I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4780 
To require the head of an element of the intelligence community to provide 
to the Secretary of Defense any intelligence information obtained by 
such element that indicates the involvement of personnel of the Depart-
ment of Defense with a terrorist organization, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 4, 2010 
Mr. ROONEY (for himself, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. WILSON of South 
Carolina, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. POSEY, Mr. GINGREY of 
Georgia, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. 
LATTA, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. AKIN, Mr. PITTS, Mr. BRADY of Texas, 
and Mr. GOHMERT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Select Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition 
to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the head of an element of the intelligence commu-
nity to provide to the Secretary of Defense any intel-
ligence information obtained by such element that indi-
cates the involvement of personnel of the Department 
of Defense with a terrorist organization, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Terrorist Notification 
Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. PROVISION OF CERTAIN INTELLIGENCE RELATED 
TO MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND 
CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS OF 
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO THE DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 402 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
‘‘PROVISION
OF
CERTAIN
INTELLIGENCE
RELATED
TO 
MEMBERS
OF
THE
ARMED
FORCES
AND
CIVILIAN 
EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE 
‘‘SEC. 120. (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection 
(b), the head of an element of the intelligence community 
shall provide to the Secretary of Defense any intelligence 
information obtained by such element that indicates that 
a member of the Armed Forces, a civilian employee of the 
Department of Defense, or a Department of Defense con-
tractor employee has communicated with a person that 
seeks to harm the United States or United States inter-
ests. 
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‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—The head of an element of the in-
telligence community may withhold information required 
to be provided under subsection (a) if such head deter-
mines that providing such information in accordance with 
such subsection would negatively affect an ongoing inves-
tigation.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in the first section of such Act is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 119 the following new 
item: 
‘‘Sec. 120. Provision of certain intelligence related to members of the Armed 
Forces and civilian employees and contractors of the Depart-
ment of Defense to the Department of Defense.’’. 
SEC. 3. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RESPONSE TO INTEL-
LIGENCE INQUIRIES REGARDING MEMBERS 
OF THE ARMED FORCES, CIVILIAN EMPLOY-
EES, AND CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL. 
(a) PROMPT RESPONSE TO INQUIRIES.—Chapter 80 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
after section 1564a the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1564b. Response to intelligence inquiries regarding 
members, civilian employees, and con-
tractor personnel 
‘‘(a) PROMPT RESPONSE REQUIRED.—The Secretary 
of Defense shall prescribe a process for expediting an offi-
cial response to any information submitted by an element 
of the intelligence community indicating that a member 
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of the armed forces, a civilian employee of the Department 
of Defense, or a Department of Defense contractor em-
ployee has communicated with a person that seeks to harm 
the United States or United States interests. 
‘‘(b) RESPONSE GOAL.—To the maximum extent 
practicable, the process prescribed under subsection (a) 
shall seek to achieve a response time of not more than 
24 hours after receiving information from an element of 
the intelligence community described in such subsection. 
At a minimum, the Secretary of Defense shall notify the 
element of the intelligence community whether the contact 
of the member of the armed forces, civilian employee of 
the Department of Defense, or Department of Defense 
contractor employee with a person that seeks to harm the 
United States or United States interests is directly related 
to the duties and assignments of the member or employee 
within the Department of Defense. 
‘‘(c) ANNUAL REVIEW.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall conduct an annual review of the process prescribed 
under subsection (a) and shall revise that process as deter-
mined necessary in relation to ongoing Department of De-
fense missions. 
‘‘(d) CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary 
of Defense shall consult with the Secretaries of the mili-
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tary departments and the heads of Defense Agencies in 
carrying out this section. 
‘‘(e) REPORT.—The Secretary of Defense shall annu-
ally submit to Congress a report containing— 
‘‘(1) the number of instances in which an ele-
ment of the intelligence community has provided in-
formation to the Secretary of Defense indicating 
that a member of the armed forces, a civilian em-
ployee of the Department of Defense, or a Depart-
ment of Defense contractor employee has commu-
nicated with a person that seeks to harm the United 
States or United States interests during the pre-
ceding year; and 
‘‘(2) the results of each investigation conducted 
by the Secretary with respect to the instances re-
ferred to in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(f) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘intelligence community’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 3(4) of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)).’’. 
(b) INITIAL REPORT.—The first report required 
under section 1564b(e) of title 10, United States Code, 
as added by subsection (a) of this section, shall be sub-
mitted not later than one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
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(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 1564a the following new 
item: 
‘‘1564b. Response to intelligence inquiries regarding members, civilian employ-
ees, and contractor personnel.’’. 
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