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‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF RECIPIENTS.—For each ele-
ment of the intelligence community, the number of individuals 
serving in a position in such element who receive a higher 
rate of pay established or increased under paragraph (1) may 
not, at any time during a given fiscal year, exceed 50 individuals 
or 5 percent of the total number of full-time equivalent positions 
authorized for such element for the preceding fiscal year, which-
ever is greater.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘the element’’ and inserting 
‘‘an element’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents at the begin-
ning of such Act is amended by striking the item relating to section 
113B and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 113B. Special pay authority for science, technology, engineering, or mathe-
matics positions and positions requiring banking or financial services 
expertise.’’. 
(c) REPORTS.—Not later than September 1 of each year until 
September 1, 2025, the head of each element of the intelligence 
community shall submit to the congressional intelligence commit-
tees, the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report 
on any rates of pay established for such element under section 
113B of such Act (50 U.S.C. 3049a), as amended by subsection 
(a), including— 
(1) a description of any rates of pay so established; and 
(2) an identification of the number of positions in such 
element that will be subject to such rates of pay during the 
subsequent fiscal year. 
SEC. 7312. ANNUAL REPORT ON UNFUNDED PRIORITIES OF INTEL-
LIGENCE COMMUNITY. 
Section 514(a) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3113(a)) is amended by inserting ‘‘prepare and’’ after ‘‘each element 
of the intelligence community shall’’. 
SEC. 7313. SUBMISSION OF LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS. 
Title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section 
(and conforming the table of contents at the beginning of such 
Act accordingly): 
‘‘SEC. 516. SUBMISSION OF LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS. 
‘‘Not later than 45 days after the date on which the President 
submits to Congress the budget for each fiscal year pursuant to 
section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the Director of 
National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence 
committees, the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
any legislative provisions that are proposed by the Director to 
be enacted as part of the annual intelligence authorization bill 
for that fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 7314. ANNUAL REPORT ON REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title XI of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 3231 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
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‘‘SEC. 1114. ANNUAL REPORT ON REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
‘‘(a) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than March 1 of 
each fiscal year, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit 
to the congressional intelligence committees, the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives a report detailing all congression-
ally mandated reporting requirements applicable to Office of the 
Director of National Intelligence for the upcoming fiscal year. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted pursuant to subsection 
(a) shall include, for the fiscal year covered by the report and 
for each congressionally mandated reporting requirement detailed 
in the report: 
‘‘(1) A description of the reporting requirement. 
‘‘(2) A citation to the provision of law (or other source 
of congressional directive) imposing the reporting requirement. 
‘‘(3) Whether the reporting requirement is recurring, condi-
tional, or subject to a termination provision. 
‘‘(4) Whether the Director recommends repealing or modi-
fying the requirement. 
‘‘(c) FORM.—Each report submitted pursuant to subsection (a) 
may be submitted in classified form.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for such Act 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Sec. 1114. Annual report on reporting requirements.’’. 
SEC. 7315. NOTICE AND DAMAGE ASSESSMENT WITH RESPECT TO 
SIGNIFICANT UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OR COM-
PROMISE OF CLASSIFIED NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. 
Title XI of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3231 
et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 1105 the following 
new section (and conforming the table of contents at the beginning 
of such Act accordingly): 
‘‘SEC. 1105A. NOTICE AND DAMAGE ASSESSMENT WITH RESPECT TO 
SIGNIFICANT UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OR COM-
PROMISE OF CLASSIFIED NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. 
