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Union Calendar No. 104 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2596 

[Report No. 114–144, Part I] 

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 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 1, 2015 

Mr. NUNES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Select 

Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the 

Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by 

the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

JUNE 9, 2015 

Reported from the Select Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select) with 

an amendment 

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

JUNE 9, 2015 

The Committee on the Budget 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 1, 2015] 


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A BILL 

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United 

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

and Disability System, and for other purposes. 


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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘In5 telligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016’’. 

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

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 

Sec. 3. Budgetary effects. 

TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES 

Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 102. Classified schedule of authorizations. 

Sec. 103. Personnel ceiling adjustments. 

Sec. 104. Intelligence Community Management Account. 

TITLE II—CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND 

DISABILITY SYSTEM 

Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

Subtitle A—General Matters 

Sec. 301. Increase in employee compensation and benefits authorized by law. 

Sec. 302. Restriction on conduct of intelligence activities. 

Sec. 303. Prior congressional notification of initiations of certain new special access programs. 

Sec. 304. Prior congressional notification of transfers of funds for certain intelligence activities. 

Sec. 305. Designation of lead intelligence officer for tunnels. 

Sec. 306. Clarification of authority of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight 

Board. 

Sec. 307. Reporting process required for tracking certain requests for country 

clearance. 

Sec. 308. Prohibition on sharing of certain information in response to foreign 

government inquiries. 

Sec. 309. National Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center. 

Sec. 310. Intelligence community business system transformation. 

Sec. 311. Inclusion of Inspector General of Intelligence Community in Council of 

Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency. 

Sec. 312. Authorities of the Inspector General for the Central Intelligence Agency. 

Sec. 313. Provision of information and assistance to Inspector General of the Intelligence Community. 

Sec. 314. Clarification relating to information access by Comptroller General. 


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Sec. 315. Use of homeland security grant funds in conjunction with Department 

of Energy national laboratories. 

Sec. 316. Technical amendments relating to pay under title 5, United States 

Code. 

Subtitle B—Matters Relating to United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 

Bay, Cuba 

Sec. 321. Prohibition on use of funds for transfer or release of individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

Sec. 322. Prohibition on use of funds to construct or modify facilities in United 

States to house detainees transferred from United States Naval 

Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

Sec. 323. Prohibition on use of funds to transfer or release individuals detained 

at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to 

combat zones. 

Subtitle C—Reports 

Sec. 331. Reports to Congress on individuals formerly detained at United States 

Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

Sec. 332. Reports on foreign fighters. 

Sec. 333. Reports on prisoner population at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

Sec. 334. Report on use of certain business concerns. 

Sec. 335. Repeal of certain reporting requirements. 

1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (a) CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEES.— 

4 The term ‘‘congressional intelligence committees’’ means— 

5 (1) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

6 Senate; and 

7 (2) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel8 ligence of the House of Representatives. 

9 (b) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘intel10 ligence community’’ has the meaning given that term in 

11 section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

12 3003(4)). 


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1 SEC. 3. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

2 The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 

3 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 

4 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled 

5 ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this Act, 

6 submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the 

7 Chairman of the Budget Committee of the House of Rep8 resentatives, provided that such statement has been sub9 mitted prior to the vote on passage. 

10 TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE 

11 ACTIVITIES 

12 SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

13 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis14 cal year 2016 for the conduct of the intelligence and intel15 ligence-related activities of the following elements of the 

16 United States Government: 

17 (1) The Office of the Director of National Intel18 ligence. 

19 (2) The Central Intelligence Agency. 

20 (3) The Department of Defense. 

21 (4) The Defense Intelligence Agency. 

22 (5) The National Security Agency. 

23 (6) The Department of the Army, the Depart24 ment of the Navy, and the Department of the Air 

25 Force. 

26 (7) The Coast Guard. 


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1 (8) The Department of State. 

2 (9) The Department of the Treasury. 

3 (10) The Department of Energy. 

4 (11) The Department of Justice. 

5 (12) The Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

6 (13) The Drug Enforcement Administration. 

7 (14) The National Reconnaissance Office. 

8 (15) The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agen9 cy. 

10 (16) The Department of Homeland Security. 

11 SEC. 102. CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AUTHORIZATIONS. 

12 (a) SPECIFICATIONS OF AMOUNTS AND PERSONNEL

13 LEVELS.—The amounts authorized to be appropriated 

14 under section 101 and, subject to section 103, the authorized 

15 personnel ceilings as of September 30, 2016, for the conduct 

16 of the intelligence activities of the elements listed in para17 graphs (1) through (16) of section 101, are those specified 

18 in the classified Schedule of Authorizations prepared to ac19 company the bill H.R. 2596 of the One Hundred Fourteenth 

20 Congress. 

21 (b) AVAILABILITY OF CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AU22 THORIZATIONS.— 

23 (1) AVAILABILITY.—The classified Schedule of 

24 Authorizations referred to in subsection (a) shall be 

25 made available to the Committee on Appropriations 


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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, or of appropriate portions of the Schedule, 

7 within the executive branch. 

8 (3) LIMITS ON DISCLOSURE.—The President 

9 shall not publicly disclose the classified Schedule of 

10 Authorizations or any portion of such Schedule ex11 cept— 

12 (A) as provided in section 601(a) of the Im13 plementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Com14 mission Act of 2007 (50 U.S.C. 3306(a)); 

15 (B) to the extent necessary to implement the 

16 budget; or 

17 (C) as otherwise required by law. 

