‘‘(4) 
CONGRESSIONAL
NOTIFICATION.—The 
Secretary of State shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations and Foreign Affairs of the House of 
Representatives and Committees on Appropriations 
and Foreign Relations of the Senate at the end of 
each fiscal year of any instances during the prior 
twelve months in which the waiver authority de-
scribed in paragraph (3) was invoked.’’. 
SEC. 602. SEMIANNUAL REPORTS ON INVESTIGATIONS OF 
UNAUTHORIZED PUBLIC DISCLOSURES OF 
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title XI of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 1105. SEMIANNUAL REPORTS ON INVESTIGATIONS OF 
UNAUTHORIZED PUBLIC DISCLOSURES OF 
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—On a semiannual basis, each cov-
ered official shall submit to the congressional intelligence 
committees a report that includes, with respect to the pre-
ceding 6-month period— 
‘‘(1) the number of investigations opened by the 
covered official regarding an unauthorized public 
disclosure of classified information; 
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‘‘(2) the number of investigations completed by 
the covered official regarding an unauthorized public 
disclosure of classified information; and 
‘‘(3) of the number of such completed investiga-
tions identified under paragraph (2), the number re-
ferred to the Attorney General for criminal inves-
tigation. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘covered official’ means— 
‘‘(A) the heads of each element of the in-
telligence community; and 
‘‘(B) the inspectors general with oversight 
responsibility for an element of the intelligence 
community. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘investigation’ means any in-
quiry, whether formal or informal, into the existence 
of an unauthorized public disclosure of classified in-
formation. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘unauthorized public disclosure 
of classified information’ means the unauthorized 
disclosure of classified information to a journalist or 
media organization.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in the first section of the National Security Act of 1947 
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is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
1104 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 1105. Semiannual reports on investigations of unauthorized disclosures of 
classified information.’’. 
SEC. 603. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY REPORTS ON SECU-
RITY CLEARANCES. 
Section 506H of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 3104) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by inserting 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a period; and 
(C) by striking subparagraph (C); 
(2) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
section (c); 
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing new subsection (b): 
‘‘(b) INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY
REPORTS.—(1) 
Not later than March 1 of each year, the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intel-
ligence committees a report on the security clearances 
processed by each element of the intelligence community 
during the preceding calendar year. Each such report shall 
separately identify security clearances processed by each 
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such element and shall cover Federal employees and con-
tractor employees. 
‘‘(2) Each report submitted under paragraph (1) 
shall include each of the following for each element of the 
intelligence community for the year covered by the report: 
‘‘(A) The total number of initial security clear-
ance background investigations opened for new ap-
plicants. 
‘‘(B) The total number of security clearance 
periodic re-investigations opened for existing employ-
ees. 
‘‘(C) The total number of initial security clear-
ance background investigations for new applicants 
that were finalized and adjudicated with notice of a 
determination provided to the prospective applicant, 
including— 
‘‘(i) the total number that were adju-
dicated favorably and granted access to classi-
fied information; and 
‘‘(ii) the total number that were adju-
dicated unfavorably and resulted in a denial or 
revocation of a security clearance. 
‘‘(D) The total number of security clearance 
periodic background investigations that were final-
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ized and adjudicated with notice of a determination 
provided to the existing employee, including— 
‘‘(i) the total number that were adju-
dicated favorably; and 
‘‘(ii) the total number that were adju-
dicated unfavorably and resulted in a denial or 
revocation of a security clearance. 
‘‘(E) The total number of pending security 
clearance background investigations, including initial 
applicant investigations and periodic re-investiga-
tions, that were not finalized and adjudicated as of 
the last day of such year and that remained pending 
as follows: 
‘‘(i) For 180 days or less. 
‘‘(ii) For 180 days or longer, but less than 
12 months. 
‘‘(iii) For 12 months or longer, but less 
than 18 months. 
‘‘(iv) For 18 months or longer, but less 
than 24 months. 
‘‘(v) For 24 months or longer. 
‘‘(F) In the case of security clearance deter-
minations completed or pending during the year pre-
ceding the year for which the report is submitted 
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that have taken longer than 12 months to com-
plete— 
‘‘(i) the cause of the delay for such deter-
minations; and 
‘‘(ii) the number of such determinations 
for which polygraph examinations were re-
quired. 
‘‘(G) The percentage of security clearance in-
vestigations, including initial and periodic re-inves-
tigations, that resulted in a denial or revocation of 
a security clearance. 
‘‘(H) The percentage of security clearance in-
vestigations that resulted in incomplete information. 
‘‘(I) The percentage of security clearance inves-
tigations that did not result in enough information 
to make a decision on potentially adverse informa-
tion. 
‘‘(3) The report required under this subsection shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a clas-
sified annex.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (c), as redesignated by para-
graph (2), by inserting ‘‘and (b)’’ after ‘‘subsection 
(a)(1)’’. 
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