‘‘(a) NOTIFICATION AND DAMAGE ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENTS.—If the Director of National Intel-
ligence becomes aware of an actual or potential significant 
unauthorized disclosure or compromise of classified national 
intelligence— 
‘‘(A) as soon as practicable, but not later than 7 days 
after the date on which the Director becomes so aware, 
the Director shall notify the congressional intelligence 
committees of such actual or potential disclosure or com-
promise; and 
‘‘(B) in the case of an actual disclosure or compromise, 
not later than 7 days after the date on which the Director 
becomes so aware, the Director or the head of any element 
of the intelligence community from which the significant 
unauthorized disclosure or compromise originated shall ini-
tiate a damage assessment consistent with the procedures 
set forth in Intelligence Community Directive 732 (relating 
to the conduct of damage assessments), or successor direc-
tive, with respect to such disclosure or compromise. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS OF NOTIFICATION.—A notification submitted 
to the congressional intelligence committees under paragraph
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(1)(A) with respect to an actual or potential significant 
unauthorized disclosure or compromise of classified national 
intelligence shall include— 
‘‘(A) a summary of the facts and circumstances of such 
disclosure or compromise; 
‘‘(B) a summary of the contents of the national intel-
ligence revealed or potentially revealed, as the case may 
be, by such disclosure or compromise; 
‘‘(C) an initial appraisal of the level of actual or poten-
tial damage, as the case may be, to the national security 
of the United States as a result of such disclosure or 
compromise; and 
‘‘(D) in the case of an actual disclosure or compromise, 
which elements of the intelligence community will be 
involved in the damage assessment conducted with respect 
to such disclosure or compromise pursuant to paragraph 
(1)(B). 
‘‘(b) DAMAGE ASSESSMENT REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) RECURRING REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 
30 days after the date of the initiation of a damage assessment 
pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(B), and every 90 days thereafter 
until the completion of the damage assessment or upon the 
request of the congressional intelligence committees, the 
Director of National Intelligence shall— 
‘‘(A) submit to the congressional intelligence commit-
tees copies of any documents or materials disclosed as 
a result of the significant unauthorized disclosure or com-
promise of the classified national intelligence that is the 
subject of the damage assessment; and 
‘‘(B) provide to the congressional intelligence commit-
tees a briefing on such documents and materials and a 
status of the damage assessment. 
‘‘(2) FINAL DAMAGE ASSESSMENT.—As soon as practicable 
after completing a damage assessment pursuant to subsection 
(a)(1)(B), the Director of National Intelligence shall submit 
the final damage assessment to the congressional intelligence 
committees. 
‘‘(c) NOTIFICATION OF REFERRAL TO DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.— 
If a referral is made to the Department of Justice from any element 
of the intelligence community regarding a significant unauthorized 
disclosure or compromise of classified national intelligence under 
this section, the Director of National Intelligence shall notify the 
congressional intelligence committees of the referral on the date 
such referral is made.’’. 
SEC. 7316. IN-STATE TUITION RATES FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF 
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 135(d) of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1015d(d)), as amended by section 6206(a)(4) 
of the Foreign Service Families Act of 2021 (Public Law 117– 
81), is further amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) an officer or employee of an element of the intelligence 
community (as such term is defined in section 3 of the National
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Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)) who serves in a position 
of employment in such element for a period of more than 
30 days.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by subsection 
(a) shall take effect at each public institution of higher education 
in a State that receives assistance under the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) for the first period of enrollment 
at such institution that begins after July 1, 2024. 
SEC. 7317. REPEAL OF STUDY ON PERSONNEL UNDER STRATEGIC 
INTELLIGENCE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. 
Section 6435 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263; 136 Stat. 3533) is repealed (and 
conforming the table of contents in section 6001(b) accordingly). 
SEC. 
7318. 
INTELLIGENCE 
COMMUNITY 
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE 
OFFICE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ means the 
Department of Agriculture. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Agriculture. 
(b) REPEAL.—Section 415 of the Intelligence Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–103; 28 U.S.C. 532 note) 
is repealed. 
(c) ESTABLISHMENT
OF INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY COUNTER-
INTELLIGENCE OFFICE.— 
(1) AGREEMENT
WITH
SECRETARY
OF
AGRICULTURE.—The 
Director of National Intelligence, acting through the Director 
of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, shall 
seek to enter into an agreement with the Secretary under 
which the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary 
shall establish within the Department an office, which shall 
be known as the ‘‘Intelligence Community Counterintelligence 
Office’’, in accordance with this section. 
