II 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6237 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 16, 2018 
Received 
AN ACT 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2018 and 2019 
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. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DI-
VISIONS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019’’. 
(b) ORGANIZATION.—This Act is organized into two 
divisions as follows: 
(1) DIVISION A.—Intelligence Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2018. 
(2) DIVISION B.—Intelligence Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2019. 
DIVISION A—INTELLIGENCE AU-
THORIZATION ACT FOR FIS-
CAL YEAR 2018 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This division may be cited as the 
‘‘Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this division is as follows: 
Sec. 101. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 102. Definitions. 
TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES 
Sec. 1101. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 1102. Classified Schedule of Authorizations. 
Sec. 1103. Personnel ceiling adjustments. 
Sec. 1104. Intelligence Community Management Account. 
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TITLE II—CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND 
DISABILITY SYSTEM 
Sec. 1201. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 1202. Computation of annuities for employees of the Central Intelligence 
Agency. 
TITLE III—GENERAL INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MATTERS 
Sec. 1301. Restriction on conduct of intelligence activities. 
Sec. 1302. Increase in employee compensation and benefits authorized by law. 
TITLE IV—MATTERS RELATING TO ELEMENTS OF THE 
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY 
Sec. 1401. Authority for protection of current and former employees of the Of-
fice of the Director of National Intelligence. 
Sec. 1402. Designation of the program manager-information-sharing environ-
ment. 
Sec. 1403. Technical modification to the executive schedule. 
TITLE V—REPORTS AND OTHER MATTERS 
Sec. 1501. Period of overseas assignments for certain foreign service officers. 
Sec. 1502. Assessment of significant Russian influence campaigns directed at 
foreign elections and referenda. 
Sec. 1503. Foreign counterintelligence and cybersecurity threats to Federal 
election campaigns. 
Sec. 1504. Intelligence community reports on security clearances. 
Sec. 1505. Assessment of threat finance relating to Russia. 
Sec. 1506. Report on cyber exchange program. 
Sec. 1507. Review of Intelligence Community whistleblower matters. 
Sec. 1508. Report on role of Director of National Intelligence with respect to 
certain foreign investments. 
Sec. 1509. Semiannual reports on investigations of unauthorized disclosures of 
classified information. 
Sec. 1510. Reports on intelligence community participation in vulnerabilities eq-
uities process of Federal Government. 
Sec. 1511. Sense of Congress on notifications of certain disclosures of classified 
information. 
Sec. 1512. Technical amendments related to the Department of Energy. 
SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 
In this division, the terms ‘‘congressional intelligence 
committees’’ and ‘‘intelligence community’’ have the 
meaning given those terms in section 3 of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 
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TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE 
ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 1101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—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. 
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(15) The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agen-
cy. 
(16) The Department of Homeland Security. 
(b) CERTAIN SPECIFIC AUTHORIZATION.—Funds ap-
propriated by the Department of Defense Missile Defeat 
and Defense Enhancements Appropriations Act, 2018 (di-
vision B of Public Law 115–96) for intelligence or intel-
ligence-related activities are specifically authorized by the 
Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094), as specified in the clas-
sified Schedule of Authorizations pursuant to section 
1102, and are subject to such section 504. 
SEC. 1102. CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AUTHORIZATIONS. 
(a) SPECIFICATIONS OF AMOUNTS.—The amounts 
authorized to be appropriated under section 1101 and, 
subject to section 1103, the authorized personnel ceilings 
as of September 30, 2018, for the conduct of the intel-
ligence activities of the elements listed in paragraphs (1) 
through (16) of section 1101, are those specified in the 
classified Schedule of Authorizations prepared to accom-
pany this division. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AU-
THORIZATIONS.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY.—The classified Schedule of 
Authorizations referred to in subsection (a) shall be 
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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.—Sub-
ject to paragraph (3), the President shall provide for 
suitable distribution of the classified Schedule of Au-
thorizations referred to in subsection (a), or of ap-
propriate portions of such Schedule, within the exec-
utive branch. 
(3) LIMITS
ON
DISCLOSURE.—The President 
shall not publicly disclose the classified Schedule of 
Authorizations or any portion of such Schedule ex-
cept— 
(A) as provided in section 601(a) of the 
Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 
Commission Act of 2007 (50 U.S.C. 3306(a)); 
(B) to the extent necessary to implement 
the budget; or 
(C) as otherwise required by law. 
SEC. 1103. PERSONNEL CEILING ADJUSTMENTS. 
(a) AUTHORITY FOR INCREASES.—The Director of 
National Intelligence may authorize employment of civil-
ian personnel in excess of the number authorized for fiscal 
year 2018 by the classified Schedule of Authorizations re-
ferred to in section 1102(a) if the Director of National 
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Intelligence determines that such action is necessary to 
the performance of important intelligence functions, ex-
cept that the number of personnel employed in excess of 
the number authorized under such section may not, for 
any element of the intelligence community, exceed— 
(1) 3 percent of the number of civilian per-
sonnel authorized under such schedule for such ele-
ment; or 
(2) 10 percent of the number of civilian per-
sonnel authorized under such schedule for such ele-
ment for the purposes of converting the performance 
of any function by contractors to performance by ci-
vilian personnel. 
(b) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PERSONNEL.—The Di-
rector of National Intelligence shall establish guidelines 
that govern, for each element of the intelligence commu-
nity, the treatment under the personnel levels authorized 
under section 1102(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. 
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(c) NOTICE
TO
CONGRESSIONAL
INTELLIGENCE 
COMMITTEES.—Not later than 15 days prior to the exer-
cise of an authority described in subsection (a), the Direc-
tor of National Intelligence shall submit to the congres-
sional intelligence committees— 
(1) a written notice of the exercise of such au-
thority; and 
(2) in the case of an exercise of such authority 
subject to the limitation in subsection (a)(2), a writ-
ten justification for the contractor conversion that 
includes a comparison of whole-of-Government costs. 
SEC. 1104. 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 $546,900,000. 
(b) AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL LEVELS.—The ele-
ments within the Intelligence Community Management 
Account of the Director of National Intelligence are au-
thorized 797 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. 
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(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 
1102(a). 
(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 1102(a). 
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TITLE 
II—CENTRAL 
INTEL-
LIGENCE 
AGENCY 
RETIRE-
MENT AND DISABILITY SYS-
TEM 
SEC. 1201. 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. 1202. 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’’; 
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(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 
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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 
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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 
striking ‘‘October 1, 1990’’ both places that term appears 
and inserting ‘‘March 31, 1991’’. 
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(d) REEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.—Section 273 
of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act (50 
U.S.C. 2113) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 
subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(b) PART-TIME REEMPLOYED ANNUITANTS.—The 
Director shall have the authority to reemploy an annuitant 
on a part-time basis in accordance with section 8344(l) 
of title 5, United States Code.’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE
DATE
AND
APPLICATION.—The 
amendments made by subsection (a)(1)(A) and subsection 
(c) shall take effect as if enacted on October 28, 2009, 
and shall apply to computations or participants, respec-
tively, as of such date. 
TITLE 
III—GENERAL 
INTEL-
LIGENCE COMMUNITY MAT-
TERS 
SEC. 1301. RESTRICTION ON CONDUCT OF INTELLIGENCE 
ACTIVITIES. 
The authorization of appropriations by this division 
shall not be deemed to constitute authority for the conduct 
of any intelligence activity which is not otherwise author-
ized by the Constitution or the laws of the United States. 
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SEC. 1302. INCREASE IN EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND 
BENEFITS AUTHORIZED BY LAW. 
Appropriations authorized by this division for salary, 
pay, retirement, and other benefits for Federal employees 
may be increased by such additional or supplemental 
amounts as may be necessary for increases in such com-
pensation or benefits authorized by law. 
TITLE IV—MATTERS RELATING 
TO ELEMENTS OF THE INTEL-
LIGENCE COMMUNITY 
SEC. 1401. AUTHORITY FOR PROTECTION OF CURRENT AND 
FORMER EMPLOYEES OF THE OFFICE OF THE 
DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. 
Section 5(a)(4) of the Central Intelligence Agency 
Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 3506(a)(4)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘such personnel of the Office of the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence as the Director of National Intelligence 
may designate;’’ and inserting ‘‘current and former per-
sonnel of the Office of the Director of National Intel-
ligence and their immediate families as the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence may designate;’’. 
SEC. 1402. DESIGNATION OF THE PROGRAM MANAGER-IN-
FORMATION-SHARING ENVIRONMENT. 
(a) INFORMATION-SHARING ENVIRONMENT.—Section 
1016(b) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Preven-
tion Act of 2004 (6 U.S.C. 485(b)) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘President’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Director of National Intelligence’’; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘President’’ 
both places that term appears and inserting ‘‘Direc-
tor of National Intelligence’’. 
(b) PROGRAM MANAGER.—Section 1016(f)(1) of the 
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 
2004 (6 U.S.C. 485(f)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘The 
individual designated as the program manager shall serve 
as program manager until removed from service or re-
placed by the President (at the President’s sole discre-
tion).’’ and inserting ‘‘Beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2018, each individual designated as the program manager 
shall be appointed by the Director of National Intel-
ligence.’’. 
SEC. 1403. TECHNICAL MODIFICATION TO THE EXECUTIVE 
SCHEDULE. 
Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Director of the National Counterintelligence and Se-
curity Center.’’. 
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TITLE V—REPORTS AND OTHER 
MATTERS 
SEC. 1501. PERIOD OF OVERSEAS ASSIGNMENTS FOR CER-
TAIN FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS. 
(a) LENGTH
OF PERIOD
OF ASSIGNMENT.—Sub-
section (a) of section 502 of the Foreign Service Act of 
1980 (22 U.S.C. 3982) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) In making assignments under paragraph (1), 
and in accordance with section 903, and, if applicable, sec-
tion 503, the Secretary shall assure that a member of the 
Service may serve at a post for a period of not more than 
six consecutive years.’’. 
(b) FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPLOYMENT REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Section 702 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
(22 U.S.C. 4022) is amended by— 
(1) redesignating subsection (c) as subsection 
(d); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(c) FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPLOYMENT REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, 
with the assistance of other relevant officials, shall 
require all members of the Service who receive for-
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eign language training in Arabic, Farsi, Chinese 
(Mandarin or Cantonese), Turkish, Korean, Russian, 
and Japanese by the institution or otherwise in ac-
cordance with subsection (b) to serve three succes-
sive tours in positions in which the acquired lan-
guage is both relevant and determined to be a ben-
efit to the Department. 
‘‘(2) OVERSEAS
DEPLOYMENTS.—In carrying 
out paragraph (1), at least one of the three succes-
sive tours referred to in such paragraph shall be an 
overseas deployment. 
‘‘(3) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may 
waive the application of paragraph (1) for medical 
or family hardship or in the interest of national se-
curity. 
‘‘(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.’’. 
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SEC. 1502. ASSESSMENT OF SIGNIFICANT RUSSIAN INFLU-
ENCE CAMPAIGNS DIRECTED AT FOREIGN 
ELECTIONS AND REFERENDA. 
(a) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Direc-
tor of National Intelligence shall submit to the congres-
sional intelligence committees a report containing an ana-
lytical assessment of the most significant Russian influ-
ence campaigns, if any, conducted during the 3-year pe-
riod preceding the date of the enactment of this Act, as 
well as the most significant current or planned such Rus-
sian influence campaigns, if any. Such assessment shall 
include— 
(1) a summary of such significant Russian in-
fluence campaigns, including, at a minimum, the 
specific means by which such campaigns were con-
ducted, are being conducted, or likely will be con-
ducted, as appropriate, and the specific goal of each 
such campaign; 
(2) a summary of any defenses against or re-
sponses to such Russian influence campaigns by the 
foreign state holding the elections or referenda; 
(3) a summary of any relevant activities by ele-
ments of the intelligence community undertaken for 
the purpose of assisting the government of such for-
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eign state in defending against or responding to 
such Russian influence campaigns; and 
(4) an assessment of the effectiveness of such 
defenses and responses described in paragraphs (2) 
and (3). 
