113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4681 

AN ACT 

To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 

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 

5 ‘‘Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2014 and 

6 2015’’. 

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

8 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. Specific authorization of funding for High Performance Computing 

Center 2. 

Sec. 304. Clarification of exemption from Freedom of Information Act of identities of employees submitting complaints to the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community. 

Sec. 305. Functional managers for the intelligence community. 

Sec. 306. Annual assessment of intelligence community performance by function. 

Sec. 307. Software licensing. 

Sec. 308. Plans to respond to unauthorized public disclosures of covert actions. 

Sec. 309. Auditability. 

Sec. 310. Restrictions on certain former intelligence officers and employees. 

Sec. 311. Public Interest Declassification Board. 

Sec. 312. Official representation items in support of the Coast Guard Attache ́

Program. 

Sec. 313. Declassification review of certain items collected during the mission 

that killed Osama bin Laden on May 1, 2011. 
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Sec. 314. Merger of the Foreign Counterintelligence Program and the General 

Defense Intelligence Program. 

Sec. 315. Inclusion of Predominantly Black Institutions in intelligence officer 

training program. 

Subtitle B—Reporting 

Sec. 321. Annual report on violations of law or executive order. 

Sec. 322. Submittal to Congress by heads of elements of intelligence community 

of plans for orderly shutdown in event of absence of appropriations. 

Sec. 323. Reports on chemical weapons in Syria. 

Sec. 324. Reports to the intelligence community on penetrations of networks 

and information systems of certain contractors. 

Sec. 325. Report on electronic waste. 

Sec. 326. Promoting STEM education to meet the future workforce needs of 

the intelligence community. 

Sec. 327. Assessment of security of domestic oil refineries and related rail 

transportation infrastructure. 

Sec. 328. Repeal or modification of certain reporting requirements. 

Sec. 329. Report on declassification process. 

Sec. 330. Director of National Intelligence study on the use of contractors in 

the conduct of intelligence activities. 

Sec. 331. Assessment of the efficacy of memoranda of understanding to facilitate intelligence-sharing. 

Sec. 332. Report on foreign man-made electromagnetic pulse weapons. 

Sec. 333. Report on United States counterterrorism strategy to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al-Qaeda, its affiliated groups, associated 

groups, and adherents. 

Sec. 334. Report on retraining veterans in cybersecurity. 

TITLE IV—MATTERS RELATING TO ELEMENTS OF THE 

INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY 

Sec. 401. Gifts, devises, and bequests to the Central Intelligence Agency. 

Sec. 402. Inspector General of the National Security Agency. 

TITLE V—SECURITY CLEARANCE REFORM 

Sec. 501. Continuous evaluation and sharing of derogatory information regarding personnel with access to classified information. 

Sec. 502. Requirements for intelligence community contractors. 

Sec. 503. Technology improvements to security clearance processing. 

Sec. 504. Report on reciprocity of security clearances. 

Sec. 505. Improving the periodic reinvestigation process. 

Sec. 506. Appropriate committees of Congress defined. 

TITLE VI—TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS 

Sec. 601. Technical amendments to the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 

1949. 

Sec. 602. Technical amendments to the National Security Act of 1947 relating 

to the past elimination of certain positions. 

Sec. 603. Technical amendments to the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013. 
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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE COMMIT4 TEES.—The term ‘‘congressional intelligence com5 mittees’’ means— 

6 (A) the Select Committee on Intelligence of 

7 the Senate; and 

8 (B) the Permanent Select Committee on 

9 Intelligence of the House of Representatives. 

10 (2) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The term 

11 ‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning given 

12 that term in section 3(4) of the National Security 

13 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)). 

14 TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE 

15 ACTIVITIES 

16 SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

17 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

18 fiscal years 2014 and 2015 for the conduct of the intel19 ligence and intelligence-related activities of the following 

20 elements of the United States Government: 

21 (1) The Office of the Director of National Intel22 ligence. 

23 (2) The Central Intelligence Agency. 

24 (3) The Department of Defense. 

25 (4) The Defense Intelligence Agency. 

26 (5) The National Security Agency. 
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1 (6) The Department of the Army, the Depart2 ment of the Navy, and the Department of the Air 

3 Force. 

4 (7) The Coast Guard. 

5 (8) The Department of State. 

6 (9) The Department of the Treasury. 

7 (10) The Department of Energy. 

8 (11) The Department of Justice. 

9 (12) The Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

10 (13) The Drug Enforcement Administration. 

11 (14) The National Reconnaissance Office. 

12 (15) The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agen13 cy. 

14 (16) The Department of Homeland Security. 

15 SEC. 102. CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AUTHORIZATIONS. 

16 (a) SPECIFICATIONS OF AMOUNTS AND PERSONNEL

17 LEVELS.— 

18 (1) FISCAL YEAR 2014.—The amounts author19 ized to be appropriated under section 101 and, sub20 ject to section 103, the authorized personnel ceilings 

21 as of September 30, 2014, for the conduct of the in22 telligence activities of the elements listed in para23 graphs (1) through (16) of section 101, are those 

24 specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations 

25 for fiscal year 2014 prepared to accompany the bill 
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1 H.R. 4681 of the One Hundred Thirteenth Con2 gress. 

3 (2) FISCAL YEAR 2015.—The amounts author4 ized to be appropriated under section 101 and, sub5 ject to section 103, the authorized personnel ceilings 

6 as of September 30, 2015, for the conduct of the in7 telligence activities of the elements listed in para8 graphs (1) through (16) of section 101, are those 

9 specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations 

10 for fiscal year 2015 prepared to accompany the bill 

11 H.R. 4681 of the One Hundred Thirteenth Con12 gress. 

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

15 (1) AVAILABILITY.—The classified Schedules of 

16 Authorizations referred to in subsection (a) shall be 

17 made available to the Committee on Appropriations 

18 of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of 

19 the House of Representatives, and to the President. 

20 (2) DISTRIBUTION BY THE PRESIDENT.—Sub21 ject to paragraph (3), the President shall provide for 

22 suitable distribution of the classified Schedules of 

23 Authorizations, or of appropriate portions of the 

24 Schedules, within the executive branch. 
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1 (3) LIMITS ON DISCLOSURE.—The President 

2 shall not publicly disclose the classified Schedules of 

3 Authorizations or any portion of such Schedules ex4 cept— 

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

6 Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 

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

8 (B) to the extent necessary to implement 

9 the budget; or 

10 (C) as otherwise required by law. 

11 SEC. 103. PERSONNEL CEILING ADJUSTMENTS. 

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

13 National Intelligence may authorize employment of civil14 ian personnel in excess of the number authorized for fiscal 

15 year 2014 or 2015 by the classified Schedules of Author16 izations referred to in section 102(a) if the Director of 

17 National Intelligence determines that such action is nec18 essary to the performance of important intelligence func19 tions, except that the number of personnel employed in 

20 excess of the number authorized under such section may 

21 not, for any element of the intelligence community, exceed 

22 3 percent of the number of civilian personnel authorized 

23 under the Schedule for such element during the fiscal year 

24 covered by such Schedule. 
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1 (b) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PERSONNEL.—The Di2 rector of National Intelligence shall establish guidelines 

3 that govern, for each element of the intelligence commu4 nity, the treatment under the personnel levels authorized 

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

6 personnel levels, of employment or assignment in— 

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

8 similar program; 

9 (2) a reserve corps or as a reemployed annu10 itant; or 

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

12 training. 

13 (c) NOTICE TO CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE

14 COMMITTEES.—The Director of National Intelligence 

15 shall notify the congressional intelligence committees in 

16 writing at least 15 days prior to each exercise of an au17 thority described in subsection (a). 

18 SEC. 104. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT AC19 COUNT. 

20 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

21 (1) FISCAL YEAR 2014.—There is authorized to 

22 be appropriated for the Intelligence Community 

23 Management Account of the Director of National In24 telligence for fiscal year 2014 the sum of 

25 $528,229,000. Within such amount, funds identified 
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1 in the classified Schedule of Authorizations referred 

2 to in section 102(a) for advanced research and de3 velopment shall remain available until September 30, 

4 2015. 

5 (2) FISCAL YEAR 2015.—There is authorized to 

6 be appropriated for the Intelligence Community 

7 Management Account of the Director of National In8 telligence for fiscal year 2015 the sum of 

9 $505,476,000. Within such amount, funds identified 

10 in the classified Schedule of Authorizations referred 

11 to in section 102(a) for advanced research and de12 velopment shall remain available until September 30, 

13 2016. 

14 (b) AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL LEVELS.—The ele15 ments within the Intelligence Community Management 

16 Account of the Director of National Intelligence are au17 thorized 855 positions as of September 30, 2014, and 777 

18 positions as of September 30, 2015. Personnel serving in 

19 such elements may be permanent employees of the Office 

20 of the Director of National Intelligence or personnel de21 tailed from other elements of the United States Govern22 ment. 

23 (c) CLASSIFIED AUTHORIZATIONS.— 

24 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
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1 (A) FISCAL YEAR 2014.—In addition to 

2 amounts authorized to be appropriated for the 

3 Intelligence Community Management Account 

4 by subsection (a), there are authorized to be ap5 propriated for the Community Management Ac6 count for fiscal year 2014 such additional 

7 amounts as are specified in the classified 

8 Schedule of Authorizations referred to in sec9 tion 102(a). Such additional amounts for ad10 vanced research and development shall remain 

11 available until September 30, 2015. 

