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SEC. 302. RESTRICTION ON CONDUCT OF INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES. 
The authorization of appropriations by this Act shall not be 
deemed to constitute authority for the conduct of any intelligence 
activity which is not otherwise authorized by the Constitution or 
the laws of the United States. 
SEC. 303. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE STRATEGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 3021 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 
108 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 108A. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE STRATEGY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning in 2017, and once every 4 years 
thereafter, the Director of National Intelligence shall develop a 
comprehensive national intelligence strategy to meet national secu-
rity objectives for the following 4-year period, or a longer period, 
if appropriate. 
‘‘(b) 
REQUIREMENTS.—Each 
national 
intelligence 
strategy 
required by subsection (a) shall— 
‘‘(1) delineate a national intelligence strategy consistent 
with— 
‘‘(A) the most recent national security strategy report 
submitted pursuant to section 108; 
‘‘(B) the strategic plans of other relevant departments 
and agencies of the United States; and 
‘‘(C) other relevant national-level plans; 
‘‘(2) address matters related to national and military intel-
ligence, including counterintelligence; 
‘‘(3) identify the major national security missions that the 
intelligence community is currently pursuing and will pursue 
in the future to meet the anticipated security environment; 
‘‘(4) describe how the intelligence community will utilize 
personnel, technology, partnerships, and other capabilities to 
pursue the major national security missions identified in para-
graph (3); 
‘‘(5) assess current, emerging, and future threats to the 
intelligence community, including threats from foreign intel-
ligence and security services and insider threats; 
‘‘(6) outline the organizational roles and missions of the 
elements of the intelligence community as part of an integrated 
enterprise to meet customer demands for intelligence products, 
services, and support; 
‘‘(7) identify sources of strategic, institutional, pro-
grammatic, fiscal, and technological risk; and 
‘‘(8) analyze factors that may affect the intelligence commu-
nity’s performance in pursuing the major national security mis-
sions identified in paragraph (3) during the following 10-year 
period. 
‘‘(c) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—The Director of National Intel-
ligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees 
a report on each national intelligence strategy required by sub-
section (a) not later than 45 days after the date of the completion 
of such strategy.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENTS.—The table of contents 
in the first section of the National Security Act of 1947 is amended
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by inserting after the item relating to section 108 the following 
new item: 
‘‘Sec. 108A. National intelligence strategy.’’. 
SEC. 304. SOFTWARE LICENSING. 
Section 109 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3044) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘usage; and’’ and 
inserting ‘‘usage, including— 
‘‘(A) increasing the centralization of the management 
of software licenses; 
‘‘(B) increasing the regular tracking and maintaining 
of comprehensive inventories of software licenses using 
automated discovery and inventory tools and metrics; 
‘‘(C) analyzing software license data to inform invest-
ment decisions; and 
‘‘(D) providing appropriate personnel with sufficient 
software licenses management training; and’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting 
a semicolon; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘usage.’’ and inserting 
‘‘usage, including— 
‘‘(A) increasing the centralization of the management 
of software licenses; 
‘‘(B) increasing the regular tracking and maintaining 
of comprehensive inventories of software licenses using 
automated discovery and inventory tools and metrics; 
‘‘(C) analyzing software license data to inform invest-
ment decisions; and 
‘‘(D) providing appropriate personnel with sufficient 
software licenses management training; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) based on the assessment required under paragraph 
(2), make such recommendations with respect to software 
procurement and usage to the Director of National Intelligence 
as the Chief Information Officer considers appropriate.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not later than 
180 days after the date on which the Director of National Intel-
ligence receives recommendations from the Chief Information 
Officer of the Intelligence Community in accordance with subsection 
(b)(3), the Director of National Intelligence shall, to the extent 
practicable, issue guidelines for the intelligence community on soft-
ware procurement and usage based on such recommendations.’’. 
SEC. 305. REPORTING OF CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT ACTIVITIES BY 
FORMER INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES. 
(a) RESTRICTION.—Title III of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 3071 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 
303 the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 304. REPORTING OF CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT ACTIVITIES BY 
FORMER INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The head of each element of the intelligence 
community shall issue regulations requiring each employee of such 
element occupying a covered position to sign a written agreement
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requiring the regular reporting of covered employment to the head 
of such element. 
