Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015

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. 1. Short title; table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015 (b) Table of contents The table of contents for 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. Public Interest Declassification Board. Sec. 311. Official representation items in support of the Coast Guard Attaché Program. Sec. 312. Declassification review of certain items collected during the mission that killed Osama bin Laden on May 1 2011 Sec. 313. Merger of the Foreign Counterintelligence Program and the General Defense Intelligence 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. 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. 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Congressional intelligence committees The term congressional intelligence committees (A) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and (B) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. (2) Intelligence community The term intelligence community I Intelligence activities 101. Authorization of appropriations Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 for the conduct of the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the following elements of the United States Government: (1) The Office of the Director of National Intelligence. (2) The Central Intelligence Agency. (3) The Department of Defense. (4) The Defense Intelligence Agency. (5) The National Security Agency. (6) The Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force. (7) The Coast Guard. (8) The Department of State. (9) The Department of the Treasury. (10) The Department of Energy. (11) The Department of Justice. (12) The Federal Bureau of Investigation. (13) The Drug Enforcement Administration. (14) The National Reconnaissance Office. (15) The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. (16) The Department of Homeland Security. 102. Classified Schedule of Authorizations (a) Specifications of amounts and personnel levels (1) Fiscal year 2014 The amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 101 and, subject to section 103, the authorized personnel ceilings as of September 30, 2014, for the conduct of the intelligence activities of the elements listed in paragraphs (1) through (16) of section 101, are those specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations for fiscal year 2014 prepared to accompany the bill H.R. 4681 of the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress. (2) Fiscal year 2015 The amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 101 and, subject to section 103, the authorized personnel ceilings as of September 30, 2015, for the conduct of the intelligence activities of the elements listed in paragraphs (1) through (16) of section 101, are those specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations for fiscal year 2015 prepared to accompany the bill H.R. 4681 of the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress. (b) Availability of classified Schedule of Authorizations (1) Availability The classified Schedules of Authorizations referred to in subsection (a) shall be made available to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and to the President. (2) Distribution by the President Subject to paragraph (3), the President shall provide for suitable distribution of the classified Schedules of Authorizations, or of appropriate portions of the Schedules, within the executive branch. (3) Limits on disclosure The President shall not publicly disclose the classified Schedules of Authorizations or any portion of such Schedules except— (A) as provided in section 601(a) of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 ( 50 U.S.C. 3306(a) (B) to the extent necessary to implement the budget; or (C) as otherwise required by law. 103. Personnel ceiling adjustments (a) Authority for increases The Director of National Intelligence may authorize employment of civilian personnel in excess of the number authorized for fiscal year 2014 or 2015 by the classified Schedules of Authorizations referred to in section 102(a) if the Director of National Intelligence determines that such action is necessary to the performance of important intelligence functions, except that the number of personnel employed in excess of the number authorized under such section may not, for any element of the intelligence community, exceed 3 percent of the number of civilian personnel authorized under the Schedule for such element during the fiscal year covered by such Schedule. (b) Treatment of certain personnel The Director of National Intelligence shall establish guidelines that govern, for each element of the intelligence community, the treatment under the personnel levels authorized under section 102(a), including any exemption from such personnel levels, of employment or assignment in— (1) a student program, trainee program, or similar program; (2) a reserve corps or as a reemployed annuitant; or (3) details, joint duty, or long term, full-time training. (c) Notice to congressional intelligence committees The Director of National Intelligence shall notify the congressional intelligence committees in writing at least 15 days prior to each exercise of an authority described in subsection (a). 104. Intelligence Community Management Account (a) Authorization of appropriations (1) Fiscal year 2014 There is authorized to be appropriated for the Intelligence Community Management Account of the Director of National Intelligence for fiscal year 2014 the sum of $528,229,000. Within such amount, funds identified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations referred to in section 102(a) for advanced research and development shall remain available until September 30, 2015. (2) Fiscal year 2015 There is authorized to be appropriated for the Intelligence Community Management Account of the Director of National Intelligence for fiscal year 2015 the sum of $505,476,000. Within such amount, funds identified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations referred to in section 102(a) for advanced research and development shall remain available until September 30, 2016. (b) Authorized personnel levels The elements within the Intelligence Community Management Account of the Director of National Intelligence are authorized 855 positions as of September 30, 2014, and 777 positions as of September 30, 2015. Personnel serving in such elements may be permanent employees of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence or personnel detailed from other elements of the United States Government. (c) Classified authorizations (1) Authorization of appropriations (A) Fiscal year 2014 In addition to amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Intelligence Community Management Account by subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated for the Community Management Account for fiscal year 2014 such additional amounts as are specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations referred to in section 102(a). Such additional amounts for advanced research and development shall remain available until September 30, 2015. (B) Fiscal year 2015 In addition to amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Intelligence Community Management Account by subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated for the Community Management Account for fiscal year 2014 such additional amounts as are specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations referred to in section 102(a). Such additional amounts for advanced research and development shall remain available until September 30, 2016. (2) Authorization of personnel (A) Fiscal year 2014 In addition to the personnel authorized by subsection (b) for elements of the Intelligence Community Management Account as of September 30, 2014, there are authorized such additional personnel for the Community Management Account as of that date as are specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations referred to in section 102(a). (B) Fiscal year 2015 In addition to the personnel authorized by subsection (b) for elements of the Intelligence Community Management Account as of September 30, 2015, there are authorized such additional personnel for the Community Management Account as of that date as are specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations referred to in section 102(a). II Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System 201. Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund $514,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 and 2015. III General provisions A General matters 301. Increase in employee compensation and benefits authorized by law Appropriations authorized by this Act for salary, pay, retirement, and other benefits for Federal employees may be increased by such additional or supplemental amounts as may be necessary for increases in such compensation or benefits authorized by law. 302. Restriction on conduct of intelligence activities The authorization of appropriations by this Act shall not be deemed to constitute authority for the conduct of any intelligence activity which is not otherwise authorized by the Constitution or the laws of the United States. 303. Specific authorization of funding for High Performance Computing Center 2 Funds appropriated for the construction of the High Performance Computing Center 2 (HPCC 2), as described in the table entitled Consolidated Cryptologic Program (CCP) in the classified annex to accompany the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 ( Public Law 113–6 Public Law 112–277 50 U.S.C. 3094 304. Clarification of exemption from Freedom of Information Act of identities of employees submitting complaints to the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community Section 103H(g)(3)(A) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3033(g)(3)(A) undertaken; undertaken, and this provision shall qualify as a withholding statute pursuant to subsection (b)(3) of section 552 Freedom of Information Act 305. Functional managers for the intelligence community (a) Functional managers authorized Title I of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3021 et seq. 103J. Functional managers for the intelligence community (a) Functional managers authorized The Director of National Intelligence may establish within the intelligence community one or more positions of manager of an intelligence function. Any position so established may be known as the Functional Manager (b) Personnel The Director shall designate individuals to serve as manager of intelligence functions established under subsection (a) from among officers and employees of elements of the intelligence community. (c) Duties Each manager of an intelligence function established under subsection (a) shall have the duties as follows: (1) To act as principal advisor to the Director on the intelligence function. (2) To carry out such other responsibilities with respect to the intelligence function as the Director may specify for purposes of this section. . (b) Table of contents amendment The table of contents in the first section of the National Security Act of 1947 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 103I the following new item: Sec. 103J. Functional managers for the intelligence community. . 306. Annual assessment of intelligence community performance by function (a) Annual assessments required Title V of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq. 506J. Annual assessment of intelligence community performance by function (a) In general Not later than April 1, 2016, and each year thereafter, the Director of National Intelligence shall, in consultation with the Functional Managers, submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report on covered intelligence functions during the preceding year. (b) Elements Each report under subsection (a) shall include for each covered intelligence function for the year covered by such report the following: (1) An identification of the capabilities, programs, and activities of such intelligence function, regardless of the element of the intelligence community that carried out such capabilities, programs, and activities. (2) A description of the investment and allocation of resources for such intelligence function, including an analysis of the allocation of resources within the context of the National Intelligence Strategy, priorities for recipients of resources, and areas of risk. (3) A description and assessment of the performance of such intelligence function. (4) An identification of any issues related to the application of technical interoperability standards in the capabilities, programs, and activities of such intelligence function. (5) An identification of the operational overlap or need for de-confliction, if any, within such intelligence function. (6) A description of any efforts to integrate such intelligence function with other intelligence disciplines as part of an integrated intelligence enterprise. (7) A description of any efforts to establish consistency in tradecraft and training within such intelligence function. (8) A description and assessment of developments in technology that bear on the future of such intelligence function. (9) Such other matters relating to such intelligence function as the Director may specify for purposes of this section. (c) Definitions In this section: (1) The term covered intelligence functions (2) The term Functional Manager . (b) Table of contents amendment The table of contents in the first section of the National Security Act of 1947 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 506I the following new item: Sec. 506J. Annual assessment of intelligence community performance by function. . 307. Software licensing (a) In general Title I of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3021 et seq. 109. Software licensing (a) Requirement for inventories of software licenses The chief information officer of each element of the intelligence community, in consultation with the Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community, shall biennially— (1) conduct an inventory of all existing software licenses of such element, including utilized and unutilized licenses; (2) assess the actions that could be carried out by such element to achieve the greatest possible economies of scale and associated cost savings in software procurement and usage; and (3) submit to the Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community each inventory required by paragraph (1) and each assessment required by paragraph (2). (b) Inventories by the Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community The Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community, based on the inventories and assessments required by subsection (a), shall biennially— (1) compile an inventory of all existing software licenses of the intelligence community, including utilized and unutilized licenses; and (2) assess the actions that could be carried out by the intelligence community to achieve the greatest possible economies of scale and associated cost savings in software procurement and usage. (c) Reports to Congress The Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a copy of each inventory compiled under subsection (b)(1). . (b) Initial inventory (1) Intelligence community elements (A) Date Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the chief information officer of each element of the intelligence community shall complete the initial inventory, assessment, and submission required under section 109(a) of the National Security Act of 1947, as added by subsection (a) of this section. (B) Basis The initial inventory conducted for each element of the intelligence community under section 109(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947, as added by subsection (a) of this section, shall be based on the inventory of software licenses conducted pursuant to section 305 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 ( Public Law 112–277 (2) Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community shall complete the initial compilation and assessment required under section 109(b) of the National Security Act of 1947, as added by subsection (a). (c) Table of contents amendments The table of contents in the first section of the National Security Act of 1947 is amended— (1) by striking the second item relating to section 104 (relating to Annual national security strategy report); and (2) by inserting after the item relating to section 108 the following new item: Sec. 109. Software licensing. . 308. Plans to respond to unauthorized public disclosures of covert actions Section 503 of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3093 (h) For each type of activity undertaken as part of a covert action, the President shall establish in writing a plan to respond to the unauthorized public disclosure of that type of activity. . 309. Auditability (a) In general Title V of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq. 509. Auditability of certain elements of the intelligence community (a) Requirement for annual audits The head of each covered entity shall ensure that there is a full financial audit of such covered entity each year beginning with fiscal year 2014. Such audits may be conducted by an internal or external independent accounting or auditing organization. (b) Requirement for unqualified opinion Beginning as early as practicable, but in no event later than the audit required under subsection (a) for fiscal year 2016, the head of each covered entity shall take all reasonable steps necessary to ensure that each audit required under subsection (a) contains an unqualified opinion on the financial statements of such covered entity for the fiscal year covered by such audit. (c) Reports to Congress The chief financial officer of each covered entity shall provide to the congressional intelligence committees an annual audit report from an accounting or auditing organization on each audit of the covered entity conducted pursuant to subsection (a). (d) Covered entity defined In this section, the term covered entity . (b) Table of contents amendment The table of contents in the first section of the National Security Act of 1947 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 508 the following new item: Sec. 509. Auditability of certain elements of the intelligence community. . 310. Public Interest Declassification Board Section 710(b) of the Public Interest Declassification Act of 2000 ( Public Law 106–567 2014. 2018. 311. Official representation items in support of the Coast Guard Attaché Program Notwithstanding any other limitation on the amount of funds that may be used for official representation items, the Secretary of Homeland Security may use funds made available to the Secretary through the National Intelligence Program for necessary expenses for intelligence analysis and operations coordination activities for official representation items in support of the Coast Guard Attaché Program. 312. Declassification review of certain items collected during the mission that killed Osama bin Laden on May 1 2011 Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall— (1) in the manner described in the classified annex to this Act— (A) complete a declassification review of documents collected in Abbottabad, Pakistan, during the mission that killed Osama bin Laden on May 1, 2011; and (B) make publicly available any information declassified as a result of the declassification review required under paragraph (1); and (2) report to the congressional intelligence committees— (A) the results of the declassification review required under paragraph (1); and (B) a justification for not declassifying any information required to be included in such declassification review that remains classified. 313. Merger of the Foreign Counterintelligence Program and the General Defense Intelligence Program Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of National Intelligence shall carry out the merger of the Foreign Counterintelligence Program into the General Defense Intelligence Program as directed in the classified annex to this Act. The merger shall go into effect no earlier than 30 days after written notification of the merger is provided to the congressional intelligence committees. B Reporting 321. Annual report on violations of law or executive order (a) In general Title V of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq. 510. Annual report on violations of law or executive order (a) Annual reports required The Director of National Intelligence shall annually submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report on violations of law or executive order by personnel of an element of the intelligence community that were identified during the previous calendar year. (b) Elements Each report required under subsection (a) shall include a description of, and any action taken in response to, any violation of law or executive order (including Executive Order 12333 ( 50 U.S.C. 3001 . (b) Initial report The first report required under section 510 of the National Security Act of 1947, as added by subsection (a), shall be submitted not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) Table of contents amendment The table of sections in the first section of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended by section 309 of this Act, is further amended by adding after the section relating to section 509, as added by such section 309, the following new item: Sec. 510. Annual report on violations of law or executive order. . 322. Submittal to Congress by heads of elements of intelligence community of plans for orderly shutdown in event of absence of appropriations (a) In general Whenever the head of an applicable agency submits a plan to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget in accordance with section 124 of Office of Management and Budget Circular A–11, pertaining to agency operations in the absence of appropriations, or any successor circular of the Office that requires the head of an applicable agency to submit to the Director a plan for an orderly shutdown in the event of the absence of appropriations, such head shall submit a copy of such plan to the following: (1) The congressional intelligence committees. (2) The Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. (3) The Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. (4) In the case of a plan for an element of the intelligence community that is within the Department of Defense, to— (A) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives. (b) Head of an applicable agency defined In this section, the term head of an applicable agency (1) The Director of National Intelligence. (2) The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. (3) Each head of each element of the intelligence community that is within the Department of Defense. 323. Reports on chemical weapons in Syria (a) In general Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to Congress a report on the Syrian chemical weapons program. (b) Elements The report required under subsection (a) shall include the following elements: (1) A comprehensive assessment of chemical weapon stockpiles in Syria, including names, types, and quantities of chemical weapons agents, types of munitions, and location and form of storage, production, and research and development facilities. (2) A listing of key personnel associated with the Syrian chemical weapons program. (3) An assessment of undeclared chemical weapons stockpiles, munitions, and facilities. (4) An assessment of how these stockpiles, precursors, and delivery systems were obtained. (5) A description of key intelligence gaps related to the Syrian chemical weapons program. (6) An assessment of any denial and deception efforts on the part of the Syrian regime related to its chemical weapons program. (c) Progress reports Every 90 days until the date that is 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to Congress a progress report providing any material updates to the report required under subsection (a). 324. Reports to the intelligence community on penetrations of networks and information systems of certain contractors (a) Procedures for reporting penetrations The Director of National Intelligence shall establish procedures that require each cleared intelligence contractor to report to an element of the intelligence community designated by the Director for purposes of such procedures when a network or information system of such contractor that meets the criteria established pursuant to subsection (b) is successfully penetrated. (b) Networks and information systems subject to reporting The Director of National Intelligence shall, in consultation with appropriate officials, establish criteria for covered networks to be subject to the procedures for reporting system penetrations under subsection (a). (c) Procedure requirements (1) Rapid reporting The procedures established pursuant to subsection (a) shall require each cleared intelligence contractor to rapidly report to an element of the intelligence community designated pursuant to subsection (a) of each successful penetration of the network or information systems of such contractor that meet the criteria established pursuant to subsection (b). Each such report shall include the following: (A) A description of the technique or method used in such penetration. (B) A sample of the malicious software, if discovered and isolated by the contractor, involved in such penetration. (C) A summary of information created by or for such element in connection with any program of such element that has been potentially compromised due to such penetration. (2) Access to equipment and information by intelligence community personnel The procedures established pursuant to subsection (a) shall— (A) include mechanisms for intelligence community personnel to, upon request, obtain access to equipment or information of a cleared intelligence contractor necessary to conduct forensic analysis in addition to any analysis conducted by such contractor; (B) provide that a cleared intelligence contractor is only required to provide access to equipment or information as described in subparagraph (A) to determine whether information created by or for an element of the intelligence community in connection with any intelligence community program was successfully exfiltrated from a network or information system of such contractor and, if so, what information was exfiltrated; and (C) provide for the reasonable protection of trade secrets, commercial or financial information, and information that can be used to identify a specific person (other than the name of the suspected perpetrator of the penetration). (3) Limitation on dissemination of certain information The procedures established pursuant to subsection (a) shall prohibit the dissemination outside the intelligence community of information obtained or derived through such procedures that is not created by or for the intelligence community except— (A) with the approval of the contractor providing such information; (B) to the congressional intelligence committees or the Subcommittees on Defense of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate for such committees and such Subcommittees to perform oversight; or (C) to law enforcement agencies to investigate a penetration reported under this section. (d) Issuance of procedures and establishment of criteria (1) In general Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall establish the procedures required under subsection (a) and the criteria required under subsection (b). (2) Applicability date The requirements of this section shall apply on the date on which the Director of National Intelligence establishes the procedures required under this section. (e) Coordination with the Secretary of Defense To prevent duplicate reporting Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense shall establish procedures to permit a contractor that is a cleared intelligence contractor and a cleared defense contractor under section 941 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 ( Public Law 112–239 (f) Definitions In this section: (1) Cleared intelligence contractor The term cleared intelligence contractor (2) Covered network The term covered network (g) Savings clauses Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter or limit any otherwise authorized access by government personnel to networks or information systems owned or operated by a contractor that processes or stores government data. 325. Report on electronic waste (a) Report Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report on the extent to which the intelligence community has implemented the recommendations of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community contained in the report entitled Study of Intelligence Community Electronic Waste Disposal Practices (b) Form The report required under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. (c) Definitions In this section: (1) Covered commercial electronic waste The term covered commercial electronic waste (2) Electronic waste The term electronic waste 326. Promoting STEM education to meet the future workforce needs of the intelligence community (a) Report Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the Secretary of Education and the congressional intelligence committees a report describing the anticipated hiring needs of the intelligence community in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, including cybersecurity and computer literacy. The report shall— (1) describe the extent to which competitions, challenges, or internships at elements of the intelligence community that do not involve access to classified information may be utilized to promote education in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, including cybersecurity and computer literacy, within high schools or institutions of higher education in the United States; (2) include cost estimates for carrying out such competitions, challenges, or internships; and (3) include strategies for conducting expedited security clearance investigations and adjudications for students at institutions of higher education for purposes of offering internships at elements of the intelligence community. (b) Consideration of existing programs In developing the report under subsection (a), the Director shall take into consideration existing programs of the intelligence community, including the education programs of the National Security Agency and the Information Assurance Scholarship Program of the Department of Defense, as appropriate. (c) Definitions In this section: (1) High school The term high school (2) Institution of higher education The term institution of higher education (3) Secondary school The term secondary school 20 U.S.C. 7801 327. Assessment of security of domestic oil refineries and related rail transportation infrastructure (a) Assessment The Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis shall conduct an intelligence assessment of the security of domestic oil refineries and related rail transportation infrastructure. (b) Submission Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees— (1) the results of the assessment required under subsection (a); and (2) any recommendations with respect to intelligence sharing or intelligence collection to improve the security of domestic oil refineries and related rail transportation infrastructure to protect the communities surrounding such refineries or such infrastructure from potential harm that the Under Secretary considers appropriate. 328. Repeal or modification of certain reporting requirements (a) Repeal of reporting requirements (1) Threat of attack on the United States using weapons of mass destruction Section 114 of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3050 (2) Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Section 2(5)(E) of the Senate resolution advising and consenting to ratification of the Document Agreed Among the States Parties to the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) of November 19, 1990, adopted at Vienna May 31, 1996 (Treaty Doc. 105-5) (commonly referred to as the CFE Flank Document (b) Modification of reporting requirements (1) Intelligence advisory committees Section 410(b) of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 ( 50 U.S.C. 3309 (b) Notification of establishment of advisory committee The Director of National Intelligence and the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency shall each notify the congressional intelligence committees each time each such Director creates an advisory committee. Each notification shall include— (1) a description of such advisory committee, including the subject matter of such committee; (2) a list of members of such advisory committee; and (3) in the case of an advisory committee created by the Director of National Intelligence, the reasons for a determination by the Director under section 4(b)(3) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) that an advisory committee cannot comply with the requirements of such Act. . (2) Intelligence information sharing Section 102A(g)(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3024(g)(4) (4) The Director of National Intelligence shall, in a timely manner, report to Congress any statute, regulation, policy, or practice that the Director believes impedes the ability of the Director to fully and effectively ensure maximum availability of access to intelligence information within the intelligence community consistent with the protection of the national security of the United States. . (3) Intelligence community business system transformation Section 506D(j) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3100(j) 2015 2014 (4) Activities of privacy and civil liberties officers Section 1062(f)(1) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee–1(f)(1)) is amended in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking quarterly semiannually (c) Conforming amendments The National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3001 et seq. (1) in the table of contents in the first section, by striking the item relating to section 114 and inserting the following new item: Sec. 114. Annual report on hiring and retention of minority employees. ; (2) in section 114 ( 50 U.S.C. 3050 (A) by amending the heading to read as follows: Annual report on hiring and retention of minority employees (B) by striking (a) (C) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as subsections (a) through (e), respectively; (D) in subsection (b) (as so redesignated)— (i) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (C) as paragraphs (1) through (3), respectively; and (ii) in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated)— (I) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; and (II) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated), by striking clauses (i) and (ii) subparagraphs (A) and (B) (E) in subsection (d) (as redesignated by subparagraph (C) of this paragraph), by striking subsection section (F) in subsection (e) (as redesignated by subparagraph (C) of this paragraph)— (i) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (C) as paragraphs (1) through (3), respectively; and (ii) by striking subsection, section (3) in section 507 ( 50 U.S.C. 3106 (A) in subsection (a)— (i) by striking (1) The date The date (ii) by striking subsection (c)(1)(A) subsection (c)(1) (iii) by striking paragraph (2); and (iv) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (F) as paragraphs (1) through (6), respectively; (B) in subsection (c)(1)— (i) by striking (A) Except Except (ii) by striking subparagraph (B); and (C) in subsection (d)(1)— (i) in subparagraph (A)— (I) by striking subsection (a)(1) subsection (a) (II) by inserting and March 1; (ii) by striking subparagraph (B); and (iii) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B). IV Matters relating to elements of the intelligence community 401. Gifts, devises, and bequests to the Central Intelligence Agency Section 12 of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 ( 50 U.S.C. 3512 (1) by striking the section heading and inserting Gifts, devises, and bequests (2) in subsection (a)(2)— (A) by inserting by the Director as a gift to the Agency accepted (B) by striking this section this subsection (3) in subsection (b), by striking this section, subsection (a), (4) in subsection (c), by striking this section, subsection (a), (5) in subsection (d), by striking this section subsection (a) (6) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and (7) by inserting after subsection (e) the following: (f) (1) The Director may engage in fundraising in an official capacity for the benefit of nonprofit organizations that provide support to surviving family members of deceased Agency employees or that otherwise provide support for the welfare, education, or recreation of Agency employees, former Agency employees, or their family members. (2) In this subsection, the term fundraising . 402. Inspector General of the National Security Agency (a) Elevation of Inspector General status The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— (1) in section 8G(a)(2), by striking the National Security Agency, (2) in section 12— (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting the National Security Agency, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting the National Security Agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, (b) Date of appointment Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall nominate a person for appointment, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, as Inspector General of the National Security Agency under section 3(a) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) consistent with the amendments made by subsection (a). (c) Transition rule An individual serving as Inspector General of the National Security Agency on the date of the enactment of this Act pursuant to an appointment made under section 8G of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)— (1) may continue so serving until the President makes an appointment under section 3(a) of such Act with respect to the National Security Agency consistent with the amendments made by subsection (a); and (2) shall, while serving under paragraph (1), remain subject to the provisions of section 8G of such Act that, immediately before the date of the enactment of this Act, applied with respect to the Inspector General of the National Security Agency and suffer no reduction in pay. (d) Special provisions concerning the National Security Agency The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by inserting after section 8J the following new section: 8K. Special provisions concerning the National Security Agency (a) General counsel to the Inspector General (1) In general There is a General Counsel to the Inspector General of the National Security Agency, who shall be appointed by the Inspector General of the National Security Agency. (2) Duties The General Counsel to the Inspector General of the National Security Agency shall— (A) serve as the chief legal officer of the Office of the Inspector General of the National Security Agency; (B) provide legal services only to the Inspector General of the National Security Agency; (C) prescribe professional rules of ethics and responsibilities for employees and officers of, and contractors to, the National Security Agency; (D) perform such functions as the Inspector General may prescribe; and (E) serve at the discretion of the Inspector General. (3) Office of the General Counsel There is an Office of the General Counsel to the Inspector General of the National Security Agency. The Inspector General may appoint to the Office to serve as staff of the General Counsel such legal counsel as the Inspector General considers appropriate. (b) Testimony (1) Authority to compel The Inspector General of the National Security Agency is authorized to require by subpoena the attendance and testimony of former employees of the National Security Agency or contractors, former contractors, or former detailees to the National Security Agency as necessary in the performance of functions assigned to the Inspector General by this Act. (2) Refusal to obey A subpoena issued under this subsection, in the case of contumacy or refusal to obey, shall be enforceable by order of any appropriate United States district court. (3) Notification The Inspector General shall notify the Attorney General 7 days before issuing any subpoena under this section. (c) Prohibitions on investigations for national security reasons (1) Evaluations of prohibitions Not later than 7 days after the date on which the Inspector General of the National Security Agency receives notice or a statement under section 8G(d)(2)(C) of the reasons the Secretary of Defense is prohibiting the Inspector General from initiating, carrying out, or completing any audit or investigation, the Inspector General shall submit to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate an evaluation of such notice or such statement. (2) Inclusion in semi-annual report The Inspector General shall include in the semiannual report prepared by the Inspector General in accordance with section 5(a) a description of the instances in which the Secretary of Defense prohibited the Inspector General from initiating, carrying out, or completing any audit or investigation during the period covered by such report. . V Security clearance reform 501. Continuous evaluation and sharing of derogatory information regarding personnel with access to classified information Section 102A(j) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3024(j) (1) in the heading, by striking Sensitive Compartmented Information Classified Information (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ; and (3) in paragraph (4), by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: (5) ensure that the background of each employee or officer of an element of the intelligence community, each contractor to an element of the intelligence community, and each individual employee of such a contractor who has been determined to be eligible for access to classified information is monitored on a continual basis under standards developed by the Director, including with respect to the frequency of evaluation, during the period of eligibility of such employee or officer of an element of the intelligence community, such contractor, or such individual employee to such a contractor to determine whether such employee or officer of an element of the intelligence community, such contractor, and such individual employee of such a contractor continues to meet the requirements for eligibility for access to classified information; and (6) develop procedures to require information sharing between elements of the intelligence community concerning potentially derogatory security information regarding an employee or officer of an element of the intelligence community, a contractor to an element of the intelligence community, or an individual employee of such a contractor that may impact the eligibility of such employee or officer of an element of the intelligence community, such contractor, or such individual employee of such a contractor for a security clearance. . 502. Requirements for intelligence community contractors (a) Requirements Section 102A of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3024 (x) Requirements for intelligence community contractors The Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the head of each department of the Federal Government that contains an element of the intelligence community and the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, shall— (1) ensure that— (A) any contractor to an element of the intelligence community with access to a classified network or classified information develops and operates a security plan that is consistent with standards established by the Director of National Intelligence for intelligence community networks; and (B) each contract awarded by an element of the intelligence community includes provisions requiring the contractor comply with such plan and such standards; (2) conduct periodic assessments of each security plan required under paragraph (1)(A) to ensure such security plan complies with the requirements of such paragraph; and (3) ensure that the insider threat detection capabilities and insider threat policies of the intelligence community apply to facilities of contractors with access to a classified network. . (b) Applicability The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to contracts entered into or renewed after the date of the enactment of this Act. 503. Technology improvements to security clearance processing (a) In general The Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, shall conduct an analysis of the relative costs and benefits of potential improvements to the process for investigating persons who are proposed for access to classified information and adjudicating whether such persons satisfy the criteria for obtaining and retaining access to such information. (b) Contents of analysis In conducting the analysis required by subsection (a), the Director of National Intelligence shall evaluate the costs and benefits associated with— (1) the elimination of manual processes in security clearance investigations and adjudications, if possible, and automating and integrating the elements of the investigation process, including— (A) the clearance application process; (B) case management; (C) adjudication management; (D) investigation methods for the collection, analysis, storage, retrieval, and transfer of data and records; and (E) records management for access and eligibility determinations; (2) the elimination or reduction, if possible, of the use of databases and information sources that cannot be accessed and processed automatically electronically, or modification of such databases and information sources, to enable electronic access and processing; (3) the use of government-developed and commercial technology for continuous monitoring and evaluation of government and commercial data sources that can identify and flag information pertinent to adjudication guidelines and eligibility determinations; (4) the standardization of forms used for routine reporting required of cleared personnel (such as travel, foreign contacts, and financial disclosures) and use of continuous monitoring technology to access databases containing such reportable information to independently obtain and analyze reportable data and events; (5) the establishment of an authoritative central repository of personnel security information that is accessible electronically at multiple levels of classification and eliminates technical barriers to rapid access to information necessary for eligibility determinations and reciprocal recognition thereof; (6) using digitally processed fingerprints, as a substitute for ink or paper prints, to reduce error rates and improve portability of data; (7) expanding the use of technology to improve an applicant’s ability to discover the status of a pending security clearance application or reinvestigation; and (8) using government and publicly available commercial data sources, including social media, that provide independent information pertinent to adjudication guidelines to improve quality and timeliness, and reduce costs, of investigations and reinvestigations. (c) Report to Congress Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the analysis required by subsection (a). 504. Report on reciprocity of security clearances The head of the entity selected pursuant to section 3001(b) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 ( 50 U.S.C. 3341(b) (1) the periods of time required by authorized adjudicative agencies for accepting background investigations and determinations completed by an authorized investigative entity or authorized adjudicative agency; (2) the total number of cases in which a background investigation or determination completed by an authorized investigative entity or authorized adjudicative agency is accepted by another agency; (3) the total number of cases in which a background investigation or determination completed by an authorized investigative entity or authorized adjudicative agency is not accepted by another agency; and (4) such other information or recommendations as the head of the entity selected pursuant to such section 3001(b) considers appropriate. 505. Improving the periodic reinvestigation process (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until December 31, 2017, the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, shall transmit to the appropriate committees of Congress a strategic plan for updating the process for periodic reinvestigations consistent with a continuous evaluation program. (b) Contents The plan required by subsection (a) shall include— (1) an analysis of the costs and benefits associated with conducting periodic reinvestigations; (2) an analysis of the costs and benefits associated with replacing some or all periodic reinvestigations with a program of continuous evaluation; (3) a determination of how many risk-based and ad hoc periodic reinvestigations are necessary on an annual basis for each component of the Federal Government with employees with security clearances; (4) an analysis of the potential benefits of expanding the Government's use of continuous evaluation tools as a means of improving the effectiveness and efficiency of procedures for confirming the eligibility of personnel for continued access to classified information; and (5) an analysis of how many personnel with out-of-scope background investigations are employed by, or contracted or detailed to, each element of the intelligence community. (c) Periodic reinvestigations defined In this section, the term periodic reinvestigations 50 U.S.C. 3341(a) 506. Appropriate committees of Congress defined In this title, the term appropriate committees of Congress (1) the congressional intelligence committees; (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and (3) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives. VI Technical amendments 601. Technical amendments to the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 Section 21 of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 ( 50 U.S.C. 3521 (1) in subsection (b)(1)(D), by striking section (a) subsection (a) (2) in subsection (c)(2)(E), by striking provider. provider 602. Technical amendments to the National Security Act of 1947 relating to the past elimination of certain positions Section 101(a) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3021(a) (1) in paragraph (5), by striking the semicolon and inserting ; and (2) by striking paragraphs (6) and (7); (3) by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (6); and (4) in paragraph (6) (as so redesignated), by striking the Chairman of the Munitions Board, and the Chairman of the Research and Development Board, 603. Technical amendments to the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (a) Amendments Section 506 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 ( Public Law 112–277 (1) by striking Section 606(5) Paragraph (5) of section 605 (2) by inserting , as redesignated by section 310(a)(4)(B) of this Act, is amended (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 ( Public Law 112–277 May 27, 2014 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

Summary: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 - Title I: Intelligence Activities - (Sec. 101) Authorizes FY2015 appropriations for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the: (1) Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI); (2) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); (3) Department of Defense (DOD); (4) Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA); (5) National Security Agency (NSA); (6) Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; (7) Coast Guard; (8) Departments of State, the Treasury, Energy (DOE), and Justice (DOJ); (9) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (10) Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); (11) National Reconnaissance Office; (12) National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; and (13) Department of Homeland Security (DHS). (Sec. 102) Specifies that the amounts authorized and the authorized personnel ceilings as of September 30, 2015, for such activities are those in the classified Schedule of Authorizations, which shall be made available to the congressional appropriations committees and the President. (Sec. 103) Allows the DNI to authorize employment of civilian personnel in excess of the number authorized for FY2015 when necessary for the performance of important intelligence functions. Requires notification to the intelligence committees on the use of such authority. Requires the DNI to establish guidelines to govern the treatment under such authorized personnel levels of employment or assignment in: (1) a student or trainee program; (2) a reserve corps or as a reemployed annuitant; or (3) details, joint duty, or long term, full-time training. (Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Management Account for FY2015, as well as for personnel positions for elements within such Account. Title II: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System - (Sec. 201) Authorizes appropriations for FY2015 for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund. Title III: General Provisions - Subtitle A: General Matters - (Sec. 301) Permits appropriations authorized by this Act for salary, pay, retirement, and other benefits for federal employees to be increased by such additional or supplemental amounts as necessary for increases in such compensation or benefits authorized by law. (Sec. 302) Prohibits the authorization of appropriations by this Act from being deemed to constitute authority to conduct any intelligence activity not otherwise authorized by the Constitution or laws of the United States. (Sec. 303) Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to require the DNI, once every four years, to develop a national intelligence strategy for the following four-year period or longer. Requires each strategy, in a manner consistent with other relevant U.S. agencies' strategic plans and national-level plans, to: (1) address national and military intelligence, including counterintelligence; (2) identify current and future major national security missions of the intelligence community, including factors that may affect performance during the following 10-year period; (3) assess threats from foreign intelligence and security services, as well as insider threats; (4) outline organizational roles and missions; and (5) identify sources of strategic, institutional, programmatic, fiscal, and technological risk. Directs the DNI to submit a report to Congress regarding each strategy. (Sec. 304) Directs chief information officers of each element of the intelligence community and the Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community, in conducting biennial inventories of software licenses, to assess actions that could be carried out to: (1) centralize the management of software licenses; (2) track inventories using automated discovery, inventory tools, and metrics; (3) analyze software license data to inform investment decisions; and (4) provide personnel with sufficient software licenses management training. Directs the DNI, after receiving the Chief Information Officer's recommendations, to issue guidelines for the intelligence community on software procurement and usage. (Sec. 305) Directs elements of the intelligence community to issue regulations requiring employees with access to sensitive intelligence sources or methods to sign a written agreement requiring them to report regularly to the head of their element any of their direct employment by, representation of, or provision of advice to: (1) a government of a foreign country, including any faction or body of insurgents within a country assuming to exercise governmental authority; or (2) a person whose activities are supervised, directed, controlled, financed, or subsidized by such a foreign government. Requires intelligence employees to continue reporting any such foreign government employment during the two-year period after the employee ceases to occupy an intelligence community position with access to sensitive sources and methods. (Sec. 306) Expands a grant program for historically black colleges and universities to include predominantly black institutions. (Sec. 307) Requires the DNI to prepare a plan for management of the elements of the intelligence community that carry out financial intelligence activities. (Sec. 308) Directs the DNI to submit to Congress an analysis of private sector policies and procedures for countering insider threats. Requires such plan to assess the feasibility of implementing private sector: (1) hiring and human resources best practices to screen applicants for positions involving trusted access to sensitive information; (2) policies for holding supervisors and subordinates accountable for violations of established security protocols; (3) mandatory leave policies; and (4) risk indices, such as credit risk scores, to make determinations about employee access to sensitive information. (Sec. 309) Requires each element of the intelligence community to adopt Attorney General-approved procedures for any intelligence collection activity not otherwise authorized by court order or subpoena that is reasonably anticipated to result in the acquisition of nonpublic telephone or electronic communications to or from a U.S. person, including communications in electronic storage, without the consent of a person who is a party to the communication. Requires the procedures to permit acquisition, retention, and dissemination of such communications but prohibit retention in excess of five years unless: the communication constitutes, or is necessary to understand or assess, foreign intelligence or counterintelligence; the communication constitutes evidence of a crime and is retained by a law enforcement agency; the communication is enciphered or reasonably believed to have a secret meaning; all parties to the communication are reasonably believed to be non-U.S. persons; retention is necessary to protect against an imminent threat to human life (in which case the information must be reported to Congress within 30 days of the date such retention is extended) or for technical assurance or compliance purposes, including a court order or discovery obligation (in which case the information must be reported to Congress annually); or the head of an element of the intelligence community approves retention for a period in excess of five years if necessary to protect U.S. national security. Requires the head of an element approving retention in excess of five years for national security purposes to certify to Congress: (1) the reasons extended retention is necessary to protect U.S. national security, (2) the duration of the retention, (3) the particular information to be retained, and (4) the measures being taken to protect the privacy interests of U.S. persons or persons located inside the United States. (Sec. 310) Revises security clearance review procedures to permit individuals alleging reprisal for having made a protected disclosure (provided the individual does not disclose classified information or other information contrary to law) to appeal any action affecting an employee's access to classified information. (Sec. 311) Requires the DNI to report to Congress regarding the feasibility of consolidating classified cyber threat indicator and malware sample databases in the intelligence community. (Sec. 312) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) cooperation between the intelligence and law enforcement agencies of the United States and Ukraine should be increased to improve cybersecurity policies; and (2) the United States should improve extradition procedures among the governments of the United States, Ukraine, and other countries from which cybercriminals target U.S. citizens and entities. Expresses further that the President should: initiate U.S.-Ukraine bilateral talks on cybersecurity threat and cybercrime cooperation, with additional multilateral talks that include other law enforcement partners such as Europol and Interpol; work to obtain a commitment from Ukraine to end cybercrime directed at persons outside Ukraine and to work with the United States and other allies to deter and convict known cybercriminals; establish a capacity building program with Ukraine, which could include joint intelligence efforts, U.S. law enforcement agents being sent to Ukraine to aid investigations, and agreements to connect U.S. and Ukrainian law enforcement agencies through communications networks and hotlines; and maintain a scorecard with metrics to measure Ukraine's responses to U.S. requests for intelligence or law enforcement assistance. (Sec. 313) Requires the Secretary of State to ensure that every supervisory position at a U.S. diplomatic facility in the Russian Federation is occupied by a U.S. citizen who has passed, and is subject to, a thorough background check. Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress a plan to further reduce the reliance on locally employed staff in such facilities. (Sec. 314) Requires a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility to be included in each U.S. diplomatic facility that, after enactment of this Act, is constructed in, or undergoes a construction upgrade in, the Russian Federation, any country that shares a land border with the Russian Federation, or any country that is a former member of the Soviet Union. Subtitle B: Reporting - (Sec. 321) Directs the DNI to report to Congress regarding proposals to improve: (1) the declassification process throughout the intelligence community, and (2) the National Declassification Center. (Sec. 322) Requires the DNI to report to Congress regarding the status and effectiveness of efforts to reduce administrative costs for the intelligence community. (Sec. 323) Directs the DNI to report annually to Congress regarding violations of law or executive orders relating to intelligence activities by personnel of an element of the intelligence community that were identified during the previous calendar year. Requires each report to describe, and to include any action taken in response to, any such violation committed in the course of employment that was: (1) determined by the director, head, or general counsel of any element of the intelligence community to have occurred; (2) referred to the DOJ for possible criminal prosecution; or (3) substantiated by the inspector general of any element of the intelligence community. (Sec. 324) Requires the DHS Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis to report to Congress regarding: (1) the intelligence activity of DHS intelligence components each fiscal year, (2) the advisability of including the budget request for all intelligence activities of each component that predominantly supports departmental missions in the Homeland Security Intelligence Program, and (3) a plan to enhance the coordination of department-wide intelligence activities to achieve greater efficiencies in the performance of DHS intelligence functions. (Sec. 325) Directs the DNI to report to Congress regarding political prison camps in North Korea. Requires such report to describe U.S. actions to support implementation of the recommendations of the U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, including the eventual establishment of a tribunal to hold individuals accountable for abuses. (Sec. 326 ) Directs the Under Secretary to report to Congress regarding the security of domestic oil refineries and related rail transportation infrastructure. (Sec. 327) Requires the DNI to include in personnel level assessments submitted annually to Congress a description of functions performed by intelligence contractors. (Sec. 328) Directs the Under Secretary to submit to Congress an assessment of the efficacy of the memoranda of understanding signed between federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial agencies to facilitate intelligence-sharing within and separate from the Joint Terrorism Task Force. (Sec. 329) Requires the DNI to report to Congress regarding the threat posed by man-made electromagnetic pulse weapons to U.S. interests through 2025, including threats from foreign countries and foreign non-state actors. (Sec. 330) Directs the DNI to submit to Congress a comprehensive report on the U.S. counterterrorism strategy to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al-Qaeda and its affiliated and associated groups. Requires such report to include assessments of: (1) the relationship between al-Qaeda and any other group (including the Islamic State also known as ISIS or ISIL) espousing the same violent jihad ideology as al-Qaeda; (2) the strengthening or weakening of al-Qaeda and such groups from January 1, 2010, to the present; (3) whether an individual can be a member of a DNI-defined al-Qaeda core if such individual is not located in Afghanistan or Pakistan; (4) the coordination, command, and control between core al-Qaeda and such groups; and (5) whether counterterrorism operations have had a sustained impact. Requires the DNI to define "defeat of core al-Qaeda" in such report. (Sec. 331) Directs the DNI to submit to Congress a feasibility study on retraining veterans and retired members of elements of the intelligence community in cybersecurity.