18 SEC. 103. PERSONNEL CEILING ADJUSTMENTS. 

19 (a) AUTHORITY FOR INCREASES.—The Director of Na20 tional Intelligence may authorize employment of civilian 

21 personnel in excess of the number authorized for fiscal year 

22 2016 by the classified Schedule of Authorizations referred 

23 to in section 102(a) if the Director of National Intelligence 

24 determines that such action is necessary to the performance 

25 of important intelligence functions, except that the number 


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1 of personnel employed in excess of the number authorized 

2 under such section may not, for any element of the intel3 ligence community, exceed 3 percent of the number of civil4 ian personnel authorized under such schedule for such ele5 ment. 

6 (b) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PERSONNEL.—The Di7 rector of National Intelligence shall establish guidelines that 

8 govern, for each element of the intelligence community, the 

9 treatment under the personnel levels authorized under sec10 tion 102(a), including any exemption from such personnel 

11 levels, of employment or assignment in— 

12 (1) a student program, trainee program, or simi13 lar program; 

14 (2) a reserve corps or as a reemployed annu15 itant; or 

16 (3) details, joint duty, or long-term, full-time 

17 training. 

18 (c) NOTICE TO CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE COM19 MITTEES.—The Director of National Intelligence shall no20 tify the congressional intelligence committees in writing at 

21 least 15 days prior to each exercise of an authority de22 scribed in subsection (a). 


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1 SEC. 104. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT AC2 COUNT. 

3 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

4 authorized to be appropriated for the Intelligence Commu5 nity Management Account of the Director of National Intel6 ligence for fiscal year 2016 the sum of $501,850,000. Within 

7 such amount, funds identified in the classified Schedule of 

8 Authorizations referred to in section 102(a) for advanced 

9 research and development shall remain available until Sep10 tember 30, 2017. 

11 (b) AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL LEVELS.—The elements 

12 within the Intelligence Community Management Account of 

13 the Director of National Intelligence are authorized 785 po14 sitions as of September 30, 2016. Personnel serving in such 

15 elements may be permanent employees of the Office of the 

16 Director of National Intelligence or personnel detailed from 

17 other elements of the United States Government. 

18 (c) CLASSIFIED AUTHORIZATIONS.— 

19 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In 

20 addition to amounts authorized to be appropriated 

21 for the Intelligence Community Management Account 

22 by subsection (a), there are authorized to be appro23 priated for the Community Management Account for 

24 fiscal year 2016 such additional amounts as are spec25 ified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations re26 ferred to in section 102(a). Such additional amounts 


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1 for advanced research and development shall remain 

2 available until September 30, 2017. 

3 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF PERSONNEL.—In addi4 tion to the personnel authorized by subsection (b) for 

5 elements of the Intelligence Community Management 

6 Account as of September 30, 2016, there are author7 ized such additional personnel for the Community 

8 Management Account as of that date as are specified 

9 in the classified Schedule of Authorizations referred to 

10 in section 102(a). 

11 TITLE II—CENTRAL INTEL12 LIGENCE AGENCY RETIRE13 MENT AND DISABILITY SYS14 TEM 

15 SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

16 There is authorized to be appropriated for the Central 

17 Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund for fis18 cal year 2016 the sum of $514,000,000. 

19 TITLE III—GENERAL 

20 PROVISIONS 

21 Subtitle A—General Matters 

22 SEC. 301. INCREASE IN EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND 

23 BENEFITS AUTHORIZED BY LAW. 

24 Appropriations authorized by this Act for salary, pay, 

25 retirement, and other benefits for Federal employees may 


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1 be increased by such additional or supplemental amounts 

2 as may be necessary for increases in such compensation or 

3 benefits authorized by law. 

4 SEC. 302. RESTRICTION ON CONDUCT OF INTELLIGENCE 

5 ACTIVITIES. 

6 The authorization of appropriations by this Act shall 

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

8 intelligence activity which is not otherwise authorized by 

9 the Constitution or the laws of the United States. 

10 SEC. 303. PRIOR CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF INITI11 ATIONS OF CERTAIN NEW SPECIAL ACCESS 

12 PROGRAMS. 

13 (a) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in subsection 

14 (b), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 

15 Act or otherwise made available for the intelligence commu16 nity for fiscal year 2016 may be used to initiate any new 

17 special access program pertaining to any intelligence or in18 telligence-related activity or covert action unless the Direc19 tor of National Intelligence or the Secretary of Defense, as 

20 appropriate, submits to the congressional intelligence com21 mittees and the Committees on Armed Services of the House 

22 of Representatives and the Senate, by not later than 30 days 

23 before initiating such a program, written notification of the 

24 intention to initiate the program. 

25 (b) WAIVER.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National In2 telligence or the Secretary of Defense, as appropriate, 

3 may waive subsection (a) with respect to the initi4 ation of a new special access program if the Director 

5 or Secretary, as the case may be, determines that an 

6 emergency situation makes it impossible or imprac7 tical to provide the notice required under such sub8 section by the date that is 30 days before such initi9 ation. 

10 (2) NOTICE.—If the Director or Secretary issues 

11 a waiver under paragraph (1), the Director or Sec12 retary, as the case may be, shall submit to the con13 gressional intelligence committees and the Committees 

14 on Armed Services of the House of Representatives 

15 and the Senate, by not later than 48 hours after the 

16 initiation of the new special access program covered 

17 by the waiver, written notice of the waiver and a jus18 tification for the waiver, including a description of 

19 the emergency situation that necessitated the waiver. 

