IIB 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2596 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 17, 2015 

Received; read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence 

AN ACT 

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. 

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


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
2 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

3 ‘‘Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016’’. 

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

5 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 

TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES 

Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 102. Classified schedule of authorizations. 

Sec. 103. 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. 

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. 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
3 

HR 2596 RFS 

Sec. 317. Inclusion of Hispanic-serving institutions in grant program to enhance recruiting of intelligence community workforce. 

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. 

Sec. 336. Report on hiring of graduates of Cyber Corps Scholarship Program 

by intelligence community. 

Sec. 337. Report on effects of data breach of Office of Personnel Management. 

Sec. 338. Assessment on funding of political parties and nongovernmental organizations by the Russian Federation. 

Sec. 339. Report on continuous evaluation of security clearances. 

Sec. 340. Report on strategy, efforts, and resources to detect, deter, and degrade Islamic State revenue mechanisms. 

Sec. 341. Report on national security cooperation between United States, India, 

and Israel. 

Sec. 342. Cyber attack standards of measurement study. 

Sec. 343. Report on wildlife trafficking. 

Sec. 344. Report on terrorist use of social media. 

Sec. 345. Report on United States counterterrorism strategy to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat ISIL, al-Qaeda, and their affiliated groups, 

associated groups, and adherents. 

1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (a) CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEES.— 

4 The term ‘‘congressional intelligence committees’’ 

5 means— 

6 (1) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

7 Senate; and 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
4 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 (2) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel2 ligence of the House of Representatives. 

3 (b) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘intel4 ligence community’’ has the meaning given that term in 

5 section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

6 U.S.C. 3003(4)). 

7 TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE 

8 ACTIVITIES 

9 SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

10 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

11 fiscal year 2016 for the conduct of the intelligence and 

12 intelligence-related activities of the following elements of 

13 the United States Government: 

14 (1) The Office of the Director of National Intel15 ligence. 

16 (2) The Central Intelligence Agency. 

17 (3) The Department of Defense. 

18 (4) The Defense Intelligence Agency. 

19 (5) The National Security Agency. 

20 (6) The Department of the Army, the Depart21 ment of the Navy, and the Department of the Air 

22 Force. 

23 (7) The Coast Guard. 

24 (8) The Department of State. 

25 (9) The Department of the Treasury. 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
5 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 (10) The Department of Energy. 

2 (11) The Department of Justice. 

3 (12) The Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

4 (13) The Drug Enforcement Administration. 

5 (14) The National Reconnaissance Office. 

6 (15) The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agen7 cy. 

8 (16) The Department of Homeland Security. 

9 SEC. 102. CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AUTHORIZATIONS. 

10 (a) SPECIFICATIONS OF AMOUNTS AND PERSONNEL

11 LEVELS.—The amounts authorized to be appropriated 

12 under section 101 and, subject to section 103, the author13 ized personnel ceilings as of September 30, 2016, for the 

14 conduct of the intelligence activities of the elements listed 

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

16 specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations pre17 pared to accompany the bill H.R. 2596 of the One Hun18 dred Fourteenth Congress. 

19 (b) AVAILABILITY OF CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AU20 THORIZATIONS.— 

21 (1) AVAILABILITY.—The classified Schedule of 

22 Authorizations referred to in subsection (a) shall be 

23 made available to the Committee on Appropriations 

24 of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of 

25 the House of Representatives, and to the President. 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
6 

HR 2596 RFS 

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

3 suitable distribution of the classified Schedule of Au4 thorizations, or of appropriate portions of the Sched5 ule, within the executive branch. 

6 (3) LIMITS ON DISCLOSURE.—The President 

7 shall not publicly disclose the classified Schedule of 

8 Authorizations or any portion of such Schedule ex9 cept— 

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

11 Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 

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

13 (B) to the extent necessary to implement 

14 the budget; or 

15 (C) as otherwise required by law. 

16 SEC. 103. PERSONNEL CEILING ADJUSTMENTS. 

17 (a) AUTHORITY FOR INCREASES.—The Director of 

18 National Intelligence may authorize employment of civil19 ian personnel in excess of the number authorized for fiscal 

20 year 2016 by the classified Schedule of Authorizations re21 ferred to in section 102(a) if the Director of National In22 telligence determines that such action is necessary to the 

23 performance of important intelligence functions, except 

24 that the number of personnel employed in excess of the 

25 number authorized under such section may not, for any 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
7 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 element of the intelligence community, exceed 3 percent 

2 of the number of civilian personnel authorized under such 

3 schedule for such element. 

4 (b) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PERSONNEL.—The Di5 rector of National Intelligence shall establish guidelines 

6 that govern, for each element of the intelligence commu7 nity, the treatment under the personnel levels authorized 

8 under section 102(a), including any exemption from such 

9 personnel levels, of employment or assignment in— 

10 (1) a student program, trainee program, or 

11 similar program; 

12 (2) a reserve corps or as a reemployed annu13 itant; or 

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

15 training. 

16 (c) NOTICE TO CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE

17 COMMITTEES.—The Director of National Intelligence 

18 shall notify the congressional intelligence committees in 

19 writing at least 15 days prior to each exercise of an au20 thority described in subsection (a). 

21 SEC. 104. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT AC22 COUNT. 

23 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

24 authorized to be appropriated for the Intelligence Commu25 nity Management Account of the Director of National InVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:01 Jun 17, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2596.RFS H2596

asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
8 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 telligence for fiscal year 2016 the sum of $501,850,000. 

2 Within such amount, funds identified in the classified 

3 Schedule of Authorizations referred to in section 102(a) 

4 for advanced research and development shall remain avail5 able until September 30, 2017. 

6 (b) AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL LEVELS.—The ele7 ments within the Intelligence Community Management 

8 Account of the Director of National Intelligence are au9 thorized 785 positions as of September 30, 2016. Per10 sonnel serving in such elements may be permanent em11 ployees of the Office of the Director of National Intel12 ligence or personnel detailed from other elements of the 

13 United States Government. 

14 (c) CLASSIFIED AUTHORIZATIONS.— 

15 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In 

16 addition to amounts authorized to be appropriated 

17 for the Intelligence Community Management Ac18 count by subsection (a), there are authorized to be 

19 appropriated for the Community Management Ac20 count for fiscal year 2016 such additional amounts 

21 as are specified in the classified Schedule of Author22 izations referred to in section 102(a). Such addi23 tional amounts for advanced research and develop24 ment shall remain available until September 30, 

25 2017. 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
9 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF PERSONNEL.—In addi2 tion to the personnel authorized by subsection (b) 

3 for elements of the Intelligence Community Manage4 ment Account as of September 30, 2016, there are 

5 authorized such additional personnel for the Com6 munity Management Account as of that date as are 

7 specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations 

8 referred to in section 102(a). 

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

13 SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

14 There is authorized to be appropriated for the Cen15 tral Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund 

16 for fiscal year 2016 the sum of $514,000,000. 

17 TITLE III—GENERAL 

18 PROVISIONS 

19 Subtitle A—General Matters 

20 SEC. 301. INCREASE IN EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND 

21 BENEFITS AUTHORIZED BY LAW. 

22 Appropriations authorized by this Act for salary, pay, 

23 retirement, and other benefits for Federal employees may 

24 be increased by such additional or supplemental amounts 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
10 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 as may be necessary for increases in such compensation 

2 or benefits authorized by law. 