(2) LOCATION.—The Intelligence Community Counterintel-
ligence Office established pursuant to this section shall be 
physically located within the headquarters of the Department 
and within reasonable proximity to the offices of the leadership 
of the Department. 
(3) SECURITY.—The Director of the National Counterintel-
ligence and Security Center shall be responsible for the protec-
tion of classified information and for the establishment and 
enforcement of all security-related controls within the Intel-
ligence Community Counterintelligence Office. 
(d) PERSONNEL.— 
(1) DIRECTOR.— 
(A) APPOINTMENT.—There shall be at the head of the 
Intelligence 
Community 
Counterintelligence 
Office 
a 
Director who is appointed by the Director of National Intel-
ligence. The Director of the Intelligence Community 
Counterintelligence Office shall— 
(i) be supervised and subject to performance 
evaluations by the Director of the National Counter-
intelligence and Security Center, in consultation with 
the Secretary; 
(ii) be an employee of the intelligence community 
with significant counterintelligence experience; and
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(iii) serve for a period of 3 years. 
(B) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Director of the Intelligence 
Community Counterintelligence Office shall carry out the 
following responsibilities: 
(i) Serving as the head of the Intelligence Commu-
nity 
Counterintelligence 
Office, 
with 
supervisory 
responsibility for the Intelligence Community Counter-
intelligence Office and any other personnel assigned 
to the Intelligence Community Counterintelligence 
Office. 
(ii) Advising the Secretary on counterintelligence 
and intelligence information. 
(iii) Ensuring that counterintelligence threat 
information and, as appropriate, finished intelligence 
on topics related to the functions of the Department, 
are provided to appropriate personnel of the depart-
ment or agency without delay. 
(iv) Ensuring critical intelligence relevant to the 
Secretary is requested and disseminated in a timely 
manner. 
(v) Establishing, as appropriate, mechanisms for 
collaboration 
through 
which 
Department 
subject 
matter experts, including those without security clear-
ances, can share information and expertise with the 
intelligence community. 
(vi) Correlating and evaluating counterintelligence 
threats 
identified 
within 
intelligence 
community 
reporting, in coordination with the National Counter-
intelligence and Security Center, and providing appro-
priate dissemination of such intelligence to officials 
of the Department with a need-to-know. 
(vii) Advising the Secretary on methods to improve 
the counterintelligence posture of the Department. 
(viii) Where appropriate, supporting the Depart-
ment’s leadership in engaging with the National Secu-
rity Council. 
(ix) In coordination with the National Counter-
intelligence and Security Center, establishing counter-
intelligence partnerships to improve the counterintel-
ligence defense of the Department. 
(2) DEPUTY DIRECTOR.—There shall be within the Intel-
ligence Community Counterintelligence Office a Deputy 
Director who is appointed by the Secretary, in coordination 
with the Director of National Intelligence. The Deputy Director 
shall— 
(A) be supervised and subject to performance evalua-
tions by the Secretary, in consultation with the Director 
of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center; 
(B) be a current or former employee of the Department 
with significant experience within the Department; and 
(C) serve at the pleasure of the Secretary. 
(3) OTHER EMPLOYEES.— 
(A) JOINT DUTY ASSIGNMENT.—There shall be within 
the Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office such 
other employees as the Director of National Intelligence, 
in consultation with the Secretary, determines appropriate.
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requirements of the Intelligence Community Counterintel-
ligence Office; 
(2) the provision of connectivity to the Intelligence Commu-
nity Counterintelligence Office to enable briefings, secure audio 
and 
video 
communications, 
and 
collaboration 
between 
employees of the Department and the intelligence community 
at the unclassified, secret, and top secret levels; 
(3) the provision of other information technology systems 
and devices, such as computers, printers, and phones, for use 
by employees of the Intelligence Community Counterintel-
ligence Office; 
(4) the assignment of employees of the intelligence commu-
nity to support the operation of the Intelligence Community 
Counterintelligence Office; and 
(5) the provision of other personal services necessary for 
the operation of the Intelligence Community Counterintel-
ligence Office. 
