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such as mass graves and other sites containing de-
ceased individuals. 
TITLE VII—REPORTS AND OTHER 
MATTERS 
SEC. 701. REPEAL OF CERTAIN REPORT REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) ANNUAL FEDERAL DATA MINING REPORT.—The 
Federal Agency Data Mining Reporting Act of 2007 (42 
U.S.C. 2000ee–3) is repealed. 
(b) REPORTS ON SECURITY SERVICES OF THE PEO-
PLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN THE HONG KONG SPECIAL 
ADMINISTRATIVE REGION.—Section 1107A of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3237a) is amended— 
(1) by repealing such section; and 
(2) by amending the table of sections in title IX 
by striking the item relating to section 1107A. 
(c) ANNUAL
UPDATE
TO
REPORT
ON
FOREIGN 
WEAPONIZATION OF DEEPFAKES AND DEEPFAKE TECH-
NOLOGY.—Section 5709 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (50 U.S.C. 3369a) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking subsection (d); and 
(2) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection 
(d). 
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SEC. 702. INCREASED INTELLIGENCE-RELATED ENGINEER-
ING, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT CAPA-
BILITIES OF MINORITY INSTITUTIONS. 
(a) PLAN.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Director of National 
Intelligence shall develop a plan to promote intel-
ligence-related engineering, research, and development 
activities at covered institutions for the purpose of 
contributing toward the research necessary to achieve 
the intelligence advantage of the United States. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The plan under paragraph (1) 
shall include the following: 
(A) An assessment of opportunities to sup-
port engineering, research, and development at 
covered institutions in computer sciences, includ-
ing artificial intelligence, quantum computing, 
and machine learning, synthetic biology, and an 
assessment of opportunities to support the associ-
ated workforce and physical research infrastruc-
ture of such institutions. 
(B) An assessment of opportunities to en-
hance the ability of covered institutions— 
(i) to participate in intelligence-related 
engineering, research, and development ac-
tivities; and 
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(ii) to effectively compete for intel-
ligence-related engineering, research and de-
velopment contracts in support of the most 
urgent research requirements of the intel-
ligence community. 
(C) An assessment of the activities and in-
vestments the Director determines necessary— 
(i) to expand opportunities for covered 
institutions to partner with other research 
organizations and educational institutions 
that the intelligence community frequently 
partners with to conduct research; and 
(ii) to increase participation of covered 
institutions in intelligence-related engineer-
ing, research, and development activities. 
(D) Recommendations identifying actions 
that may be taken by the Director, Congress, cov-
ered institutions, and other organizations to in-
crease participation of such institutions in intel-
ligence-related engineering, research, and devel-
opment activities and contracts. 
(E) Specific goals, incentives, and metrics 
to increase and measure the capacity of covered 
institutions to address the engineering, research, 
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and development needs of the intelligence com-
munity. 
(3) CONSULTATION.—In developing the plan 
under paragraph (1), the Director shall consult with 
covered institutions and other departments or agen-
cies of the United States Government or private sector 
organizations that the Director determines appro-
priate. 
(4) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall 
submit to the congressional intelligence committees, 
and make publicly available on the internet website 
of the Director, a report containing the plan under 
paragraph (1). 
(b) ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT RESEARCH AND ENGI-
NEERING CAPACITY.—Subject to the availability of appro-
priations for such purpose, the Director may establish a 
program to award contracts, grants, or other agreements, 
on a competitive basis, and to perform other appropriate 
activities, for any of the following purposes: 
(1) Developing the capability, including the 
workforce and the research infrastructure, for covered 
institutions to more effectively compete for intel-
ligence-related engineering, research, and development 
activities and contracts. 
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(2) Any other purposes the Director determines 
appropriate to enhance the capabilities of covered in-
stitutions to carry out intelligence-related engineer-
ing, research, and development activities and con-
tracts. 
(c) INCREASED PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN IARPA AND 
COVERED
INSTITUTIONS.—The Director shall establish 
goals and incentives to encourage the Intelligence Advanced 
Research Projects Activity to— 
(1) partner with covered institutions to advance 
the research and development needs of the intelligence 
community through partnerships and collaborations 
with the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Ac-
tivity; and 
(2) if the Director determines appropriate, foster 
the establishment of similar relationships between 
such institutions and other organizations that have 
partnerships with the Intelligence Advanced Research 
Projects Activity. 
(d) COVERED INSTITUTION DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘covered institution’’ means the following: 
(1) A part B institution (as defined in section 
322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1061)). 
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(2) An institution of higher education (as de-
fined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 
1965(20 U.S.C. 1001)) not covered by paragraph (1) 
at which not less than 50 percent of the total student 
enrollment consists of students from ethnic groups 
that are underrepresented in the fields of science and 
engineering, as determined by the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence. 
SEC. 703. ANNUAL REPORT ON RESPONSE TO GOVERNMENT 
ACCOUNTABILITY 
OFFICE 
RECOMMENDA-
TIONS TO INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than October 31, 
2023, and annually thereafter until October 31, 2028, the 
Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the con-
gressional intelligence committees a report, consolidated 
from each element of the intelligence community, regarding 
the status of responses to the recommendations made by the 
Comptroller General to the Director or to the other heads 
of the elements of the intelligence community. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—Each report under subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) A list of any open recommendations as of 
September 30 of the year in which the report is sub-
mitted (using a unique identifier for each open rec-
ommendation). 
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(2) A description of the actions the Director or 
the other heads of the elements of the intelligence com-
munity have taken, alone or in coordination with 
other departments or agencies of the United States 
Government, to implement or otherwise respond to 
each such open recommendation. 
(3) Of such open recommendations, a list of any 
recommendations (using a unique identifier for each 
recommendation) with which the Director or the other 
heads of the elements of the intelligence community do 
not concur and intend to take no action to imple-
ment, including a detailed justification for each such 
determination. 
(c) OPEN RECOMMENDATION DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘open recommendation’’ means a rec-
ommendation that the Comptroller General has not des-
ignated as closed. 
SEC. 704. ANNUAL REPORT ON EFFORTS OF THE FEDERAL 
BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION TO IDENTIFY 
AND PROMOTE DIVERSE CANDIDATES. 
(a) STATISTICAL REPORT.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annu-
ally thereafter through 2027, the Director of the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation shall submit to the ap-
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propriate congressional committees, and make pub-
licly available on the internet website of the Director, 
a statistical report on the status of the efforts of the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation to identify and pro-
mote diverse candidates. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—Each report under paragraph 
(1) shall include, with respect to the year covered by 
the report, tables of figures that break down, by race 
and gender, the following: 
(A) With respect to each covered position— 
(i) the total number of Special Agents, 
and the percentage of Special Agents, who 
apply to such positions; 
(ii) the total number of Special Agents, 
and the percentage of Special Agents, who 
are interviewed for such positions; 
(iii) the total number of Special 
Agents, and the percentage of Special 
Agents, who are selected for such positions; 
and 
(iv) the average number of times a 
Special Agent applied for such position be-
fore selection. 
(B) With respect to GS–14 and GS–15 posi-
tions— 
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(i) the total number of individuals in 
such positions, and the percentage of such 
individuals, who retired; and 
(ii) the total number of individuals in 
such positions, and the percentage of such 
individuals, who retired early. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(A) the congressional intelligence commit-
tees; and 
(B) the Committees on the Judiciary and 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. 
(2) COVERED POSITION.—The term ‘‘covered po-
sition’’ means, with respect to positions in the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation, the following: 
(A) Federal Bureau of Investigation Head-
quarters Supervisory Special Agent program 
manager. 
(B) Field Supervisory Special Agent. 
(C) Assistant Special Agent in Charge. 
(D) Special Agent in Charge. 
(E) Senior executive. 
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(3) SENIOR EXECUTIVE.—The term ‘‘senior exec-
utive’’ means, with respect to positions in the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, the following: 
(A) Deputy Assistant Director. 
(B) Assistant Director. 
(C) Executive Assistant Director. 
