(7) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The requirements of this 
subsection shall take effect not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act with respect 
to any confidential human source under the confiden-
tial human source program of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation. 
(b) ANNUAL
VALIDATION
REVIEW
REQUIREMENT 
WITH RESPECT TO FIELD OFFICES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each Special Agent in Charge 
of a Federal Bureau of Investigation field office shall 
conduct an annual review of each confidential human 
source who is being managed out of such field office. 
(2) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—At the con-
clusion of each annual review conducted under para-
graph (1), the Director of the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation shall, on an annual basis, submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report with 
respect to— 
(A) the number of active confidential 
human sources managed by the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation; 
(B) the number of investigations opened as 
the result of annual reviews of confidential 
human sources; 
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(C) the number of confidential human 
sources whose relationship with the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation has been terminated in the 
last year as a result of an investigation opened 
as a result of an annual review; and 
(D) the amount of funds expended on con-
fidential human sources in the last fiscal year, 
including a delineation of funds expended from 
both National Intelligence Program and non-Na-
tional Intelligence Program funds. 
(c) OVERSIGHT.—Beginning not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall develop and im-
plement an oversight mechanism within the Bureau for ac-
tivities with respect to any confidential human source 
under the confidential human source program of the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation the management of which is 
funded through the National Intelligence Program. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(A) the congressional intelligence commit-
tees; and 
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(B) the Committees on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives and of the Senate. 
(2) CONGRESSIONAL
LEADERSHIP.—The term 
‘‘congressional leadership’’ means— 
(A) the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives; 
(B) the minority leader of the House of 
Representatives; 
(C) the majority leader of the Senate; 
(D) the minority leader of the Senate; 
(E) the Chair and Ranking Member of the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of 
the House of Representatives; and 
(F) the Chair and Vice Chair of the Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
(3) NATIONAL
INTELLIGENCE
PROGRAM.—The 
term ‘‘National Intelligence Program’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 3 of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 
SEC. 416. CONGRESSIONAL NOTICE OF FBI COUNTERINTEL-
LIGENCE 
INVESTIGATIONS 
INTO 
INDIVID-
UALS WHO HOLD OR ARE CANDIDATES FOR 
FEDERAL ELECTED OFFICE. 
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 
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new section (and conforming the table of contents at the 
beginning of such Act accordingly): 
‘‘SEC. 517. NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT WITH RESPECT TO 
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION COUN-
TERINTELLIGENCE 
INVESTIGATIONS 
RE-
GARDING INDIVIDUALS WHO HOLD OR ARE 
CANDIDATES FOR FEDERAL ELECTED OFFICE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 533 of 
title 28, United States Code, the delegation of the authori-
ties of the Attorney General, or any other delegation of au-
thority, direction, or policy of the executive branch, the Di-
rector of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall notify 
congressional leadership not later than 5 days after the 
commencement of a counterintelligence investigation into 
an individual who holds an elected Federal office or an in-
dividual who is a candidate in an election for Federal of-
fice. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—A notification under subsection (a) 
shall include, to the extent consistent with the need to pro-
tect the integrity of ongoing counterintelligence investiga-
tions or other exceptionally sensitive national security or 
law enforcement matters, a summary of the relevant facts 
associated with the counterintelligence investigation and the 
identity of the person subject to such investigation. 
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‘‘(c) CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘congressional leadership’ means— 
‘‘(1) the majority leader of the Senate; 
‘‘(2) the minority leader of the Senate; 
‘‘(3) the Chair and Vice Chair of the Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the Senate; 
‘‘(4) the Speaker of the House of Representatives; 
‘‘(5) the minority leader of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
‘‘(6) the Chair and Ranking Member of the Per-
manent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 
of Representatives.’’. 
SEC. 417. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY COUNTERINTEL-
LIGENCE OFFICE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(A) the Permanent Select Committee on In-
telligence, the Committee on Appropriations, and 
the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Select Committee on Intelligence, 
the Committee on Appropriations, and the Com-
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mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate. 
(2) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 
means the Department of Transportation. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Transportation. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY 
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE OFFICE.— 
(1) AGREEMENT
WITH
SECRETARY
OF
TRANS-
PORTATION.—The Director of National Intelligence, 
acting through the Director of the National Counter-
intelligence and Security Center, shall seek to enter 
into an agreement with the Secretary under which the 
Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary 
shall establish within the Department an office, which 
shall be known as the ‘‘Intelligence Community Coun-
terintelligence Office’’, in accordance with this sec-
tion. 
(2) LOCATION.—The Intelligence Community 
Counterintelligence Office established pursuant to this 
section shall be physically located within the head-
quarters of the Department and within reasonable 
proximity to the offices of the leadership of the De-
partment. 