(f) DEADLINE
FOR
ESTABLISHMENT
OF
THE
INTELLIGENCE 
COMMUNITY COUNTERINTELLIGENCE OFFICE.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than January 1, 2025, the 
Director of National Intelligence shall seek to establish, in 
accordance with this section, the Intelligence Community 
Counterintelligence Office within the Department. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence 
shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees, the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report 
on the plan to establish the Intelligence Community Counter-
intelligence Office required under paragraph (1). Such report 
shall include the costs and schedule associated with estab-
lishing the Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office. 
SEC. 7319. SUNSET OF CLIMATE SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL. 
Section 120(e) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3060(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2025’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2024’’. 
SEC. 7320. INCLUSION OF COUNTERNARCOTICS AS SPECIAL TOPIC IN 
CERTAIN BUDGET JUSTIFICATION MATERIALS. 
(a) INCLUSION OF COUNTERNARCOTICS AS SPECIAL TOPIC.—For 
the purposes of the congressional budget justification book for the 
National Intelligence Program (as such term is defined in section 
3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)) for each 
of fiscal years 2025 through 2027, and for any subsequent fiscal 
year as the Director of National Intelligence determines appropriate, 
information with respect to the aggregate amount of funding 
requested for counternarcotics required to be included as part of 
the budget justification materials submitted to Congress under 
section 506(a)(3) of such Act shall be included as a provision relating 
to a special topic in such congressional budget justification book. 
(b) CONTENTS.—With respect to a fiscal year, the special topic 
provision included in the congressional budget justification book 
pursuant to subsection (a) regarding the aggregate amount of 
funding requested for counternarcotics shall include— 
(1) a summary of the main activities and investments that 
such requested funding would support;
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(2) a breakdown of such requested funding by program, 
budget category, intelligence discipline, and any other appro-
priate classification; 
(3) a comparison of aggregate requested funding and aggre-
gate enacted funding for counternarcotics for the current fiscal 
year and the previous fiscal year; 
(4) the number of full-time equivalent civilian and military 
personnel assigned to the counternarcotics mission of the intel-
ligence community; and 
(5) such other information as the Director of National Intel-
ligence determines appropriate. 
SEC. 7321. DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN TO MAKE OPEN-SOURCE INTEL-
LIGENCE PRODUCTS AVAILABLE TO CERTAIN FEDERAL 
EMPLOYEES. 
(a) PLAN REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel-
ligence, in consultation with such heads of the elements of the 
intelligence community as the Director considers appropriate, shall 
develop and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress 
a plan to make available to covered individuals any covered open- 
source intelligence product. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The plan required under subsection (a) shall 
include the following: 
(1) Policies and procedures to make available to covered 
individuals any covered open-source intelligence product in a 
manner consistent with the protection of intelligence sources 
and methods. 
(2) Policies and procedures to increase the availability and 
accessibility to covered individuals of publicly available foreign 
language material that is translated by or within the intel-
ligence community. 
(3) Policies and procedures to ensure that the head of 
each element of the intelligence community that produces any 
covered open-source intelligence product complies with all poli-
cies and procedures issued to implement the plan submitted 
under subsection (a). 
(4) Policies and procedures to ensure that any covered 
open-source intelligence product that is made available to cov-
ered individuals satisfies the requirements under any policy, 
procedure, or standard issued by the head of an element of 
the intelligence community relating to the production and 
dissemination of intelligence products. 
(5) Any obstacles to making available to covered individuals 
unclassified products derived from open-source intelligence pro-
duced by the intelligence community, including translated for-
eign language material described in paragraph (2). 
(6) With respect to implementation of the plan, a discussion 
of the estimated timeline, any additional funding or other 
resources, and any new authorities that would be required 
for such implementation. 
(7) A discussion of the feasibility and advisability of making 
unclassified products derived from open-source intelligence pro-
duced by the intelligence community available to State and 
local government officials who would derive value from such 
unclassified products.
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(8) Policies and procedures relating to the dissemination 
of United States person information contained in covered open- 
source intelligence products. 