12 (B) FISCAL YEAR 2015.—In addition to 

13 amounts authorized to be appropriated for the 

14 Intelligence Community Management Account 

15 by subsection (a), there are authorized to be ap16 propriated for the Community Management Ac17 count for fiscal year 2015 such additional 

18 amounts as are specified in the classified 

19 Schedule of Authorizations referred to in sec20 tion 102(a). Such additional amounts for ad21 vanced research and development shall remain 

22 available until September 30, 2016. 

23 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF PERSONNEL.— 

24 (A) FISCAL YEAR 2014.—In addition to 

25 the personnel authorized by subsection (b) for 
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1 elements of the Intelligence Community Man2 agement Account as of September 30, 2014, 

3 there are authorized such additional personnel 

4 for the Community Management Account as of 

5 that date as are specified in the classified 

6 Schedule of Authorizations referred to in sec7 tion 102(a). 

8 (B) FISCAL YEAR 2015.—In addition to 

9 the personnel authorized by subsection (b) for 

10 elements of the Intelligence Community Man11 agement Account as of September 30, 2015, 

12 there are authorized such additional personnel 

13 for the Community Management Account as of 

14 that date as are specified in the classified 

15 Schedule of Authorizations referred to in sec16 tion 102(a). 

17 TITLE II—CENTRAL INTEL18 LIGENCE AGENCY RETIRE19 MENT AND DISABILITY SYS20 TEM 

21 SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

22 There is authorized to be appropriated for the Cen23 tral Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund 

24 $514,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 and 2015. 
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1 TITLE III—GENERAL 

2 PROVISIONS 

3 Subtitle A—General Matters 

4 SEC. 301. INCREASE IN EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND 

5 BENEFITS AUTHORIZED BY LAW. 

6 Appropriations authorized by this Act for salary, pay, 

7 retirement, and other benefits for Federal employees may 

8 be increased by such additional or supplemental amounts 

9 as may be necessary for increases in such compensation 

10 or benefits authorized by law. 

11 SEC. 302. RESTRICTION ON CONDUCT OF INTELLIGENCE 

12 ACTIVITIES. 

13 The authorization of appropriations by this Act shall 

14 not be deemed to constitute authority for the conduct of 

15 any intelligence activity which is not otherwise authorized 

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

17 SEC. 303. SPECIFIC AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDING FOR 

18 HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING CENTER 2. 

19 Funds appropriated for the construction of the High 

20 Performance Computing Center 2 (HPCC 2), as described 

21 in the table entitled Consolidated Cryptologic Program 

22 (CCP) in the classified annex to accompany the Consoli23 dated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 

24 (Public Law 113–6; 127 Stat. 198), in excess of the 

25 amount specified for such activity in the tables in the clas-
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1 sified annex prepared to accompany the Intelligence Au2 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112– 

3 277; 126 Stat. 2468) shall be specifically authorized by 

4 Congress for the purposes of section 504 of the National 

5 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094). 

6 SEC. 304. CLARIFICATION OF EXEMPTION FROM FREEDOM 

7 OF INFORMATION ACT OF IDENTITIES OF EM8 PLOYEES SUBMITTING COMPLAINTS TO THE 

9 INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE INTELLIGENCE 

10 COMMUNITY. 

11 Section 103H(g)(3)(A) of the National Security Act 

12 of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3033(g)(3)(A)) is amended by striking 

13 ‘‘undertaken;’’ and inserting ‘‘undertaken, and this provi14 sion shall qualify as a withholding statute pursuant to sub15 section (b)(3) of section 552 of title 5, United States Code 

16 (commonly known as the ‘Freedom of Information Act’);’’. 

17 SEC. 305. FUNCTIONAL MANAGERS FOR THE INTEL18 LIGENCE COMMUNITY. 

19 (a) FUNCTIONAL MANAGERS AUTHORIZED.—Title I 

20 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021 et 

21 seq.) is amended by inserting after section 103I the fol22 lowing new section: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 103J. FUNCTIONAL MANAGERS FOR THE INTEL2 LIGENCE COMMUNITY. 

3 ‘‘(a) FUNCTIONAL MANAGERS AUTHORIZED.—The 

4 Director of National Intelligence may establish within the 

5 intelligence community one or more positions of manager 

6 of an intelligence function. Any position so established 

7 may be known as the ‘Functional Manager’ of the intel8 ligence function concerned. 

9 ‘‘(b) PERSONNEL.—The Director shall designate in10 dividuals to serve as manager of intelligence functions es11 tablished under subsection (a) from among officers and 

12 employees of elements of the intelligence community. 

13 ‘‘(c) DUTIES.—Each manager of an intelligence func14 tion established under subsection (a) shall have the duties 

15 as follows: 

16 ‘‘(1) To act as principal advisor to the Director 

17 on the intelligence function. 

18 ‘‘(2) To carry out such other responsibilities 

19 with respect to the intelligence function as the Di20 rector may specify for purposes of this section.’’. 

21 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table 

22 of contents in the first section of the National Security 

23 Act of 1947 is amended by inserting after the item relat24 ing to section 103I the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 103J. Functional managers for the intelligence community.’’. 
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1 SEC. 306. ANNUAL ASSESSMENT OF INTELLIGENCE COMMU2 NITY PERFORMANCE BY FUNCTION. 

3 (a) ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS REQUIRED.—Title V of 

4 the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et 

5 seq.) is amended by inserting after section 506I the fol6 lowing new section: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 506J. ANNUAL ASSESSMENT OF INTELLIGENCE COM8 MUNITY PERFORMANCE BY FUNCTION. 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than April 1, 2016, 

10 and each year thereafter, the Director of National Intel11 ligence shall, in consultation with the Functional Man12 agers, submit to the congressional intelligence committees 

13 a report on covered intelligence functions during the pre14 ceding year. 

15 ‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—Each report under subsection (a) 

16 shall include for each covered intelligence function for the 

17 year covered by such report the following: 

18 ‘‘(1) An identification of the capabilities, pro19 grams, and activities of such intelligence function, 

20 regardless of the element of the intelligence commu21 nity that carried out such capabilities, programs, 

22 and activities. 

23 ‘‘(2) A description of the investment and alloca24 tion of resources for such intelligence function, in25 cluding an analysis of the allocation of resources 

26 within the context of the National Intelligence Strat-
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1 egy, priorities for recipients of resources, and areas 

2 of risk. 

3 ‘‘(3) A description and assessment of the per4 formance of such intelligence function. 

5 ‘‘(4) An identification of any issues related to 

6 the application of technical interoperability stand7 ards in the capabilities, programs, and activities of 

8 such intelligence function. 

9 ‘‘(5) An identification of the operational overlap 

10 or need for de-confliction, if any, within such intel11 ligence function. 

12 ‘‘(6) A description of any efforts to integrate 

13 such intelligence function with other intelligence dis14 ciplines as part of an integrated intelligence enter15 prise. 

16 ‘‘(7) A description of any efforts to establish 

17 consistency in tradecraft and training within such 

18 intelligence function. 

19 ‘‘(8) A description and assessment of develop20 ments in technology that bear on the future of such 

21 intelligence function. 

22 ‘‘(9) Such other matters relating to such intel23 ligence function as the Director may specify for pur24 poses of this section. 

25 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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1 ‘‘(1) The term ‘covered intelligence functions’ 

2 means each intelligence function for which a Func3 tional Manager has been established under section 

4 103J during the year covered by a report under this 

5 section. 

6 ‘‘(2) The term ‘Functional Manager’ means the 

7 manager of an intelligence function established 

8 under section 103J.’’. 

9 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table 

10 of contents in the first section of the National Security 

11 Act of 1947 is amended by inserting after the item relat12 ing to section 506I the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 506J. Annual assessment of intelligence community performance by function.’’. 

13 SEC. 307. SOFTWARE LICENSING. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the National Security 

15 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021 et seq.) is amended by in16 serting after section 108 the following new section: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 109. SOFTWARE LICENSING. 

18 ‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT FOR INVENTORIES OF SOFT19 WARE LICENSES.—The chief information officer of each 

20 element of the intelligence community, in consultation 

21 with the Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence 

22 Community, shall biennially— 
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1 ‘‘(1) conduct an inventory of all existing soft2 ware licenses of such element, including utilized and 

3 unutilized licenses; 

4 ‘‘(2) assess the actions that could be carried out 

5 by such element to achieve the greatest possible 

6 economies of scale and associated cost savings in 

7 software procurement and usage, including— 

8 ‘‘(A) increasing the centralization of the 

9 management of software licenses; 

10 ‘‘(B) increasing the regular tracking and 

11 maintaining of comprehensive inventories of 

12 software licenses using automated discovery and 

13 inventory tools and metrics; 

14 ‘‘(C) analyzing software license data to in15 form investment decisions; and 

16 ‘‘(D) providing appropriate personnel with 

17 sufficient software licenses management train18 ing; and 

19 ‘‘(3) submit to the Chief Information Officer of 

20 the Intelligence Community each inventory required 

21 by paragraph (1) and each assessment required by 

22 paragraph (2). 