‘‘(b) AGREEMENT ELEMENTS.—The regulations required under 
subsection (a) shall provide that an agreement contain provisions 
requiring each employee occupying a covered position to, during 
the two-year period beginning on the date on which such employee 
ceases to occupy such covered position— 
‘‘(1) report covered employment to the head of the element 
of the intelligence community that employed such employee 
in such covered position upon accepting such covered employ-
ment; and 
‘‘(2) annually (or more frequently if the head of such ele-
ment considers it appropriate) report covered employment to 
the head of such element. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COVERED
EMPLOYMENT.—The term ‘covered employ-
ment’ means direct employment by, representation of, or the 
provision of advice relating to national security to the govern-
ment of a foreign country or any 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. 
‘‘(2) COVERED POSITION.—The term ‘covered position’ means 
a position within an element of the intelligence community 
that, based on the level of access of a person occupying such 
position to information regarding sensitive intelligence sources 
or methods or other exceptionally sensitive matters, the head 
of such element determines should be subject to the require-
ments of this section. 
‘‘(3) GOVERNMENT
OF
A
FOREIGN
COUNTRY.—The term 
‘government of a foreign country’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 1(e) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act 
of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 611(e)).’’. 
(b) REGULATIONS AND CERTIFICATION.— 
(1) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the head of each element of 
the intelligence community shall issue the regulations required 
under section 304 of the National Security Act of 1947, as 
added by subsection (a) of this section. 
(2) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel-
ligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence commit-
tees— 
(A) a certification that each head of an element of 
the intelligence community has prescribed the regulations 
required under section 304 of the National Security Act 
of 1947, as added by subsection (a) of this section; or 
(B) if the Director is unable to submit the certification 
described under subparagraph (A), an explanation as to 
why the Director is unable to submit such certification, 
including a designation of which heads of an element of 
the intelligence community have prescribed the regulations 
required under such section 304 and which have not. 
(c) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENTS.—The table of contents 
in the first section of the National Security Act of 1947 is amended—
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(1) by striking the second item relating to section 302 
(Under Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries) and the items 
relating to sections 304, 305, and 306; and 
(2) by inserting after the item relating to section 303 the 
following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 304. Reporting of certain employment activities by former intelligence officers 
and employees.’’. 
SEC. 306. INCLUSION OF PREDOMINANTLY BLACK INSTITUTIONS IN 
INTELLIGENCE OFFICER TRAINING PROGRAM. 
Section 1024 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3224) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ‘‘and Predominantly 
Black Institutions’’ after ‘‘universities’’; and 
(2) in subsection (g)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); 
and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) 
PREDOMINANTLY
BLACK
INSTITUTION.—The 
term 
‘Predominantly Black Institution’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 318 of the Higher education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1059e).’’. 
SEC. 307. MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT OF FINANCIAL INTEL-
LIGENCE. 
(a) REQUIREMENT
FOR PLAN.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
Intelligence shall prepare a plan for management of the elements 
of the intelligence community that carry out financial intelligence 
activities. 
(b) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—The plan required by subsection (a) 
shall establish a governance framework, procedures for sharing 
and harmonizing the acquisition and use of financial analytic tools, 
standards for quality of analytic products, procedures for oversight 
and evaluation of resource allocations associated with the joint 
development of information sharing efforts and tools, and an edu-
cation and training model for elements of the intelligence commu-
nity that carry out financial intelligence activities. 
(c) BRIEFING
TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
Intelligence shall brief the congressional intelligence committees 
on the actions the Director proposes to implement the plan required 
by subsection (a). 
SEC. 308. ANALYSIS OF PRIVATE SECTOR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES 
FOR COUNTERING INSIDER THREATS. 
(a) ANALYSIS.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, in 
consultation with the National Counterintelligence Executive, shall 
submit to the congressional intelligence committees an analysis 
of private sector policies and procedures for countering insider 
threats. 
(b) CONTENT.—The analysis required by subsection (a) shall 
include— 
(1) a review of whether and how the intelligence community 
could utilize private sector hiring and human resources best
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practices to screen, vet, and validate the credentials, capabili-
ties, and character of applicants for positions involving trusted 
access to sensitive information; 
(2) an analysis of private sector policies for holding super-
visors and subordinates accountable for violations of established 
security protocols and whether the intelligence community 
should adopt similar policies for positions of trusted access 
to sensitive information; 
(3) an assessment of the feasibility and advisability of 
applying mandatory leave policies, similar to those endorsed 
by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Securi-
ties and Exchange Commission to identify fraud in the financial 
services industry, to certain positions within the intelligence 
community; and 
(4) recommendations for how the intelligence community 
could utilize private sector risk indices, such as credit risk 
scores, to make determinations about employee access to sen-
sitive information. 