(b) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 
may be submitted in classified form, but if so submitted, 
shall contain an unclassified summary. 
(c) RUSSIAN INFLUENCE CAMPAIGN DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘Russian influence campaign’’ 
means any effort, covert or overt, and by any means, at-
tributable to the Russian Federation directed at an elec-
tion, referendum, or similar process in a country other 
than the Russian Federation or the United States. 
SEC. 1503. FOREIGN COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND CYBER-
SECURITY THREATS TO FEDERAL ELECTION 
CAMPAIGNS. 
(a) REPORTS REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As provided in paragraph 
(2), for each Federal election, the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence, in coordination with the Under 
Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and 
Analysis and the Director of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, shall make publicly available on an 
internet website an advisory report on foreign coun-
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terintelligence and cybersecurity threats to election 
campaigns for Federal offices. Each such report 
shall include, consistent with the protection of 
sources and methods, each of the following: 
(A) A description of foreign counterintel-
ligence and cybersecurity threats to election 
campaigns for Federal offices, including an 
identification of the foreign state or foreign 
nonstate person, group, or entity to which such 
threat has been attributed. 
(B) A summary of best practices that elec-
tion campaigns for Federal offices can employ 
in seeking to counter such threats. 
(C) An identification of any publicly avail-
able resources, including United States Govern-
ment resources, for countering such threats. 
(2) SCHEDULE
FOR
SUBMITTAL.—A report 
under this subsection shall be made available as fol-
lows: 
(A) In the case of a report regarding a 
special election held for the office of Senator or 
Member of the House of Representatives during 
2019, not later than the date that is 60 days 
before the date of such special election. 
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(B) In the case of a report regarding an 
election for a Federal office during any subse-
quent year, not later than the date that is 1 
year before the date of the election. 
(3) INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED.—A report 
under this subsection shall reflect the most current 
information available to the Director of National In-
telligence regarding foreign counterintelligence and 
cybersecurity threats. 
(b) TREATMENT
OF
CAMPAIGNS
SUBJECT
TO 
HEIGHTENED THREATS.—If the Director of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation and the Under Secretary of 
Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis jointly 
determine that an election campaign for Federal office is 
subject to a heightened foreign counterintelligence or cy-
bersecurity threat, the Director and the Under Secretary, 
consistent with the protection of sources and methods, 
may make available additional information to the appro-
priate representatives of such campaign. 
SEC. 1504. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY REPORTS ON SECU-
RITY CLEARANCES. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) despite sustained efforts by Congress and 
the executive branch, an unacceptable backlog in 
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processing and adjudicating security clearances per-
sists, both within elements of the intelligence com-
munity and in other departments of the Federal 
Government, with some processing times exceeding a 
year or even more; 
(2) the protracted clearance timetable threatens 
the ability of elements of the intelligence community 
to hire and retain highly qualified individuals, and 
thus to fulfill the missions of such elements; 
(3) the prospect of a lengthy clearance process 
deters some such individuals from seeking employ-
ment with the intelligence community in the first 
place, and, when faced with a long wait time, those 
with conditional offers of employment may opt to 
discontinue the security clearance process and pur-
sue different opportunities; 
(4) now more than ever, therefore, the broken 
security clearance process badly needs fundamental 
reform; 
(5) in the meantime, to ensure the ability of 
elements of the intelligence community to hire and 
retain highly qualified personnel, elements should 
consider, to the extent possible and consistent with 
national security, permitting new employees to enter 
on duty immediately or nearly so, and to perform, 
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on a temporary basis pending final adjudication of 
their security clearances, work that either does not 
require a security clearance or requires only a low- 
level interim clearance; and 
(6) an immediate review of a clearance may be 
triggered when a security clearance holder is re-
ported to have engaged in violent acts against indi-
viduals, property, or public spaces based on the se-
curity clearance holder’s association or sympathy 
with persons or organizations that advocate, threat-
en, or use force or violence, or any other illegal or 
unconstitutional means, in an effort to prevent oth-
ers from exercising their rights under the Constitu-
tion or laws of the United States or of any State, 
based on factors including, at a minimum, race, reli-
gion, national origin, or disability. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—Section 506H of the National Se-
curity 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); 
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(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, the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa-
tives a report on the security clearances processed by each 
element of the intelligence community during the pre-
ceding fiscal year. Each such report shall separately iden-
tify security clearances processed for Federal employees 
and contractor employees sponsored by each such element. 
‘‘(2) Each report submitted under paragraph (1) 
shall include each of the following for each element of the 
intelligence community for the fiscal year covered by the 
report: 
‘‘(A) The total number of initial security clear-
ance background investigations sponsored for new 
applicants. 
‘‘(B) The total number of security clearance 
periodic reinvestigations sponsored for existing em-
ployees. 
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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 striking ‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsections (a)(1) and (b)’’. 
SEC. 1505. ASSESSMENT OF THREAT FINANCE RELATING 
TO RUSSIA. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 
of National Intelligence, in coordination with the Assistant 
Secretary of the Treasury for Intelligence and Analysis, 
shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees 
a report containing an assessment of Russian threat fi-
nance. The assessment shall be based on intelligence from 
all sources, including from the Office of Terrorism and 
Financial Intelligence of the Department of the Treasury. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 
(a) shall include each of the following: 
(1) A summary of leading examples from the 3- 
year period preceding the date of the submittal of 
the report of threat finance activities conducted by, 
for the benefit of, or at the behest of— 
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(A) officials of the Government of Russia; 
(B) persons subject to sanctions under any 
provision of law imposing sanctions with respect 
to Russia; 
(C) Russian nationals subject to sanctions 
under any other provision of law; or 
(D) Russian oligarchs or organized crimi-
nals. 
(2) An assessment with respect to any trends or 
patterns in threat finance activities relating to Rus-
sia, including common methods of conducting such 
activities and global nodes of money laundering used 
by Russian threat actors described in paragraph (1) 
and associated entities. 
(3) An assessment of any connections between 
Russian individuals involved in money laundering 
and the Government of Russia. 
(4) A summary of engagement and coordination 
with international partners on threat finance relat-
ing to Russia, especially in Europe, including exam-
ples of such engagement and coordination. 
(5) An identification of any resource and collec-
tion gaps. 
(6) An identification of— 
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(A) entry points of money laundering by 
Russian and associated entities into the United 
States; 
(B) any vulnerabilities within the United 
States legal and financial system, including spe-
cific sectors, which have been or could be ex-
ploited in connection with Russian threat fi-
nance activities; and 
(C) the counterintelligence threat posed by 
Russian money laundering and other forms of 
threat finance, as well as the threat to the 
United States financial system and United 
States efforts to enforce sanctions and combat 
organized crime. 
(7) Any other matters the Director determines 
appropriate. 
(c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required under 
subsection (a) may be submitted in classified form. 
(d) THREAT FINANCE DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘threat finance’’ means— 
(1) the financing of cyber operations, global in-
fluence campaigns, intelligence service activities, pro-
liferation, terrorism, or transnational crime and 
drug organizations; 
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(2) the methods, including the use of virtual 
currencies, and entities used to spend, store, move, 
raise, conceal, or launder money or value, on behalf 
of threat actors; 
(3) sanctions evasion; and 
(4) other forms of threat finance activity do-
mestically or internationally, as defined by the Presi-
dent. 
SEC. 1506. REPORT ON CYBER EXCHANGE PROGRAM. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National In-
telligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence 
committees a report on the potential establishment of a 
fully voluntary exchange program between elements of the 
intelligence community and private technology companies 
under which— 
(1) an employee of an element of the intel-
ligence community with demonstrated expertise and 
work experience in cybersecurity or related dis-
ciplines may elect to be temporarily detailed to a pri-
vate technology company that has elected to receive 
the detailee; and 
(2) an employee of a private technology com-
pany with demonstrated expertise and work experi-
ence in cybersecurity or related disciplines may elect 
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to be temporarily detailed to an element of the intel-
ligence community that has elected to receive the 
detailee. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of the feasibility of estab-
lishing the exchange program described in such sub-
section. 
(2) Identification of any challenges in estab-
lishing the exchange program. 
(3) An evaluation of the benefits to the intel-
ligence community that would result from the ex-
change program. 
SEC. 1507. REVIEW OF INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY WHIS-
TLEBLOWER MATTERS. 
(a) REVIEW OF WHISTLEBLOWER MATTERS.—The 
Inspector General of the Intelligence Community, in con-
sultation with the inspectors general for the Central Intel-
ligence Agency, the National Security Agency, the Na-
tional Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the Defense Intel-
ligence Agency, and the National Reconnaissance Office, 
shall conduct a review of the authorities, policies, inves-
tigatory standards, and other practices and procedures re-
lating to intelligence community whistleblower matters, 
with respect to such inspectors general. 
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(b) OBJECTIVE OF REVIEW.—The objective of the re-
view required under subsection (a) is to identify any dis-
crepancies, inconsistencies, or other issues, which frustrate 
the timely and effective reporting of intelligence commu-
nity whistleblower matters to appropriate inspectors gen-
eral and to the congressional intelligence committees, and 
the fair and expeditious investigation and resolution of 
such matters. 
(c) CONDUCT OF REVIEW.—The Inspector General of 
the Intelligence Community shall take such measures as 
the Inspector General determines necessary in order to en-
sure that the review required by subsection (a) is con-
ducted in an independent and objective fashion. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the 
Intelligence Community shall submit to the congressional 
intelligence committees a written report containing the re-
sults of the review required under subsection (a), along 
with recommendations to improve the timely and effective 
reporting of intelligence community whistleblower matters 
to inspectors general and to the congressional intelligence 
committees and the fair and expeditious investigation and 
resolution of such matters. 
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SEC. 1508. REPORT ON ROLE OF DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL 
INTELLIGENCE WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN 
FOREIGN INVESTMENTS. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National In-
telligence, in consultation with the heads of the elements 
of the intelligence community determined appropriate by 
the Director, shall submit to the congressional intelligence 
committees a report on the role of the Director in pre-
paring analytic materials in connection with the evaluation 
by the Federal Government of national security risks asso-
ciated with potential foreign investments into the United 
States. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 
shall include— 
(1) a description of the current process for the 
provision of the analytic materials described in sub-
section (a); 
(2) an identification of the most significant ben-
efits and drawbacks of such process with respect to 
the role of the Director, including the sufficiency of 
resources and personnel to prepare such materials; 
and 
(3) recommendations to improve such process. 
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SEC. 1509. SEMIANNUAL REPORTS ON INVESTIGATIONS OF 
UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURES OF CLASSI-
FIED INFORMATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title XI of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3231 et seq.) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 1105. SEMIANNUAL REPORTS ON INVESTIGATIONS OF 
UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURES OF CLASSI-
FIED INFORMATION. 
‘‘(a) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY REPORTING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently than 
once every 6 months, each covered official shall sub-
mit to the congressional intelligence committees a 
report on investigations of unauthorized public dis-
closures of classified information. 
‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—Each report submitted under 
paragraph (1) shall include, with respect to the pre-
ceding 6-month period, the following: 
‘‘(A) The number of investigations opened 
by the covered official regarding an unauthor-
ized public disclosure of classified information. 
‘‘(B) The number of investigations com-
pleted by the covered official regarding an un-
authorized public disclosure of classified infor-
mation. 
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‘‘(C) Of the number of such completed in-
vestigations identified under subparagraph (B), 
the number referred to the Attorney General 
for criminal investigation. 