23 ‘‘(b) INVENTORIES BY THE CHIEF INFORMATION OF24 FICER OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The Chief 

25 Information Officer of the Intelligence Community, based 
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1 on the inventories and assessments required by subsection 

2 (a), shall biennially— 

3 ‘‘(1) compile an inventory of all existing soft4 ware licenses of the intelligence community, includ5 ing utilized and unutilized licenses; 

6 ‘‘(2) assess the actions that could be carried out 

7 by the intelligence community to achieve the greatest 

8 possible economies of scale and associated cost sav9 ings in software procurement and usage, including— 

10 ‘‘(A) increasing the centralization of the 

11 management of software licenses; 

12 ‘‘(B) increasing the regular tracking and 

13 maintaining of comprehensive inventories of 

14 software licenses using automated discovery and 

15 inventory tools and metrics; 

16 ‘‘(C) analyzing software license data to in17 form investment decisions; and 

18 ‘‘(D) providing appropriate personnel with 

19 sufficient software licenses management train20 ing; and 

21 ‘‘(3) based on the assessment required under 

22 paragraph (2), make such recommendations with re23 spect to software procurement and usage to the Di24 rector of National Intelligence as the Chief Informa25 tion Officer considers appropriate. 
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1 ‘‘(c) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Chief Informa2 tion Officer of the Intelligence Community shall submit 

3 to the congressional intelligence committees a copy of each 

4 inventory compiled under subsection (b)(1). 

5 ‘‘(d) IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS.— 

6 Not later than 180 days after the date on which the Direc7 tor of National Intelligence receives recommendations 

8 from the Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence 

9 Community in accordance with subsection (b)(3), the Di10 rector of National Intelligence shall, to the extent prac11 ticable, issue guidelines for the intelligence community on 

12 software procurement and usage based on such rec13 ommendations.’’. 

14 (b) INITIAL INVENTORY.— 

15 (1) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ELEMENTS.— 

16 (A) DATE.—Not later than 120 days after 

17 the date of the enactment of this Act, the chief 

18 information officer of each element of the intel19 ligence community shall complete the initial in20 ventory, assessment, and submission required 

21 under section 109(a) of the National Security 

22 Act of 1947, as added by subsection (a) of this 

23 section. 

24 (B) BASIS.—The initial inventory con25 ducted for each element of the intelligence com-
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1 munity under section 109(a)(1) of the National 

2 Security Act of 1947, as added by subsection 

3 (a) of this section, shall be based on the inven4 tory of software licenses conducted pursuant to 

5 section 305 of the Intelligence Authorization 

6 Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–277; 

7 126 Stat. 2472) for such element. 

8 (2) CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER OF THE IN9 TELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—Not later than 180 days 

10 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

11 Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Com12 munity shall complete the initial compilation and as13 sessment required under section 109(b) of the Na14 tional Security Act of 1947, as added by subsection 

15 (a). 

16 (c) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENTS.—The table 

17 of contents in the first section of the National Security 

18 Act of 1947 is amended— 

19 (1) by striking the second item relating to sec20 tion 104 (relating to Annual national security strat21 egy report); and 

22 (2) by inserting after the item relating to sec23 tion 108 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 109. Software licensing.’’. 
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1 SEC. 308. PLANS TO RESPOND TO UNAUTHORIZED PUBLIC 

2 DISCLOSURES OF COVERT ACTIONS. 

3 Section 503 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

4 U.S.C. 3093) is amended by adding at the end the fol5 lowing new subsection: 

6 ‘‘(h) For each type of activity undertaken as part of 

7 a covert action, the President shall establish in writing a 

8 plan to respond to the unauthorized public disclosure of 

9 that type of activity.’’. 

10 SEC. 309. AUDITABILITY. 

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

12 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) is amended by add13 ing at the end the following new section: 

14 ‘‘SEC. 509. AUDITABILITY OF CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF THE 

15 INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. 

16 ‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT FOR ANNUAL AUDITS.—The 

17 head of each covered entity shall ensure that there is a 

18 full financial audit of such covered entity each year begin19 ning with fiscal year 2014. Such audits may be conducted 

20 by an internal or external independent accounting or au21 diting organization. 

22 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENT FOR UNQUALIFIED OPINION.— 

23 Beginning as early as practicable, but in no event later 

24 than the audit required under subsection (a) for fiscal year 

25 2016, the head of each covered entity shall take all reason26 able steps necessary to ensure that each audit required 
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1 under subsection (a) contains an unqualified opinion on 

2 the financial statements of such covered entity for the fis3 cal year covered by such audit. 

4 ‘‘(c) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The chief financial 

5 officer of each covered entity shall provide to the congres6 sional intelligence committees an annual audit report from 

7 an accounting or auditing organization on each audit of 

8 the covered entity conducted pursuant to subsection (a). 

9 ‘‘(d) COVERED ENTITY DEFINED.—In this section, 

10 the term ‘covered entity’ means the Office of the Director 

11 of National Intelligence, the Central Intelligence Agency, 

12 the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Security 

13 Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office, and the Na14 tional Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.’’. 

15 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table 

16 of contents in the first section of the National Security 

17 Act of 1947 is amended by inserting after the item relat18 ing to section 508 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 509. Auditability of certain elements of the intelligence community.’’. 

19 SEC. 310. RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN FORMER INTEL20 LIGENCE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES. 

21 (a) RESTRICTION.—Title III of the National Security 

22 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3071 et seq.) is amended by in23 serting after section 303 the following new section: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 304. RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN FORMER INTEL2 LIGENCE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES. 

3 ‘‘(a) NEGOTIATIONS.—A covered employee shall no4 tify the element of the intelligence community employing 

5 such employee not later than 3 business days after the 

6 commencement of any negotiation for future employment 

7 or compensation between such covered employee and a 

8 covered entity. 

9 ‘‘(b) SEPARATION.—A covered employee may not 

10 commence employment with or be contracted by a covered 

11 entity— 

12 ‘‘(1) for a period of one year following the ter13 mination of the service or employment of such cov14 ered employee by an element of the intelligence com15 munity; and 

16 ‘‘(2) for a period of two years following such 

17 termination with respect to any matter that was a 

18 part of the official responsibility of such covered em19 ployee during the final year of the service or employ20 ment of such covered employee by an element of the 

21 intelligence community. 

22 ‘‘(c) ANNUAL REPORTING.— 

23 ‘‘(1) REPORTING REQUIRED.—Each former cov24 ered employee who was a covered employee at the 

25 time of separation from an element of the intel26 ligence community shall annually report in writing 
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1 to the element of the intelligence community that 

2 most recently previously employed such covered em3 ployee any payment received in the preceding year 

4 from a foreign government or a covered entity. 

5 ‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—The requirement to sub6 mit a report under paragraph (1) for each former 

7 covered employee shall terminate on the date that is 

8 5 years after the date on which such former covered 

9 employee was most recently employed by an element 

10 of the intelligence community. 

11 ‘‘(d) DETERMINATION OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS

12 POSING A SIGNIFICANT COUNTERINTELLIGENCE

13 THREAT.—The Director of National Intelligence shall an14 nually— 

15 ‘‘(1) determine which foreign governments pose 

16 a significant counterintelligence threat to the United 

17 States; and 

18 ‘‘(2) submit to the congressional intelligence 

19 committees a list of such foreign governments. 

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

21 ‘‘(1) COVERED EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘covered 

22 employee’ means— 

23 ‘‘(A) an employee of an element of the in24 telligence community with access to sensitive 
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1 compartmented information occupying a posi2 tion— 

3 ‘‘(i) classified at GS–15 of the Gen4 eral Schedule (chapter 53 of title 5, United 

5 States Code); or 

6 ‘‘(ii) as a senior civilian officer of the 

7 intelligence community (as defined in Intel8 ligence Community Directive No. 610 or 

9 any successor directive); and 

10 ‘‘(B) a person who during the preceding 

11 12-month period was an officer or employee of 

12 the Congress (as defined in section 109(13) of 

13 the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 

14 U.S.C. App.)) with access to sensitive compart15 mented information. 

16 ‘‘(2) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘covered en17 tity’ means— 

18 ‘‘(A) any person acting on behalf or under 

19 the supervision of a designated foreign govern20 ment; or 

21 ‘‘(B) any entity owned or controlled by a 

22 designated foreign government. 

23 ‘‘(3) DESIGNATED FOREIGN GOVERNMENT.— 

24 The term ‘designated foreign government’ means a 

25 government that the Director of National Intel-
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1 ligence determines poses a significant counterintel2 ligence threat to the United States under subsection 

3 (d).’’. 

4 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE OF NEGOTIATION PERIOD NO5 TICE.—The requirement under section 304(a) of the Na6 tional Security Act of 1947, as added by subsection (a) 

7 of this section, shall take effect on the date that is 30 

8 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

9 (c) APPLICABILITY OF SEPARATION PERIOD.—The 

10 requirement under section 304(b) of the National Security 

11 Act of 1947, as added by subsection (a) of this section, 

12 shall not apply to a covered employee that has entered into 

13 an employment agreement on or before the date of the 

14 enactment of this Act. 

15 (d) FIRST REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The first re16 port required to be submitted by each former covered em17 ployee under section 304(c) of the National Security Act 

18 of 1947, as added by subsection (a) of this section, shall 

19 be submitted not later than one year after the date of the 

20 enactment of this Act. 

21 (e) FIRST DESIGNATION REQUIREMENT.—The Di22 rector of National Intelligence shall submit to the congres23 sional intelligence committees the initial list of foreign 

24 governments under section 304(d) of the National Secu25 rity Act of 1947, as added by subsection (a) of this sec-
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1 tion, not later than 30 days after the date of the enact2 ment of this Act. 

3 (f) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENTS.—The table 

4 of contents in the first section of such Act is amended— 

5 (1) by striking the second item relating to sec6 tion 302 (Under Secretaries and Assistant Secre7 taries) and the items relating to sections 304, 305, 

8 and 306; and 

9 (2) by inserting after the item relating to sec10 tion 303 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 304. Restrictions on certain former intelligence officers and employees.’’. 

11 SEC. 311. PUBLIC INTEREST DECLASSIFICATION BOARD. 

12 Section 710(b) of the Public Interest Declassification 

13 Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–567; 50 U.S.C. 3161 note) 

14 is amended by striking ‘‘2014.’’ and inserting ‘‘2018.’’. 

15 SEC. 312. OFFICIAL REPRESENTATION ITEMS IN SUPPORT 

16 OF THE COAST GUARD ATTACHE ́ PROGRAM. 

17 Notwithstanding any other limitation on the amount 

18 of funds that may be used for official representation items, 

19 the Secretary of Homeland Security may use funds made 

20 available to the Secretary through the National Intel21 ligence Program for necessary expenses for intelligence 

22 analysis and operations coordination activities for official 

23 representation items in support of the Coast Guard 

24 Attache ́ Program. 
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1 SEC. 313. DECLASSIFICATION REVIEW OF CERTAIN ITEMS 

2 COLLECTED DURING THE MISSION THAT 

3 KILLED OSAMA BIN LADEN ON MAY 1, 2011. 

4 Not later than 120 days after the date of the enact5 ment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence 

6 shall— 

7 (1) in the manner described in the classified 

8 annex to this Act— 

9 (A) complete a declassification review of 

10 documents collected in Abbottabad, Pakistan, 

11 during the mission that killed Osama bin Laden 

12 on May 1, 2011; and 

13 (B) make publicly available any informa14 tion declassified as a result of the declassifica15 tion review required under paragraph (1); and 

16 (2) report to the congressional intelligence com17 mittees— 

18 (A) the results of the declassification re19 view required under paragraph (1); and 

20 (B) a justification for not declassifying any 

21 information required to be included in such de22 classification review that remains classified. 
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1 SEC. 314. MERGER OF THE FOREIGN COUNTERINTEL2 LIGENCE PROGRAM AND THE GENERAL DE3 FENSE INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM. 

4 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Di5 rector of National Intelligence shall carry out the merger 

6 of the Foreign Counterintelligence Program into the Gen7 eral Defense Intelligence Program as directed in the clas8 sified annex to this Act. The merger shall go into effect 

9 no earlier than 30 days after written notification of the 

10 merger is provided to the congressional intelligence com11 mittees. 

12 SEC. 315. INCLUSION OF PREDOMINANTLY BLACK INSTITU13 TIONS IN INTELLIGENCE OFFICER TRAINING 

14 PROGRAM. 

15 Section 1024 of the National Security Act of 1947 

16 (50 U.S.C. 3224) is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ‘‘and Pre18 dominantly Black Institutions’’ after ‘‘universities’’; 

19 and 

20 (2) in subsection (g)— 

21 (A) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 

22 paragraph (5); and 

23 (B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 

24 following new paragraph: 

25 ‘‘(4) PREDOMINANTLY BLACK INSTITUTION.— 

26 The term ‘Predominantly Black Institution’ has the 
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1 meaning given the term in section 318 of the Higher 

2 education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059e).’’. 

3 Subtitle B—Reporting 

4 SEC. 321. ANNUAL REPORT ON VIOLATIONS OF LAW OR EX5 ECUTIVE ORDER. 

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

7 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.), as amended by sec8 tion 309, is further amended by adding at the end the 

9 following: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 510. ANNUAL REPORT ON VIOLATIONS OF LAW OR EX11 ECUTIVE ORDER. 

12 ‘‘(a) ANNUAL REPORTS REQUIRED.—The Director of 

13 National Intelligence shall annually submit to the congres14 sional intelligence committees a report on violations of law 

15 or executive order by personnel of an element of the intel16 ligence community that were identified during the previous 

17 calendar year. 

18 ‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—Each report required under sub19 section (a) shall, consistent with the need to preserve on20 going criminal investigations, include a description of, and 

21 any action taken in response to, any violation of law or 

22 executive order (including Executive Order No. 12333 (50 

23 U.S.C. 3001 note)) relating to intelligence activities com24 mitted by personnel of an element of the intelligence com-
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1 munity in the course of the employment of such personnel 

2 that, during the previous calendar year, was— 

3 ‘‘(1) determined by the director, head, or gen4 eral counsel of any element of the intelligence com5 munity to have occurred; 

6 ‘‘(2) referred to the Department of Justice for 

7 possible criminal prosecution; or 

8 ‘‘(3) substantiated by the inspector general of 

9 any element of the intelligence community.’’. 

10 (b) INITIAL REPORT.—The first report required 

11 under section 510 of the National Security Act of 1947, 

12 as added by subsection (a), shall be submitted not later 

13 than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

14 (c) GUIDELINES.—Not later than 180 days after the 

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

16 Intelligence, in consultation with the head of each element 

17 of the intelligence community, shall— 

18 (1) issue guidelines to carry out section 510 of 

19 the National Security Act of 1947, as added by sub20 section (a) of this section; and 

21 (2) submit such guidelines to the congressional 

22 intelligence committees. 

23 (d) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table 

24 of sections in the first section of the National Security 

25 Act of 1947, as amended by section 309 of this Act, is 
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1 further amended by adding after the section relating to 

2 section 509, as added by such section 309, the following 

3 new item: 

‘‘Sec. 510. Annual report on violations of law or executive order.’’. 

4 (e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec5 tion or the amendments made by this section shall be con6 strued to alter any requirement existing on the date of 

7 the enactment of this Act to submit a report under any 

8 provision of law. 

9 SEC. 322. SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS BY HEADS OF ELE10 MENTS OF INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY OF 

11 PLANS FOR ORDERLY SHUTDOWN IN EVENT 

12 OF ABSENCE OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Whenever the head of an applica14 ble agency submits a plan to the Director of the Office 

15 of Management and Budget in accordance with section 

16 124 of Office of Management and Budget Circular A–11, 

17 pertaining to agency operations in the absence of appro18 priations, or any successor circular of the Office that re19 quires the head of an applicable agency to submit to the 

20 Director a plan for an orderly shutdown in the event of 

21 the absence of appropriations, such head shall submit a 

22 copy of such plan to the following: 

23 (1) The congressional intelligence committees. 

24 (2) The Subcommittee on Defense of the Com25 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate. 
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1 (3) The Subcommittee on Defense of the Com2 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Represent3 atives. 

4 (4) In the case of a plan for an element of the 

5 intelligence community that is within the Depart6 ment of Defense, to— 

7 (A) the Committee on Armed Services of 

8 the Senate; and 

9 (B) the Committee on Armed Services of 

10 the House of Representatives. 

11 (b) HEAD OF AN APPLICABLE AGENCY DEFINED.— 

12 In this section, the term ‘‘head of an applicable agency’’ 

13 includes the following: 

14 (1) The Director of National Intelligence. 

15 (2) The Director of the Central Intelligence 

16 Agency. 

17 (3) Each head of each element of the intel18 ligence community that is within the Department of 

19 Defense. 

20 SEC. 323. REPORTS ON CHEMICAL WEAPONS IN SYRIA. 

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

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

23 Intelligence shall submit to Congress a report on the Syr24 ian chemical weapons program. 
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1 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under sub2 section (a) shall include the following elements: 

3 (1) A comprehensive assessment of chemical 

4 weapon stockpiles in Syria, including names, types, 

5 and quantities of chemical weapons agents, types of 

6 munitions, and location and form of storage, produc7 tion, and research and development facilities. 

8 (2) A listing of key personnel associated with 

9 the Syrian chemical weapons program. 

10 (3) An assessment of undeclared chemical 

11 weapons stockpiles, munitions, and facilities. 

12 (4) An assessment of how these stockpiles, pre13 cursors, and delivery systems were obtained. 

14 (5) A description of key intelligence gaps re15 lated to the Syrian chemical weapons program. 

16 (6) An assessment of any denial and deception 

17 efforts on the part of the Syrian regime related to 

18 its chemical weapons program. 

19 (c) PROGRESS REPORTS.—Every 90 days until the 

20 date that is 18 months after the date of the enactment 

21 of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall sub22 mit to Congress a progress report providing any material 

23 updates to the report required under subsection (a). 
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1 SEC. 324. REPORTS TO THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ON 

2 PENETRATIONS OF NETWORKS AND INFOR3 MATION SYSTEMS OF CERTAIN CONTRAC4 TORS. 

5 (a) PROCEDURES FOR REPORTING PENETRA6 TIONS.—The Director of National Intelligence shall estab7 lish procedures that require each cleared intelligence con8 tractor to report to an element of the intelligence commu9 nity designated by the Director for purposes of such proce10 dures when a network or information system of such con11 tractor that meets the criteria established pursuant to sub12 section (b) is successfully penetrated. 

13 (b) NETWORKS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS SUB14 JECT TO REPORTING.—The Director of National Intel15 ligence shall, in consultation with appropriate officials, es16 tablish criteria for covered networks to be subject to the 

17 procedures for reporting system penetrations under sub18 section (a). 

19 (c) PROCEDURE REQUIREMENTS.— 

20 (1) RAPID REPORTING.—The procedures estab21 lished pursuant to subsection (a) shall require each 

22 cleared intelligence contractor to rapidly report to an 

23 element of the intelligence community designated 

24 pursuant to subsection (a) of each successful pene25 tration of the network or information systems of 

26 such contractor that meet the criteria established 
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1 pursuant to subsection (b). Each such report shall 

2 include the following: 

3 (A) A description of the technique or 

4 method used in such penetration. 

5 (B) A sample of the malicious software, if 

6 discovered and isolated by the contractor, in7 volved in such penetration. 

8 (C) A summary of information created by 

9 or for such element in connection with any pro10 gram of such element that has been potentially 

11 compromised due to such penetration. 

12 (2) ACCESS TO EQUIPMENT AND INFORMATION

13 BY INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY PERSONNEL.—The 

14 procedures established pursuant to subsection (a) 

15 shall— 

16 (A) include mechanisms for intelligence 

17 community personnel to, upon request, obtain 

18 access to equipment or information of a cleared 

19 intelligence contractor necessary to conduct fo20 rensic analysis in addition to any analysis con21 ducted by such contractor; 

22 (B) provide that a cleared intelligence con23 tractor is only required to provide access to 

24 equipment or information as described in sub25 paragraph (A) to determine whether informa-
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1 tion created by or for an element of the intel2 ligence community in connection with any intel3 ligence community program was successfully 

4 exfiltrated from a network or information sys5 tem of such contractor and, if so, what informa6 tion was exfiltrated; and 

7 (C) provide for the reasonable protection of 

8 trade secrets, commercial or financial informa9 tion, and information that can be used to iden10 tify a specific person (other than the name of 

11 the suspected perpetrator of the penetration). 

12 (3) LIMITATION ON DISSEMINATION OF CER13 TAIN INFORMATION.—The procedures established 

14 pursuant to subsection (a) shall prohibit the dissemi15 nation outside the intelligence community of infor16 mation obtained or derived through such procedures 

17 that is not created by or for the intelligence commu18 nity except— 

19 (A) with the approval of the contractor 

20 providing such information; 

21 (B) to the congressional intelligence com22 mittees or the Subcommittees on Defense of the 

23 Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

24 Representatives and the Senate for such com-
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1 mittees and such Subcommittees to perform 

2 oversight; or 

3 (C) to law enforcement agencies to inves4 tigate a penetration reported under this section. 

5 (d) ISSUANCE OF PROCEDURES AND ESTABLISH6 MENT OF CRITERIA.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

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

9 of National Intelligence shall establish the proce10 dures required under subsection (a) and the criteria 

11 required under subsection (b). 

12 (2) APPLICABILITY DATE.—The requirements 

13 of this section shall apply on the date on which the 

14 Director of National Intelligence establishes the pro15 cedures required under this section. 

16 (e) COORDINATION WITH THE SECRETARY OF DE17 FENSE TO PREVENT DUPLICATE REPORTING.—Not later 

18 than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

19 the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of 

20 Defense shall establish procedures to permit a contractor 

21 that is a cleared intelligence contractor and a cleared de22 fense contractor under section 941 of the National De23 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 

24 112–239; 10 U.S.C. 2224 note) to submit a single report 

25 that satisfies the requirements of this section and such 
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1 section 941 for an incident of penetration of network or 

2 information system. 

3 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 (1) CLEARED INTELLIGENCE CONTRACTOR.— 

5 The term ‘‘cleared intelligence contractor’’ means a 

6 private entity granted clearance by the Director of 

7 National Intelligence or the head of an element of 

8 the intelligence community to access, receive, or 

9 store classified information for the purpose of bid10 ding for a contract or conducting activities in sup11 port of any program of an element of the intelligence 

12 community. 

13 (2) COVERED NETWORK.—The term ‘‘covered 

14 network’’ means a network or information system of 

15 a cleared intelligence contractor that contains or 

16 processes information created by or for an element 

17 of the intelligence community with respect to which 

18 such contractor is required to apply enhanced pro19 tection. 

20 (g) SAVINGS CLAUSES.—Nothing in this section shall 

21 be construed to alter or limit any otherwise authorized ac22 cess by government personnel to networks or information 

23 systems owned or operated by a contractor that processes 

24 or stores government data. 
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1 SEC. 325. REPORT ON ELECTRONIC WASTE. 

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

3 of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National In4 telligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence 

5 committees a report on the extent to which the intelligence 

6 community has implemented the recommendations of the 

7 Inspector General of the Intelligence Community con8 tained in the report entitled ‘‘Study of Intelligence Com9 munity Electronic Waste Disposal Practices’’ issued in 

10 May 2013. Such report shall include an assessment of the 

11 extent to which the policies, standards, and guidelines of 

12 the intelligence community governing the proper disposal 

13 of electronic waste are applicable to covered commercial 

14 electronic waste that may contain classified information. 

15 (b) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 

16 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 

17 a classified annex. 

18 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

19 (1) COVERED COMMERCIAL ELECTRONIC

20 WASTE.—The term ‘‘covered commercial electronic 

21 waste’’ means electronic waste of a commercial enti22 ty that contracts with an element of the intelligence 

23 community. 

24 (2) ELECTRONIC WASTE.—The term ‘‘electronic 

25 waste’’ includes any obsolete, broken, or irreparable 

26 electronic device, including a television, copier, fac-
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1 simile machine, tablet, telephone, computer, com2 puter monitor, laptop, printer, scanner, and associ3 ated electrical wiring. 

4 SEC. 326. PROMOTING STEM EDUCATION TO MEET THE FU5 TURE WORKFORCE NEEDS OF THE INTEL6 LIGENCE COMMUNITY. 

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

8 of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National In9 telligence shall submit to the Secretary of Education and 

10 the congressional intelligence committees a report describ11 ing the anticipated hiring needs of the intelligence commu12 nity in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and 

13 mathematics, including cybersecurity and computer lit14 eracy. The report shall— 

15 (1) describe the extent to which competitions, 

16 challenges, or internships at elements of the intel17 ligence community that do not involve access to clas18 sified information may be utilized to promote edu19 cation in the fields of science, technology, engineer20 ing, and mathematics, including cybersecurity and 

21 computer literacy, within high schools or institutions 

22 of higher education in the United States; 

23 (2) include cost estimates for carrying out such 

24 competitions, challenges, or internships; and 
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1 (3) include strategies for conducting expedited 

2 security clearance investigations and adjudications 

3 for students at institutions of higher education for 

4 purposes of offering internships at elements of the 

5 intelligence community. 

6 (b) CONSIDERATION OF EXISTING PROGRAMS.—In 

7 developing the report under subsection (a), the Director 

8 shall take into consideration existing programs of the in9 telligence community, including the education programs of 

10 the National Security Agency and the Information Assur11 ance Scholarship Program of the Department of Defense, 

12 as appropriate. 

13 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

14 (1) HIGH SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘high school’’ 

15 mean a school that awards a secondary school di16 ploma. 

17 (2) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

18 term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 

19 meaning given the term in section 101(a) of the 

20 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 

21 (3) SECONDARY SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘sec22 ondary school’’ has the meaning given the term in 

23 section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu24 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
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1 SEC. 327. ASSESSMENT OF SECURITY OF DOMESTIC OIL RE2 FINERIES AND RELATED RAIL TRANSPOR3 TATION INFRASTRUCTURE. 

4 (a) ASSESSMENT.—The Under Secretary of Home5 land Security for Intelligence and Analysis shall conduct 

6 an intelligence assessment of the security of domestic oil 

7 refineries and related rail transportation infrastructure. 

8 (b) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 180 days after the 

9 date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary 

10 of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis shall 

11 submit to the congressional intelligence committees— 

12 (1) the results of the assessment required under 

13 subsection (a); and 

14 (2) any recommendations with respect to intel15 ligence sharing or intelligence collection to improve 

16 the security of domestic oil refineries and related rail 

17 transportation infrastructure to protect the commu18 nities surrounding such refineries or such infrastruc19 ture from potential harm that the Under Secretary 

20 considers appropriate. 

21 SEC. 328. REPEAL OR MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN REPORT22 ING REQUIREMENTS. 

23 (a) REPEAL OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 

24 (1) THREAT OF ATTACK ON THE UNITED

25 STATES USING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.— 

26 Section 114 of the National Security Act of 1947 
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1 (50 U.S.C. 3050) is amended by striking subsection 

2 (b). 

3 (2) TREATY ON CONVENTIONAL ARMED FORCES

4 IN EUROPE.—Section 2(5)(E) of the Senate resolu5 tion advising and consenting to ratification of the 

6 Document Agreed Among the States Parties to the 

7 Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe 

8 (CFE) of November 19, 1990, adopted at Vienna 

9 May 31, 1996 (Treaty Doc. 105–5) (commonly re10 ferred to as the ‘‘CFE Flank Document’’), 105th 

11 Congress, agreed to May 14, 1997, is repealed. 

12 (b) MODIFICATION OF REPORTING REQUIRE13 MENTS.— 

14 (1) INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEES.— 

15 Section 410(b) of the Intelligence Authorization Act 

16 for Fiscal Year 2010 (50 U.S.C. 3309) is amended 

17 to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘(b) NOTIFICATION OF ESTABLISHMENT OF ADVI19 SORY COMMITTEE.—The Director of National Intelligence 

20 and the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency shall 

21 each notify the congressional intelligence committees each 

22 time each such Director creates an advisory committee. 

23 Each notification shall include— 

24 ‘‘(1) a description of such advisory committee, 

25 including the subject matter of such committee; 
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1 ‘‘(2) a list of members of such advisory com2 mittee; and 

3 ‘‘(3) in the case of an advisory committee cre4 ated by the Director of National Intelligence, the 

5 reasons for a determination by the Director under 

6 section 4(b)(3) of the Federal Advisory Committee 

7 Act (5 U.S.C. App.) that an advisory committee can8 not comply with the requirements of such Act.’’. 

9 (2) INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION SHARING.— 

10 Section 102A(g)(4) of the National Security Act of 

11 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(g)(4)) is amended to read as 

12 follows: 

13 ‘‘(4) The Director of National Intelligence shall, in 

14 a timely manner, report to Congress any statute, regula15 tion, policy, or practice that the Director believes impedes 

16 the ability of the Director to fully and effectively ensure 

17 maximum availability of access to intelligence information 

18 within the intelligence community consistent with the pro19 tection of the national security of the United States.’’. 

20 (3) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY BUSINESS SYS21 TEM TRANSFORMATION.—Section 506D(j) of the 

22 National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3100(j)) 

23 is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) 

24 by striking ‘‘2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 
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1 (4) ACTIVITIES OF PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIB2 ERTIES OFFICERS.—Section 1062(f)(1) of the Intel3 ligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 

4 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee–1(f)(1)) is amended in the 

5 matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking 

6 ‘‘quarterly’’ and inserting ‘‘semiannually’’. 

7 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The National Se8 curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) is amended— 

9 (1) in the table of contents in the first section, 

10 by striking the item relating to section 114 and in11 serting the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 114. Annual report on hiring and retention of minority employees.’’; 

12 (2) in section 114 (50 U.S.C. 3050)— 

13 (A) by amending the heading to read as 

14 follows: ‘‘ANNUAL REPORT ON HIRING AND RE15 TENTION OF MINORITY EMPLOYEES’’; 

16 (B) by striking ‘‘(a) ANNUAL REPORT ON

17 HIRING AND RETENTION OF MINORITY EM18 PLOYEES.—’’; 

19 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 

20 through (5) as subsections (a) through (e), re21 spectively; 

22 (D) in subsection (b) (as so redesig23 nated)— 
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1 (i) by redesignating subparagraphs 

2 (A) through (C) as paragraphs (1) through 

3 (3), respectively; and 

4 (ii) in paragraph (2) (as so redesig5 nated)— 

6 (I) by redesignating clauses (i) 

7 and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and 

8 (B), respectively; and 

9 (II) in the matter preceding sub10 paragraph (A) (as so redesignated), 

11 by striking ‘‘clauses (i) and (ii)’’ and 

12 inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (A) and 

13 (B)’’; 

14 (E) in subsection (d) (as redesignated by 

15 subparagraph (C) of this paragraph), by strik16 ing ‘‘subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘section’’; and 

17 (F) in subsection (e) (as redesignated by 

18 subparagraph (C) of this paragraph)— 

19 (i) by redesignating subparagraphs 

20 (A) through (C) as paragraphs (1) through 

21 (3), respectively; and 

22 (ii) by striking ‘‘subsection,’’ and in23 serting ‘‘section’’; and 

24 (3) in section 507 (50 U.S.C. 3106)— 

25 (A) in subsection (a)— 
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1 (i) by striking ‘‘(1) The date’’ and in2 serting ‘‘The date’’; 

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘subsection (c)(1)(A)’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)(1)’’; 

5 (iii) by striking paragraph (2); and 

6 (iv) by redesignating subparagraphs 

7 (A) through (F) as paragraphs (1) through 

8 (6), respectively; 

9 (B) in subsection (c)(1)— 

10 (i) by striking ‘‘(A) Except’’ and in11 serting ‘‘Except’’; and 

12 (ii) by striking subparagraph (B); and 

13 (C) in subsection (d)(1)— 

14 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

15 (I) by striking ‘‘subsection 

16 (a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

17 (a)’’; and 

18 (II) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after 

19 ‘‘March 1;’’; 

20 (ii) by striking subparagraph (B); and 

21 (iii) by redesignating subparagraph 

22 (C) as subparagraph (B). 
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1 SEC. 329. REPORT ON DECLASSIFICATION PROCESS. 

2 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact3 ment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence 

4 shall submit to Congress a report describing— 

5 (1) how to improve the declassification process 

6 across the intelligence community; and 

7 (2) what steps the intelligence community can 

8 take, or what legislation may be necessary, to enable 

9 the National Declassification Center to better ac10 complish the missions assigned to the Center by Ex11 ecutive Order No. 13526. 

12 SEC. 330. DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE STUDY 

13 ON THE USE OF CONTRACTORS IN THE CON14 DUCT OF INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES. 

15 The Director of National Intelligence shall conduct 

16 an assessment of the reliance of intelligence activities on 

17 contractors to support Government activities, including an 

18 assessment of— 

19 (1) contractors performing intelligence activities 

20 (including intelligence analysis); and 

21 (2) the skills performed by contractors and the 

22 availability of Federal employees to perform those 

23 skills. 
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1 SEC. 331. ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFICACY OF MEMORANDA 

2 OF UNDERSTANDING TO FACILITATE INTEL3 LIGENCE-SHARING. 

4 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact5 ment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Homeland Secu6 rity for Intelligence and Analysis, in consultation with the 

7 Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the 

8 Program Manager of the Information Sharing Environ9 ment, shall submit to the congressional intelligence com10 mittees, the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

11 House of Representatives, and the Committee on Home12 land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate an 

13 assessment of the efficacy of the memoranda of under14 standing signed between Federal, State, local, tribal, and 

15 territorial agencies to facilitate intelligence-sharing within 

16 and separate from the Joint Terrorism Task Force. Such 

17 assessment shall include— 

18 (1) any language within such memoranda of un19 derstanding that prohibited or may be construed to 

20 prohibit intelligence-sharing between Federal, State, 

21 local, tribal, and territorial agencies; and 

22 (2) any recommendations for memoranda of un23 derstanding to better facilitate intelligence-sharing 

24 between Federal, State, local, tribal, and territorial 

25 agencies. 
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1 SEC. 332. REPORT ON FOREIGN MAN-MADE ELECTRO2 MAGNETIC PULSE WEAPONS. 

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

4 of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National In5 telligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence 

6 committees and the Committees on Armed Services of the 

7 House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the 

8 threat posed by man-made electromagnetic pulse weapons 

9 to United States interests through 2025, including threats 

10 from foreign countries and foreign non-State actors. 

11 (b) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 

12 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 

13 a classified annex. 

14 SEC. 333. REPORT ON UNITED STATES COUNTERTER15 RORISM STRATEGY TO DISRUPT, DISMANTLE, 

16 AND DEFEAT AL-QAEDA, ITS AFFILIATED 

17 GROUPS, ASSOCIATED GROUPS, AND ADHER18 ENTS. 

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 al-Qaeda, its 

26 affiliated groups, associated groups, and adherents. 
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1 (2) COORDINATION.—The report required by 

2 paragraph (1) shall be prepared in coordination with 

3 the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treas4 ury, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of De5 fense, and the head of any other department or 

6 agency of the United States Government that has 

7 responsibility for activities directed at combating al8 Qaeda, its affiliated groups, associated groups, and 

9 adherents. 

10 (3) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para11 graph (1) shall include the following: 

12 (A) A definition of— 

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

14 which known individuals constitute al15 Qaeda core; 

16 (ii) an affiliated group of al-Qaeda, 

17 including a list of which known groups 

18 constitute an affiliate group of al-Qaeda; 

19 (iii) an associated group of al-Qaeda, 

20 including a list of which known groups 

21 constitute an associated group of al-Qaeda; 

22 (iv) an adherent of al-Qaeda, includ23 ing a list of which known groups constitute 

24 an adherent of al-Qaeda; and 
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1 (v) a group aligned with al-Qaeda, in2 cluding a description of what actions a 

3 group takes or statements it makes that 

4 qualify it as a group aligned with al-Qaeda. 

5 (B) An assessment of the relationship be6 tween all identified al-Qaeda affiliated groups, 

7 associated groups, and adherents with al-Qaeda 

8 core. 

9 (C) An assessment of the strengthening or 

10 weakening of al-Qaeda, its affiliated groups, as11 sociated groups, and adherents, from January 

12 1, 2010, to the present, including a description 

13 of the metrics that are used to assess strength14 ening or weakening and an assessment of the 

15 relative increase or decrease in violent attacks 

16 attributed to such entities. 

17 (D) An assessment of whether or not an 

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

19 such individual is not located in Afghanistan or 

20 Pakistan. 

21 (E) An assessment of whether or not an 

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

23 well as a member of an al-Qaeda affiliated 

24 group, associated group, or adherent. 

25 (F) A definition of defeat of core al-Qaeda. 
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1 (G) An assessment of the extent or coordi2 nation, command, and control between core al3 Qaeda, its affiliated groups, associated groups, 

4 and adherents, specifically addressing each such 

5 entity. 

6 (H) An assessment of the effectiveness of 

7 counterterrorism operations against core al8 Qaeda, its affiliated groups, associated groups, 

9 and adherents, and whether such operations 

10 have had a sustained impact on the capabilities 

11 and effectiveness of core al-Qaeda, its affiliated 

12 groups, associated groups, and adherents. 

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

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

15 include a classified annex. 

16 (b) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE17 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate commit18 tees of Congress’’ means— 

19 (1) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel20 ligence, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the 

21 Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep22 resentatives; and 

23 (2) the Select Committee on Intelligence, the 

24 Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee 

25 on Armed Services of the Senate. 
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1 SEC. 334. REPORT ON RETRAINING VETERANS IN CYBERSE2 CURITY. 

3 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact4 ment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, in 

5 consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary 

6 of Veterans Affairs, and the Secretary of Homeland Secu7 rity, shall submit to Congress recommendations for re8 training veterans and retired members of elements of the 

9 intelligence community in cybersecurity. 

10 TITLE IV—MATTERS RELATING 

11 TO ELEMENTS OF THE INTEL12 LIGENCE COMMUNITY 

13 SEC. 401. GIFTS, DEVISES, AND BEQUESTS TO THE CEN14 TRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. 

15 Section 12 of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 

16 1949 (50 U.S.C. 3512) is amended— 

17 (1) by striking the section heading and insert18 ing ‘‘GIFTS, DEVISES, AND BEQUESTS’’; 

19 (2) in subsection (a)(2)— 

20 (A) by inserting ‘‘by the Director as a gift 

21 to the Agency’’ after ‘‘accepted’’; and 

22 (B) by striking ‘‘this section’’ and insert23 ing ‘‘this subsection’’; 

24 (3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘this section,’’ 

25 and inserting ‘‘subsection (a),’’; 
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1 (4) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘this section,’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘subsection (a),’’; 

3 (5) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘this section’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’; 

5 (6) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub6 section (g); and 

7 (7) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(f)(1) The Director may engage in fundraising in 

10 an official capacity for the benefit of nonprofit organiza11 tions that provide support to surviving family members of 

12 deceased Agency employees or that otherwise provide sup13 port for the welfare, education, or recreation of Agency 

14 employees, former Agency employees, or their family mem15 bers. 

16 ‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘fundraising’ means 

17 the raising of funds through the active participation in the 

18 promotion, production, or presentation of an event de19 signed to raise funds and does not include the direct solici20 tation of money by any other means.’’. 

21 SEC. 402. INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE NATIONAL SECU22 RITY AGENCY. 

23 (a) ELEVATION OF INSPECTOR GENERAL STATUS.— 

24 The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is 

25 amended— 
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1 (1) in section 8G(a)(2), by striking ‘‘the Na2 tional Security Agency,’’; and 

3 (2) in section 12— 

4 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘the 

5 National Security Agency,’’ after ‘‘the Federal 

6 Emergency Management Agency,’’; and 

7 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘the 

8 National Security Agency,’’ after ‘‘the National 

9 Aeronautics and Space Administration,’’. 

10 (b) DATE OF APPOINTMENT.—Not later than 90 

11 days after the date of the resignation, reassignment, or 

12 removal of the Inspector General of the National Security 

13 Agency appointed pursuant to section 8G of the Inspector 

14 General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) as in effect before 

15 the date of the enactment of this Act and serving on such 

16 date, the President shall nominate a person for appoint17 ment, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 

18 as Inspector General of the National Security Agency 

19 under section 3(a) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 

20 (5 U.S.C. App.) consistent with the amendments made by 

21 subsection (a). 

22 (c) TRANSITION RULE.—An individual serving as In23 spector General of the National Security Agency on the 

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1 ment made under section 8G of the Inspector General Act 

2 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)— 

3 (1) may continue so serving until the President 

4 makes an appointment under section 3(a) of such 

5 Act with respect to the National Security Agency 

6 consistent with the amendments made by subsection 

7 (a); and 

8 (2) shall, while serving under paragraph (1), re9 main subject to the provisions of section 8G of such 

10 Act that, immediately before the date of the enact11 ment of this Act, applied with respect to the Inspec12 tor General of the National Security Agency and 

13 suffer no reduction in pay. 

14 (d) SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE NA15 TIONAL SECURITY AGENCY.—The Inspector General Act 

16 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by inserting after 

17 section 8J the following new section: 

18 ‘‘SEC. 8K. SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE NA19 TIONAL SECURITY AGENCY. 

20 ‘‘(a) GENERAL COUNSEL TO THE INSPECTOR GEN21 ERAL.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is a General Counsel 

23 to the Inspector General of the National Security 

24 Agency, who shall be appointed by the Inspector 

25 General of the National Security Agency. 
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1 ‘‘(2) DUTIES.—The General Counsel to the In2 spector General of the National Security Agency 

3 shall— 

4 ‘‘(A) serve as the chief legal officer of the 

5 Office of the Inspector General of the National 

6 Security Agency; 

7 ‘‘(B) provide legal services only to the In8 spector General of the National Security Agen9 cy; 

10 ‘‘(C) prescribe professional rules of ethics 

11 and responsibilities for employees and officers 

12 of, and contractors to, the Office of the Inspec13 tor General of the National Security Agency; 

14 ‘‘(D) perform such functions as the Inspec15 tor General may prescribe; and 

16 ‘‘(E) serve at the discretion of the Inspec17 tor General. 

18 ‘‘(3) OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL.— 

19 There is an Office of the General Counsel to the In20 spector General of the National Security Agency. 

21 The Inspector General may appoint to the Office to 

22 serve as staff of the General Counsel such legal 

23 counsel as the Inspector General considers appro24 priate. 

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1 ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY TO COMPEL.—The Inspector 

2 General of the National Security Agency is author3 ized to require by subpoena the attendance and tes4 timony of former employees of the National Security 

5 Agency or contractors, former contractors, or former 

6 detailees to the National Security Agency as nec7 essary in the performance of functions assigned to 

8 the Inspector General by this Act. 

9 ‘‘(2) REFUSAL TO OBEY.—A subpoena issued 

10 under this subsection, in the case of contumacy or 

11 refusal to obey, shall be enforceable by order of any 

12 appropriate United States district court. 

13 ‘‘(3) NOTIFICATION.—The Inspector General 

14 shall notify the Attorney General 7 days before 

15 issuing any subpoena under this section. 

16 ‘‘(c) PROHIBITIONS ON INVESTIGATIONS FOR NA17 TIONAL SECURITY REASONS.— 

18 ‘‘(1) EVALUATIONS OF PROHIBITIONS.—Not 

19 later than 7 days after the date on which the Inspec20 tor General of the National Security Agency receives 

21 notice or a statement under section 8G(d)(2)(C) of 

22 the reasons the Secretary of Defense is prohibiting 

23 the Inspector General from initiating, carrying out, 

24 or completing any audit or investigation, the Inspec25 tor General shall submit to the Permanent Select 
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1 Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on 

2 Armed Services of the House of Representatives and 

3 the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Com4 mittee on Armed Services of the Senate an evalua5 tion of such notice or such statement. 

6 ‘‘(2) INCLUSION IN SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT.— 

7 The Inspector General shall include in the semi8 annual report prepared by the Inspector General in 

9 accordance with section 5(a) a description of the in10 stances in which the Secretary of Defense prohibited 

11 the Inspector General from initiating, carrying out, 

12 or completing any audit or investigation during the 

13 period covered by such report.’’. 

14 TITLE V—SECURITY CLEARANCE 

15 REFORM 

16 SEC. 501. CONTINUOUS EVALUATION AND SHARING OF DE17 ROGATORY INFORMATION REGARDING PER18 SONNEL WITH ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED IN19 FORMATION. 

20 Section 102A(j) of the National Security Act of 1947 

21 (50 U.S.C. 3024(j)) is amended— 

22 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘SENSITIVE

23 COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘CLASSIFIED INFORMATION’’; 
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1 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 

2 inserting a semicolon; 

3 (3) in paragraph (4), by striking the period and 

4 inserting a semicolon; and 

5 (4) by adding at the end the following new 

6 paragraphs: 

7 ‘‘(5) ensure that the background of each em8 ployee or officer of an element of the intelligence 

9 community, each contractor to an element of the in10 telligence community, and each individual employee 

11 of such a contractor who has been determined to be 

12 eligible for access to classified information is mon13 itored on a continual basis under standards devel14 oped by the Director, including with respect to the 

15 frequency of evaluation, during the period of eligi16 bility of such employee or officer of an element of 

17 the intelligence community, such contractor, or such 

18 individual employee to such a contractor to deter19 mine whether such employee or officer of an element 

20 of the intelligence community, such contractor, and 

21 such individual employee of such a contractor con22 tinues to meet the requirements for eligibility for ac23 cess to classified information; and 

24 ‘‘(6) develop procedures to require information 

25 sharing between elements of the intelligence commu-
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1 nity concerning potentially derogatory security infor2 mation regarding an employee or officer of an ele3 ment of the intelligence community, a contractor to 

4 an element of the intelligence community, or an indi5 vidual employee of such a contractor that may im6 pact the eligibility of such employee or officer of an 

7 element of the intelligence community, such con8 tractor, or such individual employee of such a con9 tractor for a security clearance.’’. 