SEC. 309. PROCEDURES FOR THE RETENTION OF INCIDENTALLY 
ACQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED COMMUNICATION.—The term ‘‘covered commu-
nication’’ means any nonpublic telephone or electronic commu-
nication acquired without the consent of a person who is a 
party to the communication, including communications in elec-
tronic storage. 
(2) HEAD OF AN ELEMENT OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMU-
NITY.—The term ‘‘head of an element of the intelligence commu-
nity’’ means, as appropriate— 
(A) the head of an element of the intelligence commu-
nity; or 
(B) the head of the department or agency containing 
such element. 
(3) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term ‘‘United States per-
son’’ has the meaning given that term in section 101 of the 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801). 
(b) PROCEDURES FOR COVERED COMMUNICATIONS.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT TO ADOPT.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act each head of an element 
of the intelligence community shall adopt procedures approved 
by the Attorney General for such element that ensure compli-
ance with the requirements of paragraph (3). 
(2) 
COORDINATION
AND
APPROVAL.—The 
procedures 
required by paragraph (1) shall be— 
(A) prepared in coordination with the Director of 
National Intelligence; and 
(B) approved by the Attorney General prior to issuance. 
(3) PROCEDURES.— 
(A) APPLICATION.—The procedures required by para-
graph (1) shall apply to any intelligence collection activity 
not otherwise authorized by court order (including an order 
or certification issued by a court established under sub-
section (a) or (b) of section 103 of the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1803)), subpoena, or 
similar legal process that is reasonably anticipated to result 
in the acquisition of a covered communication to or from
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a United States person and shall permit the acquisition, 
retention, and dissemination of covered communications 
subject to the limitation in subparagraph (B). 
(B) LIMITATION ON RETENTION.—A covered communica-
tion shall not be retained in excess of 5 years, unless— 
(i) the communication has been affirmatively deter-
mined, in whole or in part, to constitute foreign intel-
ligence or counterintelligence or is necessary to under-
stand or assess foreign intelligence or counterintel-
ligence; 
(ii) the communication is reasonably believed to 
constitute evidence of a crime and is retained by a 
law enforcement agency; 
(iii) the communication is enciphered or reasonably 
believed to have a secret meaning; 
(iv) all parties to the communication are reason-
ably believed to be non-United States persons; 
(v) retention is necessary to protect against an 
imminent threat to human life, in which case both 
the nature of the threat and the information to be 
retained shall be reported to the congressional intel-
ligence committees not later than 30 days after the 
date such retention is extended under this clause; 
(vi) retention is necessary for technical assurance 
or compliance purposes, including a court order or 
discovery obligation, in which case access to informa-
tion retained for technical assurance or compliance 
purposes shall be reported to the congressional intel-
ligence committees on an annual basis; or 
(vii) retention for a period in excess of 5 years 
is approved by the head of the element of the intel-
ligence community responsible for such retention, 
based on a determination that retention is necessary 
to protect the national security of the United States, 
in which case the head of such element shall provide 
to the congressional intelligence committees a written 
certification describing— 
(I) the reasons extended retention is necessary 
to protect the national security of the United 
States; 
(II) the duration for which the head of the 
element is authorizing retention; 
(III) the particular information to be retained; 
and 
(IV) the measures the element of the intel-
ligence community is taking to protect the privacy 
interests of United States persons or persons 
located inside the United States. 
SEC. 310. CLARIFICATION OF LIMITATION OF REVIEW TO RETALIA-
TORY SECURITY CLEARANCE OR ACCESS DETERMINA-
TIONS. 
Section 3001(b)(7) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism 
Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 3341(b)(7)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘2014—’’ and inserting ‘‘2014, and consistent with subsection 
(j)—’’;
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(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘to appeal a determina-
tion to suspend or revoke a security clearance or access to 
classified information’’ and inserting ‘‘alleging reprisal for 
having made a protected disclosure (provided the individual 
does not disclose classified information or other information 
contrary to law) to appeal any action affecting an employee’s 
access to classified information’’; and 
(3) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘information,’’ inserting 
‘‘information following a protected disclosure,’’. 