‘‘(b) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REPORTING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently than 
once every 6 months, the Assistant Attorney General 
for National Security of the Department of Justice, 
in consultation with the Director of the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation, shall submit to the congres-
sional intelligence committees, the Committee on the 
Judiciary of the Senate, and the Committee on the 
Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report 
on the status of each referral made to the Depart-
ment of Justice from any element of the intelligence 
community regarding an unauthorized disclosure of 
classified information made during the most recent 
365-day period or any referral that has not yet been 
closed, regardless of the date the referral was made. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under 
paragraph (1) shall include, for each referral covered 
by the report, at a minimum, the following: 
‘‘(A) The date the referral was received. 
‘‘(B) A statement indicating whether the 
alleged unauthorized disclosure described in the 
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referral was substantiated by the Department 
of Justice. 
‘‘(C) A statement indicating the highest 
level of classification of the information that 
was revealed in the unauthorized disclosure. 
‘‘(D) A statement indicating whether an 
open criminal investigation related to the refer-
ral is active. 
‘‘(E) A statement indicating whether any 
criminal charges have been filed related to the 
referral. 
‘‘(F) A statement indicating whether the 
Department of Justice has been able to at-
tribute the unauthorized disclosure to a par-
ticular entity or individual. 
‘‘(c) FORM OF REPORTS.—Each report submitted 
under this section shall be submitted in unclassified form, 
but may have a classified annex. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COVERED OFFICIAL.—The term ‘covered 
official’ means— 
‘‘(A) the heads of each element of the in-
telligence community; and 
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‘‘(B) the inspectors general with oversight 
responsibility for an element of the intelligence 
community. 
‘‘(2) INVESTIGATION.—The term ‘investigation’ 
means any inquiry, whether formal or informal, into 
the existence of an unauthorized public disclosure of 
classified information. 
‘‘(3) UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF CLASSI-
FIED INFORMATION.—The term ‘unauthorized dis-
closure of classified information’ means any unau-
thorized disclosure of classified information to any 
recipient. 
‘‘(4) UNAUTHORIZED PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF 
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.—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 
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.’’. 
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SEC. 1510. REPORTS ON INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY PAR-
TICIPATION IN VULNERABILITIES EQUITIES 
PROCESS OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
(a) REPORTS ON PROCESS AND CRITERIA UNDER 
VULNERABILITIES EQUITIES POLICY AND PROCESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 
of National Intelligence shall submit to the congres-
sional intelligence committees a written report de-
scribing— 
(A) with respect to each element of the in-
telligence community— 
(i) the title of the official or officials 
responsible for determining whether, pur-
suant 
to 
criteria 
contained 
in 
the 
Vulnerabilities Equities Policy and Process 
document or any successor document, a 
vulnerability must be submitted for review 
under the Vulnerabilities Equities Process; 
and 
(ii) the process used by such element 
to make such determination; and 
(B) the roles or responsibilities of that ele-
ment during a review of a vulnerability sub-
mitted to the Vulnerabilities Equities Process. 
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(2) CHANGES TO PROCESS OR CRITERIA.—Not 
later than 30 days after any significant change is 
made to the process and criteria used by any ele-
ment of the intelligence community for determining 
whether to submit a vulnerability for review under 
the Vulnerabilities Equities Process, such element 
shall submit to the congressional intelligence com-
mittees a report describing such change. 
(3) FORM
OF
REPORTS.—Each report sub-
mitted under this subsection shall be submitted in 
unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not less frequently than 
once each calendar year, the Director of National In-
telligence shall submit to the congressional intel-
ligence committees a classified report containing, 
with respect to the previous year— 
(A) the number of vulnerabilities submitted 
for review under the Vulnerabilities Equities 
Process; 
(B) the number of vulnerabilities described 
in subparagraph (A) disclosed to each vendor 
responsible for correcting the vulnerability, or 
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to the public, pursuant to the Vulnerabilities 
Equities Process; and 
(C) the aggregate number, by category, of 
the vulnerabilities excluded from review under 
the Vulnerabilities Equities Process, as de-
scribed in paragraph 5.4 of the Vulnerabilities 
Equities Policy and Process document. 
(2) UNCLASSIFIED INFORMATION.—Each report 
submitted under paragraph (1) shall include an un-
classified appendix that contains— 
(A) the aggregate number of vulnerabilities 
disclosed to vendors or the public pursuant to 
the Vulnerabilities Equities Process; and 
(B) the aggregate number of vulnerabilities 
disclosed to vendors or the public pursuant to 
the Vulnerabilities Equities Process known to 
have been patched. 
(3) NONDUPLICATION.—The Director of Na-
tional Intelligence may forgo submission of an an-
nual report required under this subsection for a cal-
endar year, if the Director notifies the congressional 
intelligence committees in writing that, with respect 
to the same calendar year, an annual report required 
by paragraph 4.3 of the Vulnerabilities Equities Pol-
icy and Process document already has been sub-
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mitted to Congress, and such annual report contains 
the information that would otherwise be required to 
be included in an annual report under this sub-
section. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) VULNERABILITIES
EQUITIES
POLICY
AND 
PROCESS
DOCUMENT.—The term ‘‘Vulnerabilities 
Equities Policy and Process document’’ means the 
executive branch document entitled ‘‘Vulnerabilities 
Equities Policy and Process’’ dated November 15, 
2017. 
(2) VULNERABILITIES
EQUITIES
PROCESS.— 
The term ‘‘Vulnerabilities Equities Process’’ means 
the interagency review of vulnerabilities, pursuant to 
the Vulnerabilities Equities Policy and Process docu-
ment or any successor document. 
(3) VULNERABILITY.—The term ‘‘vulnerability’’ 
means a weakness in an information system or its 
components (for example, system security proce-
dures, hardware design, and internal controls) that 
could be exploited or could affect confidentiality, in-
tegrity, or availability of information. 
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SEC. 1511. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON NOTIFICATIONS OF 
CERTAIN DISCLOSURES OF CLASSIFIED IN-
FORMATION. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that section 502 of 
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3092) re-
quires elements of the intelligence community to keep the 
congressional intelligence committees ‘‘fully and currently 
informed’’ about all ‘‘intelligence activities’’ of the United 
States, and to ‘‘furnish to the congressional intelligence 
committees any information or material concerning intel-
ligence activities * * * which is requested by either of the 
congressional intelligence committees in order to carry out 
its authorized responsibilities.’’. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) section 502 of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3092), together with other intel-
ligence community authorities, obligate an element 
of the intelligence community to submit to the con-
gressional intelligence committees written notifica-
tion, by not later than 7 days after becoming aware, 
that an individual in the executive branch has dis-
closed covered classified information to an official of 
an adversary foreign government using methods 
other than established intelligence channels; and 
(2) each such notification should include— 
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(A) the date and place of the disclosure of 
classified information covered by the notifica-
tion; 
(B) a description of such classified infor-
mation; 
(C) identification of the individual who 
made such disclosure and the individual to 
whom such disclosure was made; and 
(D) a summary of the circumstances of 
such disclosure. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADVERSARY FOREIGN GOVERNMENT.—The 
term ‘‘adversary foreign government’’ means the 
government of any of the following foreign countries: 
(A) North Korea. 
(B) Iran. 
(C) China. 
(D) Russia. 
(E) Cuba. 
(2) COVERED CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.—The 
term ‘‘covered classified information’’ means classi-
fied information that was— 
(A) collected by an element of the intel-
ligence community; or 
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(B) provided by the intelligence service or 
military of a foreign country to an element of 
the intelligence community. 
(3) ESTABLISHED INTELLIGENCE CHANNELS.— 
The term ‘‘established intelligence channels’’ means 
methods to exchange intelligence to coordinate for-
eign intelligence relationships, as established pursu-
ant to law by the Director of National Intelligence, 
the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the 
Director of the National Security Agency, or other 
head of an element of the intelligence community. 
(4) INDIVIDUAL IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH.— 
The term ‘‘individual in the executive branch’’ 
means any officer or employee of the executive 
branch, including individuals— 
(A) occupying a position specified in article 
II of the Constitution; 
(B) appointed to a position by an indi-
vidual described in subparagraph (A); or 
(C) serving in the civil service or the senior 
executive service (or similar service for senior 
executives of particular departments or agen-
cies). 
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SEC. 1512. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATED TO THE DE-
PARTMENT OF ENERGY. 
(a) NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
ACT.— 
(1) CLARIFICATION OF FUNCTIONS OF THE AD-
MINISTRATOR FOR NUCLEAR SECURITY.—Subsection 
(b) of section 3212 of the National Nuclear Security 
Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 2402(b)) is amend-
ed— 
(A) by striking paragraphs (11) and (12); 
and 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (13) 
through (19) as paragraphs (11) through (17), 
respectively. 
(2) COUNTERINTELLIGENCE PROGRAMS.—Sec-
tion 3233(b) of the National Nuclear Security Ad-
ministration Act (50 U.S.C. 2423(b)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Administration’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Department’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘Intelligence and’’ after 
‘‘the Office of’’. 
(b) ATOMIC
ENERGY
DEFENSE
ACT.—Section 
4524(b)(2) of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 
2674(b)(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘Intelligence and’’ 
after ‘‘The Director of’’. 
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(c) NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947.—Paragraph 
(2) of section 106(b) of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 3041(b)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (E), by inserting ‘‘and 
Counterintelligence’’ after ‘‘Office of Intelligence’’; 
(2) by striking subparagraph (F); 
(3) by redesignating subparagraphs (G), (H), 
and (I) as subparagraphs (F), (G), and (H), respec-
tively; and 
(4) in subparagraph (H), as so redesignated, by 
realigning the margin of such subparagraph 2 ems 
to the left. 
DIVISION B—INTELLIGENCE AU-
THORIZATION ACT FOR FIS-
CAL YEAR 2019 
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This division may be cited as the 
‘‘Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this division is as follows: 
Sec. 201. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 202. Definitions. 
TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES 
Sec. 2101. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 2102. Classified Schedule of Authorizations. 
Sec. 2103. Intelligence Community Management Account. 
TITLE II—CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND 
DISABILITY SYSTEM 
Sec. 2201. Authorization of appropriations. 
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TITLE III—GENERAL INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MATTERS 
Sec. 2301. Restriction on conduct of intelligence activities. 
Sec. 2302. Increase in employee compensation and benefits authorized by law. 
Sec. 2303. Modification of special pay authority for science, technology, engi-
neering, or mathematics positions and addition of special pay 
authority for cyber positions. 
Sec. 2304. Repeal of Joint Intelligence Community Council. 
Sec. 2305. Permanent enhanced procurement authority to manage supply chain 
risks. 
Sec. 2306. Intelligence community information technology environment. 
Sec. 2307. Development of secure cellular voice solution for intelligence commu-
nity. 
Sec. 2308. Policy on minimum insider threat standards. 
Sec. 2309. Submission of intelligence community policies. 
TITLE IV—MATTERS RELATING TO ELEMENTS OF THE 
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY 
Subtitle A—Office of the Director of National Intelligence 
Sec. 2401. Chief Financial Officer of the Intelligence Community. 
Sec. 2402. Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community. 
Subtitle B—Central Intelligence Agency 
Sec. 2411. CIA subsistence for personnel assigned to austere locations. 
Sec. 2412. Special rules for certain monthly workers’ compensation payments 
and other payments for CIA personnel. 
Sec. 2413. Expansion of security protective service jurisdiction of the Central 
Intelligence Agency. 
Sec. 2414. Repeal of foreign language proficiency requirement for certain senior 
level positions in the Central Intelligence Agency. 
Subtitle C—Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence of Department of 
Energy 
Sec. 2421. Consolidation of Department of Energy Offices of Intelligence and 
Counterintelligence. 
Sec. 2422. Establishment of Energy Infrastructure Security Center. 