(c) FORM.—The plan required under subsection (a) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. 
(d) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY DIRECTIVE WITH RESPECT
TO 
OPEN-SOURCE INTELLIGENCE.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel-
ligence shall update Intelligence Community Directive 208, Maxi-
mizing the Utility of Analytic Products (or any successor directive) 
to specifically address— 
(1) the production and dissemination of unclassified intel-
ligence products derived entirely from open-source intelligence, 
including from unclassified publicly available information, 
unclassified commercially available information, or any other 
type of unclassified information; and 
(2) the needs and requirements of covered individuals who 
do not hold a security clearance or have access to the classified 
systems on which such unclassified intelligence products reside. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CONGRESS.—The term 
‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ means— 
(A) the congressional intelligence committees; 
(B) the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(C) the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 
the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 
(2) COVERED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘covered individual’’ 
means an employee of the Federal Government— 
(A) who is not an employee or contractor of an element 
of the intelligence community; and 
(B) who would derive value from a covered open-source 
intelligence product. 
(3) COVERED OPEN-SOURCE INTELLIGENCE PRODUCT.—The 
term ‘‘covered open-source intelligence product’’ means an 
unclassified product derived from open-source intelligence that 
is produced by the intelligence community. 
SEC. 7322. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY-WIDE POLICY ON PREPUBLICA-
TION REVIEW. 
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall issue, and 
submit to the congressional intelligence committees, the Committee 
on the Judiciary, the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, 
and the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Oversight 
and Accountability, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives, an intelligence community-wide policy 
regarding prepublication review. 
SEC. 7323. REVIEW RELATING TO CONFIDENTIAL HUMAN SOURCE PRO-
GRAM OF FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION. 
(a) REVIEW.—The Inspector General of the Intelligence Commu-
nity, in coordination with the Inspector General of the Department 
of Justice, shall conduct a review of the policies and procedures 
governing the confidential human source program of the Federal
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Bureau of Investigation (in this section referred to as the ‘‘program)’’ 
and the compliance by the Federal Bureau of Investigation with 
such policies and procedures, including— 
(1) the policy of the Department of Justice titled ‘‘The 
Attorney General’s Guidelines Regarding the Use of FBI Con-
fidential Sources’’ (or successor policy); and 
(2) Intelligence Community Directive 304 (or successor 
directive). 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The review under subsection (a) shall include 
the following: 
(1) An assessment of the compliance by the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation with the policies and procedures governing 
the program, including with respect to the management and 
validation of confidential human sources under such program. 
(2) An assessment of the means by which the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation conducts risk assessments relating to 
the continual validation of long-term confidential human 
sources under the program. 
(3) An assessment of the timeliness and completion rates 
of the reviews of confidential human sources under the program. 
(4) An identification of the data points assessed by the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation during such reviews and the 
State and local databases used in conducting such reviews. 
(5) A list containing an identification of each incident of 
noncompliance with a policy or procedure specified in paragraph 
(1). 
(c) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 90 days after the date on 
which the review under subsection (a) is completed, the Inspector 
General of the Intelligence Community shall submit to the congres-
sional intelligence committees, the Committee on the Judiciary 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives a report containing the results of 
such review. 
SEC. 7324. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN 
ACTIVITIES AND ASSESSMENT OF THE OVERT HUMAN 
INTELLIGENCE 
AND 
OPEN 
SOURCE 
INTELLIGENCE 
COLLECTION PROGRAMS OF THE OFFICE OF INTEL-
LIGENCE AND ANALYSIS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOME-
LAND SECURITY. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term 
‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means the following: 
(A) The congressional intelligence committees. 
(B) The Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate. 
(C) The Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
of Representatives. 
(2) COVERED
ACTIVITY.—The term ‘‘covered activity’’ 
means— 
(A) with respect to the Overt Human Intelligence 
Collection Program, an interview for intelligence collection 
purposes with any individual, including a United States 
person, who has been criminally charged, arraigned, or 
taken into the custody of a Federal, State, or local law 
enforcement agency, but whose guilt with respect to such