SEC. 311. FEASIBILITY STUDY ON CONSOLIDATING CLASSIFIED DATA-
BASES OF CYBER THREAT INDICATORS AND MALWARE 
SAMPLES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the 
Director of the National Security Agency, the Director of the Central 
Intelligence Agency, and the Director of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, shall conduct a feasibility study on consolidating 
classified databases of cyber threat indicators and malware samples 
in the intelligence community. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The feasibility study required by subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) An inventory of classified databases of cyber threat 
indicators and malware samples in the intelligence community. 
(2) An assessment of actions that could be carried out 
to consolidate such databases to achieve the greatest possible 
information sharing within the intelligence community and cost 
savings for the Federal Government. 
(3) An assessment of any impediments to such consolida-
tion. 
(4) An assessment of whether the Intelligence Community 
Information Technology Enterprise can support such consolida-
tion. 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date on which the Director of National Intelligence completes the 
feasibility study required by subsection (a), the Director shall 
submit to the congressional intelligence committees a written report 
that summarizes the feasibility study, including the information 
required under subsection (b). 
SEC. 312. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CYBERSECURITY THREAT AND 
CYBERCRIME COOPERATION WITH UKRAINE. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) cooperation between the intelligence and law enforce-
ment agencies of the United States and Ukraine should be 
increased to improve cybersecurity policies between these two 
countries; 
(2) the United States should pursue improved extradition 
procedures among the Governments of the United States, 
Ukraine, and other countries from which cybercriminals target 
United States citizens and entities; 
(3) the President should— 
(A) initiate a round of formal United States-Ukraine 
bilateral talks on cybersecurity threat and cybercrime 
cooperation, with additional multilateral talks that include 
other law enforcement partners such as Europol and 
Interpol; and
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(B) work to obtain a commitment from the Government 
of Ukraine to end cybercrime directed at persons outside 
Ukraine and to work with the United States and other 
allies to deter and convict known cybercriminals; 
(4) the President should establish a capacity building pro-
gram with the Government of Ukraine, which could include— 
(A) a joint effort to improve cyber capacity building, 
including intelligence and law enforcement services in 
Ukraine; 
(B) sending United States law enforcement agents to 
aid law enforcement agencies in Ukraine in investigating 
cybercrimes; and 
(C) agreements to improve communications networks 
to enhance law enforcement cooperation, such as a hotline 
directly connecting law enforcement agencies in the United 
States and Ukraine; and 
(5) the President should establish and maintain an intel-
ligence and law enforcement cooperation scorecard with metrics 
designed to measure the number of instances that intelligence 
and law enforcement agencies in the United States request 
assistance from intelligence and law enforcement agencies in 
Ukraine and the number and type of responses received to 
such requests. 
SEC. 313. REPLACEMENT OF LOCALLY EMPLOYED STAFF SERVING AT 
UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES IN THE RUSSIAN 
FEDERATION. 
(a) EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall ensure that, 
not later than one year after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, every supervisory position at a United States diplo-
matic facility in the Russian Federation shall be occupied by 
a citizen of the United States who has passed, and shall be 
subject to, a thorough background check. 
(2) EXTENSION.—The Secretary of State may extend the 
deadline under paragraph (1) for up to one year by providing 
advance written notification and justification of such extension 
to the appropriate congressional committees. 
(3) PROGRESS REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
on progress made toward meeting the employment requirement 
under paragraph (1). 
(b) PLAN FOR REDUCED USE OF LOCALLY EMPLOYED STAFF.— 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with other appropriate 
government agencies, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a plan to further reduce the reliance on locally employed 
staff in United States diplomatic facilities in the Russian Federa-
tion. The plan shall, at a minimum, include cost estimates, 
timelines, and numbers of employees to be replaced. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(1) the congressional intelligence committees;
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(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate; and 
(3) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to infringe on the power of the President, by and with 
the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint ambassadors, 
other public ministers, and consuls.’’ 
SEC. 314. INCLUSION OF SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION 
FACILITIES IN UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES 
IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND ADJACENT COUNTRIES. 
(a) 
SENSITIVE
COMPARTMENTED
INFORMATION
FACILITY 
REQUIREMENT.—Each United States diplomatic facility that, after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, is constructed in, or undergoes 
a construction upgrade in, the Russian Federation, any country 
that shares a land border with the Russian Federation, or any 
country that is a former member of the Soviet Union shall be 
constructed to include a Sensitive Compartmented Information 
Facility. 
(b) NATIONAL SECURITY WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may 
waive the requirement under subsection (a) if the Secretary deter-
mines that such waiver is in the national security interest of the 
United States and submits a written justification to the appropriate 
congressional committees not later than 180 days before exercising 
such waiver. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(1) the congressional intelligence committees; 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate; and 
(3) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
Subtitle B—Reporting 
SEC. 321. REPORT ON DECLASSIFICATION PROCESS. 
Not later than December 31, 2016, the Director of National 
Intelligence shall submit to Congress a report describing— 
(1) proposals to improve the declassification process 
throughout the intelligence community; and 
(2) steps the intelligence community could take, or legisla-
tion that may be necessary, to enable the National Declassifica-
tion Center to better accomplish the missions assigned to the 
Center by Executive Order No. 13526 (75 Fed. Reg. 707). 
SEC. 
322. 
REPORT 
ON 
INTELLIGENCE 
COMMUNITY 
EFFICIENT 
SPENDING TARGETS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than April 1, 2016, and April 1, 
2017, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the 
congressional intelligence committees a report on the status and
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effectiveness of efforts to reduce administrative costs for the intel-
ligence community during the preceding year. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—Each report under subsection (a) shall include 
for each element of the intelligence community the following: 
(1) A description of the status and effectiveness of efforts 
to devise alternatives to government travel and promote effi-
cient travel spending, such as teleconferencing and video confer-
encing. 
(2) A description of the status and effectiveness of efforts 
to limit costs related to hosting and attending conferences. 
(3) A description of the status and effectiveness of efforts 
to assess information technology inventories and usage, and 
establish controls, to reduce costs related to underutilized 
information technology equipment, software, or services. 
(4) A description of the status and effectiveness of efforts 
to limit the publication and printing of hard copy documents. 
(5) A description of the status and effectiveness of efforts 
to improve the performance of Federal fleet motor vehicles 
and limit executive transportation. 
(6) A description of the status and effectiveness of efforts 
to limit the purchase of extraneous promotional items, such 
as plaques, clothing, and commemorative items. 
(7) A description of the status and effectiveness of efforts 
to consolidate and streamline workforce training programs to 
focus on the highest priority workforce and mission needs. 
(8) Such other matters relating to efforts to reduce intel-
ligence community administrative costs as the Director may 
specify for purposes of this section. 
SEC. 323. ANNUAL REPORT ON VIOLATIONS OF LAW OR EXECUTIVE 
ORDER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title V of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘SEC. 511. ANNUAL REPORT ON VIOLATIONS OF LAW OR EXECUTIVE 
ORDER. 
‘‘(a) ANNUAL REPORTS REQUIRED.—The Director of National 
Intelligence shall annually submit to the congressional intelligence 
committees a report on violations of law or executive order relating 
to intelligence activities by personnel of an element of the intel-
ligence community that were identified during the previous calendar 
year. 
‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—Each report submitted under subsection (a) 
shall, consistent with the need to preserve ongoing criminal inves-
tigations, include a description of, and any action taken in response 
to, any violation of law or executive order (including Executive 
Order No. 12333 (50 U.S.C. 3001 note)) relating to intelligence 
activities committed by personnel of an element of the intelligence 
community in the course of the employment of such personnel 
that, during the previous calendar year, was— 
‘‘(1) determined by the director, head, or general counsel 
of any element of the intelligence community to have occurred; 
‘‘(2) referred to the Department of Justice for possible 
criminal prosecution; or 
‘‘(3) substantiated by the inspector general of any element 
of the intelligence community.’’.
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(b) INITIAL REPORT.—The first report required under section 
511 of the National Security Act of 1947, as added by subsection 
(a), shall be submitted not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) GUIDELINES.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, 
in consultation with the head of each element of the intelligence 
community, shall— 
(1) issue guidelines to carry out section 511 of the National 
Security Act of 1947, as added by subsection (a); and 
(2) submit such guidelines to the congressional intelligence 
committees. 
(d) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
in the first section of the National Security Act of 1947 is amended 
by adding after the item relating to section 510 the following 
new item: 
‘‘Sec. 511. Annual report on violations of law or executive order.’’. 
(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section or the 
amendments made by this section shall be construed to alter any 
requirement existing on the date of the enactment of this Act 
to submit a report under any provision of law. 
SEC. 324. ANNUAL REPORT ON INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES OF THE 
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year and along with the 
budget materials submitted in support of the budget of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 
31, United States Code, the Under Secretary for Intelligence and 
Analysis of the Department shall submit to the congressional intel-
ligence committees a report for such fiscal year on each intelligence 
activity of each intelligence component of the Department, as des-
ignated by the Under Secretary, that includes the following: 
(1) The amount of funding requested for each such intel-
ligence activity. 
(2) The number of full-time employees funded to perform 
each such intelligence activity. 
(3) The number of full-time contractor employees (or the 
equivalent of full-time in the case of part-time contractor 
employees) funded to perform or in support of each such intel-
ligence activity. 
(4) A determination as to whether each such intelligence 
activity is predominantly in support of national intelligence 
or departmental missions. 
(5) The total number of analysts of the Intelligence Enter-
prise of the Department that perform— 
(A) strategic analysis; or 
(B) operational analysis. 
(b) FEASIBILITY AND ADVISABILITY REPORT.—Not later than 120 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, acting through the Under Secretary for Intel-
ligence and Analysis, shall submit to the congressional intelligence 
committees a report that—
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(1) examines the feasibility and advisability of including 
the budget request for all intelligence activities of each intel-
ligence component of the Department that predominantly sup-
port departmental missions, as designated by the Under Sec-
retary for Intelligence and Analysis, in the Homeland Security 
Intelligence Program; and 
(2) includes a plan to enhance the coordination of depart-
ment-wide intelligence activities to achieve greater efficiencies 
in the performance of the Department of Homeland Security 
intelligence functions. 
(c) INTELLIGENCE COMPONENT OF THE DEPARTMENT.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘intelligence component of the Department’’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 2 of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101). 
SEC. 325. REPORT ON POLITICAL PRISON CAMPS IN NORTH KOREA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National Intelligence, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the congres-
sional intelligence committees, the Committee on Foreign Relations 
of the Senate, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives a report on political prison camps in North 
Korea. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) shall— 
(1) describe the actions the United States is taking to 
support implementation of the recommendations of the United 
Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Demo-
cratic People’s Republic of Korea, including the eventual 
establishment of a tribunal to hold individuals accountable 
for abuses; and 
(2) include, with respect to each political prison camp in 
North Korea to the extent information is available— 
(A) the estimated prisoner population of each such 
camp; 
(B) the geographical coordinates of each such camp; 
(C) the reasons for confinement of the prisoners at 
each such camp; 
(D) a description of the primary industries and prod-
ucts made at each such camp, and the end users of any 
goods produced in such camp; 
(E) information regarding involvement of any non- 
North Korean entity or individual involved in the oper-
ations of each such camp, including as an end user or 
source of any good or products used in, or produced by, 
in such camp; 
(F) information identifying individuals and agencies 
responsible for conditions in each such camp at all levels 
of the Government of North Korea; 
(G) a description of the conditions under which pris-
oners are confined, with respect to the adequacy of food, 
shelter, medical care, working conditions, and reports of 
ill-treatment of prisoners, at each such camp; and 
(H) unclassified imagery, including satellite imagery, 
of each such camp. 
(c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) shall be sub-
mitted in an unclassified form and may include a classified annex 
if necessary.
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SEC. 326. ASSESSMENT OF SECURITY OF DOMESTIC OIL REFINERIES 
AND RELATED RAIL TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE. 
(a) ASSESSMENT.—The Under Secretary of Homeland Security 
for Intelligence and Analysis shall conduct an intelligence assess-
ment of the security of domestic oil refineries and related rail 
transportation infrastructure. 
(b) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity for Intelligence and Analysis shall submit to the congressional 
intelligence committees— 
(1) the results of the assessment required under subsection 
(a); and 
(2) any recommendations with respect to intelligence 
sharing or intelligence collection to improve the security of 
domestic oil refineries and related rail transportation infra-
structure to protect the communities surrounding such refin-
eries or such infrastructure from potential harm that the Under 
Secretary considers appropriate. 
SEC. 327. ENHANCED CONTRACTOR LEVEL ASSESSMENTS FOR THE 
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. 
Section 506B(c) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3098(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘or contracted’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (12) as paragraph (13); 
and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (11) the following: 
‘‘(12) The best estimate of the number of intelligence collec-
tors and analysts contracted by each element of the intelligence 
community and a description of the functions performed by 
such contractors.’’. 
