of the 

2 National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3092) requires 

3 elements of the intelligence community to keep the congres4 sional intelligence committees ‘‘fully and currently in5 formed’’ about all ‘‘intelligence activities’’ of the United 

6 States, and to ‘‘furnish to the congressional intelligence 

7 committees any information or material concerning intel8 ligence activities * * * which is requested by either of the 

9 congressional intelligence committees in order to carry out 

10 its authorized responsibilities.’’. 

11 (c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

12 that— 

13 (1) section 502 of the National Security Act of 

14 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3092), together with other intel15 ligence community authorities, obligates an element of 

16 the intelligence community to submit to the congres17 sional intelligence committees written notification, by 

18 not later than 7 days after becoming aware, that an 

19 individual in the executive branch has disclosed cov20 ered classified information to an official of an adver21 sary foreign government using methods other than es22 tablished intelligence channels; and 

23 (2) each such notification should include— 


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1 (A) the date and place of the disclosure of 

2 classified information covered by the notifica3 tion; 

4 (B) a description of such classified informa5 tion; 

6 (C) identification of the individual who 

7 made such disclosure and the individual to 

8 whom such disclosure was made; and 

9 (D) a summary of the circumstances of such 

10 disclosure. 

11 SEC. 2745. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CONSIDERATION OF 

12 ESPIONAGE ACTIVITIES WHEN CONSIDERING 

13 WHETHER OR NOT TO PROVIDE VISAS TO 

14 FOREIGN INDIVIDUALS TO BE ACCREDITED 

15 TO A UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN THE 

16 UNITED STATES. 

17 It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of 

18 State, in considering whether or not to provide a visa to 

19 a foreign individual to be accredited to a United Nations 

20 mission in the United States, should consider— 

21 (1) known and suspected intelligence activities, 

22 espionage activities, including activities constituting 

23 precursors to espionage, carried out by the individual 

24 against the United States, foreign allies of the United 

25 States, or foreign partners of the United States; and 


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1 (2) the status of an individual as a known or 

2 suspected intelligence officer for a foreign adversary. 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to authorize 

appropriations for fiscal years 2018, 2019, and 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.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 113 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3494 

[Report No. 116–151, Part I] 

A BILL 

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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 

JULY 11, 2019 

Reported with amendments and referred to the Comof rule X jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(t) provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the later than July 11, 2019, for consideration of such mittee on Ways and Means for a period ending not 

JULY 11, 2019 

The Committee on Ways and Means discharged; comState of the Union and ordered to be printed mitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the 


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