Sec. 2423. Repeal of Department of Energy Intelligence Executive Committee 
and budget reporting requirement. 
Subtitle D—Other Elements 
Sec. 2431. Collocation of certain Department of Homeland Security personnel 
at field locations. 
Sec. 2432. Framework for roles, missions, and functions of Defense Intelligence 
Agency. 
Sec. 2433. Consultation by Secretary of Defense with Director of National In-
telligence for certain functions. 
Sec. 2434. Construction of National Security Agency East Campus Building 3. 
Sec. 2435. Establishment of advisory board for National Reconnaissance Office. 
TITLE V—REPORTS AND OTHER MATTERS 
Sec. 2501. Public Interest Declassification Board. 
Sec. 2502. Repeal of certain reporting requirements. 
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Sec. 2503. Notification of significant foreign cyber intrusions and active meas-
ures campaigns directed at elections for Federal offices. 
Sec. 2504. Reports on intelligence community loan repayment and related pro-
grams. 
Sec. 2505. Comptroller General of the United States report on senior executives 
of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. 
Sec. 2506. Briefings on counterintelligence activities of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation. 
Sec. 2507. Briefing on FBI offering permanent residence to sources and co-
operators. 
Sec. 2508. Technical and clerical amendments to the National Security Act of 
1947. 
Sec. 2509. North Korea follow the money act. 
Sec. 2510. Expansion of intelligence community recruitment efforts. 
Sec. 2511. Report on Iranian support of proxy forces in Syria and Lebanon. 
Sec. 2512. Briefing on emerging infectious disease and pandemics. 
Sec. 2513. Report on establishment of Foreign Malign Influence Response Cen-
ter. 
Sec. 2514. Report on possible exploitation of virtual currencies by terrorist ac-
tors. 
Sec. 2515. Report on Iranian expenditures supporting foreign military and ter-
rorist activities. 
Sec. 2516. Inclusion of disciplinary actions in annual report relating to section 
702. 
SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS. 
In this division, the terms ‘‘congressional intelligence 
committees’’ and ‘‘intelligence community’’ have the 
meaning given those terms in section 3 of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 
TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE 
ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 2101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2019 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. 
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(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. 
(15) The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agen-
cy. 
(16) The Department of Homeland Security. 
SEC. 2102. CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AUTHORIZATIONS. 
(a) SPECIFICATIONS OF AMOUNTS.—The amounts 
authorized to be appropriated under section 2101 for the 
conduct of the intelligence activities of the elements listed 
in paragraphs (1) through (16) of section 2101, are those 
specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations pre-
pared to accompany this division. 
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(b) AVAILABILITY OF CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AU-
THORIZATIONS.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY.—The classified 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.—Sub-
ject to paragraph (3), the President shall provide for 
suitable distribution of the classified Schedule of Au-
thorizations referred to in subsection (a), or of ap-
propriate portions of such Schedule, within the exec-
utive branch. 
(3) LIMITS
ON
DISCLOSURE.—The President 
shall not publicly disclose the classified Schedule of 
Authorizations or any portion of such Schedule ex-
cept— 
(A) as provided in section 601(a) of the 
Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 
Commission Act of 2007 (50 U.S.C. 3306(a)); 
(B) to the extent necessary to implement 
the budget; or 
(C) as otherwise required by law. 
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SEC. 2103. 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 2019 the sum of $514,524,000. 
Within such amount, funds identified in the classified 
Schedule of Authorizations referred to in section 2102(a) 
for advanced research and development shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020. 
(b) CLASSIFIED AUTHORIZATIONS.—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 Intelligence 
Community Management Account for fiscal year 2019 
such additional amounts as are specified in the classified 
Schedule of Authorizations referred to in section 2102(a). 
TITLE 
II—CENTRAL 
INTEL-
LIGENCE 
AGENCY 
RETIRE-
MENT AND DISABILITY SYS-
TEM 
SEC. 2201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated for the Cen-
tral Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund 
for fiscal year 2019 the sum of $514,000,000. 
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TITLE 
III—GENERAL 
INTEL-
LIGENCE COMMUNITY MAT-
TERS 
SEC. 2301. RESTRICTION ON CONDUCT OF INTELLIGENCE 
ACTIVITIES. 
The authorization of appropriations by this division 
shall not be deemed to constitute authority for the conduct 
of any intelligence activity which is not otherwise author-
ized by the Constitution or the laws of the United States. 
SEC. 2302. INCREASE IN EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND 
BENEFITS AUTHORIZED BY LAW. 
Appropriations authorized by this division for salary, 
pay, retirement, and other benefits for Federal employees 
may be increased by such additional or supplemental 
amounts as may be necessary for increases in such com-
pensation or benefits authorized by law. 
SEC. 2303. MODIFICATION OF SPECIAL PAY AUTHORITY 
FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, 
OR MATHEMATICS POSITIONS AND ADDITION 
OF SPECIAL PAY AUTHORITY FOR CYBER PO-
SITIONS. 
Section 113B of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 3049a) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
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‘‘(a) SPECIAL RATES OF PAY FOR POSITIONS RE-
QUIRING EXPERTISE IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGI-
NEERING, OR MATHEMATICS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding part III 
of title 5, United States Code, the head of each ele-
ment of the intelligence community may, for 1 or 
more categories of positions in such element that re-
quire expertise in science, technology, engineering, 
or mathematics— 
‘‘(A) establish higher minimum rates of 
pay; and 
‘‘(B) make corresponding increases in all 
rates of pay of the pay range for each grade or 
level, subject to subsection (b) or (c), as appli-
cable. 
‘‘(2) TREATMENT.—The special rate supple-
ments resulting from the establishment of higher 
rates under paragraph (1) shall be basic pay for the 
same or similar purposes as those specified in sec-
tion 5305(j) of title 5, United States Code.’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (b) through (f) 
as subsections (c) through (g), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(b) SPECIAL RATES
OF PAY
FOR CYBER POSI-
TIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection 
(c), the Director of the National Security Agency 
may establish a special rate of pay— 
‘‘(A) not to exceed the rate of basic pay 
payable for level II of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5313 of title 5, United States 
Code, if the Director certifies to the Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Intelligence, in consulta-
tion with the Under Secretary of Defense for 
Personnel and Readiness, that the rate of pay 
is for positions that perform functions that exe-
cute the cyber mission of the Agency; or 
‘‘(B) not to exceed the rate of basic pay 
payable for the Vice President of the United 
States under section 104 of title 3, United 
States Code, if the Director certifies to the Sec-
retary of Defense, by name, individuals that 
have advanced skills and competencies and that 
perform critical functions that execute the cyber 
mission of the Agency. 
‘‘(2) PAY LIMITATION.—Employees receiving a 
special rate under paragraph (1) shall be subject to 
an aggregate pay limitation that parallels the limita-
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tion established in section 5307 of title 5, United 
States Code, except that— 
‘‘(A) any allowance, differential, bonus, 
award, or other similar cash payment in addi-
tion to basic pay that is authorized under title 
10, United States Code, (or any other applica-
ble law in addition to title 5 of such Code, ex-
cluding the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 
(29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.)) shall also be counted 
as part of aggregate compensation; and 
‘‘(B) aggregate compensation may not ex-
ceed the rate established for the Vice President 
of the United States under section 104 of title 
3, United States Code. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION
ON
NUMBER
OF
RECIPI-
ENTS.—The number of individuals who receive basic 
pay established under paragraph (1)(B) may not ex-
ceed 100 at any time. 
‘‘(4) LIMITATION
ON
USE
AS
COMPARATIVE 
REFERENCE.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, special rates of pay and the limitation estab-
lished under paragraph (1)(B) may not be used as 
comparative references for the purpose of fixing the 
rates of basic pay or maximum pay limitations of 
qualified positions under section 1599f of title 10, 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
at the beginning of such Act is amended by striking the 
item relating to section 101A. 
(c) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
102A(c)(1)(B) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 3024) is amended 
by striking ‘‘and, after obtaining the advice of the Joint 
Intelligence Community Council’’. 
SEC. 2305. PERMANENT ENHANCED PROCUREMENT AU-
THORITY TO MANAGE SUPPLY CHAIN RISKS. 
Section 309 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–87; 125 Stat. 1875; 
50 U.S.C. 3329 note) is amended by striking subsection 
(g). 
SEC. 
2306. 
INTELLIGENCE 
COMMUNITY 
INFORMATION 
TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT. 
(a) ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.— 
(1) DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE.— 
The Director of National Intelligence shall be re-
sponsible for coordinating the performance by ele-
ments of the intelligence community of IC ITE, in-
cluding each of the following: 
(A) Ensuring compliance with all applica-
ble IC ITE rules and regulations. 
(B) Ensuring IC ITE measurable perform-
ance goals exist. 
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(C) Documenting IC ITE standards and 
practices. 
(D) Acting as an arbiter among elements 
of the intelligence community related to any 
disagreements arising out of the implementa-
tion of IC ITE. 
(E) Delegating responsibilities to the ele-
ments of the intelligence community and car-
rying out such other responsibilities as are nec-
essary for the effective implementation of IC 
ITE. 
(2) KEY
SERVICE
PROVIDERS.—Key service 
providers shall be responsible for— 
(A) providing key services, in coordination 
with the Director of National Intelligence; and 
(B) providing the Director with informa-
tion requested and required to fulfill the re-
sponsibilities of the Director under paragraph 
(1). 
(3) USE OF KEY SERVICES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), each element of the intel-
ligence community shall use key services when 
such services are available. 
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(B) EXCEPTION.—The Director of Na-
tional Intelligence may provide for a written ex-
ception to the requirement under subparagraph 
(A) if the Director determines there is a com-
pelling financial or mission need for such excep-
tion. 
(b) MANAGEMENT
ACCOUNTABILITY.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Director of National Intelligence shall designate and 
maintain one or more accountable IC ITE executives to 
be responsible for— 
(1) IC ITE management, financial control, and 
integration; 
(2) ensuring the performance of each key serv-
ice, including establishing measurable service re-
quirements and schedules; 
(3) ensuring independent testing of each IC 
ITE core service, including testing by the intended 
users, to evaluate performance against measurable 
service requirements and to ensure the capability 
meets user requirements; and 
(4) coordinate IC ITE transition or restruc-
turing efforts, including phase out of legacy systems. 
(c) SECURITY PLAN.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of Na-
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tional Intelligence shall develop and maintain a security 
plan for IC ITE. 
(d) LONG-TERM ROADMAP.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and during 
each of the second and fourth fiscal quarters thereafter, 
the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the 
congressional intelligence committees a long-term road-
map that shall include each of the following: 
(1) A description of the minimum required and 
desired key service requirements, including— 
(A) key performance parameters; and 
(B) an assessment of current, measured 
performance. 
(2) IC ITE implementation milestones, includ-
ing each of the following: 
(A) A schedule for expected deliveries of 
key service capabilities during each of the fol-
lowing phases: 
(i) Concept refinement and technology 
maturity demonstration. 
(ii) Development, integration, and 
demonstration, 
(iii) 
Production, 
deployment, 
and 
sustainment. 
(iv) System retirement. 
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(B) Dependencies of such key service capa-
bilities. 
(C) Plans for the transition or restruc-
turing necessary to incorporate key service ca-
pabilities. 
(D) A description of any legacy systems 
and discontinued capabilities to be phased out. 
(3) Such other matters as the Director deter-
mines appropriate. 
(e) BUSINESS PLAN.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and during each 
of the second and fourth fiscal quarters thereafter, the Di-
rector of National Intelligence shall submit to the congres-
sional intelligence committees a business plan that in-
cludes each of the following: 
(1) A uniform approach to identify IC ITE key 
service funding requests within the proposed budget, 
including multiyear plans to implement the long- 
term roadmap required by subsection (d). 