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Office shall carry out the following responsibil-
ities: 
(i) Serving as the head of the Intel-
ligence Community Counterintelligence Of-
fice, with supervisory responsibility for the 
Intelligence Community Counterintelligence 
Office and any other personnel assigned to 
the Intelligence Community Counterintel-
ligence Office. 
(ii) Advising the Secretary on counter-
intelligence and intelligence information. 
(iii) Ensuring that counterintelligence 
threat information and, as appropriate, fin-
ished intelligence on topics related to the 
functions of the Department, are provided 
to appropriate personnel of the department 
or agency without delay. 
(iv) Ensuring critical intelligence rel-
evant to the Secretary is requested and dis-
seminated in a timely manner. 
(v) Establishing, as appropriate, mech-
anisms for collaboration through which De-
partment subject matter experts, including 
those without security clearances, can share 
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information and expertise with the intel-
ligence community. 
(vi) Correlating and evaluating coun-
terintelligence threats identified within in-
telligence community reporting, in coordi-
nation with the National Counterintel-
ligence and Security Center, and providing 
appropriate dissemination of such intel-
ligence to officials of the Department with a 
need-to-know. 
(vii) Advising the Secretary on meth-
ods to improve the counterintelligence pos-
ture of the Department. 
(viii) Where appropriate, supporting 
the Department’s leadership in engaging 
with the National Security Council. 
(ix) In coordination with the National 
Counterintelligence and Security Center, es-
tablishing counterintelligence partnerships 
to improve the counterintelligence defense of 
the Department. 
(2) DEPUTY DIRECTOR.—There shall be within 
the Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office 
a Deputy Director who is appointed by the Secretary, 
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in coordination with the Director of National Intel-
ligence. The Deputy Director shall— 
(A) be supervised and subject to perform-
ance evaluations by the Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Director of the National Counter-
intelligence and Security Center; 
(B) be a current or former employee of the 
Department with significant experience within 
the Department; and 
(C) serve at the pleasure of the Secretary. 
(3) OTHER EMPLOYEES.— 
(A) JOINT DUTY ASSIGNMENT.—There shall 
be within the Intelligence Community Counter-
intelligence Office such other employees as the 
Director of National Intelligence, in consultation 
with the Secretary, determines appropriate. Em-
ployment at the Intelligence Community Coun-
terintelligence Office is an intelligence commu-
nity joint duty assignment. A permanent change 
of station to the Intelligence Community Coun-
terintelligence Office shall be for a period of not 
less than 2 years. 
(B) SUPERVISION.—The Director of the In-
telligence Community Counterintelligence Office 
shall be responsible for the supervision and man-
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agement of employees assigned to the Intelligence 
Community Counterintelligence Office, including 
employees assigned by program elements of the 
intelligence community and other Federal de-
partments and agencies, as appropriate. 
(C) JOINT DUTY OR ASSIGNED PERSONNEL 
REIMBURSEMENT.—The Director of National In-
telligence shall reimburse a program element of 
the intelligence community or a Federal depart-
ment or agency for any permanent change of sta-
tion employee assigned to the Intelligence Com-
munity Counterintelligence Office from amounts 
authorized to be appropriated for the Office of 
the Director of National Intelligence. 
(D) OPERATION UNDER AUTHORITY OF DI-
RECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE.—Employ-
ees assigned to the Intelligence Community 
Counterintelligence Office under this paragraph 
shall operate under the authorities of the Direc-
tor of National Intelligence for the duration of 
their assignment or period of employment within 
the Intelligence Community Counterintelligence 
Office, except for temporary duty assignment em-
ployees. 
(E) INCENTIVE PAY.— 
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(i) IN
GENERAL.—An employee who 
accepts employment at the Intelligence Com-
munity Counterintelligence Office during 
the 120-day period after the date of the es-
tablishment of the Intelligence Community 
Counterintelligence Office shall receive an 
incentive payment, which shall be payable 
by the Director of National Intelligence, in 
an amount equal to 10 percent of the base 
annual pay of the employee. Such an em-
ployee who completes 2 years of service in 
the Intelligence Community Counterintel-
ligence Office may receive an incentive pay-
ment in an amount equal to 10 percent of 
the base annual pay of the employee if the 
Director of the Intelligence Community 
Counterintelligence Office determines the 
performance of the employee is exceptional. 
(ii) ELIGIBILITY.—An employee is 
only eligible for an incentive payment 
under clause (i) if the employee enters into 
an agreement with the Director of National 
Intelligence to serve in the Intelligence Com-
munity Counterintelligence Office for a pe-
riod of at least 2 years. 