20 (c) SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAM DEFINED.—In this sec21 tion, the term ‘‘special access program’’ has the meaning 

22 given such term in Executive Order 13526 as in effect on 

23 the date of the enactment of this Act. 


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1 SEC. 304. PRIOR CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF 

2 TRANSFERS OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN INTEL3 LIGENCE ACTIVITIES. 

4 (a) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in subsection 

5 (b), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 

6 Act or otherwise made available for the intelligence commu7 nity for fiscal year 2016 may be used to initiate a transfer 

8 of funds from the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat 

9 Fund or the Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund to be used 

10 for intelligence activities unless the Director of National In11 telligence or the Secretary of Defense, as appropriate, sub12 mits to the congressional intelligence committees, by not 

13 later than 30 days before initiating such a transfer, written 

14 notice of the transfer. 

15 (b) WAIVER.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National In17 telligence or the Secretary of Defense, as appropriate, 

18 may waive subsection (a) with respect to the initi19 ation of a transfer of funds if the Director or Sec20 retary, as the case may be, determines that an emer21 gency situation makes it impossible or impractical to 

22 provide the notice required under such subsection by 

23 the date that is 30 days before such initiation. 

24 (2) NOTICE.—If the Director or Secretary issues 

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1 gressional intelligence committees, by not later than 

2 48 hours after the initiation of the transfer of funds 

3 covered by the waiver, written notice of the waiver 

4 and a justification for the waiver, including a de5 scription of the emergency situation that necessitated 

6 the waiver. 

7 SEC. 305. DESIGNATION OF LEAD INTELLIGENCE OFFICER 

8 FOR TUNNELS. 

9 The Director of National Intelligence shall designate 

10 an official to manage the collection and analysis of intel11 ligence regarding the tactical use of tunnels by state and 

12 nonstate actors. 

13 SEC. 306. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF PRIVACY AND 

14 CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD. 

15 Section 1061(g) of the Intelligence Reform and Ter16 rorism Prevention Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee(g)) is 

17 amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

18 ‘‘(5) LIMITATIONS.—Nothing in this section shall 

19 be construed to authorize the Board, or any agent 

20 thereof, to gain access to information that an execu21 tive branch agency deems related to covert action, as 

22 such term is defined in section 503(e) of the National 

23 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3093(e)).’’. 


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1 SEC. 307. REPORTING PROCESS REQUIRED FOR TRACKING 

2 CERTAIN REQUESTS FOR COUNTRY CLEAR3 ANCE. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—By not later than September 30, 

5 2016, the Director of National Intelligence shall establish 

6 a formal internal reporting process for tracking requests for 

7 country clearance submitted to overseas Director of Na8 tional Intelligence representatives by departments and 

9 agencies of the United States. Such reporting process shall 

10 include a mechanism for tracking the department or agency 

11 that submits each such request and the date on which each 

12 such request is submitted. 

13 (b) CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING.—By not later than 

14 December 31, 2016, the Director of National Intelligence 

15 shall brief the congressional intelligence committees on the 

16 progress of the Director in establishing the process required 

17 under subsection (a). 

18 SEC. 308. PROHIBITION ON SHARING OF CERTAIN INFOR19 MATION IN RESPONSE TO FOREIGN GOVERN20 MENT INQUIRIES. 

21 (a) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds authorized to be 

22 appropriated by this Act for any element of the intelligence 

23 community may be used to respond to, share, or authorize 

24 the sharing of any non-public information related to intel25 ligence activities carried out by the United States in re26 sponse to a legislative or judicial inquiry from a foreign 


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1 government into the intelligence activities of the United 

2 States. 

3 (b) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 

4 30 days after an element of the intelligence community re5 ceives a legislative or judicial inquiry from a foreign gov6 ernment related to intelligence activities carried out by the 

7 United States, the element shall submit to the congressional 

8 intelligence committees written notification of the inquiry. 

9 (c) CLARIFICATION REGARDING COLLABORATION

10 WITH FOREIGN PARTNERS.—The prohibition under sub11 section (a) shall not be construed as limiting routine intel12 ligence activities with foreign partners, except in any case 

13 in which the central focus of the collaboration with the for14 eign partner is to obtain information for, or solicit a re15 sponse to, a legislative or judicial inquiry from a foreign 

16 government related to intelligence activities carried out by 

17 the United States. 

18 SEC. 309. NATIONAL CYBER THREAT INTELLIGENCE INTE19 GRATION CENTER. 

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

21 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021 et seq.) is amended— 

22 (1) by redesignating section 119B as section 

23 119C; and 

24 (2) by inserting after section 119A the following 

25 new section: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 119B. CYBER THREAT INTELLIGENCE INTEGRATION 

2 CENTER. 

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

4 the Director of National Intelligence a Cyber Threat Intel5 ligence Integration Center. 

6 ‘‘(b) DIRECTOR.—There is a Director of the Cyber 

7 Threat Intelligence Integration Center, who shall be the 

8 head of the Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center, 

9 and who shall be appointed by the Director of National In10 telligence. 

11 ‘‘(c) PRIMARY MISSIONS.—The Cyber Threat Intel12 ligence Integration Center shall— 

13 ‘‘(1) serve as the primary organization within 

14 the Federal Government for analyzing and inte15 grating all intelligence possessed or acquired by the 

16 United States pertaining to cyber threats; 

17 ‘‘(2) ensure that appropriate departments and 

18 agencies of the Federal Government have full access to 

19 and receive all-source intelligence support needed to 

20 execute the cyber threat intelligence activities of such 

21 agencies and to perform independent, alternative 

22 analyses; 

23 ‘‘(3) disseminate cyber threat analysis to the 

24 President, the appropriate departments and agencies 

25 of the Federal Government, and the appropriate com26 mittees of Congress; 


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1 ‘‘(4) coordinate cyber threat intelligence activi2 ties of the departments and agencies of the Federal 

3 Government; and 

4 ‘‘(5) conduct strategic cyber threat intelligence 

5 planning for the Federal Government. 

6 ‘‘(d) LIMITATIONS.—The Cyber Threat Intelligence In7 tegration Center— 

8 ‘‘(1) may not have more than 50 permanent po9 sitions; 

10 ‘‘(2) in carrying out the primary missions of the 

11 Center described in subsection (c), may not augment 

12 staffing through detailees, assignees, or core contractor 

13 personnel or enter into any personal services contracts 

14 to exceed the limitation under paragraph (1); and 

15 ‘‘(3) shall be located in a building owned or op16 erated by an element of the intelligence community as 

17 of the date of the enactment of this section.’’. 

18 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENTS.—The table of 

19 contents in the first section of the National Security Act 

20 of 1947, as amended by section 102 of this title, is further 

21 amended by striking the item relating to section 119B and 

22 inserting the following new items: 

‘‘Sec. 119B. Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center. 

‘‘Sec. 119C. National intelligence centers.’’. 


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1 SEC. 310. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY BUSINESS SYSTEM 

2 TRANSFORMATION. 

3 Section 506D of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

4 U.S.C. 3100) is amended to read as follows: 

5 ‘‘INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY BUSINESS SYSTEM

6 TRANSFORMATION

7 ‘‘SEC. 506D. (a) LIMITATION ON OBLIGATION OF

8 FUNDS.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), no funds appro9 priated to any element of the intelligence community may 

10 be obligated for an intelligence community business system 

11 transformation that will have a total cost in excess of 

12 $3,000,000 unless the Chief Information Officer of the Intel13 ligence Community makes a certification described in para14 graph (2) with respect to such intelligence community busi15 ness system transformation. 

16 ‘‘(2) The certification described in this paragraph for 

17 an intelligence community business system transformation 

18 is a certification made by the Chief Information Officer of 

19 the Intelligence Community that the intelligence commu20 nity business system transformation— 

21 ‘‘(A) complies with the enterprise architecture 

22 under subsection (b) and such other policies and 

23 standards that the Chief Information Officer of the 

24 Intelligence Community considers appropriate; or 

25 ‘‘(B) is necessary— 


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1 ‘‘(i) to achieve a critical national security 

2 capability or address a critical requirement; or 

3 ‘‘(ii) to prevent a significant adverse effect 

4 on a project that is needed to achieve an essen5 tial capability, taking into consideration any al6 ternative solutions for preventing such adverse 

7 effect. 

8 ‘‘(3) With respect to a fiscal year after fiscal year 

9 2010, the amount referred to in paragraph (1) in the matter 

10 preceding subparagraph (A) shall be equal to the sum of— 

11 ‘‘(A) the amount in effect under such paragraph 

12 (1) for the preceding fiscal year (determined after ap13 plication of this paragraph), plus 

14 ‘‘(B) such amount multiplied by the annual per15 centage increase in the Consumer Price Index (all 

16 items; U.S. city average) as of September of the pre17 vious fiscal year. 

18 ‘‘(b) ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE FOR INTELLIGENCE

19 COMMUNITY BUSINESS SYSTEMS.—(1) The Director of Na20 tional Intelligence shall develop and implement an enter21 prise architecture to cover all intelligence community busi22 ness systems, and the functions and activities supported by 

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1 nity business system solutions, consistent with applicable 

2 policies and procedures established by the Director of the 

3 Office of Management and Budget. 

4 ‘‘(2) The enterprise architecture under paragraph (1) 

5 shall include the following: 

6 ‘‘(A) An information infrastructure that will en7 able the intelligence community to— 

8 ‘‘(i) comply with all Federal accounting, fi9 nancial management, and reporting require10 ments; 

11 ‘‘(ii) routinely produce timely, accurate, 

12 and reliable financial information for manage13 ment purposes; 

14 ‘‘(iii) integrate budget, accounting, and pro15 gram information and systems; and 

16 ‘‘(iv) provide for the measurement of per17 formance, including the ability to produce time18 ly, relevant, and reliable cost information. 

19 ‘‘(B) Policies, procedures, data standards, and 

20 system interface requirements that apply uniformly 

21 throughout the intelligence community. 

22 ‘‘(c) RESPONSIBILITIES FOR INTELLIGENCE COMMU23 NITY BUSINESS SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION.—The Director 

24 of National Intelligence shall be responsible for the entire 

25 life cycle of an intelligence community business system 


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1 transformation, including review, approval, and oversight 

2 of the planning, design, acquisition, deployment, operation, 

3 and maintenance of the business system transformation. 

4 ‘‘(d) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY BUSINESS SYSTEM

5 INVESTMENT REVIEW.—(1) The Chief Information Officer 

6 of the Intelligence Community shall establish and imple7 ment, not later than 60 days after October 7, 2010, an in8 vestment review process for the intelligence community 

9 business systems for which the Chief Information Officer of 

10 the Intelligence Community is responsible. 

11 ‘‘(2) The investment review process under paragraph 

12 (1) shall— 

13 ‘‘(A) meet the requirements of section 11312 of 

14 title 40, United States Code; and 

15 ‘‘(B) specifically set forth the responsibilities of 

16 the Chief Information Office of the Intelligence Com17 munity under such review process. 

18 ‘‘(3) The investment review process under paragraph 

19 (1) shall include the following elements: 

20 ‘‘(A) Review and approval by an investment re21 view board (consisting of appropriate representatives 

22 of the intelligence community) of each intelligence 

23 community business system as an investment before 

24 the obligation of funds for such system. 


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1 ‘‘(B) Periodic review, but not less often than an2 nually, of every intelligence community business sys3 tem investment. 

4 ‘‘(C) Thresholds for levels of review to ensure ap5 propriate review of intelligence community business 

6 system investments depending on the scope, com7 plexity, and cost of the system involved. 

8 ‘‘(D) Procedures for making certifications in ac9 cordance with the requirements of subsection (a)(2). 

10 ‘‘(e) RELATION TO ANNUAL REGISTRATION REQUIRE11 MENTS.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter 

12 the requirements of section 8083 of the Department of De13 fense Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–287; 118 

14 Stat. 989), with regard to information technology systems 

15 (as defined in subsection (d) of such section). 

16 ‘‘(f) RELATIONSHIP TO DEFENSE BUSINESS ENTER17 PRISE ARCHITECTURE.—Intelligence community business 

18 system transformations certified under this section shall be 

19 deemed to be in compliance with section 2222 of title 10, 

20 United States Code. Nothing in this section shall be con21 strued to exempt funds authorized to be appropriated to the 

22 Department of Defense for activities other than an intel23 ligence community business system transformation from the 

24 requirements of such section 2222, to the extent that such 

25 requirements are otherwise applicable. 


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1 ‘‘(g) RELATION TO CLINGER-COHEN ACT.—(1) Execu2 tive agency responsibilities in chapter 113 of title 40, 

3 United States Code, for any intelligence community busi4 ness system transformation shall be exercised jointly by— 

5 ‘‘(A) the Director of National Intelligence and 

6 the Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Com7 munity; and 

8 ‘‘(B) the head of the executive agency that con9 tains the element of the intelligence community in10 volved and the chief information officer of that execu11 tive agency. 

12 ‘‘(2) The Director of National Intelligence and the head 

13 of the executive agency referred to in paragraph (1)(B) shall 

14 enter into a memorandum of understanding to carry out 

15 the requirements of this section in a manner that best meets 

16 the needs of the intelligence community and the executive 

17 agency. 

18 ‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

19 ‘‘(1) The term ‘enterprise architecture’ has the 

20 meaning given that term in section 3601(4) of title 

21 44, United States Code. 

22 ‘‘(2) The terms ‘information system’ and ‘infor23 mation technology’ have the meanings given those 

24 terms in section 11101 of title 40, United States Code. 


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1 ‘‘(3) The term ‘intelligence community business 

2 system’ means an information system, including a 

3 national security system, that is operated by, for, or 

4 on behalf of an element of the intelligence community, 

5 including a financial system, mixed system, financial 

6 data feeder system, and the business infrastructure 

7 capabilities shared by the systems of the business en8 terprise architecture, including people, process, and 

9 technology, that build upon the core infrastructure 

10 used to support business activities, such as acquisi11 tion, financial management, logistics, strategic plan12 ning and budgeting, installations and environment, 

13 and human resource management. 

14 ‘‘(4) The term ‘intelligence community business 

15 system transformation’ means— 

16 ‘‘(A) the acquisition or development of a 

17 new intelligence community business system; or 

18 ‘‘(B) any significant modification or en19 hancement of an existing intelligence community 

20 business system (other than necessary to main21 tain current services). 

22 ‘‘(5) The term ‘national security system’ has the 

23 meaning given that term in section 3552(b) of title 

24 44, United States Code.’’. 


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1 SEC. 311. INCLUSION OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF INTEL2 LIGENCE COMMUNITY IN COUNCIL OF IN3 SPECTORS GENERAL ON INTEGRITY AND EF4 FICIENCY. 

5 Section 11(b)(1)(B) of the Inspector General Act of 

6 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by 

7 striking ‘‘the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘the Intelligence Community’’. 

9 SEC. 312. AUTHORITIES OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR 

10 THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. 

11 (a) INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE.—Paragraph (9) 

12 of section 17(e) of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 

13 1949 (50 U.S.C. 3517(e)(9)) is amended to read as follows: 

14 ‘‘(9)(A) The Inspector General may request such infor15 mation or assistance as may be necessary for carrying out 

16 the duties and responsibilities of the Inspector General pro17 vided by this section from any Federal, State, or local gov18 ernmental agency or unit thereof. 

19 ‘‘(B) Upon request of the Inspector General for infor20 mation or assistance from a department or agency of the 

21 Federal Government, the head of the department or agency 

22 involved, insofar as practicable and not in contravention 

23 of any existing statutory restriction or regulation of such 

24 department or agency, shall furnish to the Inspector Gen25 eral, or to an authorized designee, such information or as26 sistance. 


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1 ‘‘(C) Nothing in this paragraph may be construed to 

2 provide any new authority to the Central Intelligence Agen3 cy to conduct intelligence activity in the United States. 

4 ‘‘(D) In this paragraph, the term ‘State’ means each 

5 of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Common6 wealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern 

7 Mariana Islands, and any territory or possession of the 

8 United States.’’. 

9 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO SELEC10 TION OF EMPLOYEES.—Paragraph (7) of such section (50 

11 U.S.C. 3517(e)(7)) is amended— 

12 (1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before ‘‘Subject to appli13 cable law’’; and 

14 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub15 paragraph: 

16 ‘‘(B) Consistent with budgetary and personnel re17 sources allocated by the Director, the Inspector General has 

18 final approval of— 

19 ‘‘(i) the selection of internal and external can20 didates for employment with the Office of Inspector 

21 General; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) all other personnel decisions concerning 

23 personnel permanently assigned to the Office of In24 spector General, including selection and appointment 

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1 security-based determinations that are not within the 

2 authority of a head of other Central Intelligence 

3 Agency offices.’’. 

4 SEC. 313. PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE 

5 TO INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE INTEL6 LIGENCE COMMUNITY. 

7 Section 103H(j)(4) of the National Security Act of 

8 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3033) is amended— 

9 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘any de10 partment, agency, or other element of the United 

11 States Government’’ and inserting ‘‘any Federal, 

12 State (as defined in section 804), or local govern13 mental agency or unit thereof’’; and 

14 (2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘from a 

15 department, agency, or element of the Federal Govern16 ment’’ before ‘‘under subparagraph (A)’’. 

17 SEC. 314. CLARIFICATION RELATING TO INFORMATION AC18 CESS BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL. 

19 Section 348(a) of the Intelligence Authorization Act for 

20 Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–259; 124 Stat. 2700; 

21 50 U.S.C. 3308) is amended by adding at the end the fol22 lowing new paragraph: 

23 ‘‘(4) REQUESTS BY CERTAIN CONGRESSIONAL

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1 graph (1) shall not prohibit the Comptroller General 

2 from obtaining information necessary to carry out the 

3 following audits or reviews: 

4 ‘‘(A) An audit or review carried out— 

5 ‘‘(i) at the request of the congressional 

6 intelligence committees; or 

7 ‘‘(ii) pursuant to— 

8 ‘‘(I) an intelligence authorization 

9 Act; 

10 ‘‘(II) a committee report or joint 

11 explanatory statement accompanying 

12 an intelligence authorization Act; or 

13 ‘‘(III) a classified annex to a com14 mittee report or joint explanatory 

15 statement accompanying an intel16 ligence authorization Act. 

17 ‘‘(B) An audit or review pertaining to intel18 ligence activities of the Department of Defense 

19 carried out— 

20 ‘‘(i) at the request of the congressional 

21 defense committees (as defined in section 

22 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code); 

23 or 

24 ‘‘(ii) pursuant to a national defense 

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1 SEC. 315. USE OF HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT FUNDS IN 

2 CONJUNCTION WITH DEPARTMENT OF EN3 ERGY NATIONAL LABORATORIES. 

4 Section 2008(a) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

5 (6 U.S.C. 609(a)) is amended in the matter preceding para6 graph (1) by inserting ‘‘including by working in conjunc7 tion with a National Laboratory (as defined in section 2(3) 

8 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801(3)),’’ 

9 after ‘‘plans,’’. 

10 SEC. 316. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO PAY 

11 UNDER TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE. 

12 Section 5102(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is 

13 amended— 

14 (1) in clause (vii), by striking ‘‘or’’; 

15 (2) by inserting after clause (vii) the following 

16 new clause: 

17 ‘‘(viii) the Office of the Director of National 

18 Intelligence;’’; and 

19 (3) in clause (x), by striking the period and in20 serting a semicolon. 


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1 Subtitle B—Matters Relating to 

2 United States Naval Station, 

3 Guantanamo Bay, Cuba 

4 SEC. 321. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR TRANSFER 

5 OR RELEASE OF INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT 

6 UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTA7 NAMO BAY, CUBA. 

8 No amounts authorized to be appropriated or otherwise 

9 made available to an element of the intelligence community 

10 may be used during the period beginning on the date of 

11 the enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 2016, 

12 to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release, to 

13 or within the United States, its territories, or possessions, 

14 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other individual detained 

15 at Guantanamo (as such term is defined in section 322(c)). 

16 SEC. 322. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT 

17 OR MODIFY FACILITIES IN UNITED STATES 

18 TO HOUSE DETAINEES TRANSFERRED FROM 

19 UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTA20 NAMO BAY, CUBA. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—No amounts authorized to be ap22 propriated or otherwise made available to an element of the 

23 intelligence community may be used during the period be24 ginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending 

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1 in the United States, its territories, or possessions to house 

2 any individual detained at Guantanamo for the purposes 

3 of detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the 

4 control of the Department of Defense. 

5 (b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition in subsection (a) 

6 shall not apply to any modification of facilities at United 

7 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

8 (c) INDIVIDUAL DETAINED AT GUANTANAMO DE9 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘individual detained at 

10 Guantanamo’’ means any individual located at United 

11 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of Octo12 ber 1, 2009, who— 

13 (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 

14 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

15 (2) is— 

16 (A) in the custody or under the control of 

17 the Department of Defense; or 

18 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

19 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

20 SEC. 323. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO TRANSFER 

21 OR RELEASE INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT 

22 UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTA23 NAMO BAY, CUBA, TO COMBAT ZONES. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—No amounts authorized to be ap25 propriated or otherwise made available to an element of the 


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1 intelligence community may be used during the period be2 ginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending 

3 on December 31, 2016, to transfer, release, or assist in the 

4 transfer or release of any individual detained in the custody 

5 or under the control of the Department of Defense at United 

6 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to a combat 

7 zone. 