(2) A uniform approach by which each element 
of the intelligence community shall identify the cost 
of legacy information technology or alternative capa-
bilities where IC ITE services will also be available. 
(3) A uniform effort by which each element of 
the intelligence community shall identify transition 
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and restructuring costs for new, existing, and retir-
ing IC ITE services, as well as IC ITE services that 
have changed designations among core service, serv-
ice of common concern, and agency unique service. 
(4) A fair and equitable rate structure for use 
of IC ITE. 
(f) QUARTERLY PRESENTATIONS.—Beginning not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall provide 
to the congressional intelligence committees quarterly up-
dates regarding ongoing implementation of IC ITE as 
compared to the requirements in the most recently sub-
mitted security plan required by subsection (c), long-term 
roadmap required by subsection (d), and business plan re-
quired by subsection (e). 
(g) ADDITIONAL NOTIFICATIONS.—The Director of 
National Intelligence shall provide timely notification to 
the congressional intelligence committees regarding any 
policy changes related to or affecting IC ITE, new initia-
tives or strategies related to or impacting IC ITE, and 
changes or deficiencies in the execution of the security 
plan required by subsection (c), long-term roadmap re-
quired by subsection (d), and business plan required by 
subsection (e). 
(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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SEC. 2307. DEVELOPMENT OF SECURE CELLULAR VOICE 
SOLUTION FOR INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National Intel-
ligence shall certify and approve the operation of a Na-
tional Intelligence Program enterprise-wide secure voice 
cellular solution that leverages commercially available 
technology and operates on existing commercial cellular 
networks. 
(b) POLICY.—The Director of National Intelligence 
shall establish an intelligence community policy for the cel-
lular voice solution required by subsection (a) that ad-
dresses each of the following: 
(1) Determinations regarding eligibility to use a 
device covered by such cellular voice solution. 
(2) The appropriate classification levels associ-
ated with the use of secure cellular phones. 
(3) Measures that should be taken prior to ini-
tiating or receiving a secure cellular call. 
(4) Appropriate methods for storage of secure 
devices when not in the physical possession of an au-
thorized user. 
(5) Such other matters as the Director deter-
mines appropriate. 
(c) COSTS.—The Director of National Intelligence 
shall ensure that annual operating costs of the secure cel-
lular solution requirement in subsection (a), excluding ini-
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tial development and deployment, are born on a cost-reim-
bursable basis by each relevant element of the intelligence 
community. 
SEC. 2308. POLICY ON MINIMUM INSIDER THREAT STAND-
ARDS. 
(a) POLICY REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence shall establish a policy for minimum in-
sider threat standards. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of 
each element of the intelligence community shall imple-
ment the policy established under subsection (a). 
SEC. 2309. SUBMISSION OF INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY 
POLICIES. 
(a) SUBMISSION OF POLICIES.— 
(1) CURRENT
POLICY.—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 using the elec-
tronic repository all non-publicly available policies, 
directives, and guidance issued by the Director of 
National Intelligence for the intelligence community 
that are in effect as of the date of the submission. 
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(2) CONTINUOUS UPDATES.—Not later than 15 
days after the date on which the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence issues, modifies, or rescinds a pol-
icy, directive, or guidance of the intelligence commu-
nity, the Director shall— 
(A) notify the congressional intelligence 
committees of such addition, modification, or 
removal; and 
(B) update the electronic repository with 
respect to such addition, modification, or re-
moval. 
(b) ELECTRONIC REPOSITORY DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘electronic repository’’ means the elec-
tronic distribution mechanism, in use as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act, or any successor electronic dis-
tribution mechanism, by which the Director of National 
Intelligence submits to the congressional intelligence com-
mittees information. 
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TITLE IV—MATTERS RELATING 
TO ELEMENTS OF THE INTEL-
LIGENCE COMMUNITY 
Subtitle A—Office of the Director 
of National Intelligence 
SEC. 2401. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE INTEL-
LIGENCE COMMUNITY. 
Section 103I(a) of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 3034(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new sentence: ‘‘The Chief Financial Officer shall 
report directly to the Director of National Intelligence.’’. 
SEC. 2402. CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER OF THE INTEL-
LIGENCE COMMUNITY. 
Section 103G(a) of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 3032(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new sentence: ‘‘The Chief Information Officer 
shall report directly to the Director of National Intel-
ligence.’’. 
Subtitle B—Central Intelligence 
Agency 
SEC. 2411. CIA SUBSISTENCE FOR PERSONNEL ASSIGNED 
TO AUSTERE LOCATIONS. 
Subsection (a) of section 5 of the Central Intelligence 
Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 3506) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 
403–4a).,’’ and inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 403–4a),’’; 
(2) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(3) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph (8): 
‘‘(8) Upon the approval of the Director, pro-
vide, during any fiscal year, with or without reim-
bursement, subsistence to any personnel assigned to 
an overseas location designated by the Agency as an 
austere location.’’. 
SEC. 2412. SPECIAL RULES FOR CERTAIN MONTHLY WORK-
ERS’ COMPENSATION PAYMENTS AND OTHER 
PAYMENTS FOR CIA PERSONNEL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Central Intelligence Agency 
Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) is amended by in-
serting after section 19 the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 19A. SPECIAL RULES FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS IN-
JURED BY REASON OF WAR, INSURGENCY, 
HOSTILE ACT, OR TERRORIST ACTIVITIES. 
‘‘(a) ADJUSTMENT OF COMPENSATION FOR CERTAIN 
INJURIES.— 
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‘‘(1) INCREASE.—The Director of the Central 
Intelligence Agency may increase the amount of 
monthly compensation paid to a covered employee 
under section 8105 of title 5, United States Code. 
Subject to paragraph (2), the Director may deter-
mine the amount of each such increase by taking 
into account— 
‘‘(A) the severity of the qualifying injury; 
‘‘(B) the circumstances by which the cov-
ered employee became injured; and 
‘‘(C) the seniority of the covered employee. 
‘‘(2) MAXIMUM.—Notwithstanding chapter 81 of title 
5, United States Code, the total amount of monthly com-
pensation increased under paragraph (1) may not exceed 
the monthly pay of the maximum rate of basic pay for 
GS–15 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 
5, United States Code. 
‘‘(b) COSTS
FOR
TREATING
QUALIFYING
INJU-
RIES.—The Director may pay the costs of treating a quali-
fying injury of a covered employee, a covered individual, 
or a covered dependent, or may reimburse a covered em-
ployee, a covered individual, or a covered dependent for 
such costs, that are not otherwise covered by chapter 81 
of title 5, United States Code, or other provision of Fed-
eral law. 
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‘‘(c) TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS.—For purposes of 
section 104 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 
amounts paid pursuant to this section shall be treated as 
amounts paid under chapter 81 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COVERED
DEPENDENT.—The term ‘cov-
ered dependent’ means a family member of a covered 
employee who, on or after September 11, 2001— 
‘‘(A) accompanies the covered employee to 
an assigned duty station in a foreign country; 
and 
‘‘(B) becomes injured by reason of a quali-
fying injury. 
‘‘(2) COVERED EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘covered 
employee’ means an officer or employee of the Cen-
tral Intelligence Agency who, on or after September 
11, 2001, becomes injured by reason of a qualifying 
injury. 
‘‘(3) COVERED
INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘cov-
ered individual’ means an individual who— 
‘‘(A)(i) is detailed to the Central Intel-
ligence Agency from other agencies of the 
United States Government or from the Armed 
Forces; or 
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‘‘(ii) is affiliated with the Central Intel-
ligence Agency, as determined by the Director; 
and 
‘‘(B) who, on or after September 11, 2001, 
becomes injured by reason of a qualifying in-
jury. 
‘‘(4) QUALIFYING
INJURY.—The term ‘quali-
fying injury’ means the following: 
‘‘(A) With respect to a covered dependent, 
an injury incurred— 
‘‘(i) during war, insurgency, hostile 
act, or terrorist activities occurring during 
a period in which the covered dependent is 
accompanying the covered employee to an 
assigned duty station in a foreign country; 
and 
‘‘(ii) that was not the result of the 
willful misconduct of the covered depend-
ent. 
‘‘(B) With respect to a covered employee 
or a covered individual, an injury incurred— 
‘‘(i) during war, insurgency, hostile 
act, or terrorist activities occurring during 
a period of assignment to a duty station in 
a foreign country; and 
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‘‘(ii) that was not the result of the 
willful misconduct of the covered employee 
or the covered individual.’’. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the 
Central Intelligence Agency shall— 
(1) prescribe regulations ensuring the fair and 
equitable implementation of section 19A of the Cen-
tral Intelligence Agency Act of 1949, as added by 
subsection (a); and 
(2) submit to the congressional intelligence 
committees such regulations. 
(c) APPLICATION.—Section 19A of the Central Intel-
ligence Agency Act of 1949, as added by subsection (a), 
shall apply with respect to— 
(1) payments made to covered employees (as 
defined in such section) under section 8105 of title 
5, United States Code, beginning on or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act; and 
(2) treatment described in subsection (b) of 
such section 19A occurring on or after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 2413. EXPANSION OF SECURITY PROTECTIVE SERVICE 
JURISDICTION 
OF 
THE 
CENTRAL 
INTEL-
LIGENCE AGENCY. 
Subsection (a) of section 15 of the Central Intel-
ligence Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 3515(a)) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘PO-
LICEMEN’’ and inserting ‘‘POLICE OFFICERS’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘500 
feet;’’ and inserting ‘‘500 yards;’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘500 
feet.’’ and inserting ‘‘500 yards.’’. 
SEC. 2414. REPEAL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY 
REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN SENIOR LEVEL 
POSITIONS IN THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE 
AGENCY. 
(a) REPEAL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY 
REQUIREMENT.—Section 104A of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3036) is amended by striking sub-
section (g). 
(b) CONFORMING REPEAL
OF REPORT REQUIRE-
MENT.—Section 611 of the Intelligence Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108–487) is amended 
by striking subsection (c). 
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Subtitle C—Office of Intelligence 
and Counterintelligence of De-
partment of Energy 
SEC. 2421. CONSOLIDATION OF DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
OFFICES OF INTELLIGENCE AND COUNTER-
INTELLIGENCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 215 of the Department of 
Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7144b) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘OFFICE OF INTELLIGENCE AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE 
‘‘SEC. 215. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is in the Department an 
Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence. Such office 
shall be under the National Intelligence Program. 
‘‘(b) DIRECTOR.—(1) The head of the Office shall be 
the Director of the Office of Intelligence and Counterintel-
ligence, who shall be an employee in the Senior Executive 
Service, the Senior Intelligence Service, the Senior Na-
tional Intelligence Service, or any other Service that the 
Secretary, in coordination with the Director of National 
Intelligence, considers appropriate. The Director of the 
Office shall report directly to the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall select an individual to serve 
as the Director from among individuals who have substan-
tial expertise in matters relating to the intelligence com-
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munity, including foreign intelligence and counterintel-
ligence. 
‘‘(c) DUTIES.—(1) Subject to the authority, direc-
tion, and control of the Secretary, the Director shall per-
form such duties and exercise such powers as the Sec-
retary may prescribe. 
‘‘(2) The Director shall be responsible for estab-
lishing policy for intelligence and counterintelligence pro-
grams and activities at the Department. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘intel-
ligence community’ and ‘National Intelligence Program’ 
have the meanings given such terms in section 3 of the 
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 216 of the De-
partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7144c) 
is hereby repealed. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
at the beginning of the Department of Energy Organiza-
tion Act is amended by striking the items relating to sec-
tions 215 and 216 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘215. Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence.’’. 
SEC. 2422. ESTABLISHMENT OF ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE 
SECURITY CENTER. 