10 SEC. 502. REQUIREMENTS FOR INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY 

11 CONTRACTORS. 

12 (a) REQUIREMENTS.—Section 102A of the National 

13 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024) is amended by 

14 adding at the end the following new subsection: 

15 ‘‘(x) REQUIREMENTS FOR INTELLIGENCE COMMU16 NITY CONTRACTORS.—The Director of National Intel17 ligence, in consultation with the head of each department 

18 of the Federal Government that contains an element of 

19 the intelligence community and the Director of the Central 

20 Intelligence Agency, shall— 

21 ‘‘(1) ensure that— 

22 ‘‘(A) any contractor to an element of the 

23 intelligence community with access to a classi24 fied network or classified information develops 

25 and operates a security plan that is consistent 
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1 with standards established by the Director of 

2 National Intelligence for intelligence community 

3 networks; and 

4 ‘‘(B) each contract awarded by an element 

5 of the intelligence community includes provi6 sions requiring the contractor comply with such 

7 plan and such standards; 

8 ‘‘(2) conduct periodic assessments of each secu9 rity plan required under paragraph (1)(A) to ensure 

10 such security plan complies with the requirements of 

11 such paragraph; and 

12 ‘‘(3) ensure that the insider threat detection ca13 pabilities and insider threat policies of the intel14 ligence community apply to facilities of contractors 

15 with access to a classified network.’’. 

16 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub17 section (a) shall apply with respect to contracts entered 

18 into or renewed after the date of the enactment of this 

19 Act. 

20 SEC. 503. TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS TO SECURITY 

21 CLEARANCE PROCESSING. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National Intel23 ligence, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and 

24 the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, shall 

25 conduct an analysis of the relative costs and benefits of 
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1 potential improvements to the process for investigating 

2 persons who are proposed for access to classified informa3 tion and adjudicating whether such persons satisfy the cri4 teria for obtaining and retaining access to such informa5 tion. 

6 (b) CONTENTS OF ANALYSIS.—In conducting the 

7 analysis required by subsection (a), the Director of Na8 tional Intelligence shall evaluate the costs and benefits as9 sociated with— 

10 (1) the elimination of manual processes in secu11 rity clearance investigations and adjudications, if 

12 possible, and automating and integrating the ele13 ments of the investigation process, including— 

14 (A) the clearance application process; 

15 (B) case management; 

16 (C) adjudication management; 

17 (D) investigation methods for the collec18 tion, analysis, storage, retrieval, and transfer of 

19 data and records; and 

20 (E) records management for access and 

21 eligibility determinations; 

22 (2) the elimination or reduction, if possible, of 

23 the use of databases and information sources that 

24 cannot be accessed and processed automatically elec25 tronically, or modification of such databases and in-
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1 formation sources, to enable electronic access and 

2 processing; 

3 (3) the use of government-developed and com4 mercial technology for continuous monitoring and 

5 evaluation of government and commercial data 

6 sources that can identify and flag information perti7 nent to adjudication guidelines and eligibility deter8 minations; 

9 (4) the standardization of forms used for rou10 tine reporting required of cleared personnel (such as 

11 travel, foreign contacts, and financial disclosures) 

12 and use of continuous monitoring technology to ac13 cess databases containing such reportable informa14 tion to independently obtain and analyze reportable 

15 data and events; 

16 (5) the establishment of an authoritative central 

17 repository of personnel security information that is 

18 accessible electronically at multiple levels of classi19 fication and eliminates technical barriers to rapid 

20 access to information necessary for eligibility deter21 minations and reciprocal recognition thereof; 

22 (6) using digitally processed fingerprints, as a 

23 substitute for ink or paper prints, to reduce error 

24 rates and improve portability of data; 
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1 (7) expanding the use of technology to improve 

2 an applicant’s ability to discover the status of a 

3 pending security clearance application or reinvestiga4 tion; and 

5 (8) using government and publicly available 

6 commercial data sources, including social media, 

7 that provide independent information pertinent to 

8 adjudication guidelines to improve quality and time9 liness, and reduce costs, of investigations and re10 investigations. 

11 (c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 6 

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

13 Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the ap14 propriate committees of Congress a report on the analysis 

15 required by subsection (a). 

16 SEC. 504. REPORT ON RECIPROCITY OF SECURITY CLEAR17 ANCES. 

18 The head of the entity selected pursuant to section 

19 3001(b) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Preven20 tion Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 3341(b)) shall submit to the 

21 appropriate committees of Congress a report each year 

22 through 2017 that describes for the preceding year— 

23 (1) the periods of time required by authorized 

24 adjudicative agencies for accepting background in25 vestigations and determinations completed by an au-
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1 thorized investigative entity or authorized adjudica2 tive agency; 

3 (2) the total number of cases in which a back4 ground investigation or determination completed by 

5 an authorized investigative entity or authorized ad6 judicative agency is accepted by another agency; 

7 (3) the total number of cases in which a back8 ground investigation or determination completed by 

9 an authorized investigative entity or authorized ad10 judicative agency is not accepted by another agency; 

11 and 

12 (4) such other information or recommendations 

13 as the head of the entity selected pursuant to such 

14 section 3001(b) considers appropriate. 

15 SEC. 505. IMPROVING THE PERIODIC REINVESTIGATION 

16 PROCESS. 

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

18 date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter 

19 until December 31, 2017, the Director of National Intel20 ligence, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and 

21 the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, shall 

22 transmit to the appropriate committees of Congress a 

23 strategic plan for updating the process for periodic re24 investigations consistent with a continuous evaluation pro25 gram. 
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1 (b) CONTENTS.—The plan required by subsection (a) 

2 shall include— 

3 (1) an analysis of the costs and benefits associ4 ated with conducting periodic reinvestigations; 

5 (2) an analysis of the costs and benefits associ6 ated with replacing some or all periodic reinvestiga7 tions with a program of continuous evaluation; 

8 (3) a determination of how many risk-based 

9 and ad hoc periodic reinvestigations are necessary on 

10 an annual basis for each component of the Federal 

11 Government with employees with security clearances; 

12 (4) an analysis of the potential benefits of ex13 panding the Government’s use of continuous evalua14 tion tools as a means of improving the effectiveness 

15 and efficiency of procedures for confirming the eligi16 bility of personnel for continued access to classified 

17 information; and 

18 (5) an analysis of how many personnel with 

19 out-of-scope background investigations are employed 

20 by, or contracted or detailed to, each element of the 

21 intelligence community. 

22 (c) PERIODIC REINVESTIGATIONS DEFINED.—In this 

23 section, the term ‘‘periodic reinvestigations’’ has the 

24 meaning given that term in section 3001(a) of the Intel-
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1 ligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 

2 U.S.C. 3341(a)). 

3 SEC. 506. APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE4 FINED. 

5 In this title, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of 

6 Congress’’ means— 

7 (1) the congressional intelligence committees; 

8 (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

9 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 

10 Affairs of the Senate; and 

11 (3) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

12 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 

13 Representatives. 

14 TITLE VI—TECHNICAL 

15 AMENDMENTS 

16 SEC. 601. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE CENTRAL IN17 TELLIGENCE AGENCY ACT OF 1949. 

18 Section 21 of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 

19 1949 (50 U.S.C. 3521) is amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (b)(1)(D), by striking ‘‘section 

21 (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’; and 

22 (2) in subsection (c)(2)(E), by striking ‘‘pro23 vider.’’ and inserting ‘‘provider’’. 
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1 SEC. 602. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL SE2 CURITY ACT OF 1947 RELATING TO THE PAST 

3 ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN POSITIONS. 

4 Section 101(a) of the National Security Act of 1947 

5 (50 U.S.C. 3021(a)) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (5), by striking the semicolon 

7 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

8 (2) by striking paragraphs (6) and (7); 

9 (3) by redesignating paragraph (8) as para10 graph (6); and 

11 (4) in paragraph (6) (as so redesignated), by 

12 striking ‘‘the Chairman of the Munitions Board, and 

13 the Chairman of the Research and Development 

14 Board,’’. 

15 SEC. 603. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE INTEL16 LIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL 

17 YEAR 2013. 

18 (a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 506 of the Intelligence 

19 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112– 

20 277; 126 Stat. 2478) is amended— 

21 (1) by striking ‘‘Section 606(5)’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘Paragraph (5) of section 605’’; and 

23 (2) by inserting ‘‘, as redesignated by section 

24 310(a)(4)(B) of this Act,’’ before ‘‘is amended’’. 

25 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

26 subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enact-
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1 ment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

2 2013 (Public Law 112–277). 

Passed the House of Representatives May 30, 2014. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4681 

AN ACT 

To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2014 

ability System, and for other purposes. tral Intelligence Agency Retirement and DisCommunity Management Account, and the Cenactivities of the United States Government, the and 2015 for intelligence and intelligence-related