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(B) the benefits, costs, and risks associated with the 
establishment of a cadre; 
(C) a recommendation on whether to establish the 
cadre; and 
(D) if a recommendation to establish the cadre is made, 
a plan for implementation of the cadre, including the pro-
posed size of the cadre, how the cadre would be resourced, 
managed, and organized, and whether the cadre should 
be centrally managed or reside at individual elements of 
the intelligence community. 
SEC. 6732. EMERGING TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION AND TRAINING. 
(a) TRAINING CURRICULUM.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—No later than 270 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel-
ligence and the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
President of the Defense Acquisition University and the heads 
of the elements of the intelligence community that the Director 
and Secretary determine appropriate, shall jointly establish 
a training curriculum for members of the acquisition workforce 
in the Department of Defense (as defined in section 101 of 
title 10, United States Code) and the acquisition officials within 
the intelligence community focused on improving the under-
standing and awareness of contracting authorities and proce-
dures for the acquisition of emerging technologies. 
(2) PROVISION OF TRAINING.—The Director shall ensure that 
the training curriculum under paragraph (1) is made available 
to each element of the intelligence community not later than 
60 days after the completion of the curriculum. 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than January 1, 2024, the Director 
and Secretary shall jointly submit to the congressional intel-
ligence committees, the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the Senate, and the Committee on Armed Services 
and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives a report containing 
an update on the status of the curriculum under paragraph 
(1). 
(b) AGREEMENTS OFFICERS.—Not later than October 1, 2024, 
the Director of National Intelligence shall ensure that at least 
75 percent of the contracting staff within the intelligence community 
whose primary responsibilities include the acquisition of emerging 
technologies shall have received the appropriate training to become 
warranted as agreements officers who are given authority to execute 
and administer the transactions authorized by paragraph (5) of 
section 102A(n) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3024(n)), as added by section 6711. The training shall include— 
(1) the appropriate courses offered by the Defense Acquisi-
tion University; 
(2) the training curriculum established under subsection 
(a); and 
(3) best practices for monitoring, identifying, and procuring 
emerging technologies with potential benefit to the intelligence 
community, including commercial services and products. 
(c) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
EMERGING
TECHNOLOGY
TRAINING 
ACTIVITIES.—
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(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than January 1, 2024, the 
Director of National Intelligence, in coordination with the heads 
of the elements of the intelligence community that the Director 
determines relevant, shall establish and implement training 
activities designed for appropriate mid-career and senior man-
agers across the intelligence community to train the managers 
on how to identify, acquire, implement, and manage emerging 
technologies as such technologies may be applied to the intel-
ligence community. 
(2) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
on which the Director establishes the training activities under 
paragraph (1), each head of an element of the intelligence 
community shall certify to the Director whether the managers 
of the element described in paragraph (1) have successfully 
completed the education activities. 
(3) BRIEFING.—Not later than January 1, 2024, the Director 
of National Intelligence shall provide to the congressional intel-
ligence committees, the Subcommittee on Defense of the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Subcommittee 
on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives a briefing regarding the training activities 
established under paragraph (1), including— 
(A) an overview of— 
(i) the managers described in paragraph (1) who 
participated in the training activities; and 
(ii) what technologies were included in the training 
activities; and 
(B) an identification of other incentives, activities, 
resources, or programs the Director determines may be 
necessary to ensure the managers are generally trained 
in the most emerging technologies and able to retain and 
incorporate such technologies across the intelligence 
community. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
SEC. 6741. IMPROVEMENTS TO USE OF COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE PROD-
UCTS. 
(a) POLICY REGARDING PROCUREMENT OF COMMERCIAL SOFT-
WARE PRODUCTS.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, in 
consultation with the heads of the elements of the intelligence 
community and appropriate nongovernmental experts that the 
Director determines relevant, shall issue an intelligence community- 
wide policy to ensure the procurement of commercial software prod-
ucts by the intelligence community is carried out— 
(1) using, to the extent practicable, standardized termi-
nology; and 
(2) in accordance with acquisition and operation best prac-
tices reflecting modern software as a service capabilities. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The policy issued under subsection (a) shall 
include the following: 
(1) Guidelines for the heads of the elements of the intel-
ligence community to determine which contracts for commercial 
software products are covered by the policy, including with
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respect to agreements, authorizations to operate, and other 
acquisition activities. 
