H. R. 1892 
One Hundred Twelfth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, 
the fifth day of January, two thousand and eleven 
An Act 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Intelligence 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012’’. 
(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 
Sec. 301. Increase in employee compensation and benefits authorized by law. 
Sec. 302. Restriction on conduct of intelligence activities. 
Sec. 303. Annual report on hiring of National Security Education Program partici-
pants. 
Sec. 304. Enhancement of authority for flexible personnel management among the 
elements of the intelligence community. 
Sec. 305. Preparation of nuclear proliferation assessment statements. 
Sec. 306. Cost estimates. 
Sec. 307. Updates of intelligence relating to terrorist recidivism of detainees held 
at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
Sec. 308. Notification of transfer of a detainee held at United States Naval Station, 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
Sec. 309. Enhanced procurement authority to manage supply chain risk. 
Sec. 310. Burial allowance. 
Sec. 311. Modification of certain reporting requirements. 
Sec. 312. Review of strategic and competitive analysis conducted by the intelligence 
community. 
TITLE IV—MATTERS RELATING TO ELEMENTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE 
COMMUNITY 
Subtitle A—Office of the Director of National Intelligence 
Sec. 401. Intelligence community assistance to counter drug trafficking organiza-
tions using public lands.
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Sec. 402. Application of certain financial reporting requirements to the Office of the 
Director of National Intelligence. 
Sec. 403. Public availability of information regarding the Inspector General of the 
Intelligence Community. 
Sec. 404. Clarification of status of Chief Information Officer in the Executive 
Schedule. 
Sec. 405. Temporary appointment to fill vacancies within Office of the Director of 
National Intelligence. 
Subtitle B—Central Intelligence Agency 
Sec. 411. Acceptance of gifts. 
Sec. 412. Foreign language proficiency requirements for Central Intelligence Agen-
cy officers. 
Sec. 413. Public availability of information regarding the Inspector General of the 
Central Intelligence Agency. 
Sec. 414. Creating an official record of the Osama bin Laden operation. 
Sec. 415. Recruitment of personnel in the Office of the Inspector General. 
Subtitle C—National Security Agency 
Sec. 421. Additional authorities for National Security Agency security personnel. 
Subtitle D—Other Elements 
Sec. 431. Codification of Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of 
Homeland Security as element of the intelligence community. 
Sec. 432. Federal Bureau of Investigation participation in the Department of Jus-
tice leave bank. 
Sec. 433. Accounts and transfer authority for appropriations and other amounts for 
intelligence elements of the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 434. Report on training standards of defense intelligence workforce. 
TITLE V—OTHER MATTERS 
Sec. 501. Report on airspace restrictions for use of unmanned aerial vehicles along 
the border of the United States and Mexico. 
Sec. 502. Sense of Congress regarding integration of fusion centers. 
Sec. 503. Strategy to counter improvised explosive devices. 
Sec. 504. Sense of Congress regarding the priority of railway transportation secu-
rity. 
Sec. 505. Technical amendments to the National Security Act of 1947. 
Sec. 506. Technical amendments to title 18, United States Code. 
Sec. 507. Budgetary effects. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEES.—The term 
‘‘congressional intelligence committees’’ means— 
(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’’ has the meaning given that term in section 3(4) 
of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)). 
TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2012 for the conduct of the intelligence and intelligence-related 
activities of the following elements of the United States Govern-
ment: 
(1) The Office of the Director of National Intelligence. 
(2) The Central Intelligence Agency. 
(3) The Department of Defense. 
(4) The Defense Intelligence Agency.
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(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. 
SEC. 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 Sep-
tember 30, 2012, 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. 1892 of the One Hundred 
Twelfth Congress. 
(b) AVAILABILITY
OF CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE
OF AUTHORIZA-
TIONS.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY TO COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.—The classi-
fied 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 pub-
licly 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. 415c); 
(B) to the extent necessary to implement the budget; 
or 
(C) as otherwise required by law. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN ACTIVITIES IN THE CLASSIFIED 
ANNEX.—In addition to any other purpose authorized by law, the 
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation may expend funds 
authorized in this Act as specified in the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation Policy Implementation section of the classified annex 
accompanying this Act. 