(D) Associate Deputy Director. 
(E) Deputy Director. 
SEC. 705. REPORTS ON PERSONNEL VETTING PROCESSES 
AND 
PROGRESS 
UNDER 
TRUSTED 
WORK-
FORCE 2.0 INITIATIVE. 
(a) REPORTS.—Not later than September 30, 2023, 
and annually thereafter until September 30, 2027, the Secu-
rity Executive Agent, in coordination with the Chair and 
other Principals of the Council, shall submit to the congres-
sional intelligence committees a report on the personnel vet-
ting processes of the United States Government. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—Each report under subsection (a) 
shall include, with respect to the preceding fiscal year, the 
following: 
(1) An analysis of the timeliness, costs, and other 
related information for the initiations, investigations 
(including initial investigations and periodic reinves-
tigations), and adjudications of personnel security 
clearances. Such analysis shall include the following: 
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(A) The average periods of time taken (from 
the date of the submission of a completed secu-
rity clearance application to the date of the ulti-
mate disposition and notification to the subject 
and the employer of the subject) by each author-
ized investigative agency and authorized adju-
dicative agency to initiate investigations, con-
duct investigations, and adjudicate security 
clearances, as compared with established timeli-
ness objectives. 
(B) The number of initial investigations 
and periodic reinvestigations initiated and adju-
dicated by each authorized investigative agency 
and authorized adjudicative agency. 
(C) The number of initial investigations 
and periodic reinvestigations carried over to the 
fiscal year covered by the report from a prior fis-
cal year by each authorized investigative agency 
and authorized adjudicative agency. 
(D) The number of initial investigations 
and periodic reinvestigations that resulted in a 
denial or revocation of a security clearance by 
each authorized adjudicative agency. 
(E) The costs to the executive branch relat-
ing to personnel security clearance initiations, 
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investigations, adjudications, revocations, and 
continuous vetting with respect to such clear-
ances. 
(F) A discussion of any impediments, in-
cluding with respect to resources, personnel, or 
authorities, to the timely processing of personnel 
security clearances. 
(G) The number of individuals who hold a 
personnel security clearance and are enrolled in 
a program of continuous vetting with respect to 
such clearance, and the numbers and types of ad-
verse actions taken by each authorized adjudica-
tive agency as a result of such continuous vet-
ting. 
(H) The number of personnel security clear-
ances awaiting or under investigation (including 
initial investigation and periodic reinvestiga-
tion) by the Director of the Defense Counterintel-
ligence and Security Agency and each authorized 
investigative agency. 
(I) Such other information as the Security 
Executive Agent may determine appropriate, in-
cluding any recommendations to improve the 
timeliness and efficiency of personnel security 
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clearance initiations, investigations, and adju-
dications. 
(2) An analysis of the status of the implementa-
tion of the Trusted Workforce 2.0 initiative sponsored 
by the Council, including the following: 
(A) A list of the policies issued by the Coun-
cil for the Trusted Workforce 2.0 initiative, and 
a list of expected issuance dates for planned poli-
cies of the Council for such initiative. 
(B) A list of the departments and agencies 
of the executive branch that have identified a 
senior implementation official to be accountable 
for the implementation of the Trusted Workforce 
2.0 initiative, in accordance with the memo-
randum on transforming Federal personnel vet-
ting issued by the Assistant to the President for 
National Security Affairs on December 14, 2021, 
including an identification of the position of 
such senior implementation official within the 
respective department or agency. 
(C) A list of the departments and agencies 
of the executive branch that have submitted im-
plementation plans, and subsequent progress re-
ports, with respect to the Trusted Workforce 2.0 
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(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AUTHORIZED
ADJUDICATIVE
AGENCY; AU-
THORIZED INVESTIGATIVE AGENCY; PERSONNEL SECU-
RITY INVESTIGATION; PERIODIC REINVESTIGATION.— 
The terms ‘‘authorized adjudicative agency’’, ‘‘author-
ized investigative agency’’, ‘‘personnel security inves-
tigation’’, and ‘‘periodic reinvestigation’’ have the 
meanings given those terms in section 3001(a) of the 
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 
2004 (50 U.S.C. 3341(a)). 
(2) CONTINUOUS VETTING; COUNCIL; SECURITY 
EXECUTIVE AGENT.—The terms ‘‘continuous vetting’’, 
‘‘Council’’, and ‘‘Security Executive Agent’’ have the 
meanings given those terms in section 6601 of the 
Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard In-
telligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 
2019, and 2020 (50 U.S.C. 3352). 
SEC. 706. REPORTS RELATING TO PROGRAMS OF RECORD 
OF 
NATIONAL 
GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE 
AGENCY. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency 
has struggled to identify the programs and activities 
of the Agency, to include significant, enduring pro-
grams determined by the Agency to be ‘‘programs of 
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record’’, comprehensively and in a fashion that en-
ables budget auditability and oversight by the Office 
of the Director of National Intelligence, the Office of 
Management and Budget, and the congressional intel-
ligence committees. 
(2) The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency 
has rebuffed repeated requests by the House Perma-
nent Select Committee on Intelligence to furnish to 
such Committee the definition for the term ‘‘program 
of record’’ used by the Agency. 
(b) REPORTS REQUIRED.— 
(1) REPORT TO CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE 
COMMITTEES.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Na-
tional Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, consistent with 
the protection of intelligence sources and methods, 
shall submit to the congressional intelligence commit-
tees a report on the programs and activities of the 
Agency. Such report shall include, at a minimum, the 
following: 
(A) An identification of any definition for 
the term ‘‘program of record’’ used by the Agency 
during the period beginning October 1, 2017, 
and ending on the date of the submission of the 
report. 
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(B) A detailed description of each current 
program and activity of the Agency, including 
each current program of record of the Agency. 
(C) A detailed explanation of how funding 
and other information relating to each such pro-
gram of record or other program or activity may 
be located within the budget justification mate-
rials submitted to Congress. 
(2) REPORT TO CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE 
AND DEFENSE COMMITTEES.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Direc-
tor of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, 
consistent with the protection of intelligence sources 
and methods, shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report on the programs and ac-
tivities of the Agency that are funded in full or in 
part under the Military Intelligence Program. Such 
report shall include, at a minimum, the following: 
(A) An identification of any definition for 
the term ‘‘program of record’’ used by the Agency 
during the period beginning October 1, 2017 and 
ending on the date of the submission of the re-
port. 
(B) A detailed description of each current 
program and activity of the Agency funded in 
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full or in part under the Military Intelligence 
Program, including each current program of 
record of the Agency funded in full or in part 
under the Military Intelligence Program. 
(C) A detailed explanation of how funding 
and other information relating to each such pro-
gram of record or other program or activity 
funded in full or in part under the Military In-
telligence Program may be located within the 
budget justification materials submitted to Con-
gress. 
(3) FORM.—Each report under this subsection 
may be submitted in classified form, but if so sub-
mitted shall include an unclassified executive sum-
mary. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the congressional intelligence committees; and 
(2) the congressional defense committees (as de-
fined in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States 
Code). 
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SEC. 707. PLAN REGARDING SOCIAL MEDIA DATA AND 
THREAT ANALYSIS CENTER. 
(a) PLAN.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel-
ligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence com-
mittees a plan to operationalize the Social Media Data and 
Threat Analysis Center in accordance with section 5323 of 
the Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intel-
ligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 
2020 (division E of Public Law 116–92; 50 U.S.C. 3369). 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The plan under subsection (a) shall 
include a description of how the Social Media Data and 
Threat Analysis Center shall— 
(1) coordinate with social media companies and 
other public-facing internet-based platforms to deter-
mine— 
(A) what categories of data and metadata 
are useful indicators of internet-based foreign 
malign influence activities; and 
(B) how such data and metadata may be 
shared effectively with the Center while pro-
tecting the privacy and civil liberties of United 
States users of social media platforms and other 
public-facing internet-based platforms; and 
(2) develop criteria under which social media 
companies and other public-facing internet-based 
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