(2) Guidelines for using standardized terms in such con-
tracts, modeled after commercial best practices, including 
common procedures and language regarding— 
(A) terms for the responsible party and timelines for 
system integration under the contract; 
(B) a mechanism included in each contract to ensure 
the ability of the vendor to provide, and the United States 
Government to receive, continuous updates and version 
control for the software, subject to appropriate security 
considerations; 
(C) automatic technological mechanisms for security 
and data validation, including security protocols that are 
predicated on commercial best practices; and 
(D) procedures to provide incentives, and a technical 
framework, for system integration for new commercial soft-
ware solutions to fit within existing workflows and informa-
tion technology infrastructure. 
(3) Guidelines and a timeline for enforcing the policy. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than January 1, 2025, and annually 
thereafter through 2028, the Director of National Intelligence, in 
coordination with the heads of the elements of the intelligence 
community, shall submit to the congressional intelligence commit-
tees, the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report 
on the policy issued under subsection (a), including the following 
with respect to the period covered by the report: 
(1) An evaluation of compliance with such policy by each 
of the elements of the intelligence community. 
(2) Additional recommendations to better coordinate system 
integration throughout the intelligence community using best 
practices. 
SEC. 6742. CODE-FREE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ENABLEMENT 
TOOLS POLICY. 
(a) DRAFT POLICY.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, 
in consultation with the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, 
the Director of the National Security Agency, the Director of the 
National Reconnaissance Office, the Director of the National 
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and the Director of the Defense 
Intelligence Agency, and any additional heads of the elements of 
the intelligence community that the Director of National Intel-
ligence determines appropriate, shall draft a potential policy to 
promote the intelligence community-wide use of code-free artificial 
intelligence enablement tools. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The draft policy under subsection (a) shall 
include the following: 
(1) The objective for the use by the intelligence community 
of code-free artificial intelligence enablement tools. 
(2) A detailed set of incentives for using code-free artificial 
intelligence enablement tools. 
(3) A plan to ensure coordination throughout the intel-
ligence community, including consideration of designating an
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official of each element of the intelligence community to oversee 
implementation of the policy and such coordination. 
(c) SUBMISSION.—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 Sub-
committee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate, and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives the following: 
(1) The draft policy under subsection (a). 
(2) A recommendation regarding the feasibility and advis-
ability of implementing the draft policy, including an assess-
ment of the costs and advantages and disadvantages of such 
implementation. 
(3) An assessment of whether any element of the intel-
ligence community already has a similar existing policy. 
(4) A specific plan and timeline of the steps that would 
be necessary to implement the draft policy. 
(5) An assessment of the personnel requirements, budget 
requirements, and any other resource requirements, that would 
be necessary to implement the draft policy in the timeline 
identified in paragraph (4). 
TITLE LXVIII—OTHER MATTERS 
SEC. 6801. IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO CONTINUITY OF PRIVACY 
AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD MEMBERSHIP. 
Paragraph (4) of section 1061(h) of the Intelligence Reform 
and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee(h)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) TERM.— 
‘‘(A) COMMENCEMENT.—Each member of the Board 
shall serve a term of 6 years, commencing on the date 
of the appointment of the member to the Board. 
‘‘(B) REAPPOINTMENT.—A member may be reappointed 
to one or more additional terms. 
‘‘(C) VACANCY.—A vacancy on the Board shall be filled 
in the manner in which the original appointment was made. 
‘‘(D) EXTENSION.—Upon the expiration of the term of 
office of a member, the member may continue to serve 
for up to one year after the date of expiration, at the 
election of the member— 
‘‘(i) during the period preceding the reappointment 
of the member pursuant to subparagraph (B); or 
‘‘(ii) until the member’s successor has been 
appointed and qualified.’’. 
SEC. 6802. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENT FOR OFFICE TO ADDRESS 
UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA. 
(a) IN
GENERAL.—Section 1683 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (50 U.S.C. 3373), as amended 
by title XVI of this Act, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 1683. ESTABLISHMENT OF ALL-DOMAIN ANOMALY RESOLUTION 
OFFICE. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal