115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3180 
AN ACT 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 for intel-
ligence and intelligence-related activities of the United 
States Government, the Community Management Ac-
count, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement 
and Disability System, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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 2018’’. 
(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. 
Sec. 202. Computation of annuities for employees of the Central Intelligence 
Agency. 
TITLE III—GENERAL INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MATTERS 
Sec. 301. Restriction on conduct of intelligence activities. 
Sec. 302. Increase in employee compensation and benefits authorized by law. 
Sec. 303. Congressional oversight of intelligence community contractors. 
Sec. 304. Enhanced personnel security programs. 
TITLE IV—MATTERS RELATING TO ELEMENTS OF THE 
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY 
Subtitle A—Office of the Director of National Intelligence 
Sec. 401. Authority for protection of current and former employees of the Of-
fice of the Director of National Intelligence. 
Sec. 402. Designation of the program manager-information sharing environ-
ment. 
Sec. 403. Technical correction to the executive schedule. 
Subtitle B—Other Elements 
Sec. 411. Requirements relating to appointment of General Counsel of National 
Security Agency. 
Sec. 412. Transfer or elimination of certain components and functions of the 
Defense Intelligence Agency. 
Sec. 413. Technical amendments related to the Department of Energy. 
TITLE V—MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES 
Sec. 501. Assessment of significant Russian influence campaigns directed at 
foreign elections and referenda.
Sec. 502. Foreign counterintelligence and cybersecurity threats to Federal elec-
tion campaigns. 
Sec. 503. Assessment of threat finance relating to the Russian Federation. 
TITLE VI—REPORTS AND OTHER MATTERS 
Sec. 601. Period of overseas assignments for certain foreign service officers. 
Sec. 602. Semiannual reports on investigations of unauthorized public disclo-
sures of classified information. 
Sec. 603. Intelligence community reports on security clearances. 
Sec. 604. Report on expansion of Security Protective Services jurisdiction. 
Sec. 605. Report on role of Director of National Intelligence with respect to 
certain foreign investments. 
Sec. 606. Report on Cyber Exchange Program. 
Sec. 607. Review of intelligence community participation in vulnerabilities equi-
ties process. 
Sec. 608. Review of Intelligence Community whistleblower matters. 
Sec. 609. Sense of Congress on notifications of certain disclosures of classified 
information. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CONGRESSIONAL
INTELLIGENCE
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘congressional intelligence com-
mittees’’ 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. 3003(4)).
TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE 
ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2018 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 Intel-
ligence. 
(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 Depart-
ment 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.
that govern, for each element of the intelligence commu-
nity, 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 annu-
itant; 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 au-
thority described in subsection (a). 
SEC. 104. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT AC-
COUNT. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for the Intelligence Commu-
nity Management Account of the Director of National In-
telligence for fiscal year 2018 the sum of $526,900,000. 
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, 2019.
(b) AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL LEVELS.—The ele-
ments within the Intelligence Community Management 
Account of the Director of National Intelligence are au-
thorized 804 positions as of September 30, 2018. Per-
sonnel serving in such elements may be permanent em-
ployees of the Office of the Director of National Intel-
ligence 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 Ac-
count by subsection (a), there are authorized to be 
appropriated for the Intelligence Community Man-
agement Account for fiscal year 2018 such addi-
tional amounts as are specified in the classified 
Schedule of Authorizations referred to in section 
102(a). Such additional amounts made available for 
advanced research and development shall remain 
available until September 30, 2019. 
(2) AUTHORIZATION OF PERSONNEL.—In addi-
tion to the personnel authorized by subsection (b) 
for elements of the Intelligence Community Manage-
ment Account as of September 30, 2018, there are 
authorized such additional personnel for the Com-
munity Management Account as of that date as are 
specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations 
referred to in section 102(a). 
TITLE 
II—CENTRAL 
INTEL-
LIGENCE 
AGENCY 
RETIRE-
MENT AND DISABILITY SYS-
TEM 
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated for the Cen-
tral Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund 
for fiscal year 2018 the sum of $514,000,000. 