SEC. 103. PERSONNEL CEILING ADJUSTMENTS. 
(a) AUTHORITY FOR INCREASES.—The Director of National Intel-
ligence may authorize the employment of civilian personnel in 
excess of the number of full-time equivalent positions for fiscal 
year 2012 authorized by the classified Schedule of Authorizations 
referred to in section 102(a) if the Director of National Intelligence 
determines that such action is necessary for the performance of
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important intelligence functions, except that the number of per-
sonnel 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 section for such element. 
(b) AUTHORITY FOR CONVERSION OF ACTIVITIES PERFORMED BY 
CONTRACT PERSONNEL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the authority in subsection 
(a) and subject to paragraph (2), if the head of an element 
of the intelligence community makes a determination that 
activities currently being performed by contract personnel 
should be performed by employees of such element, the Director 
of National Intelligence, in order to reduce a comparable 
number of contract personnel, may authorize for that purpose 
employment of additional full-time equivalent personnel in such 
element equal to the number of full-time equivalent contract 
personnel performing such activities. 
(2) CONCURRENCE AND APPROVAL.—The authority described 
in paragraph (1) may not be exercised unless the Director 
of National Intelligence concurs with the determination 
described in such paragraph. 
(c) 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 assign-
ment— 
(1) in a student program, trainee program, or similar pro-
gram; 
(2) in a reserve corps or as a reemployed annuitant; or 
(3) in details, joint duty, or long-term, full-time training. 
(d) NOTICE TO CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEES.— 
The Director of National Intelligence shall notify the congressional 
intelligence committees in writing at least 15 days prior to the 
initial exercise of an authority described in subsection (a) or (b). 
SEC. 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 
2012 the sum of $576,393,000. Within such amount, funds identified 
in the classified Schedule of Authorizations referred to in section 
102(a) for advanced research and development shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2013. 
(b) AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL LEVELS.—The elements within the 
Intelligence Community Management Account of the Director of 
National Intelligence are authorized 777 full-time or full-time 
equivalent personnel as of September 30, 2012. 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 2012 such additional amounts as are
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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 Sep-
tember 30, 2013. 
(2) AUTHORIZATION OF PERSONNEL.—In addition to the per-
sonnel authorized by subsection (b) for elements of the Intel-
ligence Community Management Account as of September 30, 
2012, there are authorized such additional personnel for the 
Community Management Account as of that date as are speci-
fied in the classified Schedule of Authorizations referred to 
in section 102(a). 
TITLE 
II—CENTRAL 
INTELLIGENCE 
AGENCY 
RETIREMENT 
AND 
DIS-
ABILITY SYSTEM 
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated for the Central Intel-
ligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund for fiscal year 2012 
the sum of $514,000,000. 
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. INCREASE IN EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS 
AUTHORIZED BY LAW. 
Appropriations authorized by this Act for salary, pay, retire-
ment, 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. 
SEC. 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. 
SEC. 303. ANNUAL REPORT ON HIRING OF NATIONAL SECURITY EDU-
CATION PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS. 
Not later than 90 days after the end of each of fiscal years 
2012, 2013, and 2014, the head of each element of the intelligence 
community shall submit to the congressional intelligence commit-
tees a report, which may be in classified form, containing the 
number of personnel hired by such element during such fiscal 
year that were at any time a recipient of a grant or scholarship 
under the David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 
(50 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.). 
SEC. 304. ENHANCEMENT OF AUTHORITY FOR FLEXIBLE PERSONNEL 
MANAGEMENT AMONG THE ELEMENTS OF THE INTEL-
LIGENCE COMMUNITY. 
Section 102A of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
403–1) is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
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‘‘(v) AUTHORITY
TO
ESTABLISH
POSITIONS
IN
EXCEPTED 
SERVICE.—(1) The Director of National Intelligence, with the concur-
rence of the head of the covered department concerned and in 
consultation with the Director of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment, may— 
‘‘(A) convert competitive service positions, and the incum-
bents of such positions, within an element of the intelligence 
community in such department, to excepted service positions 
as the Director of National Intelligence determines necessary 
to carry out the intelligence functions of such element; and 
‘‘(B) establish new positions in the excepted service within 
an element of the intelligence community in such department, 
if the Director of National Intelligence determines such posi-
tions are necessary to carry out the intelligence functions of 
such element. 
‘‘(2) An incumbent occupying a position on the date of the 
enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2012 selected to be converted to the excepted service under this 
section shall have the right to refuse such conversion. Once such 
individual no longer occupies the position, the position may be 
converted to the excepted service. 
‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘covered department’ means 
the Department of Energy, the Department of Homeland Security, 
the Department of State, or the Department of the Treasury.’’. 
SEC. 305. PREPARATION OF NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION ASSESSMENT 
STATEMENTS. 
Section 102A of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
403–1), as amended by section 304 of this Act, is further amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(w) NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION ASSESSMENT STATEMENTS INTEL-
LIGENCE COMMUNITY ADDENDUM.—The Director of National Intel-
ligence, in consultation with the heads of the appropriate elements 
of the intelligence community and the Secretary of State, shall 
provide to the President, the congressional intelligence committees, 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, 
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate an addendum 
to each Nuclear Proliferation Assessment Statement accompanying 
a civilian nuclear cooperation agreement, containing a comprehen-
sive analysis of the country’s export control system with respect 
to nuclear-related matters, including interactions with other coun-
tries of proliferation concern and the actual or suspected nuclear, 
dual-use, or missile-related transfers to such countries.’’. 
SEC. 306. COST ESTIMATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 506A of the National Security Act 
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 415a–1) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(2)’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(B) For major system acquisitions requiring a service or capa-
bility from another acquisition or program to deliver the end-to- 
end functionality for the intelligence community end users, inde-
pendent cost estimates shall include, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, all estimated costs across all pertinent elements of the 
intelligence community. For collection programs, such cost estimates 
shall include the cost of new analyst training, new hardware and
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software for data exploitation and analysis, and any unique or 
additional costs for data processing, storing, and power, space, 
and cooling across the life cycle of the program. If such costs 
for processing, exploitation, dissemination, and storage are sched-
uled to be executed in other elements of the intelligence community, 
the independent cost estimate shall identify and annotate such 
costs for such other elements accordingly.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)(2)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(2)’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), as so designated, by striking 
‘‘associated with the acquisition of a major system,’’ and 
inserting ‘‘associated with the development, acquisition, 
procurement, operation, and sustainment of a major system 
across its proposed life cycle,’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) In accordance with subsection (a)(2)(B), each inde-
pendent cost estimate shall include all costs required across 
elements of the intelligence community to develop, acquire, 
procure, operate, and sustain the system to provide the end- 
to-end intelligence functionality of the system, including— 
‘‘(i) for collection programs, the cost of new analyst 
training, new hardware and software for data exploitation 
and analysis, and any unique or additional costs for data 
processing, storing, and power, space, and cooling across 
the life cycle of the program; and 
‘‘(ii) costs for processing, exploitation, dissemination, 
and storage scheduled to be executed in other elements 
of the intelligence community.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
shall take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 307. UPDATES OF INTELLIGENCE RELATING TO TERRORIST 
RECIDIVISM OF DETAINEES HELD AT UNITED STATES 
NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA. 
(a) UPDATES AND CONSOLIDATION OF LANGUAGE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Title V of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 413 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 
section 506H the following new section: 
‘‘SUMMARY OF INTELLIGENCE RELATING TO TERRORIST RECIDIVISM OF 
DETAINEES HELD AT UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO 
BAY, CUBA 
‘‘SEC. 506I. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National Intel-
ligence, in consultation with the Director of the Central Intelligence 
Agency and the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, shall 
make publicly available an unclassified summary of— 
‘‘(1) intelligence relating to recidivism of detainees currently 
or formerly held at the Naval Detention Facility at Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense; and 
‘‘(2) an assessment of the likelihood that such detainees 
will engage in terrorism or communicate with persons in ter-
rorist organizations. 
‘‘(b) UPDATES.—Not less frequently than once every 6 months, 
the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the 
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and the Secretary of 
Defense, shall update and make publicly available an unclassified