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(d) FUNDING.—To the extent and in such amounts as 
specifically provided in advance in appropriations Acts for 
the purposes detailed in this subsection, the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence may expend such sums as are authorized 
within the National Intelligence Program of the Office of 
the Director of National Intelligence for— 
(1) the renovation, furnishing, and equipping of 
a Federal building, as necessary, to meet the security 
and operational requirements of the Intelligence Com-
munity Counterintelligence Office; 
(2) the provision of connectivity to the Intel-
ligence Community Counterintelligence Office to en-
able briefings, secure audio and video communica-
tions, and collaboration between employees of the De-
partment and the intelligence community at the un-
classified, secret, and top secret levels; 
(3) the provision of other information technology 
systems and devices, such as computers, printers, and 
phones, for use by employees of the Intelligence Com-
munity Counterintelligence Office; 
(4) the assignment of employees of the intel-
ligence community to support the operation of the In-
telligence Community Counterintelligence Office; and 
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(5) the provision of other personal services nec-
essary for the operation of the Intelligence Commu-
nity Counterintelligence Office. 
(e) DEADLINE FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INTEL-
LIGENCE COMMUNITY COUNTERINTELLIGENCE OFFICE.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than January 
1, 2026, the Director of National Intelligence shall 
seek to establish, in accordance with this section, the 
Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office 
within the Department. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report on the plan to es-
tablish the Intelligence Community Counterintel-
ligence Office required under paragraph (1). Such re-
port shall include the costs and schedule associated 
with establishing the Intelligence Community Coun-
terintelligence Office. 
SEC. 418. UKRAINE LESSONS LEARNED WORKING GROUP. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of National Intel-
ligence and the Secretary of Defense shall jointly establish 
a working group to identify and share lessons that the 
United States intelligence community has learned from the 
Ukraine conflict. 
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(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The composition of the Working 
Group may include any officer or employee of a department 
or agency of the United States Government determined ap-
propriate by the Director of National Intelligence or the 
Secretary of Defense. 
(c) CHAIR.—The Working Group shall be jointly 
chaired by— 
(1) an officer or employee of the Department of 
Defense chosen by the Secretary of Defense; and 
(2) an officer or employee of an element of the 
intelligence community chosen by the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence, in consultation with the head of 
the element concerned. 
(d) DUTIES.—The duties of the Working Group shall 
be the following: 
(1) Identify tactical and operational lessons de-
rived from the Ukraine conflict. 
(2) Develop a repeatable process for promul-
gating such lessons to elements of the Department of 
Defense responsible for the development of joint and 
service-specific doctrine, acquisitions decisions, and 
capability development. 
(3) Provide recommendations on intelligence col-
lection priorities to support the elements of the De-
partment of Defense identified under paragraph (2). 
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(e) MEETINGS.—The Working Group shall meet not 
later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, and quarterly thereafter. 
(f) TERMINATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the 
Working Group shall terminate on the date that is 2 
years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) EXTENSION.—The Director of National Intel-
ligence and the Secretary of Defense may extend the 
termination date under paragraph (1) to a date not 
later than 4 years after the date of the enactment of 
this Act if the Director of National Intelligence and 
the Secretary of Defense jointly— 
(A) determine than an extension is appro-
priate and agree to such extension; and 
(B) submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a notification of the extension that 
includes a description of the justification for the 
extension. 
(g) BRIEFS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 270 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 6 
months thereafter, the Working Group shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a briefing on the ac-
tivities of the Working Group. 
(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(A) the congressional intelligence commit-
tees; and 
(B) the congressional defense committees. 
(2) CONGRESSIONAL
DEFENSE
COMMITTEES.— 
The term ‘‘congressional defense committees’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 101(a)(16) of title 
10, United States Code. 
(3) WORKING
GROUP.—The term ‘‘Working 
Group’’ means the working group described in sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 419. MODIFICATION TO WAIVER FOR POST-SERVICE 
EMPLOYMENT 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 em-
ployee who is subject to that restriction only 
after— 
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‘‘(i) the employee or former employee 
submits to the applicable head of the intel-
ligence community element a written appli-
cation for such waiver in such form and 
manner as the applicable head of the intel-
ligence community element determines ap-
propriate; and 
‘‘(ii) the applicable head of the element 
of the intelligence community determines 
that granting such 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 con-
gressional intelligence committees a written noti-
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fication 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 posi-
tion held or formerly held by the em-
ployee or former employee; and 
‘‘(II) a brief description of the 
covered post-service employment, in-
cluding 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 em-
ployee— 
‘‘(I) the details of the waiver, in-
cluding any renewals of such waiver, 
and the dates of such waiver and re-
newals; and 
‘‘(II) the specific reasons why the 
applicable head of the intelligence com-
munity element determined that such 
revocation is warranted.’’. 
(b) WRITTEN ADVISORY OPINIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
POST-SERVICE
EMPLOYMENT
RESTRICTIONS.—Section 
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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 re-
quest from a current employee who occupies a covered 
intelligence position or a former employee who pre-
viously occupied a covered intelligence position, the 
applicable head of the element of the intelligence com-
munity 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 employment 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, enti-
ty, 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 company, entity, or other person whose ac-
tivities are directly or indirectly supervised, directed, con-
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