3 SEC. 302. RESTRICTION ON CONDUCT OF INTELLIGENCE 

4 ACTIVITIES. 

5 The authorization of appropriations by this Act shall 

6 not be deemed to constitute authority for the conduct of 

7 any intelligence activity which is not otherwise authorized 

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

9 SEC. 303. PRIOR CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF INITI10 ATIONS OF CERTAIN NEW SPECIAL ACCESS 

11 PROGRAMS. 

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

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

14 this Act or otherwise made available for the intelligence 

15 community for fiscal year 2016 may be used to initiate 

16 any new special access program pertaining to any intel17 ligence or intelligence-related activity or covert action un18 less the Director of National Intelligence or the Secretary 

19 of Defense, as appropriate, submits to the congressional 

20 intelligence committees and the Committees on Armed 

21 Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate, 

22 by not later than 30 days before initiating such a program, 

23 written notification of the intention to initiate the pro24 gram. 

25 (b) WAIVER.— 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
11 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National In2 telligence or the Secretary of Defense, as appro3 priate, may waive subsection (a) with respect to the 

4 initiation of a new special access program if the Di5 rector or Secretary, as the case may be, determines 

6 that an emergency situation makes it impossible or 

7 impractical to provide the notice required under such 

8 subsection by the date that is 30 days before such 

9 initiation. 

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

11 issues a waiver under paragraph (1), the Director or 

12 Secretary, as the case may be, shall submit to the 

13 congressional intelligence committees and the Com14 mittees on Armed Services of the House of Rep15 resentatives and the Senate, by not later than 48 

16 hours after the initiation of the new special access 

17 program covered by the waiver, written notice of the 

18 waiver and a justification for the waiver, including 

19 a description of the emergency situation that neces20 sitated the waiver. 

21 (c) SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAM DEFINED.—In this 

22 section, the term ‘‘special access program’’ has the mean23 ing given such term in Executive Order No. 13526 as in 

24 effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
12 

HR 2596 RFS 

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 

6 this Act or otherwise made available for the intelligence 

7 community for fiscal year 2016 may be used to initiate 

8 a transfer of funds from the Joint Improvised Explosive 

9 Device Defeat Fund or the Counterterrorism Partnerships 

10 Fund to be used for intelligence activities unless the Direc11 tor of National Intelligence or the Secretary of Defense, 

12 as appropriate, submits to the congressional intelligence 

13 committees, by not later than 30 days before initiating 

14 such a transfer, written notice of the transfer. 

15 (b) WAIVER.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National In17 telligence or the Secretary of Defense, as appro18 priate, may waive subsection (a) with respect to the 

19 initiation of a transfer of funds if the Director or 

20 Secretary, as the case may be, determines that an 

21 emergency situation makes it impossible or imprac22 tical to provide the notice required under such sub23 section by the date that is 30 days before such initi24 ation. 

25 (2) NOTICE.—If the Director or Secretary 

26 issues a waiver under paragraph (1), the Director or 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
13 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 Secretary, as the case may be, shall submit to the 

2 congressional intelligence committees, by not later 

3 than 48 hours after the initiation of the transfer of 

4 funds covered by the waiver, written notice of the 

5 waiver and a justification for the waiver, including 

6 a description of the emergency situation that neces7 sitated the waiver. 

8 SEC. 305. DESIGNATION OF LEAD INTELLIGENCE OFFICER 

9 FOR TUNNELS. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National Intel11 ligence shall designate an official to manage the collection 

12 and analysis of intelligence regarding the tactical use of 

13 tunnels by state and nonstate actors. 

14 (b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than the date that 

15 is 10 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

16 and biennially thereafter until the date that is 4 years 

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

18 of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional 

19 intelligence committees and the congressional defense 

20 committees (as such term is defined in section 101(a)(16) 

21 of title 10, United States Code) a report describing— 

22 (1) trends in the use of tunnels by foreign state 

23 and nonstate actors; and 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
14 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 (2) collaboration efforts between the United 

2 States and partner countries to address the use of 

3 tunnels by adversaries. 

4 SEC. 306. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF PRIVACY AND 

5 CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD. 

6 Section 1061(g) of the Intelligence Reform and Ter7 rorism Prevention Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee(g)) is 

8 amended by adding at the end the following new para9 graph: 

10 ‘‘(5) LIMITATIONS.—Nothing in this section 

11 shall be construed to authorize the Board, or any 

12 agent thereof, to gain access to information that an 

13 executive branch agency deems related to covert ac14 tion, as such term is defined in section 503(e) of the 

15 National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

16 3093(e)).’’. 

17 SEC. 307. REPORTING PROCESS REQUIRED FOR TRACKING 

18 CERTAIN REQUESTS FOR COUNTRY CLEAR19 ANCE. 

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

21 2016, the Director of National Intelligence shall establish 

22 a formal internal reporting process for tracking requests 

23 for country clearance submitted to overseas Director of 

24 National Intelligence representatives by departments and 

25 agencies of the United States. Such reporting process shall 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
15 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 include a mechanism for tracking the department or agen2 cy that submits each such request and the date on which 

3 each such request is submitted. 

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

5 December 31, 2016, the Director of National Intelligence 

6 shall brief the congressional intelligence committees on the 

7 progress of the Director in establishing the process re8 quired under subsection (a). 

9 SEC. 308. PROHIBITION ON SHARING OF CERTAIN INFOR10 MATION IN RESPONSE TO FOREIGN GOVERN11 MENT INQUIRIES. 

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

13 be appropriated by this Act for any element of the intel14 ligence community may be used to respond to, share, or 

15 authorize the sharing of any non-public information re16 lated to intelligence activities carried out by the United 

17 States in response to a legislative or judicial inquiry from 

18 a foreign government into the intelligence activities of the 

19 United States. 

20 (b) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 

21 30 days after an element of the intelligence community 

22 receives a legislative or judicial inquiry from a foreign gov23 ernment related to intelligence activities carried out by the 

24 United States, the element shall submit to the congresVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:01 Jun 17, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2596.RFS H2596

asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
16 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 sional intelligence committees written notification of the 

2 inquiry. 

3 (c) CLARIFICATION REGARDING COLLABORATION

4 WITH FOREIGN PARTNERS.—The prohibition under sub5 section (a) shall not be construed as limiting routine intel6 ligence activities with foreign partners, except in any case 

7 in which the central focus of the collaboration with the 

8 foreign partner is to obtain information for, or solicit a 

9 response to, a legislative or judicial inquiry from a foreign 

10 government related to intelligence activities carried out by 

11 the United States. 

12 SEC. 309. NATIONAL CYBER THREAT INTELLIGENCE INTE13 GRATION CENTER. 

14 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Title I of the National Secu15 rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021 et seq.) is amended— 

16 (1) by redesignating section 119B as section 

17 119C; and 

18 (2) by inserting after section 119A the fol19 lowing new section: 

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

21 CENTER. 

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

23 the Director of National Intelligence a Cyber Threat Intel24 ligence Integration Center. 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
17 

HR 2596 RFS 

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

2 Threat Intelligence Integration Center, who shall be the 

3 head of the Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center, 

4 and who shall be appointed by the Director of National 

5 Intelligence. 

6 ‘‘(c) PRIMARY MISSIONS.—The Cyber Threat Intel7 ligence Integration Center shall— 

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

9 the Federal Government for analyzing and inte10 grating all intelligence possessed or acquired by the 

11 United States pertaining to cyber threats; 

12 ‘‘(2) ensure that appropriate departments and 

13 agencies of the Federal Government have full access 

14 to and receive all-source intelligence support needed 

15 to execute the cyber threat intelligence activities of 

16 such agencies and to perform independent, alter17 native analyses; 

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

19 President, the appropriate departments and agencies 

20 of the Federal Government, and the appropriate 

21 committees of Congress; 

22 ‘‘(4) coordinate cyber threat intelligence activi23 ties of the departments and agencies of the Federal 

24 Government; and 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
18 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 ‘‘(5) conduct strategic cyber threat intelligence 

2 planning for the Federal Government. 

3 ‘‘(d) LIMITATIONS.—The Cyber Threat Intelligence 

4 Integration Center— 

5 ‘‘(1) may not have more than 50 permanent po6 sitions; 

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

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

9 staffing through detailees, assignees, or core con10 tractor personnel or enter into any personal services 

11 contracts to exceed the limitation under paragraph 

12 (1); and 

13 ‘‘(3) shall be located in a building owned or op14 erated by an element of the intelligence community 

15 as of the date of the enactment of this section. 

16 ‘‘(e) REPORTS.—Not later than 10 months after the 

17 date of the enactment of this subsection, and annually 

18 thereafter for 3 years, the Director of the Cyber Threat 

19 Intelligence Integration Center shall submit a report to 

20 Congress that includes the following: 

21 ‘‘(1) With respect to the year covered by the re22 port, a detailed description of cyber threat trends, as 

23 compiled by the Cyber Threat Intelligence Integra24 tion Center. 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
19 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 ‘‘(2) With respect to the year covered by the re2 port, a detailed description of the coordination ef3 forts by the Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration 

4 Center between departments and agencies of the 

5 Federal Government, including the Department of 

6 Defense, the Department of Justice, and the De7 partment of Homeland Security. 

8 ‘‘(3) Recommendations for better collaboration 

9 between such departments and agencies of the Fed10 eral Government.’’. 

11 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENTS.—The table 

12 of contents in the first section of the National Security 

13 Act of 1947, as amended by section 102 of this title, is 

14 further amended by striking the item relating to section 

15 119B and inserting the following new items: 

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

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

16 SEC. 310. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY BUSINESS SYSTEM 

17 TRANSFORMATION. 

18 Section 506D of the National Security Act of 1947 

19 (50 U.S.C. 3100) is amended to read as follows: 

20 ‘‘INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY BUSINESS SYSTEM

21 TRANSFORMATION

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

23 FUNDS.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), no funds appro24 priated to any element of the intelligence community may 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
20 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 be obligated for an intelligence community business sys2 tem transformation that will have a total cost in excess 

3 of $3,000,000 unless the Chief Information Officer of the 

4 Intelligence Community makes a certification described in 

5 paragraph (2) with respect to such intelligence community 

6 business system transformation. 

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

8 an intelligence community business system transformation 

9 is a certification made by the Chief Information Officer 

10 of the Intelligence Community that the intelligence com11 munity business system transformation— 

12 ‘‘(A) complies with the enterprise architecture 

13 under subsection (b) and such other policies and 

14 standards that the Chief Information Officer of the 

15 Intelligence Community considers appropriate; or 

16 ‘‘(B) is necessary— 

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

18 capability or address a critical requirement; or 

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

20 on a project that is needed to achieve an essen21 tial capability, taking into consideration any al22 ternative solutions for preventing such adverse 

23 effect. 

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

25 2010, the amount referred to in paragraph (1) in the matVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:01 Jun 17, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2596.RFS H2596

asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
21 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 ter preceding subparagraph (A) shall be equal to the sum 

2 of— 

3 ‘‘(A) the amount in effect under such para4 graph (1) for the preceding fiscal year (determined 

5 after application of this paragraph), plus 

6 ‘‘(B) such amount multiplied by the annual per7 centage increase in the Consumer Price Index (all 

8 items; U.S. city average) as of September of the pre9 vious fiscal year. 

10 ‘‘(b) ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE FOR INTEL11 LIGENCE COMMUNITY BUSINESS SYSTEMS.—(1) The Di12 rector of National Intelligence shall develop and imple13 ment an enterprise architecture to cover all intelligence 

14 community business systems, and the functions and activi15 ties supported by such business systems. The enterprise 

16 architecture shall be sufficiently defined to effectively 

17 guide, constrain, and permit implementation of interoper18 able intelligence community business system solutions, 

19 consistent with applicable policies and procedures estab20 lished by the Director of the Office of Management and 

21 Budget. 

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

23 shall include the following: 

24 ‘‘(A) An information infrastructure that will en25 able the intelligence community to— 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
22 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 ‘‘(i) comply with all Federal accounting, fi2 nancial management, and reporting require3 ments; 

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

5 and reliable financial information for manage6 ment purposes; 

7 ‘‘(iii) integrate budget, accounting, and 

8 program information and systems; and 

9 ‘‘(iv) provide for the measurement of per10 formance, including the ability to produce time11 ly, relevant, and reliable cost information. 

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

13 system interface requirements that apply uniformly 

14 throughout the intelligence community. 

15 ‘‘(c) RESPONSIBILITIES FOR INTELLIGENCE COMMU16 NITY BUSINESS SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION.—The Direc17 tor of National Intelligence shall be responsible for the en18 tire life cycle of an intelligence community business system 

19 transformation, including review, approval, and oversight 

20 of the planning, design, acquisition, deployment, oper21 ation, and maintenance of the business system trans22 formation. 

23 ‘‘(d) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY BUSINESS SYSTEM

24 INVESTMENT REVIEW.—(1) The Chief Information Offi25 cer of the Intelligence Community shall establish and imVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:01 Jun 17, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2596.RFS H2596

asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
23 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 plement, not later than 60 days after October 7, 2010, 

2 an investment review process for the intelligence commu3 nity business systems for which the Chief Information Of4 ficer of the Intelligence Community is responsible. 

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

6 (1) shall— 

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

8 title 40, United States Code; and 

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

10 the Chief Information Office of the Intelligence 

11 Community under such review process. 

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

13 (1) shall include the following elements: 

14 ‘‘(A) Review and approval by an investment re15 view board (consisting of appropriate representatives 

16 of the intelligence community) of each intelligence 

17 community business system as an investment before 

18 the obligation of funds for such system. 

19 ‘‘(B) Periodic review, but not less often than 

20 annually, of every intelligence community business 

21 system investment. 

22 ‘‘(C) Thresholds for levels of review to ensure 

23 appropriate review of intelligence community busi24 ness system investments depending on the scope, 

25 complexity, and cost of the system involved. 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
24 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 ‘‘(D) Procedures for making certifications in 

2 accordance with the requirements of subsection 

3 (a)(2). 

4 ‘‘(e) RELATION TO ANNUAL REGISTRATION RE5 QUIREMENTS.—Nothing in this section shall be construed 

6 to alter the requirements of section 8083 of the Depart7 ment of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 

8 108–287; 118 Stat. 989), with regard to information tech9 nology systems (as defined in subsection (d) of such sec10 tion). 

11 ‘‘(f) RELATIONSHIP TO DEFENSE BUSINESS ENTER12 PRISE ARCHITECTURE.—Intelligence community business 

13 system transformations certified under this section shall 

14 be deemed to be in compliance with section 2222 of title 

15 10, United States Code. Nothing in this section shall be 

16 construed to exempt funds authorized to be appropriated 

17 to the Department of Defense for activities other than an 

18 intelligence community business system transformation 

19 from the requirements of such section 2222, to the extent 

20 that such requirements are otherwise applicable. 

21 ‘‘(g) RELATION TO CLINGER-COHEN ACT.—(1) Exec22 utive agency responsibilities in chapter 113 of title 40, 

23 United States Code, for any intelligence community busi24 ness system transformation shall be exercised jointly by— 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
25 

HR 2596 RFS 

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

2 the Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence 

3 Community; and 

4 ‘‘(B) the head of the executive agency that con5 tains the element of the intelligence community in6 volved and the chief information officer of that exec7 utive agency. 

8 ‘‘(2) The Director of National Intelligence and the 

9 head of the executive agency referred to in paragraph 

10 (1)(B) shall enter into a memorandum of understanding 

11 to carry out the requirements of this section in a manner 

12 that best meets the needs of the intelligence community 

13 and the executive agency. 

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

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

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

17 44, United States Code. 

18 ‘‘(2) The terms ‘information system’ and ‘infor19 mation technology’ have the meanings given those 

20 terms in section 11101 of title 40, United States 

21 Code. 

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

23 system’ means an information system, including a 

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

25 on behalf of an element of the intelligence commuVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:01 Jun 17, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2596.RFS H2596

asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
26 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 nity, including a financial system, mixed system, fi2 nancial data feeder system, and the business infra3 structure capabilities shared by the systems of the 

4 business enterprise architecture, including people, 

5 process, and technology, that build upon the core in6 frastructure used to support business activities, such 

7 as acquisition, financial management, logistics, stra8 tegic planning and budgeting, installations and envi9 ronment, and human resource management. 

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

11 system transformation’ means— 

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

13 new intelligence community business system; or 

14 ‘‘(B) any significant modification or en15 hancement of an existing intelligence commu16 nity business system (other than necessary to 

17 maintain current services). 

18 ‘‘(5) The term ‘national security system’ has 

19 the meaning given that term in section 3552(b) of 

20 title 44, United States Code.’’. 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
27 

HR 2596 RFS 

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 Intel8 ligence’’ 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 fol14 lows: 

15 ‘‘(9)(A) The Inspector General may request such in16 formation or assistance as may be necessary for carrying 

17 out the duties and responsibilities of the Inspector General 

18 provided by this section from any Federal, State, or local 

19 governmental agency or unit thereof. 

20 ‘‘(B) Upon request of the Inspector General for infor21 mation or assistance from a department or agency of the 

22 Federal Government, the head of the department or agen23 cy involved, insofar as practicable and not in contravention 

24 of any existing statutory restriction or regulation of such 

25 department or agency, shall furnish to the Inspector GenVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:01 Jun 17, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2596.RFS H2596

asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
28 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 eral, or to an authorized designee, such information or as2 sistance. 

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

4 provide any new authority to the Central Intelligence 

5 Agency to conduct intelligence activity in the United 

6 States. 

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

8 of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Com9 monwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the 

10 Northern Mariana Islands, and any territory or possession 

11 of the United States.’’. 

12 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO SELEC13 TION OF EMPLOYEES.—Paragraph (7) of such section (50 

14 U.S.C. 3517(e)(7)) is amended— 

15 (1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before ‘‘Subject to appli16 cable law’’; and 

17 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub18 paragraph: 

19 ‘‘(B) Consistent with budgetary and personnel re20 sources allocated by the Director, the Inspector General 

21 has final approval of— 

22 ‘‘(i) the selection of internal and external can23 didates for employment with the Office of Inspector 

24 General; and 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
29 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 ‘‘(ii) all other personnel decisions concerning 

2 personnel permanently assigned to the Office of In3 spector General, including selection and appointment 

4 to the Senior Intelligence Service, but excluding all 

5 security-based determinations that are not within 

6 the authority of a head of other Central Intelligence 

7 Agency offices.’’. 

8 SEC. 313. PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE 

9 TO INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE INTEL10 LIGENCE COMMUNITY. 

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

12 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3033) is amended— 

13 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘any de14 partment, agency, or other element of the United 

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

16 State (as defined in section 804), or local govern17 mental agency or unit thereof’’; and 

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

19 department, agency, or element of the Federal Gov20 ernment’’ before ‘‘under subparagraph (A)’’. 

21 SEC. 314. CLARIFICATION RELATING TO INFORMATION AC22 CESS BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL. 

23 Section 348(a) of the Intelligence Authorization Act 

24 for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–259; 124 Stat. 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
30 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 2700; 50 U.S.C. 3308) is amended by adding at the end 

2 the following new paragraph: 

3 ‘‘(4) REQUESTS BY CERTAIN CONGRESSIONAL

4 COMMITTEES.—Consistent with the protection of 

5 classified information, the directive issued under 

6 paragraph (1) shall not prohibit the Comptroller 

7 General from obtaining information necessary to 

8 carry out the following audits or reviews: 

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

10 ‘‘(i) at the request of the congres11 sional intelligence committees; or 

12 ‘‘(ii) pursuant to— 

13 ‘‘(I) an intelligence authorization 

14 Act; 

15 ‘‘(II) a committee report or joint 

16 explanatory statement accompanying 

17 an intelligence authorization Act; or 

18 ‘‘(III) a classified annex to a 

19 committee report or joint explanatory 

20 statement accompanying an intel21 ligence authorization Act. 

22 ‘‘(B) An audit or review pertaining to in23 telligence activities of the Department of De24 fense carried out— 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
31 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 ‘‘(i) at the request of the congres2 sional defense committees (as defined in 

3 section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United 

4 States Code); or 

5 ‘‘(ii) pursuant to a national defense 

6 authorization Act.’’. 

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

8 CONJUNCTION WITH DEPARTMENT OF EN9 ERGY NATIONAL LABORATORIES. 

10 Section 2008(a) of the Homeland Security Act of 

11 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609(a)) is amended in the matter pre12 ceding paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘including by working 

13 in conjunction with a National Laboratory (as defined in 

14 section 2(3) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 

15 15801(3)),’’ after ‘‘plans,’’. 

16 SEC. 316. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO PAY 

17 UNDER TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE. 

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

19 amended— 

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

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

22 new clause: 

23 ‘‘(viii) the Office of the Director of Na24 tional Intelligence;’’; and 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
32 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 (3) in clause (x), by striking the period and in2 serting a semicolon. 

3 SEC. 317. INCLUSION OF HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS 

4 IN GRANT PROGRAM TO ENHANCE RECRUIT5 ING OF INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY WORK6 FORCE. 

7 Section 1024 of the National Security Act of 1947 

8 (50 U.S.C. ) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (c)— 

10 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, His11 panic-serving institutions, and’’ after ‘‘univer12 sities’’; and 

13 (B) in the subsection heading for such sub14 section, by striking ‘‘HISTORICALLY BLACK’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘CERTAIN MINORITY-SERVING’’; 

16 and 

17 (2) in subsection (g)— 

18 (A) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 

19 paragraph (6); and 

20 (B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 

21 following new paragraph (5): 

22 ‘‘(5) HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTION.—The 

23 term ‘Hispanic-serving institution’ has the meaning 

24 given that term in section 502(a)(5) of the Higher 

25 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)(5)).’’. 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
33 

HR 2596 RFS 

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 other9 wise made available to an element of the intelligence com10 munity may be used during the period beginning on the 

11 date of the enactment of this Act and ending on December 

12 31, 2016, to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or 

13 release, to or within the United States, its territories, or 

14 possessions, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other indi15 vidual detained at Guantanamo (as such term is defined 

16 in section 322(c)). 

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

18 OR MODIFY FACILITIES IN UNITED STATES 

19 TO HOUSE DETAINEES TRANSFERRED FROM 

20 UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTA21 NAMO BAY, CUBA. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—No amounts authorized to be ap23 propriated or otherwise made available to an element of 

24 the intelligence community may be used during the period 

25 beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
34 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 ending on December 31, 2016, to construct or modify any 

2 facility in the United States, its territories, or possessions 

3 to house any individual detained at Guantanamo for the 

4 purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or 

5 under the control of the Department of Defense. 

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

7 shall not apply to any modification of facilities at United 

8 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

9 (c) INDIVIDUAL DETAINED AT GUANTANAMO DE10 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘individual detained at 

11 Guantanamo’’ means any individual located at United 

12 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of Octo13 ber 1, 2009, who— 

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

15 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 

16 and 

17 (2) is— 

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

19 the Department of Defense; or 

20 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

21 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
35 

HR 2596 RFS 

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

2 OR RELEASE INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT 

3 UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTA4 NAMO BAY, CUBA, TO COMBAT ZONES. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—No amounts authorized to be ap6 propriated or otherwise made available to an element of 

7 the intelligence community may be used during the period 

8 beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and 

9 ending on December 31, 2016, to transfer, release, or as10 sist in the transfer or release of any individual detained 

11 in the custody or under the control of the Department of 

12 Defense at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 

13 Bay, Cuba, to a combat zone. 

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

15 term ‘‘combat zone’’ means any area designated as a com16 bat zone for purposes of section 112 of the Internal Rev17 enue Code of 1986 for which the income of a member of 

18 the Armed Forces was excluded during 2014, 2015, or 

19 2016 by reason of the member’s service on active duty 

20 in such area. 

21 Subtitle C—Reports 

22 SEC. 331. REPORTS TO CONGRESS ON INDIVIDUALS FOR23 MERLY DETAINED AT UNITED STATES NAVAL 

24 STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA. 

25 (a) ADDITIONAL MATTERS FOR INCLUSION IN RE26 PORTS.—Subsection (c) of section 319 of the SuppleVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:01 Jun 17, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2596.RFS H2596

asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
36 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 mental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32; 

2 123 Stat. 1874; 10 U.S.C. 801 note) is amended by add3 ing after paragraph (5) the following new paragraphs: 

4 ‘‘(6) A summary of all contact by any means of 

5 communication, including telecommunications, elec6 tronic or technical means, in person, written commu7 nications, or any other means of communication, re8 gardless of content, between any individual formerly 

9 detained at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 

10 and any individual known or suspected to be associ11 ated with a foreign terrorist group. 

12 ‘‘(7) A description of whether any of the con13 tact described in the summary required by para14 graph (6) included any information or discussion 

15 about hostilities against the United States or its al16 lies or partners. 

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

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

19 the individual was released or transferred from 

20 Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the 

21 date on which it is confirmed that the individual is 

22 suspected or confirmed of reengaging in terrorist ac23 tivities. 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
37 

HR 2596 RFS 

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

2 paragraph (8) for all the individuals described in 

3 paragraph (4).’’. 

4 (b) FORM.—Subsection (a) of such section is amend5 ed by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The reports may 

6 be submitted in classified form.’’. 

7 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec8 tion or the amendments made by this section shall be con9 strued to terminate, alter, modify, override, or otherwise 

10 affect any reporting of information required under section 

11 319(c) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 

12 (Public Law 111–32; 123 Stat. 1874; 10 U.S.C. 801 

13 note), as in effect immediately before the enactment of 

14 this section. 

15 SEC. 332. REPORTS ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS. 

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

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

18 days thereafter, the Director of National Intelligence shall 

19 submit to the congressional intelligence committees a re20 port on foreign fighter flows to and from Syria and to 

21 and from Iraq. The Director shall define the term ‘‘foreign 

22 fighter’’ in such reports. 

23 (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Each report sub24 mitted under subsection (a) shall include each of the fol25 lowing: 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
38 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 (1) The total number of foreign fighters who 

2 have traveled to Syria or Iraq since January 1, 

3 2011, the total number of foreign fighters in Syria 

4 or Iraq as of the date of the submittal of the report, 

5 the total number of foreign fighters whose countries 

6 of origin have a visa waiver program described in 

7 section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

8 (8 U.S.C. 1187), the total number of foreign fight9 ers who have left Syria or Iraq, the total number of 

10 female foreign fighters, and the total number of de11 ceased foreign fighters. 

12 (2) The total number of United States persons 

13 who have traveled or attempted to travel to Syria or 

14 Iraq since January 1, 2011, the total number of 

15 such persons who have arrived in Syria or Iraq since 

16 such date, and the total number of such persons who 

17 have returned to the United States from Syria or 

18 Iraq since such date. 

19 (3) The total number of foreign fighters in Ter20 rorist Identities Datamart Environment and the sta21 tus of each such foreign fighter in that database, the 

22 number of such foreign fighters who are on a 

23 watchlist, and the number of such foreign fighters 

24 who are not on a watchlist. 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
39 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 (4) The total number of foreign fighters who 

2 have been processed with biometrics, including face 

3 images, fingerprints, and iris scans. 

4 (5) Any programmatic updates to the foreign 

5 fighter report since the last report was issued, in6 cluding updated analysis on foreign country coopera7 tion, as well as actions taken, such as denying or re8 voking visas. 

9 (6) A worldwide graphic that describes foreign 

10 fighters flows to and from Syria, with points of ori11 gin by country. 

12 (c) ADDITIONAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 

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

14 of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional 

15 intelligence committees a report that includes— 

16 (1) with respect to the travel of foreign fighters 

17 to and from Iraq and Syria, a description of the in18 telligence sharing relationships between the United 

19 States and member states of the European Union 

20 and member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Or21 ganization; and 

22 (2) an analysis of the challenges impeding such 

23 intelligence sharing relationships. 

24 (d) FORM.—The reports submitted under subsections 

25 (a) and (c) may be submitted in classified form. 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
40 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 (e) TERMINATION.—The requirement to submit re2 ports under subsection (a) shall terminate on the date that 

3 is three years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

4 SEC. 333. REPORTS ON PRISONER POPULATION AT UNITED 

5 STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, 

6 CUBA. 

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

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

9 days thereafter, the Director of the Defense Intelligence 

10 Agency, in coordination with the Director of National In11 telligence, shall submit to the Members of Congress speci12 fied in subsection (b) a report on the prisoner population 

13 at the detention facility at United States Naval Station, 

14 Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

15 (b) SPECIFIED MEMBERS AND COMMITTEES OF CON16 GRESS.—The Members of Congress specified in this sub17 section are the following: 

18 (1) The majority leader and minority leader of 

19 the Senate. 

20 (2) The Chairman and Ranking Member of the 

21 Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. 

22 (3) The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the 

23 Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 

24 (4) The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the 

25 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
41 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 (5) The Speaker of the House of Representa2 tives. 

3 (6) The minority leader of the House of Rep4 resentatives. 

5 (7) The Chairman and Ranking Member of the 

6 Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep7 resentatives. 

8 (8) The Chairman and Ranking Member of the 

9 Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

10 House of Representatives. 

11 (9) The Chairman and Ranking Member of the 

12 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep13 resentatives. 

14 (c) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Each report sub15 mitted under subsection (a) shall include each of the fol16 lowing: 

17 (1) The name and country of origin of each 

18 prisoner detained at the detention facility at United 

19 States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of 

20 the date of such report. 

21 (2) A current summary of the evidence, intel22 ligence, and information used to justify the detention 

23 of each prisoner listed under paragraph (1) at 

24 United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 

25 Cuba. 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
42 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 (3) A current accounting of all the measures 

2 taken to transfer each prisoner listed under para3 graph (1) to the individual’s country of citizenship 

4 or another country. 

5 (4) A current description of the number of indi6 viduals released or transferred from detention at 

7 United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 

8 Cuba, who are confirmed or suspected of returning 

9 to terrorist activities after such release or transfer. 

10 (5) An assessment of any efforts by foreign ter11 rorist organizations to recruit individuals released 

12 from detention at United States Naval Station, 

13 Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

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

15 communication, including telecommunications, elec16 tronic or technical means, in person, written commu17 nications, or any other means of communication, re18 gardless of content, between any individual formerly 

19 detained at United States Naval Station, Guanta20 namo Bay, Cuba, and any individual known or sus21 pected to be associated with a foreign terrorist 

22 group. 

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

24 described in the summary required by paragraph (6) 

25 included any information or discussion about hosVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:01 Jun 17, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2596.RFS H2596

asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
43 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 tilities against the United States or its allies or part2 ners. 

3 (8) For each individual described in paragraph 

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

5 the individual was released or transferred from 

6 United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 

7 Cuba, and the date on which it is confirmed that the 

8 individual is suspected or confirmed of reengaging in 

9 terrorist activities. 

10 (9) The average period of time described in 

11 paragraph (8) for all the individuals described in 

12 paragraph (4). 

13 SEC. 334. REPORT ON USE OF CERTAIN BUSINESS CON14 CERNS. 

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

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

17 Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence 

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

19 of the report, of covered business concerns among the con20 tractors that are awarded contracts by elements of the in21 telligence community for goods, equipment, tools, and 

22 services. 

23 (b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under sub24 section (a) shall include the following: 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
44 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 (1) The representation of covered business con2 cerns as described in subsection (a), including such 

3 representation by— 

4 (A) each type of covered business concern; 

5 and 

6 (B) each element of the intelligence com7 munity. 

8 (2) If, as of the date of the enactment of this 

9 Act, the Director does not record and monitor the 

10 statistics required to carry out this section, a de11 scription of the actions taken by the Director to en12 sure that such statistics are recorded and monitored 

13 beginning in fiscal year 2016. 

14 (3) The actions the Director plans to take dur15 ing fiscal year 2016 to enhance the awarding of con16 tracts to covered business concerns by elements of 

17 the intelligence community. 

18 (c) COVERED BUSINESS CONCERNS DEFINED.—In 

19 this section, the term ‘‘covered business concerns’’ means 

20 the following: 

21 (1) Minority-owned businesses. 

22 (2) Women-owned businesses. 

23 (3) Small disadvantaged businesses. 

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

25 (5) Veteran-owned small businesses. 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
45 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 SEC. 335. REPEAL OF CERTAIN REPORTING REQUIRE2 MENTS. 

3 (a) QUADRENNIAL AUDIT OF POSITIONS REQUIRING

4 SECURITY CLEARANCES.—Section 506H of the National 

5 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3104) is amended— 

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

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

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

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

10 FBI INFORMATION SHARING.—Section 2001(g) of the In11 telligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 

12 (Public Law 108–458; 118 Stat. 3700; 28 U.S.C. 532 

13 note) is amended by striking paragraph (3) and redesig14 nating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3). 

15 (c) REPORT ON OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT BY OFFI16 CERS AND EMPLOYEES OF INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 102A(u) of the Na18 tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024) is 

19 amended— 

20 (A) by striking ‘‘(1) The Director’’ and in21 serting ‘‘The Director’’; and 

22 (B) by striking paragraph (2). 

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

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

25 amended— 

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


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
46 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 (B) by redesignating paragraph (6) as 

2 paragraph (5). 

3 (3) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Subsection 

4 (c)(1) of such section 507 is amended by striking 

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

6 (d) REPORTS ON NUCLEAR ASPIRATIONS OF NON7 STATE ENTITIES.—Section 1055 of the National Defense 

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

9 is repealed. 

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

11 OF CHINA.—Section 3151 of the National Defense Au12 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7383e) 

13 is repealed. 

14 (f) REPORTS ON SECURITY VULNERABILITIES OF

15 NATIONAL LABORATORY COMPUTERS.—Section 4508 of 

16 the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2659) is re17 pealed. 

18 SEC. 336. REPORT ON HIRING OF GRADUATES OF CYBER 

19 CORPS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM BY INTEL20 LIGENCE COMMUNITY. 

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

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

23 Intelligence, in coordination with the Director of the Na24 tional Science Foundation, shall submit to the congres25 sional intelligence committees a report on the employment 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
47 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 by the intelligence community of graduates of the Cyber 

2 Corps Scholarship Program. The report shall include the 

3 following: 

4 (1) The number of graduates of the Cyber 

5 Corps Scholarship Program hired by each element of 

6 the intelligence community. 

7 (2) A description of how each element of the in8 telligence community recruits graduates of the Cyber 

9 Corps Scholar Program. 

10 (3) A description of any processes available to 

11 the intelligence community to expedite the hiring or 

12 processing of security clearances for graduates of 

13 the Cyber Corps Scholar Program. 

14 (4) Recommendations by the Director to im15 prove the hiring by the intelligence community of 

16 graduates of the Cyber Corps Scholarship Program, 

17 including any recommendations for legislative action 

18 to carry out such improvements. 

19 (b) CYBER CORPS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM DE20 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘Cyber Corps Scholar21 ship Program’’ means the Federal Cyber Scholarship-for22 Service Program under section 302 of the Cybersecurity 

23 Enhancement Act of 2014 (15 U.S.C. 7442). 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
48 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 SEC. 337. REPORT ON EFFECTS OF DATA BREACH OF OF2 FICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT. 

3 (a) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date 

4 of the enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit 

5 to the congressional intelligence committees a report on 

6 the data breach of the Office of Personnel Management 

7 disclosed in June 2015. 

8 (b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under sub9 section (a) shall include the following: 

10 (1) The effects, if any, of the data breach on 

11 the operations of the intelligence community abroad, 

12 including the types of operations, if any, that have 

13 been negatively affected or entirely suspended or ter14 minated as a result of the data breach. 

15 (2) An assessment of the effects of the data 

16 breach to each element of the intelligence commu17 nity. 

18 (3) An assessment of how foreign persons, 

19 groups, or countries may use the data collected by 

20 the data breach (particularly regarding information 

21 included in background investigations for security 

22 clearances), including with respect to— 

23 (A) recruiting intelligence assets; 

24 (B) influencing decision-making processes 

25 within the Federal Government, including re26 garding foreign policy decisions; and 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
49 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 (C) compromising employees of the Fed2 eral Government and friends and families of 

3 such employees for the purpose of gaining ac4 cess to sensitive national security and economic 

5 information. 

6 (4) An assessment of which departments or 

7 agencies of the Federal Government use the best 

8 practices to protect sensitive data, including a sum9 mary of any such best practices that were not used 

10 by the Office of Personnel Management. 

11 (5) An assessment of the best practices used by 

12 the departments or agencies identified under para13 graph (4) to identify and fix potential vulnerabilities 

14 in the systems of the department or agency. 

15 (c) BRIEFING.—The Director of National Intelligence 

16 shall provide to the congressional intelligence committees 

17 an interim briefing on the report under subsection (a), in18 cluding a discussion of proposals and options for respond19 ing to cyber attacks. 

20 (d) FORM.—The report under subsection (a) shall be 

21 submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi22 fied annex. 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
50 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 SEC. 338. ASSESSMENT ON FUNDING OF POLITICAL PAR2 TIES AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZA3 TIONS BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

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

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

6 Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

7 committees an intelligence community assessment on the 

8 funding of political parties and nongovernmental organiza9 tions in former Soviet states and countries in Europe by 

10 the Russian Federation and the security and intelligence 

11 services of the Russian Federation since January 1, 2006. 

12 Such assessment shall include the following: 

13 (1) The country involved, the entity funded, the 

14 security service involved, and the intended effect of 

15 the funding. 

16 (2) An evaluation of such intended effects, in17 cluding with respect to— 

18 (A) undermining the political cohesion of 

19 the country involved; 

20 (B) undermining the missile defense of the 

21 United States and the North Atlantic Treaty 

22 Organization; and 

23 (C) undermining energy projects that could 

24 provide an alternative to Russian energy. 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
51 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 (b) FORM.—The report under subsection (a) shall be 

2 submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi3 fied annex. 

4 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE5 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres6 sional committees’’ means the following: 

7 (1) The congressional intelligence communities. 

8 (2) The Committees on Armed Services of the 

9 House of Representatives and the Senate. 

10 (3) The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

11 House of Representatives and the Committee on 

12 Foreign Relations of the Senate. 

13 SEC. 339. REPORT ON CONTINUOUS EVALUATION OF SECU14 RITY CLEARANCES. 

15 Not later than 120 days after the date of the enact16 ment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence 

17 shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees 

18 and the congressional defense committees (as defined in 

19 section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code) a re20 port on the continuous evaluation of security clearances 

21 of employees, officers, and contractors of the intelligence 

22 community. The report shall include the following: 

23 (1) The status of the continuous evaluation pro24 gram of the intelligence community, including a 

25 timeline for the implementation of such program. 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
52 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 (2) A comparison of such program to the auto2 mated continuous evaluation system of the Depart3 ment of Defense. 

4 (3) Identification of any possible efficiencies 

5 that could be achieved by the intelligence community 

6 leveraging the automated continuous evaluation sys7 tem of the Department of Defense. 

8 SEC. 340. REPORT ON STRATEGY, EFFORTS, AND RE9 SOURCES TO DETECT, DETER, AND DEGRADE 

10 ISLAMIC STATE REVENUE MECHANISMS. 

11 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con12 gress that the intelligence community should dedicate nec13 essary resources to defeating the revenue mechanisms of 

14 the Islamic State. 

15 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

16 of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National In17 telligence shall submit to the intelligence committees a re18 port on the strategy, efforts, and resources of the intel19 ligence community that are necessary to detect, deter, and 

20 degrade the revenue mechanisms of the Islamic State. 

21 SEC. 341. REPORT ON NATIONAL SECURITY COOPERATION 

22 BETWEEN UNITED STATES, INDIA, AND 

23 ISRAEL. 

24 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact25 ment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
53 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees 

2 a report on possibilities for growing national security co3 operation between the United States, India, and Israel. 

4 SEC. 342. CYBER ATTACK STANDARDS OF MEASUREMENT 

5 STUDY. 

6 (a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Director of National In7 telligence, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland 

8 Security, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investiga9 tion, and the Secretary of Defense, shall carry out a study 

10 to determine appropriate standards that— 

11 (1) can be used to measure the damage of cyber 

12 incidents for the purposes of determining the re13 sponse to such incidents; and 

14 (2) include a method for quantifying the dam15 age caused to affected computers, systems, and de16 vices. 

17 (b) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 

18 (1) PRELIMINARY FINDINGS.—Not later than 

19 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

20 the Director of National Intelligence shall provide to 

21 the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 

22 on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 

23 and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Sen24 ate and the Committee on Armed Services, the Com25 mittee on Homeland Security, and the Permanent 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
54 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 

2 Representatives the initial findings of the study re3 quired under subsection (a). 

4 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 360 days after 

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

6 of National Intelligence shall submit to the Com7 mittee on Armed Services, the Committee on Home8 land Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Se9 lect Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the 

10 Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 

11 Homeland Security, and the Permanent Select Com12 mittee on Intelligence of the House of Representa13 tives a report containing the complete findings of 

14 such study. 

15 (3) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by 

16 paragraph (2) shall be submitted in unclassified 

17 form, but may contain a classified annex. 

18 SEC. 343. REPORT ON WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING. 

19 (a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 365 days 

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

21 of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional 

22 committees specified in subsection (b) a report on wildlife 

23 trafficking. 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
55 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 (b) SPECIFIED MEMBERS AND COMMITTEES OF CON2 GRESS.—The congressional committees specified in this 

3 subsection are the following: 

4 (1) Select Committee on Intelligence of the Sen5 ate. 

6 (2) Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen7 ate. 

8 (3) Committee on Environment and Public 

9 Works of the Senate. 

10 (4) Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 

11 of the House of Representatives. 

12 (5) Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

13 of Representatives. 

14 (6) Committee on Natural Resources of the 

15 House of Representatives. 

16 (c) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report sub17 mitted under subsection (a) shall include each of the fol18 lowing: 

19 (1) An assessment of the major source, transit, 

20 and destination countries for wildlife trafficking 

21 products or their derivatives and how such products 

22 or derivatives are trafficked. 

23 (2) An assessment of the efforts of those coun24 tries identified as major source, transit, and destina25 tion countries to counter wildlife trafficking and to 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
56 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 adhere to their international treaty obligations relat2 ing to endangered or threatened species. 

3 (3) An assessment of critical vulnerabilities that 

4 can be used to counter wildlife trafficking. 

5 (4) An assessment of the extent of involvement 

6 of designated foreign terrorist organizations and 

7 transnational criminal organizations in wildlife traf8 ficking. 

9 (5) An assessment of key actors and 

10 facilitators, including government officials, that are 

11 supporting wildlife trafficking. 

12 (6) An assessment of the annual net worth of 

13 wildlife trafficking globally and the financial flows 

14 that enables wildlife trafficking. 

15 (7) An assessment of the impact of wildlife traf16 ficking on key wildlife populations. 

17 (8) An assessment of the effectiveness of efforts 

18 taken to date to counter wildlife trafficking. 

19 (9) An assessment of the effectiveness of capac20 ity-building efforts by the United States Govern21 ment. 

22 (10) An assessment of the impact of wildlife 

23 trafficking on the national security of the United 

24 States. 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
57 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 (11) An assessment of the level of coordination 

2 between United States intelligence and law enforce3 ment agencies on intelligence related to wildlife traf4 ficking, the capacity of those agencies to process and 

5 act on that intelligence effectively, existing barriers 

6 to effective coordination, and the degree to which 

7 relevant intelligence is shared with and acted upon 

8 by bilateral and multilateral law enforcement part9 ners. 

10 (12) An assessment of the gaps in intelligence 

11 capabilities to assess transnational wildlife traf12 ficking networks and steps currently being taken, in 

13 line with the Implementation Plan to the National 

14 Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking, to rem15 edy such information gaps. 

16 (d) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 

17 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 

18 a classified annex. 

19 SEC. 344. REPORT ON TERRORIST USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA. 

20 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 

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

22 of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional 

23 committees specified in subsection (b) a report that rep24 resents the coordinated assessment of the intelligence 

25 community on terrorist use of social media. 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
58 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 (b) SPECIFIED MEMBERS AND COMMITTEES OF CON2 GRESS.—The congressional committees specified in this 

3 subsection are the following: 

4 (1) Select Committee on Intelligence of the Sen5 ate. 

6 (2) Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen7 ate. 

8 (3) Committee on Judiciary of the Senate. 

9 (4) Committee on Homeland and Government 

10 Affairs of the Senate. 

11 (5) Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 

12 of the House of Representatives. 

13 (6) Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

14 of Representatives. 

15 (7) Committee on Judiciary of the House of 

16 Representatives. 

17 (8) Committee on Homeland Security of the 

18 House of Representatives. 

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

22 (1) An assessment of what role social media 

23 plays in radicalization in the United States and else24 where. 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
59 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 (2) An assessment of how terrorists and ter2 rorist organizations are using social media, including 

3 trends. 

4 (3) An assessment of the intelligence value of 

5 social media posts by terrorists and terrorist organi6 zations. 

7 (4) An assessment of the impact on the na8 tional security of the United States of the public 

9 availability of terrorist content on social media for 

10 fundraising, radicalization, and recruitment. 

11 (d) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 

12 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 

13 a classified annex. 

14 SEC. 345. REPORT ON UNITED STATES COUNTERTER15 RORISM STRATEGY TO DISRUPT, DISMANTLE, 

16 AND DEFEAT ISIL, AL-QAEDA, AND THEIR AF17 FILIATED GROUPS, ASSOCIATED GROUPS, 

18 AND ADHERENTS. 

19 (a) REPORT.— 

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

21 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Di22 rector of National Intelligence shall submit to the 

23 appropriate committees of Congress a comprehensive 

24 report on the United States counterterrorism strat25 egy to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat the Islamic 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
60 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), al-Qaeda, and 

2 their affiliated groups, associated groups, and adher3 ents. 

4 (2) COORDINATION.—The report required by 

5 paragraph (1) shall be prepared in coordination with 

6 the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treas7 ury, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of De8 fense, and the head of any other department or 

9 agency of the United States Government that has 

10 responsibility for activities directed at combating 

11 ISIL, al-Qaeda, and their affiliated groups, associ12 ated groups, and adherents. 

13 (3) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para14 graph (1) shall include each of the following: 

15 (A) A definition of— 

16 (i) al-Qaeda core, including a list of 

17 which known individuals constitute al18 Qaeda core; 

19 (ii) ISIL, including a list of which 

20 known individuals constitute ISIL leader21 ship; 

22 (iii) an affiliated group of ISIL or al23 Qaeda, including a list of which known 

24 groups constitute an affiliate group of 

25 ISIL or al-Qaeda; 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
61 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 (iv) an associated group of ISIL or al2 Qaeda, including a list of which known 

3 groups constitute an associated group of 

4 ISIL or al-Qaeda; 

5 (v) an adherent of ISIL or al-Qaeda, 

6 including a list of which known groups 

7 constitute an adherent of ISIL or al8 Qaeda; and 

9 (vi) a group aligned with ISIL or al10 Qaeda, including a description of what ac11 tions a group takes or statements it makes 

12 that qualify it as a group aligned with 

13 ISIL or al-Qaeda. 

14 (B) An assessment of the relationship be15 tween all identified ISIL or al-Qaeda affiliated 

16 groups, associated groups, and adherents with 

17 ISIL leadership or al-Qaeda core. 

18 (C) An assessment of the strengthening or 

19 weakening of ISIL or al-Qaeda, its affiliated 

20 groups, associated groups, and adherents, from 

21 January 1, 2010, to the present, including a de22 scription of the metrics that are used to assess 

23 strengthening or weakening and an assessment 

24 of the relative increase or decrease in violent at25 tacks attributed to such entities. 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
62 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 (D) An assessment of whether or not an 

2 individual can be a member of al-Qaeda core if 

3 such individual is not located in Afghanistan or 

4 Pakistan. 

5 (E) An assessment of whether or not an 

6 individual can be a member of al-Qaeda core as 

7 well as a member of an al-Qaeda affiliated 

8 group, associated group, or adherent. 

9 (F) A definition of defeat of ISIL or core 

10 al-Qaeda. 

11 (G) An assessment of the extent or coordi12 nation, command, and control between ISIL or 

13 core al-Qaeda and their affiliated groups, asso14 ciated groups, and adherents, specifically ad15 dressing each such entity. 

16 (H) An assessment of the effectiveness of 

17 counterterrorism operations against ISIL or 

18 core al-Qaeda, their affiliated groups, associated 

19 groups, and adherents, and whether such oper20 ations have had a sustained impact on the ca21 pabilities and effectiveness of ISIL or core al22 Qaeda, their affiliated groups, associated 

23 groups, and adherents. 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
63 

HR 2596 RFS 

1 (4) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 

2 (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 

3 include a classified annex. 

4 (b) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE5 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate commit6 tees of Congress’’ means— 

7 (1) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel8 ligence, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the 

9 Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep10 resentatives; and 

11 (2) the Select Committee on Intelligence, the 

12 Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee 

13 on Armed Services of the Senate. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 16, 2015. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS