Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes. 1. Short title; table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. Sec. 3. Budgetary effects. Title I—Intelligence Activities Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 102. Classified schedule of authorizations. Sec. 103. Personnel ceiling adjustments. Sec. 104. Intelligence Community Management Account. Title II—Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. Title III—General Provisions Subtitle A—General matters Sec. 301. Increase in employee compensation and benefits authorized by law. Sec. 302. Restriction on conduct of intelligence activities. Sec. 303. Prior congressional notification of initiations of certain new special access programs. Sec. 304. Prior congressional notification of transfers of funds for certain intelligence activities. Sec. 305. Designation of lead intelligence officer for tunnels. Sec. 306. Clarification of authority of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. Sec. 307. Reporting process required for tracking certain requests for country clearance. Sec. 308. Prohibition on sharing of certain information in response to foreign government inquiries. Sec. 309. National Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center. Sec. 310. Intelligence community business system transformation. Sec. 311. Inclusion of Inspector General of Intelligence Community in Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency. Sec. 312. Authorities of the Inspector General for the Central Intelligence Agency. Sec. 313. Provision of information and assistance to Inspector General of the Intelligence Community. Sec. 314. Clarification relating to information access by Comptroller General. Sec. 315. Use of homeland security grant funds in conjunction with Department of Energy national laboratories. Sec. 316. Technical amendments relating to pay under title 5, United States Code. Subtitle B—Matters relating to United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Sec. 321. Prohibition on use of funds for transfer or release of individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Sec. 322. Prohibition on use of funds to construct or modify facilities in United States to house detainees transferred from United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Sec. 323. Prohibition on use of funds to transfer or release individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to combat zones. Subtitle C—Reports Sec. 331. Reports to Congress on individuals formerly detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Sec. 332. Reports on foreign fighters. Sec. 333. Reports on prisoner population at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Sec. 334. Report on use of certain business concerns. Sec. 335. Repeal of certain reporting requirements. 2. Definitions In this Act: (a) Congressional intelligence committees The term congressional intelligence committees (1) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and (2) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. (b) Intelligence community The term intelligence community 50 U.S.C. 3003(4) 3. Budgetary effects The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation I Intelligence Activities 101. Authorization of appropriations Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2016 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 The amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 101 and, subject to section 103, the authorized personnel ceilings as of September 30, 2016, 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 prepared to accompany the bill H.R. 2596 of the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress. (b) Availability of classified schedule of authorizations (1) Availability The classified Schedule 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 Schedule of Authorizations, or of appropriate portions of the Schedule, within the executive branch. (3) Limits on disclosure The President shall not publicly disclose the classified Schedule of Authorizations or any portion of such Schedule 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 2016 by the classified Schedule 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 such schedule for such element. (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 There is authorized to be appropriated for the Intelligence Community Management Account of the Director of National Intelligence for fiscal year 2016 the sum of $501,850,000. 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, 2017. (b) Authorized personnel levels The elements within the Intelligence Community Management Account of the Director of National Intelligence are authorized 785 positions as of September 30, 2016. 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 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 2016 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, 2017. (2) Authorization of personnel In addition to the personnel authorized by subsection (b) for elements of the Intelligence Community Management Account as of September 30, 2016, 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 for fiscal year 2016 the sum of $514,000,000. 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. Prior congressional notification of initiations of certain new special access programs (a) Limitation Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the intelligence community for fiscal year 2016 may be used to initiate any new special access program pertaining to any intelligence or intelligence-related activity or covert action unless the Director of National Intelligence or the Secretary of Defense, as appropriate, submits to the congressional intelligence committees and the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate, by not later than 30 days before initiating such a program, written notification of the intention to initiate the program. (b) Waiver (1) In general The Director of National Intelligence or the Secretary of Defense, as appropriate, may waive subsection (a) with respect to the initiation of a new special access program if the Director or Secretary, as the case may be, determines that an emergency situation makes it impossible or impractical to provide the notice required under such subsection by the date that is 30 days before such initiation. (2) Notice If the Director or Secretary issues a waiver under paragraph (1), the Director or Secretary, as the case may be, shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees and the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate, by not later than 48 hours after the initiation of the new special access program covered by the waiver, written notice of the waiver and a justification for the waiver, including a description of the emergency situation that necessitated the waiver. (c) Special access program defined In this section, the term special access program 304. Prior congressional notification of transfers of funds for certain intelligence activities (a) Limitation Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the intelligence community for fiscal year 2016 may be used to initiate a transfer of funds from the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund or the Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund to be used for intelligence activities unless the Director of National Intelligence or the Secretary of Defense, as appropriate, submits to the congressional intelligence committees, by not later than 30 days before initiating such a transfer, written notice of the transfer. (b) Waiver (1) In general The Director of National Intelligence or the Secretary of Defense, as appropriate, may waive subsection (a) with respect to the initiation of a transfer of funds if the Director or Secretary, as the case may be, determines that an emergency situation makes it impossible or impractical to provide the notice required under such subsection by the date that is 30 days before such initiation. (2) Notice If the Director or Secretary issues a waiver under paragraph (1), the Director or Secretary, as the case may be, shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees, by not later than 48 hours after the initiation of the transfer of funds covered by the waiver, written notice of the waiver and a justification for the waiver, including a description of the emergency situation that necessitated the waiver. 305. Designation of lead intelligence officer for tunnels The Director of National Intelligence shall designate an official to manage the collection and analysis of intelligence regarding the tactical use of tunnels by state and nonstate actors. 306. Clarification of authority of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Section 1061(g) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000ee(g) (5) Limitations Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the Board, or any agent thereof, to gain access to information that an executive branch agency deems related to covert action, as such term is defined in section 503(e) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3093(e) . 307. Reporting process required for tracking certain requests for country clearance (a) In general By not later than September 30, 2016, the Director of National Intelligence shall establish a formal internal reporting process for tracking requests for country clearance submitted to overseas Director of National Intelligence representatives by departments and agencies of the United States. Such reporting process shall include a mechanism for tracking the department or agency that submits each such request and the date on which each such request is submitted. (b) Congressional briefing By not later than December 31, 2016, the Director of National Intelligence shall brief the congressional intelligence committees on the progress of the Director in establishing the process required under subsection (a). 308. Prohibition on sharing of certain information in response to foreign government inquiries (a) Prohibition None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act for any element of the intelligence community may be used to respond to, share, or authorize the sharing of any non-public information related to intelligence activities carried out by the United States in response to a legislative or judicial inquiry from a foreign government into the intelligence activities of the United States. (b) Congressional notification Not later than 30 days after an element of the intelligence community receives a legislative or judicial inquiry from a foreign government related to intelligence activities carried out by the United States, the element shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees written notification of the inquiry. (c) Clarification regarding collaboration with foreign partners The prohibition under subsection (a) shall not be construed as limiting routine intelligence activities with foreign partners, except in any case in which the central focus of the collaboration with the foreign partner is to obtain information for, or solicit a response to, a legislative or judicial inquiry from a foreign government related to intelligence activities carried out by the United States. 309. National Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center (a) Establishment Title I of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3021 et seq. (1) by redesignating section 119B as section 119C; and (2) by inserting after section 119A the following new section: 119B. Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center (a) Establishment There is within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence a Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center. (b) Director There is a Director of the Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center, who shall be the head of the Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center, and who shall be appointed by the Director of National Intelligence. (c) Primary missions The Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center shall— (1) serve as the primary organization within the Federal Government for analyzing and integrating all intelligence possessed or acquired by the United States pertaining to cyber threats; (2) ensure that appropriate departments and agencies of the Federal Government have full access to and receive all-source intelligence support needed to execute the cyber threat intelligence activities of such agencies and to perform independent, alternative analyses; (3) disseminate cyber threat analysis to the President, the appropriate departments and agencies of the Federal Government, and the appropriate committees of Congress; (4) coordinate cyber threat intelligence activities of the departments and agencies of the Federal Government; and (5) conduct strategic cyber threat intelligence planning for the Federal Government. (d) Limitations The Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center— (1) may not have more than 50 permanent positions; (2) in carrying out the primary missions of the Center described in subsection (c), may not augment staffing through detailees, assignees, or core contractor personnel or enter into any personal services contracts to exceed the limitation under paragraph (1); and (3) shall be located in a building owned or operated by an element of the intelligence community as of the date of the enactment of this section. . (b) Table of contents amendments The table of contents in the first section of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended by section 102 of this title, is further amended by striking the item relating to section 119B and inserting the following new items: Sec. 119B. Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center. Sec. 119C. National intelligence centers. . 310. Intelligence community business system transformation Section 506D of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3100 506D. Intelligence community business system transformation (a) Limitation on obligation of funds (1) Subject to paragraph (3), no funds appropriated to any element of the intelligence community may be obligated for an intelligence community business system transformation that will have a total cost in excess of $3,000,000 unless the Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community makes a certification described in paragraph (2) with respect to such intelligence community business system transformation. (2) The certification described in this paragraph for an intelligence community business system transformation is a certification made by the Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community that the intelligence community business system transformation— (A) complies with the enterprise architecture under subsection (b) and such other policies and standards that the Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community considers appropriate; or (B) is necessary— (i) to achieve a critical national security capability or address a critical requirement; or (ii) to prevent a significant adverse effect on a project that is needed to achieve an essential capability, taking into consideration any alternative solutions for preventing such adverse effect. (3) With respect to a fiscal year after fiscal year 2010, the amount referred to in paragraph (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) shall be equal to the sum of— (A) the amount in effect under such paragraph (1) for the preceding fiscal year (determined after application of this paragraph), plus (B) such amount multiplied by the annual percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index (all items; U.S. city average) as of September of the previous fiscal year. (b) Enterprise architecture for intelligence community business systems (1) The Director of National Intelligence shall develop and implement an enterprise architecture to cover all intelligence community business systems, and the functions and activities supported by such business systems. The enterprise architecture shall be sufficiently defined to effectively guide, constrain, and permit implementation of interoperable intelligence community business system solutions, consistent with applicable policies and procedures established by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. (2) The enterprise architecture under paragraph (1) shall include the following: (A) An information infrastructure that will enable the intelligence community to— (i) comply with all Federal accounting, financial management, and reporting requirements; (ii) routinely produce timely, accurate, and reliable financial information for management purposes; (iii) integrate budget, accounting, and program information and systems; and (iv) provide for the measurement of performance, including the ability to produce timely, relevant, and reliable cost information. (B) Policies, procedures, data standards, and system interface requirements that apply uniformly throughout the intelligence community. (c) Responsibilities for intelligence community business system transformation The Director of National Intelligence shall be responsible for the entire life cycle of an intelligence community business system transformation, including review, approval, and oversight of the planning, design, acquisition, deployment, operation, and maintenance of the business system transformation. (d) Intelligence community business system investment review (1) The Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community shall establish and implement, not later than 60 days after October 7, 2010, an investment review process for the intelligence community business systems for which the Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community is responsible. (2) The investment review process under paragraph (1) shall— (A) meet the requirements of section 11312 of title 40, United States Code; and (B) specifically set forth the responsibilities of the Chief Information Office of the Intelligence Community under such review process. (3) The investment review process under paragraph (1) shall include the following elements: (A) Review and approval by an investment review board (consisting of appropriate representatives of the intelligence community) of each intelligence community business system as an investment before the obligation of funds for such system. (B) Periodic review, but not less often than annually, of every intelligence community business system investment. (C) Thresholds for levels of review to ensure appropriate review of intelligence community business system investments depending on the scope, complexity, and cost of the system involved. (D) Procedures for making certifications in accordance with the requirements of subsection (a)(2). (e) Relation to annual registration requirements Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter the requirements of section 8083 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 ( Public Law 108–287 (f) Relationship to defense business enterprise architecture Intelligence community business system transformations certified under this section shall be deemed to be in compliance with section 2222 of title 10, United States Code. Nothing in this section shall be construed to exempt funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense for activities other than an intelligence community business system transformation from the requirements of such section 2222, to the extent that such requirements are otherwise applicable. (g) Relation to Clinger-Cohen act (1) Executive agency responsibilities in chapter 113 (A) the Director of National Intelligence and the Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community; and (B) the head of the executive agency that contains the element of the intelligence community involved and the chief information officer of that executive agency. (2) The Director of National Intelligence and the head of the executive agency referred to in paragraph (1)(B) shall enter into a memorandum of understanding to carry out the requirements of this section in a manner that best meets the needs of the intelligence community and the executive agency. (h) Definitions In this section: (1) The term enterprise architecture (2) The terms information system information technology (3) The term intelligence community business system (4) The term intelligence community business system transformation (A) the acquisition or development of a new intelligence community business system; or (B) any significant modification or enhancement of an existing intelligence community business system (other than necessary to maintain current services). (5) The term national security system . 311. Inclusion of Inspector General of Intelligence Community in Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency Section 11(b)(1)(B) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 ( Public Law 95–452 the Office of the Director of National Intelligence the Intelligence Community 312. Authorities of the Inspector General for the Central Intelligence Agency (a) Information and assistance Paragraph (9) of section 17(e) of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 ( 50 U.S.C. 3517(e)(9) (9) (A) The Inspector General may request such information or assistance as may be necessary for carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the Inspector General provided by this section from any Federal, State, or local governmental agency or unit thereof. (B) Upon request of the Inspector General for information or assistance from a department or agency of the Federal Government, the head of the department or agency involved, insofar as practicable and not in contravention of any existing statutory restriction or regulation of such department or agency, shall furnish to the Inspector General, or to an authorized designee, such information or assistance. (C) Nothing in this paragraph may be construed to provide any new authority to the Central Intelligence Agency to conduct intelligence activity in the United States. (D) In this paragraph, the term State . (b) Technical amendments relating to selection of employees Paragraph (7) of such section ( 50 U.S.C. 3517(e)(7) (1) by inserting (A) Subject to applicable law (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (B) Consistent with budgetary and personnel resources allocated by the Director, the Inspector General has final approval of— (i) the selection of internal and external candidates for employment with the Office of Inspector General; and (ii) all other personnel decisions concerning personnel permanently assigned to the Office of Inspector General, including selection and appointment to the Senior Intelligence Service, but excluding all security-based determinations that are not within the authority of a head of other Central Intelligence Agency offices. . 313. Provision of information and assistance to Inspector General of the Intelligence Community Section 103H(j)(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3033 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking any department, agency, or other element of the United States Government any Federal, State (as defined in section 804), or local governmental agency or unit thereof (2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting from a department, agency, or element of the Federal Government under subparagraph (A) 314. Clarification relating to information access by Comptroller General Section 348(a) of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 ( Public Law 111–259 50 U.S.C. 3308 (4) Requests by certain congressional committees Consistent with the protection of classified information, the directive issued under paragraph (1) shall not prohibit the Comptroller General from obtaining information necessary to carry out the following audits or reviews: (A) An audit or review carried out— (i) at the request of the congressional intelligence committees; or (ii) pursuant to— (I) an intelligence authorization Act; (II) a committee report or joint explanatory statement accompanying an intelligence authorization Act; or (III) a classified annex to a committee report or joint explanatory statement accompanying an intelligence authorization Act. (B) An audit or review pertaining to intelligence activities of the Department of Defense carried out— (i) at the request of the congressional defense committees (as defined in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code); or (ii) pursuant to a national defense authorization Act. . 315. Use of homeland security grant funds in conjunction with Department of Energy national laboratories Section 2008(a) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 609(a) including by working in conjunction with a National Laboratory (as defined in section 2(3) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 15801(3) plans, 316. Technical amendments relating to pay under title 5, United States Code Section 5102(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in clause (vii), by striking or (2) by inserting after clause (vii) the following new clause: (viii) the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; ; and (3) in clause (x), by striking the period and inserting a semicolon. B Matters relating to United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba 321. Prohibition on use of funds for transfer or release of individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba No amounts authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available to an element of the intelligence community may be used during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 2016, to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release, to or within the United States, its territories, or possessions, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other individual detained at Guantanamo (as such term is defined in section 322(c)). 322. Prohibition on use of funds to construct or modify facilities in United States to house detainees transferred from United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (a) In general No amounts authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available to an element of the intelligence community may be used during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 2016, to construct or modify any facility in the United States, its territories, or possessions to house any individual detained at Guantanamo for the purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the control of the Department of Defense. (b) Exception The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to any modification of facilities at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (c) Individual detained at Guantanamo defined In this section, the term individual detained at Guantanamo (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member of the Armed Forces of the United States; and (2) is— (A) in the custody or under the control of the Department of Defense; or (B) otherwise under detention at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 323. Prohibition on use of funds to transfer or release individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to combat zones (a) In general No amounts authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available to an element of the intelligence community may be used during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 2016, to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release of any individual detained in the custody or under the control of the Department of Defense at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to a combat zone. (b) Combat zone defined In this section, the term combat zone section 112 C Reports 331. Reports to Congress on individuals formerly detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (a) Additional matters for inclusion in reports Subsection (c) of section 319 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 ( Public Law 111–32 10 U.S.C. 801 (6) A summary of all contact by any means of communication, including telecommunications, electronic or technical means, in person, written communications, or any other means of communication, regardless of content, between any individual formerly detained at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and any individual known or suspected to be associated with a foreign terrorist group. (7) A description of whether any of the contact described in the summary required by paragraph (6) included any information or discussion about hostilities against the United States or its allies or partners. (8) For each individual described in paragraph (4), the period of time between the date on which the individual was released or transferred from Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the date on which it is confirmed that the individual is suspected or confirmed of reengaging in terrorist activities. (9) The average period of time described in paragraph (8) for all the individuals described in paragraph (4). . (b) Form Subsection (a) of such section is amended by adding at the end the following: The reports may be submitted in classified form. (c) Rule of construction Nothing in this section or the amendments made by this section shall be construed to terminate, alter, modify, override, or otherwise affect any reporting of information required under section 319(c) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 ( Public Law 111–32 10 U.S.C. 801 332. Reports on foreign fighters (a) Reports required Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 60 days thereafter, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report on foreign fighter flows to and from Syria and to and from Iraq. The Director shall define the term foreign fighter (b) Matters To Be Included Each report submitted under subsection (a) shall include each of the following: (1) The total number of foreign fighters who have traveled to Syria or Iraq since January 1, 2011, the total number of foreign fighters in Syria or Iraq as of the date of the submittal of the report, the total number of foreign fighters whose countries of origin have a visa waiver program described in section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1187 (2) The total number of United States persons who have traveled or attempted to travel to Syria or Iraq since January 1, 2011, the total number of such persons who have arrived in Syria or Iraq since such date, and the total number of such persons who have returned to the United States from Syria or Iraq since such date. (3) The total number of foreign fighters in Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment and the status of each such foreign fighter in that database, the number of such foreign fighters who are on a watchlist, and the number of such foreign fighters who are not on a watchlist. (4) The total number of foreign fighters who have been processed with biometrics, including face images, fingerprints, and iris scans. (5) Any programmatic updates to the foreign fighter report since the last report was issued, including updated analysis on foreign country cooperation, as well as actions taken, such as denying or revoking visas. (6) A worldwide graphic that describes foreign fighters flows to and from Syria, with points of origin by country. (c) Form The reports submitted under subsection (a) may be submitted in classified form. (d) Termination The requirement to submit reports under subsection (a) shall terminate on the date that is three years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 333. Reports on prisoner population at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (a) Reports required Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 30 days thereafter, the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to the Members of Congress specified in subsection (b) a report on the prisoner population at the detention facility at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (b) Specified members and committees of Congress The Members of Congress specified in this subsection are the following: (1) The majority leader and minority leader of the Senate. (2) The Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. (3) The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. (4) The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. (5) The Speaker of the House of Representatives. (6) The minority leader of the House of Representatives. (7) The Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives. (8) The Chairman and Ranking Member of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. (9) The Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. (c) Matters To Be Included Each report submitted under subsection (a) shall include each of the following: (1) The name and country of origin of each prisoner detained at the detention facility at United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of the date of such report. (2) A current summary of the evidence, intelligence, and information used to justify the detention of each prisoner listed under paragraph (1) at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (3) A current accounting of all the measures taken to transfer each prisoner listed under paragraph (1) to the individual’s country of citizenship or another country. (4) A current description of the number of individuals released or transferred from detention at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who are confirmed or suspected of returning to terrorist activities after such release or transfer. (5) An assessment of any efforts by foreign terrorist organizations to recruit individuals released from detention at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (6) A summary of all contact by any means of communication, including telecommunications, electronic or technical means, in person, written communications, or any other means of communication, regardless of content, between any individual formerly detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and any individual known or suspected to be associated with a foreign terrorist group. (7) A description of whether any of the contact described in the summary required by paragraph (6) included any information or discussion about hostilities against the United States or its allies or partners. (8) For each individual described in paragraph (4), the period of time between the date on which the individual was released or transferred from United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the date on which it is confirmed that the individual is suspected or confirmed of reengaging in terrorist activities. (9) The average period of time described in paragraph (8) for all the individuals described in paragraph (4). 334. Report on use of certain business concerns (a) In general 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 communities a report on the representation, as of the date of the report, of covered business concerns among the contractors that are awarded contracts by elements of the intelligence community for goods, equipment, tools, and services. (b) Matters included The report under subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) The representation of covered business concerns as described in subsection (a), including such representation by— (A) each type of covered business concern; and (B) each element of the intelligence community. (2) If, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director does not record and monitor the statistics required to carry out this section, a description of the actions taken by the Director to ensure that such statistics are recorded and monitored beginning in fiscal year 2016. (3) The actions the Director plans to take during fiscal year 2016 to enhance the awarding of contracts to covered business concerns by elements of the intelligence community. (c) Covered business concerns defined In this section, the term covered business concerns (1) Minority-owned businesses. (2) Women-owned businesses. (3) Small disadvantaged businesses. (4) Service-disabled veteran-owned businesses. (5) Veteran-owned small businesses. 335. Repeal of certain reporting requirements (a) Quadrennial audit of positions requiring security clearances Section 506H of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3104 (1) by striking subsection (a); and (2) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (a) and (b), respectively. (b) Reports on role of analysts at FBI and FBI information sharing Section 2001(g) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 ( Public Law 108–458 28 U.S.C. 532 (c) Report on outside employment by officers and employees of intelligence community (1) In general Section 102A(u) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3024 (A) by striking (1) The Director The Director (B) by striking paragraph (2). (2) Conforming amendment Subsection (a) of section 507 of such Act ( 50 U.S.C. 3106(a) (A) by striking paragraph (5); and (B) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (5). (3) Technical amendment Subsection (c)(1) of such section 507 is amended by striking subsection (a)(1) subsection (a) (d) Reports on nuclear aspirations of non-state entities Section 1055 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 ( 50 U.S.C. 2371 (e) Reports on espionage by People’s Republic of China Section 3151 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 ( 42 U.S.C. 7383e (f) Reports on security vulnerabilities of national laboratory computers Section 4508 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act ( 50 U.S.C. 2659 June 9, 2015 Reported from the Select Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select) June 9, 2015 The Committee on the Budget

Summary: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 TITLE I--INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES (Sec. 101) Authorizes FY2016 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; (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; (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, 2016, 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, if it provides prior notification to Congress, to authorize employment of civilian personnel in excess of the number authorized for FY2016 when necessary for the performance of important intelligence functions. 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 FY2016 appropriations for the Intelligence Community Management Account, as well as for personnel positions for elements within such Account. Provides for funds identified in the classified schedule for advanced research and development to remain available until September 30, 2017. TITLE II--CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM (Sec. 201) Authorizes FY2016 appropriations 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 U.S. laws. (Sec. 303) Prohibits initiation of a new special access program imposing access requirements for an intelligence-related activity or covert action that exceed those normally required for information at the same classification level, or of a transfer of funds from the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund or the Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund to be used for intelligence activities, unless the DNI or DOD: (1) notifies Congress at least 30 days before initiating the program or transfer, or (2) waives such prohibition in an emergency situation and notifies Congress within 48 hours after initiation of the program or transfer. (Sec. 305) Requires the DNI to designate an official to manage intelligence regarding the tactical use of tunnels by state and nonstate actors. Requires the DNI, within 10 months after enactment of this Act and biennially thereafter until four years after enactment of this Act, to report to Congress regarding: (1) trends in the use of tunnels by foreign state and nonstate actors, and (2) collaboration between the United States and partner countries to address the use of tunnels by adversaries. (Sec. 306) Prohibits the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 from being construed to authorize the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to gain access to information that an executive branch agency deems related to covert action. (Sec. 307) Requires the DNI to establish a formal internal reporting process for tracking requests for country clearance submitted to overseas DNI representatives by U.S. agencies. (Sec. 308) Prohibits funds from being used to respond to or share any nonpublic information related to intelligence activities carried out by the United States in response to a legislative or judicial inquiry from a foreign government into U.S. intelligence activities. (Sec. 309) Establishes a Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center (CTIIC) within the Office of the DNI to: (1) serve as the primary organization within the federal government for analyzing and integrating all intelligence possessed or acquired by the United States pertaining to cyber threats; (2) ensure that appropriate federal agencies have access to and receive all-source intelligence support needed to execute cyber threat intelligence activities and perform independent, alternative analyses; (3) disseminate cyber threat analysis to the President and appropriate federal agencies and congressional committees; and (4) coordinate cyber threat intelligence activities and strategic planning for the federal government. Requires the CTIIC, within 10 months after enactment of this Act and annually thereafter for three years, to report to Congress regarding cyber threat trends and recommendations for better collaboration between federal agencies, including DOD, DOJ, and DHS. (Sec. 310) Transfers from the DNI's Director of the Office of Business Transformation to the Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community the responsibility to make the certifications necessary to obligate funds for an intelligence community business system transformation that will have a total cost in excess of $3 million. Removes a requirement that the certifications for such a transformation be approved by a DNI governance board. Deems certified transformations to be in compliance with defense business system requirements. (Sec. 311) Includes the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community within the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency. (Sec. 312) Authorizes inspectors general of the CIA and the intelligence community to request information or assistance from state or local governmental agencies. Makes the authority of the intelligence community's inspector general to request such information or assistance subject to the concurrence of the DNI. (Sec. 314) Allows the Government Accountability Office, notwithstanding a DNI directive governing access to intelligence information, to obtain information necessary to carry out an audit or review: (1) at the request of the congressional intelligence committees or pursuant to an intelligence authorization Act or a committee report, joint explanatory statement, or classified annex accompanying such an intelligence authorization Act; or (2) pertaining to DOD intelligence activities at the request of congressional defense committees or pursuant to a national defense authorization Act. (Sec. 315) Requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to permit grant recipients under the Urban Area Security Initiative or the State Homeland Security Grant Program to work in conjunction with DOE's national laboratories when grant funds are used to achieve target preparedness capabilities for federal, state, local, and tribal governments to respond to acts of terrorism under guidelines required by the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006. (Sec. 316) Makes technical amendments to exclude the Office of the DNI from certain position classification, pay, and allowances provisions relating to General Schedule employees. (Sec. 317) Includes certain Hispanic-serving institutions of higher education among the minority-serving institutions eligible for DNI grants to provide programs of study for individuals to learn advanced foreign languages, study abroad, or develop other skills that meet the needs of the intelligence community. Subtitle B--Matters Relating to United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (Sec. 321) Prohibits funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available to an element of the intelligence community from being used during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 2016, to: (1) transfer or release to or within the United States, its territories, or possessions, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other individual detained at the U.S. Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of October 1, 2009, who is not a U.S. citizen or a member of the U.S. Armed Forces and is in DOD custody or control or otherwise under detention; (2) construct or modify any facility in the United States, its territories, or possessions (except at the U.S. Naval Station in Guantanamo) to house a Guantanamo detainee for purposes of detention or imprisonment in DOD custody or control; or (3) transfer or release a Guantanamo detainee in DOD custody or control to a combat zone. Subtitle C--Reports (Sec. 331) Requires the President to expand a report submitted to Congress every 90 days regarding the prisoner population at the Guantanamo detention facility to include: (1) a summary of all contact and communication between any former Guantanamo detainee and any individual known or suspected to be associated with a foreign terrorist group, including a description of whether the contact included information or discussion about hostilities against the United States or its allies or partners; and (2) the time periods within which any individuals reengage in terrorist activities after being released or transferred from Guantanamo. (Sec. 332) Requires the DNI to report to Congress every 60 days for three years after enactment of this Act regarding foreign fighter flows to and from Syria and Iraq. Directs the DNI to submit a report regarding foreign fighter travel to and from Iraq and Syria that addresses the challenges impeding intelligence sharing relationships between the United States and member states of the European Union and of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. (Sec. 333) Directs the DIA to report to Congress every 30 days regarding the Guantanamo prisoner population. Requires the reports to include: (1) the name and country of origin of each prisoner; (2) summaries of the evidence, intelligence, and information used to justify each detention; (3) measures taken to transfer each prisoner to the individual's country of citizenship or another country; (4) the number of individuals released or transferred from detention at Guantanamo who are confirmed or suspected of returning to terrorist activities; (5) assessments of efforts by foreign terrorist organizations to recruit released individuals; (6) summaries of all contact and communication between any former Guantanamo detainee and any individual known or suspected to be associated with a foreign terrorist group, including a description of whether the contact included information or discussion about hostilities against the United States or its allies or partners; and (7) the time periods within which any individuals reengage in terrorist activities after being released or transferred from Guantanamo. (Sec. 334) Requires the DNI to report to Congress regarding the representation of certain minority-owned, women-owned, small disadvantaged, service-disabled veteran-owned, or veteran-owned businesses among the contractors awarded contracts by elements of the intelligence community. (Sec. 335) Repeals certain reporting requirements, including: the President's quadrennial audit and report on the manner in which the executive branch determines whether a security clearance is required for a particular government position, the President's annual report on espionage by China, DNI reports on outside employment by officers and employees of the intelligence community and on nuclear aspirations of nonstate entities, FBI reports on the roles of FBI analysts, and National Counterintelligence Policy Board reports on the security vulnerabilities of computers at national security laboratories. (Sec. 336) Requires the DNI, in coordination with the National Science Foundation, to report to Congress regarding the employment by the intelligence community of graduates of the Cyber Corps Scholarship Program. (Sec. 337) Requires the President to transmit to Congress within 120 days after enactment of this Act a report regarding the data breach of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) disclosed in June 2015. Requires the report to address: (1) any effects on the operations of the intelligence community abroad and on each element of the intelligence community; (2) an assessment of how foreign persons, groups, or countries may use the collected data, particularly information included in background investigations for security clearances; and (3) an assessment of which federal agencies use the best practices to protect sensitive data, including a summary of any such best practices that were not used by the OPM. Directs the DNI to provide Congress an interim briefing on such report, including a discussion of proposals and options for responding to cyber attacks. (Sec. 338) Requires the DNI to submit to Congress an intelligence community assessment on the funding of political parties and nongovernmental organizations in former Soviet states and countries in Europe by the Russian Federation and the security and intelligence services of the Russian Federation since January 1, 2006. (Sec. 339) Directs the DNI to report to Congress on the continuous evaluation of security clearances of employees, officers, and contractors of the intelligence community. (Sec. 340) Expresses the sense of Congress that the intelligence community should dedicate necessary resources to defeating the revenue mechanisms of the Islamic State. Requires the DNI to report on the strategy, efforts, and resources necessary to detect, deter, and degrade those revenue mechanisms. (Sec. 341) Requires the DNI to report on possibilities for growing national security cooperation between the United States, India, and Israel. (Sec. 342) Directs the DNI to carry out a study and report findings to Congress regarding appropriate standards to measure the damage of cyber incidents for purposes of determining the response to such incidents, including a method to quantify damage to affected computers, systems, and devices. (Sec. 343) Directs the DNI to submit a report to Congress on wildlife trafficking. Requires the report to assess: (1) major source, transit, and destination countries for wildlife trafficking products or their derivatives; (2) the adherence of such countries with international treaty obligations relating to endangered or threatened species; (3) involvement of designated foreign terrorist organizations and transnational criminal organizations; (4) key actors and facilitators, including government officials, that are supporting wildlife trafficking; and (5) the impact on U.S. national security, the coordination of intelligence and law enforcement agencies, and gaps in intelligence capabilities to assess transnational wildlife trafficking networks. (Sec. 344) Requires the DNI to submit to Congress a report that represents the coordinated assessment of the intelligence community on terrorist use of social media, including an assessment of the impact on U.S. national security of the public availability of terrorist content on social media for fundraising, radicalization, and recruitment. (Sec. 345) Directs the DNI to submit to Congress a comprehensive report on the U.S. counterterrorism strategy to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), al-Qaeda, and their affiliated groups, associated groups, and adherents. Requires the report to assess: (1) the relationships between such groups and their strengthening or weakening from January 1, 2010, to the present; (2) whether an individual who is not located in Afghanistan or Pakistan can be a member of al-Qaeda core; (3) whether an individual can be a member of al-Qaeda core as well as a member of an al-Qaeda affiliated group, associated group, or adherent; (4) coordination, command, and control between ISIL or core al-Qaeda and such groups and adherents; and (5) the effectiveness of counterterrorism operations. Requires the DNI to define "defeat of ISIL or core al-Qaeda" in such report.