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(b) SUBMITTAL OF GUIDELINES AND INSTRUCTIONS TO CONGRESS 
REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, or such other 
officer of the United States acting as the Security Executive Agent 
pursuant to subsection (a) of section 803 of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3162a), shall submit to the congressional 
intelligence committees and the congressional defense committees 
the guidelines and instructions required by subsection (c)(5) of 
such section, as added by subsection (a) of this section. 
(c) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.—The term 
‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ means— 
(i) the congressional intelligence committees; 
(ii) the congressional defense committees; 
(iii) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 
(iv) the Committee on Oversight and Account-
ability of the House of Representatives. 
(B) COVERED
FORMER
OFFICER.—The term ‘‘covered 
former officer’’ means an individual who meets the fol-
lowing criteria: 
(i) The individual— 
(I) has been appointed by the President to 
a position, including in an acting capacity, in the 
intelligence community that requires the advice 
and consent of the Senate; or 
(II) has performed in an acting capacity the 
functions and duties of a head of an element of 
the intelligence community. 
(ii) The individual is not employed in a position 
covered by any of sections 2104 through 2107 of title 
5, United States Code. 
(iii) The individual holds a security clearance. 
(2) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than 
annually until December 31, 2029, the Director of National 
Intelligence, or such other officer of the United States acting 
as the Security Executive Agent pursuant to section 803(a) 
of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3162a(a)), 
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress an 
annual report on covered former officers. 
(3) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted pursuant to para-
graph (2) shall include the following: 
(A) A list of each individual who was a covered former 
officer at any time during the period covered by the report. 
(B) For each individual listed in accordance with 
subparagraph (A)— 
(i) the position described in paragraph (1)(b)(i) with 
respect to the covered former officer; 
(ii) the dates of service in such position; 
(iii) a description of each subsequent employment 
position, other than any such position described in 
paragraph (1)(b)(ii), occupied by the covered former 
officer while the covered former officer held a security 
clearance; and
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(iv) the element of the United States Government 
that authorized and adjudicated the security clearance 
of the covered former officer. 
SEC. 6602. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR NEW CON-
TROLLED ACCESS PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 501A of the National Security Act 
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091a) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections 
(d) and (e), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON SPENDING.—Funds authorized to be appro-
priated for the National Intelligence Program may not be obligated 
or expended for any controlled access program, or a compartment 
or subcompartment therein, until the head of the element of the 
intelligence community responsible for the establishment of such 
program, compartment, or subcompartment, submits the notifica-
tion required by subsection (b).’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—Subsection (c) of such section shall apply 
with respect to controlled access programs (as defined in such 
section), and compartments and subcompartments therein, that are 
established on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 6603. LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS FROM CONTROLLED ACCESS 
PROGRAMS. 
Section 501A(b) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3091a(b)) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘LIMITATION ON 
ESTABLISHMENT’’ and inserting ‘‘LIMITATIONS’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘A head’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—A head’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) TRANSFERS.— 
‘‘(A) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in subparagraph 
(B), a head of an element of the intelligence community 
may not transfer a capability from a controlled access pro-
gram, including from a compartment or subcompartment 
therein to a compartment or subcompartment of another 
controlled access program, to a special access program (as 
defined in section 1152(g) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (50 U.S.C. 3348(g))), 
or to anything else outside the controlled access program, 
until the head submits to the appropriate congressional 
committees and congressional leadership notice of the 
intent of the head to make such transfer. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—The head of an element of the intel-
ligence community may make a transfer described in 
subparagraph (A) without prior congressional notification 
if the head determines that doing so— 
‘‘(i) is required to mitigate an urgent counterintel-
ligence issue; or 
‘‘(ii) is necessary to maintain access in the event 
of an organizational restructuring.’’.
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SEC. 6604. DATA WITH RESPECT TO TIMELINESS OF POLYGRAPH 
EXAMINATIONS. 
Section 7702 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2024 (50 U.S.C. 3352h) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) DATA
WITH
RESPECT
TO
TIMELINESS
OF
POLYGRAPH 
EXAMINATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to each report on compli-
ance with timeliness standards for rendering determinations 
of trust for personnel vetting prepared pursuant to subsection 
(b), the Director of National Intelligence shall make available 
to the congressional intelligence committees as soon as prac-
ticable anonymized raw data with respect to the timeliness 
of polygraph examinations used to prepare each such report 
in machine-readable format for each element of the intelligence 
community that collects such data. 
‘‘(2) FORM AND CLASSIFICATION JUSTIFICATION.—The data 
provided to the congressional intelligence committees under 
paragraph (1) may be modified to remove any personally identi-
fying information, shall be submitted in unclassified form to 
the greatest extent possible, and shall contain a justification 
for the classification of any such data provided.’’. 