8 (b) COMBAT ZONE DEFINED.—In this section, the term 

9 ‘‘combat zone’’ means any area designated as a combat zone 

10 for purposes of section 112 of the Internal Revenue Code 

11 of 1986 for which the income of a member of the Armed 

12 Forces was excluded during 2014, 2015, or 2016 by reason 

13 of the member’s service on active duty in such area. 

14 Subtitle C—Reports 

15 SEC. 331. REPORTS TO CONGRESS ON INDIVIDUALS FOR16 MERLY DETAINED AT UNITED STATES NAVAL 

17 STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA. 

18 (a) ADDITIONAL MATTERS FOR INCLUSION IN RE19 PORTS.—Subsection (c) of section 319 of the Supplemental 

20 Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32; 123 Stat. 

21 1874; 10 U.S.C. 801 note) is amended by adding after para22 graph (5) the following new paragraphs: 

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1 nications, or any other means of communication, re2 gardless of content, between any individual formerly 

3 detained at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 

4 and any individual known or suspected to be associ5 ated with a foreign terrorist group. 

6 ‘‘(7) A description of whether any of the contact 

7 described in the summary required by paragraph (6) 

8 included any information or discussion about hos9 tilities against the United States or its allies or part10 ners. 

11 ‘‘(8) For each individual described in paragraph 

12 (4), the period of time between the date on which the 

13 individual was released or transferred from Naval 

14 Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the date on 

15 which it is confirmed that the individual is suspected 

16 or confirmed of reengaging in terrorist activities. 

17 ‘‘(9) The average period of time described in 

18 paragraph (8) for all the individuals described in 

19 paragraph (4).’’. 

20 (b) FORM.—Subsection (a) of such section is amended 

21 by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The reports may be 

22 submitted in classified form.’’. 

23 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 

24 or the amendments made by this section shall be construed 

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1 reporting of information required under section 319(c) of 

2 the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 

3 111–32; 123 Stat. 1874; 10 U.S.C. 801 note), as in effect 

4 immediately before the enactment of this section. 

5 SEC. 332. REPORTS ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS. 

6 (a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days 

7 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 60 

8 days thereafter, the Director of National Intelligence shall 

9 submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report 

10 on foreign fighter flows to and from Syria and to and from 

11 Iraq. The Director shall define the term ‘‘foreign fighter’’ 

12 in such reports. 

13 (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Each report sub14 mitted under subsection (a) shall include each of the fol15 lowing: 

16 (1) The total number of foreign fighters who have 

17 traveled to Syria or Iraq since January 1, 2011, the 

18 total number of foreign fighters in Syria or Iraq as 

19 of the date of the submittal of the report, the total 

20 number of foreign fighters whose countries of origin 

21 have a visa waiver program described in section 217 

22 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

23 1187), the total number of foreign fighters who have 

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1 fighters, and the total number of deceased foreign 

2 fighters. 

3 (2) The total number of United States persons 

4 who have traveled or attempted to travel to Syria or 

5 Iraq since January 1, 2011, the total number of such 

6 persons who have arrived in Syria or Iraq since such 

7 date, and the total number of such persons who have 

8 returned to the United States from Syria or Iraq 

9 since such date. 

10 (3) The total number of foreign fighters in Ter11 rorist Identities Datamart Environment and the sta12 tus of each such foreign fighter in that database, the 

13 number of such foreign fighters who are on a 

14 watchlist, and the number of such foreign fighters who 

15 are not on a watchlist. 

16 (4) The total number of foreign fighters who have 

17 been processed with biometrics, including face images, 

18 fingerprints, and iris scans. 

19 (5) Any programmatic updates to the foreign 

20 fighter report since the last report was issued, includ21 ing updated analysis on foreign country cooperation, 

22 as well as actions taken, such as denying or revoking 

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1 (6) A worldwide graphic that describes foreign 

2 fighters flows to and from Syria, with points of origin 

3 by country. 

4 (c) FORM.—The reports submitted under subsection (a) 

5 may be submitted in classified form. 

6 (d) TERMINATION.—The requirement to submit reports 

7 under subsection (a) shall terminate on the date that is 

8 three years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

9 SEC. 333. REPORTS ON PRISONER POPULATION AT UNITED 

10 STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, 

11 CUBA. 

12 (a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days 

13 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 30 

14 days thereafter, the Director of the Defense Intelligence 

15 Agency, in coordination with the Director of National Intel16 ligence, shall submit to the Members of Congress specified 

17 in subsection (b) a report on the prisoner population at 

18 the detention facility at United States Naval Station, 

19 Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

20 (b) SPECIFIED MEMBERS AND COMMITTEES OF CON21 GRESS.—The Members of Congress specified in this sub22 section are the following: 

23 (1) The majority leader and minority leader of 

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1 (2) The Chairman and Ranking Member of the 

2 Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. 

3 (3) The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Se4 lect Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 

5 (4) The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the 

6 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 

7 (5) The Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

8 (6) The minority leader of the House of Rep9 resentatives. 

10 (7) The Chairman and Ranking Member of the 

11 Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep12 resentatives. 