SEC. 328. ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFICACY OF MEMORANDA OF UNDER-
STANDING TO FACILITATE INTELLIGENCE-SHARING. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence 
and Analysis, in consultation with the Director of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation and the Program Manager of the Informa-
tion Sharing Environment, shall submit to the congressional intel-
ligence committees, the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Homeland 
Security of the House of Representatives, the Committee on the 
Judiciary of the Senate, and the Committee on the Judiciary of 
the House of Representatives an assessment of the efficacy of the 
memoranda of understanding signed between Federal, State, local, 
tribal, and territorial agencies to facilitate intelligence-sharing 
within and separate from the Joint Terrorism Task Force. Such 
assessment shall include— 
(1) any language within such memoranda of understanding 
that prohibited or may be construed to prohibit intelligence- 
sharing between Federal, State, local, tribal, and territorial 
agencies; and 
(2) any recommendations for memoranda of understanding 
to better facilitate intelligence-sharing between Federal, State, 
local, tribal, and territorial agencies.
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SEC. 329. REPORT ON FOREIGN MAN-MADE ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE 
WEAPONS. 
(a) REPORT.—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, the Committee 
on Armed Services of the Senate, and the Committee on Armed 
Services of the House of Representatives a report on the threat 
posed by man-made electromagnetic pulse weapons to United States 
interests through 2025, including threats from foreign countries 
and foreign non-State actors. 
(b) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. 
SEC. 
330. 
REPORT 
ON 
UNITED 
STATES 
COUNTERTERRORISM 
STRATEGY TO DISRUPT, DISMANTLE, AND DEFEAT AL- 
QAEDA AND ITS AFFILIATED OR ASSOCIATED GROUPS. 
(a) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel-
ligence shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress 
a comprehensive report on the United States counterterrorism 
strategy to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al-Qaeda and its 
affiliated or associated groups. 
(2) COORDINATION.—The report required by paragraph (1) 
shall be prepared in coordination with the Secretary of State, 
the Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General, and the 
Secretary of Defense, and the head of any other department 
or agency of the United States Government that has responsi-
bility for activities directed at combating al-Qaeda and its affili-
ated or associated groups. 
(3) ELEMENTS.—The report required by paragraph (1) shall 
include the following: 
(A) A definition of— 
(i) al-Qaeda core, including a list of which known 
individuals constitute al-Qaeda core; 
(ii) an affiliated group of al-Qaeda, including a 
list of which known groups constitute an affiliate group 
of al-Qaeda; 
(iii) an associated group of al-Qaeda, including a 
list of which known groups constitute an associated 
group of al-Qaeda; and 
(iv) a group aligned with al-Qaeda, including a 
description of what actions a group takes or statements 
it makes that qualify it as a group aligned with al- 
Qaeda. 
(B) A list of any other group, including the organization 
that calls itself the Islamic State (also known as ‘‘ISIS’’ 
or ‘‘ISIL’’), that adheres to the core mission of al-Qaeda, 
or who espouses the same violent jihad ideology as al- 
Qaeda. 
(C) An assessment of the relationship between al- 
Qaeda core and the groups referred to in subparagraph 
(B). 
(D) An assessment of the strengthening or weakening 
of al-Qaeda and the groups referred to in subparagraph 
(B) from January 1, 2010, to the present, including a
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description of the metrics that are used to assess strength-
ening or weakening and an assessment of the relative 
increase or decrease in violent attacks attributed to such 
entities. 
(E) An assessment of whether or not an individual 
can be a member of al-Qaeda core if such individual is 
not located in Afghanistan or Pakistan. 
(F) An assessment of whether or not an individual 
can be a member of al-Qaeda core as well as a member 
of a group referred to in subparagraph (B). 
(G) A definition of defeat of core al-Qaeda. 
(H) An assessment of the extent or coordination, com-
mand, and control between core al-Qaeda and the groups 
referred to in subparagraph (B), specifically addressing 
each such group. 
(I) An assessment of the effectiveness of counterter-
rorism operations against core al-Qaeda and the groups 
referred to in subparagraph (B), and whether such oper-
ations have had a sustained impact on the capabilities 
and effectiveness of core al-Qaeda and such groups. 
(4) FORM.—The report required by paragraph (1) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex. 
(b) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the congressional intelligence committees; 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee 
on Armed Services of the Senate; and 
(3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee 
on Armed Services of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 331. FEASIBILITY STUDY ON RETRAINING VETERANS IN CYBERSE-
CURITY. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with 
the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall submit to Congress a 
feasibility study on retraining veterans and retired members of 
elements of the intelligence community in cybersecurity. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.