Subtitle B—Workforce Improvements 
SEC. 6611. ENABLING INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY INTEGRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3001 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 113B the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 113C. ENABLING INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY INTEGRATION. 
‘‘(a) PROVISION
OF GOODS
OR SERVICES.—Subject to and in 
accordance with any guidance and requirements developed by the 
Director of National Intelligence, the head of an element of the 
intelligence community may provide goods or services to another 
element of the intelligence community without reimbursement or 
transfer of funds for hoteling initiatives for intelligence community 
employees and affiliates defined in any such guidance and require-
ments issued by the Director of National Intelligence. 
‘‘(b) APPROVAL.—Prior to the provision of goods or services 
pursuant to subsection (a), the head of the element of the intel-
ligence community providing such goods or services and the head 
of the element of the intelligence community receiving such goods 
or services shall approve such provision. 
‘‘(c) HOTELING DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘hoteling’ 
means an alternative work arrangement in which employees of 
one element of the intelligence community are authorized flexible 
work arrangements to work part of the time at one or more alter-
native worksite locations, as appropriately authorized.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL
AMENDMENT.—The table of contents of the 
National Security Act of 1947 is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 113B the following: 
‘‘Sec. 113C. Enabling intelligence community integration.’’.
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SEC. 6612. APPOINTMENT OF SPOUSES OF CERTAIN FEDERAL 
EMPLOYEES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3330d of title 5, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘military and 
Department of Defense civilian spouses’’ and inserting 
‘‘military and Department of Defense, Department of 
State, and intelligence community spouses’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by redesignating the second paragraph (4) (relating 
to a spouse of an employee of the Department of Defense) 
as paragraph (7); 
(B) by striking paragraph (5); 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (4) (relating to the 
spouse of a disabled or deceased member of the Armed 
Forces) as paragraph (6); 
(D) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) The term ‘covered spouse’ means an individual who 
is married to an individual who— 
‘‘(A)(i) is an employee of the Department of State or 
an element of the intelligence community; or 
‘‘(ii) is a member of the Armed Forces who is assigned 
to an element of the intelligence community; and 
‘‘(B) is transferred in the interest of the Government 
from one official station within the applicable agency to 
another within the agency (that is outside of normal com-
muting distance) for permanent duty. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘intelligence community’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 3 of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 
‘‘(5) The term ‘remote work’ refers to a work flexibility 
arrangement under which an employee— 
‘‘(A) is not expected to physically report to the location 
from which the employee would otherwise work, consid-
ering the position of the employee; and 
‘‘(B) performs the duties and responsibilities of such 
employee’s position, and other authorized activities, from 
an approved worksite— 
‘‘(i) other than the location from which the 
employee would otherwise work; 
‘‘(ii) that may be inside or outside the local com-
muting area of the location from which the employee 
would otherwise work; and 
‘‘(iii) that is typically the residence of the 
employee.’’; and 
(E) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) The term ‘telework’ has the meaning given the term 
in section 6501.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(B) in the first paragraph (3) (relating to a spouse 
of a member of the Armed Forces on active duty), by 
striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 
(C) by redesignating the second paragraph (3) (relating 
to a spouse of an employee of the Department of Defense) 
as paragraph (4);
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(D) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘, including to a position in which 
the spouse will engage in remote work’’ after ‘‘Depart-
ment of Defense’’; and 
(ii) by striking the period at the end and inserting 
‘‘; or’’; and 
(E) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) a covered spouse to a position in which the covered 
spouse will engage in remote work.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of 
sections for subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 3330d 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘3330d. Appointment of military and Department of Defense, Department of State, 
and intelligence community civilian spouses.’’. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) DEFINITION
OF
APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CON-
GRESS.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 
of Congress’’ means— 
(A) the congressional intelligence committees; 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(C) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 
on Oversight and Accountability, and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 
(2) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel-
ligence, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Defense 
shall jointly submit to the appropriate committees of Congress 
a report detailing the use of the authority provided pursuant 
to the amendments made by subsection (a) and the impacts 
on recruitment, retention, and job opportunities created by 
such amendments. 
(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section or an 
amendment made by this section shall be construed to revoke 
or diminish any right of an individual provided by title 5, United 
States Code. 
(e) SUNSET AND SNAPBACK.—On the date that is 5 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act— 
(1) section 3330d of title 5, United States Code, as amended 
by subsection (a), is amended to read as it read on the day 
before the date of the enactment of this Act; and 
(2) the item for such section in the table of sections for 
subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code, 
as amended by subsection (b), is amended to read as it read 
on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 6613. PLAN FOR STAFFING THE INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION 
POSITIONS OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Central Intelligence 
Agency shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees 
a plan for ensuring that the Directorate of Operations of the Agency 
has staffed every civilian full-time equivalent position authorized 
for that Directorate under the Intelligence Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2024 (division G of Public Law 118–31).
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(b) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by subsection (a) shall 
include the following: 
(1) Specific benchmarks and timelines for accomplishing 
the goal described in such subsection by September 30, 2025. 
(2) An assessment of the appropriate balance of staffing 
between the Directorate of Operations and the Directorate of 
Analysis consistent with the responsibilities of the Director 
of the Central Intelligence Agency under section 104A(d) of 
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3036(d)). 
SEC. 6614. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATIONS AND SUMMARIES OF MIS-
CONDUCT REGARDING EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE INTEL-
LIGENCE COMMUNITY. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORTS FOR CALENDAR YEARS 2024, 2025, AND 
2026.—Not later than 60 days after the end of calendar years 
2024, 2025, and 2026, the Director of National Intelligence shall 
submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report on 
civilian employees in the intelligence community placed on adminis-
trative leave pending possible adverse personnel action during that 
calendar year. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—Each report under subsection (a) shall include, 
for the calendar year covered by the report, the following: 
(1) The total number of employees who were placed on 
administrative leave pending possible adverse personnel action, 
disaggregated by intelligence community element and pay 
grade. 
(2) The number of employees placed on paid administrative 
leave pending possible adverse personnel action. 
(3) The number of employees placed on administrative leave 
pending possible adverse personnel action whose leave has 
exceeded 365 days, disaggregated by paid and unpaid status. 
(c) NOTIFICATION OF REFERRAL TO DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.— 
If a referral is made to the Department of Justice from any element 
of the intelligence community regarding an allegation of misconduct 
against a civilian employee of the intelligence community, the head 
of the element of the intelligence community that employs the 
covered employee shall notify the congressional intelligence commit-
tees of the referral not later than 10 days after the date on which 
such referral is made. 
SEC. 6615. MODIFICATION TO WAIVER FOR POST-SERVICE EMPLOY-
MENT RESTRICTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 304(a)(2) of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3073a(a)(2)) is amended— 
(1) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows: 
‘‘(A) AUTHORITY TO GRANT WAIVERS.—The applicable 
head of an intelligence community element may waive a 
restriction in paragraph (1) with respect to an employee 
or former employee who is subject to that restriction only 
after— 
‘‘(i) the employee or former employee submits to 
the applicable head of the intelligence community ele-
ment a written application for such waiver in such 
form and manner as the applicable head of the intel-
ligence community element determines appropriate; 
and 
‘‘(ii) the applicable head of the element of the intel-
ligence community determines that granting such
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waiver will not harm the national security interests 
of the United States.’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘Director’’ and inserting 
‘‘applicable head of the intelligence community element’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘Director’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘applicable head of the intelligence 
community element’’; and 
(4) by amending subparagraph (E) to read as follows: 
‘‘(E) REPORTING TO CONGRESS.—On a quarterly basis, 
the head of each element of the intelligence community 
shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees 
and the congressional defense committees for Department 
of Defense elements of the intelligence community, a writ-
ten notification of each waiver or revocation that shall 
include the following: 
‘‘(i) With respect to a waiver issued to an employee 
or former employee— 
‘‘(I) the covered intelligence position held or 
formerly held by the employee or former employee; 
and 
‘‘(II) a brief description of the covered post- 
service employment, including the employer and 
the recipient of the representation, advice, or serv-
ices. 
‘‘(ii) With respect to a revocation of a waiver issued 
to an employee or former employee— 
‘‘(I) the details of the waiver, including any 
renewals of such waiver, and the dates of such 
waiver and renewals; and 
‘‘(II) the specific reasons why the applicable 
head of the intelligence community element deter-
mined that such revocation is warranted.’’. 
(b) WRITTEN ADVISORY OPINIONS WITH RESPECT
TO POST- 
SERVICE
EMPLOYMENT
RESTRICTIONS.—Section 
304(d) 
of 
the 
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3073a(d)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) WRITTEN ADVISORY OPINIONS.—Upon request from a 
current employee who occupies a covered intelligence position 
or a former employee who previously occupied a covered intel-
ligence position, the applicable head of the element of the 
intelligence community concerned may provide a written 
advisory opinion to such current or former employee regarding 
whether a proposed employment, representation, or provision 
of advice or services constitutes covered post-service employ-
ment as defined in subsection (g).’’. 
(c) COVERED POST-SERVICE EMPLOYMENT.—Section 304(g)(2) of 
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3073a(g)(2)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘relating to national security, intelligence, the military, 
or internal security to, the government of a foreign country or 
any company, entity, or other person whose activities are directly 
or indirectly supervised, directed, controlled, financed, or subsidized, 
in whole or in major part, by any government of a foreign country’’ 
and inserting ‘‘to the government of a foreign country or any com-
pany, entity, or other person whose activities are directly or 
indirectly supervised, directed, controlled, financed, or subsidized, 
in whole or in major part, by any government of a foreign country
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if such employment, representation, or provision of advice or serv-
ices relates to national security, intelligence, the military, or 
internal security’’. 
(d) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 304(a)(1) of the 
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3073a(a)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)(A)(i)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)(A)’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)(A)(ii)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)(A)’’. 
SEC. 6616. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY RECRUITMENT FOR CERTAIN 
SECURITY-CLEARED SEPARATING MILITARY MEMBERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Intelligence Community Chief Human 
Capital Officer shall, not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, develop a human resources strategy 
for enhancing the recruitment into the intelligence community of 
covered military members. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The strategy developed under subsection (a) 
shall address— 
(1) a requirement for each intelligence community element 
to facilitate job applications for qualified covered military mem-
bers on each element’s job application portal, on USA Jobs, 
or other appropriate hiring platform; 
(2) additional authorities or policy waivers required to over-
come identified barriers to enhancing the recruitment into the 
intelligence community of covered military members to include 
those military members with technical training and experience 
in lieu of a bachelor’s degree; and 
(3) in consultation with the military departments, the 
development of best practices for matching job applications 
from among covered military members who have transferable 
qualifying backgrounds, skills, or expertise to relevant intel-
ligence occupational specialties within the Federal civilian intel-
ligence community workforce, including coordinating intel-
ligence community recruiting events and hiring blitzes. 
(c) BRIEFING AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Not later than 30 
days after the development of the strategy under subsection (a), 
the Intelligence Community Chief Human Capital Officer shall 
provide to the congressional intelligence committees a briefing 
regarding the strategy developed under subsection (a), including 
a plan for how each element of the intelligence community intends 
to implement such strategy. 
(d) COVERED MILITARY MEMBER DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘covered military member’’ means any member of the Armed 
Forces transitioning out of service in the Armed Forces who holds 
a current top-secret security clearance. 
SEC. 6617. STRATEGY TO STRENGTHEN INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY 
RECRUITMENT EFFORTS IN THE UNITED STATES TERRI-
TORIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National Intelligence, acting 
through the Intelligence Community Chief Human Capital Officer, 
shall, in coordination with the human capital offices of such ele-
ments of the intelligence community as determined appropriate, 
develop an intelligence community-wide strategy to strengthen 
efforts to recruit qualified individuals residing in the United States 
territories.
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(b) BRIEFING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel-
ligence, acting through the Intelligence Community Chief Human 
Capital Officer, shall provide to the congressional intelligence 
committees a briefing with respect to the strategy developed under 
subsection (a), including with respect to a plan for the implementa-
tion of such strategy. 
(c) UNITED STATES TERRITORIES DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘United States territories’’ means Puerto Rico, the United 
States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, and American Samoa. 
SEC. 6618. PILOT PROGRAM ON ESTABLISHING A GEOSPATIAL 
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall carry out 
a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of 
establishing a program to develop a skilled workforce in 
geospatial technologies, methodologies, and capabilities to sup-
port the defense intelligence requirements of the Department 
of Defense. 
(2) DESIGNATION.—The pilot program carried out pursuant 
to paragraph (1) shall be known as the ‘‘Geospatial Workforce 
Pilot Program’’ (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Pilot Pro-
gram’’). 
(b) GOALS.—In carrying out the Pilot Program, the Secretary 
shall seek— 
(1) to assess the demand for geospatial technology skills 
in both military and civilian sectors in proximity to facilities 
of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in the United 
States; 
(2) to expand, align, and accelerate the education, training, 
and certification of a geospatial workforce; 
(3) to support a global research hub for geospatial science 
and technology; 
(4) to foster partnerships with secondary and postsecondary 
educational institutions, industry leaders, and local govern-
ments to support the workforce development; 
(5) to increase employment opportunities and economic 
growth in regions that are in proximity to National Geospatial- 
Intelligence Agency locations in the United States through 
enhanced geospatial capabilities; and 
(6) to support Department of Defense operations and infra-
structure with a skilled geospatial workforce. 
(c) LOCATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In selecting a location for the pilot pro-
gram required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
prioritize a location— 
(A) where the Secretary can partner with an eligible 
institution of higher education that— 
(i) conducts research; 
(ii) is in close proximity to National Geospatial- 
Intelligence Agency facilities outside of the National 
Capital Region; 
(iii) offers programs of education in geospatial or 
related matters; and