In the Senate of the United States, 

December 9, 2014. 

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 4681) entitled ‘‘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.’’, do pass with the following 

AMENDMENT: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 

following: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘In3 telligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015’’. 

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. 

Sec. 3. Budgetary effects. 

TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES 

Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations. 
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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. National intelligence strategy. 

Sec. 304. Software licensing. 

Sec. 305. Reporting of certain employment activities by former intelligence officers and employees. 

Sec. 306. Inclusion of Predominantly Black Institutions in intelligence officer 

training program. 

Sec. 307. Management and oversight of financial intelligence. 

Sec. 308. Analysis of private sector policies and procedures for countering insider 

threats. 

Sec. 309. Procedures for the retention of incidentally acquired communications. 

Sec. 310. Clarification of limitation of review to retaliatory security clearance or 

access determinations. 

Sec. 311. Feasibility study on consolidating classified databases of cyber threat 

indicators and malware samples. 

Sec. 312. Sense of Congress on cybersecurity threat and cybercrime cooperation 

with Ukraine. 

Sec. 313. Replacement of locally employed staff serving at United States diplomatic facilities in the Russian Federation. 

Sec. 314. Inclusion of Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities in United 

States diplomatic facilities in the Russian Federation and adjacent countries. 

Subtitle B—Reporting 

Sec. 321. Report on declassification process. 

Sec. 322. Report on intelligence community efficient spending targets. 

Sec. 323. Annual report on violations of law or executive order. 

Sec. 324. Annual report on intelligence activities of the Department of Homeland 

Security. 

Sec. 325. Report on political prison camps in North Korea. 

Sec. 326. Assessment of security of domestic oil refineries and related rail transportation infrastructure. 

Sec. 327. Enhanced contractor level assessments for the intelligence community. 

Sec. 328. Assessment of the efficacy of memoranda of understanding to facilitate 

intelligence-sharing. 

Sec. 329. Report on foreign man-made electromagnetic pulse weapons. 

Sec. 330. Report on United States counterterrorism strategy to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al-Qaeda and its affiliated or associated 

groups. 

Sec. 331. Feasibility study on retraining veterans in cybersecurity. 
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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE COMMIT4 TEES.—The term ‘‘congressional intelligence commit5 tees’’ means— 

6 (A) the Select Committee on Intelligence of 

7 the Senate; and 

8 (B) the Permanent Select Committee on In9 telligence of the House of Representatives. 

10 (2) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘in11 telligence community’’ has the meaning given that 

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

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

14 SEC. 3. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

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

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

17 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled 

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

19 submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the 

20 Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, provided that 

21 such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on pas22 sage. 
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1 TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE 

2 ACTIVITIES 

3 SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

4 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis5 cal year 2015 for the conduct of the intelligence and intel6 ligence-related activities of the following elements of the 

7 United States Government: 

8 (1) The Office of the Director of National Intel9 ligence. 

10 (2) The Central Intelligence Agency. 

11 (3) The Department of Defense. 

12 (4) The Defense Intelligence Agency. 

13 (5) The National Security Agency. 

14 (6) The Department of the Army, the Depart15 ment of the Navy, and the Department of the Air 

16 Force. 

17 (7) The Coast Guard. 

18 (8) The Department of State. 

19 (9) The Department of the Treasury. 

20 (10) The Department of Energy. 

21 (11) The Department of Justice. 

22 (12) The Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

23 (13) The Drug Enforcement Administration. 

24 (14) The National Reconnaissance Office. 
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1 (15) The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agen2 cy. 

3 (16) The Department of Homeland Security. 

4 SEC. 102. CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AUTHORIZATIONS. 

5 (a) SPECIFICATIONS OF AMOUNTS AND PERSONNEL

6 LEVELS.—The amounts authorized to be appropriated 

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

8 personnel ceilings as of September 30, 2015, for the conduct 

9 of the intelligence activities of the elements listed in para10 graphs (1) through (16) of section 101, are those specified 

11 in the classified Schedule of Authorizations prepared to ac12 company the bill H.R. 4681 of the One Hundred Thirteenth 

13 Congress. 

14 (b) AVAILABILITY OF CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AU15 THORIZATIONS.— 

16 (1) AVAILABILITY.—The classified Schedule of 

17 Authorizations referred to in subsection (a) shall be 

18 made available to the Committee on Appropriations 

19 of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the 

20 House of Representatives, and to the President. 

21 (2) DISTRIBUTION BY THE PRESIDENT.—Subject 

22 to paragraph (3), the President shall provide for suit23 able distribution of the classified Schedule of Author24 izations, or of appropriate portions of the Schedule, 

25 within the executive branch. 
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1 (3) LIMITS ON DISCLOSURE.—The President 

2 shall not publicly disclose the classified Schedule of 

3 Authorizations or any portion of such Schedule ex4 cept— 

5 (A) as provided in section 601(a) of the Im6 plementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Com7 mission Act of 2007 (50 U.S.C. 3306(a)); 

8 (B) to the extent necessary to implement the 

9 budget; or 

10 (C) as otherwise required by law. 

11 SEC. 103. PERSONNEL CEILING ADJUSTMENTS. 

12 (a) AUTHORITY FOR INCREASES.—The Director of Na13 tional Intelligence may authorize employment of civilian 

14 personnel in excess of the number authorized for fiscal year 

15 2015 by the classified Schedule of Authorizations referred 

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

17 determines that such action is necessary to the performance 

18 of important intelligence functions, except that the number 

19 of personnel employed in excess of the number authorized 

20 under such section may not, for any element of the intel21 ligence community, exceed 3 percent of the number of civil22 ian personnel authorized under such Schedule for such ele23 ment. 

24 (b) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PERSONNEL.—The Di25 rector of National Intelligence shall establish guidelines that 
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1 govern, for each element of the intelligence community, the 

2 treatment under the personnel levels authorized under sec3 tion 102(a), including any exemption from such personnel 

4 levels, of employment or assignment in— 

5 (1) a student program, trainee program, or simi6 lar program; 

7 (2) a reserve corps or as a reemployed annu8 itant; or 

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

10 training. 

11 (c) NOTICE TO CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE COM12 MITTEES.—The Director of National Intelligence shall no13 tify the congressional intelligence committees in writing at 

14 least 15 days prior to each exercise of an authority de15 scribed in subsection (a). 

16 SEC. 104. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT AC17 COUNT. 

18 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

19 authorized to be appropriated for the Intelligence Commu20 nity Management Account of the Director of National Intel21 ligence for fiscal year 2015 the sum of $507,400,000. Within 

22 such amount, funds identified in the classified Schedule of 

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

24 research and development shall remain available until Sep25 tember 30, 2016. 
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1 (b) AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL LEVELS.—The elements 

2 within the Intelligence Community Management Account of 

3 the Director of National Intelligence are authorized 794 po4 sitions as of September 30, 2015. Personnel serving in such 

5 elements may be permanent employees of the Office of the 

6 Director of National Intelligence or personnel detailed from 

7 other elements of the United States Government. 

8 (c) CLASSIFIED AUTHORIZATIONS.— 

9 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In 

10 addition to amounts authorized to be appropriated 

11 for the Intelligence Community Management Account 

12 by subsection (a), there are authorized to be appro13 priated for the Community Management Account for 

14 fiscal year 2015 such additional amounts as are spec15 ified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations re16 ferred to in section 102(a). Such additional amounts 

17 for advanced research and development shall remain 

18 available until September 30, 2016. 

19 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF PERSONNEL.—In addi20 tion to the personnel authorized by subsection (b) for 

21 elements of the Intelligence Community Management 

22 Account as of September 30, 2015, there are author23 ized such additional personnel for the Community 

24 Management Account as of that date as are specified 
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1 in the classified Schedule of Authorizations referred to 

2 in section 102(a). 

3 TITLE II—CENTRAL INTEL4 LIGENCE AGENCY RETIRE5 MENT AND DISABILITY SYS6 TEM 

7 SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

8 There is authorized to be appropriated for the Central 

9 Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund for fis10 cal year 2015 the sum of $514,000,000. 

11 TITLE III—GENERAL 

12 PROVISIONS 

13 Subtitle A—General Matters 

14 SEC. 301. INCREASE IN EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND 

15 BENEFITS AUTHORIZED BY LAW. 

16 Appropriations authorized by this Act for salary, pay, 

17 retirement, and other benefits for Federal employees may 

18 be increased by such additional or supplemental amounts 

19 as may be necessary for increases in such compensation or 

20 benefits authorized by law. 

21 SEC. 302. RESTRICTION ON CONDUCT OF INTELLIGENCE 

22 ACTIVITIES. 

23 The authorization of appropriations by this Act shall 

24 not be deemed to constitute authority for the conduct of any 
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1 intelligence activity which is not otherwise authorized by 

2 the Constitution or the laws of the United States. 

3 SEC. 303. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE STRATEGY. 

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

5 of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021 et seq.) is amended by inserting 

6 after section 108 the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 108A. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE STRATEGY. 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning in 2017, and once 

9 every 4 years thereafter, the Director of National Intel10 ligence shall develop a comprehensive national intelligence 

11 strategy to meet national security objectives for the fol12 lowing 4-year period, or a longer period, if appropriate. 

13 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—Each national intelligence 

14 strategy required by subsection (a) shall— 

15 ‘‘(1) delineate a national intelligence strategy 

16 consistent with— 

17 ‘‘(A) the most recent national security strat18 egy report submitted pursuant to section 108; 

19 ‘‘(B) the strategic plans of other relevant de20 partments and agencies of the United States; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(C) other relevant national-level plans; 

23 ‘‘(2) address matters related to national and 

24 military intelligence, including counterintelligence; 
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1 ‘‘(3) identify the major national security mis2 sions that the intelligence community is currently 

3 pursuing and will pursue in the future to meet the 

4 anticipated security environment; 

5 ‘‘(4) describe how the intelligence community 

6 will utilize personnel, technology, partnerships, and 

7 other capabilities to pursue the major national secu8 rity missions identified in paragraph (3); 

9 ‘‘(5) assess current, emerging, and future threats 

10 to the intelligence community, including threats from 

11 foreign intelligence and security services and insider 

12 threats; 

13 ‘‘(6) outline the organizational roles and mis14 sions of the elements of the intelligence community as 

15 part of an integrated enterprise to meet customer de16 mands for intelligence products, services, and support; 

17 ‘‘(7) identify sources of strategic, institutional, 

18 programmatic, fiscal, and technological risk; and 

19 ‘‘(8) analyze factors that may affect the intel20 ligence community’s performance in pursuing the 

21 major national security missions identified in para22 graph (3) during the following 10-year period. 

23 ‘‘(c) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—The Director of Na24 tional Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intel25 ligence committees a report on each national intelligence 
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1 strategy required by subsection (a) not later than 45 days 

2 after the date of the completion of such strategy.’’. 

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

4 contents in the first section of the National Security Act 

5 of 1947 is amended by inserting after the item relating to 

6 section 108 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 108A. National intelligence strategy.’’. 

7 SEC. 304. SOFTWARE LICENSING. 

8 Section 109 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

9 U.S.C. 3044) is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘usage; and’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘usage, including— 

12 ‘‘(A) increasing the centralization of the 

13 management of software licenses; 

14 ‘‘(B) increasing the regular tracking and 

15 maintaining of comprehensive inventories of soft16 ware licenses using automated discovery and in17 ventory tools and metrics; 

18 ‘‘(C) analyzing software license data to in19 form investment decisions; and 

20 ‘‘(D) providing appropriate personnel with 

21 sufficient software licenses management training; 

22 and’’; 

23 (2) in subsection (b)— 

24 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

25 and inserting a semicolon; 
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1 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘usage.’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘usage, including— 

3 ‘‘(A) increasing the centralization of the 

4 management of software licenses; 

5 ‘‘(B) increasing the regular tracking and 

6 maintaining of comprehensive inventories of soft7 ware licenses using automated discovery and in8 ventory tools and metrics; 

9 ‘‘(C) analyzing software license data to in10 form investment decisions; and 

11 ‘‘(D) providing appropriate personnel with 

12 sufficient software licenses management training; 

13 and’’; and 

14 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

15 paragraph: 

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

17 paragraph (2), make such recommendations with re18 spect to software procurement and usage to the Direc19 tor of National Intelligence as the Chief Information 

20 Officer considers appropriate.’’; and 

21 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub22 section: 

23 ‘‘(d) IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not 

24 later than 180 days after the date on which the Director 

25 of National Intelligence receives recommendations from the 
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1 Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community in 

2 accordance with subsection (b)(3), the Director of National 

3 Intelligence shall, to the extent practicable, issue guidelines 

4 for the intelligence community on software procurement 

5 and usage based on such recommendations.’’. 

6 SEC. 305. REPORTING OF CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT ACTIVI7 TIES BY FORMER INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS 

8 AND EMPLOYEES. 

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

10 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3071 et seq.) is amended by insert11 ing after section 303 the following new section: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 304. REPORTING OF CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT ACTIVI13 TIES BY FORMER INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS 

14 AND EMPLOYEES. 

15 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The head of each element of the 

16 intelligence community shall issue regulations requiring 

17 each employee of such element occupying a covered position 

18 to sign a written agreement requiring the regular reporting 

19 of covered employment to the head of such element. 

20 ‘‘(b) AGREEMENT ELEMENTS.—The regulations re21 quired under subsection (a) shall provide that an agreement 

22 contain provisions requiring each employee occupying a 

23 covered position to, during the two-year period beginning 

24 on the date on which such employee ceases to occupy such 

25 covered position— 
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1 ‘‘(1) report covered employment to the head of 

2 the element of the intelligence community that em3 ployed such employee in such covered position upon 

4 accepting such covered employment; and 

5 ‘‘(2) annually (or more frequently if the head of 

6 such element considers it appropriate) report covered 

7 employment to the head of such element. 

8 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 ‘‘(1) COVERED EMPLOYMENT.—The term ‘covered 

10 employment’ means direct employment by, represen11 tation of, or the provision of advice relating to na12 tional security to the government of a foreign country 

13 or any person whose activities are directly or indi14 rectly supervised, directed, controlled, financed, or 

15 subsidized, in whole or in major part, by any govern16 ment of a foreign country. 

17 ‘‘(2) COVERED POSITION.—The term ‘covered po18 sition’ means a position within an element of the in19 telligence community that, based on the level of access 

20 of a person occupying such position to information 

21 regarding sensitive intelligence sources or methods or 

22 other exceptionally sensitive matters, the head of such 

23 element determines should be subject to the require24 ments of this section. 
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1 ‘‘(3) GOVERNMENT OF A FOREIGN COUNTRY.— 

2 The term ‘government of a foreign country’ has the 

3 meaning given the term in section 1(e) of the Foreign 

4 Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 611(e)).’’. 

5 (b) REGULATIONS AND CERTIFICATION.— 

6 (1) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after 

7 the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of each 

8 element of the intelligence community shall issue the 

9 regulations required under section 304 of the National 

10 Security Act of 1947, as added by subsection (a) of 

11 this section. 

12 (2) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 180 days 

13 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Direc14 tor of National Intelligence shall submit to the con15 gressional intelligence committees— 

16 (A) a certification that each head of an ele17 ment of the intelligence community has pre18 scribed the regulations required under section 

19 304 of the National Security Act of 1947, as 

20 added by subsection (a) of this section; or 

21 (B) if the Director is unable to submit the 

22 certification described under subparagraph (A), 

23 an explanation as to why the Director is unable 

24 to submit such certification, including a designa25 tion of which heads of an element of the intel-
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1 ligence community have prescribed the regula2 tions required under such section 304 and which 

3 have not. 

4 (c) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENTS.—The table of 

5 contents in the first section of the National Security Act 

6 of 1947 is amended— 

7 (1) by striking the second item relating to section 

8 302 (Under Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries) 

9 and the items relating to sections 304, 305, and 306; 

10 and 

11 (2) by inserting after the item relating to section 

12 303 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 304. Reporting of certain employment activities by former intelligence officers and employees.’’. 

13 SEC. 306. INCLUSION OF PREDOMINANTLY BLACK INSTITU14 TIONS IN INTELLIGENCE OFFICER TRAINING 

15 PROGRAM. 

16 Section 1024 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

17 U.S.C. 3224) is amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ‘‘and Pre19 dominantly Black Institutions’’ after ‘‘universities’’; 

20 and 

21 (2) in subsection (g)— 

22 (A) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 

23 paragraph (5); and 
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1 (B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol2 lowing new paragraph: 

3 ‘‘(4) PREDOMINANTLY BLACK INSTITUTION.—The 

4 term ‘Predominantly Black Institution’ has the mean5 ing given the term in section 318 of the Higher edu6 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059e).’’. 

7 SEC. 307. MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT OF FINANCIAL IN8 TELLIGENCE. 

9 (a) REQUIREMENT FOR PLAN.—Not later than 90 days 

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

11 National Intelligence shall prepare a plan for management 

12 of the elements of the intelligence community that carry out 

13 financial intelligence activities. 

14 (b) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—The plan required by sub15 section (a) shall establish a governance framework, proce16 dures for sharing and harmonizing the acquisition and use 

17 of financial analytic tools, standards for quality of analytic 

18 products, procedures for oversight and evaluation of re19 source allocations associated with the joint development of 

20 information sharing efforts and tools, and an education and 

21 training model for elements of the intelligence community 

22 that carry out financial intelligence activities. 

23 (c) BRIEFING TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days 

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

25 National Intelligence shall brief the congressional intel-
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1 ligence committees on the actions the Director proposes to 

2 implement the plan required by subsection (a). 

3 SEC. 308. ANALYSIS OF PRIVATE SECTOR POLICIES AND 

4 PROCEDURES FOR COUNTERING INSIDER 

5 THREATS. 

6 (a) ANALYSIS.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

7 of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel8 ligence, in consultation with the National Counterintel9 ligence Executive, shall submit to the congressional intel10 ligence committees an analysis of private sector policies and 

11 procedures for countering insider threats. 

12 (b) CONTENT.—The analysis required by subsection 

13 (a) shall include— 

14 (1) a review of whether and how the intelligence 

15 community could utilize private sector hiring and 

16 human resources best practices to screen, vet, and 

17 validate the credentials, capabilities, and character of 

18 applicants for positions involving trusted access to 

19 sensitive information; 

20 (2) an analysis of private sector policies for 

21 holding supervisors and subordinates accountable for 

22 violations of established security protocols and wheth23 er the intelligence community should adopt similar 

24 policies for positions of trusted access to sensitive in25 formation; 
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1 (3) an assessment of the feasibility and advis2 ability of applying mandatory leave policies, similar 

3 to those endorsed by the Federal Deposit Insurance 

4 Corporation and the Securities and Exchange Com5 mission to identify fraud in the financial services in6 dustry, to certain positions within the intelligence 

7 community; and 

8 (4) recommendations for how the intelligence 

9 community could utilize private sector risk indices, 

10 such as credit risk scores, to make determinations 

11 about employee access to sensitive information. 

12 SEC. 309. PROCEDURES FOR THE RETENTION OF INCIDEN13 TALLY ACQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS. 

14 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

15 (1) COVERED COMMUNICATION.—The term ‘‘cov16 ered communication’’ means any nonpublic telephone 

17 or electronic communication acquired without the 

18 consent of a person who is a party to the communica19 tion, including communications in electronic storage. 

20 (2) HEAD OF AN ELEMENT OF THE INTEL21 LIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘head of an element 

22 of the intelligence community’’ means, as appro23 priate— 

24 (A) the head of an element of the intel25 ligence community; or 
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1 (B) the head of the department or agency 

2 containing such element. 

3 (3) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term ‘‘United 

4 States person’’ has the meaning given that term in 

5 section 101 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 

6 Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801). 

7 (b) PROCEDURES FOR COVERED COMMUNICATIONS.— 

8 (1) REQUIREMENT TO ADOPT.—Not later than 2 

9 years after the date of the enactment of this Act each 

10 head of an element of the intelligence community shall 

11 adopt procedures approved by the Attorney General 

12 for such element that ensure compliance with the re13 quirements of paragraph (3). 

14 (2) COORDINATION AND APPROVAL.—The proce15 dures required by paragraph (1) shall be— 

16 (A) prepared in coordination with the Di17 rector of National Intelligence; and 

18 (B) approved by the Attorney General prior 

19 to issuance. 

20 (3) PROCEDURES.— 

21 (A) APPLICATION.—The procedures required 

22 by paragraph (1) shall apply to any intelligence 

23 collection activity not otherwise authorized by 

24 court order (including an order or certification 

25 issued by a court established under subsection (a) 
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1 or (b) of section 103 of the Foreign Intelligence 

2 Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1803)), sub3 poena, or similar legal process that is reasonably 

4 anticipated to result in the acquisition of a cov5 ered communication to or from a United States 

6 person and shall permit the acquisition, reten7 tion, and dissemination of covered communica8 tions subject to the limitation in subparagraph 

9 (B). 

10 (B) LIMITATION ON RETENTION.—A covered 

11 communication shall not be retained in excess of 

12 5 years, unless— 

13 (i) the communication has been affirm14 atively determined, in whole or in part, to 

15 constitute foreign intelligence or counter16 intelligence or is necessary to understand or 

17 assess foreign intelligence or counterintel18 ligence; 

19 (ii) the communication is reasonably 

20 believed to constitute evidence of a crime 

21 and is retained by a law enforcement agen22 cy; 

23 (iii) the communication is enciphered 

24 or reasonably believed to have a secret 

25 meaning; 
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1 (iv) all parties to the communication 

2 are reasonably believed to be non-United 

3 States persons; 

4 (v) retention is necessary to protect 

5 against an imminent threat to human life, 

6 in which case both the nature of the threat 

7 and the information to be retained shall be 

8 reported to the congressional intelligence 

9 committees not later than 30 days after the 

10 date such retention is extended under this 

11 clause; 

12 (vi) retention is necessary for technical 

13 assurance or compliance purposes, includ14 ing a court order or discovery obligation, in 

15 which case access to information retained 

16 for technical assurance or compliance pur17 poses shall be reported to the congressional 

18 intelligence committees on an annual basis; 

19 or 

20 (vii) retention for a period in excess of 

21 5 years is approved by the head of the ele22 ment of the intelligence community respon23 sible for such retention, based on a deter24 mination that retention is necessary to pro25 tect the national security of the United 
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1 States, in which case the head of such ele2 ment shall provide to the congressional in3 telligence committees a written certification 

4 describing— 

5 (I) the reasons extended retention 

6 is necessary to protect the national se7 curity of the United States; 

8 (II) the duration for which the 

9 head of the element is authorizing re10 tention; 

11 (III) the particular information 

12 to be retained; and 

13 (IV) the measures the element of 

14 the intelligence community is taking to 

15 protect the privacy interests of United 

16 States persons or persons located inside 

17 the United States. 

18 SEC. 310. CLARIFICATION OF LIMITATION OF REVIEW TO 

19 RETALIATORY SECURITY CLEARANCE OR AC20 CESS DETERMINATIONS. 

21 Section 3001(b)(7) of the Intelligence Reform and Ter22 rorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 3341(b)(7)) is 

23 amended— 
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1 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

2 by striking ‘‘2014—’’ and inserting ‘‘2014, and con3 sistent with subsection (j)—’’; 

4 (2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘to appeal 

5 a determination to suspend or revoke a security clear6 ance or access to classified information’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘alleging reprisal for having made a protected 

8 disclosure (provided the individual does not disclose 

9 classified information or other information contrary 

10 to law) to appeal any action affecting an employee’s 

11 access to classified information’’; and 

12 (3) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘informa13 tion,’’ inserting ‘‘information following a protected 

14 disclosure,’’. 

15 SEC. 311. FEASIBILITY STUDY ON CONSOLIDATING CLASSI16 FIED DATABASES OF CYBER THREAT INDICA17 TORS AND MALWARE SAMPLES. 

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

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

20 Intelligence, in consultation with the Secretary of Home21 land Security, the Director of the National Security Agen22 cy, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and the 

23 Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall con24 duct a feasibility study on consolidating classified data-
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1 bases of cyber threat indicators and malware samples in 

2 the intelligence community. 

3 (b) ELEMENTS.—The feasibility study required by sub4 section (a) shall include the following: 

5 (1) An inventory of classified databases of cyber 

6 threat indicators and malware samples in the intel7 ligence community. 

8 (2) An assessment of actions that could be car9 ried out to consolidate such databases to achieve the 

10 greatest possible information sharing within the intel11 ligence community and cost savings for the Federal 

12 Government. 

13 (3) An assessment of any impediments to such 

14 consolidation. 

15 (4) An assessment of whether the Intelligence 

16 Community Information Technology Enterprise can 

17 support such consolidation. 

18 (c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 days 

19 after the date on which the Director of National Intelligence 

20 completes the feasibility study required by subsection (a), 

21 the Director shall submit to the congressional intelligence 

22 committees a written report that summarizes the feasibility 

23 study, including the information required under subsection 

24 (b). 
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1 SEC. 312. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CYBERSECURITY 

2 THREAT AND CYBERCRIME COOPERATION 

3 WITH UKRAINE. 

4 It is the sense of Congress that— 

5 (1) cooperation between the intelligence and law 

6 enforcement agencies of the United States and 

7 Ukraine should be increased to improve cybersecurity 

8 policies between these two countries; 

9 (2) the United States should pursue improved ex10 tradition procedures among the Governments of the 

11 United States, Ukraine, and other countries from 

12 which cybercriminals target United States citizens 

13 and entities; 

14 (3) the President should— 

15 (A) initiate a round of formal United 

16 States-Ukraine bilateral talks on cybersecurity 

17 threat and cybercrime cooperation, with addi18 tional multilateral talks that include other law 

19 enforcement partners such as Europol and 

20 Interpol; and 

21 (B) work to obtain a commitment from the 

22 Government of Ukraine to end cybercrime di23 rected at persons outside Ukraine and to work 

24 with the United States and other allies to deter 

25 and convict known cybercriminals; 
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1 (4) the President should establish a capacity 

2 building program with the Government of Ukraine, 

3 which could include— 

4 (A) a joint effort to improve cyber capacity 

5 building, including intelligence and law enforce6 ment services in Ukraine; 

7 (B) sending United States law enforcement 

8 agents to aid law enforcement agencies in 

9 Ukraine in investigating cybercrimes; and 

10 (C) agreements to improve communications 

11 networks to enhance law enforcement coopera12 tion, such as a hotline directly connecting law 

13 enforcement agencies in the United States and 

14 Ukraine; and 

15 (5) the President should establish and maintain 

16 an intelligence and law enforcement cooperation 

17 scorecard with metrics designed to measure the num18 ber of instances that intelligence and law enforcement 

19 agencies in the United States request assistance from 

20 intelligence and law enforcement agencies in Ukraine 

21 and the number and type of responses received to such 

22 requests. 
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1 SEC. 313. REPLACEMENT OF LOCALLY EMPLOYED STAFF 

2 SERVING AT UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC FA3 CILITIES IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

4 (a) EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENT.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall 

6 ensure that, not later than one year after the date of 

7 the enactment of this Act, every supervisory position 

8 at a United States diplomatic facility in the Russian 

9 Federation shall be occupied by a citizen of the 

10 United States who has passed, and shall be subject to, 

11 a thorough background check. 

12 (2) EXTENSION.—The Secretary of State may ex13 tend the deadline under paragraph (1) for up to one 

14 year by providing advance written notification and 

15 justification of such extension to the appropriate con16 gressional committees. 

17 (3) PROGRESS REPORT.—Not later than 180 

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

19 Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate 

20 congressional committees a report on progress made 

21 toward meeting the employment requirement under 

22 paragraph (1). 

23 (b) PLAN FOR REDUCED USE OF LOCALLY EMPLOYED

24 STAFF.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact25 ment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination 

26 with other appropriate government agencies, shall submit 
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1 to the appropriate congressional committees a plan to fur2 ther reduce the reliance on locally employed staff in United 

3 States diplomatic facilities in the Russian Federation. The 

4 plan shall, at a minimum, include cost estimates, timelines, 

5 and numbers of employees to be replaced. 

6 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE7 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres8 sional committees’’ means— 

9 (1) the congressional intelligence committees; 

10 (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com11 mittee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on 

12 Appropriations of the Senate; and 

13 (3) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com14 mittee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Ap15 propriations of the House of Representatives. 

16 (d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 

17 shall be construed to infringe on the power of the President, 

18 by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to ap19 point ambassadors, other public ministers, and consuls.’’ 

20 SEC. 314. INCLUSION OF SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTED IN21 FORMATION FACILITIES IN UNITED STATES 

22 DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES IN THE RUSSIAN 

23 FEDERATION AND ADJACENT COUNTRIES. 

24 (a) SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION FACIL25 ITY REQUIREMENT.—Each United States diplomatic facil-
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1 ity that, after the date of the enactment of this Act, is con2 structed in, or undergoes a construction upgrade in, the 

3 Russian Federation, any country that shares a land border 

4 with the Russian Federation, or any country that is a 

5 former member of the Soviet Union shall be constructed to 

6 include a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility. 

7 (b) NATIONAL SECURITY WAIVER.—The Secretary of 

8 State may waive the requirement under subsection (a) if 

9 the Secretary determines that such waiver is in the national 

10 security interest of the United States and submits a written 

11 justification to the appropriate congressional committees 

12 not later than 180 days before exercising such waiver. 

13 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE14 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres15 sional committees’’ means— 

16 (1) the congressional intelligence committees; 

17 (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com18 mittee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on 

19 Appropriations of the Senate; and 

20 (3) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com21 mittee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Ap22 propriations of the House of Representatives. 
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1 Subtitle B—Reporting 

2 SEC. 321. REPORT ON DECLASSIFICATION PROCESS. 

3 Not later than December 31, 2016, the Director of Na4 tional Intelligence shall submit to Congress a report describ5 ing— 

6 (1) proposals to improve the declassification 

7 process throughout the intelligence community; and 

8 (2) steps the intelligence community could take, 

9 or legislation that may be necessary, to enable the Na10 tional Declassification Center to better accomplish the 

11 missions assigned to the Center by Executive Order 

12 No. 13526 (75 Fed. Reg. 707). 

13 SEC. 322. REPORT ON INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY EFFI14 CIENT SPENDING TARGETS. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than April 1, 2016, and 

16 April 1, 2017, the Director of National Intelligence shall 

17 submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report 

18 on the status and effectiveness of efforts to reduce adminis19 trative costs for the intelligence community during the pre20 ceding year. 

21 (b) ELEMENTS.—Each report under subsection (a) 

22 shall include for each element of the intelligence community 

23 the following: 

24 (1) A description of the status and effectiveness 

25 of efforts to devise alternatives to government travel 
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1 and promote efficient travel spending, such as tele2 conferencing and video conferencing. 

3 (2) A description of the status and effectiveness 

4 of efforts to limit costs related to hosting and attend5 ing conferences. 

6 (3) A description of the status and effectiveness 

7 of efforts to assess information technology inventories 

8 and usage, and establish controls, to reduce costs re9 lated to underutilized information technology equip10 ment, software, or services. 

11 (4) A description of the status and effectiveness 

12 of efforts to limit the publication and printing of 

13 hard copy documents. 

14 (5) A description of the status and effectiveness 

15 of efforts to improve the performance of Federal fleet 

16 motor vehicles and limit executive transportation. 

17 (6) A description of the status and effectiveness 

18 of efforts to limit the purchase of extraneous pro19 motional items, such as plaques, clothing, and com20 memorative items. 

21 (7) A description of the status and effectiveness 

22 of efforts to consolidate and streamline workforce 

23 training programs to focus on the highest priority 

24 workforce and mission needs. 
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1 (8) Such other matters relating to efforts to re2 duce intelligence community administrative costs as 

3 the Director may specify for purposes of this section. 

4 SEC. 323. 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.) is amended by adding 

8 at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 511. ANNUAL REPORT ON VIOLATIONS OF LAW OR EX10 ECUTIVE ORDER. 

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

12 National Intelligence shall annually submit to the congres13 sional intelligence committees a report on violations of law 

14 or executive order relating to intelligence activities by per15 sonnel of an element of the intelligence community that 

16 were identified during the previous calendar year. 

17 ‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—Each report submitted under sub18 section (a) shall, consistent with the need to preserve ongo19 ing criminal investigations, include a description of, and 

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

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

22 U.S.C. 3001 note)) relating to intelligence activities com23 mitted by personnel of an element of the intelligence com24 munity in the course of the employment of such personnel 

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1 ‘‘(1) determined by the director, head, or general 

2 counsel of any element of the intelligence community 

3 to have occurred; 

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

5 possible criminal prosecution; or 

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

7 any element of the intelligence community.’’. 

8 (b) INITIAL REPORT.—The first report required under 

9 section 511 of the National Security Act of 1947, as added 

10 by subsection (a), shall be submitted not later than one year 

11 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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

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

14 Intelligence, in consultation with the head of each element 

15 of the intelligence community, shall— 

16 (1) issue guidelines to carry out section 511 of 

17 the National Security Act of 1947, as added by sub18 section (a); and 

19 (2) submit such guidelines to the congressional 

20 intelligence committees. 

21 (d) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table of 

22 sections in the first section of the National Security Act 

23 of 1947 is amended by adding after the item relating to 

24 section 510 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 511. Annual report on violations of law or executive order.’’. 
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1 (e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 

2 or the amendments made by this section shall be construed 

3 to alter any requirement existing on the date of the enact4 ment of this Act to submit a report under any provision 

5 of law. 

6 SEC. 324. ANNUAL REPORT ON INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES 

7 OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECU8 RITY. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year and along with 

10 the budget materials submitted in support of the budget of 

11 the Department of Homeland Security pursuant to section 

12 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the Under Secretary 

13 for Intelligence and Analysis of the Department shall sub14 mit to the congressional intelligence committees a report for 

15 such fiscal year on each intelligence activity of each intel16 ligence component of the Department, as designated by the 

17 Under Secretary, that includes the following: 

18 (1) The amount of funding requested for each 

19 such intelligence activity. 

20 (2) The number of full-time employees funded to 

21 perform each such intelligence activity. 

22 (3) The number of full-time contractor employees 

23 (or the equivalent of full-time in the case of part-time 

24 contractor employees) funded to perform or in sup25 port of each such intelligence activity. 
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1 (4) A determination as to whether each such in2 telligence activity is predominantly in support of na3 tional intelligence or departmental missions. 

4 (5) The total number of analysts of the Intel5 ligence Enterprise of the Department that perform— 

6 (A) strategic analysis; or 

7 (B) operational analysis. 

8 (b) FEASIBILITY AND ADVISABILITY REPORT.—Not 

9 later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this 

10 Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through 

11 the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, shall 

12 submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report 

13 that— 

14 (1) examines the feasibility and advisability of 

15 including the budget request for all intelligence activi16 ties of each intelligence component of the Department 

17 that predominantly support departmental missions, 

18 as designated by the Under Secretary for Intelligence 

19 and Analysis, in the Homeland Security Intelligence 

20 Program; and 

21 (2) includes a plan to enhance the coordination 

22 of department-wide intelligence activities to achieve 

23 greater efficiencies in the performance of the Depart24 ment of Homeland Security intelligence functions. 
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1 (c) INTELLIGENCE COMPONENT OF THE DEPART2 MENT.—In this section, the term ‘‘intelligence component 

3 of the Department’’ has the meaning given that term in 

4 section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 

5 101). 

6 SEC. 325. REPORT ON POLITICAL PRISON CAMPS IN NORTH 

7 KOREA. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National Intel9 ligence, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall 

10 submit to the congressional intelligence committees, the 

11 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the 

12 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa13 tives a report on political prison camps in North Korea. 

14 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 

15 shall— 

16 (1) describe the actions the United States is tak17 ing to support implementation of the recommenda18 tions of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry 

19 on Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Repub20 lic of Korea, including the eventual establishment of 

21 a tribunal to hold individuals accountable for abuses; 

22 and 

23 (2) include, with respect to each political prison 

24 camp in North Korea to the extent information is 

25 available— 
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1 (A) the estimated prisoner population of 

2 each such camp; 

3 (B) the geographical coordinates of each 

4 such camp; 

5 (C) the reasons for confinement of the pris6 oners at each such camp; 

7 (D) a description of the primary industries 

8 and products made at each such camp, and the 

9 end users of any goods produced in such camp; 

10 (E) information regarding involvement of 

11 any non-North Korean entity or individual in12 volved in the operations of each such camp, in13 cluding as an end user or source of any good or 

14 products used in, or produced by, in such camp; 

15 (F) information identifying individuals 

16 and agencies responsible for conditions in each 

17 such camp at all levels of the Government of 

18 North Korea; 

19 (G) a description of the conditions under 

20 which prisoners are confined, with respect to the 

21 adequacy of food, shelter, medical care, working 

22 conditions, and reports of ill-treatment of pris23 oners, at each such camp; and 

24 (H) unclassified imagery, including satellite 

25 imagery, of each such camp. 
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1 (c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) shall 

2 be submitted in an unclassified form and may include a 

3 classified annex if necessary. 

4 SEC. 326. ASSESSMENT OF SECURITY OF DOMESTIC OIL RE5 FINERIES AND RELATED RAIL TRANSPOR6 TATION INFRASTRUCTURE. 

7 (a) ASSESSMENT.—The Under Secretary of Homeland 

8 Security for Intelligence and Analysis shall conduct an in9 telligence assessment of the security of domestic oil refineries 

10 and related rail transportation infrastructure. 

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

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

13 Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis shall sub14 mit to the congressional intelligence committees— 

15 (1) the results of the assessment required under 

16 subsection (a); and 

17 (2) any recommendations with respect to intel18 ligence sharing or intelligence collection to improve 

19 the security of domestic oil refineries and related rail 

20 transportation infrastructure to protect the commu21 nities surrounding such refineries or such infrastruc22 ture from potential harm that the Under Secretary 

23 considers appropriate. 
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1 SEC. 327. ENHANCED CONTRACTOR LEVEL ASSESSMENTS 

2 FOR THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. 

3 Section 506B(c) of the National Security Act of 1947 

4 (50 U.S.C. 3098(c)) is amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘or con6 tracted’’; 

7 (2) by redesignating paragraph (12) as para8 graph (13); and 

9 (3) by inserting after paragraph (11) the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(12) The best estimate of the number of intel12 ligence collectors and analysts contracted by each ele13 ment of the intelligence community and a description 

14 of the functions performed by such contractors.’’. 

15 SEC. 328. ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFICACY OF MEMORANDA 

16 OF UNDERSTANDING TO FACILITATE INTEL17 LIGENCE-SHARING. 

18 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 

19 of this Act, the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for 

20 Intelligence and Analysis, in consultation with the Director 

21 of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Program 

22 Manager of the Information Sharing Environment, shall 

23 submit to the congressional intelligence committees, the 

24 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af25 fairs of the Senate, the Committee on Homeland Security 

26 of the House of Representatives, the Committee on the Judi-
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1 ciary of the Senate, and the Committee on the Judiciary 

2 of the House of Representatives an assessment of the efficacy 

3 of the memoranda of understanding signed between Federal, 

4 State, local, tribal, and territorial agencies to facilitate in5 telligence-sharing within and separate from the Joint Ter6 rorism Task Force. Such assessment shall include— 

7 (1) any language within such memoranda of un8 derstanding that prohibited or may be construed to 

9 prohibit intelligence-sharing between Federal, State, 

10 local, tribal, and territorial agencies; and 

11 (2) any recommendations for memoranda of un12 derstanding to better facilitate intelligence-sharing be13 tween Federal, State, local, tribal, and territorial 

14 agencies. 

15 SEC. 329. REPORT ON FOREIGN MAN-MADE ELECTRO16 MAGNETIC PULSE WEAPONS. 

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

18 of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel19 ligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence com20 mittees, the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, 

21 and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep22 resentatives a report on the threat posed by man-made elec23 tromagnetic pulse weapons to United States interests 

24 through 2025, including threats from foreign countries and 

25 foreign non-State actors. 
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1 (b) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 

2 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 

3 a classified annex. 

4 SEC. 330. REPORT ON UNITED STATES COUNTERTER5 RORISM STRATEGY TO DISRUPT, DISMANTLE, 

6 AND DEFEAT AL-QAEDA AND ITS AFFILIATED 

7 OR ASSOCIATED GROUPS. 

8 (a) REPORT.— 

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

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

11 National Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate 

12 committees of Congress a comprehensive report on the 

13 United States counterterrorism strategy to disrupt, 

14 dismantle, and defeat al-Qaeda and its affiliated or 

15 associated groups. 

16 (2) COORDINATION.—The report required by 

17 paragraph (1) shall be prepared in coordination with 

18 the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, 

19 the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Defense, 

20 and the head of any other department or agency of 

21 the United States Government that has responsibility 

22 for activities directed at combating al-Qaeda and its 

23 affiliated or associated groups. 

24 (3) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para25 graph (1) shall include the following: 
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1 (A) A definition of— 

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

3 which known individuals constitute al4 Qaeda core; 

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

6 including a list of which known groups con7 stitute an affiliate group of al-Qaeda; 

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

9 including a list of which known groups con10 stitute an associated group of al-Qaeda; and 

11 (iv) a group aligned with al-Qaeda, in12 cluding a description of what actions a 

13 group takes or statements it makes that 

14 qualify it as a group aligned with al15 Qaeda. 

16 (B) A list of any other group, including the 

17 organization that calls itself the Islamic State 

18 (also known as ‘‘ISIS’’ or ‘‘ISIL’’), that adheres 

19 to the core mission of al-Qaeda, or who espouses 

20 the same violent jihad ideology as al-Qaeda. 

21 (C) An assessment of the relationship be22 tween al-Qaeda core and the groups referred to 

23 in subparagraph (B). 

24 (D) An assessment of the strengthening or 

25 weakening of al-Qaeda and the groups referred to 
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1 in subparagraph (B) from January 1, 2010, to 

2 the present, including a description of the 

3 metrics that are used to assess strengthening or 

4 weakening and an assessment of the relative in5 crease or decrease in violent attacks attributed to 

6 such entities. 

7 (E) An assessment of whether or not an in8 dividual can be a member of al-Qaeda core if 

9 such individual is not located in Afghanistan or 

10 Pakistan. 

11 (F) An assessment of whether or not an in12 dividual can be a member of al-Qaeda core as 

13 well as a member of a group referred to in sub14 paragraph (B). 

15 (G) A definition of defeat of core al-Qaeda. 

16 (H) An assessment of the extent or coordi17 nation, command, and control between core al18 Qaeda and the groups referred to in subpara19 graph (B), specifically addressing each such 

20 group. 

21 (I) An assessment of the effectiveness of 

22 counterterrorism operations against core al23 Qaeda and the groups referred to in subpara24 graph (B), and whether such operations have 
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1 had a sustained impact on the capabilities and 

2 effectiveness of core al-Qaeda and such groups. 

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

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

5 include a classified annex. 

6 (b) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE7 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 

8 of Congress’’ means— 

9 (1) the congressional intelligence committees; 

10 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 

11 Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; and 

12 (3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

13 Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep14 resentatives. 

15 SEC. 331. FEASIBILITY STUDY ON RETRAINING VETERANS 

16 IN CYBERSECURITY. 

17 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 

18 of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, in con19 sultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Vet20 erans Affairs, and the Secretary of Homeland Security, 

21 shall submit to Congress a feasibility study on retraining 
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1 veterans and retired members of elements of the intelligence 

2 community in cybersecurity. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H.R. 4681 

AMENDMENT