SEC. 202. COMPUTATION OF ANNUITIES FOR EMPLOYEES 
OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. 
(a) COMPUTATION OF ANNUITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 221 of the Central 
Intelligence Agency Retirement Act (50 U.S.C. 
2031) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(3)(B), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘, as deter-
mined by using the annual rate of basic pay 
that would be payable for full-time service in 
that position.’’; 
(B) in subsection (b)(1)(C)(i), by striking 
‘‘12-month’’ and inserting ‘‘2-year’’;
(C) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ‘‘one 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘two years’’; 
(D) in subsection (g)(2), by striking ‘‘one 
year’’ each place such term appears and insert-
ing ‘‘two years’’; 
(E) by redesignating subsections (h), (i), 
(j), (k), and (l) as subsections (i), (j), (k), (l), 
and (m), respectively; and 
(F) by inserting after subsection (g) the 
following: 
‘‘(h) CONDITIONAL ELECTION OF INSURABLE INTER-
EST SURVIVOR ANNUITY BY PARTICIPANTS MARRIED AT 
THE TIME OF RETIREMENT.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY
TO
MAKE
DESIGNATION.— 
Subject to the rights of former spouses under sub-
section (b) and section 222, at the time of retire-
ment a married participant found by the Director to 
be in good health may elect to receive an annuity re-
duced in accordance with subsection (f)(1)(B) and 
designate in writing an individual having an insur-
able interest in the participant to receive an annuity 
under the system after the participant’s death, ex-
cept that any such election to provide an insurable 
interest survivor annuity to the participant’s spouse 
shall only be effective if the participant’s spouse
waives the spousal right to a survivor annuity under 
this Act. The amount of the annuity shall be equal 
to 55 percent of the participant’s reduced annuity. 
‘‘(2) REDUCTION IN PARTICIPANT’S ANNUITY.— 
The annuity payable to the participant making such 
election shall be reduced by 10 percent of an annuity 
computed under subsection (a) and by an additional 
5 percent for each full 5 years the designated indi-
vidual is younger than the participant. The total re-
duction under this subparagraph may not exceed 40 
percent. 
‘‘(3) COMMENCEMENT
OF
SURVIVOR
ANNU-
ITY.—The annuity payable to the designated indi-
vidual shall begin on the day after the retired partic-
ipant dies and terminate on the last day of the 
month before the designated individual dies. 
‘‘(4) RECOMPUTATION OF PARTICIPANT’S AN-
NUITY ON DEATH OF DESIGNATED INDIVIDUAL.—An 
annuity which is reduced under this subsection shall, 
effective the first day of the month following the 
death of the designated individual, be recomputed 
and paid as if the annuity had not been so re-
duced.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(A) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RE-
TIREMENT
ACT.—The 
Central 
Intelligence 
Agency Retirement Act (50 U.S.C. 2001 et 
seq.) is amended— 
(i) in section 232(b)(1) (50 U.S.C. 
2052(b)(1)), by striking ‘‘221(h),’’ and in-
serting ‘‘221(i),’’; and 
(ii) in section 252(h)(4) (50 U.S.C. 
2082(h)(4)), by striking ‘‘221(k)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘221(l)’’. 
(B) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ACT 
OF 1949.—Subsection (a) of section 14 of the 
Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 
U.S.C. 3514(a)) is amended by striking 
‘‘221(h)(2), 221(i), 221(l),’’ and inserting 
‘‘221(i)(2), 221(j), 221(m),’’. 
(b) ANNUITIES FOR FORMER SPOUSES.—Subpara-
graph (B) of section 222(b)(5) of the Central Intelligence 
Agency Retirement Act (50 U.S.C. 2032(b)(5)(B)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘one year’’ and inserting ‘‘two 
years’’. 
(c) PRIOR SERVICE CREDIT.—Subparagraph (A) of 
section 252(b)(3) of the Central Intelligence Agency Re-
tirement Act (50 U.S.C. 2082(b)(3)(A)) is amended by