13 (8) The Chairman and Ranking Member of the 

14 Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

15 House of Representatives. 

16 (9) The Chairman and Ranking Member of the 

17 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep18 resentatives. 

19 (c) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Each report sub20 mitted under subsection (a) shall include each of the fol21 lowing: 

22 (1) The name and country of origin of each pris23 oner detained at the detention facility at United 

24 States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of 

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1 (2) A current summary of the evidence, intel2 ligence, and information used to justify the detention 

3 of each prisoner listed under paragraph (1) at United 

4 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

5 (3) A current accounting of all the measures 

6 taken to transfer each prisoner listed under para7 graph (1) to the individual’s country of citizenship or 

8 another country. 

9 (4) A current description of the number of indi10 viduals released or transferred from detention at 

11 United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 

12 Cuba, who are confirmed or suspected of returning to 

13 terrorist activities after such release or transfer. 

14 (5) An assessment of any efforts by foreign ter15 rorist organizations to recruit individuals released 

16 from detention at United States Naval Station, 

17 Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

18 (6) A summary of all contact by any means of 

19 communication, including telecommunications, elec20 tronic or technical means, in person, written commu21 nications, or any other means of communication, re22 gardless of content, between any individual formerly 

23 detained at United States Naval Station, Guanta24 namo Bay, Cuba, and any individual known or sus25 pected to be associated with a foreign terrorist group. 


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1 (7) A description of whether any of the contact 

2 described in the summary required by paragraph (6) 

3 included any information or discussion about hos4 tilities against the United States or its allies or part5 ners. 

6 (8) For each individual described in paragraph 

7 (4), the period of time between the date on which the 

8 individual was released or transferred from United 

9 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and 

10 the date on which it is confirmed that the individual 

11 is suspected or confirmed of reengaging in terrorist 

12 activities. 

13 (9) The average period of time described in para14 graph (8) for all the individuals described in para15 graph (4). 

16 SEC. 334. REPORT ON USE OF CERTAIN BUSINESS CON17 CERNS. 

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

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

20 Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence 

21 communities a report on the representation, as of the date 

22 of the report, of covered business concerns among the con23 tractors that are awarded contracts by elements of the intel24 ligence community for goods, equipment, tools, and services. 


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1 (b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under subsection 

2 (a) shall include the following: 

3 (1) The representation of covered business con4 cerns as described in subsection (a), including such 

5 representation by— 

6 (A) each type of covered business concern; 

7 and 

8 (B) each element of the intelligence commu9 nity. 

10 (2) If, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, 

11 the Director does not record and monitor the statistics 

12 required to carry out this section, a description of the 

13 actions taken by the Director to ensure that such sta14 tistics are recorded and monitored beginning in fiscal 

15 year 2016. 

16 (3) The actions the Director plans to take during 

17 fiscal year 2016 to enhance the awarding of contracts 

18 to covered business concerns by elements of the intel19 ligence community. 

20 (c) COVERED BUSINESS CONCERNS DEFINED.—In this 

21 section, the term ‘‘covered business concerns’’ means the fol22 lowing: 

23 (1) Minority-owned businesses. 

24 (2) Women-owned businesses. 

25 (3) Small disadvantaged businesses. 


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1 (4) Service-disabled veteran-owned businesses. 

2 (5) Veteran-owned small businesses. 

3 SEC. 335. REPEAL OF CERTAIN REPORTING REQUIRE4 MENTS. 

5 (a) QUADRENNIAL AUDIT OF POSITIONS REQUIRING

6 SECURITY CLEARANCES.—Section 506H of the National Se7 curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3104) is amended— 

8 (1) by striking subsection (a); and 

9 (2) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 

10 subsections (a) and (b), respectively. 

11 (b) REPORTS ON ROLE OF ANALYSTS AT FBI AND FBI 

12 INFORMATION SHARING.—Section 2001(g) of the Intel13 ligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Pub14 lic Law 108–458; 118 Stat. 3700; 28 U.S.C. 532 note) is 

15 amended by striking paragraphs (3) and (4). 

16 (c) REPORT ON OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT BY OFFICERS

17 AND EMPLOYEES OF INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 102A(u) of the Na19 tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024) is 

20 amended— 

21 (A) by striking ‘‘(1) The Director’’ and in22 serting ‘‘The Director’’; and 

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1 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (a) 

2 of section 507 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 3106(a)) is 

3 amended— 

4 (A) by striking paragraph (5); and 

5 (B) by redesignating paragraph (6) as 

6 paragraph (5). 

7 (3) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Subsection (c)(1) 

8 of such section 507 is amended by striking ‘‘subsection 

9 (a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’. 

10 (d) REPORTS ON NUCLEAR ASPIRATIONS OF NON11 STATE ENTITIES.—Section 1055 of the National Defense 

12 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (50 U.S.C. 2371) 

13 is repealed. 

14 (e) REPORTS ON ESPIONAGE BY PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC

15 OF CHINA.—Section 3151 of the National Defense Author16 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7383e) is re17 pealed. 

18 (f) REPORTS ON SECURITY VULNERABILITIES OF NA19 TIONAL LABORATORY COMPUTERS.—Section 4508 of the 

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Union Calendar No. 104 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2596 

[Report No. 114–144, Part I] 

A BILL 

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 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 

JUNE 9, 2015 

Reported from the Select Committee on Intelligence 

(Permanent Select) with an amendment 

JUNE 9, 2015 

The Committee on the Budget discharged; committed to 

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


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