Section 215 of the Department of Energy Organiza-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 7144b), as amended by section 2421, 
is further amended— 
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(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing new subsection (d): 
‘‘(d) ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY CEN-
TER.—(1)(A) The President shall establish an Energy In-
frastructure Security Center, taking into account all ap-
propriate government tools to analyze and disseminate in-
telligence relating to the security of the energy infrastruc-
ture of the United States. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall appoint the head of the En-
ergy Infrastructure Security Center. 
‘‘(C) The Energy Infrastructure Security Center shall 
be located within the Office of Intelligence and Counter-
intelligence. 
‘‘(2) In establishing the Energy Infrastructure Secu-
rity Center, the Director of the Office of Intelligence and 
Counterintelligence shall address the following missions 
and objectives to coordinate and disseminate intelligence 
relating to the security of the energy infrastructure of the 
United States: 
‘‘(A) Establishing a primary organization with-
in the United States Government for analyzing and 
integrating all intelligence possessed or acquired by 
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the United States pertaining to the security of the 
energy infrastructure of the United States. 
‘‘(B) Ensuring that appropriate departments 
and agencies have full access to and receive intel-
ligence support needed to execute the plans or activi-
ties of the agencies, and perform independent, alter-
native analyses. 
‘‘(C) Establishing a central repository on known 
and suspected foreign threats to the energy infra-
structure of the United States, including with re-
spect to any individuals, groups, or entities engaged 
in activities targeting such infrastructure, and the 
goals, strategies, capabilities, and networks of such 
individuals, groups, or entities. 
‘‘(D) Disseminating intelligence information re-
lating to the security of the energy infrastructure of 
the United States, including threats and analyses, to 
the President, to the appropriate departments and 
agencies, and to the appropriate committees of Con-
gress. 
‘‘(3) The President may waive the requirements of 
this subsection, and any parts thereof, if the President de-
termines that such requirements do not materially improve 
the ability of the United States Government to prevent 
and halt attacks against the energy infrastructure of the 
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United States. Such waiver shall be made in writing to 
Congress and shall include a description of how the mis-
sions and objectives in paragraph (2) are being met. 
‘‘(4) If the President decides not to exercise the waiv-
er authority granted by paragraph (3), the President shall 
submit to Congress from time to time updates and plans 
regarding the establishment of an Energy Infrastructure 
Security Center.’’. 
SEC. 2423. REPEAL OF DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY INTEL-
LIGENCE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND BUDG-
ET REPORTING REQUIREMENT. 
Section 214 of the Department of Energy Organiza-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 7144a) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(a) DUTY OF SECRETARY.—’’; 
and 
(2) by striking subsections (b) and (c). 
Subtitle D—Other Elements 
SEC. 2431. COLLOCATION OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF 
HOMELAND SECURITY PERSONNEL AT FIELD 
LOCATIONS. 
Not later than 18 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity for Intelligence and Analysis shall transfer not less 
than 40 personnel who are stationed, as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act, at the Department of Home-
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land Security headquarters located at Nebraska Avenue 
Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, to locations 
at least 30 miles from such headquarters in order to collo-
cate such personnel with and provide support for Depart-
ment of Homeland Security operational units from Cus-
toms and Border Protection, the Transportation Security 
Administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 
or other elements of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity. 
SEC. 2432. FRAMEWORK FOR ROLES, MISSIONS, AND FUNC-
TIONS OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National Intel-
ligence and the Secretary of Defense shall jointly establish 
a framework to ensure the appropriate balance of re-
sources for the roles, missions, and functions of the De-
fense Intelligence Agency in its capacity as an element of 
the intelligence community and as a combat support agen-
cy. The framework shall include supporting processes to 
provide for the consistent and regular reevaluation of the 
responsibilities and resources of the Defense Intelligence 
Agency to prevent imbalanced priorities, insufficient or 
misaligned resources, and the unauthorized expansion of 
mission parameters. 
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(b) MATTERS FOR INCLUSION.—The framework re-
quired under subsection (a) shall include each of the fol-
lowing: 
(1) A lexicon providing for consistent defini-
tions of relevant terms used by both the intelligence 
community and the Department of Defense, includ-
ing each of the following: 
(A) Defense intelligence enterprise. 
(B) Enterprise manager. 
(C) Executive agent. 
(D) Function. 
(E) Functional manager. 
(F) Mission. 
(G) Mission manager. 
(H) Responsibility. 
(I) Role. 
(J) Service of common concern. 
(2) An assessment of the necessity of maintain-
ing separate designations for the intelligence com-
munity and the Department of Defense for intel-
ligence functional or enterprise management con-
structs. 
(3) A repeatable process for evaluating the ad-
dition, transfer, or elimination of defense intelligence 
missions, roles, and functions, currently performed 
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or to be performed in the future by the Defense In-
telligence Agency, which includes each of the fol-
lowing: 
(A) A justification for the addition, trans-
fer, or elimination of a mission, role, or func-
tion. 
(B) The identification of which, if any, ele-
ment of the Federal Government performs the 
considered mission, role, or function. 
(C) In the case of any new mission, role, 
or functions— 
(i) an assessment of the most appro-
priate agency or element to perform such 
mission, role, or function, taking into ac-
count the resource profiles, scope of re-
sponsibilities, primary customers, and ex-
isting infrastructure necessary to support 
such mission, role, or function; and 
(ii) a determination of the appropriate 
resource profile and an identification of the 
projected resources needed and the pro-
posed source of such resources over the fu-
ture-years defense program, to be provided 
in writing to any elements of the intel-
ligence community or the Department of 
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Defense affected by the assumption, trans-
fer, or elimination of any mission, role, or 
function. 
(D) In the case of any mission, role, or 
function proposed to be assumed, transferred, 
or eliminated, an assessment, which shall be 
completed jointly by the heads of each element 
affected by such assumption, transfer, or elimi-
nation, of the risks that would be assumed by 
the intelligence community and the Department 
if such mission, role, or function is assumed, 
transferred, or eliminated. 
(E) A description of how determinations 
are made regarding the funding of programs 
and activities under the National Intelligence 
Program and the Military Intelligence Program, 
including— 
(i) which programs or activities are 
funded under each such Program; 
(ii) which programs or activities 
should be jointly funded under both such 
Programs and how determinations are 
made with respect to funding allocations 
for such programs and activities; and 
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(iii) the thresholds and process for 
changing a program or activity from being 
funded under one such Program to being 
funded under the other such Program. 
SEC. 2433. CONSULTATION BY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 
WITH 
DIRECTOR 
OF 
NATIONAL 
INTEL-
LIGENCE FOR CERTAIN FUNCTIONS. 
Section 105(b) of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 3038(b)) is amended in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘, in consultation with the Di-
rector of National Intelligence,’’ after ‘‘the Secretary of 
Defense’’. 
SEC. 2434. CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONAL SECURITY AGEN-
CY EAST CAMPUS BUILDING 3. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that in carrying out the construction at the National 
Security Agency East Campus, the Director of the Na-
tional Security Agency should prioritize the consolidation 
of national intelligence mission activities on such campus 
and away from disparate leased facilities in the Wash-
ington-Baltimore region. 
(b) INCREMENTAL CONSTRUCTION OF EAST CAMPUS 
BUILDING 3.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National 
Security Agency may provide for the construction of 
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East Campus Building 3, as authorized in section 
2102, in increments, subject to annual appropria-
tions, except that the total amount expended on the 
construction of East Campus Building 3 may not ex-
ceed $775,000,000. 
(2) FISCAL YEAR 2019.—The authorization of 
appropriations for East Campus Building 3 under 
section 2102 is an authorization to proceed with the 
construction of East Campus Building 3. The Direc-
tor of the National Security Agency shall conduct 
necessary activities during fiscal year 2019 to avoid 
delays in project completion. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the National 
Security Agency shall submit to the congressional intel-
ligence committees a plan for the construction of East 
Campus Building 4 and East Campus Building 5. Such 
plan shall include— 
(1) a list of commercial leases in the Wash-
ington-Baltimore region that could be terminated if 
Congress authorizes the construction of East Cam-
pus Building 4 and East Campus Building 5; and 
(2) an analysis of options to accelerate East 
Campus construction efforts. 
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SEC. 2435. ESTABLISHMENT OF ADVISORY BOARD FOR NA-
TIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 106A of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3041a) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) ADVISORY BOARD.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the National Reconnaissance Office an advisory 
board (in this section referred to as the ‘Board’). 
‘‘(2) DUTIES.—The Board shall— 
‘‘(A) study matters relating to the mission 
of the National Reconnaissance Office, includ-
ing with respect to space, overhead reconnais-
sance, acquisition, and other matters; and 
‘‘(B) advise and report directly the Direc-
tor with respect to such matters. 
‘‘(3) MEMBERS.— 
‘‘(A) NUMBER
AND
APPOINTMENT.—The 
Board shall be composed of 5 members ap-
pointed by the Director from among individuals 
with demonstrated academic, government, busi-
ness, or other expertise relevant to the mission 
and functions of the National Reconnaissance 
Office. 
‘‘(B) TERMS.—Each member shall be ap-
pointed for a term of 2 years. Except as pro-
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vided by subparagraph (C), a member may not 
serve more than 3 terms. 
‘‘(C) VACANCY.—Any member appointed to 
fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration of 
the term for which the member’s predecessor 
was appointed shall be appointed only for the 
remainder of that term. A member may serve 
after the expiration of that member’s term until 
a successor has taken office. 
‘‘(D) CHAIR.—The Board shall have a 
Chair, who shall be appointed by the Director 
from among the members. 
‘‘(E) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each member 
shall receive travel expenses, including per diem 
in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with appli-
cable provisions under subchapter I of chapter 
57 of title 5, United States Code. 
‘‘(F) EXECUTIVE SECRETARY.—The Direc-
tor may appoint an executive secretary, who 
shall be an employee of the National Reconnais-
sance Office, to support the Board. 
‘‘(4) MEETINGS.—The Board shall meet not 
less than quarterly, but may meet more frequently 
at the call of the Director. 
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‘‘(5) REPORTS.—Not later than March 31 of 
each year, the Board shall submit to the Director 
and to the congressional intelligence committees a 
report on the activities of the Board during the pre-
ceding year. 
‘‘(6) NONAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN REQUIRE-
MENTS.—The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 
U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Board.’’. 
(b) INITIAL APPOINTMENTS.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Direc-
tor of the National Reconnaissance Office shall appoint 
the initial 5 members to the advisory board under sub-
section (d) of section 106A of the National Security Act 
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3041a), as added by subsection (a). 
TITLE V—REPORTS AND OTHER 
MATTERS 
SEC. 2501. PUBLIC INTEREST DECLASSIFICATION BOARD. 
Section 710(b) of the Public Interest Declassification 
Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–567; 50 U.S.C. 3161 note) 
is amended by striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2028’’. 
SEC. 2502. REPEAL OF CERTAIN REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENTS. 
(a) CORRECTING LONG-STANDING MATERIAL WEAK-
NESSES.—Section 368 of the Intelligence Authorization 
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Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 110–259; 50 U.S.C. 
3051 note) is hereby repealed. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORT ON INTERACTIONS BETWEEN 
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY AND ENTERTAINMENT IN-
DUSTRY.—Section 308 of the Intelligence Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (division N of Public Law 115– 
31; 131 Stat. 813; 50 U.S.C. 3222) is amended by strik-
ing subsection (c). 
(c) DECLASSIFICATION REVIEW WITH RESPECT TO 
DETAINEES
TRANSFERRED
FROM
UNITED
STATES 
NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA.—Section 
601 of such Act (division N of Public Law 115–31; 131 
Stat. 827) is hereby repealed. 
(d) INTERAGENCY THREAT ASSESSMENT AND CO-
ORDINATION GROUP.—Section 210D of the Homeland Se-
curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124k) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (c); and 
(2) by redesignating subsections (d) through (i) 
as subsections (c) through (h), respectively; and 
(3) in subsection (c), as so redesignated— 
(A) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a period; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (9). 
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(e) INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT.—Section 8H of 
the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (g); and 
(2) by redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as 
subsections (g) and (h), respectively. 
SEC. 2503. NOTIFICATION OF SIGNIFICANT FOREIGN CYBER 
INTRUSIONS AND ACTIVE MEASURES CAM-
PAIGNS DIRECTED AT ELECTIONS FOR FED-
ERAL OFFICES. 
(a) DETERMINATIONS
OF SIGNIFICANT FOREIGN 
CYBER
INTRUSIONS
AND
ACTIVE
MEASURES
CAM-
PAIGNS.—The Director of National Intelligence, the Di-
rector of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall jointly carry out 
subsection (b) if such Directors and the Secretary jointly 
determine— 
(1) that on or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, a significant foreign cyber intrusion or 
active measures campaign intended to influence an 
upcoming election for any Federal office has oc-
curred or is occurring; and 
(2) with moderate or high confidence, that such 
intrusion or campaign can be attributed to a foreign 
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state or to a foreign nonstate person, group, or other 
entity. 
(b) BRIEFING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 14 days after 
making a determination under subsection (a), the 
Director of National Intelligence, the Director of the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, shall jointly provide a brief-
ing to the congressional leadership, the congressional 
intelligence committees and, consistent with the pro-
tection of sources and methods, the other appro-
priate congressional committees. The briefing shall 
be classified and address, at a minimum, the fol-
lowing: 
(A) A description of the significant foreign 
cyber intrusion or active measures campaign, as 
the case may be, covered by the determination. 
(B) An identification of the foreign state 
or foreign nonstate person, group, or other enti-
ty, to which such intrusion or campaign has 
been attributed. 
(C) The desirability and feasibility of the 
public release of information about the cyber in-
trusion or active measures campaign. 
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(D) Any other information such Directors 
and the Secretary jointly determine appropriate. 
(2) ELECTRONIC
ELECTION
INFRASTRUCTURE 
BRIEFINGS.—With respect to a significant foreign 
cyber intrusion covered by a determination under 
subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
in consultation with the Director of National Intel-
ligence and the Director of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, shall offer to the owner or operator of 
any electronic election infrastructure directly af-
fected by such intrusion, a briefing on such intru-
sion, including steps that may be taken to mitigate 
such intrusion. Such briefing may be classified and 
made available only to individuals with appropriate 
security clearances. 
(3) PROTECTION
OF
SOURCES
AND
METH-
ODS.—This subsection shall be carried out in a man-
ner that is consistent with the protection of sources 
and methods. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ACTIVE MEASURES CAMPAIGN.—The term 
‘‘active measures campaign’’ means a foreign semi- 
covert or covert intelligence operation. 
(2) CANDIDATE, ELECTION, AND
POLITICAL 
PARTY.—The terms ‘‘candidate’’, ‘‘election’’, and 
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‘‘political party’’ have the meanings given those 
terms in section 301 of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101). 
(3) CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP.—The term 
‘‘congressional leadership’’ includes the following: 
(A) The majority leader of the Senate. 
(B) The minority leader of the Senate. 
(C) The Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(D) The minority leader of the House of 
Representatives. 
(4) CYBER INTRUSION.—The term ‘‘cyber in-
trusion’’ means an electronic occurrence that actu-
ally or imminently jeopardizes, without lawful au-
thority, electronic election infrastructure, or the in-
tegrity, confidentiality, or availability of information 
within such infrastructure. 
(5) 
ELECTRONIC
ELECTION
INFRASTRUC-
TURE.—The term ‘‘electronic election infrastruc-
ture’’ means an electronic information system of any 
of the following that is related to an election for 
Federal office: 
(A) The Federal Government. 
(B) A State or local government. 
(C) A political party. 
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(D) The election campaign of a candidate. 
(6) FEDERAL OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Federal of-
fice’’ has the meaning given that term in section 301 
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 
U.S.C. 30101). 
(7) HIGH CONFIDENCE.—The term ‘‘high con-
fidence’’, with respect to a determination, means 
that the determination is based on high-quality in-
formation from multiple sources. 
(8) MODERATE CONFIDENCE.—The term ‘‘mod-
erate confidence’’, with respect to a determination, 
means that a determination is credibly sourced and 
plausible but not of sufficient quality or corrobo-
rated sufficiently to warrant a higher level of con-
fidence. 
(9) OTHER APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COM-
MITTEES.—The term ‘‘other appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives. 
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SEC. 2504. REPORTS ON INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY LOAN 
REPAYMENT AND RELATED PROGRAMS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) there should be established, through the 
issuing of an Intelligence Community Directive or 
otherwise, an intelligence community-wide program 
for student loan repayment, student loan forgive-
ness, financial counseling, and related matters, for 
employees of the intelligence community; 
(2) creating such a program would enhance the 
ability of the elements of the intelligence community 
to recruit, hire, and retain highly qualified per-
sonnel, including with respect to mission-critical and 
hard-to-fill positions; 
(3) such a program, including with respect to 
eligibility requirements, should be designed so as to 
maximize the ability of the elements of the intel-
ligence community to recruit, hire, and retain highly 
qualified personnel, including with respect to mis-
sion-critical and hard-to-fill positions; and 
(4) to the extent possible, such a program 
should be uniform throughout the intelligence com-
munity and publicly promoted by each element of 
the intelligence community to both current employ-
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ees of the element as well as to prospective employ-
ees of the element. 
(b) REPORT ON POTENTIAL INTELLIGENCE COMMU-
NITY-WIDE PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Di-
rector of National Intelligence, in cooperation with 
the heads of the elements of the intelligence commu-
nity and the heads of any other appropriate depart-
ment or agency of the Federal Government, shall 
submit to the congressional intelligence committees a 
report on potentially establishing and carrying out 
an intelligence community-wide program for student 
loan repayment, student loan forgiveness, financial 
counseling, and related matters, as described in sub-
section (a). 
(2) MATTERS
INCLUDED.—The report under 
paragraph (1) shall include, at a minimum, the fol-
lowing: 
(A) A description of the financial resources 
that the elements of the intelligence community 
would require to establish and initially carry 
out the program specified in paragraph (1). 
(B) A description of the practical steps to 
establish and carry out such a program. 
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(C) The identification of any legislative ac-
tion the Director determines necessary to estab-
lish and carry out such a program. 
(c) ANNUAL
REPORTS
ON
ESTABLISHED
PRO-
GRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National In-
telligence shall annually submit to the congressional 
intelligence committees a report on the covered pro-
grams. Each such report shall include, with respect 
to the period covered by the report, the following: 
(A) The number of personnel from each 
element of the intelligence community who used 
each covered program. 
(B) The total amount of funds each ele-
ment expended for each such program. 
(C) A description of the efforts made by 
each element to promote each covered program 
pursuant to both the personnel of the element 
of the intelligence community and to prospec-
tive personnel. 
(2) COVERED
PROGRAMS
DEFINED.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘‘covered programs’’ means any 
loan repayment program, loan forgiveness program, 
financial counseling program, or similar programs, 
established pursuant to title X of the National Secu-
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rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3191 et seq.) or any 
other provision of law that may be administered or 
used by an element of the intelligence community. 
SEC. 2505. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED 
STATES REPORT ON SENIOR EXECUTIVES OF 
THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL 
INTELLIGENCE. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of 
the United States shall submit to the congressional intel-
ligence committees a report on the number of Senior Exec-
utive Service positions in the Office of the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence. 
(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) The number of required Senior Executive 
Service positions for the Office of the Director of 
National Intelligence. 
(2) Whether such requirements are reasonably 
based on the mission of the Office. 
(3) A discussion of how the levels of the Senior 
Executive Service positions in the Office compare to 
the number of senior positions at other elements of 
the intelligence community. 
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(c) COOPERATION.—The Director of National Intel-
ligence shall provide to the Comptroller General any infor-
mation requested by the Comptroller General to carry out 
this section by not later than 5 business days after the 
date on which the Comptroller General makes such re-
quest. 
(d) SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE POSITION DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘Senior Executive Serv-
ice position’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
3132(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, and includes 
any position above the GS–15, step 10, level of the Gen-
eral Schedule under section 5332 of such title. 
SEC. 2506. BRIEFINGS ON COUNTERINTELLIGENCE ACTIVI-
TIES OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVES-
TIGATION. 
(a) QUARTERLY BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and on a quar-
terly basis thereafter, the Director of the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation shall provide to the congressional intel-
ligence committees a briefing on the counterintelligence 
activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Such 
briefings shall include, at a minimum, an overview and up-
date of— 
(1) the counterintelligence posture of the Bu-
reau; 
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(2) matters of counterintelligence concern; and 
(3) any other information relating to the coun-
terintelligence activities of the Bureau that the Di-
rector determines necessary to keep the congres-
sional intelligence committees fully and currently in-
formed as required by section 501 of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091). 
(b) GUIDELINES.—The Director, in coordination with 
the Attorney General and in consultation with the congres-
sional intelligence committees, shall develop guidelines 
governing the scope of the briefings provided under sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 2507. BRIEFING ON FBI OFFERING PERMANENT RESI-
DENCE TO SOURCES AND COOPERATORS. 
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Director of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation shall provide to the congressional intelligence 
committees a briefing on the ability of the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation to offer, as an inducement to assisting the 
Bureau, permanent residence within the United States to 
foreign individuals who are sources or cooperators in coun-
terintelligence or other national security-related investiga-
tions. The briefing shall address the following: 
(1) The extent to which the Bureau may make 
such offers, whether independently or in conjunction 
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with other agencies and departments of the United 
States Government, including a discussion of the au-
thorities provided by section 101(a)(15)(S) of the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1101(a)(15)(S)), section 7 of the Central Intel-
ligence Agency Act (50 U.S.C. 3508), and any other 
provision of law under which the Bureau may make 
such offers. 
(2) An overview of the policies and operational 
practices of the Bureau with respect to making such 
offers. 
(3) The sufficiency of such policies and prac-
tices with respect to inducing individuals to cooper-
ate with, serve as sources for such investigations, or 
both. 
(4) Whether the Director recommends any leg-
islative actions to improve such policies and prac-
tices, particularly with respect to the counterintel-
ligence efforts of the Bureau. 
SEC. 2508. TECHNICAL AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS TO 
THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947. 
(a) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents at 
the beginning of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) is amended— 
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(1) by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 2 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 3. Definitions.’’; 
(2) by striking the item relating to section 107; 
(3) by striking the item relating to section 
113B and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 113B. Special pay authority for science, technology, engineering, or 
mathematics positions.’’; 
(4) by striking the items relating to sections 
202, 203, 204, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, and 
214; and 
(5) by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 311 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 312. Repealing and saving provisions.’’. 
(b) OTHER TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Such Act is 
further amended— 
(1) in section 102A— 
(A) in subparagraph (G) of paragraph (1) 
of subsection (g), by moving the margins of 
such subparagraph 2 ems to the left; and 
(B) in paragraph (3) of subsection (v), by 
moving the margins of such paragraph 2 ems to 
the left; 
(2) in section 106— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘SEC. 106’’ before ‘‘(a)’’; 
and 
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(B) in subparagraph (I) of paragraph (2) 
of subsection (b), by moving the margins of 
such subparagraph 2 ems to the left; 
(3) by striking section 107; 
(4) in section 108(c), by striking ‘‘in both a 
classified and an unclassified form’’ and inserting 
‘‘to Congress in classified form, but may include an 
unclassified summary’’; 
(5) in section 112(c)(1), by striking ‘‘section 
103(c)(7)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 102A(i)’’; 
(6) by amending section 201 to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 201. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
‘‘Except to the extent inconsistent with the provisions 
of this Act or other provisions of law, the provisions of 
title 5, United States Code, shall be applicable to the De-
partment of Defense.’’; 
(7) in section 205, by redesignating subsections 
(b) and (c) as subsections (a) and (b), respectively; 
(8) in section 206, by striking ‘‘(a)’’; 
(9) in section 207, by striking ‘‘(c)’’; 
(10) in section 308(a), by striking ‘‘this Act’’ 
and inserting ‘‘sections 2, 101, 102, 103, and 303 
of this Act’’; 
(11) by redesignating section 411 as section 
312; 
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(12) in section 503— 
(A) in paragraph (5) of subsection (c)— 
(i) by moving the margins of such 
paragraph 2 ems to the left; and 
(ii) by moving the margins of sub-
paragraph (B) of such paragraph 2 ems to 
the left; and 
(B) in paragraph (2) of subsection (d), by 
moving the margins of such paragraph 2 ems to 
the left; and 
(13) in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) of 
subsection (a) of section 504, by moving the margins 
of such subparagraph 2 ems to the right. 
SEC. 2509. NORTH KOREA FOLLOW THE MONEY ACT. 
(a) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Direc-
tor of National Intelligence, in coordination with the As-
sistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research 
and the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Intel-
ligence and Analysis, shall produce an intelligence assess-
ment of the revenue sources of the North Korean regime. 
Such assessment shall include revenue from the following 
sources: 
(1) Trade in coal, iron, and iron ore. 
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(2) The provision of fishing rights to North Ko-
rean territorial waters. 
(3) Trade in gold, titanium ore, vanadium ore, 
copper, silver, nickel, zinc, or rare earth minerals, 
and other stores of value. 
(4) Trade in textiles. 
(5) Sales of conventional defense articles and 
services. 
(6) Sales of controlled goods, ballistic missiles, 
and other associated purposes. 
(7) Other types of manufacturing for export, as 
the Director of National Intelligence considers ap-
propriate. 
(8) The exportation of workers from North 
Korea in a manner intended to generate significant 
revenue, directly or indirectly, for use by the govern-
ment of North Korea. 
(9) The provision of non-humanitarian goods 
(such as food, medicine, and medical devices) and 
services by other countries. 
(10) The provision of services, including bank-
ing and other support, including by entities located 
in the Russian Federation, China, and Iran. 
(11) Online commercial activities of the Govern-
ment of North Korea, including online gambling. 
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(12) Criminal activities, including cyber-enabled 
crime and counterfeit goods. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The assessment required under 
subsection (a) shall include an identification of each of the 
following: 
(1) The sources of North Korea’s funding. 
(2) Financial and non-financial networks, in-
cluding supply chain management, transportation, 
and facilitation, through which North Korea accesses 
the United States and international financial sys-
tems and repatriates and exports capital, goods, and 
services; and 
(3) the global financial institutions, money serv-
ices business, and payment systems that assist 
North Korea with financial transactions. 
(c) SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS.—Upon completion of 
the assessment required under subsection (a), the Director 
of National Intelligence shall submit to the Permanent Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence of the House of Represent-
atives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
Senate a copy of such assessment. 
SEC. 2510. EXPANSION OF INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY RE-
CRUITMENT EFFORTS. 
In order to further increase the diversity of the intel-
ligence community workforce, not later than 90 days after 
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the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence, in consultation with heads of elements 
of the Intelligence Community, shall create, implement, 
and submit to the congressional intelligence committees a 
written plan to ensure that rural and underrepresented re-
gions are more fully and consistently represented in such 
elements’ employment recruitment efforts. Upon receipt of 
the plan, the congressional committees shall have 60 days 
to submit comments to the Director of National Intel-
ligence before such plan shall be implemented. 
SEC. 2511. REPORT ON IRANIAN SUPPORT OF PROXY 
FORCES IN SYRIA AND LEBANON. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 
of National Intelligence shall submit to the Committee on 
Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and 
the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Armed 
Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence of the Senate a report on 
Iranian support of proxy forces in Syria and Lebanon and 
the threat posed to Israel, other United States regional 
allies, and other specified interests of the United States 
as a result of such support. 
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(b) MATTERS FOR INCLUSION.—The report required 
under subsection (a) shall include information relating to 
the following matters with respect to both the strategic 
and tactical implications for the United States and its al-
lies: 
(1) A description of arms or related material 
transferred by Iran to Hizballah since March 2011, 
including the number of such arms or related mate-
rial and whether such transfer was by land, sea, or 
air, as well as financial and additional technological 
capabilities transferred by Iran to Hizballah. 
(2) A description of Iranian and Iranian-con-
trolled personnel, including Hizballah, Shiite mili-
tias, and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps forces, 
operating within Syria, including the number and 
geographic distribution of such personnel operating 
within 30 kilometers of the Israeli borders with 
Syria and Lebanon. 
(3) An assessment of Hizballah’s operational 
lessons learned based on its recent experiences in 
Syria. 
(4) A description of any rocket–producing facili-
ties in Lebanon for non-state actors, including 
whether such facilities were assessed to be built at 
the direction of Hizballah leadership, Iranian leader-
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ship, or in consultation between Iranian leadership 
and Hizballah leadership. 
(5) An analysis of the foreign and domestic 
supply chains that significantly facilitate, support, or 
otherwise aid Hizballah’s acquisition or development 
of missile production facilities, including the geo-
graphic distribution of such foreign and domestic 
supply chains. 
(6) An assessment of the provision of goods, 
services, or technology transferred by Iran or its af-
filiates to Hizballah to indigenously manufacture or 
otherwise produce missiles. 
(7) An identification of foreign persons that 
are, based on credible information, facilitating the 
transfer of significant financial support or arms or 
related material to Hizballah. 
(8) A description of the threat posed to Israel 
and other United States allies in the Middle East by 
the transfer of arms or related material or other 
support offered to Hizballah and other proxies from 
Iran. 
(c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required under 
subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
may include a classified annex. 
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(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘arms or 
related material’’ means— 
(1) nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological 
weapons or materials or components of such weap-
ons; 
(2) ballistic or cruise missile weapons or mate-
rials or components of such weapons; 
(3) destabilizing numbers and types of ad-
vanced conventional weapons; 
(4) defense articles or defense services, as those 
terms are defined in paragraphs (3) and (4), respec-
tively, of section 47 of the Arms Export Control Act 
(22 U.S.C. 2794); 
(5) defense information, as that term is defined 
in section 644 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2403); or 
(6) items designated by the President for pur-
poses of the United States Munitions List under sec-
tion 38(a)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2778(a)(1)). 
SEC. 2512. BRIEFING ON EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASE 
AND PANDEMICS. 
(a) BRIEFING.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
Intelligence shall provide to the appropriate congressional 
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committees a briefing on the anticipated geopolitical ef-
fects of emerging infectious disease (including deliberate, 
accidental, and naturally occurring infectious disease 
threats) and pandemics, and their implications on the na-
tional security of the United States. 
(b) CONTENT.—The briefing under subsection (a) 
shall assess— 
(1) the economic, social, political, and security 
risks, costs, and impacts of emerging infectious dis-
eases on the United States and the international po-
litical and economic system; 
(2) the economic, social, political, and security 
risks, costs, and impacts of a major transnational 
pandemic on the United States and the international 
political and economic system; and 
(3) contributing trends and factor to the mat-
ters assessed under paragraphs (1) and (2). 
(c) EXAMINATION OF RESPONSE CAPACITY.—In ex-
amining the risks, costs, and impacts of emerging infec-
tious disease and a possible transnational pandemic under 
subsection (b), the Director of National Intelligence shall 
also examine in the briefing under subsection (a) the re-
sponse capacity within affected countries and the inter-
national system. In considering response capacity, the Di-
rector shall include— 
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(1) the ability of affected nations to effectively 
detect and manage emerging infectious diseases and 
a possible transnational pandemic; 
(2) the role and capacity of international orga-
nizations and nongovernmental organizations to re-
spond to emerging infectious disease and a possible 
pandemic, and their ability to coordinate with af-
fected and donor nations; and 
(3) the effectiveness of current international 
frameworks, agreements, and health systems to re-
spond to emerging infectious diseases and a possible 
transnational pandemic. 
(d) FORM.—The briefing under subsection (a) may 
be classified. 
(e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the congressional intelligence committees; 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; 
and 
(3) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 
Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate. 
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SEC. 2513. REPORT ON ESTABLISHMENT OF FOREIGN MA-
LIGN INFLUENCE RESPONSE CENTER. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 
of National Intelligence shall submit to the Permanent Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence of the House of Represent-
atives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
Senate a report on the potential establishment of a center, 
to be known as the ‘‘Foreign Malign Influence Response 
Center’’ that— 
(1) is comprised of analysts from all appro-
priate elements of the intelligence community, in-
cluding elements with related diplomatic and law en-
forcement functions; 
(2) has access to all intelligence and other re-
porting acquired by the United States Government 
on foreign efforts to influence, through overt and 
covert malign activities, United States political proc-
esses and elections; 
(3) provides comprehensive assessment, and in-
dications and warning, of such activities; and 
(4) provides for enhanced dissemination of such 
assessment to United States policy makers. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The Report required by subsection 
(a)— 
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(1) shall contain, at a minimum, a discussion of 
the desirability of the establishment of such center 
and any barriers to such establishment; and 
(2) may contain any recommendations the Di-
rector determines appropriate. 
SEC. 2514. REPORT ON POSSIBLE EXPLOITATION OF VIR-
TUAL CURRENCIES BY TERRORIST ACTORS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Stop Terrorist Use of Virtual Currencies Act’’. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National In-
telligence, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, shall submit to Congress a report on the possible ex-
ploitation of virtual currencies by terrorist actors. Such 
report shall include the following elements: 
(1) An assessment of the means and methods 
by which international terrorist organizations and 
State sponsors of terrorism use virtual currencies. 
(2) An assessment of the use by terrorist orga-
nizations and State sponsors of terrorism of virtual 
currencies compared to the use by such organiza-
tions and States of other forms of financing to sup-
port operations, including an assessment of the col-
lection posture of the intelligence community on the 
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use of virtual currencies by such organizations and 
States. 
(3) A description of any existing legal impedi-
ments that inhibit or prevent the intelligence com-
munity from collecting information on or helping 
prevent the use of virtual currencies by international 
terrorist organizations and State sponsors of ter-
rorism and an identification of any gaps in existing 
law that could be exploited for illicit funding by such 
organizations and States. 
(c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by sub-
section (b) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
may include a classified annex. 
SEC. 2515. REPORT ON IRANIAN EXPENDITURES SUP-
PORTING 
FOREIGN 
MILITARY 
AND 
TER-
RORIST ACTIVITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 
the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to Con-
gress a report describing Iranian expenditures in the pre-
vious calendar year on military and terrorist activities out-
side the country, including each of the following: 
(1) The amount spent in such calendar year on 
activities by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, 
including activities providing support for— 
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(A) Hezbollah; 
(B) Houthi rebels in Yemen; 
(C) Hamas; 
(D) proxy forces in Iraq and Syria; or 
(E) any other entity or country the Direc-
tor determines to be relevant. 
(2) The amount spent in such calendar year for 
ballistic missile research and testing or other activi-
ties that the Director determines are destabilizing to 
the Middle East region. 
(b) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex. 
SEC. 2516. INCLUSION OF DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS IN AN-
NUAL REPORT RELATING TO SECTION 702. 
Section 707(b)(1)(G)(ii) of the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1881f(b)(1)(G)(ii)) 
is amended by inserting before the semicolon the following: 
‘‘, including whether disciplinary actions were taken as a 
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result of such an incident of noncompliance and the extent 
of such disciplinary actions’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 12, 2018. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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